76: Chat system update

Time slipped away quietly as Gao De focused on his cultivation.

Inside the Deep Pool Water Mansion, spiritual mist swirled, and occasionally, purple lightning flashed through the mist, emitting a heart-palpitating pressure.

After consuming two hundred beasts blood tempering pills and continuously studying the Incomplete Manual of the "Myriad Beast Dominion True Spirit Method," Gao De's cultivation level steadily improved, and his control over his own Bloodline became increasingly refined. He also used basic beast-rearing techniques to nurture the mysterious Dragon-beast egg, and its life force grew increasingly vibrant.

In these peaceful days of cultivation, a new year arrived.

One day, when Gao De habitually immersed his Divine Sense into the tianji mirror, intending to browse recent information, he discovered that the entire Heavenly Secret Realm seemed to have taken on a "brand new look."

It was not that the interface had become flashy, but rather that its core method of communication had undergone an earth-shattering change!

In the past, the Heavenly Secret Realm was more like a huge, chaotic public information square where all Divine Thought exchanges were mixed together; although there were sections, it was still noisy.

But at this moment, he clearly perceived that the underlying rules of the Heavenly Secret Realm seemed to have been reconstructed.

The first thing introduced to his perception was a clearer point-to-point Divine Thought connection function—private chat.

One only needed to know the other party's unique Divine Thought imprint in the Heavenly Secret Realm to initiate a one-on-one, highly encrypted communication, without needing to "shout" in public areas or leave messages that were easily spied on by others as before.

Secondly, there was the group chat function, which was enough to change the entire ecosystem of the Heavenly Secret Realm!

Cultivators could create or join specific "Divine Thought communication circles" on their own, setting certain entry requirements such as cultivation level, region, Sect, or specific knowledge, to discuss within fixed "circles."

This was simply like the cultivation version of "WeChat groups" combined with "Tieba forums"!

For a time, the entire Heavenly Secret Realm seemed to be injected with new vitality, and countless new "communication circles" sprang up like bamboo shoots after a spring rain:

【Chu Kingdom Dongting Lake Water Region Cultivation Communication Circle】

【Cross-State Trade Information Sharing Circle (Chu-Yang)】

【Alchemy Experience Exchange Group】

【Ancient Ruins Exploration and Risk Warning Zone】

【Anonymous Rants/Gossip Gathering Place】 (This circle was extremely popular)

Gao De looked at this familiar yet strange pattern, and on his huge flood Dragon head, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch slightly.

The sense of déjà vu was too strong!

He seemed to see the information-exploding internet era of his past life reappearing in this cultivation world in another form.

"This update... is really down-to-earth." He ranted internally, but he did not hesitate in his actions.

He first tried to create a communication circle named 【Yunmeng Great Marsh Southeast Region Aquatic Clan Mutual Aid (Verification Required for Entry)】, setting the entry requirement to verify the applicant's knowledge of the common sense of the aquatic clans in the southeast region of the Yunmeng Great Marsh (covering Dongting Lake).

This was obviously to facilitate the connection of his own subordinates, such as Turtle Three Thousand and Crab Eighteen, and to build a private internal communication network for the Water Mansion, facilitating management and information transmission.

Next, he used the Water Origin Breath Concealment Technique and his powerful Divine Sense to disguise his own Divine Thought fluctuation characteristics and anonymously joined several public circles that were useful to him.

In the 【Cross-State Trade Information Sharing Circle (Chu-Yang)】, he saw more information about Yangzhou specialties and demands, and some people even began to attempt small-scale "cross-border" barter trade through special channels.

He silently noted down some detailed characteristics of Yangzhou's "floating secret silver" and "tidal Spirit Stone," as well as the scarcity of Chu's "geng metal essence" and "earth core fire marrow" over there.

In the 【Ancient Ruins Exploration and Risk Warning Zone】, he saw many Cultivators sharing their observations and warnings about ruins in various places.

He paid special attention to whether there was any information about the Dragon Palace Secret Passage or the Hundred Beasts Sect; for the time being, he did not find any substantive content, but some information about Restriction identification and dangerous creatures in the ruins was of great reference value to him.

What he found most interesting was that 【Anonymous Rants/Gossip Gathering Place】.

This place was filled with all kinds of bizarre news: an Elder of a certain Sect suspected of suffering from Qi Deviation during seclusion, which two markets almost started fighting over business, a certain Genius Disciple actually being piled up with medicinal pills, and even discussions about which Fairy had better looks... It was true and false, difficult to distinguish, but one could feel the vivid side of the cultivation world from it.

Gao De even saw an anonymous, vague rant, which seemed to be complaining about strange movements in their own Sect's Forbidden Ground recently, suspecting that it was haunted, which led to a bunch of anonymous replies below speculating wildly.

"With these functions, collecting information, conducting secret transactions, and even spreading or guiding public opinion are all much more convenient." Gao De realized in his heart.

This update of the Heavenly Secret Realm was not just convenience, but a redistribution of information power.

Those who are good at utilizing it will be able to gain a huge advantage.

He exited most of the public circles, keeping only the trade and ruins ones, and placed his main energy on the internal Water Mansion circle he had created, starting to guide Turtle Three Thousand and Crab Eighteen on how to connect and use it.

After doing all this, Gao De slowly exited the Heavenly Secret Realm. Although it was the New Year in the outside world, for him, it was just another mark on the path of cultivation.

He coiled on the jade platform, thinking: "The appearance of private chat and group chat means more precise information transmission and more hidden circle culture. In the future, transactions and cooperation conducted through the Heavenly Secret Realm will be more frequent, but it will also be easier to form information barriers and small cliques. I need to be more proactive in using these new functions; not only must I obtain information, but I must also start trying to establish some hidden contact channels that are favorable to me."

"Perhaps... it is time to consider using an anonymous identity to secretly acquire some auxiliary Materials needed for refining my life-bound demon artifact in the Heavenly Secret Realm? Or, inquire about more precise news regarding Artifact Refiners among the Loose Cultivators?"