Chapter 302: “Hello, sir! If you want to buy the brand-new Image Retainer, please line up over here.”
“Is this… all I need to do?”
Gu Yue Qing lifted her head, eyes apparently drifting elsewhere, as if asking someone invisible.
“Long time no see, Sister Gu,” Bai Feng greeted with a smile.
“Ah, Bai Shidi, it’s been ages!” Gu Yue Qing hurriedly replied, then her face flashed with surprise and curiosity. Without thinking, she poked the Image Retainer with her finger. “Did you make this array? It’s so amazing!”
“Actually, my senior brother and senior sister in the research room made it together.”
Bai Feng chatted as he checked the signal from the Image Retainer. Looks stable enough, no worries for now.
“Oh…”
Gu Yue Qing nodded thoughtfully. Bai Shidi’s single sentence revealed quite a bit — it seemed Heavenly Sword Sect was already planning to establish a ‘Array Peak’, which probably means this research room is a similar place.
It appears Bai Shidi has made great progress in Array techniques again.
She quickly pushed aside her thoughts and complimented him, “I really don’t know how Bai Shidi came up with this. With this communication array, passing messages will be so much easier if we run into trouble!”
“It’s just another tool,” Bai Feng waved dismissively. In this world, there are lots of ways to pass information. Most focus on concealment, but his communication array is different — it’s more versatile and can be used in daily life.
He then began explaining its other functions, which, in simple terms, is like some kind of ‘forum’ similar to a certain messaging app.
He picked up a new Image Retainer with a dove icon on it. “This is a ‘forum’ I made for two people to chat privately, with added features like adding each other as friends. Besides normal text chat, you can share photos taken with the Image Retainer, too.”
Gu Yue Qing looked a bit dazed. So it’s basically a text chat space? But it can also make calls directly? Why still call it a forum?
She was a little puzzled.
“Oh, Sister Gu, you probably don’t know what a forum is yet. You can try it later. The disciples and elders here in Heavenly Sword Sect quite like this forum.”
Bai Feng saw her confusion but didn’t explain right away. Instead, he started introducing the forum.
Meanwhile, a senior sister in charge of installing arrays eagerly took out her own Image Retainer and showed her some posts from the forum.
“Eh?”
Gu Yue Qing stared at the posts, her initial confusion gradually giving way to surprise.
She quickly saw the value — not just for easy communication, but also as an anonymous channel to share cultivation tips or exchange intelligence. Much more convenient than face-to-face.
At that moment, Bai Feng said just right, “I plan to set up a faction dedicated to Xuan Guang City on the forum. Sister Gu, interested in helping to manage it?”
Gu Yue Qing immediately looked up at Bai Feng, understanding the importance. Nodding gratefully, she said, “Thank you, Bai Shidi. I won’t refuse.”
White Feng smiled, handed her the permissions for the Xuan Guang City section, and emphasized she was the city lord’s daughter, plus he needed her help with something else.
He then cheerfully said, “Also, Sister Gu, you might want to sh**t a quick ad for the new feature.”
“Don’t worry, I got it,” Gu Yue Qing nodded.
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“Recently, Yu Ling Long released a new version of the Image Retainer. Have you heard?”
“Yeah, I heard they added a new feature called ‘forum’. Sounds interesting.”
“Hah, these merchants are so shady. The old Retainer only came out a short while ago, and they’re already rushing out new models.”
“But the old Retainer can still be upgraded! If you bought it in the first month, there might be discounts. Plus, I heard if you buy on the very first day, there’s a mystery gift.”
“Then I’d better upgrade mine too, since I bought it right on launch day.”
Hearing this, folks who initially had no plans to upgrade suddenly got interested. They hurriedly formed groups and headed to Yu Ling Long.
They walked into Yu Ling Long’s shop, where a certain advertisement was playing on the wall. The star? None other than Gu Yue Qing, daughter of the city lord.
In the ad, Gu Yue Qing flies the Image Retainer to send messages and chat with others on the forum. The scene shifts to the chat, with reply boxes appearing next to each message, revealing users — old and young.
If you look carefully, you’ll notice some big names among those replying, like a bearded elder who’s the Peak Master of Dan Peak in Heavenly Sword Sect, and some others Bai Feng asked to appear, like his Array Master master Liu Meng, and well-known disciples from various peaks.
It’s a quiet hint: many big shots are on the forum. The one replying under your posts might be some legendary alchemist or virtual realm expert you’ve never seen in person.
Then the ad cuts to Gu Yue Qing clicking the dove icon on her Image Retainer. She starts chatting with someone — and in seconds, her avatar shrinks, making room for Bai Feng himself.
He lifts his Retainer, snaps a photo of the portable array disk on the table, and sends it over. Gu Yue Qing quickly responds with an OK gesture.
After watching the ad, passersby just coming for fun couldn’t help but queue up to upgrade their Retainers too.
One guy, staring at the long line, muttered, “Maybe I should just buy a new one… this line is forever.”
At that moment, a Yu Ling Long employee walked by, smiling kindly: “Hello, sir. Please line up here to buy the new Model Image Retainer.”
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