: Surviving in the Cracks, Opening a General Store (Volume 1: From the Mortal World to the Immortal Market)**
* **The Beginning:** Yihao Supermarket is on the verge of bankruptcy, and creditors are at the door. In desperation, the owner hides in the storeroom and accidentally activates a passage, making his first transmigration to a barren area on the outskirts of Yunmiao Immortal Continent, such as Luoxia Slope.
* **First Look and Finding a Niche:** He sees how poor the lower-class immortals are and learns what they need: seasonings are scarce, clothes wear out easily, convenient lighting and fire-starting tools are unavailable, and there is nothing for entertainment. He makes initial contact using the only things on hand, a lighter, a packet of salt, and a few pieces of chocolate, perhaps trading them for a small piece of stone or an herb with faint spiritual energy.
* **Startup Capital:** He trades cheap everyday goods from Earth, such as salt, sugar, shoddy little mirrors, nylon rope, and cheap lighters, for “valuable” scraps of immortal herbs, low-grade ores, discarded talisman materials, and the like. He sells them back on Earth to raise enough money to stay afloat.
* **The Store Takes Shape:** At Luoxia Slope, he finds an abandoned cave or a dilapidated wooden hut, disguises it a little, and hangs a low-key sign reading “Mortal World General Store.” The main goods are everyday necessities such as salt, sugar, and basic seasonings; practical tools such as lighters, windproof matches, sturdy farming tools, and nylon fishing nets; and novel trinkets such as glass marbles, little mirrors, and simple kaleidoscopes.
* **Early Challenges:**
* **A Crisis of Trust:** The immortals are suspicious of these “mortal goods” from an unknown source and don’t dare use them. Chen Fan has to demonstrate, let them try the goods, and build a reputation.
* **Currency Problems:** The lower-class immortals have no immortal crystals, so they rely on barter
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