Divine Convenience Store-Chapter 255: Day 13 Completed

[Store Bulletin Board User Count: 3853 users]

[Betting Stall Revenue: 13259 Intermediate-grade Spirit Stones]

[Divine Hall & Exhibition Arena Rent Fees: 3500 Intermediate-grade Spirit Stones]

[Rewards: +30 Spirit Stones to Personal Balance for both Shopkeeper and Assistant, +20 Spirit Stones for the Staff]

[Tier Progression: Thriving Store (510069/1000000), Golden Card Patron (45/20)]

"B-boss… Am I seeing that right? Two hundred seventy-five thousand! Wasn't it only forty-eight thousand last night? It multiplied by more than five times! The Betting Stall and Rent Fee weren't even counted from it!" Liu Xiaoyu exclaimed as she tugged at Lin Mo's sleeve.

Meanwhile, Xiao Ya remained stuck at the door of the Shopkeeper's Quarters while carrying a tray containing their dinner tonight. She was also astonished at their revenue but her gaze settled on the increased reward for her.

After only a few days of working in the store, she had already lifted her family from poverty and she's very grateful to Lin Mo and Liu Xiaoyu for it. Now, she had the means to even buy her parents and siblings [Bone Cleansing Syrup]. It was a liquified and more concentrated version of the usual Bone Cleansing Pill that helps cleanse a body's impurities. Oftentimes, it could lead to widening energy channels or unclogging blocked meridians. For mortals, it was akin to a miraculous medicine that could rid them of undiagnosed diseases, leading them to become healthier. Her younger siblings could even have the chance of opening their spirit channels and sensing the spiritual energy.

And that's only one out of many store products that she could buy with her salary from the store. Her life's trajectory truly changed the moment she sold those poisonous mushrooms to Lin Mo.

"Mhm. That's my expected revenue today. Have you forgotten, my prodigious assistant? The Celestial Duel Gear alone netted us 10,000 high-grade spirit stones. And another 10,000 from just the 200 activation of the Awakened Celestial Duelist mode." Lin Mo calmly explained. At least, his math was still intact. He had already estimated it way earlier.

But like Liu Xiaoyu and Xiao Ya, it made his chest thump a few times seeing six digits on the revenue. Now, they're halfway to the next tier.

Before settling down and eating their dinner, Lin Mo waited for a few more seconds just to see if something would be unlocked or someone from the pantheon would visit them tonight.

Alas, nothing happened, so he turned his attention to the Conduit Tower. It continues to attract more challengers. And somehow, another rich young master bought the promoted product at the Store Beacon. The young master wasn't from a nearby sect but since he also had a Viewing Jade, he started bragging about it on the Bulletin Board the moment he exited the Tower after clearing Floor 3.

Yan Wei a.k.a. UnrivaledGale was naturally provoked and he started calling that other young master out for a duel. Something like his summons from the Celestial Duel Gear against the young master's Spirit-Animated Battle Construct.

In less than an hour, it gained a lot of traction.

Other than that, the Crown Prince, Wu Meiyu's older brother, also appeared on the thread. His subordinate Captain Ying had already returned to the Jade Hollow Plains.

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However, the username he picked was quite tasteless. [CrownPrinceTian]. When he posted about recruiting cultivators for the northern border defense of the Southern Wu Kingdom, many called him fake. There's even a particular user with an almost similar name claiming to be the real one: [PrinceWuTianlong] and it sparked an argument within the Bulletin Board where the [DragonGeneral] and [ScholarWei] defended the original poster. Apparently, those were also names of the Crown Prince's close aides. Yangyang and Xiaoyu had to mute a lot of commenters to calm it down.

The First Princess messaged Lin Mo, confirming that her brother was the first one, and the other was an impersonator. Although he could also check it through the database since every Viewing Jade was soulbound, Lin Mo found it to be a hilarious situation.

After all, an internet troll has already emerged in the Realm of Nine Heavens! Even with the reminder that they wouldn't be able to easily change their username, they still did it. Not to mention, those with absurd usernames had also started popping up, like the one who's posting guides: [InFrontOfMyTaihaoNoodles].

The inhabitants of the realm were showing their creativity. When the live streaming feature gets added in the future, bloggers and celebrities will be more mainstream. Users won't just know them by name or title then. They'll be able to see them in action.

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Meanwhile, Jiang Jianxin and the rest of the Cerulean Cloud Sword Sect, who joined in her expedition to the Anchor within the Abyssal Forest, were cautiously exploring the place.

During the first hour, they truly faced ambushes from certain passages and dead ends of the maze-like structure of the Anchor.

Since they only had the Deacon's testimony of his experience within, they had no idea about the actual objective inside or how they could navigate the place properly.

At the very least, they knew the green-skinned creatures were not to be underestimated. Despite their small stature and seemingly frail bodies, their cunning and numbers made them formidable.

The creatures wielded crude weapons fashioned from bone and stone, infused with their foreign energy that somehow clashed evenly against their spiritual energy. Even the Sword Intent of an accomplished sword cultivator was finding it hard to cut through it. Luckily for them, they had the Sword Fairy, whose Sword Will effortlessly cut through any resistance.

The green-skinned creatures' ambush tactics relied on overwhelming their prey with sheer numbers, striking from shadows and retreating before a counterattack could be mounted.

Unfortunately, they couldn't gather any intelligence about their origins or even their names. The only clue they had on the place was the one that showed up at the entrance. After they got sent in, the only system panel that popped up in front of them contained one line, [You've entered Anchor - HLFB#0227: Area 1]

Compared to the Tower that provided even the challenge information, this Anchor that they entered lacked any intel. Either they needed to discover the objectives themselves, or they needed some kind of tool to extract data from it.

As they were possibly the second group to enter the place, nothing had been uncovered yet.

"Focus. Here they come again."

Jiang Jianxin's sword flashed in a silver arc, cleaving through a green-skinned creature that had lunged from a hidden alcove as they met another dead end.

Its body dissolved into a wisp of green mist, leaving behind a faint pulse of foreign energy that her core cultivation technique [Cloudstep Sword Arts] instinctively repelled but eventually absorbed, mixing in with her spiritual energy.

She glanced back at her group, her expression calm but commanding. "Stay in formation. These creatures are likely just the weakest creatures in this place. If we kill all of them in this area, an exit may appear. But we're here to gather intelligence. Our goal is to go as deep as possible. Ensure you always have your [Emergency Escape Talisman] on you."

A young female core disciple adorned with a jade hairpin, Li Ruo, nodded. Her sword was still dripping with the creature's purple blood.

"Senior Sister, shall we use a store product to scout ahead? The Anchor's layout is disorienting. My spiritual perception is struggling to map the passages because of the foreign energy."

Sect Elder Shi adjusted his stance, resting his heavy broadsword on his shoulder. "Indeed. We must turn to the Divine Convenience Store products that you bought, Jianxin. This is no natural ruin. We may be running in circles and we have no idea. Let's use your tools. You consulted the Shopkeeper, did you not?"

Jiang Jianxin's lips twitched at the mention of Lin Mo, a flicker of curiosity passing through her. His message about the Anchor near Fanling City had arrived just before they entered. However, there was also nothing new from it. He only confirmed that it was an Anchor. And when they entered here, the functionality of the Viewing Jade had been frozen as this was a space isolated from the Realm of Nine Heavens.

That's why the only thing she had to go for was the products she bought earlier in the day.

And like Li Ruo mentioned, they must use something to guide them otherwise, what's the point of buying those tools?

Swallowing her pride as a sword cultivator, she slapped her spatial bag, producing an artifact called the [Allseeing Compass].

It was a spirit-grade artifact with a simple functionality: to point the user to the energy source of the signature registered in it.