After listening to the cultivation realms above Spirit Gathering and Mystical Magnate, Jack and the rest of the first group spoke the rules and regtions that they were able to know during their tasks. Dn and the rest were able to little by little got to know the nature, the characteristics and the lifestyle of the people living in the Thunder Clouds City.
Then, Scott discussed about the current business trends of the city which are fashion, pill refinement, weapon-making, and trade/auction. He also enumerated the current business ranking of the all well-known business establishments within the city.
Everyone listened attentively to what the first group reported and by the end of the discussion, they were able to gain a great amount of understanding about the city. In this city, they were nothing but small fries as almost everyone here has already reached the Awakened Spirit Realm and Origin Pce Realm practitioners can be seen almost anywhere!
After learning a great deal of knowledge about the city, Dn''s employees started to work and train harder than they used to be. Clearly, what they discovered this day became the thing that will drive them in order to strive to be stronger than they were!
Dn was thinking of what business to do while he was observing his employees. He began to organize his thoughts and formted a step by step n.
''My first priority is to create a business that will enable me to gain at least 1000 gold coins a day because I will need the money and the Primal Stones I am going to gain for the next step of my ns. The next is that I also need to buy books and learning materials for me to read before taking the examination. If my assumptions are right, then the intellectual part of the test is the knowledge of the person in the history and culture of the Thunder Cloud City as well as the nature of cultivation. The next is that for me to secure myself passing that Strength test I need to be able to advance to the Awakened Spirit Realm.'' Dn carefully devised a n.
''ording to the real estate agent, I only have two weeks to prepare. I can use the first week to build up my business until it''s stable enough to earn 1000 gold coins and thest week to prepare myself for the Nobility Test. But I''m still not sure what type of business I should create. I have enough money to build a small business but I''m still not sure what particr business.'' Dn felt that he encountered a predicament. He thought hard on what business he should do.
Dn ounted and considered many variables already. He can buy a small store but he does not have supplies to use asmodity. He knew that the people here have little interest in food because almost every human in the city is already at the Awakened Spirit Realm and once a cultivator reached the Awakened Spirit Realm, he can withstand passing meals for a week? by using spirit energy as his nourishment. Although there are some who still likes to eat for the sake of pleasure and enjoyment, that''s? only a small group of customers and it would not sustain his needs. Thus, he needed to find a supply of goods fast.
''Oh, right. I have yet to use the 18 Centurial Stones because! ording to the manual, I need to be able to have a set of 250 spirit veins before cultivating the Ancestral Veins System but *sigh*, it''s such a pity that the spirit veins I gain from the Centurial Stones is useless unless I cultivate the Ancestral Veins System. I''ll worry about business after acquiring the veins.'' Dn sighed in his heart as he entered his mindscape.
Dn approached the gates and saw the Centurial Stones and started cultivating them. After? 3 hours of cultivation, Dn was able to sessfully integrate his Centurial Stones in his body. Currently, he now has 33 additional spirit veins from his Spirit Veins System.
Dn began to inspect other types of rewards because Dn wasn''t able to receive a reward for killing his first ever opponent, Andrew and after killing hundreds of bandits during their travels. Dn inspected carefully but he was unable to sight anything. Although it was a bit disappointing, he was not really depressed because he knew that he should not be dependent on the mansion all the time.
The one thing he did not receive in the mansion was Techniques. Thus, this became his weakness that was easily exploited by Andrew and if it weren''t for the Waning Moon Sword and the Shield of Dusk, he would be the one dead by now.
He also thought it through that maybe the reason that his master did not award him with battle techniques or any type of techniques was for him to not be overly reliant on the Cosmic God Mansion.
Dn''s only weakness in the past was his Low Spirit Rank Techniques but now he was able to cultivate Mid level Spirit Rank Techniques which greatly increased his strength.
He practiced the Mid level Spirit Rank Battle Technique- "Tiger ying Fist" to the Minor Aplishment Mastery already and for his Movement Technique, he practiced a technique simr to the Four Soft Steps in nature called Seven Crane Dances to the Minor Aplishment Mastery as well. His Secret Technique called the [Tiger and Crane] was somewhatgged as he only cultivated it to the Novice Mastery.
This was only possible because of the training program he had with his employees and his ownprehension that his employees deemed as amazing. Most of his employees were still at the Novice Mastery and only a little was able to reach the peak of the Novice Mastery.
Dn began to look at the mansion. He thought back to the time he was begging the mansion to help him but it did not reply. It simply stood majestically despite it''s sessor being pummeled and crippled to death without even giving any help.
Dn still held a bit of a grudge to the mansion for not helping him. Based on what Dn read in novels, he thought that being a God-level treasure the mansion must already have gained sentience and have cultivated to an unimaginable level! It could have lended just a slight help because it? possessed tremendous strength that with just a slight help it could have turned the tables around but it did not.
Dn gritted his teeth and tightened his fist as he looked hatefully at the mansion. If only it helped, then Le and Frank wouldn''t have died or Scarlet wouldn''t have been taken away.
A momentter, Dn calmed himself down and cleared his mind. He was then able to think properly that it is highly possible that the mansion did not help to prevent it from being discovered because if it did the state or even worse the whole country might have learned of its existence. If that happened, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
After that he sighed and epted what just happened, Dn just stood there and appreciated the view of the majestic and beautiful mansion of his master. It was truly a sight to marvel about.
Suddenly, Dn saw something that shocked him greatly.
"It can''t be, can it?" Dn was dumbfounded. He immediately got out of his mindscape and had Tom buy something. Tom was a bit shocked when Dn suddenly called him just to buy something but he still obeyed.
After half an hour, Tom arrived and gave the thing that Dn asked him to buy.
"I''m sorry for the inconvenience, Tom. You can continue training now." Dn calmly said with a smile.
"No problem, sir Dn." Tom replied.
After Dn left, the employees were curious about what Tom bought and approached him to ask him what item Dn asked him to buy so urgently.
"Tom, what did sir Dn ask you to buy?" Ronald asked.
"Yeah, Tom, what was it?" Scott joined in the conversation.
"Was it a weapon?" Anas asked.
"Was it a treasure or an artifact?" Beverly inquired as well.
"Was it something like a Technique?" Arnold questioned.
"Well, it was not anything like that." Tom scratched his head when he answered.
"What was it then?" The employees were anticipating what type of item did their boss ask Tom to buy. Their eyes and ears were attentively focused to Tom''s answer.
Tom felt slightly ufortable by being stared by by his friends. Since it came to this, he could only say the truth.
"It was a... book about herbs." Tom spoke shyly.
"What?!?!" The rest of the email werepletely shocked. What was their boss'' nning to do with herbs?
Inside Dn''s mindscape...
"I can''t believe this... Sky Spirit Grass, Blueheart Lotus, Silverdust Flowers, Dawnheart lotus... All of this are High Spirit Rank Herbs and Low Earth Rank spirit herbs... But they are just weeds in the Cosmic God Mansion!?" Dn was in for a total shock. He was trembling in shock when he saw the diversity of High Spirit Rank Herbs and Low Earth Rank Herbs that were near the mansion gates.
After several minutes of reading the herbal book that Tom bought, Dn was able to sessfully keep all the herbs enlisted in the book to his mind thanks to his nearly photographic memory. He was able to find almost everything? inside the book within the grounds near the mansion gates.
"Heavenly 8-leafed Lotus! Srburst Chrysanthemum! Goldeneye? fruit! Dragon Scaled Vines! These are High Earth Rank Herbs!! How can they just be weeds in this garden?" Dn was still utterly dumbfounded because he knew the rarity and the amazing medicinal properties of this herbs.
Many people would kill at the sight of a single one of them but Dn saw that there were multiple herbs of each rank within this garden. If people knew what Dn had in his possession, they would cut open his mind, take control of his body, or coerce him to surrender these herbs by torture.
Dn wasn''t able to realize it before because he was too focused on his cultivation and business and most of the herbs that he knows are all Low to Mid Spirit Rank Herbs because of his Herbal Shop back at the Soaring Cloud City but these herbs that he saw astounded him because the most lowest ranking herb in this garden is a High Spirit Rank Herbs!
If it weren''t for Dn spotting a High ss Herbal Shop while walking, he wouldn''t have recognized these herbs and he wouldn''t have ordered Tom to buy a herbal book for him.
When he moved passed that Herbal Shop, he was quite intrigued about the herbs on sale and he only skimmed through the herbs but he was able to remember their appearances. With the herbs'' appearances in mind, Dn was able to recognize them and then asked Tom to buy the book for verification purposes.
What''s more is that this herbs could be seen anywhere! If weeds are already this high ranked, what of the herbs that are being preserved and constantly nurtured by the mansion?
"There''s got to be Sky Ranked Herbs or even Immortal Ranked Herbs in there?! That means if in the future, I am able to take control of the mansion. Then, does that mean it''s all mine? " Dn could not help but feel excited about this.
"But herbs are useless for me right now since I am unable to refine anything except the Cosmic God Stones. I really need to find out what''s wrong with my body. When I''m sessful enough in either business or cultivation, I''ll invite doctors and alchemists to check my condition." Dn felt down because of this. He really can''t cultivate like what other people do.
"Although there useless to me, but for my customers they aren''t." Dn smiled as he approached the gates and started plucking High Spirit Rank Herbs one at a time.
"Master and Mansion, thank you for this help. Well, these herbs may be herbs to both of you but this is equal to profit for me. Hehehe." Dn smirked as his pace of plucking the herbs started to be faster.
After two hours of picking herbs, Dn was able to collect hundreds? of herbs for the more than 50 kinds of herbs near the mansion gates. It was a good thing that the gates have enough space for a hand to pass through it.
Dn exited his mindscape and heartilyughed at therge pouch of Sky Spirit Grass in his right hand that he just materialized.
"Hehehe, well, it''s time for business." Dn smiled with satisfaction.