Nationwide Development: Spend Billions in Advance to Bind the Empress

Chapter 415 A Breathtaking Move! Selling a Quasi-Immortal Emperor Artifact?!

Shen Yun only mentioned it casually out of good intentions, after all, Runniang was his only employee.

Moreover, he was used to being a hands-off manager, so he always had to give people some benefits to manage his subordinates.

Runniang knew the boss meant well, but she had no interest in cultivating at all.

'I can only agree for now and practice casually to avoid being exposed...' Runniang nodded excitedly, and even knelt down to kowtow in order to make it look real.

There's no way around it; if other cultivators had this opportunity, they would definitely be very excited.

However, as soon as she knelt down, Shen Yun smiled and waved his hand to help her up:

"I don't have many fuss over this. Just focus on working for the shop. As for your monthly salary, I'll raise it to five thousand low-grade immortal stones a month. That will make things easier for you."

Her daughter is still cultivating in the surrounding forces and needs a lot of resources. Runniang's original salary was only 500, so a tenfold increase should be enough to keep her.

Although this woman's cultivation level is a bit low, she is honest and law-abiding, and it's enough for her to stay in the shop.

"Thank you! Thank you, shopkeeper!" Runniang cried tears of joy, wiping away her tears with gratitude, but inwardly she thought to herself:

'It seems like I won't be able to leave anytime soon...'

With such good treatment, it would be too presumptuous for a low-level cultivator like her to leave. Now she can only take it one step at a time.

After comforting Runniang, Shen Yun released his divine sense to cover the entire city and extend to the surrounding cities, checking the quality of the goods sold by the Chamber of Commerce in the lower city.

This place is located in the eastern part of Canghai Prefecture, and its level of prosperity is passable.

However, the most valuable treasures for sale are only at the Immortal Lord level, and these items are sold through auctions, with the highest bidder winning.

'Highest bidder wins? I don't have time for auctions, but I can come up with a similar sales method...' He raised an eyebrow and pondered to himself.

For example, when certain high-quality items are listed, the highest bidder can buy them within one incense stick's time or one hour.

He has many treasures, but he'll definitely lose money if he makes a one-off deal. It's better to let people who want to buy them pay a high price.

Thinking of this, Shen Yun had an idea and took over some treasure encyclopedias and similar books from the surrounding merchant guilds:

"Runniang, take a look at these price lists. I'll put the goods up first."

"Hmm!" Runniang stepped forward to look through the books and found that they were all from the major chambers of commerce in the surrounding area, and couldn't help but smile:

'This sect leader really does things however he pleases…'

She was already an expert on prices; she could tell the price of any item just by looking at it.

Although the two sisters didn't put much effort into their cultivation, they were extremely proficient in unorthodox methods, not to mention these common knowledge items.

The Pavilion Master's actions suggest he thinks she's a cultivator from a small town who hasn't seen much of the world.

That's good, it means the other party doesn't know her true identity.

However, as she flipped through the books, she suddenly noticed that the energy fluctuations on the first floor were incredibly intense.

She looked up and saw that there were at least one hundred magical treasures of the level of a Nine Tribulation Immortal Lord on the shelves on the first floor.

Each magical artifact is surrounded by tribulation clouds unique to the Nine Tribulation Immortal Lord level.

'A treasure of this level is placed on the first floor?' Runniang wondered to herself as she watched Shen Yun go upstairs.

'Seven floors, all likely filled with treasures below the level of Immortal King. Is the Pavilion Master aiming to create a high-quality shop? Or perhaps, he's just playing around…'

Given the methods the Pavilion Master used to gather immortal energy, it's not surprising that he could produce a batch of magical treasures.

However, his purpose is still hard to figure out.

At that moment, Shen Yun's voice reached her ears:

"Runniang, the items are all set up. Take a look at the prices. If you don't know the price, just put a tag saying 'highest bidder wins.' Set the auction time to one hour. I've set up defensive formations for each item, so there's no need to worry about anyone stealing them..."

Runniang responded softly to the instructions:

"Yes, Master. However, I'm not very familiar with the prices; I'll need some time to get to know them."

"It's alright, you can open the shop after you've finished understanding everything. You go ahead with your work, just come to the seventh floor if you need anything."

"Yes, shopkeeper." Runniang nodded, glancing at the books while observing the treasures on the first floor.

When she got to the second floor, her eyes widened in surprise!

Because all the goods here are Celestial Lord-level treasures.

There are still one hundred items, ranging from the lowest to the highest quality!

'Could it be that each floor contains magical treasures of different qualities?!' Thinking of this, Runniang hurriedly went to the third floor.

Before she even reached the stairs, she was stunned into silence by the chaotic lightning tribulation that appeared on the third-floor shelves:

'hiss!!!'

It remains a hundred magical treasures of Immortal King quality.

There are even eighteen high-grade Immortal King magic treasures that carry chaotic lightning tribulation!

It should be noted that even her family, the Immortal King Li family, only had one high-grade Immortal King magic weapon back then.

But here, there are a full eighteen items!!!

'Could it be that there's a Celestial Venerable-level treasure up there?!' As soon as this thought crossed her mind, Runniang could no longer suppress her curiosity and rushed up to the fourth floor.

Fortunately, the shelves were empty when she went upstairs, which relieved her slightly.

'I knew it... Ouch!!!'

There were no magic weapons on the shelves around the stairs.

But directly in front of her, there were ten magical treasures radiating Taoist light, sealed inside a crystal ball.

Only after she got closer did she sense a powerful aura of the Great Dao emanating from the magical artifact within the crystal ball.

'My God~...' Runniang felt her heart jump into her throat.

This is a Celestial Venerable-level magical artifact!!

Magical artifacts of this level are generally crafted by experts at the Immortal Venerable Realm.

Or they are treasures passed down from ancient times, with very few remaining in existence!

Such treasures are either acquired by Daoist temples or are in the hands of immortals who roam freely in the world, living a solitary life.

Or they are treasured as the most valuable possessions in the world's top powers!

But even an ordinary temple probably doesn't have more than ten of these treasures!

Her master, on the other hand, simply pulled out ten items to sell!

What kind of powerful and dissolute family could have such a background?!

'Even the temple probably wouldn't sell it. Who exactly is he...' Runniang swallowed hard, her throat dry, and continued upstairs.

As for the fifth floor, she figured it should be a rest and trading area for guests.

After all, the level above Immortal Venerable is Quasi-Immortal Emperor, and she had never seen such a treasure before, nor had she ever heard of anyone having one.

The only ways for cultivators to learn this information are through ancient books and rumors.

But when she reached the fifth floor, her legs began to tremble uncontrollably, and she felt completely powerless, clinging tightly to the stair railing as if she were about to collapse to the ground.

Because it's on the shelves in the center of this floor.

There were two magical treasures, each wreathed in strange divine fire and radiant with iridescent light!

The magical artifact's radiance illuminated the entire fifth-floor space, creating a breathtakingly beautiful scene that made one feel as if they had entered a dreamlike fairyland.

But Runniang's attention was focused on the divine fire surrounding the magical artifact.

If she wasn't mistaken, this was the exclusive characteristic of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor recorded in ancient books: the Flame of Destiny!

This fire can sever the traces of the past, present, and future in the river of time and space for powerful individuals and magical treasures who have reached the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level, thus preventing enemies from launching sneak attacks along the river of time and space.

The fact that treasures that only existed in ancient books were being sold left Runniang feeling terrified and utterly shocked.

'What kind of person have I run into?!'