22 Lord's Spiritual Array
After completing the deal with Xuan Jian, Jun didn't try to recruit him and simply earned 40 tokens in one go.
"Nice, with this I only need ten more tokens to upgrade the shop. However, I am still lacking in three mortal grade buildings and 10 grade one beast cores."
Jun pondered for a while before he came outside the shop and looked at an empty space near the shop.
The last time Jun went to hunt grade one beast, he had sold all the cores he acquired for the sake of building a battle arena.
Still, it wasn't a problem for Jun to acquire these grade-one beast cores.
At most, he would have to make another trip to Vengeful Beasts Mountain.
For now, he decided to solve the most critical problem of his shop.
Talismans were the only products currently in his shop and Ding Xue who was the only talisman apprentice under Golden Phoenix Pavilion didn't have a suitable place to make these talismans.
Hence, Jun decided to spend 5 tokens in exchange for a [Talisman Hall] building.
A strange white light shone brightly in the empty space and sounds of stones crushing and metals clashing could be heard nearby.
After a few seconds, a building not too extravagant and not too simple stood at the place in front of Jun.
Without wasting time, Jun quickly checked the building's description.
[Talisman Hall: This building is used for crafting talismans. Increases chances of success in talisman crafting by 3%. (Mortal grade)]
[Upgrade requirements: 3 talisman apprentice level employees (Current employees: 1/3), 10 tokens]
"3 talisman apprentice level employees?" Jun scratched his chin in contemplation.
"Now, how do I get 2 more talisman apprentices?" After thinking for a while, Jun gave up the idea of hiring employees for now.
He had too many secrets and won't trust anybody easily.
"Qi Baishi should return in a day or two. At that time, I will use 10 tokens in exchange for the Beast Hall building. It would look like a miracle to him that way."
Jun chuckled as he imagined how Qi Baishi would react after watching a building appear in front of him out of thin air.
After dispelling unnecessary thoughts, Jun entered the talisman hall to take a look inside.
The talisman hall had a large space inside with rows of small rooms to make talismans and a counter near the entrance, where orders could be registered.
"Zhenyi!" Jun called out loud.
After waiting for a while, no one came.
"Oh! right, she is managing the battle arena."
After realizing that Hua Zhenyi was busy, Jun took out a grade-one talisman from his storage ring.
This was a talisman used to communicate with others.
Jun infused a message in it, which was — "Come to the shop" and sent it to Ding Xue.
After a while, the sun had set, and a new moon was illuminating the dark sky.
Ding Xue finally arrived at the shop.
"You sure made me wait for so long." Jun retorted.
"I am sorry Immot... Shop Owner Jun. I was just helping Steward Zhenyi with managing the battle arena." Ding Xue explained, looking a little apologetic.
Steward Zhenyi is what others refer to Hua Zhenyi as nowadays.
"No problem. How many won today?" Jun asked.
"Two cultivators won today's match. Amongst them, one was a disciple of Nine Yin Palace and another one was an independent cultivator." Ding Xue said.
"Good, come with me." Jun turned around and started to walk towards the empty space where he had just established the [Talisman Hall] building.
Ding Xue didn't say anything and obediently followed behind Jun.
A few seconds later, they finally arrived in front of the building.
A signboard with 'Taliman Hall' written on it was hanging at the entrance.
As Ding Xue came closer to the building, he felt a strange energy envelope him.
"Shop Owner, I really don't know how to repay you for this." Ding Xue's eyes were a little watery.
He didn't know how to repay Jun after all he had received from him.
First, was the talent scroll, and now even this [Talisman Hall] which looked a little extraordinary.
Of course, it was a normal thing to provide employees with a suitable working environment even in the cultivation world.
However, this building surely had a special effect, just from the strange energy emanating from it.
Jun smiled at didn't say anything to Ding Xue.
Afterward, Ding Xue entered the building to inspect it while Jun returned back to the shop.
Battle Arena had just been closed, and even then Hua Zhenyi was cleaning the shop diligently instead of taking a rest despite working for the whole day.
"Zhenyi, take a rest," Jun advised her, feeling a little guilty for making Zhenyi work so much while he slacked off.
Hua Zhenyi bowed politely and left to take a rest.
In the future, he will surely make up to her.
[Congratulations to the host, you have gained 10 reputation points.]
A sudden notification appeared in front of Jun.
As expected, the reputation of the battle arena is a good way to earn reputation points.
Battle arena was getting popular due to its unique way of using [Illusory Space Array].
However, Jun was also aware that he wouldn't be able to earn reputation points from it for long.
Instead of using the random talent function immediately, he decided to enhance the security of his shop first.
Jun was well aware that he was in a secluded place, and even though he could fight with a late-stage Qi Condensation Realm cultivator with the help of his [Sky Viper Puppet], Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators were too strong for him to handle.
Either he can increase his cultivation now, or buy an excellent Array formation from the system shop to increase the security.
"Let's just look for a suitable array formation." Jun looked through the never-ending list of products in the system shop.
His gaze finally landed on an array that seemed like something he was looking for.
[Lord's Spiritual Array: This array can be used to absorb the Qi or Spiritual energy from your subordinates to increase the caster's cultivation for a short period of time. (Mortal grade high-level) (Price: 30 tokens)]
"Increase cultivation?" Jun was astonished after reading the description of this array.
This was something he needed the most. The only thing he was lacking was subordinates, he only had Hua Zhenyi and Ding Xue as subordinates.
These two didn't have a high cultivation base, which was quite a big problem.
However, as long as he can get a subordinate with a higher cultivation base, this array would be like a blessing to him.
Without further ado, he decided to buy this array.
After the array was summoned, another notification appeared in front of him.
[Do you want to integrate 'Lord's Spiritual Array' in the shop?]
[Y/N]
Jun decided to immediately integrate it into his shop.
[Congratulations to the host, 'Lord's Spiritual Array' has been integrated into the shop.]
