Traveling through time to cultivate immortality: a life and death test

Soon, thanks to Liu Xing's deliberate dissemination, the news of the He Huan Sect and the Demon Sect's purchase of the mall spread widely. Merchants from these two factions rushed to Wanshan City, eager to move in and seize key retail locations.

The other sects finally became restless, unwilling to give up the readily available benefits. Within a month, prominent figures from each of the major sects arrived in Wanshan City with their caravans and seized the shopping mall without hesitation. Thus, the nine shopping malls became embassies sent by the nine major sects to the Qianji Sect, serving as both the sect's core business location and a base for the sect's garrison, allowing for a small number of defensive forces to be stationed there.

Next, Liu Xing opened Qianji Bank to other sects, allowing them to deposit, withdraw, and lend money. The influx of large sums of money made the entire business atmosphere in Wanshan City extremely lively.

Meanwhile, word spread like wildfire that the most powerful Hall Master, Liu Xing, needed a large number of elixir formulas to further his cultivation at the Jindan stage. To curry favor with Hall Master Liu, countless individuals went to great lengths to curry his favor, and elixir formulas were naturally the best way to gain access. Rumors circulated that anyone who used elixir formulas to gain access secured the best policies and locations, or even secured large loans from the Qianji Bank. Of course, this was all deliberately spread by Liu Xing's agents, and he seized the opportunity to obtain seven or eight elixir formulas. Overjoyed, he meticulously collected the relevant medicinal herbs contained within.

With the arrival of the various caravans, shops of all sizes have opened. The ten major shopping malls are temporarily closed due to renovations and the transportation of large quantities of goods.

The first to be prepared is naturally Qianji Mall, so it has the first-mover advantage and is ready to open in three days!

The Qianji Mall's decor mirrors that of the Qianji Bank, exuding a sense of opulence and luxury. The mall consists of six floors: the first floor houses items needed by Qi-training cultivators, the second floor houses items for Foundation Establishment cultivators, and the third floor houses items for Core Formation masters. Each floor features a dedicated auction hall capable of accommodating a thousand people simultaneously. The fourth, fifth, and sixth floors house restaurants, teahouses, and accommodations, providing rest and private gatherings for cultivators. Each floor has its own dedicated entrance and exit, ensuring that each entrance does not interfere with another, creating a user-friendly design.

High-ranking monks don't want to be interrupted by lower-ranking monks during transactions or exchanges. Lower-ranking monks are even more terrified of high-ranking monks, like mice seeing a cat, trembling with fear. Therefore, it is essential to arrange trading venues according to different levels.

On this day, Wanshan City was crowded with people because Qianji Mall was opening!

Liu Xing made sufficient preparations and publicity for the opening ceremony.

First of all, the goods. Each shelf is filled with common supplies, including various items and tools for alchemy, refining, talisman making, puppet making, etc., with sufficient stock.

Secondly, rare spiritual medicines, finished elixirs, magical instruments, and high-level talismans were up for auction. Especially exciting news: a Jindan-stage puppet was up for auction! Liu Xing's deliberate promotion attracted a large number of cultivators. Puppet masters from major sects came to see the items, hoping to purchase them and take them back to their sect for research, potentially enabling them to create replicas of Jindan-stage puppets. It was rare for the Qianji Sect to be so generous, not keeping such a valuable treasure for themselves but actually putting it up for auction!

Indeed, this puppet, at the early stage of the Jindan stage, was a new product created by the Qianyuan team, which Liu Xing had invested in. Although it still had many flaws, it was equipped with a mid-grade spirit stone and could indeed strike with the power of an early stage Jindan cultivator.

After more than a decade of dedicated research, countless failures, and the expenditure of hundreds of thousands of spirit stones, they finally succeeded! This success filled Liu Xing and his companions with jubilation. When the news reached the Council of Elders, Shangguan Nan, the head of the Puppetry Division, was astonished and praised their dedication. He accepted Qian Yuan, Zhang Qiang, and Guo Liping as formal disciples. The trio were overjoyed to be able to study under a mid-Nascent Soul expert, and they bowed down in obeisance. Consequently, they were even more grateful to Liu Xing, believing all this was a blessing brought to them by Liu Xing.

Liu Xing cheered for everyone's success and was pleased that they had found a good home. He urged everyone to continue researching and optimizing the Jindan puppet. The three of them had been together for over a decade and had become like siblings. Zhang Qiang and Guo Liping had even developed a secret crush on each other, and now, as fellow disciples, their bond had become even closer.

Liu Xing proposed auctioning off the first Jindan-stage puppet they had developed at the Qianji Mall. Firstly, the puppet's power was somewhat underwhelming for the four people, already at the early Jindan stage. Secondly, the puppet's core technology couldn't be learned by simply disassembling it. Selling it for some money could help offset the years of investment. The three Qian Yuans followed Liu Xing's advice and agreed.

In addition, Qianji Money House has indeed received a lot of good things in the past ten years. Some of these rare treasures were mortgaged by their owners but not redeemed on time, so they became the property of Qianji Money House. These things were then selected and auctioned.

As for the items needed by Nascent Soul masters, they are extremely scarce and generally held by the Nascent Soul ancestors themselves, who exchange them through private trade fairs. Therefore, the Qianji Mall only provides a resting place for the Nascent Soul ancestors and cannot provide the spiritual treasures and medicinal materials they need. However, if they only need some auxiliary materials, the Qianji Mall still has everything.

As the entrances to the mall slowly opened, thousands of cultivators poured in, especially the auction hall, which was packed. However, Liu Xing had already requested manpower support from Sect Leader Lu in advance to prepare for the grand opening, and the number of street patrols doubled. Shangguan Nan, the head of the Puppetry Department, was even invited to oversee the Qianji Mall. With the addition of the Yuanying elders stationed year-round at the Qianji Bank, including one in the middle Yuanying stage and one in the early Yuanying stage, no one dared to act rashly.

Fortunately, Liu Xing had made thorough preparations, with ample security and stock, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to handle the frenzy. Two Nascent Soul cultivators caught wind of the event and arrived, but were intercepted early by Shangguan Nan and forcibly invited to the sixth floor for tea. Whether they were genuinely shopping or harboring ulterior motives, they kept it to themselves, forcing a smile to stay with Shangguan Nan. Facing a mid-Nascent Soul expert, even though two of them were only at the early stages, they dared not act rashly. It wasn't until three days later, after the grand opening, that Shangguan Nan let them go. Having learned their lesson, they didn't dare linger for a moment, dashing off in disgrace.

The opening of Qianji Mall was a huge success. A Jindan stage puppet was sold at a sky-high price of 500,000. This level of puppet was so rare in the world that all the major sects wanted to buy it back for research. In the end, it was acquired by the wealthy Demon Sect.