Cultivation Kill

Practice makes perfect.

Shen Zige became more and more skilled, and her speed increased.

In less than half a day, he successfully won ten secondary votes.

One photo every twenty minutes on average.

He needs to speed up now, otherwise, once the Wuding Business Alliance reacts, he'll be walking into their trap.

After all, he is only at the Spirit Condensation stage. Even if he fights desperately, he can only deal with one early Foundation Establishment stage opponent. If someone sends several mid-Foundation Establishment stage opponents, hangs a recording stone in the shop as evidence, and catches him like a turtle in a jar, the Star Realm Company can't say anything when the evidence is conclusive.

Do as many as you can in a day!

After all, in the eyes of the Wuding Business Alliance, this is a profitable business. They have also confirmed with the Zhenqi Sect that although the cost is higher, the profit is also greater.

However, the speed at which the exchange is completed is not something Shen Zige can control; it depends on how quickly the manager of Wuding Business Alliance sends people to verify the information.

Some shops even took the receipts to the Zhenqi Sect pawnshop in the city to inquire in person, and only handed over the spirit stones to Shen Zige after receiving confirmation.

Fortunately, Shi Yuan chose a city with good taste, making sure there was a Zhenqi Sect pawnshop or branch in the city. Otherwise, if someone sent a receipt to the headquarters to inquire, the Zhenqi Sect would definitely become suspicious if they asked too many questions.

As the sunset appeared, it bathed half the city in pink hues. Pedestrians moved along, casting long shadows, while workers, exhausted from a long day, hurried home.

"Dusk has fallen, and we have five supplementary tickets left. The next city we need to go to is the 55th Arena City of the Bamboo Kingdom, formerly known as Biehui City."

Shen Zige skillfully located the teleportation array and tossed a spirit stone to the teleporter from the Star Realm Company.

Qin Jie also works at the teleportation array, so he has a good impression of many teleporters.

Fifty-five cities.

The pawnshop clerks and receptionists of Wuding Business Alliance were carrying buckets of water and washing the walls and floors.

"Everyone hurry up, move quickly, Manager Wu from headquarters is coming to inspect the work."

The manager of the pawnshop in this city was sweating profusely as he directed his employees.

"Cheer up and clean up all the dirt you can see. After you're done, you need to memorize the dialogue script. I've prepared these scripts carefully, because Manager Wu might have some questions for you."

"Anyone who doesn't perform their job properly and gets criticized by Manager Wu, I don't care how you got in, you're fired tomorrow!"

The workers discussed it as they worked.

"Who is Manager Wu? Why is the manager so nervous?"

"I heard he's a confidant of Alliance Leader Tian and will be promoted to Grand Steward of the Merchant Alliance in the future."

A brown leather-bound book flew toward the two people who were talking.

"Get to work, stop slacking off, and stop talking nonsense!"

The shopkeeper, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, heard the two talking from a distance and casually grabbed an encyclopedia from the counter next to him and threw it at them.

The two people talking lowered their heads to avoid the books, but a customer who entered was not so lucky. He was hit in the nose by a book, screamed, and felt cold blood in his nostrils when he wiped them with his hand.

"No...don't let the blood drip onto the floor, go outside!" The waiter with the mop pushed the bleeding customer out the door.

When Shen Zige entered the pawnshop, not a single person came to greet her.

Having no other choice, he went to the counter, knocked on it, and alerted the clerk who was organizing the books that a customer had arrived.

"Wait, I need to categorize these two books and put them in the humanities category." The waiter said without looking up.

"Are you still doing business?" Shen Zige asked.

He thought cleaning could be done after get off work at night—no, they're in such a hurry, it must be because some important person is coming to inspect the shop!

Some high-ranking officials should have seen my portrait, but I'm in disguise now, so there's no need to worry too much.

Shen Zige took out the promissory note and shouted, "Where's the shopkeeper? I don't have any spirit stones to redeem it, I want to pawn this spirit artifact promissory note!"

The shopkeeper's eyes lit up. Even though he was preparing to receive guests, closing a big deal would make Manager Wu think more highly of him.

"The pawn ticket for the magical artifact, which pawnshop is it from? Let me see!"

The shopkeeper rushed to Shen Zige.

"It's from the Zhenqi Sect pawnshop." Shen Zige handed over the ticket.

The shopkeeper was about to take it—

Just then, a familiar figure walked into the pawnshop.

"Wu Xin?" Shen Zige's heart trembled. She quickly turned to the side and thought, "This guy has indeed reached the Foundation Establishment stage. It seems he has also gained something in the Heavenly Sword Palace secret realm. Most importantly, he learned a secret technique from his master. I wonder how strong he is in combat?"

"Manager Xia, business isn't good; there are very few customers." Manager Wu glanced at the shop, his tone icy. "This location shouldn't be this deserted!"

Shen Zige thought to herself that the shop assistants ignored customers and even bullied them, so it was no wonder that the business was not doing well!

When he entered the store earlier, he saw a customer leaving with his nose bleeding.

"There's a reason why the shop has so few customers and business is bad," the shopkeeper hurriedly explained. "People in this city are well-off and don't lack money. Besides, there are many low-interest loans nearby with interest rates much lower than our shop's fees, so..."

"So stop making excuses. I only care about the results." Manager Wu from headquarters interrupted the manager. "Are you even capable? If you're not, I'll suggest replacing you with a different manager. You should just focus on your cultivation."

In the Wuding Business Alliance, focusing on cultivation is tantamount to being eliminated. Most early Foundation Establishment cultivators, without spirit stones or rare treasures, would find it difficult to reach the late Foundation Establishment stage even if they focused on cultivation until death.

Of course, you can go out and explore to find treasure.

However, according to statistics, of those who venture into dangerous areas and secret realms during the early stages of Foundation Establishment, only one in ten survives, and that one in ten refers to those who survive to the middle stages of Foundation Establishment.

On planets with limited resources, all secret realms are open to exploration, leading to a monopoly on their resources by major sects and families. To improve one's strength, one must snatch resources from them, which is akin to taking food from a tiger's mouth. Ordinary independent cultivators can only dream of such a thing.

Therefore, the phrase "focus on cultivation" is tantamount to cutting off your path of cultivation!

"Manager Wu, I work harder than anyone else to run this business. By the way, I just received a big order today. Someone is actually a spirit weapon supplier from the True Weapon Sect. Once it's completed, it will earn tens of thousands of spirit stones for the Merchant Alliance."

Eager to shake off Wu Xin's bad impression of him, Manager Xia immediately pulled in Shen Zige's business to enhance his reputation.

"A spirit artifact supplementary ticket?"

Wu Xin's gaze shifted to Shen Zige. Although he could only see her profile, he seemed to have a sense of familiarity with her.

"Could it be that we met in some city before?" After all, he had been here for many years and knew thousands of people, not to mention many strangers. He didn't recognize Shen Zige's disguised appearance and just assumed she was a passerby.

"Why did you choose to pawn your goods at our shop?" Wu Xin asked.

"Because I heard that Wuding Business Alliance has a good reputation," Shen Zige said. "I'm from Xingguo, and I haven't been in Zhuguo for long."

"Could he be someone who was fooled by our propaganda team?"

Wu Xin knew that Wu Ding Business Alliance's reputation was actually not very good, and that many of its city branches were engaged in illegal activities.

"Your actions constitute pawning twice. Don't you want the spirit artifact earring anymore?" Wu Xin scanned Shen Zige with his divine sense, knowing that he was just a Spirit Condensation stage cultivator.

Spirit Condensation cultivators possess spiritual artifacts? However, it's entirely possible for a direct descendant of a powerful family to possess a spiritual artifact.

Wu Xin felt something was strange. He didn't know where this strange feeling came from; it was just his extrasensory intuition.