Chapter 94 (1/2)

Emily exhaled and leaned back in her plush chair. In her hands, there was a sealed document from Elder Azalea of the Moon Lotus Sect. Whenever the elder sent another letter, Emily knew there was going to be a good business opportunity. However, there was always a chance the letters would contain a termination of their partnership, which was why Emily always took a shower, washed her face, and sacrificed a goat to the god of luck before unsealing them. Just two minutes ago, she had sacrificed three goats since she had been feeling ominous for quite some time.

While holding her breath, Emily tore the wax seal and opened the envelope. Her eyes scanned the page, and a sigh of relief escaped from her chest. It seemed like the sacrifices had paid off; her partnership with the Moon Lotus Sect hadn’t been terminated. Not only was it intact, it was stronger than ever before. Elder Vremya of the Moon Lotus Sect was increasing the amount of titan hearts available for sale from one hundred a month to a thousand. With the increase of hearts in the market, the price would surely drop, but it’d also mean more people would be able to create automated golems. They’d no longer be a status symbol of the rich and wealthy.

Of course, to match the increase in titan hearts, the Moon Lotus Sect would sell more bottles of titan blood as well. Emily found it a bit odd that they didn’t increase the amount of titan flesh as well, but it didn’t really matter. With this new increase in stock, she’d be able to complete her current mission much faster than expected. However, even though one of her problems were solved thanks to this letter, she still had an even bigger problem on her plate that she had no idea where to even begin tackling.

[Mission: The Better Merchant]

[Long ago, the system was split into one hundred parts. You were one of the lucky ones who had obtained a fragment of it; however, that also means there are ninety-nine other users just like you. Unite the system fragments by taking over other users’ merchant companies. For every system fragment you obtain, the system shall increase by one level, unlocking more features. Defeat your first enemy and obtain your first fragment!]

[Reward: World Map Unlocked]

Emily furrowed her brow. There were billions of people living in the world. Of them all, she had to locate ninety-nine people. However, these ninety-nine people were merchants, so that narrowed down the number from several billion to hundreds of thousands. Currently, she was in the process of identifying her competitors. There were a few companies currently in her sights, but they were massive. How was she supposed to take over their companies?

***

Grandpa Vremya stroked his beard. His army of golems was sufficient now. The hearts and blood he had been using to make them weren’t as necessary to have anymore. As such, he decided to sell them off, increasing his monthly income. Since he had developed his nascent soul, the amount of spirit stones he needed to maintain his cultivation speed increased. Other than spiritual energy, to grow his soul seed, he also needed combat experience to influence his nascent soul’s personality. At this point, all he could do was wait for people to come pick a fight with him. He wasn’t worried about though since Rachel announced the existence of a hostile force. He wondered when they were coming.

“Vremya! Come outside!”

Grandpa Vremya climbed to his feet. If it wasn’t an emergency, Azalea would never call him out of his abode like this. She always entered and squatted in front of him until he opened his eyes. Once outside of his abode, Grandpa Vremya instantly saw why Azalea had called him out. Overhead, there were dozens of massive ships, each one ten times the size of the largest airship within the sect. The Moon Lotus Sect’s alarm formation triggered, and ear-piercing sounds rang throughout the vast landscape. Thousands of sect disciples emerged from their abodes. A few people flew through the air, but there was one very noticeable person flying upwards.

“What’s going on?” Azalea asked. “Are those the ships Sect Leader Rachel was talking about? Is she charging towards them?”

Grandpa Vremya stroked his beard and squinted his eyes. As a nascent-soul cultivator, he could see the veins on the wing of a fly over a mile away; there was no need to squint, but he did it out of habit anyway. “Those aren’t airships. Those are spaceships.”

“Spaceships?”