Witch, please have some self-respect!

Three days later, the shop in front of the door had opened and was named Wangyuezhai.

Su Wan'er is the manager, and she has an assistant named Duan Yuying.

All the auxiliary materials were supplied by Duan Peng from Tiangongfu at low prices, which was achieved through Duan Yuying.

The two belong to the same clan.

Today is the opening day of the new store, and Duan Peng brought thirty rune stones and two premium items.

The number is already quite large.

Shen Yun added some more, along with a few array plates.

He also obtained some essential pills, blood food, and other necessary cultivation items through Fairy Qingzhi's channels.

They also placed five exquisite rune stones in a crystal box and displayed it in the most prominent position in the shop.

"Wow~ This newly opened shop actually has high-quality runes!"

"Hurry, Senior Brother Li, come quick! If you're too late, there won't be any left!"

"I want all five of these exquisite pieces!"

The talisman stones were the best advertisement; within ten minutes of opening, the place was packed with disciples of the Holy Sect.

"Take your time. The supply of rune stones is currently limited. Each person is limited to one per day, and members of Wangyuezhai can purchase two."

Following Shen Yun's instructions, Duan Yuying said with a standard smile, "Only members can purchase premium rune stones."

Although Duan Yuying's cultivation level was not high, only at the mid-stage of Body Nourishing.

However, no one dared to act recklessly on this street, as everyone knew that this was an internal street for the disciples of the Holy Sect, and the law enforcement team was not far away.

How do I become a member?

"Spend 100 Source Stones at this store to become a member."

......

In the backyard formation, Shen Yun and Duan Peng watched the shop become instantly popular and were very satisfied.

"Brother Shen, your idea of ​​a membership system is brilliant!" Duan Peng gave a thumbs up.

As a result, everything else in the store sold out.

Everyone wants to buy premium runes.

Besides, these people were going to buy things anyway, and Shen Yun's prices aren't expensive, so why not buy from here?

The new store became very popular as soon as it opened, and the five exquisite runes in the box were a great help.

Actually, Shen Yun originally planned to release the talisman crystal.

Duan Peng was stunned on the spot and hurriedly begged Grandpa Shen Yun to stop his supernatural powers.

For a small shop like this, having a few exquisite talismans to set the tone is enough.

In the Holy City, the only shops that sell talisman crystals are Xianbaoque and Shengbaolou, which occasionally sell them.

Shen Yun's Fu Jing.

Although it wasn't brought out to be the store's main attraction, it still impressed Duan Peng.

He gained a new understanding of Shen Yun's strength and no longer complained about the 1.3% commission.

So what if the commission is high?

value!

On the first day of opening, the store's sales exceeded two thousand, with a profit of over two hundred Originium.

The runestones were quickly sold out, and all five premium runestones were also sold.

Selling runestones alone would never yield this level of profit.

This place is located in the heart of the Holy City, and is the Hidden Dragon Pavilion of the outer disciples of the Holy Sect. Those who come and go are all precisely targeted customers.

A few days later, more and more people learned that a restaurant called Wangyuezhai had opened in Qianlongfang.

Runestones are sold daily, and high-quality ones are available every few days.

The price is much lower than that of Xianbaoque, making it another must-visit spot for many people every day.

On the first day of opening, Su Wan'er and Xiao Ruyan were taking stock of the day's revenue.

"Uncle Shen took out three high-quality and ordinary rune stones, array plates, inkstones... and sold them for a total of 320 source stones. This is not considered a profit."

Xiao Ruyan looked at the accounts, writing and drawing there; she was very good at accounting.

"These 580 items are for Master Duan, along with the rune stones and many other things they brought."

"We got some from Sister Qingzhi before... After deducting costs, today's profit is 223 source stones."

As Xiao Ruyan was calculating, she suddenly remembered the time she spent at Lingnongfang.

A wave of bitterness welled up in my heart. My mother risked her life for a month, and her income was only three or five Originium.

Shen Yun suddenly felt that opening a shop wasn't so bad.

It not only provides an extra source of income, but also effectively conceals the source of his large amount of runestones.

All sorts of odds and ends can be sold here.

For example, the inkstone he made himself, and the stolen goods from his previous raids.

In the following days, the turnover was not as high as on the first day.

As the number of members increases, the situation is gradually stabilizing.

Shen Yun didn't pay much attention to opening the store after that; Su Wan'er and Xiao Ruyan took care of it.

We'll just develop it gradually.

It's their own shop, so they can't possibly lose money.

Shen Yun focused more of his energy on cultivation.

He has made great progress in his studies of casting these days and is now able to make second-generation inkstones.

The difficulty in forging inkstones, apart from the engraving of the symbols, mainly lies in the forging process.

The process of refining silver a thousand times into second-grade mithril is something Shen Yun's "Melt Gold and Refine Iron Hand" technique can already achieve.

Shen Yun also copied Su Wan'er's alchemy technique, "Thousands of Threads of Flame."

It is estimated that once the two methods are perfected, even the three-fold inkstone could be successfully made.

...

The day before breaking through the limits of his technique, Shen Yun achieved a double breakthrough.

At that moment, in the quiet room, Shen Yun was enveloped in a dense crimson glow.

The crimson glow seemed to possess a spirit, faintly coalescing into the shape of a large tree with a thick trunk and sprawling branches, exuding a mysterious and powerful aura.

At the same time, Shen Yun was surrounded by radiant light, illuminating the entire quiet room as if it were daytime, dazzling and spectacular.

For this breakthrough, Shen Yun did not rely on any pills to break through bottlenecks, nor did he use any blood-based elixirs.

During the nearly two months he spent at the sixth level of Body Nourishment, he refined more than sixty Blood Altars with his perfect level of comprehension, averaging one altar per day.

This had already reached the limit that Shen Yun's physical body could withstand.

Thanks to the miraculous enhancement of the Blood Heaven Technique, Shen Yun's physical body possesses a strength of 11,000 jin.

Daoji also increased by one due to the unique "increase in number" of the Heavenly Merit, which expanded the ancestral land in the ancestral aperture to a size of 24.

With the Blood Heaven Technique fully perfected, his cultivation level also improved.

With his own powerful and abundant blood energy, which can melt gold and condense mist into weapons, he could increase his success rate by more than 10% if he tried to break through to the Blood Sea Realm.

With such a solid foundation, breaking through the bottleneck of the later stage of body cultivation was naturally an easy task for him.

Three hours passed quietly, and Shen Yun finally finished refining the blood-red radiance.

In an instant, the blood and qi within his body surged like a rushing river, emitting a series of booming sounds like the clash of metal.

Shen Yun slowly opened his eyes, and in an instant, the entire quiet room seemed to be filled with a holy white light, its radiance shining brightly, as if illuminating the whole world.

Seven stages of body cultivation completed!

Shen Yun felt the powerful force within his body, as if he possessed the power to destroy the world, as if he could pierce through heaven and earth with a single punch.

However, he also knew that this was just an illusion caused by his rapid increase in strength in a short period of time.

"Upon entering the seventh level, one possesses a strength of six thousand jin, which, combined with the eleven thousand jin boost from the Blood Heaven Technique, brings the total to seventeen thousand jin."

With the cultivation technique amplified ninefold, the realm of breaking through the second limit with a single punch is not far off!

Shen Yun clenched his fists tightly, a hint of excitement and confidence flashing in his eyes.

He immediately took out the Dragon Halberd, which was long and slender, with a cold light flashing, and seemed to emit the faint roar of a dragon.

Holding the Dragon Halberd, Shen Yun went straight to the training ground and unleashed his surging power without any restraint.

He gathered all his strength into the tip of his halberd and unleashed his strongest strike, combining the five elements to unleash a devastating force.

With a loud "boom," the halberd struck the dummy in the training ground formation, instantly unleashing a dazzling light.

A deep and shocking mark was clearly left on the dummy.

It should be noted that only by achieving the power to break through limits can one leave a mark on this dummy.

Shen Yun began practicing with each strike of his halberd.

The damage caused by this attack will gradually recover under the nurturing of the formation.

There's no need to feel bad or be stingy about it.

"Breaking through the limits is a sure thing. With strength approaching the second limit and the assistance of numerous runes, I'm safe and sound!"

Shen Yun pondered to himself, and upon thinking of this, he felt extremely comfortable.

Moreover, looking at the ancient scroll, the Six Strikes of Heaven-Covering are almost complete, and the Purple Thunder Breathing Technique is also about to be perfected.

At that time, our combat strength will definitely rise again.

It was past midnight the next day.

While Shen Yun was still asleep, the Limit Breaking Martial Arts Competition arrived as scheduled.

The limit-breaking martial arts competition, held once every three years, can last for about ten days.

It can accommodate approximately 50,000 participants each day.

The Holy Sect has hundreds of thousands of disciples, including 30,000 inner disciples at the Blood Sea Realm.

However, the assessment locations for inner and outer disciples are different; outer disciples take the assessment in the Inheritance Hall in the center of the Holy City.

The inner disciples' training grounds are located on the eighth-order dragon vein, the foundation upon which the Holy Sect stands.

They are the true disciples.

For outer disciples, breaking through limits in martial arts demonstrations is mostly just a formality.

Even among disciples of the Holy Sect, the opportunity to break through limits is generally only available when they reach the ninth level of Body Nourishing perfection.

Of the hundreds of thousands of outer disciples, there are approximately 150,000 at the eighth level of Body Nourishing or the Perfection level; most of them have stopped there.

They are given priority in breaking limits in martial arts training.

Shen Yun, having just entered the late stage of Body Nourishing, would typically participate in the Limit Breaking Martial Arts Competition in the last few days.

But it was a minor for him.

The minors in the Minor Training Pavilion always schedule their Limit Break Demonstration for the first day.

with no exceptions.

This shows the importance that the Holy Sect attaches to auxiliary cultivation, which is why there has always been a saying that entering the auxiliary cultivation stage is comparable to the completion of body nourishment.

After waking up, Shen Yun saw the message on his identity card.

[All minor practitioners, the sixth batch to participate in the Limit-Breaking Demonstration on the first day, assemble at the Minor Practitioner Pavilion]

Upon seeing the message, Shen Yun calmly arrived at the auxiliary study of the Inner Affairs Hall.

The sixth batch arrived after noon, so there was still plenty of time.

The area in front of the auxiliary pavilion was no longer as deserted as it had been on Shen Yun's previous visits; it had become unusually lively.

"So many of them are minor subjects?"

Shen Yun was slightly surprised, as this was the first time he had seen this before.

However, by the morning, nearly a thousand auxiliary cultivators had already gathered here, standing scattered in all directions, forming a stark contrast with the other disciples who had come to the Inner Affairs Hall to handle business.

Because each of them carried a subtle, almost imperceptible, arrogance.

Shen Yun looked at them and saw that they were divided into five or six groups, clearly distinct from one another.

Each small group chatted idly in small groups.

Fortunately, the Inner Affairs Hall was large enough that with so many people gathered inside and outside the Auxiliary Study Pavilion, it didn't feel crowded.

As far as Shen Yun knew, there were only about two hundred people who were auxiliary practitioners of the Holy Sect's Runestone Path.

Among them were three masters, more than twenty second-level cultivators, and the rest were all first-level minor cultivators.

The Holy Sect requires the submission of ten high-quality rune stones annually, which has already deterred a large number of unproductive minor cultivators from wasting their time.

Those I collect are all quite skilled.

This was Shen Yun's first time participating in such a scene, and he was completely lost, not knowing where to run.

I had no choice but to seek out the only person I knew, Steward Liu Mubai.

"Deacon Liu, I am Shen Yun. Shall we wait here for the ritual to begin?"

"Are you Shen Yun, the Talisman Master?"

Deacon Liu was taken aback and looked at the young man in his thirties with suspicion.

Shen Yun no longer resembled the white-haired, elderly talisman master he once was.

If he had looked like this a few months ago, the Heavenly Crafts Bureau would definitely have been too embarrassed to publicize it so extensively.

Shen Yun smiled and said, "I just shaved my beard, so there's not much difference."

For cultivators at the Blood Sea Realm, photographic memory is a basic skill, and Liu Mubai recognized Shen Yun after careful observation.

He touched his mustache and couldn't help but marvel at the changes; it had only been half a year, yet he had changed so much.

It is also rare in the spiritual practice world.

Liu Mubai asked, puzzled, "Why aren't you gathering your people here?"

"I don't know any of the people on the field..."

Shen Yun helplessly shrugged; it was the first time he had ever seen so many people.

All the faces were unfamiliar.

He shamelessly said, "Please tell me about it."

Liu Mubai realized that this was another lone wolf.

But that's a bit too much. Doesn't he want to go to the auxiliary training base of the Heavenly Crafts Bureau?

"The largest group over there are talisman masters; alchemists are there too; spirit plant masters... corpse refiners... puppeteers..."

Liu Mubai, having nothing better to do, began to explain things to Shen Yun, giving him a better understanding of the situation here.

Different minor professions form groups; the talisman masters have three specialties: stone, array, and weapon. The largest group seems to have two or three hundred members.

Secondly, there is a group of alchemists, numbering around two hundred.

Next were the group of corpse refiners, who numbered nearly two hundred.

Shen Yun couldn't help but take a few more glances; the group of people exuded a sinister aura.

The students in the surrounding minor programs were also kept at a considerable distance from them.

The groups of plant cultivators and alchemists are relatively close, and there are roughly a hundred of them.

Not a small amount.

Among them, Shen Yun finally saw a few familiar faces, including the spirit plant masters he had met at the Spirit Field in the east of the city.

We just didn't interact much; we were only acquainted.

Shen Yun simply nodded.

Other secondary skills include brewing, puppetry, beast taming, and Gu poison.

They either surrounded these large groups or were quite far apart on their own, and there were quite a few of them.

Thank you!

Following Liu Mubai's instructions, Shen Yun turned and walked towards the area with the largest crowd.

Previously, my activities were limited to Lingnongfang, and I didn't have much contact with these people.

He's become quite interested lately; it's boring to work alone behind closed doors, so he might as well integrate with them.

It's never a bad thing to know more people.

Shen Yun, an unfamiliar face, walked in and quickly attracted the attention of others.

Those who pursued minor studies in the same field within the Holy Sect generally knew each other.

The sudden appearance of an unfamiliar person naturally attracted the attention of many people who were secretly observing them.

Shen Yun stopped in a small group of about a dozen people, who all seemed to be playing with runes, and prepared to strike up a conversation.

But someone spoke first: "Is this senior brother also a talisman master? May I ask his name?"

"My name is Shen Yun, a Stone Dao Talisman Master, who recently joined the Holy Sect."

Shen Yun took out the emblem of the Heavenly Craftsmanship Bureau and showed it off.

None of the Holy Sect's assistant cultivators were wearing the Heavenly Craftsmanship Palace badges today, and upon seeing this, he quickly removed his as well.

"Shen Yun, are you Shen Yun from Lingnongfang in the east of the city?"

Many people around were listening to the two's conversation. When they heard Shen Yun's name, a talisman master with a thick beard looked over.

"Senior brother, have you heard of me?"

Shen Yun was somewhat surprised. He felt he had been low-key enough, but he didn't expect that people even knew about his previous residence.

"Isn't that sixty-year-old talisman master who became famous half a year ago my senior brother?"

Upon hearing this name and learning about his background, most of the surrounding talisman masters immediately lost interest in Shen Yun.

I'm too lazy to listen anymore.

Becoming a talisman master at the age of sixty indicates limited natural talent.

It's estimated that even ten high-quality rune stones might not be enough to collect in a year, and the Holy Sect will eliminate them in two years.

The bearded talisman master, however, took an interest in Shen Yun and came over to chat.

"Senior brother, my name is Ren Xiujie, and I am proficient in all kinds of runes and arrays."

As he approached, Shen Yun unconsciously took a step back, creating some distance between them.

This bearded talisman master had a round face and a slightly chubby figure.

It appears harmless to humans and animals.

It stirred up some memories from my past life.

When he heard that he was proficient in talismans and arrays, Shen Yun couldn't help but look at him with new respect.

Those who are proficient in both minor cultivation paths are few and far between. Most people only pursue one minor cultivation path and then solidify their practice, which is already a waste of time.

There's no extra energy to pursue another path.