The buff is permanent, and you start the game with a fountain of water.

"Investment?"

Huan Cheng was stunned upon hearing this, and a thousand thoughts rushed into his mind.

After the last transaction with the hidden gold, Huan Cheng received another 1.8 million. With his previous savings, he has now paid off the loan for the luxury gaming pod.

Suddenly, he realized he didn't know what use the money was.

He now spends over 90% of his time in the Divine Realm, and has nowhere to spend all the money in his account.

Eating, drinking, and having fun—all the pleasures that can be enjoyed by spending money in reality are available in the Divine Realm, and even more advanced and tempting.

Aside from the monthly cost of tens of thousands of yuan for nutrient solutions, money seems to have lost its effect on him.

"How do I become a shareholder?"

Thinking of this, Huan Cheng suddenly became interested in the idea of ​​investing that Banzhan Wenrou had mentioned and took the initiative to inquire about it.

Half a cup of gentle warmth was delighted upon hearing this and quickly began to explain.

To put it simply, Huan Cheng converted his equipment and skills into shares and joined her shop.

After a moment's thought, Huan Cheng asked, "If these things were used as capital, how many shares would they be equivalent to?"

Half a Cup of Tenderness clearly had a plan in mind, and quickly replied, "According to market prices, these equipment items are worth about three million, and the skill books are even more valuable, worth six hundred thousand."

"The shop I opened is called 'A Shop.' In the early stages, I invested twelve million in renting the shop space, hiring staff, purchasing goods, and so on."

"If the expert guarantees that all the equipment and items you farm in the future will be sold through our exclusive channels, I can give you a 30% share."

"Wait, is your shop rented?"

Half a cup of gentle warmth nodded matter-of-factly: "Of course, the shops in Qingyang City are ridiculously expensive. A random shop costs over 1000 gold, and there are eligibility restrictions for purchasing them. Only a ghost could buy one!"

"What restrictions?"

"The reputation requirement seems to be at least 3000 reputation points. Players also need local residents to act as guarantors. If the guarantor's reputation isn't high enough, the application won't be approved!"

As she said this, Banzhan Wenrou clenched her teeth, clearly having suffered a lot of mistreatment before.

"If... if I said I could help you buy a shop at a 10% discount, and at the same time provide more than one hundred pieces of high-grade bronze artifacts within a week, how would the shares be calculated?"

"Hmm?" Half a cup of gentle warmth was taken aback. She glanced at Huan Cheng and, seeing that he didn't seem to be joking, her expression turned serious.

After silently considering for a moment, Banzhan Wenrou spoke in a low, gentle voice, "Is what the great master said true?"

Huan Cheng didn't speak, but simply showed Banzhan Wenrou the attributes of the Courage Badge and his reputation value of up to five thousand.

Banzhan gently pursed her lips, remaining silent for a long while.

After a while, she seemed to have suddenly made up her mind and slowly said, "I still have 20 million in funds at my disposal. I'll invest it all and we'll open the largest player shop in Qingyang City together."

"A 40/60 split!"

She paused, then gently bit her lip and said in a deep voice, "You get 60%, I get 40%, but I'll be responsible for the actual operation!"

"OK!"

Huan Cheng readily agreed to Banzhan Wenrou's request. He knew nothing about business and had no time to deal with such trivial matters, so he couldn't be happier.

The rest was much simpler. He went to the City Lord's Mansion with Half a Cup of Gentleness to change the shareholding, and he now owned a shop called "Gentle Little Shop".

During this time, the Courage Badge came in handy again, not only allowing them to skip the queue but also waiving the change fee.

Although it was a small amount of money, it surprised Banzhan Wenrou, making her feel that the future was much brighter.

After completing the change of registration, Banzhan Wenrou didn't want to waste a second and quickly went offline. She wanted to make good preparations and take the opportunity to make a name for "Wenrou's Little Shop".

Looking at the spot where Wenrou had logged off, Yunxi was slightly lost in thought: "Wenrou's business acumen is well-known in the industry. If people knew that she was working for you now, I don't know how many people would be shocked."

"Is she also from a prominent family?"

"The Liu family of the capital." After a pause, Yunxi continued, "If it weren't for that stubborn old man in the Liu family who favored sons over daughters, she would have been the core figure of the Liu family in this generation."

Huan Cheng had no idea about the so-called Liu family in the capital, as they were in completely different circles from him, but that didn't stop him from guessing something from a few words.

I shook my head, ignoring all this nonsense.

Forget about the Liu family or the Wang family, he's the biggest in the Divine Realm!

"By the way, these few pieces of equipment are suitable for you." With that, Huan Cheng traded over a few bronze artifacts that he had specially kept.

Yunxi's beautiful eyes flashed, she lowered her head slightly and said in a low voice, "Okay, I'll transfer the money to you later."

"Hey!" Huan Cheng waved his hand. "We're old friends, what's money to us?"

"Besides, I haven't thanked you for what happened today yet. Consider these items as a token of my gratitude."

Yunxi stopped refusing and accepted the gifts.

"How come your level has increased so quickly these past few days?" Yunxi asked with some doubt, noticing that Huan Cheng had reached level 18.

"If you only kill bosses, you'll level up faster than me!"

Huan Cheng briefly recounted the events of the past few days to Yun Xi.

Yunxi shook her head upon hearing this: "I don't have your skills to easily kill a bronze BOSS."

Huan Cheng chuckled. The Divine Realm was so vast, but he was probably the only one who could treat a Bronze BOSS like a regular monster.

"I have to hurry up and clear out the remaining sixty-odd BOSSes within a week, otherwise I won't be able to complete the mission, and I won't be able to explain it to Half a Cup of Gentleness."

"Go on, go on, I need to practice my sword too. I seem to be showing signs of a breakthrough recently!" Yunxi waved her hand, dismissing Huan Cheng as if she were shooing him away.

Huan Cheng didn't care. He activated the dimensional stone on the spot, and his figure disappeared from Qingyang City.

Returning to the dark forest, Huan Cheng resumed his previous hacking and slashing rhythm, killing his way through the coordinates left by Liu Feng one by one, as if the King of Hell had called his name.

The experience required to level up from level 18 to level 19 has increased to a terrifying 69.

In the Dark Forest, most of the bosses are below level 18, so the experience bonus for killing monsters above their level is lost. Huan Cheng can only get 30,000 to 40,000 experience points for killing a bronze boss.

Fortunately, as his level increased, his attributes also grew rapidly. His health points exceeded 15,000, and his physical attack increased to 1,800, which greatly improved his efficiency in defeating bosses.

In just four days, Huan Cheng had cleared out most of the coordinates left by Liu Feng.

Meanwhile, thanks to the generous contributions of many bosses, his level is approaching the level 20 mark.

"Ding! You have killed the level 17 bronze BOSS Dark Serpent. You have gained 30000 experience points and 1 reputation point."

Perhaps Huan Cheng killed too many bronze bosses, and the reputation reward for killing them kept decreasing until it finally stopped at a symbolic point.

"So stingy!"

Seeing that the Dark Serpent had only dropped a bronze-grade ring, Huan Cheng couldn't help but complain.

Just as he was preparing to head to the next coordinate point, a system notification suddenly sounded:

"Ding, congratulations to player Chengfeng. It has been detected that you have accumulated 100 independent kills of bronze BOSS. You have unlocked your exclusive talent advancement path. Please check the details yourself."

"Hmm? Talent advancement?"

Huan Cheng's foot stopped in mid-air.