Soon enough, the steward from the Shangguan Family clenched his teeth and fulfilled his earlier promise, gouging out one of his eyes and swallowing it. This horrified several timid female cultivators on the spot, bringing them to tears.

The incident quickly spread through the message boards, shocking countless people not only by the event itself but also kindling immense curiosity about the young man's identity because there was not the slightest stir from the Shangguan Family after the event!

Chu Mo was also paying attention to this matter. In fact, he had been in the crowd all along, never having left.

As for the taverns in New City, he surely had absolute confidence in them. The ingredients were all personally sourced by the Realm Spirit!

Those from the Heavenly Realm were acquired by the Realm Spirit from Lingdan Hall at a high price.

Because of the relationship between the Realm Spirit and Chu Mo, Lingdan Hall was very cooperative. They even sold those precious ingredients to the Realm Spirit at prices lower than the market rates.

In short, the taverns in New City were an overnight sensation.

The steward from the Shangguan Family also became famous.

That unidentified young man... his identity became the subject of countless speculations.

Unfortunately, no one on the message boards could guess his true identity.

Subsequently, the commercial shops in New City started opening one after another.

Elixir shops, medicinal herb shops, weapon shops, mineral shops, general stores... all sorts of shops began to open.

Price-wise, they were similar to those in the old city, but they boasted better service and superior quality. On average, the quality exceeded that of the major forces' shops in the old city by ten to twenty percent!

This standard was already enough to amaze people.

Furthermore, the assistants and maids employed by the shops in New City were all transformed from supernatural creatures from the fantasy realm. The men were handsome as if descended from paintings, and the women were sweet-looking with gentle personalities. Bloodline cultivators entering New City soon accepted them.

They even began to reconsider their views on the supernatural creatures within the Cultivation Realm. Some even thought about purchasing a few transformed supernatural beings to serve as attendants or maids. However, this idea was doomed to fail.

Those who dared to harass the shop assistants and maids transformed from supernatural creatures in New City all received severe punishments. Although they weren't struck dead by lightning, they were scared into a cold sweat and never dared to frivolously flirt with those supernatural creatures again.

As for the previous talk of boycotting New City, it became a joke.

For these bloodline cultivators, they would definitely go wherever they could get the best and most substantial benefits.

New City, being completely neutral and devoid of any human factors, was, relatively speaking, more comfortable for the people than the old city.

In just a few days, the three newly established cities in the fantasy realm were already overcrowded.

Although it appeared that the old city was not greatly affected, the discerning eye could tell that as the quality of the goods in New City continued to improve, it was only a matter of time before the old city would be outdone.

During these days, Chu Mo was hit with huge surprises every single day!

Although these ideas were all his, he never imagined the profits would be so astonishing.

On the first day, the total revenue from the three cities was three hundred and eighty thousand top-grade Heavenly Crystals.

This number was already incredibly astounding!

Especially since on the first day, the taverns were the only businesses that opened in the three new cities!

The spending power of the cultivators in the ground-level and heaven-level spaces was simply staggering.

Three hundred and eighty thousand top-grade Heavenly Crystals, and Chu Mo's cost didn't even reach a thousand!

The supernatural creatures' demands were particularly low; they only needed some low-grade Heavenly Crystals for their cultivation, and that was enough!

Beyond this, Chu Mo had no other costs!

The entire city belonged to him, with no other overhead or losses.

So when the day was over and those top-grade Heavenly Crystals were tallied up in front of Chu Mo, he felt dizzy.

It wasn't that he had never seen so many top-grade Heavenly Crystals, but he couldn't believe that the profits here could be so incredibly high.

However, this was only the first day.

On the second day, as other shops opened, the net income for the day was 1.7 million superior Heavenly Crystals.

Chu Mo was shocked.

On the third day, three million!

On the fourth day, six and a half million!

On the fifth day, eleven million two hundred thousand!

Looking at the mountainous pile of superior Heavenly Crystals brought by the Realm Spirit, Chu Mo felt the financial power of the Cultivation Realm for the first time.

It was not just astonishing, it was terrifying!

After more than ten days had passed, that number stabilized at around seventeen million superior Heavenly Crystals per day.

Looking at the mountainous pile of superior Heavenly Crystals in the Shining Sky Mirror, Chu Mo had become somewhat numb. He finally understood why those superpowers fought so desperately to own a shop in the illusionary divine realm.

The speed of making money was simply faster than robbing.

The three towering cities in the illusionary divine realm had become Chu Mo's money-gathering tools.

Not to mention a mere Piaomiao Palace, even if it were a top-notch sect of the Heavenly Realm, Chu Mo could guarantee to support them with confidence.

With money, everything he would do in the future would be much simpler.

For instance, to establish Piaomiao Palace in the Heavenly Realm, he could use superior Heavenly Crystals... to directly smash over a large group of great cultivators at the true immortal realm as protectors!

It was even possible to smash over one or two emperors!

He could also recruit a large number of alchemists, artifact forgers, array masters... all kinds of talents could be lured over with Heavenly Crystals.

Cultivators toil in their cultivation. Who dares to say they aren't short on resources? Faced with a patron like Chu Mo, unless they came from extremely wealthy lineages, it was really hard for most people to refuse.

Thinking of these, Chu Mo felt a sense of exhilaration.

But the Realm Spirit still gave Chu Mo a piece of advice, "Try not to be too high-profile! You must understand that in everyone's heart, these three cities belong to the illusionary divine realm itself. If you suddenly reveal a large amount of wealth, it will definitely arouse many people's suspicions. If you want to use this wealth, you must find a way to make this wealth appear legitimate."

Chu Mo deeply agreed with the Realm Spirit's words. He had already had enough of the limelight.

"I can establish an auction house in the Heavenly Realm. Then strengthen the cooperation with Lingdan Hall," Chu Mo said to the Realm Spirit, "Our construction of New City is actually cutting into their business in the elixir sector... To be honest, Lingdan Hall has helped me a lot. Including now..."

The Realm Spirit nodded approvingly and said, "I had thought of this already, which is why the elixirs we sell here are the more common and ordinary ones, and many are those that Lingdan Hall either doesn't make or doesn't have. There won't be too much conflict. But your cooperation with Lingdan Hall should not be interrupted; it should be strengthened as a way of repaying them."

Afterward, Chu Mo returned to the old city and sought an audience with Emperor Feng Chun at Lingdan Hall, who readily agreed.

Three days later, Chu Mo met the long-missed powerful figure.

Emperor Feng Chun was beaming with joy, looking very happy. Upon seeing Chu Mo, he smiled broadly, "Kid, long time no see!"

Chu Mo bowed in salute, "I have seen my senior!"

Emperor Feng Chun said warmly, "Sit down and talk!"

Chu Mo didn't beat around the bush and handed Emperor Feng Chun a bottle of elixir, "Senior, take a look at this."

Emperor Feng Chun took the bottle of elixir, but did not open it immediately. Instead, he set it aside and looked at Chu Mo with a profound gaze, "Tell me the truth, kid, does New City have anything to do with you?"

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