The call went through. Su Lingyue made up an excuse and told her mother to go to the store.
A moment later, Li Qingru arrived at the store in a hurry. She looked at Su Ping as soon as she entered the store. Li Qingru was surprised to see him sitting in the store, perfectly fine. "Didn't you say that your brother passed out all of a sudden?" She asked Su Lingyue.
"He just woke up," Su Lingyue answered without blushing.
Su Ping rolled his eyes at her. He was relieved to see that his mother was safe and sound. He believed that if those people had found out who he was, they wouldn't have gone after his family first. They would have gone after him directly.
After all, given the power of the Mysterious Realm, it would be a piece of cake for them to find out who he was. Since they knew that he was a civilian, they wouldn't need to threaten him with his family. They could just find him and force him to submit.
"What's going on?" Li Qingru looked at the brother and sister in confusion.
Su Ping couldn't explain to her in detail. After some thought, he said, "Mom, I'm planning to expand the store. This is a big deal. So, I need you to come over and take a look."
"Expand the store?" Li Qingru was surprised.
Su Lingyue was surprised. She looked at Su Ping, speechless. She went behind her mother and told him with her eyes and mouth — stop talking nonsense. Think about how to run!
Su Lingyue was even more nervous about the unknown enemies that even Su Ping was afraid of. The enemies could come at any moment. She didn't have the time to lie with her mother and discuss how to expand the store.
Besides, expanding the store didn't cost money. How could he just ask for it?
That being said, the thought of Su Ping's huge amount of merit points made her choke up. If Su Ping had so many merit points, he wouldn't be short of money. Not to mention anything else, Su Ping's booming business alone was enough for him to make a lot of money every day.
"Let's go —" Su Lingyue said with her hands and lips.
Su Ping gave her a look, telling her to calm down.
Su Lingyue almost vomited blood when she saw how calm Su Ping was.
Weren't you the one who was in a hurry earlier? You were speeding on the road. Why are you sitting in the shop like a Buddha now? Why are you sitting comfortably with your butt stuck to the chair?
Su Ping didn't look at Su Lingyue again. He sat behind the counter calmly.
Back at the store, he could finally relax. His mother and Su Lingyue were both with him, which made him even more calm. No one could threaten him. The store was the safest place!
However, he knew that they could not stay in the store forever. Especially with the size of the store, it would be too crowded to accommodate three people.
Besides, he had some functions of the system that could not be exposed to the public. If he stayed in the same store with them and went to a cultivation plane, he would have no way to explain his sudden disappearance and reappearance. Therefore, upgrading the store and expanding its territory was the best option!
With his current wealth, it was enough to buy all the shops on this street.
Once these shops were under his name, they would belong to the System's domain of shops. At that time, his safe range of activities would increase to the entire street. At that time, he could also renovate the other shops and set up a separate house for his mother and sister to live in. This way, he wouldn't have to worry about them getting into an accident or being kidnapped.
"You want to expand the store? But you need money to do that … "
Li Qingru looked at Su Ping. She was surprised and pleased that Su Ping wanted to expand the store. At the very least, it was a positive idea. Su Ping had been giving her a lot of money lately. Su Ping had been making a lot of money.
"I've prepared the funds. Mom, you don't have to worry. You just have to sit here and help me assess the situation." Su Ping purposely made it sound like he had a card up his sleeve. His mother could see how confident he was.
Li Qingru didn't say anything else after seeing Su Ping's attitude. She thought that she would be able to stop Su Ping in time if he wanted to do anything.
Su Ping really wanted to expand the store. Su Lingyue was both anxious and angry. "Do you know what time it is? Why are you still expanding the store? Have you thought it through?"
"I know what I'm doing," Su Ping said.
Su Lingyue was less anxious after seeing the calmness in his eyes. She was still frowning. "You want to expand the store now?"
"Yes."
"How?"
"Find someone."
"Who?"
"A real estate agent."
While he was speaking, Su Ping opened a web page on the computer he had just turned on. He entered the explorer's website and logged in. He went to the explorer's exclusive page and found a company that could rent or transfer houses in the residential area.
The companies that could be listed on the explorer's website were all reliable. Most of them specialized in providing services for explorers.
Li Qingru didn't understand this. She thought that Su Ping was just looking for an agent on the Internet. "If you want to expand the store, you'd better think about it in the long run. The agents on the Internet are not reliable. How about I ask around for you in the next few days?"
"No, mom. I'll take care of it. Think of it as training for me," Su Ping said with a smile.
Li Qingru didn't say anything else. Su Lingyue went to the counter.
Su Lingyue moved closer to the counter. She was surprised to see Su Ping searching for real estate companies on the explorers' website. "You can do that?"
She had just registered as a probationary explorer and hadn't had time to visit the explorer's website. She didn't know that there were so many functions here. Even things like renting and transferring houses could be done. How convenient.
Soon, Su Ping contacted seven or eight real estate agents. He paid the deposit and asked them to send someone to negotiate with the other stores.
He was only responsible for paying the money.
Although these shops were not qualified to be rented and sold by the real estate tycoons on the official website of the pioneers, and some of them didn't even want to sell their shops, it didn't affect him from buying these shops through these real estate companies.
That was the power of money and power.
That being said, he didn't intend to force the purchase. He set the price at three times the original price. Even if those stores didn't plan to sell, they would be tempted by such a high price. After all, stores were not their ancestral homes. Very few people would refuse to sell.
If Su Ping ran into those who tried to blackmail him, he would try his best to avoid them. If he couldn't, he was no pushover.
After making the payment online, Su Ping felt more relaxed. He didn't even have to step out of the store. The real estate agents could take care of everything for him. Now, he just had to wait for the deeds of those stores to be delivered to him.
Upgrading the store to the third level requires me to expand the store. Another thing is to complete a professional training mission. I received a professional training mission for one month. More than half a month has passed. It's time for me to do it.
Su Ping thought to himself.
If he wanted to do a mission, he would have to go to a cultivation site. It seemed that he had to enter the cultivation site from the pet room. Luckily, he didn't have the right to enter the pet room without permission. He didn't have to worry about his mom and Su Lingyue coming in and alarming them.
With this in mind, Su Ping turned off the computer. He looked at Su Lingyue and his mom with a serious face. "I will stay in the pet room for a couple of hours. You stay in the store. No matter what happens, do not step out of the store!"
Li Qingru was confused. "No matter what happens? What will happen? "
Su Lingyue didn't understand what Su Ping was doing. It was one thing to go to the real estate agent. Now, he was going to the pet room to train the pets? Would there be enough time to train the pets now?
"Remember what I said." Su Ping looked at Su Lingyue seriously. This sister of his was a headache to him. But he knew that she was cautious and she knew what was important.
It was the first time that Su Lingyue had seen Su Ping so serious. She was surprised. After a few seconds of eye contact, she couldn't help but look away. Her heart was pounding. "I understand."
"Don't pay attention to business or when someone asks you to go out. Don't listen, no matter who it is," Su Ping said.
Su Lingyue nodded. She didn't know what would be the point of not going out if someone asked them to. But since Su Ping had said it so seriously, she chose to listen.
Ever since she learned that Su Ping was an advanced teacher and Su Ping's performance, she had changed her opinion of Su Ping. She trusted his words more.
Su Ping was relieved to see that Su Lingyue had taken his advice. He told them to move around in the store while he closed the shutter door. Then, he went into the pet room and closed the door behind him.
Phew …
Su Ping heaved a sigh of relief. He didn't know that this trip to the Mysterious Realm would provoke an unknown enemy. He was even more eager to improve his combat strength.
Luckily, he had gained a lot from the Mysterious Realm. Both money and merit points had reached the level of a titled battle pet warrior. That was only a small part of his gains. The most valuable ones were the advanced treasures that he hadn't made public or put on sale.
I have to improve my combat strength as soon as possible. If the Little Skeleton can achieve an upper-grade aptitude, given its current bloodline, it should be able to unleash combat strength beyond the peak of the ninth rank … Su Ping said to himself. But it would be difficult to train the Little Skeleton. The Little Skeleton had half of the Skeleton King's bloodline and its aptitude had dropped from above average to below average.
By the time the Little Skeleton became a Skeleton King, the Little Skeleton's aptitude would drop to below average.
As one of the many Skeleton King's bloodlines that had existed since ancient times, the Little Skeleton had many things to work on.
Su Ping shook his head. He didn't want to think about such trivial matters. The most important thing at the moment was to expand the store and increase the security of the territory. Secondly, he had to find materials for refining his body and figure out a way to improve the Little Skeleton's combat strength.
This time, he could take the Little Skeleton with him for the professional training. As for how far the Little Skeleton could go, that would depend on the situation and luck.
"I was going to choose a middle-rank cultivation plane for the professional training and go there a few more times. The worst case scenario is that it will take me more time. That way, I can save energy and I will be able to train the Celestial Pig to above average aptitude. But the situation is urgent …"
Su Ping pulled up the list of cultivation planes.
He browsed for a while and decided to skip the middle-rank cultivation plane and go to the advanced cultivation planes.
The ticket price in the advanced cultivation planes was between five hundred and one thousand energy points.
Su Ping browsed for a while. Suddenly, he saw a cultivation plane.
The Demigod Burial.
The ticket price was 1,200 energy points.
That was the price for some of the lower-ranked cultivation planes.
Su Ping read the introduction of the cultivation plane. It was a broken land in the Archean Divinity. It was said that the Sun Chakra had smashed the land and the land fell off from the Archean Divinity, drifting in the void …
"A broken land in the Archean Divinity?"
Su Ping's eyes flickered. So, that was a piece of fertile land in the Divinity as well.
Su Ping couldn't afford to go directly to the Archean Divinity. After all, he would have to pay for his own resurrection. Every resurrection would cost him one-tenth of the ticket price. Based on the 9,000 tickets in the Archean Divinity, each death would cost him 900 energy points.
It was too expensive. He couldn't afford to die.
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