Although Hu Lu had some new ideas, Mo Tiankong would not agree to let the grocery store be the sole supplier, let alone the System.
Seeing Hu Lu leave, Mo Tiankong did not mind. He had already rejected many merchants this week, one more would not matter. Furthermore, even if they were unwilling, it would be useless.
If they used a soft approach, banning the grocery store was impossible. Good products could not be banned. Furthermore, the merchants in these two cities were far inferior. If all the merchants in the continent boycotted the grocery store, they might be able to create some trouble.
If they used a hard approach, not to mention the store, Mo Tiankong's cultivation was also rapidly increasing. He was already a Martial King. Adding on his various enhancements, he would have no problem beating a Medial Grade Martial King.
Furthermore, he rarely went out. Even if they wanted to cause trouble for him, it would be difficult. As for staying in the store, that would be courting death.
The manager of a merchant store in a city like Hu Lu was only a Rank Three Martial King. Mo Tiankong did not feel any pressure.
After seeing that there were no more customers in the store, the System notified him that it was time to close the store. Mo Tiankong quickly closed the store and went to cook.
There were many twists and turns when he wanted to eat today. Mo Tiankong lifted his feet and walked towards the backyard. Auspicious followed behind him.
The custom of eating was similar to how girls liked to eat snacks. When it was time, they would want to eat. However, girls would not be full no matter how much they ate. They would not be able to stop eating snacks after a meal.
Mo Tiankong was the same. Although he was not hungry, he wanted to eat. Furthermore, the System's kitchen utensils were more powerful. The taste of the food increased by a large margin. Thus, eating time was the most enjoyable time for both man and beast.
After entering the kitchen, he quickly made supper. It was not suitable to call it dinner, but supper was quite suitable. Auspicious looked at him expectantly from outside the door.
Soon, Mo Tiankong came out with a few plates of food. He turned around and took out two large bowls. He poured more than half of the food into Auspicious's bowl and ate the rest with the rice.
After eating, Auspicious cleaned up as usual. Mo Tiankong rested for a while. After putting away Auspicious, he went upstairs.
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Early in the morning, Mo Tiankong sat at the cashier's counter and looked at the warriors entering the store. After the store's lobby had become larger, the number of warriors now seemed to have decreased. The Transmission Array had been set up all the way to Shanyuan City, so why hadn't any warriors come over these past two days?
Mo Tiankong also used Appraisal to check from time to time, but most of the warriors who entered the shop were from Sentry Town. Only a few warriors came from Yuanfang City, so the reaction wasn't very enthusiastic.
Mo Tiankong even suspected that the items in the shop were no longer attractive. Fortunately, there were still a few martial artists in Yuanfang City. Mo Tiankong was still quite comforted. In the past few days, besides some trading companies, there were only a few martial artists who came.
It was still a little different from what Mo Tiankong had imagined. After all, the population of a city was definitely higher than that of Sentry Town, but there were not as many warriors as Sentry Town.
If ordinary people had money, they could also come and buy things. After all, the grocery store didn't only have expensive items. For Wangzai City, people with rich families could still afford to buy things like this.
Weren't these people curious? The Transmission Array was unique in the continent. Weren't they curious about where it came from?
Could it be that the Yeh family had blocked the news? However, Yuanfang City's City Lord and some large families definitely knew. Since Yuanfang City tacitly allowed the Yeh family to set up the Transmission Array, they would definitely ask about it. These people didn't come.
It had been almost a week since the Transmission Array was set up. Last weekend, Mo Tiankong just happened to be resting, so he even experienced the Transmission Array for free.
However, Mo Tiankong was thinking too much. The Yeh family didn't block the news or anything. After the Transmission Array was set up, there would definitely be warriors who would use it. If they came to Sentry Town and stayed for two days, they would definitely know everything. It was impossible to block the news.
As for the large families of Yuanfang City and the City Lord's Mansion, there was no movement. Some families were either raising money or had other things to do.
The Lin family was busy preparing for the promotion banquet these days. Zhang Tiannan and the others, as well as Lin Shangren and Lin Si 'er, all left yesterday to congratulate them.
Although Lin Shangren said it was a family banquet, the Lin family was the number one family in Yuanfang City. Many families in the city also sent gifts. It wouldn't be good if they didn't give them a meal. Some rich and powerful people were familiar with them. Even the City Lord's Mansion sent people to congratulate them.
The rich and powerful people could refuse, but the other families couldn't. The City Lord's Mansion was even more so. So they had no choice but to prepare more seats.
So the original idea of a family banquet was immediately upgraded to a promotion banquet. The large families in the city all prepared generous gifts, so no one came to the grocery store these days.
This was especially so for the other clans that only had Martial Emperors. This was a good opportunity to curry favor with the Lin Clan. Although they had given up most of their benefits to ensure the safety of their clans, it was still a good thing to add flowers to brocade.
As for these families moving to other cities, it was also not feasible. After all, every city had its own structure. If foreign families wanted to come in, they would definitely unite against outsiders. Unless they could completely suppress all the families in a city, it was obviously impossible to do so.
They could only survive under the nose of the Lin family and the City Lord's Mansion. This was also why there was only the number one family in Yuanfang City. The other families didn't have a ranking because they lacked a top battle strength. The City Lord and Old Master Lin were both Martial Emperors. Families without Martial Emperors were not qualified to challenge these two families.
Unlike Sentry Town, the Four Great Clans only had Martial Royal Realm cultivations for the time being, so they maintained a stable state. If one day someone from one of the Four Great Clans broke through to the Martial Venerable Realm first, the balance would be broken instantly.
The other three families would either give up most of their benefits or move to another place. The last option was to fight to the death and be exterminated.
After all, the law of the jungle was the law of survival in every world. In the Tianxuan Continent, it was even more serious. In Huaxia, if they failed, they would at most go bankrupt and lose their reputation. At least they would not die. However, in this place, if they were stubborn, then they would be hammered and their entire family would be wiped out.
To Yuanfang City, the promotion banquet of the Lin family's Second Master was a big event. Regardless of status, all the families wanted to join in the fun. Of course, they were also envious. After all, most of these families only had one Martial Emperor Realm expert and he was relatively old. But the Lin family had two young Martial Emperors, Old Master Lin's two sons.
To be able to reach Martial Emperor Realm at the age of forty was amazing. Kuang Shi was only a Middle Grade Martial King before he had the opportunity. In comparison, the two Lin brothers could be considered as geniuses.
The condition to enter the Prodigy Ranking was to be under thirty years old. Li Tian, Han Fei and the rest were in their twenties. But the cultivation process from Martial King to Martial Emperor was not something that could be compared to the lower stages.
If the Martial King Realm was a watershed, and Li Tian and the others were still able to fight those of a higher realm, then every realm after that would be a watershed. After all, the higher the cultivation, the greater the gap between each realm.
Mo Tiankong calmed himself down. Since the teleportation circle had been set up, it was only a matter of time before the headquarters came. He stopped thinking about it. Today was Saturday, which was the last day of the week.
He was looking forward to it. One reason was that he had a rest tomorrow. Another reason was that this week's harvest was not bad. Raising his cultivation by a few levels wouldn't be a problem.
The only problem was that the system hadn't released any side quests for quite some time, so there was no lottery to draw. Furthermore, there was still a long way to go before he could complete the main quest. Currently, only a few teleportation circles had been set up, so the rate at which his Reputation was increasing was very slow.
Currently, only a few people in Yuanfang City and Shanyuan City knew about it. There was still a long way to go. After all, he didn't have any means to spread the news. But fortunately, the mission's time was still very long. He should be able to complete it in half a year.
Mo Tiankong wasn't confident because the spread speed was still very slow. The effect wasn't as good as Mo Tiankong had imagined. At this rate, he didn't know if he could complete it.
But the punishment was still acceptable. He would lose a level of cultivation. If he was a Martial King, he would directly fall to Wuzong. But at least he wouldn't be killed.
Speaking of which, Mo Tiankong had lived for so long and still didn't know what death felt like. He didn't want to experience it. Not many people were willing to experience it. Although the System had brought him into the world of martial arts and he knew that the higher one's cultivation, the longer one's lifespan would be. But he didn't know if he could live forever.
Anyway, he didn't know if the previous Martial Gods on the continent had gone into hiding or had fallen. Either way, they hadn't appeared. They had lived for a long time, but he didn't know if they could live forever. The Tianxuan Continent's civilization had only existed for a few thousand years. He didn't know if the Martial Gods who had lived for so long could live forever.
Maybe they could, or maybe there was an end to it. In short, he didn't know if those Martial Gods had fallen or were hiding somewhere in seclusion. At least, Mo Tiankong didn't know.
"System, are there Martial Gods on the continent?" Mo Tiankong didn't know, but he could ask the System. If there was a problem, he could ask the System.
"Yes," the System replied.
"Then are these Martial Gods still alive?" Mo Tiankong continued to ask.
"Yes," the System replied instantly.
"Then can Martial Gods live forever?" A Martial God that was alive would be at least a few thousand years old. Could they really live forever? Mo Tiankong asked the ultimate question.
"You'll know when the host's cultivation reaches a certain level." This time, the System didn't answer directly.
"Just tell me," Mo Tiankong was stunned. What kind of answer was this?
"…" The System was speechless.
Alright, the System refused to say. Mo Tiankong had no choice. However, even if they didn't live for a few thousand years, it was still incredible. Mo Tiankong remembered reading that the oldest person in China was only about two hundred years old.
However, this was only recorded in unofficial history. Coupled with local legends, there was no proof. If his cultivation reached a certain level, he would be a living ancestor.
Speaking of which, these Martial Gods who had lived for a few thousand years, how many generations did their families have? Mo Tiankong felt that his fingers weren't enough. They were too many to count. This was really a super family created by one person.
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