Mall Construction Task

"There's no rush on this Mall Space for now."

The Mall Space would definitely have to wait until after I return. After all, the main world is the foundation of Li Yu's existence. But… return?

"System, when can I return?"

Li Yu found this system, which didn't proactively provide notifications, to be quite troublesome.

"The user can return at any time after completing the Initial Quest."

"I can go back anytime?"

Li Yu nodded, indicating he understood. Suddenly, he remembered the system's habit of not giving proactive notifications and quickly said to the system, "System, if I return now, what will be the impact?"

"'Supreme Heavenly Book' Host Zhou Yi, initiating the first step of the Main Quest 'Path of the Great Emperor'. The user has promised to witness the submission. If the user returns, Host Zhou Yi will be unable to submit the quest, and the Host's quest cannot be completed."

"What the heck! I knew there would be a problem."

Li Yu secretly felt fortunate that he hadn't returned earlier. Otherwise, if Zhou Yi's quest got stuck and couldn't be completed, wouldn't all his efforts have been in vain?

"It's really too troublesome that the system doesn't provide proactive notifications."

Li Yu frowned. How could such a high-end thing as the System have such a flawed setting?

"Huh? Setting? Could it be because I haven't set it up?"

With this thought, Li Yu quickly gave the System a command, "System, enable auxiliary functions, with the principle of ensuring my safety and protecting my interests, and provide timely notifications."

"Command accepted, System auxiliary functions enabled."

"Phew! Was it really because of this?"

Li Yu let out a long sigh, realizing that the reason for everything was his own fault. Honestly… Li Yu didn't know what to say.

"With the principle of protecting user interests, the System suggests that the user enable the long-term quest: Mall Construction Task."

"Mall Construction Task? Isn't the space not even developed yet? And I can already start this quest?"

Hearing the System's prompt, Li Yu was taken aback.

"By enabling the Mall Construction Task, the user can collect the resources needed for mall construction in advance."

"Is that so?"

Li Yu nodded upon hearing the explanation, "Then let's enable it."

"Advanced Quest enabled."

"Advanced Quest: Mall Construction. Quest Duration: Long-term."

"Quest Description: As a System Supplier, how can one not have their own shop?"

"Resource collection quest enabled: Collect various resources needed for mall construction."

As soon as Li Yu finished speaking, a series of notification sounds rang out from the System.

"Collect construction resources? What do I need to collect? Am I supposed to go chop trees and move rocks?"

Li Yu had no idea what construction resources he needed to collect.

"Mall construction resources include main building resources, environmental beautification resources, and interior decoration resources."

"Among the resources the user possesses, resources needed for mall construction have been identified."

"The Five-Colored Jade Stone Grand Hall can serve as the main building resource. The Bodhi Tree seed can serve as a greening resource. The Celestial Sword Pool can serve as a lotus pond. The Azure Lotus Emperor Weapon can serve as a lotus seed."

"What the…"

Hearing the System's string of words, Li Yu was stunned speechless.

Listen to that tone! The Azure Lotus Emperor Weapon, no matter which world it was placed in, would be world-destroying! Yet, in the System's eyes, it was just a lotus that could be planted in a pond.

Alright, even though it was essentially a lotus, what was its origin? The Chaos Green Lotus, the true form of a Great Emperor! Wasn't it afraid of being beaten to death by doing this?

Then there was the Celestial Sword Pool, the place where Chisong Zi comprehended the sword. Every drop of water contained infinite Sword Qi. In the System's eyes, it was just a pond, perfect for growing lotuses.

The Bodhi Tree seed was even more pathetic, treated as nothing more than a green belt. In comparison, the Five-Colored Divine Jade Grand Hall in the Azure Emperor's Tomb being dismantled and rebuilt by the System wasn't as surprising.

"If I collect resources according to this standard, am I building a shop, or am I constructing a Heavenly Palace? Moreover, how many years will it take for me to collect resources of this caliber?"

Li Yu realized he seemed to have been thoroughly tricked by the System once again.

"System prompt: The higher the quality of resources collected by the user, the more perfect the Mall Space created will be. Mall Space is the foundation of the user's existence, so the user should treat it with caution."

"Foundation of existence?"

Hearing this, Li Yu's expression turned serious. If the System called it a foundation of existence, it seemed this Mall Space really couldn't be treated lightly.

"High-level construction resources? This world isn't without such things!"

Li Yu got up and walked to the window, looking out into the distance. "The Bronze Immortal Hall and the Profound Yellow Energy are both good things! It's just… a bit dangerous."

"Host Zhou Yi is submitting resources."

The System's sudden prompt made Li Yu's eyes light up. "Isn't Zhou Yi the perfect candidate? Isn't this what I gave him the System for? Young Zhou Yi, it looks like you'll have to scout the Bronze Immortal Hall for me!"

In the System Resource Library, a new demonic beast appeared. It was over three zhang tall and covered in yellowish-brown scales, resembling an ape.

"Is this a Scale Ape? This thing is already at the Other Shore realm, isn't it? Zhou Yi was actually able to defeat it? It seems his monster-slaying and leveling speed isn't slow! The time to complete the quest shouldn't be too long."

"Huh? Wait a minute!"

Thinking of this, Li Yu suddenly remembered a problem and was startled.

"System, what are the completion conditions for Zhou Yi's mission to sweep through the Six Great Sects of Yan? It's not like he has to defeat the sect leaders of the six major sects, is it?"

The sect leaders of the six major sects were at least at the Dragon Transformation realm. If Zhou Yi had to defeat cultivators at the Dragon Transformation realm within a year, unless Li Yu cheated for him and gave him a set of Saint-tier equipment, there was really no possibility.

"Mission completion condition: Defeat all disciples of the same generation from the Six Great Sects."

"That's more like it."

Li Yu nodded with a smile and glanced at the mountain forest where Zhou Yi was hunting. "There isn't much time left. Young Zhou Yi, you need to grow quickly! Your Grandmaster can't wait any longer!"

Stepping out of the great hall, Li Yu looked up into the distance.

"Besides the Bronze Immortal Hall, there is another place where I can collect resources, and that is the Fire Domain. For others, the raging flames of the Fire Domain are a death trap. But I can directly use the System to recycle these flames. It's not dangerous at all."

Li Yu pondered, then asked the System again, "System, you have already stored information about the Fire Domain. Do the various flames in the Fire Domain have any benefits for Mall Construction, besides their inherent effects?"

"Mall Construction does not require the flames of the Fire Domain. However, when users create Systems in the future, they can use these flames to activate functions such as alchemy and artifact forging."

"Oh? That's right! I almost forgot. In the future, I will definitely need to create systems for alchemy, artifact forging, and the like, and I also need to enable alchemy and artifact forging functions for certain systems. This means I must go to the Fire Domain."

Li Yu looked up in the direction of the Fire Domain, feeling a bit tempted.

Since he was idle anyway, he might as well go. It was safer to have things in his pocket sooner rather than later.

His escape light shot up into the sky.

Li Yu steered his escape light all the way towards the Fire Domain.

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