Nighttime Ambush, Instant Kill

After checking the Storage Bag, Chen Ze decided to temporarily set aside the question of who was targeting him.

The task at hand was to activate the Myriad Things Shop first; Chen Ze was truly filled with anticipation regarding what it might contain.

The two lines of poetry on the couplets of the Myriad Things Shop gave him infinite room for imagination.

Trade with the heavens, choose as you please.

Recycle all things, none are turned away.

"Notification: Activating the Myriad Things Shop requires 100 Low-grade Spirit Stones. Confirm activation?"

As Chen Ze prepared to push open the doors of the Myriad Things Shop once more, the system prompt appeared again.

"Confirm."

As soon as Chen Ze spoke, 100 of the 150 Low-grade Spirit Stones stored within the Myriad Things Space vanished instantly.

At the same time, the doors to the Myriad Things Shop slowly creaked open.

"Myriad Things Shop activated successfully."

Chen Ze couldn't wait to enter the Myriad Things Shop; the moment he stepped inside, a vast hall greeted his eyes.

Rows of shelves were arranged throughout the hall, though the items placed upon them were impossible to distinguish.

The massive Myriad Things Shop contained only a single counter, and Chen Ze walked up to it, puzzled.

"How am I supposed to buy items like this? Do I just grab them?"

Just then, a phantom figure quietly appeared behind the counter.

The illusory figure slowly solidified, and a beautiful silhouette appeared before Chen Ze's eyes.

Chen Ze looked the figure over; she wore a green robe with a silver ribbon tied around her waist, and her hair was styled into a high bun.

Her features were delicate, and her expression held a gentle air that made her feel approachable, yet there was also a sense of cold detachment about her.

"Who are you?"

A moment passed, but Chen Ze received no reply.

It seems she is just a manifestation and cannot communicate.

This left Chen Ze in a bind. After thinking for a moment, he tentatively said, "I want to buy something."

The Green-robed Woman still didn't react, but at that moment, an interface appeared before Chen Ze's eyes.

"That's all it takes?" Chen Ze wondered.

Without dwelling on it, Chen Ze began to examine the interface before him.

The interface featured various categories of items.

Cultivation techniques, spells, Magic Artifacts, medicinal pills, functions, skills, and more were all available.

Just as Chen Ze was looking at the interface, a clear, beautiful voice reached his ears.

"The Myriad Things Space is currently Level 1; your purchasing authority is limited to Level 1 items."

"To purchase higher-level items, please upgrade the Myriad Things Space."

"You may choose to browse yourself, or you may have me search on your behalf."

Chen Ze shifted his gaze away from the interface toward the source of the voice.

"You can speak?"

Still, there was no reply.

"What is the meaning of this?"

Chen Ze asked tentatively again, "How many Spirit Stones can this Flying Sword be sold for?"

"Recycling Low-grade Yellow Tier Flying Sword, 20 Points."

"20 Points? Why not Spirit Stones?"

"All items recycled by the Myriad Things Shop are converted into Points. Points have the same value as Low-grade Spirit Stones. Points can be used to exchange for any item in the Myriad Things Shop and can also be used to upgrade the Myriad Things Space."

"Understood. Recycle this Flying Sword."

"Recycling one Low-grade Yellow Tier Flying Sword, 20 Points."

Chen Ze noticed a spot on the shopping interface flicker.

The number 75 appeared.

"It seems it has directly calculated my own Spirit Stones into the total as well."

Through his dialogue with the Shop Assistant of the Myriad Things Shop, Chen Ze had come to understand.

This woman in the green robe would only respond if he asked questions related to the Myriad Things Shop.

Chen Ze didn't mind; he would just treat her as a shop assistant who couldn't hold a conversation.

Chen Ze continued to browse the shopping interface. Each category corresponded to its respective items, and every item was accompanied by an image.

Whenever Chen Ze's consciousness focused on an item, a short descriptive text would appear.

Chen Ze browsed through the list roughly; everything currently available for purchase was intended for those in the Qi Refining Realm.

He understood the categories at the beginning, but he was baffled when he saw a functional category further down.

"What does this mean?"

With doubt in his heart, Chen Ze clicked on the functional category.

Upon seeing the description of the first item in the functional category, Chen Ze gasped in amazement, as if he had discovered a new world.

"This is practically a cheat code!"

Chen Ze saw that there was only one item in the functional category—or to be precise, an image. This image depicted the appearance of a house.

What surprised Chen Ze was the text description on the image.

Automated Training Room: Allows for twenty-four-hour non-stop cultivation.

This single line of description was enough to make Chen Ze's heart race. Twenty-four-hour non-stop cultivation meant he would never have to work so hard again.

The second line of the description gave him an even stronger urge to purchase it immediately.

Purchasing the Automated Training Room requires 50 Points, and using the training room for 1 hour consumes 1 Point.

"What else is there to say? Buy it immediately."

The number on the Myriad Things Shop interface changed to 25, and the image of the Automated Training Room in the functional category disappeared.

"Huh? Why hasn't anything changed?"

The Green-robed Woman's voice rang out, "The Automated Training Room has already been constructed within the Myriad Things Space. You may use it at any time."

"So it really is a building."

After hearing the Green-robed Woman's explanation, Chen Ze stopped looking at other items. With a thought, he exited the Myriad Things Shop.

A building now stood beside the Myriad Things Shop. With a thought, he entered the Automated Training Room.

"Notification: The Automated Training Room allows for 24-hour automatic cultivation. You may choose one cultivation method and one spell to practice simultaneously. Each hour of automated training consumes 1 Point."

Chen Ze saw a Phantom that looked just like him sitting cross-legged inside the Automated Training Room.

Beside the Phantom was a list.

Automatic Cultivation

Cultivation Base: Qi Refining Third Layer 8/100

Cultivation Method: Not Selected

Spell: Not Selected

Seeing the words "Not Selected," Chen Ze immediately chose to practice the Xuantian Record and the Ignition Art.

Automatic cultivation began, and 1 Point was consumed.

He watched as the Phantom, just like Chen Ze, continuously cast the Ignition Art until its Spiritual Energy was exhausted, then circulated the Xuantian Record to recover Spiritual Energy.

While the Phantom was consuming Spiritual Energy, Chen Ze did not feel any decrease in the Spiritual Energy within his own body.

Everything the Phantom did was a simulation of Chen Ze's cultivation state; it appeared illusory, yet it was real.

Chen Ze observed that the numbers on the list beside the Phantom were constantly changing, and the values on his own Attribute Panel were changing in sync.

"With 24 Points left, I can only cultivate continuously for one day.

I shouldn't buy anything from the Myriad Things Shop for now; it won't be too late to buy things once the spiritual herbs in the Spirit Field have matured."

He exited the Automated Training Room and took another look at the Spirit Field, where the scene was one of flourishing growth.

Chen Ze exited the Myriad Things Space with satisfaction; he no longer needed to handle the matter of cultivation himself.

He now had the time to properly investigate who had been targeting him all along.

After exiting the Myriad Things Space, Chen Ze brought out the corpse he had stored away.

He tossed a Fireball onto the corpse and watched quietly as it gradually turned into ashes.

A glint flashed in Chen Ze's eyes. "Since you want to target me, then wait to face my retaliation."