"Ling'er, had Chen Fan sent back any news recently?" Chen Ze suddenly asked, bored out of his mind.
"Reporting to Master, not yet. Chen Fan had been taking missions outside recently and had not returned to the Qingyun Sect.
However, once he completed this mission, he could find an opportunity to reveal his Foundation Establishment cultivation and enter the Qingyun Sect's inner sect."
"Pretty good." Chen Ze spoke blandly, then asked, "How are things at the Mysterious Iron Ore mine? Is anyone still refusing to submit?"
"Reporting to Master, everything at the Mysterious Iron Ore mine is normal. Those who needed killing had all been killed, and they were executed before the Ye Family Members.
The amount of Xuantian Ore mined each day has now become fairly stable.
It is just that the day for the Ye Family Members to come collect the Mysterious Iron Ore is drawing near. If we do not hand over any Mysterious Iron Ore at all, the Ye Family will certainly grow suspicious and send people to investigate."
After pondering for a moment, Chen Ze said, "No matter. If anyone comes to investigate, capture them directly and make them mine. As long as the Ye Family's Golden Core cultivators do not appear, nothing will be a problem.
Now, we only need to stall for another ten days or half a month. Even if the Ye Family's Golden Core cultivators come then, it will still not be a problem.
Those Doppelgangers of mine were not exchanged for nothing. Even if the Ye Family truly sends a Golden Core cultivator in person, it is still uncertain who would win and who would lose.
Besides, whether the Ye Family truly has any Golden Core cultivators is still up for debate."
Over these ten days, the Mysterious Iron Ore mine contributed more than two thousand Points every day, allowing Chen Ze to exchange for a Doppelganger almost every day.
There were now twenty-four Doppelgangers in the Mysterious Iron Ore mine, all of them Foundation Establishment Fourth Layer Doppelgangers.
Any one of them could instantly kill the Ye Family's former guards in the Mine Tunnel.
Even if the Ye Family's Golden Core cultivators came, they would have to weigh matters carefully and see whether they could withstand a beating from all these Doppelgangers.
"Master, Zhao Yun said he has already left Dagan's border. Can we send those miners over now?"
"Zhao Yun is moving that fast?"
"Zhao Yun said it was thanks to the Sword Control Technique that he could travel so quickly."
Chen Ze pursed his lips without revealing anything, thinking, Of course. What level do you think that Sword Control Technique is?
In order to learn this Sword Control Technique, Chen Ze had directly switched to cultivating the Sword Control Technique after his Thirteen Swords of Star Movement proficiency reached perfection.
His purpose had been to achieve Sword Flight, but he had not expected to cultivate it all the way to the Grandmaster-level.
The current Sword Control Technique was no longer what it used to be. Put simply, traveling a thousand li in a day was still an understatement.
"Let those miners go! They are innocent too.
However, once they leave, there will be fewer people mining. Remember to double the tasks for the Ye Family Members.
Arrange this matter yourself."
"Yes." Zhao Ling'er answered and went to make the arrangements.
Chen Ze lay alone on a recliner, staring blankly at the sky. Four thousand Spirit Stones should be enough to open a small shop in Wannan City. It has been a long time since I went out for a stroll. It is time to go out and walk around.
A moment later, Chen Ze estimated that Zhao Ling'er had nearly finished making the arrangements.
Chen Ze stood up, stretched lazily, and loosened himself up.
"Ling'er, have you finished arranging everything?"
"Master, it has all been arranged."
"Good. Leave the rest to the Doppelgangers. It has been a long time since we went out. Come on, let's take a stroll."
"Yes, Master." Hearing that she could go out shopping again, Zhao Ling'er looked extremely delighted.
"Then let's go!"
Chen Ze had already risen to his feet and headed out of the residence first, with Doppelganger Zhao Ling'er following closely behind him.
After leaving the residence, the two soon arrived on the main street.
With his experience from purchasing the residence last time, Chen Ze knew that vacant properties in Wannan City could all be bought at the Property Sales Office.
Without stopping along the way, he headed straight for the Property Sales Office.
The moment he entered the Property Sales Office, a young clerk came up to greet him. "Hello, are you looking to buy a property?"
Chen Ze said, "Are there any shops for sale recently?"
The young man gave Chen Ze an imperceptible glance. After all, few people came to buy shops.
After hesitating slightly, the young man said somewhat awkwardly, "There is one, but it is not very large. If you are interested, I can take you to see it first."
"There is only one shop?" Chen Ze had not expected shops in Wannan City to be so difficult to buy.
The young man nodded. "Storefronts in Wannan City have always been in high demand. This one was only just vacated."
"Fine, take me to see it." With no other choice, Chen Ze could only inspect it first.
"Alright, please follow me. The shop is on this street, quite close by."
The young man was quite pleased as well. This shop had actually been up for sale for more than three months, yet no one had taken a liking to it.
The main reason was that its location was far too remote, right at the end of the street.
In Wannan City, the well-located shops had long since been occupied by the various Lineages.
The average locations had been left to outsiders.
On top of that, street stalls were not prohibited in Wannan City, so shops in poorer locations were simply unwanted.
Setting up a stall only required paying a stall fee. One could open whenever one wanted and rest whenever one did not.
Now that someone was finally willing to look at the shop, the young man from the Property Sales Office was naturally delighted.
When he had just sized Chen Ze up, he had already noticed that Chen Ze was not someone familiar.
At a glance, he could tell Chen Ze was an outsider. Looking at shops meant he wanted to settle down in Wannan City and do some business.
The young man had already made up his mind that, no matter what, he had to sell this shop today.
After walking for a quarter of an hour, they were nearly at the end of the street.
Along the way, Chen Ze did not say much. The young man did all the talking.
Chen Ze did not listen very closely either. The young man was merely boasting nonstop anyway, so it did not matter whether he listened or not.
"We're here. It's that one." The young man pointed at the closed shop at the end of the street.
Following the direction of his finger, Chen Ze saw a shop with its doors shut. It did not even have a signboard. It had likely been unoccupied for too long, making the entire place look shabby and dilapidated.
Chen Ze then looked around. "This location really is remote. There is not even a single passerby at the entrance."
Zhao Ling'er looked at the desolate shop and frowned slightly. "Master, isn't this place too deserted?"
Chen Ze smiled calmly. "It is fine. Let's take a look first."
The young man could also tell from Chen Ze and Zhao Ling'er's expressions that something was wrong. He too felt somewhat embarrassed about bringing them to see such a shop.
But he still encouraged himself inwardly. I must sell this shop!
"Honored guests, do not be fooled by the lack of people in front of the shop right now.
That is only because the shop is not operating, making it seem as though no one comes by.
But once your prosperous shop opens, this entrance will absolutely be bustling with visitors."
Chen Ze silently grumbled, His sales pitch is pretty good. If I had not spent so much time in Myriad Things City, I might really have believed his nonsense.
Still, Chen Ze smiled and said, "Let's go inside and look first."
"Alright, I'll open the door for you right away." With that, the young man took out the key to unlock the door.
Chen Ze continued surveying the surroundings of the shop, carefully considering the feasibility of opening a store in this location.
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