A Travel Plan

Time flies, and ten days have passed in the blink of an eye.

During these ten days, several noteworthy events also occurred in the Bookstore.

First, the skill of "One Book Multiple Travels" was activated for the second time, and a thousand readers were summoned to the world of Pokémon to catch Pokémon. Although everyone knew that death was real in the world of Pokémon, it still did not dampen their enthusiasm. The exclusive number for that day was sold for 300,000 Spirit Crystal.

But because of the previous experience, the readers who entered the Pokémon world this time were more experienced and cautious. As a result, after eight days, the death toll was only a few dozen, while the number of people who successfully captured Pokémon reached more than eight hundred.

After two rounds, the number of people owning Pokémon has already exceeded the standard for the Pokémon Championship. However, recently there have been many cases of people selling Pokémon on the market, so Ma Feifei feels that, barring any unforeseen circumstances, he plans to use this "One Book Multiple Travels" skill on this Pokémon book for the next few months.

In addition to the Pokémon incident, Dubian Town has also begun to experience reverse population growth.

Many practitioners began to leave Dubian Town's population of one million was reduced by nearly half in just ten days, leaving only more than 500,000 people.

The reason is simple: Chinese New Year is coming!

In every country of the Azure Dragon Continent, there is a tradition of celebrating the New Year, and this tradition is very grand. From kings Spirit Saint to ordinary people, everyone puts aside their daily affairs, takes a break, and spends the festival with family or friends during this time.

Even those cultivators, if they belong to a sect, will return to their sect and spend their time together with it.

As for those cultivators who are alone, they are always lonely during this period, but they will also go out to hunt spirit beasts and seek opportunities, and go to more prosperous towns to experience the atmosphere of the New Year.

Of course, the sharp decline in Dubian Town's population is not only due to the upcoming Lunar New Year, but also related to the economy.

After a period of fermentation, the Mysterious Bookstore has become a holy land that cultivators dream of entering, and almost every cultivator who comes to Dubian Town has a unique number in their hand.

However, most of these numbers require a waiting period, some for a month, some for three months, some for half a year, and some even for three to five years.

Not every cultivator possesses hundreds of millions of Spirit Crystal, nor can they afford to buy exclusive phone numbers worth hundreds of thousands every day from the trading market. Therefore, the trend of selling exclusive phone numbers in the trading market has gradually decreased.

Since people couldn't enter the Mysterious Bookstore to read books for a short time, they naturally couldn't stay in Dubian Town for long either, as they had their own things to take care of. As a result, Dubian Town's population began to decline for the first time since the Mysterious Bookstore became famous.

However, the decline does not mean the popularity is gone. These returning practitioners are destined to spread the word about everything they have seen in Dubian Town, letting more people know about the wonders of the Dubian Town Mysterious Bookstore; and next year, Dubian Town will surely experience another population boom.

Besides the reasons mentioned above that led to the sharp decline in population, another factor was that Mysterious Bookstore announced it would close on January 15th, five days before the Lunar New Bookstore. The reason, of course, was the Lunar New Year, and Bookstore also had to follow local customs and take a holiday. However, this holiday was a bit long, a whole month!

This has caused many practitioners to complain, because some people's numbers were only valid for that one month, and the Bookstore's practice has delayed their exclusive numbers by a month, preventing them from viewing the books in the Bookstore in advance.

These complaints were of no use, of course; Ma Feifei was already making his New Year's travel plans!

"Qingyang, is there anywhere you'd like to go?" Ma Feifei asked Yun Qingyang, who was standing to the side in a daze, as he tapped on a map of the Azure Dragon Continent with a pen.

This girl is either looking up at the sky or spacing out; I don't know what she's thinking about all day long. Her life is so boring.

Upon hearing Ma Feifei's words, Yun Qingyang shook his head and said, "No."

"Oh, how could there not be? You've lived in this world for so long, there must be a place you particularly miss. We can go back and visit it during this break!" Ma Feifei said, tapping on the map.

"Nostalgia?" Yun Qingyang looked blankly out of the Bookstore, lost in thought.

"Hmm?" Ma Feifei was a little puzzled when she saw Yun Qingyang's sudden change in demeanor.

"She's gone." Yun Qingyang said calmly.

"Gone? What's gone?" Ma Feifei asked, puzzled.

However, Yun Qingyang did not continue to answer, and instead turned and walked into the courtyard.

"What's going on?" Ma Feifei was a little confused. She shook her head and turned to Zhang Yunji at the door, calling out, "Yunji, come here."

Zhang Yunji was sitting by the door reading a Blue Quality book when he heard Ma Feifei call out. He immediately closed the book and ran over, asking, "Shopkeeper, you were looking for me?"

Ma Feifei nodded and asked, "Did your master and your sister return to the capital?"

Zhang Yunji nodded in agreement, replying, "Yes, I went back eight days ago."

"Your master's injuries are so severe, aren't you afraid something might happen?" Ma Feifei asked curiously.

Liu Ying had only recently obtained an eighth-tier spirit sword, and everyone had also witnessed Chang Kong's serious injuries and fainting. Under such circumstances, it was inevitable that some people with ulterior motives would have wicked ideas.

Zhang Yunji explained, "Thank you for your concern, shopkeeper. My master and sister are traveling back with President Gongsun this time, so their safety shouldn't be a problem."

"Did Sister Gongsun go to the capital?" Ma Feifei asked in confusion.

If Zhang Yunji hadn't told him, Ma Feifei wouldn't have known that Gongsun Qiong had already left Dubian Town.

Zhang Yunji nodded and said, "That's right, the New Year is just around the corner, and the Wantong Chamber of Commerce's year-end assessment is about to begin. President Gongsun will definitely be going back to preside over this assessment."

The so-called assessment activity is an annual evaluation of the various subsidiary chambers of commerce under Wantong Chamber of Commerce. In fact, it is to see how much profit the chamber of commerce has brought in during the year, and whether it has increased or decreased compared with previous years. Of course, in addition to the assessment, there is also the dividend distribution. As the current leader of Wantong Chamber of Commerce, Gongsun Qiong naturally cannot be absent from such matters.

After Zhang Yunji explained it to him, Ma Feifei finally understood.

"The Bookstore will be closed for four days. When are you planning to go back?" Ma Feifei asked curiously.

The Bookstore was closed for the holiday, so Zhang Yunji, as an employee, naturally also got a holiday. However, when this was mentioned, Zhang Yunji seemed to have something difficult to say.

"What's with that expression? Aren't you happy even on vacation?" Ma Feifei asked, puzzled.

Zhang Yunji hesitated for a moment, then asked in a low voice, "Shopkeeper, what are your plans for the New Year?"