Book Spirit Protects Master

Two days later, Ma Feifei was awakened by a system notification sound in the early morning.

'Ding! System upgrade complete. Please go to the Bookstore to confirm.'

Then Ma Feifei jumped up from Zhou Meimei's arms and ran into the Bookstore.

As usual, the system beeped as soon as I entered the Bookstore, indicating that confirmation was complete.

Having learned from the experience of the first system upgrade, Ma Feifei was not surprised this time and looked at the drastically changed Bookstore in front of him quite naturally.

Compared to the previous 400 square meters of Bookstore space, the upgraded Level 3 Bookstore now boasts a total area of 1,000 square meters.

How big is 1,000 square meters? Roughly speaking, it's about the size of two basketball courts.

With such a large area, the Bookstore's spaciousness is naturally off the charts.

The Bookstore's layout hasn't changed much, except that the number of benches and tables has increased from 36 to 99, and the number of rows has increased from two to four, with the spacing still two meters.

The bookshelves and private rooms remain unchanged, still numbering six.

"It seems this upgrade is just about increasing the interior space so more people can come in and read books," Ma Feifei thought, stroking his chin as he looked at the spacious Bookstore.

With that in mind, Ma Feifei plopped down in front of the cashier and began accessing the system to review the details of this upgrade.

System upgrade complete.

The upgrade details are as follows:

1: System level upgraded to LV3.

2: One upgrade gift pack.

3: Unlock the right to purchase Legendary-grade quality books in the System Shop. (Note: Books purchased from the store will be automatically printed; the store owner does not need to copy them.)

4: The Bookstore has been expanded to 1000 square meters, with 6 private rooms, a large hall, and 99 long tables, accommodating 400 people reading simultaneously. (Note: Each private room costs 100 Spirit Crystal per hour; reading in a private room greatly enhances a reader's comprehension.)

5: Increase store owner benefits

Dividend Plan: When readers purchase any item from the world within the book, the system will award the shop owner 20% of the profit as a bonus.

Title: The shop owner will receive a title bestowed by the system. The title is linked to cultivation level, and having the title will grant different discounts on any item purchased from the System Shop. Currently, the shop owner's title is: Book Emperor (enjoying a 30% discount).

6: New Employee Welfare Plan

Reward System: Employees who have been Bookstore employees for six months will receive a ninth-tier spiritual weapon (or a corresponding martial arts technique, or a sprite); employees who have been Bookstore employees for one year will receive a semi-divine weapon (or a corresponding martial arts technique, etc.); employees who have been Bookstore employees for three years will receive an Outstanding Employee Badge.

7: Increase the rights of shop owners

Staff Recruitment: The bookstore owner has the right to recruit staff independently. (Note: Each Bookstore can recruit a maximum of 5 employees; no further recruitment is allowed after this limit is reached.)

Book Spirit Protects Master: The spirit of the book is unlocked. The shopkeeper will have the right to use any book of Yellow Quality or higher. After using the Book Spirit Protects Master skill, the shopkeeper will temporarily gain all the benefits from that book. (Note: Using Book Spirit Protects Master will consume a certain amount of Book Qi Points and Spirit Crystal.)

Overdraft Rights: To provide Bookstore owners with a better operational experience, the system will automatically provide them with an interest-free loan of up to one million Spirit Crystal when they encounter financial difficulties, to alleviate their immediate needs. (Note: The bookstore owner has currently borrowed six billion Spirit Crystal from the system.)

There are seven main categories in total, but there are quite a few when you break them down.

The first few points haven't changed much; the key changes are after the fifth point.

First of all, the Dividend Plan is as Ma Feifei expected. As the system upgrades, the profit-sharing provided to Ma Feifei will also increase. It is estimated that when the system is upgraded to level seven or eight, Ma Feifei will take the lion's share, and the system will take the smaller share.

Ma Feifei also really liked the second title. Different levels of titles were awarded based on his cultivation level, which gave Ma Feifei a discount when buying things in the System Shop. For example, Ma Feifei currently held the title of "Book Emperor," which gave him a 30% discount. The Epic-grade- quality book that cost ten million Spirit Crystal would only cost Ma Feifei seven million spirit crystals with this title.

Not only that, Ma Feifei is currently selling the Elementary Advancement Pill. Next time Ma Feifei makes a purchase, he won't need to spend 1 billion Spirit Crystal. He can buy 1,000 Elementary Advancement Pill for only 700 million Spirit Crystal, making a profit of 300 million for free!

This benefit is very favorable for Ma Feifei.

The shop owner's benefits are amazing, and the employee benefits are pretty good too. After six months, you get a ninth-tier spirit weapon; after a year, a semi-divine weapon; and after three years, you get an Outstanding Employee Badge. Although we don't know what the Outstanding Employee Badge is for yet, being ranked last suggests it's a very good benefit.

"It seems that Yun Qingyang has been Bookstore employee for more than half a year now..." Ma Feifei wondered if she could embezzle Yun Qingyang's reward, since she didn't know anyway.

Ma Feifei also highly values the last clause regarding the shop owner's rights.

There's not much to say about the right to recruit employees, but the key point is the Book Spirit Protects Master, which allows you to temporarily gain all the benefits from any book of Yellow Quality or higher!

What does this mean? It means that if Ma Feifei uses the "Prescriptions Worth Thousand Gold Formulas," he will be even more amazing than the Medicine Saint Shaoyao, possessing incredible medical skills!

If he used Pokémon, he would be an invincible trainer, possibly even able to summon the creator Arceus and wipe out the entire Azure Dragon Continent.

For example, if that copy of the Analects were still usable, Ma Feifei might be considered a sage!

And then there's the mythological world of "The Lotus Lantern"—who knows what benefits it would bring him? Could he use Sun Wukong's Seventy-Two Transformations? Could he use the Golden Cudgel? What about Laozi's Taishang Laojun -Immortal Binding Rope, Yang Jian's Three-Pointed Double-Edged Halberd, and so on...?

Or perhaps it's the upcoming "Tao Te Ching." If Ma Feifei possesses the benefits of the "Tao Te Ching," wouldn't it mean that his cultivation level could directly rival that of a great figure like Laozi? You must know that Lao Tzu was a great god from ancient times! If he obtained the same abilities as Laozi, Ma Feifei felt that this world would truly be a piece of cake for him.

By then, Ma Feifei won't need to bring the intellectually challenged Yun Qingyang with him when he goes out. He'll have these books in his spatial bag; if anyone tries to assassinate him, the Book Spirit Protects Master and beat them so badly they won't even recognize their own mothers.

"My journey to Ma Feifei is about to begin!" Ma Feifei thought to himself with delight.

However, Ma Feifei's happiness didn't last three seconds before she saw the last overdraft right, and her good mood instantly plummeted.

"System, can you explain when you loaned me 6 billion Spirit Crystal? Why didn't I receive a single Spirit Crystal? Instead, I lost 1.2 billion!" Ma Feifei said sarcastically. He was genuinely amused and annoyed by the system's message. These days, people are ripping others off so openly; there's no law at all.

'Ding~ On the evening of June 21st, 351st year of the Great Chu Dynasty, five Yellow Quality Bookstore, three Epic-grade- quality books, and the Diamond Sutra sensed that the shop owner's life was in danger and automatically activated the Book Spirit Protects Master skill, lasting for thirty-six minutes and consuming 7.212 billion Spirit Crystal.'

"Come on, kill me now! This is the first time I've realized my life is worth a whopping 7.2 billion!"