A Restless Night

Night falls and the city lights come on.

The cool autumn breeze swept through Dubian Town, bringing a chill to the town.

The waning moon hangs high, half-hidden by clouds.

The dim moonlight cast long shadows on the pedestrians in Dubian Town.

In this situation, the most fitting image should be a quiet and harmonious town scene, but the reality is quite different. In the north of Watanabe Town, the long street in front of the Magical Bookstore is already packed with people.

"I offer 200,000 Spirit Crystal for a spot in my shop."

"I offer 250,000 Spirit Crystal for a spot in the shop."

"I'd like to ask the same thing..."

Ma Feifei sat inside the Bookstore, with the entrance guarded by the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey and Zhang Yunji, while a large group of cultivators outside tried to squeeze into the Bookstore.

"What price should I set?" Ma Feifei pondered, stroking his chin as he looked at the cultivators outside.

Tonight, the Mysterious Bookstore opened for the night without any promotion, but as a result, the Bookstore Mysterious Bookstore instantly packed with people when they discovered it was secretly open for business.

People may not understand why the Mysterious Bookstore is open at night, but they all know that when the Mysterious Bookstore opens, it means it's open for business as usual. If anyone doesn't hurry to grab a good spot under these circumstances, they'd be a fool.

Even among the general public, there were many speculations about the Mysterious Bookstore's sudden opening at night. Most people believed that, based on the Mysterious Bookstore's past practices, every time it pulled off an unconventional move, it meant even greater profits.

Especially when Zhang Yunji said that entering the Bookstore at night wasn't based on a specific number, everyone's enthusiasm increased even more.

"Teacher, there are more and more people," Chang Kong, who had been standing to the side holding the Lotus Lantern, replied in a low voice.

Chang Kong had just finished his day's business at the branch store that afternoon, and hadn't even had time to close the door properly when Ma Feifei appeared at the branch store and explained that they would be opening a nighttime branch at the main store that evening.

Having had experience before, Chang Kong naturally understood why Ma Feifei had come to find him. Coincidentally, tomorrow was the weekend, and the branch store would be closed like the main store. So after tidying up the branch store, he took Liu Ying and Ma Feifei back to Dubian Town, which led to the scene we see now.

"Give the order: 200,000 yuan per person for entry and viewing fee, first come, first served," Ma Feifei said after a moment's thought, waving his hand.

Although the last time Reading by Lamplight, he received a million Spirit Crystal from Jing Xing, that was a special case, and Jing Xing was the only customer. If he didn't take advantage of him, who else would he take advantage of?

Tonight's situation is much better than that time; at least in terms of the number of people entering the store, it's incomparable to that time.

With a large number of people, the viewing fee naturally cannot be so high, since not everyone dares to spend a million Spirit Crystal to read books for one night.

"Yes!" Chang Kong nodded slightly upon hearing this, walked to the door, and whispered a few words to Zhang Yunji.

Zhang Yunji breathed a sigh of relief after receiving Ma Feifei's instructions. The Bookstore had just opened for nighttime business, and the few people he saw were just passing cultivators, so there weren't many. However, once the news spread and the number of people increased exponentially, the entire street could be packed with people.

This is the first time the Mysterious Bookstore has opened at night in Dubian Town, which is a very novel thing for everyone. Even if people don't pay to come in and read the books, they will still come to join in the fun.

No matter what world you're in, there will always be people who love gossip.

"The Mysterious Bookstore will be open for business for the first time tonight, from now until 6:00 AM tomorrow. The price for entry is 200,000 Spirit Crystal per person. During the night, you will receive more benefits and luck than during the day, ensuring that everyone gets their money's worth. Now, line up to pay and enter."

"Me! Me! I'm the first one!"

"I'm the Laozi who should get out of Laozi way!"

"Anyone who dares to come within ten feet of me will have their blood spilled five steps away!"

What Zhang Yunji said next was not important to everyone, because everyone knew that Bookstore operating at night definitely offered special perks.

What everyone cares about is the price of entering the Bookstore to read books. Now that Zhang Yunji has announced the price, those who feel they can afford it naturally flock in, while those who feel they can't afford it follow the trend and retreat to the side to be spectators.

"One at a time, don't rush." Zhang Yunji was almost face to face with these people. If they were beautiful young women, it would be fine, but if they were burly men, it would be a bit tough for him. He held his breath and collected money from each of them before releasing them.

The line of four hundred people wasn't actually very long. With the money already prepared, it only took about twenty minutes to collect and release them. The four hundred people entered the Bookstore and scattered in all directions to start looking for books to read.

As for those cultivators who didn't manage to get a spot in the shop, they could only regretfully beat their chests and stamp their feet, either complaining that they were squeezed out or cursing the four hundred people in front of them for lacking any gentlemanly manners and for not knowing how to be humble and courteous.

But in any case, no one mentioned Mysterious Bookstore.

"Sigh! I don't know what the benefit of reading at night is. It's a real pity I couldn't get in." A cultivator who was number 401 in line was so angry that his heart ached. He was just one step away from being able to enter the Bookstore to read.

"Who knows? Anyway, I'm planning to stay outside all night. Maybe I'll even witness the birth of a divine artifact," a cultivator next to him said nonchalantly. He had also tried to squeeze in earlier, but failed. The reason he wasn't disappointed was that even if he had managed to get in, he wouldn't have been able to come up with 200,000 Spirit Crystal to pay for the books.

Simply put, he's just crowding around for fun, out of sheer boredom.

"We're still too late!" Some cultivators who rushed over saw that the Bookstore was already full of four hundred people, and they were all full of regret.

"Shall we go back to Rest?" A disciple from an unknown sect whispered to his master after witnessing this scene.

"Hmm, sleep here," the sect leader replied calmly.

"Huh?" The disciple was somewhat surprised, then fell silent, but his expression was a little aggrieved. It was such a pity that he couldn't Rest at night.

The Mysterious Bookstore operates at night, which is a completely new model. Under this model, everyone wants to know what benefits practitioners who enter the Mysterious Bookstore to read books can gain from them.

However, as the Mysterious Bookstore began its new nighttime operation, a bloody battle was quietly unfolding less than two miles away...8)

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