"Teacher Mu, that Yang Wei—I'm telling the truth. He really is a creep."
Huo Yuhao stopped there. He only wanted to give her a simple warning about certain things; the choice was up to Mu Jin.
Teacher Mu smiled suddenly. "All right, I'll keep that in mind. I'll handle it myself."
With that, Mu Jin waved and left.
Huo Yuhao didn't hesitate for long either. He headed toward Shrek City.
Before long, he arrived beside the Sofy shop in the eastern district of Shrek City.
A large pile of lumber and stone blocks had already been stacked there.
Liu Erlong was directing the workers as they built the academy and tamped down its foundation.
They were using stone for the foundation, along with a particularly sticky clay as binding material.
After observing for a moment, Huo Yuhao frowned slightly. He immediately looked toward the shop in his system space. "System, does my shop from Earth sell cement?"
[Ding! Only the daily necessities section is currently available. The building materials section will open with the next system update. The update contents are as follows. Please read them yourself, Host.]
As the system finished speaking, a preview of its optimization update appeared on the virtual panel before Huo Yuhao.
Estimated time until update: 4 days. [Update contents:] [Earth lifestyle section: Open a regular pharmacy, hardware store, barbecue and prepared-food shop, building materials shop, and adult goods shop.] [Battle Through the Heavens section] [Optimize content that may contain bugs] [Optimize compatibility for pills, cultivation methods, and secret manuals] [After the version update, additional planes may be connected. Whether this is accurate remains to be seen; the system update will provide the final answer.] [Update the missing gene database for the Douluo section and the character database for Douluo I]
Below the update details was a line of red text.
The message read: Because the Host has exploited bugs, special patches will be applied to fix them.
What followed was a long list of patch details—there were actually seven or eight hundred of them.
Huo Yuhao's mouth twitched.
This system seemed to have it in for him.
But Huo Yuhao didn't have time to dwell on that. If he broke any rules, the system would warn him.
What he cared about was the possibility of merging with other planes. What exactly did that mean?
"Hey, System, what do you mean by connecting with other planes?"
[This is merely an update preview from the Main System. Its accuracy remains to be verified, and permission cannot currently be obtained.]
Huo Yuhao took a deep breath, then shook his head and stopped thinking about it.
Just then, Liu Erlong spotted Huo Yuhao and said, "Yuhao, you're here. Looks like everything went smoothly."
Looking at Liu Erlong's smiling face, Huo Yuhao smiled too. "Yeah, I'm here. I've taken care of everything that needed handling."
Then Huo Yuhao looked at the construction workers bustling about and thought for a moment before speaking.
"How about this? I don't think these building materials are very good, but you can go ahead and build with them for now."
"But I'd like to use some special materials for two or three of the rooms. Leave me some space, and I'll bring you the materials in a few days."
Liu Erlong smiled and nodded.
Huo Yuhao chatted with Liu Erlong a little longer.
Before long, Bai Feng brought over some food cooked in large pots.
Without hesitation, Huo Yuhao ate with Bai Feng and Liu Erlong.
After eating, Huo Yuhao returned to his room and began improving his cultivation.
Of course, he also needed to go into the system space and exchange for some ordinary pills.
After all, if Zhou Yi saw his Soul Power increasing, she would definitely question him. He needed an explanation.
Besides, Huo Yuhao had decided to open that pill shop. As for what pills he'd sell, he would naturally exchange them from the system.
Naturally, he would dilute them and mix in some fillers as appropriate.
Huo Yuhao got busy.
Time flew by, and before long, night fell.
Night blanketed Shrek City. Moonlight flowed like water, spilling over every corner of the city.
Lights gradually flickered on along the streets, mingling with the hubbub and cries of street vendors.
The Sofy shop was bustling with activity.
The shop was filled with all kinds of sanitary pads, their exquisite packaging catching the eyes of many women.
Xiao Wu, Xiao Xiao, Tang Ya, and Jiang Nannan were naturally full of energy, selling them with particular enthusiasm.
The girls had agreed to price the sanitary pads at twenty silver coins a pack, with a one-silver-coin commission for every pack sold.
As she sold the sanitary pads, Tang Ya secretly calculated how the money could help fund the construction of the Tang Sect...
Xiao Xiao sold them purely to satisfy her appetite, since she ate quite a lot.
Xiao Wu was kindhearted, and she considered this their own business. Naturally, she was delighted to see it doing well.
Jiang Nannan loved money, and she felt that since she had joined Huo Yuhao's sect, she should help with its business.
Just then, a sudden burst of firecrackers rang out.
Across from the Sofy shop, Huo Yuhao's pill shop had finally opened.
The loud firecrackers drew the attention of many passersby, who all turned to look at the new shop.
Once the firecrackers had died down, a sales pitch rang out through a first-grade Amplifying Soul Tool.
"Come on over and take a look! Great quality at a great price—our shop sells pills!"
"Pills are precious and luxurious. They're said to be something only high-ranking Soul Masters and the children of powerful families can get their hands on."
"As the shopkeeper, I have a pure heart. I want to break those shackles."
"I want ordinary people to be able to use pills too. Now, let me introduce the different grades of pills I sell here."
"To be honest, I find the way pills are classified a little confusing. The categories are too vague."
"Perhaps the extremely rare pills, rich in spiritual energy, are called top-grade pills. Beyond that, I'm not too sure."
"As for me, I've divided pills into grades one through nine."
"I'll be selling some grade-one pills now. Feel free to come and take a look."
"The prices and effects of the pills are listed on the board beside me. Come take a look! The first customers will get a discount, too. Great quality at a great price!"
As Huo Yuhao spoke, he set the Amplifying Soul Tool down beside him. Everyone stared blankly for a moment, then immediately surged toward the pills.
They'd naturally heard of pills, but most of them were ordinary people. How could they possibly afford to buy them?
Besides, pills were incredibly expensive.
Everyone now turned to the wooden sign in front of Huo Yuhao. When they read what was written on it, they sucked in a sharp breath.
A figure suddenly appeared in front of Huo Yuhao from within the crowd. It was Wang Dong.
"Hey, Huo Yuhao, you haven't been at school these past two days. So this is what you've been working on? Is this for real?"
Wang Dong scrutinized Huo Yuhao, then looked at the wooden sign beside him. After reading it, she shook her head repeatedly. This was impossible.
Just then—
Wang Dong began reading it aloud, word by word...
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