From the outside, the Fine Goods Residence looked little different from the other shops. Business was neither brisk nor sluggish; the cultivators coming and going were neither particularly numerous nor particularly few.
Liu Yu calmly looked up at the shop's sign, then stepped inside.
His steps were unhurried, conveying composure and steadiness in sharp contrast to the other cultivators rushing about.
Since he had made no particular effort to restrain his spirit pressure, the shop assistants quickly noticed him after he entered.
A slender female cultivator in a green dress, wearing vivid makeup and apparently serving as a shop steward, immediately came forward to greet him.
"Welcome to the Fine Goods Residence, Senior. Please take a seat in a private room first."
"I will inform the manager at once so he can attend to you personally."
"If you need anything, Senior, please do not hesitate to ask."
With a humble, respectful smile, the green-dressed cultivator bowed slightly and spoke softly.
For a shop of the Fine Goods Residence's modest size, a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator already counted as a "major customer." The spirit stones involved in their transactions far exceeded those of Qi Refining Cultivators, so they naturally had to be treated seriously.
She herself was only a Qi Refining Cultivator and dared even less to offend a Foundation Establishment senior.
With a Qi Refining Period customer, she might have dared to flaunt her looks and see whether she could entice him.
But with a Foundation Establishment Realm senior before her, she dared not pose or preen in the slightest. Every movement was proper, for fear of violating some taboo of his.
Magical artifacts, pills, spirit talismans, and other goods were displayed in exquisite counters.
Before the counters, some cultivators quietly browsed and selected items, others exchanged occasional words with