[Main quest 3: Innovate and Bring Forth the New Quest description: Host, please open a branch in a second-tier stronghold and reach 70% local recognition (40/70). Quest rewards: System Clerk x3, system upgrade experience +400]
"Phew-"
Early that morning, Xu Ran let out a breath as he looked at the panel before him and smiled in satisfaction. "I knew it had to reach 40% today."
A full ten days had passed since Starfire Foster Shop's recognition reached 30%, and it had finally climbed to the next milestone.
Looking at the progress bar, already more than halfway full, Xu Ran felt that he would soon be able to complete main quest 3.
"Let's go." Stretching, Xu Ran looked at the Three Little Ones beside him. "Time to head downstairs and prepare the residents' first meal of the day."
Over those ten days, as Starfire Foster Shop gradually became better known, its reputation had also improved considerably. It was no longer a shop with nothing but fame to its name.
When the shop came up, quite a few people thought, "It's expensive, but worth the money."
Aside from that, their other impression was...
"The owner is strong, but he's a shady swindler."
Xu Ran felt rather helpless about that.
Why couldn't he shake off the label of swindler?
It was outright slander!
With its improved reputation, the boarding shop's business flourished, and more and more Beast Tamers boarded their Contract Beasts there.
The number of residents in the boarding area had also risen from the initial single digits to double digits, with more than thirty in total.
"Clang, clang, clang-"
"Mealtime!"
As the sound of a spatula striking an iron pot echoed through the boarding area, the residents, long accustomed to it, rushed over and soon surrounded Xu Ran, quietly