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For example Qiu Shuyu, Tian Man, Luo Liuzi, and the newly arrived Old Chen...

If we let them all awaken, wouldn't we have a group of Awakened?

They are a group of people who have a very high opinion of her and can easily "revere her Revered Like the Big Dipper".

As for the Awakening Stone...

Surely there can't be only 10 of these iron ore deposits in this entire wall of ore.

Even if there are only 10, it's fine. The upgraded Synthesizer might be able to synthesize Awakening Stone.

With this newfound understanding, Song Xiaozhu was filled with fighting spirit. She decided to go back and ask Bai Jing for more information about Awakened, including what the highest level of Awakened Ones was.

Actually, Xiao Yunjie could also answer this question, but Song Xiaozhu considered that she was already "Revered Like the Big Dipper," so she decided not to ask such basic common sense questions casually.

What happens if the "respect value"—let's call it that for now—falls?

She desperately needs Quantum Coin!

After the contract is drafted, the Transaction Value can only be credited to the account after Song Xiaozhu delivers the goods.

There are already five or six hundred [Raw Wood Material], and once they arrive, the price will multiply several times over. She'll deliver a batch of goods first, and then she'll have enough for 50 Quantum Coin.

Let's make a small box first to solve the problem of item storage.

Just as Song Xiaozhu was making her plans, Xiao Yunjie gave her another "big gift."

Madam Xiao was exceptionally gifted at surprising her.

"This is six thousand yuan..."

After signing her name on the contract and stamping it with the village's emblem, Xiao Yunjie handed Song Xiaozhu a stack of money, ten yuan notes bundled together, making the six thousand yuan seem as thick as sixty thousand.

Song Xiaozhu blinked. "?"

Xiao Yunjie: "This is the advance payment, please accept it."

Song Xiaozhu then realized what was happening. She was about to say that it wasn't necessary and that she could pay upon delivery, but Xiao Yunjie had already piled the money into her arms, and she heard a notification sound in her ear, "Transaction Value +333, Transaction Value +333, Transaction Value +334..."

Song Xiaozhu: "?"

Afraid of dropping the money, Song Xiaozhu could only hold onto the money in her arms. As Xiao Yunjie added stack after stack of money, the notification sound in her ear never stopped.

After paying the six stacks of cash, the Transaction Value increased by 2000.

A steel knife costs three yuan, so six thousand yuan would make exactly 2,000 knives.

But Song Xiaozhu didn't deliver the goods at all, yet the Transaction Value was already in place ahead of schedule!

It's even possible to use prepayments to inflate Transaction Value.

Song Xiaozhu certainly wouldn't accept the money and then not deliver the goods, but she couldn't help but ask, "What if you can't deliver the goods after receiving the prepayment?"

She wasn't asking about Xiao Yunjie, of course; she was referring to the notification sound.

Unexpectedly, the notification tone said directly:

"To trigger Growth Quest 7, please select:"

"Appoint

Task A: Tear up 3 contracts, kill 3 customers, reward 40 Quantum Coin, 20 Repair Points.

"Task B: Complete 3 contracts, acquire 3 clients, reward 20 Quantum Coin, and 40 Repair Points."

Song Xiaozhu was speechless.

She was just asking casually, how did it escalate to killing a customer?

Task A was as brutal as ever.

Although the notification didn't give her a clear answer, this Growth Quest clearly indicated that she either had to become an honest merchant or a ruthless robber...

Song Xiaozhu was born into a civilized society and only wants to be a civilized person!

But it's good too; a little stimulation from the notification sound brings a new task.

This task wasn't difficult for Song Xiaozhu. She already had two contracts: one for the logging camp and one for Liu Family Village... no, she'd soon have three. Old Madam Hu would definitely order special arrowheads, and she would work out the contract with her carefully, even if it was just for selling one arrowhead.

Although this Growth Quest doesn't give many Quantum Coin, the Repair Points is just right.

Song Xiaozhu flipped through the task panel and found that as long as she completed Growth Quest 6 and 7, she would have enough Repair Points to reach the 200 repair points required for the Repair Quest.

With 54 Quantum Coin already, and the remaining 4 from before, Song Xiaozhu rubbed her hands together eagerly. "Madam Xiao, let's take a break. I'll continue making them when Village Chief Liu and Sister Shuyu return."

Xiao Yunjie nodded in agreement.

Song Xiaozhu then said, "Why don't you go up first and put these steel knives away?"

Xiao Yunjie looked at her and said, "I'll arrange for someone to move it. Why don't you go upstairs and have some tea to rest for a bit?"

Song Xiaozhu: "Okay!"

In fact, she could synthesize the small box right in front of Xiao Yunjie. Since it was a process that no one else could see, the small box wouldn't need to be taken out; it would simply be hung on the Workbench.

However, firstly, she couldn't continue synthesizing because the [Raw Wood Material] weren't available, and secondly, Song Xiaozhu wanted a sense of ceremony—after all, it was a "big guy" worth 50 Quantum Coin, so even if she didn't take a bath or change clothes, she had to have a glass of good water to celebrate!

So they went up together, and then parted ways in the temple.

Song Xiaozhu originally intended to go straight back to the second floor of the shop, but after seeing Bai Jing, she delayed for a while.

There were hardly any wounded left in Liu Family Village, but Bai Jing still didn't go to live in the shop, nor did he return to the community. Instead, he stayed in the temple hall and casually set up a stall.

During the day, he would treat villagers with various ailments, especially children, often diagnosing headaches or other minor illnesses.

The fever subsided immediately after being brought here.

Bai Jing was not the kind-faced old man he was; in his old age, he had a stern, wrinkled face, and in his youth, he had a pair of dead fish eyes.

He has a strong deterrent effect on children, and he never shows mercy. Once he pricks a child, the child cries out in deafening cries. If it weren't for the excellent therapeutic effect, parents would have to fight him to the death.

Song Xiaozhu happened to be passing by when a little girl was stubbornly arguing with her parents. "No! I won't go! I'd rather die than... Waaah..." Her father covered her mouth, so she couldn't speak clearly.

Bai Jing was unfazed. With droopy eyelids and her left hand resembling a syringe, coupled with her half-dead expression, she looked just like a psychopathic doctor from a horror movie.

The little girl struggled even more fiercely, and her parents couldn't hold her down. Once she could speak, she shouted, "I don't want your treatment! You're a murderer! You killed Xiaohua!"