Chapter 5593: Disposal (Part 3)
Venerable Mulberry, who hadn't even managed to utter a single word in his defense, was immediately pinned down by several thick vines. A small, furry, chubby squirrel darted out from the side, seemingly with an effortless swipe of its paw.
With a soft thwack, everyone watched in horror as Venerable Mulberry's skull split open like a cracked coconut...
"Ah!" Someone shrieked, and the onlookers, who had been enjoying the show, collectively took several steps back, their eyes filled with inexplicable terror as they stared at Qiaomu and her group.
The seemingly harmless chubby squirrel even tilted its small head, its twelve little tails swaying, and let out a satisfied giggle.
Qiaomu beckoned to it. The chubby squirrel quickly bounced and jumped into her hand.
Qiaomu stroked its fur, then coldly raised her eyes to the ashen-faced Li Lan'er, her expression devoid of warmth. "From today onwards, you will be the shopkeeper here at Holy Domain First Tower."
"A certain amount of goods will be provided to you daily, to be sold until depleted."
"You will hand over all the materials obtained to me," Qiaomu said, giving her a cold glance. "You don't have a second life to squander, understand?"
Li Lan'er trembled all over, nodding furiously like a pecking chick. The young lady was warning her that if she were caught betraying them, it would cost her her life.
"Go put up a sign and change the rules. A list of goods will be provided the night before, and sales will begin tomorrow. The items on the list will be sold until they're gone."
With this rule change, it was likely that the Holy Domain residents would complain even more. Previously, they could buy as much as they wanted without restriction; as long as they got one of the first hundred tickets, they could almost certainly get goods. Now, the list of ingredients and daily necessities provided overnight would clearly specify quantities. Although the quantity wasn't small, once there was a high demand, just a dozen or so people might completely empty the stock...
The remaining people wouldn't even need to queue. Therefore, those who came to queue for goods later found it even more troublesome.
Before queuing, they would first have to estimate how much the people ahead wanted to buy, and whether the stock would be depleted by the time it was their turn...
Consequently, it wasn't long before people queuing at the entrance of Holy Domain First Tower started lining up even earlier, each person desperate to snatch the first, second, or third spot in line.
Li Lan'er diligently worked as the shopkeeper inside Holy Domain First Tower. She actually didn't know that Holy Domain First Tower was filled with Demon Eyes and hidden imaging talismans. Her every move inside the building was recorded daily. If there was any unusual activity, Qiuqiu and the others would be the first to notice.
This way, Aoye and the others no longer had to worry about running the shop at Holy Domain First Tower, or the hassle of rotating shifts every few days. With Li Lan'er as free labor, Aoye and the others could peacefully focus on their cultivation, without having to bother with anything else.
Thus, Qiaomu led her companions and settled down in this area of the Eastern Domain. Since they had demonstrated their incredibly terrifying methods and deterrent power, from that day on, very few people came looking for trouble.
No one dared to covet the resources in their pockets anymore. It was a joke; before coveting others' resources, one first had to see if they even had the life to enjoy them.
However, the environment in the Holy Domain was truly not great. Most of the time, they would still hide in the Star Domain to practice artifact refining, pill alchemy, and talisman drawing. In their leisure time, they could read, paint, play music, or chat.
One day, the Eastern Domain Lord approached them with a smile.