183: Chapter 183 Final Round

The father was eating breakfast, while the mother continued showing the two girls around.

"What do you think?"

The father swallowed his food and asked.

"It's wonderful!"

Lin Fan grinned.

The father nodded with a smile and continued eating.

Not long after, a truck drove up and stopped at the shop entrance.

"The goods are here, let's go."

The father called out, put down his breakfast, and walked toward the door, with Lin Fan following closely behind.

The mother also arrived quickly with Qing Yu and Lin Duo, and they all waited outside together.

The four stood by the truck; the father spoke a few words with the driver and then turned back.

"Alright, let's unload the goods."

He said.

At the same time.

The truck's cargo compartment opened automatically, and everyone saw the goods inside.

Boxes of all sizes were neatly arranged inside; the largest was four feet high, and even the smallest was half a meter tall.

Everyone began moving the boxes off the truck one by one; there were over fifty boxes in total, and it took quite some time to unload them all.

The truck drove away, and the next step was to move the goods into the shop.

Some of the boxes were very heavy, but with Lin Fan and Qing Yu there, it wasn't a problem at all.

Lin Fan simply said he was a mage, and his strength was naturally greater than that of ordinary people.

As for Qing Yu, the power of her Wind Spirit Body was hidden extremely well.

On the surface, she let Lin Duo help her lift the boxes.

In reality, she carried them all by herself the entire time, while Lin Duo was just putting on a show.

After a while, the last box was moved into the shop.

Seeing that everyone was tired, the father suggested taking a short break before they started stocking the shelves.

Lin Fan and Qing Yu weren't actually tired, but they didn't say much and sat down to rest with the others.

The father went out for a bit and soon returned with iced fruit juice as a reward for everyone.

He bought enough for everyone to have three bottles.

Lin Duo immediately took two bottles, saying righteously that she had worked the hardest and deserved to drink more.

Everyone was amused by her and let her have her way.

She was so cute that one simply couldn't bear to refuse her.

After resting for a few minutes, everyone got back to work and began placing the items from the boxes onto the shelves.

The goods included mana cores, Magic Items, and body Materials from Demonic Beasts such as teeth and claws.

The highest-grade items in the boxes were Rank 2 Magic Items.

The father pointed out the placement for each type of item to avoid clutter and confusion.

Once all the shelves were full, the remaining empty boxes were moved to the storage room in the back.

After everything was tidied up, the family gathered in front of the checkout counter.

Looking at the shop filled with magical items, they were filled with a mix of emotions.

Some shelves held shimmering mana cores.

Some displayed Demonic Beast Materials, and others were filled with various Magic Items.

The shop was now in perfect order, officially open for business!

Everyone gazed silently into the shop, their hearts stirring...

From today on, their lives would undergo a massive change.

They had a shop of their own!

Everyone was full of sentiment, except for Qing Yu.

The Wind Spirit Body didn't understand why she was standing there, but she still stayed quietly with the others.

By the time everything was finished, it was already afternoon.

Fortunately, the mother had packed lunch before leaving the house.

She took out the food, and the family sat together to eat.

They ate quickly, finishing in less than twenty minutes.

After the meal, the father took out a list for everyone to familiarize themselves with.

This was the recommended price range for goods set by the Mages Union.

It established uniform pricing for all shops to avoid market chaos.

The father hoped everyone would slowly memorize the prices of various items.

After looking over the list, Lin Fan and the others immediately noticed something.

The items with the most volatile prices on the list were the Demonic Beast Materials.

Some parts had a unit price of only five thousand to ten thousand yuan, while others could go as high as seven hundred thousand yuan!

The price depended on the size of the material, the species of the Demonic Beast, and the beast's power Rank.

The price range for Rank 1 Magic Items was fixed between thirty thousand and sixty thousand yuan.

Fluctuations within this range were allowed, but the price could not be lower than thirty thousand or higher than sixty thousand.

Rank 2 Magic Items also had a fixed price range.

The final selling price would be negotiated between the shopkeeper and the customer, but it could not exceed the upper and lower limits set by the Alliance.

Lin Fan glanced at the prices for mana cores and couldn't help but be a little surprised.

The price range for Rank 1 mana cores was between forty thousand and fifty thousand yuan, which was even higher than the price the Alliance paid to buy them from him!

"After all, the Alliance needs to make a profit on the price difference."

Lin Fan thought to himself.

He knew very well that the price he sold to the Alliance was already much higher than that of other Adventurers, so he didn't have any complaints.

While they were looking at the list.

The shop's glass door slid open automatically.

A middle-aged man dressed in expensive clothes walked in.

Everyone immediately looked up... the first customer had arrived!

Lin Fan, his mother, and the two girls left the shop first to go home.

The father planned to stay a bit longer and close the shop later.

There weren't any real customers today.

For the rest of the time, everyone spent their time getting familiar with the price list.

And the middle-aged man who had entered the shop earlier wasn't a customer looking to buy anything.

He was actually the owner of another shop across the street, just coming over to check out the newly opened business.

He asked a few indirect questions, saying that shop owners should look out for one another.

He even told the father.

That if he encountered trouble or needed help, he could go find him.

But his smile was extremely fake, and his eyes were as cold as a venomous snake's.

The father played along politely, and after the man left, he continued with his own work.

...

After returning home, everyone went to their rooms to wash up, and then the mother called everyone to help in the kitchen.

She had bought many ingredients on the way; she was going to make a sumptuous dinner tonight to celebrate the official opening of the shop.

The father returned home shortly after and took a quick shower.

When he came downstairs, the dining table was already set, and the family sat together to eat.

After dinner, everyone went to their rooms to rest.

Lin Fan lay in bed and habitually spread out his perception.

His range of perception instantly covered the entire city, allowing him to clearly detect magic fluctuations everywhere.

Of course, the probing ability of this kind of perception was far inferior to his search Spells, and the information he could detect was very limited.

After finding no abnormalities, Lin Fan closed his eyes and fell fast asleep.

Morning soon arrived, and everyone got up to prepare for the new day.

Qing Yu had said before that she wasn't interested in watching the competition, and the father had agreed to take her to the shop to help.

And so.

Lin Fan, Lin Duo, and their mother headed to the arena, while the father took Qing Yu to the commercial district to open for business.

A few minutes later, the three arrived at the arena.

After entering, Lin Fan separated from them and went to the Longwei Magic Academy's viewing area.

The mother and Lin Duo went to the general seating area.

Soon, the arena was packed to capacity, and the projection of the day's match schedule rose into the air.

In the Longwei Academy's viewing area.

No one held much enthusiasm for today's match.

Their opponent was Golden Magic Academy; the outcome was almost a foregone conclusion.

The Principal and Vice Principal were chatting about other things, and the students were just there for the spectacle...

After all, Lin Fan had already firmly secured the academy's place in the final round.