537: Top-grade foundation-building tool

Golden Cloud City Lord's Mansion.

This was a massive mansion, covering an extremely vast area, with carved beams and painted rafters, and meticulous arrangement.

It was built with blue bricks, adorned with exquisite murals, and winding corridors were arranged within it in a staggered manner, connecting ancient and elegant rooms and pavilions.

Along the long corridors, teams of Cultivators wearing unified attire and expressionless faces walked by from time to time, each exuding a not-weak aura.

Guangping Zhenren arrived at the mansion, followed the central long corridor, walked all the way to the inner courtyard, and stopped in front of a pavilion.

The pavilion's exterior was very unique; it had an elegant wooden structure and exquisite carvings, with runes branded on every wooden board, emitting a hazy glow.

The entire pavilion had a full five floors, exuding a majestic aura.

Guangping Zhenren bowed respectfully towards the pavilion: "City Lord!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a colossal creature slowly walked out from the vermilion gate.

It was a demonic beast resembling a leopard, a full three feet long, its entire body covered in patterns, with large bronze-bell eyes, sharp claws, and bared ferocious fangs.

When it appeared, it emitted an extremely powerful aura, an aura that made even Guangping Zhenren feel immense pressure.

Clearly, this was a Third-Order Spirit Beast.

It stared at Guangping Zhenren, licking its fangs.

"Revered Master asks what matter you have!"

Behind it, a young attendant slowly walked out, his tender face bearing a serious expression.

He held a whisk in his hand; although he was less than a meter tall, he stood in front of the Third-Order Spirit Beast without any fear.

"Long Yu has been killed..."

Guangping Zhenren bowed and recounted the events just now, one by one.

He wasn't worried at all that the City Lord wouldn't know.

As long as it was within this City Lord's Mansion, there was nothing this City Lord didn't know.

Because he was a Nascent Soul Great Cultivator, his Divine Sense could encompass the entire mansion, and nothing could escape his control.

After Guangping Zhenren finished speaking, the attendant's ear twitched slightly, as if listening to something.

After a moment, the attendant's tender voice sounded again: "Revered Master says, just send someone to report this matter directly to the Dragon Emperor; there's no need to disturb him."

"What about the reward?" Guangping Zhenren continued to ask.

"Wait for news from the Imperial City." The attendant replied.

"Alright." Guangping Zhenren quietly withdrew.

After he left, the attendant patted the Third-Order Spirit Beast's back: "Let's go, Revered Master told me to take you to explore the world; we happen to be setting off today."

The Third-Order Spirit Beast turned its head and rubbed against the small hand, indicating acceptance.

...

After leaving the Enforcement Hall, Zhou Luo then went to the Zhou Family's shop in Golden Cloud Immortal City.

This time, he directly removed his disguise.

After all, this was his own shop; if he continued like this, it would easily make people think of him.

Although Long Yu had been dealt with, who could guarantee that he had no relatives or friends?

Therefore, Zhou Luo still chose to act discreetly.

However, on the way, news of his deeds had clearly spread.

Everyone knew that a Mysterious Person had killed Long Yu and received a reward from the Dragon Emperor.

As for the content of the reward, everyone was saying all sorts of things.

Some said it was a Magic Treasure, some said it was a noble title, and even more outrageous, some even said the Dragon Emperor was going to marry his princess to the other party...

Hearing these words, Zhou Luo looked at his empty hands and slightly shook his head.

He also didn't know what reward that Dragon Emperor would give him.

In the shop, the Shopkeeper was still the original one, but the employees were all from the Zhou Family.

Zhou Luo even brought a few children here.

The purpose was to broaden their horizons and increase their knowledge.

"Father!"

Seeing Zhou Luo appear, the young men in the shop were first stunned, then quickly stepped forward, full of pleasant surprise.

They all came before Zhou Luo, knelt down and bowed with utmost respect, not caring at all that there were other customers in the shop.

Others kept glancing sideways.

"Rise."

Zhou Luo said calmly.

Immediately, the shop Shopkeeper also appeared; he quickly invited Zhou Luo to the third floor.

In the room on the third floor, Zhou Luo flipped through the ledger, listening to the Shopkeeper and his children report on the shop's situation.

Although Shu Hongliu would send the artifacts she refined to the shop every so often.

But compared to before, the shop's popularity had clearly decreased significantly.

This was also normal; having lost Shu Hongliu's presence, everyone's trust level would definitely decrease.

After all, artifacts are things related to one's life and safety; they naturally hope they can be perfected.

If Shu Hongliu were still here, her reputation would indeed be convincing.

Now that she wasn't here, everyone also started looking for other Refining Revered Masters, causing the shop's business to not be as good as before.

Zhou Luo had already anticipated this point.

He took out a storage ring and handed it to the Shopkeeper.

Inside were some Foundation Establishment artifacts he had specially refined, each of supreme quality.

He planned to use this batch of Foundation Establishment artifacts to win back those lost customers and establish the shop's reputation.

As long as everyone knew that supreme Foundation Establishment artifacts were being sold in the shop, no Cultivator would be able to refuse the temptation.

The Shopkeeper took the storage ring, looked at the items inside, was first utterly shocked, and then overjoyed.

With this batch of supreme artifacts, the shop's business would surely improve.

Next, Zhou Luo also asked about his children.

Back then, he sent these few people to Golden Cloud Immortal City to let them see the world and temper themselves.

Now, after a simple inquiry, he found that none of these children had disappointed him.

Especially in the aspect of managing the shop, they did exceptionally well.

It seems that if the Zhou Family's industry is to expand in the future, these children will be his important helpers.

After understanding the situation, Zhou Luo also made some arrangements.

Primarily, it was about the overall direction of the shop.

He would definitely expand his industry in Golden Cloud Immortal City in the future, so the shop's main task currently was to complete capital accumulation and cultivate a large number of talents.

This way, when it's time to expand, there will be a foundation to proceed steadily and surely.

After giving instructions, the others left one after another, and Zhou Luo also took the opportunity to stay there.

In the following few sky, under his arrangements, the shop quickly launched the batch of supreme Foundation Establishment artifacts he had refined.

As soon as these artifacts were launched, they immediately attracted the attention of countless Cultivators.

One must know, these were supreme Foundation Establishment artifacts; even in Golden Cloud Immortal City, they were extremely rare and precious existences.

Shu Hongliu's shop was already somewhat famous in Golden Cloud Immortal City; now, directly launching a batch instantly made these Cultivators excited.

They all entered the shop, wanting to snatch one up.

For this, Zhou Luo also put up the sign "Highest Bidder Wins," which was equivalent to holding a small auction.

As expected, the response brought by this batch of supreme Foundation Establishment artifacts was extremely good, and it also boosted the shop's other businesses.

In just a few sky, the shop's profit doubled and was still growing.

Because Zhou Luo did not take out all these supreme Foundation Establishment artifacts at once, but only launched three pieces every sky.

The purpose was naturally to maximize the effect of this event.

This sky, the shop welcomed a special guest...