The starry blanket of the night painted the sky in hues of black and violet as the nineteenth day of the store's operation drew to a close.
Lin Mo stood on the second-floor balcony, a rare moment of quiet reflection amidst the controlled chaos that had become his life. Down below, the final preparations for the raid, which the store sponsored, were already in full swing. The makeshift army outside Fanling City had swelled to over two thousand cultivators at the minimum of the Foundation Establishment Stage. A sight that made even the unflappable City Lord Wei Xian, who had become used to seeing high-level cultivators visiting his city, nervous.
Liu Xiaoyu, having spent the entire afternoon at the city gates personally handing out 'Convenience Combat Kits' to registered participants, had just returned, her face flushed with excitement, along with Xiao Ya and her little brother, Liu Xiaoping.
