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Chapter 722: Sticking Together To Survive

Not counting the imperial palace, Arch-Emperor City consisted of ninety-seven subdistricts which were referred to as boroughs The central district of the city occupied about ten percent of the city as a whole, and the north district was the largest, occupying roughly twenty percent

Bai Xiaochun’s spirit enhanceh it couldn’t be considered a very fancy shop, considering that it was located in Arch-Emperor City, it was funda tiht, and yet the shops on the street were all brightly lit, with custo the shop, Bai Xiaochun was depressed to find that it was actually relatively small The storefront was only about nine meters wide, whereas most of the other storefronts on the street were at least fifteen n on the door that had three simple words on it: Spirit Enhancement Shop

Bai Xiaochun was a bit stunned by the sin Inside, the shop was narrow, but stretched back relatively far from the street There also appeared to be a courtyard in the back Unfortunately, no matter which way one examined the shop, it was obviously a lot smaller than the others in the area

The interior was lit with la that it didn’t really stand out to the crowds of passersby

The only good thing that Bai Xiaochun noticed was that there were actually custo er Before Bai Xiaochun had even walked all the way inside, the young er

“I can’t believe you actually ruined my Trimoon Streamcloud Pearl!! Dammit, all I asked you to do was perform a twofold spirit enhanceso loudly that even people outside of the shop could hear hi about as going on

“He must be new here, otherwise he would never have picked this place to get spirit enhancements”

“Exactly This spirit enhance more than trash The truethe talk around hi ood before hed From what he could tell, other than its value as a place to rest his head, it seemed relatively worthless

“Ah, whatever All I wanted was a place to hole up for bit anyway” Shaking his head, he walked further into the shop Once inside, he saw the clerk, as leaning up against the counter looking bored to death The shelves on the ere mostly empty As for the items that did occupy them, Bai Xiaochun could tell that they would be useful for perfor threefold or perhaps fourfold spirit enhancements

The clerk looked over at Bai Xiaochun and yawned, then ignored hihed Then he walked up to the counter and put the deed jade slip down onto it

The clerk seemed surprised, then suspicious “You want that jade slip enhanced? Alright, let s work Success or failure don’t matter You pay up front, and if the result is a failure, I won’t take any responsibility”

Then he picked up the jade slip and looked at it At that point, his eyes ide

“You’re the owner?!” he blurted, shooting to his feet After exa Bai Xiaochun, he sat back down

Fairly certain that he had coht place, Bai Xiaochun replied, “I believe this is my shop”

“Whatever Since you’re here, how about you pay me my salary? 3,000 portions of soul medicine for this year, and 3,000 for next year, up front If you don’t pay up, I' proudly at Bai Xiaochun This clerk wasn't very good at perfor spirit enhancements, but he was very familiar with Arch-Emperor City, and how to run the shop Therefore, as far as he was concerned, there was no way this owner could do without him

“Salary?” Bai Xiaochun said, stunned With that, he asked a few more questions about the shop Soon, he came to understand that the shop hadn’t always been the way it was now After Bai Xiaochun acquired ownership, all of the old staff had been dismissed by the clan who had previously owned it The only person left behind to s was this clerk