Female Novel
Chapter 679
Gravis left the building and teleported back onto the streets with a smile. Finally, he had all the Certificates he needed! Now, heonly needed a good shop.
“Hey, mom,” Gravis transmitted to his mother. "I got all the necessary Certificates. Should | get a shop now?" he asked.
"That's great!" his mother answered happily. "Orthar and Yersi need around a year more to get fully ready. They both have tolearn a lot about business and how to properly act in front of customers. Additionally, they need to learn how to spot a good andbad customer."
"One year, huh?" Gravis asked, not feeling happy about waiting longer.
“You need to wait two years anyway," his mother said. "Let me ask you, do you plan to stay in the highest world for more than10,000 years before you resume your journey? This is important."
Gravis furrowed his brows. 10,000 years? He was planning to stay here for a while, but not for that long. "No, | think I'm onlyaiming to comprehend all the other level three Elemental Laws. These should be Middle Laws according to your classification."
"Do you have any idea how long that will take?" his mother asked again.
Gravis scratched his chin as a ton of people and beasts passed by him on the streets. "I think it would have probably taken mearound 8,000 years to comprehend them while battling the middle Heaven. Yet, father said that | have options to comprehendthem even faster here. So, around 5,000 years sounds about right, | think."
"Okay," his mother answered. "Then | would suggest renting a store instead of buying one outright. By buying one directly, youwould save on money and then be able to resell it later, but it's not that easy to find buyers for the correct price."
“Owning a store also comes with costs. You need to keep the Formation Arrays running, even if you are not there, which costsImmortal Stones. Additionally, the Formation Arrays decay over time, which would require you to commission a Star God torepair them, which is costly," she said.
Gravis scratched the back of his neck. "Can't | just let the building stay inactive while I'm gone?"
"Gravis, do you have any idea how long people in the Immortal and God Realms cultivate at a time?" his mother asked. "Ifeveryone were allowed to do that, this city would feel empty and dead. To keep the city alive and keep the economy going, youneed to keep the Formation Arrays active all the time and the shop open for half of the time. If you don't, the building will getrepossessed."
“Because of this dynamic, only a minority of shopkeepers actually own their store. If you own it, you gotta keep it active, whichwill result in your cultivation getting disturbed all the time. Only established shopkeepers that gave up trying to get more powerfulactually buy their stores," his mother explained.
Gravis nodded. This made sense. It felt a little shitty that his building could become repossessed, but if he didn't follow theseguidelines, everyone else also wouldn't need to follow them. Then, Opposer City would genuinely feel like a ghost town with tonsof empty buildings just standing around.
"So, how do | rent one? | presume that the good shops are all taken up already," he said.
"That's not the case," his mother explained. "Most of the stores get leased per century. Shops in a good location get set up forauction one year before the lease ends. The one willing to pay the most will pay one century's worth of rent and will be allowed towork there for one century. After that, the shop gets auctioned again. Of course, the previous owner can participate in theauction."
Gravis found this system quite interesting, and he also found several good things about it. He could work for one century, earn aton of money, and then cultivate for like a millennium or so. Then, he could just rent a new one.novelbin
"What is the ratio between rent and actually buying the building?" Gravis asked.
“Paying rent for your future shop for about 10,000 would equal its purchasing price," his mother explained. "But the landlord isresponsible for keeping the Formation Array running, which costs a lot. So, even though the landlord would receive the purchaseprice of the shop from you after 10,000 years, it would take around 20,000 years for him to make the purchasing price in actualprofit."
Gravis thought about this for a while. If he stayed 5,000 years in the highest world, he would probably forge for only around 500years or so. This meant that he would pay only 5% of the purchasing price of the shop. Sure, buying a house, renting, and thenreselling it would make more money, but not in this city.
If Gravis were willing to continually work and keep the shop running, buying a shop would definitely be the better option. Yet, hewas not planning on forging all day for such a long time. Gravis' goal was not to become rich. His goal was to earn enoughmoney to quickly learn useful Laws. Cultivation in the highest world needed money and time.
"Alright," Gravis transmitted. "Then | will get one for a century. How much money do | need to prepare and what shop should |get?" he asked.
“There is a good one up for auction in a year. | don't want you to waste your materials yet. You can get far more money out ofthem if you transform them into weapons. Everyone can get money, but finding the right materials is difficult for a lot of people.They would be willing to buy a weapon out of these materials at a premium."
"So, for the first century, | will rent it for you," she said. "You can pay me back for that later. It shouldn't take much time for you toearn that much."
Gravis nodded. If his mother were to gift him the shop, he would adamantly refuse, but accepting a loan was no problem. If hismother were in a financial crisis, Gravis also wouldn't accept the loan, but she wasn't. Being afraid of taking out a loan was onlyrelevant if one couldn't pay it back.
"Okay," Gravis answered. "How much will it cost, roughly?""Somewhere between 500,000 and 750,000 Immortal Stones," she said, making Gravis gasp.
"Shops are that expensive!?" Gravis asked. "Then, wouldn't buying the shop cost over 50 million Immortal Stones!?"
"Shops in this city are expensive,Gravis," his mother answered with achuckle. "If you re youris,|
e ept fer your Wil e World Core,you would be able to get around 20million, but you can easily make 50million out of that by converting it toequipment." The content is onNovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!
Gravis released a sigh. It was far more than he had expected, but it was better this way.
Gravis had not even consideredconverting the materials intoequipment without a client. Sure, hecould sell the finished @eaGohs! but
. is .Opltiyatdisathis level had preciserequirements for their weapons. Itwould be difficult to find a buyer foran already forged weapon. Becauseof that, the weapons would only sellfor a little more than their materialwas worth. The content is onNovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!
“What about an apartment?" Gravis asked. "| want to have my own place together with Orthar and Yersi. It should also be bigenough for us to feel comfortable."
"That would be a three Immortalall-inclusive apartment,” his motheranswered. "That would cost around1,500 Immortal Stones ervey Bo,forac yryathat wou be 150,000Irandrtal Stones. You guys can stayat our place until you have had yourfirst customers. After that, itshouldn't be an issue for you to rent aplace. In comparison to shops, youdon't need to visit an auction sincethere are enough apartments to goaround." The content is onNovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!
Gravis scratched his chin. "Would a place like this have enough space?" he asked.
"Gravis," his mother said with a chuckle. "The owners of the apartments are Cultivators themselves. They know what anImmortal wants. Such an apartment is not of the cheap kind, so you can expect for it to be more than good enough."
Gravis also chuckled a bit. "Okay, maybe that was a stupid question from me. Anyway, | will be waiting for a year until Orthar andYersi are ready. After that, we can relax for another year until it is time to open our shop."
"Have fun!" his mother transmitted with a kind voice.