Starting with Growing Mushrooms-Chapter 458 - 359: Shop Management Settings and Grand Opening!
"A soil nurtures a Divine Object, yet the Divine Objects of the theft series are somewhat crooked."
"Though it appears the direction of this crookedness is not weak."
Liu Jun understood better than anyone else, how many treasures can an honest pickpocket steal?
This trading system before him was the true means of gathering treasures from all over the world.
The pickpocket is a petty thief.
Capital is the grand thief.
Afterwards, Liu Jun carefully studied further.
He discovered that this shop before him was also a similar state of energy.
Not a physical entity.
"Next door is an Evolution Chef, light, pot, chopping board..."
"Here is a black market thief, is this Divine Object a shop?"
"It would be more accurate to say, it’s a black market for some God of Theft to fence stolen goods!"
Crack!
Liu Jun looked at the shop condensed by the Divine Object of ’Capital Theft’ and strode in.
Liu Jun was surprised to find,
"Using the Transforming Divine Object, I can transform this shop..."
Swish——
With Liu Jun’s thoughts surging, the entire shop seemed to enter God’s construction mode, where various facilities could be adjusted in style by themselves.
"This is quite interesting, the Transforming Divine Object can not only transform the 80,000 items stolen by the Low Theft Divine Object but also change the style of this High Theft Divine Object shop."
"Interlinked and complementary, indeed a series."
Feeling intrigued, Liu Jun began trying new architectural styles using the Transforming Divine Object.
Western, Chinese, various mixed-style architectures.
The whole shop was like a little girl being dressed up in various beautiful outfits at will.
In the end, after Liu Jun indulged himself in dressing up like a Barbie doll, he chose a simple style of an ancient black palace.
Because in Liu Jun’s setting, the God of Theft should primarily aim for a low profile.
The black market for fencing stolen goods should have a corresponding atmosphere and style.
It certainly couldn’t be ostentatiously golden and gaudy, like an upstart’s display?
That wouldn’t fit the God of Theft’s demeanor, somber, dark, even with a touch of artistic sentiment.
Yes.
Liu Jun’s setting was for a God of Theft who specializes in stealing art pieces.
Swish——
Once Liu Jun finalized the decor, the words ’Capital Theft’ slowly floated up above the entrance.
This showed that the building itself was a Divine Object.
Entering the shop, Liu Jun began stocking the shelves with the tens of thousands of pieces of gear he had stolen.
Previously, Liu Jun armed his fairy army with 20,000 pieces.
Now, with a decisive heart, Liu Jun placed the remaining 60,000 treasures onto the black market’s shelves.
One must give to receive!
A massive supermarket of tens of thousands of items enables customers coming here to trade to more easily find what they want.
As for...
Without the 80,000 pieces of equipment, am I weaker as a God?
Let myself become weaker.
After all, there hasn’t been any battle recently, so there’s no rush.
Moreover, even if there is combat, I can quickly retrieve goods from the shop and re-arm myself to the hilt.
"Doing business is just like this; without putting up goods for sale, how can you earn more back?"
"Opening for business, this is an investment!"
Swish——
The huge black shop was like a luxurious jewelry store, akin to a historical myth museum.
The steps beneath were treasures.
The murals were treasures.
The vases nearby were treasures.
Filled with a literary flavor.
The Holy Sword, crown, and various Divine Lights hung on the racks, imparting a noble and elegant aura.
Others, upon entering, would be heavily impressed.
After studying it for a while, Liu Jun began configuring other aspects,
"Hmm, I don’t need a shopkeeper, for hiring one would only diminish the classiness."
"I can set it up for automatic transactions."
"Others can bring items of equivalent value for an equal exchange."
"Your sense of smell, hearing, talent, Divine Power... anything conceptual that can be stolen."
"Yes, I want you to willingly come over to have your things stolen by me!"
Liu Jun tried adjusting the shop’s backend, discovering he could configure many functions.
For instance, the price of transactions, interest rates, commission, and even set entry thresholds and membership fees.
Liu Jun adjusted it casually.
Entry threshold: None.
Membership fee: None.
Interest: 20%
Commission: 20%
He found that taking 20% from the masses was currently the highest.
This was probably due to his inexperience.
As understanding of the Divine Object’s laws deepens, this commission could further increase.
But Liu Jun himself was not a capitalist...
Even though these evil remnants of the Top Ten Companies forcibly turned this Divine Object into a Capital Divine Object.
Liu Jun planned to take just a 20% revenue stream.
Focusing on a steady flow.
As many strong individuals secretly discover this pawnshop on the earth and trade repeatedly, sooner or later, someone will fail to redeem, leading to a continuous increase in the shop’s treasures.
Leaving behind their talents, various skills, techniques, and equipment...
"Perhaps, in this Immortal Path world, the concept of Magical Treasures emerged!"
Liu Jun slightly curled his lips, picking up a sword.
[Name: Sword of Franklin]
[Level: Earth-level]
[Function: Increases Telekinesis by +16%]
[The treasure of Franklin civilization, the personal sword of King Franklin XIII, during his expedition to the spatial ocean’s depths.]
And this was just a basic example.
Liu Jun believed that as time progresses, the collective wisdom of the entire civilization will refine this simple equipment embryo.
The birth of equipment was significantly meaningful!
This was not just a trading system but laid the foundation for a mythical Magical Treasure system.
It’s known that many ancient myths have various famous Divine Artifacts.
In the God Myth, the Holy Grail containing the blood of Jesus, the Ark of the Covenant, and the Lance of Longinus that wounded Jesus...
There are too many.
Yet, the previous Mythical Era was very primitive.
Despite enduring several mythical epochs, there were still no series of magical treasures or divine artifacts born.
This caused the deities to fight bare-handed.
The mortals on the ground constructed various magic wands, robes, and magic rings that served as amplifiers, but were just barely effective.
And now.
The crucial system of magical treasures has finally been born.
This is like primitive people who fought bare-handed entering the era of cold weapons, finally learning to wield tools.
This is bound to be a major explosion of combat power!
Just look at Liu Jun before.
Covered in sixty thousand pieces of equipment, the basic white value stacked incredibly high.
At that time, the terrifyingly strong Siris merely glanced at God and exclaimed that he was not a match, decisively seeking peace.
It’s evident.
The difference in having equipment is huge.
"The only downside is that there is currently only one shop!"
"If they could flourish everywhere, that would be great!"
Liu Jun pondered on how to replicate this shop’s divine object, open doors everywhere, forming a chain.
Then, Liu Jun personally took the stage to try pawning, conducting several transactions, followed by several adjustments, before becoming satisfied.
"Proceed to the next test."
Liu Jun thought for a moment, retrieved a divine object of wood from the Amber Swallowtail Butterfly, and pawned it to this shop.
A green light directly illuminated the entire shop.
According to the quality of the item in arrangement, this divine object of wood slowly ascended to the highest insured transparent showcase in the shop, becoming the shop treasure.
"Indeed, divine objects can also be displayed in the shop."
Liu Jun was greatly surprised, beginning to try the next step: robbing the shop.
He wanted to see if the stored divine objects could be robbed, directly taken away.
Bang bang bang!
Liu Jun transformed into God, gathering magic power, preparing to initiate a supermarket zero purchase.
"I open a shop, other criminals will sooner or later initiate zero purchase, let me try it first!"
All attacks seemed to hit some kind of void concept, having no impact on the shop.
As if not existing in the same layer dimension.
However, this also seemed reasonable.
Because the shop, and the various items within, were originally a conceptual buff equipment.
No physical form, naturally unable to penetrate.
Like a concept world of death, parallel concept world, the concept of theft also seems to have its unique dimension.
Theft can steal various concepts.
And this stolen conceptual equipment can only be worn and taken off by utilizing the power of theft.
Others touching it is just a piece of void projection, having no physical form.
"Continue trying."
Liu Jun tried various divine powers, destiny, magic, death... discovering these deities could not rob this shop.
Liu Jun was immediately satisfied, "The security of my shop is still sufficient!"
"Next comes the real test!"
Liu Jun activated concealment to begin theft.
The surroundings turned into a void.
All barriers seemed to disappear.
Liu Jun boldly walked into this semi-transparent virtual shop, breaking through barriers, casually able to scoop up various divine objects,
"Can steal?"
"Concealment, really dishonorable."
Liu Jun again tried stealing that shop treasure, the wood treasure.
He found that this object could also be stolen.
"Damn Longevity God, your concealment is simply the nemesis of my shop!"
Liu Jun grumbled, stopped the concealment experiment.
Because he was already certain that in the face of concealing divine power, all security mechanisms of this shop were virtually useless.
It was like a robber striding openly into a jewelry store, casually taking things, and no one could stop.
"Experiment the next one."
Liu Jun reached out, pulling a piece of chaos from above the Immortal Path world into the shop.
One second.
Two seconds.
Three seconds.
By the tenth second, the entire shop was on the verge of destruction, making Liu Jun quickly halt the actions.
"It seems my shop also fears chaos."
"Indeed chaos is the nemesis of all divine power."
But thinking carefully, it’s actually still acceptable.
Because chaos’s supreme erasing power also takes ten seconds to completely break the shop, he has ample time to relocate his shop.
Brightly openly attacking with chaos, conducting robbery, he is still able to defend!
And very few people can manually wield chaos, once attempting to forcibly dismantle, they are placed on the blacklist, never allowed in the shop.
What he fears more is the silent concealment coming to steal things.
After several experiments on his shop, Liu Jun felt about ready to start conducting business.
After all, since it’s a shop, it cannot remain unused.
How can the origin of the God of Theft be explained?
It’s actually quite easy to explain.
Liu Jun thought it over, again completed the world view.
Previously there were hints that ancient divine spirits from prehistory are to revive in this current era.
Now reviving a prehistoric God of Theft is quite normal, right?
It’s rather more logical.
After all, God is a figure of this era, could there be only one Longevity God revived from prehistory?
Only one god, such a situation does not fit the historical depth.
Therefore, the revival of the God of Theft is very normal.
And Liu Jun plans to use a very simple setting:
The God of Theft will always be immensely mysterious, with no one knowing his true identity!
After all, in many stories, it’s not unusual that no one knows the true face of the God of Theft or the Thousand-Faced Gentleman?
The theft series inherently has no combat power.
As weak as the Destiny Woman’s attack power!
So the God of Theft hiding out, utilizing the power of myriad changes, concealing among the crowd is very normal.
According to Liu Jun’s setting.
The God of Theft is just a shady businessman, responsible for opening a pawn shop, extraordinarily mysterious.
