The sun rose from the east, shining brightly, marking the birth of a new day.
Pedestrians appeared on the quiet street, with merchants setting up their stores.
Under the fresh morning breeze, a thick tension hung in the sky.
Even though many people chose not to talk about it, they saw the circular ten-story building.
They would sigh and avoid getting close to the building.
But then, something caught their sight. Right in front of the ten-story building was a nameplate.
The calligraphy on the nameplate was so eye-catching and powerful that it would compel people to look at it twice.
Celestial Heavenly Store.
For a couple of seconds, everyone that saw the name was stunned. First, they were stunned by the powerful calligraphy. Second, the arrogant name of the store.
Who the hell would name their store Celestial Heavenly Store?
The domineering name of the store quickly spread throughout the city.
Both the inner city and outer city were in upheaval. Everyone was discussing the store names.
Everyone knew who was the owner of the store and wondered where the Cao clan got their confidence from.
Just as people were gossiping about the domineering name, all the tens of Celestial Heavenly stores in both the inner city and outer city were opened for business.
Right in front of each store were two beautiful women, making announcements about the products of their store.
At first, people were skeptical about the absurd announcements of the women. Yet, some curious ones got closer to the women to know what they were selling.
Watching a group of people moving closer to her, the announcer smiled and gestured for the people to come closer.
The group of young men looked at each other and moved closer to the beautiful woman.
"This shouldn't invoke the wrath of the city lords and other clans, right?" They thought with a slight panic.
Watching the conscious action of the men, the woman smiled brightly.
"If you're scared of getting any closer, you can stop. That's enough for me," the woman said with an encouraging smile.
"Thank you. Can you tell what this strange ring you call...." The young man creased his brow as he tried to remember the name of the strange ring.
Since there were ten people behind the counter, the men divided into ten groups.
The registration was quick and simple. They only asked for their names and clan before they presented the Spirit Comms.
Looking at the seemingly ordinary ring in their hands, the doubt in their minds rose to another level.
Seeing their doubt, the woman chuckled and said, "Put it in your hand and send your consciousness into it."
The group followed after her, and what happened next left their jaws dropped to the ground.
For the next couple of minutes, various decibels of gasps echoed inside the store.
The hundred men had tested the novelty of the Spirit Comms and were flabbergasted beyond words.
"Are you surprised?" The woman teased.
The men nodded, still dazed.
Their rational thinking was telling this was impossible, but it was right in their minds.
"Won't you test the effect of the calling?" The woman reminded.
"Yes. Yes." The men woke from stupor and looked at the woman.
Quickly, the woman taught them how to use the Spirit Comms and told half of them to move outside the city and call those in the store.
With burning passion, fifty men rushed out of the Celestial Heavenly store.
Right outside the store, a lot of people had gathered as they waited for the poison tester.
When they saw them rushing out of the store, they wanted to stop them, but the men didn't even bat an eye.
After a couple of minutes, those inside the store received a call notification in their minds one after the other.
Listening to the notification and seeing the name they used to save the unique numbers.
Their hearts pounded heavily against their chests as they answered the call.
And what follows was a pin silence that filled the store as all the men looked at each other.
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