When Lin Qianqian opened her eyes again, her cultivation level had stabilized at the Integration Realm, just one step away from reaching the Great Ascension Realm.
It's a bit of a pity, but she's not greedy; this is enough for her.
Having a high level of skill but lacking the corresponding combat experience and professional competence may not be a good thing.
She also saw Zhiyuan not far away, shaking the branches to absorb spiritual energy.
"You little rascal, if you hadn't been fighting me for spiritual power, I would probably be at the Great Ascension stage by now, and maybe even ascend directly. But it's fine this way, I still have a lot to do, so I can't ascend yet."
She was mentally prepared before she came out of seclusion. She had jumped several levels in the space, and there would definitely be a huge tribulation of advancement waiting for her when she came out.
After she left the space, she opened the door to her dormitory on the fifteenth floor and heard a noisy commotion.
Lin Qianqian frowned and released her divine sense, only to see that the people coming and going downstairs were all beastmen.
Looking out the window on the fifteenth floor of the mall, I could see that the thick snow had disappeared from the ground, and the trees and grass were sprouting green buds, indicating that the cold season was over.
Lin Qianqian listened attentively to the sounds downstairs and the discussions among the beastmen. She roughly deduced that it was the windy season.
When the mall first arrived in the Beast World Continent, the cold season had only been over for a little over a month. With a month of recovery period, it was now the windy season, which meant that she had been in seclusion for several months.
No wonder it's so lively downstairs. With the cold season over, tribes from more distant areas have arrived at Emerald Stone Valley after a period of trekking through mountains and rivers.
Never mind all that for now, we don't know when the tribulation will come, we need to find a safe place to undergo the tribulation as soon as possible.
She quickly slipped away from the mall and stopped in a secluded, open space not far from the Green Valley.
She looked up at the sky, quietly waiting for her tribulation to begin.
But after a while, the sky over the Beast World remained clear, without a trace of lightning tribulation.
What's going on? Does the concept of tribulation not exist in the Beast World?
Just as Lin Qianqian was racking her brains, a familiar presence appeared behind her, no more than a meter or two away.
Lin Qianqian didn't throw a punch, because she knew who the person was.
Yunze hasn't had an easy time either; he and Lin Qianqian haven't been apart for this long since they reunited.
Heaven knows that when he went out, he returned to find out that his wife had suddenly gone into seclusion.
Normally, it's common for cultivators to go into seclusion, so there's nothing to worry about.
But they traveled to another dimension and were still doing missions when Qianqian suddenly went into seclusion. It would be strange if nothing happened.
Moreover, she didn't leave him any information before she went into seclusion. If it weren't for the contract between them, he wouldn't have been able to wait for more than four months without knowing that Qianqian was not in danger.
Now that I've finally met her, my heart has finally settled down.
"You ran out as soon as you came out of the pass? What happened?"
"I ran out to wait for the tribulation to advance, but it hasn't come yet. Is it because there's no tribulation in this plane?"
Hearing Lin Qianqian say this, Yunze realized that her cultivation had greatly increased and she was now at the Integration Realm.
"Your cultivation level has increased so much all of a sudden, what happened?"
"I had a bit of a lucky encounter, so I went into emergency seclusion."
Lin Qianqian turned around with a grin and held up two fingers to Yunze.
Yunze took two steps forward, bent down and slowly wrapped his arms around Lin Qianqian, pulling her into his embrace with gentle movements, as if handling a fragile object.
He gently rested his head on Lin Qianqian's shoulder, his gentle yet slightly aggrieved voice ringing in her ear.
"Although I know you are safe these past few months, I am still worried. Please let me know in advance next time you go into seclusion."
Lin Qianqian's heart was also soft and tender at this moment.
"Okay, I'll definitely tell you next time. Don't worry, I'm fine."
She glanced around and, seeing no one was there, put her arm around Yunze's back and whispered in his ear, "I had a little accident during my seclusion in the Cloud Void Realm, but I gained a lot. Besides a significant increase in my cultivation, I also gained other things. Let's go into the space, and I'll tell you the details of what happened."
"good."
Yunze straightened up, and Lin Qianqian took his hand. They had just turned around and hadn't even entered the Cloud Void Realm yet.
A spatial fluctuation occurred, and a small, huffy figure appeared in front of her. The system spirit, Lin Lanlan, stood with one hand on her hip and the other pointing at Lin Qianqian, starting to scold her.
"You irresponsible host, do you even know that we're on a mission? How could you abandon us and go into seclusion? You have no sense of responsibility whatsoever! Don't you have any sense of duty as the owner of the Dimensional Mall?"
Oh dear, the ones settling scores are here.
Lin Qianqian felt a little guilty in the face of Lin Lanlan's accusations, but she wouldn't back down.
She didn't answer Lin Lanlan's question immediately, but instead turned to ask Yunze.
"Yunze, how have our mall's transaction tasks been going these past few months? Have they gone smoothly? Has anything happened?"
Yunze knew what Lin Qianqian meant and replied gently, "Everything went smoothly, there were no major problems. We're not incompetent; we can solve any problems that arise. You can find out the details later."
Lin Qianqian was satisfied with Yunze's answer and turned to the still angry little figure, saying, "Lin Lanlan, Yunze said nothing happened in the mall, why are you so angry? I'm just going into seclusion, not abandoning the mall and running away. How is that irresponsible? Don't you have the sense of responsibility of a mall owner? The mall has Yunze, Chuzhou, and Luo Zexuan, what could possibly happen? At the very least, what are you for? Now that you have a body and a brain, you can't even use a system? You rely on me for everything, what use are you?"
The more Lin Qianqian argued, the more assertive and agitated she became, almost as if she were trying to shift the blame onto someone else.
Lin Lanlan was furious, but she wasn't the naive little imp she was a few months ago.
She immediately changed the subject: "Okay, let's not talk about your seclusion during the mission. Let's talk about how you could use the items you bought from the mall without permission. Those items don't belong to you personally; they belong to the mall."
Lin Qianqian knew what her system spirit was referring to; she was talking about the piece of wood that she had absorbed.
But she already had a share of that stuff. What's wrong with her using it early? It just means she's taken up 49% of the system's resources. She can just make up for it with something else.
The state's share will definitely be given to her if she asks for it; there's no doubt about that.
However, we cannot admit it too easily, otherwise we will lose the upper hand in the negotiations.
"Don't talk nonsense, what did I use?" Lin Qianqian decided to play dumb for now.
"You still won't admit it? It's that piece of wood. Take it out and stop trying to keep it for yourself."
"What kind of wood?"
"Don't play dumb about the piece of wood you traded with the cat whiskers. I know everything that happened in the mall. Don't try to hide it from me."
Oops! She seems to have discovered a bug. Transactions in the store can't be hidden from the system. What if she doesn't trade in the store?
Could it be...?
No, no, this idea is dangerous.
She can't set a precedent; she has employees under her, and she must lead by example and not abuse her power for personal gain.
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