Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis left the building and teleported back onto the streets with a smile. Finally, he had all the Certificates he needed! Now, he only needed a good shop.

"Hey, mom," Gravis transmitted to his mother. "I got all the necessary Certificates. Should I 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 to learn a lot about business and how to properly act in front of customers. Additionally, they need to learn how to spot a good and bad 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 than 10,000 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, I think I'm only aiming 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 me around 8,000 years to comprehend them while battling the middle Heaven. Yet, father said that I have options to comprehend them even faster here. So, around 5,000 years sounds about right, I think."

"Okay," his mother answered. "Then I would suggest renting a store instead of buying one outright. By buying one directly, you would 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 costs Immortal Stones. Additionally, the Formation Arrays decay over time, which would require you to commission a Star God to repair them, which is costly," she said.

neck. "Can't I just let the

people in the Immortal and God Realms cultivate at a time?" his mother asked. "If everyone were allowed to do that, this city would feel empty and dead. To keep the city alive and

it active, which will result in your cultivation getting disturbed all the time. Only established shopkeepers that gave up trying to get more

shitty that his building could become repossessed, but if he didn't follow these guidelines, everyone else also wouldn't need

rent one? I presume that the good shops are all

of the stores get leased per century. Shops in a good location get set up for auction 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 to work there for one century. After that, the shop gets

he also found several good things about it. He could work for one century, earn a ton of money, and then cultivate for like a millennium or

rent and actually buying

is responsible for keeping the Formation Array running, which costs a lot. So, even though the landlord would receive the purchase price of the shop from you after 10,000 years, it would take around 20,000 years for him to make the

for a while. If he stayed 5,000 years in the highest world, he would probably forge for only around 500 years or so. This meant that he would pay only 5% of the purchasing price of the shop. Sure, buying a house, renting, and then reselling

to continually work and keep the shop running, buying a shop would definitely be the better option. Yet, he was not planning on forging all day for such a long time. Gravis' goal was not to become rich. His goal was to

transmitted. "Then I will get one for a century. How much money do I need

in a year. I don't want you to waste your materials yet. You can get far more money out of them if you transform them into weapons. Everyone

she said. "You can pay me back for that

a loan was no problem. If his mother were in a financial crisis, Gravis also wouldn't accept the loan, but she wasn't. Being afraid of taking out a loan was only relevant if one couldn't pay it

much will it

and 750,000 Immortal Stones," she said, making Gravis

that expensive!?" Gravis asked. "Then, wouldn't buying the shop