Chapter 220: The Face of Xuehe Mall

Chapter 220: The Appearance of Xuehe Mall

The Five-Color Pool Secret Realm had a cultivation restriction ranging from the Qi Refining stage to the Golden Core stage. Because no outsiders had entered for a long time, the white-haired old man had forgotten to activate this restriction.

Inside the Spiritual Plants Garden, the white-haired old man sensed the disappearance of the Trial Tower and the presence of Jiang Yingxue, a high-cultivation cultivator. He was filled with regret, huffing and puffing with anger.

"The Star-Gazing Tower!"

"Ah, I forgot to activate the cultivation restriction!"

"I knew a Nascent Soul cultivator like her had no business coming to our little secret realm, and now she’s cost us one Trial Tower! Sigh!"

After activating the cultivation restriction, Jiang Yingxue and Bai Yu were forced out of the Five-Color Pool Secret Realm by its power.

As for the Five-Color Pool Secret Realm, it got busy within a week, as Xiao Jingyuan and Huang Gengzhang also entered.

After leaving the space, Jiang Yingxue went straight home.

J City, Nanhe Village.

In the Xuehe Mall, the part hired out to workers for renovation was done. The rest of the renovation was handled by Jiang Yingxue and her Spiritual Pet team.

Many areas of the mall incorporated items from the cultivation world. For example, the ceiling edges were lined with a row of night pearls, store signs were made of crystal, and various crystals and spiritual plants were used as decorations inside the stores. It was luxurious, dazzling, and beautiful.

People who knew what they were looking at thought it was over the top, but everyone else just thought it looked nice.

But what they were going for was beauty and comfort.

Unlike most malls, Xuehe Mall was a big courtyard surrounded by walls, with a front yard and a back yard. The walls were oval-shaped, and the back yard was larger than the front yard. There was an underground parking lot. Guests could take the stairs or an elevator from the parking lot up to the mall. The stairs came up to a pavilion in the front yard, and the elevator went straight into the mall.

The front yard featured a small bridge over flowing water, with a stream encircling the mall. This was spiritual spring water from Little He Mountain, and it was fresh, flowing water.

The front yard had a garden, a pavilion, a restaurant connected to the second floor, a pond, a fishing platform, and more. The back yard had a spiritual plant garden, vegetable plots, and a forest. Everything was lush and green, with fresh air that made people not want to leave.

From the front, the bottom part of Xuehe Mall was shaped like a trapezoid, while the top part was shaped like a ginkgo leaf. Around the ginkgo leaf was a ring of snowflake-shaped crystals.

The snowflake crystals glowed both day and night. During the day, under natural light, their glow was faint. At night, the light was soft but bright, but it wouldn't bother the villagers' sleep if they pulled the curtains.

The mall had five floors. The first floor housed shops, the second floor had a restaurant and a fruit and vegetable supermarket, the third floor was guest rooms, the fourth floor was a warehouse, and the fifth floor was their private living quarters.

There were three elevators in the mall: one for guests, one for warehouse use, and one for their personal use. The guest elevator served floors 1 to 3, the freight elevator served floors 1 to 4, and the private elevator served floors 1 to 5. The freight and private elevators required keycards.

The first floor was set to have a dessert shop, a clothing store, a honey shop, a cookie and candy store, and some food items from the original Xuehe Shop for now. The second floor was going to have the Xuehe Supermarket and Xuehe Restaurant for now. The supermarket was mostly fruits and veggies, and the restaurant was also snack-focused. The third floor had guest rooms, with only 21 rooms total. There were only two room types: suites and standard rooms, and both had balconies.

The fourth floor was a warehouse for storing goods. The fifth floor was where Jiang Yingxue and her family lived, with three-bedroom, one-living-room, one-kitchen, two-bathroom suites. There were 15 rooms in total, including one for Jiang Yingxue, one for Jiang Xianzheng and his wife, and one each for Ji Fu, Xiao Yang, and Xiao Feng. Some spiritual pets didn't like staying in rooms and still lived in the space.

After two busy weeks, the interior renovation projects were also done.

Jiang Yingxue put up notices at the shop on Chengyang Road about the upcoming closure and the mall’s opening. Similar to the Xuehe Shop, the Xuehe Mall only served people with a Xuehe membership card. However, villagers with Nanhe Village household registration were a special exception and were welcome too.

Jiang Yingxue posted the mall's opening date and deals on the Xuehe Food APP a month early.

"Xuehe Mall grand opening! The first 50 customers in the first week get a marrow-cleansing and bone-washing service!"

"Grand opening special! 25% off everything! See you on April 15th!"

Friends from other cities also saw the post on the APP.

Y City.

Wen Yuke said to Jiang Peiyao, "Peiyao, the Xuehe Mall opens on April 15th. Are you going? I want to go."

"Yes, if you’re going, we can go together." Jiang Peiyao was definitely going back, whether the school gave her leave or not. She planned to use 'family stuff' as an excuse to go home.

"Great! I’ll go tell my parents. Maybe they’ll come too." Wen Yuke was already hyped when she saw the Xuehe Mall poster on the APP. Although ordering through the APP offered the same discounts, nothing beat actually shopping there in person! With her friend going, she was even more determined to go.

Also in Y City, Police Officer Lu, using 'buying supplies' as an excuse, got ready to attend the Xuehe Mall’s opening ceremony.

S City.

After getting out of the Five-Color Pool Secret Realm, Xiao Jingyuan got another call from Qin Zilang's mom. They went to S City again to get rid of the Malignant Qi in Qin Zilang's body.

It turned out the Qin family had called out the Zhong family's shameless behavior, which led to a total fallout between the two families. Upon learning that Qin Zilang had been saved by a Taoist, Zhong's mom went crazy with jealousy. In a fit of madness, she bribed a servant in the Qin family to inject Zhong Yang's malignant blood from before he died into Qin Zilang's body.

Qin Zilang wasn't a bad guy. After going through his brother's betrayal and setup, he matured a lot. But after getting hit with the malignant qi again, his body was pretty weak.

A mother's love for her kid was real and touching. Xiao Jingyuan then brought up the Xuehe Mall to them. "There’s a Xuehe Mall in Nanhe Village, J City, opening next month on the 15th. The food there is really nutritious. If it's convenient, Mrs. Qin, you could take him to Nanhe Village for a month. Eating Xuehe food three times a day would greatly benefit his health, much more than sunbathing."