After the kid Feng Jun left, he spread words of the bookstore's existence throughout the entire empire. His claims sounded like nonsense, but coming from a big clan they gave his claims a try anyway.
Soon, the news of these strange, powerful books; many filled with forbidden knowledge spread around uncontrollably. Many rumors rose and many strange events have occurred because of them.
One of the many conspiracies particularly scared many people who spread the word. They claimed because of the influx of customers, the senior at the bookstore might get annoyed one day and end up destroying the empire...
Wars were fought over random books suddenly being declared holy and divine. Some gods and higher entities suddenly descended from the Heavens, begging juniors for the books they bought.
Random tribulations occasionally struck kids who happen to read taboo knowledge, offending some mysterious entities....
Many eccentrics also ascended by reading a few letters from books they bought. There were also some who found portals within the book that lead to webs of multiverses.
Li Yongcai on the other hand was fairly pleased with the new customers. Although he found them quite strange for being "overly respectful".
He heard of the many accounts of the books he sold causing catastrophies and other weird events, but he simply bought it off as some juniors making up weird fantasies and spreading them.
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"Life as a mortal is not so bad. I get to relax in my own store, and I have time to eat, drink, and whatever. Better than that path of bloodshed I walked all those years ago."
Li Yongcai relaxed behind the counter as various cultivators walked around his store, fascinated by the transcendent knowledge the books offerred.
But his peace was not to last as a strange goat busted the door of his store down. The peace and quiet atmosphere inside the store had been ruined as the people inside were frightened. Who dared disturb the mighty existence behind the counter?
The goat was the size of a donkey. It had a strange golden halo floating on top of him. The goat's fur was so white it was literally whiter than white.
Yes, the very fur of this goat is an illogical existence. Not to mention the strange glowing blue-green grass it was chewing which seemed to sustain all of reality...
This was quite a strange goat. It let out a deafening "Maaaaa!" before munching the grass on his mouth loudly.
"What a nice bookstore we have here! But don't you people think it's lacking life? How about we insert a bit of high into the store, eh?"
A nasal voice came out from the goat's mouth. Then, he continued to munch even louder.
Everyone was frightened by the existence of this dog. Why does such a creature exist? Its halo emanated an aura so holy, it eclipses the divine visage of the God of Purity that descended for the Immemorial Light Festival every centuty.
"Vile donkey! How dare you disturb the senior's lair!"
The shout came from a long-nosed kid who gathered his courage to stand up to the weird goat. He thought perhaps the senior behind the counter would back him up.
The goat stared at him. Its terrifying eyes depicted a high like no other. This goat is definitely on some strange substance!
"You dare call this divine beast a donkey?"
The kid froze in fear. He saw visions; terrifying images of reality breaking apart, the entire world ending over and over again under the hoof of a gigantic goat.
He finally could not contain the fear and exploded into bloody meat juice. However, his fate does not end there as the meat juice seemed to be quite strange...
A crazed elder rushed forward, prostrating towards the puddle of meat juice.
"Ah! Who can behold this divine glistening holy supernal puddle of meat juice and not be put into shame? Whose blood sustains the life of all the realms! Lest you not mention this holy puddle of meat juice and chant, 'Water, water!' in front of the Heavens, for they are jealous of the divine meat juice that sustains all life in all the realms! Oh praise be the mighty holy supernal meat juice, beginningless and endless, whose droplets contain universes so numerous that they require infinite hierarchies of infinitely higher infinities into be mapped! Oh, see for yourself and look into its divine reflection: the life of all living beings beating within this luminescent puddle of celestial blood."
And so, the rest of the cultivators were completely brainwashed, maniacally rushing towards the pile of blood, gaining unnatched divine strength so that each of their kowtow had the power to destroy infinite realms.
They chanted and chanted, "Praise! Praise! Praise! Praise be this mighty pool of holy supernal meat juice, beginningless and endless, sustaining all the life in the realms within its divine reflection, whose celestial adornments of particles within contain worlds as numerous as the fine dust-motes that spread throughout the ten directions, the three periods of time, and into the endless expanses in all the realms! Bask in the endless vitality that emanates Life and Spirit!"
The books in the store followed, flying around all to worship this strange puddle of blood... mysterious runes that harmonized with the Dao appeared out of the books, when deciphered would translate to more praising...
The goat stopped munching his grass.
"Why are you worshipping the blood puddle I created? Why not the creator?! What is wrong with you all?! You are all mentally fucked! Absolutely fucked! Who worships a pile of blood?!"
The goat ranted and ranted, but to no avail. Their chants just kept getting louder and louder.
And then, a shockwave spread throughout the entire bookstore, leaving everyone frozen. Complete silence pervaded the atmosphere.
"Hello. This is a bookstore. If you want to cause a ruckus, I request please go host your worshipping festival outside. As for you, Reverend Grassmuncher... how about you stay for a talk?"
Li Yongcai's words have become divine law. No one in here can defy his request. No, it was not a simple request... it was the Will of the World!