I Opened a Shopping Mall in Ancient Times

The love interest is the System, a background character. The main focus is on building a business.

Luo Chaoxi is a devoted player of the management game Ancient General Store. He grinds and spends money until he finally completes the collection and unlocks every achievement. Just as he's about to quit the game, an accident sends him right into it.

And he brings the game System with him.

The problem is that all the experience he worked so hard to earn has been reset to zero, and everything in his inventory is sealed. He'll have to level up again to unlock it.

He's drowning in debt, and in a few days his landlord will kick him out.

The only thing he can use is a packet of instant noodles.

Luo Chaoxi: A person has to learn to be content.

Ha! I'll starve to death if I don't make money soon!

*

There is a general store in the Sheng Kingdom that sells all kinds of strange and wonderful things.

In peacetime, it serves milk tea, instant noodles, and luosifen, and even the fried chicken, burgers, cola, and fries are delicious!

In wartime, it has crossbows, arrows, carriages, and all sorts of divine weapons ready to go!

By day, Luo Chaoxi diligently makes money. At night, people knock on his door.

A woman in red knocks: "Boss, I'd like some of the new lipstick and foundation. My face has been so pale lately that I scare people when I go out."

A sword-flying cultivator comes by: "Boss, I'd like a new scabbard for my wife, the sword. Make sure it can adjust the temperature, hot or cold!"

A human from next door stops in: "Boss, have the new beauty pills arrived?"

Luo Chaoxi happily counts his silver.

What?

Open a shopping mall in ancient times?

Set up online shopping in the cultivation world?

Piece of cake!

I'm just an ordinary little shopkeeper!

[My reviews were maliciously brigaded, so I've closed the comment section. I'm very sorry for the inconvenience.]

Here's another business-themed danmei novel with a seme protagonist: the upcoming Opening a Shop in a Western Fantasy World. Click my profile in the top right to find it~

Blurb:

Muli arrives in another world with his max-level simulation shop and becomes a lowly first-level magic apprentice in a Western fantasy world. His body has such poor potential that everyone is certain he'll never reach level two.

The good news is that he can earn money through his shop and exchange it for points to improve his constitution.

The bad news is that he has to build the shop up from scratch, and all he has left is a bag of soybeans.

Muli rolls up his sleeves. Nobody can stop me from making money!

Soon, everyone is astonished to discover all kinds of strange and wonderful new things appearing in the city.

The professors at the magic academy sneak out and line up with high-level energy stones to buy hot pot, milk tea, spicy gluten snacks...

The haughty, self-important Holy Sons and Holy Daughters of Light, along with their knights, sneak out at night to feast on barbecue skewers.

Even the God of Light high in the heavens can't resist. He secretly comes down to the shop to browse and pass the time when the divine court gets boring!

But when the envious villains try to steal secret recipes from Muli, an ordinary shopkeeper, they discover that the lowly first-level magic apprentice has somehow become a level-ten mage, far beyond their reach!

Muli happily counts his money as he levels up to the max.

Making money is so much fun!

*

The God of Light, Matia, wakes from a long slumber to find his territory utterly transformed.

The changes are so bewildering that even the all-knowing God of Light grows curious about the mortal world.

So he descends to the human realm to get closer to the little fellow who brought him such a surprise.

But the God of Light never imagined that the first thing the little fellow would do upon seeing him was shove a flyer into his hands and say eagerly,

"Hey, handsome. Want to become a star?"

The God of Light: ?

*

If you ask what's most popular in the world of magic these days, the answer is obviously the new photo collection featuring the ten greatest mages in the magic world.

Everyone is fascinated by these legendary mages and worships them. Now that there's finally a chance to see what they look like, how could anyone not go crazy for it?

Not to mention that every photo collection comes with a random selfie card, poster, and postcard. If you manage to draw one of the one hundred limited-edition cards, you might even get a random archmage's autograph!

The human urge to collect has finally burst forth!

As for how these arrogant mages agreed to let Muli make money off them...

The God of Light smiles kindly behind Muli.

Theme: Run an honest business, develop technology, and become self-reliant and strong