Chapter 30 (1/2)
Chapter 30
Chapter 30: a.s.sailing the Middle Stage (Two)
The car drove all the way to a people’s park. As it pa.s.sed by the Triumphant Virtue Plaza, the bodies of the two youths evidently tensed. However, the tremendous fox that normal people were incapable of seeing, merely opened a sliver of its golden pupils and followingly sneered disdainfully from its dark nose, continuing to bury its head in its s.h.a.ggy tail.
“Vice Minister Chu.” When Xu Yangyi and the others had come to the entrance of the people’s park during the afternoon, there had been no one. But at this moment, a man wearing a white coat was standing at the entrance with smile stretching across his face, cupping his hands: “Welcome, it’s been some time, are you well?”
He was an unimpressive sight. His speech was slovenly and his beard was unkempt. He was approximately around twenty-seven to twenty-eight years old, however, on this night, he stood there like a mountain. Perhaps it could be said that if a pa.s.ser-by saw this, they wouldn’t know why they would be completely incapable of paying attention the things surrounding the youth. Their sight would only concentrate on his body like they were under the obey of rules.
A trace of a smile finally drifted onto Vice Minister Chu’s face. Just as the car stopped, the driver immediately opened the rear door and lent an arm to help him get out of the car. His footsteps quickened, and he carried an extremely splendid smile as he advanced forward and grasped the other’s hand: “I am well. Vice Branch Master Qi still hasn’t changed since fifty years ago; I am unable to restrain my envy.”
Vice Branch Master Qi!
This was Nantong Province’s Heavens Law branch, yet the arrival of this old man brought the vice branch master to personally come welcome him!
As Vice Branch Master Qi heard these words, he sighed ruefully: “Like a dream or fantasy, to speak of these observations… only brings about a needless sorrow.”
“And you.” He pulled on Vice Minister Chu who couldn’t be considered tall in stature and walked towards the pavilion: “We submitted an application to the government this year to develop in the Huanglong travel region, but you surprisingly made me return. We still have this matter in mind, you know.”
“Old Qi.” Vice Minister Chu sighed deeply: “It’s not that I wanted to make you return, but the Huanglong travel region is China’s tourism destination that exceeds the A-level. It is famous domestically and abroad. Your proposal is too radical. No matter the place, whether it be the central committee, and not to mention the provincial level, you cannot even get this pa.s.s through the prefectural level.”
“But there is a ma.s.sive spirit stone mine beneath! The acc.u.mulated amount measures as high as 200 million tons! We’ve already even ascertained there are four kinds of uncommon metals in a.s.sociation! The people of the Bountiful Treasures Pavilion’s refining department are nearly stationed full time there!”
“I know.” It was said Vice Minister Chu’s reputation was brilliant, yet his face was without the slightest begrudging expression so that there wasn’t even a change in his voice: “Thus, it must be slowly planned. Otherwise, the billions of people of this entire nation will have no choice but to speak of it. Although China’s million cultivators is its primary military strength, the fact is, the cornerstone of this nation is its billions of citizens. This is a matter that I, Minister w.a.n.g, and Minister Qi have personally taken charge over. In three months, He
avens Law will have an answer.”
After he finished his words, he extended his hand behind towards a warmed thermos and unscrewed the cover. At nearly the same time, he set it down in his old, wizened hand.
“How is Zhaonan?” He sipped light and changed the topic. This was genuine Big Red Robe tea that could only China was in possession of. He was rather fond of this flavor.
Vice Minister Chu’s grandson is naturally a dragon among men.” Vice Branch Master Qi narrowed his eyes: “However, you have never cared of the wellbeing of your grandson. Only the status of his cultivation. Is it you have not necessarily come here today to engage in such pleasantries?”
Vice Minister Chu slightly narrowed his eyes. Immediately, of the men he brought, regardless if they were police, the two youths, or his driver, all of them silently left like an orderly squadron of troops.
There wasn’t a single man left behind. It seemed like the ebbing of a crowd. It was as if the fanfare on stage had ended as the main character took to the scene.
Vice Branch Master Qi was faintly stunned. Not even waiting for him to speak, Vice Minister Chu who was a head shorter than him walked in front of him and dragged out his hand, writing several characters on it with his right hand.
“Do you speak the truth!?” Vice Branch Master Qi’s expression transformed in an instant and his voice immediately sunk. He turned his hand over and gripped on to Vice Minister Chu’s hand, his lips somewhat pale and asked hoa.r.s.ely: “The prize this time… is actually that item?!”
“It has been verified a thousand times over.” Vice Minister Chu extracted his hand wordlessly and laughed coldly: “Otherwise, why would I rush over here through the middle of the night to Fengyi City? It is a distance of several thousand kilometers from the Capital to Fengyi. I am not so idle with my time.”
Vice Branch Master Qi tightly pursed his lips. He didn’t dare to believe. Fortuity Profound Liquid was an absolutely match made in heaven if bestowed to a Qi Condensation cultivator. However, the grade of the elixir this time unexpectedly far exceeded that of Fortuity Profound Liquid… that it was even an item that stirred the hearts of Foundation Establishment cultivators!
“Which Daomaster was it that took it out?” His state of mind finally stabilized itself with great difficulty. Within ten seconds, he immediately sought an answer.
“Daomaster Floatingcloud.” Vice Minister Chu leisurely threw a card oud: “500 million. An additional high-grade spirit stone.”
“I need Zhaonan to take the champions.h.i.+p.”
Hearing the two words for spirit stone, a trace of fanaticism flashed through Vice Branch Master Qi’s gaze in an instant.
Vice Minister Chu leaned in closer, grinding his white teeth: “Will you take to the task or will the men that I have brought with me have to?”
Vice Branch Master Qi didn’t say anything, and Vice Minister Chu smiled: “Relax. It’s not worth of it to me to exchange my good future prospects for a group of Qi Condensation worms. It is merely that within a year, they’ll have no way to use spiritual energy. For myself, a mortal, to achieve this much to such a degree at the pinnacle of my standing as a majestic vice minister… is already a true irony.”
Vice Branch Master Qi still didn’t say anything. He only looked deeply at Vice Minister Chu.
“Immortal brew.” Vice Minister Chu said indifferently: “I’ve searched for ten years, but only found this much of a stump… Don’t use that kind gaze like you could pierce through the heavens to look at me, I haven’t even cooperated with the cultivation world for even half a year. A Qi Condensation cultivator… besides the rank one, have you ever cared for one? As long as nothing major occurs, with my position as vice minister, even if he is late-stage Foundation Establishment, is it me he will give face to or will it be given to the worms in your eyes?”*
It was silent for a long period of time. Vice Branch Master Qi retracted his hand, yet the card could be seen no longer: “This matter… will come to pa.s.s.”
Daomaster Floatingcloud… is sanctified by the Qin Imperial Court’s Qin Family. He collaborates with world-cla.s.s authorities. I am of the initial-stage of Foundation Establishment. Even if he kills me in pa.s.sing, no one will dare raise half a word.”
The corner of Vice Minister Chu’s mouth curled into a smirk. He looked at Vice Branch Master Qi indifferently and said faintly after a long period of time: “When did you begin to speak so dramatically?”