Chapter 178 (1/2)

Chapter 178: Snatching the Treasures

Translator: GravityTales Editor: GravityTales

Calmly looking at Scarblade Qiang’s wry smile, Tang Xiu was actually quite satisfied. He nodded and said, “I heard that you’re already married. Do you and your wife already have a child?”

“Yes, we have a son, and he’s already in primary school. I want him to have a good education so I send him to a prestigious primary school in the city. As for my wife, she followed him there to take care of him.” Scarblade Qiang replied.

With a smile, Tang Xiu said, “Since you sent your wife and child to settle properly, then, you do want to have a stable and promising business in the future, don’t you? If you want it, I can give you a way out.”

“What way?” Scarblade Qiang asked with a surprised expression.

“I have an ancient recipe for winemaking. If you can adhere to the requirement I gave you and ferment good wines I need, I can build a winery and give it to you to manage. It’s also fine if you only want to only brew wines, I can give 10% of the shares and you can become the Master Distiller there.”

Out of his curiosity, Scarblade Qiang asked, “You… how much money are you going to invest to set up this winery?”

“I can’t say the exact number right now. But I want to set up at least one big winery. As long as the production line can keep up, the sales won’t be a problem. Also, you’ll take the role as its director to manage this winery as a subsidiary company under my company group.” Tang Xiu said with a smile.

“Your company group is…” Scarblade Qiang asked again.

“It’s the Magnificent Tang Corporation.” Tang Xiu replied.

Scarblade Qiang hadn’t heard the name, but he nodded and said, “Can you give me some time to think about it? This is a big and important matter to me.”

“I’ll leave you my cell number. I’ll be staying here for the next few days, so I hope you can give me the answer before I leave. Ah, right. If you decide to go with me, you must follow me back to Star City. The Magnificent Tang Corporation resides in Star City, and the winery I’m going to set up, will be there also.” Tang Xiu said.

“Alright!” Scarblade Qiang nodded.

Noon of the next day.

Miao Wentang and Shao Mingzhen’s men had purchased the needed things from Cangbei City and returned to Qingshan Town. They were unable to find explosives, but got a lot of fireworks.

The group consisted of nine people ventured into the Primeforest Mountain Range once again.

This time, Tang Xiu didn’t instruct Miao Wentang and Shao Mingzhen’s men to stay in the mountainside. He also brought them to the Sky Cavern and let them help with the boulders, prepared the needed things and delivered those things down with the ropes.

Within a full two days, everything was ready under Tang Xiu’s arrangement.

Whilst standing next to the Sky Cavern, Miao Wentang asked, “Brother Tang, everything’s ready. The men are also done with all of the arrangements you’ve instructed. So, what will the three of us do now?”

“We wait.” Tang Xiu said.

“We wait?” With a puzzled expression, Miao Wentang asked.

“I can feel the changes in your and Shao Mingzhen’s aura these days. You’ve begun to practice the set of Immortal cultivation technique I sold you, haven’t you? It’s a pity that your foundations are not that good. Perhaps, it would take quite a long time for you two to upgrade your True Qi into True Essence. Anyways, we’ll have to take a rest from now until tomorrow morning to restore our condition to the peak. Whether we’ll be dead or alive tomorrow, it will depend entirely on ourselves.” Tang Xiu said.

“Understood!” Miao Wentang and Shao Mingzhen nodded in unison.

The next day.

Just as dawn came, the Tang Xiu trio arrived at the bottom of the Sky Cavern. They were wearing helmets with searchlight and held a torch in hand. Three ropes had been laid down from the top of the Sky Cavern, which they prepared for the escape, and they also carried along nylon bags on their waists.

“Brother Miao, after we go inside two minutes later, ignite the gunpowder train. The exploding sounds of the fireworks will lure the Fire Qilin from the inside, that will be our chance to snatch the things inside. Remember, you’re responsible to aid us. Wait for us here and prepare a big bamboo basket, tie it up with the ropes above and be ready to pull us at once when we give you the call!” Tang Xiu instructed.

“No problem! I’ll bear it in mind!” Miao Wentang said.

Tang Xiu and Shao Mingzhen glanced to give a sign to each other. Then, they raised their torches and walked toward the cave entrance. After two minutes, they heard the exploding sounds of the fireworks clearly.

“Now!”

Tang Xiu had been using his perception to observe the Fire Qilin in the space inside the cave. He could see that the Fire Qilin instantly flashed towards the direction of the explosion, so he and Shao Mingzhen instantly rushed inside.

“Grab those things quickly!”

After Tang Xiu arrived in the large space inside the cave, he immediately ran to the wooden table, grabbing the jade box and ancient sword on it, and hastily stuffed them into the prepared bag. Then, he sprinted toward the sky sandstones and stuffed two pieces weighing a hundred pounds each and also stuffed them into the bag.

His strength was quite powerful, but Shao Mingzhen was even stronger.

He didn’t have a minute’s hesitation in grabbing these things. Fast as though lightning, his body then flashed and rushed out toward the passageway. Shao Mingzhen, on the other hand, also acted very fast. He quickly loaded three sky sandstones into the nylon bag while also grabbing one with his hand as he followed Tang Xiu to rush outside through the passageway.

The time spent from the beginning to the end was not more than ten seconds.

After they sprinted and arrived at the Sky Cavern’s bottom, Tang Xiu immediately threw the nylon bag onto the big bamboo basket that had been tied up with a rope. Then, he took the piece of sky sandstone weighing a hundred pounds from Shao Mingzhen’s hand and clamped it with his armpit as he began to climb up.

Shao Mingzhen also moved very quickly. He tied up the nylon bag around his hand and quickly climbed up to the trench above.

They were racing against time, struggling to snatch their own life from the Grim Reaper.