Chapter 416
Xu Lan smiled . She did not drop her professional demeanor, since the two of them were surrounded by their own staff members . Moreover, they were both in public . "I finally see the reason why during each First Kill announcement, Lone Desert Smoke would put up an advert for Silky Soft Holdings . Even the name of your battle team is Silky Soft Battle Team . You’re the C . E . O of Silky Soft Holdings!"
"You flatter me too much . I’m but a sheep in wolf’s skin . Who would have thought that it was a good idea to make me a C . E . O?" Zhang Yang laughed . "Speaking of which, who would have thought that we were allies in the game, and business partners in the real world!"
"It must be fate . I hope that Mr . Zhang would show a little leniency! You have already hoarded so much in the game!" Xu Lan grinned happily . Zhang Yang had always admired Xu Lan, or rather, Snow Seeker because of her mature methods of handling any kind of situation . There was something attractive about it .
Luckily, Zhang Yang had been through much worse . Over the past few months, Zhang Yang had always been played, teased, and been through the temptation of the devil himself, as he stayed over at Han Ying Xue’s house . That woman would always find some method to sexually trigger the poor man . Case and point, Han Ying Xue had always worn thinly-layered clothing that would reveal her voluptuous curves . That, and the six, super-hot and sexy secretaries in his office who would always try their best to bring their "A game" for Zhang Yang . Zhang Yang had been through so much that it was even possible for him to walk through the valley of shadow and death, and he would fear no temptation from anyone! A simple skip of his heart would suffice to satisfy his lust, which would only calm down after that one beat .
"That’s a manner of etiquette . Business is business, private is private . What I do in my own free time is a whole other matter . Still, I’m just a man wearing the title . Silky Soft Holdings is not mine to throw about . But, if I did have my own company, I wouldn’t mind giving you the company itself!"
"You sneaky fox!" Xu Lan snickered shyly .
Everyone in the company was shocked to see how the timid little woman had become so friendly with another in their own ground! It seemed like Xu Lan had never been seen behaving in such a manner, that everyone had thought her to be the typical workaholic .
The business meeting went off smoothly since there were two higher ranking officers on the table who were allied guild masters in a highly regarded game . Even though there were slight conflicts in the agenda, both sides had come to an agreement easily, without the need of slamming the table top, or flipping it .
Zhang Yang was completely oblivious of the content of the minutes of the meeting . Out of habit, Zhang Yang had invited Xu Lan for a one-day fun trip in Jing Tian City . Since she had already come over, and that the meeting was already over, might as well spend the rest of the day leisurely . Even though they had plenty of opportunities of adventuring in the game, the experience of walking in town with someone was a whole different experience .
The three other secretaries who had accompanied him had not left his side . They had joined the fray and had made the entire situation rather awkward . Xu Lan had been throwing weird glares at Zhang Yang .
The meeting agenda was unsurprisingly dragged out longer than planned . From three days, it was extended to 6 days! However, the discussion was fruitful and had ended with a final decision that led to them collaborating together to produce a new line of products . At the end of the meeting, after discussing and arguing for 6 days, both companies had finally reached a final agreement, and left, satisfied with each other . The fruitful meeting had ended with a decision to have a celebration at a hotel where Zhang Yang was forced to drink to a point where he was taken into uncharted waters in terms of drunkenness . In the morning, with a throbbing skull, Zhang Yang found himself buried under a pile of half-naked women .
Luckily, after crawling out of the steaming heap of womanly flesh, Zhang Yang had checked out Zhang Yang . Jr . and was delighted to see that he had not been inside any woman! Or rather, no one had taken a chance to taste junior!
After hanging out for a few days with Xu Lan, Zhang Yang had gotten a clearer understanding of what kind of person Snow Seeker was . The beautiful dame was still, surprisingly without a partner . It was not that she was asexual or something like that . Contrary to popular belief, Xu Lan had a love interest back when she was still in university . She had made a move and even got to discuss marriage . However, right after graduation, the boyfriend was involved in a freak car accident which took his life . If there was anything odd about Xu Lan, it was her extreme loyalty . After the accident, she had never searched for a new life partner which had ended up with her placing all her attention on work .
Normally, she did not have the tendency of going out or hanging out with what normal girls of her age would . Inversely, she had gotten hooked up in online gaming, which had also poisoned most of the top-rated product models into playing the game as well . As such, Xu Lan was rather proud of her doing . From what she heard from her peers, the life of a model in the entertainment world was extremely unfair . If they wished to be on the news, they would have to make a deal with the photographers, with their own bodies . If they wished to have a good position in the company, they would have to ‘deal’ with the company’s top brass . Compared to that sort of life, all the models had to do to get to Xu Lan’s good side was to behave nicely, and perform admirably in the game!
Zhang Yang understood why there were so many rotten female players in the guild . They had been involved in the entertainment circle for a while, and were well-versed in the ropes! Even their speech patterns…
All in all, the meeting was adjourned and brought to an end . Everyone bid each other farewell, and Zhang Yang returned to his own headquarters . Back at Silky Soft Holdings main branch, it was another round of celebration with Han Yang Xue, Wei Yan Er . Even Li Ru was there . Li Ru had taken some courage from a few cans of beer and had made a move on Zhang Yang . Han Ying Xue was there to interfere with her, fortunately . Han Ying Xue had "foiled" Li Ru’s plans of "attacking" Zhang Yang when he was in the bathroom .
On one end, Zhang Yang was quite pleased with how Silky Soft Holdings had turned up to be . Even though Liu Wei was taking a lot of heat, he had not taken much damage . There was still the Liu’s family "mothership", backing up his ventures . For the past 2 months, as ‘God’s Miracle’ progressed, the Lius had pushed their business module in the game .
Judging on how much has Zhang Yang amassed, he was still far from where Liu Wei was standing . Although he may earn much more than he could in the game, there were still things that could not be settled with money . It had to be either power and position . As much as he could admit it, Silky Soft Holdings had become his stronghold, allowing him to interact with the business world and engage in monetary battle with Liu Wei .
Zhang Yang went back to his usual lifestyle and started to madly grind . As swiftly as he could, he had successfully become the first player in China to reach Level 90 .
"Zhan Yu, I have to say . Among all the warriors under the stars in the sky, you sure have grown fast!" said Warrior Instructor Ani . As usual, her attractive body had permanently drawn in many perverted men .
"Sigh…" Ani sighed sadly . "Looks like I can no longer instruct you! You have grown so strong, that I have nothing left to teach you!"
After paying 200 gold coins, Zhang Yang had picked up a Level 90 Warrior class skill, which was also the last skill available from Ani .
[Last Vigor]: Increase your HP limit by 30% and heals 30% of your maximum HP . Extended HP limit will last for 15 seconds .
Cool Down Time: 5 Minutes .
For a tank, this skill worked as the name suggested . A final push, to determine the outcome of the match . Be it a boss fight, or a PvP battle, it would serve as a lifesaver . The Mythical Turtle had also reached Level 90 . The HP of the pet, after receiving the Vitality Aura would push the turtle’s HP to 65,790! With the both of them combined, the HP limit would reach 144,460! It did not stop there, with the activation of the skill {Last Vigor}, the HP limit would be boosted up to 187,790! Besides that, there was a healing effect of 56,337! It was a powerful life-saving skill!
Like Warriors, other classes would stop learning new skills after Level 90 . Adversely, after the Level 100 threshold, players could only get new skills through skill books .
Moreover, Zhang Yang had reached Level 90! He could finally finish the quest in search of the last Dimensional Key Fragment!
With a long sigh of relief, Zhang Yang stretched his body and summoned the bear . Brimming with great excitement to finally finish the quest, Zhang Yang rode to the only Level 90 map in the region of China, the Ten Barren Seas . Although it was the only Level 90 map in the entire region, it was much bigger and wider than all three Level 80 maps combined together . As the name suggested, Ten Barren Sea’s was an ocean . The entire map region was considered to be mostly ocean waters, with plenty of islands scattered all over the ocean . The islands themselves were huge; as vast as a Level 60 maps! It’s safe to say that the entire map was like the stars in the night sky; an endless sea, with countless big islands . Among all the islands in this biome was an extremely small piece of land which housed a gateway to the Chaos Realms, only usable for players who have reached Level 100 .
The person Zhang Yang was supposed to look for, was called Madran . In the quest log, it was mentioned that the NPC was living in the Ten Barren Sea’s, Island of the Sacred One . Again, the most annoying part was the fact that the quest description never revealed the NPC’s location . As such, Zhang Yang hoped that the island in which the NPC resided in would be smaller than the usual big*ss ones . If not, god knows how long it would take him to find that one NPC!
Zhang Yang rode through the darkness in the Grand Canyon of Eternal Night and ventured towards the Ten Barren Sea . As he slowly left the cany`on, the dark, gloomy clouds had started to scatter wider, away from each other . Rays of light seeped through the clouds and onto Zhang Yang’s skin . Zhang Yang felt a new warmth like never before, as if he had just transcended into a new realm .
The map changed drastically . From the hard, lifeless dirt on the ground, to soft sandy beaches that sunk beneath the paws of the bear . One vast sunny beach appeared in his sight . Everything about it screamed about summer! The blue emerald water of the sea, gushing onto the golden sands of the beach . The big looping waves that rolled themselves up like blankets! Sun, sand, sea!
Zhang Yang felt like he could just sit back on a recliner and enjoy a sip of red wine by the seaside, as if he was on a holiday . That was, not accounting for the huge lobster monsters walking around the beach .
Zhang Yang walked closer to the sandy ground and tried to find someone to ask for the exact location of the Island of the Sacred One . Within a few kilometers, he found a small fisherman’s village, with more than 10 houses around . The number of people around this small village was scarce, but enough to set sail on the seas .
Zhang Yang rode to the edge of the village and approached a middle-aged man who was smoking a pipe . "Excuse me, sir, I’d like to ask about the whereabouts of the island called Island of the Sacred One .
"Ho ho . Now aren’t you a religious lad?" the man put down the pipe and turned to Zhang Yang .
Religious?
Zhang Yang smiled and continued, "No sir, I’m just a messenger, seeking a man named Madran…"
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