Returning from the Immortal World - Chapter 745

Chapter 745: The Abundant Harvest of Dual Cultivation

Tang Xiu did not pay attention to the ragged breathing Xue Yu next to him, and neither did he attend to the situation inside her body, as his consciousness fully immersed inside his body in a flash.

"What exactly is going on?"

As his consciousness swept over the situation of his internal organs, bones, meridians, ligaments, and muscles, he carefully observed all of them. What surprised him was that there was no improvement and was similar to their previous state, neither did they suffer much damage. But as his consciousness entered his Dantian, only then did Tang Xiu become shocked by its internal changes.

Inside the vast space of his Dantian, the vortex black hole had completely disappeared, replaced by a miniature world. The previously empty space now had numerous suns, moons, and stars of sesame size. The colors of the stars were varied—red, orange, yellow, green, azure, blue, and purple. The dazzling miniature world was imaginary like a dream.

Compared to the vast, infinite universe, this was indeed a miniature space, but the area was also hundreds or thousands of times larger than the space inside his Dantian. As Tang Xiu's thought spread, he was shocked. His thought was able to cover the entire space. Under his precise perception, he found that space was unexpectedly expanding, albeit slowly.

Other than that, Tang Xiu also saw a tree that had grown tens of meters high, looking verdant and lush. This was the seed of the Heavenly Path Universe Tree that had germinated, taken roots, and grew up gradually. There was also a long sword with dazzling multicolored lights quietly floating near the tree trunk.

"What about other objects?"

Tang Xiu once stored a lot of objects inside his Dantian, but they all disappeared without a trace at some time. He wanted to clarify the reason and cause, so he now quietly took the Bloodguzzler Dagger into the space inside his Dantian.

Buzz, buzz…

Right at the moment the Bloodguzzler Dagger entered the Dantian space, a sucking force was transmitted from the longsword and the energy contained in the Bloodguzzler Dagger could not resist but being drawn and devoured by the longsword, and the invisible energy even affected the dagger as it started to corrode.

"What the? What's going on?"

Tang Xiu quickly controlled the Bloodguzzler Dagger as fast as possible to leave the Dantian space. But as the dagger itself was thoroughly ruined in just a few seconds, he wanted to cry but had no tears. The dagger now was nothing but scrap iron and did not even have any traces of a spirit weapon anymore.

"Could it be that the longsword…"

Tang Xiu's thought moved and instantly fused into the longsword. Something inexplicable happened as he discovered that he could actually control it with his mind and released it outside his body. It was completely under his control as he manipulated it with his fingers. He also felt that an enormous energy was contained inside it.

"This is a weapon of divinity. Definitely better than the best immortal weapon longsword I once used when I was a Supreme in the Immortal World. It seems that those things I have stored inside my body were all devoured by this long sword."

He previously felt a bit distressed, but the feeling then vanished in an instant since he was able to fully control this long sword. No matter how great those objects were, it was nothing compared to this Divine Weapon that really belonged to him. Tang Xiu could even feel the spirit inside it. The energy was very strong, but its sentience and wisdom were still very weak. It would take time and unceasing accumulation before it could birth into a sword spirit and become an immortal or divine weapon that really belonged to himself.

"Oh?"

Suddenly, Tang Xiu found there was a planet larger than the rest inside his Dantian space, while the Primal Chaos Force in his Dantian continuously fused and came out of the planet. As he circulated his cultivation according to the route of the Heavenly Art of Cosmic Genesis, the leaking Primal Chaos Force from the planet crazily surged out and entered the meridians inside his body, whereas the majority of the Primal Chaos force inside his meridians gushed out to fuse into that planet.

The discovery baffled Tang Xiu. But after a long period of studying it, he discovered that this so-called planet was once the phantom that swallowed countless stars in the universe, and was eventually formed from the absorbed Primal Chaos Force.

In other words, every planet was formed by energy. The planet would become larger as long as there was more energy. It seemed that it was not difficult to form a real planet.

After a long time, Tang Xiu let out a bitter smile as his closed eyes slowly opened. He only felt helpless after finding that these planets were formed from Primal Chaos Force. Nonetheless, it was still a good deed since the universe and these worlds were formed inside with him as its creator, the God. However, how much Primal Chaos Force would be needed to build tens of millions of planets that then accumulated and turned into a completely huge planet!

"You're awake?"

It was unknown when Xue Yu had put on her bra. She was now looking at Tang Xiu from the side. Though she found that Tang Xiu had woken up and was somewhat shy and blushing, she still looked at him straight on.

Tang Xiu felt awkward and embarrassed at this moment. He wanted to ask the condition of her body. It was completely a critical moment, and he was forced to do so. He could still clearly remember the pain she bore previously. After letting out a dry cough, Tang Xiu then sat up and smilingly said, "Are you… alright?"

Xue Yu also sat up, shook her head and gently replied, "I'm fine. And thanks."

"You're thanking me?" Tang Xiu was dumbfounded. Why would she thank me for having taken her as his woman?

"You told me before that it's not easy to sense the flow of Qi. And that it would need a year and a half to control it, and it would still need a year or two if I wanted to turn my cultivation into True Essence. I don't know what means you used, but I'm sure I've stepped into the cultivation path, becoming a cultivator who has True Essence."

"What?"

Tang Xiu suddenly recalled the situation previously and immediately took Xue Yu's wrist to feel her pulse. Half a minute later, a strange expression climbed up his face, because he found that not only did True Essence exist inside her body, but it's quantity was also high. The harmonization between Yin and Yang turned out to have propelled Xue Yu up to the early level of the Foundation Establishment Stage.

"Directly jumping up and skipping the Qi Refining Stage?"

Tang Xiu's mouth couldn't help but twitch a few times. It was quite unbelievable and absurd at the same time, and yet he still had to accept it as a fact. Didn't this mean that it was misfortune turning into a blessing for Xue Yu?

Xue Yu, on the other hand, was unaware of Tang Xiu's thoughts. There was a smile on her flawless beautiful face as she said, "I should be counted as a cultivator now, right? When can you teach me some magical spells?"

"You can do it at any time if you want to learn it." Tang Xiu could not help laughing. "However, you should first tell me about this medicated diet."

Upon hearing his inquiry, Xue Yu's face slightly changed as she replied in a low voice, "That… I'm really sorry. It was also my first time boiling this medicated diet hot pot. You looked horrifying before, and it was probably very dangerous for you. Are you all right now?"

Tang Xiu shook his head and said with a smile, "Not only am I okay, but I also greatly benefited from it. Originally, I thought that the medicated died would only have strong and potent medicinal force given how expensive its ingredients were, but I didn't expect it to contain a strange energy. It drove tremendous changes inside my body. It seems like there are indeed many good things in your Miao region!"

"Do you want to accompany me back?" Asked Xue Yu with a smile upon hearing it.

"I'm afraid I won't have the time in the short term," said Tang Xiu after he thought about it. "Wait until I'm done handling some matters! I'm going to Kanas again later since I have researched some points of the Six Starlight Array, so I might be able to make a new progress if I go there and see the array again. Maybe I can crack down this Six Starlight Array directly and take that Immortal Trove."

"Take me with you when you go to Kanas," said Xue Yu quickly. "I also want to see what objects are stored inside the Immortal Trove."

"Alright!" Tang Xiu directly agreed.

Immediately after, both of them turned silent and the embarrassing atmosphere made them feel awkward, neither spoking as they did not know what to say. After some time passed by, Tang Xiu could not bear any longer and asked, "Shall we rest for a while?"

Xue Yu looked at the sky outside. She then nodded and said, "Alright. Will you accompany me?"

"OK!"

The two embraced each other and soon fell asleep.

It was unknown how long passed as the sleeping Tang Xiu was awakened by the buzzing noise of his ringing cell phone. Xue Yu, who was sleeping in his arms, opened her eyes and asked, "Someone is calling?"

Tang Xiu nodded, stretching out his hand to take the mobile. He saw that the caller was Kang Xia, and after connecting it through, he asked, "What's up, Kang Xia?"

"We're in Shanghai now, Boss. Where are you?" Said Kang Xia with a smile.

"Didn't you say that you'd be here about two or three days later? How come you arrived in Shanghai today?" Tang Xiu stared blankly and asked in a baffled tone.

"Boss, are you confused or something?" Kang Xia was at a loss whether he had to cry or laugh. "That was three days ago!"

Tang Xiu quickly looked at the date, finding that it was indeed three days later. He didn't expect that drinking a bowl of medicated diet, experiencing a crisis, gaining benefits, taking Xue Yu as his woman, and taking a nap for a while turned out to have spent such a long time.

"Head straight to Bluestar Villa! I'm going there now."

"Alright!"

After hanging up, Tang Xiu put the mobile phone on the bedside table and said, "There's something I gotta do, so I have to go first. Kang Xia and some people from the company have arrived in Shanghai, and I need to discuss the project tender with them."

"Is it Kang Xia, the CEO of the Magnificent Tang Corporation?"

"Yeah!" Tang Xiu nodded.

"She's very beautiful," commented Xue Yu.

Tang Xiu could not tell if there was any meaning from her comment. But he heard Fatty Yuan once saying that he must not praise another woman before a woman, hence did not reply to her comment and instead said with a smile, "I should be free tomorrow evening, so I'll come over to take you to dinner."

"Alright."

Xue Yu felt a bit unwilling, but she still managed to control her emotions and then nodded. Prior to this, her relationship with Tang Xiu was not a husband and wife in reality, and she only remembered him occasionally and felt that she should miss him. But saying that she had affection towards him, she only liked him a bit and there was not much feelings attached. But now was different, because she had given her whole self to Tang Xiu, both in the heart and body—and thus felt reluctant to separate from him, even for half a day.

"Alright. Let's get dressed!"

Tang Xiu smiled and kissed her forehead, then took a new set of clothes from his interspatial ring.

Chapter 746: Gifted and Genius

Bluestar Villa Complex.

Kang Xia had been there more than twice, so the security guards did not stop her. The two housekeepers in the villa also treated and served her as the mistress of the house, serving her a hot meal. But Kang Xia did not even touch the chopsticks. After Tang Xiu returned home and saw Kang Xia, who was lost in thought in the dining room, he smiled and took a seat on the opposite side.

"What are you thinking about?"

Kang Xia snapped back to her senses, a beautiful smile then appearing on her beautiful face as she said, "It's nothing. It's just… I'm feeling very tired recently. I want to go abroad for a vacation after handling the issues with the project tender."

"You can arrange the time yourself." Tang Xiu nodded and smilingly said, "But call me in advance before you go. I will send some people to protect you."

"No. My bodyguards are enough." Kang Xia shook her head.

"You feel they are enough, but I don't so." Tang Xiu sighed. "It's relatively safe in China, and those bodyguards of yours can fully protect you, be it in secret or in public. But it will be different when you're abroad. There are many forces eyeing the several products of the Magnificent Tang Corporation with greedy eyes, so I'm sure that many forces will stare at you once you step out of the country. They will do everything they can to ambush and kidnap you."

Kang Xia's brows slightly knitted. She gave it a thought and said, "Then forget it. I had better not take a holiday."

"If it's okay with you, I can recommend you a good place," said Tang Xiu with a smile.

"Where?" Asked Kang Xia

"Our future base and HQ, Nine Dragons Island. Yinyin is there now," answered Tang Xiu.

Kang Xia's eyes shone and said with a looking forward expression, "I know that you bought Nine Dragons Island and that it's still undergoing reconstruction, but I haven't once visited the place until now! Alright then, I'll take a trip there to play."

Tang Xiu smiled and nodded. After telling Kang Xia to eat, they then continued chatting while eating and finished it after a while. As they headed to the living room, he then learned from her that all the senior executives of the Magnificent Tang Corporation who came with her to Shanghai were all arranged to stay in the Paradise Manor. What surprised him was that Kang Xia also set up the venue as the place for the tender meeting.

"Why did you set up the meeting there?" Asked Tang Xiu, baffled.

"We are now short on money, so we should use every penny very carefully," replied Kang Xia softly. "If anything, the Paradise Manor is not a business belonging to the outside, to begin with. We can be said to not use our resources on some other establishments. The last time Ouyang Lulu called asking more wine she was not courteous at all, but then again, it was still great that we can reduce some costs."

Cough! Cough…

Tang Xiu felt a bit awkward after hearing that. He could detect a trace of resentment from the Kang Xia's tone. He instantly recalled another matter, however. She just said that she was tired and wanted to go overseas for a vacation. Was it because of the matter between him and Ouyang Lulu?

As he thought up to there, a headache struck him. The relationship between man and woman was too complex. He had released the arrows from its bow, and there was no turning back for him anymore. He too felt inside that it was rather unfair to her.

Kang Xia's expression turned dark. She could tell that what Ouyang Lulu said to her was true judging from Tang Xiu's expression. She had prepared for it a long time ago, and yet, intense sorrow and depression still filled her heart.

Inwardly, Tang Xiu could only sigh. He realized that it was not the moment for him to keep silent. Hence, he stood up and pulled her hand.

"Where are you taking me?"

As Tang Xiu took out the car key and drove the car to the gate, finally, Kang Xia asked.

"You have always been busy managing the company. I'm sure you rarely go out shopping. Just put aside everything about work for this whole afternoon. I'll accompany you strolling around and shopping."

Kang Xia knew Tang Xiu's intention. It was his way of apologizing to her. Speaking about it, she and Tang Xiu indeed had been together for quite a long time, but the number of times he could accompany her strolling around and shopping was very few.

Strolling around, shopping, having a meal, and watching movies.

Throughout the afternoon and evening, Tang Xiu and Kang Xia were inseparable, leaving behind their footprints in many bustling areas of Shanghai. Only in the early hours of the morning did they return to Bluestar Villa Complex and then carried out the "activity" between man and woman, letting their blazing flames burn out until they finally left exhausted and satisfied.

The both of them were unaware that, just when they were perfectly satisfied, a white-haired young man could not even sleep inside a luxurious business room of a hotel on Wenge Avenue in Shanghai, puffing smoke with a bitter expression.

His name was Chen Zixue, the General Manager of Senyuan Group from Zhejiang Province, a wealthy man with tens of billions in assets, the idol of many young men, and a perfect bachelor in women's eyes.

"Can semi-finished products make do?"

With one hand clamping his cigarette and the other boiling the water, he frowned and looked distressed.

For the Senyuan Group to enter in the top ten construction companies in China, it was inseparable with his Midas Hand. But he looked helpless and out of his wits at this moment.

He was still young and only 29 years old at present. 8 years ago, he was just a young and frivolous youth, who was regarded as the absolute leader of all the scions of the rich and middle-class in Zhejiang Province; a complete mess of a reputation people might say. He previously thought that he could have a free, leisure and unfettered life, squandering money in his youth and enjoying his happy life. But then, the sky above his head… collapsed.

The former CEO of the Senyuan Group, his father, died of a brain hemorrhage, and the huge pressure and burden suddenly fell on him all of a sudden. Though it didn't make him collapse, his hair turned white overnight due to the worries. Holding 75% of shareholding succession right had made him the new CEO, and numerous people were waiting for him to become a laughingstock.

In these eight years, he changed his previous silk pants lifestyle, frantically learned various kinds of knowledge and constantly filled his shortcomings. It was like he was under a spell and bewitched. The first year he took over the Senyuan Group as its CEO, the price of his company's stock index plummeted sharply by nearly 20% at once, severely shrinking its assets. In the second year after he took over, the expenditure and income of the company hit balance, achieving a breakeven point. In his third year, he carried an extremely risky merger, developed and sold a new real estate, and earned back the losses of his first year with still some surplus left.

Fourth-year!

Fifth-year!

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The ever-increasing income of the Senyuan Group did not stop and it could be said to be soaring, carrying out acquisition of lands and developing residential areas everywhere, selling commercial buildings…

In the eighth year, the total assets of the Senyuan Group had increased tenfold, while Chen Zixue had also become a famous real estate tycoon with a resounding name.

Ring, ring, ring…

The ringtone of his mobile dragged his mind back, causing Chen Zixue's expression to change. He quickly accepted the call and said in a deep voice, "Have you found it?"

"I have…"

After a while, Chen Zixue hung up and then dialed another cell number.

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Bluestar Villa Complex.

Tang Xiu had just fallen asleep when he was awakened by the buzzing noise of his mobile's ringtone. He glanced at Kang Xia who was still sound asleep, leaving him with no choice but to grab his phone. He saw that it was a call from an unfamiliar number, thus he hesitated for a while before accepting it, and then said, "Tang Xiu speaking, who is this?"

"I'm really sorry for disturbing you this late at night, Mr. Tang. I'm Chen Zixue of the Senyuan Group."

"Just tell me what you wanna say."

Tang Xiu's tone was a bit rude. After all, he just had a "workout" and was a bit tired, while he also just fell asleep before getting awakened by the noise, making his mood quite bad.

"I'm really sorry for disturbing you this late at night, Mr. Tang. I know it's improper and I have no rights to do so, but I have no other choice left. Could you spare some time to meet me?"

"Now? Are you kidding me?"

Tang Xiu looked at the time and saw that it was half past two in the morning.

Chen Zixue forced a smile and replied, "I'm afraid I'll be kicked out of the tender if I were to wait until tomorrow."

Tomorrow?

Tang Xiu then remembered that tomorrow was the tender for the project. He also recalled that Kang Xia had listed the top ten domestic construction companies. The Senyuan Group was one of them and the real helmsman of the company, its CEO, was Chen Zixue.

However, it was late at night. Did he want to go through the back door to obtain the project that was about to be tendered?

Tang Xiu pondered for several seconds before answering, "Where are you now?"

"I'm at the hotel on Wenge Avenue."

"I don't know where that is. Go to Shanghai University within an hour if you want to see me. I'll be waiting for you at the entrance."

40 minutes later, at the entrance of the Shanghai University campus.

Tang Xiu was neatly dressed as he waited inside his car while quietly flipping through the information he just found online. It was all about Chen Zixue's resumés and portfolios. The content was short but with a lot of highlights. After reading it, he even had the illusion that this Chen Zixue could be compared to him. He was someone who had his personality and nature greatly transformed overnight, the likes of someone who had crossed planes and returned back.

"The HQ just sent another information, Boss."

Mo Awu, who stood outside the window, handed his tablet to Tang Xiu.

After receiving and seriously reading it, Tang Xiu's expression turned extremely serious. He did not expect that the Everlasting Feast Hall really had information regarding Chen Zixue. The information was very detailed, and it was clear that the record had some matters that were unknown to the public.

"Pure Yang Constitution, as well as gifted and genius!"

The final note on the document echoed inside Tang Xiu's mind, while the one who wrote that note was Gu Xiaoxue.

Tang Xiu hesitated for a while before he dialed Gu Xiaoxue's number. Then, he asked, "Why is there information about Chen Zixue? And why didn't you recruit him into the Everlasting Feast Hall?"

"It was Master who met him by chance when he was a child, Grand Master," answered Gu Xiaoxue. "She ordered us to keep an eye of Chen Zixue's situation. But then, Master stayed inside the exquisite pagoda all the year round, while I was responsible for sending people to investigate him. I finally found that he had a problematic personality, hence ordered the men who gathered his information to not recruit him into the Everlasting Feast Hall."

A problem with his personality?

Tang Xiu looked at the document again and there was a comment written by Gu Xiaoxue there: Enigmatic and impossible to predict mind; hard to tame wild nature and unruliness beneath the surface; ruthless and vicious when handling problems; and likes to resorts to unconventional gambits.

Tang Xiu hung up and gave back the tablet to Mo Awu. Then, he muttered to himself, "He's quite a good talent. A pity that he was actually born here."

"Do you wish to subdue him, by chance, Boss?" Mo Awu, who looked at his expression, asked.

Tang Xiu fell silent for a while as he suddenly smiled and said, "I want him to be under more observation and scrutiny. Few people can pique my interest nowadays. If there is a pleasant surprise… maybe I will!"