After explaining to the two ladies what the purpose of each of the systems are, as well as how to navigate and use the main system, the family played around for a bit, teasing each other for a while until the sun is already high in the sky.
“Take care of yourself dear” the two reminded as the hug Wu Xiaotian, tightly holding him as if they refuse to let him go.
“I definitely will” the young man replies with an assuring smile on his face, circling his arms around the two gorgeous women as he lands kisses on both of their cheeks before letting his hands go.
Stepping away from the young man, the two ladies remain looking at him, who disappears after he bid them a farewell again, the two still staring at where he’s previously at for a while before they return to the bed and starts planning something with just the two of them.
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Within the Heavenly Secret Tower, an office is located somewhere on its higher floors, albeit large, the room is decorated simple, with just some wooden chairs and table here and there, an indoor plant right next to the window that allows the sun to shine through the room, and a library filled with all sorts of documents on one side of the wall.
Usually, there would be two middle-aged men here, two men who’s deemed to be the highest authority within the faction if the four elders were excluded.
However, there’s only one of them present today, a bearded, middle-aged man with a tall and broad build with a face that can be deemed as quite the lady killer if he were to be younger. In front of him, a young man with an immortal-like bearing is listening through all his blabbering, mostly about his daughter being a perfect pair for the young man, and he wouldn’t even mind the young man having other relations so long as his daughter agrees and is happy with him.
“Uncle Jingxian, about the thing in the letter…” unable to endure anymore, Wu Xiaotian speaks, deciding to direct the conversation towards the more urgent things.
“Oh right… Ahem… brat, there’s a good thing about to open a month later, an opportunity for all the young people in the Heavenly Secret City during that time” Hua Jingxian said, pretending to be profound as he speaks with a mysterious smile on his face.
Before he could even speak and ask about what this opportunity is though, Wu Xiaotian was already cut by the middle-aged man’s words as he could no longer hold back saying it to the young man.
Apparently, thirty days later, the Heavenly Secret Tower will open up one of their most famous attraction, the Golden Spirit Pool, a cultivation spot extremely suitable for those who had yet to reach the Soul Formation Realm, the qi within this place being of extreme abundance and purity, and what’s more, compared to normal pure qi, the qi within the Golden Spirit Pool is extremely gentle and easy to absorb, as well as possess the ability to temper the body and nurture the soul.
“You know, this spirit pool is something we can only open up for five days once every twenty-five years due to the sheer amount of resources required to open it up…” Hua Jingxian paused for a bit as he starts thinking of how to explain everything concisely, deciding to continue his words after a while.
Soon, he starts explaining the fact that not only is it a cultivation ground, it is also a place of competition that compares the young geniuses’ potentials by measuring how much fraction of the spirit pool’s qi they manage to absorb, the results being recorded through a special device being worn by the participants.
The talents participating here is also enthusiastic with the competition, since not only will they be able to showcase their talent in front of a lot of people, they can also get a reward from the Heavenly Secret Tower if they placed high enough in the rankings, rewards that are generous enough for them to call themselves rich if they managed to win them.
After his explanation, Hua Jingxian looks with curiosity towards Wu Xiaotian, sending a question to the young man.
“So brat, can you guess why we’re still doing this despite this event being extremely taxing to our pockets?” the middle-aged man asked, looking at the immortal-like young man with an anticipation for his answer.
“Because there’s really no hole in the faction’s pocket, and if there really is, it will be extremely small…” Wu Xiaotian started, his words expressing his clear disbelief towards the middle-aged man saying that this event spends a lot of their money.
“Besides, even if there’s really a hole in the pocket created by this event, it will be patched up before the event even start right? Think about all those visitors and tourists going here just to witness this rare event if they’re not participating, after all, this is a good chance to see all those geniuses listed in the rankings made by your Heavenly Seers” Wu Xiaotian points out, earning a nod from Hua Jingxian, still not speaking as if waiting for him to continue.
“The lodging, foods, stalls in the streets where they can buy goods, general merchandise stores, stores with rare items on them, all of the districts within the Heavenly Secret City will experience a large boom within this time period, probably peaking within the duration of the main event itself, it’s practically a massive advertisement that boosts the entire economy of the city, which is mostly owned by the faction. If I am not mistaken, the tower creates more than double of the expenses for this event right?”
“Anything else?” seeing that they young man paused for a while, Hua Jingxian confirmed whether it’s all his answer or not, already extremely satisfied as the young man managed to see through the very essence of the event, and even going as far as reaching a quite accurate prediction of the income of this event.
“There’s one last factor, probably the most important one…” Wu Xiaotian replied, pausing for a while as the confidence towards what he’s going to say next completely reflected on his face.
“The respect, probably even the worship of those geniuses who are lucky enough to participate in the event, as well as the gratitude of the forces behind them, something that the faction needs despite already being far more powerful than any other faction, since a single faction won’t function by itself in this vast continent” the young man pointed out, the bearded middle-aged man in front of him looking at him with a pleasantly surprised face.
“HAHAHA, brat!! I knew my eyes are right about you!! You’re really a man of many talents!” Hua Jingxian said after laughing out loud, moving beside Wu Xiaotian to pat him on the back, feeling more like a slap even if he’s holding back especially since he’s someone already in the Advance state Ascension Realm.
After conversing for a few more minutes, Hua Jingxian finally managed to tell Wu Xiaotian all the information he needs about the event, the young man leaving as the middle-aged man asked him to explore around.
