Chapter 108
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Chapter 108: Pang Fu Joins.
Wang Yulun flew toward the Elder Council on his spaceship-shaped precious artifact, heading there to report his sect’s name and pick up Pang Fu for Hidden Spirit Island.
At this moment, Wang Yulun felt a bit nervous as he traveled alone. He wasn’t afraid of encountering Nascent Soul Stage beasts; if he did, he could simply eliminate them. He was worried about unexpectedly meeting a female cultivator and getting caught up in a fleeting romance.
From his years of experience, he knew that even fighting to the death would be futile; with his increasing cultivation, he now found that encounters with female cultivators often began at the Transformation Stage.
"The Elder Council is only 30,000 kilometers from this area. It should be fine," Wang Yulun observed his surroundings, ready to face any unforeseen circumstances.
Fortunately, the journey went smoothly, and he safely arrived at the Elder Council’s entrance, just in time to meet Pang Fu and his family.
"Perfect timing! Pang Shidi, come with me to handle some business; we need to report our sect’s name," Wang Yulun said with a smile, also taking the chance to appraise Pang Fu’s entire family.
Each of the four wives was as beautiful as a fairy, and their demeanor suggested that Pang Fu was like a heaven to them. Yes, Pang Fu’s family should be very happy.
As for his son, he seemed just like a regular boy, nothing special.
"Okay," Pang Fu nodded, gathering a lot of information from this exchange, the most crucial being that Master Xu was certainly in this sect, and he must join.
With the warm welcome from the Elder Council’s cultivators, Wang Yulun and his group smoothly finished reporting their sect’s name.
On the way back, Pang Fu glanced at the Ten Thousand-Mile Giant Lake and began to ask about Xu Fan’s situation.
"Brother Wang, have you established a sect with Master Xu?" Pang Fu inquired.
"Yes, the sect is called Hidden Spirit Sect, located on the largest island in this Ten Thousand-Mile Giant Lake," Wang Yulun replied, speaking kindly to Pang Fu since the sect needed a cultivator skilled in the business world.
"Can my wife, son, and I join?" Pang Fu asked hopefully.
"Of course," Wang Yulun nodded. Xu Fan had told him about this. If Pang Fu had any family members or companions, they could join the Outer Sect of the sect.
"That’s wonderful."
At this moment, Hidden Spirit Island gradually came into view in the distance.
The main gate of Hidden Spirit Sect was already built, facing the continent.
As Wang Yulun piloted the spaceship-shaped precious artifact closer, a massive, ethereal giant door appeared before them, resembling the gates of the celestial palace.
"That was fast," Wang Yulun remarked with a smile, having been repeatedly amazed by the speed of the sect’s construction.
At this time, over 20,000 tool puppets on Hidden Spirit Island were astonishingly transforming the entire island at an incredible pace.
This was due to Xu Fan realizing that the computing power of Grape was somewhat underutilized, so he brought out all the tool puppets he had made over the years.
While admiring the tool puppets at work on Hidden Spirit Island, Xu Fan sensed Wang Yulun’s precious artifact vessel and turned back to wave at them.
The spaceship-shaped vessel slowly landed beside Xu Fan.
"Pang Shidi, long time no see."
Lately, Xu Fan had been feeling quite pleased with himself, as if everything he wanted was within reach, just shy of the heavens providing him with a cheat.
"Master Xu, I have missed you for a long time," Pang Fu sighed.
"You all catch up; I’ll head back and have Little Xi prepare some accommodations for you," Wang Yulun said.
Little Xi was now the chief administrator of the entire sect, earning a salary of 10,000 spirit stones, which Xu Fan had set for her.
"Great."
Xu Fan casually summoned a pavilion with his shaping technique.
Everyone took their seats.
Xu Fan looked at the young man beside Pang Fu and asked, "Is this Pang Shuo? Too bad we don’t have a master-student bond."
Otherwise, I’d have another goofy disciple, at least on the surface.
“Haha, Shuo’er is sharp. From the start, he wanted to follow me into the Business World and didn’t want to trouble Master Xu,” Pang Fu said, recalling this from earlier.
“Master Xu, can I join the Hidden Spirit Sect?”
Before the topic could even be properly introduced, Pang Fu jumped in eagerly. With the Hidden Spirit Sect just starting out and someone like Xu Fan around, its rise was inevitable. He needed to join before that happened.
This way, he could rely on the entire sect to fulfill his path as an immortal merchant.
“Haha, Pang Shidi, you’re too eager! I haven’t even tried to recruit you yet, and you’re already volunteering.”
“Even if you hadn’t asked, I would’ve invited you to join my sect, as long as you don’t mind it being in its early stages,” Xu Fan said with a smile.
“Of course, I don’t mind.”
“Good. We’ll set up a hall in the Hidden Spirit Sect called the Business Hall, and you’ll be its master. Use the sect’s resources to earn spirit stones for us.”
“As for your cut, how about half of the Business Hall’s annual profits?” Xu Fan proposed, having thought this through—a CEO without equity won’t perform well.
“That’s too much! On the central continent, the standard is one-tenth. Let’s stick to that,” Pang Fu quickly replied. He knew asking for too much could lead to trouble. His family used to be top-tier merchants, so he understood this well.
Xu Fan was surprised. Who lowers their own salary? Aren’t spirit stones appealing?
“One-tenth? After you came all this way? How about this: I’ll give you one-fifth, and you can distribute it as you see fit,” Xu Fan suggested after a moment.
“That works,” Pang Fu nodded, deciding this was a safe figure.
After finalizing the details, Xu Fan summoned the Heart of the Puppet, which was now managed by Grape.
“Pick a mountain near the main peak to build the Business Hall,” Xu Fan instructed as Pang Fu and the others watched curiously.
“Understood. It’ll be done in half an hour.”
The Heart of the Puppet then projected several building styles for Pang Fu to choose from.
As he looked at the Heart of the Puppet, a strange glint appeared in Pang Fu’s eyes.
The next morning, the entire Hidden Spirit Sect gathered at the main peak’s dojo.
They announced Xu Yuexian as the sect leader and established Baizhan Peak, Lingjian Peak, Huansoul Peak, the Business Hall, and Qiandao Peak.
New disciples could choose their main peak after reaching the Qi Refinement Fourth Layer.
A month later, on Qiandao Peak, Xu Fan sighed as he looked out at the scenery below.
“After over a month of work, it’s finally starting to look like a proper sect.”
“Soon, the spirit ore collection system from the ocean floor will go into production.”
“Then, we’ll use the spirit iron to build Hidden Spirit Island’s defense system.”
“I’m going to make everything I can think of—satellites, missiles, drones, electromagnetic cannons—you name it,” Xu Fan said, sounding like a mad scientist ready to unleash chaos.
Just then, a massive explosion echoed in the distance.
They saw countless beasts swarming the shore, attacking the tool puppets building Hidden Spirit Island.
Xu Gang appeared instantly, coldly unleashing a barrage of attacks on the invading beasts.
