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As Bian walked outside the building he saw Demigod Xue, Xue Wen and Manager Bo having a discussion.

"Thank you" Manager Bo made a bow to demigod Xue, who accepted his thanks with a nod.

"Young man rest assured, we the Xue aren't ingrates. Nobody can mess with you or your family in the alliance." Demigod Xue said to Bian.

'In the alliance huh' Bian thought to himself, this meant he would still be vulnerable in the sanctuaries, especially with the number of suppressors he saw today.

"I really must be going, take care" Demigod Xue was a busy man, he bade farewell and went on his way. Xue Wen who accompanied him waved goodbye and followed suit.

"Did you call them?" Bian asked Manager Bo.

"Nope, that Xue Wen called me. I told him the situation, he said he would do something about it. I never expected him to bring a demigod along." Manager Bo was shocked out of his wits when he first saw the Xue family Demigod.

"Well the matter has been settled" Bian put his arm around Manager Bo's neck. "You need a raise."

"I NEED a vacation" Manager Bo replied, the bags under his eyes became very noticeable with this statement.

Bian didn't go back home, rather he was on a space ship to a wild life preservation planet called Zoasis. After some digging around, he found that this was the planet for Philip and his family.

"Well I could also buy a planet, several actually." Bian mused to himself. He hadn't exchanged contact information with Philip, he was on his own here.

"Welcome to Zoasis, would you like to pay for a private tour?" A floating bot with arms and no legs welcomed everyone who disembarked from the space station.

He had already paid for the tour, but by paying extra, he would get V.I.P treatment.

"What, no way! I already paid five hundred thousand just for the public tour alone" A young man said, he had a floral patterned shirt and some nice shorts.

He was talking to his babe who was in a bikini, she wanted the private tour, but he refused.

"I would like to see the options available" Bian ignored their drama and said to the bot.

"We have the silver, gold and diamond card membership" The bot replied.

"One diamond membership then" Bian said.

A prompt popped up on his commlink, it cost a million for the silver membership, five million for the gold membership and twelve million for the diamond membership for only a year.

Bian payed two hundred million for a lifetime diamond pass. A young blonde lady came to lead him separate from the rest of the crowd.

"Cheapskate, that guy paid for the diamond membership" The babe complained to her boyfriend. Only diamond membership would entail an actual human guide.

"Well, he only paid for one person" The young man said somewhat disheartened, he thought Bian had paid for the yearly pass. If only they knew he just paid for a lifetime pass, their eyes would probably fall out.

"Right this way, Mr Bian Manwei" The tourist guide led Bian away from the rest of the crowd.

"So what's your name" Bian spoke as they walked.

"You may address me as Stacy" The tour guide responded.

"Stacy, I'm not here just for the tourist attraction"

"What do you mean?" Stacy put up her guard, she hoped Bian wasn't a lecherous rich scum.

"It is not what you're imagining" Bian rolled his eyes. "I am looking for someone"

"From the Strass family?"

Bian replied with a nod, earlier he had found that the Strass family were the only ones to engage in inter-planetary wildlife preservation. They owned a couple of planets across the alliance.

"I am looking for Strass Philip"

"I do not recall anyone like that, he may be from a branch family. I will take you to the strass family manor" Stacy led Bian to the manor, he saw a variety of weird animals and plants along the way.

Inside the manor, Bian took a seat on the sofa. Stacy went to call a member of the family. Only diamond members were allowed access to the strass family manor.

A middle-aged man with black hair which had grayed stripes, wearing a suit walked out. He sat on the sofa opposite to Bian.

"You are looking for Philip?"

"Yes"

"And why are you looking for my nephew?"

Bian had thought about what he would say when they asked this question. He couldn't just answer truthfully that he wanted their family mantra.

"He helped me a bit in the sanctuaries, I wish to repay him" Bian replied.

The man looked into his eye before calling someone, after some hushed words he stood up. He sent the contact of Philip to Bian before leaving. Stacy who was waiting by the door, bowed her head to greet him goodbye.

She walked towards Bian and said, "You probably lied to him right?"

Bian was shocked, could the mantra also identify when someone lied.

"Judging by the look on your face you did lie." She said with a light chuckle. "He can feel those kind of things; for him to have given you contact, some truth must have been present and you probably had no hostile intentions."

Stacy had worked for the Strass family since birth, she was adopted by them. She knew the main family members quite well.

She saw there to see Bian out, she led him towards the space station.

"Wouldn't you like a tour, it would be a waste of your membership card." Stacy asked one more time.

Bian declined with a smile before boarding a private spaceship of sorts. If he wanted to follow the public one, he would need to wait for the scheduled time.

"Where to?" The pilot asked.

"Just a minute" Bian said, he called Philip. After a couple of rings, he was finally connected.

Bian didn't waste any time, he just asked him where he was. After he got an answer, he told him not to go anywhere before he hung up.

"To planet Helfa" Bian said to the pilot.

That's quite far, it would take ten days to reach there. The price isn't cheap" The pilot said in a concerned voice.

"Do I look like I'm in a struggle with money, full speed ahead" Bian responded

Outside the spaceship, Stacy watched as it took off. She gave a bow and went back to the manor.

Bian had a lot of skills which needed consolidation, especially heavenly go which he had seen Queen perform. With mental point targeting, Bian watched and re-watched as Queen frantically dodged attacks from the white tiger.

He spent eight days watching and studying her energy flow. Bian now had some skill when it came to heavenly go. If Dongxuan Movement told him where to go, the Heavenly Go would show him how to get there.

After all, there are an infinite number of ways to connect two points. Dongxuan Movement could predict the future, it showed where Bian was and where he would need to be. It outlined the two points.

Rather than always using the shortest distance between said points, a straight line. Heavenly Go allowed for multiple paths to get there, maybe a curve, maybe a parabola the possibilities were endless.

By the time the ten days were over, Bian had arrived on planet Helfa. He had integrated the Dongxuan movement with heavenly go. Now even without the lightning rune, Bian could dodge the attacks from the average super creature.

He got down from the spaceship, brought up his commlink and called Philip.

*Ring!* *Ring!*

The ringing came from nearby, Philip was waiting near the space station already. He navigated through the crowd and came to greet Bian.

"It is a pleasure to meet you again" He said with a silly smile on his face.

"Yeah, same here" Bian responded.

"I assume you're here for the family mantra"

"You assume correctly"

At this juncture, Philip had a bitter smile on his face. "It won't be so easy"

"Why not?" Bian raised a brow.

"Only family members are permitted to learn it"

"There is no need for that, I just need to see it once. Even if it is a photocopy"

"That won't work, unless you handle the original copy, you cannot learn the Intent mantra" Philip explained.

"Alright, what will it take to get my hands on the mantra"

"You're in luck, the annual competitions are about to begin. As long as we can get more funds than the main family, I will get the mantra for a single hour."

"why only an hour?"

"To snap a picture with me holding it. After that, the main family will take it back"

"Then how do people learn it"

"We family members who wish to learn it travel to the main planet, Zoasis. We can only learn it there."

"When is the competition starting?"

"It started since last year"

"Okay, when is it ending?"

"In the next two weeks"

Bian "…."

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