Chapter 87: Work Work Work

Chapter 87: Work Work Work

Word count = 1410 on 9/26/2023

****************************

Minor Authors note: Just a warning that there will be timeskips in the chapter. Xue Tie is not in a hurry to ascend to divinity. Especially since he is still a few levels off from it anyways.

****************************

"I can feel the essence of death within him. If he follows the same route as his predecessors then he will be a neutral party. He has also showcased he can be trusted but as he himself said. This will be a project that will last months and maybe years to come. We have plenty of time to judge him. Perhaps he may even allow me to recover if the Bee Queen's words about her soul being strengthened are true." A mysterious voice flows into Di Tian's head which makes him sweat as he has not seen her ladyship speak so much.

On the other side of the forest, Xue Tie spends the next few days returning to his empire. He first allowed his new friend, Hong Zu, the unknown dragon beast to meet Ah Yin to verify on behalf of the Beast God that his words were true.

He didn't forget to blatantly mention that the old man should be ignored which aroused the suspicion of Miss Zu but with no capacity to obtain the information as it would be selling out her own grandfather in law, who helped her in the first place. Hong Zu could also not be too direct or offensive otherwise she might be changed out for another candidate for the experiment which would hamper her growth that the beast god so kindly provided for her.

While meeting Ah Yin, Xue Tie also checks up on Tang San, who is growing up like a normal baby. Or at least that is what it seems. Afterall, it's only around when he awakened his martial spirit that his personality started developing. But making some early impressions and letting him overhear some things, even if he forgets. Will solidify his image in the young boy's mind.

After doing that, He then had Hong Zu follow him to the miniature forest that he had set up with Ah Yin's occasional help. She mostly did it to nurture new blue silver grass or clones for herself but when he had told her about his plans, She had expanded her work to create massive vines and assist in the growth of the trees with her spirit energy.

The current result is a 3 miles long (roughly 5km) wide forest that has just blue silver grass and a few trees scattered around. It will need more time to grow into a proper forest before it can then be made into a habitat. As such, Xue Tie offered Hong Zu a choice. She may live in his palace as a guest or live nearby Ah Yin as her neighbor. As Ah Yin already lives near the edge of his territory, it serves her purposes and thus she selected the neighborhood option.

Xue Tie respected her choice and were able to get the next door house to Ah Yin with ease as this village was one that lost quite a few people after the war. After a taste of the big city and the businesses that Xue Tie brought, many moved to other villages that are slowly expanding into small scale cities just like before in Heaven Dou. In fact, he still has the businesses there. Taking those back would have crippled the economy of the entire empire which is another reason he has a good relationship with their emperor. As Xue Tie singlehandedly controls their economic system by the balls. But with the graduates of his Totsuki culinary school. The side branches had provided a few geniuses who proposed various new tools and items that they then invented and spread out. Giving their mark on Culinary history.

As such, he had to expand a few of his businesses to support all the expanding businesses and subordinate workshops that are derived from his licenses and contracts. It is this reason that the villages are somewhat empty on the outskirts of his territory. He set Hong Zu down and provided her some currency that she could use to buy various amenities or whatever food she wanted while she passes the time. It's quite a sizable chunk of money though Hong Zu has no idea of that as she has no clue about human currencies.

A few months pass in simple fashion as Xue Tie delegates his work to his students or to their assistants/apprentices. In fact, Shu Xin and Qi Ming from his group of students have recently gotten engaged during this time. Of course he couldn't forget about Xia Wei's and Ning Fengzhi's official wedding and how she gave birth to their daughter, Ning RongRong. Xue Tie had the pleasure of being named as God father this time around which pleased him quite a bit. Bone Douluo and Sword Douluo are a bit miffed that they have been taking a backseat to Xue Tie's relationship with Ning Fengzhi.

Granted he paid them no mind as he truly doesnt care about them. While they are strong, Once they learned he too was titled douluo, they turned humble quick.

As for Du Lie, he has been recognized as the next head of Xue Tie's organization, Blood hall. After his success with the water domain, he began to work on the metal domain and has some minor success with that as his water domain mutated to now be able to manipulate blood which makes him a worthy successor now. Xue Tie still participates in giving out rewards but it's taking so much time now that he has to think of a new solution regarding the organization and its rewards. He has an idea but it can't be implemented just yet.

In the meantime, Xue Tie's cultivation has gone stale as he hasn't sat down to meditate once. I mean, He is already a level 97 Hyper Douluo, that is already the peak of this world and he has many buffing abilities now after absorbing the bones that he lacks for nothing in combat power.

On the other hand, Xue Tie continues to plot the downfall of the food god as the bastard has sent down more tribulation lightning whenever he is super focused. They aren't even strong, which assures him that the food god is doing it to just annoy him now.

His birthday passed and he is now officially 21 years old. Bibi Dong also had her 22nd birthday a month after which they celebrated with plenty of sex and booze. Xue Tie learned a valuable lesson to use refined booze as a cultivation reward for the lower level folks. It got him drunk but nothing for his cultivation even though he could feel the energy. Granted, that energy was used to please his pink haired partner.

As for the experiment, its progress has been slow as at most a simple blood clone has been made. It has no personality at all and is fully under Xue Tie's control. They tested out if killing it would give a ring and it did not. As such, he has been growing a variety of herbs in the Sunset forest. Oh how he wishes that it was closer to his land but he could only sneak in there everytime like a little thief. He primarily focused on herbs that have similar aspects as Hong Zu which he learned are fire and darkness. The fire one is easy but the other not so much even if he planted it on the yin/ice side of the YinYang well.

Even then it still takes a few months for the herbs to grow to an acceptable level but it is still unknown if the few years old herb are even sufficient to provide for the project. It could take even longer. Luckily Hong Zu isn't complaining yet which is a plus...Especially after her first refinement session where he essentially doubled her body's power. If it was comparable to ages then she went from a 100k something body to a 200k aged body. In just 10 minutes even. As such, they have a good relationship…a business related one but a partnership nevertheless.

Granted if his next proposal to her comes to light, then she might very well tear him asunder for it.