Talent For Business
Chapter 51- Talent For Business
After thinking about the Black Book for a few minutes, Su Mu turned towards the giant insects that were standing next to him, and soon, he ordered.
"Go and collect all the medicinal herbs you can find on this island, and don't disturb me until I call for you. In case there are any human survivors, feel free to kill them."
Hearing his command, the insects moved away from him, and Su Mu turned back towards the Black Book in his hands.
'I couldn't get any information from the Dragon and Phoenix Inheritance because of not having a Divine Sense to properly inspect it, but since I have the opportunity, it wouldn't be bad to gather whatever information I can from this inheritance.'
Su Mu knew that this inheritance belonged to a 1st Order Saint King, someone who shouldn't possibly exist in Tong Xuan Realm, as he remembered Meng Wuya saying that the 3rd Order Saint Realm was the peak of Cultivation.
With those thoughts in his mind, Su Mu closed his eyes.
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"Hmm. The Great Demon God. And the Black Book is called the Demon Mystic Tome, huh? The Ancient Demon Clan. The Demon Eye of Annihilation. A Mysterious Small World."
Su Mu held the Demon Mystic Tome in his hands, and soon, he nodded to himself after examining whatever information he could gather from the inheritance left behind by the Great Demon God of the Tong Xuan Realm.
"But for a mere 1st Order Saint King to proclaim himself as a God, it's quite an amusing thing." Su Mu chuckled lightly.
As someone who understood what it meant to be strong, while also knowing how vast the world truly was, Su Mu could no longer refer to himself as 'This King' like most cultivators would after reaching a certain level.
At least, he couldn't do that with his current cultivation, as it would be the same as embarrassing himself, so watching someone refer to themselves as a 'God' was something he found rather hilarious.
Taking pride in his past accomplishments was natural, but if he were to forget his current situation and position, it won't take long for his life to go downhill.
And that was something Su Mu realised very well.
"Even if it was a fragmented Soul Clone that was created unintentionally by the Demon Eye of Annihilation, with no memories of who his original self was, it still had the feeling of superiority of an Open Heaven Realm Cultivator. A pity I couldn't learn anything about the Original, but I guess that will be asking for too much. Not to mention, this so-called 'God' didn't even have the Training Methods of the Demon Eye of Annihilation, only using the bare minimum of the power that his previous self had cultivated."
After thinking about it for a while, Su Mu shook his head in disappointment.
All he received from the Inheritance was the already cultivated Demon Eye of Annihilation, rather than the Secret Technique to cultivate his own Demon Eye of Annihilation.
"But it makes sense. I doubt the Myriad Demons Heaven would allow their Disciples to pass the Secret Technique to cultivate the Demon Eye of Annihilation, and from the looks of it, the original welder was just a mere Inner Sect Disciple, as he had only cultivated half of the true Secret Technique."
The Demon Eye of Annihilation he received will start showing more of its functions as Su Mu's Cultivation rise, but even then, Su Mu knew that it was only half of the real Secret Technique, so he couldn't do anything about it.
{A/N- Yang Kai received the full technique from the Old Ancestor of the Myriad Demons Heaven later.}
"Well, at least I know that the Ancient Demon Clan is waiting for the inheritor of the Great Demon God inside a Mysterious Small World."
Su Mu understood that the Ancient Demon Clan was strong, at least according to Tong Xuan Realm's standards, and they should have at least a few Saint Realm Cultivators within them.
Having subordinates who could be useful within the Tong Xuan Realm was a good thing, so there was no need for him to deny such a generous offer.
"I also have the technique to suppress the Cultivation of the Ancient Demon Clan, even the Saints, so having them obey me shouldn't be difficult, and from what I learned, they were quite loyal to the Great Demon God."
After a while, Su Mu opened his eyes and looked around. At a distance, the insects had gathered a large mountain's worth of medicinal herbs while Su Mu was busy gathering information from the Demon Mystic Tome.
Su Mu walked over to the mountain of herbs before placing the good ones inside the Demon Mystic Tome's Storage Space thanks to his Divine Sense.
"It's almost a shame that I'll have to leave these guys here on this island." Su Mu muttered, turning towards the group of insects standing all around him.
Indeed, these insects would be so convenient to do random tasks, but he couldn't bring them along.
To store things inside a Storage Space, be it the space within the Demon Mystic Tome or a Space Ring, a cultivator must use the strength of their Divine Soul, and even if Su Mu had a lot of space within his Storage Space, the number of things he could store at a moment with his current Divine Soul Strength was limited.
"Well, that's all I needed to do on this Hidden Island, so let's go back home."
Just as his words ended, the Demon Mystic Tome disappeared from his hands, and soon, he started walking towards the edge of the Hidden Island.
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Standing at the edge of the Hidden Island, Su Mu looked at the vast sea with his Divine Eyes, realising that the Transcendent Realm Monster Beast was still there.
"With a 6th Order Monster Beast guarding the sea, it'll be nothing but suicide to run on water using the Seven Divine Steps, at least until I am at a good enough distance from the island."
After looking at the sea for a few more seconds, Su Mu deactivated his Divine Eyes before gathering his True Qi within his body, and soon, he started flying towards the direction in which the Sea City was.
This was one of the things a True Element Realm Cultivator could do, fly using their True Qi.
"This should be far enough."
After flying for about three hours, Su Mu looked back at the Hidden Island with his Divine Eyes, and after confirming that he was out of the Monster Beast's range, he retreated the True Qi that was keeping him mid-air.
And the moment he landed on the surface of the water, he activated the Seven Divine Steps and started running towards Sea City.
Even Immortal Ascension Realm cultivators couldn't fly the distance between the Sea City and the Hidden Island, so how could a 1st Stage True Element Realm Cultivator like Su Mu do it?
Since that was the case, he only used his True Qi to fly at a safe distance from the Transcendent Realm Monster Beast, enough for him to use the Seven Divine Steps without any hindrance.
And so, a day passed without much happening, and Su Mu arrived at the Sea City without any problems.
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"If it was me before breaking through to the True Element Realm, I couldn't have run for so long without getting tired. Not to mention, that Golden Skeleton has improved my flesh body by a lot."
After arriving at the seashore of the Sea City, Su Mu looked around with a smile.
Even after travelling for so long, there were no signs of exhaustion whatsoever, although he had consumed a considerable amount of True Qi, it wasn't enough to hinder him.
Taking a few Qi Recovering pills out of his pocket, Su Mu stuffed them into his mouth, walking towards the Sea City.
Unlike normal True Element Realm cultivators, he didn't need to consciously refine such low-quality pills, as his body would do so subconsciously, much like any cultivator with enough experience, but if he wanted to, Su Mu could consciously refine them to speed up the process.
"No matter what world it is, Alchemists should always pay attention to how their pills taste. After all, the better a pill tastes, the more accomplished the Alchemist is in the Dao of Alchemy. These taste the same as raw grass. It's bad, even by the standards of an Earth-Grade Alchemist."
While walking towards the inn he had previously stayed at, Su Mu commented on the skills of the Alchemist who had created these Qi Recovery Pills.
After all, he was an Alchemist as well, so he instinctively judged another cultivator's achievements in the Dao of Alchemy if he were to consume pills created by them.
"Are you Young Master Su?"
Just as he arrived at the inn he had previously stayed at, along with the three ladies from the Jiang Family, he was approached by the two guards who were standing outside the inn.
"I am." Looking at the guard in front of him, Su Mu raised an eyebrow, but he still nodded.
"I will inform the owner of your arrival right away."
With that, one of the guards ran inside the inn.
"Please follow me."
Su Mu was escorted inside the inn by a guard, and he noticed something.
The inn was in a much better condition than it was before he left, and from the looks of it, the number of people staying here have almost doubled.
After they arrived at a luxurious-looking room, the guard left.
"It's the same room I stayed in last time."
At this point, Su Mu had more or less guessed what had happened while he was gone, so he leisurely sat on the chair, waiting for a minute before he heard someone knock on the door.
"Come in."
The door slowly opened after Su Mu's permission, soon followed by a woman.
"Young Hero!"
The woman who entered Su Mu's room was none other than Madame Jiang, the Lady of the Jiang Family who Su Mu had helped previously.
"Within mere months, you took over the inn? That's certainly impressive." Su Mu chuckled.
"Actually, Young Hero..." Madame Jiang looked a bit embarrassed, but soon, she continued. "It's not just this inn, but all the inns within the Sea City, along with most of the restaurants and other such businesses, except for the ones owned by big Sects."
"That's surprising. I had no idea you were such a greedy person, much less such talent for business." Su Mu chuckled.
The money they had collected from the Miao Family was only enough to buy a single inn at best, but to think Madame Jiang accomplished something like this in mere months.
"But how did the local Families allow someone to establish so much influence within a few months?" Su Mu asked, curious.
Madame Jiang didn't have the strength to negotiate with them, so he wondered what methods she had used.
"A few of the Big Sects of the Endless Seas agreed to provide the business protection in exchange for giving their disciples and people a permanent discount, so no local person had any issues."
Madame Jiang explained what had happened during the months Su Mu was gone.
"I see."
"By the way, Young Hero, was the map I previously provided you useful?" Madame Jiang asked, hoping that it at least made Su Mu's journey to the Hidden Island a little easier.
"Indeed, I was able to find what I was looking for without much difficulty thanks to the map." Su Mu nodded with a satisfied smile.
"I am glad to hear that, truly."
Although she had no idea what Su Mu found on the Hidden Island, or what value it had, she was truly glad that the map was of some use to him.
'I have no way of paying Young Hero back for all he has done for the Jiang Family, but at least the map was useful to him.'
"So, what's your answer to my proposal?"
At Su Mu's question, Madame Jiang smiled and slowly shook her head.
"Young Hero's proposal, I can't accept it." Madame Jiang bowed, lowering her head.
"Why is that?" Su Mu asked, not surprised by her answer.
"Young Hero is the saviour of my Jiang Family, serving him will be my, and the Jiang family's greatest honour. And I understand that if we are to follow Young Hero, we will live in a completely different world, but I cannot bear to burden Young Hero any further. In the first place, I have no way to repay the generosity Young Hero has shown us till now, so accepting an offer like that, my conscious would never allow it. Even if I were to give my everything to you, it still won't be enough to repay that generosity."
Su Mu understood that those were Madame Jiang's true feelings.
She truly wouldn't hesitate to hand over everything she had if Su Mu were to say so, but she understood that the things she had didn't have any value to him.
"It's rare to find people with such pure hearts these days." Su Mu chuckled lightly, leaning back on the chair.
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A/N-
I survived my classes and my internal assessments are over. Got 17, 18, 20, 20, 20, and 20 marks in all my subjects. I'm a genius, I know.
As for the Jiang Family ladies, I decided to use them as a way to show that the girls can refuse Su Mu's offer if they want to. I couldn't let any of the relevant and important female characters do it, as that would suck, so why not them?
And if people still want them in, I can do it later at the end of the Starting World. Even if they don't add anything to the story, they don't take away from it, too.
The story will always revolve around the Mc and his wives because it doesn't matter how many women he gets (it'll be a lot), that won't change.
Similar to the two servant girls I added previously. They got the lemons and introduction for them, and will only be mentioned as the story progresses. He will cultivate with them, but it wouldn't be focused on like the main wives.
That should satisfy both the only moderate harem fans who want the main girls to appear and have screen time, and those who want the numbers.
That's honestly the best solution I could come up with my exhausted brain.
But regardless of whether they join or not, there could be a Milf Lemon in the next chapter, who knows?
Added the Harem List and Character Sheet in Auxilary, so check them out.
Also, recommend some pics for Su Mu.
2229 words (excluding my rant and only the chapter word count.)