Chapter 672: Departure! Ling Shuang

"Offer money?"

Ai Lin's eyes lit up, and she declared boldly: "Name your price."

She feared most that Xu Jingming would refuse to pay—so long as he was willing to offer, she had every confidence she could secure it!

After all, their Silver Moon Corporation lacked everything—but not money!

"Money? No, no, no—I don't want Starlight currency. I want shares in your Silver Moon Corporation."

Xu Jingming shook his head.

Taking money is just a single transaction.

But taking shares is different—you can draw money from the Silver Moon Corporation endlessly in the future.

"Shares? Easy. How much do you want? Name your percentage." Ai Lin agreed without hesitation.

"Don't misunderstand—I don't want shares in the Silver Moon Corporation's Mokben branch."

"I want shares in the Silver Moon Corporation's EU headquarters."

Xu Jingming reminded her.

Though the Mokben branch of the Silver Moon Corporation also made money, it paled in comparison to the headquarters.

That was a multinational corporation—its daily turnover was astronomical.

Even Ai Lin, a direct blood relative of the Haus family, might not even have the right to receive shares from the headquarters.

True enough, when Ai Lin heard Xu Jingming wanted headquarters shares, she hesitated:

"I can't decide that myself. Tell me how much you want—I'll ask them for you."

"Not much—just 0.5%." Xu Jingming grinned.

"0.5%? That much?" Ai Lin's eyes widened in shock.

The Silver Moon Corporation was founded by her Haus family, and over a hundred and fifty years had passed since its inception.

The entire Haus family had countless ancient elder shareholders.

And 0.5% of shares, for the Silver Moon Corporation, for the vast Haus family, was already a massive amount.

Even she, an S-rank Energy Awakened, possessed only 0.5% herself.

Xia Lan, who had just adjusted her clothes and stepped beside Xu Jingming, also wore an expression of astonishment—she clearly knew this was an enormous sum.

"Not much—my method for shortening cultivation time."

"It works not just on plant life, but on other rare exotic flowers and herbs as well."

Xu Jingming said calmly.

Ancient Civilization Core Technology!

You deserve it!

This was the overwhelming confidence Eva had expressed when mentioning this technology.

"It works on other exotic flowers and herbs too..."

Ai Lin's breathing quickened again. "Wait—I'll return immediately and call a shareholder meeting!"

Ai Lin tossed the space ring containing the cultivation resources to Xu Jingming, then hurried away.

Afraid that delay might cause him to change his mind.

"Congratulations—you've secured shares in the Silver Moon Corporation."

After Ai Lin left, Xia Lan smiled warmly in congratulations.

Her clothes had many tears from the Thorn Sword Grass, but fortunately none were in critical areas.

Only glimpses of Bai Xi, delicate skin could be seen.

"It's not even started yet." Xu Jingming shook his head.

"Whenever you act, there's never a problem." Xia Lan affirmed, her tone brimming with absolute confidence in Xu Jingming.

And in truth, it had always been so since she met him.

The things he set out to do had never failed.

Yet what puzzled her was where he got so much energy?

In martial arts, he trained as both a martial artist and an Elementalist, and his mastery of combat techniques was terrifying.

Now, even plant cultivation had become his strength.

Even Ai Lin, the heiress of a family specializing in exotic flowers and herbs, was stunned and wanted his cultivation technique.

Xu Jingming smiled.

The techniques he held could significantly boost the Silver Moon Corporation's revenue.

Exchanging for 0.5% shares was a guaranteed win for the Silver Moon Corporation.

And with Ai Lin personally advocating, securing it should be no problem.

"By the way, has Teacher Ling returned?" Xu Jingming asked.

"She's still in her office." Xia Lan shook her head.

"Alright, tell Teacher Ling I'm heading to the Wild Zone."

Supplies and pills had already been delivered during Xu Jingming's rest.

And the Thorn Sword Grass had successfully advanced to seventh rank, becoming a major asset.

Everything was ready—it was time to depart.

As for the Silver Moon Corporation shares, he could ask Ai Lin again after returning from the Wild Zone.

"Alright." Xia Lan, accustomed to this, nodded in agreement.

Swish—

Behind him, the brilliant Thunder Dragon Wings unfurled, thunder rumbling.

Thornsword Grass transformed into a plant armor clinging tightly to his body, and Xu Jingming shot upward into the sky.

Flying into the cloud layer, he traveled five to six kilometers before converting his Thunder Dragon Wings into flame wings.

Simultaneously, he reshaped his facial muscles into the appearance of Zhou Xuan and flew toward the Wild Zone...

10:00 PM.

In a luxurious villa in Mobei, West District.

A beautiful woman was bathing in a bathtub; her heavy, fair, plump form faintly visible through the foam.

Tian Yao!

Deputy Head of the Mobei Branch of the Tianming Sect, a ninth-rank powerhouse!

Her public identity was merely a wealthy widow.

"Ding ling ling~~~"

The phone suddenly rang; Tian Yao immediately tapped to answer upon seeing the caller ID.

A deep, hoarse voice came from the other end of the call:

"Tian Yao, the Divine Blood has emerged. I need you to arrange people to collect it in the Wild Zone.

The exact location has been sent to your internal network account.

Additionally, Ling Shuang of the Lei Ting Martial Arts Gym will soon receive a mission to depart for the Wild Zone.

You may set up an ambush in advance."

"Tian Yao understands."

After respectfully replying, Tian Yao hung up the call.

She rose from the bathtub, revealing her fair, alluring, exquisite body.

Shu—

With a flick of her spiritual force, the towel beside her wrapped around her entirely, concealing her beauty.

"Finally, it's time to act against Ling Shuang. I've been looking forward to destroying her with my own hands..."

A bloodthirsty and eager expression surfaced on Tian Yao's beautiful face.

The next instant, she transformed into a phantom and vanished from the villa.

Meanwhile, Ling Shuang, still working in her office at the Lei Ting Martial Arts Gym, received an internal task alert:

"Senior Director Ling Shuang, a gym task has been assigned. Please check promptly."

Ling Shuang waved her jade hand, and immediately a holographic projection before her displayed the task details.

"Eliminate an eighth-rank Crimson Flame Snake? Intelligence indicates it was previously sighted 600 kilometers northeast of Mobei in the Wild Zone..."

After reading the task description, Ling Shuang furrowed her delicate brows.

This was an internal gym task; as an eighth-rank Grand Master, she was required to complete one each year.

It was also her first eighth-rank task since returning to the Lei Ting Martial Arts Gym.

This task was assigned by internal personnel of the Lei Ting Martial Arts Gym; at headquarters, it would be arranged by Su Qingli.

Here in Mobei, it was arranged by the gym director, Liu Shan.