Chapter 732

She gave the resources to Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan.

Xu Jingming also sent a message to his aunt Xu Qingwan's family in the virtual world, inviting them to have dinner together there that evening.

After their earlier interaction, Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan were no longer so restrained in front of Ling Shuang.

After exiting the virtual world, Xu Jingming told the two women to stay at the villa and asked Ling Shuang to organize these resources.

Plan how to use them optimally to maximize strength enhancement.

As for himself, he left the villa, preparing to visit Teacher Yang Zhentian to discuss the creation principles of the SSS-grade body cultivation technique.

Jiangnan Province, Jiangcheng, Jinghu Community.

His aunt Xu Qingwan still lived in this community.

However, due to the rapid growth of her business over the past few months, they had moved into a more upscale villa.

The area was three times larger than before, with an outdoor swimming pool and an additional backyard garden.

Because the space was so large, they had to hire an additional maid for cleaning.

"Xiaoming is thoughtful—coming back just to invite us for dinner."

In the villa's living room, Aunt Xu Qingwan, after hanging up the phone, wore a faint smile.

"Xiaoming is now a sixth-rank psychic, right?"

"If we hadn't watched him grow up since childhood, even meeting him in the virtual world might feel awkward."

Uncle Tang Daolin remarked.

"Who could say otherwise?"

Aunt Xu Qingwan's expression turned reflective, "When Xiaoming was twelve, his parents died, and none of their relatives wanted to help."

I thought I'd lend a hand—just until he graduated university and found a stable job.

But I never expected Xiaoming to soar so high—he's now a sixth-rank psychic."

A sixth-rank psychic was an unattainable presence in their Jiangcheng.

Their expectations for their daughter Tang Qi were merely that she might one day reach fourth rank.

"Ding ling ling—"

The phone rang suddenly, interrupting their memories of the past.

"It's Zhao Lu calling."

Tang Daolin glanced at the caller ID and handed the phone to Xu Qingwan.

"General Manager, something terrible has happened!"

As soon as she answered, her assistant Zhao Lu's anxious voice rang out:

"For some reason, several of our rare herb and exotic plant suppliers have demanded to terminate our contracts!"

"Huh?"

Xu Qingwan's expression changed slightly, and she hurriedly asked, "Aren't there breach penalties? Why would they choose to break the contract?"

"They say they're willing to pay the breach penalties to stop supplying rare herbs and exotic plants."

Zhao Lu's voice sounded as if she were about to cry, "On the client side, several who had agreed to delay delivery for a few months are now pressing for immediate shipment."

Hearing this, Xu Qingwan's heart sank.

Trouble!

Their stock of rare herbs and exotic plants was already low; with suppliers halting deliveries, they had no capacity to fulfill orders!

If they failed to deliver on time, they would inevitably pay massive breach penalties.

"Alright, I understand. We'll handle this."

After taking a deep breath, Xu Qingwan regained her composure.

"Suppliers terminating contracts while clients demand immediate delivery—someone is targeting us."

After Xu Qingwan hung up, Tang Daolin spoke with solemn expression, "We're having dinner with Xiaoming tonight—should we tell him about this?"

"No."

Xu Qingwan shook her head, "Xiaoming's cultivation is the priority; we shouldn't burden him with trivial matters."

"Let's first try our best to find other suppliers."

Her gaze swept over the luxurious villa interior, and she smiled faintly:

"Even if we can't find new suppliers, it's just paying breach penalties and returning to our original standard of living."

More importantly, her clients were all guilds and military units backed by seventh-rank Masters, even eighth-rank Grand Masters.

For these clients to cooperate in targeting them, the perpetrator must be someone of immense influence.

Even if we told Xiaoming, he couldn't resolve it—only add to his worries...

Xu Jingming naturally knew nothing of what was happening to his aunt; at this moment, he had already arrived at Teacher Yang Zhentian's villa.

Having reached eighth rank and become Deputy Principal, Yang Zhentian no longer served as Dean of the Weaponry Academy.

He had no regular classes; when Xu Jingming entered the villa under the guidance of the butler Fu Bo, Yang Zhentian was leisurely drinking tea in the living room.

"Teacher, I'm back."

Xu Jingming grinned and called out.

"I just received word that you and Principal Ling had returned, and I didn't expect you here so soon."

Yang Zhentian sprang up from the sofa in one motion.

He circled Xu Jingming, examining him thoroughly.

Then he clapped Xu Jingming's shoulder firmly, pulled him down onto the sofa, and smiled with satisfaction:

"Good, good, good—seventh-rank Master, combat power reaching mid-eighth rank!

Jingming, you're growing stronger—your combat power is already more formidable than your teacher's!"

Once an Esper reaches the sixth tier, unless they actively reveal their aura, even higher-tier Espers can't easily sense their level.

Although Yang Zhentian couldn't see through Xu Jingming's tier, sensing the faint dangerous aura emanating from Xu Jingming's body was enough for him to know that the news was true.

"Teacher, you already know?" Xu Jingming was somewhat surprised.

The Lei Ting Martial Arts Hall directors' meeting had only ended a few hours ago; the news shouldn't have spread yet.

"Originally I didn't know. It was only after a few good friends sent me messages that I found out.

I thought they were joking at first. Now that I see you, I know those messages were all true."

Yang Zhentian said with a smile.

After a pause, he added with some confusion, "The messages also said your relationship with Principal Ling is extraordinary. That can't be true too, can it?"

Xu Jingming didn't deny it, smiling and nodding.

"It's actually true?"

Yang Zhentian's eyes went wide. It took him quite a while to react, and he clicked his tongue in wonder:

"After your first battle with Lei Yu back then,

your senior brother Liu Ming told me that Magic University would probably have quite a few female students ruined by you.

Now it seems not only female students, you didn't even spare the female principal.

Still, this isn't bad either. An SS-tier and an S-tier pairing — I'm actually looking forward to the offspring you two will produce."

After his exclamations, Yang Zhentian didn't dwell on the matter any longer and laughed heartily:

"Out with it, what do you need from me this time?

Let me say upfront, you're stronger than me now.

Whatever problem you've run into, I might not necessarily be able to solve it."

"How could that be? In my eyes, Teacher Yang, you've always been omnipotent."

Xu Jingming buttered him up, then took the Divine Blood Secret Art out of his spatial ring:

"I want to use this Divine Blood Secret Art

as a basis to create a new SSS-tier body-tempering art on the foundation of the original SS-tier 'Doushen Shenlei Immortal Body,' and I'd like to ask Teacher Yang to guide me."

"Who?"

Yang Zhentian was stunned, pointing at himself: "Me?"

PS: Three updates tonight! Charging ahead, charging ahead!