Chapter 510: Chapter 510: Village in the Big Mountain_1
The following clear morning, Zhang Xian started wandering around the villa after breakfast.
As per the plan, he was supposed to leave for the Dragon Mountain Range today. However, as the ladies had just started their training and he was concerned about possible issues, he decided not to rush.
He couldn’t help it. He wasn’t sure when he would return. If the ladies encountered a problem and he was not around, they would lose precious ti. So things were too complex to be communicated over a phone call.
"Zhang Xian..."
Suddenly, Mo Shaoyun approached him and said, "A few people want to et you. Do you have the ti?"
Zhang Xian curiously asked, "Who wants to et ?"
Mo Shaoyun responded, "I don’t know them. But they insisted on eting you. They said they want to discuss a cooperation deal."
"Hmm, you guys have always been taking care of the business. What would they discuss with ?" Zhang Xian responded with a wry smile, "Why don’t you go on my behalf? I don’t want to get involved."
Mo Shaoyun insisted, "But they specifically requested a eting with you. I have no other alternative! I told them that I can make decisions regarding any matter of the Lingxiao Manor but they insisted that the matter of cooperation has nothing to do with it. They demanded to see you. So I had to co and fetch you. Please make so ti and et them."
"Okay!" Zhang Xian gave a resigned smile and followed Mo Shaoyun towards the office building.
When they arrived at the reception room, Zhang Xian was greeted by a man and a woman, who were both Westerners. He asked curiously, "Are you the ones who were looking for ?"
"Mr. Zhang, nice to et you!" Both rose from their seats.
Zhang Xian signaled them to sit, "Sit down! Let’s first discuss why you wanted to et with . I’ve never been involved in the affairs of Lingxiao Manor. If it’s related to the Manor, then you’ve co to the wrong person."
"Can we request the lady to step out for a bit?" The middle-aged man laughed.
Zhang Xian responded, "She’s my wife. There’s no need for her to leave."
"Fine then," the man smiled, "We’re not here for Lingxiao Manor. We’re interested in your unique talent for mixing dicines."
Zhang Xian was stunned and asked, "You want
to mix dicines for you? Why are we calling this a cooperation?"
"Because it is indeed a cooperation." The man laughed, "Here’s the thing. We’re researching a new drug and we need soone who’s familiar with dicinal ingredients. If you’re interested to work with us, the price is definitely not a problem. Moreover, it does not need to involve a large amount of your ti. That is, whenever you wish to leave, you can."
Filled with suspicion, Zhang Xian asked, "What kind of drug are you researching? Can you give
so details? I need to know whether it’s within my area of expertise."
With a helpless shrug, the man replied, "Sorry, we can’t reveal that to you. But you can join us first to find out. If you feel it’s not suitable or it’s not your area of expertise, we can bring you back. There’s no harm in that."
"You guys can leave now." Zhang Xian stood up and said.
The middle-aged man questioned, "Mr. Zhang, why? Do you think we can’t afford your price? You can na your price."
Zhang Xian replied, "It’s not a matter of price. It’s your answer just now that’s problematic. You said you can’t reveal it and asked
to go over. If I feel it’s not suitable, you’ll bring
back. Isn’t that superfluous? In my opinion, you guys want to take
there and have no intention to let
return, do you?"
"No... absolutely not..." The middle-aged man denied, waving his hands.
Zhang Xian asked, "Then why would you do sothing superfluous? Can you explain it to ?"
The woman laughed,"Look, we’re also not quite clear, so we can’t explain it to you. What field it directly involves, you’ll only know once you get there. He said that just to save face. In fact, the two of us are just ssengers and have nothing to do with the research."
"I see!" Zhang Xian chuckled, "Fine! I’ll believe you guys for now. But I don’t have ti right now. You’ll have to co back later."
The woman asked, "When exactly?"
Zhang Xian responded, "I can’t give you a precise ti. I have to go out tomorrow and I’m not sure when I will be back."
"This..." The woman seed displeased.
The middle-aged man hesitated for a mont before saying, "How about we leave our contact information with you? Once you have ti, we can continue our discussion."
"That works!" Zhang Xian nodded and wrote down the middle-aged man’s phone number.
After seeing the pair out, a cold sneer surfaced on his face. Although he wasn’t sure about his speculation, he suspected these two were representatives of the Divine Word. They probably wanted him to participate in the research related to biohumans.
Unfortunately, he didn’t have the ti now. Otherwise, he would have been interested in going along to take a look. The research work was highly confidential, so it wouldn’t be easy to find out about it imdiately.
If the Divine Word was foolish enough to place all the biohuman studies in one location, they wouldn’t have gotten this far.
Even if he were to go, he would only be involved in peripheral tasks and would never get close to the core of the research. Hence, he had no intentions of leaving for now. It could wait until he had more ti.
"What does that an?" Mo Shaoyun questioned, "They wanted you to mix dicines?"
Zhang Xian smiled, "On the surface, yes. But the actual reason might not be as it appears. Don’t worry about it."
"What do you an I shouldn’t worry about it?" Mo Shaoyun asked, "Does that an I can’t be concerned about you?"
Zhang Xian was startled, and quickly blurted out with a smile, "No, no, that’s not what I an. It’s just that so things are very complicated and I can’t explain them easily. Do you understand what I’m trying to say?"
Mo Shaoyun shook her head, "How would I understand if you don’t explain?"
"Umm..." Zhang Xian replied, "The issue is, there are so things you really don’t need to know, right?"
Mo Shaoyun’s eyes widened in anger, "Zhang Xian, what do you an? What do you an by ’So things don’t need to be understood by ’?"
"Well..." Zhang Xian said, "I misspoke, what I ant to say was so matters are none of the business of you won. It’s for us n to handle. Why are you asking so many questions? I’m keeping this from you for your sake, to spare you unnecessary worries. I believe I’ve told you all you need to do is be happy, I’ll handle everything else."
"I want to know," Mo Shaoyun retorted.
Zhang Xian hesitated a bit, then said, "The guys earlier, they may belong to an organization. Inviting
to co over seemingly just to concoct dicine was their excuse. In reality, they wanted to capture ."
"Ah..." Mo Shaoyun exclaid, "And you still agreed to them?"
Zhang Xian said, "If I don’t agree, how am I going to gather information about the organization? Plus, I know what I’m doing. There’s no guarantee they can handle ."
Mo Shaoyun asked, "Are you sure?"
Zhang Xian replied with a question. "Are you still unsure about my capabilities?"
Mo Shaoyun let out a bitter smile, "Alright! So things can’t be stopped. But be careful, so that the rest of us don’t end up being inexplicably widowed."
Zhang Xian chuckled, "How could that happen? With all of you beautiful won at my side, how could I bear to leave you?"
...
Ti passed quickly and a day was soon over.
The next morning, Zhang Xian took off in his Grand Cherokee right after breakfast, heading straight for the Dragon Mountain Range.
At the mont, he urgently needed to increase the power of his female companions. The more conflicts that would arise in the future, the more precarious their situation would beco. Furthermore, he needed to quickly grow stronger himself. Only by breaking through the 7th level of body tempering, could he reach a power on par with the Legendary Realm. Then he could be truly worry-free, fearing no one. However, he did not possess this strength yet.
Not to ntion others, even his own perverse master could easily suppress him now.
"Damn, there’s no way to go forward."
One day in the afternoon, Zhang Xian stood by a bumpy dirt road, took out a map for reference, and muttered in frustration.
After spending five days, he had almost reached the Dragon Mountain Range. According to the map, he was currently as close to the Dragon Mountain Range as he could be.
However, while there was still a drivable path ahead, going forward would only take him further away from the Dragon Mountain Range. If he wanted to enter the mountain range, starting from this point, he would have to continue on foot, walking through the forest.
"Let’s go in and have a look." Zhang Xian put away the map, found his bearings, and began to walk.
He had now reached the outskirts of the Dragon Mountain Range. A little further, and he would be in the Dragon Mountain Range proper. With so luck, there might be valuable items lying around on the outskirts waiting to be discovered.
Let it be known that there were countless types of dicinal plants, including so yet to be discovered. Even if soone frequented the area, they were not necessarily aware of them all.
"Huh? There’s a village here?"
After walking for a while, Zhang Xian noticed a number of houses not far in front of him, and there was even smoke curling up from the chimneys.
When he approached the village and heard the sound of gongs and drums, his brows furrowed. This scenario seed to suggest a funeral was taking place.
"*&...&*..." Suddenly, a burly man approached.
Zhang Xian looked at the burly man, utterly confused.
Although he was fluent in a number of languages, he was not well-versed with the regional dialects. He did not understand a single word the burly man had said.
With a smile, he asked the man, "Uncle, can you speak Mandarin?"
"*&%...&*&..." The burly man continued to speak while gesturing dramatically.
Zhang Xian looked at the burly man with vexation. Not being able to understand the local dialect and the man’s inability to speak Mandarin made communication difficult.
This is an extrely remote village, almost cut off from the world, and finding soone who can speak Mandarin was going to be tough.
"*&*...&..." The burly man suddenly began dragging Zhang Xian deeper into the village.
Zhang Xian did not understand the man’s intentions, but he had no other choice than to follow him deeper into the village.
Before long, he was led to a house with a tent pitched in front, where people were making noises of gongs and drums. It indeed seed like a funeral, with many people wearing hemp and mourning clothes.
Zhang Xian’s arrival drew the attention of many.
However, he did not understand a word of the chatter. The local dialect had no resemblance to Mandarin. He could not even guess what they were saying.
"Where are you from?"
Suddenly, a woman in her thirties stepped forward and asked Zhang Xian.
"You can speak Mandarin?"
Zhang Xian was overjoyed and quickly responded with a smile, "Hello, madam, I’m from out of town. I accidentally passed by. Hearing noises, I thought I would co and see. It looks like you are having a funeral?"
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