536: Chapter 388 536: Chapter 388 I underestimated the young one; now there’s no more hesitation in dealing with the old monster.
Ye Tian was on the spaceship, still working on fixing the robot.
The robot was resilient, but after being hit by such powerful energy, it would take a while to repair.
Not only did he have to check the circuits and the robot’s functions, but he also had to repaint it.
As for those Great Power Holders who started fighting at the drop of a hat outside, he simply thought of them as old monsters with odd tempers.
Their life-and-death struggle had nothing to do with him.
It was a good opportunity for him to escape.
Shortly after he sent out a message, Jiang Tang received it and said he would come quickly.
Ye Tian knew Jiang Tang was loyal and perhaps he was the only one who could deal with these old farts.
He also feared dragging his friend into trouble, so he told him not to come, just to let him know that if he died there, to help protect his family.
And to help him fulfill his wishes and responsibilities.
Though such a request was a bit much to ask of another who didn’t have familial responsibilities.
When Jiang Tang heard these words from Ye Tian, it wasn’t the first time he had helped him.
But this friend was also committed to a duty of justice.
The so-called justice, in different worlds, different countries, or for some people, can be found everywhere there are heroes upholding peace and protecting the people and the law.
If a hero were in peril, as someone capable of helping, how could he not lend a hand, especially since they were friends?
Jiang Tang told Ye Tian that he would arrive soon.
At that moment, he was still in his secret base under construction, building each mountain peak and some roads, as well as some properties on the surface, all of which needed construction.
Such large-scale work was, of course, to create gathering places for the Disciples on every mountain peak and along every road, much like the bustling streets in front of an Immortal Sect.
There were people on missions, carrying things they wanted to sell, and others who had completed different tasks brought out their items for sale, serving as a complement to each other, since every Human Cultivator’s Spiritual Root was different.
In these days, several young people, about his age, challenged him.
It was less a challenge, more like seeking guidance.
Lai Jianlin and Luo Yaxuan had previously received instruction from Jiang Tang.
But they feared their understanding was inadequate, so they sought Jiang Tang’s guidance.
Their friends or brothers, too, followed suit, seizing the opportunity to learn from a Great Power Holder—it was not a chance that came by often.
Besides these young people, everyone else who came this time wanted to seek Jiang Tang’s advice on matters of martial strength.
Jiang Tang, previously idle, now faced a multitude seeking his wisdom.
As someone who had always cultivated and understood things alone, it was challenging to instruct others, many of whom were probably older than him.
Hundreds of people, although not as strong in ability, many were older than him, and he didn’t believe his experience surpassed theirs.
If he said he couldn’t teach others, they might think he was shirking responsibility.
A few words from a Great Power Holder could greatly benefit them.
Jiang Tang’s time was now occupied by both men and women, who came to seek his instruction only after finishing their work.
Jiang Tang set a work schedule for everyone, eight hours a day, modeled after the work hours of the average person.
He couldn’t expect so many people to just work on construction for him without resting; they needed more time to advance their Cultivation.
The nine female Disciples who used to always be around Jiang Tang were now reluctant.
After all, among these hundreds of people, there were both men and women.
They feared these people would monopolize all of Jiang Tang’s care.
The usually obedient nine Disciples from different families started finding various reasons to ask Jiang Tang to go for walks at night.
The first to ask Jiang Tang was Xuanyuan Mengting; she was the first to know Jiang Tang and had his promise.
But facing the competition with the other eight women, and now the subtle competition among some of the women who had arrived, it wasn’t that she didn’t trust Jiang Tang or lacked self-confidence.
Even the most generous woman can feel a pang of jealousy for the man she likes.
Jiang Tang was asked out by a beautiful woman, and this time, instead of flying high in the sky, they walked up the mountain stairs like any other couple.
Previously, they had been living in a cave halfway up the main peak, but now construction of houses had begun on various other peaks, although not yet fully finished.
The caves weren’t all completed at once either, but some were ready and people could move in, which of course was convenient.
The several hundred people who had arrived couldn’t always live in tents.
This was their controlled land, but beneath the thick fog there would still be overcast, clear, or rainy days, and living in tents wasn’t so wonderful when it rained.
Descending from the main peak, they walked on the path like any couple, with another mountain not far away.
In the darkness, their eyesight was as clear as day, and although the mountains were not yet equipped with streetlights, the Moonstones Jiang Tang had distributed played a significant role in the dense fog.
Like the moon in the night sky, these stones illuminated the entire mountain and the path below; that is to say, every mountain had Moonstones for lighting, making it visible regardless of the foggy days or the dark nights.
With the Moonstones, it was like having the moon’s light, day or night.
Walking on this particular mountain, which was not the main peak, there used to be mixed vegetation and some rugged rocks.
Without the stairs leading up the mountain, no one would come here, except for the occasional Cultivator flying overhead or animals passing by where there were no paths.
Now it was different.
After a few days to half a month of construction, there were stairs like polished marble, and some of the brushwood on the mountain had been cleared to plant various flowers and trees.
Of course, there were some smaller peaks designated for Spirit Fields, which no one had yet found the time to cultivate or clear.
The two of them walked up the marble staircase, not far from a post that resembled a streetlight, but it didn’t have a power source.
This was a new type of streetlamp invented by Jiang Tang.
Every streetlamp had a pillar crafted by an Artifact Refiner, fitted with a clear Moonlight Stone, which would emit a glow like the moon.
If someone tried to steal a Moonlight Stone, the lamp’s mechanism would sound an alarm.
At present, there were only a few hundred people here, all willingly working on the construction, composed of elite family members and their friends.
After construction is completed, Disciples would be recruited, and then visitors would come, gradually complicating matters.
In Jiang Tang’s eyes, there were many such Moonlight Stones; in his space, the moon’s Moonlight Stones were inexhaustible.
He wasn’t particularly attached to these treasures, but he hadn’t expected each Moonlight Stone to hold significant energy.
This energy made the dozens of mountains, which originally had no source of Spiritual Energy, rich and full of it.
Even without releasing the actual Spiritual Energy, people could already feel that this place had better resources for Cultivation than other places.
Xuanyuan Mengting walked beside Jiang Tang, her eyes soft and her face brimming with smiles, finally alone in their world.
In the face of the man she loved, this man who was the handsomest she had seen in the Cultivation World, and the “pretty boy” with better skin than her.
In this private moment, she wanted to ask a question that had been on her mind for two months:
“Jiang Tang, when will you marry me?
Do you really like me?”
Jiang Tang, with little experience in romance over two lifetimes, had women pursuing him during this time, not to mention in his past life where not only did no women chase him, he didn’t even have a girlfriend.
This life seemed to make up for the regrets of his past life, the absence of love, marriage, and having children.
But suddenly, with so many girls vying for his attention, showing favor to one would make the others jealous, putting him in an impossible situation.
Jiang Tang was puzzled how Kings and Emperors, with their three palaces and six courtyards and 3000 beauties, managed to cope.
With nine women around him, loving one made it hard to let go of the others, while not loving seemed like he was fickle.
In truth, he wasn’t fickle; having one woman love him was more than enough to fill his heart.
But were men supposed to turn away when women threw themselves at them?
Being chased by beautiful women was a vanity every man liked; in fact, both men and women long to be loved and cherished.