Chapter 75: Chapter 75: The Furious Dong Muyun, Uncle Guan’s Whereabouts!
The atmosphere suddenly turned eerily silent.
Manager Qian’s face instantly flushed red with embarrassment, and this time, he said no more.
As for Dong Muyun, after a brief moment of astonishment, her eyes filled with undisguised gloom.
At the same time, a storm of shock raged within her.
How is this possible? How could this kid know? He was just a recent graduate. Even if his family possessed some Advanced Level Pet Beasts and had sensed the spatial fluctuations, it wasn’t something ordinary people would typically be aware of. After all, the concept of a Secret Realm wasn’t something Beast Tamers would ordinarily consider.
With this in mind, Dong Muyun’s eyes glinted with an even colder chill, though this chill was not directed at the youngster before her.
It’s all because I wasted too much time previously; the family side took up too much of my energy, and I could only leave this matter to those incompetents.
However, Dong Muyun was no ordinary individual. She almost instantly regained her usual demeanor, her eyes showing complete indifference as she looked at Su Ping.
"What exactly do you want?"
Her voice finally revealed her usual high-and-mighty attitude, as if granting whatever was desired was within her power to bestow.
Yet she completely overlooked a key point. According to Dragon Nation’s laws, unless it’s in the wilderness, the owner of the land title where a Secret Realm appears holds the authority to manage it.
It was as if this unknown Secret Realm, which had appeared on *his* property, was already in the bag for her and the Tianyun Group!
Su Ping disliked this tone and the look in her eyes.
Since the conversation was already out in the open, Su Ping had nothing to hide. He crossed his legs and said carelessly, "I’m not lacking anything. However, my family could use a stepmother, and the cultivation base here needs someone to scoop poop for Forest Wolf. What do you think, Miss Dong?"
Dong Muyun’s face showed no anger, but it became even colder at that moment.
Her icy eyes, which seemed capable of freezing blood, took a deep look at Su Ping—a youngster so arrogant at such a young age. She then stood up, leading Manager Qian. He was as silent as a cicada in winter, and when his eyes occasionally met Su Ping’s, they flashed with admiration.
Good heavens, this kid was something else! He’d joined the Tianyun Group right after graduation and worked diligently for over a decade, but this was the first time he’d ever seen such a formidable person. Making their Chairman a stepmother? Or having her scoop poop for Forest Wolf? Truth be told, the thought of that scenario actually stirred some anticipation in him. But obviously, right now, he could only meekly follow Dong Muyun out and hope he wouldn’t end up as collateral damage.
The door closed.
Only then did Su Ping let out a long sigh of relief.
In the end, he was still nervous.
Dong Muyun’s status and strength were evident; she was, at the very least, a Monarch Level Beast Tamer.
Previously, with the Tianyun Group’s power and influence, crushing him would have been simple. Fortunately, he was now an Intermediate Breeder with the Breeder Association.
With such a status, and being so young, even the Tianyun Group wouldn’t dare make a move against him easily.
This was one of Su Ping’s safeguards. He believed Dong Muyun was undoubtedly aware of his unconcealed identity.
It could be said that if it weren’t for this status, Su Ping would have directly informed the Qintian Monitor about the appearance of the Secret Realm.
After all, an official organization was more reliable than those capitalists.
Su Ping also implicitly trusted Qin Xiaoxue’s earlier advice: if *he* wasn’t confident about personally developing it, handing it over to the Qintian Monitor would be more reliable.
However, now that he had the Paperman, Su Ping still wanted to try himself.
After all, human desire is insatiable, like a snake trying to swallow an elephant. Faced with such a potential treasure mountain, Su Ping wouldn’t be content without seeing it for himself.
Taking a deep breath, Su Ping didn’t rush to continue watching Old Sha gnawing on the tree.
He trusted Old Sha’s self-discipline, and besides, at this initial stage, any minor hiccups wouldn’t be a big deal.
At worst, they’d be delayed by a few days in entering the third phase, which wasn’t significant.
However, Su Ping now really didn’t want to be affected by all this chaos again.
He definitely needed to find someone to help.
Not for training or interacting with Pet Beasts, but someone to concentrate fully on welcoming guests and dealing with various minor tasks—the role of a steward.
And soon enough, Su Ping thought of someone:
Guan Qianshan!
Previously, Su Ping had only seen Lao Guan leave; he was too busy at the time and hadn’t caught up after a mere glance.
But now he knew: Lao Guan had been exiled because of Su Ping’s own affairs.
Although it was highly likely that Dong Muyun had deliberately orchestrated this situation, using it as an indirect means to persuade Su Ping to agree to the sale of the deed.
Small figures often become cannon fodder in various disputes.
Many times, Su Ping was unable to reach out or help, but this time was clearly different.
To be fair, he could say with a clear conscience that Lao Guan had treated him well. Lao Guan had only attempted to purchase his family’s land deed on Dong Muyun’s orders because he had no other choice.
Su Ping had no reason to harbor any suspicions about Manager Guan because of this.
Moreover, his own place genuinely lacked someone to manage guest reception. Lao Guan had worked at Yun Tian for many years and had a good relationship with both Su Ping and his father.
Having someone relatively familiar like him to help look after things would indeed lighten Su Ping’s load substantially.
Besides, what he’d said to Dong Muyun earlier wasn’t just hot air.
Once next year’s lease was up, Su Ping would no longer lease to the Tianyun Group.
By then, regardless of whether the Tianyun Group left the buildings at Yuntian Resort standing or demolished them all, Su Ping would further expand on the foundation of his own cultivation base.
He aimed to create a complete, mature cultivation base industry chain.
Currently, the Heart of Wood Cultivation Base didn’t even have a place for guests to stay and try out battles, let alone the numerous high-end complementary facilities and infrastructure that many other cultivation bases boasted.
Moreover, Su Ping had considered establishing breeding areas for other types of Pet Beasts; after all, it wasn’t feasible for all of them to be crammed into the same forest with the Forest Wolves.
When he had time, Su Ping even wanted to visit Shuhua City to see what Sun Chaoju’s Pet Beast Breeding Base was like, and then to fleece some wool... no, to learn from their experience.
When that time came, more staff would be needed, and Su Ping couldn’t possibly manage everything himself.
As for his own father, that was even less likely.
Lao Guan’s many years as a manager at Yun Tian had endowed him with invaluable experience and insight.
With these thoughts in mind, Su Ping picked up his phone, searched for a while, and finally found the exiled Manager Guan in his contacts list.
He then took the initiative to make the call.