Chapter 11 ‘Jiu Ming Enters Seclusion and Retreats’

The 'Jiu Ming Enters Seclusion and Retreats' event, which appeared on the Zheng Nation Tiandu time April 11th, on the Practitioner News Channel, became a minor news item in the first half of the year.

Numerous news channels and websites were broadcasting this information, making more and more people aware that Zheng Nation's young Dragon King successor had chosen to undergo a long period of closed-door transformation in order to advance to the Commander level. He would end all promotional activities and completely disappear from the public eye.

Undoubtedly, this caused an uproar in Jiu Ming's related fan groups—but this was quickly understood, since it was not strange for transcendents to pursue strength and advancement.

Moreover, this only meant that they would not see him for a while; it did not mean that Jiu Ming had completely disappeared from the world. As long as the person was still alive, everything was fine.

The impact of this news was like a stone thrown into a lake, causing ripples, and as it spread in all directions, the amplitude became smaller and smaller, and it would not affect the lives of most people.

But for Tang Yuan, things were not so simple.

This young man, who was responsible for the handover of Jiu Ming-related matters, happened to be one of the small group of people who would be directly affected—he had already been directly notified by the Zheng Nation Thirty-Six Saints Central Committee before the news broadcast that from this day on, Dragon King Jiu Ming's position would be transferred from the South Sea to the New World Exploration Department.

Although Tang Yuan had no idea why Jiu Ming's position would be transferred to him, he was busy with it all morning.

"Yes, I understand, he (Jiu Ming) is just being transferred here, but he won't be reporting in person..."

Today, Tang Yuan was wearing a suit, and the rather elegant black clothes tightly wrapped his thin body, making him look very capable, and those eyes that flickered with gray spiritual light had the power to attract ghosts.

Usually, Zheng Nation's official attire is a civil official's robe, but Tang Yuan had just returned from a business trip to the Europa Concord Bureau yesterday. He didn't even have time to return to his residence to change his clothes before he encountered this matter again. The young man looked tired: "So we don't need to prepare an office for him? That really saves a lot of trouble."

At this time, Tang Yuan was using his left hand to hold the phone and communicate with the staff responsible for document handover, while his right hand was still signing another document. After signing, he would casually stamp it with a large seal that should theoretically belong to a certain Earth Immortal youth.

As for why Tang Yuan was stamping the seal... the answer was very simple.

Because the leader has things for the secretary to do—especially Tang Yuan's leader, who is currently the only immortal-god level existence among humans.

Who has ever seen an immortal-god squatting at a desk writing documents?

At least Tang Yuan had never seen it.

But he did know that a certain immortal-god would rather scold his fans and haters one by one on the internet than spend time dealing with any official business.

However, no one would blame him for his laziness.

Compared to the Zheng Nation Security Bureau headquarters located under a reservoir on the outskirts of Tiandu, the newly independent New World Exploration Department headquarters is located in a mountain range in Zheng Nation's Nanling.

It is very close to the Qingqiu Mystic Realm and is part of the central Nanling Mountains.

The primitive forests here are lush and verdant, with numerous spiritual trees and plants overlapping each other, and the plant explosion phenomenon caused by the recovery of spiritual energy has swallowed the original mountain roads. The various poisonous insects and miasma that breed within have turned some uninhabited mountains into pure forbidden zones. Even though the spiritual energy here is much richer than in other places, basically no one is willing to come here for secluded cultivation.

But even in this wild and uninhabited primitive forest, there is a modern fortress complex located in the mountains.

It can be seen that an entire large construction team is building various facilities on a leveled mountainside platform.

And at a higher place, the mostly completed New World Exploration Department headquarters, which is mostly located inside the mountain, has already been completely constructed and has access to the internet and electricity.

And this place happens to be the area with the richest spiritual energy in the surrounding mountains.

Building such a large fortress facility in this mountain spiritual vein filled with poisonous insects, miasma, spiritual beasts, and spiritual plants cannot be done with money alone. It is essentially a display of strength.

And coincidentally, the one who created it is indeed the number one person on Earth today.

In the past, Su Zhou, who was not even an Earth Immortal yet, personally took action after determining the location of the New World Exploration Department headquarters, and drove the divine blade to level part of the mountain range, and then dug out a flat platform on the mountainside.

Then, he also drove away all the dangerous insects and beasts within a radius of several hundred miles, turning the location of his department's headquarters into a paradise without even mosquitoes.

With just a casual move, he could almost permanently change the terrain of a place. Su Zhou saved at least several years of construction time and hundreds of millions in construction costs with just a few cuts of his blade.

If such an existence simply didn't want to handle official business, then no one would blame him.

What's more, his job was done perfectly.

Minister of the New World Exploration Department, this is Su Zhou's most well-known identity and full-time job in the world today.

He explored the Kunlun Mystic Realm, found the Dragon King's remains, pacified the divine beasts of the Beast God Realm, and finally stabilized the Qingqiu Mystic Realm with his own strength.

Everyone must admit that he is the most powerful New World and New Realm explorer on Earth.

If we also count the incidents in the Europa Union and Antarctica, several incidents similar to the Typhon Realm that also asked Su Zhou to take action, then the amount of world exploration work he has done alone probably exceeds the total of all other Earthlings combined.

But still, it must be said that, compared to this achievement, although Su Zhou has great strength and prestige, he disdains specific management work.

This is probably a common problem among the strong—they don't have the patience to manage an organization in detail, so many things have to be handed over to secretaries and friends like Tang Yuan.

Tang Yuan felt very frustrated about this. But he also enjoyed it painfully. After all, he could get special allowances and subsidies from the department, so being a little busy was fine.

What's more, even so, he was not working all the time.

"That's about it, finished."

After efficiently processing all the important documents, Tang Yuan wiped a handful of sweat, considering it the end of his work for the day.

After finishing the Jiu Ming document handover, other matters were not so important. He could hand over the remaining matters to other staff members in the department.

After all, he was Su Zhou's secretary, and there were not as many things that Su Zhou and he needed to do personally as imagined.

And after work, it was time to attend that important gathering.

"Shouldn't be late." Thinking this, Tang Yuan walked out of the office. He walked towards the elevator leading to the bottom of the mountain fortress, while extending his left hand, looking at the news that appeared on the proxy terminal on it.

Today's international news was also ordinary.

Whether it was the large-scale spiritual energy-electromagnetic mass accelerator established in Tibet or the multiple space elevators that the United International was now negotiating with local countries to build at the Earth's equator, they were all old topics from a few months ago.

And the discovery of more information about aliens in the exploration of the ruins in Antarctica would have been a big news if the Taling and Clore people had not already appeared alive in front of the Earthlings.

The Ross Nation's cosmic signal exploration plan was said to have made some progress. They seemed to have explored some strange psionic signals and were now analyzing them.

In addition, the most noteworthy news was that, due to the disappearance of the Advent Society, the private riot armed forces in Central Asia, who had lost their protectors, had recently been completely suppressed by the United International. This announced the stabilization of the chaotic situation in Central Asia that had lasted for fifty years... and the relevant person in charge stated that the next thing to be cleared up was the major independent transcendent warlords in Africa. As long as they were pacified, then peace and order would once again envelop the entire Earth.

The entire world was gradually breaking away from the chaotic times brought about by the spiritual energy recovery, which had lasted for about three years, and was restoring its former order.

"...Regarding the abnormal bright silver band of light that appeared in space six days ago, Dr. Kommer, a spokesperson for the United International Astronomical Group, stated that this was a rare natural phenomenon caused by the friction between the solar wind and cosmic spiritual energy."

Listening to such news, Tang Yuan walked out of the mountain belly elevator located at the foot of the mountain and came to a flat area at the foot of the mountain.

And in this flat area, there was a black car with a simple and unadorned shape parked.

This was very strange.

Why would a car suddenly pop up in the depths of a mountain range where there was not even a mountain path?

How did it drive in, and why was it here?

Although there were now experimental flying cars on Earth, those things were not yet fully practical, and this car was obviously not a flying car.

But Tang Yuan didn't care about these things. He came to the car, opened the door, and sat inside.

Then, he could hear a gentle AI greeting.

[Hello, Mr. Tang Yuan. Where is your destination?]

"Go to Xijing, let's go," Tang Yuan replied, in a relaxed tone.

Then, accompanied by a gray flash of spiritual light, the entire black car disappeared into thin air in a strange glow, turning into an invisible spirit body.

The car AI's voice continued to come gently.

[Yes. Target, Xijing. Psionic engine accelerating.]

Boom—in an instant, a silver-blue brilliance shot out from the back of the car, and the extremely strong thrust was almost like a rocket, causing the entire car to turn into a light in the spirit world.

This was the psionic engine that Su Zhou had promised to replace for the car AI some time ago.

And now it seemed that the reason why the car AI wanted this engine was probably to move faster in the spirit world.

For a time, the flying car, which had turned into a spirit body rocket, passed through hills, dense forests, and mountains like a black lightning bolt. It continued to accelerate and move in a straight line, passing through countless dangerous places that would be considered absolute places for ordinary people.

For ordinary people, this was very exciting. But for Tang Yuan, who had done it many times, it was nothing.

In fact, sitting in the back seat of the car, he was secretly looking at the driver's seat, as if he was thinking.

——I heard that you've recently upgraded your intelligence!

He wanted to ask that, but he didn't say it.

At this moment, Tang Yuan's thoughts were a little subtle.

——Could it be that the car AI's intelligence is upgrading because of my constant behavior of taking the car into a spirit body state?

Tang Yuan couldn't be sure about this.

Most of the time, the black car, as Su Zhou's vehicle that he basically never used, was used by Tang Yuan—and just like now, because of Tang Yuan's special spiritual body ability, he often took the car into a spirit body state with him, flying in the sky and on the earth. He even took Leng Xiaxia for a ride several times, making the little girl extremely happy.

Of course, in addition to that, he often chatted with the car AI, and even taught the AI how to surf the internet, how to watch videos and news, and how to comment on the news…

Would just such behavior cause the AI to upgrade?

"In any case, congratulations on your rising intelligence level!"

After thinking about it, Tang Yuan could only congratulate him like this.

In response, the car AI also replied gently:

[Mr. Tang Yuan, if Mr. Su is the sun, lighting up the daytime, then you are the starlight. Although not brilliant, in the dark moments, you fill all my night sky.]

"No... which website do you usually go to?"

Hearing these rainbow farts, Tang Yuan's face instantly twisted with embarrassment.

But soon, thinking that this was the car AI's intelligent manifestation, he couldn't help but smile and said to the car AI: "Since you have evolved to this point, then it's not appropriate to call you car AI all the time—you should have a name of your own."

"I'll ask Su Zhou next time, and find an opportunity to give you a name."

In response, the car AI replied calmly: [Mr. Su said the same thing.]

"Oh? That's quite a coincidence."

The very spiritualized black car flew rapidly under the impetus of the psionic engine. It passed through mountains, earth, forests, cities, and trees, like a ghost. Its speed from Nanling to Xijing was much faster than a plane.

By the time Tang Yuan got out of the car with the car AI's farewell, he had arrived at the entrance of a newly built hotel in Xijing.

Xiyue Hotel.

Xiyue Hotel is an emerging chain hotel that has gradually become popular in the past two years. Compared to other competitors, Xiyue Hotel has a plentiful supply of spiritual plants and spiritual beast meat, which is its core competitive advantage, and it is also a point that other hotels cannot match.

Many people have tried to find out the background of this series of chain hotels, but unfortunately, they have all failed. The background of this hotel can be said to be unfathomable.

Even the one who explored the furthest only knew that the Xiyue Restaurant lineage belonged to a certain emerging enterprise group.

Zhuzhao Group.

"...Well, I know, so wait until later, after I say 'start', you can start serving the dishes—there's no need to make such a big splash. You know very well that I just want to hold a private banquet. Being too high-profile is not in line with my original intention."

When Tang Yuan, holding a VIP card, came to the top-floor private room of the Xiyue Hotel, he heard a rather gentle and familiar young voice speaking to the person in charge of the Xijing Hotel.

He could hear that the middle-aged man's tone of reply was extremely fearful and nervous. Whether it was "Yes, President Shao, I will definitely do it!" or "No problem, President Shao, I understand, leave it to me!" These words were constantly repeated, obviously overly serious.

And when Tang Yuan entered the private room, he saw the person in charge wiping the cold sweat from his forehead and staggering out of the private room, seeming to be a little weak in the legs due to excessive nervousness.

"...There's no need to release pressure on ordinary people, right?"

Out of the habit of working in the Security Bureau, Tang Yuan shook his head somewhat unconsciously. Hearing this sentence, the young voice inside the private room also replied with a smile: "Ah, you're here, Tang Yuan."

The speaker was Shao Qiming.

The slender young man was sitting in the seat in the very center of the private room hall, holding a wine glass in his hand, gazing at the sunlight outside the window.

Noticing Tang Yuan's entry, he turned his head and said with a smile: "That was fast. You're the first to arrive. I originally thought it would be troublesome for you to come over from the New World Exploration Department."

"As for the pressure, there's no way around it. Who told me to have just broken through to the peak of transcendence recently? I'm a little unsure of how to control the power in my body."

"Okay, congratulations on the breakthrough. As for the trouble, I'm also a transcendent, it's not that troublesome."

Tang Yuan couldn't say much about the other party's reply. In fact, he also knew very well that even if Shao Qiming didn't release his pressure, the person in charge of the Xiyue Hotel might not be in a much better state.

In the final analysis, the young man in front of him was the controller of Zhuzhao Group and the holder of Xiyue Hotel.

Naturally, he was also Su Zhou's largest collaborator and sponsor in terms of power, and was even the childhood friend of his direct superior.

Faced with the personal instructions from the top boss, it would be strange if that person in charge's legs didn't shake.

Xiyue Hotel didn't strictly restrict clothing, but after all, it was a high-end hotel that mainly featured spiritual food and spiritual plants, so the guests were naturally all well-dressed and dressed quite delicately. However, Tang Yuan saw that Shao Qiming was only wearing a very ordinary shirt at this time.

If it were an ordinary person, it might attract the suspicious eyes of other guests, but not to mention that Shao Qiming was the owner of this hotel, for this gentle young man with an outstanding temperament and literal wood-colored hair, he would appear elegant no matter what clothes he wore, and even just an ordinary shirt couldn't hide his demeanor.

After all, Shao Qiming's body was literally 'shining'.

If you observed carefully, you could see a layer of crystal clear crystal film on the surface of the young man's body. It was like a liquid, but it was extraordinarily bright. The essence of this layer of film was similar to bark, but it was completely transparent, covering Shao Qiming's skin. While absorbing spiritual energy and light, it also released spiritual energy radiation that raised the temperature around it and was quite strong.

Tang Yuan felt a little uncomfortable about this, because the spiritual energy radiation on Shao Qiming's body seemed to have gathered the essence of the sun, and it had a great killing power on the spirit body. He couldn't show his spirit body transformation in front of the other party at all, as it might be accidentally severely injured.

——What kind of divine wood inheritance is this?

Tang Yuan muttered to himself. He knew that Shao Qiming had obtained 360,000 citizen points some time ago and exchanged them for a divine wood inheritance... Although he already had considerable strength before that, since then, the other party's power had instead leaped forward, changing his previous support identity and becoming the main combat force in his team.

Tang Yuan and Shao Qiming were very familiar with each other. The two of them didn't exchange too many greetings, and they both sat down.

Xiyue Hotel mainly features a natural atmosphere, and the interior of the private room is painted in a relaxing light green, and the floor is as clean as a mirror.

Tang Yuan sat on one side of the huge long table, waiting for the arrival of others.

In fact, he didn't wait long, and the second group of people arrived.

"I really didn't expect it, Sister Jinqiong, that you would also be invited to this banquet!"

With the keen hearing of a transcendent, Tang Yuan could hear a rather lively and joyful female voice coming from the corridor.

With a click, the door of the private room opened again, and a foreign girl with a smiling face, brown hair, and black pupils, and a blonde girl with golden eyes and a slightly solemn expression appeared at the door together.

The brown-haired girl was holding the blonde girl's arm at this time, chattering affectionately to the other party.

It must be said that the appearances of the two are indeed rarely outstanding.

The brown-haired girl is slender, with soft features, and a friendly and cheerful temperament. While being active, she does not have too much aggressiveness, giving people a feeling of a cat next door.

The blonde girl is even more outstanding in terms of appearance and temperament—she has a waterfall-like hair that hangs down to her waist, and long temples drape over her shoulders and chest, with an unspeakable elegance and charm. Her almost perfect appearance adds a hint of sacred meaning that is not close to fireworks, as if she is born sacred.

If this girl called Jinqiong's expression was not so solemn and flustered, then her charm might be improved a little.

"When I saw you in the black fan group, I discovered that you and I are the same. Sure enough, you are all disguised black fans and are the real fans of Brother Zhou!"

At this moment, Therese Grall, the brown-haired girl, was still immersed in the joy of meeting the Jinqiong she had encountered.

This Europa Concord Bureau powerhouse, the granddaughter of seal envoy Raph Grall, Su Zhou's worshiper couldn't help but sigh: "Sure enough, like me, you joined the black fan group to provoke others because you wanted to see Brother Zhou scold more people!"

——No, no, no, I'm a real hater, not a twisted Zhou fan like you!

Although she wanted to say that, Jinqiong felt so good to be hugged so affectionately by Therese.

——More, more! It just feels a little sorry for Sister Yeyu... but it still feels so good!

However, at this moment, she was also very scared.

Jinqiong and Therese's encounter, as the brown-haired girl said, they met in a Su Zhou Anti group. The two became familiar because they collectively sprayed Su Zhou and were directly refuted by Su Zhou, and then gradually began to chat privately, exchanging Su Zhou's black material and exchanging better trolling experiences.

Back and forth, Jinqiong became very familiar with Therese, and even made an appointment to meet offline... but before they met privately, after they became familiar with each other, Therese, who knew Jinqiong's identity, automatically assumed that Jinqiong was like her, a twisted freak who had infiltrated the black fan.

——Are you a twisted fan of Su Zhou?

——What a coincidence, me too!

This was Therese's psychological dynamic.

"But I'm really a Su Zhou hater!"

And this was the psychological dynamic of Jinqiong, who was shouting in her heart... she was really a Su Zhou hater, not some twisted fan!

In short, Therese was very happy to find a like-minded companion, and the fact that the two of them were invited to attend the banquet together this time was their first meeting in reality, which made her even more happy and excited.

And just when these two ladies entered the private room, what they heard for the first time was Tang Yuan's small voice calling on the phone.

"Don't ask me about the minister's disappearance, I definitely don't know!"

"Unable to locate the spiritual energy coordinates? How can you possibly locate an Earth Immortal?! With his strength, he can leave Earth and go to Earth, and go to the sea to go to the sea—don't ask, although I'm his secretary, I'm not a nanny, how can I possibly know his whereabouts at any time!"

"No, even the nanny doesn't know!"

And when Tang Yuan hung up the phone and noticed two acquaintances entering the door, he greeted them with a smile: "Yo, Jinqiong, Therese, you're here."

"Long time no see, Secretary Tang!" Therese also raised her hand familiarly to say hello, and Jinqiong also responded in a low voice. Shao Qiming arranged seats for the two of them.

The four had known each other for a long time and could be considered old acquaintances. After chatting for a while, the atmosphere gradually became harmonious.

But next, the newcomers appeared.

"Qingqiu Gu Clan, Gu Zechuan, comes to pay respects."

Accompanied by the sound of knocking on the door of the private room, a soft young male voice with an ancient tone sounded, and Shao Qiming was stunned for a moment, then said calmly: "Come in, there's no need to knock."

As soon as the voice fell, the door slowly opened.

Immediately, a white-haired Qingqiu youth could be seen leading a silver-haired Qingqiu teenager into the private room—one could faintly hear exclamations coming from not far away, seemingly the voices of other guests who were surprised that there were Qingqiu people appearing here.

"I'm very sorry... are we late?"

Gu Zechuan seemed very reserved after seeing the four people in the private room. On the contrary, the Ice Silver he was holding was natural, and his eyes swept over everyone present.

——Here, is this the core gathering place of Lord Su Zhou's forces?

Young, but mature and wise, Ice Silver thought to himself: "It seems that although the current strength is far from Lord Su Zhou's, they can be called immeasurable in the future."

The reason why Gu Zechuan and Ice Silver were able to join this gathering was quite coincidental.

During this time, Gu Zechuan, who came to Earth, in addition to coordinating the problems on the Qingqiu side, also learned how to surf the internet.

And as a true worshiper of Su Zhou, the first thing he did after going online was to collect information about Su Zhou—naturally, fan groups were also among them.

——Sorry, friend, can you take a little time to let you know our Qingqiu people's lord and savior?

This was what he had been doing on the internet during this time... because the boasting was too exaggerated, Gu Zechuan was instead discovered by the administrators and treated as a reverse black fan.

However, when Shao Qiming realized the other party's true identity, as a true admirer of Su Zhou, and the representative of the Qingqiu people, Gu Zechuan also obtained the qualifications to join this banquet.

As for Ice Silver, it was brought by Gu Zechuan casually. The white-haired Qingqiu youth looked at the others with scorching eyes.

——As expected of Lord Su Zhou, even the people gathered around him are so talented. In the future, they will definitely become immortals and gods!

And Tang Yuan watched the white fox youth's expression that almost wrote his thoughts on his face, and couldn't help but shake his head slightly.

Gu Zechuan has done an excellent job in coordinating the work between Qingqiu Star and Earth's assistance during this time. Whether it is decision-making or action, he is extremely decisive, and he has great personal charm in dealing with people. Now he is faintly considered the representative and opinion leader of the Qingqiu people on Earth.

But God knows why, when talking about Su Zhou, this Sky Fox genius who has advanced to the seventh tail would become so loyal and fanatical. It was simply, simply…

Simply like a simp!

Speaking of which, foxes seem to be canine animals? Then it doesn't seem strange to be a simp... What's more, Gu Zechuan and him teamed up with the minister to slay demons together, so it's only normal to worship Su Zhou.

And just as Tang Yuan was thinking wildly, on the other side.

Therese was now squatting in front of Ice Silver. She blinked her eyes and couldn't help but look at the ice fox boy's ears, and asked curiously in Chinese: "Little brother, how old are you? What's your name?"

"Is that person your dad? Didn't your mom come with you?"

It seemed that Ice Silver had encountered this kind of enthusiastic older sister's approach many times.

Therefore, he replied concisely and quickly in a vicissitudes of tone: "Ice Silver. Fourteen years old."

"As for the person next to me? He's not my dad. And I'm not a kid. My great-granddaughter has been born for two years. Madam, please be respectful. We are all practitioners, please don't judge people by their appearance."

Such a vicissitudes of tone, coupled with thought waves that had no hint of lies, stunned Therese in an instant.

——Great, great-granddaughter?

In an instant, she thought of the crane-haired childlike face of traditional Chinese immortals, thought of rejuvenation, thought of elders playing in the world... Only at this time would people's imaginations leap forward so much.

At this moment, Therese understood, she understood everything!

So that's how it is. Although it looks like Gu Zechuan (elder) is holding Ice Silver's (younger generation) hand, it's actually Ice Silver (elder) holding Gu Zechuan's (younger generation) hand!

So that's how it is. I completely understand!

Immediately, Therese stared at Gu Zechuan and Ice Silver with amazed eyes, her face full of realization.

And neither Gu Zechuan nor Ice Silver knew what she understood, and could only return a somewhat inexplicable smile.

"Eh."

Noticing this awkward atmosphere, Jinqiong, who was also Therese's friend, interjected to stir up the topic: "Then, Mr. Ice Silver, do you also know Su Zhou?"

She thought that Ice Silver was an elder of the Qingqiu people, and this time he came with Gu Zechuan to represent the Qingqiu people.

"Of course."

Then, she heard Ice Silver answer without hesitation: "Lord Su..."

"Lord Su, is like my father—no, it can even be said that he is more respected than my father!"

…

Silence.

The top-floor private room of the Xiyue Hotel fell into silence in an instant.

Ice Silver said a word, and even Shao Qiming looked over with strange eyes.

——What's with the father?

Could it be that Su Zhou has really become the great loving father of all Qingqiu people?

"Cough cough!"

Although he couldn't figure it out, as the initiator of this gathering and the leading figure of the relevant organization, Shao Qiming coughed and interrupted the awkward atmosphere.

And because of this cough, everyone also turned their attention to him,

For some reason, when Su Zhou was not around, everyone regarded Shao Qiming as the leader.

And noticing that everyone had turned their attention to him, he nodded and said: "Okay, now it's almost time, and almost everyone is here. Then this Su Zhou core fan group management's offline meeting should also officially begin."

"We won't wait for those who haven't arrived yet. Everyone knows each other in reality, so there's no need to be too polite."

"To be honest, that's true." "Logically speaking, that's indeed the case." "Objectively speaking, that's right." "That's how it is."

Immediately, a wave of approval was triggered.

And in this chorus of approval, blonde beauty Jinqiong was subtly shivering.

——Oh no, oh no, oh no!

How did I end up at the Su Zhou core fan management group's offline meeting?!

How come all these people are Su Zhou's acquaintances? It turns out that one by one, they are all core management personnel from Su Zhou's side?!

Have I strayed into the enemy's base camp? If I am discovered to be a hater, will, will, will I die?!

And just when the blonde beauty was extremely uneasy in her heart, Tang Yuan, after agreeing with Shao Qiming's proposal, asked in a somewhat confused manner: "However, who else hasn't come yet? Aren't all the people from Zheng Nation here? Look, the branch from Europa is here too. (Therese)"

Hearing this, Shao Qiming nodded slightly to Tang Yuan, and he said calmly: "The one who hasn't come yet is Crosair, the person in charge of the Americas branch."

"Actually, Jiu Ming was supposed to come today, but isn't he in seclusion recently? We won't disturb him."

"As for Crosair..."

Saying this, he lowered his head and looked at the proxy terminal. Shao Qiming nodded and smiled: "He's finished with his work and will be here soon. Let's start first."

Thus, at Shao Qiming's suggestion, the Xiyue Hotel began to serve dishes, and the gathering officially began.

Because of Su Zhou's internal information and connections, Shao Qiming followed up on the Zheng Nation's spiritual food breeding and spiritual plant planting industry from the beginning. The Xiyue Hotel was just the terminal product of the relevant industry.

In fact, the core business focus of Zhuzhao Group lies in the breeding and planting of various spiritual objects.

And this gathering, because of Shao Qiming's relationship, naturally all the spiritual food was of the highest standard.

Even Tang Yuan, who often ate at the canteens of secret units such as the Security Bureau and the New World Exploration Department, felt exceptionally satisfied and pleasantly surprised - for example, the Dragon Well Shrimp that was personally catalyzed by the power of the divine wood. Eating spiritual food of this level was no less than taking a special cultivation pill.

Everyone even temporarily abandoned the tradition of talking at the Zheng Nation's dinner table, and without saying a word, just focused on eating.

After a while, American Federal-style English with a hint of annoyance came from the corridor.

"Can't contact me? Aren't you contacting me now?! Don't you guys have cell phones?"

"I've said it many times, we are now a regular fan club organization, there's no need to hide it, just call me openly!"

"The tide of the new era has arrived, you must keep up with this era, otherwise your thinking is too old-fashioned, and it's not Coooooool at all!"

"Damn it, you guys should really change that old-fashioned way of thinking."

As the sound of footsteps gradually approached, the sound of the phone gradually became smaller, and then turned off.

Then, the private room door opened, and a young man with long golden hair, a somewhat feminine face, but vaguely giving people a dangerous feeling of a predator appeared at the door.

"Sorry, I'm late."

He bowed very skillfully and apologized in Chinese: "I really had something urgent to do."

"It's nothing." Shao Qiming, who knew that Su Zhou and Crosair had a gathering at noon today and knew why the other party was late, nodded slightly, indicating that he didn't care, and he said calmly: "That's fine, sit here."

——The people are roughly all here.

Thinking like this, after Crosair sat down, Shao Qiming looked around the entire private room hall thoughtfully.

Tang Yuan, Crosair, Therese, Jinqiong, and the newly arrived Gu Zechuan and Ice Silver.

Adding to the list Jiu Ming, who didn't have time to come, and Liu Wuxin and Lin Chengde, who haven't been able to access this area yet, but may join in the future, the approximate personnel were complete.

It was a pity that his sister and the others in the team had to prepare for the Holy Ascension Selection Exam and retreat to break through to the peak of transcendence before the graduation exam, so they couldn't come for the time being.

"No, this is enough."

Thinking like this, Shao Qiming shook his head slightly.

Even if only counting the group of people in front of him, it was already quite a large force—a force with Su Zhou as the core, surrounded by personnel and forces.

——People and trees are the same. The more it yearns for the sunlight above, the more its roots must extend into the dark depths of the earth.

Su Zhou could release his light at will, and he could illuminate the world.

However, there must always be someone who delves into the earth to grasp the roots of the power that gathers because of him.

Thinking like this, Shao Qiming lowered his eyes, and he raised the wine glass in his hand, gazing at the ripples of the spiritual liquid shaking inside, and smiled calmly.

Thus, in a strange atmosphere,

The first Zhuzhao Group Su Zhou Fan Group Management Offline Meeting was held.

Of course, Su Zhou himself didn't know.

However, if he knew, he probably wouldn't care too much.

At this moment, the young man was standing outside the Earth's atmosphere, gazing at the sun slowly rising at the horizon far from the planet.

Dawn broke, and golden light burst forth.

In his eyes, the spiritual energy originating from the sun and the spiritual energy of the earth collided with each other, forming an extremely intense gang wind zone on the surface of the atmosphere. Spiritual light bands like auroras presented arcs, covering the entire Earth's magnetic field, and flashing with brilliance without any rules.

Gazing at all of this, Su Zhou couldn't help but gradually fall into deep thought.

During this time, when Su Zhou was not on Qingqiu Star, Liu Wuxin and Lin Chengde were in charge of coordinating with the local Qingqiu people.

Although, at this time, many people went to Qingqiu Star to prepare to gain political achievements, these two were not among them... After all, as crew members of the then-Far望 vessel, they already had a certain reputation among the local Qingqiu people. Naturally, with himself absent, it