I proved immortality through the imperial examination.

Chapter 87 Young Masters of Prestigious Families
"Old Wang, please have a seat. Old Hu and I still have some things to discuss."

As she spoke, Ding Chunxia pulled Hu Kan to the observation deck, glanced at Xue Xiang who was busy devouring food, and said, "Old Hu, did you get the information wrong? The Xue family of Jiangzuo, a prestigious family, and this is how they behave?"

Hu Kan, with a profound and inscrutable expression, narrowed his eyes as he sized up Xue Xiang. "Sect Leader, what do you think of this young master from a prominent family?"

Polite and well-behaved?
No, they are at most ordinary wealthy families.

A true scion of a noble family should be like Chief Xue, unrestrained and naturally spontaneous.

For an ordinary person, eating a spoonful of black jade shell seeds would probably involve holding them in their mouth for a long time, savoring the experience, before finally swallowing them.

Look at him, he drank it like it was porridge, without even realizing it. This stuff must be what they drink as porridge at home.

Look, Little Azure Dragon! It costs one spirit stone to eat a pound of meat, so three spirit stones would only get you a slice of meat from that plate. And he's actually shoveling the plate into his mouth!

Who else but a scion of a prominent family could possess such spirit?

Furthermore, I spent a lot of money to get a background check document issued by the state. Anything can be faked, but this is related to his official credentials. How could it be faked?
Look at him, he comes as a guest but ignores the host, acting as if no one else is around. What an aura he has!

"Truly worthy of being a scion of a prominent Jiangnan family that produced nine scholars who passed the imperial examinations."

Ding Chunxia was finally convinced and nodded repeatedly. "What did 'The Mortal World' say again? Right, Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Chick. Old Hu, you truly deserve to be my Crouching Dragon."

Let's go find Old Wang and see if we can get in touch. Let's not disturb Young Master Xue's meal.

Otherwise, if we're on the table and reluctant to eat this or chew that, acting all cautious and timid, we'll just become a laughingstock.

Xue Xiang knew that Ding Chunxia and Hu Kan viewed his gluttonous eating as the refined manners of a noble young master, and they were absolutely furious.

He was simply exhausted and starving.

After a hearty meal, seeing Wang Anshi, Ding Chunxia, ​​and Hu Kan chatting animatedly, he went out onto the balcony to enjoy the breeze.

The sky was high and the clouds were light, the lake breeze was gentle, and there was a soft couch nearby. He lay down on it to enjoy the breeze, and before he knew it, the fatigue that had been building up for so long rushed over him, and he fell into a deep sleep.

Ding Chunxia was about to finish her conversation with Wang Anshi and come over to greet them.

Seeing how tired Xue Xiang was, he had no choice but to sit back down. "Old Wang, what's wrong with Director Xue?"

"He was exhausted. He was really too tired. I've never seen such a responsible official."

Wang Anshi sighed, "In these short ten days or so, our room leader has made countless trips back and forth to Yunmeng."

They begged Xie Yuanzun to go to the prefecture to ask for tax policies; otherwise, it would have been impossible for so many people to gather at Suiyang Ferry in such a short time.

In addition, they needed to find loans, so they mortgaged the operating rights of the shops at the ferry crossing and made a large sum of money.

Otherwise, the subsequent infrastructure development simply cannot be carried out.

"That's not right. Didn't you rent the shops at the ferry crossing to us? How come you mortgaged the operating rights? Back then, when your Eleventh Division was paying emergency wages, you used the deposit we paid."

Hu Kan was dissatisfied.

Ding Chunxia glared at him. "Director Xue must have a deeper meaning."

His mind is now filled with how to curry favor with the young master of a prominent family in Jiangzuo.

Wang Anshi said, "Chief Xue has already considered your interests."

"I'll give you five shops; you can set up a security escort agency and a convoy. The profits will be plentiful."

Hu Kan's expression softened slightly, and Ding Chunxia said, "I asked someone to buy the 8,000 mu of wasteland five miles west of the ferry crossing in Yunmeng City. Yunmeng City said that someone beat them to it. No one has the fastest news than us. Old Wang, tell the truth, did you do it?"

Wang Anshi laughed and said, "Sect Leader Ding is quite quick, but our room leader is even faster."

He mortgaged his shares with exclusive voting rights in the Cloud Messages organization, obtained over a thousand spirit stones, and spent over five hundred spirit stones to buy the eight thousand acres of wasteland.

"I'm willing to pay ten times the price to buy it from Director Xue, whether he's willing to resell it or not."

Ding Chunxia's eyes were gleaming with a green light.

"What are you thinking about?"

Wang Anshi snorted, "Our room leader has a grand plan in mind, but he's relying entirely on that barren beach."

However, in my opinion, Director Xue never monopolizes benefits, whether it's news from the clouds or on the wasteland.

Let's wait for news. Our department head has established a joint trading company and invested the ownership of the wasteland into the company.

"In the future, when the business community goes public, you, Headmaster Ding, will undoubtedly receive a share." Ding Chunxia was overjoyed. "As expected of a...high-ranking official, I admire you."

Hu Kan said, "It seems that the rise of Suiyang Ferry is inevitable. Sect Leader, we should also increase our investment."

"Chief Wang, didn't your office just raise funds? We'd like to invest another share."

"No problem, it's all thanks to your discerning eye, Lao Hu."

Wang Anshi was overjoyed.

In all the years I've served in Suiyang, none of them have been as enjoyable as these last few days.

Seeing a ferry crossing gradually transform into a large gathering and distribution center for spiritual resources day by day brings an indescribable sense of accomplishment.

Xue Xiang himself didn't expect that all he did was have a meal and take a nap.

Before he could even exchange two words with Ding Chunxia, ​​the cooperation with Kaishan Sect was already settled.

………………

The moonlight is like water, and the autumn wind is like dew.

Xue Xiang greeted Liu Mei and then hid in the alchemy room.

With a single thought, one arrives at the blessed land of Wenxu.

He sat cross-legged on the Wenxu Platform, where he completed a process of guiding a spirit into his body.

Nothing miraculous happened. Cultivating here did not accelerate my progress, nor did it alleviate the pain.

Having confirmed this, he returned to the refinery.

Even though he got the bad luck, he couldn't help feeling anxious.

Although he possesses the Wenxu Terrace, he can break through the realm.

I haven't yet reached the third level of Qi Refining, and I can't even touch the barriers of the third and fourth levels.

He felt that, in the end, he still needed to get his hands on that portrait of the saint from the Faculty of Arts.

With the statue of a sage, the Nebula Overlord Body Technique will be mastered, and the process of drawing spiritual energy into the body will be accelerated.

Having made his decision, Xue Xiang left the Wenxu Blessed Land and returned to the alchemy room.

He left the refining room and saw Liu Mei reading a newspaper in the courtyard, a stack of newspapers bound together.

Xue Xiang took a closer look and found that it was still the Canaan Times, and it was an old newspaper.

"I've also heard from Xun Sizhou that you've had him buy quite a few books lately, but I didn't expect you to be interested in old newspapers now. Can you really stand reading them?"

Xue Xiang sat down opposite her.

Liu Mei handed the newspaper to Xue Xiang, saying, "If you don't believe me, sir, come and test me."

Xue Xiang smiled slightly and put away the newspaper. "I believe you. Sister Mei, are you willing to cultivate?"

Xue Xiang thought that Liu Mei was too idle, so idle that she had started flipping through old newspapers. He remembered that some time ago, he promised that once the family's finances improved, he would let Liu Mei and Xiao Wan cultivate.

Now that the wasteland has been acquired, the future of Suiyangdu is very promising.

Feeling confident about his future, he decided to fulfill his promise ahead of schedule.

Liu Mei nodded vigorously, her body trembling slightly, and whispered, "Our family's money..."

"Enough."

Xue Xiang took out a spirit stone, a nebula box, and a spirit-guiding incantation, and pushed them in front of Liu Mei.
"Sister Mei, starting today, I will teach you how to guide spiritual energy into your body. Later, I will have Xiao Wan practice it too. Don't start practicing first, or you'll fall behind Xiao Wan later."

"My lord, you must not look down on people."

"Is cultivation painful?"

“I’m not afraid of pain? I’m only afraid of becoming a burden to my husband. In the future, as he rises higher and higher in rank, I’m afraid I won’t be worthy to stay by his side anymore…”

When she spoke her mind, her delicate eyebrows turned as red as a cloth.

(End of this chapter)