I will eventually become a god through sheer hard work.

Xu Mude smiled gently at her and said, "Thank you."

He strode into the lounge alone, without his entourage following him.

After walking up to Xue Jing, Xu Mude cupped his hands in a respectful gesture and smiled sincerely:

"Brother Xue, do you still remember me? Our last meeting was too rushed, and we didn't have a proper chat. I apologize for neglecting you. Xu Mude apologizes on your behalf..."

Xue Jing nodded to him, gestured with his hand towards the chair next to him, and said:

"Mr. Xu, please have a seat."

After Xu Mude sat down, Xue Jing said to Jiang Siwei:

"Sister Wei, Mr. Xu and I need to talk alone for a bit."

Jiang Siwei nodded in agreement, left the lounge, and gently closed the door.

Once only the two of them were in the room, Xue Jing turned his gaze to Xu Mude.

This person is quite adaptable...

When Tuoning Yuantai visited Xu's Biotechnology Company to see the divine relics last time, Xu Mude appeared but did not have any conversation with Xue Jing.

From afar, Xue Jing overheard his conversation with Ning Yuantai and learned that this man was a thorough aristocrat when it came to the attitude of commoners outside the thirteen powerful families.

Judging from his remarks, although most of them are fallacies that cannot withstand close scrutiny, they do contain his own thoughts and ideas, which shows that he is not an ordinary person.

"Mr. Xu, thank you for allowing me to visit Xu's Biotechnology last time."

Xue Jing spoke slowly.

Xu Mude chuckled and said, "No need to be so polite, it was just a small favor... By the way, I haven't congratulated Brother Xue yet. To win the U19 championship at such a young age, Brother Xue has a bright future ahead of him. I watched the competition, and his performance was truly brilliant."

Xue Jing raised an eyebrow: "Oh? Which match do you think I played better, Mr. Xu?"

Xu Mude remained expressionless: "Naturally, it was the two matches with Zhou Yinglin... To be honest, I've been secretly annoyed with Zhou Yinglin for a long time. This guy loves to show off every day, arrogant without realizing it. Brother Xue really helped me get revenge."

Xue Jing remained noncommittal: "Is that so?"

Xu Mude then said with a smile, "By the way, speaking of Zhou Yinglin, Brother Xue, when you finished your second match with Zhou Yinglin, didn't you get something from him...?"

Xue Jing glanced at him, tapped his fingers on the table, and said softly, "You mean... 'The Wind at the Beginning of All Things'?"

Xu Mude's expression remained unchanged: "Brother Xue really knows his stuff. No wonder he's someone that Miss Wu values... Indeed, it is the 'Wind of the Beginning of All Things'."

"To be honest, that's exactly why I came to see you this time..."

"Do you know where Zhou Yinglin got this 'Wind of the Beginning of All Things' from?"

Xue Jing looked curious: "How did you get here?"

He thought to himself, "As expected, Xu Mude came for the Primordial Wind of All Things that he had taken from Zhou Yinglin."

It wasn't a secret that he had this thing; after all, it was a live broadcast, and countless people saw him take the item that Zhou Yinglin had taken from him.

It's funny how Xu Mude stumbled upon the real target by sheer chance.

He spared no expense in sealing off the entire Sky Center, risking countless sums of money and offending countless people to find his own primordial wind, which was also on Xue Jing, though he himself was unaware of it.

Xue Jing remained calm and composed. Since Xu Mude needed his help, he was now at Xu Mude's mercy.

"Brother Xue, do you know about the 'Secret Martial Arts Society'?"

Xu Mude, unaware of Xue Jing's thoughts, smiled and spoke.

"Of course I know," Xue Jing said, narrowing his eyes slightly.

Xu Mude nodded and said, "To be honest, Brother Xue, the Primordial Wind of All Things in your hand was given to Zhou Yinglin by the Secret Martial Society... He thought that you, Brother Xue, could beat him once because of your strength in martial arts, but because of the power of the recipient, so he borrowed the Primordial Wind of All Things from the Secret Martial Society... As it turns out, Zhou Yinglin was wrong."

Xue Jing smiled. "So?"

Xu Mude said softly, "The Secret Martial Arts Society hopes that Brother Xue can return this Primordial Wind of All Things, so they entrusted me to act as an intermediary..."

Xue Jing raised his eyes slightly: "If I'm not mistaken, part of the reason Zhou Yinglin wants to kill me on the stage is because of the instructions from the Secret Martial Arts Society."

He asked curiously, "If that's the case, then the Primordial Wind of All Things was also given to Zhou Yinglin by the Secret Martial Society in order to kill me... How dare they ask me to return it to them?"

The Secret Martial Society is an extreme old martial arts organization established by the Supreme Martial King. Although the Supreme Martial King himself has left, his radical ideas from his early years have remained in this organization.

They view all power systems other than the old martial arts as 'impure' and harbor considerable hostility towards the recipients, cyborgs, and new martial arts practitioners.

Especially someone like Xue Jing, who has extremely high talent in traditional martial arts but has been tainted by the power of other systems... The Secret Martial Society regards him as a waste of his talent and a stain on the glory of humanity, and sees him as a thorn in their side.

Zhou Yinglin was the first target of the Secret Martial Arts Society.

"Wait a minute, Brother Xue, let me explain first."

Xu Mude laughed.

“The actions of the Secret Martial Arts Society were wrong, and they have now realized their mistakes.”

"Brother Xue's talent in traditional martial arts is beyond doubt, and he always followed the rules during the competition, never using any power other than traditional martial arts..."

Xue Jing coughed lightly.

"The Secret Martial Arts Society has realized how valuable you are as a veteran martial arts talent. Who knows, you might become the right-hand man of that Supreme Martial King in the future?"

Xu Mude spread his hands out.

"Furthermore, the Primordial Wind is quite important to the Secret Martial Society's 'daily activities'... As long as you return it to the Secret Martial Society, they guarantee they will not attack you again."

Xue Jing couldn't help but chuckle:

"That's quite an interesting statement."

His voice was tinged with laughter, but his eyes showed no sign of laughter at all.

"They made me give them things on the condition that I 'promise not to interfere again'..."

"Although I have no grudge against you, since I could kill you, and I'm being merciful by not killing you, you have to repay me... Is that what you mean?"

"The logic is very sound, Mr. Xu. Don't you find it quite amusing?"

Hearing the barbed sarcasm in Xue Jing's words, Xu Mude's expression remained unchanged, and he smiled:

"I also think the Secret Martial Arts Society is a bit... but they have enough power and strength, and they've always bullied people like this, there's nothing we can do about it."

"If you don't return the Primordial Wind of All Things to them, the Secret Martial Society will become increasingly hostile towards you in order to reclaim it, and their attacks will become increasingly severe."

"so……"

"Brother Xue, have you considered another way to deal with this problem?"

Finally got to the point.

Xue Jing thought to himself, "This map of the Yan state by the Xu family is far too long."

He feigned curiosity and asked, "Oh? How so?"

Xu Mude smiled and said, "As you probably know, I am in charge of our Xu's Biotechnology Company. The company headquarters also serves as a containment site for some of the divine relics that Xu's has contained."

“I am also extremely interested in divine relics, just like you, Brother Xue… This Primordial Wind of All Things happens to be related to a research project we are currently conducting.”

"Brother Xue, you can sell it to me and get rid of this trouble."

"I'll offer 10 billion, what do you think?"

Xu Mude uttered a startling number, but his tone remained unchanged, completely casual, as if he were buying clothes in a shopping mall.

"Of course, for someone like you, just talking about money is too vulgar... Aren't you very interested in divine relics? I heard from the Sixth Agency that your dream is to touch all the divine relics?"

Xu Mude chuckled.

“When you visited our Xu's Biotechnology last time, you were unable to touch most of the divine relics because they were in closed containment... This time, you can have them as you wish.”

"As long as you sell me the Primordial Wind of All Things, you can touch and handle any of the divine relics within the Xu Clan's Creatures as you please, and I can even give you ten of them... How about it?"

"This way, I can get rid of this huge problem and deal with the Secret Martial Arts Society myself, while also gaining a lot of benefits... Isn't this a good deal?"

Xu Mu's words were enticing; he felt that having said this much, he was almost certain of success.

Unexpectedly, Xue Jing shook his head indifferently and sighed:

"Mr. Xu, your proposal is very tempting, but unfortunately... it's a bit too late."

I've already fucking explored all that stuff in your house, didn't expect that, did you?

Now that the rice in the rice jar had long been gone, the divine relics within Xu's biological artifacts held no appeal for Xue Jing whatsoever.

As for money, needless to say.

Xue Jing already has a billion in his pocket, so the money is more than enough for him. Whether he has a billion or a hundred billion makes no difference.

I thought Xu Mude might come up with something amazing... but there's nothing exciting about him at all.

Xue Jing thought this to himself, but he couldn't say it out loud.

He said, "Unfortunately, this item no longer belongs to me... It was reserved by my Miss Wu a long time ago."

When faced with a problem, blame Buddha.

Want it? Go ask Buddha Youqing for it.

Ever since realizing how awesome Wu Youqing was, Xue Jing found it easy to do things like picking up ghost money and putting it into the temple's donation box.

"Miss Wu?" Xu Mude was taken aback.

Xue Jing said softly, "Well... my boss, Ms. Wu, has specifically instructed me that this Primordial Wind of All Things must be brought back to her, and there cannot be any mistakes."

"If Mr. Xu wants it, he should discuss it with her... I can't make that decision."

Xu Mude slowly stood up, his expression shifting between light and dark.

I thought it was a sure thing... but this unexpected turn of events has occurred.

Wu Youqing...

The thought of that name sent chills down his spine.

This is no easy person to deal with; although she is a young girl, she is a formidable figure.

The Thirteen Great Houses are divided into nine surnames and thirteen families. Among them, four families are particularly special and are known as the "Four High-Ranking Families".

The Wu family was one of them.

After the death of the 'god', the political situation in various countries around the world became turbulent. After the new era of China re-established its nation, no one outside the four major clans has ever sat in the highest position for nearly three hundred years.