Li Yao was nestled in the depths of the old and ragged spring seat of the cart comfortably. He was observing the Floating Orchid Domain outside of the window, calculating the design of the Unparalleled Extension for Sand Scorpion, and listening to Wu Zhengyang's report on his work. "Hum."
Wuma Zhengyang was like a human-shaped crystal processor. He recited hundreds of numbers, agreements, and regulations in ten seconds. If an ordinary person were to listen to him, they would only hear humming noises that sounded like bees flying around. Only experts such as Li Yao could receive the complicated information that he sent by pouring spiritual energy into their eardrums.
Wuma Zhengyang was seventy-seven years old this year. He was an admin-type Cultivator and Wu Mayan's grandfather.
He did not have a son. When Wu Mayan's father was still alive, the two of them had been very close. He had practically watched Wu Mayan's father grow up.
After Wu Mayan's father passed away, there was a lot of internal strife in the Wu family for the inheritance. Naturally, Wuma Zhengyang had to protect the interests of Wu Mayan's father. But in the end, he was squeezed out of the core of the family by several juniors and sent to a desolate space town at the edge of the Cross Wind Space Zone to explore a new market.
After Li Yao arrived in the Cross Wind Space Zone and was involved in the internal strife of the Wu family, he naturally invited the old man back and made him the leader of the Wu family and the CEO of the Glorious Sunlight Group.
It was needless to say that Wuma Zhengyang was grateful and awed by Li Yao. Take today for example. Li Yao had only asked him to pick up Li Yao alone and not to be too ostentatious. But as it turned out, the great CEO had carried out Li Yao's order meticulously, dressing like a retired teacher and driving the most common cart. It was already hard enough for him.
Li Yao did that not because he was being pretentious but because he did not want to waste time.
If the Glorious Sunlight Group were to send out a large fleet to pick up Li Yao, he would know. With the influence of the Glorious Sunlight Group in the Cross Wind Space Zone right now, there would be quite a few welcome parties in which the leaders and elders of many sects would be invited.
A reception would take two hours. After a few of them, one day would be wasted.
The path of cultivation. Like rowing a boat against the current, if one did not advance, one would fall back. Not to mention a day, even if it was a second, Li Yao was not willing to waste it.
It was exactly because he seized every "one second" that other people didn't care about that he was able to reach the ultimate height of the Building Foundation Stage before he was twenty-five years old, and his combat ability was even higher than that of many Jin Dan experts!
Today, Wuma Zhengyang came to pick him up, and the journey took more than half an hour. So, he learned the latest situation of the Glorious Sunlight Group clearly without wasting any time.
"Guild Leader, we've arrived."
Wuma Zhengyang said respectfully.
Li Yao's official position in the Glorious Sunlight Group was the chairman of the board of directors.
President, Chief Executive Officer, and the like sounded very awe-inspiring and domineering. This was the so-called "domineering CEO"!
But in reality, whether you were the president or the CEO, you were all high-ranking employees. He was just working for someone else.
The chairman of the board of directors was the real owner of a corporation. No matter how domineering the CEO was, the chairman of the board of directors could just cough lightly and dismiss him.
Li Yao calmed himself down and looked into the distance.
They had reached the edge of the Floating Orchid Domain. Deep blue mist was floating in the area all year round, like orchids floating in midair. It was like a paradise on earth. Nothing could be more beautiful.
As far as Li Yao's eyes could see, buildings were being built everywhere.
At the periphery, almost a hundred tubes of spiritual energy were being built, which would deliver abundant spiritual energy to the place and spray it into the air. An 'artificial paradise' was being built.
On the ground, factories that were as magnificent as palaces had been established. The factories, which were arranged randomly like a chessboard, were mainly divided into four areas.
The first area was the ore refining center, which would refine the raw minerals shipped from Iron Plateau into high-purity crystals after it was built.
The second area was the logistics center. Many resources that could not be refined in the Floating Orchid Domain would be gathered in this place and shipped to every corner of the Flying Star Sector.
The third area was the magical equipment factory. Thirty-two assembly lines had been established in the first phase of the project. In the future, magical equipment such as the Combat Ability Detector and the Aurora Chain Gun would be manufactured in this place on a large scale, and there would be no need to ask other sects to produce for them.
In Li Yao's mind, this place would even be built into a super magical equipment factory that could produce Crystal Suit on a large scale one day.
The fourth area was a magical equipment testing field, which only met the needs of the corporation right now. In the future, it would be able to accept the large magical equipment produced by other sects, too.
There were three floating mountains floating in the sky above the rows of buildings. All of them were built in a classical style, as if they were real mountains that had been cut off from their roots and were floating in the air. The mountains rose and fell, and strange peaks appeared one after another. There were exotic flowers and plants, and waterfalls. It was a beautiful sight to behold.
Li Yao knew that the three floating mountains each had their own secrets.
One of them was the Glorious Sunlight Refining Center.
One of them was a large training camp that could accommodate three thousand people at the same time. Soon, countless qi-trainers of Iron Plateau would enter the training camp and learn the skills of space combat. They would become the exclusive guards of the Glorious Sunlight Group in the future.
The last one was the 'headquarters of the Glorious Sunlight Group'.
Both on the ground and in the sky, people were coming and going. Hundreds of shuttles were shuttling back and forth like butterflies among flowers.
"This is … my Glorious Sunlight Group!"
Li Yao took a deep breath and mumbled to himself.
Even with his level of cultivation, when he saw the rising sun and the rising sun, he couldn't help but feel a ripple in his heart, unable to control himself.
He was well aware that 90% of the funds to build the industry did not belong to him but to the Cross Wind Union Bank and the major banks in the few space zones nearby who had high hopes for the Glorious Sunlight Group.
He was well aware that he was only the biggest shareholder of the Glorious Sunlight Group and that most of the support came from the Wu family, the Sha family, and the sects large and small in the entire Cross Wind Space Zone.
He was well aware that the rapid expansion of the Glorious Sunlight Group was mainly because he had been the link between Iron Plateau and space and the support of Iron Plateau.
But deep inside his heart, he could not help but feel boundless ecstasy.
"Ten years. It's only been ten years!
"Ten years ago, I was still a scavenger in the Tian Yuan Realm who didn't have enough food to fill my stomach. In my precarious days, a few brawny men with iron rods were enough to beat me up and make me run for my life!
"Today, ten years later, I've already … one step after another. I've walked so far and so high! "
Li Yao's heart was shaking. Suddenly, he saw a lot of illusions.
He seemed to see tens of thousands of people on the left and right sides of the spacious square in front of him.
The people on the left side were all wearing white clothes. They were the employees and partners of the Glorious Sunlight Group. They bowed at him deeply and shouted at the same time, "Greetings, chairman!"
The people on the right side were all wearing black armor and brimming with killing intent. They were all qi-trainers from Iron Plateau. They bashed their breastplates at the same time and shouted, "Sand Scorpion! Sand Scorpion! Sand Scorpion! "
He seemed to see that, as the communication between Iron Plateau and space deepened, the Glorious Sunlight Group grew larger and larger. Soon, it would swallow the sects large and small in the Cross Wind Space Zone and establish a super sect. It would also build the Cross Wind Space Zone into the most prosperous and developed space zone of the Flying Star Sector!
He seemed to see … The rise of the Glorious Sunlight Group in the near future was like the rising sun and the retreating moon. Even Heavenly Saints City was eclipsed by it.
He seemed to see that one day … He was standing in the middle of the three floating mountains of the Glorious Sunlight Group, which were ten times larger than they were today.
In front of him, the leaders and elders of the six sects of Heavenly Saints City and the various space zones of the Flying Star Sector all lowered their noble heads. They held their breath and waited for his command.
He looked down at the crowd of heroes from above. He was smug and was about to open his mouth when suddenly, a black light flew over from afar and pierced his neck!
Alarmed, he tried to dodge out of instinct. But in the past few years, he had devoted most of his time to the development of the Glorious Sunlight Group and had spent much less time on his personal training. His Cultivation had stagnated for a long time, and he failed to dodge the attack.
"Shua!"
His giant head rotated in midair. After a long time, he finally locked onto a black shadow whose face he could not see clearly.
However, he somehow knew that it was an assassin from the Temple of Immortals.
"Ahhh!"
Li Yao moaned and woke up abruptly. He felt that his forehead was being pricked by needles, and the hallucination of his dream was still vivid in his mind.
He rubbed his forehead softly and glanced at the time, only to discover that only three seconds had passed.
"That was close. I was almost mentally deranged!"
Li Yao took a long breath in relief. He knew that he had been tempted by the thriving Glorious Sunlight Group and had almost been led astray.
The computational ability of a Cultivator was hundreds if not thousands of times higher than that of an ordinary person.
Faced with temptations, the imagination of an ordinary person was very short. They would only have a vague impression at best.
For example, if an ordinary person saw a beautiful woman on the street and fantasized about spending time with her, it would only take him several seconds to think about it. It was impossible for him to figure out which hotel they were going to, which room they were going to, the layout of the room, and what brand of safety tools they were going to use.
Cultivators, on the other hand, could mobilize enormous computational ability. In the blink of an eye, they could fantasize endlessly. Just by glancing at a beautiful woman on the street, they could imagine every crease.
If their willpower was not strong enough, they would be obsessed with the illusions that they created.
It was also the reason why Cultivators were prone to mental derangement.
"Thankfully, I woke up at the last moment.
"If I had been bewildered by the glamorous view in front of me and devoted part of my attention to the development of the Glorious Sunlight Group, the Glorious Sunlight Group might have been able to thrive, but my own capability would've been affected.
"Wake up. I must wake up!
"The source of my strength is myself! The Glorious Sunlight Group is just a tool for me to collect resources. I must not put the cart before the horse! "
Li Yao closed his eyes and took a deep breath again.
He slowly opened his eyes, which were as clear as water. The confusion just now was gone.
The Glorious Sunlight Group in front of him, which was as large as an independent kingdom, was no different from the sand castles that children built on the beach.
"The path that I want to walk is not here."
Li Yao's eyes pierced through the headquarters of the Glorious Sunlight Group and stared at the sky. Above the blue clouds.
Above the blue clouds were the boundless stars.
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