Only at the Mahayana Stage Does the Reversal System Appear - Chapter 540

Chapter 538: Business Opportunities of the Gu Tribe

“It’s okay. I have food reserves here, imported from other worlds.” Zhang Konghu, truly a good friend of Commander Huang,

pulled out a bag of instant noodles from his storage ring.

Imported from the world of Mingzhong.

Commander Huang: “…”

You guys are enjoying all the delicious food, isn’t it a bad idea for me to eat instant noodles?

Zhang Konghu understood Commander Huang’s meaning from his eyes and pulled out another bag of seafood.

Two bags of instant noodles, braised beef, and seafood, delicious fish and delicious meat.

“Isn’t dining all about the atmosphere? Don’t you feel like something’s missing if I’m not there?”

Commander Huang felt that as a late-stage Fusion cultivator, he was a powerful figure wherever he went, yet why did he have no presence in the Human Emperor Palace?

Zhang Konghu pondered for a moment and asked uncertainly, “Is the atmosphere missing?”

Whenever Commander Huang enjoyed a meal, he couldn’t control his technique, causing a melancholy atmosphere to permeate the surroundings.

Without Commander Huang, everyone enjoyed their meal happily.

“Come on, come on, after dinner, let’s do the ‘Zhuazhou’ ceremony.” Commander Ma cleared the dishes and began to prepare. This was the main event.

The ‘Zhuazhou’ ceremony involves placing items for the child to grab at random. Based on what the child grabs, one can infer what the child’s future will be.

Jiang Li asked, “Why do I remember the ‘Zhuazhou’ ceremony only happening when the child is one year old?”

Commander Ma turned to Commander Zhuo, “Is that so?”

Commander Zhuo was also surprised. “I thought the ‘Zhuazhou’ ceremony was held when the child was a week old. I thought seven days was too young, so we extended it to a month.”

Jiang Li began to worry about the child’s future. This couple had spent centuries studying how to have children, but not how to raise them.

“Everything is ready. It wouldn’t be appropriate not to hold the ‘Zhuazhou’ ceremony. Why don’t we just proceed?” Commander Ma ignored these minor details, clearing the table and setting out various small items.

Brushes, jade flutes, food, medicinal pills…

The baby bared its teeth and claws at Zhang Konghu, vexed by his misdeeds at the table.

Zhang Konghu thought the baby had sensed his kindness and taken a liking to him through his actions at the dinner table, so he started to flirt with the child.

After placing everything, Commander Ma picked up the baby like a carrot and placed him on the dining table.

The baby, not knowing what Commander Ma Zhuo was asking him to do, clutched his pacifier and crawled around on the table.

Commander Zhuo was anxious, unsure of his child’s future.

Commander Ma reassured his wife, “Don’t worry. If he catches a brush, he’ll be a Confucian practitioner. If he catches a jade flute, he’ll be a music practitioner. If he catches food, he’ll be a spiritual chef. If he catches elixirs, he’ll be an alchemist.”

Commander Zhuo remained concerned, “What if he catches nothing?”

Commander Ma thought for a moment and said, “That means he’s not proficient in any of the various arts of cultivation, but he could become a palace master someday.” Commander Zhuo

felt relieved.

However, Commander Ma sensed a murderous aura behind him.

The baby glanced at the brush, tossed it aside in disdain, and then kicked the jade flute, making no effort to pick it up.

Food, elixirs, puppets, rice paper… the baby took none of them.

Finally, he set his sights on a book. Because his hands were too small and lacked strength, he could only grasp a page, lifting the entire book along with it.

The baby smiled happily.

Commander Ma saw the title of the book, and a cold sweat instantly drenched his back.

His son had taken none other than the pornographic book he and his wife had written.

Commander Zhuo squeezed Commander Ma’s shoulder with a forced smile.

She felt her husband needed to explain what had happened today.

“Listen to me, I just accidentally took it out of my storage ring. It was truly an accident!” Commander Ma vowed.

He swore, in all conscience, that he couldn’t have left the pornographic book on the table.

The “Zhuazhou” ceremony was just for fun; no one would take it seriously. Seeing Commanders Ma and Zhuo being affectionate, Jiang Li didn’t bother them. Instead, he found Aisu and discussed the Gu Clan.

“Have the Gu Clan thought of a way out?”

“Yes. With the emergence of the Gu Clan, the first thing they need to solve is money. We’ve already tried this, and the response has been very positive.”

“What is it?”

“It’s summer now. For mortals, industrially mass-produced cooling talismans mean we don’t have to worry about the heat anymore. But summer, besides the heat, presents another problem.”

“What is it?”

“Mosquitoes.”

The mosquitoes of Jiuzhou aren’t ordinary insects, but rather possess the blood of immortal insects. While their cultivation isn’t high, they’re more than capable of evading the palms of mortals.

Some powerful mosquitoes are so quick to react that they’re even faster than cultivators at the ninth level of Qi training.

“We, the Gu Clan, are best at repelling insects, and that naturally includes mosquitoes.”

“The Gu Clan has negotiated with the lords of several cities in the Great Zhou. We’ll be responsible for driving away all the mosquitoes. The lords will pay us a fee, and if the results are good, we’ll form a long-term partnership.”

The evaluation criteria for promotions for officials in the Great Zhou are closely tied to people’s livelihoods.

The Gu Clan’s first partner was the Great Zhou. The Great Zhou valued laws and contracts, so there was no need to worry about reneging. However, if it came from a nearby Wu Kingdom, whether it could pay the full amount of spirit stones was a matter of debate.

“Once our Gu Clan’s reputation grows in the Great Zhou, more cities will contact us.”

Jiang Li nodded gently. The Gu Clan had truly found a good solution. This was a project with great potential, and Jiang Li hadn’t imagined anything else that could compete with the Gu Clan.

If they were to fully establish themselves in Jiuzhou, the spirit stones they would earn would be enough to elevate the entire Gu Clan to a higher level.

“How did you come up with this idea?”

Commander Mu whispered, “Palace Master, you haven’t heard the rumors about the Beast Taming Sect, have you?”

“What’s wrong with the Beast Tamer Sect? They want to reverse their art of taming beasts into a way of taming humans?” Jiang Li’s first reaction was this.

“What art of taming humans?” Commander Mu was puzzled.

“Nothing. Go on,”

Commander Mu continued. “In recent years, the Beast Tamer Sect has been committed to improving the strength of demon beasts. Rumor has it that they consider mosquitoes part of demon beasts, and they want to cultivate mosquitoes that can live year-round and cultivate to the Golden Core and Nascent Soul stages.”

It’s well known that the Beast Tamer Sect’s goals change with each successive leader. As far as Jiang Li knows, historically, the Beast Tamer Sect has proposed a series of goals, including making demon beasts humanity’s best friends, achieving harmonious coexistence between demon beasts and humans, increasing demon beast diversity, and establishing a demon beast protection association. Some have succeeded, others have not.

The Beast Tamer Sect’s current goal is to comprehensively improve the strength of demon beasts.

“I don’t know if this rumor is true or not, but the price of mosquito repellent potions has skyrocketed. After hearing this, we two thought of the Gu Clan’s emergence.”

“…”

Jiang Li felt that the major sects in Jiuzhou truly couldn’t stay idle for a single day.

How idle are you, the Beast Taming Sect, to include mosquitoes in the category of demon beasts?

Did the mosquitoes agree?

(End of this chapter)