"It might boost reception." the CEO shrugged. "He might have been the perfect fit if you possibly hadn't mistaken him for me, right?" Li Yang hadn't exactly confirmed it yet with the System, and he might have been wrong, but the reaction of both Bo Lifen and the Panda had made him consider it.
Not that it mattered much now.
"... You'd be dead by now if we were to change." the Panda clicked its tongue. "Maybe if you piss me off, I'll do just that."
A light smile curled on his face, "I suppose that now seems like a proper threat." Did the creature truly have such authority on him like that? He didn't think so, but it was better to be on the safe side..
"Of course, it was!" the creature growled at him and raised a paw. "Have you forgotten when I first punched you? Don't get cocky, Mister CEO. Between the two of us, I could crush you to a pulp!"
The man coughed lightly and nodded, "Yes, I remember that—it's been quite awhile since I've got hit. I shall be retiring now so I'd appreciate it if you do not follow me."
"Eh? But we've already seen it—what's there to be shy about?"
He picked up the mug from off the dining table and washed it. He didn't bother giving a reply and simply checked the clock in the kitchen. Somehow despite the late hour, his brother wasn't anywhere to be found. Did his text already scare the man away? He didn't think that he said anything that would tip him off.
While he might consider his bout in gaining charm points a great success—there were other things he had to consider like Luo Ju Di and the child, running his company and trying to gather his strength. And Li Yang didn't exactly have much time on his hands now, even with the spare time offered to him without any mission.
[ Date The Secretary - Interlude ]
[ Difficulty Level: Easy ]
[ Status: Completed ]
[ Interlude Time: 26 days and 18 hours remaining ]
Such a thing like this would be gone in a flash.
The man headed back to his room and prepared for the night. Unlike before, there were no more occasions of the Panda barging in to ask him to strip for a hundred thousand charm points—and if that was an opportunity missed, he had placed something else more valuable than it.
He would do things his way.
.
.
.
Another new day came for the man and his first hour would be spent on meditation. He did not go to the rooftop this time but had only opened the windows to allow fresh air to come inside his room, and so while sitting in a lotus position, began to cultivate.
[ Moderate Qi Levels ]
[ Absorbing Qi in Surroundings ]
[ Distributing Through Meridian Channels ]
1 cycle.
2 cycles.
3 cycles.
4 cycles.
5 cycles.
[ Cultivation: Qi Condensation - Stage One (???/???)]
Li Yang rubbed his eyes tiredly and checked his watch—he had spent fifty minutes in a meditative state to gather and refine the qi available, but the System did not show him his progress at all. It was rather unhelpful, but it did mean that he could still do something about growing stronger… if slower than simply purchasing the next stage.
The man checked his Status Screen.
[ Gender: Male ]
[ Age: 28 ]
[ Cultivation: Qi Condensation First Stage (1/9) ]
[ Constitution: None ]
[ Bloodline: None ]
[ Roots: Low-Level Roots ]
[ Fame: Olympian Corp: 990 ]
[ Sect: None ]
[ Cultivation Methods ]
[ Harem Cultivation (Mortal) ]
Power: Extremely Weak-Divine Grade
Comprehension: Beginner (10/32)
Stage: Qi Condensation (1/9)
[ Martial Arts Methods ]
None
[ Skills ]
None
His stage in cultivation didn't change but his comprehension continued to grow—and that was without purchasing the available scripture. Li Yang didn't have much time to check and purchase it now as the man reached for his phone and started on the next tasks, related to his work rather than cultivation.
And yet there was a sense of some satisfaction at the portion about his Spiritual Root, or Roots in this case. Initially claimed to have no roots at all, not even one, Li Yang would turn out to have much more than one.
"Not that having more than one root is a good thing either." A sheaf of papers were laid across his bed, the documents had underlines and highlights of things that Li Yang considered to be vital to remember and one of them being the most common way of cultivation. "And with no indicator of what attribute my roots are…"
It wasn't like he could pursue being a cultivator who uses a Heavenly Burning Cultivation Method if he were to discover he had fire roots—the man probably could do it, but cultivating two methods would be time consuming. And he had no other cultivation method on hand. "I might be able to obtain something from the Black Market or Shen Society…"
Li Yang finished the bank transaction of sending a good sum to the bank account of the Yuan's Store—which incidentally had official papers to receive money. The shopkeeper had spoken interest in receiving shares of stock in his company, but acquiesced to cash. Once he was finished with that, the man then prepared to actually head to his office.
The CEO would leave his house at approximately 6:30am with the Panda creature in tow.
A soft yawn escaped the creature as it scratched its cheek, "Seems like you're energetic this time around—did you have breakfast? Or was it because of last night?"
"I have a lot to do, I can't waste much time." he said and stepped into his car, revving the engine to leave his house. With no brother yet in sight, he couldn't help but wonder where the man headed to, but Liang could handle himself.
"What's on your agenda today then?" the Panda frowned. "Will you try talking with your secretary or handle the thing with that brat and her mother? Both?"
The CEO glanced at it, before his vehicle eased into the road. "Do I have to give you a memo?"
"I was just asking!"
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Author Note: Balancing all four elements (CEO, Cultivation, Harem, System) is a bit tough, we might get some mini time-skips too and whatnot. Thanks for reading today's chapters!
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