Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
âSea Dragon,â Daisyâs face was white. However, she knew that the Sea Dragonâs condition was better than it seemed. The Sea Dragon wasnât in critical condition.
Gao Peng wanted Goldie to hold back. He had just wanted Goldie to beat it up, not to kill it. If it really died, there would be serious repercussions. A lot of disputes would arise.
Gao Peng massaged Goldieâs thigh. âDonât go so overboard next time. It scares people.â
Gao Peng immediately walked towards Daisy.
Daisy nervously shuffled backward two steps. She then determined that Gao Peng wouldnât dare to do anything to her in front of so many people. She bravely stared back at Gao Peng. Her posture made it seemed like she was unyielding, but her eyes were filled with tears.
Gao Peng was speechless. Am I that scary?
Gao Peng said apologetically to Daisy, âMs. Daisy, Iâm sorry for what happened. I can give you a voucher to visit my laboratory. If you choose to, you can come join me at my laboratory.â
Daisy frowned and looked at Gao Peng in disdain. She came from a rich and powerful family in the United Kingdom. She wouldnât need to go all the way to a laboratory in the Huaxia Region.
Gao Peng smiled mildly and decided not to explain further.
Gao Peng believed that he would be able to turn his laboratory into a world-famous destination within the decade. He had predicted that he would win this battle, but he had never expected it to be so much fun.
Using his level 27 Goldie to fight against a level 34 Sea Dragon was like bullying a small child. Of course, Gao Peng knew that the reason why Goldie had been able to win so easily was because he had activated Goldieâs passive ability a few times before the battle started.
This battle gave Gao Peng a very big confidence boost.
As long as he used his abilities properly, he would be able to create top-level, super powerful familiars in his laboratory.
Gao Peng suddenly had an idea. âPerhaps I donât even need to get my hands dirty in the future.â As long as he could form a loyal group of followers, he could ask them to help him with various things. They could be used to catch monsters and find precious materials for him.
He would only need to conduct experiments in his laboratory.
One way to gain a loyal group of followers was to train a familiar that had mind controlling abilities, like the Giant Tarsier. He could use it to control monster trainers.
However, that would pose some problems if these monster trainers were able to escape his control. They would definitely want to destroy Gao Peng. At least, thatâs how it happened in the movies.
Another way was to adopt a group of orphans and train them. He could brainwash them into becoming his loyal followers. When they grew up, they would be willing to die for him. This was a method that had been used since ancient times. During the Qin Dynasty, many of the agents trained by the palace officials had been orphans. This method also had its problems, and one of them was that it required a very long time! It was impossible to get any returns in a short period of time.
The last method was to use his personal charisma to influence others, by making people like him so much that they would be willing to die for him. However, Gao Peng thought that this method was a bit unreliable...
Gao Peng touched his own face. My own charisma... Gao Peng went into deep thought.
All these methods were basically using coercion or emotions to persuade people. The most important thing was that he himself was strong enough in times of danger. This was the safest way.
âSigh, what a bother.â Gao Peng brushed his hair with his hands. He suddenly thought of Huang Ya and the others. They were all willing to sacrifice their lives for Grandpa for one reason or another.
But their loyalty is to Grandpa and not me. Gao Peng was very clear on this distinction.
Gao Peng was at a loss. He scratched his head and decided not to think about this issue for the time being.
Gao Peng arrived at the mountain villa, where he and Zhou Tianmin had a conversation. For Zhou Tianmin, what had happened in the competition was a minor event.
âStay at my house and rest for another two days. Mengmeng doesnât have class in the next few days. Iâll ask her to take you around the city. We have some unique familiars that donât exist in Yuzhou and Changâan. If you want, you can bring some back,â Zhou Tianmin persuaded Gao Peng.@@novelbin@@
âThat wonât be necessary. Thank you, Grandpa Zhou, for the generous offer, but my grandpa hasnât seen me for close to a week. He called me yesterday to ask me to come back quickly.â Gao Peng laughed.
Zhou Tianmin realized that he wouldnât be able to make Gao Peng stay longer. He could only show Gao Peng his regret.
Gao Peng took a private plane back to Yuzhou City the next day.
When he arrived, a car was there to pick him up and take him back to the Southern Sky Groupâs villa.
âMaster Gao.â The security guard who opened the door greeted Gao Peng respectfully.
Gao Peng was a bit astonished. Although the security guards had called him Master Gao in the past, it had always felt a bit forced. He wasnât sure if they were being sincere when they called him that, but now, he could feel that the way they called him Master Gao was completely different from how they had addressed him before.
Itâs true that one needs to be capable in order to gain other peopleâs respect.
He smiled and nodded towards the security guard. He patted Goldie, who was behind him, on the back. âOkay, go and take a rest. Youâve been training ever since you got on the plane. Although training hard is important, itâs also important to get enough rest.â
Goldie shook its head. It stood, dignified, and said, âMaster, I want to become stronger.â
âBecome stronger to...?â
âSo that no one can take away my money again.â
â...â
Gao Pengâs return caused quite a stir. Many of the employees at the Southern Sky Group no longer saw him as a privileged little prince, but as a proper Lord-tier monster trainer.
He was still very young, so people expected him to do great things in the future.
An empire couldnât be held together by only one man. If Ji Hanwu had been the only powerful person in the Southern Sky Group, it didnât matter how strong Ji Hanwu was. If he was suddenly gone, the entire company would collapse. This was how the senior officials in the government and military saw it.
It was like the reign of Emperor Qin Shi Shuang of the Qin Dynasty. He was able to conquer and unite six kingdoms into one dynasty. No one had dared to challenge his authority when he was alive. For as long as he lived, the world was his. No one was able to match his might, and he ruled with an iron fist.
However, when he died, the Qin Dynasty fell into turmoil, and it ultimately collapsed.
This was why it was important to have a strong successor.
A successor that wasnât inferior to Ji Hanwu had emerged at the Southern Sky Group. This had greatly strengthened the companyâs position.
Ji Hanwu was sitting at home waiting for Gao Peng. He had even ordered a cook to make Liangpi, Gao Pengâs favorite food. There were also tangerine sweets on the table.
Just as he placed the rice on the table, his private phone rang.
He took out his phone and frowned. There werenât a lot of people who knew this number. People would only call this number if something major happened.
He picked up the call. âOld Ji, thereâs a situation here... I know that Gao Peng has just come back, but I wouldnât have called you if it wasnât an emergency.â
âI knew that there would be trouble when I saw that it was you who was calling me. Tell me, whatâs the situation?â
âThe things in the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor... theyâve come alive.â
Ji Hanwuâs thick eyebrows raised in shock!