Chapter 1229

After teaching them the techniques and watching them practice once, Fang Qiu turned around and left.

Outside the wine factory…

Fang Qiu phoned Li Ji immediately.

“Hello?”

Li Ji answered the phone quickly, his voice coming from the other end of the line.

“It’s me.”

Fang Qiu responded and continued, “I have something to tell you.”

“Go ahead.”

Li Ji nodded in response.

“I’m going to cancel the top leaders’ wine orders.”

Then, before Li Ji could ask, Fang Qiu explained, “I’ve thought it over. Drinking, after all, is not suitable for the army. Recently, I’ve been studying a kind of super pill that can assist in one’s cultivation. When I succeed, I’ll supply some to the country.”

“Of course, before I develop the super pills, Heaven Dew will still be delivered to you as scheduled.”

On the other end of the line…

Li Ji paused for a while and said with a wry smile, “Oh, you’ll offend many people this time. It’s not easy for our people in the army to drink legally, but you’re going to take that pleasure away from them just after a few days?”

“Er… Or, let’s forget about the pills then?”

Fang Qiu asked in embarrassment.

“Don’t.”

Li Ji hurriedly said, “Since they are called super pills, they must be good stuff. I believe the brothers in the army will understand your painstaking efforts to help them improve. Don’t worry about anything else. Just focus on developing your super pills. Before these pills come out, I’ll let everyone know in advance so they can cherish the last wonderful moments to savor the wine in the army.”

“Okay.”

Fang Qiu nodded knowingly.

“Thank you.”

Li Ji continued gratefully, “Your super pills will greatly improve the strength of martial arts practitioners in our army. Let me thank you personally and also on behalf of our comrades and our country.”

“It’s my pleasure.”

Fang Qiu beamed and nodded.

“By the way, there is another thing.”

After thanking him, he immediately turned to Fang Qiu and said, “The news that you defeated a guru has spread all over Wulin and abroad.”

“From the current situation, the other countries are not perturbed about it. On the world underground-force forum, most forces have announced that they would avoid conflicts with you. But your resounding victory over a guru must have attracted the attention of some big shots. In addition, you have made a name for yourself in the world. I’m afraid that those topnotch experts living undercover worldwide and some national forces may have targeted you.”

“Also, the higher-ups specifically told me to remind you: be more careful when you go abroad in the future.”

With this…

Fang Qiu was a little surprised.

To his great surprise, not long after the battle, the news had been spread abroad. The news traveled much faster than he had thought.

“Alright, I understand.”

Fang Qiu nodded knowingly and hung up the phone.

He arrived at the airport in Longquan.

Fang Qiu bought a ticket to Beijiang and returned to the cultivation base.

This trip…

It took him only three hours.

Fang Qiu arrived at the cultivation base early in the morning.

Upon his return…

Fang Qiu found that the construction of the new base was almost finished. Even his and He Xue’s offices had been demolished and moved to the new building complex.

The newly-built cultivation base was four times larger than before and looked exceptionally spacious.

After the completion of the construction work, there were still many things to do.

Thus, He Xue stayed up till the small hours of the day and was busy directing the relocation work of the new base.

“It is indeed much more spacious.”

He arrived at the new base and saw He Xue giving instructions to others on the setup of the place, Fang Qiu immediately walked up to her and said, “Thank you for your hard work.”

“Why did you come back so late?”

Fang Qiu’s appearance startled He Xue.

“I hurried back by the last flight yesterday.”

Fang Qiu flashed a smile and asked, “Oh, one more thing, what about the underground warehouse and my jade stones?

“All done.”

He Xue pointed in the direction of the warehouse. “Let me take you there.”

Afterward…

She muttered that Fang Qiu might not find the way if he did not come back soon and then led Fang Qiu to the innermost wall of a very neat and wide warehouse.

Then she stretched out her hand and pushed.

The wall moved backward by over one meter, which revealed an underground entrance more than one meter wide. It was sealed by a stone slab that resembled a floor tile, and there seemed to be some mechanism that had been installed. When He Xue pressed the slab, it immediately opened and revealed a flight of stairs that led deep underground.

“Here it is.”

He Xue said, pointing to the underground warehouse.

“So awesome?”

Fang Qiu was stunned by the setup He Xue had put together.

Initially, he just wanted an ordinary underground warehouse to store some precious items, but he never expected He Xue to construct such an impressive underground warehouse.

“So, the previous underground warehouse hasn’t been demolished. Right?”

Suddenly, Fang Qiu hurriedly asked, thinking of the little puppet.

“Not yet. We’re waiting for you to come back.”

He Xue said, “Your items are still in the underground warehouse. No one dared to touch any of them, so we just left them there and didn’t dismantle the warehouse yet. We’re waiting for you to come back and decide how to deal with it.”

“Well.”

After thinking for a while, Fang Qiu said, “I’ll go there tonight and transfer everything over. Tomorrow, you can ask others to begin the construction. The warehouse occupies a large area, so we should make full use of it.

“Okay.”

He Xue nodded and replied, “There is still a lot of equipment being transported, so I’ll have to get to check on them. Call me if you need anything.”

“Okay.”

Fang Qiu nodded.

After He Xue left, he walked into the underground warehouse.

“Damn, it’s so big!”

Fang Qiu was shocked by the size of the warehouse.

At this moment…

In the innermost corner of the warehouse was a row of three-story wooden shelves. All the jade pieces he brought back from Zangjiang were neatly placed on the three-story wooden racks.

With a sweep of his Divine Consciousness, Fang Qiu knew that all the jade pieces were intact, and not a single piece was missing.

The important thing was…

These jade stones occupied a large pit outside.

But it only took up one-tenth of the space of this warehouse.

In amazement…

Fang Qiu quickly picked up some jade stones, walked out of the underground warehouse, and went to the old base. From the previous storage place, he took out the small puppet and the fist-sized piece of pure jade stored in a wooden box. After he brought them to the new underground warehouse, Fang Qiu went to the new office area with the scattered jade pieces he had just brought and looked for his office.

Soon…

He found his office at the edge of a cultivation area.

“Not bad. Nice.”

Fang Qiu looked around. Beside his office were He Xue’s office and Zhao Shanlin’s office.

The three offices were arranged in a line. A small area before them had been made into a small garden. But it was not included in the cultivation area because it was too small.

There was a flat road outside the small garden, and on the other side of the road was a vast and brand-new cultivation area.

“Perfect.”

After a brief observation, Fang Qiu felt delighted. Then he scanned around and spotted a small independent place across the road. An idea struck him. Instantly, he walked over and marked off this small plot of land. Then he took out the bits and pieces of jade he brought over, arranged them in different locations according to the terrain, and covered them with soil. By doing all of this, he built up a small terrain. Then, he got some Desert Cistanche seedlings and planted them there with the hope of nurturing them.

He completed the setup at this site.

Without delay, Fang Qiu immediately rushed to the Snow Lotus base at the foot of the snow-capped mountain to do the same thing. Right after planting the Snow Lotuses, he hurried away to deal with the Dendrobe in Nanjiang.

In Huaxia…

Outside the borderline, in a cave hidden halfway up a snow-capped mountain.

“Pa!”

A furious slap sounded.

Electric lamps brightly illuminated the cave.

It was a vast space that resembled the ruins of a military base.

Inside the cave…

Apart from some abandoned military supplies, there were a few olive-colored tables and chairs.

At this moment…

An old man and a middle-aged man were sitting at a table.

Upon closer examination…

The man in a white robe had a great mane of white hair, which made him appear particularly solemn.

The other was in a dark red robe and had some wrinkles on his face and looked rather aged.

“Is our Seventh Brother really dead?”

The middle-aged man in the red robe asked, his eyes narrowed.

“Yes.”

The middle-aged man in a white robe nodded and said, “This is the reliable news that our organization has received. All the five gurus who participated in Seventh Venerable’s operation were killed. We have lost seven gurus in total, plus the one who died in Zangjiang and Seventh Venerable. Leaders of our organization were in a towering rage, so they sent me to contact you.”

“Seventh Venerable was just too careless.”

With a smile, the red-robed elder said. Looking toward the middle-aged man in the white robe, he added, “Don’t you think so, Eighth Venerable?”

“Sixth Venerable, you’re right.”

Eighth Venerable nodded and immediately reprimanded in a cold-blooded manner, “This time, Seventh Venerable attacked without authorization and caused a great loss to our organization!”

“He’s dead.”

Sixth Venerable shook his head. His smiling face suddenly froze, and a cold light flashed in his eyes as he said, “This time, we lost heavily. But anyway, John Doe has been making remarkable progress by leaps and bounds, so we can never let him become any stronger!”

“In particular, we can’t mess up our original intention because of John Doe.”

“The higher-ups sent you here to replace Seventh Venerable and cooperate with me to accomplish the Africo plan.”

“Now, let’s start the plan!”

With this…

Sixth Venerable stood up and roared with vicious laughter. Then he waved his hand toward a few subordinates dressed in neat fighting uniforms who stood four to five meters away.

Early the following day…

Fang Qiu had booked a four o’clock flight in the morning. When he arrived in Nanjiang and finished everything, it was six in the morning.

“Beep!”

As soon as Fang Qiu sat in the office, his cell phone rang.

He was familiar with this sound — it was the WeChat newsfeed on his phone.

Fang Qiu casually picked the phone up to check it.

The headline immediately attracted Fang Qiu’s attention: “Highly Contagious Ebala Virus Identified in Africo is Spreading Fast!”