Translator: AL_Squad Editor: Chrissy

Non-Phase Peak, Spirit Sword Mountain, Blue River Region. A magnificent palace towered over the lush green immortal plant that surrounded it.

More than ten years ago, this was a desolate place. A dilapidated house stood lazily on top of the bare mountain. The valuable things on the mountain had basically been traded in exchange for money by the owner. However, since Wang Lu became the number one person in Nine Regions, his home place naturally became different from the past.

Even if it was not done deliberately, there were too many people in Nine Regions who knew about it such that, even if it was not allowed to curry favor with the number one person in Nine Regions, but in private, they did the arrangement as a foreshadowing. Therefore, the chamber of commerce of the Mysterious Heaven Mansion, led by Qing Feng Commercial Company offered to renovate the Non-Phase Peak for free. The enthusiasm and vigor for the offer was hard to be rejected by the Sect Leader Feng Yin, so he could not help but allow them. In just a few months, the Non-Phase Peak was renovated to such a state that Wang Wu, who occasionally returned to the mountain during this period, was unable to find her home even after circling around the peak for seven or eight times…

Unfortunately, the new Non-Phase Peak built by Qing Feng Commercial Company with a large sum of money didn’t really come into use. After trying to sell Non-Phase Peak fruitlessly for several times, the original owner Wang Wu was banned from returning to the peak by the Sect Leader. Her home then was moved to a bare ‘Non-Phase Peak Replica’, which was newly opened in Spirit Sword Mountain. However, Wang Lu spent most of his time in the Southern Heaven Region for special training and firecore separation, so his own time was limited. However, occasionally, he would take a break here from his busy schedule.

Like now.

“Master, the bath is ready, you can use it at any time.”

The maid with simple clothes but elegant demeanor guides the way for the master of this place with graceful posture. Each step of her walk was just right. Neither she overstepped the duties of the maid, nor shamed the palace and its noble master. This was an excellent maid who has been strictly trained, and could only be trained by the best institutions. Although she was just a maid, in many cases, she was often more valuable than a king in the mortal world. However, at this moment, although her pace was not disordered, her heart was nervous and about to faint.

Behind her, the man who followed her casually was the number one person in Nine Regions, who had done countless miracles and legendary exploits. Even if it was just a letter missing in a word, it could cause rising winds and turbulent clouds among the top characters… In front of such a person, even the maid who had experienced the most rigorous training can hardly calm down.

Until Wang Lu was led to the bathroom, the maid almost couldn’t smoothly ask him if he needed to be served. However, Wang Lu waved his hand to signal her to withdraw, and thus, she was finally saved from letting out a gaffe. When the maid’s hand covered her chest and stepped back, Wang Lu casually took off his clothes in the bathroom and entered the bath.

The water was the ancient spring water transported from the faraway Kunlun Immortal Pond. The bottom of the bathtub was covered with deep molten rock of Royal Soldier Mountain, and the specialty One Hundred Grass of Shennong (Farmer God, creator of agriculture) of Eastern Border Region was soaked in water. The cost of each use of this bathroom was enough to make a low level cultivator lose his fortune. However, this was only a trivial detail in the palace.

After the Union of Ten Thousand Immortals issued the eight regulations on strengthening the construction of the Immortal Cultivation style, similar luxury had been very rare in the management of the Union of Ten Thousand Immortals. Even cultivators who were used to enjoying luxury would not disobey the will of the senior officials of the Union of Ten Thousand Immortals. Even Daoist Hetu set an example and began to live a simple life. All the saved resources were invested in the war efforts against the Fallen Immortals…

At this time, the palace of Non-Phase Peak was naturally striking, but few people on the continent dared to openly raise objections. Wang Lu was simply special. Whether he was willing to admit it or not, it was already an unquestionable fact. Although Wang Lu himself did not actually want this…

After soaking in the bath for an hour, Wang Lu shook his head and recovered from his trance.

Although he was on vacation now, his heavy official duties did not disappear into thin air. Therefore, although physically Wang Lu was rested, his spirit was still tense. Even in the bath, he had to spend his heart and mind thinking about the next step of the plan… However, relying on the strengthening of the spirit brought by the giant Divine Weapon, the arduous work that required hundreds of people to deal with countless days and nights continuously took him only an hour to complete. And then he really entered his private time.

Which meant his private working hours.

Wang Lu reached out to brush his hand on the calm bath water and suddenly, like a mirror, the water reflected out a strange mountain and river.

“Hey, are you there?”

After a while, Wang Wu’s smiling face appeared on the water surface, but the smile was quickly replaced with a look of surprise.

“Unexpectedly, after not seeing you for a few months, you actually become this bold and unrestrained? Or is it that the budget from the Union of Ten Thousand Immortals has been so tight that you have to sell your body for money?”

Wang Lu impolitely gave her his middle finger and said, “It’s not easy for me to have a personal time here. Don’t talk nonsense, how is the progress there?”

“The progress is excellent!” Wang Wu said with an exultation smile, “I have been in Western Continent for half a month with Qing Feng’s pioneer business group, and have eaten all the famous food in coastal cities! Although they are not as good as that of our top of the line in Nine Regions, they have different flavors. But on the whole, they are not inferior. Previously because of Aya, we held a deep prejudice against them…”

“Get the f*** out of here! Do you think I misappropriate public money just so that you could go on vacation?”

“Oh, don’t be so irritable, I also have my own sorrow… Every day you and that little Loli double cultivate happily, while I can only stay at home alone. Thus, I can only turn my loneliness into appetite…”

Wang Lu was furious, “You bitch, except for the first time, which time did I not take you with me? What’s more, I never have any impressions over the course of the double cultivation. Whatever happened, it’s always unclear to me, but you clearly know it!”

“… All right, let’s get back to business.” Wang Wu pouted and then seriously said, “I have contacted the Golden King and offered an invitation for cooperation. At present, I’m waiting for his reply. But personally, I think there’s not much hope. His situation is not as optimistic as imagined, I’m afraid he can’t even take care of his problem.”

“Wang Lu clicked his tongue and pondered in silence for a while. He then said, “He has been resurrected for some time. By his means, no one in the Western Continent could stop him from ruling over there. Unless he encounters the same predicament as us.”

“Well, in Nine Regions there are Immortals, and over there in Western Continent they have gods, everyone has their own ***… Wait a minute, the messenger from the Golden King has arrived with his reply.”

Wang Lu leaned forward slightly in the bath and said, “How does he say?”

On the other side of the water, Wang Wu was holding a parchment letter with a gloomy expression. A moment later, Wang Wu ignited a true fire on her fingertips and burned the parchment to ashes. Beside her, a golden armored messenger looked at her in surprise and anger. The messenger couldn’t believe that someone dared to burn the letter written by the Golden King.

“Wang Lu, that guy is doing a bit of ‘win an inch, want a foot’ thing. He said that cooperation is possible, but he wants us to show our sincerity… With a marriage.”

“Marriage? Damn it, are everyone in Western and Eastern Continents in heat? We have a runaway couple here and a marriage proposal over there… Who he wants to marry anyway?”

Wang Wu calmly said, “My tour guide this time, Aya.”

“Hahaha! This bitch wants to loot a burning house.”

Wang Wu nodded: “It seems that his situation is much more optimistic than expected. The gods of Western Continent did not put too much pressure on him, which is far from the grim situation over here. So he thought that in this cooperation, he could take the initiative and thus dare to speak up.”

“In a sense, we indeed need the power of Western Continent. It’s true that the providence law in Nine Regions is not effective on the Fallen Immortals, but foreign forces can achieve miraculous effects. This little bit of Holy Light has already been a pleasant surprise for us, but it’s not enough.”

Wang Wu reminded him, “We should be careful when introducing foreign aid.”

“I know, that’s why I sent you there. Now that I have people’s expectations on my back, it’s hard for me to have any real privacy. Some dirty work can only be done secretly by asking you… Since Golden King doesn’t know good from bad, then I want you to give him a lesson. This time you are on a private trip. What you do there has nothing to do with the Union of Ten Thousand Immortals, so don’t hesitate to do it.”

“Don’t hesitate to do it, that’s nice to say. The other party is the Golden King who walks on the path to godhood, what do you expect from me, a Jindan who hasn’t acclimatized to local conditions?”

Wang Lu was silent for a moment and then said, “Please take away the Western Continent network.”

“Take away the network? Now?”

“Yes.”

“… Okay. Give me ten days.”

“I’ll give you a month. The matter of reinforcements is not so urgent. You should start slowly. Don’t leave any regrets.”

“Don’t leave any regrets? If you really want me to not leave behind any regret with the taking of the network, then even a year is not enough… So, for me to truly not have any regret, then remember to give me more money later.”

“Hmph, I’ll give you this Non-Phase Peak after you come back.”

“Hahaha, it’s a deal!”

After that, Wang Lu cut off contact with the Western continent.

This kind of communication immortal method that crossed the endless sea consumed a lot of energy and thus was expensive. But with the help of his giant Divine Weapon, he could freely use it. For other cultivators, the cost of the video call just now, which lasted only a short time, was enough to ruin a family fortune.

In the bathtub, Wang Lu let out a long breath. Next in his schedule was his real private rest time. However, also according to the schedule, it was only two to four hours before the end of this free time.

Looking around, Wang Lu suddenly found that the overall layout of the palace and the detailed carving seemed to suit his taste, but he had not noticed it for several times before.

Did he really want to give such a beautiful palace to Wang Wu? To be honest, he was a bit reluctant… Wait a moment, just now what he said to her was to give the Non-Phase Peak to her, but he didn’t say it included the attached buildings and the vegetations on it! At that time, a perfectly fine Non-Phase Peak was made into a bald peak by her, so why should the added value of the land be transferred for free? Was there such a cheap thing in this world?

After he thought of this, Wang Lu stood up.

“Maid, come here, I’m ready to go!”