Chapter 487: Death? New Life! (Part 2)
Translator: AstralGhost Editor: Kurisu
A flash of gray shot across the quiet darkness, its speed so fast that it was impossible to follow properly with the naked eye.
Bei Feng’s soul had already fallen into a deep sleep, and his mental power was also slowly recovering.
After drifting through space for an unknown length of time, the mist around Bei Feng’s soul suddenly shuddered and smashed into something.
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Tianmu Planet, a planet with a diameter over a hundred times larger than Earth, was a place where martial cultivation and technology existed side by side.
A huge building that towered beyond the clouds stood at the heart of a county in the Min Prefecture. The building was called a Heaven Connecting Tower, and every city on the planet was built around a Heaven Connecting Tower as the center.
The current era was one where every citizen practiced martial cultivation. After the birth of every child, the child would be put through a series of foundations development program for 108 days to lay down a good foundation for future cultivation.
The technology on Tianmu Planet was already advanced enough to produce energy nutrient fluids which could even replace some low-grade spirit herbs. At the same time, pill refinement had already reached a state where low grade pills could be mass-produced!
The Heaven Earth Lingqi on Tianmu Planet was exceptionally dense; specialized corporations grew low-grade spirit herbs in bulk, while high grade spirit herbs all came from the Heaven Connecting Towers!
The origins and history of the Heaven Connecting Towers were unverifiable, and their presence could be tracked back to hundreds to millions of years back!
A huge Heaven Connecting Tower one million zhang tall stood at the very center of the planet, and was the heart of Tianmu Planet!
Apart from it, there were 36 gargantuan Heaven Connecting Towers, each 100,000 zhang tall. They made for 36 large cities on Tianmu Planet!
After them were 72 large-scale Heaven Connecting Towers which formed 72 medium-sized cities.
Further out was a ring of 365 averagely sized Heaven Connecting Towers 1,000 zhang in height. Each cluster was a small-sized city.
The large numbers of smaller Heaven Connecting Towers which did not reach 1,000 zhang became prefectures and counties. The Heaven Connecting Towers were far from being as simple as what they looked like from the outside. Each of them had a boundless space within them that housed Demonic Beasts, spirit herbs, ores, and so on.
The main controllers of the planet were the Martial Alliance and the government. The Martial Alliance was an organization made up by numerous powerful experts; its entry requirements were extremely harsh. As for the government, they mainly focused on scientific research.
At first glance, the Li Town in the Min Prefecture was huge beyond compare. It could easily house tens of millions of people, and if placed on Earth, it would be a mega-city.
But here, it was only a mere county, and there were thousands of such towns on this planet! There was no need to imagine how amazing the larger cities were!
Li Town was split into 11 sections. Section 1 which held the Heaven Connecting Tower in the center was the core. Sections 2 to 12 were spread out around the tower, fanning out in all directions.
In section 6, in a block of flats that spanned over 10 kilometers, there was the home of the Lu Family.
The Lu Family owned a family-run business corporation worth several billion heaven connecting dollars (HCD). The corporation was mainly focused on the food business, with restaurants as the main source of income.
At this time, inside the Lu household, the pillar of the Lu Family, the old master Lu Qintian, had already been served the death notice.
“I’m truly sorry. It isn’t some ailment that’s affecting the old master—he’d simply reached the limit of his lifespan. I suggest you go back and make arrangements for the funeral. This stalk of ginseng can at most prolong the old master’s life for three more days.”
With net worth of billions of dollars, the Lu Family naturally could afford to hire a private doctor. At this time, Kong Quan was shaking his head as he gave the verdict to the over ten people before him.
“Are there no other methods?” a middle-aged man asked as a domineering aura radiated from his body. This was Lu Liang, Lu Qintian’s eldest son. Lu Liang’s face was now filled with anxiousness.
“The old master’s cultivation talent is very poor and despite eating many kinds of spirit herbs and pills, he’s still at the first layer of the Hundred Year realm. Unless you manage to find a Nature Fruit…”
Kong Quan shook his head and did not continue his sentence. The crowd also fell silent at this. Nature Fruit? That was something that couldn’t be bought even if one had lots of money. Just a single fruit was sufficient to allow a Hundred Year realm cultivator to break through by one layer and obtain 100 more years of lifespan!
The Lu Family was not yet qualified to vie for this kind of miraculous fruit. The moment a treasured spirit fruit like this appeared, it would be snatched away by the large families.
Although the Lu Family had a net worth of several billions, most of it was stuck in their business and assets. Their family’s foundation was too weak, and they were far from being on the same level as the larger family clans.
‘The old master is finally unable to hold on any longer. No matter what, I must vie to get at least a third of the family assets!’
Of the 10-plus people present, not every one was sad about the news. At least for Lu Qintian’s third son Lu Huang, he was beside himself with joy.
Under normal circumstances, there was no way he would ever have the chance to influence the company. At most, he could get a share of the dividends, and it wasn’t a problem to live a carefree life without having to worry about food or clothing. But now that his normally healthy father had collapsed, this was his chance to rise up.
Under the prompting of his wife, Lu Huang stood out and said directly, “Eldest Brother, since our father is not gonna make it, what shall we do about the inheritance?”
“Darned thing, Father has already left a will behind. And even if he hadn’t, you will not get a single cent!”
Lu Qintian’s second son, Lu Baiyu’s face sank at the scoundrely remark, and he directly exploded with rage.
“What? Impossible! Father has already set his will? How come I wasn’t informed?”
Lu Huang’s eyes widened with disbelief. His first thought was that it was a lie. How could such a big issue happen without his notice?
A 20-something-year-old girl stood out and sneered without reserve, “Third Uncle, it’s actually very normal that you didn’t know about this. You only hold some ordinary shares, which allows you a share in the dividends but doesn’t grant any voting rights or involvement in the company’s operations. Did you really think that Grandfather didn’t know what you’ve been doing all these years? If you’re allowed a say in the company, who knows if the company will still belong to the Lu Family or the Zhu Family!”
“Damn brat, you dare to talk to your aunt like this!” Zhu Mei screamed in a frenzy of rage and exasperation.
Just as everyone was bickering, a gray-colored mist appeared soundlessly in the room. However, the crowd seemed not to be able to see it. The gray mist was right before them, but nobody saw it.
The gray mist floated over and directly shrouded the unconscious Lu Qintian. After that, the mist began to seep into Lu Qintian’s body.
After that, Bei Feng’s soul that was in the gray mist shuddered and sank into Li Qintian’s sea of consiousness!
At this point, Bei Feng’s soul was many times stronger than a normal person’s. Li Qintian was also only a weak cultivator at the first layer of the Hundred Years realm. Although his mental power was much stronger than a normal person’s, when compared to Bei Feng, he was like a tiny firefly against the moon!
Lu Qintian’s soul had also reached the limit of its lifespan in this body, and was about to disperse. The moment that Bei Feng’s powerful soul flashed into his sea of consciousness, that soul that was supposed to have been able to last for two or three more days directly collapsed!
Immediately, the soul was absorbed into Bei Feng’s soul. In that instant, large numbers of images and scenes flashed before Bei Feng’s eyes. At the same time, a gray aura rose up from his body!
Countless dense gray mist transformed into thin lines which surged into every vessel and cell in Lu Qintian’s body!
The same went for his brain; the gray mist completely filled every corner of his brains, beginning a complete reformation. This process was so that this body would become completely compatible with Bei Feng’s soul!
It’s wasn’t true that souls would achieve perfect harmony with a body the moment it took over one. If the fusion was not complete, the body and soul would fall into disharmony, and the body would perhaps only be able to reach a certain realm before it would be halted permanantly, forever unable to progress in the martial path!