On July 20th.
Continuous rain enveloped the Taihang Mountains, and the sky, filled with rolling black clouds, resembled a giant beast, accompanied by lightning streaking across the sky like a sword, and deafening thunder.
At this moment, Shen Ping leaned by the window of a dilapidated building, chatting with Li Yuewei on his wristband, "Wife, I'll be back once the rain stops. How's the child? Didn't catch a cold, did he?"
Li Yuewei said, "Don't worry about home. Our parents are taking care of him, and he goes for regular check-ups at the hospital. He's very healthy. It's you, in the Wilderness Area, I can't help but worry. Let me know when you're coming back, and I'll pick you up at the train station."
"Alright, looking at this rain, it's probably going to last a while longer."
The communication ended.
With nothing else to do, he went downstairs to practice his blade techniques.
In the evening.
Distant beast roars and gunshots could be heard. Shen Ping looked through his binoculars and saw a team of martial artists using the rain to hunt high-level Beast Soldiers. Martial artists who dared to go deep into this area were all strong. He stayed still in the building, not because he was afraid of this team, but because he didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble.
The next morning.
The rain stopped.
He quickly packed up and returned along the path he came. When he was close to the military supply base, he notified his wife and asked her to inform Zheng Corporation to come for the material handover.
Approaching noon.
Li Yuewei and Secretary Lin Jing saw Shen Ping fully armed, his bulging combat backpack behind him especially noticeable.
"Did you eat at the military supply base?"
"No, I just ate some compressed biscuits."
Shen Ping grinned.
Li Yuewei, feeling a little distressed, used a tissue to wipe Shen Ping's travel-worn face. "Let's go back to the company. Eat first."
The company originally didn't have a dining hall, but with its recent expansion, it specifically rented another building next door, and the dining hall was set up on the second floor. Shen Ping was indeed hungry; he wouldn't carry too much food into the Wilderness Area, mostly just compressed biscuits and high-calorie items.
He ate ravenously.
Li Yuewei watched him, peeling an eggshell in her hand. "Eat slowly, no one's snatching it from you."
As soon as he finished eating.
The people from Zheng Corporation arrived.
"Mr. Shen, these are the documents for the previous contract handover, including the shares and the Lishui District Villa. I've been very busy these days, please forgive me, Mr. Shen."
Shen Ping took the materials and handed them to the company's legal consultant. After confirming that the procedures were in order, he led the people from Zheng Corporation to the warehouse.
After appraisal.
Confirming it was Lord-level monster material, the person in charge of Zheng Corporation smiled. "My father went to the Kyoto Base City. He just called me and said he hopes our Zheng Family's cooperation with Pingwei Materials Company can continue indefinitely."
Shen Ping extended his hand and shook hands with the eldest son of the Zheng Family. "Naturally."
After the people from Zheng Corporation left.
Li Yuewei snorted, "What a two-faced person. If we hadn't provided the monster materials, they would have definitely dragged out the contract procedures indefinitely."
"It's business, profit comes first, it's normal."
Shen Ping didn't care about this small matter and instructed Secretary Lin, "Go to the government and complete the procedures as soon as possible."
"Yes, Mr. Shen."
Secretary Lin Jing was very efficient, completing all the procedures in one afternoon. Of course, it wouldn't be this fast for an ordinary person, but since Pingwei Materials Company cooperates with the military, the Base City government naturally wouldn't deliberately delay.
On the way back to the Nanyuan Community in the evening.
Li Yuewei said, "Husband, I heard there's a medicine in America called 'Water of Life' that can regrow severed limbs. It costs a lot of money. The current funds in the company's account, plus what you've saved from going to the Wilderness Area these past two or three years, amount to over ten billion. Let's not touch this money for now; we'll save it to buy the Water of Life."
"Also, the Lishui District Villa given by the Zheng Family is quite valuable, and we don't need to live in it, so let's sell it."
Shen Ping didn't expect his wife to still be worrying about this. He felt a surge of emotion and smiled, "Wife, there's no need for this. Spend the money when you need to, don't be frugal. As for my severed arm, besides the Water of Life, there are other ways it can regrow. After October, I'll go abroad with that senior, and perhaps I'll find the herbs to restore my arm."
Going abroad was something he had planned long ago.
During the Great Nirvana period, many martial artists rose rapidly, such as Hong, the Global strongest, and Thunder God, the second strongest, who both grew to surpass the God of War level within a few years. They relied on ancient ruins and various treasures like the essence of vegetation. Although many years have passed and Global resources have been almost entirely divided, there are still undiscovered places.
Therefore, using the excuse of going abroad to coincidentally discover the essence of vegetation or a ruin is entirely feasible.
"There are other ways?"
Li Yuewei was stunned. She didn't know much about this, and the only reason she knew about the Water of Life was because Pingwei Materials Company's reputation was gradually spreading.
"Yes."
Shen Ping said seriously.
Seeing this.
Li Yuewei didn't say anything more, but she secretly decided to save money for her husband.
Back home.
Shen Ping took a deep breath, suppressed his distracting thoughts, and opened the virtual frame.
A line of text indeed appeared on it.
"Your family has established a foundation in the China Base City, its industries have surged, taking a solid and powerful step towards prosperity."
"Reward: Space Wristband, one mu ya crystal, three portions of essence of vegetation."
"Additional Reward: One gene potion crafting recipe (improved version, no side effects)."
Seeing the rewards.
He was first startled, then became excited.
He didn't expect this reward to be so generous. Not only was there a mu ya crystal, but also a Space Wristband, which was a very rare item. With it, he would no longer have to worry about wasting Beast Soldier-level materials when hunting monsters in the Wilderness Area.
In addition to this.
There was even an additional reward.
This made Shen Ping overjoyed.
A gene potion crafting recipe, and one with no side effects. If he could utilize it well, the Shen Family would definitely quickly rise to the ranks of conglomerates. One must know that the reason those core conglomerate families of the HR Alliance could dominate the economy was primarily because they had formed industrial monopolies in wristbands and other areas.
"A solid and powerful step… It seems this is a higher family prosperity evaluation than 'a big step'."
His gaze fixed on the text in the virtual frame.
He suppressed his excitement and began to ponder carefully. Each family prosperity evaluation was crucial, and only by understanding the pattern could he improve step by step.
"The 'industrial surge' should mean the company's profit reaching the ten billion level, but the 'foundation' mentioned earlier is probably the main reason for this evaluation. Could it be the Lishui District Villa?"
Shen Ping thought it over and over, feeling that his guess was likely correct. After all, for a family to develop stably, it definitely needed a foundation, which was the core for reproduction and inheritance. And the value of the Nanyuan Community Villa was far inferior to the Lishui District Villa, which was a small manor.
"Husband, dinner's ready."
"Coming."
Putting his thoughts away.
He went downstairs to eat. After dinner, he didn't cultivate but instead took an early shower and slipped into bed in the bedroom. Having received such generous rewards today, he was full of excitement and wanted to have some fun with his wife.