Alex laughed.
"Not in that way, Prof. Faerith.
I wanted to hire you, and the contract would be for a lifetime.
"I also wanted you to keep everything that happened today a secret.
"With what I know, I am sure your investors are giving you a hard time, right?
"Since the blood did not give you any results, they should not be suspicious if you suddenly change direction.
"Also, look for a few more items to research so they do not think I am hiring you only because you made a breakthrough in blood research."
He stood up and walked toward the door.
"I will give you a week. Call me after that.
I will prepare the research complex and the contract by then."
He left Faerith alone in the lab.
Faerith's eyes widened. She could not even speak for a moment before she finally came back to herself.
"Rich kids really are different," she muttered.
"He wants to build an entire research facility just to hide information about the blood.
"Well, that is good news for me anyway.
"I can keep studying him and see what changes he got from consuming the blood."
If Alex had heard that, he would have smirked with pride.
He had the nickname "Whale God", so of course he would "whale" if he could.
He also had a feeling he could do the same in the cultivation world.
Alex had a few reasons for building the research complex.
First, he planned to use Prof.
Faerith's name to take credit for any secret arts and cultivation methods he published after getting them from Mingyue.
Next, this would make his mother happy.
Not only would he be working, he would also be starting his own business.
Finally, he wanted to track the changes in his own body.
He needed to make sure there were no bad side effects from the transformation.
For example, an old soul taking over his body.
'I am sure Mom will be surprised. She will probably keep an eye on me at first to make sure I am really serious.'
Alex chuckled to himself as he walked to the car waiting for him outside.
'I also need to create my own hunter guild. Who would be a good candidate to front it?' he wondered.
In his world, "hunters" were what people called Awakeners who earned their living by diving into dungeons.
Hunters were divided into a few classes.
The classes were based on achievements, not strength, and went from one-star up to the most elite five-star.
While Alex was busy planning how to expand his family empire and get his mom off his back, Mingyue was facing problems in her own world.
Even though she also came from a wealthy family, being a woman in the cultivation world brought many challenges.
She now stood in a field with blood dripping from her sword.
Five mutilated bodies were scattered around her.
Her eyebrows were slightly raised and her eyes were cold as she looked at the remains.
When Vesa sent her back to the cultivation world, Mingyue had found herself lying in a forest.
She quickly changed into a new robe.
Not long after she finished, a few people wearing robes with her family crest approached her.
They all wore worried expressions and asked about her condition.
Their arrival had surprised Mingyue. She was still alive, and barely any time had passed.
There was no way her family already knew she had been in danger.
She thought they were people sent by Lian Hua who had come to look for her.
Her suspicion became stronger when the system informed her that all of them had bad intentions.
Even so, Mingyue still struggled to believe it.
How could her family attack her when she was the only prodigy in the clan, the one they hoped would bring the Xueqi Family to new heights?
So she pretended to be injured and said she had exhausted her qi.
When they saw Mingyue's weak state, they did not miss the chance and attacked at once.
Anger surged through her when they attacked, and Mingyue killed them all without mercy, not letting anyone escape.
Afterward, she regretted it, because now she could not find out who had sent them.
"Tch, I will learn soul cultivation the next chance I get," Mingyue cursed.
If she had soul cultivation, she could have taken their souls and read parts of their memories.
Her amber eyes glowed red. The blood and bodies broke apart into tiny particles and flowed into her body.
[215 Life Force Absorbed]
[Life Force already full, converting the surplus to boost Queen's Cultivation]
[Jade Lotus Spiritual Vein and Ice Kirin Bloodline have been absorbed with the Progenitor Blood, as they are deemed inferior.]
Mingyue felt her body fill with strength as pure qi rushed through her meridians and into her dantian.
A sphere started forming inside her dantian, and her cultivation rose quickly.
[Name: Mingyue Xueqi]
[Power Level: 6.5]
[Progenitor Transformation: 7.35/100%]
[Life Force: 150/150]
[Cultivation Level: Core Formation Stage - Mid-Level]
Before drinking the Progenitor Blood, Mingyue had already reached the Foundation Stage, Late Level.
Now, with the leftover energy from the blood and the life force she had just absorbed, she broke through easily.
She skipped one major realm and reached the Core Formation Stage, mid-level, in one jump.
'I lost my spiritual root and bloodline, but it is worth it.
'They are nothing compared to the Progenitor Bloodline.'
'Just how strong was the past progenitor?' Mingyue wondered for a moment, but she pushed that thought aside and focused on the current situation.
'Should I return home first to check, or go to the sect to report Lian Hua?' Mingyue felt uneasy.
Even though Vesa had already warned her, she still found it hard to accept.
She had always met her family's expectations and followed their wishes, except for the last time when the family patriarch suddenly told her to be betrothed to another clan.
She refused at once, and in the end they reached a compromise.
She would only need to reach the Golden Core Stage within ten years.
Now, only two years had passed.
She was sure something had happened to her parents.
Otherwise, there was no way people from her family would come and attack her like that.
Even though they were not the patriarch, they still held some authority and power in the family.