My husband Can Cultivate

Returning to White Mountain Villa, Yang Qi took out the Immortal Gourd and began dripping its contents onto the confiscated medicinal herbs. The luckiest find this time was a two-hundred-year-old medicinal herb, originally a gift from the Wu Family of Sea City to Master Wang. Unfortunately for them, it now belonged to Yang Qi.

With a single drop of the Spiritual Liquid, the herb was instantly aged to over three hundred years old. It would be more than enough to help Yang Qi advance his cultivation to the Perfection of the Fourth Layer of the Body Tempering Stage. The leap from the Third to the Fourth Layer marked a progression from the early to the mid-phase, a significant improvement. Yang Qi’s gains this time were truly substantial. After enhancing the spiritual nature of the herbs, he began to cultivate and consolidate his newfound power.

At the same time, news of Master Wang’s subjugation, Gu Baiyun’s demise, and the shutdown of the Business Alliance became public. To the surprise of the Star Shining Society, the entire Jingnan Prefecture was jubilant.

In truth, while the Business Alliance claimed to support local merchants, they were actually parasites. A majority of the merchants’ profits were siphoned off by the alliance. What was most infuriating was the story of a business owner who had refused to comply; his rotting corpse was later found floating in the river. Consequently, the vast majority of people loathed the Jingnan Prefecture Business Alliance. With its closure, most citizens were celebrating what they considered to be wonderful news.

The Star Shining Society took charge of the Business Alliance’s affairs. Based on its past actions, the society had already established an excellent reputation; at the very least, they wouldn’t exploit local merchants and industrialists. In fact, they planned to offer low-interest loans to small and medium-sized enterprises in need of capital, maintain market order in Jingnan Prefecture, and attract talent from outside. For the business community of Jingnan Prefecture, this was an absolute blessing. What else could they do but cheer?

Led by Prefecture Master Lei Qingtian, the Star Shining Society also launched an investigation into the Business Alliance, discovering just how much wealth the leeches had amassed. The small Jingnan Prefecture Business Alliance had accumulated funds totaling a staggering three hundred billion. After some discussion, it was decided that this money would be heavily invested back into the community to revitalize Jingnan Prefecture’s commerce and industry.

The Star Shining Society did not get directly involved in business operations. Instead, they would profit by investing in enterprises they supported, such as the Qifei Group-led pharmaceutical sector, as well as companies in the semiconductor, automotive, and food industries. Profiting through investment without interfering in management was a sound strategy. This brought the Star Shining Society’s total investment to over four hundred billion.

They had thoroughly made a name for themselves in Jingnan Prefecture, and branch offices were beginning to pop up in various cities to facilitate local management and ensure everyone could benefit. Of course, these efforts were spearheaded by internal members, with peripheral members serving as the main workforce, while core members focused their energy on their cultivation.

After reaching his current level, Yang Qi clearly understood the importance of combat power. Without sufficient strength, you couldn’t accomplish anything you set your mind to. With it, you could do whatever you wanted. In this recent incident, for example, the Qifei Group was the biggest winner, receiving investments of over a hundred billion. This not only allowed them to expand their scale but also to funnel more funds into pharmaceutical research and development. The better the Qifei Group developed, the more money Yang Qi had, and the greater the things he could accomplish. It was a virtuous cycle.

However, the fall of the Business Alliance caused heartache for some. The Wu Family of Sea City, for instance, had given one billion and a wealth of valuable medicinal herbs and treasures, only for it all to be for naught. Getting their money back was now impossible.

"Damn it! It’s all that Yang Qi’s fault. Ever since he appeared, nothing good has happened to our Wu Family."

The Wu Family inexplicably directed all their hate toward Yang Qi. Of course, Yang Qi was unaware of any of this. At that moment, he was completely absorbed in his cultivation.

「A day later.」

His cultivation advanced to the Perfection Realm of the Fourth Layer of the Body Tempering Stage. His combat power had increased significantly, but this was only the beginning. He still needed to find more and better medicinal herbs to further enhance his cultivation. At the Fourth Layer of the Body Tempering Stage, he could now be considered invincible in Jingnan Prefecture, but getting a bit stronger wouldn’t hurt. After all, terrifying existences like the Eight Kings were still out there, so he couldn’t afford to get complacent.

After advancing his cultivation, he concocted Beauty Pills for Poison Spider, which took even less time to complete. Once finished, Yang Qi left White Mountain Villa.

Today was the Star Shining Society’s investment bidding meeting. As the boss of the Star Shining Society, he naturally had to be there. The Martial Arts Association had been set up as the venue for the meeting. Since Ye Feng was the president of the Martial Arts Association, no one dared to say a word. Many large, medium, and small enterprises were present, waiting for their chance. According to the Star Shining Society, many promising small and medium-sized enterprises would be among the winning bidders. The society was willing to partner with them for mutual development. These business owners were truly elated; had the Business Alliance not fallen, they probably wouldn’t have had such an opportunity.

Just as Yang Qi got out of his car, he ran into people he didn’t want to see. It was Wu Heng, the Family Head of the Wu Family, along with a group of his kin.

"Yang Qi, why are you here? What does this bidding meeting have to do with you? You’re just a little pawn of the Star Shining Society."

They hadn’t seen what happened at the Business Alliance that day, so they were unaware of how formidable Yang Qi truly was. They were, after all, the Wu Family of Sea City, accustomed to looking down on others. Why would they take some wild kid seriously? Wu Heng glanced at Yang Qi coldly and asked with immense arrogance.

"Dad, I bet he’s here to be a security guard," said Wu Xiu, Wu Heng’s son. After the incident with his elder son, Wu Jun, Wu Xiu had been at Wu Heng’s side constantly, seemingly being groomed as the next successor.

But in Yang Qi’s eyes, there was no difference between the two brothers; they were both trash, both equally self-important.

"I don’t think it’s that simple," Wu Heng said, his cold gaze fixed on Yang Qi. "You haven’t told anyone about your relationship with the Wu Family, have you? Let’s get this straight: Wu Rouman is only your adoptive mother, not your biological one. And even if she were, our Sea City Wu Family would never acknowledge your lowly existence. I hope you don’t go around flaunting your connection to the Sea City Wu Family."

"Heh, idiots!" Yang Qi couldn’t be bothered with these self-important fools. He started walking toward the Martial Arts Association, but after a couple of steps, he stopped and turned around. "Oh, by the way, Wu Heng, you don’t need to go inside. Your family has been disqualified, and I was the one who did it. You should all hurry up and get lost."

"Hahaha..." The Wu Family members were stunned for a moment before bursting into raucous laughter.

Wu Xiu laughed. "Yang Qi, oh Yang Qi, don’t tell me you’re the boss of the Star Shining Society?"

"That’s right, I am," Yang Qi confirmed with a nod.