Counterattack System appeared when I'm already At The Mahayana Realm

Chapter 538: Chapter 537: The Business Opportunity of the Gu Clan

“No worries, I have stocked up on food, imported from another world.” Zhang Konghu, a true friend of Commander Huang, said.

He pulled out a pack of instant noodles from his storage ring.

Imported from the Ming Zhong World.

Commander Huang: “…”

While you all enjoy your feast, isn’t it inappropriate for me to eat instant noodles?

Zhang Konghu, deciphering the message from Commander Huang’s expression, pulled out another packet, this one seafood-flavored.

Two packs of instant noodles, braised beef, and seafood, a solid feast indeed.

“Isn’t dining about the ambiance? Don’t you feel something is missing without me?”

Commander Huang felt his status as a Late Stage Fusion practitioner, commanding winds and summoning rains wherever he went, was utterly insignificant in the Imperial Palace.

Zhang Konghu thought for a moment and responded uncertainly: “A sad atmosphere?”

Every time Commander Huang enjoyed a meal, he couldn’t control his cultivation technique and imbued a sorrowful atmosphere around him.

Without Commander Huang, everyone was quite happy eating.

“Come on, let’s fortune-tell after the meal.” Commander Ma cleared the dishes and started the arrangements; this was the main event.

Fortune-telling is all about placing various objects for a child to randomly grasp to predict the child’s future based on the item selected.

Jiang Li asked: “I remembered we only do this when the child turns one, right?”

Commander Ma turned to ask Commander Zhuo: “Is that right?”

Commander Zhuo was also surprised: “I thought we fortune-tell when the child is one week old. I thought it was too early when the child was just seven days old, so I extended it to a month.”

Jiang Li began to worry about the child’s future. The couple, even after hundreds of years of research on childbearing, has not studied child-rearing.

“The items are ready, it is inappropriate not to let the child fortune-tell, let’s just carry on.” Commander Ma, undeterred by the minute details, cleared the table and placed all sorts of trinkets.

Calligraphy brushes, jade flutes, food, elixirs…

The baby glared at Zhang Konghu, holding a grudge against his outrageous actions at the dinner table.

Zhang Konghu, however, believed that his actions at the dinner table expressed his goodwill and he had charmed the baby, and so he growled back at the baby.

Once everything was put in place, Commander Ma picked up the baby like a carrot and placed him on the table.

The baby, oblivious of the Commander’s intentions, was unable to walk, and he crawled around the table with a pacifier in his mouth.

Commander Zhuo was anxious about what the future held for her child.

Commander Ma reassured his wife: “Don’t worry, if he grabs the brush, he will be a Confucian cultivator in the future; if the jade flute, then a music cultivator; if food, then he will be a Spirit Chef; if an elixir, then a pill cultivator.”

Commander Zhuo was still worried: “What if he does not grab anything?”

Commander Ma thought for a moment and said: “That signifies he is a jack of all trades and master of none in cultivation, he will likely become the Hall Master in the future.”

Commander Zhuo was relieved upon hearing this.

However, Commander Ma felt a killing intent from behind him.

The baby picked up the calligraphy brush and disdainfully tossed it aside, then he kicked the jade flute and had no intention of picking it up.

Food, elixirs, puppets, rice paper… the baby wanted none of them.

In the end, his attention was drawn to a book. However, due to his tiny hands and lack of strength, he could only grasp a page, accidentally lifting the entire book.

The baby was exceedingly happy with his achievement.

Upon seeing the title of the book, Commander Ma’s back was instantly soaked with cold sweat.

The book his son held was not just any book but an adult novel written by both himself and his wife.

Commander Zhuo gave a strained smile, pinching her husband’s shoulder.

She felt it necessary for her husband to provide a good explanation of the situation today.

“Listen to me, it was an accident, really! I accidentally pulled it out from my storage ring,” Commander Zhuo insisted earnestly.

Heavenly conscience, no matter what, he would not place an adult novel on the table.

Fortune-telling was just for laughs, nobody took it seriously. Jiang Li, noticing Commanders Ma and Zhuo were having a moment, didn’t disturb them. Instead, he found Ai Su and began discussing the Gu Clan.

“Have you thought about a way forward when the Gu Clan reveals itself?”

“We have. The first issue the emerging Gu Clan has to resolve is that of wealth. The Gu Clan has trialed an initiative in this respect with good feedback.”

“What is it?”

“Now that it’s summer, mortals can rely on mass-produced cooling runes to no longer worry about the heat. But there is another issue in summer.”

“What is it?”

“Mosquitoes.”

The mosquitoes in Zhou are not ordinary insects but mosquitoes with the bloodline of fairy insects. Though their cultivation is not high, they can easily dodge the slaps from ordinary people.

Some powerful mosquitoes, with fast reflexion, are even quicker than Qi Cultivators at the ninth level.

“We Gu Clan have a specialty in exterminating insects, including mosquitoes.”

“The Gu Clan has reached an agreement with several City Lords of Zhou. We are responsible for driving off all the mosquitoes in the city in exchange for certain fees from the City Lords. If the results are good, we will establish a long-term collaboration.”

The promotion criteria for officials in Zhou are closely related to the wellbeing of the populace.

The first partners the Gu Clan reached out to were from Zhou. Zhou values laws and contracts, so there’s no need to worry about Zhou going back on their word. But in major and minor Witch Countries near the Gu Clan, there is a real concern they might not be able to fully pay with Spirit Stones.

“Once our reputation is solidified in Zhou, more cities will reach out to us in the future.”

Jiang Li nodded, thinking the Gu Clan had indeed found a viable method. It was a project with high potential, and he couldn’t think of anyone able to compete with the Gu Clan.

If the project is rolled out across Zhou, the Spirit Stones earned would be enough to substantially upgrade the entire Gu Clan.

“How did you come up with this method?”

Wood Commander said softly, “Master, you haven’t heard the rumors about the Beast Taming Sect, have you?”

“What’s with the Beast Taming Sect? They are planning to reverse the Beast Taming Technique into Human Taming Technique?” Jiang Li’s first reaction was this.

“What’s the Human Taming Technique?” Wood Commander was confused.

“Nothing, you continue.”

Wood Commander continued: “In recent years, the Beast Taming Sect has been dedicated to enhancing the strength of magical beasts. Rumors suggest that the Beast Taming Sect regards mosquitoes as a part of magical beasts and are intending to cultivate mosquitoes that can live all year round, capable of reaching the Golden Core Stage and the Nascent Soul Stage.”

It’s well known that the goal of the Beast Taming Sect changes with each sect master rotation. From what Jiang Li knew, historically, the Beast Taming Sect had set goals such as making magical beasts the best friends of humans, ensuring harmonious coexistence between magical beasts and humans, increasing the diversity of magical beasts, and establishing a magical beast protection association. some of these goals were achieved, while others weren’t.

The current goal of the Beast Taming Sect is to enhance the overall strength of magical beasts.

“The rumor is unconfirmed, but the price of mosquito repellents in the market is soaring. We, the two of us, came up with the direction for our Gu Clan after hearing about it.”

“…”

Jiang Li felt that the various major sects in Zhou really couldn’t be idle for a day.

How idle must the Beast Taming Sect be to even consider mosquitoes as part of magical beasts?

Do mosquitoes agree with this?