Funds in Place

The insect purchasing plan proceeded smoothly and in an orderly fashion.

In a warehouse in the Lamao District, various poisonous insects and snakes procured from outside were brought here.

At this moment, the Thousand-Hand Centipede was lying on the ground, its body already over nine meters long.

The massive amount of food it had consumed during this period allowed its body to grow wildly. If anyone were to discover the Thousand-Hand Centipede's current appearance, they would likely faint from fright.

Not far from the Thousand-Hand Centipede, Su Jie sat cross-legged on a purple cushion. Incense that was refreshing to the heart was burning beside him. A Nine Yang Pill was taken from a jade bottle and swallowed.

Surging spiritual energy flowed through his limbs and bones, and was then absorbed and stored in various meridians.

During Cultivation, the Thousand-Hand Centipede shrank its body and lay on Su Jie's abdomen, its pale corpse-like hands pressed against him.

Time passed, and several hours went by.

The spiritual essence on Su Jie's body grew stronger, like a lotus flower breaking through the mud and emerging from the water. Finally, the accumulated Spiritual Energy reached its peak, breaking through a blocked meridian.

Bang!

Spiritual Energy flickered around Su Jie, and he naturally advanced to the fifth level of the Spirit Nurturing Realm.

The resources purchased with over a thousand Blood Marrow Crystals prepared in the Tianyuan World allowed Su Jie's cultivation to advance by leaps and bounds in just two weeks. Now, reaching the fifth level of the Spirit Nurturing Realm was something he wouldn't have even dared to imagine in the past.

The Thousand-Hand Centipede crawled onto Su Jie's neck, happily rubbing back and forth, also feeling joy for Su Jie's advancement.

"You'll be advancing soon too, right?"

Su Jie stroked the Thousand-Hand Centipede's cold insect body, feeling its abundant vitality and life force.

Sizzle.

The Thousand-Hand Centipede hissed in response.

It was progressing step by step towards its third Spirit Refinement evolution.

With a rich supply of poisonous insects, it would encounter almost no obstacles before evolving into a mid-grade Gu worm.

However, Su Jie was thinking further ahead.

According to the records, after a Gu worm advances to mid-grade, it becomes difficult to advance further solely through rare treasures and time. Devouring ordinary poisonous insects would have little effect; they would need to be graded poisonous insects. The poisonous insects from Blue Star would become useless by then.

Su Jie's arrival in the Zen Kingdom was a precautionary measure, preparing for this eventuality.

Once the Thousand-Hand Centipede advanced to mid-grade, Su Jie would bring some poisonous insects from the Tianyuan World.

For example, he could bring low-grade poisonous insects like the Human-faced Moth, then feed them a large number of poisonous insects to help them advance to lower-grade, and then have the Thousand-Hand Centipede devour them.

This would be a new evolution process, like small fish eating shrimp, and big fish eating small fish.

To achieve this, Su Jie needed to completely control a region.

After all, if poisonous insects from the Tianyuan World were brought to Blue Star and discovered, Su Jie would inevitably become the focus of attention, scrutinized by various forces and countries.

In China, Su Jie couldn't do this. The sheer number of poisonous insects he would create would easily arouse curiosity and investigation.

If an inspection were to happen, wouldn't the matter be exposed?

The Zen Kingdom was completely different. The national machinery here was weak. Controlling a region would be equivalent to becoming independent, allowing him to be his own master, greatly enhancing secrecy.

Leaving the Thousand-Hand Centipede in the warehouse to continue feeding, Su Jie turned and left, driving back to the Jieko Company's base.

As soon as he entered, he saw Liu Yingying walking towards him with a beaming smile.

"Su Jie, we did it."

She threw her arms around Su Jie's neck, jumping and cheering happily.

"Whoa, whoa, what's going on?"

Su Jie patted the girl's behind, telling her to mind her image.

"Hehe, Manager Liang is back, and he brought good news."

Liu Yingying's pretty face blushed, and she glanced around nervously. Seeing that no employees were paying attention, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Upon hearing this, Su Jie knew what was happening.

He walked into the company office and indeed saw Liang Lianjun.

"I have not failed my mission, President Su. Our furniture has successfully opened up the market."

As soon as Liang Lianjun saw Su Jie, he immediately stood up to report, his eyes brimming with joy.

"Tell me in detail."

Su Jie asked Liu Yingying to pour tea and sat down opposite Liang Lianjun.

"Yes."

Liang Lianjun cleared his throat and began, "After that batch of lumber was transported back to the factory, I immediately arranged for staff to work overtime on design and production. First, we rushed to create a batch of furniture, and then I contacted some wealthy businessmen I knew and held a small furniture sales event.

As soon as our furniture was unveiled, it immediately attracted those businessmen, and more than half of it was sold on the spot.

Most of the friends of those wealthy businessmen were also wealthy individuals, and the remaining furniture was sold out the next day.

Word of mouth spread, and many wealthy people have since come to Tianyuan Home Furnishings to pay deposits for custom high-end furniture.

Currently, the first batch of payments and deposits we have received totals a full five hundred million yuan. It is estimated that all the lumber will be sold, bringing in 4.5 to 5 billion yuan in capital."

With his excitement barely contained, Liang Lianjun recounted the progress of Tianyuan Home Furnishings.

Currently, the high-end furniture market in China has always been in short supply. With the emergence of Tianyuan Home Furnishings, and relying on those premium wood materials, it easily carved out the most delicious slice of the market for itself.

Given the nature of China's wealthy, they wouldn't be unmoved by high-end furniture that could showcase their taste and wealth.

That's why, after discovering Tianyuan Home Furnishings was selling high-end furniture, it caused such a frenzy of panic buying.

Upon hearing the figure of five hundred million, Su Jie's eyelids couldn't help but twitch.

It wasn't that he lacked self-control; a year ago, he was just a fresh graduate who couldn't even find a job. Now, he controlled hundreds of millions in cash flow and had billions worth of goods under his command.

Even though Su Jie had been mentally prepared, he still felt excited.

"Haha, Manager Liang, I truly didn't misjudge you. Enough said, you must stay for a good drink tonight. And your share of the profits won't be lacking either."

"I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare. It's all thanks to President Su's batch of raw logs. Otherwise, even with my immense skills, I wouldn't be able to sell them at this price."

Liang Lianjun humbly waved his hands repeatedly, and his words were the truth.

The great success of Tianyuan Home Furnishings hinged on the exceptionally high quality of the raw logs. Su Jie's words made him blush a little.

"Manager Liang, don't be so modest. How can we not have a drink for such joyous news?"

"Then I'll accompany President Su for a couple of drinks."

Liang Lianjun felt Su Jie's regard for him, experiencing a sentiment akin to a scholar dying for his confidant.

After chatting with Liang Lianjun for a few more sentences, Su Jie noticed that Liang Lianjun, who had traveled by hitchhiking, seemed tired, so he let him go rest first.

"Yingying, notify Jie Ke Biology to begin the second phase of the plan. Our Jieko Company's scale needs to expand."

Su Jie instructed Liu Yingying. Previously, constrained by a shortage of funds, the insect-catching plan had only been carried out in a dozen or so towns and villages.

Now that the funds were in place, Su Jie naturally didn't want to continue with small-scale operations. He planned to completely cover the entire area around Mandu City.