After the meeting, Divine Land continued discussions for nearly two months before finalizing the plan.
After the plan was finalized, accompanied by military cultivators, a special envoy from Divine Land found Li Xingkong and took over the two marks from his hands.
Nowadays, Foundation Establishment cultivators can fly and teleport, so Li Xingkong doesn't need to run errands himself. Moreover, with so many military cultivators protecting them, no one in the entire Solar System dares to come up and cause trouble for them.
The two marks are easy to deal with, but the Shield of Truth in Li Xingkong is something only he can set up.
The theory involved in this is a bit beyond the scope of what's taught in the curriculum; Li Xingkong has only figured out how to set it up.
This thing truly lives up to its reputation as a specialty of the Iron Law Country. It's not just for defense; the way it's set up is also a secret. It requires a special method to set up properly, and once it's set up, it can't be moved. If it's touched, it will either become ineffective or even self-destruct.
Li Xingkong devised a clever way to arrange it by analyzing its performance and instructions for use, as well as his Divine Sense.
This thing is just like the machine tools that other countries sold to us during the development period. Assembly, maintenance, and disassembly all have to be done by the people of Iron Law Country. As for buying it back and taking it apart, don't even think about it.
That's why each unit sold represents a long-term source of income; after all, maintenance costs money, so charging a substantial annual repair fee is perfectly reasonable.
After sending out the two markers, Li Xingkong also got up and deployed the Shield of Truth on Earth Star.
As for its energy interface, Li Xingkong thought for a moment and then simply threw it onto Jupiter.
In any case, Jupiter's Great Red Spot makes its terraforming extremely difficult for Divine Land, so using it as an energy source for the Shield of Truth is just right.
After setting up the shield, Li Xingkong headed towards the Spiritual Root Mother Tree.
Previously, because he had just returned from outside, and before Divine Land made a decision on what Li Xingkong had said, he stayed on the moon for a while to avoid suspicion. Now that he had already deployed everything he had, Li Xingkong was naturally free.
In fact, no one interfered with his actions; he was free from beginning to end. It was just that Li Xingkong subconsciously chose to do it this way.
When I saw Old Tang again, he was standing on a branch of the Spiritual Root Mother Tree, staring at the newly grown Spiritual Root fruits.
" Uncle Tang, what are you looking at?"
Li Xingkong spotted Old Tang from afar, lowered his body, and landed in front of him.
"You little rascal, you've finally come to see me! I thought you'd forgotten all about me."
Old Tang didn't notice Li Xingkong's arrival until Li Xingkong spoke.
"Isn't this looking at our 'ginseng Ginseng Fruit, the mother tree can go dormant."
"I just got back to spend some time with my parents. What, your Spiritual Root cultivation is already complete?"
"That's about right. Once this batch of harvested and distributed, our Spiritual Root penetration rate will reach 80%."
Old Tang reached out and patted the branch of the big tree. Although it was just a branch, it was thick enough to drive a truck on.
"80%? Not 100%?"
Li Xingkong reached out and took a Spiritual Root fruit. This mother tree had borne fruit for so many generations, yet its genetic structure remained unchanged.
"We have to consider that there are people who cannot cultivate, and naturally they cannot cultivate Spiritual Root. 80% is already very high, but now that those aliens have also joined in, the denominator has suddenly become much larger."
"Indeed, some people are destined to pay the price for their actions; being unable to cultivate is the cruelest punishment available today."
Old Tang's current position is not what it used to Earthly Capital; he's much busier now. Li Xingkong just happened to be there getting some fresh air when he arrived.
After chatting with Li Xingkong for a few minutes, Old Tang went into his office, and Li Xingkong was pulled in as well.
I glanced at his current job; the sheer number of tasks was overwhelming.
"The weather map for Longzhou has changed; a request for 50ml of rain is made at 1 PM tomorrow."
"The underground structure of the Prisoner Continent is shaking violently, suspected to be an earthquake. Please dispatch cultivators to coordinate."
"With the anniversary celebration of Divine Land's founding approaching, program schedule and speeches..."
A pile of documents awaited his signature, and a stack of meeting schedules floated in the phantom beside him, the bell ringing incessantly.
"Sigh, coming here makes me feel like I've aged 10 years overnight. These guys have been deified, so they should be able to relax now, but the daily reports are just so tedious."
While approving the documents, Old Tang remarked a few times.
"Aren't these things handled by the staff? Why do you need to handle this, Uncle Tang?"
Li Xingkong glanced at it and realized that many of the things inside were actually not important.
"It's a small matter, but these old guys and I have been friends for decades. Even though they're retired, they won't let me off the hook; they just love to cause trouble."
Although Old Tang complained about how hard it was, Li Xingkong didn't sense any negative emotions from him. On the contrary, he seemed slightly relaxed when he spoke about it.
Li Xingkong realized that this was Versailles.
After catching up with Old Tang for a while, Tang Cheng learned of the news and rushed back, naturally leading to another round of emotional reunion.
Tang Cheng has now made a name for himself as the Director of the Inspection Department, overseeing all security affairs on the four planets.
However, his position was much more relaxed than Old Tang's, since there weren't many people capable of causing trouble these days.
Everyone has their dark side, but because of the Venus Arena, if most people's psychological assessment is flawed, Divine Land will automatically send them to Venus. Whether they go on a killing spree or get slaughtered, after dozens of rounds of duels, most people's psychological darkness will be completely dispelled.
This can be considered another ingenious use of Venus; in the face of extreme violence, all negative emotions find an outlet.
That is why the workload of the Inspection Department is much less now.
But correspondingly, there are no more ordinary crimes; whenever something happens, it's a big deal.
Although Tang Cheng's cultivation level hadn't declined, he had clearly experienced a lot over the years.
What surprised Li Xingkong even more was that Tang Cheng had secretly gotten married, and his eldest son had been in his mother's womb for three years, and was estimated to be born with a cultivation level of the Middle Stage of Qi Refining.
If it weren't for Li Xingkong's overwhelming dominance, Tang Cheng would undoubtedly seem like a character born with a protagonist's script. His wife also has a somewhat legendary side, and their meeting is quite a story.
However, Li Xingkong had no intention of finding a fellow Daoist at the moment, and naturally had no desire to listen to Tang Cheng's slightly smug story.
A real man strives to achieve enlightenment and become an immortal; finding a mistress should take a backseat.