BXBX NOVEL Chapter 138 - 138: 137: The Final Goodbye, Leaving Earth!
Chapter 138 - 138: 137: The Final Goodbye, Leaving Earth!
A hundred years later, Chu Zixuan was no longer a boy but had the appearance of a thirty-year-old man, emanating a mature and calm aura.
“What’s your current level of cultivation?”
Du Gang exclaimed in surprise: “I didn’t expect you could withstand my mental power!”
He had thought his mental power was the strongest on Earth.
Chu Zixuan smiled and said, “I’m at the ninth rank of the meteorite-level, just a step away from the comet level. I’m the one who didn’t expect, how did you come to understand mental power?
Du Gang waved his hand, laughing, “After all, I have an inheritance. Isn’t it normal to grasp mental power?”
It was after getting to know him that he realized Chu Zixuan had been to the Purple Orchid Kingdom!
The event was triggered by him.
A hundred years ago, the video of his transformation had spread to the Purple Orchid Kingdom.
Although no one knew what his race was, it still attracted some curious sons of nobles and aristocratic ladies.
These people secretly took a spaceship to the Ruins Star Domain and arrived on Earth.
At that time, Chu Zixuan was one of the diplomats and received an aristocratic lady from the Purple Orchid Kingdom.
After the two hit it off, they consummated their relationship on the spot and have been in touch ever since.
With the help of the aristocratic lady, Chu Zixuan enjoyed many benefits and had broken through to the meteorite level in the twentieth year of Du Gang’s seclusion. By the fiftieth year, he had broken through to the meteorite level.
The same year, he and the aristocratic lady went to the Purple Orchid Kingdom and proposed marriage to the Marquess.
Seeing his potential at such a young age, and added to the fact that his daughter loved him, the Marquess agreed.
But by that time, Chu Zixuan was already the lord of the Earth Alliance. He did not agree to the Marquess’s request for him to stay, but returned to Earth with the aristocratic lady…
At this moment, under Chu Zixuan’s invitation, his wife walked out with a child of about eight or nine years old.
“Say hello to Uncle!” Chu Zixuan pointed at Du Gang and instructed his son.
“Hello, Uncle!” The little boy greeted very obediently.
“You too!” Du Gang was flustered. Before seclusion, he was just sixteen years and four months old. He had never seen such a spectacle.
As if sensing Du Gang’s embarrassment, Chu Zixuan didn’t bring up the issue further and allowed his wife and son to leave.
After their departure, Du Gang finally found his voice, “I didn’t expect you to have a son!”
Chu Zixuan gave a faint smile and said dismissively, “This is my youngest son. I have seven children in total; my eldest is already fifty years old!”
‘ Du Gang was speechless.
He laughed awkwardly and said, “The first national policy of the Earth Alliance is to have children. As the Alliance’s leader, I must lead by example, right?!” After a while, he continued:
“Let’s have dinner at my house tonight. I’ll introduce you to my children…
“Sure!”
Du Gang agreed and asked, “How is Earth doing now?”
Chu Zixuan chuckled and said, “Earth is still mighty. There are two meteorite-level individuals, my wife and I. Besides, there are eight meteorite-level cultivators…
“Aside from Earth, we’ve also established a new base on Mars. The environment there is similar to Earth, so you only need to purchase an atmospheric cultivator, and you’ll basically be able to inhabit it…”
Du Gang only understood that in his hundred-year-absence, Earth has developed quite well through Chu Zixuan’s explanation.
“The reason we’re able to develop this steadily is all thanks to your deterrence…”
Du Gang laughed, waved, and humbly replied, “Even without me, I reckon you all could still manage. Feel free to let me know if you need anything. I’m gonna leave soon!”
“You’re leaving?”
“Yes, I’m planning to go explore the universe. I might not come back later…”
“What about you guys? Are you planning to move out in the future?”
Given Chu Zixuan’s father-in-law’s situation, he could have migrated to the Purple Orchid Kingdom a long time ago.
Chu Zixuan shook his head and laughed, “Over at the Purple Orchid Kingdom, one can become a marquess upon reaching the comet level. I plan to wait until I break through to the comet level, go over there, earn a marquess title, buy a planet, and use it as a stepping stone for the Earth Alliance…”
“It’s quite good!”
At this point, Du Gang asked with confusion, “Where are Old Yao and the others?”
“They have already passed away!”
In his surprise, Chu Zixuan explained, “In the end, they were unable to cultivate to the Purple Level. Even though medical conditions have improved, they couldn’t break through the genetic limitations without reaching the Purple Level. The life expectancy is one hundred and twenty-five years…”
Although the lifespan limit is one hundred and twenty-five years, in reality, many people do not live to this age.
From his conversation, Du Gang finally understood that most of the old generation he once knew had passed away.
Natural talent matters more than he expected. By the later stages, even those in possession of Purple Crystals failed to break through!
The time it took to receive an inheritance had drastically changed everything. For a moment, Du Gang couldn’t help but lament the fragility of life.
The two chatted a little longer and agreed on a time for dinner at Chu Zixuan’s home, then Du Gang departed.
Declining the tour guide Chu Zixuan sent, he boarded his spaceship. After activating the invisibility function, he casually started exploring Earth.
With the speed of his Ancient God ship, no matter how big the Earth was, he could go anywhere in an instant.
The original Nanyuan and other places had been cleaned up and were now tourist destinations,
So modern humans could see the environment in which ancient humans lived.
Besides that, aside from the human cities, all other places had become a world of vegetation and animals.
As Du Gang could see, Earth’s ecology was very well-preserved, and the air was very fresh.
The former Americas had now become a training base for students.
There were not only Red, Orange, and Yellow grade monsters, there even existed monsters of the Blue Level.
After taking one full spin around the Earth, he was impressed by how much it resembled a civilized planet in the universe.
Yet, Du Gang was somewhat melancholic.
Aside from the Nanyuan ruins, he couldn’t find anything familiar. It was as if he was an alien.
“Perhaps this is for the best. At least I won’t miss home when I depart,” he said.
He smiled bitterly. Without family in this world, the concept of home had lost its meaning.
At the site of the original Nanyuan Experimental Middle School, he burned incense for his parents and spoke a few words before turning to leave.
By evening, he went to Chu Zixuan’s house for dinner, as promised.
Fortunately, despite being fifty years old, Chu Zixuan’s eldest son still maintained the appearance of a twenty-year-old, which saved Du Gang from too much awkwardness.
After all seven of them had called him “Uncle” in turn, Du Gang didn’t hesitate. He pulled out seven fist-sized, green fruits from his storage ring, saying, “A meeting gift from your uncle!”
“What is this?!”
Although Chu Zixuan hadn’t seen this type of fruit before, he could tell from the rich life force emanating from it that it was incredibly valuable.
“It’s nothing much,” said Du Gang with a slight smile. “Just a fruit that can enhance aptitude!”
“This is far too precious…”
No sooner had Chu Zixuan expressed this than he meant to have his children return the fruit to Du Gang.
Du Gang quickly stopped him, laughing, “Let them eat it. It’s of no use to me!”
Indeed, this type of fruit was the most common in the storage ring that Du Kang had left him. Even though it had the ability to enhance aptitude, it had no effect on Ancient Gods, whose aptitude was already at the top level!
Even now, all seven children hadn’t dared to eat the fruit. Instead, they looked to Chu Zixuan for approval.
It wasn’t until their father gave his consent that they dared to accept it.
However, urged by Du Gang, the seven children ate the fruits right away.
Unexpectedly, after merely a while, Chu Zixuan’s eldest son broke through directly from the Purple Level to the Meteorite Level.
“This…
Not just Chu Zixuan, but even his wife — who had always appeared very composed— was taken aback.
“A fruit with such effects…” Chu Zixuan began, then looked at his wife.
“No, the Purple Orchid Kingdom does not have fruit of this caliber!”
Clearly, even the daughter of the Marquis of the Purple Orchid Duchy had never heard of this fruit either.
The two of them immediately expressed their gratitude to Du Gang again.
This meant that their children, who might have aged before them due to insufficient aptitude, now had a chance to live longer.
Therefore, the weight of Du Gang’s gift in their hearts was truly substantial.
The next day, Du Gang visited the mansion again, and discussed the matters of the Purple Orchid Duchy with Chu Zixuan.
“The Purple Orchid star realm, generally also known as the Purple Orchid Duchy, rules over a star field with a diameter of three hundred light years, owning more than a thousand galaxies…”
“A fifth-level civilization, the most powerful figure is the ruler of their duchy, with planet-level strength…”
“Within the country, there are four satellite-level powerhouses, which are four dukes…
“Generally, comet-level individuals can become marquises in the Purple Orchid
Duchy…”
At this point, Chu Zixuan gave a reminder, saying: “The Purple Orchid Duchy has more than a thousand galaxies, the Purple Orchid star system is their core capital, you’d better not go there…”
“Why?” Du Gang asked in confusion.
“The current ruler of the Purple Orchid Duchy is nearing the end of his lifespan, but he can’t break through to the stellar level and hasn’t established a successor. The current state is a bit strange…”
“Hmm, over these years, he has killed several million people and even one marquis was murdered by him…
Du Gang nodded and said, “I understand, if there’s anything on your side that you can’t handle and need my help, feel free to tell me…”
Chu Zixuan also saw his resolute determination to go, and said, “There is indeed something that I might need your help with!” “This matter is both official and personal..
“You know about the Purple Orchid Trading Company, right?!”
Du Gang nodded, it is one of the four major third-tier forces in the Waste Land, with its backstage in the Purple Orchid Duchy.
Chu Zixuan continued: “This Purple Orchid Trading Company is the industry of the Duke of the Purple Orchid Duchy- Tuoba Hong. He has a prodigiously talented son named Tuoba Yu who was pursuing my wife a few years back…” Without hesitation, Chu Zixuan spilled everything out.
Apparently, this Tuoba Yu and Chu Zixuan had become foes a few decades ago.
However, at that time, their strengths were on par, and Chu Zixuan was even stronger, so the problem was not severe.
But recently, Tuoba Yu, with the help of some extraordinary resources acquired by his father, managed to break through from the meteorite-level peak to the comet-level.
That way, the balance of power between the two parties suddenly shifted.
Previously, if Tuoba Yu wanted to cause trouble for Chu Zixuan, he could only rely on his own lackeys, so it wasn’t too much of an issue.
But now, after advancing to the comet-level, he directly switched places with the original comet-level powerhouse stationed in the Waste Land star area.
Since arriving in the Waste Land star area, this Tuoba Yu had been tirelessly uniting other forces, attempting to squeeze out Earth, and even created a new alliance to challenge the Earth alliance.
Du Gang frowned and said, “Aren’t these big families usually very strict? Can their children act so recklessly?”
Before he left, he had inquired with Barala that the more prominent the family, the more constraints their children were under.
These big families, having many descendants, had very strict rules regarding misbehavior.
Judging from their family-run trading companies, they wouldn’t deliberately target others so rashly.
Chu Zixuan sighed in helplessness: “Well, I did indeed give them the opportunity… ”
“We, the Earth Alliance, got our basic infrastructure from the Cosmic Civilization Protection Association, and most of our later high – tech products were bought from the Purple Orchid Trading Company…”
“However, I married my wife, didn’t I? Her father, although just a marquis, also owns a medium-sized trading company in the Duchy…”
“So, fifty years ago, all of Earth’s external purchases came from my father-in-law, and of course, the prices were lower than the Purple Orchid Trading Company’s…”
He was honest about this, If his father-in -law hadn’t offered lower prices, he wouldn’t have made this decision, nor would Earth have developed so rapidly. Chu Zixuan sighed, “So, Tuoba Yu had an official reason to trouble me.”
“We, the Earth Alliance, are not the customers of their Purple Orchid Trading Company…”
Du Gang nodded. The private matter had indeed turned into an official one.
Chu Zixuan’s actions were all for the benefit of the Earth Alliance.
He asked, “What do you want me to do? Kill Tuoba Yu?”
Chu Zixuan shook his head and said, “Killing him would certainly ignite Tuoba Hong’s wrath. When the Tuoba family retaliates, our Earth Alliance won’t be able to withstand it…”
“I want you to visit the forces within the Wasteland Star Region that are against Earth and convince them to withdraw from their alliance. At the very least, they won’t target us in the future…”
“After all, Earth’s products are still exported to various parts of the Wasteland Star Region…”
Du Gang was somewhat aware of this.
After a hundred years of effort, Lu Zhou had managed to reverse-engineer the technology of many high-tech products known in the universe and establish several production lines.
Exported goods from Earth had become a vital aspect of Earth’s development.
“I understand. You just need me to show them some muscle and remind them that I still exist, right?!”
‘Yes!”
Chu Zixuan wasn’t sure how strong Du Gang was now, but even with the strength he had a hundred years ago, he could still instill a forceful deterrence in the Wasteland Star Region.
After all, the Hall of Gods had been destroyed by Du Gang.
Those forces that joined Tuoba Yu’s alliance were mostly second-tier forces. The strongest were only at the Meteorite Level. Who would dare to provoke Du Gang?!
At this point, Du Gang took out a storage ring and tossed it to Chu Zixuan.
“What’s this?” Chu Zixuan curiously asked.
Du Gang chuckled, “It’s a storage ring. It contains some resources. Consider it a gift I’m leaving for the people of Earth.”
Chu Zixuan probed the contents with his mental power, and was immediately taken aback.
A space with length, width, and height reaching hundreds of meters appeared in his vision. It was filled with numerous items, among which were hundreds of green fruits identical to those given to his seven children by Du Gang.
“These… ”
“Take them. I have no use for these things. I know you can distribute and utilize them to their fullest potential.”
This was certainly true. Even though he was only at the first level of the
Ancient God technique, his body had reached the peak of the fourth rank.
These low-level fruits had no effect on him. It’s better to give them to Chu Zixuan, so he could distribute them to the people of Earth.
Most of Du Kang’s treasures were stolen by Zhou Haotian, but there were still quite a few on board the spaceship. These leftovers would be enough for him to use for a while.
Listening to him, Chu Zixuan no longer felt the need to decline. He nodded and accepted the gift.
Du Gang laughed, “These things are left here for you. Among them, the red fruits should help you advance to the Comet Level. Don’t be courteous, feel free to eat them.”
Although he said this, he understood that given Chu Zixuan’s status, he would probably distribute most of these resources to the promising talents within the Earth Alliance.
“I see!” Chu Zixuan gratefully looked at Du Gang.
The items in this ring were priceless.
Every single item was a priceless treasure. It’s better to gift them than sell them at a loss.
At least, he won’t leave Earth with any regrets.
Having given his instructions, Du Gang prepared to board the spaceship and leave. Halfway through, he suddenly thought of something and turned to ask, “By the way, do you have any news about the Overlord?”
Chu Zixuan laughed, “The Overlord is quite a character now. A few decades ago, he made a big name for himself in the Purple Orchid Nation and left the Purple Orchid Star Region with satellite-level strength. It’s said that he’s gone to seek fortune in the Hidden Dragon Kingdom!”
The Hidden Dragon Kingdom is stronger than the Purple Orchid Nation and also the closest kingdom to them.
He shook his head and exclaimed, “That guy, after changing his character, even disregarded the dukedom offered by the Purple Orchid Nation and left…”
“Change sex?”
“…” Chu Zixuan was speechless and added, “Changed personality!”
“Hahaha! ”
Embarrassed, Du Gang quickly boarded the spaceship, waved and said, “After I sort out the alliance, I’ll head directly to the Purple Orchid Nation… See you if fate allows! ”
With that, the Ancient God vanished instantly.
As Du Gang left, Chu Zixuan felt somewhat empty. The look in his eyes hinted at admiration or something more profound.
If he were a bit younger… if he didn’t have a family… perhaps he, too, would want to venture out!