Day 150- 200 Sishui County Part 25 Dong Du City Part 2

A Black Rock was ripped out of the ground before it was contained between the Black & Gold Master hands. The heat already swirled into a turbulent force increased even further with it being removed.

Luckily for the onlookers, members of Sishui County were in attendance. The old men had been more active thanks to the talks with Rexford a couple of months ago and the increase in their cultivation realms. The problem in Dong Du CIty had long since plagued their conscience and solving it would have been good for their various Schools.

The richest person in Dong Du City was Jiang Jialiang, who was the father Jiang Junior full name Jiang Haochen. The situation with the flowers had caused his business to suffer even more so lately.

Seeing the Peony's die the man almost had a heart attack on the spot. He was not the only one as several other enthusiasts and members of the floral industry looked as if they saw a ghost.

Agriculture experts in from esteemed institutions were having great diffuclty coming up with any method to solve the problem as well, yet this young man had found the issue and plucked it from the very soil itself with the use of mysticism.

*Boom!* With a smash of the hands, an explosive sound echoed out. The breeze caused by it cleared the oppressive warmth out.

The bulk of the Black Stone, which was a Fire Essence Rock formed over time and naturally took in various energies before forming. In a way like the Cold Pond just on a different spectrum of energy.

With athe use of his Internal Space the bulk of the rock was stored away. Fragments of course were allowed to fall from between the Masters Hands that did not dissipated yet. Instead he moved them in the air to start string along a Formation to contained the remaining Warm Qi that would seep from the ground in the upcoming years.

"Master Mingyuhn, iwill the situation worsen?" One of the old men asked after paying respects. His gesture alerting the people that Rexford was above him in certain matters. "Can the flowers be saved?"

"Yes, just need to be nourished a little. In fact beside the temperature change to be elavated a little it should be fine." Rubbing his chin in thought he thought better of it. "A lot of specialists are here, it best to see what they say about the temperature issue and how it will effect the flowers. I will deal with the rampant Qi underneath with the formation."

Slowly the various flowers started to reviatalize with a few that were not in season blooming a little. The air turned more comfortable and even improved the condition of the few older people moving about.

The Formation Rexford was placing down was a simple one just to gather the Qi in the area of various types. It would also funnel it back into the soil and the various plants a little. The biggest thing is that it would be used as a defensive barrier and offensive barrier in the future.

With him not owning the land he couldn't just let people know that of course. But a few experts might uncover it given time.

"This young man is quite something." An older man in his thirties commented next to Jiang Jialiang. "Your son has fond quite the capable person."

"Yes.. yes he has." Still dumbfounded, Jiang Jialiang never really thought his son would amount to much. After years of trouble and disappointment, this was the best thing he had done. "Let us just hope it pans out well in the future."

As the conversations started to pick up all around, Master Huang a Feng Shui Master was trying to figure out how to solve the situation in his favor. He was not stronger than this young man or more prestigious seeing how the old men of Chuzuo acted towards him.

This may be Dong Du City but those old men together was trouble.

"Ehehm!" Stepping into the conversation he wanted to put in his own input to help contribute. "This seems the spot the experts are talking about everything, I hope you don;t mind me joining in?"

"Not at all." Rexford gave a small smile while he continued to work. "I am just laying down a Formation to help, the Chuzhou Masters Union was giving their own suggestions to deal with the aftermath. The Warm Qi in the area may cause an issue that could be overlooked if we are not careful."

"Warm Qi? You mean Yang Qi?" Master Huang was a little off put about the wording used. "In my line of work, places like this are known as Yang Qi Locking ground. During a normal year, this Yang Qi will not do any harm to the plants unless something has changed in the area." The combination of the Yang Qi eventually with terrible conditions would cause a disaster."

Yu Nan made note that the government might want to get involved with this place more. Besides it being a large tourist attraction the fact an increase of Qi was happening they couldn't;t just leave it be.

"I need to make some calls." Yu Nan stated before walking away from the group. 'Master Mingyun took care of the problem and openly identified the issue, so he must not care to take this place for himself. A military investigation should clear any issues at least and with a Formation laid down I might be able to sell this more in his favor to get rewards.'

Xue Hanzhi just took note of everything happening and enjoyed the blooming flowers. She did not say much in regard to anything due to the situation being beyond her initial understanding.

One thing she did notice was that a to of people couldn't help but be drawn to the floating hands in the air.

Not to far from her a group of people had gathered their wits to approach.

"Excuse me, what do you know about that young man?" A relatively attractive young female asked Xue Hanzhi instead one of the older people. "Is he a college student or some researcher who came back from being abroad?"

"Hmm, kinda." Xue Hanzhi was surprised but answered easily enough after a few thoughts. "He is the Master of the Ansatsuken, and dabbles in business and real estate. For as I know he is studying medicine, botany, and knows a little of the Internal Arts."

"The Master of the Ansatusken?"

"We have been studying in university for over ten years and we still couldn't;t figure out the cause of the disease, yet this newcomer took care of it in under an hour!" The old man's name was Mu Shouqiong and the young female was his granddaughter. "As a researcher in horticulture, I must speak with this young man to find out what else is going on here."

"Surely in the name of science, he won't shirk us!" A middle aged man spoke up slightly heated. He was truly excited and could barely contain himself. "I am Hong Zhengtao the assistant and this is Professor Mu Shouqiong with his granddaughter Mu Qinqin!"

Xue Hanzhi capitalized quickly on the situation and asked for more information before she introduced them to Rexford. She had to earn some bonus pay and show Rexford she knew how to get some extra work done.

Hong Zhengtao was both intelligent and diligent when he was an undergrad, which was the reason Professor Mu took him under his wing quickly. Then having him as a research assistant helped even more so afterward. Earning his place as an Associate Professor who knew quite a bit.

Mu Qinqin as the professor's granddaughter knew quite a bit more thanks to her relationship with the old man. She worked closely with her grandfather to learn as much as she could from him over the years. As a fresh graduate from China's Agriculture and Science Institution, she was a good investment.

It didn't take Xue Hanzhi long to get a good grasp on how to bring the trio in and explain a little more about what they could do to get Rexford's attention.

After the formation finished and Yu Nan came back, Rexford a small group of people adjourned to go inside and eat nearby. As for Jiang Junior, he was given a bottle with a small drop of Rich Qi mixed inside it. It was presented as a gift but the newest disciple was to take it to someone n charge of the area, which happen to be his father and put it in the water supply to boost the chances of the flowers surviving in the near future.

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Researcher into Medical Herbs-

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The meal was barely touched as the questions asked by all parties took up most of the time. Before it was over, Rexford secured the trio as Consultants and Employees for his work needs. The two older men were to be established as Professor and Assistant but Mu Qinqin was a good investment before others got ahold of her.

With the help of the other two she would be kept level-headed and have countless questions answered easily for the more difficult work.

"Welcome aboard, I look forward to you having the way for Cultivation and Agriculture to benefit everyone." Rexford smiled at the young woman before saluting her with a cup of tea. 'This is very beneficial, I wonder if they know anyone in the field of Geology?'

Thinking about the Sand he acquired due to Horus it could only help to have someone studying it.

"Thank you Boss!" Mu QInqin was all smiles at the situation as she returned the salute. In her mind, she was on cloud nine as her grandfather was beaming in pride as well. "Can't wait to get started!"

"Lot's of work ahead of you but you can do it. " Her grandfather answered before something that had been bugging him needed to be addressed. "The remains of the Black Stones, I am surprise you did not take any to research."

"You caught that eh, well I did take something but the rest would be best for the owner of the land to deal with. I took what was good enough for my time." Sipping his tea Rexford added in a little more. "I am sure only those who are looking to die will pick the pieces up."

A few looked taken back by that.

"I picked up a piece myself, I only feel invigorated though." Master Huang held on to a piece as he just couldn't leave it. "Besides the energy inside, is the material itself dangerous?"

"For normal people, it could eat away at their vitality or dry them up depending on their age or physical condition."

"Internal Martial Artists of a fair amount of success most likely won't have an issue and may even improve if they handle it correctly." A few methods of forging into artifacts or jewelry popped up. 'No, too many avenues as it is now. Need to wait until I get a big influx of funds first.'

As for the big piece he had well it was already thrown into the Black Gold Vortex and was currently getting churned away.

A piece he broke off was currently spinning in his Internal Space as he practiced putting formations on it. It's natural ability to contain Warm Qi made it perfect for that kind of practice.

"Anyway, I think talks have gone on long enough, this grub looks good." Rexford immediately started eating the various foods. 'Still hard to find a perfect meal I can eat anywhere!'

Following his lead everyone else started to dig in as well. 

Back at the Formation, members of the government Special Teams had been deployed to investigate the area. Besides the abundant Qi underneath they were astounded by the Formation they couldn't;t make heads or tails of.