A World Worth Protecting

You look down on me and still dare to step into my hotel! You’re going too far! Wang Baole hmphed and walked towards the lobby of the Battle-axe Hotel.

The lobby was extremely spacious. Although it couldn’t be considered the best hotel in the Mars Colony, it could be seen as a reputable time-honored brand. Its interior design was extremely lavish, and it felt like a themed arena. Every attendant, regardless of gender, was in a jumpsuit. With one look, you could tell that they weren’t ordinary people. In fact, all of them were at the Ancient Martial Arts realm.

Straight through the lobby was a check-in counter. There were sofas in front of the counter and at the four corners of the lobby for customers to rest on.

Other than that, the hotel also had statues and specimens of beasts within it. This made the Battle-axe Hotel seem slightly ominous.

Despite this, there were still many customers in the hotel. They came and went, making the whole hotel very lively.

This is my hotel. Wang Baole stood in the lobby and looked at his surroundings, feeling very motivated. In front of him, Li Wuchen noticed Wang Baole following him and how he was looking at his surroundings. Li Wuchen laughed at Wang Baole for being a country bumpkin in his heart and didn’t bother with him.

At the same time, a middle-aged man wearing a white jumpsuit quickly walked out from behind the counter after he noticed Li Wuchen. He seemed to have been waiting for a long while, and he welcomed Li Wuchen with a smile on his face.

“Sir, are you Dean Li Wuchen?” His voice and smile spread towards Li Wuchen before he got to him. He had a courteous expression as he greeted Li Wuchen with cupped fists.

The middle-aged man was dressed differently from the other waiters, and he seemed to be at the True Breath realm. As he walked out, the surrounding waiters all bowed their heads towards him. He was obviously part of the management staff at the hotel and held a high-ranking position.

“Ah, you must be Daoist Xu, I’m Li Wuchen.” After seeing the middle-aged man, a smile appeared on Li Wuchen’s face as he nodded at him.

“I rushed over to wait for you the moment I received your notice. Please, Dean Li, let’s talk over here.” The middle-aged man was all smiles and felt smug deep down. He knew that Li Wuchen was at the Foundation Establishment realm and had a strong background. However, this was his turf. Li Wuchen still had to be courteous to him when he was there.

Li Wuchen nodded while smiling in response to the middle-aged man’s invitation and followed him to a rest area nearby. As for Wang Baole, he took no notice, and the middle-aged man high-ranking manager obviously didn’t know who Wang Baole was. If it was any other time, he might have attended to Wang Baole personally because of Wang Baole’s cultivation level, but his main focus was Li Wuchen now.

Besides, the hotel had many cultivators come and go at all times. It was obvious that the middle-aged man had seen too many of them to take much notice. Thus, he started talking to Li Wuchen softly in the rest area.

Seeing this scene, Wang Baole raised his eyebrows and walked into the rest area as well. He sat down comfortably near Li Wuchen and the middle-aged man and ordered a drink. As he drank and observed his hotel, he was also listening to their conversation.

Noticing that Wang Baole was near them, Li Wuchen felt a little annoyed deep down. However, he had more pressing matters at hand, so he ignored Wang Baole once more and turned his head to engage the middle-aged man in discussion once more. A moment later, Li Wuchen looked unhappy and said in a low voice, “Daoist Xu, you must settle this matter for me today. I come here today representing not only myself but also Fire Spirit Academy!”

“Dean Li, the matter is too huge. I will try my best to coordinate matters, but I can’t guarantee that I can get it done on time.” The middle-aged man forced a smile while shaking his head.

Hearing their conversation, Wang Baole was a little confused. Actually, Wang Baole had observed that Li Wuchen needed to ask for a favor from his attitude towards the middle-aged man. He went closer to listen because he was curious.

Now, he still didn’t understand the whole issue, but he did learn the identity of Li Wuchen.

Vice dean of Fire Spirit Academy? That’s the same job as mine! Wang Baole was a little annoyed. He thought about how he had attained so many achievements to get to the position of Level Five Official, but Li Wuchen got to the same position seemingly without any achievements.

Even though Wang Baole was the vice dean of Dao Mountain Mist Academy, he was unhappy that Li Wuchen was at the same rank as him, so he hmphed.

During his previous research, he had also taken notice of the Fire Spirit Academy. After all, the Fire Spirit Academy was a college for the wealthy just like Dao Mountain Mist Academy. To a certain degree, one could even call the two colleges rivals.

As Wang Baole was thinking, Li Wuchen and the middle-aged man’s voices were a little louder than before. Li Wuchen furrowed his brows, and a glimmer appeared in his eyes.

“Daoist Xu, this is only a problem of where a battle-axe is facing. It shouldn’t be too much trouble, besides it’s not like the battle-axe hasn’t changed before!”

“Dean Li, you may say that, but I’m not the one making the decisions on this matter. Could you please wait for a few more days? I’ve reported this already. Although the owner changed, I believe this matter will be approved in a couple of days.”

Listening to their conversation, Wang Baole’s curiosity was piqued even more. He couldn’t understand why the vice dean of Fire Spirit Academy would come here to talk to a True Breath realm cultivator about the problem of a battle-axe’s direction.

It would have been fine if this wasn’t his hotel, but it was. Hence, Wang Baole was even more curious. He opened up the Spirit Intranet and typed in keywords like battle-axe and Fire Spirit Academy to do a search. This search made Wang Baole open his eyes wide, and he was very surprised.

This Battle-axe Hotel has a backstory!

The Battle-axe Hotel was built directly in front of the Fire Spirit Academy. Looking at its geographical location, it was in a very good area. It was close to a school and not too far away from the downtown district; its business was also pretty good. However, this hotel was pretty odd…

Its oddness came from how it seemed to counter the Fire Spirit Academy… Accurately speaking, the Battle-axe Hotel did counter the Fire Spirit Academy. The main point of this seemed to be related to the huge battle-axe in front of the entrance of the hotel.

When the Fire Spirit Academy was just built, everything was normal. This was until the Battle-axe Hotel opposite opened for business. That huge malicious battle-axe faced the Fire Spirit Academy directly. Hence, not even a year had passed before the vice dean of Fire Spirit Academy at that time died unnaturally…

Following that came the Fire Spirit Academy’s second vice dean. Not only was he at an extraordinary cultivation level, but he was also good at divination, and he divined that the malicious aura coming from the battle-axe was too heavy. However, the hotel was the property of the higher-ups of the Trilunaris Corporation so he couldn’t use force. So he negotiated with the Battle-axe Hotel and compromised a little to make the blade of the battle-axe change its direction to not face the Fire Spirit Academy directly.

It might have actually worked. In less than a year, that second vice dean got promoted and recalled back to Earth. Now, he was the Vice Minister in a huge ministry.

As he got promoted, the third vice dean came in. This third vice dean didn’t believe in superstition and took no notice of the hotel. Hence, the hotel turned the blade of the battle-axe back to face the Fire Spirit Academy directly.

As a result, the corruption scandals of this third vice dean were found out by the Colony Disciplinary Order, and he was immediately detained. He was still locked up in the Mars Prison today…

The occurrence of these three events made the Battle-axe Hotel popular. From then on, the first thing new vice deans of Fire Spirit Academy did when they reported for work was to communicate with the hotel and get them to change the direction of the battle-axe blade.

This was way too weird, and people would rather believe it. There were those who didn’t, but not one escaped unscathed. Most of them were caught like the previous vice dean… This was why Li Wuchen, the new vice dean of Fire Spirit Academy, came here to negotiate with the hotel.

So I can do that… Wang Baole was very happy after reading the information. His eyes lit up, and a smile appeared on the corner of his lips when he looked at the gloomy Li Wuchen.

At that moment, Li Wuchen also seemed to run out of patience. He stood up and shot the middle-aged man a cold look. He spoke in a low voice.

“Daoist Xu, I don’t care about the change in owners. I want an answer by today!”

“Dean Li, I’ll be honest with you, there was originally no problem with this, but I received a message a few days ago telling me that the hotel had changed hands. That’s why I couldn’t settle this matter on time.” The middle-aged man also quickly stood up and replied with a forced smile.

“Please don’t make things hard on me, Dean Li. How about this… I’ll ask about it now. Although I’ve never seen the new owner, the old owner gave me his contact details, I’ll ask now. Don’t worry Dean Li, this isn’t a huge issue, there shouldn’t be any problems.”

Hearing his reply, Li Wuchen finally relaxed a little and nodded. To him, nothing would go wrong with this issue. After all, he had the Ethereal Dao College backing him. The Grand Supreme Elder and others wouldn’t make things hard for him over this small matter.

So he didn’t take notice of the middle-aged man who took out his voice transmission ring to contact the new hotel owner. Li Wuchen slanted his eyes to look at Wang Baole, who was fiddling with his voice transmission ring. As he noticed Wang Baole’s slightly smug expression, he harrumphed in disdain.

Country bumpkin! One day I will make you cough up the Spirit Blood you swallowed with interest!

As he thought that deep within his heart… the voice transmission ring of Wang Baole… rang…