After confirming that Su Xiaotian will explore the Western Continent, the two old men starts telling him about all sorts of things that he can expect when he goes there, limiting the knowledge they give him up to a certain degree as both of them thought that giving him a large amount of information regarding that place will take away a significant benefit of his travel there.

"For now, you can take your time enjoying yourself or doing whatever you like for a while, the path to the west will only completely stabilize within three days, so you still have some time to prepare everything that you will need" after a good amount of time of explanation regarding the Western Continent, Hua Xingtian reminded the young man as he respectfully bows towards them, his salutations, with his head bowing only ever-so-slightly, doesn't seem to offend either of the old men.

"Remember boy, while culturally, there are a lot of things there that is completely different compared here in the east, there's only one true rule that reigns supreme in that land as well, the rule of the strong" the peculiar old man, Lucius, reminded with quite the serious tone on his voice, his mystical eyes glowing once again before it reverts into normal, with it a knowing glint that make it look like he saw something interesting.

No longer wasting any time, as he also knows that neither of these two old men was a fan of pleasantries, Su Xiaotian then offered his goodbye as he cupped his fist before turning around, heading directly to the place where he entered, despite a door not being there.

Said door, however, appeared the moment he got close enough to it, and taking no time at all, he then proceeded to open the passage and move outside, carrying with him the gaze of both the peculiar old man and his soon-to-be grandfather-in-law, both seemingly bearing expectations on him about something.

'Perhaps this is a good chance to do that…' feeling like with only him and his family being strong is not enough for them to truly become safe, the immortal-like young man starts to wonder whether he should build his own force, his idea initially on the citizens of the Frontier City that comes along with Astaria, and while he doesn't plan to give up on that matter, something else weighs on his mind.

'Of course, I can also just procure puppets or just straight up but it from the Universal Shop System but…' sighing as he was once again reminded that despite the large amount of Universal Coins in his hand, it was still not nearly enough, the immortal-like young man pauses for a while before he continues his thought, a thought that even up to now, still stings his heart quite a bit.

'It's too expensive…' the words appear on his head before he decides to push this issue into the back of his mind, shifting his attention to other potential 'important' personnel for him to develop a force.

'For the people in the Frontier City, those people are close with Astaria, so I also need to value them… as for outsiders…' thinking that there's no one related to him in any way in the place that he's going to travel in the near future, Su Xiaotian thought that they will be the perfect subject for him to take under his wing and develop as his sword aimed towards opponents and enemies that he will have in the future.

'Well, I still need to spend some money on them, but at the very least, I don't think I will need to spend all that much Universal Coins for this plan to work…' he consoled in his mind as he continued walking down the empty hallway connecting the secret realm both Hua Xingtian and Lucius are in.

It might've sounded like a significant amount of time had passed since he stepped outside the secret realm; however, all these thoughts happen within the span of a few moments, a few moments in which the two old men, who are quite possibly the most powerful beings that he had met in his current life so far, are still staring at him.

Now seeing the immortal-like young man going out of this place already, both Lucius and Hua Xingtian look at his back, looking quite satisfied with the young man's confident, consistent stride as if he's already someone who has experienced a lot of the world, the air around him changing ever so slightly as if his mind is getting even better than before.

"Say, Old Xingtian, what sort of chaos do you think that kid will bring on that place?" the peculiar old man said as he pried his own eyes away from the immortal-like young man, his action being followed by the other old man, who shook his head at the question.

"The West is your world, Lucius. Why would you even ask me when you yourself already know the answer to your question better than I do?" Hua Xingtian said with a wry smile on his face, feeling like this is such a pointless question, especially when considering the fact that, other than this old friend of his knowing the Western Continent like the back of his hand, he also possesses an eye that far surpasses anyone else's ability to see beyond the present.

"Hahaha, who knows, after all, even my eyes often fail to work on that kid and that kid alone…" Lucius laughs as he returns to tending the crops, this fact that he stated something that Hua Xingtian is already well aware of, yet also something that he still couldn't wrap his head around, a fact that is also true to the peculiar old man himself.

Deciding not to think too much of the future, the two of them gradually shift their conversations as they continue to tend to the rice field, both of them eventually forgetting about the immortal-like young man as they take their own time comprehending their own path, all while enjoying the mundanity of everyday life.

While Lucius and Hua Xingtian remain within the secret realm, Su Xiaotian decides to stop by another place, given that he is already in the Heavenly Secret Tower's headquarters right now, his steps certain, showing that he already knows where it is that he is going.

While on the way to his current destination, there are some members and officials of the tower that he met along the way, and not too surprisingly, they were all showing proper respect to him, some of them looking up to him with idolizing gaze while even the most unappreciative ones among the people he encounters at the very least has the eyes of someone looking at a renown people in a certain field when looking at him.

If it was only because of the martial talent and combat prowess that he had displayed all across the Eastern Continent now, this wouldn't be the type of treatment that everyone he encounters will give him, well, at the very least, he will still be given respect where it is due but just a tiny fraction, if there's any at all that will straight up look at him with idolizing eyes like what he is experiencing right now.

The reason for this experience is that given the fact that he is currently within one of the most important area within the Heavenly Secret Tower's headquarters, it is obvious that all people here are ones that are in the know of the more secretive things within the tower, and one of those secretive things is one that he designed, the greatest, possibly most ambitious project that the Heavenly Secret Tower has undertaken through all its years of existing within the Eastern Continent.

----------

"It's going really well now, give it a few months, or half a year at most and we will have a network spanning over ninety-five percent of all Eastern Continent's population…" handing some sheets of paper towards the immortal-like young man with an excited smile on his face, a middle-aged man, bearing an extreme resemblance with Hua Xingtian, claimed, this man sitting comfortably on an office chair looking quite proudly at the young man in front of him.

"This development is way faster than expected, Uncle Jingxian… I think we can proceed to the next steps of the plan earlier…" nodding as he reads through the information provided in the paper, the young man, Su Xiaotian, couldn't help but feel impressed at the influence and ability that the Heavenly Secret Tower has over the Eastern Continent.

'A lot of old people from other forces are not dumb at all so I was expecting some opposition possibly trying to stop the rapid growth of the jade slip across the continent but this kind of development…' feeling like there are a lot of things that is going well today, Su Xiaotian couldn't help but smile as he starts discussing with the middle-age man some adjustments that they have to make due to the massive success of the first phase of their plans.