Chapter 1128: Danger
The sound of discontent from the mysterious woman was completely unheard by Xu Hao.
He continued to ponder the mysterious woman's words in the room, trying to find what he needed from them.
Time passed quietly.
After advising all the women to devote themselves to their cultivation, Xu Hao closed his retreat.
Xu Hao claimed he was about to advance, but that was actually a bluff.
The real reason was that his power was fluctuating, and his realm seemed in danger of slipping at any time, due to his recent rapid advancements.
Don't underestimate the minor step from the middle stage of Grandmaster level to the late stage; it's indeed a significant progress.
And Xu Hao's recent improvement was mostly achieved by seizing Qi Force from others to advance. Though essentially Qi Force, externally forced enhancement still has not insignificant drawbacks.
Therefore, Xu Hao needed to spend time stabilizing his cultivation.
Meanwhile, a major event unfolded externally!
Led by the Jiangnan Mao Family, the Anti Xu Alliance was formally established in the Mao family's council hall in Jiangnan Province.
They had only one goal: to ruin Xu Hao completely!
A dozen large and small groups and companies joined hands to create a commercial blockade encircling most of Tiannan Province!
On one side of this commercial blockade was Xu Hao's territory, Tiannan Province, which these companies and groups couldn't control.
But on the other side of this blockade, it was their territory.
In their territory, anything related to Xu Hao or Xu Liu Group was absolutely prohibited from dissemination, almost blocking all paths for understanding Xu Hao and Xu Liu Group in these three places.
More seriously, people initially complained, but an overwhelming barrage of negative propaganda emerged endlessly, impairing most people's judgment and leading to a spontaneous boycott of Xu Liu Group's goods.
This brainwashing was highly successful.
It's a terribly frightening phenomenon, almost resulting in a nationwide boycott and denunciation.
Thus, within just a few days, almost everyone in Jiangnan Province and Miaojiang Province considered Xu Liu Group's products bad, spontaneously rejecting and resisting them.
Liu Ruyan reported the situation to Xu Hao, but Xu Hao said not to worry; for now, Xu Liu Group's focus is still in Tiannan Province. Once the coverage rate of sales points in Tiannan Province exceeds 80%, he would develop a new drug formula and begin expanding the drug market.
Meanwhile, Liu Ruyan also informed Xu Hao that Jiang Xuezhun seemed to be having trouble in Dong Jiang City, at the easternmost city in Tiannan Province.
Xu Hao remembered the fiery and enthusiastic girl, nodding his head, he said, "That girl is facing a challenge yet doesn't seek help; she really is stubborn."
Liu Ruyan, somewhat helplessly, said, "Oh, very stubborn indeed. If it weren't for our intelligence personnel bringing us information, I wouldn't have known she went to such a dangerous mission."
"Dangerous? Jiang Xuezhun is just a police officer with a minor position; shouldn't she be handling such dangerous assignments? Those are tasks for special enforcement personnel," Xu Hao asked.
"Oh, we initially thought it was just a small task and didn't pay much attention, but just now the intelligence personnel reported, the counterpart added manpower, possibly involving people with special abilities."
"Persons with special abilities? What are those?" Xu Hao asked.
"Persons with special abilities are a group naturally endowed with extraordinary powers, who, after development, can control such powers. Currently, persons with special abilities are classified into five levels: D, C, B, A, and S. The D level is just entry-level, not even reaching Internal Energy Transformation; C roughly corresponds to Internal Energy Transformation, B to the mastery period, A to Grandmaster level, and using A as an example: A- is half step Grandmaster, A is Early Stage Grandmaster level, A+ is middle stage of Grandmaster level, A++ is late stage Grandmaster level, A+++ is peak late stage Grandmaster level, A++++ is Great Perfection of Peak Late stage Grandmaster level, S- is half step Martial Sovereign, S is Martial Sovereign."
Liu Ruyan patiently explained in detail, "And based on their different powers, they also have different names, such as A-level Fire Control Supernatural Power Users, B- Ice Control Supernatural Power Users, A++ Space element Supernatural Power Users..."
"Interesting, I feel these talents are truly the darlings of heaven; born with the genes of special abilities, they only need to wait for a suitable moment to activate them, whereas an Expert of mastery might need extensive cultivation, they merely need to properly utilize their innate powers," Xu Hao said.
"Indeed, particularly those with unique abilities, they're extremely tricky, like I mentioned earlier about the Space element Supernatural Power Users; their capability is to traverse space briefly, they can instantly move to any place within their moving range, ignoring any obstacles!" Liu Ruyan said enviously.
"Space element Supernatural Power Users… incredible, mastering space control likely requires very high strength, yet they can possess it at such low levels of power; though their range for translocation isn't too far, it's certainly an advantage," Xu Hao sighed, then got up and said, "Alright, I'll go see Xue Zhu, a single Supernatural Power User might really trouble her."