My CEO Harem Cultivation System

What were his options?

Sending a message seemed simple enough and he had a Soul Bond with Setsuko that somehow counted as part of his harem. A name and title didn't matter as much as he thought. 

And yet when Li Yang tried to pull up the message screen—it was greyed out.

"Why is it not working?" he frowned.

Bao rolled its eyes. "You do know how long it also took me and even that Mermaid to send you a message from here, right? Instant communication with them that's encrypted and free from the eyes of other outsider influences takes a considerable energy."

"You mean that there are entities across the universe that try to read our messages?" Li Yang wrinkled his nose. 

There was nothing exactly spectacular for anyone to find and even his conversation with Peach seemed obvious enough for anyone who could guess about his motivation and hers.

"Why wouldn't there be?" Bao crossed its arms. "Information is power and gaining access to that is relevant to any being."

Li Yang shouldn't have been surprised when there were literal deities and so-called Observers watching his every move, but it only made him a tad disappointed. 

What could a picture of Narissa in her jacuzzi do to even change the fate of the universe? There were far more stakes than trying to get one's hand on a guy in this pseudo-reality show.

Li Yang realigned his thoughts back to his question. "A quick teleportation back and forth, maybe?"

He summoned the System and checked the Shop portion in search of any possible energy-charging stones for the World Warper. Depending on how expensive it was, perhaps he could consider it. 

"You're going to use that hacked System again, aren't you?" Bao stared at him. 

"It's a Patched System." 

"The same thing." Bao frowned deeply. 

It was originally supposed to bestow a Harem Cultivation System and that meant that items and skills given were bound to a certain category from the grand archive of the Great Library.

However, it all changed due to the 'Patch'.

Li Yang himself didn't care about what the label was—as long as it provided him benefits, then he would take advantage of it. 

But now it seemed like Bao was finally starting to remark and complain about the Patched System despite not noticing it before. 

"Why are you only saying a word now?" he asked.

The creature grumbled underneath its breath but refused to give him a proper answer. Aware that most conversations with Bao tended not to be fruitful nor helpful when the creature was in this mood, Li Yang stared at the screen with some reluctance. 

[ Adelaide Ruby ]

The sacred flame of the warrior in a previous millennium has been sealed within the confines of the stone to unleash its powerful and unquenching fire against the immortal dark entities that come from another world.

150,000 Points

[ Bloodstone of Luna ]

When the clan war between the Halpa and Gema lycanths finally ended on the thirteenth month in the waning world, their blood stained and riddled the moon stone and transformed it into a stone that feasts on blood and grants a capable user the gathered power from the stone.

275,000 Points

[ Chrysoberyl Cat's Eye ]

A divine cat once bestowed one of its eyes to a weak humanoid race to defend itself from the dangers that lie beyond their small borders. The precious stone is highly regarded for its protection and warding properties that protect its owner from the deceitful creatures that prey in the night. 

325,000 Points 

[ Dumortierite Quartz ]

A dark blue stone found in the more transcended planets in the universe where its inhabitants all operate at the Water Realm and communicate solely through telepathy and other mind-energy consuming methods.

125,000 Points

[ Eye of the Tah ]

A mystical and powerful jewel obtained from the fallen temples of an ancient civilization that was powered by the mass sacrifice of its entire people to an unknown god that promised deliverance from the turmoil of their world—doing so, by consuming them all to increase its power.

1 Point 

Li Yang thought it was ridiculous that the available stones were quite expensive—as if the System itself noted that his desire to return was nothing more than a ridiculous attempt. 

He wasn't also that risky enough to attempt to purchase a cheap jewel that brought an end to an entire civilization. Other than that stone, even with the sudden achievement he obtained earlier, it was too expensive to actually attempt to head back to Telriah even if he were to do his best to quickly return by simply purchasing one stone. 

[ Achieved Beholders from Heavens Quest - I ]

You Have received a total of five premium observers from the Heavenly Plane - First Sphere that willingly pay attention to your mortal existence over that of other beings in your plane.

[ Rewards: 50,000 Points ]

[ Total Current Points: 231,169 ]

"The world of Telriah's resources is far greater than I expected…" Li Yang frowned slightly. That was one of the conclusions he made if it wasn't him getting ripped off by the System or it trying to lead him astray into a darker path.

"There's no use coming there—what if you get back here after the quest timer runs out?" Bao reminded him and crossed its arms. "Sure. The consequences may not be that much to you anymore now—but I thought it still mattered."

"Of course it does. But… besides the company, there are other individuals that I am trying to assure are safe from harm, and yet I can't do anything without putting others at risk."

Perhaps it was best to put his mind away from these thoughts. Li Yang couldn't be at all places at once even if he were a cultivator or not. The man shifted the tab to no longer search for items but any possible Skills. "Unless there's some kind of Skill to obtain involving creating temporary clones to act in my stead."

Everything was in his fingertip after all… and only the problem of paying for it stood in his way. 

Bao decided to give him advice. "You know, you should just give it up and focus on better things. There are countless fish, er, women in the sea."

"People are not as replaceable as you make them out to be." 

"Like I said—" The creature stopped its retort at the sudden change in the atmosphere. The air dropped cold between them into freezing levels. Bao threw a look at the ex-CEO and asked a question. "What did you do?"

"Nothing."

A red rupture appeared in the middle of Li Yang's house and where a clawed hand suddenly escaped and reached out towards him. It pulled the man into the vortex, a strong gravitational pull that only seemed to be collecting him back, but Bao suddenly reached out and grabbed his sleeve and refused to let it go.

Bao threw him a glare that said it was the man's damn fault anyway. "This is a blood summoning—"

Only the torn sleeve of the man's suit was left in Bao's paws.

It was doing an awful job at keeping him in one place.