Chapter 27: Wise Eyes Recognize Talents

Chapter 27 – Wise Eyes Recognize Young Talents

Su Changyu didn’t make it through after all.

Before and after only seven or eight days, Su Changyu couldn’t hold on and died.

When his body was sent back, Li Fan even went to take a look.

There was only a mass of twisted flesh and blood left, no human appearance at all, and it looked appalling.

The flesh and blood even occasionally twitched inexplicably. It straight away made one’s scalp numb.

These people from the departed world were new to the world, and they couldn’t even come up with the money to buy a cemetery plot.

Originally prepared to bury him at sea, or Li Fan could not stand to watch and took some money, which allowed Su Changyu to be buried in the ground.

Everyone was very sad.

Among them, especially Xiao Heng cried the most.

Li Fan didn’t have any special feelings, just a little sigh.

In the world of reincarnation nearly three hundred years, Li Fan has its own set of techniques to recognize people.

In his opinion, Su Changyu is a decent person in the world, and his heart is also quite firm. Although it is not about what a hundred years hard to meet the outstanding person, but also not by no means what mediocrity.

Among the group of people in this world, he was thought to be the most likely to make a name for himself.

Just such a person, even dispel miasma this cultivation predecessor requirements have not been able to pass, so noiselessly died.

The Immortal Path is difficult!

Li Fan lamented more vividly.

In the next process of practicing the Xuan Huang Qing Xin Mantra, Li Fan’s feelings about this were more and more profound.

As it turned out, Li Fan wasn’t a person with outstanding natural talent.

For nearly a month, Li Fan stayed in his home every day, except for getting a job to hide his face, he hid at home and practiced the Mantra for Clearing the Heart.

Generally speaking, after practicing for half a month, a regular person would have obvious effects such as their spirit becoming better and their speed of thinking becoming faster.

But after a month had passed, Li Fan froze without feeling any changes.

Li Fan guessed that it might be because his mental strength had already far exceeded that of normal people after several rounds and a hundred years of refinement by [Returning the Truth], that’s why the effect of this Mind Clearing Mantra on himself was not that great.

Li Fan was not in a hurry and just took it as a daily practice.

So after another half a month, Li Fan finally waited for the people from Tian Bao Lou.

Li Fan followed the person who sent the message and met Steward Zhao in one of the courtyards of Tian Bao Lou’s own house.

“Steward Zhao, long time no see.” Li Fan arched his hand.

Steward Zhao glanced at Li Fan and also got straight to the point: “I heard from the people of the Heavenly Treasure House that you want to beg for a fleet of sea quota. The appetite is not small. What is the basis for that?”

“You know, I only have two available in my hands. My own men aren’t enough to share, why should I give it to you?” “The fleet goes out to sea, but it’s just seeking profit. I don’t know what Steward Zhao thinks, how does the profit gained from catching glazed fish compare to getting treasure directly from a shipwreck at the bottom of the sea?” Li Fan smiled slightly.

Seemingly not feeling that Li Fan was talking big, Steward Zhao thought seriously for a while, “I have heard about the accidental harvest of a dozen boxes of jewelry from the fleet the other day. After the government’s calculation, the harvest was enough to match the proceeds from several regular fishing trips to the sea. But how can this kind of good thing be encountered every time, I have been on this island for more than ten years, and there are only a few times that I remember having a big harvest.”

He paused, then asked, “Listening to you, you ……”

Li Fan nodded, “If I were to take charge of a fleet of ships, I can guarantee that every time I go out to sea, I will bring back a certain amount of treasure.”

A strange light flashed in Steward Zhao’s eyes, staring carefully at Li Fan for a few moments, and wondered, “Actually, you didn’t lie.”

This time it was Li Fan’s turn to be a little surprised, “I indeed did not lie, but I don’t know how Steward Zhao could tell.”

Steward Zhao laughed, “I was born with a pair of different pupils since I was young, and I am able to recognize capable people and discern truth from falsehood. When you spoke just now, I only saw a soft white light on your body, proving that what you said was true and that you had no ill intentions. If there is a gust of black gas, it proves that you have other intentions.”

“There is actually such an exotic technique?” Li Fan was stunned. “On the day of naturalization, Steward Zhao seemed to treat me slightly differently from the others. But what did you see?”

“I can only tell a general idea, how can I know everything? I only saw that you were very rich and had a lot of blood on your hands. Obviously you’re not a normal person. That’s why I’m being polite to you.” Steward Zhao kindly smiled and explained. “Heaven’s will is unpredictable, and for someone like you, who knows what you can achieve in the future? Might as well go along and make a good karma first.”

Li Fan nodded his head, but then he heard Steward Zhao let out a sigh of relief, “In recent years, there have been frequent catastrophes, and I don’t know how many people like you, who are very rich and powerful but have been displaced to our Liuli Island. Some people just hibernate for a few years, and then rise again on the wind; some are since then lost to the masses, turned into white bones.”

As Li Fan listened, he suddenly thought of another thing: “In that case, that day when we were naturalized, you could see that what Sun Zhang of Tian Bao Lou said was untrue?”

“So what if it’s true, so what if it’s false? Sometimes being too serious may not be a good thing. My duty is merely to ensure that there are no attempts at subversion on the island. Regardless of where you come from, as long as you keep your peace, nothing will be done to you.” Steward Zhao said in an unimpressed manner. “With an Immortal Master on the island, there will be no fear of chaos.”

“Besides, collecting the victims was also the Immortal Master’s command. He, Sun Zhang, was able to lead so many ‘victims’ to my Liuli Island, so how would I make things difficult for him.”

As Li Fan listened, he had a rough understanding of this Steward Zhao’s principle of handling things.

So the topic of the two of them returned to the fleet of ships going out to sea.

“Since Steward Zhao can see that what I have said is true, can you consider the matter of the sea-going quota?” Li Fan asked.

Steward Zhao tapped his finger on the table a few times before saying, “You’re a newcomer with no roots, so if I were to risk handing over the fleet to you, it would certainly cause a lot of dissatisfaction.”

“How about this, the next time you go out to sea, you follow along. If you can really salvage treasure every time you go out to sea, then without a few times, the crew will surely be convinced of you. At that time, you can then take over the fleet in name only.”

“Or even, if your harvest is large enough, it’s not impossible for me to advocate to the Mansion Lord to snatch another fleet from Surname Qian and hand it over to you.”

“Steward Zhao is well thought out.” Li Fan had no excuse for himself.

And so things were finalized so smoothly and unusually.

The details of the conversation between the two were not known to Tian Bao Lou, but after learning that Li Fan had easily convinced Steward Zhao to get a place on the next sea voyage, he was very shocked.

“Could it be that uncle didn’t talk big, he’s really sure of taking down a flotilla?” In the Heavenly Treasure Building, the yellow-clothed woman propped her chin on her hand, her eyes flickering.

“I wonder what exactly he has to rely on?” Sun Zhang was also puzzled. How he looked at Li Fan, he was a middle-aged man who couldn’t be more ordinary.

“Send him the land deed of that vacant small courtyard on East Street in the city.” The woman in yellow suddenly said.

“Ah?” Sun Zhang didn’t react for a moment.

(End of chapter)