Jiang Yuexi also chimed in, "Auntie, just accept it. Yan Zhe is very capable, and the teacher thinks highly of him. He will definitely make a lot of money after going to college. He will feel at ease if you accept this money."

Hearing that she had helped persuade him, Li Qian nodded and said, "Okay, I'll take it. But, Azhe, you and Xiao Jiang are classmates, so it's only natural to help others. Next time, um, ask for less."

At first she wanted to say that she didn't want any money, but then she thought that it was not a small amount of money, and her son might have a considerable cost involved, so she couldn't lose money, so she changed her mind and asked for less.

Yan Zhe agreed: "Okay, I will definitely do it next time."

After dinner, Jiang Yuexi wanted to help Li Qian clean up the dishes, but was rejected by Li Qian. Now that he knew that she was a rich girl, how could he help her?

The original idea of ​​wanting Jiang Yuexi to be his daughter-in-law has faded.

Instead of helping to wash the dishes, Yan Zhe directly sent Jiang Yuexi back home.

After returning home, Li Qian questioned Yan Zhe again, most of the questions were about Jiang Yuexi.

After learning that Jiang Yuexi came from a single-parent family and her mother was always on business trips, Li Qian felt more sympathy for her and urged Yan Zhe to help her and not bully her.

Of course Yan Zhe agreed to all of them.

It's impossible not to be bullied, we're used to it.

If it needs to be disciplined, it still needs to be disciplined.

More than ten days passed in a blink of an eye. On this day, Yan Zhe came to the world of immortal cultivation and left the city under the cover of night.

After observing for the past few days, no one is paying attention to Fangcao Valley anymore.

After trying three times and confirming that he had not been discovered, Yan Zhe decided to go out today and get the core of the secret realm.

In order to facilitate digging, he specially bought a high-quality shovel from the Beast Taming World, and then began to dig hard.

A cultivator at the third level of Qi Refining and a warrior at the fourth level of Blood Refining still used such a primitive method to dig something out.

There was no way. He didn't know any earth-based magic, so the only way was to use fireballs, but that would make too much noise, so he had to use some effort.

After digging for half an hour, they finally got the core deep underground. After covering up some traces, Yan Zhe took him back to the mansion.

With the core of the secret realm, it means that he has a base to secretly train his subordinates. Although this place is small, the subordinates he needs are of high quality rather than quantity, so it is completely enough.

However, there is still one thing missing: the means to control people.

Yan Zhe was not reassured by the ordinary methods. What he needed was a kind of magic. He had already sent Fu Chenguang to inquire about it, and there should be news soon.

The next morning, Fu Chenguang just came back and went to the main hall to report the matter to Yan Zhe.

"Master, I've inquired everywhere, and none of the forces in Redstone City or the surrounding gangs have the means to directly control the mind. However, when I returned home, I saw a notice posted on the street, saying that they were hunting for a demon named 'Thousand Faces Young Master'.

The description above says that this guy knows a magic method to control and confuse people's minds. He caused trouble in the nearby Chonglin Mansion and fled to Dongyang Prefecture. His magic method may meet the master's requirements.

Yan Zhe became interested and asked, "How strong is this Thousand Faces Young Master?"

"It is said that he has only the fifth level of Qi Refining and some martial arts skills, but no more than the fifth level of Blood Refining. I am not afraid of him in a head-on fight, but I am afraid that he has some other means and it will be difficult to defeat him." Fu Chenguang replied.

Yan Zhe nodded and said, "Okay, I understand. Brother Fu, you've worked hard during this period. I'll give you one hundred taels of gold and give you three days off. Go and have some fun."

"Thank you for the reward, Master."

After Fu Chenguang left, Yan Zhe thought for a while and came to the City Lord's Mansion.

Li Shaobai saw Yan Zhe coming and said with a smile, "Brother, you've arrived just in time. I was just looking for you. You've seen the notice outside, right? Father has entrusted this matter to me. That guy is good at disguising himself and has a technique for controlling people. Although we know he's entered Red Stone City, we have no clue where he's hiding.

Brother, what do you think?

Yan Zhe shook his head and said, "I have no idea either. What on earth did this person do wrong? Why did he end up here?"

"This guy is a flower thief, a sex-crazed demon." Li Shaobai sighed, then continued, "He harmed many decent women in Chonglin Mansion, but because of his control over people, those women were controlled by him, so he was not held accountable.

This further fueled his arrogance, and he set his sights on Zhao Shanshan, the daughter of the Black Cloud City Lord. Although he failed because Zhao Shanshan's magical weapon protected her, he also angered the City Lord, who invited monks to target him, forcing him to flee.

The monk Wang Daochang who was chasing him pursued him all the way to Red Stone City. He is certain that this guy is still in the city, but he doesn't know where he is hiding.

"Is Taoist Master Wang still in the city?" Yan Zhe asked.

Li Shaobai nodded and said, "Yes, he will join me in hunting this man down."

Yan Zhe analyzed, "A lustful man like the Thousand Faces Young Master will definitely not stop committing crimes. He doesn't care about women from ordinary families; he only targets the ladies from prominent families. If Daoist Master Wang has any tracking methods, he should check the mansions of the major families one by one. He should be able to find something."

"Haha! I knew that brother would definitely have a way. Let's go and find Taoist Wang." Li Shaobai said, and took Yan Zhe to find Taoist Wang.

Daoist Master Wang was a cultivator at the seventh level of Qi Refining. After listening to Li Shaobai's story, he nodded and said, "That makes sense. If we can determine where he has been, my tracking rat can find him."

In his arms was a little gray and white mouse, which must be a spiritual animal.

Yan Zhe asked in surprise, "Is this tracking mouse so powerful? I wonder where I can buy one. If I lose something in the future, can I use it to find it?"

"Haha, this tracking rat was distributed by the imperial court to the Inspection Office, but there is no place to sell it. If you want it, you can only join our Inspection Office." Taoist Wang laughed.

This was the first time Yan Zhe had heard of this government office, and he asked in confusion, "What is the Xunjiansi?"

"Let me explain," Li Shaobai said. "The Inspection Office is an organization formed by the imperial court using warriors and cultivators to handle difficult cases involving interprovincial rebellions. To join the Inspection Office, one must be at least at the fifth level of the Blood Refining Realm or the fourth level of the Qi Refining Realm. They are all masters with extraordinary skills."

The Inspection Division has only one branch in each prefecture, directly under the headquarters in the capital. They operate in secrecy and are difficult to contact, so it's normal that you don't know about them.

Yan Zhe nodded. He had doubts before. How could the imperial court directly interfere with a city like Red Stone City, which was very independent and had extraordinary power? It seemed that there were still many things he didn't know.

It's also a great experience.