Nanli Immortal Cultivation World, Hongshi City Charity Hall.
More than 200 orphans have been taken in here. Two days ago, they were commended by the City Lord's Mansion and received donations from major families across the city.
At this time, all the orphans wearing new clothes gathered together and met the legendary great philanthropist, the master of the charity hall.
Yan Zhe gave some encouraging words on the stage, and then started the "candy-giving" activity.
This 'candy' is the latest product of Yan's Candy Shop, a kind of soft candy that is sweet and sticky. It is called 'glutinous rice candy' and is very valuable. Ordinary people simply cannot afford it, but today, each of them can get five pieces!
Yan Zhe sat in front of the counter and personally handed the candy to each child. Every time a child came up to him, he would first ask their name and then touch their head.
The purpose of doing this is actually to find out whether these children have spiritual roots.
Spiritual roots are the foundation of cultivating immortals. Yan Zhe can use the talent of "fusion" to practice, but these children cannot. He opened the charity hall to select some seedlings with better talent in cultivating immortals and cultivate them.
He could use pills to quickly improve his cultivation, and then let him refine some basic pills on his behalf, so that he could save a lot of time to practice or explore more advanced pill recipes, instead of being an alchemy worker.
The method of controlling people we are looking for is also prepared for these people.
Spiritual root talents are divided into five elements, and single spiritual roots are the best. For alchemists, fire spiritual roots and wood spiritual roots are the best.
According to Taoist Priest Changchun, even in the heyday of spiritual practice, practitioners with only spiritual roots were rare, not to mention that in this Dharma-Ending Age, people with spiritual roots are already extremely rare.
Yan Zhe checked more than two hundred people, but did not find a single one with spiritual roots.
Although he was mentally prepared, he still felt disappointed when he really didn't gain anything.
"Red Stone City has a population of over a million, and refugees arrive every day. There shouldn't be just these orphans, right? Keep adopting orphans and keep a record of the new arrivals. I'll give them candy one by one when the time comes."
Hearing Yan Zhe's words, Uncle Chen nodded and said, "There are indeed quite a few orphans, but some have been taken away by children, and some have been taken in by gangs, so we have fewer people to adopt."
"No matter what gang it is, the City Lord's Mansion has the final say in Red Stone City. Take money to buy people from those gangs and gangsters, and tell them not to be ungrateful. If they dare to obstruct my kindness and good deeds, they will be prepared to suffer retribution."
Yan Zhe naturally didn't take those second-rate gangs seriously, but in order to reduce trouble, he still let Uncle Chen go and buy them with money. If they interfered again, he didn't mind killing the chicken to scare the monkey.
"Yes, sir," Uncle Chen replied, "The express horse is ready, and Master Fu Wu is waiting at the gate. When we arrive, someone will greet you at the city gate."
Yan Zhe nodded and said, "I'll take care of this matter before I come back. If there's anything important, I'll go to the City Lord's Mansion and ask the Young City Lord to come forward."
After giving his final instructions, Yan Zhe went out on horseback and headed towards Black Cloud City with Fu Chenguang.
There are ferocious beasts lurking outside the city, so it is best to travel light.
Although the two cities belong to two different prefectures, they are relatively close to each other. After an hour and a half's journey, Black Cloud City is right in front of us.
When they arrived near Black Cloud City, Yan Zhe became more aware of the six people controlled by the 'Soul Ring'.
It was getting late, so after entering Black Cloud City, they went to rest in the inn arranged by the manager of the sugar factory.
At night, Yan Zhe secretly left the inn, put on the mask, transformed himself into 'Senior Qin Feng from the Great Xia Beast Taming World', and met with the six people one by one.
Among the six people, five of them were daughters of wealthy families in Black Cloud City. They were ordinary people who occupied the positions in the soul ring for nothing, so Yan Zhe erased the soul talismans from them.
The last one is somewhat useful.
This man's name is 'Song Zizhan', a famous doctor in Black Cloud City. Medicine is only auxiliary to his treatment and saving lives. What he is best at is talismans. He is a cultivator at the fourth level of Qi Refining and is good at making talismans.
In this Dharma-Ending Age, it is extremely difficult to refine elixirs, but the production of low-level talismans is not greatly affected. Talismans are more popular on the market now, and elixirs are almost nowhere to be seen.
Song Zizhan is nearly fifty years old and has lived in Black Cloud City for twenty years. He is quite famous. Who would have thought that such a highly respected doctor would be a subordinate of the infamous Thousand Faces Young Master?
Yan Zhe observed that although Song Zizhan was only at the fourth level of Qi Refining at the age of fifty, he had the three spiritual roots of 'wood, water and earth', and his talent could be considered good. If he were to practice in a prosperous era, with this talent, there would be no problem in building a foundation, and there would be hope for the Golden Elixir.
It’s a pity that he was born in this Dharma-Ending Age, and he devoted himself to the Dao of Talismans, so his cultivation stagnated.
But there is still hope and it is worth cultivating.
The Soul Talisman can forcibly control the target, but if it is not activated, it will have no impact on normal life and will not interfere with the thinking of the controlled object. This is equivalent to a compulsory measure.
After listening to Song Zizhan's story, Yan Zhe lifted the forced control and told Song Zizhan that the Thousand Faces Young Master had died and that he was his new master.
"From now on, don't call me Young Master. Just call me Master," Yan Zhe said. "Since you're alone and have no ties here, move to Red Stone City tomorrow and settle down. As my physician, I will help you improve your cultivation."
"Yes, sir." Song Zizhan said respectfully.
Being controlled by others, he was very clear about his position and kept a low profile.
The next day, Yan Zhe inspected the sugar factory and the newly opened restaurant, then came to Song Zizhan's clinic and asked him to help treat Fu Chenguang's injuries. Then, he took him back to Red Stone City.
After returning to the city, Yan Zhe had someone arrange accommodation for him in the mansion, and then came to the charity hall.
Uncle Chen reported, "Master, we've bought two hundred and thirty-seven men from gangs and slaves. Here's the account."
"Is anyone giving you any trouble?" Yan Zhe asked as he flipped through the accounts.
Uncle Chen replied, "No, they are well aware of the relationship between the Yan Mansion, the City Lord's Mansion, and the major families. They didn't make things difficult for us. We just asked for the market price. If we asked for more, we would give them a discount."
"Well, it doesn't matter how much money we spend, but we can't lose face. Okay, are the candies ready? I'm going to start distributing the candies." Yan Zhe handed the account back to Uncle Chen and asked.
Uncle Chen nodded and smiled, "Everything is ready. The kids have been waiting for a long time."
"Haha, let's get started!"
It costs money, but it works.
After testing all of these two hundred people, they indeed found one who had spiritual roots, and he had the three spiritual roots of 'gold, fire, and wood'.
After all the candies were distributed, Yan Zhe asked Uncle Chen to bring the child back to the Yan Mansion and have dinner with him.
Yan Zhe looked at the timid little girl with a ponytail in front of him, his eyes full of joy.
Fourteen years old is just right!
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