Chapter 27: Recognizing Talents with a Distinguished Eye
Su Changyu couldn't hold on after all.
It only took seven or eight days before Su Changyu could no longer hold on and died.
When his body was sent back, Li Fan took a look at it.
Only a twisted mass of flesh and blood was left, which no longer resembled a human being and looked extremely horrifying.
The flesh and blood would even twitch inexplicably from time to time, which made people's scalps numb.
These people from Lijie were new here and couldn't even afford to buy a plot of land for a grave.
They were originally planning to bury him at sea, but Li Fan couldn't bear it anymore and took out some money so that Su Changyu could rest in peace.
Everyone was very sad.
Among them, Xiao Heng cried the most miserably.
Li Fan didn't have any special feelings, just a little sad.
After nearly three hundred years of reincarnation in the mortal world, Li Fan has his own way of judging people.
In his opinion, Su Changyu was a decent person with a firm mind. Although he was not a rare talent, he was not a mediocre person either.
Among this group of people who have left the world, he was thought to be the one with the greatest potential to make a name for himself.
Such a person, who failed to even meet the prerequisite of spiritual practice of removing miasma, died silently.
The path to immortality is difficult!
Li Fan was filled with emotion.
In the following process of practicing the "Xuanhuang Qingxin Mantra", Li Fan's feelings about this became more and more profound.
Facts have proved that Li Fan is not a man of extraordinary talent.
For nearly a month, Li Fan stayed at home and rarely went out. Except for taking a job to hide from others, he stayed at home all the time and practiced the Heart Purification Mantra.
Generally speaking, after practicing for half a month, ordinary people will see obvious effects such as better spirits and faster thinking.
But a month passed and Li Fan didn't feel any changes.
Li Fan guessed that it might be because his mental strength had far surpassed that of ordinary people after several reincarnations and a hundred years of tempering, so the effect of the Heart Purifying Mantra on him was not that great.
Li Fan was not in a hurry, he just treated it as a daily practice.
Another half a month passed, and Li Fan finally waited for someone from Tianbao Tower.
Li Fan followed the messenger and met Manager Zhao in a courtyard of his own home in Tianbao Tower.
"Manager Zhao, long time no see." Li Fan bowed.
Manager Zhao glanced at Li Fan and got straight to the point: "I heard from the people at Tianbao Tower that you want to ask for a quota for a fleet to go out to sea. You have a big appetite. What do you rely on?"
"You know, I only have two available. I don't have enough to share with my own men, so why should I give it to you?"
"The fleet goes out to sea only to seek profit. I wonder what Manager Zhao thinks about the profits from catching glass fish compared to the treasures directly salvaged from the shipwreck on the seabed?" Li Fan smiled slightly.
As if he didn't think Li Fan was bragging, Manager Zhao thought seriously for a while and said, "I also heard about the accidental harvest of more than a dozen boxes of jewels by the fleet a few days ago. After calculation by the government, the harvest is equivalent to the harvest from several regular fishing trips. But how can such a good thing happen every time? I have been on this island for more than ten years, and I can only remember a few times when I had a big harvest."
He paused, then asked, "From what you said, you..."
Li Fan nodded: "If I were in charge of a fleet, I could guarantee that every time I went out to sea, I would bring back a certain amount of treasure."
Manager Zhao's eyes flashed with a strange light. He stared at Li Fan carefully for a few times and said in surprise, "You didn't lie."
Now it was Li Fan's turn to be a little surprised: "It's true that I didn't brag, but I don't know how Manager Zhao saw it."
Manager Zhao chuckled, "I have had a pair of heterochromatic eyes since I was young, which can identify talented people and distinguish true from false. When you were talking just now, I only saw a soft white light on your body, which proves that what you said is true and you have no ill intentions. If there were bursts of black air, it would prove that you have other intentions."
"There's such a strange skill?" Li Fan was shocked. "On the day of my naturalization, Manager Zhao's attitude towards me seemed slightly different from others. What did you see?"
"I can only see a rough idea, how can I know everything? I can only see that you are very rich and your hands are stained with blood. You are obviously not an ordinary person. That's why I am being polite to you." Manager Zhao smiled and explained. "The will of heaven is unpredictable. Who knows what achievements a person like you can make in the future? It's better to make a good relationship with you first."
Li Fan nodded, but then he heard Manager Zhao sigh: "In recent years, disasters have occurred frequently. There are countless people like you who are rich and powerful but have ended up on our Liuli Island. Some people only lie dormant for a few years before rising up again; others have since become obscured by the crowd and turned into bones."
Li Fan listened and suddenly thought of something: "So, when we became citizens that day, you saw that what Sun Zhang of Tianbao Tower said was untrue?"
"What if it's true or false? Sometimes being too serious is not necessarily a good thing. My duty is just to make sure there are no people trying to subvert the island. No matter where you come from, as long as you behave yourself, I won't do anything to you." Manager Zhao said disapprovingly. "With the immortal master in charge on the island, there is no need to worry about chaos."
"Besides, it was the Immortal Master's order to gather the disaster victims. Sun Zhang was able to lead so many 'disaster victims' to my Liuli Island, so how could I make things difficult for him?"
As Li Fan listened, he gained a general understanding of Manager Zhao's principles in doing things.
So the topic of the two returned to the seagoing fleet.
"Since Manager Zhao can see that what I said is true, could you consider the quota for going to sea?" Li Fan asked.
Manager Zhao tapped his fingers on the table a few times before saying, "You are a newcomer and have no foundation. If I rashly hand over the fleet to you, it will definitely cause a lot of dissatisfaction."
"How about this, next time we go out to sea, you can come with us. If you can salvage treasure every time you go out to sea, then after a few times, the crew will surely be convinced by you. Then you can take over the fleet legitimately."
"In fact, if your harvest is great enough, I will suggest to the Palace Master that we rob another fleet from Qian and hand it over to you. It is not impossible."
"Manager Zhao has thought everything through." Li Fan agreed.
So the matter was finalized so smoothly.
Tianbao Tower did not know the details of the conversation between the two, but was shocked to learn that Li Fan easily convinced Manager Zhao and got a place on the next sea voyage.
"Could it be that the uncle wasn't bragging? Is he really sure he can take down a fleet?" In Tianbao Tower, the woman in yellow supported her chin with her hand, her eyes flickering.
"I wonder what he relies on?" Sun Zhang was also very puzzled. No matter how he looked at Li Fan, he was just an ordinary middle-aged man who couldn't be more ordinary.
"Send him the deed to the vacant courtyard on East Street in the city." The woman in yellow suddenly said.
"Ah?" Sun Zhang didn't react for a moment.
(End of this chapter)
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