Zhu Xuanji walked out of the warehouse, lost in thought all the way.

He never thought that the clues of the Black Shadow Demon Cultivator would suddenly come to him in this way.

"Could it be that the City Lord's Mansion is using the same old trick again?"

"You're directing this act yourself to divert my attention and disperse my energy, so that I can't give my all in the competition with Lava Fairy Palace?"

If this is the case, Zhu Xuanji had to admit that this plan was extremely vicious! The other party must have seen through his character and grasped his strong desire to protect the vast majority of citizens.

Monsters surrounded the city, and the City Lord's Mansion was stretched thin. It was impossible for Fei Si to thoroughly investigate the entire fairy city. He could only rule out whether there were any fire persimmons buried in key places.

Even if so many fire persimmons were not buried in key positions on the front line and detonated in the center of the city, they would cause huge casualties.

There were too many casualties in the city, and the city fell into chaos, which would naturally affect the front line.

Zhu Xuanji believed in his own abilities and tended to think that Fei Si was not lying, but what about Meng Kui?

Although the Meng family is famous for its frank and direct temperament, Meng Kui is the only wise general among the four generals.

Even if Zhu Xuanji confronted Meng Kui, he did not have much confidence that his lie detection skills could be used against the Nascent Soul level.

Zhu Xuanji walked on the street, his eyes dazed, with all kinds of thoughts running through his mind.

"But what if it's not?"

"What if the City Lord's Mansion is just a victim? What if Meng Kui and Fei Si didn't make any secret arrangements?"

"Then is this black shadow demon cultivator from the same group as the murderer who bombarded Huoshi Mountain?"

Countless possibilities flashed through Zhu Xuanji's mind.

He seemed to be in a fog, not knowing which was the path to the truth.

"Master Zhu! I finally found you!" A voice interrupted Zhu Xuanji's thoughts.

Zhu Xuanji took a closer look and saw that it was a foundation-building cultivator dressed as a servant.

Zhu Xuanji then asked about the purpose of his visit.

The monk servant bowed deeply and saluted: "I am a subordinate of Master Zhu Hou. Master Zhu Hou was selected this time to serve as the new director of the Salesian Garden in Huoshi Xiancheng. He has been here for two days and is ready to take over."

"Tomorrow, there will be a succession ceremony."

"Lord Zhu Hou heard that you appeared in the Immortal City, so he wanted to invite you to attend the succession ceremony."

"After all, this position at the Salesian Orphanage was advocated by you."

Zhu Xuanji was refreshed and smiled, "This is the only good news I heard today! You are right. I reported the matter of the Charity Garden to the king and specifically instructed him to select talents from my Zhu family's royal family."

"I didn't expect that my cousin Zhu Hou would take on this job."

"I feel relieved when he is here."

"Unfortunately, I have important matters to attend and do not have time to attend the ceremony."

Having said that, Zhu Xuanji's eyes moved slightly, revealing a hint of hesitation.

He understood what Zhu Hou meant. If he, the detective, came to attend the ceremony tomorrow, it would be like supporting Zhu Hou, which would greatly improve Zhu Hou's future situation and make it easier for the Salesian Garden to do business.

"Since I've already promised Li Leifeng, why not do it thoroughly?"

After considering it for a while, Zhu Xuanji decided to compromise: "I will go see my uncle now, let's go."

As he spoke, he grabbed the old slave by the collar and flew with him into the air, heading towards the Salesian Garden with great fanfare.

Zhu Xuanji's actions quickly attracted countless people's attention.

Just like before, he went to find Ning Zhuo openly, trying to alert the enemy.

From this moment on, he began to support Zhu Hou.

Zhu Xuanji brought his slave monks to the charity home and met Zhu Hou.

Zhu Hou was only at the foundation-building stage, he was broad-skinned and generous.

Zhu Xuanji immediately bowed to Zhu Hou.

When he was young, Zhu Xuanji received a lot of leniency and support from Zhu Hou.

Therefore, even after he became a Jindan-level cultivator, he was always respectful to Zhu Hou and never neglected him.

Zhu Xuanji then apologized to Zhu Hou and said that he could not attend the succession ceremony tomorrow.

Zhu Hou smiled slightly and gestured for him to sit down first.

Zhu Hou also sat down: "When I saw you flying over here with such fanfare, Xiaoji, I knew your intention."

"I'm already very happy that you can take the time to come here."

"From now on, I will be in charge of the Salesian Home. Don't worry."

"I have watched you grow up, and I know your aspirations. You and I have the same ideas."

"I will try my best to tap into the talents among them and send them to the royal family."

"A pile of soil makes a mountain, and a pile of fur makes a coat. If we continue to accumulate like this, it will definitely help the royal family fight against the forces of many important ministers."

Having said this, Zhu Hou sighed deeply.

"Now in Nandou Nationality, the Meng family, the Su family, etc., are now too powerful to be eliminated."

"The Emperor was deeply hurt by his emotions in his later years and failed to deal with all of this properly, leaving such a huge mess for the younger generation."

Zhu Xuanji remained silent as he did not want to blame his ancestors.

No matter what, the founding emperor of the Nandou Kingdom was able to create such a foundation, and his merits definitely outweigh his faults.

Seeing Zhu Xuanji's melancholy expression, Zhu Hou took the initiative to change the subject: "By the way, Xiaoji, when I was sorting out Li Leifeng's things, I found a good item!"

"Come and see."

Zhu Hou revealed a mysterious expression, took out a jade slip and handed it to Zhu Xuanji.

The surface of the jade slip was smooth, the kind that comes from being used and rubbed frequently. Obviously, Li Leifeng used it frequently during his lifetime.

Zhu Xuanji took the jade slip and scanned its contents with his spiritual sense.

He immediately discovered that this was Li Leifeng's diary during his lifetime.

This diary mainly records some outstanding orphans in the salesian home.

Li Leifeng is very good at discovering the strengths of these children and then judging whether they are excellent seeds for cultivation.

Li Leifeng even made a detailed form, in which he recorded everything in detail by name and time.

After looking at the form carefully, Zhu Xuanji discovered that Li Leifeng not only took care of the orphans in the orphanage, but sometimes he also helped some poor children outside the orphanage.

Although the Salesian Home receives funding from various sources, overall, its resources are limited.

From this form, we can see Li Leifeng’s philosophy of running the orphanage.

He did not make a big pot of rice or divide the resources equally, but instead allocated them in equal amounts, focusing on investing in more qualified orphans.

On the one hand, he hopes that he will have successors, so he has been actively training successors.

On the other hand, he also hopes that these resources can be used in more valuable places and get as much positive feedback as possible.

He hoped to train some successful monks, who would continue to provide more resources to the Salesian Institute after they had spare capacity, thus forming a positive cycle.

Holding this old jade slip in his hand, he felt it was very heavy.

Li Leifeng was very attentive in running the Salesian Home. In Zhu Xuanji's opinion, such a thoughtfulness was even more valuable than a magic weapon! Zhu Hou saw the change in Zhu Xuanji's expression and smiled: "Are you happier now?"

He continued to comfort Zhu Xuanji, "Xiao Ji, you are under too much pressure."

“You have to know that you are not the only one working hard, we are all moving forward together.”

"Don't be too hard on yourself or too strict with yourself."

“You’ve done a great job.”

“Maybe, sometimes you make mistakes, but who is perfect?”

"As long as they are monks, they are all human beings, and as long as they are human, they will make mistakes."

"Nowadays, our royal family is short of talents, and only you, a seed of cultivation, has emerged."

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"Don't take on too much, and don't think you're fighting alone."

"People like me, my uncle, although my cultivation and aptitude are not good, can also contribute to the royal family. When a little bit adds up to a lot, this power cannot be underestimated."

Zhu Xuanji said seriously: "Thank you for your concern, uncle."

After Zhu Hou's care, he indeed felt much better.

However, just as Zhu Xuanji was about to hand the jade slip back to Zhu Hou, his expression suddenly changed.

This was because when his spiritual sense scanned the end of the form, he unexpectedly discovered a familiar name.

Ning Zhuo!!!

"Why is he on this list?!"

Zhu Xuanji hurriedly took a closer look.

Li Leifeng made a detailed record in the column concerning Ning Zhuo in the jade slip.

More than ten years ago, Li Leifeng was performing a puppet show in a charity kindergarten when he unexpectedly discovered a child hiding in a corner and peeking at him.

The child not only peeked, but also stole some leftover cakes to eat when the guests left.

After that, Li Leifeng met him twice more.

The third time, he felt sorry for the child, so he took him backstage, got some new cakes and invited him to eat.

As a result, the child came more frequently.

The child often sits in a corner and watches puppet shows, and is always engrossed in them.

This is very different from other children.

Generally speaking, children are restless and their attention is easily distracted. But the first few times they see a new and unfamiliar puppet show, they can concentrate on it for most of the show.

When they see old, familiar puppet shows, they often move around in the audience and are unable to sit still in their seats for long.

But Li Leifeng discovered that every time, the child was very focused.

This aroused Li Leifeng's interest.

He watched secretly and was surprised to find that the child was imitating his technique of controlling the mechanical puppet!

Others just watched the show, but this child was constantly learning. During Li Leifeng's performance, he kept imitating his various techniques of controlling puppets, practicing as he watched.

The child hid in the shadows and learned secretly, with his little hands folded in his sleeves, waving constantly.

After secretly observing for a while, Li Leifeng was extremely amazed.

He found that the child could learn some simple operating techniques well after watching them two or three times.

After discovering this, Li Leifeng was very interested. Whenever children came to peek, he would add some impromptu plays, often some that were more complicated and difficult to perform.

As a result, these puppet shows would only confuse the child for two or three times, or four or five times at most. After that, he would have learned the puppet show almost completely.

Finally, it was Fang's turn to clear the injustice scene. Because there were many characters in several scenes, the operation was extremely cumbersome, which troubled the children for more than ten scenes.

But after more than a dozen games, the child has already mastered it to a pretty good level.

"He has a strong talent for mechanisms!" Li Leifeng had the idea of ​​taking him in as a disciple. After a secret investigation, he found out that his surname was Ning and his given name was Zhuo, and he was a disciple from the Ning family's branch.

Ning Zhuo's father died before he was born, and his mother also died when he was two years old.

Although he has an uncle, for some reason he still lives alone and his life is extremely hard.

After discovering this, Li Leifeng consciously kept some extra cakes and invited Ning Zhuo to eat whenever he came to watch a play.

Ning Zhuo was quite greedy, but very polite. He was always very respectful to Li Leifeng and was quite knowledgeable about etiquette.

Every time he saw his little face, bowing to him respectfully, Li Leifeng couldn't help but reach out and touch his head.

Li Leifeng wrote in his diary: "Ning Zhuo is a kid with a big head. He looks very smart."

He also commented on the Ning family: "The Ning family is a great family of cultivators, but it is no more than that. Just from Ning Zhuo's behavior, we can see how sad the disciples of the branch family are."

After Li Leifeng invited Ning Zhuo to eat many times, he felt that the time was ripe.

Once, when there was no one around, Li Leifeng specifically asked Ning Zhuo if he wanted to accept him as his master, and he would teach Ning Zhuo more tricks of controlling puppets.

Ning Zhuo's answer was beyond Li Leifeng's expectations.

He said he didn't understand the manipulation techniques at all, he just liked watching puppet shows.

Li Leifeng knew this was a lie. He had seen too many people, and from Ning Zhuo's eyes every time he watched a puppet show, he was absolutely sure that the latter loved puppets very much!

Li Leifeng thought, more haste makes waste, so he decided to take it slow first before inviting.

However, since the first invitation failed, Ning Zhuo rarely came to the Salesian Garden to watch plays.

Every time he came, Li Leifeng would specially add a performance of "Fang Qingli Yuyu" for him. This is the most complicated puppet show to control, and even Li Leifeng would be exhausted physically and mentally after each performance.

Li Leifeng knew that only such puppet shows could attract Ning Zhuo to watch the show more often.

When Ning Zhuo was four years old, he was already able to move his fingers while watching Fang clearing away injustices, and the manipulation technique he had developed was already 50% as good as Li Leifeng's.

With such talent, Li Lifeng concluded that this boy would become a great man in the future!

"The cone is stuck in the bag, even if it is covered up, it is only temporary. After he turns six, he will surely be able to stand out!" This was the judgment made by Li Leifeng himself in his diary.

Seeing this, Zhu Xuanji was shocked and stood up immediately.

He opened his eyes wide and stared at the jade slip in his hand!

He continued reading.

It turned out that there were very few records of Li Leifeng afterwards.

This is because Ning Zhuo's visits to the Salesian kindergarten dropped sharply! When he was five, he only came two or three times a year. When he was six, he stopped coming altogether.

"Ning Zhuo, Ning Zhuo!" Zhu Xuanji murmured for a moment, his eyes shining with golden light and his expression was frightening.

He did not expect to obtain such a crucial clue from Li Leifeng's relics.

This made him understand Ning Zhuo's true side! (End of this chapter)