Chapter 24 Good People Should Be Rewarded
After staying at home for two days and checking Jian Xin's learning progress, Li Yanmo returned to Risheng City.
As soon as he arrived at the zoo, Li Yanmo saw Shen Ziqing and several servants standing at the gate of the zoo, with helpless looks on their faces. Behind the iron gate, tigers and lions were clinging to the gate, sticking their heads out, with expressions like they were eating melons.
As they got closer, Li Yanmo finally saw the situation clearly.
At this moment, an old man was lying on the ground in a spread-eagle position, staring at the sky with his bright eyes. No matter how the servants tried to persuade him, he had no intention of moving.
Seeing Li Yanmo coming, Shen Ziqing immediately stepped forward, “Master, this man has been lying here since yesterday, saying that he has something important to discuss with you.”
"Important matter?" Li Yanmo glanced at the old man.
Even with his sixth level of Qi training, he couldn't see through it. Could it be that he was a foundation-building expert?
Li Yanmo remembered Leng Ningshuang's promise.
"Old man, what do you want to talk to me about?"
"Are you the owner of this zoo? I heard you're collecting animals?"
The old man stood up with a somersault and rubbed his hands like a fly.
"Yes... Old man, do you have any animals to sell to me?"
"Yes, he is almost starving to death. Only you can save him."
Li Yanmo was a little surprised. He looked around but didn't see any animals.
Shen Ziqing on the side covered his face as if he knew what was going to happen.
"Far away in the horizon ~ close at hand ~"
The old man raised his finger, and after circling it for a long time, he pointed at himself.
"...Old man, what do you mean by this?"
Li Yanmo immediately understood why Shen Ziqing and others had such helpless expressions.
"Humans are animals too. Since you accept lions and tigers, why can't you accept humans?"
"Old man, what you said makes sense, but why should I accept you?!"
The old man sneered, and the aura on his body gradually became deep and terrifying. Li Yanmo was shocked and subconsciously wanted to use his thermal eyes, but he was still a step too late.
The old man just snorted and said, "Watch this," then lay down.
"I haven't eaten in two days!"
“Master…this is the situation,” Shen Ziqing sighed.
"Hiss—Come on, old man, what's your name? Can you eat?"
Li Yanmo glanced at the old man, but there was nothing he could do.
The old man jumped up immediately and patted the dust off his clothes. "My last name is Mei, and my name is Chai Shao. I can't say much about other things, but my ability to eat is what I am most proud of!"
"...Okay, then go in."
Li Yanmo thought about it and added.
"There is a book of Qi training hanging there. If you are free, recite the contents to the animals."
“Okay—”
Mei Chai Shao laughed so hard that his mouth couldn't close. He pushed himself up with both hands and flipped into the zoo. He grabbed the tiger's paw and started shaking it up and down.
"Brother Tiger! From now on we are all family!"
Shen Ziqing only felt a cramp in his stomach, and when Mei Chai Shao followed the tiger away, Shen Ziqing whispered, "Master, is this okay?"
"The military should have sent people to patrol this area. He was able to run to us. Either the military thinks there is nothing wrong with him, or... his cultivation is very high." Li Yanmo scratched the back of his head. "Anyway, we can't send him away, so let's keep him as a human repeater."
Shen Ziqing nodded.
He thought so too, but it was not for him to decide on the matter.
"How is Sunrise City doing recently?"
“Same as usual, but I heard that some more vendors are coming to the city of Risheng,” Shen Ziqing paused and added, “There seem to be elephants and rhinos in it.”
"Well, let's see if we can contact them in advance. No matter how much they ask, we can get it right away so we don't have to make another trip."
Upon hearing that there were such big players as elephants and rhinos, Li Yanmo was overjoyed and immediately raised his hand and waved.
"By the way, do you know Leng Ningshuang?"
"Captain Leng? Did she contact you?" Shen Ziqing seemed to be thinking, "She is a constable in Risheng City. Based on her performance and cultivation, she could have been a constable or even a higher position long ago and went to other places, but she refused the promotion from Bingmen."
"I see."
“It is said…she is from the Leng family in the capital,” Shen Ziqing lowered his voice.
Li Yanmo didn't understand the distribution of power in the capital, but seeing Shen Ziqing looking nervous, Li Yanmo nodded seriously.
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Risheng City Bingmen Branch.
At this moment, Leng Ningshuang was pacing back and forth with her hands behind her back. From time to time, her sharp eyes would look at the black and white portrait hanging on the wall, as if she was waiting for something.
After walking around for more than ten times, the incense in front of the portrait had burned out, and Leng Ningshuang's patience was almost at its limit.
However, Leng Ningshuang knew that even if her patience reached its limit, it would be useless, so she patiently lit three more incense sticks, bowed to the black and white portrait, and respectfully inserted them into the incense burner, but she began to mutter.
"You old fool, you actually ignored me. I'm going to turn around and -"
"Hey - Xiao Leng, I'm still here."
At some point, the black and white portrait had color, and the vivid old man was stroking his beard with a helpless look on his face.
Leng Ningshuang sneered, "Oh - Master, didn't you risk your life to seal off the Hehuan Sect's base? I was wondering, if you lose contact, should I tell Master's Wife how chivalrous you are."
"Ahem - that's not necessary. I will do good things for my teacher without leaving a name behind."
"Hmph - Master, I have something important to discuss with you," Leng Ningshuang snorted coldly, "Master, I found 50 acres of low-grade spiritual farmland outside Luoyang Town."
"Low-grade spiritual field? It seems that Qingshan Sect's luck has not yet run out. No wonder they stay indoors," the old man nodded thoughtfully.
"That spiritual field does not belong to Qingshan Sect."
Leng Ningshuang narrowed her eyes slightly and slowly told the story of Li Yanmo and Jian Xin.
At first, the old man looked perfunctory and didn't take the matter to heart, but later, the old man frowned.
"Master, what do you think?"
"...Xiao Leng, can you tell which sect the opponent is from?"
"I can't tell. The three members of the Shen family and Li Yanmo are all using the most basic Qi training techniques. As for Jian Xin, I can't see through her cultivation level," Leng Ningshuang shook her head helplessly.
The old man scratched his beard, swayed it back and forth for a while, and then slowly said, "There are too many possibilities, and I can't draw a conclusion for the time being, but... at least in the matter of Sunrise City, they are harmless."
"We are the ones who have to cooperate with them," Leng Ningshuang corrected.
"Yes, yes - but... there is indeed a need for further cooperation."
Leng Ningshuang was shocked. "Master, what do you mean?"
"Taoism has deviated from the original expectations of the Dayu Dynasty. It is necessary to implement a sect registration system to weaken the overall strength of the million-member sect alliance," the old man said calmly.
"No - Li Yanmo's sect is still too weak to handle this position. Moreover, Li Yanmo has already consumed a large amount of resources to rescue Risheng City from the conspiracy of the Demon Immortal Cult. We are not even able to express our gratitude to him yet, and yet we are still thinking of exploiting him with the sect registration system?"
Leng Ningshuang immediately understood what the old man meant. Without even thinking about it, she simply refused and added.
"Such behavior is simply that of a beast."
She couldn't see through Jian Xin's cultivation level, but the sect that first accepted the sect registration system would inevitably attract the concentrated fire of millions of sects. Unless one was an immortal, not everyone could stop this trend in the world.
The old man lowered his head helplessly, "Fool, do you think I don't understand this principle? I'm not old enough to think that a nameless sect can promote the sect registration system."
Leng Ningshuang's face was full of confusion, and the old man immediately started to knock his head in frustration.
"Since Li Yanmo doesn't want the military to pay for his personal behavior, then you can just go around in circles."
"As long as he accepts the sect registration system and becomes a legal sect of the Dayu Dynasty, won't there be plenty of ways to give him resources?"
"His fifty acres of spiritual farmland is only of low quality. The super sects don't value it, but that doesn't mean other sects don't value it. Even if he has the protection of a strong man, the little ghost is difficult to deal with. Li Yanmo is just practicing Qi."
"Now that he has become a legal sect, the military sect has a reason to protect his property. If any sect sets its sights on his spiritual farm, we can directly send troops to confiscate his property. No, we can disguise ourselves and rob him!"
Leng Ningshuang pinched her chin and nodded thoughtfully, but did not accept it rashly. Instead, she asked cautiously.
“How is the tax calculated?”
The old man said unhappily, "Just find an excuse to excuse him. The Dayu Dynasty is not so poor as to divide the harvest of the inferior spiritual fields. What's more, he has made great contributions now."
"When this matter is over, you go talk to him. I will go and ask Li Yanmo for a batch of supplies. Whatever he paid this time, I guarantee that he can get a thousand times back."
Leng Ningshuang then nodded with satisfaction.
"Good people should be rewarded."
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[Sect: Taixu Sect, prestige level lv3 (10145)/10000 → lv3 (13160/10000)]
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