Chương 14: Power Leveling plan

After a full day of training, Ren Qingquan took a bath and rested. Meanwhile, since Ren Qingquan is busy training, I've been stalking Ahem observing Ren Xuan. Although the [Scan] I left on Ren Xuan has been greatly weakened. Thanks to his habit of muttering under his breath, I got the gist of what's happening near him. To summarise it, Ren Xuan is no longer in the Burning Sky City, and has left with a caravan. His target is the Martial Spirit Sect, which is going to start their recruitment soon.

He seems to have collected some important ingredients and has prepared several plans that will be set in motion once he arrives at the sect. But, as he occasionally stopped muttering, the information I heard was incomplete. All I know is that Ren Xuan is busy preparing himself to concoct a pill that can allow someone to increase their lifespan, which he plans to use to find a backer in the Martial Spirit Sect. While on the road, I occasionally felt him gathering herbs and processing them.

He also gathered several processed herbs to make a medicine paste and pills. What a pity the [Scan] on Ren Xuan can only spread for a few centimetres from him. That means I couldn't see the process of Ren Xuan crafting that medicine, and I could only guess how he made them. By the time Ren Qingquan had long since fallen asleep, Ren Xuan's group had also rested and stopped their travel. With nothing to do, I decided to sort the information I'd received today.

Whether it's the gossip I've accidentally read in Ren Shiluo's magazine, or the news from Ren Xuan's mutterings, I sorted them all and started my analysis. After spending a whole night analysing the information, I can only conclude that the situation in the Azure Empire is still stable, probably. By this time, Ren Qingquan had already woken up and taken a bath. Once he feels refreshed, Ren Qingquan leaves and finds that Xiao Cai has arrived with a tray filled with his breakfast.

Ren Qingquan ate his breakfast and spent another hour idling around while reading the novel that I had scanned. Through [Anchor], I can occasionally hear him in a dilemma about whether to start training immediately or rest a moment longer. The problem lies in the length of the 'moment'. Even after half an hour, Ren Qingquan still lies in his chair like a salted fish. This is definitely the sign of a late-stage procrastination disease.

Thankfully, after an hour, Ren Qingquan finally rose from his chair and washed his face. Once he had washed his face several times, Ren Qingquan went to the field in the middle of his courtyard and trained hard. Although I can hear many complaints in his mind, Ren Qingquan still mechanically followed the Body Tempering Method's movements.

As if in a trance, Ren Qingquan kept repeating the Body Tempering Method as the vital energy within his body steadily strengthened, then weakened once more after being converted into spirit qi. In the afternoon, Xiao Cai arrived to Ren Qingquan's courtyard with a tray of food in her hand. Her entry also broke Ren Qingquan out of his focused state as he immediately fell to the floor in exhaustion while panting like a massive husky in summer.

"Young master, the master said you can start working tomorrow morning." Xiao Cai said while handing Ren Qingquan a badge, "This is the badge for a temporary assistant field supervisor. Although the title sound domineering, your job is just to patrol the market and check whether someone has caused any trouble. Also, the main field supervisor is the one taking care of most matter, so you can rest easy and spend most of your time learning from others."

"Then, what if there are indeed someone causing trouble while I am patroling?" Ren Qingquan asked.

"After all, I am just a low level Martial Master."

"A Martial Master is already considered as an expert. Anyway, as an assistant supervisor, you can call for the guards whenever there is trouble. The guards will handle the rest." Once Ren Qingquan nodded in understanding, Xiao Cai bowed and left Ren Qingquan's courtyard. She only returned to retrieve the plates Ren Qingquan had left. The day passes quickly with Ren Qingquan spending his time either training or reading novels.

Meanwhile, I've been spending my time either studying the book Ren Qingquan scanned from the library or checking on Ren Shiluo and Ren Xuan through my blurry [Scan]. In the blink of an eye, the next day had arrived, and Ren Qingquan could now start the first step in the plan to power level himself. This tale has been unlawfully lifted without the author's consent. Report any appearances on Amazon. After he bathed and changed his clothes, Ren Qingquan heard a knock at his door.

From [Scan], I could see that the one standing in front of the gate is Xiao Cai. Once Ren Qingquan opened the door, Xiao Cai greeted him, "Young master, the carriage has been prepared. I shall bring you to the fish market to met with the field supervisor, which is your direct superior. You don't need to be too nervous as the supervisor is the master's close subordinate." Ren Qingquan nodded and followed Xiao Cai and entered the carriage that quickly left the Ren family's residence.

It took slightly more than half an hour for Ren Qingquan to arrive at the fish market and meet the supervisor. Inside a not so big two storied building with the word 'Market Managerial Building' written on its sign, Ren Qingquan followed Xiao Cai toward one of the rooms before finally seeing the so-called supervisor. The supervisor is a slightly tanned, burly middle-aged man with a thick beard. The instant he saw Ren Qingquan, the supervisor immediately ran toward him and hugged him.

I kinda feared the man might accidentally crush Ren Qingquan. Not only because of his burly build, but also because he is a peak Martial Grandmaster, either at the eighth stage or even the ninth stage. Luckily, that man controlled his strength and quickly released Ren Qingquan as soon as he felt Ren Qingquan struggling to breathe.

"Young Master Ren, I've been waiting for your arrival! You may call me Song Jueren or just supervisor Song. You might've not noticed me, but I've always visited you during your birthday banquet! I remembered you're still extremely small at that time, I felt like I can envelop you just with my palm. Who knows you've grown up so quickly and became such a fine man. I heard you're even the one who asked to observe the fish market business.

Master Ren must be incredibly happy when he heard you're not only talented in martial arts but even have the will to manage the family business...." Should I say birds of a feather flock together? As expected of Ren Shiluo's close subordinates. Although the intensity of his words is much lower than Ren Shiluo's, he also can spew words like machine guns. But Supervisor Song's machine-gun word attack also has its own speciality compared to Ren Shiluo's. If Ren Shiluo's words are almost filled with nonsense.

Supervisor Song usually slips some important information in the midst of his nonsense. I guess it's probably to force others to listen to his endless chatter. It took a few minutes for Supervisor Song to finish speaking. In terms of word count, he has spoken approximately three to four thousand words. Among them, only a fraction contains important information. To summarise it, Supervisor Song is mainly explaining about the market.

The fish market here is mainly controlled by the Ren family and is one of the family's primary sources of income. The market is separated into four areas consisting of the market where fishermen sell fresh fish they captured, the storage area where fish that's going to be exported to other cities are temporarily stored, the processing area that processes the captured fish so they can last for longer, and the fish farm near the river that's controlled mainly by the Ren family.

Then he also told Ren Qingquan his job description, which is to look around the place and make sure no one was causing trouble. Finally, Supervisor Song told him he doesn't have a uniform, but he'll need to wear a badge to show everyone that he's the assistant supervisor. Ren Qingquan still seems a bit dizzy upon being bombarded with words after barely surviving Supervisor Song's death hug. I can hear him complaining while begging someone to give him a simple summary of Supervisor Song's nonsense.

Hearing his plight, I decided to lend a hand and sent him a screen containing the summary. After reading the summary I gave, Supervisor Song gently slapped Ren Qingquan on the back.

"I'll send you two guards to accompany you. Then, you can get to work now. If you have anything you're confused about, you can ask the guard or look for me!" Once he was done, Supervisor Song immediately left. Xiao Cai also left with the carriage, saying she'd return in the evening. Ren Qingquan stood alone in the room for a moment before two middle-aged guards arrived. Through my [Scan], I can see that both of them are at the sixth stage of the Martial Master realm.

The newly arrived guards respectfully bowed to Ren Qingquan and asked where he is going to start his work. I saw Ren Qingquan's brain quickly turn active as many thoughts collided at once. At last, he decided on his first target and said, "Let's go to the market area first." The two guards followed Ren Qingquan as he left the building. Along the way, the two guards tried to strike up a conversation with Ren Qingquan, but he replied to them offhandedly. Actually, it's not as if Ren Qingquan is trying to ignore them.

From [Anchor]'s connection, I can hear him being excited as his plan to power level himself can now officially begin. I have long heard of the plan he concocted. It's actually extremely simple and also the reason Ren Qingquan told Ren Shiluo he wanted to work in the fish market. He want to gather fish soul as the target of his Soul Swallowing Technique. After all, the book never said the soul that can be swallowed is limited to human souls.

So, the first thing Ren Qingquan thought of was to enter the fish market where many fish are killed, and swallow the dead fish's soul. I must say that Ren Qingquan's brain is indeed built a bit differently from that of normal people. With both of us being in deep thought, I saw Ren Qingquan soon arrive at the market area. Around him, a cacophony of noises can be heard. Some are people shouting things as they try to attract customers, while most are the sound of bargaining between the customer and the seller.

Once he reached the market area, Ren Qingquan didn't keep walking; instead, he stood beside a stall where the owner was gutting a fish. I saw him close his eyes and expend some of his spirit qi to activate the Soul Sensing method to check for souls in the surrounding area. Curious, I also checked my [Scan] and looked for some souls. I immediately sensed some mist-like soul floating around within Ren Qingquan's [Scan] radius. Most of them seem to be dissipating soon, as the mist has turned much thinner.

Although I easily sensed those souls, Ren Qingquan seems to meet with difficulty as I could see him frowning.

'I don't sense any souls within the range of my Soul Sensing Technique' Ren Qingquan thought while I am feeling kinda surprised. For him to be unable to sense the souls floating around. Just how small is the detection range of Ren Qingquan's soul sensing technique? Or is it because he failed to activate the technique? I tried to recall Ren Qingquan's energy circulation as he activated the sensing method and found it to be correct.

That means there's either a problem in the technique itself or Ren Qingquan is simply too weak to fully utilise the technique.