Chương 59: A Rich Uncle Has Appeared!

Once Fatty Zhang and Ren Qingquan reached the Spirit Beast Peak branch, Ren Qingquan took Fatty Zhang to the Mission Hall to collect his mission acceptance paper. Afterward, they finally visited the Demon Slaughtering Area. Upon entering, they quickly spotted Manager Dong, whose face lit up with a schadenfreude expression. When he spotted Ren Qingquan approaching with Fatty Zhang, he headed over and asked, "Is this your friend? I'm Dong Shi, but everyone calls me Manager Dong."

Ren Qingquan nodded, and Fatty Zhang introduced himself, saying, "Greetings, Manager Dong. I'm Zhang Jixiang." Manager Dong then inquired, "Ren Qingquan mentioned you're skilled in processing ingredients. How confident are you in your deboning abilities?" Before Fatty could answer, he added, "Actually, let's have you try it firsthand." Manager Dong led Fatty Zhang to an area slightly farther from where Ren Qingquan was skinning the demon beasts yesterday.

Soon, they arrived at a place where a few disciples were busy separating the ox-like demon beasts he had skinned before.

"Here, try to separate the bone and meat from these demon beasts," Manager Dong pointed at a skinned ox demon. Fatty Zhang took the cleaver and began cutting into the ox demon beasts. I examined the cleaver Fatty Zhang used and discovered it contained a tiny amount of spirit qi. While the spirit qi present is too minimal to qualify as a spirit tool, it certainly isn't a mortal weapon.

It's likely because using an enhanced cleaver to cut meat infused with spirit qi is challenging, which is why Fatty Zhang spent ten minutes separating a small piece of the ox demon beast's meat from its bone. Manager Dong reviewed Fatty Zhang's work and nodded approvingly.

"You're accepted. Your speed is a bit slow, but your skill is evident. I see no bone fragments in the meat, and you didn't waste much edible meat. However, due to your cultivation level, the sect contribution I can offer is somewhat lower."

"Luckily, that menace Li and his old fart of a dad died yessterday. So, from now on there'll be no one stealing your contribution." Manager Dong happily said as he prepared to leave. Before leaving, Manager Dong couldn't contain his happiness and burst out laughing loudly, saying, "Wahahaha, this blessed mouth of mine! Maybe I should try cursing my other enemies. Who knows, they might also get jinxed and die in a ditch somewhere."

After his departure, Ren Qingquan went back to the location where he had worked yesterday, continuing to skin the demon beasts, occasionally stealing the demon beasts' souls from nearby areas.

Time quickly passes as Ren Qingquan gradually gets used to living in the Cultivation World. Including his first day working, Ren Qingquan has now worked at the Demon Slaughtering Area for 5 days. Each day, he successfully devours 10 points' worth of souls, for a total of 50 points. Aside from that, another notable thing is that Ren Qingquan and Fatty Zhang have received the rewards promised by the Sect Master.

Ren Qingquan's reward included some sect contributions, spirit stones, and a magical tool called a beast pouch, which can shrink a spirit beast to fit inside the pouch for travel and also reduce their weight. Meanwhile, Fatty Zhang has finally been accepted as a disciple by an elder from the alchemy peak. Manager Dong's expression when he saw Fatty Zhang leave is worth seeing. He appears extremely disappointed, likely due to losing a capable worker.

On the morning of the sixth day since he started working at the Demon Slaughtering Area, Ren Qingquan was about to go to work as usual when the [Scan] I left on the sect master detected something interesting. While keeping an eye on Ren Qingquan, most of my attention shifted to watching the Sect Master. After several days of stalking Ren Qingquan through his magical mirror and occasionally handling sect affairs, the Sect Master finally closed it a few hours ago.

Instead, he began calling several peak masters and hall masters. Based on what I've observed over the past few days, it seems an expert is visiting the Pure Wave Sect today. Therefore, the Sect Master summoned every available peak master and hall master to welcome them. In the afternoon, the guest finally arrived at the Sect's Main Hall.

The guest is a young man dressed in an ornate robe, with elaborate hair accessories, a decorative belt, a necklace embedded with numerous gems, and many accessories that looked very expensive. Once the man entered, the Sect Master sat upright in his seat and saluted, "Greeting, senior Gui Ruwen, may I ask what has brought your esteemed self to my sect?" The man looks a bit confused, "Did I forget to mention it through the talisman earlier?" If you spot this narrative on Amazon, know that it has been stolen.

Report the violation. The Sect Master smiled wryly, "When we talked through the long-distance communication talisman, senior Gui only said you wished to pay a private visit to discuss something with the Pure Wave Sect today."

"Ohh." The guest nodded and explained, "I am here to check on my nephew. My cousin said her son has joined your sect, so I am here to pay him a visit and give him some allowance. While I'm at it, I also plan to personally invest in your sect. Consider it a gift to help take care of my nephew because I couldn't bring him to the family yet." The Sect Master nodded, "Then, may I ask who is senior's nephew?"

"He's called Ren Qingquan. Have you heard of him? My cousin said he arrived from the lower realm around a week ago." I was shocked and gasped. Now that I remember, Ren Qingquan's mother did mention arranging for her cousin to visit him. It's surprising that Ren Qingquan's uncle is so influential that he was personally received by the entire Pure Wave Sect. Wait. If Ren Qingquan's mother also appears to be an expert, could it mean that not only his uncle and mother but his entire maternal family is full of experts?

I... I don't understand anymore. What kind of crazy situation is this? With such a powerful backing, how could Ren Qingquan initiate his face-slapping scheme? Is it possible he's just cannon fodder for the real protagonist to show their power? If that's the case, I will need to keep a closer watch on the regressor, Ren Xuan. Unlike Ren Qingquan, who was strong from the start, Ren Xuan began from a weaker position and grew his strength gradually and cautiously.

However, I am not entirely certain whether Ren Qingquan and Ren Xuan are the only children of destiny in this era. There are already two of them, including Ren Qingquan. I won't close the possibility of a third or fourth child of destiny running around. I suppose I should advise Ren Qingquan to be cautious. I'd hate for him to accidentally encounter a more powerful child of destiny and trigger a face-slapping plot that'll lead to his death.

On the bright side, given how respectful the Sect Master is toward Ren Qingquan's uncle, it appears that Ren Qingquan is no longer at risk of getting struck by the Sect Master's lightning bolt. Moreover, it's likely that the Sect Master will cease his stalking out of respect for Ren Qingquan's background. What a pity, his uncle seems to be unwilling to bring Ren Qingquan back with him yet.

Otherwise, given his uncle's power, the influence of Ren Qingquan's maternal family should be several times greater than that of the Pure Wave Sect. With a larger arena, higher status, and his crazy ideas, Ren Qingquan's point collection rate would skyrocket. As my thoughts wandered, an uneasy silence settled in the main hall of the Pure Wave Sect after Gui Ruwen mentioned Ren Qingquan. Some peak masters struggled to hide their confusion, as they were the ones who had not met Ren Qingquan.

Meanwhile, the few who've seen Ren Qingquan sent a subtle glance to the Sect Master. Gui Ruwen observed them shoot a glance at the Sect Master and asked, "Can you take me to my nephew?" The Sect Master nodded. Having been following Ren Qingquan for the past few days, he is likely the third person who knows Ren Qingquan best in the cultivation world. The first and second are me and Ren Qingquan himself.

After giving his agreement, the Sect Master looked at the Miscellaneous Hall Master, "Bring the esteemed guest to visit Ren Qingquan." The Miscellaneous Hall Master agreed. As Gui Ruwen was led out of the sect's main hall, the Miscellaneous Hall Master checked a mirror displaying a mission acceptance log before scanning other lists like housing logs, which indicated which houses had been claimed by specific identification tokens.

Once he found data related to Ren Qingquan, he grabbed his abacus and guided Gui Ruwen toward Ren Qingquan's location. After they left the main hall, it quickly became busy, and many of the sect's high-ranking members cast curious glances at the Sect Master. At last, a familiar female higher-up who wore clothes akin to an expensive game costume asked, "So… the kid who got teleported to our sect from the lower realm is someone from the Gui Family? The strongest family in the world?!"

The Sect Master nodded and said, "It seems so. Fortunately, we didn't offend him earlier. Otherwise, our sect might have faced a catastrophe." After hearing this, the crowd relaxed until another person asked, "What should we do now? Based on senior Gui Ruwen's words, it appears the Gui family wants to leave that child here. But I don't think our sect can properly care for someone from the Gui family. Moreover, if anything happened to him, our sect wouldn't be able to withstand the Gui family's anger.

Should we ask that senior to take his nephew away?" The Sect Master gently shook his head and said, "As everyone knows, I've been studying the dao of luck and divination since our sect was destroyed by children of destiny. From my perspective, I believe this is a heaven-sent opportunity for our sect to regain its vitality. If Senior Gui Ruwen is truly willing to leave Ren Qingquan, we will do our best to nurture him. Based on what I've observed, that child's character is quite good."

The Sect Master then looked at the senior who asked and added, "Regarding his safety, Ren Qingquan is a child of destiny, so there's no need to worry as long as we send some elders to protect him to demonstrate our sect's stance." Everyone nodded, feeling a bit surprised when the Sect Master mentioned Ren Qingquan as a child of destiny. The woman dressed in an expensive game costume asked, "Child of destiny?! Then, should we activate our emergency measures?"

"Don't worry. I've asked the Miscellaneous Hall Master to arrange an exchange with the Pure Yang Sword Sect. If Ren Qingquan indeed stays in our sect, I will immediately send our top female disciple to cultivate there for a few years. Additionally, we need to secretly select at least three elders to protect him and prevent any disciples from our sect from offending him due to a lapse in judgment."

The higher-ups nearby whispered among themselves via their voice transmission devices until another person asked the Sect Master, "Senior brother, do you know why that senior didn't just take Ren Qingquan back to the Gui family?"

"I suspect it's connected to someone's attempt to attain Dao related to destiny, divination, or fate. However, I dare not inquire any further. As you know, the Gui Family excels at investing in others through their divination arts. If I tried to probe further, I would most likely be backlashed, and all of you would only see my corpse today.

"It's not a scheme against our sect, right?" Another person asked. The Sect Master scowled and asked, "What does the Gui family gain by plotting against us? If our sect were still as powerful as before, I might be wary of their schemes. But in our current position, if they intend to use us as pawns, it would only hurt their reputation. Who would risk receiving their investment after seeing us reduced to cannon fodder? They wouldn't act so foolish unless they were provoked.

Their main businesses, investment and selling divination information, depend heavily on reputation and trust."