Chapter 27: Wisdom Eye Recognizes Talent

Su Changyu ultimately couldn't hold on.

In just seven or eight days, Su Changyu couldn't hold on and died.

When his body was sent back, Li Fan went to take a look.

It was just a mass of twisted flesh and blood, completely unrecognizable as a human, looking quite horrifying.

The flesh would even twitch inexplicably from time to time. It made one's scalp tingle.

These people from Li Realm were new here and couldn't even scrape together enough money to buy a burial plot.

They originally planned to give him a burial at sea, but Li Fan couldn't bear to watch, so he took out some money to let Su Changyu be laid to rest in the earth.

Everyone was very sad.

Among them, Xiao Heng cried the most bitterly.

Li Fan didn't have any particular feelings, just a bit of sighing.

Having rolled through the Reincarnation of the mortal world for nearly three hundred years, Li Fan had his own method of judging people.

In his view, Su Changyu's way of conducting himself was decent, and his resolve was quite firm. Although he couldn't be called a once-in-a-century talent, he was definitely not mediocre.

Among this group from Li Realm, he had initially thought Su Changyu was the most likely to make a name for himself.

Just like that, a person who couldn't even pass the prerequisite for cultivation—cleansing the miasma—died silently and without a trace.

The Immortal Dao is difficult!

Li Fan felt even more emotional.

And in the process of cultivating the "Mystic Yellow Heart Cleansing Mantra" that followed, Li Fan's feelings about this became increasingly profound.

Facts proved that Li Fan was not someone with unparalleled talent either.

For nearly a month, Li Fan stayed indoors every day. Apart from taking a job to cover his tracks, he spent all his other time hiding at home, cultivating this Heart Cleansing Mantra.

Generally speaking, after half a month of cultivation, ordinary people would see obvious effects such as improved mental state and faster thinking speed.

But a month had passed, and Li Fan hadn't felt any changes at all.

Li Fan guessed it might be because his mental strength, having gone through several Reincarnations of [Huan Zhen] and a hundred years of tempering, was already far beyond that of ordinary people, so the effects of this Heart Cleansing Mantra on him were not that great.

Li Fan was not in a hurry; he just treated it as a daily cultivation task.

Another half month passed like this, and Li Fan finally waited for the people from the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion.

Li Fan followed the messenger and met Manager Zhao in a courtyard of his own home at the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion.

"Manager Zhao, long time no see." Li Fan cupped his hands.

Manager Zhao glanced at Li Fan and got straight to the point: "I heard from the people at the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion that you want to request a spot in the sailing fleet. You have quite an appetite. What do you have to rely on?"

"You should know, I only have two available in my hands. My own people aren't even enough to go around, why should I give one to you?"

"The fleet going out to sea is just to seek profit. I wonder, Manager Zhao, how do you think the profits from catching Luli Fish compare to the treasures salvaged directly from shipwrecks on the seabed?" Li Fan smiled slightly.

Seeming not to think Li Fan was bragging, Manager Zhao thought seriously for a moment: "I also heard about the fleet unexpectedly harvesting over a dozen boxes of jewelry a few days ago. According to the mansion's calculations, the harvest was enough to equal the gains of several routine fishing trips. But how could such a good thing happen every time? I've been on this island for over ten years, and in my memory, there have only been a few times with such big harvests."

He paused, then continued to ask: "Listening to what you mean, you…"

Li Fan nodded: "If I take charge of a fleet, I can guarantee that every time we go out to sea, we will bring back a certain amount of treasure."

A strange light flashed in Manager Zhao's eyes. He stared at Li Fan carefully for a few moments and said in surprise: "You're actually not lying."

Now it was Li Fan's turn to be surprised: "It is true that I am not bragging, but I don't know how Manager Zhao managed to see that."

Manager Zhao chuckled: "I was born with a pair of strange eyes that can recognize capable people and distinguish truth from falsehood. Just now when you were speaking, I only saw a soft white light radiating from you, proving that what you said is true and that you have no malicious intent. If it were waves of black Qi, it would prove you had other motives."

"There is actually such a strange art?" Li Fan was suddenly startled. "On the day of registration, Manager Zhao's attitude towards me seemed slightly different from others. Did you see something?"

"I can only see a rough idea, how could I know everything? I only saw that you are extremely wealthy and have quite a bit of blood on your hands. Clearly, you are no ordinary person. That is why I was a bit polite to you." Manager Zhao smiled dismissively and explained. "Heaven's will is hard to predict. For a person like you, who knows what achievements you might attain in the future? It is better to just build a good relationship while I can."

Li Fan nodded, but then heard Manager Zhao sigh: "In recent years, major disasters have occurred frequently. I don't know how many people like you, who were once wealthy and noble but ended up drifting to our Liuli Island, there are. Some only lie dormant for a few years before rising with the wind again; others fade into the crowd from then on, turning into white bones."

Listening to this, Li Fan suddenly thought of another matter: "In that case, on the day we registered, you already saw that what Sun Zhang of the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion said was untrue?"

"What if it's true, what if it's false? Sometimes being too serious is not necessarily a good thing. My duty is just to ensure there are no people on the island attempting to subvert it. No matter where you come from, as long as you behave yourself, I won't do anything to you." Manager Zhao said dismissively. "With an Immortal Master sitting in town on the island, there is no fear of trouble."

"Besides, taking in disaster victims is also the Immortal Master's order. Since Sun Zhang can lead so many 'disaster victims' to my Liuli Island, why would I make things difficult for him?"

Listening, Li Fan had a general understanding of Manager Zhao's principles of conduct.

Thus, the conversation between the two returned to the sailing fleet.

"Since Manager Zhao can see that what I said is not false, can you consider the matter of the sailing spot?" Li Fan asked.

Manager Zhao tapped his fingers on the table a few times before saying: "You are a newcomer without a Foundation. If I rashly hand over a fleet to you, it will certainly cause a lot of dissatisfaction."

"How about this: next time we go out to sea, you come along. If you can really salvage treasure every time we go out, then it won't take many times for the crew to be convinced by you. At that time, you can take over the fleet in a justified manner."

"Even, if your harvest is enough, I will speak to the Mansion Master, and it is not impossible to snatch another fleet from that person surnamed Qian and give it to you."

"Manager Zhao is thoughtful." Li Fan had no objections.

Thus, the matter was settled unusually smoothly.

The Heavenly Treasure Pavilion did not know the details of their conversation, but upon learning that Li Fan had easily persuaded Manager Zhao and obtained a spot for the next voyage, they were immediately shocked.

"Could it be that uncle wasn't bragging? Does he really have the confidence to take down a fleet?" In the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, the woman in yellow supported her chin with her hand, her eyes flickering.

"I wonder what exactly he has to rely on?" Sun Zhang was also extremely puzzled. No matter how he looked at Li Fan, he was just an ordinary, cannot-be-more-ordinary middle-aged man.

"Send him the deed to that vacant small courtyard on East Street in the city." The woman in yellow suddenly said.

"Ah?" Sun Zhang didn't react for a moment.