Destiny is ashes

Chapter 288 Auditor (23)

While Tie Shou was reflecting on his own suspicion, he returned to the cabin with Huo Qing, who had just finished practicing martial arts and was planning to go back to rest.

He checked the bills and found them in perfect order, not much different from when he did it himself, maybe even a little simpler.

——This kid is really smart. He was able to master it so quickly. No wonder he used the big gun to kill people...

In fact, when Tie Shou took a closer look, he found that there was a lot of extra income - no doubt it was the income brought by the boy in the wilderness.

To be honest, every recycling hut should have a wilderness channel. What is needed there is not high-end goods, and retired second-hand products are enough.

If Iron Hand had not been cautious and did not want to have anything to do with the Wilderness Returnees' hometown and act as a lurker himself, he would have wanted to cooperate with several familiar tribes long ago.

Since he was planning to move into the city now, it seemed that there would be no problem in letting Huo Qing, who had a clean family background, manage the business here.

"You did very well."

After confirming all this, Tie Shou patted the chair beside him and motioned Huo Qing to sit down: "Cooperating with others, running businesses, reselling second-hand products, recycling valuable artifact debris... You already have the skills."

"I originally wanted to reprimand you for rashly cooperating with someone to buy a house... because you are the owner, and if he gets into trouble, you will be the one who suffers."

"But seeing that you are old enough, you have your own opinions and can decide your own life... I don't care about that."

"An...An Xuan and the others also helped me a lot!"

An Jing had already told Huo Qing his real name, but the name on the Xuan Ye City entry permit was still An Xuan. Huo Qing didn't let this slip. He explained: "In addition, he taught me the basics of their sect's formation... It's really amazing!"

Having said this, Huo Qing excitedly activated the formation he had set up.

Suddenly, a surge of spiritual energy appeared, and a light purple halo lit up, covering Huo Qing and Tie Shou.

"what?!"

As soon as Huo Qing activated his formation, Tie Shou, as a formation master, was shocked and felt incredible and ashamed - he was actually trapped by a formation activated by a formation novice? This was too careless!
——And…this is totally impossible in theory! I already have my Hundred Vine Soul Binding Formation here, how could Huo Qing place his formation here?

"Look! Uncle!"

Just as Tie Shou was getting nervous, Huo Qing pointed to the magic circle on the ground and said happily: "This is the special spirit gathering formation I learned recently!"

"This formation is quite special. Although its effect is not very high, it has the 'nesting' feature and can be placed in other formations to provide them with additional spiritual power. Moreover, it can be stacked up to nine times. Once it is stacked for the third time, its effectiveness will exceed that of the more common spirit gathering formation!"

Huo Qing did not notice anything unusual about Tie Shou. He enthusiastically introduced to his uncle the Spirit Gathering Formation that he had learned from the Taiming Sutra. After talking for a long time, he realized that his uncle's face was black.

"Damn it! Next time, don't suddenly set up a formation in someone else's house and activate it suddenly!"

He used his iron prosthetic hand to hit Huo Qing on the head, and said angrily: "If I weren't your uncle, I would have chopped off your head if I encountered such a thing!"

In fact, it wasn't very strong. Huo Qing groaned in pain and nodded obediently. He actually realized that this action was too dangerous, but soon, he said cheerfully: "Look, uncle, this spirit gathering formation is quite powerful!"

"It's really good."

Tie Shou's formation skills have reached a high level. After a careful examination, he murmured, "You have practiced a lot... You are very proficient." "That warehouse is really useful!" Huo Qing said this with a relieved look on his face: "There are too few suitable terrains at the recycling point, and I can't use them at all. With a large, quiet and deserted venue, I can practice formations more than ten times a day, and correct my mistakes by comparing them!"

"Also, the formation knowledge that An Xuan gave me is really useful... I always feel that the teaching materials at school are not very complete. No wonder I felt stagnant when I was learning before."

——Nonsense, a widely circulated textbook should contain one or two valuable truths, and you still expect to teach everything? If I hadn’t personally guided you, what could a casual cultivator learn by self-study!
Tie Shou complained in his heart, but praised: "It seems that you are indeed talented. Maybe you can really get into a first-class college, or even a Taoist college."

This was originally just a perfunctory remark, but after he said it, he fell into deep thought.

Maybe this... isn't perfunctory?
From the current perspective, Huo Qing’s potential seems to be better than he imagined?

His martial arts are quite good, and under my instruction, he can even learn the strange formations used by the wilderness sects... In that case, does my nephew have some potential that I haven't seen yet?

...Forget it, never mind that.

Looking up, Tieshou changed his mind.

He originally planned to hand over the recycling hut to Huo Qing, and devote himself completely to the cause of the Guiyi Army, change his appearance, and pretend to be dead, no longer involved with his fourth brother's child, and leave him a share of the inheritance.

But now... Tie Shou looked at Huo Qing with an extremely complicated look.

Maybe... he can, has the potential to become a superior person.

——Go and stand on the high place of Xuanye City.

However, if there is no strength, no family background, and no company behind you, even if there is enough potential, there is no ladder to climb to the top.

"Hey hey...Uncle?"

After receiving Tie Shou's praise, Huo Qing was originally smiling happily, but when he later noticed that Tie Shou had fallen silent, he asked somewhat uneasily: "Is my magic array interfering with the Hundred Vine Soul Binding Array? Should I dismantle it then?"

He actually thought that this would not have any impact, but if Tie Shou was not happy, Huo Qing would not insist.

“Why do you want to tear it down?”

Tie Shou came back to his senses and looked at the spirit gathering array in front of him. This special spirit gathering array was not uncommon. In the Tianyuan Realm, there were thousands of spirit gathering arrays with completely different principles and effects.

But a formation master who can independently set up a qualified spirit gathering formation can actually go out and work to earn money.

Huo Qing is not an ignorant student. Although he may have some flaws, he has long been an independent gang member who has experienced blood and fire and is not afraid of fighting.

Perhaps... Huo Qing is already able to take on some more important things.

Exhaling, Tie Shou said in a deep voice: "I have inside information. At this time next year, the affiliated training academy of Taiming Daoyuan, one of the four major Daoyuans, will conduct a special major enrollment, and the formation will be among them."

"I have some connections in...Jionai. Perhaps I can recommend you to be an auditor."

——Originally, the Guiyi Army was supposed to arrange an undercover agent in the city... but considering that your parents sacrificed their lives to complete the mission, and that my elder sister and I will also help behind the scenes, you should be able to get this recommendation.

(End of this chapter)