My Way

Chapter 3 [Spiritual Awakening Ceremony]

to be frank.

It is difficult for people to like high-sounding words.

Even the guys who said those words often do.

For example, Pei Zhizong.

As the head of the Pei family and one of the pillars of the family.

Although he did not like these overly ritualistic and boring behaviors, whether it was out of the sense of ritual required by the family or the necessity of deepening the impression of the Pei family on many outsiders, at this moment, he always had to say some polite words.

This is a necessary move.

but.

You can talk about it, but how long you want to talk about it is something you can decide freely.

After a brief conversation of a few minutes.

Pei Zhizong quickly chose to stop talking at an appropriate time and stopped saying those polite words.

Avoid making your audience feel that your content is boring and long.

Then he smiled and preached to the guests at the banquet:
"Next, as a large family in Blackrock City, our Pei family will demonstrate our usual fine style and randomly select fifty lucky children on site to perform the [Spiritual Awakening Ceremony] for them free of charge. Children who want to participate can raise their hands..."

As soon as these words came out.

The eyes of the civilian children and their parents, who had been looking forward to this event for a long time, lit up.

For a while.

Pairs of hands were raised at the same time.

I hope to be selected.

Even Ling Wuyuan, who was just watching the fun, looked more serious.

But he was really just a guy who was watching the fun.

No hand was raised.

After all, he was just a beggar who didn't even have the right to sit at the table...

The so-called [Awakening Ceremony] in this world is actually a special ceremony used to activate the potential of children.

Generally speaking, as long as the child has gone through the baptism of the [Spirit Awakening Ceremony], then the child will at least be much healthier than before, allowing him to grow more smoothly, and even the bones required for cultivation will change to a certain extent and become better.

Besides.

If you are lucky and talented enough.

[Spiritual Awakening Ceremony] is said to activate certain special potentials and special physiques in the body of the baptized person, giving him or her extraordinary powers.

of course.

That situation only has a very small probability of happening.

As far as Ling Wuyuan knew, the probability was probably less than one in a hundred thousand. Even in a large city like Black Rock City with a permanent population of hundreds of thousands, it would take many years for one lucky person to successfully activate his or her special power after going through the [Spirit Awakening Ceremony].

but.

That being said.

Not to mention the extremely small probability of awakening special powers.

The [Spirit Awakening Ceremony] alone can enable those who are baptized to grow more healthily and, to a certain extent, make them more suitable for cultivation. The importance of this [Spirit Awakening Ceremony] is already extremely precious.

Even if they have to work hard for several months to barely scrape together the money for the ceremony, many ordinary parents will still find ways to hold a [Spirit Awakening Ceremony] for their children.

However, in addition to working hard to earn money.

For many ordinary people, when there are big happy events happening in the big families and big forces, it is actually a good opportunity for them to take advantage of the opportunity to obtain the [Spirit Awakening Ceremony], and it is even more genuine.

Either to show off power or to show favor...

In fact, most of the powerful forces don't mind giving some small favors to the civilians occasionally.

This is especially true for those forces that own fixed territories.

Giving some favors to the surrounding civilians would be very beneficial to their rule.

It's never a bad thing to get a little favor and gain a reputation for being philanthropic.
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Two minutes later.

In the extremely random selection, Pei Zhizong has already selected fifty places.

Although it was a random selection, due to various ideas, about twenty places actually came from the same direction, that is, the direction of the families of the Pei family's servants.

After all, people have some selfish desires. As for those servants, Pei Zhizong didn't mind giving their families some opportunities.

As for the remaining thirty places, they are truly selected randomly.

Give it to whoever you like.

Just stretch out your finger and point.

Just when he had designated all the places and wanted the family members to start the [Spirit Awakening Ceremony].

He suddenly noticed that the little girl next to him was looking at a place not far away with a strange look in her eyes.

After a moment of surprise, Pei Zhizong followed the other person's gaze.

Soon, among the crowd that probably numbered in the thousands, he saw the guy the little girl was looking at.

That was a somewhat strange little beggar.

The strange here does not mean that the other person looks strange or wears strange clothes.

Although the other person's dirty appearance made it difficult to see his detailed features, his facial features were definitely regular.

As for that ragged beggar's outfit?
Even though it's broken and old, there are many beggars on the street wearing the same look.

So what Pei Zhizong thought was strange actually referred to the other party’s behavior.

Do not know why.

Looking at the little beggar lying on his side on the roof of a residential building, with one hand supporting his head and the other holding a chicken leg, he inexplicably felt that he had a sense of contentment and ease.

Obviously, the life of that little beggar is visibly worse...

'A little beggar who is trying to make himself happy in his hardship?'

After thinking about it, Pei Zhizong turned his gaze to the little girl beside him again.

She is a younger generation in the family. In terms of seniority, she is his great-great-granddaughter.

It is a tradition in every family to bring out the most talented child in the family to see the world on important occasions.

It is for this reason that at this moment, the other party was brought onto the stage by him.

For a child who is naive about the world, the gazes and scrutiny of tens of thousands of people below the stage are undoubtedly a test of his courage.

just.

What surprised Pei Zhizong was that the other party didn't pay much attention to the eyes of the audience, but was more concerned about the little beggar with strange behavior not far away.

Pei Zhizong reached out and touched the junior's head:
"how?"

"Are you a little concerned about that little brat?"

Then he got the answer.

"Ah."

"I feel like that guy is a little weird."

It was a childish voice that was calm but contained a hint of doubt.

Hear the words.

Pei Zhizong smiled and said:

"That's it..."

"Then give him a chance."

Then, he turned his head to look at a family member beside him and whispered:
"Go and bring over the little beggar who is lying on the roof of the house eating a chicken drumstick 500 meters to the left."

"Add him to the quota for the [Spiritual Awakening Ceremony] just now."

And then.

Soon.

Looking at the guy who came not far in front of him and told him to hurry up and attend the [Spiritual Awakening Ceremony], Ling Wuyuan asked with a confused look on his face while holding a half-eaten chicken leg:
"what?"

"I?"

His mind was full of doubts.

"I didn't raise my hand just now..."

'How was this chosen?'

(End of this chapter)