Free Web NovelChapter 1049: Chapter 379: Huo Yong Shuts Down, Zombie Enemy (10k)_3
The General Director laughed at this.
As he anticipated, not all the three things Wen Yan chose were for himself.
"Minister, Wen Yan wants to take the Black Stone back to Virtue City. Recently, someone wanted to buy a house in Wen Yan’s neighborhood to be his neighbor, but the owner there refused.
Should we intervene a little?
After all, the row in front of and behind Wen Yan’s house is basically empty.
Also, there are rumors among the Different Races that the Tuoba Martial God lives in the same community as Wen Yan."
"Who are they?"
The secretary listed a few names and the people they represent.
The General Director chuckled quietly.
"These guys are quite shrewd, already planning for the future and betting ahead.
It’s not appropriate for us to intervene directly, so let’s do this.
Check the houses around Wen Yan’s home to see which ones are privately owned.
In Wen Yan’s name, buy all the privately owned ones.
Wen Yan has done so many things, send him money, he can’t even spend a few thousand a month.
Later, gradually hand him the property titles, one by one.
After all, he deserves some reward for everything he’s done."
"I understand, I’ll get to it." The secretary’s expression was calm, as he was merely seeking approval.
The situation is increasingly insecure, and the wealthier and more powerful a person is, the more uneasy they feel.
Even though Virtue City is a small town, some who know the inside story can’t reveal it directly, but not saying anything, merely arranging for their families to quietly buy a house in Wen Yan’s community, can’t be criticized.
The Scorching Sun Department couldn’t just directly intervene in this matter, nor is it proper to hoard and speculate by buying it all up first.
If they buy it all, wouldn’t that expose the people living there as mere resources?
The most suitable buyer is Wen Yan himself, using his name to buy those scattered villas, no one could say anything more. ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com
Even if everyone knows it’s the Scorching Sun Department behind it, they would have to keep quiet.
Wen Yan has achieved so much, simply loves houses, what business is it of outsiders?
Wen Yan can let whoever he wants live there, again, what business is it of outsiders?
People who specifically choose to buy in Wen Yan’s community wouldn’t be so unaware to directly ask Wen Yan to sell to them.
Meanwhile, Wen Yan returned to the suburbs, took the Nether Path back home, unknowingly potentially acquiring several houses under his name.
The Scorching Sun Department cares more about who Wen Yan’s neighbors are than he does.
He emerged from Old Zhao’s Basement, Feng Wei and Tong Si went back.
Back at home, he brought the three items he gathered to the basement, put on the Wooden Talisman immediately, leaving the Black Stone for further study later.
First, he took out the bamboo scroll, then his phone, snapped a photo of the scroll, and gave it to the Black Box, asking it to help with translation.
The Black Box provided the translation almost instantly; the content of the bamboo scroll wasn’t much, mostly from the Analects of Confucius, Wei Linggong.
Wen Yan touched the scroll with his fingers, reciting the content word by word while comparing with the translated text.
When he read the phrase, "The chivalrous and benevolent man seeks not to preserve his life for the sake of harming benevolence, but is prepared to give his life to fulfill his benevolence," he felt a warm, peculiar power emerge, flowing into his body.
His mind and will seemed to become calmer and more resolute.
Now he understood clearly, this bamboo scroll corresponds to the "Benevolence" of the Five Constants.
He didn’t know who wrote this scroll, but it contained immense dedication, with thoughts, beliefs, and power instilled into it, enduring through centuries.
Once he got started, just by touching and reading, he could feel a formerly stagnant power slowly and silently seeping into his body and consciousness.
Very gentle, without coercion, he even felt that the ideas weren’t forced on him; he could have his own interpretation, which could even evolve.
Like a teacher giving a lecture, what he learned was all up to him.
It was a very peculiar sensation, giving Wen Yan the greatest sense of inclusiveness.
This power had no conflict with any other power within him, integrating smoothly with no adverse changes.
Wen Yan’s strongest impression was that it was like being nurtured quietly and subtly.
Because he could feel that, using this extremely subtle power as a medium, all the power within him seemed to harmonize more easily.
He wasn’t particularly concerned whether this power itself was strong or not anymore.
After reading the text a few times, Wen Yan only felt much calmer, with negative emotions dissipated.
He went to the Underground Hive, checked that everything was in order there, and then entered the room where Huo Yong was contained.
Huo Yong stayed calmly there, casually greeting Wen Yan as he arrived.
Then Huo Yong stared at the Wooden Talisman hanging from Wen Yan’s chest.
"Where did you get that thing?"
"Exchanged it for Merit in the Scorching Sun Department, felt I had a connection with it, so I got it, do you recognize it?"
"I recognize the totem on it."
"Can you tell me about it?"
"I don’t remember clearly, just remember the tribe with this symbol as their totem, the process of their annexation, I seem to have been involved.
They built houses with wood, used wood as weapons, their weapons were very hard and heavy.
Even flames couldn’t set their weapons on fire, and their bodies were very strong."
