Chapter 1669
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Chapter 1669 Hu Jia
Hearing these words, Zhao was stunned on the spot.
“I, I… why?”
“Being able to kill a bull with three punches doesn’t make you an extraordinary person. Come back when you can kill ten with one punch,” Wuquan said indifferently.
Zhao wanted to say something more, but a mysterious force suddenly blocked his mouth. Like a marionette, he automatically turned and walked toward another street, unable to break free no matter how hard he tried.
After dismissing Zhao, Wuquan walked up to the young man surnamed Hu. “You, what ability do you have?”
The young man opened his mouth and said something in a low voice. Wuquan’s eyes narrowed slightly as he carefully examined the young man.
“Do you know that lying here is punishable by beheading?”
“…I, I know.”
Wuquan nodded, walked past the young man, and began questioning the next person.
With Wuquan’s preliminary screening, the queue quickly shrank by more than half. In less than half an incense stick’s time, the young man successfully entered the residence.
Led by a soldier, he passed through the immaculate front courtyard and finally stopped in front of a study. At this moment, there was only one person ahead of him, and everything suddenly became quiet.
Boom—!
A muffled thunderous sound came from the study, causing even the ground beneath his feet to shake violently, startling him.
Then the courtyard fell into dead silence again.
For some reason, standing in front of this study, the young man’s heart suddenly became nervous.
“You.” A soldier walked out of the study and beckoned to the young man. “Come in.”
The young man clenched his sweaty palms, took a deep breath, and stepped inside.
…
Inside the study.
Lin Qiye leaned back in his chair, tiredly rubbing the corner of his eye while sighing.
He originally thought that screening extraordinary people for the Zhenyesi would be simple, but he overlooked one point: communication technology in this era was very underdeveloped, and at the beginning of Zhenyesi’s establishment, there were only a few people, making it impossible to precisely find extraordinary individuals and secretly recruit them into the organization like the Night Watchers…
In this era, to quickly gather a group of extraordinary people, the only way was to indiscriminately spread the news that Huo Qubing was about to establish the Zhenyesi, making it known throughout the land. This way, those with special abilities would naturally follow the Champion Marquis’s name and quickly rush to Chang’an.
But the problem with this approach was: how would these commoners know what makes someone extraordinary?
Lin Qiye had been screening here for exactly three days, meeting over a thousand people who came seeking fame each day. Among them were people who could break stones with their chest, swallow swords, or scale a fish clean in ten seconds… Most ridiculous was a man who claimed to have bedded ten women in one night and insisted on bringing his ten concubines to demonstrate for Lin Qiye.
In three full days, the truly qualified extraordinary people who could join Zhenyesi numbered less than ten.
And Lin Qiye was nearly exhausted, both physically and mentally, from their circus acts…
Just then, a young man wearing dark blue clothes slowly walked into the study. He was covered in dust and looked somewhat nervous. He lowered his head, secretly glancing at Lin Qiye behind the desk, and suddenly froze.
“Benefactor?!” the young man exclaimed in shock.
“Oh? It’s you.” Lin Qiye rested his head on one hand and spoke leisurely. “Your name is… what was it again?”
“My name is Hu Jia.” The young man immediately responded respectfully, though his heart was filled with confusion.
He recognized the person behind the desk. Years ago, when he had been expelled from his home and was wandering about, he had taken shelter in an abandoned broken hut in the wilderness for a while. Because the hut was so dilapidated and unlocked, he assumed it had been abandoned.
But to his surprise, after he had stayed for two days, the owner of the hut returned, and he was caught red-handed as a thief.
The hut’s owner was a hunter named Zhang San, who had been trapped on the mountain by heavy snow for several days before returning. He initially wanted to drag Hu Jia to the authorities, but after hearing about his past, Zhang San showed mercy, allowing him to stay for a few days and even giving him some clothes and food.
It was because of Zhang San’s charity that he survived the harsh winter. Before leaving, he kowtowed several times to Zhang San, regarding him as his life-saving benefactor and keeping him in his heart…
Time flew by, and when he returned to that broken hut years later, Zhang San was gone. He thought he would never have the chance to repay his benefactor, but unexpectedly, he met him here again!
“Benefactor, why are you here?” Hu Jia asked, both surprised and delighted.
“Why I’m here can be explained later. Let’s talk about you first.” Lin Qiye picked up his brush, glanced at him, and asked, “You’re an extraordinary person? What’s special about you?”
Hu Jia answered truthfully, “Benefactor, to be honest, I… I can enter other people’s minds.”
“Enter other people’s minds? How does that work?” Hearing this description, Lin Qiye became interested. This seemed to be another genuine extraordinary person.
After hesitating for a moment, Hu Jia untied an ocarina from his waist and said seriously:
“Benefactor, may I demonstrate for you?”
Lin Qiye extended his hand in a gesture of invitation.
Hu Jia placed the ocarina to his lips, slowly closed his eyes, and a melodious tune began to play. It was like a gentle spring breeze, pleasing to the mind and spirit.
As the music flowed, Lin Qiye watched Hu Jia intently. Suddenly, a faint disturbance emanated from the depths of his mind.
Lin Qiye let out a slight exclamation. At the same time, Hu Jia’s brows furrowed tightly, and large beads of sweat rolled down his forehead.
His mental strength is too powerful, he can’t get in…
Seeing this, Lin Qiye quickly lowered his mental defenses, allowing that strange force to drift into his mind.
The next moment, his surroundings changed, and he found himself in a vast white world.
This world seemed endless, extending in all directions. Lin Qiye remained seated in his chair, and across from him, Hu Jia stopped playing and slowly lowered his ocarina.
“Benefactor, this is my ability,” Hu Jia said.
“This is my mental world?” Lin Qiye looked around and nodded slightly. “Very good. What can you do here?”
Hu Jia waved his hand gently, and the scenery around them began to change rapidly. Modern skyscrapers rose from the ground beneath them, car horns blared in the sky, and under countless flashing neon signs, Lin Qiye sat in his wooden chair, now positioned in the middle of a zebra crossing!
“This is… Cangnan?!” Lin Qiye exclaimed in shock as he recognized the familiar street.
