8 Chapter 8

"From now on you are Fang An." Li Zian brings Little An towards a valley.

"This is Fang Valley. It will be your home. Right now, it just has few hundred people, in the future Fang valley will grow into a great force."

Li Zian smiles towards Little An. Little An's eyes wide open seeing magnificent buildings in front of him.

"Big sister are you sure you are not a princess?" Little An tilted his head towards Li Zian cannot help to pinch his cheek. Little An resentment level has drop down tremendously.

"No, I am a Jiangong. My job is to overseer the resentment level in the world."

"Is there a lot of people like me in the castle?"

"No. I did not take everyone to my castle. There is only one person that has strong resentment like you. His name is Ling Min Zhe. He looks young but he already a hundred years old."

"Really!" Little An's eyes shine hearing about Ling Min Zhe. He is happy to meet new friend. He probably did not know how old is hundred years old.

"Hmm! His name is Ling Min Zhe."

Ling Min Zhe that is busy reading the document about the workers, "Achoo! Who is thinking about me?"

Li Zian observing the workers from the jade tablet, "How many are they is here?"

"Six hundred. Three hundred below twenty and another three hundred is above twenty." Ling Min Zhe reported to Li Zian.

"From tomorrow all of them have to undergo strict training. Those that persist this training able to take the test six month from now. Those that pass the test will enter the inner section."

"Eh! Did not you said that you only want children below twenty as your assistant."

"I change my mind after observing them. Some of them might give me surprise." Li Zian moves into the darkness.

"One more thing, Fang An is under your care." Her voice slowly fades in the darkness.

"First, you make me your manager then you make me a babysitter! Li Zian you really... ahhgh!"

Fang An waving goodbye to Li Zian and look at Ling Min Zhe," Brother Min Zhe, I am in your care." He also cupped his hand and bow. He looks so cute like a small adult.

Ling Min Zhe that actually loves children...

"Alright, from now own you are my little assistant but you must go and learn with the tutor with those people downstairs. Understand! After learning time, you can follow me to do some job."

"Okay Brother Min Zhe." Fang An skipped while following Ling Min Zhe. He listens to Ling Min Zhe nagging about the rules at the Fang Valley.

"It is rare for you to change your mind." Zhong said with a curious tone.

"My helper may not be talented but they must have strong will. A will that able to pierce the darkness." Li Zian left arm pointed forward.

"You are right but those above twenty have small chances in cultivating that cultivation technique."

"It is okay. There is no harm in trying." Li Zian smirk.

"Tsk! Did you get any vision? Is that why you are so confident?" Zhong is getting impatient.

"Ha...Ha...Ha. It is a secret." Li Zian enters her room and at that time her mother knocks on her door.

"Li Zian it is time dawn. Get up! We need to prepare breakfast."

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Li Rong runs as fast as he can towards his family. He ignores anyone that greet him. Panting, he calls his father.

"Father! Father! Hide! Hurr...ry." Father Qi that is shoving food into his mouth almost choked.

Mother Qing gives water to Father Qi and Li Zian pat his father's back.

"What is wrong first brother? Is there any problem?"

Li Zian's first brother Li Rong is gasping for breath.

"Village head told all the hunters is to hide or get sick."

"Choi! Why did you want your father to get sick?"

"No, mother, it is the officer they are searching hunters to guide them into the forest. They want to go to the centre."

"Are they! They centre is deep in the forest and it is dangerous." Father Qi already stabilize his condition. His eyebrows crunch downwards with worry.

"That is why the head village told all the hunters to get sick or hide. That officer is on the way. Hurry! Let's hide together."

Li Zian quickly told his brother, "Father and brother go and hide in the cave near the waterfall. You remember that place, first brother?"

"Yes! I remember that place. Let's go father." Li Rong already pulling his father 's arm.

Mother Qing gives potatoes to her husband and hurriedly told them to go.

"How many times did the official search for the hunters?" Mother Qing sigh, "Each time they ask for hunters none of them come back. Did they think the hunters grow from a tree?"

Li Zian and her mother continue to work on the farm. In the evening a few officers come to her house to ask for her father. At that time, her sister-in-law comes to stay with them. She told the officer that her husband and her father-in-law goes hunting for blood sucking bird and will be back in a few days. Mother Qing also shove a few coin of silver to the officer.

"The officer is overboard. This time they come to our doorstep. Knowing there will be no volunteers for this job. I heard from people that comes from the city that there are no mercenaries want to take this job." Li Zian's sister-in-law is fuming mad. She is pacing left and right.

Li Zian sipping tea while thinking, "What did the officer want that can only be found in the centre?"

The centre is located deep in the forest. it is called the centre because the centre is existed between level one and level two forest. Any ordinary animal that regains wisdom mostly because they eat or drink something from the centre.

"Village head you really great, aren't you?" Officer Ai throws a cup of hot tea towards the village head.

The village head is as sly as a fox. He moves his head a bit and the cup fly pass his head. The hot water did not burn him because he wears three layers of cloth. Heh! Who dares harm this old man!

Officer Ai clench his fist, "You! You!"

"Enough! Since all the hunters coincidently out from the village, let them be." Officer Ci tries to calm Officer Ai.

"You all think that we want to send all of you to death. ah!" It is royal decree! ROYAL DECREE! Officer Ai still fuming mad.

"This time both of us have to enter the forest to accompany his majesty the third prince. He found out there is divine deer at the centre. He wants to present the deer to the emperor."

"Village head, your Xiao Village must submit at least one hunter, if not all people in the village will be charged with treason." Officer Ci said with calm eyes.

"Officer Ci, you said yourself that all hunters is out from the village. If you wait for a few days, they might able to join you." The village head said it humbly but in his heart he already laugh out loud.

Officer Ci truly defeated by the Xiao's village head. Such a formidable person. he and Officer Ai makes sure that none of the village head in this area knows about the recruitment. After repeated failure, none of the mercenaries in the city dare to accept this job. Some experience hunter also meets their demise in the deep forest. The soldiers are not familiar with the forest and they need experts like local hunter in the team.

Xiao village is one of the five village that situated near the forest. They already get twenty people from another village. The other villages also reluctant but they still send five people but Xiao village people they just on another level, ah! Pity the poor officers.