“Out of question! The first and 2nd part are not a problem but he is 10. We cannot let him live by himself and without protection!” objected Yan MeiMei, the city lord’s wife
“Madam, we urgently need the money not only before and during the upcoming catastrophe but also afterward when all the deferred payments would be due” said the head of the treasury
“We could negotiate to removing part 3 and 4 in exchange of an interest rate and fixed payment plan” suggested the head of the special operation team
“Or borrow more money from other merchants or major families” added the head of the security department
“Borrow from whom? The major families so they get more power? We already squeezed the merchants dry. They would be begging on the street if we tried more. We cannot even afford extra payments for the next few months. The mine discovery is already a miracle and right now we cannot afford that miracle because we have no money to invest on it!”
“So it comes to decide between the well being of a child or AnNan citizens and villagers” concluded the head of special operations
“Master Bai is smart. Naively stupid for his well being but smart for the rest” started Official Hei - AKA the negotiator -
“He is smart enough to know something happened to his parents. It is obvious based on his demands.
I was with him for a few weeks now, it is true that he behaved like a child sometimes but he never delayed his assignments or complained about work, all because he knew the end result. When I talked to him today, I saw an adult making decisions. He notified the city lord about the discovery without hesitation. He decided to donate half of the much needed auction income regardless of your decisions. This is money that we could get in less than a week that would help us relieve the city's financial pressure for a while. This proves that he knows how bad the city's treasury is right now.
My vote is to respect his conditions because what we see as him lacking self preservation might be a well thought decision”
“He is 10 years old. How could you talk to him like he is an adult” scolded madam Yan MeiMei
“And if he was any other child, it would hurt but you would still vote to accept the terms” said official Hei
“Normally, even if I like him a lot, between a child and the city I would pick the city’s future” started the city lord
“But there is some information you do not know” He looked at the people present at this meeting. All trusted by him. They all met secretly halfway between the mine area and the city. They were in a room made by a special artifact. There was no way for any one to spy on them.
“He is the author of the extreme weather theory. He is the one who had the idea to make students farm for ingredients and learn level 1 fire pills and heating arrays to help with the emergency preparation. You used that idea to expend to refugees AnYi” the last part he looked at the head of the special operation team
“He was working toward those plans for weeks and now he found what we need the most at this time; spiritual stones” too many coincidences that could be linked as him being smart except for the last one
“You know the implications of all this. A genius who, when his teacher gave him some history books, found a pattern to predict the next extreme weathers in ONE day. If we give him more information and time, he might find the reason for the beast attacks. Maybe even the opening time of secret realms. He can make 2nd level arrays after how many days of starting to learn array theory?
His cultivation stopped him from making higher levels but master Kui said that he understood the theory up to level 5. The only reason he stopped at 5 was because he only had books up to that. When he saw him mixing and recreating arrays he did not dare tell him that was level 6! A genius like him, forget being a child even if he was an adult, could we let him live without protection? Could we let him live by himself where he might be kidnaped or influenced by some power hungry families? Is it worth it for some financial resources?”
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“What you said is shocking but if he was a genius adult and requested some independence we would have given it to him. Full independence would have been as long as his cultivation level was good enough. Bai YuShin is asking for partial independence. We could help secure his residence with arrays and charms before he moved in. As for everything else, this proof he will not be influenced negatively by others. He truly wants to help people and he gave out ideas and participated in some of them to do that. He has a good heart and he uses his brain and energy to get what he wants, just like an adult. If I did not see him behave like a child once in a while, not acting like one but being one, I would have checked if his soul was not switched1author: Xiao Shin, after 3 lifetimes you still behave like a child! How many years have you lived so far? MC: You made me this way...” said AnYi.
“He got enlightened while working on the extreme weather theory so it was not fake or I would have thought he was a seer” Said the city lord. Seers could not be enlightened by copying theories from the future
“Then how about the spiritual vein? Do you think he found a way to predict it?” Asked the head of the treasury with greedy eyes. If the city lord did not know that the head of treasury would never coerce someone for money, he would have killed him right away.
“No, He has been going out to explore for 10 days already. He was truly interested in plants but it started with just a child playing around. Today’s outing he found a 500 year old ginseng, he could not hide his excitement2In cultivation novels, ten thousand years of herbs were treasures. The 500 year old ginseng was not a big find. When he found the spiritual vein he just blanked. Like he could not understand for a second what he was reading3MC bad acting was so bad that it actually worked!?!. I was about to go check on him in case he was poisoned. He could not fake that and even if he did, it is all to help the city. He is extremely lucky but even us - the guards - found more interesting plants during his explorations” said AnEr. The chief guard assigned to protect Bai YuShin
“So now we need to decide. Do we accept or not his conditions?” said official Hei “But before we vote. Madam Yan, nowhere in these conditions did he ban you or the city master from visiting him for an extended period of time. It would be understandable with what happened at the city residence” They could use the poisoning and lack of safety to move with master Bai for a while.
“Official Hei, you truly are the best negotiator I had to deal with” said the city lord with a smile. Even the lady smiled at the idea. The vote was not needed anymore.
“But he needs to know about…everything we hid from him” added madam Yan
“I will do it” decided the city lord “In the meanwhile, I order all of you to keep the author’s identity secret as long as possible”
“Eventually some would suspect but we will try our best to make them keep the secret” replied AnYi
Fullname82 Hello everyone,
Thank you all for your comments and feedback. For now, I will keep 2 chapter releases twice a week with an extra chapter here and there. As for the title, I will not change it yet but will keep the alternative one in the story description. The original title goes well with the early and mid part of the story while the alternative is more for the late and last arcs. In case you are wondering, we are currently in the middle part of the story
“Out of question! The first and 2nd part are not a problem but he is 10. We cannot let him live by himself and without protection!” objected Yan MeiMei, the city lord’s wife
“Madam, we urgently need the money not only before and during the upcoming catastrophe but also afterward when all the deferred payments would be due” said the head of the treasury
“We could negotiate to removing part 3 and 4 in exchange of an interest rate and fixed payment plan” suggested the head of the special operation team
“Or borrow more money from other merchants or major families” added the head of the security department
“Borrow from whom? The major families so they get more power? We already squeezed the merchants dry. They would be begging on the street if we tried more. We cannot even afford extra payments for the next few months. The mine discovery is already a miracle and right now we cannot afford that miracle because we have no money to invest on it!”
“So it comes to decide between the well being of a child or AnNan citizens and villagers” concluded the head of special operations
“Master Bai is smart. Naively stupid for his well being but smart for the rest” started Official Hei - AKA the negotiator -
“He is smart enough to know something happened to his parents. It is obvious based on his demands.
I was with him for a few weeks now, it is true that he behaved like a child sometimes but he never delayed his assignments or complained about work, all because he knew the end result. When I talked to him today, I saw an adult making decisions. He notified the city lord about the discovery without hesitation. He decided to donate half of the much needed auction income regardless of your decisions. This is money that we could get in less than a week that would help us relieve the city's financial pressure for a while. This proves that he knows how bad the city's treasury is right now.
My vote is to respect his conditions because what we see as him lacking self preservation might be a well thought decision”
“He is 10 years old. How could you talk to him like he is an adult” scolded madam Yan MeiMei
“And if he was any other child, it would hurt but you would still vote to accept the terms” said official Hei
“Normally, even if I like him a lot, between a child and the city I would pick the city’s future” started the city lord
“But there is some information you do not know” He looked at the people present at this meeting. All trusted by him. They all met secretly halfway between the mine area and the city. They were in a room made by a special artifact. There was no way for any one to spy on them.
“He is the author of the extreme weather theory. He is the one who had the idea to make students farm for ingredients and learn level 1 fire pills and heating arrays to help with the emergency preparation. You used that idea to expend to refugees AnYi” the last part he looked at the head of the special operation team
“He was working toward those plans for weeks and now he found what we need the most at this time; spiritual stones” too many coincidences that could be linked as him being smart except for the last one
“You know the implications of all this. A genius who, when his teacher gave him some history books, found a pattern to predict the next extreme weathers in ONE day. If we give him more information and time, he might find the reason for the beast attacks. Maybe even the opening time of secret realms. He can make 2nd level arrays after how many days of starting to learn array theory?
His cultivation stopped him from making higher levels but master Kui said that he understood the theory up to level 5. The only reason he stopped at 5 was because he only had books up to that. When he saw him mixing and recreating arrays he did not dare tell him that was level 6! A genius like him, forget being a child even if he was an adult, could we let him live without protection? Could we let him live by himself where he might be kidnaped or influenced by some power hungry families? Is it worth it for some financial resources?”
…
“What you said is shocking but if he was a genius adult and requested some independence we would have given it to him. Full independence would have been as long as his cultivation level was good enough. Bai YuShin is asking for partial independence. We could help secure his residence with arrays and charms before he moved in. As for everything else, this proof he will not be influenced negatively by others. He truly wants to help people and he gave out ideas and participated in some of them to do that. He has a good heart and he uses his brain and energy to get what he wants, just like an adult. If I did not see him behave like a child once in a while, not acting like one but being one, I would have checked if his soul was not switched1author: Xiao Shin, after 3 lifetimes you still behave like a child! How many years have you lived so far? MC: You made me this way...” said AnYi.
“He got enlightened while working on the extreme weather theory so it was not fake or I would have thought he was a seer” Said the city lord. Seers could not be enlightened by copying theories from the future
“Then how about the spiritual vein? Do you think he found a way to predict it?” Asked the head of the treasury with greedy eyes. If the city lord did not know that the head of treasury would never coerce someone for money, he would have killed him right away.
“No, He has been going out to explore for 10 days already. He was truly interested in plants but it started with just a child playing around. Today’s outing he found a 500 year old ginseng, he could not hide his excitement2In cultivation novels, ten thousand years of herbs were treasures. The 500 year old ginseng was not a big find. When he found the spiritual vein he just blanked. Like he could not understand for a second what he was reading3MC bad acting was so bad that it actually worked!?!. I was about to go check on him in case he was poisoned. He could not fake that and even if he did, it is all to help the city. He is extremely lucky but even us - the guards - found more interesting plants during his explorations” said AnEr. The chief guard assigned to protect Bai YuShin
“So now we need to decide. Do we accept or not his conditions?” said official Hei “But before we vote. Madam Yan, nowhere in these conditions did he ban you or the city master from visiting him for an extended period of time. It would be understandable with what happened at the city residence” They could use the poisoning and lack of safety to move with master Bai for a while.
“Official Hei, you truly are the best negotiator I had to deal with” said the city lord with a smile. Even the lady smiled at the idea. The vote was not needed anymore.
“But he needs to know about…everything we hid from him” added madam Yan
“I will do it” decided the city lord “In the meanwhile, I order all of you to keep the author’s identity secret as long as possible”
“Eventually some would suspect but we will try our best to make them keep the secret” replied AnYi
Fullname82 Hello everyone,
Thank you all for your comments and feedback. For now, I will keep 2 chapter releases twice a week with an extra chapter here and there. As for the title, I will not change it yet but will keep the alternative one in the story description. The original title goes well with the early and mid part of the story while the alternative is more for the late and last arcs. In case you are wondering, we are currently in the middle part of the story
