Chapter 88.3
Editor: Jodi
After the crowd dispersed, Bai Jing immediately saw An Ge standing at the back.
An Ge’s eyes were red with emotion. He looked at Bai Jing, then couldn’t help but hug him tightly. “Thank you, really, thank you both so much—”
Gu Yuanzhao stood to the side with a cold expression, using every bit of his self-control to not step forward and separate the two of them.
However feeling that sharp, almost tangible gaze on him, An Ge shivered subconsciously, then released Bai Jing quickly.
Bai Jing and Gu Yuanzhao entered An Ge’s tent, then took in the surroundings. It was sturdy enough to shield him from the elements, so Bai Jing asked, “How are you feeling lately? Any discomfort?”
An Ge shook his head. “No.”
Bai Jing checked his mental power level, and found that it was stable, with no major changes.
He nodded. “Good. By the way, are you still receiving support from the Shen family?”
An Ge’s mental power was nearly at the rare 3S level, a rarity in the entire Empire, so the Shen family would definitely want to focus on nurturing him. However if that were the case, then why was An Ge still in the slums? He should have been taken out long ago.
An Ge’s face turned pale, and he bit his lip. “The Shen family keeps asking me about the mutation in my mental power lately. They’re more interested in learning the secret behind increasing mental power than in me as a person.
Luckily, with all the attention on the slum reforms and soldiers stationed here, they haven’t dared try anything for now.”
Bai Jing’s gaze turned cold immediately —was the Shen family trying to turn into another Yuan family?!
Gu Yuanzhao muttered, “It’s not just them. I’d bet many aristocratic families are eyeing the same thing. I was careless.”
Who wouldn’t want a mental power level above the S level, let alone one that was close to the 3S level? However right now, with the example of the Yuan family’s failure in plain sight, they wouldn’t act. But give it five, ten years, and who knows if someone wouldn’t be foolish enough to try something?
He glanced at An Ge who had turned ghostly pale. “Don’t worry, I won’t let anything like that happen.”
Once the slum improvements were complete, he’d station more soldiers to guard the area, increase patrols, and install protective equipment. There was no way he’d let anyone exploit these people.
Bai Jing thought for a moment. “An Ge, would you be interested in joining my team?”
He was planning to form a team of Stone Gamblers and Energy Masters.
Then after that, he would handle the extraction of the Special Grade Energy Fluid and oversee the zoning of the raw rough stones, while one group could handle intermediate and advanced energy fluid extraction, and another could focus on rough stone gambling.
This would be a way to gather these people in one place. Otherwise, with such high mental power, they’d be wasting their potential. Who knows? They might even cultivate a few new geniuses.
An Ge’s eyes lit up immediately. “Of course I’d be willing! It’s just……..”
He lowered his gaze, his voice dropping. “The contract with the Shen family has a high penalty fee for breaking it, about ten million starcoins. Bai Jing, I’m really sorry, but I think we should forget it.”
Bai Jing’s voice was calm. “Don’t worry about it. I’ll cover the penalty.”
An Ge looked at him in disbelief. “But—”
Bai Jing’s teal colored eyes held unwavering trust. “I’m paying this not out of charity but because I believe you’ll create even greater value.”
After Bai Jing and Gu Yuanzhao left, An Ge stood there for a long time, lost in thought.
He might not believe in himself, but Bai Jing believed in him.
So he could do it.
**
Bai Jing and Gu Yuanzhao then visited the others who had been rescued from the Yuan family.
When Bai Jing arrived, they were all frowning, torn over whether to accept the offers of support from the aristocratic families.
The contract terms were indeed generous, however the representatives who’d come to negotiate had made it obvious that they didn’t see them as human. The disdain in their gaze had been blatant, as if they were looking at reeking garbage on the roadside.
At the same time, their eyes held deep jealousy.
Jealousy that these ‘waste’ from the slums had managed to attain S-level mental power. Why couldn’t it have been them?
Their gazes had been as venomous as a snake’s hiss, wishing to rip the mental power out of these slum dwellers and take it for themselves, which left the group shivering with unease.
So when Bai Jing arrived, before he could even finish speaking, they agreed eagerly.
“It’s my honor.”
“Thank you, God Yun.”
“You’re the one who saved me from the Yuan family, so my life is yours!”
“Anything you ask, I’ll do gladly.”
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Thanks for the chapter! I’m glad he’s sheltering the victims!
Me too God Yun let me follow you