Chen Jie was also puzzled as to why those in power always liked to put people to the test.
For instance, in a past life, there were those tests of emotional intelligence where, during a meeting with five leaders, what would you do if there were only four bottles of water?
What to do?
Chill out, if any toads want to drink water, raise your hand and the one who raises their hand gets the water...(⊙o⊙)…
But as curious as it was, Chen Jie didn’t feel it was a challenge; such problems could actually be passed onto others.
"This, Hall Master, actually, I really want to go to the county to help you, but at the moment I am still learning from my master, and all my family is also in Xiantao Town, I can’t leave them either."
Hearing this, Peng Shizhong glanced at Doctor Bai.
Doctor Bai laughed and said, "My disciple is very filial, but Jiu Si, Sect Master Peng wants you to work for him in the county, which is your good fortune. You are very talented, and you should no longer confine yourself to the small Xiantao Town, you can go to the county with Sect Master Peng."
"As for your master here, you need not worry too much, and besides, Xiantao Town is not that far from the county. If you miss your master, come and visit."
"Shizhong, my disciple is very good and intelligent. Once he’s in the county, you must take good care of him!"
Hearing this, Peng Shizhong said, "Mr. Bai, Jiu Si hasn’t agreed yet!"
"I am his master, I can make the decision for him!"
Doctor Bai knew of Chen Jie’s ambition and that to realize it, he needed a higher platform.
However, under such circumstances, he didn’t want his disciple to appear too eager for quick success, as if desperate to go to the county with Peng Shizhong.
It was better for him to take on this eagerness for quick success and turn it into his own expectation so that Jiu Si could work in the county with a bit more legitimacy.
If others asked him why he went to the county, whether it was for glory and wealth, he could reply, "An order from my master is hard to disobey!"
Parents’ love for their children is planning for the long term.
Doctor Bai was very thorough in his considerations for Chen Jie.
Peng Shizhong, seeing how Doctor Bai put it, also turned to Chen Jie and said, "Jiu Si, what do you think?"
Chen Jie said, "I..."
At this moment, he was genuinely torn. His ambition urged him to climb higher, but Doctor Bai, caring sincerely for him, made leaving his beloved elder difficult.
Doctor Bai said, "Jiu Si, listen to your master."
Chen Jie hesitated, then spoke up, "I’ll follow the Hall Master’s orders!"
Peng Shizhong burst into laughter upon hearing this and looked at Chen Jie, saying, "I know Mr. Bai treasures you deeply. Rest assured, I won’t let you down either. Since Mr. Bai is here, I’ll discuss something."
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When everyone heard Peng Shizhong’s words, they were all stunned, watching this big shot intently.
At this moment Peng Shizhong said, "I, Peng Shizhong, have always appreciated talents. I quite like Jiu Si, and I originally wanted to take him as my disciple, but since he is already Mr. Bai’s disciple, I cannot take what others cherish. However, I have another idea."
"Everyone knows that I, Peng Shizhong, like to take adoptive sons; I currently have four, and Jiu Si, I want to take you as my fifth adoptive son. What do you think about that, Jiu Si?"
Adoptive son!
Upon hearing this, everyone was shocked, looking at Peng Shizhong. Everyone knew that Peng Shizhong had no sons of his own, which meant that his adoptive sons held high importance, capable of inheriting the White Tiger Hall after his death.
This was a vast fortune.
No one expected it to fall on Chen Jie’s head.
At that moment, the Fishing Guild Disciples’ breathing grew heavy.
Some even had eyes green with envy—that was being Peng Shizhong’s adoptive son, that was becoming the Young Manager of the White Tiger Hall!
Currently, Peng Shizhong’s four adoptive sons were the Four Great Stewards of the White Tiger Hall.
Each one wielded great power, each one held a lofty status.
Compared to such high-level stewards, fishery managers from the local areas couldn’t compare at all.
It was like a Capital Official, compared to an off-the-beaten-path seventh-rank official.
Both seventh-rank, but the gap was as vast as heaven and earth indeed!
And Chen Jie, who had previously been just a River Patrol officer, was now suddenly becoming a steward of the White Tiger Hall.
He had climbed how many ranks in an instant.
And all because Sect Master Peng favored him, acknowledging him as an adoptive son.
Why couldn’t he recognize me as an adoptive son; Sect Master Peng, I’d be willing to be your son, not to mention a son—I’d even be willing to be your grandson!
For power and wealth, there was no shame.
Besides, Sect Master Peng was almost sixty years old, older than one’s own father, so what loss could there be acknowledging such a man as an adoptive father?
It was truly like a pie falling from the sky.
Thinking about it, everyone looked at Chen Jie with eyes filled with envy.
Chen Jie was stunned; he had not expected Peng Shizhong to suddenly want to take him as an adoptive son!
Nor had he anticipated such a pie to fall into his lap.
Did the value of being Peng Shizhong’s adoptive son even need to be mentioned?
It was well known to be a swift rise to the heavens!
Even without the power of the steward’s position, just the prospect of proudly inheriting the White Tiger Hall was enough reason for Chen Jie to go for it!
He had racked his brains trying to climb higher, risking the dangers of this arena fight.
Wasn’t it all to catch Peng Shizhong’s eye? Now, not only had it happened, but the man also wanted to take him as an adoptive son, which was an unexpected and pleasant surprise.
Being someone’s subordinate was nothing compared to the value of being someone’s adoptive son.
Subordinates were outsiders; as an adoptive son, the White Tiger Hall might as well be his own, legitimizing his actions even more.
Moreover, Peng Shizhong was one of the Thirteen Grand Protectors, an Energy Transformation Master, so being his adoptive son was not disgraceful, and it meant leaning on a mighty tree.