Chapter 823 - The Groundwork for the Future (2/2)
“How interesting.”
From his survey using his spiritual sense, Tang Xiu found dozens of children less than three-years-old under the escort of the stocky men who then placed them on the bluestone.
Yuan Ye then reported respectfully, “All the children have arrived, Boss.”
Tang Xiu nodded and his feet began to float. The 62,200 children watched him walking in the air as if it was like a staircase. He floated higher in the air with each step before eventually arriving in the north in front of the first row of bluestones. While standing over 10 meters in the air, Tang Xiu looked around before nodding with satisfaction and begun to speak in a deep voice, “Some of you already know who I am; some of you don’t. But now, I’ll introduce myself to all of you. I want you all to remember me and keep me in your heart.”
“I’m Tang Xiu. I am the one who provides your food and clothing, and the Boss who provides you all your necessities and your education. From this day onwards, you only have to call me BOSS!”
“From today on, you will remember my name, memorize my identity, and keep it in your heart that the most important thing in your life is I, Tang Xiu, for whom you swear fealty and loyalty to in your lifetime.”
During his speech, Tang Xiu secretly released his imposing aura. The oppressing aura was extremely light, yet it still caused the 62,200 children’s faces to change. They were unaware that Tang Xiu had used some special means to imprint his image deep into their hearts.
<Soul Imprint Technique>
It was commonly used in the Immortal World—a useful method to subdue ones’ subordinates and those who came under their service.
Half a minute later, Tang Xiu retracted his imposing aura and said with satisfaction, “Yuan Ye, take them back! All of them will be in your care in the future regarding their life, education, and cultivation. All of them must follow a program and curriculum of a modern military school and academy. If you don’t understand the management model in the military school, I’ll summon Wolf Head from Nine Dragons Island to help you here.”
Yuan Ye floated to approach and respectfully replied, “I know the army training programs of various countries in the world, but I don’t understand the administrative and management model for the military school.”
“I’ll notify Wolf Head to come over and help you,” said Tang Xiu.
Yuan Ye complied and began issuing orders as the 62,200 children were brought back in groups under the leadership of dozens of stocky men.
Tang Min looked at Tang Xiu who was standing up in the air, eyes full of brilliant light. Everyone had a fantasy of having a pair of wings that enabled them to fly freely in the sky like birds. Though Tang Min had currently become someone with a high stature, she had such a fantasy countless of times in the past.
” I must start cultivating. I must become a powerful cultivator.”
The recent experiences and knowledge that Tang Min had encountered lately had constantly changed her state of mind. She watched Tang Xiu’s figure in the sky while clenching her fists, and she secretly made up her mind.
Tang Xiu stayed on the island for the next two days. He communicated with the children to understand and solve their problems while combining grace and might to deepen their impression towards him. At the same time, he also saw the five little fellows again: Tang Jin, Tang Mu, Tang Shui, Tang Huo, and Tang Mu. To his surprise, these five little fellows were now able to sense Qi and were even able to control the flow of qi within their bodies. They could be said to have become young experts at the first or second layer of Qi Refining.
“Go on. Are there any unsolved problems that came up while training these children here?” Tang Xiu looked at Cheng Ye and smilingly asked before he left.
“We have a total of three of them, Boss,” answered Cheng Ye. “First, the identity of these children is highly confidential, so ordinary people can’t contact them. This is especially a problem for the youngest among them; dozens of them are still in need of milk. There are tens of us here, but well, being a father or a mother for them is kinda a real headache.”
Tang Xiu pondered for a while before he slowly nodded and said, “For the toddlers, you can send them to some nearby places temporarily and hire some qualified and good-natured babysitters to bring them up.”
Cheng Ye nodded and then continued, “The second is our logistic supply. It’s seriously lacking. We can hardly keep up with just food and water alone. We have more than 60,000 children here which leads to food problems since the consumption rate is too high, even if we send more food.”
“This issue is easy to handle,” said Tang Xiu. “Xiaoxue, assign some people when you go back and build a logistic supply fleet to transport necessary supplies here.”
“Understood,” Gu Xiaoxue nodded.
Cheng Ye continued, “One last thing: we only have dozens of teachers and instructors here, Boss. It’s challenging to train our children comprehensively in accordance with the military management model with so few teachers. Could you assign some more people here?”
Tang Xiu shook his head and replied, “I don’t have a problem with sending more people here. But the most important issue now is that there are too few core members in our Everlasting Feast Hall. Our most secretive plans will face the danger of being exposed and leaked out once we send outsiders here.”
“What should we do here then? We…” Cheng Ye stalled.
Tang Xiu raised his hand and said, “For the workers you need, how many people do you think should we send to manage things here?”
“200 people,” said Cheng Ye immediately. “At least 200 people should be sent to solve our problem with the scarcity of teachers and instructors here.”
“200 people? That figure is out of the question.” Tang Xiu shook his head and said, “Give me some time. I’ll send over 100 people in two months. However, I’ll need you to assign some people to train those 100 people for three months.”
“You mean… they are not our Everlasting Feast Hall’s people?” asked Cheng Ye hurriedly.
“Not yet, at least not now,” said Tang Xiu faintly. “But they will be soon.”
The 62,200 former orphans here would be Tang Xiu’s most loyal subordinates in the future—the very groundwork and foundation of his return to the Immortal World. Thus, the absolute loyalty of the instructors and teachers who trained these children was necessary. The plan he had been brewing and thinking about recently seemed like it was about to start now.