140 Despised (1/2)

The first ray of the morning sun was just beginning to light up the sky, but Jun Mo Xie's body was already covered in sweat from all the physical training that he'd been doing for the past few hours. He casually wiped off the sweat, put on his clothes and started walking towards the warehouse.

Previously, his uncle had brought in some of the children which they had rescued from the Huang Hua Hall. Even though Jun Wu Yi had ordered them to be sent them away to the manor, Jun Mo Xie still wasn't reconciled to bearing the cost of their unproductivity. He wished to see if any of these kids could pay the family back in some manner or the other.

[Sowing where you can't reap isn't a wise thing to do! Just because we saved them doesn't mean that we must bear their burden forever; and just because we're supporting them now doesn't mean that we're obligated to rear them forever. Even if a meat pie falls out of the sky, one have the flexibility to use their hands for protecting themselves, otherwise the food will only hit you hard on the head and crush you to death.]

So, Jun Mo Xie went to take a look, but he didn't have any high expectation from them, and was only hoping that he'd find at least one or two who'd be worth training.

After all, these boys and girls were already inspected for their value at the time of entering the Huang Hua Hall!

After an hour of inspecting those children, Jun Mo Xie came out of the warehouse with a disappointed look on his face. The Huang Hall had completely rejected these children, and not without reason; these boys and girls were completely unfit for martial training.

Therefore, left with other option, Jun Mo Xie decided to give up. If a batch of people with no talent is forced to train, then it would only be a waste of effort and resources, and would eventually force them to an early death.

A large crowd of people had flocked in front of the Jun residence's door. Even though Jun Wu Yi was a crippled man, he was still considered gentry in the Tian Xiang City. When such a powerful and wealthy figure sends out a message for acquiring Xuan Beasts, how could every merchant in the city not swarm to his door?

So, when the Jun residence's gatekeeper opened the front door, he was surprised to see a huge crowd gathered in front.

This used to be a very common sight until seven years ago. At the time when Jun Wu Yi had first suffered his disability, Jun Zhan Tian had spared no effort to find the best doctors in the country to cure his only surviving son's disability. Upon realizing that his son's disability was incurable, the old man resorted to buying all kinds of treasures, rare objects and books to keep his son amused. The already disheartened Jun Wu Yi was unable to bear his father's kindness, and would only pick up one or two items reluctantly. After several years of this, the father and son duo cleared the matter out and these activities were inevitably put to rest….

But this time, the message was sent out on Jun Wu Yi's initiative, and that too for acquiring a Xuan Beast; so naturally, every merchant in the Tian Xiang City herded to his doorstep!

Jun Wu Yi sat in his wheelchair again, and slowly made his way towards the front of the line which was snaking out of the door. He had already understood Jun Mo Xie's intentions; if Jun Mo Xie had wanted to acquire a Xuan Beast, then he would have simply done it himself, and would have never bothered his uncle with it. Since he didn't wish to undertake this matter on his own, it can only mean one thing: [Mo Xie doesn't want other people to find out that he's searching for Xuan Beasts, or at least doesn't want people to know that these beasts are being bought for him.]

[My nephew often acts in weird ways, but I have to admit that Mo Xie always puts a lot of thought into his actions, and is always very rational.] Even though Jun Wu Yi didn't know why his nephew wanted these beasts, he at least understood the reason behind Jun Mo Xie's request for the task to be done by someone else, which is why Jun Wu Yi personally picked the beasts out from the lot.

He deliberately picked out the best beasts from level one to level five, and in fact, went one step further and picked a pair instead of just one, and sent the rest of them back. As far as level six or higher were concerned, he couldn't even find one merchant who was offering them. The entire Tian Xiang City didn't even have a single level six Xuan beast on sale! Even a damaged level Six Xuan Beast was unavailable!

Upon Jun Wu Yi's command, these beasts were loaded into cages and were carried into his yard. Jun Mo Xie saw the commotion and came over; he made the servants wash those ten beasts.

The grade one beasts were rabbits, the level two beasts were winged raccoons, level three beasts were wolves; level four's pick were bulls, and the level five Xuan Beasts were iron-skinned snakes….

Jun Mo Xie waved his hands and asked the servants to leave. Then, he walked over to the first cage comprised of the two rabbits and stopped for a moment. The two rabbits didn't even open their eyes to look at him, and completely ignored his presence. He rubbed his nose, and stationed himself in front of the cage with the winged raccoons, but still didn't get any response.

Cage three…. But still no reaction!

Jun Mo Xie was beginning to lose faith in his judgement and was beginning to wonder if he was wrong in a making this assessment. But doing this half way wasn't in the hitman's nature, and even though he didn't expect much, he walked over to the fourth cage. He suddenly heard a 'hiss' sound which came from the cage beside the one he was standing in front of. The iron skinned snakes in the cage besides had snaked towards the edge of their cage and were shaking their tails while their eyes were staring at Jun Mo Xie's body!

Soon, the two bulls in the cage in front of him also opened their eyes to look at Jun Mo Xie.

Jun Mo Xie's heart sprung up with joy.

The confused bulls looked at him, then looked down, then looked up at him again, and then started looking around them, and then looked the Jun Mo Xie again. A ray of hope started to emerge in their eyes as they continued to stare at him, almost as if his body was exuding seeds of immortality, and it appeared that they were looking forward to something really good.

The more distant cage with the snakes in it, had already started to shake since the snakes were ceaselessly shaking their tails while banging their heads against their cage, and those two pairs of eyes were still firmly fixed at Jun Mo Xie. They seemed so anxious that if they hadn't been imprisoned in a cage, they would've already rushed towards the young master Jun.

Jun Wu Yi was watching from the sidelines, and although he noted this strange behavior, he couldn't explain the reason behind it; also he couldn't help but notice that his nephew was seemingly indifferent in the face of this anomaly.

Jun Mo Xie calmly took a couple of steps backwards as his face remained expressionless, defying the ecstasy of his heart.