Grinding Cultivation Toward Martial Saint-Chapter 394 - 75 Discussing Merits and Rewards (Owing an Update for Taking Leave, Asking for Monthly Votes!)

Inner City.

"Sir!!"

Jiang Ning sat in the carriage when suddenly Xie Xiaojiu’s joyful voice came from outside the window.

Hearing this, he opened his eyes and stopped the operation of the Water and Fire True Strength.

[Skill]: Water and Fire True Strength (Second Limit Breaking 133/3000) (Trait: Water and Fire Immortal Clothes, mastery over water and fire)

He swept open the carriage curtain and immediately saw Xie Xiaojiu poking her delightful face out of the window.

"Sir, it’s really you!" Xie Xiaojiu’s face was as radiant as a flower.

A smile instantly appeared on Jiang Ning’s face, "What a coincidence!"

"Yes, what a coincidence!" Xie Xiaojiu revealed a smiling face.

Then she said, "Sir, may I come over?"

"Of course!" Jiang Ning nodded.

…

A moment later.

Xie Xiaojiu climbed into Jiang Ning’s carriage compartment and unfastened her white fox fur coat, hanging it on the carriage wall next to her.

"Sir, what sudden interest brought you to the Inspection Office today?"

Jiang Ning smiled faintly, "Yesterday, I accomplished a merit, and now I must go to collect the reward and distribute prizes to my brothers below! After following my command for months, they have been loyal to me, and naturally, I owe them a reward of thousands of taels of gold!"

"Sir, you have such a good heart!" Xie Xiaojiu’s eyes sparkled with stars.

A good heart?

Hearing these words, Jiang Ning chuckled inwardly.

He never considered himself purely a good person.

The good deeds he performed were merely actions of convenience, as human beings inherently have compassion.

At this moment, sitting in the carriage, Xie Xiaojiu’s face was continuously smiling.

Before long.

The carriage slowly stopped at the entrance of the Inspection Office.

Stepping out of the carriage and looking around, everything was enveloped in vast whiteness, only the snow in the square in front of the Inspection Office had been cleared.

In one corner of the square, Jiang Ning couldn’t help but take another look as there were over a dozen figures there.

At this moment, Xie Xiaojiu also peeked her head out from beside Jiang Ning and hopped out. freewёbnoνel.com

She lightly jumped down from the carriage, landing on the clean, snowless pavement.

Jiang Ning also jumped down from the carriage.

"Benefactor! It’s our benefactor!!"

Not far away, a sudden commotion arose.

Xie Xiaojiu looked up in surprise.

She immediately covered her mouth, "Sir, it’s the children from yesterday!"

Jiang Ning’s expression was calm, "And their families."

After a short while.

More than ten people promptly came before Jiang Ning and Xie Xiaojiu.

The lead old woman suddenly knelt down.

"Thank you, sir, for rescuing my grandson from the demon’s den!"

The others also knelt down hurriedly, among them were individuals with eyes gouged out, noses sliced off, missing legs, and hands completely severed...

Among these people, apart from the elderly woman, none had an intact body.

Seeing this, Xie Xiaojiu glanced at Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning also subtly stepped aside to give space for the old woman’s kneeling.

The old woman’s kneeling made him feel guilty!

Then he stepped forward to help the septuagenarian woman up.

"No need for such formalities, old madam!"

With Xie Xiaojiu’s assistance, the old woman slowly rose to her feet.

She tremulously began, "Sir, you saved the only seed, the only lineage of the Wang family, a favor greater than heaven itself!"

"It was my duty!" Jiang Ning reassured her.

At this point, the old woman stretched her wrinkled right hand into her bosom and then pulled out a small bag of eggs which she was clearly very careful with.

"Sir, these eggs are a small token of my gratitude. Please, accept them!"

"Are these eggs laid by your hens?" Jiang Ning asked as he took the bag of eggs.

The old woman grinned, the wrinkles on her face bunching together.

"Where would we have hens at home now!"

Leaving these words, she slowly departed, leading her grandson.

The remaining children followed her.

"Sir!" Xie Xiaojiu softly addressed the musing Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning smiled and opened the bag in his hands for a glimpse.

The bag contained five eggs, cushioned with some straw to prevent them from knocking against each other and breaking.

At this moment, the eggs still retained some of the old woman’s body warmth.

"Boil these eggs and bring them to me once they’re done," Jiang Ning handed the bag to Xie Xiaojiu.

"Yes, sir!" Xie Xiaojiu carefully took the bag.

Then, as the two walked on the path entering the Inspection Office, Xie Xiaojiu suddenly spoke.

"Sir, why do they, being so kind and honest, have to suffer so much?"

Jiang Ning replied, "Kindness and honesty can’t change their fate; how can the common people at the bottom not suffer?"

During the conversation, Jiang Ning had already stepped through the grand entrance of the Inspection Office, with Xie Xiaojiu closely following behind.

"Little Jiu!"

"Here!"

"Gather everyone; I’m going to make a trip to the Internal Affairs Office."

"Yes!" Xie Xiaojiu responded excitedly.

…

Internal Affairs Office.

"Senior!" Jiang Ning greeted with a bow.

The old woman looked up, giving Jiang Ning a fleeting glance, "You’ve come, young man."

"I’ve come to receive the reward!" Jiang Ning stated.

"You did well yesterday!" the old woman expressed her appreciation.

"That was my duty!" Jiang Ning responded, "Members of the God Worship Sect deceive the masses and disrupt order; they deserve death!"

"That’s not what I’m referring to!" the old woman smiled faintly.

"Then what does senior mean?" Jiang Ning appeared puzzled.

The old woman explained, "It’s rare and commendable to have compassion for the weak and to stand up to the powerful for the sake of beggars; you are a good person!"

Hearing this, Jiang Ning chuckled, "Senior flatters me. How am I a good person? Yesterday’s affair was nothing more than an act of convenience."

"A true good person is one who knows it’s impossible, yet worries for the nation and its people, and rescues multitudes from dire straits," the old woman suddenly scoffed, "Knowing it’s impossible yet still doing it, that’s foolishness! Being able to help the weak when within one’s power is enough to be called a good person."

"To understand self-preservation is to be wise!"