He waited until the third day.
Governor naturally would not come to the training ground himself. He only sent Advisor to oversee matters. Xue Wenfa came every day, and so did the spectators.
On the third day, an urgent courier riding three hundred li arrived at the training ground, clutching a swaddled infant all the way.
"Wang Shigui—Master Wang's reincarnation—has been found!"
As he spoke, he raised the bundle high for everyone on the training ground to see.
"I am Wang Shigui! Everything you owe me, you must pay back! Everything you ate from me, you must spit back out!"
"Hahaha! This master has been reincarnated! I'll soon enjoy another lifetime!"
An infant's cry came from within the swaddling clothes. The voice was muddled, but the words could still be made out. "He really has been reincarnated! Such a tiny child can actually speak!"
"He says he's Wang Shigui. Even if you told such a small baby who he was, he couldn't possibly say it himself."
"It truly is the power of the Fountain of Youth."
The spectators were shocked again. Most of them were seeing a reincarnated infant for the first time.
Compared to those adults who had appeared in person to testify, a baby speaking was in itself something miraculous...
Xue Wenfa merely sneered at the bundle, then swept his gaze around the area.
He was looking for certain people, certain props.
Was a baby being able to speak all that frightening? Unfortunately, ever since Western Learning had begun gaining popularity, he knew that the West had things called magic tricks and ventriloquism.
In fact, the East also had all manner of tricks and Illusion Arts. For instance, the taoist who had summoned Imperial Concubine Yang's spirit for King of Tang had done it with paper effigies and