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"I'm only recommending him. The rest is for you to consider."

"Hahaha, I know you're not the type to play favorites. Don't worry, if he doesn't meet the requirements, I definitely won't approve him just because you recommended him."

Zhu Ji hung up, pulled up Shi Wen's information from the internal network, studied it carefully, and added him to the first batch of names.

Shi Wen had no idea what was happening behind the scenes.

That day, Shi Wen was cleaning the sheep pen when the phone in his pocket rang.

He answered it, only to find it was a courier.

The courier said, "There's a package for you, a VIP delivery. Should I leave it at the collection point or deliver it to you?"

Their area was remote, so packages were generally left at the collection point in town.

Shi Wen asked, "Can I ask what it is? I haven't bought anything recently."

"Let me check." The courier tucked the phone against his shoulder and took a look. "The sender's information is masked, so I can't tell. But the packaging is pretty nice. Maybe a friend sent it to you?"

Shi Wen said, "Then please deliver it. Do you have the detailed address there?"

"I do. It's written very clearly, and I know where it is. If you're home, I'll bring it over in a bit."

Less than half an hour after the call, the courier delivered the package to Shi Wen.

Shi Wen held the package in his hands and examined it.

The packaging really was exquisite, and the package had some weight to it. He just couldn't tell who the sender was.

Shi Wen took a pair of scissors from the windowsill and opened the package. Inside were a box of test strips and a device. There was a letter outside the device. He opened it and found that the package had been sent by the Anomaly Management Bureau Office of J Province.

A package from within the organization?

Shi Wen muttered to himself and skimmed through the letter.

The letter said that this was a testing device issued to people with Abilities. It could be used according to the instructions to check one's recent condition.

The device looked like a blood glucose meter. It also tested blood, and he wondered whether it had taken inspiration from one.

Shi Wen inspected the device inside and out, opened WeChat, and entered the official Anomaly Management Bureau Office group he had joined when he came here. After confirming that such an activity existed, he privately messaged an administrator for verification. Only after confirming that it really had been sent by the Anomaly Management Bureau Office did he wash his hands, prick his fingertip according to the instructions, let the test strip absorb the blood, and insert the end with the strip into the device.

The device's screen quickly displayed the values:

Divinity: 222

Abilities: 150

Shi Wen stared at the screen, unsure whether the figures were accurate.

His previous physical examination results had been Divinity 201 and Abilities 137.

If the figures were accurate, then his improvement over this short month here had been quite substantial.

In other words, raising livestock here really could improve his overall abilities and promote his Qilin Bloodline?

After raising sheep here for a while, he had discovered that the Qilin Bloodline was indeed quite useful for animal husbandry.

His sheep had good appetites, strong bodies, never fell ill, and grew noticeably faster than ordinary sheep of the same breed.

Especially the part about never getting sick. For a livestock farmer, it was impossible for the animals they raised to never fall ill.

When a flock of sheep was raised from young to grown, there would always be some losses. The number brought back could never be exactly the number sent out for market.

The fact that his sheep never got sick was a tremendous advantage compared with ordinary livestock farmers.

Shi Wen put away the test strips and the device, planning to test himself again half a month later to see whether there would be any changes.

He did not know if it was an illusion, but Shi Wen found that raising sheep had been going more and more smoothly lately.

His sheep were quite well-behaved. Every morning, once he opened the pen gate, they would go out to graze on their own, then return in the evening.

Perhaps it was because the lead sheep was rather intelligent.

The lead sheep in his flock was a small ewe covered in snow-white wool.

He had bought her as an ordinary sheep, but now she seemed to have the potential to become a breeding sheep.

Other than the castrated rams, every sheep in the flock seemed to have the potential to become breeding stock. They were well-proportioned, put on weight quickly, and were large. Each one looked like a plump little cloud, utterly delightful.

Since his sheep farming was going fairly smoothly, Shi Wen began considering whether to add other livestock.

However, after visiting the market twice, he had not found any dairy cows he liked and could only keep looking slowly.

Before he found any cows, Shi Wen received news about sheepdogs instead.

Gong Jiang sent him a message: [Shi Wen, didn't you say you needed sheepdogs? I've recently looked at several. They're all puppies over a month old. See if you're interested.]

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Gong Jiang: [They're local purebred sheepdogs. The herders say that with sheepdogs to help, the workload can be reduced quite a bit.]

Shi Wen was somewhat surprised. He had only mentioned it to Gong Jiang in passing while they were eating, yet Gong Jiang had remembered and even started looking for them for him.

Maybe Gong Jiang felt that he owed him a favor because Shi Wen had saved him before?

Since Gong Jiang had already helped look, Shi Wen decided to go take a look.

He asked for the exact address.

Gong Jiang quickly replied: [They're all in different villages, so they're a little hard to find. If you want to go, I can take you. I happen to be on leave these next couple of days and can apply for time off.]

Shi Wen thought for a moment: [Then I'll have to trouble you.]

Shi Wen had helped Gong Jiang once. Gong Jiang had kept it in mind, and that was a burden too. It would be better to let Gong Jiang repay the favor.

Gong Jiang was indeed quite happy. He arranged a time with Shi Wen and said they would ride motorcycles there together the next day.

There were many grasslands around here, and they could not bear heavy pressure. If they drove, the land their vehicles rolled over might never grow grass again.

Therefore, aside from places with proper roads, people here generally traveled by horse or motorcycle. On the main roads, they usually used light trucks and the like.

The next day, Gong Jiang rode his motorcycle to the ranch to find Shi Wen.

Shi Wen glanced behind him.

Gong Jiang had come alone, with no one else.