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"I was only recommending him. The rest was up to you to consider."

"Hahaha, I knew you weren't the type to play favorites. Don't worry, if he didn't meet the requirements, I definitely wouldn't approve him even if 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, "I have a package for you, a VIP delivery. Should I leave it at the collection point or bring it over?"

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

Shi Wen asked, "Could you tell me what it is? I haven't bought anything recently."

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

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

"Yes. It's written quite clearly. I know where it is. If you're home, I'll bring it over in a little while."

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

Shi Wen held the package and examined it.

The packaging really was exquisite, and it had some weight to it, but he couldn't make out 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. A letter lay beside the device. When he opened it, he discovered that the package had been sent by the J Province Anomaly Management Bureau Office.

It was actually a package from within the organization.

Shi Wen muttered to himself and quickly scanned the main text.

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

The device looked like a glucose meter and tested blood as well. He wondered whether its design had been inspired by 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 event existed, he privately messaged an administrator. Only after verifying that it had indeed been sent by the Anomaly Management Bureau Office did he wash his hands, draw blood from his fingertip according to the instructions, let the test strip absorb it, and insert the end with the strip into the device.

The device's screen quickly displayed the readings:

Divinity: 222

Abilities: 150

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

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

If the readings were accurate, then his improvement over this short month since coming here had been quite significant.

In other words, raising livestock here really could improve his overall abilities and enhance 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, sturdy bodies, never fell ill, and grew noticeably faster than ordinary sheep of the same breed.

Especially the fact that they never got sick. As a livestock farmer, it was impossible for the animals one raised to never fall ill.

When a flock of sheep was raised from young to mature, there would always be some losses. It was impossible for the number brought back to be exactly the same as the number eventually sent to market.

The fact that his sheep never got sick was an enormous advantage compared to ordinary livestock farmers.

Shi Wen put away the test strips and device, intending to test himself again in half a month and see whether anything changed.

Maybe it was just an illusion, but raising sheep had been going more and more smoothly lately.

His sheep were quite obedient. Every morning, when he opened the pen gate, they went out to graze by themselves, then came back at dusk.

Maybe it was because the lead sheep was rather smart.

The lead sheep in his flock was a little ewe with snow-white wool.

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

Aside from the castrated young 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, delightfully adorable.

Since the sheep raising 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, so he could only keep looking.

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

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

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Gong Jiang: [They're local purebred sheepdogs. The herders said having sheepdogs to help can reduce the workload by quite a bit.]

Shi Wen was a little 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 Shi Wen 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, so I 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, and Gong Jiang had been carrying that favor in his heart. It was better to let him repay it.

Gong Jiang was indeed quite happy. He set 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 ground crushed beneath the tires might never grow grass again.

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

The next day, Gong Jiang rode his motorcycle to Shi Wen's ranch.

Shi Wen glanced behind him.

Only Gong Jiang had come. There was no one else.