Enlightenment: Attaining the Dao at Age 8

Chapter 262: Chapter 153: Nickname, Divine Emperor

Li Chang’an transferred the temporary reincarnation permission to Li Jianfei.

With the temporary reincarnation permission, Li Jianfei still had to follow the standard procedure and go to the Divine Prayer Hall to perform his second reincarnation.

The Divine Prayer Hall only opened once a year, specifically for graduates.

This year, it had already opened several months ago.

In other words, if Li Jianfei wanted to become a Permanent Reincarnator, he would have to wait until next year.

Li Chang’an thought this was too much of a hassle, so he asked the Rebirth Mark, “I have a friend who needs to obtain official reincarnation permission. Is there any way for him to enter a Rebirth World besides going to the Divine Prayer Hall?”

The Rebirth Mark was silent for a long time.

[DING! In principle, temporary Reincarnators who wish to enter the Rebirth World must go to the Divine Prayer Hall to pray!]

’In principle?’

’That means there must be exceptions.’

Li Chang’an spotted the loophole and asked, “And what about the exceptions?”

[DING! As you are an honored Level 3 Citizen, an exception applies to you. You need only pay 3,000 Rebirth Points to open the Divine Prayer Hall for a private session!]

’Damn, I didn’t know that was an option.’

’Are the perks of a high Citizen Level really this good?’

Snapping out of his thoughts, Li Chang’an said to Li Jianfei and Li Siying, “I’m a Lord now, so I can’t be away from my territory for too long.”

“Here’s the plan: pack your things. Once you’re ready, I’ll have someone arrange for you to go to Cangxuan City. When you get there, I’ll arrange a private opening of the Divine Prayer Hall for Jianfei.”

At this, Li Chang’an paused. His gaze fell on Li Siying as he smiled. “Cangxuan City has schools, too. I’ll help you enroll. It’ll be better for you to go to school there, and that way, we can look out for each other.”

Li Jianfei didn’t react.

At that moment, a mark on his wrist was flickering with a faint light.

It was the sign of his temporary reincarnation permission.

Li Jianfei’s full attention was fixated on the temporary Rebirth Mark, a symbol of a whole new life. He subconsciously tuned out all surrounding sounds.

Li Siying, however, was not distracted. Her eyes widened in amazement. “A private opening for the Divine Prayer Hall… Isn’t that something only the long-established Reincarnator Families in the big cities can manage? Brother Chang’an, you’ve only been a Reincarnator for half a year, and you’re already this successful! That’s incredible!”

Her eyes were shining.

She looked at Li Chang’an like a fangirl gazing at her idol.

In this world, just as ordinary people were divided into various classes, so too were Reincarnators.

Normally, an ordinary person with no backing who became a Reincarnator would still be at the very bottom of the social ladder, even among other Reincarnators.

But clearly, the Li Chang’an of today had significant resources at his command.

Otherwise, he never could have handled all these matters so easily, even as a Reincarnator.

Li Chang’an simply smiled in response and said nothing.

After finishing their late-night snack, he didn’t linger in Lijiang City but headed back to Cangxuan City.

「Back at the City Lord’s Mansion.」

Li Chang’an called Zhao Xi in. He first went over the arrangements for Li Jianfei’s family, then asked, “How is the factory construction coming along?”

Gu Ruilong and the Gu Family had made moves against him time and again, their ultimate goal being to prevent Li Chang’an’s military factory from ever getting off the ground.

Naturally, Li Chang’an had no intention of letting them succeed.

Zhao Xi’s expression was also grim. She replied in a low voice, “The situation in the city is relatively stable for now, but by my estimates, we’ll need to recruit at least three thousand more key personnel if we want to deliver the equipment before the order deadline…”

“I’ve already posted recruitment ads all over Linjiang, offering a salary twenty percent higher than the market rate, but we’ve still had hardly any workers apply in the last few days!”

When he first set up the military factory, Li Chang’an’s funds were far from sufficient.

It was Su Ruobing who had gathered many local Reincarnator City Lords from Linjiang to show their support and, at the same time, invest in the project.

These City Lords conducted on-site inspections and discovered that the specs of the military-grade weapons developed by Li Chang’an were indeed far superior to other similar products on the market.

Only then did they give Li Chang’an a large sum in deposits, allowing Cangxuan City to scrape together enough Rebirth Points to open the factory.

But those deposits were for purchasing the final products.

Li Chang’an had to produce and deliver a sufficient quantity of military weapons within the contract’s timeframe. Otherwise, the resulting default penalties could bankrupt all of Cangxuan City.

Originally, Su Ruobing and Li Chang’an had planned to free up an entire factory’s worth of workers from Linjiang Prefecture City and assign them to Li Chang’an.

As for the skilled technicians and key personnel familiar with military-grade production…

Truth be told, that kind of talent was already scarce in a second-tier city like Linjiang.

Hua Country’s military tech production was largely monopolized by the Reincarnator Families in major cities like Kyoto, Shanghai, and Huadu. Second-tier cities like Linjiang could, at best, only get the scraps.

Originally, Su Ruobing had planned to scout for suitable talent throughout Linjiang, but now, Gu Ruilong had completely sabotaged those plans.

That guy had offered exorbitant salaries to poach two-thirds of the skilled technicians and key personnel from Linjiang’s major factories who specialized in producing military-grade weapons.

Without these key personnel, ordinary workers could only handle the simplest assembly tasks. For the time being, there was simply no one with the skills to handle things like inputting parameters or calibrating equipment.