Chapter 268: Only I Am Unique Chapter 268: Temple Oath (2)

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Protagonist:

Chen Yi

Chen Yi had Kaman escorted back, and Yu Weichao specifically found the leader of another mercenary organization, "De Yi," to have him guard Kaman.

De Yi was a young Glacier Race person; the harsh survival environment made their civilization weaker than Ma La, but the diverse biological systems gave them a unique martial arts system.

After paying respects to Chen Yi, De Yi circled around Kaman, making "ci ci" teeth-grinding sounds with his mouth. Despite being only Level 9 Body Technique, he showed no fear facing the Level 6 Pocket Skill Front Heavy Infantry Standard Bearer. That was only natural—he was a mercenary by identity; if he angered Ma La's Military Commander, he could just dust off his butt and leave. Force was needed everywhere on the Continent; who would worry about not finding work?

After circling three or five times, seemingly having seen Kaman's appearance clearly, De Yi reached out and pulled out an arm-long needle, smiling: "It'll hurt, bear it."

Saying this, his thick and long thing stabbed into Kaman's body. The latter roared loudly, the blue veins on his neck and his unshaven beard all trembling. Blood immediately flowed from his shoulder blade; after De Yi wiped it clean as usual, he smiled: "I'll stab another one, guaranteeing he can't even lift his rice bowl."

Chen Yi tacitly accepted the existence of such private punishment, ordered Li Changning to extract as much intelligence as possible, then visited the injured She Lei and the native soldiers who had participated in the battle, and finally heard Yu Weichao's "work report."

"The small hydropower station is built. We studied it together for a long time; from now on, diesel engines will only be used at critical moments. The brick factory is also operating normally." Yu Weichao said this, took a breath, then immediately smiled: "Now there are more and more people in Shuizhai. A few days ago, statistics showed there are already 5000 people."

"You even have a Statistics Bureau?" Chen Yi joked.

"There's one person in charge; the natives understand numbers too, just a bit slow." Yu Weichao scratched his head and laughed twice, changing the subject: "Mr. Chen, outside Yongding Lake nearby, we discovered some good things."

"Oh?"

"Volcanoes, volcanic ash." Thinking Chen Yi wouldn't know, he explained again: "Volcanic ash can replace cement or fertilizer; it's very useful."

"Not bad, not bad. This way, can we expand transportation?"

"Next time you come, you'll definitely see cement roads." Yu Weichao's attitude was extremely proper, speaking entirely in the posture of a Party Member. Big talk was naturally Party Member talk.

Chen Yi asked a few more questions, then went downstairs to look. His main purpose this trip was inspection; the Martial Arts Hall would soon send students here, so naturally a relatively good environment was needed, lest some of them cause trouble and affect efficiency and work.

Staying one night in Shuizhai, early the next morning Chen Yi left the West Continent, heading to the Saint Qiao Kingdom to ask Holy Knight Grendel about the details of Divine Arts.

Before, he hadn't cared much about such high-level techniques, and regarding things like temples, he simply didn't believe in them. However, the world was just so wonderful; there were always rules humans hadn't yet understood. What he wanted to know now was precisely these details.

Holy Knight Grendel was obviously prepared long ago, but because of Chen Yi Master's identity, it was hard to speak of those stories of worship and gods. Now he naturally explained in detail: "Every Holy Knight in the temple must believe in a spirit god. Although their powers differ, with human strength, it's usually impossible to reach the peak of godhood..."

"In different Dragon Halls, there are different Divine Dragon beliefs, but mainly six: consistency of words and deeds, loyalty to the temple, humility, honesty, keeping oaths, and justice." Grendel said this, becoming serious: "You can choose to believe in one godhood or multiple godhoods. Once chosen and after immersion in the Dragon Pool, you must abide by it. The stronger your belief, the stronger the Shenjia you gain; conversely, the weaker."

"In other words, one doesn't necessarily have to be a good person?" Hearing his six beliefs, Chen Yi unconsciously felt this way.

Grendel nodded imperceptibly: "The more beliefs you choose, the more Shenjia you gain, and the stronger the Divine Arts you release. But once you violate them, the backlash is all the more severe."

"Which one did you choose?"

"Consistency of words and deeds, loyalty to the temple, humility, honesty, keeping oaths."

"No justice."

Grendel smiled awkwardly and said nothing.

Chen Yi smiled, then asked: "Then, if a Holy Knight travels to another continent, can they still possess Shenjia elsewhere?"

"As long as the belief doesn't change. Yes."

Chen Yi fell silent for a moment, then asked: "How can I obtain Shenjia?"

"After reaching Level 9 Body Technique, try to gain the favor of a certain god."

"Favor?"

"While immersing in the Dragon Pool, link to the Magic Net. If the Dragon Pool you're in accepts your belief, the link will naturally succeed..." Grendel spoke a string of his own feelings, then stopped: "When the Dragon God accepts a knight's belief, he often judges based on the knight's past life. Many Kingdom Knights have failed for this reason."

"Oh?"

"If one couldn't meet these six requirements in the past, one certainly couldn't become a Holy Knight. If one achieved part of them, one should seek a suitable Dragon God belief."

Chen Yi nodded as if understanding, then asked: "Holy Knight Ruoyuan, what is your belief?"

"Belief in the Order Dragon God." Holy Knight Ruoyuan said while training small lizards: "Justice, consistency of words and deeds, honesty, keeping oaths."

"No loyalty to the temple? Nor... humility?"

Grendel coughed several times in succession, laughed loudly, then said softly: "Master, those who can believe in the Supreme Dragon God are after all few. Ordinary Holy Knights, even with some flaws, still try to maintain others' beliefs."

Chen Yi smiled embarrassedly twice; looking at Holy Knight Ruoyuan's expression again, it seemed strange. This person was clearly a liberal, yet believed in the Order Dragon God.

"I don't know what the temple on the West Continent is like."

He thought so, then asked again: "Are there only these six beliefs? It seems they can't cover everything."

Grendel hesitated for a moment: "The Dragon God beliefs the Saint Qiao Kingdom can access are only these six. Perhaps in some other places there are beliefs in other gods. As far as I know, in the Beastman Empire on the Northern Front, there is a belief: sacrifice."

"Sacrifice." Chen Yi shook his body, smiling awkwardly: "No thanks, I can't take it, I can't take it."

Holy Knight Grendel smiled hehe: "As long as there is a Dragon God belief, one can obtain the degree of Divine Arts. Some people often want more beliefs, but in the end they don't even get one..."

Chen Yi understood his meaning, but merely nodded. He still had to consider how the temple on the West Continent operated.

Returning to Jiangning, he casually handled the Martial Arts Hall's affairs, listened to reports from several company heads, and a day was gone. The next day he would gather some information, prepare some supplies, and then talk with the 10 students who were about to go to the West Continent—the price of Divine Oil had long stood steadily at the peak of 50,000 RMB. If one voluntarily went to the West Continent, just the extra 2 bottles of Divine Oil per week, 8 extra bottles per month, was worth 400,000, and students above Level 4 Body Technique got even more.

If someone was determined to make money, selling nearly 36 bottles of potion per month would net a million in the blink of an eye. This was a real monthly salary of a million; even Global 500 companies wouldn't easily offer such pay. Of course, the Martial Arts Hall's investment was different, and most students who could get an A-rank or above evaluation had a positive and upward spirit; otherwise their rating would be lowered.

Therefore, unless a student urgently needed money, few would sell all their Divine Oil. At the same time, higher Body Technique levels naturally earned more money. Some far-sighted students not only kept their own Divine Oil, but some even used their salary to buy reserves or use it.

The students' allowance and salary were not small; surely some were gathering strength to prepare for rapid advancement. In fact, if like Chen Yi, every practice required applying enough Divine Oil, even without the Subway's Source Energy assistance, reaching one or two times others' speed was easy. Therefore, the price of Divine Oil only kept rising; students not in urgent need of money would also try to save some at home.

Bit by bit, students who wanted both to practice Body Technique and to make money were willing to go to the West Continent. To them, even if they were exposed to wind and rain in Africa for five or six years, if they could thus exchange for a sum of retirement money, it seemed worthwhile.

When Chen Yi led such a group of students, along with a large batch of supplies, arriving at the West Continent, someone said with deep feeling: "This is the Amazon Jungle, right?"

"A place with piranhas?"

"The trees are so tall."

"Brazil! Brazil!"

"We're not here to be lumberjacks, are we? I heard logging in the Amazon rainforest is very profitable."

"Or maybe security for the lumberjacks?"

The students discussed animatedly; Chen Yi coughed once and said: "This place is the West Continent."

"Where is the West Continent?"

"We're no longer on Earth." Chen Yi's voice wasn't loud, but it quieted everyone down.

A student suddenly shouted, "Impossible," then pointed at the trees ahead and said, "That's a forest—do alien planets have trees? I even saw a snake."

Chen Yi waved his hand and said, "Let's talk about it when we get to Shuizhai."

He whistled once, and transport beasts nearby came over on their own.

Areas with Light Gates had already been designated forbidden zones by everyone, and with that transparent hidden state, without Chen Yi's guidance, others definitely couldn't find them. Actually, even if they found them, it would be useless; he had previously tested it with Mexicans, and without his own leading, no one could dream of passing through the Light Gate.

The Yun Village people waiting up front also knew the rules, aware that Chen Yi managed the forbidden zone very strictly, so they led the huge transport beasts to flat ground outside the forbidden zone and wouldn't go further.

The students had long been dumbfounded, and under Chen Yi's coercion, they slowly sat on transport beasts larger than the Tyrannosaurus Rex in the museum, only recovering their senses after reaching near Shuizhai.

"The Amazon River! So wide, such a strong current—it must be the Amazon River." A student named Zuo Yi shouted loudly, as if trying to drive away the terrifying beast beneath him.

Chen Yi sighed and said to the small lizard, "Go catch a fish."

The small lizard, educated by the Holy Knight of the Ape Clan, was exceptionally agile; with a swish it dove into the clear, broad great river like a flowing lake, and shortly after, it climbed onto the Jiangtan with a large fish whose teeth were two meters long in its mouth.

"Have you ever seen such a large piranha?"

Student Zuo Yi fainted steadily onto the transport beast's neck, muttering under his breath: never eat grilled fish again.

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