Chapter 65: Only My Method Chapter 65: Yellow Jade Dragon Hall

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Protagonist:

Chen Yi

Chen Yi returned home to continue setting up the trading company, leaving Holy Knight Grendel and his Kingdom Knights to continue racking their brains.

Wars on the Magic Continent were extraordinarily frequent; its vast territory and fertile soil nurtured thousands of ethnic groups and over a hundred countries. What should have been a heaven-bestowed wonderful continent, because its area was too large, never had any country able to completely occupy it.

Separated for long, friction between borders made relations between nations and races extraordinarily tense; rulers' starkly different worldviews caused unceasing conquests between countries, and escalating ethnic struggles meant peace was always sandwiched between two wars.

In such an environment, even nobles could not truly detach themselves from combat. Battlefield techniques were always the focus of boys' learning — those not adept at mastering them would be eliminated by natural selection.

Everyone's focus was on lethality***; the requirement of how to maintain a perfect physique seemed never to have been raised by anyone.

Grendel spent the whole night thinking about this problem; only the next morning did he order: "Simon, go notify His Majesty the Emperor and the Internal Affairs Ministry, requesting the selection of all noble men in the capital; choose those with better physiques, tall stature, to form a training squad, requiring them to arrive at the Magic Tower within 1 day. Additionally, everyone must write their cultivation methods into a memorial. Also ask the Mages to send someone to make contact."

The latter sentence was addressed to the enshrined Mage in his residence.

Although Kingdom Mages prided themselves on their noble status, they also dared not act presumptuously before a "Holy" Knight. Let alone that maintaining the relationship with the Master was currently the most important task.

He and the Kingdom Knights hurriedly left the Holy Knight's mansion, each heading to their destination to notify. Among them Simon rushed straight to the Palace. He was three ranks higher than ordinary knights, equivalent to a Viscount's title, allowing him direct entry and exit.

Grendel was still unsatisfied; thinking further, he added: "You go find some famous handsome men of the Kingdom to ask; you must inquire personally, see what body techniques they cultivate. If manpower is insufficient, go requisition a few of His Majesty's Palace Guard Knights."

"Yes." Everyone answered very neatly.

"Wait a moment." Before they had gone far, the Holy Knight called them again, saying: "You also mobilize 1000 students aged 16 to 20 from the Knight Academy, form two square formations, and compare them with the soldiers below."

"Yes."

The Kingdom Knights all left; Grendel personally came to Timothy's office, saluted, and said: "Grand Mage Adult, I wish to speak with the Mages of the Yellow Jade Dragon Hall."

The Yellow Jade Dragon Hall was a legendary land of the Continent; Kingdom Knights could only obtain the title of "Holy" after passing their assessment and declaring allegiance.

In return, besides possessing status equivalent to Grand Mages, Holy Knights could also become immune to low-level magic and generate high resistance to mid- and high-level magic, becoming veritable land tanks.

Timothy held a white feather pen, meticulously copying a low-level magic scroll; only after the final symbol was completed did he slowly say: "Do not mention the 'Master'; can you do that?"

"What if the Yellow Jade Dragon Hall asks?" A Holy Knight could not lie to the Yellow Jade Dragon Hall, otherwise he would be deemed lacking in virtue and have his "Holy" title revoked.

Timothy shook his head lightly, not answering his question, but saying: "Unless you promise me in your capacity as a Knight, I will not connect you to the Yellow Jade Dragon Hall."

Grendel was not surprised by his request, but explained: "Regarding the Master's requirements, I have some difficulties; perhaps the Yellow Jade Dragon Hall could provide some inspiration."

The implication was that the Master might well be mentioned.

Timothy's expression did not change in the slightest; he only said: "The Saint Qiao Kingdom faces an opportunity to return to glory; the Master is our greatest reliance."

He finished speaking and continued copying scrolls.

Grendel waited quietly.

A fourth-level scroll was completed in a flash, followed by another.

After using up all the ink on the tabletop, Timothy put down the feather pen, wiped his hands, and enjoyably breathed in the fresh scent of the new magic scrolls.

Since the day he became a Magic Apprentice, the Magic Tower had never had such abundant scroll materials.

Now the Mages at home had their main daily work become copying scrolls, especially mid- and low-level scrolls; thousands of people concentrated on copying at full force, yet the scroll materials in the Treasury still only increased, never decreased.

And as the Kingdom's stockpile grew, Mages on every front received scroll supplies over three times pre-war levels — for Mages whose days were always tight, 3 times the magic scrolls practically meant invincibility among peers.

After nearly 10 years of successive warfare, hostile kingdoms including the Sepoga Grand Duchy were all at their wits' end; ordinary Mages besides one or two life-saving scrolls, where would they have resources to purchase new ones? On the fierce Western Front, Mages whenever encountering the Saint Qiao Mage Group relying on scroll cluster assaults, could practically only choose the tactic of turning and running; otherwise once entangled, the result of exhausting scrolls was awaiting doom amidst verbose incantations.

Were it not for the absolute strength of each country far exceeding Saint Qiao, still able to rely on high-level Mages beating low-level ones to maintain, they would have collapsed long ago.

Reflecting on the changes of recent months, Timothy slowly said: "Holy Knight Grendel, I hope to pause the next rotation, and have you continue garrisoning the capital."

"But Holy Knight Samuel has already been outside for a year." The eight-chi-tall Grendel, like a brown bear with a meticulous mind, even if he could complete the current task, was more willing to shed hot blood on the battlefield.

Timothy shook his head slightly, saying: "Holy Knight Adult, do you know how much scroll material we have obtained during this period?"

Grendel shook his head; that was the Magic Tower's top secret.

"Worth 67 million gold coins, and that is only the scroll paper judged by the crystal screen. The advanced scroll materials are fundamentally unobtainable even with money." Timothy spoke and asked: "Do you know what will happen if the Master continues supplying us materials for three months?"

Grendel continued shaking his head.

"Every Kingdom Knight can be equipped with mid-level scrolls for life-saving, every Formal Knight can be equipped with low-level anti-magic scrolls, every Knight Order can have large scroll support..." Timothy stared into Grendel's eyes, saying: "Do you understand the significance of this?"

How could Grendel not understand; he gritted his teeth tightly, saying: "We will possess the Continent's strongest Knight Order."

"And the one with the fewest casualties." Timothy added a sentence, only then revealing a faint smile.

Before Grendel's eyes flashed one comrade after another who died on the battlefield.

After a long while, he finally drew his longsword, half-kneeled on the ground, and solemnly said: "I guarantee on my Knight's Name that I will not leak or speak of anything related to the Master."

Timothy nodded in satisfaction, then said: "Go talk with the Divine Envoys of the Yellow Jade Dragon Hall; I think you already have a clear understanding."

Grendel bowed his body and retreated backwards out of the Grand Mage's newly opened office area.

And in another world, Chen Yi, as the center of the conversation, was busily handling trivial pre-opening matters.

High-frequency trading itself is quite simple; besides needing to use a mainframe and equipping a dedicated accountant, a company just starting high-frequency trading operations theoretically does not differ much from an individual investor.

However, even for the most basic five-person company, Chen Yi found it difficult to assemble. The accountant and two traders could be recruited by the US Branch, but the person in charge of the US Branch still did not know where he was sighing under that leaf.

Chen Yi thought back and forth and finally decided to poach from the Chen Group's corner.

The once glorious, now still not bad Chen Group had many high-level talents who studied or even worked in the US; serving as a branch manager's responsibility was more than adequate.

What he valued most was the Group's internal personnel system; because it was a Jiangning local enterprise, the Group's employees basically knew each other's roots, saving him the worry of having no HR institution; after all, operating a financial company in a foreign land. Although not personally handling funds, it ultimately revolved around their periphery, so requirements had to be higher.

Chen Yi picked for two whole days, and in the end still went behind his old man's back to query data inside the Group, then secretly arranged meetings with three or four people.

He did not hide it at all, but Chen Father consistently pretended not to know.

Thus, finally, under the temptation of the Chen Family Young Master, plus high annual salary and the bright prospect of high-frequency trading, a certain Deputy Manager who had joined the Group for three years yet never had a chance for promotion fell into Chen Yi's net.

Of course, the main reason Mr. Tang Xiongfei entered the trap was the name "Chen Family Young Master."

Without the Chen Group's big brand, without the Chen Family's prestige and Chen Congyu's years of accumulated good reputation, a half-grown kid opening an offshore company wanting to hire a professional manager would absolutely be a pipe dream. Even a fresh graduate who could never find a job would have to consider the world's myriad weird scammers and the dangerous journey across the Pacific Ocean.

As for now, Tang Xiongfei merely joined the small Gold Source International Company with a gambling mindset, a choice without alternatives, just like Rural Surrounds City.

On the next day after he completed the formalities and formally joined Gold Source International, Chen Yi returned home and saw the scene of both his mother and father gathered at home.

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Second update today

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