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Chapter 634 - 9 No no no, this is not a Sword Cultivator (Monthly ticket extra)

Chapter 634: Chapter 9 No no no, this is not a Sword Cultivator (Monthly ticket extra)

Because An Jing’s answers for the third part, question four were too bizarre, some overly anthropomorphized.

[The failure of the North Pass Marsh exploration was inevitable, in addition to the reasons stated in the original document, the biggest issue was the weakness of the logistics. Although there was an abundant supply of logistic support, the supply line from Red Rust Lake to the source of Muddy Creek was repeatedly harassed and even cut off by the local aquatic monsters/demons, leading to insufficient supplies on the frontlines and low morale. This caused an already contradictory internal faction to completely split due to resource allocation issues and erupted into full-blown infighting after the leader, Master Qingye, left...]

At first glance, there’s nothing wrong, but even the gang kids from the safe zone of Xuanye City would laugh their teeth off after seeing this analysis.

——Look at this talk, how naive, what abundant logistic support, that’s all just on paper, how could it actually reach the frontlines? Harassed and cut off by aquatic monsters/demons, those big frogs and Mud Emperors can barely kill a rabbit, usually just eating bugs, how could they defeat the logistics troops?

Those are all ways to balance accounts, this An Xuan, citing this point, does he really not know or is he pretending not to know? Acting like a foreign dignitary here?

This first answer is still somewhat restrained, but An Jing’s subsequent answers are even more exaggerated.

[Do you support the exploration war? I do not! Without logistics assurance, without the assurance of the troop’s purity, without the assurance of a commanding leader’s authoritative "my way or the highway" approach to exploration, such failures will continue indefinitely.]

What a joke, if logistics had no issues, how would the officers embezzle? If the officers don’t embezzle, how would the True Persons? If the True Persons don’t, how could everyone make progress?

And the purity of the troops, if the troops are pure, then wouldn’t the credit be monopolized by one side? Such good things don’t exist. As for the authoritative "my way or the highway", do you think you’re a paratrooper from Cave Heaven? Who has the authority to do that? Would the other factions agree? Even if the factions of Xuanye City agree, Cave Heaven won’t!

Of course, the real reasons for the failure of the exploration war were not these trivial matters but rather some more critical elements lurking deep underwater. However, just these superficial reasons alone were enough to give An Xuan’s answers the lowest possible scores.

There were other answers to follow.

[As an Array Master, how would you ensure the victory of this exploration war? (Array diagram attached, An Jing only included one array model), with additional conditions: need to provide more material support, main ingredient, Void Nether Stone three hundred taels...]

This array is a Great Void Altar, which An Jing recorded while building altars in Kanming City with Mingguang Dust and You Ruhui. It was improved with Subdue Evil’s suggestion. This thing could directly connect the frontline positions with Xuanye City. Technically it’s entirely feasible, the building conditions aren’t challenging, and for An Jing’s age, it’s somewhat advanced but within the range that he can understand in technical learning. After all, the Great Void Altar is not like the Great Void Magical Instrument which is profitable, and it has already been made public to strengthen the connection between the Wilderness and the safe zone.

The problem is...

First, An Jing is asking for too much ** resource. Void Nether Stone three hundred taels, at least three hundred Great Void Magical Instruments, just like that in one sentence, even robbery isn’t this fast!

Second, directly opening a portal to Xuanye City, that indeed could win the exploration war, there are Golden Core True Monarchs in the city after all. But this can’t help but make one ask, is it really worth it? Would Master Qingye be scared to the point of wetting his pants seeing such a decision, or would he feel like a hero after winning the war?

And the Artifact Refiner’s answer is even more outrageous. An Jing directly designed an explosive landmine artifact that could aggregate the power of formations, based on Wounding Sword Qi and the martial formations of the Huai Xu Realm. It allows the commander at the heart of the formation to store all the damage taken by the Array, and then at the final moment, cycle the Five Elements, compress a self-detonation, and release the Great Five Elements Destruction Sword Qi.

As a result, the main base can completely annihilate the main forces of the coming Beize Demons at the cost of its own destruction, so the now alone Commander Master Qingye can act more unrestrainedly, defeat the Demon King, and win this exploration war!

"Imperial Heaven and Earth..."

When seeing this, Principal He gasped in shock, while Chairman Chen, who had been very optimistic about An Jing, had a very strange expression. He looked at An Jing’s answer, then at Principal He, and after repeating this three times, he slowly said: "Is this, a Sword Cultivator?"

"No no no, Sword Cultivators aren’t this extreme."

Principal He shook his head again and again, he had to correct the record for normal Sword Cultivators: "A typical Sword Cultivator, like myself, at most feels that giving resources to me, I could kill them all alone, it’s a bit arrogant, but it definitely won’t go mad like this!"

The following 8,000-plus-word essay by An Jing was not so frantic. An Jing wrote a standard essay, using nuts and bolts, mechanical equipment, and factories as analogies to describe the similarities between organizing formations and Artifact Refining. There’s nothing eye-catching, but the absence of outlandish arguments is the biggest highlight itself.

"This An Xuan really doesn’t know what’s good or bad, is naive, and clueless."

At this moment, some directors were already dissatisfied and said: "Even if he really doesn’t understand and isn’t deliberately being sarcastic or crossplaying, this is enough to show that his thinking is too straightforward. This will make it difficult for him to be independent in the future, to be sent out as a backbone for the organization’s cultivation."

"Indeed."

Other Directors also largely agreed: "With this kind of thinking, does he really believe that he can achieve anything just by words, just by his own ability? If he can’t unite the majority, doesn’t understand the difficulties from higher up, can’t grasp interpersonal relationships, and doesn’t even know when he should fail, to go to all lengths for a mere victory... Such thinking is very dangerous!"

"Mr. Chen, this An Xuan does have sufficient personal ability, and you could even say he is extremely talented, but his way of thinking clearly has flaws."

At this moment, a director who usually did not get along well with Principal He seized this opportunity to speak: "Cultivating such a person as a technical personnel reserve is fine, but to focus on nurturing him as our Third Middle School’s representative, would definitely bring us big trouble... How about this?"

He turned his head, looking at Principal He whose expression was somewhat unsightly, and said mockingly: "This An Xuan, he indeed is a genius we can’t guide properly. I think we can grant him the qualifications of an auditing student and even key nurturing, we could even give him extra library access, technical talents are also talents after all."

"But for key nurturing, I think we should forget about it. Our small place can’t afford to sustain such a big Buddha, or should I say, Mr. He, why don’t you pave the way with your own resources?"

He wasn’t targeting An Jing, just against Principal He.

"Sigh."

And with a long sigh from Principal He, he was almost ready to agree.

Xuanye City does not lack cultivators who are merely good at formations, nor do they lack cultivators with just strong combat abilities. Even those cultivators good at technology and with high combat abilities are not in short supply, what they need, are those who can be left alone in the Wilderness, maintain themselves, balance various forces, and become a regional leader.

Only this sort of person can, under the will of the corporation, support an exploration campaign, and initiate a series of frontier wars.

If one can’t achieve this, they will forever be a worker, and not the heroic figures needed by all the academies’ propaganda, nor will it count as a political achievement, and even less can they acquire resources.

Nian Quan was actually very smart; he saw through many things clearly, and although he himself did not like it, he could indeed lead his fanbase to form an organization, and would keep the spontaneously gathered fan group under his control — he may not like the fan circle, but when others accused him of having one, Nian Quan was very clear that it was best to actually have one.

Thus, Nian Quan was the image that Third Middle School built, while An Xuan... might be a notch below.

— Well, at least An Xuan’s technical level is indeed extraordinary, and that’s enough.

With this thought, Principal He even planned to bleed more of his own resources, instead of using the public funds of Third Middle School to nurture An Jing—after all these years stuck at the peak of Foundation Establishment, many resources were already useless to him.

But just at this moment, Chairman Chen who had been silent until now, suddenly stood up, respectfully standing to one side.

"True Monarchs honor us with their presence."

This major Director of Third Middle School said respectfully: "Lie Que True Lord, what are your instructions?"

Out of nowhere, accompanied by a faint crackle of electricity, an ordinary–looking old cultivator appeared in the meeting hall— it was at the moment of his appearance, all the Directors stood up together, then respectfully saluted, not even daring to speak a word.

"You do your own thing, I’m just here to have a look."

With that, Lie Que True Lord Heavenly Gate didn’t pay much heed to the reverence of these people; he just glanced over and saw An Jing in the Water Mirror, then raised his eyebrows: "So he’s here."

— Is this the Wilderness kid that Fu Yang was talking about, the one with a Purple Mansion peak-level magic treasure? It seems so, indeed not one of the Ancient Immortal Remnants, but clearly someone who has inherited the powers of an ancient legacy from the Wilderness.

He curiously approached the Water Mirror, with a twinkle in his eyes, calling up all of An Jing’s records and exam papers.

"Wow."

He raised his eyebrows, expressing admiration: "Not bad, quite capable, and the opinion essays are stirring and deep."

"The various magical artifacts and formation design ideas are even more imaginative, they have great artistic conception and are of high standards indeed."