diskusbooks Chapter 197: This result is somewhat embarrassing.
Chapter 197: This result is somewhat embarrassing.
When Lin Feng arrived at the bookstore, he was slightly shocked. This was clearly a library, not a bookstore.
This bookstore has dozens of bookshelves, selling and renting books, and also provides quiet reading rooms.
There's a plaza in the backyard of the bookstore where dozens of people are copying books.
After entering the bookstore, Lin Feng activated his eye scan.
He scanned all the history books in the bookstore.
No book can provide a detailed account of how this great city was built.
It is only recorded in one relatively old book.
The book describes it as follows:
In ancient times, demons roamed the continent of Shenzhou.
The ancestors of the four great families of the Sword Sect comprehended the workings of heaven and earth, created martial arts techniques that humans could cultivate, led the human race to slay demons and monsters, and established ten great cities in the area now controlled by the Sword Sect.
Only then did they establish the Sword Sect to pass on their martial arts tradition.
……
Lin Feng could tell at a glance that all of this content was fake.
In ancient times, steel and cement could not have been created. Not to mention ancient times, cement does not exist on the Chinese mainland even now.
This history is purely the four major families of the Sword Sect singing their own praises.
It seems that true history is hard to find among ordinary people.
Even if the true history is preserved, it must be hidden within the Sword Sect.
Lin Feng browsed the bookstore for a while longer, but surprisingly, the huge bookstore didn't sell any secret manuals.
Lin Feng learned from asking that only the Sword Sect in the prefectural city could sell secret manuals, while bookstores could only sell ordinary books.
Finally, Lin Feng bought a map of Lingyun Prefecture and left the bookstore with it.
Lin Feng bought ten steamed buns and four side dishes from a street vendor, who also gave him a food box as a gift.
This little thing cost Lin Feng another five taels of silver.
Lin Feng carried the food box back, feeling like a food deliveryman.
The original plan was to have Sun Yu run errands for him, but he ended up running errands himself.
Sun Yu is too lazy. He stays at home all day playing with Xiao Hui. I can't take him with me next time I go out.
Lin Feng touched the little gold wrapped around his wrist. The round ball on the little gold's body was almost gone, and he estimated that the little gold would wake up in another two days.
Lin Feng brought the food back to the inn, and the two of them quickly finished it all.
After finishing their meal, Lin Feng pulled Sun Yu outside.
"Come with me to the city and have a good look around."
"Go by yourself."
"If I go by myself, I'll have to bring you food when I come back tonight."
"Can't I just skip dinner then?"
"No, you have to come out for a walk with me."
Knock knock, just as the two were struggling, there was a knock on the door.
Lin Feng opened the door and saw a person dressed in a hempen guard uniform standing at the door.
The man looked at Lin Feng and Sun Yu and asked, "Which one of you is General Lin?"
Lin Feng clasped his hands in greeting and said, "It is indeed I."
The man outside the door said, "I am Huang Qiufeng, a centurion of the Ma Yi Guard in the prefectural city. I have come here to invite General Lin to stay temporarily at the Ma Yi Guard."
Our general said that once we're on our own territory, there's no need to stay at an inn.
The general of the Ma Yi Wei in the prefectural city commands tens of thousands of soldiers, and his status in the Ma Yi Wei is much higher than mine.
Since the general of the Fucheng Ma Yiwei has spoken, I should at least give him some face.
"In that case, we shall respectfully comply."
Lin Feng and his companion packed their things and went downstairs to settle the bill. The shopkeeper returned the room fee and deposit in full.
As the two left the inn, the centurion of the hemp-clad guards had already lifted the curtain of the carriage.
Lin Feng and his companion boarded the carriage, their warhorses being led by soldiers of the Ma Yi Guard.
Sun Yu said, "Why are the Ma Yi Guards in this prefectural city more polite than those in the county city? They even sent a carriage to pick people up."
"Perhaps the Ma Yi Wei in the prefectural city is closer to the core of the Ma Yi Wei, so it did not become corrupt as quickly and was relatively fair in its actions."
Sun Yu scratched his head. "Even so, I still feel like they're treating you well."
Lin Feng thought for a moment and said, "It's probably because there are relatively few Ma Yi Wei who can advance to the prefectural city level."
The Hemp-Clad Guards are a newly established organization, far weaker than the City Lord's Mansion. I estimate that many Hemp-Clad Guards from various prefectures wouldn't even make it into the top ten, suffering total annihilation in the arena battles.
The facts were pretty much what Lin Feng had expected.
Of the ten prefectures of Lingyun Prefecture, out of one hundred spots for the martial arts competition, only eight were held by members of the Ma Yi Guard.
This result is somewhat embarrassing, blatantly exposing the weakness of the Hemp-Clad Guards.
This was to show the higher-ups of the Sword Sect that the strength of the Hemp-Clad Guards was far from commensurate with the power they wielded.
The higher-ups of the Sword Sect don't care whether the Hemp-Clad Guards are a newly established organization or not.
It is foreseeable that if the Ma Yi Guards are completely wiped out in the martial arts competition in the prefectural city, their power will certainly be weakened.
Lin Feng and his companion arrived at the headquarters of the Ma Yi Wei (a type of guard) in the prefectural city in a carriage.
Lin Feng felt a sense of déjà vu as he walked through the gates of the Ma Yi Wei headquarters.
The headquarters of the Ma Yiwei seems to have been built on the site of an abandoned school, with the playground and stadium turned into a training ground.
The teaching buildings and dormitories, repaired with wooden materials, still retain their original appearance.
Despite the incongruous scene, the people here did not perceive anything amiss.
Lin Feng's previous life was on a technologically advanced planet, and he immediately noticed the anomaly.
Lin Feng felt a strong urge to explore how the world had transitioned from a technological civilization to a martial arts civilization.
Lin Feng followed Centurion Huang Qiufeng into the main building of the Fucheng Ma Yiwei.
The atmosphere in the main building lobby was somewhat somber.
A middle-aged man dressed in yellow linen robes paced back and forth in the hall, with seven trembling linen-clad guards standing before him.
The middle-aged man in the yellow robe saw Lin Feng and said, "The last one has arrived. Out of a hundred spots, our Ma Yi Guard only managed to get eight."
Seeing that these people were a little nervous, the middle-aged man in the yellow robe added, "You don't need to be nervous. I'm not here to interrogate you."
You are all heroes of the Hemp-Clad Guard.
You are far superior to the brothers in the prefectural city.
The middle-aged man in the yellow robe pointed to the dozens of people being flogged in the distance and said, "Our brothers in the prefectural city have completely disgraced the Ma Yi Wei."
Of the one hundred slots available in the prefectural city, our Ma Yi Guard only secured two.
I get angry whenever I see those guys, so I give them a beating with a paddle every day.
Upon hearing this, the Adam's apples bobbed in surprise at the words of the several guards in the hall. The general of the Ma Yi Guard in the prefectural city was far too brutal.
If we lose, will we also get punished?
Lin Feng remained calm and composed throughout, not believing that he would lose in a duel between opponents of the same level.
His goal is not to be in the top ten, but to be number one.
The middle-aged man in the yellow robe continued, "The day after tomorrow is the day of the martial arts competition."
Let's all speak up.
How can I support you so that you can achieve a good ranking in the competition?
"Speak freely, everyone. Anything the Prefectural City's Ma Yi Guards have, I can give you."
Upon hearing this, Lin Feng's Adam's apple bobbed involuntarily.
Lin Feng repeatedly saw piles of Jiazi Enhancement Pills and martial arts manuals. Such an opportunity was once in a lifetime. Should he ask for an exorbitant price?