Bringing The Farm To Live In Another World - Chapter 16149

Chapter 16147. Understanding the Situation

Li Wen smiled wryly after hearing Chang Jun’s words, then said, “I wouldn’t dare say I’m the strongest in the Shadow Guard, but ranking in the top twenty is almost no problem. The reason I became the commander of the Beast Town City’s Shadow Guard is because I’m just an ordinary person. I’m an ordinary Shadow Guard trained by the Shadow Guard itself, without any family background. You could say that reaching this position is already quite remarkable. If it weren’t for my strength, I’m afraid I wouldn’t even be in this position.”

Chang Jun nodded upon hearing Li Wen’s words, saying, “I see, I understand. Is there any possibility for you to move up? With your strength, plus the sect’s material support, is it possible for you to advance further?”

Li Wen shook his head upon hearing Chang Jun’s words, then smiled wryly and said, “It’s almost impossible. Now the Shadow Guard …” “The higher-ups in the Shadow Guard are all controlled by powerful families. They would never let us rise to power because if we did, one of them would have to step down, and they absolutely don’t want anyone to fall. So, it’s impossible for us to get promoted. Positions like the commander of Beast Town City are benefits given to us by those powerful families. They occupy the higher-ups and then give us peripheral tasks. We can’t resist because they’ve placed restrictions on us. They actually have no choice but to do this. Giving us these positions at least gives us a glimmer of hope; otherwise, the subordinates won’t obey them, and eventually, no one will be able to do the work. So, it’s too difficult for me to move up.”

Chang Jun nodded after hearing Li Wen’s words and then said, “Then that’s fine. You all should continue with your work. As for other matters, we…” “Let’s discuss this further. By the way, do you have intelligence on all the sects in Beast Town City? Do you have intelligence on Beast Town City itself?”

Li Wen immediately replied, “Yes, we have all the intelligence on Beast Town City. This is standard practice in the Divine Kingdom; we must collect this intelligence. Moreover, the faction to which the City Lord of Beast Town City belongs is actually an enemy of our Shadow Guard faction. Both sides want to extend their influence into each other’s territory, so it’s also a necessary task for us Shadow Guard to collect their intelligence.”

Chang Jun nodded and said, “Alright, then let’s categorize and store all this intelligence in the Evolutionary Sphere. Store the intelligence on those sects, as well as the intelligence on Beast Town City.” Li Wen responded, and Chang Jun continued, “Does Beast Town City have five thousand elite soldiers? Are they all in the military camp?”   Upon hearing Chang Jun’s question, Li Wen’s face lit up with

surprise.

A strange expression crossed his face, and then he spoke: “Elder Chang, is all the information you’ve gathered just what’s publicly stated? According to the Divine Kingdom’s regulations, places like Beast Suppression City should indeed have 5,000 elite troops. However, the Divine Kingdom has been at peace for so many years now, and the various sects, under the Divine Kingdom’s suppression, are much weaker than before. A balance, or rather a tacit understanding, has formed between the Divine Kingdom’s court and the sects, so there hasn’t been a large-scale conflict between the two sides for a long time. Moreover, the Divine Kingdom’s overall strength is greater than that of those sects, so the two sides can be said to be coexisting peacefully. Precisely because of this, the Divine Kingdom’s army has undergone some changes in recent years. Almost all the city lords are receiving salaries without working. For example, Beast Suppression City should have 5,000 elite troops, but in reality, there are only a handful in the city’s military camps.” There are only three thousand men. The other two thousand are all being paid without actually serving. And these three thousand aren’t all elite soldiers either; many are recruited rogue cultivators. These rogue cultivators have very poor combat skills and know almost nothing about battle formations. They often just sit idly by, not staying in the military camp, but instead doing rogue cultivator tasks in Beast Suppression City. Of course, their pay is only about 40% of that of regular soldiers. So, currently, there are only one thousand truly elite soldiers in the military camps of Beast Suppression City.”

At this point, Li Wen’s expression became serious. He continued, “Don’t underestimate these one thousand elite soldiers. Some of them were carefully trained by the city lord. Their combat strength is formidable, and their preparation is excellent. They use four types of weapons: crossbows—the iron-armed crossbows—and black gold arrows.” The first is the “Piercing Arrow,” a crossbow with an extremely long range and great power. This black gold Piercing Arrow is a magical artifact capable of penetrating defenses and possesses a certain tracking ability. This arrow can not only break through protective shields but also ordinary defensive magical artifacts, demonstrating its immense power. The second is the spear, typically less than ten feet long, called the “Demon-Slaying Spear.” This spear can break through all shields, even those attacked with illusions. The third is the “Snake-Faced Shield,” a large shield about the height of a person, providing excellent defense. It’s called the Snake-Faced Shield because of the snake pattern in the center, with a hollow mouth. From this opening, spears or swords can be extended to attack enemies, much like a snake… Like a forked tongue, this is the origin of the name “Great Shield.” The fourth is the waist knife. The knife they use isn’t very long because they generally don’t use it as their primary weapon. They only use it when they run out of crossbow bolts or lose their spears. Although not frequently used, this waist knife is very useful. It can break magic and armor. Most importantly, this waist knife is also equipped with magic arrays like the Sharpness Array, which not only breaks armor but can also destroy enemy magic weapons in combat. Its power is immense.

He paused here, then continued, “Besides weapons, they also have two types of armor: Tiger-Head Black Gold Armor and Golden Silk Chainmail. These two types of armor have extremely strong defense; ordinary magic weapons cannot penetrate them. Their greatest strength is their…” “A, they have battle formations. Once they use these formations, even if the enemy outnumbers them and is stronger, they might not necessarily gain the upper hand. With these thousand elite soldiers, it’s safe to say that the Beast Suppression City can easily subdue all the sects. And it must be said, City Lord Kong Youwei is a very good city lord. Although he might be greedy for money, at least he’ll keep such an elite force to completely subdue the sects.”

Hearing Li Wen say this, Chang Jun nodded and said, “I see. Do you have any of the equipment in the camp? Can we take some down and study it?”

Li Wen nodded and said, “Yes, we collected their equipment before and studied it carefully. It’s indeed very good. I have some of that equipment here right now.” With a flick of his hand, he produced several pieces of equipment: crossbows, spears, large shields, waist knives, and two sets of armor.

Chang Jun picked up the equipment and examined it. Apart from the chainmail, all the other weapons and armor were black and felt quite heavy in his hand. Chang Jun tried them on and saw that the quality was indeed very good.

With a flick of his hand, Chang Jun sent all the weapons and armor to the Shenji Hall for Wen Yuming and the others to study.

After handling this matter, Chang Jun turned to Li Wen and said, “Very good, this is very important to us. By the way, how much do you know about Kong Youwei?”

Li Wen replied, “We don’t know much about Kong Youwei. We only know that he is a collateral disciple of the Kong family, but he became the city lord because he climbed up to an elder of the Kong family’s direct line. He doesn’t seem to have much ambition. He has been in the position of city lord for many years, and his strength seems to have reached the kingdom level, but he is very lecherous. He has more than twenty women and more than a dozen children. You could say that his family is now quite a large clan.”

Chang Jun was taken aback by his words, then nodded and said, “I see. He does seem to be a very interesting person. Let me tell you about our plan. We will first take down all the sects around Beast Town City, and then deal with Kong Youwei. What do you think?”

Li Wen listened to Chang Jun’s words and said, ” “Elder Chang wants to control Kong Youwei and then help him climb the ranks?”

Chang Jun nodded, then said, “That’s right, that’s the idea. Do you think it’s feasible?”

Li Wen said in a deep voice, “It’s feasible. I think this plan is feasible. Kong Youwei has a chance to climb the ranks. No matter what, he’s a member of the Kong family, and he has people supporting him there. If he really wants to climb, he can. The only problem now is that elite troop. That elite troop is not easy to deal with.”

Upon hearing Li Wen’s words, Chang Jun smiled slightly and then said, “This is actually not difficult. You’ve just joined the sect and don’t know much about the sect’s situation yet. You can learn about the sect’s situation first, and then tell me about their elite troop. Alright, you can go back now. Remember, things are the same as before, but you must upload all the intelligence to the Yantian Sphere. Go.” Li Wen and the others all responded, then bowed to Chang Jun and turned to leave.

After Li Wen and his group returned to the Wu Yang Sect, they first uploaded all the intelligence to the Yan Tian Sphere. This upload was actually quite simple; they just brought all the intelligence into the Real Illusion Realm. The Real Illusion Realm would then convert the information from reality to illusion and directly record it into the Yan Tian Sphere. That’s how intelligence was uploaded.

There were quite a few people at the Wu Yang Sect, and they quickly finished uploading all the intelligence. Once they had finished uploading, Li Wen and his group began to truly and comprehensively understand the Blood Slaughter Sect. Since they were intelligence operatives, their process of understanding the Blood Slaughter Sect was quite different from that of others.