179: What is 'Zhenwu'?

Chu Yuan actually always believed in acting alone.

After all, he couldn't bring himself to order people around for nothing; if someone did things for him, he had to provide benefits and protection. "She is acting in my name, and anyone who dares to touch her is not giving me Face"...

However, he gradually realized that not having a couple of errand runners around was indeed quite inconvenient.

Although he had no business to manage and hadn't interacted with many people at the Shendu Martial Academy,

this kind of thing might come in handy at any moment... He couldn't possibly run around and ask about every single big or small matter himself, could he?

Tian Tian could play this role.

Although Yang Yi was also at the Shendu Martial Academy, he wouldn't work...

"The semester is about to end, and I'm going to carry out a long-term mission... It's nothing."

"Eh?" Tian Tian was stunned for a moment. "Is it the Outer Heaven Battlefield?"

"No."

Tian Tian didn't ask further; after calculating for a moment, she nodded. "I understand!"

...

There wasn't anything interesting happening in the last month of the first semester.

Just those few challengers.

Among them, some genuinely wanted to witness Chu Yuan's strength.

Regardless of whether they were his match, they had to fight a round. If they didn't even dare to fight, what kind of Dao were they practicing?

Others believed that Gu Yu had thrown the match... How could he lose to a freshman? Chu Yuan must have some heaven-defying background, or he had bribed Gu Yu at a great cost...

But regardless of their mindset for coming, they were all eventually carried out of the Shendu Martial Academy horizontally.

From then on, no one questioned Chu Yuan's strength anymore, and many people no longer viewed him as just a freshman...

Time flew by, and when the first snow of winter arrived in the Shendu, the first semester finally ended.

The elite Disciples within the Sect received various missions and rushed to their own battlefields; vacations were not things that belonged to them.

As for those "ordinary Disciples" who had not reached the Inner Breath Realm... they could go home and reunite with their families...

As children, this was a good thing.

But as a Martial Artist, this was not worth celebrating.

Chu Yuan also finally obtained the myriad law source liquid as he had wished.

It was contained in a crystal bottle, seemingly holding all the colors of the world, beautiful enough to dazzle the eyes... Gently shaking it, the colors rippled, like the gentle whispers of the ocean, or perhaps the quiet breathing of the world.

Cai Hongkai instructed, "There are three ways to use it. Drinking it directly has the worst effect.

The second is to apply it on your body... The most effective way is to use your Mental Energy to probe into it, treating it as a bridge and an amplifier to pursue the rhythm of the Law.

However, the third method is a bit time-consuming; you can decide for yourself."

Chu Yuan nodded and put away the crystal bottle.

"What about the mission?"

"It will be sent to your terminal later. There's no rush for the mission... Digest this thing first before you leave; don't go out and attract trouble with it on you."

"I'll start refining it when I get back later."

Cai Hongkai nodded and sent a document to Chu Yuan's terminal.

He seemed a bit hesitant, but still spoke up, "By rights, I shouldn't say too much, but you are not going on this mission as a student, but as a member of the Zhenwu Bureau...

You must remember one sentence: It is better to kill by mistake than to let anyone go!"

Chu Yuan hadn't had time to look at the mission content yet, but upon hearing this, his expression turned solemn. Originally, in his expectation, the situation in the Western Continent and Mu Island should have been similar;

but judging from Cai Hongkai's reaction, it didn't seem to be the case?

Mu Island didn't have the qualifications to make an Eighth Realm Martial Artist this serious...

"Listening to you, I'm going there specifically to kill people?"

"It's not that I want you to kill everyone you see..." Cai Hongkai thought of something else and quickly instructed, "Especially, you must not use the Blood Sacrifice Grand Array!"

"...I understand."

Cai Hongkai felt slightly relieved and spoke slowly again, "The 'Wu' in Zhenwu Bureau does not refer to some high-and-mighty Dao; it refers to Martial Artists.

The 'Zhen' character means to suppress and kill!

Its original intention for being established was to suppress Martial Artists... All other authorities are derived from this fundamental principle!

Great Qin came from the barbaric era of martial arts, where strong figures stood in great numbers. Why didn't it form a separatist situation?

Why did some people, like those families that were heavily punished because of you... willingly accept the punishment?

Was it because they had a sense of the big picture and held great righteousness in their hearts?

Of course not!

It was because they knew that once the butcher's knife of the Zhenwu Bureau fell, the world would collapse..."

Chu Yuan was lost in thought, muttering to himself, "Your words, both overtly and covertly... aren't you still telling me to kill everyone I see? If I don't kill, it would be an insult to my identity as a member of the Zhenwu Bureau..."

But to be honest, although he belonged to the Zhenwu Bureau in every respect, he hadn't really deeply understood this massive violent organization; he only knew it was very powerful.

Most of the time, he just used the identity, and what he came into contact with was the relatively upright and righteous side. The people within the System all spoke nicely and were amiable.

The only time it was a bit dark... was when he saw Jiang Fei torturing Liu Yan's boyfriend...

"Go, I have nothing else to say... be careful."

...

"Captain, are you sure they are coming today?" At twilight, the colorful lights in the manor lit up one by one, looking magnificent.

A young-looking Martial Artist asked while swirling his wine glass.

There was a long scar on his Face, extending from his left eyebrow to his right cheek, looking like a hideous worm crawling on it.

"Yes." Feng Zhao nodded, his gaze cast toward the empty sky.

"After this time, our garrison mission can end early."

"It's thanks to our good luck that we could be selected by that Inspector."

"No... it's because our squad is strong enough!"

The young man's mouth slowly split open, moving along with the scar on his Face. "Captain is also right..."

Their squad was selected to fully cooperate with the Inspector and obey all of the other party's orders!

Although there were no benefits, only ending the garrison mission early... being "selected" itself was a huge, great thing!

This represented a kind of "invisible pardon"... Some less serious matters might just be overlooked!

Martial Artists were never honest people, and honest people couldn't become high-ranking Martial Artists.

Chu Yuan had long known this fact.

Even on the battlefield with strict military discipline, under the very eyes of the Military Law Department, the Bell Tower Squad had plenty of ways to scrape up resources.

Let alone in the Western Continent, where the emperor is far away?

Getting some martial arts resources for themselves was the most normal thing in the world; as long as they didn't carry out large-scale Blood Sacrifice, Chu Yuan felt they already had a bottom line.

He came alone, and there were many inspection matters; it wasn't enough just to be able to fight.

He must have someone to assist...

In the sky, a golden rainbow sped over.

Feng Zhao's expression turned solemn, and he put down the wine glass in his hand...