Urban: It turns out this is a comprehensive world

Luo Lingtian's original intention in establishing the Temple of the Gods was not to gain a foothold in the international mercenary world or to become a well-known mercenary organization. His core purpose was to build a convenient and efficient platform for practical combat training for himself and his members.

After all, at that time, Luo Lingtian had no idea that there were martial artists in the country. Even if he did know, given the domestic system, it would have been impossible for him to freely use martial arts to fight others.

It should be understood that the essence of Chinese martial arts is "the art of killing." Without experiencing the tempering of real combat in blood and fire, one cannot truly grasp its essence.

For Luo Lingtian, his core focus has always been on two major areas: business development and cutting-edge technology research. His increased military strength is merely a necessary means of self-protection and safeguarding, ensuring the stable development of these two areas.

For this reason, apart from a few core members who are naturally passionate about combat, most members of the Temple of Gods are on a rotation system. Once they have achieved their expected goals in their training, they will return to their home country and transfer to Longteng Technology.

As previously mentioned, members of the Temple of Gods have the right to apply for transfers, but very few people use this right, and it is mainly aimed at those who have already worked for Longteng Technology.

After all, only a minority of people are willing to immerse themselves in a life-or-death environment of fighting and killing for a long time.

People are naturally happy to participate in training and accumulate combat experience occasionally, but if they are constantly facing life and death and continuously immersed in the vortex of battle, no one can endure it for long.

Moreover, the Temple of Gods is completely different from organizations that rely on taking on mercenary missions to make a living.

From the very beginning of establishing the Heavenly God Palace, Luo Lingtian demonstrated foresight far beyond that of ordinary people: simply relying on taking on missions to make a living is ultimately just a stopgap measure with no long-term development potential.

It's important to know that there are countless mercenary organizations abroad, but only a handful truly stand out and gain widespread fame.

Moreover, relying solely on taking on tasks to make a living often doesn't end well. This is not only because the tasks themselves are full of uncertainty and could lead to fatal risks at any time, but also because one must always be wary of the schemes and sabotage of their peers.

It's not uncommon for people like Luo Lingtian to have stable sources of income and create mercenary organizations simply to train their subordinates. However, most mercenary organizations barely survive by taking on missions and earning commissions.

For such organizations, the fewer competitors the better. As a result, in addition to desperately improving their own organizational capabilities, finding opportunities to eliminate other mercenary organizations becomes the most direct and effective means of survival.

It's easy to imagine that many mercenary organizations share this mindset, which makes the seemingly passionate mercenary world actually filled with deceit and ruthless killing. In such an environment, if one relies solely on taking on missions and earning commissions to survive, one will inevitably need to frequently accept missions, and those who lack the strength will sooner or later encounter missions that are impossible to complete and will result in certain death.

If they are too strong, they will be targeted by other mercenary organizations. Whether they can survive depends entirely on whether their mercenary group's strength is enough to overwhelm the others.

The Heavenly God Palace, founded by Luo Lingtian, has members who all practice traditional Chinese martial arts, so their strength is self-evident.

However, his main source of financial resources and core energy were not focused on mercenary organizations, so he set clear standards for the Temple of Gods from the very beginning.

The Temple of the Gods is renowned in the mercenary world, not only for its top-notch strength but also for its unique style of doing things.

Although the Temple of the Gods boasts a 100% success rate in completing missions, making it a top choice for many employers, they are extremely selective in their mission screening and have established clear intervals between accepting missions.

The so-called task acceptance interval means that after completing a task, you will not accept a second task for one to two months.

It is this rule that makes other mercenary organizations, even those who covet the reputation of the Temple of Gods, unwilling to easily antagonize it.

It's important to understand that the core reason why an organization becomes a target because of its reputation is that it takes away too many mercenary missions, cutting off the livelihood of organizations that rely on missions for a living.

The Temple of the Gods is different; despite its renowned reputation and formidable strength, it rarely accepts missions.

Normally, people only take on missions once every two or three months, and at most five or six times a year. But in chaotic areas, the number of missions is far more than five or six times a month, let alone a year.

Other organizations wouldn't bother provoking a mercenary group with unfathomable strength for such a trivial task share. After all, an organization that can complete tasks with 100% success rate is undoubtedly powerful. If they were to target such an organization rashly, the probability of losing would be over 90%, which would be tantamount to courting death.

Of course, this was after Luo Lingtian and his men had established themselves in the mercenary world and made a name for themselves.

In the early days of entering the mercenary world, Luo Lingtian and his subordinates frequently took on missions. If they didn't make a name for themselves, no employers would come knocking on their door.

During that period, the Temple of Gods was frequently provoked and targeted by other mercenary organizations. However, those organizations that had targeted them in the past are now history.

"Young Master, according to intelligence, Zhao Hao left early this morning with a group of men to the antique market, where Xiao Chen was also there."

The next morning, after breakfast, Luo Lingtian was practicing boxing in the courtyard.

After all, with the support of the proficiency system, how could proficiency increase without diligent practice? This was Luo Lingtian's daily must-do without fail. If the system hadn't set a limit on the daily increase in proficiency, he could practice almost all day without sleep.

Just as he finished his punches and was about to turn around and go into the bathroom to wash up, Lou Yan quickly stepped forward to report the situation. This also attracted the attention of Qin Qingcheng, who was quietly watching Luo Lingtian practice his punches.

"Antique market?" Luo Lingtian paused slightly, a playful smile appearing on his lips.

Based on the many urban fantasy novels he had read in his previous life, antique markets were often places where opportunities converged, and key moments in the protagonist's rise to power.

However, in the context of an antique market, it is rare for the villain to appear alongside the protagonist, especially before the protagonist obtains a fortuitous opportunity.

Now that Xiao Chen is at the antique market, and Zhao Hao has brought his men there, this situation is clearly not normal.

"Just send someone to keep an eye on them, paying particular attention to whether they buy anything unusual," Luo Lingtian instructed calmly.

Although he could roughly guess that there might be opportunities in the antique market, he did not intend to get involved himself.

There was nothing he could do. Even if he didn't know exactly what the opportunity was, he could roughly guess that it was nothing more than lost martial arts pills, lost pill formulas, or rare cultivation manuals. These things were already dispensable to Luo Lingtian now.

"Antique market?" Qin Qingcheng, standing to the side, seemed to be deep in thought upon hearing this.

The novel she had been reading recently seemed to have a similar plot. As for what Xiao Chen had obtained in the antique market, she had no clue. Recalling her memories of her previous life, Xiao Chen had never mentioned any related experiences.

"But, Ling Tian has actually been secretly watching Xiao Chen all along?" A thought suddenly flashed through Qin Qingcheng's mind.

She hadn't thought about it deeply before, but now she suddenly realized that Xiao Chen's every move seemed to be under Luo Lingtian's control. No wonder that in her previous life, Xiao Chen's originally smooth-sailing fortunes reversed instantly after facing Luo Lingtian, resulting in a series of crushing defeats without even a shred of power to fight back.

Upon closer examination, it makes perfect sense. Although she hasn't even finished reading a complete novel, based solely on the titles of the novels in Luo Lingtian's study and the content of the novel she's currently reading, if she were Luo Lingtian, she would definitely pay close attention to Xiao Chen as well.

But where exactly did Luo Lingtian learn about the contents of these novels?

Qin Qingcheng was filled with curiosity, after all, Luo Lingtian had told her that these novels were all written by him personally.

Take the book she's currently reading, for example. The plot is not exactly the same as Xiao Chen's experiences from her previous life, but it's about 70-80% similar. Such a bizarre coincidence is truly puzzling.

Qin Qingcheng didn't ask any questions. Although her relationship with Luo Lingtian had become much closer, she could tell that he wasn't opposed to her becoming his wife.

But they're not quite close enough to share secrets without reservation.

However, judging from Luo Lingtian's appearance, he didn't seem to care about the so-called opportunities in the antique market.

Although many changes have occurred in this life, Qin Qingcheng is certain that in the previous life, Luo Lingtian probably did not prevent Xiao Chen from obtaining opportunities.

So, although Xiao Chen was the first to be noticed by Luo Lingtian and thus received his special attention, it was only attention and did not interfere with his development. In the end, Xiao Chen's defeat was purely due to his own lack of strength and ability.

She shook her head and stopped thinking about it. Actually, she hoped that Luo Lingtian could intervene, but it seemed that Luo Lingtian had his own plans, and obviously, Xiao Chen's development in this life would not be so smooth.

After all, there was something very wrong between Yu Bingyu and Zhao Hao.

"Bingyu, Young Master Zhao Hao is also on his way to the antique market, and he's almost there now."

A minivan is driving on the road, heading towards the antique market.

"Hao went to the antique market too?" Inside the car, Yu Bingyu sat in the back seat, listening to her secretary's report, a hint of surprise on her face, followed by some understanding.

"By the way, how's the matter I asked you to investigate going?"

Having met Zhao Hao yesterday, and now possessing memories of her previous life and freed from the influence of some inexplicable power, Yu Bingyu was able to guess some of Zhao Hao's situation. She then turned to ask about other matters.

After flipping through the documents in her hand, the female secretary said, "Bingyu, according to the investigation, the little princess of the Qin family in the capital, Miss Qin Qingcheng, arrived in Haishi the day before yesterday and is currently residing in Villa No. 1 of the Qinwan Villa District, Lingtian Manor."

"That convoy yesterday belonged to her. It seems she and the eldest son of the Luo family went to a neighboring city to take care of some business yesterday."

"What?" Yu Bingyu's expression changed drastically. She reached out and snatched the document from her secretary's hand to examine the information report she had gathered.