Gao Wu Da Qin: You don't want your secret to be known, do you?

Chapter 88 [Favorable Timing], [Advantageous Location], [Harmonious Relationships]: The Hundred Schools of Thought Each Have Their Strengths

"Ding—Check-in successful! Today is your second day of check-ins! Please maintain your enthusiastic work attitude. 🎀♠ ➅❾𝐒нỮ𝔁.匚๏𝐦 👌♨"

Qin Feng glanced inside his head; the check-in record in his diary was 1/30.

As Qin Feng walked through the court's mission hall, the court officials passing by on both sides kept praising him.

"Young Master Qin is truly skilled; he subdued that three-star wanted criminal, Gu Niantong, in just a few moves!"

"No wonder Young Master Qin topped the list! He must have real talent!"

"Young Master Qin, are you looking for Magistrate Cui? Magistrate Cui is in his office!"

Qin Feng and the others laughed and pushed open the door to Cui Puling's office.

Commander Cui was sitting there reading documents when he saw Qin Feng arrive. He stood up and said with a smile, "You've worked hard! Gu Niantong arrived in Xianyang and you arrested her right after. That's really efficient! You've really given our Court of Justice a lot of face!"

Qin Feng thought to himself, "As expected, your position determines your perspective. This guy surnamed Cui only cares about getting promoted and making money. He has no requirements for the case-handling process or the pursuit of justice. In his view, once the person is arrested, my task is completed. What happens afterward is not important. This makes it easier for me to continue to take advantage of Gu Niantong."

Qin Feng smiled broadly and said, "It's all thanks to Lord Cui's excellent leadership! And it's all thanks to Brother Xiao Buping's strong support, otherwise how could I have succeeded so smoothly! By the way, why didn't I see Brother Xiao today?"

Cui Puling laughed and said, "Buping was slightly injured and will probably need to rest for a while!"

"That's a real shame!" Qin Feng said. "I was thinking of thanking Brother Xiao more today!"

Cui Puling asked with great interest, "I heard that you were on a rampage in the military camp today, even defeating General Wang Li?"

Qin Feng smiled modestly, "It was by chance that General Wang showed mercy."

Cui Puling laughed and said, "It was indeed a stroke of luck that you met Wang Li in the martial arts arena. If you had encountered these military elites on the battlefield, they would have been much more difficult to deal with."

Qin Feng was taken aback. "Are military strategists very brutal on the battlefield?"

"It's not just brutal, it's downright ruthless!" Cui Pu commanded. "The various schools of thought each have their strengths! The strongest unique ability of the Military School is the [Human Force] sequence. This sequence encompasses everything, such as morale boosting, military formations and flags, and the will of the army. Take, for example, the Dragon Flight Formation, one of the most common Eight Trigrams Formations in the Military School. The Dragon Flight Formation is an all-around formation! The commander can cultivate power from his mind and project it onto the military flag, which then transmits it to all the soldiers in the formation, comprehensively increasing the soldiers' maximum potential. The combat power of the entire formation can be increased by three to five times, and in some exaggerated cases, even seven or eight times, or even the rare effect of ten times! On the battlefield, when an army led by a disciple of the Military School attacks an army not led by a disciple of the Military School, it is utterly crushing and invincible!"

Qin Feng was greatly shocked upon hearing Cui Puling's words!

Holy crap! Is this Legion Will talent really that outrageous?

Are military strategists really that good?!

According to Cui Puling, it seems that each of the Hundred Schools of Thought had its own unique and powerful skills!

If that's the case, then it directly shatters Qin Feng's preconceived notions about the various schools of thought!

Qin Feng originally thought that in this world, only the Confucian school's righteous qi, the Mohist school's mechanical arts, and the Gongshu family's mechanical arts were somewhat useful, while the School of Diplomacy, the School of Names, and the School of Military Strategy were just there to make up the numbers.

Now it seems that this is not the case at all!

The military strategy of "corps will" is an absolutely overpowered skill in large-scale battles, meaning the more people there are, the stronger the enemy becomes!

Logically speaking, there's nothing to be proud of about defeating Wang Li yesterday. His sect's specialty isn't one-on-one combat; they excel at group fights. If each of them led 10,000 people in a fight, Wang Li would have easily crushed him!

Cui Puling seemed to have seen through Qin Feng's thoughts and chuckled, "The various schools of thought in ancient China were all very secretive about their own, and each one kept their unique characteristics very well hidden, rarely heard of by the general public. However, our Court of Justice is the intelligence headquarters, and we know a little about everything. If Young Master Qin is interested, you can connect your phone to the AI, and I'll give you permission to take a look!"

Qin Feng said, "Then thank you very much, sir."

Cui Puling said, "Over at Tianjie, the Five Cities Military Command is going to conduct a collective overhaul of fire safety matters, so we won't be working with them. Young Master Qin has no mission today, so you can wander around our headquarters, have some tea, and just clock out tomorrow morning."

Qin Feng, who was eager to connect to the mainframe AI, stood up and said with a smile, "Then I'll follow the commander's orders. I'll just wander around headquarters and not go out! Goodbye, Qin Feng."

With that, Qin Feng turned and left.

Cui Puling watched Qin Feng's retreating figure and sighed inwardly, "You'd better not go out. Do you know how much trouble you'll cause if you go out?"

Cui Puling was aware of Gu Niantong's situation, and he wanted to investigate her background and connections, but Qin Feng was already keeping a mistress, so what could he say?

Rather than letting you go out and cause trouble, making headlines everywhere, it's better to keep you in the bureau drinking tea and reading newspapers. That way, I can have some peace and quiet.

Qin Feng arrived at the Court of Justice's rest area, found a sofa to sit on, connected to the headquarters' AI, applied for advanced access, and quickly gained access to all the unique skills of the various schools of thought.

[Top Secret of the Court of Justice - Analysis of the Hundred Schools of Thought - General Chapter]

The various schools of thought in ancient China each had their own strengths. Their distinctive characteristics first emerged from the three religions and nine streams during the Shang and Zhou dynasties. Later, during the Spring and Autumn period, they were summarized and formed into their own schools. Today, each school has its own unique features. Specifically, they can be summarized into three directions: [favorable timing], [advantageous location], and [harmonious relationships].

【Heavenly Timing】: The extraordinary power of heaven and earth, including talent, fortune, destiny, divination, ghosts and gods, prophecy, dragon veins, and the unknown abilities of heaven and earth. The sects are mainly Yin-Yang School, Taoism, and Miscellaneous School.

【Geographical Advantage】: The extraordinary abilities of creation and society, including physical professional and technical capabilities such as manufacturing, astronomical technology, human-computer interaction, and space development. The main schools are Mohism, Gongshu, and Miscellaneous School.

【Humanity】: Human beings explore extraordinary abilities to their limits, including three categories: innate abilities, the power of all living beings, and extraordinary abilities.

The category of innate superpowers focuses on developing the limits of human abilities. Its largest branches are martial arts true qi and righteous true qi, forming martial arts practitioners and Confucian scholars.

The power of all living beings, which dominates the group effect, is based on the strategy of individual resonance with the group. Its largest branches are Legalist criminal law and military strategy. The former, criminal law, is mainly taught by Legalists and Logicians, while the latter is taught by Military Strategists.

The category of Qimen Dunjia (奇门异能) does not strictly belong to the "Human" (人) category. It combines the three paths (political, legal, and criminal) and is proficient in military strategy, legalism, and criminal law. It is also familiar with "Heavenly Timing" (天时) and some "Geographical Advantage" (地利). It represents the School of Diplomacy (纵横家).

Among the current three major sects, the most outstanding are the Military School with the largest number of members, the Yin-Yang School with the ability of prophecy, the Mohist School and the Gongshu School with the advantage of creation, and the Confucian School and the Martial School with the strongest innate abilities.

Military formations, combined with the willpower of the troops, can create a vast difference in combat strength between two opposing forces!

Divination based on Yin and Yang can enable one to foresee the future, plan ahead, and win step by step.

The Creator Moban, with the new cosmology as its truth, is reshaping the cosmic landscape.

The Confucianists, with their innate talents and righteous energy, remain as strong as ever. Although their influence on physical warfare tools is limited, their righteous power has a natural restraining and oppressive effect on heretical sects!

The Martial Sect, a realm of extraordinary talent and martial arts true energy, has been passed down from the mythological era to the present day and is the most widely spread. It can be cultivated by various schools, but to reach the highest realm is as difficult as ascending to heaven. When Confucius traveled the world and became a twelfth-level expert, he said, "Among the myriad schools of thought in the world, there should be a Martial Sect. Unfortunately, I am a Confucian sage, and Confucianism already occupies a great destiny of heaven and earth. If another Martial Sect were to be established, heaven and earth would surely not allow it. If one day someone can reach the twelfth realm and is not a Confucian, he will surely be able to establish a Martial Sect in the world and add a new major school to the myriad schools of thought!"

Qin Feng read through it bit by bit, his heart filled with turbulent emotions.

Previously, Qin Feng felt that the abilities of the various schools of thought seemed somewhat chaotic. Now it seems that it wasn't chaotic, but rather that his understanding of them was not comprehensive enough.

Looking at it now, the correct values ​​of this world are not simply cyberpunk science fiction high martial arts Qin Dynasty!

Instead, it is a super fantasy world of high martial arts where a hundred schools of thought contend, mythology and science fiction blend together, and gods and mechs clash!

To put it bluntly, this is a complete hodgepodge!

It has every element imaginable!

Cultivators of immortality, demonic cultivators, scholars, martial arts practitioners, mecha pilots, magical artifact enthusiasts, planet-destroying cannon builders...

Qin Feng pondered for a while, revising his worldview, and it took him a long time to accept the settings of these various schools of thought from the Hundred Schools of Thought period. ✊🍟 69998.csm ✌♧

Now Qin Feng faces a problem: if the strategists, Yin-Yang school, and Confucianism are all so powerful, doesn't the School of Diplomacy have any unique characteristics? The sect leader told me that my cultivation level wasn't high enough, and that I should try to comprehend the true meaning of Ghost Valley once I reached that level. Was he just trying to fool me, or was he just making empty promises?

I always feel like I'm wasting my time by joining Guigu. At least for now, Guigu seems to have no special talents other than its high-class image and the awe that everyone has for you.

At this moment, Qin Feng couldn't help but envy the military strategists, whose fighting strength increased with the number of people they had. The military strategists' willpower and formations were the real characteristics of their school of thought!

Qin Feng flipped through the relevant information about the Military School and found that the Military School also had a tiered system for its disciples. The number of people a disciple could command was the limit. A disciple who could command 1,000 people could only be called an outer disciple, one who could command 10,000 people could be called an inner disciple, one who could command 100,000 people could be called an inner disciple, and one who could command more than 200,000 people could be called an inner disciple.

Wang Li is an inner disciple, currently commanding around 80,000, less than 100,000.

But Meng Tian is different; Meng Tian is an elite of the empire! His current limit is an army of 270,000!

The empire has a very high opinion of Meng Tian, ​​believing that he is the most likely successor to Bai Qi, the Lord of Wu'an!

In order to ensure that Meng Tian's military strategy was up-to-date, Ying Zheng even granted him a special elite special forces unit of 50,000 men, named the Golden Fire Cavalry!

Qin Feng wanted to find out about the abilities of Bai Qi, the patriarch of the military strategist family. After searching, he only found a simple sentence: "In the year 1452 of the Warring States period, Bai Qi led an army of three million and besieged the capital of Chu for seven months. The King of Chu surrendered and offered hostages."

With three million Qin troops besieging the capital of Chu, Bai Qi's command ability must have been at least a million!

With the support of millions, just how high is the cultivation level and realm of the Butcher Bai Qi?

Lord Wu'an's strategic skills must be comparable to those of Sun Tzu, the master strategist!

And this was before Bai Qi even began the Battle of Changping, the biggest battle of his life!

Given time, once the journey across the land is complete and the seven kingdoms are embroiled in war, if the story follows the plot of Earth, based on the population of this era, Bai Qi could not have only massacred 400,000 Zhao soldiers; it could have been 4 million, 40 million, 400 million, or even 4 billion Zhao soldiers!

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At that time, Bai Qi's ability to "harmonize with people" will reach a new level, and he will surely surpass Sun Tzu, the strategist!

Upon seeing this, Qin Feng couldn't help but sigh. With so many outstanding talents emerging, what was he compared to the mighty Yangtze River? What right did he have to be arrogant and complacent?

At that moment, the whispers of several court officials reached his ears.

"The Taoist sect is truly going to the dogs; they're actually stealing from the dead!"

"Who says otherwise! Of all the things to steal, why go tomb raiding! Got caught? This time you'll be lucky to escape with your life."

Qin Feng was taken aback. Taoist tomb raiding? Although the Taoist sect didn't have any big figures after Li Er left and Zhuang Zhou ascended to heaven, they wouldn't go into tomb raiding, would they?

The two court officials who were drinking tea noticed Qin Feng looking at them and quickly laughed awkwardly, "Young Master Qin, are you reading the newspaper?"

Qin Feng asked, "What are you talking about, this Taoist tomb raiding? What's the situation? Has Taoism fallen into such a state of decline?"

The court official chuckled awkwardly, "Young Master Qin, you've misunderstood. It's not the Taoist sect, it's the thieves' sect! Also called the 'Mysterious Sect'! It's just a small sect of petty thieves!"

Qin Feng smiled with relief, "Is the leader of this Thieves' Guild Robber Zhi?"

The Court of Justice nodded. "Yes, that's him! This Robber Zhi is quite interesting. He's said to be a man from the State of Lu during the late Spring and Autumn Period. He was the younger brother of Liu Xia Hui (Liu Xia Ji), a virtuous minister of Lu, and a descendant of Prince Zhan, the son of Duke Xiao of Lu. Hence, he took Zhan as his surname. His clan name was Ji, his family name was Zhan, and his given name was Zhi, also written as Zhi or Xiong. He was also known as Liu Xia Zhi or Liu Zhan Xiong, and was known in the martial arts world as 'Robber Zhi' and 'Jie Zhi'."

"This thief's gang was quite a renowned sect during the Spring and Autumn Period. They were known for robbing the rich to help the poor, and Confucius praised them highly when he traveled the world!"

"However, even within the world of tomb raiding, there are some scoundrels, like the tomb raider we just caught! He was a genuine master tomb raider, having raided the tombs of the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period! He was wanted by all six states and had fled to our Qin state, probably also intending to raid tombs! He was arrested by the Court of Justice as soon as he arrived in Xianyang!"

Influenced by books like "The Grave Robbers' Chronicles" from his hometown on Earth, Qin Feng had always been curious about the ancient and traditional craftsmen of tomb raiding. After hearing what the Minister of Justice said, Qin Feng had the idea of ​​meeting these tomb raiders.

Qin Feng asked, "Where is this tomb raiding leader being held now?"

The court official beside him said, "Prison No. 3."

Qin Feng smiled and said, "Please enjoy your tea, I'll go check on that tomb raider."

"Young Master Qin, could we chat a little longer?"

"Young Master Qin, those tomb raiders are nothing to look at. They have shifty eyes and don't look like good people at all!"

Qin Feng chuckled and headed straight for Prison Number Three.

The mighty cosmos, the Heavenly Khan of Tongliao, has said that prisons are dragon pits, hurdles that the strong cannot cross. Those who enter either leap over the dragon gate and attain enlightenment, or fall to the ground and are cremated to ashes! There is no middle option!

Compared to Prison Number One, Prison Number Three is practically a living hell.

As soon as Qin Feng entered, he heard the screams of criminals being subjected to various forms of torture.

Following the directions of his colleague, Qin Feng quickly found the cell where the leader of the tomb raiders was being held.

The cell wasn't big, only ten square meters. It was fairly clean, and while there was no abuse, it wasn't exactly comfortable either.

Through the electronic fence, Qin Feng saw that the person was lying there asleep with their back to him.

Qin Feng looked around and saw that the prisons on both sides were empty. He simply recited a line into the prison: "To find the dragon and divide the gold, look at the winding mountains. Each winding mountain is a barrier. If there are eight layers of danger at the gate, it will not go beyond the shape of Yin and Yang Bagua."

The tomb raider, who was sleeping, suddenly reacted. He sat up abruptly and looked at the court official outside the laser railing, seemingly unable to believe that the court official could utter such a coded message.

Qin Feng continued, "When the boat travels along the waterways to find living creatures, follow the incantation from a high vantage point. When your feet touch the shore, transmit your voice; be careful not to make a mistake with the incantation."

He couldn't help but add, "The palm strikes in three directions, crushing both feet, pressing forward relentlessly, preventing the dragon from succeeding."

Qin Feng said, "When the wind rises and the clouds surge, a dragon leaps from the pool; once its eyes are fixed, it will leap out."

He said, "There are eight types of acupoints: the Heavenly Gate piercing the top of the head, a hundred springs flowing into the sea, and a dragon hiding in the water."

Qin Feng said, "The Stone Gate breathes forth its breath, the rivers and mountains are its soul, on the day the dragon rises, the sun sets again in the twilight."

At this moment, he had already moved close to the laser cage bars, his dark eyes flashing with a sharp light as he stared intently at the young court official in front of him. "How do you know the [Shaking Dragon Scripture]? And what scripture was that twenty-eight characters you recited earlier? It looks familiar, but I've never heard of it before."

Qin Feng said, "Those twenty-eight characters are the [Dragon Seeking Scripture]! It is a closely guarded secret of our sect. The [Dragon Seeking Scripture] and the [Dragon Shaking Scripture] are equally matched and it is difficult to determine which is better."

Upon hearing this, he said, "I see. I am Dao Tian, ​​the cousin of Dao Zhi, the current leader of the Daoist sect! May I ask your name, brother?"

Qin Feng cupped his hands in greeting, "I never change my name or surname, I am Qin Feng, a strategist."

Upon hearing Qin Feng's words, his eyes blinked. "Number one on the Astounding Ranking?"

Qin Feng laughed awkwardly, "Just lucky, just lucky."

Dao Tian laughed. "Is there any element of luck involved in being number one on the Astounding Beauty Ranking? Don't be modest! If this most prestigious ranking is fake, then what is there to believe in this world?"

His smile really did resemble that of a rat, with his mustache split open and his shifty eyes looking rather comical.

Qin Feng then asked, "Brother Daotian, what crime have you committed? How did you end up here?"

At this point, Daotian stomped his feet angrily and poured out his grievances to Qin Feng, "I haven't done anything wrong, at least not in Qin! The Court of Justice is just meddling in other people's business! They say I've repeatedly stolen from royal tombs, falsely accusing me of stealing from the tombs of King Mu of Zhou, the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period, King You of Zhou, and other royal tombs. Putting aside whether I actually stole those tombs, even if I did, what does it have to do with them? They're not Qin's tombs!"

"I, Daotian, am very particular about what I do. We thieves believe in leaving ourselves an out so we can meet again in the future. So before I commit a crime, I always check if it's a Qin tomb. My escape route is Qin, so why would I open a Qin tomb?"

"I didn't rob any Qin tombs. My records in Qin are clean and clear, but the Court of Justice wouldn't listen. They beat me up and threw me into the imperial prison. Is there no law anymore? Is there no justice?"

"This time I was truly determined to retire from crime and settle down in Qin, but they arrested me! Fellow strategist, you be the judge, am I innocent?"

Qin Feng looked at Dao Tian with great interest. "Why did you suddenly stop doing such a good business?"

When Qin Feng asked Dao Tian this, he replied awkwardly, "Well, the situation isn't very good lately! Master Meng is about to travel the world, so if I come out to commit crimes now, wouldn't that be disrespecting Master Meng? If Master Meng slaps you to death, how unjust would that be! Recently, most of the big shots in our line of work have gone into hiding in the mountains, and I'm not planning on quitting either!"

Qin Feng said, "Brother Daotian, considering that we are all disciples of the Hundred Schools of Thought, I have to say something to you. We are now in the new universe era, the interstellar era. The tomb raiding profession should be swept into the dustbin of history along with the supercontinent. What you should do is not to give up, but to change careers."

Dao Tian perked up at this, "Do you think tomb raiding is outdated?"

Qin Feng spread his hands. "Isn't that right?"

"Outdated my foot!" Thief of Heaven said. "Have you ever seen a tomb of stars? Have you ever seen nine stars aligned, a divine tomb wide open? Have you ever seen King You of Zhou set fire to eight hundred stars to win a beauty's smile, opening his abyss tomb? Have you ever seen King Mu of Zhou visit the Western Kunlun Mountains, meet the Fairy Nebula at night, and be buried there in a magnificent celestial tomb?"

"In this new cosmic era, the will of the universe is the ancestral dragon vein. As long as the universe remains, the study of tombs will not end! It will only become more brilliant!"

"The mountains and rivers of yesteryear have all transformed into a sky full of stars; now is the perfect time for us to realize our grand ambitions!"

"You actually want me to change careers? Is that even possible?"

"This is a booming industry! A genuinely booming industry!"

"Putting everything else aside, do you know about the He Shi Bi jade?"

Qin Feng said, "I know, the He Shi Bi jade of Zhao! Wasn't it said to have been lost?"

"The He Shi Bi is an unparalleled feng shui treasure, capable of suppressing destiny. Many people have buried it in their tombs as funerary objects. It is also the ultimate pursuit of countless practitioners in our line of work. It has appeared and disappeared over the years, from the Spring and Autumn Period to the present, five thousand years! Every time it appears, it is the result of our hard work!"

"Also, I think your description of us as tomb raiders is a bit insulting. I think you should call us unlicensed archaeological experts! Or rather, unlicensed archaeological scholars."

"Our knowledge and skills are no less than those of those with formal training!"

Qin Feng looked at the earnest Dao Tian and asked, "So, Mr. Dao Tian, ​​the unlicensed archaeology expert, what's the most valuable thing you've ever stolen in your life?"

Dao Tian pointed at Qin Feng, "You're humiliating me! Humiliating me again! My line of work is very dedicated! Don't measure everything with money; some things can't be measured by money."

Qin Feng asked, "Alright, may I ask what is the most valuable thing you've ever found in your archaeological career?"

Dao Tian glanced around. "I can't reveal the name of that thing, but I can give it to you!"

Qin Feng laughed, "There's a price to pay, isn't there?"

"Of course!" Dao Tian looked at Qin Feng, "Let me out! And you'll join my team!"

Qin Feng said, "I can find a way to get you out, but as for joining your team, I'm sorry, I don't have that idea for the time being."

Dao Tian laughed, "I've heard that the School of Diplomacy doesn't seem to have any rules against tomb raiding! Your School of Diplomacy has done plenty of low-class things. Take Wei Zhuang for example, murder and robbery are commonplace for him. He's even carried out assassinations and coups in other countries of the Six Kingdoms! I only gave you the treasure because I see you as a talented person, you know the [Dragon Seeking Scripture], and you're ranked number one on the Astounding List. You're an extremely capable person, so I'm willing to spend a lot of money to recruit you. Otherwise, I wouldn't be willing to give you the treasure if it were someone else! If you don't join my team, I can't give you the treasure."

Qin Feng pondered for a moment, "Joining isn't out of the question, but it depends on what kind of treasure it is!"

"You dare to steal the Heavenly Dao? Reach in here!"

Qin Feng reached his left hand through the gap in the laser railing.

Daotian covered Qin Feng's hand with his sleeve and then wrote a few words on Qin Feng's palm.

The next moment, Qin Feng's expression suddenly changed, his pupils narrowed, his brows furrowed, and beads of sweat poured out from the back of his head.

(End of this chapter)