While Lu Chenxing was killing exotic beasts and gathering materials in the secret realm, the few people outside the secret realm were chatting in a tent in the military camp.
"Alas, Boss Lu's talent is truly excellent, and he also has a special inheritance. It's such a pity that he gave up the military path because of a moment of soft-heartedness." Lei Tai was still bothered by this matter, and his good mood had now turned into a series of sighs.
The others didn't seem to care much, but seeing Lei Tai like this, Zhan Wushuang still chuckled and said, "Alright, you don't need to feel sorry. Even if that little girl hadn't appeared, that kid wouldn't have come to the military camp."
"Ah?" Lei Tai was a little dumbfounded. "Why? The military has all kinds of resources, and exchanging them with military merits is cheaper than the market price outside. Isn't that good?"
Zhan Wushuang shook his head slightly, "What is one man's meat is another man's poison. Different experiences lead to different goals. In fact, I can see that he is only focused on finding his parents right now and doesn't want to get too deeply involved with our military or any other faction."
These words were somewhat unexpected for Lei Tai, so he quickly asked, "Then why did he take out his cards to save Loshen City and Baihua City? What was he after?"
"He's never after anything," Zhan Wushuang shook his head again. "Before, I might not have understood, but now I do. He just saw it, so he helped. It's that simple."
At this moment, Long Qifeng heard him and smiled bitterly, "Simple? That's not simple at all."
Song Lijie, who had been silent, also interjected, "No wonder you were so certain he wouldn't join the military. If that's the case, he really wouldn't join any faction."
Everyone present knew that achieving "seeing it and helping" was extremely difficult, as it represented "acting as one pleases."
To achieve this, one must not only have the heart but also immense strength, financial resources, and the freedom to act without any constraints!
The military is great, but unfortunately, there are too many constraints, and even various factions, with open and covert struggles. Everything requires careful consideration, and it can even be exhausting. Everyone present, except Dan Qiuchan, probably deeply understood this.
If Lu Chenxing chose the military path, he probably wouldn't have the freedom to help whoever he wanted, which would likely make him very uncomfortable, and he would eventually choose to leave.
"Yes, you know what? Boss Lu took in a disciple, and he also has a younger brother who considers him his elder brother," Zhan Wushuang said with a smile at this moment.
Lei Tai was stunned again upon hearing this. He had only temporarily known that Lu Chenxing was coming, and he hadn't expected him to come before, so he hadn't investigated him. Now, hearing that he also had a disciple and a younger brother, he couldn't help but ask, "He's only at Tier 2... even if he's at Tier 3, he already has a disciple?"
"Not only that, his disciple isn't even a mage, but a believer! This is also the result of him seeing it and helping."
Then Zhan Wushuang talked about Guan Yang's situation, which left Lei Tai stunned. "Although I don't know what rank this deity is, but to be chosen by Anamorphic, it certainly can't be low! He just gave it to him so casually?"
From the words, Lei Tai already knew that Guan Yang's talent was SS-rank Anamorphic, as they were well-informed and a few words were enough for them to draw conclusions.
But the point wasn't that, it was that these believers were almost all people within sects. Relying on their near monopoly of the divine inheritance of faith, they almost coerced and lured every believer, making them only able to join their sects.
If one wanted to go to a certain sect to choose their deity of faith, it was almost no different from signing a bond of servitude.
In contrast, Lu Chenxing's situation, where others were chasing him to become his disciple, was somewhat too fantastical.
"Although I was also very surprised, that's just how it is," Zhan Wushuang said with a smile. "Also, the younger brother who is learning card-making from him in his shop is Guo Jiahao, the young master of the Wanbao Chamber of Commerce."
"Ah?" Lei Tai was already a little dumbfounded by the string of information, but he recovered and said, "If President Yu knew his son was tricked into becoming someone else's younger brother, he would have to..."
"President Yu personally brought his son over."
"Ah?"
Looking at the shocked Lei Tai, Zhan Wushuang couldn't help but burst into laughter. After a moment, his laughter subsided. "Boss Lu has his own unique charm. His help is not about any personal gain, which is why President Yu would feel at ease letting her precious son go there."
"Speaking of which, it's not just that. Even when customers at his shop have difficulties, I heard he teaches them things from his own inherited knowledge system. Although I don't know what exactly he taught, they even gave him a bag of Tier 2 crystal cores."
This time, Lei Tai was silent for a long time after hearing this, and finally sighed, "It seems you are right. He cannot and should not join the military, otherwise his character and abilities, including his unique knowledge system, would become bargaining chips in the hands of certain people."
At this moment, Dan Qiuchan, who had been silently holding the dirty little girl, softly said, "Boss Lu, he should be free. He shouldn't become anyone's bargaining chip."
The atmosphere in the tent immediately fell silent. After a moment, Song Lijie smiled and said, "Alright, alright, we'll just maintain this cooperative relationship with Boss Lu. If he doesn't want to join other factions, he should establish a guild later. At that time, we can also fight side by side in the form of guild assistance!"
Song Lijie clearly understood that Zhan Wushuang and the others' words were meant for him, to dispel his idea of pulling Lu Chenxing into the military!
Especially Dan Qiuchan's last sentence, it practically made the topic clear!
This made him feel a little helpless, as he had never said that Lu Chenxing absolutely had to join the military!
As Song Lijie spoke, the atmosphere in the tent immediately lightened, and then they tacitly changed the topic and talked about other things.
After a long while, perhaps disturbed by the surrounding sounds, the little girl in Dan Qiuchan's arms whimpered and slowly opened her eyes.
...
"Third Brother, hang in there! You can't die!" A bald, burly man in armor, with tears in his tiger-like eyes, was stuffing intestines back into the injured man's belly while trying to press his hand to stop the bleeding.
But he had never learned, nor did he have the relevant skills, so doing so was futile.
The young man beneath him, whose face was covered in blood and whose eyes were somewhat unfocused, was now breathing more out than in. A large gash had opened in his abdomen, seemingly from a sharp weapon, and his intestines and blood had spilled out.
The young man's lips trembled slightly, but he couldn't make any sound, only tears streamed from the corners of his eyes.
Seeing that the young man was about to die, the bald, burly man suddenly looked up at the woman standing not far away and gritted his teeth, "Fourth Sister, although you just joined our team, we believe we have treated you well! Why would you lay such a cruel hand on a comrade!"
