True Solution of the Sword Dao-Chapter 58 - 54 Task 2
Chapter 58: Chapter 54 Task 2
Chapter 58 -54 Task 2
Walking out of the commercial trade building, Lin Fei silently followed behind Lin You and Jiang Feng, without saying a word. His face wore a gentle smile, but the clenched fists in his coat pockets showed that his feelings were far from as serene as they appeared on the surface.
For the first time, Lin Fei doubted whether he could truly absorb the Sword Master’s mark.
“I must find the origin of that aura soon. If it drags on, the situation might really turn dire,” he thought as he walked behind, clearly hearing Lin You chatter angrily ahead, Jiang Feng’s helpless sighs, the idle chatter of passersby, the honking of cars, and the repetitive sales pitches from shops not far away. Yet all these sounds seemed as if they were behind a layer of glass, somewhat hazy.
“There might be an explanation in the ‘Sword Dao True Solution’,” Lin Fei thought as he directed a sliver of his consciousness into the ‘Sword Dao True Solution’ in his mind.
The moment he entered, the sounds around him instantly returned to normal. A strange heaviness suddenly lifted, as if his body had suddenly lightened.
“It’s working,” Lin Fei rejoiced internally. He quickly flipped to the second diagram in the Qi Cultivation section. But the page was just as before, with nothing added or missing.
Somewhat disappointed, he exited, and it seemed everything returned to normal.
Lin Fei finally breathed a little easier.
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“Bang! Bang Bang Bang!”
A black shadow flashed quickly, but still inevitably stopped.
Lin Fei patted his left shoulder, where a white speck clearly remained on the black fabric of his shirt.
“Within a distance of two meters, you managed to dodge three out of four shots,” a stocky middle-aged man gently removed the magazine from the handgun. “But even so, the final result is no different from not dodging at all.”
“I know,” Lin Fei tried to calm his heaving chest.
“Xiao Ling, have you found out anything about those two yet?” he asked, turning towards Xiao Ling, who stood at the entrance of the training room.
“No news yet. But we know one went to Nanming City and the other stayed local,” Xiao Ling quickly responded.
“Nanming City is quite far from here,” Lin Fei said softly.
“So, we haven’t been able to get any information just yet,” Xiao Ling murmured.
“I remember I still have one right to initiate a mission,” Lin Fei said.
“Yes. You can publish one mission at your own cost. The mission will be released through a single local branch,” the middle-aged man interjected.
“Only a single local branch?”
“Yes, only the local branch.”
“Then forget it, let’s continue,” Lin Fei brushed off the white dust from his body and walked back towards the middle-aged man.
Even though D-level strength naturally protected him from small firearms, this kind of training allowed Lin Fei to feel a faster progression compared to simply practicing visualization. Thus, he had come to accept firearm training as per the agreement.
The summer vacation was almost over, and school was about to start. Although he also wanted to resolve the issue quickly, in the past few days, it seemed he was gradually not troubled by the Yan Shi’s mark anymore. This let Lin Fei relax a bit. He realized that using the ‘Sword Dao True Solution’ seemed to alleviate this strange situation, so there was no need to rush anymore.
“Perhaps after the mission ends, using the last bit of summer vacation to investigate on my own might be better.” Lin Fei thought, as her body instantly retreated, narrowly dodging a training missile.
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Under the scorching sun, surrounded by countless hills and forests, a white coach bus was speeding along the highway from Ping City to the provincial capital, Qu City. The bus was filled with more than ten passengers, most of whom were dozing off in their seats. Clearly, the bus had been on the road for quite some time.
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The dazzling sunlight poured in from the side windows, landing on Lin Fei’s right shoulder. The windows were open, and as the bus sped along, a steady stream of warm air gushed into the vehicle.
The scenery of fields and forests swiftly passed by outside. At this moment, Lin Fei was sitting on a short trip bus heading to the provincial capital, Qu City, for a gathering. This national duty was something Lin Fei had volunteered for without delay. Therefore, including him, a total of four people from the Ping City branch were selected for this year’s public national mission.
According to an explanation from an old-timer in the organization, Lin Fei had come to understand the concept of the so-called public national mission.
Branches from all over the country would send a portion of their members to participate in this mission. Generally, the survival rate wouldn’t exceed ten percent. It was considered an extremely dangerous mission. The personnel gathered usually by city, with each city that had a branch sending members to the provincial capital for a preliminary gathering, then selecting a team leader. Following this, they would lead the group to a nationally designated location for a final assembly. The overall team leader was chosen at this point, and the mission would commence. Generally speaking, if the mission was successful, the participants would survive, but if it failed, all involved might encounter various accidents. Of course, there have been individuals who attempted to flee or take advantage during this opportunity. Nevertheless, although it’s unclear how the punishment system is enforced above, so far, no one who flaunted the Shueisha title and misbehaved has escaped being dealt with.
As Lin Fei was initially required to arrive at the provincial capital in a dispersed manner, she managed to bring Xiao Ling home under the guise of a summer camp staff member. She brazenly joined in the ‘summer camp’ activity organized by Shueisha. She boarded the bus heading to Qu City. For this mission, Shueisha indeed organized a real summer camp activity, openly recruiting some participants from various schools, while covertly covering for the personnel heading to the provincial capital for the mission.
Lin Fei had also convincingly persuaded her parents before she was able to come out and take the bus alone.
The Longsword Ring was placed in the sword bag near the window, while Bear Claw was quietly tucked in her trouser pocket. Although Lin Fei now possessed D-level strength, everyone in the organization still regarded him as F-level. For martial artists, breaking through F-level directly to D-level was like a distant dream. Without Inner Qi, reaching E-level was impossible, not to mention ascending to the higher D-level. Even though Lin Fei had jumped a grade, there were certain consequences, likely causing him to remain at this level for a long time. Therefore, exposing her D-level strength prematurely was undoubtedly foolish. A D-level expert equated to the combined combat power of ten F-level ones. Most importantly, facing firearms, a D-level could already resist some small firearms to a degree, significantly increasing the survival rate.
From some materials received from Lu Jun and records in the organization, Lin Fei knew that in the current martial arts circle, F-level peak was already the strongest combat power.
Actually, the standards for combat power classification weren’t based on psychic abilities level, martial arts realm, martial power, etc., but purely on what one could achieve.
F-level was capable of killing an ordinary person in an instant.
E-level was capable of contending against five F-level individuals.
D-level was able to fight against ten F-level individuals and could resist firearms directly.
No matter how you achieved these feats, as long as you did, you were classified at that combat power level.
As for why mastery of ‘aura’ was a hallmark of D-level, it was because only by understanding ‘aura’ could one qualify to directly resist small firearms. In other words, if someone was incredibly strong, extremely fast, and wore a legendary impenetrable super armor that could directly resist small firearms, even if they weren’t a psychic or martial artist, they could still be rated as having D-level combat power.
This was the system of ranking based on real capabilities.
Lin Fei’s seat was at the back half of the coach bus. Since the configuration was two rows with four seats each, Lin Fei sat at the window, and beside her was a young woman with a cool and beautiful demeanor, dressed in a white dress with red dots, wearing tea-colored sunglasses, her brown curly hair draped over her shoulders, and her nails on both hands were long, sharp, and coated with light white nail polish.
Sitting next to Lin Fei, this woman continuously emitted a strong perfume scent. She looked just like an ordinary, fashionable, delicate, and trendy woman.
However, Lin Fei dared not underestimate her based on the woman’s appearance. This woman named Tan Yuan, aged 23, was recruited into the organization after accidentally killing three hooligans who tried to harass her on her way home. Of course, these were the words Tan Yuan herself told Lin Fei. Whether it was truly an accident was unclear.
In the event of a combat, Lin Fei wouldn’t believe that Tan Yuan’s sharp, blade-like nails were merely for show.
This time, the only person accompanying him was this woman. The others were acting alone, and they were the only pair acting together.
Lin Fei noticed that the two young men sitting to the left of Tan Yuan had no trace of sleepiness; their beady eyes kept darting over Tan Yuan. Plus, a bearded older man in front occasionally made excuses to turn around and stealthily glance at Tan Yuan. Behind them, a young couple, with the man always seeming distracted, frequently quickly glanced at the beautiful woman in the front row with the corner of his eye.
