Chapter 84: Martial Hall Restoration
“Revenge?” Lin Qi looked at Qin Mu and shook his head. “No, today is the first time I have seen him.”
After crossing over, he had always lived in the Abandoned Area. Let alone having any contact with martial artists, he had no contact at all even with factions related to martial artists.
Qin Mu looked at the utterly confused Lin Qi and felt he was not faking it. He looked down at the document in his hand again, his face full of puzzlement. “Then this task of yours.”
“Is there something wrong with this task?” Lin Qi looked at the task content on the document, full of confusion.
The task on the document was exactly as Qin Mu had said before: Obsidian Martial Arts Hall must, within one month, transport ten truckloads of supplies to Maple Forest Town more than two hundred kilometers away. A journey of more than two hundred kilometers was not the farthest among the many towns under the jurisdiction of the City of Light Chasing; it could only be considered an ordinary distance.
“There is no problem with the task itself, at least if it were a few months ago there would be no problem at all,” Qin Mu explained. “I have been to Maple Forest Town several times before. It is indeed a very prosperous trade town, but recently our City of Light Chasing and Star Tower City have had some friction, and now quite a few gangs from Star Tower City are plundering along the roads.”
“Under normal circumstances, this kind of task should be handed over to the top ten Wilderness Gangs. Especially since Obsidian Martial Arts Hall has entered the rankings for the first time, they should be assigned transport tasks that do not involve conflicts with external factions.”
“A task for the top ten gangs?” Lin Qi could not help but frown.
The strength of Obsidian Martial Arts Hall had grown considerably now. In fact, in the past two days, Yi Ye Fu Yun and Zhao Hu had both been promoted to advanced apprentices, and there were eight more intermediate apprentices.
Yet even though there were six advanced apprentices like Luo Wu Shang who could fight on par with quasi-martial artists, compared to the top ten Wilderness Gangs, the gap was still enormous.
Previously, what Lin Qi knew about Wilderness Gangs all came from Luo Qi, but only after talking with Qin Mu did he understand that even among Wilderness Gangs, there was a qualitative gap between different gangs.
Especially the top ten gangs. From what Qin Mu knew, any one of those gangs had at least twenty quasi-martial artists as their baseline, more than fifty limit apprentices, and more than six hundred apprentices.
Compared with ordinary gangs in the suburbs, they were almost on the same level. The only real qualitative difference was the number of A6-class sets of battle armor they possessed.
A single set of A6-class battle armor cost several million bit. Wilderness Gangs had no idea how long they would have to toil in order to afford just one set, and even then it would be second-hand.
The gangs in the suburbs all had their own big companies, doing large-scale business, and their monthly profits were far higher than those of the Wilderness Gangs.
It could be said that any casual ordinary gang in the suburbs had at least fifty sets of A6-class battle armor. With such A6-class battle armor, even if worn by advanced apprentices, they could suppress quasi-martial artists; if worn by limit apprentices, they could utterly crush limit quasi-martial artists.
These fifty sets of A6-class battle armor were simply not something Wilderness Gangs could compare with.
Of course, Qin Mu had learned this through the Martial Artist Association in the past few days. After all, Qin Mu had now passed the Association’s assessment and was considered external personnel of the Martial Artist Association, so he knew far more than an ordinary Wilderness Gang.
Now the route to Maple Forest Town required the overall strength of a top ten Wilderness Gang. It truly was not a task Obsidian Martial Arts Hall could complete.
Moreover, even if they could have players risk their lives to complete it, the supplies would likely suffer heavy losses, and the money for those lost supplies would all have to be paid by Obsidian Martial Arts Hall that took the task. Obsidian Martial Arts Hall right now did not have that much money to compensate.
“Big Brother Qin Mu, can we not change the task?” Lin Qi could not help asking Qin Mu.
“What do you think a mandatory task from the Association is? Free trade?” Qin Mu said speechlessly. “The moment you took possession of the document, it meant you had accepted the task. There is no room to maneuver with this kind of mandatory task. Not even that senior can change it. I really do not know how you offended Steward Feng Ge Lin and made him assign this task to you. If Obsidian Martial Arts Hall fails to complete it within one month, your permissions will be taken back by the Association, and you will never again be able to enter the top one hundred gangs.”
“I have never offended Feng Ge Lin, and I have not even offended the Half-Scale Race,” Lin Qi said after thinking for a while. “If we Obsidian Martial Arts Hall have offended anyone, it would only be the White Feather Gang. But the White Feather Gang should not have that level of influence to make Feng Ge Lin move against Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, right?”
“I do not know about that,” Qin Mu shook his head, looking at Lin Qi as he said. “Right now we can only find a way to complete this task within one month. As long as we complete it once, we can use the excuse that the new gang has adapted to tasks to switch to other tasks. At that time, I will talk to that senior. Maybe it can be done. And during this time, I will see if I can persuade some old friends. When the time comes, I will bring them to go with you. I believe we should be able to complete this task.”
“Thank you, Big Brother Qin Mu.” Lin Qi was very grateful, understanding that Qin Mu was truly helping him.
If Qin Mu had not provided so much information, he would undoubtedly have paid an unimaginable price for this Association task.
“No need to thank me. The price to invite those old guys is not low. You will have to pay that money yourselves,” Qin Mu said with a smile. “Anyway, I will go to the Association right now to inquire about the situation and see what is really going on.”
With that, Qin Mu left Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.
“Steward Feng Ge Lin, is it?” Lin Qi looked toward the flying car that had long since disappeared into the distance and said slowly, “I will remember this grudge, and one day I will pay it all back to you!”
Martial artists were indeed powerful, but in Lin Qi’s eyes, they were not some unattainable existence.
He was already a limit apprentice now, with strength reaching 877 kilograms and a speed of 7 meters per second. Together with First Level Perfection of Crushing Stone Fist and Leopard Shadow Steps, his true combat power had already reached the level of a limit quasi-martial artist.
It was just that recently, the effect of Improvement from Entry-level Second Level of the Fitness Breathing Technique had grown weaker and weaker. He would probably have to reach Second Level proficient before he could step up to 899 kilograms. As for breaking through to become a quasi-martial artist, that would only be possible if players learned the Third Level of the Fitness Breathing Technique.
But for him, who had the system, becoming a martial artist was not difficult, especially since the martial arts hall would be fully repaired today, and he would welcome a major improvement.
Inside the flying car on the other side.
“Teacher Feng Ge Lin, this time you assigned a top ten Wilderness Gang task to Obsidian Martial Arts Hall. With Qin Mu, who is familiar with the Association, right there, he will definitely see through it. At that time, Obsidian Martial Arts Hall might end up hating you,” the Half-Scale Race youth driving the flying car, who was not yet twenty, said with some concern. “I heard Obsidian Martial Arts Hall has two genius apprentices. If they hold a grudge against you, would that not be somewhat not worth it?”
“So what if they know? Bear a grudge against me? Are they worthy?” Feng Ge Lin’s cold face was filled with disdain. “They are nothing but so-called geniuses lifted up by a group of ignorant ants. There are countless such geniuses in the suburbs and city proper of the City of Light Chasing, but how many of them ultimately advance to become martial artists?”
“Even if Obsidian Martial Arts Hall has what it takes to let a so-called genius apprentice advance to martial artist, as fellow martial artists they still cannot control me. I do not need to seek anything from the Human Race. What can they do to me?”
“Not to mention this time I earned three energy crystals from the White Feather Gang. Together with my previous accumulation, my internal organs can complete their final strengthening. When that time comes, my status in the Association will no longer be limited to steward.”
“Go back and inform the White Feather Gang to send the remaining two energy crystals.”
“Yes!”
The young disciple driving the flying car thought it over and felt that was true.
Once Teacher Feng Ge Lin went one step further and completed the full transformation of his internal organs, his strength and status would undergo a qualitative change. Let alone a small Wilderness Gang, even the big gangs in the suburbs would not even have the qualifications to bear a grudge.
In the Abandoned Area of the City of Light Chasing, the setting sun was gradually sinking.
Lin Qi stared fixedly at the main quest column of the system, watching the progress bar of “completely repair Obsidian Martial Arts Hall” rise bit by bit.
6%… 8%… 100%…
System: Congratulations to the host for completing the task “completely repair Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.” Reward: Coach B6 training machine. Maximum player count limit increased by
System: Congratulations to the host for achieving secondary hidden authority. Do you want to activate the secondary hidden authority?
