Bringing the farm to another world

Chapter 16147 Understanding the Situation
Hearing Chang Jun's words, Li Wen couldn't help but smile bitterly, and then said, "I dare not say that I am the strongest in the Shadow Guard, but it is almost no problem for me to be ranked in the top twenty. The reason why I became the commander of the Beast Town City Shadow Guard is because I am just an ordinary person. I am an ordinary shadow guard trained by the Shadow Guard itself, without any family background. It can be said that it is already very remarkable that I can sit in this position today. If it weren't for my strength, I'm afraid I wouldn't even be in this position today."

Upon hearing Li Wen's words, Chang Jun nodded and said, "I see, I understand. Is there any possibility for you to advance further? With your strength, plus the sect's material support for us, is it possible for you to move forward?"

Upon hearing Chang Jun's words, Li Wen shook his head and then said with a wry smile, "It's almost impossible. The higher-ups of the Shadow Guard are all controlled by powerful families. They would never let us rise to the top because if we did, someone from their ranks would have to step down, and they absolutely don't want anyone to fall. So, it's impossible for us to get promoted. Positions like the commander of Beast Town are benefits given to us by those powerful families. They occupy the higher-ups and then give us people on the periphery. We can't resist because they've placed restrictions on us. They actually have no choice but to do this. Giving us these positions at least gives us a glimmer of hope. Otherwise, the people below won't obey them, and eventually, no one will be able to do the work. So, it's too difficult for me to move up."

Chang Jun nodded after hearing Li Wen's words, and then said, "That's fine then. You should go about your business. As for other matters, we can discuss them later. By the way, do you have intelligence on all the sects in Beast Suppression City? Do you have any intelligence on Beast Suppression City?"

Li Wen immediately replied, "Yes, we have all the intelligence about Beast Town City. This is a common practice in the Divine Kingdom. We must collect this intelligence. Moreover, the faction that the City Lord of Beast Town City belongs to is actually an enemy of the faction that our Shadow Guard belongs to. Both sides want to extend their reach into each other's territory, so it is also a must for us Shadow Guard to collect their intelligence."

Chang Jun nodded and said, "Okay, then let's categorize and store all this intelligence in the Yantian Sphere. Store all the intelligence from the sects and the Beast Suppression City."

Li Wen responded, and Chang Jun continued, "Are there five thousand elite soldiers in Zhenshou City? Are they all in the military camp?"

Upon hearing Chang Jun's words, Li Wen's face revealed a strange expression. He then said, "Elder Chang, is all the information you've gathered just what's publicly stated? According to the Divine Kingdom's regulations, places like Beast Suppression City should indeed have 5,000 elite troops. However, the Divine Kingdom has been at peace for so many years now, and the various sects, under the Divine Kingdom's suppression, have become much weaker than before. A balance, or rather a tacit understanding, has formed between the Divine Kingdom's court and the sects. Therefore, there hasn't been a large-scale conflict between the two sides for a long time. Moreover, the Divine Kingdom's overall strength is greater than that of those sects, so the two sides can be said to be coexisting peacefully. It is precisely because of this that the Divine Kingdom's army has also..." Some changes have occurred. Almost all the city lords are now drawing salaries without actually serving. Take Beast Suppression City, for example. It was supposed to have 5,000 elite soldiers, but currently, there are only about 3,000 in the city's military camp. The other 2,000 are all being paid without actually serving. And these 3,000 aren't all elite soldiers either; many are recruited rogue cultivators. These rogue cultivators have very poor combat abilities and know almost nothing about battle formations. They often just sit there waiting for their positions, not actually in the military camp, but doing odd jobs in Beast Suppression City. Of course, their pay is only about 40% of that of regular soldiers. Therefore, there are only about 1,000 truly elite soldiers in Beast Suppression City's military camp.

At this point, Li Wen's expression turned serious. He then said, "Don't underestimate them just because they only have a thousand elite soldiers. A portion of these soldiers were carefully trained by the city lord, and their combat strength is formidable. Moreover, their preparations are excellent. They use four types of weapons: First, crossbows—the crossbows are iron-armed crossbows, and the arrows are black gold-piercing arrows. These crossbows have an extremely long range and great power. The black gold-piercing arrows are magical artifacts that can penetrate defenses and have a certain tracking ability. These arrows can not only break through protective shields but also ordinary defensive magical artifacts; their power is immense. Second, spears. Their spears are generally less than ten feet long. These spears are called demon-slaying spears. These spears can break through all protective shields, and even if the enemy attacks them with illusions or similar techniques, they can break through them with their spears. Third, snake-faced shields..." This snake-faced shield is actually a large shield about the height of a person, providing excellent defense. It's called a snake-faced shield because there's a snake pattern in the center, and the snake's mouth is hollow, allowing a spear or longsword to be extended directly from it to attack the enemy, much like a snake's forked tongue. This is the origin of the shield's name. Fourthly, there's the waist knife. These knives aren't very long, as they're generally not used as primary weapons. They only use them when they run out of crossbow bolts or lose their spears. Although infrequent, these waist knives are very useful. They can break magic and armor. Most importantly, these waist knives are infused with magical arrays like the Sharpness Array, which not only breaks armor but can also destroy enemy magical weapons in combat, making them very powerful.

He paused for a moment, then continued, "Besides weapons, they also have two types of armor: tiger-head black gold armor and gold-threaded chainmail. These two types of armor are extremely strong defensively; ordinary magical artifacts cannot break through them. Their greatest strength lies in their armor; they have battle formations. Once they use these formations, even if the enemy outnumbers them or is stronger, they may not necessarily gain the upper hand. With these thousand elite soldiers, it's absolutely no problem for Beast Suppression City to subdue all the sects. It must be said that City Lord Kong Youwei is a very good city lord. Although he may be greedy for money, at least he will retain such an elite force so that he can completely subdue all the sects."

Upon hearing Li Wen's words, Chang Jun nodded and said, "I see. Do you have any of the equipment in the military camp? Can we take some down and take a look?"

Li Wen nodded and said, "Yes, we collected their equipment before and studied it carefully. It is indeed very good. I have this equipment here now." After he finished speaking, he moved his hand and directly took out several pieces of equipment, including crossbows, spears, large shields, waist knives, and two sets of armor.

Chang Jun picked up the equipment and examined it. Apart from the chainmail, all the other weapons and armor were black and felt quite heavy in his hands. Chang Jun tried them on and saw that the quality was indeed very good. With a flick of his wrist, Chang Jun sent all the weapons and armor to the Divine Mechanism Hall for Wen Yuming and the others to study.

After handling this matter, Chang Jun turned to Li Wen and said, "Very good, this is very important to us. By the way, how much do you know about Kong Youwei?"

Li Wensheng said, "We don't know much about Kong Youwei. We only know that he is a collateral branch of the Kong family. However, he was able to become the city lord because he climbed up to an elder of the Kong family's direct line. He doesn't seem to have much ambition. He has been in the position of city lord for many years. His strength seems to have reached the kingdom level. However, he is very lecherous. He has more than twenty women and more than a dozen children. It can be said that his family is now a considerable clan."

Chang Jun was taken aback by his words, then nodded and said, "I see. He does seem to be a very interesting person. Let me tell you about our plan: we will first take down all the sects around Beast Town City, and then deal with Kong Youwei. What do you think?"

Upon hearing Chang Jun's words, Li Wen asked, "Elder Chang, do you want to control Kong Youwei and then help him climb the ranks?"

Chang Jun nodded, then said, "That's right, that's the idea. Do you think it's feasible?"

Li Wen said in a deep voice, "It's feasible. I think this plan is feasible. Kong Youwei has a chance to climb up the ranks. No matter what, he is a member of the Kong family, and he has people supporting him in the Kong family. If he really wants to climb up, he can. The only problem now is that elite team of soldiers. That elite team of soldiers is not easy to deal with."

Upon hearing Li Wen's words, Chang Jun smiled slightly and said, "This isn't difficult. You've just joined the sect and don't know much about it yet. You can learn about the sect's situation first, and then tell me about their elite troops. Alright, you can go back now. Remember, things are the same as before, but you must upload all the intelligence to the Yantian Sphere. Go." Li Wen and the others all responded, bowed to Chang Jun, and then turned and left.

After Li Wen and his group returned to the Wuyang Sect, they first uploaded all the intelligence to the Yantian Sphere. This so-called upload was actually quite simple; it just involved bringing all the intelligence into the Real Illusion. The Real Illusion would then convert the information from real to virtual and directly store it in the Yantian Sphere. This was how intelligence was uploaded.

There were quite a few people from the Wuyang Sect, and they quickly uploaded all the intelligence. Once they finished uploading the intelligence, Li Wen and his group began to truly and comprehensively understand the Blood Slaughter Sect. Since they were originally in the intelligence business, their process of understanding the Blood Slaughter Sect was quite different from that of others.