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Fang Jintang answered with a firm voice.

"Change? How to change? Lower the monthly allowance and pension standards?" Geng Xuan asked.

Fang Jintang shook his head and said:

"This is just part of it. My opinion is that we should take this opportunity to make a comprehensive adjustment to the order within the gang."

Hearing this, Geng Xuan felt a little dazed.

In fact, as early as when Feng Yu took office as deputy gang leader, given the size of the Giant Bear Gang at the time, the gang structure established in the initial days of dozens of people had long become outdated.

Feng Yu had also clearly told him about this issue, and after getting his approval, Feng Yu had been thinking about it.

However, before he could sort out all of this and put it into practice, he fell into the hands of Xu Xiangfeng.

So much so that until now, the scale of the Giant Bear Gang has increased by an order of magnitude compared to the Feng Yu period, but the internal structure is still chaotic and vague.

In general, the old system is no longer applicable, and the new system has not yet taken hold.

“How are you going to adjust?

I guess you already have a relatively complete plan in mind, right?" Geng Xuan asked.

Fang Jintang took out a booklet from his sleeve, handed it to Geng Xuan with both hands, and said:

"Here are some of my basic ideas, take a look."

As soon as he opened the book and saw the first page, Geng Xuan couldn't help but feel his eyelids twitching.

He looked up at Fang Jintang and said, "Aren't you...cutting it a little too hard?"

The first page of the booklet is about the adjustments to the basic monthly expenses.

Previously, the Giant Bear Gang’s basic monthly allowance was simple and crude.

10 taels of skin refining silver, 1 blood-replenishing pill, and then it will double for every level up.

When it comes to bone refining, it requires 80 taels of silver and 8 blood-replenishing pills.

After refining the marrow, starting from the initial stage, each small realm will double.

In the initial stage of marrow refining, 160 taels of silver and 16 blood-replenishing pills (or 8 essence pills) are required.

By the end of the marrow refining period, the basic monthly allowance alone would be 640 taels of silver and 64 blood-replenishing pills (or 32 essence pills).

Although Geng Xuan also felt that the data was a bit exaggerated and the gap with the bottom level was too great, the number of combat forces above the marrow refining level, especially in the middle and late stages, was not large.

Secondly, compared with other forces, the income of practitioners at the same level can only be considered average at best.

Geng Xuan didn't say much and agreed.

The new plan formulated by Fang Jintang now has a significant reduction in the basic monthly salary.

The blood-replenishing pills were directly cancelled for the skin refining, and only 10 taels of silver were given per month.

10 taels of silver for refining meat and 1 blood-replenishing pill; 20 taels of silver for refining blood and 2 blood-replenishing pills.

It is equivalent to directly dropping one level from the original basis.

30 taels of bone-refining silver and 3 blood-replenishing pills.

The initial stage of marrow refining costs 50 taels of silver and 5 blood-replenishing pills, the middle stage costs 80 taels of silver and 8 blood-replenishing pills, the late stage costs 150 taels of silver and 15 blood-replenishing pills. The peak stage costs 240 taels of silver and 24 blood-replenishing pills.

All of them took a huge dive.

What surprised Geng Xuan the most was the “equal treatment” in this new plan.

He originally thought that Fang Jintang would be more lenient towards those with combat power above the marrow refining level.

Because these people are the core of the Giant Bear Gang, and their number is not large, so having more or less of them will not have much impact, but it can greatly reduce the resistance to implementation.

But in fact, the reduction in the marrow refining level is even greater than that below the marrow refining level.

Geng Xuan raised the booklet in his hand to Fang Jintang and asked doubtfully, "Do you really think this can be implemented?"

Fang Jintang reminded: "Boss, please look at the next page."

Geng Xuan glanced at him and turned the booklet to the next page.

When I saw the above content, I was stunned at first, and then fell into deep thought.

"Boss, you split the monthly allowance into three parts, including the basic monthly allowance, rank, and contribution chapter. This is very foresighted."

Fang Jintang first flattered him a little.

This explains my overall thinking.

“Earlier, because the new order had not been determined, the number of job levels had not been clearly defined.

Now is the right time.”

"Reducing the basic monthly allowance is to set basic standards for the future."

"As for the 'old members' who joined the gang before December and have received their rewards for at least one month or several months, they can upgrade their ranks and receive additional contribution badges.

Make sure their monthly income does not decrease in December and thereafter.

From what I have observed, after going through many 'blessing ceremonies'.

Among them, most of them have achieved a level of improvement in their cultivation.

The actual monthly allowance they can receive will only be more, not less, than in November!"

"Excluding those who have died in battle, the number of these old men is not large to begin with, only a little over 300 in total.

This is very easy to solve, and it basically eliminates the biggest possible resistance to implementation.”

"... Gang leader, you don't need to feel that this is unfair to the gang members who joined later.

Those who joined the gang first experienced more battles and made more contributions to the Giant Bear Gang.

Even the former deputy gang leader and several hall masters were killed in less than a month.

Even based on the most fair principles, it is reasonable to give them priority in promotion and advancement.”

“Those who joined the gang later were not able to enjoy better treatment, and there was nothing we could do about it.

The gang rules have changed, that’s a fact.”

"Moreover, even if all the 'old men' are given priority for promotion, the thousands of members who have joined the gang this month still have great opportunities.

According to the new design, there are at least a thousand more positions waiting for them.

This opportunity is already very great.

As long as one performs a little bit better, even if one is only at the level of leather refining, there is a great possibility that one will be able to obtain the rank of sergeant.

His monthly income is no more than the original monthly income.

If one performs better and gets the rank of Shizhang, the monthly salary will be even higher than that of the Flesh Refining Realm before the new rules were implemented!
If there are still people who are dissatisfied with this, then I really have nothing to say. "

Listening to Fang Jintang's story, Geng Xuan nodded from time to time, silently praising his ingenious "little tricks".

First, Fang Jintang added four basic job levels.

Sergeant, squad leader, deputy captain, and captain, from low to high.

Corresponding to level one, level two, level three, and level four respectively.

This is reflected in the monthly allowance: for every additional level, "10 taels of silver and 1 blood-replenishing pill" will be added.

For example, the first level will increase 10 taels of silver and 1 blood-replenishing pill. And so on, the fourth level will increase 40 taels of silver and 4 blood-replenishing pills.

The number of each of these four levels is very considerable.

Now, including the 2007 new gang members, the actual number of registered members of the Giant Bear Gang is 5507.

According to Fang Jintang's design, there were 1100 sergeants, 550 squad leaders, 110 deputy centurions, and 55 centurions.

That’s more than 1,800 pits.

According to Fang Jintang, even if the elderly people in their early 300s are deducted, there are still more than 1,500 positions for everyone to compete for.

Assuming that each person can only have one job title, this is almost a 30 percent chance of success.

If we return empty-handed, we can only say that it is no one's fault, because the level is too low and there is nothing that will impress people.

Above the fourth-level centurion, there are five other ranks.

They are level five deputy hall master, level six hall master, level seven deputy gang leader, level eight elder, and level nine gang leader.

"Why don't you, the deputy hall master and the hall master, have a specific number?" Geng Xuan asked puzzledly.

Unlike the first four levels, from the fifth level onwards, there are only names but no specific numbers.

The fact that the last two or three didn't have specific numbers was easier to understand, but the fact that there were no specific amounts for the "fifth-level deputy hall master" and "sixth-level hall master" made Geng Xuan quite confused.

Logically speaking, Fang Jintang should have taken this aspect into consideration when making this new design for the Giant Bear Gang, and it is impossible for him to ignore it.

Fang Jintang said:
“The reason I didn’t write it is that I felt it was unnecessary.

Because the number of people above level 5 can be flexibly determined according to actual needs."

Having said that, Fang Jintang continued:
“Given the current situation of the Giant Bear Gang, it is difficult to obtain the positions of deputy hall master and hall master.

Unless you, the gang leader, are very optimistic about them, or they have outstanding performance in other aspects, they are basically in the middle and late stages of marrow refining.

It is quite difficult to obtain it in the early stages of marrow refining."

“Because of the several grace ceremonies, the combat power in the early stage of marrow refining is quite a lot.

As for the position of Baichang, I envision that it will be mainly composed of outstanding and experienced people in the Bone Refining Realm.

If some people who are in the early stage of marrow refining are also assigned to this level, it will be embarrassing, if nothing else.

Moreover, even if they were all designated as deputy hall masters, each person would only have to spend an extra 10 taels of silver and 1 blood-replenishing pill per month, which would not actually have much impact.

However, in this case, the number of deputy hall masters would be much greater than that of centurions.

I just wonder if the gang leader thinks this is appropriate?"

"One more thing, I have some considerations..."

Next, Fang Jintang said a lot more.

According to Geng Xuan's understanding, Fang Jintang made great expansion and deepening of the job grade setting.

It also includes the four overlapping levels of "honorary rank", "assistant rank", "military rank" and "temporary rank".

For example, a person who only has the initial stage of marrow refining cultivation, but has no clear gang affairs, military affairs, or temporary assignments, will only enjoy the "honorary rank" of a fifth-level deputy hall master, and his monthly salary will only be 50 taels of silver and 5 blood-replenishing pills above the basic monthly salary.

Another example is Hong Quan, who not only enjoys the "honorary rank" and "gang rank" of a sixth-level hall master.

Under another "wartime system" designed by Geng Xuan, he and Jiang Hongyi had a "military rank" equivalent to that of a seventh-level deputy gang leader.

There is also a seventh-level "temporary rank" of "Security Minister" which only exists temporarily during the project and is equivalent to the deputy gang leader.

In this way, his monthly income, in addition to the basic monthly salary and the additional bonus without considering the contribution chapter, also includes the weighted bonus of 26 levels in total after the four levels of rank are superimposed.

Compared to before the new regulations were introduced, his income not only did not decrease, but increased significantly.

This is actually "bribery".

But even if Geng Xuan saw it, he couldn't find any fault.

Each superposition is not made arbitrarily, but has its own reasons and basis.

In terms of cultivation, Hong Quan was just one of the more than ninety people in the gang who were in the early stage of marrow refining.

But if he was asked to be treated exactly the same as the other 90-odd people, he would be the first to think it was unreasonable.

As Hong Quan explained the design in detail, Geng Xuan gradually realized another wonderful aspect of it.

That is, the granting and distribution of such ranks are completely controlled by the Giant Bear Gang.

It can be nothing, or it can be filled up with four layers at once.

You can even continue stacking according to this idea.

flexible.

flexible.

In wartime, or during a project like the one right now that requires mobilizing everyone's enthusiasm, we can stack as many layers as possible for everyone.

Once this gust of wind passes and the whole situation becomes dull, you can take it back.

If you want it to look better, it would be good to keep one or two levels of superposition.

But if finances are tight, there is nothing wrong with stripping everything away and only keeping the basic monthly allowance.

It can go up or down, increase or decrease.

It won't be like it is now, where people are "held hostage" by the excessively heavy basic monthly salary.

The beauty of this design lies not only in the monthly allowance itself, but is also directly related to pension expenditures.

Previously, the amount of pension for the dead was twelve times the monthly salary they should have received in the month of their death, that is, one year's salary.

Now, Fang Jintang emphasized that the pensions for the fallen soldiers can only be calculated based on the basic monthly rate.

Everything beyond the basic monthly allowance is limited to the deceased.

"Whether it's rank or contribution medal, they are all awarded to the gang members themselves."

"All ranks, whether real, imaginary, or temporary, are not only limited to the person himself, but are also only valid while he is alive.

At the moment of his death, everything attached to his rank will naturally cease to exist."

It was a bit harsh and cruel to be said so clearly by Fang Jintang.

But Geng Xuan thought about it for a while, and nodded slightly in approval.

But Fang Jintang's next words made Geng Xuan feel that it was really too shameless for the two of them to haggle over the amount of pension in such a way.

"Also, giving a full year's pension is really too much.

I think three months is appropriate.

If there are more, we will be taken advantage of!"

After hearing this, Geng Xuan stared at Fang Jintang.

What he thought of in his mind were those gang members who died in the battle. They were not only working hard to kill enemies for him, but also providing him with continuous good fortune.

At the moment of their death, they "contributed" even the part they owned.

It can be said that at this moment, he has already obtained the biggest and most precious share.

Compared with this, what does it matter if there is more or less of external things such as gold, silver, and resources?

Although, he is the only one who knows these things.

But that was exactly the case. If he nodded in support again, Geng Xuan himself would feel that this expression was a bit too harsh.

So, for the first time, he firmly expressed his opposition.

"Maybe one year." Geng Xuan said.

Fang Jintang looked at him without any sign of softening, and he refused to give in.

After a while, seeing that Geng Xuan's attitude showed no signs of loosening, he spoke:

"If that's the case, there's a condition attached."

"Tell me about it." Geng Xuan said.

“Among the family members of the fallen, someone must become a formal gang member.

This high pension can be paid out.

As for those who want to leave after receiving the pension, giving them three months is the most that can be done.”

Geng Xuan frowned.

It is obvious that they don't want the benefits to go to outsiders.

In this world, this makes sense.

If it were some forces, the attitude would be—

If you don't want to be one of us, then you want to be our enemy!
Still want to get a pension? You are just dreaming.

Not stabbing him directly is just taking our past friendship into consideration.

"But what if there is really no one suitable? We can't accept everyone, right?"

“We can keep this opportunity for now. It doesn’t have to be a close family member. We can also recommend other people... There are many ways.

Whether they are real family members or not is not important."

The important thing is to keep the meat in the pot and not let these financial resources flow out of the Giant Bear Gang system or even flow to the enemy.

Although, in Geng Xuan's opinion, this condition was a bit overbearing.

But in this world, the constraints proposed by Fang Jintang are not excessive.

On the contrary, what he had in mind was a little too advanced and too idealistic.

So he nodded and said, "Okay."

Seeing this, Fang Jintang breathed a sigh of relief.

At this point, not only were the monthly allowances and pensions determined, but there was also a "major downsizing".

A new order within the gang was also established.

From this moment on, he was truly worthy of the title of deputy gang leader.

Fang Jintang, feeling relieved, asked, "Are there any adjustments that need to be made to this new plan?" Geng Xuan's gaze fell on the "eighth-level elder" who was between the seventh-level deputy gang leader and the ninth-level gang leader.

"What do you think about this?"

Fang Jintang said: "This is a position reserved for great talents like Guo Zian, who have special abilities, or for gang members who will reach the peak of marrow refining or even higher levels in the future."

Geng Xuan nodded.

He continued to flip through the booklet in his hand, his eyes falling on the basic monthly allowance for the Leather Refining Realm.

"Wouldn't it be better to change the monthly allowance of 10 taels of silver into one blood-replenishing pill?"

From a mathematical point of view, the new rules proposed by Fang Jintang mean that the probability of obtaining a job grade is close to 30%.

But in fact, this is not mathematics.

For gang members at the lowest level like Lianpi, unless their performance is particularly eye-catching or they have a very strong background.

Otherwise, it is impossible to get any job title.

It’s fine for gang members whose cultivation level is at the Flesh Refining level or above. No matter how low their basic monthly salary is, at least they still have a stable channel to obtain blood-replenishing pills.

But those who refine skins without any background are in a miserable situation.

At the current market price, they would have to save up three months' monthly salary to be able to buy one blood-replenishing pill.

——As all the medicinal liquor was sold out, the number of gang members increased dramatically, and the reserves of cultivation resources such as blood-replenishing pills and essence pills became less, so the method of purchasing them from within at a low price was cancelled.

Fang Jintang was stunned for a moment, then said hesitantly, "In this case, the difference between refining the skin and refining the flesh is too small."

Geng Xuan looked at him and said, "For us, how big of a difference can there be between refining the skin and refining the flesh? ... To be honest, if we treat them exactly the same, who can say no?"

"..." Fang Jintang was speechless.

Having said that, more thoughts naturally came to mind, and he immediately added:
"It's not right to not give any money at all, as daily expenses are always necessary.

...In this way, in addition to giving out a blood-replenishing pill, one or two taels of silver will be given every month as living expenses.

In addition, the gang must increase its supervision efforts and strictly prohibit high-level gang members from using extortion or other means to seize the blood-replenishing pills from low-level gang members.

If there is any violation, it must be dealt with severely! "

At this point, seeing Fang Jintang staring at him in a daze, he asked, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"

Fang Jintang shook his head slightly and said with emotion: "Boss, you are too kind to them and you are so considerate!"

Geng Xuan nodded and asked, "What do you think of this adjustment?"

Fang Jintang thought for a moment and said, "I think we should add a condition."

"What conditions?"

“Regarding the monthly allowance for the Leather Refining Realm, I think it should be noted that this is not a regular rule, but rather a kind support from the gang for them.

Such treatment is not unlimited, there should be a time limit. I think three years is enough.

After three years, if the person is still at the skin refining level, the treatment should be adjusted back to only silver, and no more blood-replenishing pills. "

Having said this, he paused and added:
"It lasted for three years, and I took thirty-six blood-replenishing pills in succession.

No matter how mediocre your talent is, you can still make further progress.

This doesn't even require being too hard-working, as long as you don't slack off on purpose.

If such relaxed conditions cannot be met, then it would be unteachable.

I think it is safest to just kick this kind of 'rotten apple' out."

This time, Geng Xuan did not hesitate for a moment and immediately nodded and said, "Okay."

His decisive response this time made Fang Jintang stunned.

Geng Xuan closed the booklet, handed it to Fang Jintang, and said:
"I have no problem with that. The new rules can be implemented as they are."

Fang Jintang took the booklet. Geng Xuan suddenly thought of something else and asked, "Do we have enough silver, blood-replenishing pills, and essence pills in stock?"

Fang Jintang said: "According to the new rules, the silver is quite sufficient. As for whether the blood-replenishing pills and essence pills are enough, I need to calculate carefully to know."

Geng Xuan nodded.

Fang Jintang was about to say goodbye when he suddenly remembered something else and said:
"How do you select and produce these candidates for positions? Do you have any specific rules?"

Geng Xuan rubbed his brows and waved his hands:
"You should discuss this with the others. Try to be fair. It's OK if it's roughly the same."

"This...who should I discuss this with?" Fang Jintang wanted to roll his eyes.

In his opinion, this is actually the most important thing.

He was confident that as the gang leader, "Su Ruiliang" could delegate all other powers, but he must keep this one firmly in his hands.

No one else can touch it.

Therefore, he only reminded him to come up with a charter as soon as possible instead of proactively offering some "suggestions".

But now, the thing he thought was most important was thrown out and into his hands.

"Chen Zhan, Xu Peng, Luo Qing, Ding Yong, Wang Xun, Hong Quan, Cheng Hui, Jiang Hongyi, Ding Fuquan... I won't list them one by one, you can decide for yourself."

In Geng Xuan's view, this is actually a specific process of dividing pork.

What Fang Jintang needs to do is to divide the meat as evenly and fairly as possible.

This is actually the most laborious thing.

If the division is good, everyone will be happy.

If the distribution is not good, someone will always be unhappy.

But Geng Xuan decided that it was unrealistic to make everyone happy.

He was too lazy to get involved in such a troublesome and stressful matter.

For him, he doesn’t really care who gets the profits in the end.

In that case, just let it go.

He didn't want to dwell on such details.

Seeing that the gang leader was so irresponsible, Fang Jintang had no choice but to bite the bullet and take on this important task.

He didn't think it was a lucrative job at all.

In fact, the moment he received it, he knew it was a hot potato.

It is completely different if the matter is decided by the gang leader or by him.

As long as the plan was proposed by the gang leader, no matter how outrageous it was, no matter how many people felt frustrated and wronged, who would dare to say no?

But if it were him, if someone felt greatly wronged, he might even slam the table and curse at him on the spot.

However, no matter what, this step must be taken.

With a heavy heart, Fang Jintang said goodbye and left Geng Xuan's tent.

……

"Finally, I have some free time." Geng Xuan also breathed a sigh of relief.

From the time Fang Jintang appeared to the time he left, it was no more than two hours, but Geng Xuan felt more exhausted than if he had practiced hard for the entire day.

Even when he wanted to enter the state of cultivation again, he could not remember part of the secret method that he had only read through briefly, as if he had never read it.

In the end, he had to spend more than an hour quickly reading through several books of secret techniques again.

Gradually regaining his senses and stimulating the "Enlightenment of the Overlord", Geng Xuan once again entered a peculiar state of practice.

After three consecutive "Overlord's Enlightenment".

Consume five points of luck and successfully learn the art of "earth listening".

After that, he had two more "Enlightenments of the Overlord", and he "fished out" the secret techniques hidden in the book "Five Animals: Chicken".

What Geng Xuan found interesting was that, based on the information in his mind, the number of secret techniques that were fished out at the same time was not one, but two.

[Congratulations to the host, you have successfully comprehended the essence of the 'Chicken Breeding Technique'. You can get started by consuming three points of luck. ]

【whether?】

[Congratulations to the host, you have successfully comprehended the essence of the 'cockfighting technique'. You can get started by consuming four points of luck. ]

【whether?】

Geng Xuan recalled some of the things Xu Ziming had said when he introduced this classic book.

The general idea is that in the improvement of some of the Nine-Rank Secret Arts, there are both amazing masterpieces, such as the Xuanyou Horse, and some results that make people feel useless or even embarrassing, such as the Hundred-Day Chicken and the "Cockfighting Technique".

This secret technique seems to have no use other than training chickens that are better at fighting and more adept at fighting.

But after seeing these two pieces of information appearing in his mind at the same time, Geng Xuan did not hesitate at all. He consumed three points of luck and four points of luck respectively to learn the "chicken breeding technique" and "cockfighting technique" at the same time.

As the relevant information poured into his mind, Geng Xuan easily saw the similarities and differences between the two secret techniques.

In comparison, the information on "Chicken Breeding Techniques" is more numerous, more diverse, and richer, but it also gives people a looser feeling.

The information about "cockfighting" is less, but more systematic, more refined, and has a clearer direction.

And more than 70% of the content is included in "Chicken Raising Techniques".

After the attempt was over, I looked at the four chicks that were surrounding me affectionately.

Because they were too close and showed obvious signs of competing for favor, the yellow cats often opened their bloody mouths, showing their sharp fangs, as if they were going to swallow them in one bite.

I don’t know if it was the introduction to cockfighting techniques that came into play, but even the two chickens, which were known for their laziness and indolence, showed their fearless courage.

They even looked eager to try and peck at the mouth and nose of Dahuang at any time.

Geng Xuan was afraid that if his mind was focused elsewhere, they would be swallowed by Dahuang and the others.

He waved his hand and said, "Go, go, everyone, stay in your nest."

Perhaps it was because Dahuang and the others put too much pressure on them, or perhaps it was because he behaved like a "scumbag" who only used the chickens and threw them away, which caused the chickens to feel too emotional.

After a pause, they almost simultaneously pushed the ground with their claws and flapped their wings vigorously. Before the nearest dogs, Dahuang, Huang'er, Asan and Alusi, could react, they all flew into the air and appeared in front of their chubby noses.

Then, one chicken after another pecked down fiercely with its beaks.

The atmosphere in the tent was eerily quiet for a moment.

Then, there were the desperate, ferocious and vicious barking of dogs, so dense that it almost burst the tent.

And the sound of flapping wings and "clucking" sounds.

There is the panic of struggling to escape from the jaws of a dog, and also the satisfaction of succeeding.

Seeing the sudden chaos and commotion, Geng Xuan was shocked and speechless.

In the end, they had to intervene forcefully to separate the two sides.

First, I looked at the four chickens that were looking so arrogant that their heads were almost tilted up to 90 degrees.

Then he looked at the dogs who looked aggrieved, almost with tears in their eyes.

Geng Xuan felt speechless and amused.

In the end, he had to comfort the dogs.

He knew that Dahuang and the others had been very sensible just now.

Otherwise, if he had really used all his abilities, why would he have been entangled with four "ordinary chickens" for so long?

In comparison, the four chickens are a bit "ungrateful".

"Don't feel wronged, don't feel wronged, they are all stupid people without brains, please be considerate."

After comforting them, Geng Xuan did not dare to leave the four chickens in the tent, and gave them to Zha Luo who came outside the tent after hearing the noise.

……

Calm down again.

Geng Xuan finally set his sights on "The Bedroom" and "Around the Finger".

The best way to practice these two secret techniques is, of course, to find two women and let them be the subjects of your techniques.

But humans are different from animals after all.

Although the number of humans who died directly because of him has exceeded five digits, the nature of the death is different after all.

"Cheat, it's not like I can't afford it."

Thinking this in his mind, Geng Xuan once again stimulated his "overlord's enlightenment".

Then, focus your thoughts completely on the contents of "The Book of the Bedroom".

With the application of "Overlord's Enlightenment", it is becoming more and more common in daily life.

A feeling of enlightenment gradually arose in Geng Xuan's heart.

"Even if he is a true overlord, with such an outstanding talent, it would be difficult for him to achieve such a level."

This is not Geng Xuan's arrogance, but a judgment based on some objective realities.

The most important point is that we should regard the general environment of the times in which practitioners live as a special "soil".

After more than 500 years of continuous cultivation, the fertility of this "soil" is now far greater than it was in the past.

And the Overlord himself is precisely the most important driving force that transformed this "soil" from being relatively "barren" to being the "fertile soil" it is today!

Compared to himself, the Overlord, as a pioneer, faced a more "poor" and "desolate" land.

In addition to this point, Geng Xuan believes that there is another point where he has an advantage over the Overlord.

That is, I, who have the memories of my past lives, naturally have the vision of "being in the mountains but being able to easily jump out of the mountains".

There is a saying that goes, "You cannot see the true face of Mount Lu because you are already in it."

It is actually very difficult to see yourself clearly.

Not only the Overlord, but also other saints in this world who are known for their intelligence and wisdom may be aware of this problem, but they cannot truly imagine a world they have never seen with their own eyes.

And all their knowledge and experience from birth to death only limit to this life, only limit to this world.

Therefore, any imagination about the world, cultivation, and oneself cannot go beyond this scope.

No matter how bizarre it is, the roots are firmly tied here.

And from the moment he opened his eyes in this world, he automatically possessed a "mirror".

This mirror can help him better see the world, all living beings, and himself.

In comparison, the knowledge, experience, vision and help brought by past life memories are secondary.

——Sometimes, these can become a hindrance.

This is what is called the obstruction of knowledge and views.

What he had to do at that time was not to make use of the knowledge and experience of his previous life, but to block and isolate them.

For Geng Xuan, this is a brand new challenge.

……

Due to the lack of a target to receive the techniques, he had to rely on forcibly creating a ladder in the void to comprehend the true meaning of the two secret techniques. The time spent and the number of "Overlord's Enlightenment" far exceeded that of "Earth Listening Technique" and "Cockfighting Technique".

However, to Geng Xuan, this is nothing.

The two secret arts, "The Art of Bedroom" and "The Art of Finger Twisting", were successfully mastered just as he expected.

that's enough.

The price was the introduction to the "Art of Sex", which consumed a total of 704 points of his luck.

Among them, all 700 points of good fortune were invested in "Overlord's Enlightenment".

The "Finger-Wrapping Art", which he began to comprehend and successfully mastered after the "Art of the Bedroom", consumed 504 points of his luck.

This was a change that made Geng Xuan happy.

After successfully mastering these two secret arts, he could clearly feel that their entry difficulty and levels were similar.

But the latter "only" used five times of "Overlord's Enlightenment" to successfully get to the edge of entry, which seems much easier than the "Art of the Bedroom" which took seven times to get started.

This is because they are highly correlated with each other.

They can serve as references to each other and as steps for each other to move forward.

This means that what Geng Xuan envisioned, based on these techniques and combining their common characteristics to extract a more "universal" secret technique with fewer restrictions, is completely feasible.

"Is this considered a dragon-slaying skill?"

……

Although, each "Overlord's Enlightenment" does not last too long.

The less information there is and the more difficult the content is, the greater the computing power consumed and the shorter the duration of a single session.

But even so, when Geng Xuan completed all the training content for the day as planned, the time had once again passed midnight.

Moreover, because there were so many introductory secret techniques and skills learned in one day, my head felt heavy and as if it had been squeezed bigger.

But no matter what, it was finally done.

tomorrow--

As he thought about this, Geng Xuan, who had exhausted all his energy, fell into a deep sleep. (End of this chapter)