Chapter 7016 Monetization

Chapter 7016 Monetization
This was Chen Xi's final assessment of Zhao Zhen. It might sound like a bad assessment, but for someone like Chen Xi who judges by actions rather than intentions, the term "professional soldier" without any embellishments simply means "professional soldier."

Those whom Chen Xi calls professional soldiers are all selected by the standards of later generations. Clearly, Zhao Zhen is already an outstanding backbone.

"Gao Yi was blown to bits." Liu Tong said with a sigh. After all, from the perspective of the people of Xuzhou, Gao Yi was undoubtedly a glorious hero, while Zhao Zhen was a true demon king. However, this demon king coldly blasted the hero who was clearly well prepared to death.

“There’s no way around it. On a fundamental and numerical level, Zhao Zhen is significantly stronger than Gao Yi. Gao Yi’s only chance lies in his own belief and will, but clearly, Zhao Zhen’s belief and will are also unwavering. He’s already figured everything out and accepted it positively,” Chen Xi sighed. “If Zhao Zhen’s will wavers, Gao Yi might still be able to win, but in this situation…”

They couldn't win. Gao Yi was already very strong, with a very solid foundation in all aspects. He used his mental boiling or some other type of willpower talent to unleash his willpower to a level close to surpassing that of Zhao Zhen, which impressed Chen Xi. But it was useless; Zhao Zhen was too strong.

The two are not even in the same league. As long as Zhao Zhen's will does not waver, Gao Yi will never be able to defeat Zhao Zhen.

"Gao Yi's performance suggests that if we wait a little longer, he might be able to defeat Zhao Zhen," Liu Tong asked with a hint of unease. "Why the rush?"

“If he doesn’t act now, the burden on his shoulders will only get heavier. His children, his wife, and even his future grandchildren will all hold him back and prevent him from seeking revenge. The best way to restrain hatred in this world is actually through emotions,” Chen Xi said, turning his head to look at Liu Tong.

Why arrange blind dates for these mid-level elites? Why match these veterans, nine out of ten of whom are ruthless, with well-educated and reasonable women from noble families whom they believe are unmarriageable? It's all to bind these ruthless individuals with affection.

To put it bluntly, Chen Xi insisted on pushing this forward in the first year of Yuanfeng, also to let these people indulge in the pleasures of life and fill the void in the hearts of these murderous bastards.

Most of the elite veterans of the last era suffered from mental illnesses, which were caused by the cruel atmosphere and the times. They might have been irritable or impulsive, but they were all psychological problems that seemed minor but actually existed.

Family can soothe these issues to a great extent. A wife's tolerance can greatly reduce a man's lethality. A little bit of love, just the right amount, is enough to win over most men who have been in a state of lack of love since they left their mother's arms at the age of three.

Conversely, most men who lose their families, as long as they don't fall into despair, are more like freed from their shackles.

When adult men abandon morality and embrace their animalistic instincts, the destruction they can cause is astonishing. And in this semi-supernatural era, there are supermen without the constraints of family.
To put it bluntly, if Gao Yi didn't have a wife, he could have spent his days squatting in Kandahar, waiting for an opportunity to kill Cao Cao. If he couldn't wait any longer, he could have just gone up and stabbed one of Cao Cao's sons to death. After all, he would just die, so what?
But things change after marriage. Since ancient times, the social and moral system established by Confucianism has been based on the principle that men are responsible for external affairs and women for internal affairs. After marriage, men naturally need to take on the responsibility of supporting their families, especially after having children.

This will inevitably distract attention, especially since the blood ties between offspring are there for all to see. Fathers and grandfathers are important, but descendants are equally important!

Even a tough guy like Gao Yi was held back by his family for more than a decade before he could barely escape to seek revenge. And that was Gao Yi. For most ordinary people, without anyone specifically prompting them to bring up past hatred, the comforts of family life with their wives, children, and a warm bed are enough to wear down the idea of ​​revenge. After all, humans will actively forget some pain in order to move forward.

"That's true." Liu Tong thought about it and had to admit that the reason was indeed reasonable.

"After this battle, Gao Yi will probably remain silent for a while." Chen Xi sighed. He had very mixed feelings about this matter. He hoped that Gao Yi would succeed in his revenge, but he also hoped that the matter would just end like this. He was somewhat letting things take their course.

“Speaking of which, I think Zhao Zhen is about to run into that tall, strong Roman,” Liu Tong said, pointing in the direction of Hasgard. The two were already in a straight line.

"Let's see it as the final test on the path of the oath," Huangfu Song casually explained upon hearing this.

To be honest, Huangfu Song couldn't understand Chen Xi's complicated mentality at all. There was a huge generation gap between Huangfu Song and Chen Xi on this matter. Huangfu Song never thought there was anything wrong with slaughtering his opponents. From his point of view, if anyone dared to stand against him, he would kill their whole family. If they were killed, they deserved it!

Revenge? You fucking dare show your face, you're dead too!
To put it even more outrageously, what's wrong with me, Huangfu Song, a dignified county marquis, killing your entire family? Do I need a reason? I led a large army through your area and emptied your land like a granary, so what? You're not happy? Come on then!

It can only be said that the previous generation, and even the generation before that, were just that irritable. In their minds, killing those who disagreed was the right thing to do.

This approach is incorrect in this era. It's not a problem with the scriptures, it's a problem with Chen Xi. But essentially, isn't Chen Xi strong enough that everyone listens to his approach? If Chen Xi were weak, do you think we would have slaughtered him as well when we passed by?
Well, this wasn't meant to target Chen Xi. It's just a simple matter of a large army passing through, making a few violent purchases, and incidentally killing a few people. Is that a problem? No, it isn't!
Do you even know what feudal imperial system is? Do you think this is socialism in the future?

The current high moral standards are entirely due to Chen Xi's elevation of morality. If Chen Xi were really taken out and thrown aside, who knows what kind of mess he would end up in!
"The final test of the Path of Oath?" Liu Tong muttered to herself. She already knew that the so-called Path of Oath had backlashes, after all, she had seen how Zhang Yong and Wang Pa were carried away. The problem was that Zhao Zhen had already completed the journey and reached the seventh level, so why was there still a test?

Perhaps understanding Liu Tong's expression, Huangfu Song explained, "Zhao Zhen did indeed reach the seventh level, but the Path of Oath doesn't care about that. The thing that makes him better than Zhang Yong and that guy behind him is that he was already close to the seventh level, or rather, he was already at the seventh level. He was just seeing his heart and understanding his nature, reshaping his will. Even without the Path of Oath, he could still reach the seventh level."

Zhao Zhen's previous path of oath was actually to solidify his foundation, and the fact that he was able to unlock other top-tier elite talents along the way is enough to demonstrate Zhao Zhen's strong foundation.

Therefore, before completing the Path of Oath, Zhao Zhen achieved the power collapse and ascended to the seventh level. From a normal perspective, the Path of Oath should have ended at this point.

However, the Oath Talent is not a normal thing. Every single one of the Southern Army's things is not a decent thing. Even if you reach the seventh level before completing the Oath Path, you still have to repay the borrowed oaths, and the tribulations that are due will still come.

Now, Hasgard has directly manifested as a physical calamity.

As the only opponent he had never defeated since embarking on the path of oaths, Zhao Zhen's oath manifested itself clearly in the calamity: defeating Hasgard.

As for what to do if he loses, it's simple: the oath will collapse and his willpower will be shaken. Whether Zhao Zhen can maintain his seventh level at that time will depend on his abilities.

"Isn't this thing a bit eerie?" Chen Xi asked Sun Wu directly, speaking frankly.

“If there were no backlash later, and the unseen difficulties were visualized through oaths, broken down into individual steps, and then completed one by one, don’t you think the problem would be even bigger?” Sun Wu glanced at Chen Xi and said. Today he had finally seen the elite of this prosperous dynasty, and it was truly a chaotic mess!
However, this is good news for Sun Wu. It means that, disregarding the polluting and universality of the sacrificial ceremony, the Han Dynasty could easily take down the 30,000 demons of Yunmengze if they were well-prepared!

"Ah, isn't this even better?" Chen Xi was used to taking shortcuts, so he didn't find Sun Wu's explanation strange at all; in fact, he took it quite for granted.

Sun Wu glanced at his nephew from the Chen family and felt that Chen Xi was indeed a bit too fond of taking shortcuts. He even wanted to try these strange-looking things. However, it was fortunate that the guy was cautious enough, otherwise, if the corpse-offering ceremony were in this era, who knows how much trouble it would cause.

"So once you embark on the path of oath, whether you succeed or fail, you will face tribulations, and if you can't overcome them, the losses will be enormous?" Chen Xi asked thoughtfully.

“That’s for sure.” Wu Qi nodded and said, “After all, this method, if used successfully, will greatly shorten the time. You know, three to five years more when you’re young is much more important than three to five years when you’re old. In fact, in our time, after Sun Tou came up with the Oath Talent, Chu had an idea.”

"What's your idea?" Huangfu Song asked naturally, playing the straight man.

"Compared to your kind of Oath Path that you embark on in your forties in order to reach the pinnacle of forging, our approach back then was to select the second-best veterans to walk the Oath Path, which is what you call those veterans around thirty-seven or thirty-eight years old at the fifth level who walk the Oath Path," Wu Qi explained simply.

Upon hearing this, Chen Xi and Huangfu Song understood why. On the one hand, it was virtually impossible for veterans of this age who had reached the fifth level of forging to reach the seventh level of forging. On the other hand, there were relatively more veterans of this age who had reached the fifth level of forging.

“A veteran who has only reached the fifth level of forging at this age is basically unlikely to reach the seventh level. But if the Path of Oath succeeds, a sixth-level veteran at thirty-seven or thirty-eight years old will still have plenty of time to grind until the end of his peak at fifty-five years old, enough to grind his way up to the seventh level.” Han Xin said thoughtfully. “Moreover, even if he fails, the loss will be less than that of a veteran who has reached the sixth level of forging. More importantly, even if he fails, it will only take a little more time to continue to the sixth level.”

In other words, if you succeed, you can defy fate and change your destiny; if you fail, the loss is not significant.

"The Path of Oath isn't something you can just walk on whenever you want," Huangfu Song frowned. He agreed with Wu Qi and Han Xin's statement, but the Path of Oath required qualifications. It wasn't something you could just walk on whenever you wanted. Just look at the difficulty of forging Oath talents. If it were that easy, there wouldn't be so many unlucky kids failing to forge them.

Sun Wu and Bai Qi looked at Chen Xi and Liu Tong at the same time. The path of oath was indeed difficult, but someone had the ability to cheat!

To be honest, it was Chen Xi's earlier remark, "Isn't this even better?" that reminded Sun Wu. Otherwise, he wouldn't have remembered that this seemingly difficult thing was actually a piece of cake for his nephew from a later generation!
"You can do that?" Chen Xi gasped.

“Why not?” Sun Wu glanced at Chen Xi. This thing is indeed difficult, but you created the Magnificent Era, and you've already passed the most difficult part. These simple things are easy for you to get.
Normally, to begin the Path of Oath, besides strength and willpower, one also needs to be in a certain state before the Path of Oath can be officially started. For example, Zhang Yong needed to use Zena's blood to begin the Path of Oath, and Wang Pa needed to use Bai Wang as a sacrifice to start the Path of Oath.

But Chen Xi is the creator of a glorious era, and he has the oath of all people on his body. Just like the oath talent is called a joke, those who need this thing to save their lives can't use it, and the gods who can use this thing don't need it.

That's a total rip-off!
Similarly, Chen Xi, who doesn't need something like the Path of Oath, can freely use this power and even bestow it upon others, allowing them to unlock new possibilities!
Of course, this doesn't mean that this thing isn't precious; on the contrary, it's extremely precious! The entire Han Dynasty could use it so easily, with no more than five people in total.

"Then I'll give it a try later." Chen Xi recalled that when he used it on Zhou Wu and the others, he didn't understand the Path of Oath. But when he thought about it, his own words of wisdom were actually meant to guide these people to put them into practice.

However, thinking of this, Chen Xi couldn't help but glance in the direction of his own team. Great, all six players were present, it seemed that winning the championship was only a matter of time.

Forget about the "Great General Riding Six," the "Princess's Dog," and the "Liangzhou Victims Team," step aside. Chen Xi's team kept a low profile all the way, and none of them scored enough points to make it onto the leaderboard, but each of them scored quite a lot. If you add the six of them together, they're already in second place and aiming for first!
Do you even understand that the core of the first round is points? No matter how fiercely you play, or how many mushroom clouds you create, what good are the points? If you don't get the points, you can't get to the top of the leaderboard. No matter how much noise you make, it's completely useless!

"Boom!" Just as Chen Xi was observing his team of six luring Jiang Zhe into the ambush zone, and the six of them teaming up to kick him, Jiang Zhe was kicked to death before he could even use his finishing move, a mushroom cloud rose up in the small world.

Well, it seems that any tough guy who gets his hands on the world-piercing spear that Zhang Ping has transformed into will soon fall in love with this kind of bombardment-style attack.

Unlike Zhang Yong's use of this thing, Slavnis's use of this move demonstrated both skill and daring. He would simply throw this thing at his and his opponent's feet during combat, and then see who could run the fastest. Whoever ran the fastest would survive. As for those who ran slowly, well, there was no doubt that Zhang Ping's attack would kill them!
The current situation occurred after Slavnis racked up 20,000 points for Su Zong, who then lost his temper and left the game.

There's nothing we can do. Slavnis isn't Su Zong's brother, Ma Ye. Ma Ye got 80,000 points from Su Zong because Su Zong considered them brothers in arms, both from the Yueqi faction, and had known each other for decades. He was playing with Ma Ye, and he even planned to let Ma Ye get 180,000 points, take a commanding lead, and then at the last moment, he would feed kills to his teammates to get 181,000 points or something.

In short, Ma Ye was able to rack up so many points because Su Zong was willing to play along with him. But now that Ma Ye is out, Han Duan is out, and even Hou Zhong is out, what's the point of playing anymore? Are you expecting Slavnis to rack up points for you? Who do you think you are!
So after being caught up the second time, Su Zong was too lazy to revive. He simply woke up from the Myriad Manifestations Divine Palace and saw Hou Zhong and Zhang Yong arguing. Su Zong picked up two oranges from the side and ate them with relish while watching the two argue.

Slavnis didn't doubt this either. After all, there's a limit to how something can be resurrected after being killed. It's normal that he kicked Su Zong to death with all his strength. So he picked up his cross spear and started hunting. As I said before, Slavnis is a genuine top-tier seventh level expert. His divine equipment is terrifying. When he crouches down and secretly carries out assassinations, no one else can stop him.

However, the shrinking of the small world makes it highly likely that Slavnis will encounter tough opponents. Now, because he is wearing invincible armor and has become somewhat sarcastic, Slavnis is not flustered at all when he sees Ilias. He even wants to kill Ilias as well to earn points.

But before the plan could be carried out, Wang Heng had already caught up with them. There was no other way; Wang Heng had suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of Ilias before, and after recovering, he came after them with his sword. He didn't care about killing the demon god or the other points; he just wanted to kill Ilias first.

As for the fact that Elias is a dung monster and only worth two thousand points, it doesn't matter to Wang Heng, who is already caught up in the moment!
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