#606 - Coping strategies; Change; Disappearance; (6000)

Zhang Zhi weighed the stack of invitations in his hand, then said, "This is my plan."

"Brother Shangguan, tell everyone in the association that I, Zhang Zhi, am back, and I'm back with twenty banquet invitations!"

Yes, this was Zhang Zhi's plan, simple and clear: to tell those schemers that he valued the Mutual Aid Society members very much, even to the point of bringing back twenty invitations specifically to give to them.

This was basically telling those people, 'I, Zhang Zhi, am the one who gave you the key cards back then.'

However, anyone with a brain would know that someone who could possess twenty invitations to the grand banquet was definitely no ordinary person. A simple investigation would reveal Zhang Zhi's identity.

After learning that Zhang Zhi was actually a disciple of Professor Kongzi, the master of the only main world of the human race, presumably no one would dare to make any move.

They might even speculate that the owner of the Trial Tower was very likely Professor Kongzi!

Shangguan Feng swallowed hard and subconsciously lowered his voice, saying, "Brother Zhang Zhi, where did you get so many invitations?"

"Are these invitations real?"

"Also, these invitations to the grand banquet aren't really suitable for world masters like us who aren't even Great Chiliocosm Masters."

"It's a complete waste for you to give us these invitations to protect us."

"You could easily sell these invitations on the black market for an astronomical sum."

Zhang Zhi glanced at Shangguan Feng, who looked somewhat excited, and gently shook his head at him, saying, "Brother Shangguan, these invitations were originally prepared for everyone in the Mutual Aid Society."

"As for where I got these invitations?"

"It doesn't hurt to tell you some things."

"You should have heard that I was scouted by a professor from Fengjing University and was specially admitted."

"In fact, it's true. I was indeed valued by Professor Kongzi of Fengjing University and specially admitted."

Upon hearing this, Shangguan Feng exclaimed in a low voice, "Professor Kongzi?"

In relatively remote areas, people weren't very familiar with the human race's God Realm cultivators, but Shangguan Feng, as a disciple of the Seven Dragons Academy, naturally understood what it meant to be called 'Zi'.

Zhang Zhi nodded at him after hearing Shangguan Feng's exclamation, saying, "Yes, that's right, Professor Kongzi!"

"Professor Kongzi valued my potential and made an agreement with me when he specially admitted me into the school."

"As long as I could advance to become a Minor Chiliocosm Master within a certain period of time, he would accept me as his disciple."

"I advanced my small world to a Minor Chiliocosm some time ago, so Professor Kongzi accepted me as his disciple according to the agreement."

"These invitations of mine were actually all obtained through Professor Kongzi."

Shangguan Feng waved his hand to interrupt Zhang Zhi, asking in an incredibly shocked tone, "Wait a moment."

"Brother Zhang Zhi, are you saying that you are now a Minor Chiliocosm Master?"

Zhang Zhi nodded, saying, "Yes, I am now a Minor Chiliocosm Master."

After confirming that Zhang Zhi was now a Minor Chiliocosm Master, Shangguan Feng let out a long breath and said, "Brother Zhang Zhi, you truly are a genius among geniuses!"

"You've only been developing your small world for about two years, right? And now you've already advanced to become a Minor Chiliocosm Master!"

"Your cultivation speed must be the fastest among all the world masters who have pioneered the World Master path, right?"

"No wonder you could be accepted as a disciple by an existence in the God Realm!"

Zhang Zhi smiled modestly, "From the looks of it, I am indeed the world master who has spent the least amount of time advancing a small world since the opening of the World Master path."

"And it was precisely because of this that I was accepted as a disciple by Professor Kongzi."

Shangguan Feng then took a long breath, "I understand your plan."

"You want me to publicize the fact that you're going to distribute these twenty invitations to your companions within the association."

"That's to let those people know your identity."

"After those people learn that you are a disciple of Professor Kongzi, even if they know that the key cards came from you, they won't dare to do anything to you."

Zhang Zhi nodded, "Yes, that's what I intend to do."

"Also, when you gave the key cards to the other team, you didn't tell them the specific time you obtained these key cards, right?"

Shangguan Feng recalled it briefly and nodded affirmatively, "No! We only told them how to use the key cards and that they could lead to a very magical Trial Tower space."

"We didn't even tell them what was inside the Trial Tower, but let them explore it themselves."

Zhang Zhi nodded slightly upon hearing this, "Since they don't know when you obtained these key cards, then perhaps those who are scheming for these cards, after knowing that I'm publicly distributing invitations to you, might suspect that those key cards were also very likely given to me by Professor Kongzi."

"After all, Professor Kongzi, as the only world master of the main world level in our human race, it's normal for him to possess such a space!"

Upon hearing this, Shangguan Feng nodded in agreement, saying, "Indeed, those people are very likely to think that those key cards belong to Professor Kongzi, after all..."

Then, Shangguan Feng realized something, his whole body suddenly became extremely stiff, and then his head turned towards Zhang Zhi bit by bit, "Brother Zhang Zhi, what did you just say?"

"Did you just say that Professor Kongzi has become a world master of the main world level?"

Zhang Zhi looked at Shangguan Feng, who was now somewhat numb, and nodded, saying, "Yes, Professor Kongzi has become the first world master of the main world level in our human race."

After receiving confirmation from Zhang Zhi, Shangguan Feng seemed to want to say something, but his whole body was so stiff that he couldn't move at all. He felt anxious, and as a result, he lost his balance and fell to the ground with a thud.

After falling to the ground, Shangguan Feng found that his body was beginning to regain sensation. He sat on the ground for a while, then slowly stood up and said to Zhang Zhi, "I'm sorry, I was too shocked after hearing that Professor Kongzi had become a world master of the main world level, and I was very rude. I hope Brother Zhang Zhi will forgive me."

Zhang Zhi slowly shook his head, saying, "There's nothing to forgive. When I heard that Professor Kongzi had become a world master of the main world level, my reaction wasn't much better than Brother Shangguan's."

"After all, this means that our human race's World Master path can truly lead directly to the main world level."

Shangguan Feng nodded slowly after hearing Zhang Zhi's words, "Yes, our human race's World Master path has finally found a way to advance to the main world."

"This is a major event worthy of celebration by our entire human race!"

"For our human race, finding the path to the main world level is more worthy of our celebration than destroying the Mind-Flayer race!"

Speaking of this, he suddenly realized something, lightly patted his thigh, and said in an unusually excited tone, "By the way, the upcoming grand banquet, isn't it also because of Professor Kongzi's advancement to the main world?"

Immediately afterward, he thought of something else and lightly patted his thigh, saying in an unusually excited tone, "That's right, at this grand banquet, all the existences in the God Realm will give lectures, so Professor Kongzi will definitely explain his path to advancing to the main world at the grand banquet!"

"This grand banquet is truly worthy of being called a grand banquet!"

Zhang Zhi looked at Shangguan Feng, who was full of excitement, and affirmed his speculation, "Yes, that's right, Professor Kongzi is the second God to give a lecture. He will explain how to advance to the main world at the grand banquet."

Shangguan Feng was slightly stunned after hearing Zhang Zhi's words, and said in a somewhat unbelievable tone, "Professor Kongzi is ranked second to give a lecture?"

"Impossible, right? Our human race has found the path to the main world, but it's actually ranked second?"

He turned to look at Zhang Zhi, "Brother Zhang, do you know who is ranked first?"

"What will he be explaining?"

"Could the path explained by that existence be even more important than the path to advancing to the main world?"

"Otherwise, how could it be ranked first?"

Zhang Zhi pondered slightly and then said, "The existence giving the first lecture is Professor Zhuangzi."

"As for the content he will be explaining, you will know then."

"From a cognitive perspective, the path he explains is indeed more important than Professor Kongzi's."

Shangguan Feng glanced at Zhang Zhi with some amazement after hearing this: 'Brother Zhang Zhi, you even know this.'

"Being able to enter Fengjing University is indeed a good thing."

After a pause, he said, "Compared to the Seven Dragons Academy, what is the situation of civilian disciples like you in Fengjing University?"

After thinking for a long time, Zhang Zhi slowly said, "I have stayed in Fengjing University for a while. Within Fengjing University, the origin of students is not valued, but more emphasis is placed on the students' aptitude and potential."

"Otherwise, I would not have become a disciple of Professor Kongzi."

"In fact, because I am a disciple of Professor Kongzi, I know a lot about the future plans of the human race's high-level officials regarding cognition."

"For example, the human race's high-level officials have now discovered that knowledge is monopolized by some people, and the negative impact that those people's collection of tolls through knowledge monopolies has on our human race."

"The human race's high-level officials have actually begun to change the current situation."

"Many schools, including Fengjing University, actually do not have knowledge monopolies. The purpose of talent cultivation within the university is actually to make the human race have more high-level monks, so that the human race is stronger."

"This lecture at the grand meeting is actually a statement by the human race's high-level officials on the issue of changing knowledge monopolies."

"All the human race's high-level officials who agree with knowledge sharing, rather than knowledge monopolies, will give lectures at this grand meeting."

"Now you also know that all the existences in the human race's God Realm will give lectures at the grand meeting, which shows that there is basically not much resistance to the reform of knowledge monopolies at the high level."

"Presumably, it will not be long before the high-level officials issue a general rectification plan for the knowledge monopolies within the various schools."

"So, presumably it will not be long before our human race's world masters will no longer have to worry about knowledge monopolies."

After hearing Zhang Zhi's words, Shangguan Feng was lost in thought for a long time. After a long while, he slowly let out a breath: "In that case, in the future, our world masters of civilian origin will finally not be restricted by people in terms of knowledge."

"I didn't expect that I would actually be able to see this scene in my lifetime."

After a pause, he continued: "I hope that in my lifetime, I can see that our civilian mutual aid association no longer needs to exist!"

Zhang Zhi was silent after hearing this. The Mutual Aid Society was established in those years to unite all the civilian monks who were oppressed by those second-generation cultivators and to resist all unequal things aimed at civilian monks.

However, in Zhang Zhi's cognition, unless it is the communist society of need-based distribution in the legends of the previous life, otherwise, inequality is impossible to disappear.

Of course, he admired the companions in the Mutual Aid Society who had similar sincere hearts like Shangguan Feng, otherwise, he would not have told him about the knowledge monopoly.

After all, he didn't even tell Lord Li Qianjun about this.

At this time, Shangguan Feng seemed to realize that this topic was a bit heavy, so he changed the topic and said, "By the way, the first person to give a lecture is Professor Zhuangzi, and the second person to give a lecture is Professor Kongzi, so who is the third professor?"

"What is the general content of the lecture?"

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After hearing this, Zhang Zhi saw Zixia next to him looking at him with a smile in her eyes, so he coughed lightly and said, "I have already said the first and second."

"As for the third one, let's wait for you to see it at the grand meeting."

"After all, if I tell you all the content, then your anticipation for the banquet will be reduced instead."

"Don't you think that the feeling of slowly waiting for the unveiling of the mystery is actually very interesting?"

After hearing Zhang Zhi's words, Shangguan Feng nodded in agreement, "That's right, knowing the answer to guess the riddle will reduce a lot of fun."

Zhang Zhi nodded slowly, then handed the stack of invitations in his hand to Shangguan Feng: "Let's continue our topic just now"

"You accept these invitations."

"Later, you will notify all the companions of the Mutual Aid Society to distribute the invitations in a big way."

"At that time, the people who have been staring at you, as well as those who are scheming for the key cards, will definitely quietly withdraw after confirming the authenticity of the invitations."

Shangguan Feng looked at the invitations in front of him, and after thinking for a while, he pushed the invitations back to Zhang Zhi: "You should distribute these invitations."

"In addition, I think it is best to have a standard for these invitations. Members who exceed that standard can get the invitations, so that we can avoid internal gaps due to the distribution of these invitations."

"You have twenty invitations here. I will study it for a few days, set the standard, and try to control the number of people within twenty."

Zhang Zhi pondered slightly after hearing this, and then said: 'Each invitation can bring two people to the grand banquet, so the number of people going to the grand banquet can be more.'

After pausing for a moment, he continued, "Also, people's hearts are unpredictable. You also know that the quota for the Grand Feast is currently priceless on the black market, so you better be mentally prepared."

"After all, the invitation only contains the holder's information, and the accompanying person only counts if the invitation holder says so."

"So, if the invitation holder has a problem, contact me immediately."

"I still have some influence. Even if the Grand Feast has already started, I can still bring people in."

Shangguan Feng nodded silently after hearing Zhang Zhi's words.

Zhang Zhi felt that it was a bit risky to leave so many invitations with Shangguan Feng, so after thinking for a while, he said, "How about this, I'll come back to you in three days."

'In these three days, you determine the quota and the corresponding people.'

"At the same time, you notify everyone in the Mutual Aid Society and say that there will be an important matter in three days. Convene a full meeting, and no one can be absent."

Shangguan Feng nodded slowly after hearing Zhang Zhi's words, but after hesitating for a moment, he asked, "Then, when notifying other people, should I tell them about the invitation?".

Zhang Zhi shook his head slightly and said, "No, my movements these days are obvious. As long as you investigate, you can know that I am sending invitations everywhere."

"So, those who are planning for the key card will easily find out if they want to know."

"Anyway, it's only three days. Even if those people don't find out, they will know in three days. I think they still have that much patience."

Shangguan Feng nodded silently after hearing this.

After determining the countermeasures, Zhang Zhi didn't stay with Shangguan Feng for long. After roughly understanding the internal situation of the Mutual Aid Society, he prepared to leave.

Before leaving, he suddenly remembered something and said, "By the way, when I was looking for your address at the school's academic affairs office, I found that there was a person in the association named Peng Huan."

"Do you know that person?"

Shangguan Feng recalled carefully after hearing this, and then slowly said, "I have a little impression, what's wrong, is there a problem with that person's identity?"

Zhang Zhi shook his head and said, "No, it's just that I also know a Peng Huan, but she doesn't seem to be from a commoner background, so I was a little surprised to see such a name on the list."

Shangguan Feng vaguely remembered that Peng Huan seemed to be a pretty girl, smiled knowingly in his heart, but said calmly on his face:

"Is that so? I will spend some time in the next few days to find out if that Peng Huan is the one Zhang brothers knows."

Zhang Zhi nodded slowly, then got up and said goodbye.

Shangguan Feng watched Zhang Zhi leave at the entrance of the courtyard. After Zhang Zhi's figure disappeared, he returned to the courtyard and murmured in a low voice: "That kind of teleportation card is called a key card?"

"Brother Zhang Zhi was spotted by Professor Confucius after going to Xia Yun University to participate in the exchange meeting of the Thirteen Southeast Regions."

'However, he gave us the key card before that.'

"So, that key card should not have been given to him by Professor Confucius."

"It seems that Brother Zhang Zhi has quite a few opportunities."

Not far after leaving Shangguan Feng's residence, Zixia suddenly looked behind her, and then said to Zhang Zhi in a low voice: "Someone is following us."

"It should be those people who are planning the Trial Tower, as Shangguan Feng said."

Zhang Zhi originally wanted to let those people know his identity, so after hearing Zixia's reminder, he stopped immediately, turned his head and glanced in the direction she pointed.

However, his cultivation was too low to detect anything. After looking in that direction a few times, he continued to rush towards the teleportation tower with Zixia.

He is now preparing to return to Yicheng, send the invitation to the principal, and take a look at the old dean.

After the two left for a while, a voice emerged from the position Zhang Zhi had just looked at: "Who were those two people just now?"

"They seem to have discovered us."

"Should we continue to follow?"

Another voice said: "That shouldn't be. With our control over the laws of concealment, even ordinary middle-level divine power existences can't discover us."

"Among those two people just now, there is actually a powerful divine power existence?"

After hesitating for a moment, the voice said, "We have to report this to the master!"

"You continue to stare at that Shangguan Feng here, I'll go find the master."

Another voice responded: "Okay, come back quickly."

Arriving at the teleportation hall, Zhang Zhi glanced at Zixia beside him and asked, "Did anyone follow us?"

Zixia shook her head and said, "Not for the time being. They probably realized that we could detect them, and they were afraid of being discovered, so they didn't catch up."

Zhang Zhi nodded slightly and slowly stepped into the teleportation array leading to Yicheng.

With a flash of white light, he had already appeared in Yicheng.

After leaving the teleportation hall, Zhang Zhi looked around. The scenery in sight was almost the same as the last time he returned to Yicheng through the teleportation hall.

Looking at the somewhat familiar scenery, he breathed a sigh of relief.

The first stop after returning to Yicheng was naturally the orphanage.

The orphanage at this time has undergone a major change, and its scale has exceeded ten times that of before.

Arriving at the dean's office, looking at the dean who was busy with reading glasses on, Zhang Zhi inexplicably felt a little sour in his nose.

The old dean was pleasantly surprised when he saw Zhang Zhi returning.

After staying in the courtyard for about three hours, Zhang Zhi got up and left.

In fact, Zhang Zhi originally planned to take a look and leave, because in a few days, he planned to take the old dean to live in Fengjing University for a period of time.

However, after the old dean told Zhang Zhi something with a solemn face, he stayed to carefully understand the situation.

After leaving the orphanage, Zhang Zhi looked back at the gate of the orphanage, and looked around at the somewhat unfamiliar environment that had become somewhat unfamiliar due to the expansion of the orphanage, and a haze flashed in his heart.

Just now, the old dean told him that children have been missing from several cities around Yicheng during this period.

This was learned by the old dean a few days ago after communicating with the deans of orphanages in other cities.