The Fourth Financial Crisis

Yang Lu took the contract and studied it carefully, and found that there were no principled issues in the terms, so he just crossed out some of the open terms that left a lot of room for it, and handed it back to Lin Mu. Tiger.

Lin Muhu also carefully studied the revised contract, and also raised no objections.

With both parties interested in cooperating, Yang Lu formally signed a contract with the Lin brothers in his own name on the spot, which contained a strict confidentiality obligation, thus officially recruiting the Lin brothers into his employ.

In fact, theoretically speaking, the legal representative of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce should be Li Qingning.

But it may be that Yang Lu's scheming left a deep impression on Lin Muhu. This time Lin Muhu asked Yang Lu himself to sign the contract by name. If she had a different boss, she would definitely stop working after hearing this kind of thing, but Li Qingning was born to be a hands-off shopkeeper, so she felt that it was less troublesome to hear that she didn't have to sign the contract herself.

The two parties hit it off immediately.

After signing the contract, Lin Muhu also breathed a sigh of relief: "Consultant Yang, you should tell me now why you chose to sign a contract with me instead of playing hardball with us directly!"

Yang Lu also smiled and replied: "Because the existence of your intelligent flying sword is probably not simple in itself!"

Lin Muhu was also a smart man. He knew that when Yang Lu said "not simple", he definitely did not mean that the technical principles of the Formation Dao Feijian were not simple, but meant something else. So he took out his natal flying sword and put it on the table, and asked very respectfully: "Oh? I wonder what consultant Yang has to say about our natal flying sword?"

This is also the first time that Yang Lu has observed a smart flying sword up close.

By activating the Eagle Eye Technique at close range, Yang Lu discovered that the surface of this flying sword made of copper was not completely smooth. Instead, it was carved with dense calculation circles using spiritual patterns less than a millimeter thick.

This gave him a strong sense of déjà vu as a semiconductor chip on Earth.

It can only be said that the intelligent flying sword is indeed the pearl of cultivation technology in the Kyushu world. The style of the painting alone is enough to be science fiction, and it is not at all the same as the ordinary cultivation magic weapon.

Seeing that Yang Lu was silent for a long time, Lin Muhu said again: "Just from the surface, you guys shouldn't be able to tell anything about it!"

"The painting style of this smart flying sword is indeed...well, amazing!" Yang Lu stared at Lin Muhu's smart flying sword with a very solemn expression, "Since your smart flying sword is far better than the current one, The flying sword is more advanced and can even allow the inner disciples to kill the direct disciples of the holy spiritual roots. This power is probably stronger than Miss Qingning's Xunfeng! However, with such an advanced design concept, why has it not been used until now? Will the world of cultivation be promoted?"

Lin Muhu couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard Yang Lu's question.

After ordinary people knew the secret of the Intelligent Flying Sword, at most they were just curious about the underlying principles of the Intelligent Flying Sword. They did not expect that Yang Lu's insight was so strong, and he could see through the phenomenon and see deeper problems almost instantly.

After a moment of silence, Lin Muhu couldn't help but shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Sure enough, nothing can be hidden from Consultant Yang. Since you are already our official employer, there are some things that I don't need to hide... President Lu once said a very famous saying back then. In philosophical terms, it is said that every man is not guilty, but he is guilty of carrying a jade. In fact, even if my brother did not kill Zhang Qian on the battlefield outside the territory, we would probably have to flee from the Yufeng Sect sooner or later. Just because we were prepared for this, this time Escape can be so smooth."

Li Qingning obviously didn't understand what the two people in front of him were playing in a riddle, and asked doubtfully: "Why? As long as you hand over this intelligent flying sword to the Yufeng Sect, you might be able to be like Tong Xingu, the Supreme Elder of the Yuan Ying period of Zijin Pavilion. In that way, becoming another master of Taoism in the Jiuzhou cultivation world, his status will even be higher than that of Zhang Qian..."

"Young lady, what you said is wrong!" Hearing that Li Qingning thought of things so simply, Lin Muhu couldn't help but bring up a wry smile, "I bet that if we tell the sect the secret of the intelligent flying sword, the absolute disaster waiting for us will be It’s not an overwhelming honor, but a fate of death without a burial place!”

Li Qingning said blankly: "Why? Who else dares to murder a sect hero like you?"

Lin Muhu spoke one word at a time and slowly spoke out a name: "Hu Jian, the leader of the Yufeng Sect's Weapon Refining Hall, the Supreme Elder!"

"Why do you, the Supreme Elder of Yufeng Sect, want to kill the genius disciple of your own sect?"

Seeing that Li Qingning had disbelief written all over his face, Lin Muhu did not dare to offend his new female boss and quickly explained: "There is absolutely no exaggeration in what I said. If we dare to reveal even a little bit of the secrets about the Feijian Formation, The first person to kill us is probably this Yuan Ying Ancestor!"

Hearing Lin Muhu and Bu Jingren's endless explanation, Li Qingning shook his head in disbelief and said, "What good will it do to Elder Hu to kill the weapon-refining genius of his sect?"

"The genius of weapon refining?" Hearing Li Qingning's question, Lin Muhu's tone unconsciously contained a hint of ridicule, "No matter how powerful the genius of weapon refining is, he still belongs to the sect. What does it have to do with Elder Hu himself? Elder Hu's ancient methods Refiners have spent their whole lives studying traditional refining methods. The existence of new refining technology itself has harmed their core interests. This is not a dinner party, but a life-and-death struggle over technical lines in the Kyushu refining industry. !”

Struggle over technical lines?

The explanation given by Lin Muhu reminded Yang Lu of the dispute between the Sword Sect and the Qi Sect of the Huashan Sect in "The Swordsman".

However, this thought only passed by for a moment, and he quickly denied this speculation:

Because this guess is logically untenable.

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However, in Jin Yong's martial arts world, the so-called martial arts positions have no practical significance, because the core competitiveness of the martial arts world is still the martial arts of the heroes, and being the leader will not make your martial arts grow faster.

The protagonists Zhang Wuji and Yang Guo can achieve great feats even on cliffs, ravines, and ice and fire islands. This shows that in Jin Yong's world view, martial arts training does not require any financial ability at all. It only requires adventure and hard work. Heroes usually do not use money as money. , also confirms this world view from the side.

Under such circumstances, using martial arts to embody a cruel power struggle seems somewhat unmotivated.

Compared with the completely imaginary world of martial arts, due to the existence of the Dao of Heaven, the operating logic of the Kyushu cultivation world is closer to the real world, because the merits of the Heavenly Dao do not depend on your combat effectiveness, but more on your influence on the Kyushu world. If you can The world of Jiuzhou exerts a huge influence, and even during the Qi refining period, one can complete his merits and deeds.

When Lu Yang founded the Lingshi Reserve Bank, he was only at the fourth level of cultivation in the Qi Refining Stage, but this did not prevent him from easily cultivating the Seven Paths of Merit Golden Wheel before advancing to the Foundation Building Stage, surpassing any Yuan in history. Infancy boss, and because of this, Jiuzhou cultivators often take the position under their butts very seriously.

Although Ren Tianyuan, an unpositioned Supreme Elder of the Secular Sect, has a higher level of cultivation than Cheng Shuying, his influence and merit accumulation are nowhere near as good as Cheng Shuying's.

It is precisely because of this reason that Hu Jian, the Supreme Elder of Yufeng Sect, can escalate the struggle over technical lines to a life-or-death level, and even does not hesitate to kill his own disciples. This must involve an irreconcilable conflict of interest.

Now that he has become an official guest of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce, Lin Muhu has no intention of hiding anything, and takes the initiative to explain: "As we all know, weapon refining and formations are originally two completely unrelated fields. In most cases, it only depends on the refining materials and refining techniques. Therefore, the traditional refining master only needs to be responsible for refining the magic weapon. As for whether the magic weapon is used properly, it often depends on the combat experience of the magic weapon user. Even if Using the same magic weapon, cultivators with more combat experience can also crush ordinary monks with no experience in fighting..."

This explanation made Li Qingning deeply understand.

During the extraterritorial battlefield trial, Li Qingning's cultivation level was not stronger than when she opened the Chamber of Commerce in Haiya City. However, because she had practiced combat skills for a long time and specifically consulted Butler Zhou on her survival experience in the extraterritorial battlefield. , if Li Qingning were to face herself a year ago, she even felt that she could fight three.

However, Lin Muhu didn't know what Li Qingning was thinking, but continued to explain: "...But soon some cultivators realized that a cultivator's combat experience is not necessarily necessary. Since the formation can operate automatically without a cultivator , then why can’t magic weapons work? If some array methods can be integrated into the production of magic weapons, can the magic weapons be able to fight fully automatically? In this way, even a rookie monk who has no experience in fighting magic can just do it without thinking. By infusing magic power into a magic weapon, you can transform into a master who has experienced hundreds of battles and will never make mistakes. If you want to realize the fully automatic combat of the magic weapon, you can completely use the [Fairy Formation Logic Units] in "Fairy Formation Logic" 】the power of."

Yang Lu pointed at Lin Muhu's flying sword and said, "Is this how you created the intelligent flying sword?"

Lin Muhu nodded first, then shook his head: "It is true that my brother invented the Formation Flying Sword independently, but this design concept of magic weapon has actually been proposed by the senior weapon refiners. This is the so-called [New Magic Weapon Refining] Concept. But before my brother invented the Formation Flying Sword, the magic weapons designed with this new concept all had fatal weaknesses. They only had the simplest automatic blocking, automatic defense, and automatic attack functions. , not only are the routines very rigid, but they are also very easy to target. In addition, when cultivators use this type of magic weapon, they must completely entrust the battle to the magic weapon itself, and cannot even activate the killing move, which greatly reduces their practicality."

Li Qingning said doubtfully: "But I see your wisdom... the formation flying sword seems to be not rigid at all when used!"

"That's because we have improved the algorithm of the Immortal Formation!" Lin Muhu smiled proudly, obviously very proud of his brother's research results. "Full-automatic combat with traditional formation magic weapons relies on capturing the opponent's movements in real time, and then following a certain Respond according to a given logic. For example, if the opponent attacks my left side, then my flying sword will be blocked to the left. If the opponent has a gap on the right, I will attack the right. If I find that the enemy's shield is weak, then I will take advantage of the situation to increase my attack..."

Li Qingning nodded and said: "This is also the idea of ​​​​intelligent flying sword proposed by President Lu back then!"

"To be precise, all similar magic weapons before have adopted this design idea. But our Formation Flying Sword has completely jumped out of this way of thinking and introduced an epoch-making design concept! By using unlimited power in a very short time The [Evolved Secret] logic unit commonly used in iterative divination arrays, the Feijian Array can simulate the results of trillions of battles in a moment, and automatically select the response strategy with the highest winning rate from tens of billions of possibilities in the future. , this response strategy can be offensive, defensive, or a surprise attack. The direction and intensity of the force can be arbitrary, as long as the winning rate is high enough. It is not limited to any fighting method at all. Based on the deduction of the secrets, we can even calculate the winning rate of the battle in real time to decide whether to continue fighting or running away."

Yang Lu suddenly took a breath and said, "This is really a Monte Carlo simulation!"

Seeing Yang Lu's expression of sudden realization, Lin Muhu thought he had known about the existence of the Monte Carlo Flying Sword for a long time, and couldn't help but said in confusion: "Meng... Kaluo? Is this the name of a senior in the world of cultivation?"

"It's nothing, I'm talking nonsense, you can continue!"

Lin Muhu glanced at Yang Lu suspiciously, obviously not believing Yang Lu's statement.

That "Meng Ka Luo" sound gives people an unclear and powerful feeling. Even if you want him to repeat the name, it is very difficult to pronounce. It doesn't look like a noun that can be said in nonsense!

But Lin Muhu, as Party B, and Yang Lu, the big Party A, were unwilling to explain, and he had no choice, so he continued to introduce: "In fact, I have almost said it, precisely because the new method of refining does not require traditional refining techniques. There is no need for the fancy special effects of traditional magic weapons. It only requires a mindless pile of high-end materials. Therefore, it more tests the weapon refiner's knowledge of the fairy formation logic and the calculation ability of the magic weapon. Therefore, this new method of weapon refining has also embarked on the same path as traditional weapon refining. Completely different paths. There is no value for the two to learn from each other. On the contrary, it is easier for the formation masters to understand us. This has led to the fact that the new method weapon refining has long been a thorn in the side and the flesh of the traditional ancient method weapon refining masters. If someone gets it, kill him!"