Chapter 106: Hidden Mission - Find the Looted Books of the Hundred Schools

"These are all offerings for sacrifice. They are of little value."

Seeing Chu Zhongxing inspecting the corroded White Wolf bronze ornament, Guo Xiaoding explained to him:

"When the barbarians performed sacrifices, most of the tributes were worthless to us, including this kneeling golden man. It was actually made of copper, and in the end we melted it and forged it into new bronze objects."

Guo Xiaoding paused for a moment, as if he saw the disappointment in Chu Zhongxing's eyes. He pointed at the torn book and smiled: "Mr. Chu, perhaps this book will be of some use to you."

"books?"

Chu Zhongxing picked up the book and flipped through it casually, only to find that the content was badly incomplete. With his current knowledge, it was difficult to understand what the book was about.

"Yes, books."

"All the eighteen books of the barbarians were looted from our Imperial Shang Dynasty. Perhaps among these books there are the general outlines of various schools of thought."

At this point, Guo Xiaoding shrugged and said, "Since Confucius, the gentry and even the common people have been able to study and comprehend the various schools of thought. Except for a few schools, the other schools of thought are very happy to exchange and collide with other schools of thought and ideas."

"I will not hide its general outline, but will open it to students from other schools for reading."

"Among them, Confucianism is the most important. As long as you are from the Shang Dynasty, even if you are a commoner, you can copy the Confucian general outline, the Spring and Autumn Annals."

The prerequisites for changing jobs to a Confucian are much simpler than those for a military strategist. One of the prerequisites is to copy the "Spring and Autumn Annals" in neat handwriting.

Judging from the breadth of mind and courage of Confucianism alone, it is worthy of being the prominent school of thought in the Shang Dynasty.

"The general outline of the various schools of thought?"

Hearing Guo Xiaoding's words, Chu Zhongxing's eyes lit up. What did he lack the most?
What is most lacking is [profession]!
Nowadays, there are only five professions that players can transfer to, namely the four schools of military science and the Gongyang School of Confucianism. If there were general outlines of other schools, players could transfer to other schools, which would naturally motivate players more.

Just like when the new expansion pack "Nine Generations of Vengeance" was launched, the emotional value contributed by players in the forum was really explosive.

"General Guo, take a look. Which school of thought does this book belong to?"

"You'll have to ask Su Mu about this. The great Confucian scholar has a wide range of interests. I can't tell."

The smile on Guo Xiaoding's face quickly disappeared. He was a military strategist and had followed General Cheng Li to garrison in the Northern Frontier since he was in his twenties. The Northern Frontier was short of supplies and books. If the books were intact, he could still read them, but if they were damaged, he naturally could not see them.

"okay!"

Chu Zhongxing nodded. He asked the players who came back with Gui Bi to take the items dropped by Gui Bi. Then he looked indifferently at Gui Bi's headless body hanging upside down on the city wall.

After taking care of everything, Chu Zhongxing walked towards Su Mu's residence with the torn books. He flipped through them casually on the way and saw the words "Confucian scholar" on the books.

“Could it be a Confucian book?”

Chu Zhongxing was unsure, so he knocked on Su Mu's door, handed the damaged book to Su Mu, and explained his purpose.

"give me sometime."

Su Mu picked up the damaged book and began to read it. After about two incense sticks of time, Su Mu, who was lost in thought, gave an uncertain answer:

"Commander, if I'm not mistaken, this should be the general outline of Mohism, "Jingbian".

"Mohist?" Chu Zhongxing was a little surprised when he heard this. He thought that there were words of Confucian on the damaged book, so it must be a Confucian book. Unexpectedly, it was the general outline of Mohism, "Jingbian".

"Probably, but the damage is so severe that I'm not entirely sure."

Su Mu handed the damaged book to Chu Zhongxing. Confucianism and Mohism were the prominent schools of thought in the Imperial Shang Dynasty. He had only dabbled in the Mohist school's general outline, "Jingbian", but did not know much about it.

Confucianism and Mohism were opposites in the court of the Shang Dynasty. There were frequent ideological clashes and debates between the two schools. However, Su Mu felt okay with Mohism. He really hated the Guliang School, which was also a Confucian school.

"Thank you, angel."

After getting the answer he wanted, Chu Zhongxing said goodbye. After he walked out of the room, he checked Gui Bi and found that Gui Bi, who was killed by Guo Xiaoding, had not been resurrected yet and was still in the face-pinching interface.

"This guy, is he addicted to pinching his face like a barbarian?"

“It’s difficult, it’s really difficult.”

"This game's bugs are fixed too quickly. It's only been a few hours and the face-pinching bug has been fixed?"

After being killed by NPC again, Gui Bi didn't think there was anything wrong with it. The NPC was set to be hostile to the barbarians. It was normal for him, a barbarian, to be killed by the NPC when he appeared outside the gate of Yancheng.

Gui Bi felt that he was killed by the NPC because of his own carelessness and it had nothing to do with the NPC. When he was resurrected, he wanted to continue to resurrect as a barbarian, but he received a prompt.

[Dear players, we have detected that you are using the face-pinching function. You can pinch your face into a barbarian to get a new gaming experience.

The official "Bai Jia Zhu Dao" officially reminds you that this game has a distinction between Chinese and barbarians. If you continue to pinch your face to become a barbarian, it will seriously affect the player's subsequent game experience. Please think twice. 】

It looks like a reminder, but it is actually a serious warning!
Gui Bi was not a fool who wanted to go against the game officials. After receiving this prompt, he had to give up the face-pinching and continue to sneak into the dungeon.

"Whatever, it's worth the experience!"

Gui Bi gave up on the face-pinching barbarian and changed back to his original self. After he was resurrected, he received two prompts.

"Please find the player [Ye Xia] and claim your items."

"Commander of Yancheng heard that you sneaked into the Iltsk Oasis and successfully brought out the Golden Man for Heavenly Offerings and the broken Mohist Outline. Please go to the General's Mansion to meet the commander."

"Oh no, no equipment dropped on my first death? No, the NPC killed me, and the equipment was given to me by the system!"

"By the way, why did the Yancheng commander meet with me? Is there a hidden mission?"

Gui Bi became a little excited when talking about hidden missions. The last person to do the hidden mission was Su Shan. After completing the hidden mission, Su Shan not only got promoted and made a fortune, but also got the deed to Yancheng!
I didn't expect that this time it would be my turn to take on the hidden mission!
With excitement, Gui Bi did not go directly to look for [Ye Xia], but ran towards the general's mansion. After arriving at the general's mansion, Gui Bi took a deep breath and pushed the door open.

"My humble servant, Gui Bi, greets the commander-in-chief!"

Gui Bi greeted Chu Zhongxing. Chu Zhongxing placed the damaged books on the table and said in a deep voice:
“This is the Mohist’s general outline, ‘Jingbian’. Because it is severely damaged, it is impossible to understand the Mohist’s skills from it.

The General Principles of Mohism is a precious book of the Shang Dynasty, but it was treated as worthless by the barbarians and discarded at will.

Gui Bi, are you willing to help me find the looted books of Baijia?"

(End of this chapter)