Chapter 273 (2/2)

Fang Xingjian frowned. Although he did not like having his story falsified, earning money was more important. Therefore, he could only say, “Don’t go overboard with it.”

“Don’t worry, I’ll definitely make you sound great.” Ferdinand then smiled again, “A Knight who was down in the dumps becoming a great genius, soaring and amazing everyone else! After gaining fame and reputation, he was neither conceited nor rash, falling in love at first sight with a lady who was a commoner. Hehe, the maids from my previous manor all liked to read such novels.”

Fang Xingjian said with indifference, “I’ve also registered a new Nurturing sword technique. When the time comes, I’ll need you to help work things out. If anyone comes to purchase the rights, I’ll get them to look for you here.”

Ferdinand nodded, his eyes still fixed on the book Fang Xingjian had written, not paying much heed to the new sword technique. It was really not easy to sell Nurturing sword techniques, let alone to sell them for a good price.

Most of the time, they were created by people with great authority, great masters, or who owned an entire academy after much effort and after having invested a tremendous amount of time and money.

After all, creating things like Nurturing sword techniques as a basic research study was something that countless generations of people had gone through great efforts to accomplish. Even the slightest improvement required a much too great price to be paid.

However, Ferdinand had another idea. He lifted his head and asked Fang Xingjian, “Xingjian, currently, your talent is great, and the speed at which you learn at is very fast, right?”

He was asking the obvious. A person who was able to comprehend all seven mysteries of the Pantheon Monument would undoubtedly have great talent and amazing learning abilities.

Fang Xingjian ‘looked’ at him and nodded.

Ferdinand then asked again, “Then what’s the level 29 armor that the academy has rewarded you with? Is it an entire set of armor? Are its defensive abilities very strong? When do you think you’ll be able to complete your second transition?”

Hearing his series of questions, Fang Xingjian said, “Get to the point.”

“Hehe, I’m hoping to stir up your reputation a bit before starting to sell the books. I’ve heard that in your Regional Academy, ordinary Killing techniques are in the library, while the compulsory Killing techniques of each department are in the Killing Techniques Palace.”

“Killing Techniques Palace?” Fang Xingjian frowned. He had yet to learn about this, but he was now hearing it from Ferdinand, an outsider to the academy.

The Regional Academy had various courses, one of which was the Killing technique class. The requirement was for each student to pick up the compulsory Killing techniques of their respective departments.

These Killing techniques were all in the Killing Techniques Palace. The Sword Arts Department that Fang Xingjian was in had four sets of Killing technique in the Killing Techniques Palace. Each student needed to gradually progress in the respective Killing technique before moving onto the next one.

Ferdinand continued, “I don’t know the details of the learning process in the Killing Techniques Palace, but I’m thinking that with your talent, you’d probably be able to set a new record in the Regional Academy. When that happens, it’ll be easier for us to sell the books.”

He smiled and said, “Solving the mysteries to the Pantheon Monument, then setting a record in the Killing Techniques Palace. An unrivalled talent breaking consecutive records, astonishing the higher echelon of the Empire and climbing to the peak in the Regional Academy. What are the secrets behind his success? It’ll all be in the book. Hehe, how attractive is this headline? How many people would buy the book?”

Anthony grabbed his chin and said, “Is it too offending?” If this was really written in the books, it would probably offend a whole load of students in the academy.

Ferdinand laughed coldly, “Offending? The Prefectural Selection chooses ten out of hundreds and thousands of people, the Regional Selection chooses ten out of a few hundred people, and the National Selection chooses another ten out of eighty people. Each of the champions fight their way to the top.

“There’re limited resources in this world. One must fight to get what they want. Only those who are weak and have mediocre talent are afraid of offending people. It’s because they can’t win in a fight.

“As for those who succeed… Which genius would be afraid of offending people? To get first place, to get even more resources, one naturally needs to snatch from others. When you get more resources, others naturally get less. If you’re afraid of offending people, then you can just resign to being a person without any accomplishments for all your life.”

With that, he looked at Xingjian and said, “Isn’t that right, Xingjian?”