Chapter 64

"Uh..." Fei Xue squinted his eyes into a line. The Great Secret's call was not from Lord Zhu's intention, which was quite interesting.

"Conclusion." Fei Xue didn't beat around the bush. He had extreme trust in Zhao Hui, whose talent was ten thousand times higher than his combat power. The Flying Tiger Team needed a captain like himself, a powerful benefactor, and fresh blood like Yao Jing, but most importantly, Zhao Hui's mind.

"The Great Secret is from Snow Drift, and Du Qian has a secret." Zhao Hui's conclusion was simple. The former was quite difficult to uncover, but he really did it. The latter, he didn't pay much attention to, as Du Qian was right there in the Flying Tiger Team, making it easier to investigate.

"What level of secret?" Who the Great Secret was, Fei Xue didn't care at all. Instead, it was Du Qian, who was under his control.

Last time, he had already reported the results, and the Lord's Mansion had no reaction. This time, the Great Secret finally responded, and it involved an undercover agent, truly a mess.

The undercurrents in Pingchuan City had never ceased. Usually, it was manageable, but now chaos had arisen, and the Flying Tiger Team was the first to be affected. He had no time to care about internal struggles.

"Strategic level." Zhao Hui's words were like a kinetic explosive shell, frying Fei Xue to a crisp.

"Not joking? Du Qian? Strategic level?"

"Not joking. We all know a bit about the background of Snow Drift Trading. For Snow Drift to use the Lord's Great Secret, it must be strategic level, or at least suspected to be strategic level." Zhao Hui said firmly, believing his judgment was correct.

Fei Xue stroked his chin, his fingers trembling slightly: "Not funny. Strategic level Du Qian? What is this? Du Qian has nothing to do with strategic level. Even if it were me or Lord Zhu, would you say we could reach strategic level?"

What is strategic level? Only people or matters that play a significant role in the strategic level of an entire country can be called strategic level.

Pingchuan City is only a second-tier city, and there are hundreds of similar cities in the Empire. Unless Pingchuan City becomes a strategic node in a war due to its location, it has nothing to do with these three words.

Zhao Hui's words were too exaggerated. Even with extreme trust, Fei Xue still didn't believe it.

As they were talking, the red phone on the table rang. Fei Xue picked it up, listened for a few moments, and his expression changed drastically.

Putting down the phone, Fei Xue said to Zhao Hui, "You were half right. It is indeed strategic level, but not Du Qian."

"Not Du Qian? Who then?"

"Have you heard of the Three Beauties of the same year?"

Zhao Hui nodded. Of course, he knew. Originally, such a small matter shouldn't have been known to him, but since Yao Jing joined the Flying Tiger Team, he naturally had to understand.

This year's War Orphan School really produced talent. The Three Beauties of the same year were the most famous, followed by the lucky Du Qian.

Of course, the students of the Orphan School wouldn't acknowledge Du Qian as a significant figure. They had no idea what had happened to him.

Zhao Hui took a deep breath, his brows furrowed: "Liu Yan?"

"Yes, Liu Yan. A completely new analysis method with extremely high success rate, increasing the yield by a thousand times." Fei Xue said.

"A one-star spirit charm." Zhao Hui sighed. Calling it strategic level might be a bit of a stretch, but the benefits were evident. Even if it was just a one-star, the increase in production by hundreds or thousands of times was still eye-catching.

"But why Liu Yan?" Zhao Hui found it unbelievable.

Liu Yan voluntarily joined Snow Drift Trading, possessing extremely strong analytical and computational abilities. With Snow Drift's strength, it wasn't difficult to quickly elevate her to the level of a martial cultivator. Combined with her talent, solving the new analysis process wasn't impossible, but the probability was very low.

What confused him even more was that this process originally appeared in Du Qian's hands, but suddenly it turned into Liu Yan's.

"Du Qian's side?"

"Let's see. The possibility is too low. Don't forget, Du Qian and Liu Yan are from the same year."

Zhao Hui also understood how low the possibility was for the new process to appear in Du Qian's hands. Even if he didn't know much, he knew that the new process, although lowering the combat requirement, still required 4,800 combat power, which was not much different from 5,000.

What was Du Qian's combat power? 5,980. Theoretically, it was enough, but was it really enough?

Enough...

Du Qian had already completed a spirit component, of course, it was enough...

The more he thought, the more confused he became. Zhao Hui felt that this matter was related to Du Qian, but there wasn't much evidence, just a kind of intuition, similar to a woman's.

He had never met Liu Yan, but from certain channels, he knew that Liu Yan was indeed very excellent. What others needed to study hard and work hard to achieve, she seemed to know naturally, without needing to learn or practice.

Last time, the Lord's Mansion suffered a significant loss. They got Yao Jing but lost Liu Yan.

As for Yu Wuxia, who was recruited by the army, there was no news. After all, they were not in the same system, and she wasn't even in Pingchuan City.

Zhao Hui had never been so confused. There were many conditions, but he couldn't deduce the result.

Just as he was thinking, another phone on the table rang.

"Uh, I know, I'll notify." Putting down the phone, Fei Xue looked at Zhao Hui, his face equally confused.

"The Great Secret notified us that Liu Yan from Snow Drift is coming to our Flying Tiger Team. She wants to meet her old classmate, Du Qian."

"She's coming too?"

It's a mess, everything is a mess. There was a thread of logic before, but now it's a tangled mess.

Liu Yan, accompanied by four Snow Drift guards, walked into the Flying Tiger Team, finding everything fresh and her breathing unusually relaxed.

"You can wait here." In front of Du Qian's office, Liu Yan said. The four guards nodded, and two of them turned and went downstairs.

Du Qian was separating energy threads. The emergency yesterday wasted most of his day. As for the old manager, he was gone, and no one cared anymore.

"Who is it? Please come in." Du Qian looked up and asked. Someone was knocking on the door again. Recently, there were many guests. Was this a sign of good fortune?

"Ah... it's you?"

"Hehe, not welcome?" Liu Yan smiled and walked into the office, looking around. It was just average, but at least it was big. There was only one chair.

She sat on the floor opposite Du Qian, looking him up and down. They naturally knew each other, but they didn't have much interaction. After all, they had lived in the same school for ten years, and it would be hard not to know each other.

In the Orphan School, Liu Yan was the goddess of their year, with a high reputation, much higher than Yao Jing and Yu Wuxia, let alone Du Qian.

Of course, Du Qian and Lei Ming were also somewhat famous, being a bit mischievous and good at fighting, never losing, but they didn't have a good reputation.

"Is there something?" The Three Beauties of the same year. Du Qian didn't know why Yao Jing was related to him. He didn't want to think about it. Yao Jing was nice, and being classmates, having a familiar face in the same unit was always good.

But why did Liu Yan come? Didn't she go to Snow Drift Trading...

Snow Drift Trading? Gu Zhengdao?

"Is it a spirit component?"

"Right and not right."

"Don't play riddles. You know, guys don't like this." Du Qian said bluntly. War orphans were striving for survival, and they didn't have time for such childish games.

Fortunately, Liu Yan was also a war orphan. If it were a regular girl, this sentence would have caused a rift.

"I came to thank you. The first spirit component was made by you, right? I derived the other two based on its principle."

"Derived? Not already existing?" Du Qian was startled, recalling the old manager's question yesterday, feeling he understood a bit.

"Tell me, how did you think of it?" Liu Yan was very excited. In just a month at Snow Drift, she had achieved such results, which she was proud of.

With these achievements, Snow Drift Trading would provide her with more resources. The transfer order had already come down, and she would soon leave Pingchuan City. As for where she was going, even she didn't know.

Today, she came to thank Du Qian and say goodbye.

"Why do you think it already existed?" Liu Yan asked. They were classmates, had a common language, and were of similar status and education.

To outsiders, their conversation might seem childish, ridiculous, and incomprehensible, but to them, it was clear and understandable.

"Yes, I used the spirit charm and felt it was like that. Isn't it?" In front of his classmate, Du Qian was less guarded, even though they weren't very familiar. After entering society, each meeting made them feel closer.

Classmates from the same orphan school, the longer the time, the more they felt like siblings, while in school, they didn't seem as close.

"Uh, I thought the same. Analyzing and solving problems is so simple, but they always look surprised. I can't understand it." Liu Yan said, troubled.

The world of geniuses, ordinary people don't understand.

The world of ordinary people, geniuses also can't understand. It's like you are eating, and a group of people surround you, eyes wide, exclaiming, "Wow, you can eat so easily. Look, look, she found her mouth so quickly..."

Is this happiness?

This was Liu Yan's feeling these days. Seeing Du Qian, she finally had a place to vent her frustrations.

As for Du Qian using the spirit charm and immediately having the new process, she didn't find it strange. What was strange about it? Shouldn't it be like that?

They were classmates, from the same school, with the same education. She was good at analysis and computation, and Du Qian was good at disassembly processes. How normal. You can't be good at everything, and others can't be completely useless.

"I'm being transferred tomorrow. I've been locked in a room, either studying or cultivating, making my head spin. Finally, I managed to derive the other two spirit components, and they finally let me go." Liu Yan felt relieved, her whole body feeling much lighter.

"Where are you going?"

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