Chapter 35: The Thirty-Fifth Day as Cult Leader (Part 3)

When Qin Ming opened the System, he unexpectedly discovered that the mission to treat the Qingyue Sect disciples had not yet been completed, and could not help feeling a little puzzled.

Curious, he asked Yang Xu, “Why have those two Qingyue Sect disciples not been released yet?”

When Yang Xu suddenly heard this, his heart chilled. The Cult Leader had clearly never asked about anything related to the Qingyue Sect disciples, yet he had accurately stated the news that these two had not left. As expected, there truly were the other party’s spies within the cult!

This matter made him more and more frightened. He could not help carefully speaking with a bitter expression. “Reporting to Cult Leader, those two Qingyue Sect disciples have indeed recovered from their injuries... But no matter what this subordinate says, they, they just won’t leave!”

Qin Ming: ?

These days, there were actually orthodox sect disciples willing to stay in the Demonic Cult and unwilling to go back??

This... Why was this so strange!

Qin Ming carefully listened to the whole story, and only then realized that the Qingyue Sect disciples were both straightforward people. Hearing that the Demonic Cult looked down on them, they instantly fell for the provocation and wanted to show their abilities.

So over the past two days, they had gone to the rear mountain to hoe the fields, studied how to build walls, and had even gone to the school to act as teachers for a day. And to say nothing else, they really did it quite properly!

Although they had not known how to do anything before, they only needed to watch once and could tentatively get started. After trying twice, they could do it skillfully. They possessed extremely strong wisdom in their minds. Even the Three Character Classic, which they had never come into contact with before, could be answered through their learning.

It seemed that Qingyue Sect really was a sect whose strength lay in hands-on ability. Most of the disciples under its banner were skilled at carpentry, carving, and even making hidden weapons!

The more Qin Ming listened, the more amused he became. These two seemed even more capable than their Demonic Cult disciples. Since they did not want to leave... Why not simply not go back? He happened to have many things here that he could not find people to do!

“Provocation, is it?” Qin Ming’s heart moved slightly, and the most suitable person for this matter immediately surfaced in his mind. “Shen Fubai.”

“This Seat has an important mission for you. It is a mission that only you can complete!”

Hearing this, Shen Fubai immediately scampered over happily. He was currently wanting to wash away the suspicion that he was an undercover agent, and he loved this kind of important mission. “Many thanks for your generous treatment, Cult Leader. This subordinate will certainly bend myself to the task and die only after giving my all! Please give your order, Cult Leader!”

Very soon, he saw Qin Ming suddenly take out a square piece of wood from his sleeve. The wood had been cut into a neat square, and only one side was carved with uneven raised and sunken characters. It was a reversed character for “I.”

Shen Fubai had never seen such a character before and could not help asking in confusion, “What is this?”

Qin Ming smiled slightly. “Have you ever heard of something called ‘movable type printing’?”

…

Shen Fubai could also be considered an intelligent person, and very soon understood the Cult Leader’s meaning. Cut wood into perfectly neat cubes, then carve different characters on top. After arranging them in the desired order and printing them onto paper, one could quickly print an entire book.

This wildly imaginative idea made his eyes light up. If they had this technique, then the scholars of the world would no longer have to worry about having no books to read, and the martial arts manuals of the world would also continuously circulate. This was a great matter that benefited the country and the people!

He had not expected the Cult Leader to come up with such a technique. Shen Fubai admired him even more.

Clearly, the System also thought so:

“Side mission objective: Develop movable type printing.”

“Mission reward: After successfully printing one book, you will receive fifty thousand merit points.”

“Mission follow-up objective: Promote movable type printing throughout the world.”

“Mission reward: Receive one hundred thousand merit points.”

Seeing so many merit points, Qin Ming could not help sucking in a breath in his heart. He had not expected this kind of invention to be able to obtain so many merit points! Do it! This matter absolutely had to be done!

Originally, he only wanted to save some merit points and print martial arts manuals himself, but at this moment, Qin Ming’s thoughts were already different.

“This piece of wood is merely something I carved in my spare time. Perhaps there are still many flaws. In short, it requires careful research.”

“Therefore, this matter requires some learned and wise people to do it, to research it...”

Qin Ming was still emphasizing the importance of this matter when Shen Fubai immediately nodded with a solemn face. “Then this matter can only be done personally by this subordinate!”

Learned and wise. Was he not the only person in the Demonic Cult who fit that description!

Qin Ming: ...? You’re really not being modest at all!

“You have other matters to do. This matter will be handed to those two disciples from Qingyue Sect to research.” Qin Ming decisively refused him. What a joke. Who knew what kind of things would be printed if this technique fell into Shen Fubai’s hands? It was better to let people from an orthodox sect do it. That felt more reassuring. “You only need to use provocation to make those two take the initiative to work.”

“...Provocation?” Shen Fubai’s eyes revealed some confusion. “But... this subordinate does not know any provocation.”

“...” Qin Ming rolled his eyes inwardly and waved his hand perfunctorily. “Just treat those two according to the attitude you’ve always had. Go.”

Shen Fubai was thus dismissed. In his heart, he was still rather confused. “I really don’t know any provocation. Rarely, the Cult Leader misjudged someone.”

He did not delay either. Whatever the Cult Leader told him to do, he did. And so he soon found the two Qingyue Sect disciples. Unfortunately, he happened to see them packing their luggage and preparing to leave.

Not only did Shen Fubai not stop them, he was instead pleased to see it happen. This movable type printing should be done by him. How could anyone else possibly do it well!

Therefore, he said bluntly, “People who eat for free are finally leaving. Go on, go on.”

He stepped aside to let the two Qingyue Sect disciples leave, only to see the two Qingyue Sect disciples suddenly glare angrily at him and shout, “What do you mean, eat for free? These days, the two of us have been building walls and farming. We have handled everything with ease and done the work meticulously. That is enough to show our abilities, and should be enough to repay your life-saving kindness!”

Shen Fubai said disdainfully, “It was only wall-building and farming. Even children of a few years old can learn that after watching twice, and you’re already proud of yourselves.”

“What did you say!” When the Qingyue Sect disciples heard this, they flew into even greater rage. Setting down their luggage, they stepped forward. “No matter what it is, the two of us can learn it after watching once. How can we allow you to look down on us like this! Do you not believe it?”

Shen Fubai saw this, blinked, and smoothly took out the wooden block in his hand. “I do not believe it. Unless you can develop this movable type printing!”

“Movable type printing?” The Qingyue Sect disciples looked at each other and carefully observed the neat square wooden block. They immediately realized the difficulty of this matter. Then, after hearing Shen Fubai explain what movable type printing was, they knew this matter would require a very long time, and could not help hesitating a little.

Seeing them like this, Shen Fubai finally relaxed and withdrew the wooden block. “Hmph, you were merely bragging. I’ll just pretend I heard nothing. As expected, only I, Shen Fubai, can accomplish this matter. Hurry up and leave, hurry up and leave.”

Unexpectedly, the wooden block was immediately grabbed by a hand. The Qingyue Sect disciple’s eyes burned with fury, and he likewise gave a cold snort. “You? You overestimate yourself. You should be the one to leave. This matter can only be done by us. We’ll take on this job. Three months from now, we will definitely produce some results for you to see. Just wait and see!”

Shen Fubai: “...”

Shen Fubai’s eyes were filled with confusion. How was it that he had kept wanting to drive these two away, yet had instead made these two stay? Something was wrong.

After Qin Ming heard this news, he could not help laughing three times. Sure enough, his wish had been fulfilled! Sending Shen Fubai’s mouth into action, he knew it would succeed! This was also thanks to the two Qingyue Sect disciples being straightforward people!

At this point, Qin Ming had already handed all the matters at hand over to his subordinates and felt light all over.

Shen Fubai was responsible for expanding the intelligence pavilion, Chen Lue was responsible for contribution points, Qian Xiaodou was responsible for the restaurant, Yang Xu was responsible for managing the two Qingyue Sect disciples and doing his utmost to satisfy whatever they needed, and Xu Sheng was responsible for teaching. It could be said that every spy had been entrusted with an important task, and in order to shake off the Cult Leader’s “spies,” they were all desperately working.

Only Zhang Daniu alone had no important matters, but Qin Ming’s positioning of him was that of a capable hand at critical moments, so he did not mind.

He simply had not expected that one day, while he was practicing swordsmanship, he would hear Yang Xu’s hurried report:

“What? A Demonic Cult disciple beat up Zhang Daniu?”

Qin Ming was extremely surprised. “What was the reason?”

Yang Xu wiped the sweat from his forehead and explained, “It is said that the person mocked Zhang Daniu for not knowing martial arts, and therefore deliberately attacked Zhang Daniu.”

“There was such a thing?” Qin Ming frowned, not expecting there to be someone who would bully the honest and simple Zhang Daniu. He immediately cared about Zhang Daniu’s injuries first. “Then how are Daniu’s injuries?”

But he saw Yang Xu stammering, a little hesitant. “Nothing happened to Zhang Daniu... The one something happened to was the disciple who attacked first.”

“Zhang Daniu only struck back with one punch, and he knocked him unconscious. He is still lying on the ground now.”

Qin Ming: ...

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