High Martial: I Use Everything as Swords

Chapter 261: Chapter 219: Chen Beixuan’s Scheme

Chen Beixuan stood with his hands clasped behind his back, gazing down at the myriad lights of the city below.

A meaningful smile played on his lips.

"Show off?"

He spoke softly, as if asking himself, yet also refuting the man beside him.

"Old Li, I don’t like the sound of that."

"My Martial Arts University students have talent. Why shouldn’t they be allowed to show it off?"

"Or are only the people from your Garrison Army allowed to be ostentatious?"

Li Tiecheng’s chest tightened at the retort, his stern face instantly flushing red.

Just as he was about to argue back, Lin Guodong, who was beside them, let out a chuckle, breaking the deadlock.

"Old Chen, you and that sharp tongue of yours... still so unsparing. You’re always so protective of your own."

"But speaking of which, that kid really is a talent. A mutated Spiritual Power and an Ancient Cultivation Inheritance to boot. With that kind of luck, he’s practically the chosen one."

"Luck?"

Chen Beixuan shook his head, his tone tinged with unconcealed amusement.

"I, on the other hand, think it’s strength."

"To turn the tables in a hopeless situation like that, and on top of it, to flawlessly put on such a watertight act in front of the three of us old geezers."

"That kind of temperament is what I value even more than his extraordinary achievements."

Li Tiecheng pursed his lips and didn’t argue further.

But deep in his eyes, emotions swirled.

He couldn’t forget that Three-Inch Heart Sword which had struck his Sea of Consciousness, making even a Tier Four Peak Grandmaster like himself feel a tremor in his very soul.

’That kid is an absolute monster.’

"So, how do you two plan on rewarding this little monster?"

Li Tiecheng forcefully ground out his cigarette butt on the cold alloy armrest, leaving a black, scorched mark.

His gaze swept over Chen Beixuan’s and Lin Guodong’s faces like a searchlight.

"I’ll state my opinion first."

Li Tiecheng’s voice was forceful, carrying the unique assertiveness of a soldier.

"The military can grant him the rank of Honorary Major, allowing him to enjoy all the resource allocations and privileges of a field-grade officer!"

"Furthermore, on my own authority, I’ll open the Blood Saber’s armory and let him go in and pick any single piece of equipment below Tier Four!"

At these words, even Lin Guodong, who was usually as steady as a mountain, couldn’t stop his eyelid from twitching.

"Old Li, that’s quite a generous offer. An Honorary Major, free pick of the armory. That level of treatment is almost on par with the strategic-level core prospects the military cultivates itself."

"He’s worth it!"

Li Tiecheng’s voice jumped an octave.

"A Meridian Passage Realm cultivator who can stop a missile with his Spiritual Power? Forget Major, I wouldn’t feel short-changed even if we gave him the treatment of a Colonel!"

"We must use our utmost sincerity to bind a talent like this firmly to our cause here in East Sea City!"

After listening, Chen Beixuan just smiled and spoke slowly.

"Old Li, you’re still so direct. All you think about is fighting and killing."

"Your rewards are very sincere, but have you considered that what he lacks most right now isn’t honor, nor a piece of equipment, but Time."

Li Tiecheng’s brow furrowed.

Chen Beixuan continued, "He’s offended the Sun Family, Star Sea Technology, and the Blood Feeding Sect, which is lurking in the shadows. These factions are deeply entrenched. Even with their main forces exiled, there are bound to be remnants left in the city."

"What’s his Cultivation level right now? Meridian Passage Realm!"

"You want to give him an Honorary Major rank and send him to the front lines on missions? What if he runs into an assassination attempt by a Tier Four Grandmaster? What’s he going to use to block it? Your honorary rank?"

"Such a promising talent could be destroyed by schemes and plots before he even has a chance to mature. Is that what we want to see?"

This speech left Li Tiecheng speechless.

He really hadn’t thought that far ahead. He was only focused on recruiting talent but had overlooked the need for protection.

Seeing this, Chen Beixuan continued:

"So, my idea is that before he has sufficient ability to protect himself, we can’t let him easily leave our sight, much less let him undertake high-risk combat missions."

Li Tiecheng immediately retorted:

"Wouldn’t that be coddling him? Geniuses are forged in the fires of battle, not raised in a greenhouse!"

"Who said anything about a greenhouse?"

Chen Beixuan leisurely shot back.

Only then did he slowly reveal his own plan.

"From what I’ve gathered over the past two days, the kid seems to have a particular fondness for piloting fighter jets."

"Just a little while ago, he was still cruising around in the sky."

He paused, his gaze turning exceptionally profound as he looked at Li Tiecheng.

"Old Li, are you aware of the Su Family girl’s Night Falcon fighter jet?"

"The Triple Rune Harmonic Lock that had even the design institute’s High Level team stumped—he saw through it with a single glance and even proposed the revolutionary design concept of Guiding Resonance."

"And then there’s your military’s Sharp Sword project for the Turbo-17 engine upgrade."

"It was also his Bypass Boost modification proposal that the entire project team now treats as gospel."

"And don’t forget, right in front of you, he remotely changed the permissions on your military-grade terminal in just two seconds."

Each and every one of these incidents pointed to a single fact.

"His Spiritual Power isn’t just terrifyingly strong; he also possesses an extraordinary perception and design ability for Spiritual Energy Arrays, Rune Protocols, and Energy Flow!"

A hint of excitement crept into Chen Beixuan’s voice.

"He himself said it’s a ’Spiritual Energy Deconstruction’ Talent brought about by his mutated Spiritual Power."

"What does this Talent mean?"

"It means he’s a living, breathing, and highly efficient ’Super Debugger’!"

"When we develop a new fighter jet, what’s the most time-consuming part? It’s finding bugs! It’s debugging! With him, that process can be shortened dozens of times over!"