A Librarian's Encounters with an Evil God (6)

Zhu Ping told no one about obtaining mythic martial arts.

Perhaps if he reported it, he would earn the Dao Sect's attention and be spared from direct combat, but that would make him far too conspicuous.

His goal was to leave Seventeenth Colony Star and return to the Federation, not remain here for the rest of his life.

At this stage, if he could leave the battlefield without drawing attention, that would be best of all.

"Come to think of it, maybe it really is true that I'm Ou Cheng's reincarnation." Zhu Ping laughed at himself.

Ou Cheng's greatest achievement back then had been founding the Trinity Chamber of Commerce while undercover on Third Colony Star, spearheading Third Colony Star's peaceful transformation.

While reaping wealth, he had also brought vast amounts of Federation culture and outstanding ideas to the region, increasing Third Colony Star's sense of identification with the Federation.

In the end, he gradually pried open the relationship between both sides, causing Third Colony Star's government to voluntarily join the Federation and become part of it.

Some people in the Federation had previously called Ou Cheng a traitor, because he had built the Trinity Chamber of Commerce amid the friction with Third Colony Star, while the Federation got little meat to eat. After all, because it had joined voluntarily, Third Colony Star's former government retained considerable political autonomy.

Others called Ou Cheng a shameless middleman. He had sold Third Colony Star to the Federation, pocketed the difference, and become the Federation's greatest merchant.

Whether praised or condemned, no one could deny that Ou Cheng had indeed become a legendary figure of his generation.

Zhu Ping's current circumstances were rather similar to Ou Cheng's back then. Both were trapped in enemy territory, both caught up in the Federation's struggle for