Chapter 10: Barrier

Li Fei walked out of the office building with the prescription Hao Yi gave him.

He "looked" at the Myriad Blood Bead in his body:

【Level: 1, 71%

Blood Soul: 9, 23%】

The two streams of heat in his body just now made his Blood Souls decrease a bit, but the level data increased by 20% at once!

"It seems that the stream of heat contains very strong energy."

Li Fei looked thoughtful.

At this time, it was the scorching summer, the cicadas were chirping endlessly, and the dazzling sunlight made people a bit unable to open their eyes.

"Student Li!"

A voice suddenly came.

Li Fei turned his head and looked. Standing under the tree shade not far away was a person.

The other party also looked very young, strong and sturdy, wearing a black short-sleeved shirt of the Martial Arts Hall, with a smile on his face, waving at Li Fei.

Li Fei knew this person. The other party also lived in that residential compound of the Inspectorate, and the two had met a few times before.

He walked towards the other party.

"Student Li, my name is Lu Changwu, and I am also a Grade A student of the Martial Arts Hall, two years earlier than you."

Lu Changwu took the initiative to cup his fists at Li Fei.

Li Fei cupped his fists: "Hello, Senior Brother Lu."

"Student Li, my father is Lu Sheng, the squadron leader of the First Squadron of the Inspectorate, and he is also very familiar with your father. Everyone is a child of the Inspectorate, so we should be closer in this Martial Arts Hall."

Lu Changwu said to Li Fei with a smile.

The Inspectorate has three squadrons. Li Lei is the squadron leader of the Fourth Squadron of the Second Squadron. The other party's father is a squadron leader, one level higher than Li Lei. And according to the tradition of the Inspectorate, the Inspector General of the Inspectorate is promoted from the squadron leader of the First Squadron, so Lu Sheng's status in the Inspectorate is only below a few people.

"So that's it. Brother Lu is right, we should be closer."

Li Fei also said with a smile, naturally changing his address.

"Hahaha, then I'll be big and call you Xiao Fei."

Lu Changwu patted Li Fei on the shoulder, "Come, Xiao Fei, I'll take you to meet some friends."

Li Fei agreed to Lu Changwu's invitation.

Both of them had bicycles, and soon rode out of the Martial Arts Hall together. Lu Changwu took Li Fei to a restaurant nearby.

After walking into the restaurant, Li Fei saw a dinner party with several tables put together, sitting more than a dozen people, men and women.

After seeing the two walk in, they all stood up one after another.

"Brother Lu."

"Boss Lu."

Everyone greeted.

Li Fei could see that Lu Changwu had great prestige among this group of people.

"Come, I'll introduce everyone."

Lu Changwu hugged Li Fei beside him and said loudly:

"This student is named Li Fei, the son of Squadron Leader Li Lei of the Fourth Squadron of the Second Squadron of the Inspectorate. He was accepted as a student by Mr. Hao Yi, a special lecturer, as soon as he entered school, and is now a Grade A student."

Because Li Lei has always claimed to outsiders that Li Fei is his son, outsiders also think so.

If it were the predecessor, he might have corrected it in public, but Li Fei wouldn't be so awkward after enjoying the benefits brought by the other party, so he acquiesced to Lu Changwu's introduction of him.

Next, Lu Changwu introduced these people to Li Fei.

These people are all children of the Inspectorate, four of whom are children of squadron leaders, and some are children of team leaders, while the rest are children of ordinary staff.

"Everyone is a martial arts practitioner, so it's not suitable to drink too much alcohol. Today, to welcome Student Li Fei, everyone will drink this cup of wine, come!"

Lu Changwu picked up the wine glass on the table and said.

"Welcome Student Li!"

"Welcome!"

"Thank you, everyone."

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Everyone drank the wine in the cup together, then sat down and started eating and chatting.

In terms of family background, Li Fei is second only to Lu Changwu among this group of people, and the other four children of squadron leaders are on par with him, but he has a special lecturer as a teacher, which is very powerful.

Among this group of people, only Lu Changwu was accepted as a student by a special lecturer, and Li Fei is the second.

So these people were very enthusiastic about Li Fei.

One of the boys who was clearly older than him called him "Brother Xiao Fei" one after another, and took the initiative to toast him with tea, just because the other party's father happened to be a team leader in Li Lei's squadron, and Li Lei was the direct superior of the other party's father.

Li Fei had participated in many business bureaus in his previous life and handled such scenes with ease.

Seeing Li Fei's appropriate response, Lu Changwu was a bit surprised:

"Is this person really only seventeen years old? Those who can be accepted as students by Hao Yi are indeed not ordinary people."

Seeing that the atmosphere was almost set, Lu Changwu said:

"Xiao Fei, you have become Mr. Hao's student, and you will definitely have some achievements. What are your plans for the future?"

Everyone at the table quieted down and looked at Li Fei together.

Li Fei knew that the key to this dinner party had come. He smiled:

"I came to the Martial Arts Hall to learn some skills. I didn't expect to be lucky enough to be accepted as a student by Mr. Hao. As for the future, let's take it one step at a time."

"Oh?"

Lu Changwu looked at Li Fei deeply and nodded:

"Xiao Fei, you are new here and don't understand the situation here. Let me tell you simply."

"Please teach me, Brother Lu."

"Do you know what kind of people most of the people who come to this Martial Arts Hall are, besides children from ordinary families?"

Lu Changwu smiled self-deprecatingly when he said this, "If you want to go further on the path of martial arts, the Stop-Conflict Department of the twelve universities is the first choice, but those who can get in are either those with excellent aptitude or top dignitaries from various places who can directly get the quota for admission without examination. Only people like us, whose aptitude is not so good and whose families don't have the ability to get the quota for admission without examination, will fight for it in the Martial Arts Hall."

Li Fei just looked at the other party and didn't speak. Lu Changwu continued:

"The Martial Arts Hall in Xingcheng has only two or three quotas for the university's Stop-Conflict Department every year, as well as some resources used for practice. And whether it is the quota or practice resources, they are almost monopolized by the people of the Tiger Blade Gang!"

Li Fei was stunned and recalled the death state of the noodle shop owner again.

"Since you are a child of the Inspectorate, you should know something about the Tiger Blade Gang, right?"

Lu Changwu asked.

Li Fei nodded: "I only know that this is the largest local gang, and it is said that there are three thousand gang members."

"Humph, three thousand gang members is just a gimmick shouted to the outside world. But the Tiger Blade Gang has dozens of formal martial artists, as well as several powerful martial arts masters. Coupled with their connections and relationships in all aspects of Xingcheng, such a force is enough to make them run rampant in this Xingcheng Martial Arts Hall."

Lu Changwu said coldly.

Li Fei understood the other party's meaning.

As the largest local gang, the Tiger Blade Gang's power is very strong. Both martial power and connections are at the top level. And the children of those top dignitaries in Xingcheng are not in the Martial Arts Hall. The rest, like these children of the Inspectorate, the Tiger Blade Gang is not afraid to offend.

It is not strange for a local gang to be so strong. If the imperial court's control over the local area were very strong, it wouldn't have been beaten to the Imperial Capital seventeen years ago.

In such a feudal era, "imperial power does not go down to the county" is the characteristic of the era, and it is the norm for local emperors to be everywhere.

Aristocratic families, local tyrants, martial arts sects, court struggles—the problems accumulated by a feudal empire established for more than five hundred years cannot be solved by a Mingxin Reform.

"The Martial Arts Hall has a monthly assessment every month. Students of Grade A, B, and C will take exams separately. The top ten in the monthly assessment of each grade can get rewards, including some resources needed for martial arts practice. In addition, the quota for the university's Stop-Conflict Department every year has assessment indicators, one of which is the ranking of each monthly assessment.

The people of the Tiger Blade Gang almost control the monthly assessment every month, using various means to make the top ten in the monthly assessment of each grade their own people. In this way, it is equivalent to controlling the practice resources of this Xingcheng Martial Arts Hall and the quota for the university's Stop-Conflict Department."

Lu Changwu looked at Li Fei, "Xiao Fei, if you want to achieve something in this Martial Arts Hall in the future, it is only a matter of time before you confront the Tiger Blade Gang."

Li Fei looked at the other party: "Brother Lu invited me over today, just to pull me to confront the Tiger Blade Gang together?"

"That's right!"

Lu Changwu admitted very simply, "You are Mr. Hao's student, and your strength will definitely be extraordinary in the future. With your joining, we will have a better chance to break the barrier formed by the Tiger Blade Gang and grab food from the tiger's mouth together."

"Brother Lu, and everyone, I am new here and don't want to cause trouble. But everyone is a child of the Inspectorate. If there is anything I can do in the future, I will do my best."

Li Fei picked up the teacup and signaled to everyone.

He has always been cautious and didn't agree directly, but he didn't explicitly refuse, leaving room for himself.

Although such an attitude is not what Lu Changwu wanted, he still raised his teacup with a smile:

"Hahaha, good, everyone drink another cup!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 11 =====