Chapter 133: The Most Powerful Martial Art in the World (Please Subscribe)

"Hello everyone, my name is Li Fei. I never expected that I would receive an A-plus rating for this month's exam just because I caught the 'Green-Faced Ghost'."

Upon returning to the Martial Arts Hall and collecting the top prize for this month's exam, this thought surfaced in Li Fei's mind.

At 3: 7 this afternoon, their team encountered the fleeing "Green-Faced Ghost" on Luoshu Street in the Kaiping District.

Ten inspectors and eleven Grade-A students from the Martial Arts Hall rose to the challenge, pinning down the "Green-Faced Ghost" until experts from the Peace-Keeping Institute finally arrived, allowing them to capture the "Green-Faced Ghost" alive!

Throughout this process, Li Fei undoubtedly played a massive role and earned the top merit.

The people from the Peace-Keeping Institute took the "Green-Faced Ghost" away, and the Grade-A students who participated in this search operation all returned to the Martial Arts Hall.

Based on the performance during this operation, Vice Hall Master Wang gave Li Fei an A-plus rating and gave Luo Yuan and the others an A rating.

Of course, given that this assessment had a certain element of luck involved and the students who did not encounter the "Green-Faced Ghost" had no opportunity to perform, Vice Hall Master Wang arranged an additional ring competition, allowing the remaining people to determine a top three according to the previous monthly exam method.

This was naturally done so that Yuan Dao and the others could also obtain resource rewards.

In the end, Yuan Dao successfully obtained an A-plus rating, once again matching Li Fei.

If one only looks at the scores and not the specific performance of each mission, at least on paper, Yuan Dao and Li Fei—who performed most outstandingly in both missions—were the same.

Therefore, if there were only one spot for the Xingcheng Martial Arts Hall to go to the university's Peace-Keeping Department, given the Tiger Blade Gang's control over the Martial Arts Hall, this spot would certainly not fall to Li Fei.

Li Fei was very clear about this point; he knew that if he wanted to secure the spot in the end, just honestly getting A-plus ratings in every monthly exam was far from enough. He had to eliminate the Tiger Blade Gang to truly solve the problem!

The reward he received this time was still one bottle of Bitter Origin Pills and one bottle of Clear Insight Pills, and it was even more than the previous first-place prizes, though not as much as last time, with only 15 pills per bottle.

Li Fei still hadn't finished the 30 Clear Insight Pills from last time, and now he had another 15 in hand. Following this trend, he had every opportunity to rely on taking pills to raise his aptitude in compatibility from Grade B-minus to Grade B-plus!

As for the supreme-grade pills that could forcibly raise one's aptitude by a level, or even take effect on Grade-A aptitude, those were not something that could be found in a place like Xingcheng.

In the battle against that fake "Green-Faced Ghost," he took quite a few hits of the opponent's Innate Qi, and the Ten Thousand Blood Bead also absorbed a lot of energy. His current level data is 【Level 8, 69%】, one step closer to the next upgrade.

Besides that, after his realm broke through to the mid-stage of Body Breaking, Li Fei's number of Blood Souls had increased by 3 over these past few days, and his total Blood Soul limit had become 84!

With a recovery rate of 8. Blood Souls per day, the Blood Souls Li Fei had previously consumed in that battle at the Green Origin Fist Stronghold would soon be recovered.

After 9: 0 PM, Li Lei finished working overtime and returned home from the Inspectorate.

Zhang Yuqing walked into the kitchen to heat up food for him, while Li Fei walked out of the bedroom and sat down beside Li Lei:

"Uncle Li, what's the situation with the Green-Faced Ghost caught today?"

Only Li Fei knew that the one caught today was a fake. He wanted to know which side had sent this fake and what their purpose was.

A smile appeared on Li Lei's face: "I've heard about what you did today; you did very well! But you still need to pay attention to safety in the future. After all, the opponent was a Martial Master. I heard you charged up there all by yourself."

"In that situation, if I hadn't gone up to hold him off, he might have gotten away in the end."

Li Fei said.

Li Lei sighed.

He was now both proud of Li Fei's growth and worried that as Li Fei's strength increased, he would encounter more and more danger in the future.

If Li Fei were just an ordinary Martial Arts Hall student, he certainly wouldn't have charged up to fight the "Green-Faced Ghost" head-on today.

Hoping that one's children will have a bright future, yet also hoping they will be mediocre so they can live out their lives in peace.

This is probably the conflict that only parents have.

"Indeed, if you hadn't pinned that Green-Faced Ghost down today, he really might have escaped. The Peace-Keeping Institute has the fewest personnel deployed in the Kaiping District."

Li Lei said, "It was a coincidence, too. This Green-Faced Ghost was hiding in the private residence of Jiang Mingsen, a first-level chief judge of the Judicial Academy. It should have been foolproof, after all, it's not easy for us to go into such a place to search. As it turned out, Jiang Mingsen's wife suspected he was keeping a mistress on the side. She followed Jiang Mingsen out today, bringing a group of people intending to catch him in the act, and just happened to run into the Green-Faced Ghost hiding in the house.

The Green-Faced Ghost intended to kill them to silence them, but he alerted the inspectors who were searching nearby, and you know what happened after that."

Li Fei was thoughtful and asked: "Uncle Li, which side is this Jiang Mingsen of the Judicial Academy on?"

The officialdom of Xingcheng is basically divided into three factions. Except for a very small number of neutrals, the rest are either on Gu Zhenhui's side or on the Tiger Blade Gang's side.

Li Lei was startled and laughed: "You've asked the key question. Jiang Mingsen is a man of the Tiger Blade Gang."

"Oh?"

Li Fei's brain worked at high speed. The keen sense of smell he had honed for nearly ten years in the system in his past life allowed him to immediately sniff out the trickery involved.

"The third-level chief judge of the Judicial Academy that the Green-Faced Ghost killed before was an official of Chief Gu's faction. Later, he brazenly struck at the Green Origin Fist Stronghold, leaving that Master Zhang of the Tiger Blade Gang severely wounded and dying, which enraged the Tiger Blade Gang leader Yu Hu. That is what led to this joint operation of the three academies.

I originally thought this Green-Faced Ghost was a person arranged by Chief Gu, performing a bitter-meat scheme with the goal of finding an opportunity to kill Master Zhang, but now it seems the bitter-meat scheme is real, it's just that the Tiger Blade Gang is the one performing it."

Li Lei said.

If it were before, he certainly wouldn't have told Li Fei about these disputes in officialdom, but now that Li Fei has more or less participated in these major events, he felt it necessary to let this child understand the complexity of officialdom.

"So that's how it is."

Li Fei nodded. He had already figured out how this game of chess was being played by both sides:

The Tiger Blade Gang deliberately released the news that they had killed Feng Zhenshan. This was an open conspiracy, mainly to alienate the hearts of the officials in Gu Zhenhui's faction.

After all, if even a third-level chief judge of the Judicial Academy like Feng Zhenshan could be treated as a discarded pawn, then in the future, couldn't everyone else be discarded at any time?

And in response to this move by the Tiger Blade Gang, Gu Zhenhui directly played a "shifting stars" move, using a fake "Green-Faced Ghost" plus a mole who had long been planted in the Tiger Blade Gang to successfully make everyone think that this bitter-meat scheme was actually being self-directed by the Tiger Blade Gang.

It was precisely because Li Fei himself was a participant that he wasn't fooled by the smoke screens of both sides. When he first saw that "Green-Faced Ghost" today, he guessed that the opponent was arranged by Gu Zhenhui. Now it seems that was indeed the case.

One has to admit that Chief Gu really played a brilliant move and successfully fooled everyone.

"It seems the Tiger Blade Gang is going to be in trouble next."

Li Fei said calmly.

Li Lei shook his head: "That Green-Faced Ghost might be a death-sworn follower of the Tiger Blade Gang and may not necessarily open his mouth to testify against the Tiger Blade Gang. I previously thought he was a chivalrous person of the Jianghu, but now it seems it's just dogs biting dogs."

"Heh."

Li Fei smiled and didn't speak.

"Xiao Fei, what's wrong?"

Li Lei noticed that Li Fei's mood seemed a bit unusual.

"Nothing."

Li Fei shook his head, "Suddenly I miss my sister a bit."

Hearing this, Li Lei's eyes also revealed obvious longing:

"This girl only made one phone call to report she was safe after arriving at the Martial University. I don't know how she is doing now, or if she's gotten used to it?"

Li Fei smiled at Li Lei:

"Uncle Li, do you know that when my sister played chess with that guy Chen Lixin when she was a child, she could never beat him, so do you know what she did in the end?"

"What did she do?"

Li Lei asked with interest.

"My sister just smashed the chessboard and then gave Chen Lixin a beating."

Li Fei said.

Li Lei was startled at first, then burst into laughter:

"Hahahaha, that's indeed something your sister would do, hahahaha!"

"What are you talking about, so happy?"

Zhang Yuqing walked out of the kitchen with the dishes and asked with a smile.

"Talking about playing chess."

Li Fei replied.

"Xiao Fei knows how to play chess?"

"No, but I know how to smash the chessboard."

"Hahahaha."

Li Lei's laughter rang out in the room again.

Government Administration Building, Chief's Office.

The secretary pushed the door open again, walked to Gu Zhenhui's side, and bowed to report:

"My lord, the Green-Faced Ghost is currently detained at the Peace-Keeping Institute, and those responsible for guarding him are all people from the Tiger Blade Gang."

Gu Zhenhui gave an expressionless "Hmm."

The secretary glanced at his expression and said cautiously:

"It is still your brilliant foresight, my lord, that we made a contingency plan beforehand in case he was caught. His identity, background, and confession after being caught have all been prepared, so there shouldn't be any problems."

"Heh."

Gu Zhenhui sneered, "I was just taking precautions, but I didn't expect that the people under my command would be such trash!"

Cold sweat broke out on the secretary's forehead because he had been the one responsible for liaising with that secretly cultivated Martial Master. He hurriedly explained:

"No one expected that the Martial Arts Hall student would be so powerful and so desperate that he could actually pin down a Martial Master. Speaking of which, you have personally met this Li Fei, given him commendations and rewards, and even developed him into a secret inspector. Your eye for talent is truly excellent!"

He gave a thumbs up to Gu Zhenhui with a sincere face.

Gu Zhenhui's expression softened a bit: "This Li Fei is indeed a talent. Later, issue another commendation in my name and send a bottle of Iron Origin Pills to him."

"Yes, you are truly as magnanimous as the sea!"

The secretary said hurriedly.

Li Fei had ruined things, leading to the capture of the secretly cultivated Martial Master, but Gu Zhenhui not only didn't vent his anger but instead wanted to reward him, which made the secretary feel that he had indeed followed the right person.

"Stop the flattery!"

"My words are absolutely from the bottom of my heart! Although we lost a Martial Master this time, we will definitely gain a fierce general in the future!"

"Enough, stop the nonsense, talk about the real business."

Gu Zhenhui scolded.

However, he was clearly still pleased and accepted the secretary's claim that he would gain a fierce general in the future, so his mood improved a bit:

"How is it on Jiang Mingsen's side?"

"He has already been locked in the Inspectorate's prison."

"Let the Supervisory Academy go and take the person."

Gu Zhenhui instructed.

"Yes, it is already being prepared."

The secretary said.

The Inspectorate is currently controlled by the Tiger Blade Gang, while the Supervisory Office is controlled by Gu Zhenhui, so he wants to have the person transferred out of the Inspectorate and locked into the Supervisory Office.

As for the reason, it is that Jiang Mingsen had a deep conflict with the late Feng Zhenshan; in order to help him resolve a political rival, the Tiger Blade Gang's Private Secretary Zhang Mingze hired an assassin to kill Feng Zhenshan, staged a bitter-suffering ruse afterward, and then forcibly threatened him to provide a hiding place for the killer.

This is a script Gu Zhenhui designed in advance; this matter involves issues between officials, so the Supervisory Office can legitimately take over the investigation, and it will naturally be convenient to convict afterward.

"This move of yours is truly brilliant; your subordinate admires you to the point of prostration!"

The secretary exclaimed with heartfelt admiration.

With this flattery delivered, a trace of a smile finally appeared on Gu Zhenhui's face.

This time, by neutralizing the threat while simultaneously striking back, he not only perfectly resolved the Tiger Blade Gang's lethal move but was also able to put the opponent in check; it was indeed a very brilliant move.

The only fly in the ointment was that the Green-Faced Ghost he arranged was captured alive, forcing him to sacrifice another expert at the Martial Master level.

However, as long as he can execute Zhang Mingze in the end, all these sacrifices are worth it!

"My lord, do you think it's possible that this really was a bitter-suffering ruse arranged by the Tiger Blade Gang? Will the Tiger Blade Gang send out another Green-Faced Ghost to confuse the public next?"

The secretary asked suddenly.

Gu Zhenhui sneered: "That would only be counterproductive and help me prove that the previous assassination was indeed not arranged by me."

The secretary thought about it carefully and couldn't help but nod.

Indeed, if another Green-Faced Ghost were to appear next, it would only prove that this person is definitely not on Gu Zhenhui's side. Because the current situation is favorable to Gu Zhenhui's side, if the Green-Faced Ghost were truly his man, there would be no need for him to jump out again.

"And this time, it is definitely not a bitter-suffering ruse by the Tiger Blade Gang; Zhang Mingze is truly critically injured and dying."

Gu Zhenhui said with great certainty.

"Please enlighten me, my lord."

The secretary asked cooperatively.

"Because that Private Secretary of the Tiger Blade Gang really did have contact with the Green-Faced Ghost; many people saw this, and it simply cannot be washed away. The Tiger Blade Gang releasing the news that the Green-Faced Ghost killed Feng Zhenshan is exactly what pushed this Private Secretary Zhang to the forefront of the storm."

Gu Zhenhui said with a cold laugh, "If Zhang Mingze were not truly critically injured and dying, how could Yu Hu do such a thing?"

The secretary suddenly realized: "Looking at it this way, this Gang Leader Yu is truly ruthless; seeing that his Private Secretary might really be about to die, he lets the other party be thoroughly utilized before death to deal with you, my lord!"

Gu Zhenhui sneered: "If he weren't ruthless enough, how could he, Yu Hu, have reached this step today? And how could he be my opponent?"

"If the Green-Faced Ghost is neither on our side nor the Tiger Blade Gang's, will he jump out again next?"

The secretary continued to ask.

"Haha."

Gu Zhenhui was rarely amused, looking at the secretary:

"Are you really not using your brain now?"

The secretary bowed to Gu Zhenhui and said solemnly:

"Following by your side, I only need to focus on doing things; I don't need to have so many thoughts."

Gu Zhenhui smiled, noncommittal:

"That Green-Faced Ghost should be thanking me. I helped him find a substitute to take the blame for him and lifted the pursuit from the official side. Unless he is a madman, why would he jump out again in this situation? The best choice is to abandon the identity of the Green-Faced Ghost forever and honestly hide for a lifetime."

The secretary looked enlightened: "Indeed, he should be thanking you."

Afterward, he smiled obsequiously:

"Looking at it this way, this Green-Faced Ghost who shook the black and white worlds of Xingcheng, killed the sword expert Zong Guang, and critically injured the Tiger Blade Gang's Private Secretary, is merely a chess piece in your hands, my lord, to be manipulated at your will."

A smile of having everything under control appeared on Gu Zhenhui's face:

"So what if he can kill? These martial artists will never understand that power is the most formidable martial art in this world!"

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