Chapter 161

Datong Fucheng, Tunmen District.

This is the old city area of Datong Fucheng; the houses are all bungalows, the streets are not paved with cement, the ground is pitted, and garbage can be seen everywhere.

A man as thin as a stick was walking on the street tremblingly while sniffing his nose.

Pedestrians who saw him on the road would show disdainful eyes, because his appearance clearly showed that he had smoked too much opium and his addiction was acting up again.

In this Tunmen District, there are many who have ruined their families and even sold their wives and children because of smoking opium, so the people here are very disdainful of those who smoke opium, even more disgusted than seeing prostitutes in brothels.

Soon, this addict walked into a courtyard with an excited expression.

This courtyard is a dark opium den; although it is called a dark opium den, many people actually know that it is open here; some people went to report it, but there was no result at all; instead, the person died not long after.

So no one went to report it again.

A moment later, seven or eight masked blade-wielders suddenly rushed out from an alley, running toward this courtyard with murderous intent.

"You..."

The person guarding the courtyard gate didn't even have time to shout before being split in two by the incoming blade light!

Afterward, these masked blade-wielders rushed into the courtyard.

Soon, shrill screams and cries for help came from inside.

Nearby people and those passing by saw the corpses at the courtyard gate and heard the movement coming from inside, all choosing to hide far away.

No one went to report it.

Goods were being unloaded in a warehouse in the Shayuan District.

Boxes of goods were moved down from the truck and put into the warehouse.

On the surface, these goods were just fresh fruits, but in reality, they were batches of arms!

Dozens of guards with guns at their waists were patrolling around the warehouse.

Suddenly, several figures rushed toward this side from afar.

"Who is it?"

"Stop!"

"Open fire—"

Bang, bang, bang, bang!

Intense gunfire rang out, followed by the appearance of blood.

One of the figures held dual blades, his speed so fast that people could almost not see his shadow; the blade light swept past, and several guards were cut into pieces!

These few people who suddenly killed their way out were all martial arts experts; they quickly killed through the outer defense line and entered the courtyard of the warehouse.

The workers who were unloading goods in the courtyard had already been scared into fleeing in all directions and hiding.

"Who is it?"

Several sturdy men holding cold weapons rushed out of the warehouse, one of whom roared like thunder:

"You dare to rob the Cannon King's things?!"

"Heh!"

The person holding the dual blades pointed at the other party with his blade and sneered:

"I'm robbing you!"

After saying that, he rushed toward the other party.

"Seeking death!"

The sturdy man who had just spoken also held a blade and met him.

Both of them erupted with force; they were both Force-Practicing Martial Masters!

After exchanging only a few moves, the large truck in the courtyard was forcibly dismantled by the two!

"Tiefeng Breaking Formation Formula; are you from the Tiefeng Sect?"

The sturdy man recognized the other party's style and was both shocked and angry.

"Die—"

The person who came didn't talk nonsense with him at all, and every move was a lethal move.

Ten minutes later, the battle subsided, and boxes of arms were transported away again...

On this day, over a dozen dark opium dens in Datong Fucheng were wiped out and killed until blood flowed like a river!

Besides this, a batch of arms worth over 200,000 belonging to the "Cannon King" was robbed.

People in the Jianghu all knew that this was the "Blade King" starting to fight back; as soon as he made a move, he showed the momentum of wanting to fight two at once!

March 2nd.

Li Fei walked into the Academic Affairs Building to receive his rewards for February.

He remained at the top of the Academic Credit Ranking, so he could continue to receive rewards.

"Hello, I'm here to receive the rewards for the Academic Credit Ranking; this is my student ID."

Li Fei walked into an office and handed his student ID to a staff member.

"Student Li, do you still want the same elixirs you chose last time?"

The staff member asked.

When Li Fei came here to receive rewards last month, he chose a batch of martial arts cultivation elixirs from the list that were difficult to buy outside.

"Yes, I still want those; sorry to trouble you."

Li Fei said politely.

"Alright, please wait a moment."

The staff member stood up and left.

A moment later, the staff member didn't return; the person who entered was Wen Ke, wearing a pale cyan cheongsam and black-rimmed glasses.

"Professor Wen."

Li Fei bowed hurriedly.

Wen Ke smiled and waved her hand, handing the bag in her hand to Li Fei; inside the bag were exactly the elixirs he wanted:

"I happened to have something to find you for, so I brought you the medicine while I was at it."

Li Fei took the bag: "I wonder what the matter is?"

Wen Ke looked at him: "A personal mission will be released in the mission hall at the Qingyun Building in a while; go and take it; it will be good for you."

"Ah?"

Li Fei was stunned; he didn't expect that Wen Ke would specifically come to find him just to say this.

"Professor Wen, I wonder what kind of mission it is?"

He had been in the Martial University for two months and had not done a single mission so far.

One reason was that he was busy with classes and had too much to learn.

The second reason was that he was not short of academic credits for the time being.

Last month, he remained first on the Martial Master Combat Power Ranking and got another 40 academic credits; now he has 83 academic credits he can use.

"This mission is to accompany a professor in the school to Tiefeng Mountain."

Wen Ke said softly.

"Accompany a professor to Tiefeng Mountain?"

Li Fei was stunned and immediately sensed that this mission was not simple.

Recently, the Jianghu of Datong Fu has been surging, all related to the Tiefeng Sect; at this time, a professor of the Martial University suddenly wants to go to Tiefeng Mountain, which must be related to recent events.

"Why must I be the one to accompany them? Because I was the one who drew out Chen Xiang hiding in the school and the people hiding in the martial arts hall? The cause of all this is me, so I must be the one to go?"

Li Fei's thoughts turned rapidly.

The fact that Chen Xiang, a special lecturer at the Martial University, was actually colluding with Meijia Nation spies is a scandal for the Martial University; if it were an ordinary student who drew out such a thing, they might be blamed by the school's high-level officials.

But Li Fei felt that he shouldn't be; the value he shows now is far higher than that of a special lecturer.

"Alright, I understand; I will go to the Qingyun Building right away."

Li Fei bowed to Wen Ke.

He was confident that the Martial University wouldn't harm him, so he decided to take this mission and see.

After leaving the Academic Affairs Building, Li Fei walked toward the Qingyun Building and soon walked into the mission hall on the first floor.

Just as he walked into the hall, he saw a staff member walk to a blackboard to update the mission content.

After the staff member left, Li Fei walked to the blackboard and looked up, only to see the mission on the top line written:

【Personal Mission (036785)

Required academic credits: 200 points

Mission content: Discuss specific details with Professor Xu Jing

Mission reward: 60 academic credits】

There were quite a few students around the blackboard, and after seeing this newly released mission, they all showed surprised expressions.

The missions released in the mission hall, like the courses opened by lecturers, all have a "threshold," and this threshold is the total number of academic credits obtained; one must meet the standard to be qualified to take the mission.

The academic credits rewarded for personal missions are usually not higher than 20 points, and those exceeding 30 points are very rare; a reward of 60 points has never happened before!

This means that as long as someone can complete this mission, they can graduate directly from the Martial University.

"What kind of mission is this? The threshold is so high? The reward is so much?"

"Who is Professor Xu Jing? Why have I never seen this professor open a course?"

"So strange."

"..."

The students around were discussing heatedly.

Li Fei was equally curious, but he didn't hesitate; after recording the mission number of this mission, he walked to a mission window on the side and handed over his student ID:

"Hello, I want to take a personal mission, number 036785."

Missions in the mission hall are available as long as the threshold is met, first come, first served.

Of course, if the mission fails, 20% of the corresponding reward academic credits will be deducted.

The staff member took Li Fei's student ID to check; the total academic credit record on it was 204 points, meeting the threshold requirement.

"Hello, you have successfully taken personal mission number 036785; this is the mission certificate; please contact Professor Xu Jing within 24 hours."

The staff member handed Li Fei a piece of paper, on which his personal information and the time he took this mission were written; besides this, there was also the address where Professor Xu Jing was located.

"Alright."

Li Fei took the mission certificate and left the Qingyun Building.

He didn't rush to find Professor Xu Jing, but returned to his dormitory first, and then called Lu Mengyang:

"Old Lu, it's me."

"Lord Li, do you have any instructions?"

"Use the fastest speed to help me investigate Professor Xu Jing of the Martial University; 'Xu' as in 'permission', 'Jing' as in 'competition'."

"Alright, I understand; I will reply to you within an hour."

"Good."

After hanging up the phone, Li Fei stood up and walked to a locker on the side, took out a medicine bottle, poured out an elixir, and took it.

This elixir is to replenish nutrition for 【Phantom Leaf】.

【Phantom Leaf】 has entered the Embryo Nourishing stage for over a month; in this month, besides taking medicine daily, Li Fei used the Dream Order to stimulate 【Phantom Leaf】 every five days to accelerate its growth.

Now it is not far from 【Phantom Leaf】 reaching the Body Breaking stage.

Li Fei had asked Zhao Yi; the other party took a total of 53 days from the Embryo Nourishing stage to the Body Breaking stage, and this was with the assistance of the Dream Order.

As for that Zhao Renjie who reached the Possession stage, he took a full hundred-plus days to walk this section.

Sorcery-type implants are slower in growth speed than martial arts-type implants, so the time required for cultivation is also longer.

Li Fei's compatibility is far inferior to Zhao Yi's, but he can withstand the stimulation brought by the Dream Order for a longer time, so the growth speed of 【Phantom Leaf】 in his body is even faster than Zhao Yi's was back then.

After taking the elixir, Li Fei closed his eyes to rest, using the corresponding visualization method to accelerate the absorption and digestion of the elixir.

Over fifty minutes later, the phone on the table rang.

Li Fei opened his eyes, walked over, and picked up the receiver:

"Hello?"

"Lord Li, it's me."

Lu Mengyang's voice came from the phone.

"How was it? Did you find out?"

"Lord, you do not have the authority to investigate the information on this Professor Xu Jing."

"I don't have the authority?"

Li Fei frowned.

His authority is equivalent to a Level 4 Inspector, which is a Level 9 official, the pinnacle of second-class subordinate officials.

With such authority, even if one wanted to investigate a Dao Foundation stage powerhouse, one could at least find out some general information.

As a result, he had absolutely no authority to investigate Xu Jing.

"Is the other party a Martial Arts Master?"

Li Fei asked.

"This subordinate only heard some rumors."

The cautious voice of Lu Mengyang came from the other end of the phone.

"Tell me about it."

"This Professor Xu Jing is a person who became famous over thirty years ago; for so many years, he has been in the Martial University and has never made a public move again. This subordinate only knows that the other party was a Dao Foundation stage powerhouse over thirty years ago, and a very strong kind of Dao Foundation stage at that, having absorbed at least four types of implants!"

"Anything else?"

"There is also that this subordinate heard that this Professor Xu Jing had a very heavy murderous nature back then and seemed to have killed many people."

"Good, I know; sorry to trouble you, Old Lu."

"No trouble, no trouble; working for you is my honor! If you have anything, just give instructions."

"Let's leave it at that for now."

Li Fei hung up the phone and stood in place, lost in thought.

A Dao Foundation powerhouse who had already absorbed at least four types of implants over thirty years ago; then the possibility of becoming a Martial Arts Master after cultivating the martial arts foundation is very high.

At this time, the Martial University lets a Martial Arts Master, and also a Martial Arts Master with a very heavy murderous nature, take him alone to the Tiefeng Sect; what do they want to do?

Li Fei pondered in the room for a long time, and finally took the Ghost Slicer blade and the configured poison and walked out of the room.

According to the address written on the mission certificate, Li Fei arrived at the exotic beast breeding area of the Martial University.

After he handed the mission certificate to the outer guards to see, the other party let him in.

Afterward, Li Fei walked on the small path that had been marked out, passed through a forest, and entered an ice field.

It is hard to imagine that one could see an ice field in a place with an average temperature of about 10 degrees.

Li Fei himself also has an exotic beast breeding farm, but the scale is far inferior to this one of the Martial University; he roughly estimated that the maintenance cost of this ice field, which is the size of several football fields, is probably over 100,000 yuan per month!

Quite a few exotic beasts can be seen on the ice field, and there are people guarding these exotic beasts nearby.

Li Fei did not approach those exotic beasts; after walking for a few minutes according to the signs along the way, he arrived at his destination.

Outside a wooden house, a circle was fenced off; a young-looking man wearing a white tuxedo passed down from the West and wearing a black tie was lying leisurely on a rattan chair.

The man held a snow-white fox in his arms and was gently stroking this white fox with his hand.

Li Fei walked outside the fence and bowed to the man on the rattan chair:

"Student Li Fei, I have taken the mission and come to report."

The man sitting on the rattan chair turned to look at Li Fei and showed a gentle smile:

"You are Li Fei?"

"Exactly."

"I am Xu Jing."

"I have met Professor Xu."

"Hmm, no need for so much politeness."

Xu Jing stood up from the rattan chair holding the white fox and walked toward Li Fei.

Li Fei looked at this professor earnestly; the other party looked well-dressed and gentle, not looking like someone with a "heavy murderous nature" at all.

However, ever since experiencing the strong contrast of Wen Ke, Li Fei now dared not believe these people who looked very gentle anymore.

"Are you Hao Yi's student?"

Xu Jing walked in front of Li Fei, looked at him with a smile that was not a smile, and asked.

"Hmm?"

Li Fei was stunned; he didn't expect to suddenly hear Hao Yi's name:

"Does Professor Xu know my teacher?"

(End of chapter)