Chapter 18: Secrets of Martial Dao

"Dad, Mom, Xiao Fei won the championship in our graduation exam!"

Just after returning home, Li Tianyu shouted loudly, looking even happier than if she had won the championship herself.

"Xiao Fei won the championship?"

Li Lei and Zhang Yuqing were both a bit surprised.

Then Zhang Yuqing smiled gently: "That's really great."

Li Lei also revealed a gratified smile: "Not bad, it seems that your progress from studying with Mr. Hao is indeed significant."

Then the two asked Li Tianyu how she did, and upon learning that she had entered the top eight and received the title of 'Excellent Graduate', they also smiled with satisfaction.

"You don't know, today that Chen Lixin came over to provoke us, and Xiao Fei made a bet with him..."

Li Tianyu also told the story about Chen Lixin.

"After Xiao Fei won the championship and went to Chen Lixin to ask for the bonus, the look on Chen Lixin's face, hahahahaha, it was so satisfying!"

Li Tianyu laughed loudly.

After hearing this, Zhang Yuqing looked at Li Lei with some worry.

Li Lei understood her worry, gently patted her hand, and said:

"It's fine."

Li Fei had been observing Li Lei's expression, and seeing him say this, he felt relieved.

He turned to look at Li Tianyu:

"Sister, if you get into the Martial Arts University next, you will still encounter Chen Lixin, so you still need to be careful."

Li Tianyu didn't care when she heard this: "I wasn't afraid of him in technical school, so I'll be even less afraid of him when I go to university."

Li Fei looked at Li Lei:

"Li Shu, the children of our Xingcheng Inspectorate should also have some people in the Martial Arts University, right?"

Li Lei nodded: "Hmm, after Tianyu gets into university, I will exhort her."

Then he said to Li Fei:

"You did very well today; although my Li family cannot compare to the Chen family, the people of the Inspectorate are not someone anyone can bully."

"Hmm."

Li Fei nodded heavily, a smile appearing on his face.

"Alright, let's eat, the food is almost cold."

Zhang Yuqing said softly, calling everyone to the living room.

Early the next morning, after Li Fei finished breakfast, he ran to the Lecture Hall and knocked on the door of Hao Yi's office.

"Come in."

Hao Yi's voice came from inside the room.

"Teacher."

Li Fei walked into the office and came before Hao Yi.

Hao Yi was drinking tea and looked up at him:

"How was the graduation exam?"

"The student won the championship of the big exam."

Li Fei tried his best to speak in a calm tone.

Hao Yi, who was drinking tea, paused significantly, and it took a few seconds before he nodded calmly:

"Hmm, not bad, didn't lose face for me."

"It's all because the teacher taught well."

Li Fei said at the right time.

Hao Yi's serious expression became gentle: "Let's go, to the medicinal bath room."

"Teacher, I have already practiced the Heavenly Gang Overbearing Body to the minor success realm."

Li Fei said.

"Hmm?"

The look of surprise on Hao Yi's face could finally no longer be hidden.

He suddenly reached out and grabbed Li Fei's arm; the moment he grabbed it, he clearly felt the muscles there bulging and full of elasticity, wanting to shake his fingers away.

"Not bad!"

A rare smile appeared on Hao Yi's face.

He had attacked suddenly without warning, and Li Fei was able to react in time, which showed that the Heavenly Gang Overbearing Body had indeed reached minor success.

To be able to reach the minor success realm after practicing for less than ten days, such talent...

He looked at Li Fei with undisguised appreciation.

"Since you have already reached the minor success realm, it is time to take you to come into contact with implants."

Hao Yi said.

Li Fei was happy in his heart; he could finally come into contact with the secrets of the martial dao of this world!

Then Hao Yi gave him a list and asked him to pay the fees first.

The amount filled in on the list was 360 yuan, which was more expensive than a semester's tuition!

This was the cost of purchasing an implant.

Liu Xing, who had already become a B-grade student and was qualified to come into contact with implants, had never received an implant because he hadn't saved enough money to buy one.

"Fortunately, I won an extra bonus from Chen Lixin, otherwise I would have had to ask Li Shu for money again."

Li Fei thought to himself.

He won the championship of the graduation exam and received a bonus of 300 yuan, plus the 300 yuan extra given by Chen Lixin, he was carrying a huge sum of 600 yuan and was originally full of confidence, but as a result, he had to use up more than half of it at once.

After Li Fei finished paying the fees and came back with the receipt, Hao Yi took him away from the office building and came outside a black courtyard gate.

There were guards on duty at the courtyard gate, looking very capable; they were martial artists and also carried pistols at their waists.

After the Mingxin Reform, the imperial court introduced Western gunpowder weapons and formed a new army; inspectorates in various places also successively issued firearms and ammunition, as did some legal armed organizations.

The guards arranged by the Lecture Hall in this large courtyard were issued firearms, which showed the importance attached to this place.

"Inside here is where the Lecture Hall stores implants."

Hao Yi said to Li Fei.

Then he took Li Fei to the guard station to make a very detailed registration.

A few minutes later, after passing through several checkpoints, the two entered a warehouse inside the large courtyard.

The temperature in the warehouse was much lower than outside, and there were rows of cold storage cabinets placed there.

"There are many ways to store implants; the higher the grade of the implant, the more complex the storage method. The implants here are all lower three grades, so the storage method is relatively simple; they just need to be refrigerated."

Hao Yi said to Li Fei.

"Lower three grades?"

Li Fei noticed these few words.

"Do you know the origin of these implants?"

"The student does not know."

"Implants initially originated from the body tissues of exotic beasts."

"Exotic beasts."

Li Fei was startled, recalling the content related to exotic beasts in the predecessor's memory.

This world also had wild beasts, and some wild beasts' bodies would mutate, thereby becoming exotic beasts.

The vast majority of ordinary people would never see an exotic beast in their entire lives, so information related to exotic beasts was rarely circulated among the people.

"Exotic beasts possess various powerful abilities; some are impervious to swords and guns, some have infinite strength, some can swallow clouds and spit mist, and some can condense ice and spit fire... Talented and brilliant predecessors tried to transplant these abilities from exotic beasts onto the human body, thereby making humans more powerful as well."

Hao Yi said.

"They finally succeeded, and thus there were martial artists."

Li Fei was thoughtful, and the image of powerful martial artists with human-like beast forms appeared in his mind.

Hao Yi looked at him, seemingly guessing what he was thinking, and sneered:

"Compared to exotic beasts, the human body is too fragile, and the implants initially taken from exotic beasts were also very crude, so nine out of ten martial artists would eventually have their bodies mutate, becoming half-human, half-beast monsters, and their humanity would be gradually replaced by beastliness, and they could no longer be called humans."

Hearing this, Li Fei couldn't help but shiver.

"Later, as implant technology became more mature and various martial dao cultivation methods were gradually perfected, the path of the martial artist slowly became safer. We use implants to obtain powerful strength, but the most fundamental thing is to use implants to continuously strengthen ourselves and allow ourselves to evolve."

Hao Yi said this, looking at Li Fei with a serious expression:

"You must remember, an implant is just a tool to assist your cultivation and make you more powerful; it has no essential difference from the medicine you use or the swords, guns, sticks, and clubs. If one day you put the cart before the horse, at best your body will mutate, and at worst your beastliness will overcome your humanity, turning you into a monster that cannot be tolerated by the world!"

Hearing this, Li Fei immediately thought of Hao Yi's blood-red hands.

He nodded solemnly: "Teacher, I have remembered."

"Hmm."

Hao Yi turned to look at the cold storage cabinets in the warehouse:

"Exotic beasts are divided into nine grades according to their rank, with grade one being the lowest and grade nine the highest. Therefore, implants are also divided into nine grades; martial artists who are just starting out can only use lower three-grade implants for cultivation. Any higher, and the body won't be able to bear it."

After finishing, he beckoned for the administrator here to come over:

"Go and get that box of grade two superior steel armor implants."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 19 =====