Chapter 180: Three-Year Agreement, Wood Ghost Binding Curse

Shangguan Xiao and Duanmu Duanmu Hongjie chatted for about an hour.

Half of the time was spent in casual conversation, talking about various things from the past.

Finally, regarding the issue of Lou Lou Yujun and the Duanmu family's subsequent attitude, Duanmu Duanmu Hongjie set the tone in a few sentences:

"First, the Duanmu family will not target the Zhang family's assets anymore."

"Second, the Duanmu family is willing to take out 300,000 to redeem Lou Lou Yujun!"

The Zhang family was not short of this 300,000, or rather, even if they got this 300,000, in the eyes of others, it would just turn into an even bigger fat sheep.

So Shangguan Xiao didn't agree to let the Duanmu family redeem Lou Lou Yujun, but wanted to talk to Duanmu Duanmu Hongjie about cooperation.

But this old fox Duanmu Duanmu Hongjie didn't take the bait and easily shifted the topic, so Shangguan Xiao could only leave behind a "let's discuss it later" before leaving the Duanmu family.

After returning to the guesthouse, she told Li Fei about the conversation with Duanmu Duanmu Hongjie.

"That's fine. At least the Duanmu family has changed to a wait-and-see attitude for now. Next, if we can further strike at Yu Yu Longqing's forces, we will have a chance to make the Duanmu family join forces with us."

Li Fei said.

"Hmm, be careful with Lou Lou Yujun. Don't let the Duanmu family find her and secretly rescue her. This old fox Duanmu Duanmu Hongjie isn't that simple."

Shangguan Xiao reminded.

"Alright, I'll be careful."

Li Fei said.

Regarding the personality traits of the 'Seven Kings' of Datong Prefecture, the information Lu Lu Mengyang gave him had it, and the evaluation of this richest man in Feng Province, Duanmu Duanmu Hongjie, was—confused about big things, shrewd about small things.

Li Fei didn't quite understand the definition of 'confused' at first, but through today's incident, he understood a little:

Their own guest elder was captured, and he said without hesitation that he would pay 300,000 to redeem the person. This sounded a bit confused, because with the status and strength of the Duanmu family, they could completely use other ways to rescue the person without having to throw so much money out, which instead made them appear somewhat weak and aggrieved.

But from another perspective, if Lou Lou Yujun learned of this, would she be moved?

If the other guest elders of the Duanmu family knew about this, would they be even more willing to work for Duanmu Duanmu Hongjie?

The most formidable part was that this 300,000 would likely not need to be paid, because neither Shangguan Xiao nor Li Fei intended to take this money.

So Duanmu Duanmu Hongjie just made a gesture and easily bought a wave of hearts.

After hanging up the phone, Li Fei took the pill, sat cross-legged on the bed, and began to meditate, starting the cultivation of spells.

He now had to take out at least three hours every night to cultivate spells, half the time to accelerate the growth of 【Phantom Leaf】, and half the time to practice the use of spells.

Besides the implant conflict problem, dual cultivation of magic and martial arts also had the problem of time and energy allocation, because a person's time and energy are limited.

Now Li Fei had to concentrate on martial arts cultivation during the day, and only had time to cultivate spells at night. Although he was energetic and only needed to sleep for four or five hours a day, he still felt that time was not enough.

【Phantom Leaf】 only needed to take medicine every day during the Embryo-Nurturing stage, but after entering the Body-Breaking stage, he had to invest more time if he wanted to break the realm quickly.

And spells also had to be practiced bitterly, otherwise, if the proficiency wasn't enough, there was no way to use them in actual combat.

To this, Li Fei could only do his best.

Fortunately, he had the assistance of the Dream-Entering Order and the Ten Thousand Blood Pearl, and he wasn't short of pill resources, so even if the time and energy invested were relatively small, his cultivation speed was far beyond ordinary people.

Ding—

On the table, the phone rang, interrupting Li Fei's meditation.

He got up and answered the phone:

"Hello?"

"It's me."

A somewhat neutral voice came from the receiver.

"Zhao Yi? What's the matter?"

Li Fei didn't expect Zhao Yi to call him suddenly; the other party had never taken the initiative to contact him before.

"Is it convenient for you to come over? I have something important I want to talk to you about."

Zhao Yi said.

"Alright."

Li Fei agreed.

He had just completed the upgrade of the Ten Thousand Blood Pearl, and his state was at its peak, so he wasn't worried about Zhao Yi playing any tricks.

More than an hour later, having confirmed that no one was following him, Li Fei arrived outside Zhao Yi's residence and knocked gently on the door.

Zhao Yi opened the door, then stepped aside, signaling Li Fei to enter the house.

"Speak, what's the matter with you looking for me."

Li Fei walked into the living room familiarly, sat down on the sofa, and asked.

Zhao Yi walked in front of him, her expression somewhat complex, and she remained silent for a while.

"Hmm?"

Li Fei looked at Zhao Yi somewhat surprised. This girl didn't beat around the bush when talking to him before; she was very straightforward.

What's the situation today?

"Is your 【Phantom Leaf】 about to break through to the Body-Breaking stage?"

Zhao Yi asked.

"Yes."

Li Fei nodded.

"After you reach the late stage of Body-Breaking, you don't need me to maintain the Dream-Entering Order anymore. Do you intend to kill me directly?"

Zhao Yi looked into Li Fei's eyes and continued to ask.

Li Fei smiled: "It depends on your performance then."

Zhao Yi clenched her fists.

What she had thought before was that before Li Fei cultivated to the late stage of Body-Breaking, she would have the ability to get rid of him and take back the Dream-Entering Order.

But during this period, she kept hearing about Li Fei's deeds at the Master Wuji University, and yesterday she saw Li Fei win several matches on the Dragon-Tiger Stage with her own eyes, which finally made her somewhat desperate.

She felt that she couldn't catch up with this peerless genius in front of her in a short time.

So she called Li Fei over tonight and took the initiative to choose to compromise:

"There is a type of spell in spells called a vow spell, which can make people make a vow and then force them to comply through the spell, otherwise the consequences will be very serious. You can learn this type of spell from the Master Wuji University. After you reach the Body-Breaking stage, you can cast it, and then use it on me, making me swear not to leak any of your affairs, and from now on, never be your enemy again."

"Oh?"

Li Fei looked at Zhao Yi somewhat surprised. "You mean I have to spend a non-trivial price from the Master Wuji University to learn a vow-type spell, and then use it on you to ensure that you won't leak secrets and won't be my enemy? Then why don't I just kill you directly when the time comes? That's simpler and saves effort."

Zhao Yi looked at Li Fei and said somewhat indignantly:

"I really didn't think about killing you back then! Yes, my skills are inferior to others, I admit it, and I admit that the Dream-Entering Order was taken by you. Now I only ask for a chance to live. Is this not okay either?"

"There is a saying, 'repay injury with kindness, how to repay kindness?' If our positions were swapped, do you think you would easily let me go?"

Li Fei looked at Zhao Yi calmly and asked.

"Then add one more condition: I will work for you for three years. After three years, you give me my freedom."

Zhao Yi gritted her teeth. "If you want to imprison me for life, then I'd rather die now!"

Li Fei looked into Zhao Yi's eyes and saw the other party's determination.

He nodded: "Alright, after three years, I will give you your freedom."

Zhao Yi's talent was very high, and he was indeed lacking powerful mages under his command to handle some things that martial artists couldn't, so he wanted to keep Zhao Yi for three years.

In less than a year, he had already made the Feng Province Wind and Cloud List.

Three years later, Li Fei felt that he probably wouldn't care about the departure of a mage.

Even if Zhao Yi exposed the Dream-Entering Order at that time, Li Fei felt that he would have the ability to protect this True One magic tool three years later!

After the two reached an agreement, Li Fei took out a bank deposit slip from his bosom:

"There are 5,000 yuan in here, take it for your cultivation. Since you are working for me, the stronger your strength, the better. If you are short of money, tell me, don't go stealing money and causing trouble again."

After speaking, he threw the deposit slip onto the table dashingly and got up to leave.

Zhao Yi picked up the bank deposit slip on the table and took a look, then looked up in the direction of the door, her expression complex.

She was indeed running out of money for cultivation; after all, cultivating spells was very expensive.

It's just that she didn't expect Li Fei to be so generous as to give her 5,000 yuan at once.

"This bastard wants to use money to smash me, so that I will work for him in the future?"

Zhao Yi thought to herself, and a smile appeared on her face involuntarily.

"Damn it, clearly he robbed my Dream-Entering Order and forced me to work for him for three years, why am I actually a little grateful to him now?"

Zhao Yi suddenly reacted and cursed herself for being useless.

This little money bought her off.

However, the feeling of being smashed with money was actually quite cool...

Early the next morning, Li Fei went to the Qingyun Building, went up to the second floor, and sat down in front of a window:

"Hello, may I ask if there are any vow-type spells that can be exchanged, the kind that can be cast by wood-attribute implants?"

Besides being able to exchange for various pills and implants with academic credits, the Master Wuji University's exchange office could also exchange for martial arts and spells, so Li Fei asked directly.

Behind the window, the staff recognized this peerless genius of the Master Wuji University and said very politely:

"Please wait a moment."

A few minutes later, she handed Li Fei several documents:

"Hello, there are a total of three vow-type spells that can be used by spell-attribute implants. Here is the relevant information, please take a look."

"Thank you."

Li Fei took the information and began to read.

Three types of spells,

Because this is a technique cast by a Wood-attribute implant, and Wood overcomes Earth while Metal overcomes Wood, it has the strongest binding force on those using Earth-attribute implants and the weakest binding force on those using Metal-attribute implants.

"Hello, I choose this technique."

Li Fei handed a document from his hand to the staff member.

The technique he chose was named "Wood Ghost Binding Curse," which was the one with the strongest binding effect among the three techniques, capable of taking effect on Grand Mages up to the Possession Realm.

The exchange price for this technique was also the most expensive; it required 120 credits + 200,000 yuan to exchange!

Fortunately, Li Fei had enough credits and enough money on hand.

"Student Li Fei, there is a restricted authorization for exchanging this technique; you need to submit an application to the school, and it can only be exchanged after the school agrees."

The staff member said to Li Fei.

Some things could not be exchanged just by having enough credits and money; they also required the consent of the Martial University.

"Alright, then please apply for me."

Li Fei said.

Afterwards, he handed his student ID to the other party for registration.

Next, he attended classes as usual, while the Jianghu of Datong Prefecture had new changes:

On the second day after Green-Faced Ghost climbed onto the Feng Province Wind and Cloud Ranking, the "Beast King" issued a Jianghu bounty.

A bounty for Green-Faced Ghost's head—1 million yuan!

Not only that, the Datong Prefecture Inspection General Academy and the Stop-Goe General Academy issued a joint wanted notice, wanting Green-Faced Ghost.

If any informant could provide effective intelligence, they could receive a reward of up to 100,000 yuan!

This was the point Shangguan Xiao was worried about; Green-Faced Ghost's identity could not see the light of day after all. Yu Yu Longqing could not only find ways to kill him directly but could also mobilize the power of the government to deal with him.

After receiving the news, Li Fei called Liu Liu Saner for the first time:

"You issue a bounty order in the name of the Qingyuan City Management Company, offering a bounty for Yu Yu Longqing's head; the bounty is also one million!"

Li Fei could only mobilize about 700,000 in funds now, but it didn't matter; if it was really needed, he could let Liu Liu Saner scrape together enough to make 1 million.

If someone could really kill Yu Yu Longqing, he wouldn't mind spending this 1 million at all!

"I understand, Ghost Master, don't worry; I guarantee that within one day, the entire Jianghu of Datong Prefecture will know about this bounty!"

Liu Liu Saner said.

His ability to act was still very strong.

Thus, not long after the "Beast King's" bounty order was issued, a tit-for-tat bounty order spread through the Jianghu:

Qingyuan City Management Company offers 1 million to buy Yu Yu Longqing's head!

Things like Jianghu bounty orders couldn't be issued by just anyone; one had to have enough influence and power, otherwise, who would believe your words?

Moreover, the targets of bounties were also particular; if just any small gang dared to put a bounty on the "Beast King," they would soon be wiped out.

Now that this Qingyuan City Management Company dared to publicly issue a bounty and go tit-for-tat with the "Beast King," it showed that this force was completely unafraid of the "Beast King."

In terms of power and influence, the Qingyuan City Management Company was of course still far from being able to compare with the "Beast King," but Li Fei's situation in Xingcheng had been completely opened up; attacking might not work, but self-preservation was completely no problem.

No matter how awesome Yu Yu Longqing was, he couldn't directly arrange for people to go to Xingcheng to deal with the Qingyuan City Management Company, because the company had the entire Xingcheng Inspection Academy and Stop-Goe Academy backing it!

If Yu Yu Longqing's people dared to go, they would be surrounded and intercepted by the people of the Inspection Academy and Stop-Goe Academy in minutes!

Therefore, after the bounty order came out, Yu Yu Longqing didn't save much face for himself; instead, it let the major forces see Green-Faced Ghost's strength and foundation.

March 12th.

Li Fei received a notice, went to the Academic Affairs Office, arrived outside Wen Ke's office, and knocked on the door.

"Please come in."

Wen Ke's gentle voice came from inside the door.

Li Fei pushed the door and walked in, respectfully bowing to Wen Ke: "Professor Wen, were you looking for me?"

On the Feng Province Wind and Cloud Ranking, Wen Ke ranked seventh, two places higher than Green-Faced Ghost.

This made Li Fei somewhat curious about this Professor Wen's true combat strength.

"You applied to exchange for a technique yesterday called Wood Ghost Binding Curse; the application was submitted to the Academic Affairs Office and has now passed the review. I asked you to come to personally hand this technique to you."

Wen Ke said softly.

Li Fei felt a joy in his heart and bowed to the other party again: "Thank you, Professor Wen."

"No need to thank me; it was the school that approved your application, not my own decision alone."

Wen Ke said with deep meaning.

"In addition, you have mastered Diamond Force; I previously said I would help you apply for a few martial arts techniques suitable for you, and they have now been successfully applied for."

Li Fei remembered what Hao Yi said about the Martial University having the inheritance of the "Eight Diamond Sections," and his heart suddenly heated up as he asked:

"Professor Wen, what martial arts techniques are they?"

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