Chapter 181

Hao Yi had previously told Li Fei that the martial arts in this world most suitable for Jin Gang Force were in the Buddhist school, specifically the "Eight Jin Gang Sections" of the sacred Buddhist site, Mount Pudu Temple.

A hundred years ago, Mount Pudu Temple handed four of the "Eight Jin Gang Sections" to the imperial court. With the establishment of the twelve universities, the imperial court took out most of the martial arts from the national treasury and gave them to the twelve universities, among which Wu'an University was assigned one of the techniques from the "Eight Jin Gang Sections."

Wen Ke said she would help Li Fei apply for martial arts suitable for cultivating Jin Gang Force; could it be that technique from the "Eight Jin Gang Sections"?

Facing Li Fei's expectant gaze, Wen Ke smiled and said:

"There are two martial arts techniques in total, both are unique skills of Mount Pudu Temple; one is called 'Jin Gang Seal' and one is called 'Red Sound Fire Jin Gang Method'."

"Red Sound Fire?"

Li Fei's eyes lit up.

Because Hao Yi mentioned the name "Eight Jin Gang Sections," he specifically went to learn about it. In the Buddhist school, Red Sound Fire Jin Gang was indeed one of the Eight Jin Gang Sections.

"This 'Red Sound Fire Jin Gang Method' is indeed one of the famous 'Eight Jin Gang Sections' techniques."

Wen Ke confirmed Li Fei's guess.

"The academy is willing to give such a unique skill to me?"

Li Fei was very pleasantly surprised.

"In the history of the Martial University, you are the second student to master Jin Gang Force. This unique skill was meant for people to cultivate; otherwise, what is the point of keeping it in the Library Pavilion?"

Wen Ke smiled and said, "The school attaches great importance to you now and is also very optimistic about your future, so after meeting and researching, they agreed to teach you the two unique skills. Although 'Jin Gang Seal' is not as famous as the 'Eight Jin Gang Sections,' it is also a unique skill of Mount Pudu Temple and can be used in conjunction with the 'Eight Jin Gang Sections,' complementing each other."

Li Fei guessed that his battle on the Dragon Martial Platform must have had an influence, making the Martial University even more optimistic about him.

"Then how many credits and how much money are needed to exchange for these two martial arts?"

Li Fei asked the key question.

A single "Wood Ghost Binding Curse" required 120 credits + 200,000 yuan to exchange; the more powerful "Jin Gang Seal" and "Red Sound Fire Jin Gang Method" must require more credits and money.

"'Jin Gang Seal' is 200 credits + 400,000 yuan, 'Red Sound Fire Jin Gang Method' is 400 credits + 1 million yuan."

Wen Ke smiled and reported the price.

Li Fei: "."

Currently, the credits he had available were 208 points; if he deducted the 120 credits required for the "Wood Ghost Binding Curse," he would only have 88 credits left.

And even if he didn't exchange for the "Wood Ghost Binding Curse," his credits would only be enough to exchange for the "Jin Gang Seal."

"The school has discussed it and can give you the 'Jin Gang Seal' and 'Red Sound Fire Jin Gang Method' in advance."

Wen Ke said.

"What are the conditions?"

Li Fei didn't believe there was such a thing as a free lunch.

Or rather, sometimes free things were the most expensive.

"You need to pay off these credits and money within three years; if you haven't paid them off within three years, you will have to pay 10% of the exchange price as interest every year thereafter."

Wen Ke said.

"Three years? Alright."

Li Fei nodded and agreed.

He had only been at the Martial University for three months and had already earned more than 300 credits, although some scoring methods were hard to replicate, such as that personal mission before, which earned 60 points at once. However, he was confident he could earn enough credits for the exchange within three years.

As for the money needed for the exchange, he would definitely be able to earn enough within three years.

"Besides this, after you break through to the Dao Foundation Realm in the future, you need to represent the Martial University to participate in an operation and achieve the goal for the Martial University."

Wen Ke said.

Li Fei: "What kind of operation is it?"

Wen Ke shook her head: "I can't tell you yet, but I can clearly tell you that this operation has a certain degree of danger."

Li Fei thought for a moment and asked: "Professor Wen, with your current strength, if you were to participate in this operation again, how high would the survival rate be?"

Wen Ke was startled and smiled: "About 80% or so."

That was indeed quite dangerous, after all, the other party was the seventh on the Feng Province Wind and Cloud Ranking.

However, Li Fei was not worried after hearing this.

By the time he became a Dao Foundation Realm, his strength would be far stronger than it was now, and he would definitely be far stronger than Wen Ke, so the survival rate would only be higher.

"Alright, I agree."

Li Fei said.

Wen Ke looked into his eyes: "So confident? Won't you consider it again?"

Li Fei smiled: "No need."

"Alright, then let's sign an agreement first."

Wen Ke took out an agreement and handed it to Li Fei.

Li Fei read it carefully once; the content written on it was the same as what Wen Ke said just now, only adding some details.

So he signed his name on it and pressed his ten fingerprints in order.

After signing the agreement, Wen Ke didn't immediately hand the things to Li Fei, but made a phone call, asking someone to come to the office.

Soon, a middle-aged man wearing a white robe with the character "Zheng" embroidered on his chest walked into the office.

This outfit was the uniform of the Court of Justice.

"Professor Wen."

The person who came bowed to Wen Ke.

"Master Huang, thank you for your trouble."

Wen Ke said, then looked at Li Fei, "This is Master Huang from the General Court of Justice; next, he will preside over a vow technique. The content of the vow requires you to keep the content of the 'Jin Gang Seal' and 'Red Sound Fire Jin Gang Method' you have obtained confidential."

Keeping the learned content confidential and not passing it on was a requirement of many major martial arts sects, and they would all adopt vow techniques to constrain their core disciples.

Therefore, vow-type techniques were actually very important and very precious.

"When I cast the spell in a moment, please relax your mind and do not use your heart-will power to resist. Also, please try your best to restrain your Qi and blood, Primordial One Qi, and force; do not mobilize the power of your implants..."

Master Huang told Li Fei the things he needed to pay attention to in a moment.

Li Fei nodded, then took a piece of paper from Wen Ke's hand, on which was written the vow he was about to take.

It was very simple, only one sentence:

"I will never leak the content of the 'Jin Gang Seal' and 'Red Sound Fire Jin Gang Method' obtained from Wu'an University in any form."

After memorizing the vow, Master Huang began to prepare to cast the spell.

Although he was already a Possession Realm mage and could cast spells directly without external objects or preparing rituals, in order to make the spell effect better, he still took out spell-casting materials and began to set up an array on the ground, and then took out more than a dozen talisman papers and stuck them on Li Fei's body.

Afterwards, he asked Li Fei to restrain his Qi, blood, force, relax his mind, and so on, as he had said before.

After everything was ready, Master Huang began to cast the spell.

The materials on the ground gradually decreased, and the talisman papers on Li Fei's body also burned without fire one after another.

Li Fei felt a strong fluctuation of technique lingering around him.

He cut off the connection between himself and the Ten Thousand Blood Pearl to avoid the technique failing on him.

"Li Fei, please recite your vow."

Master Huang had a solemn face.

"I, Li Fei, swear..."

Li Fei recited the content of the vow Wen Ke gave him.

"Vow complete!"

Master Huang pointed a finger at Li Fei at the end.

Li Fei felt that the strong fluctuation of technique that had been lingering around his body instantly injected into his body, merged into the 【Steel Armor】 implant, and finally lay dormant, and he could no longer sense it.

The state of an implant would be affected by a person's spirit, which was why Li Fei was able to cultivate by way of "Breaking Heart Obstacles" in the beginning.

By the same principle, vow-type techniques affected the implants in the human body by connecting with the person's spirit.

If Li Fei leaked the secret subjectively, then today's technique would take effect, directly affecting the 【Steel Armor】 implant in his body, causing the 【Steel Armor】 implant to riot and lose control.

At best, he would suffer from Qi deviation and his cultivation realm would fall.

At worst, he would become mentally deranged and become a madman, or even die directly!

After completing the vow technique, Master Huang looked exhausted.

He was a peak Possession Realm mage; the vow technique he cast with the help of spell-casting materials and talisman papers had a very strong binding force, and could even take effect on Dao Foundation Realm powerhouses.

"Thank you for your hard work."

Wen Ke bowed to Master Huang, and Li Fei also bowed.

After the other party left, Wen Ke first handed Li Fei a booklet:

"This is the 'Wood Ghost Binding Curse' you wanted; give me your student ID, and the money you prepared."

"I didn't bring enough money today; I'll bring it to you tomorrow."

Li Fei handed his student ID to Wen Ke and then took the booklet.

He had already asked Liu San to prepare the more than 700,000 in liquid funds in advance, which could be withdrawn at any time; tomorrow he only needed to transfer the money to a deposit slip and bring it to Wen Ke.

"Alright."

Wen Ke deducted 120 credits from Li Fei's student ID.

Afterwards, she turned and walked to the bookshelf on the side, opened the cabinet, took out two thick hardcover books from inside, and handed them to Li Fei:

"These two are the 'Jin Gang Seal' and 'Red Sound Fire Jin Gang Method'."

Li Fei took the two books, thanked Wen Ke, then hugged the pile of things and left, returning to his dormitory.

He didn't rush to flip through the "Jin Gang Seal" and "Red Sound Fire Jin Gang Method," but first studied the "Wood Ghost Binding Curse."

This vow-type technique required a Wood-attribute technique-type implant and had to be at least at the early stage of the Body-Breaking Realm to be cast, requiring a large amount of spell-casting materials as assistance.

After the vow was reached, its binding effect could take effect on Grand Mages (non-Metal-attribute implants) of the Possession Realm and peak Force-Training Martial Masters (non-Metal-attribute implants) of the Qi-Changing Realm at most.

In this "Wood Ghost Binding Curse," the various limitations of vow-type techniques were introduced in detail, giving Li Fei a further understanding:

First, the simpler the vow made and the clearer the direction, the stronger the binding force.

Conversely, the binding force would be weaker and might even be bypassed directly.

For example, swearing eternal loyalty to someone, but the definition of loyalty is very broad, and everyone's view of loyalty is different.

"I'm actually doing you a favor by slashing you with a knife"—such things are not non-existent.

Therefore, the content of the vow must have a clear direction and be as specific as possible, such as keeping secrets, not attacking someone, etc.

Secondly, it is about how to lift the vow.

There are mainly three ways: the first is to find someone who is proficient in this way and whose strength is one major realm higher than the caster to directly lift the vow for you.

The second is that your own realm is high enough to exceed the upper limit of the vow's restriction.

The third is to wait for the technique to automatically expire.

Vow techniques have a time limit; weaker ones will expire after a few months and need to be re-cast.

Stronger ones can last for a year or two.

The vow technique cast on Li Fei today can last for at least a year.

So next year, the Martial University will definitely invite someone to re-cast the spell on him.

"Actually, for me, there is a fourth way to lift the vow, which is to carry it hard."

Li Fei thought to himself.

For others, if their realm is not enough and the implant in their body is triggered to riot, they cannot control it at all, and the consequences will be very serious.

But for Li Fei, first of all, he broke through by way of "Breaking Heart Obstacles," his heart-will power is far stronger than martial artists of the same realm, and his control over the implant is stronger.

Secondly, he has the Ten Thousand Blood Pearl to share the damage for himself; under the condition that he himself is almost not harmed or affected, it is very easy to suppress the riot of the implant.

"Thinking about it this way, vow techniques can hardly restrict me."

Li Fei smiled.

However, he didn't think about breaking the vow for the time being; after all, the Martial University would find someone to continue casting the spell on him next year. If the vow technique on him had already been broken by then, it would definitely be discovered.

After studying the "Wood Ghost Binding Curse," Li Fei began to read the general outline of the "Jin Gang Seal."

This is a comprehensive martial art, which can be used for both offense and defense, and also contains content on "Sound Striking" and "Spirit Striking."

Specifically, it is to use Jin Gang Force to form different hand seals, thereby achieving different effects.

In terms of the use of Jin Gang Force, this is indeed a very suitable martial art.

Li Fei finally looked at the "Red Sound Fire Jin Gang Method," one of the famous "Eight Jin Gang Sections."

"Red Sound Fire Jin Gang, that is, the red diamond, protected by infinite bright fire."

This is the first sentence of the general outline.

"Infinite bright fire?"

After reading the general outline, Li Fei had a preliminary understanding of the "Red Sound Fire Jin Gang Method."

Simply put, this is a martial art that enhances attack power.

Li Fei had already maxed out his defense, and what he lacked was offensive means, so this martial art was very suitable for him!

Early the next morning, Li Fei called Feng Feng Sanniang.

The other party agreed to help him connect with an exotic beast food seller outside Datong Prefecture, and according to the agreement, they could meet today.

The exotic beast farm in Li Fei's hands was almost out of food because it was cut off by the "Beast King," and it couldn't last for a few days.

So he had to trade with other exotic beast food sellers first and buy a batch of food to let his farm survive; otherwise, if the exotic beasts inside starved to death, his loss would be great.

"Hello?"

After the call was connected, a lazy voice came from the other end.

"Feng Sanniang, it's me."

Li Fei said in Green-Faced Ghost's voice.

"Young Master Qing?"

Feng Feng Sanniang's tone rose a little, "Calling me so early, I haven't even woken up yet."

As she spoke, the sound of bedding sliding over skin came from the other end of the phone, making people unable to help but let their imagination run wild.

"Has Feng Sanniang forgotten something?"

Li Fei was unmoved and asked coldly.

"Young Master Qing is now a big figure on the Wind and Cloud Ranking; how could I dare to forget my agreement with you?"

Feng Feng Sanniang smiled, "Don't worry, I have already made an appointment with the person, and you can see them this afternoon."

"That's good."

Li Fei agreed with Feng Feng Sanniang on the specific time and place to meet and hung up the phone.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Green-Faced Ghost appeared in a small alley.

Soon, a black car drove over and stopped in front of him:

"Young Master Qing, please get in the car."

(End of chapter)