Chapter 2: Myriad Blood Bead

"Thank you, Uncle Li. I'm going back to my room to rest."

Li Fei stood up.

"Take this plate of strawberries with you."

Zhang Yuqing added.

So Li Fei picked up the fruit plate from the table and returned to his room.

In the living room, Li Lei looked dejected:

"If Xiao Fei's father hadn't blocked that blade for me back then, I would have died on the battlefield long ago, and I wouldn't have this family business today. I promised Xiao Fei's father that I would treat Xiao Fei as my own, but now..."

How could he not see Li Fei's intention? He knew that Li Fei didn't want to make things difficult for him, which is why he took the initiative to propose not applying for university and going to the Martial Arts Hall instead.

Zhang Yuqing held her husband's hand and comforted him:

"Haven't we treated Xiao Fei well all these years? Is there anything Tianyu has that I haven't prepared for Xiao Fei? Even in a normal family, if there is only one opportunity, it should go to whoever has more talent. You've seen Tianyu's talent."

"Hmm."

Li Lei nodded.

He thought for a moment, turned his head to look at Zhang Yuqing: "Xiao Fei must be unwilling in his heart, otherwise he wouldn't have thought of going to the Martial Arts Hall. He must be wanting to fight for the quota to be recommended to university from the Martial Arts Hall. In any case, we should still support him to go and give it a try."

Zhang Yuqing understood her husband's meaning.

Although the expenses for going to the Martial Arts Hall are not as high as going to the university's Stop-Conflict Department, practicing martial arts requires money everywhere. Li Lei is unwilling to wrong Li Fei, which means this family will have to bear a significant additional expense.

Zhang Yuqing looked at Li Lei and smiled softly:

"You are the head of the family; you have the final say."

In the room, Li Fei sat at his desk.

On the bookshelf to the left were various books, most of which were related to martial arts, such as: "Illustrated Guide to Human Fatal Acupoints," "Thirty-Six Grappling Techniques, Third Edition," "Complete Collection of Great Lan Dynasty Martial Arts," etc.

These are all textbooks for the vocational school's Stop-Conflict Department in the Great Lan Dynasty.

The book Li Fei was holding and reading at this moment was "Great Lan Records," a book recounting the history of the Great Lan Dynasty.

"This world is truly wonderful."

Li Fei couldn't help but sigh while reading.

He was not originally from this world.

In his previous life, after graduating from university and entering the workplace, relying on being cautious and thorough, he never made any mistakes for ten years and finally got the opportunity to be promoted.

But just at this time, he happened to stumble upon a secret and saw some things he shouldn't have seen.

Having been cautious for ten years, he finally couldn't hold back, was impulsive once, and wrote a whistleblower letter.

After that, the promotion opportunity was gone, and he was targeted and bullied in the workplace!

All the most bitter and tiring work was thrown at him, and all the holiday duty quotas were his.

Working overtime every day, overtime, overtime... and having to endure all kinds of scolding, being a scapegoat, and enduring high mental pressure.

Li Fei had thought about resigning, but at over thirty years old, it was difficult for him to find another job.

So he struggled for two years, and on a night when he was working overtime until the early morning, he died suddenly...

When he woke up again, Li Fei discovered that he had actually transmigrated!

The technology of this world is probably only at the level of the nineteenth century in his previous life. The most powerful country in the world is still a feudal empire called the Great Lan Dynasty, which considers itself the Celestial Empire and has been established for more than five hundred years.

The Great Lan Dynasty was originally an imperial system, but later changed to a dual constitutional monarchy, with the emperor and cabinet ministers governing the country together.

For more than five hundred years, many far-reaching major events have occurred in the history of the Great Lan Dynasty, and two major events have occurred in the last few decades.

The first major event was seventeen years ago, when the Great Lan Dynasty went to war with several Western countries at the same time, and as a result, the Allied forces fought all the way to the gates of the Imperial Capital.

In the end, the Great Lan Dynasty's strongest Tianlan Iron Cavalry defeated the Allied forces outside the Imperial Capital, saving the Great Lan Dynasty.

Although the Great Lan Dynasty won this battle in the end, the strength of the Western countries also aroused the vigilance of many people, and thus followed the second major event—the Mingxin Reform.

The content of the reform was to introduce the culture and technology of Western countries, and to strive to "learn from the strengths of the barbarians to control them" in every aspect.

Over seventeen years, the Great Lan Dynasty has been influenced by Western culture and has undergone many changes. For example, the electric lights in Li Fei's room, the radio on the desk, the bicycle parked outside, and the cars are all products of the reform.

These products are nothing to Li Fei, who was used to high-tech products in his previous life. What really interests him is the extraordinary power of this world.

In the description of "Great Lan Records," the weapons used by the Allied forces at that time were rifled guns with a range of up to 500 meters, heavy machine guns known as the "end of the cavalry era," mortars with a maximum caliber of 70mm and a range of up to 3000 meters, as well as armored vehicles, warships, and airplanes!

Such weapon equipment is enough to sweep through armies using cold weapons.

However, historical records state that the 120,000 Allied forces were broken by 10,000 iron cavalry and were defeated and routed!

After this battle, Western countries did not dare to provoke border conflicts for seventeen years.

This made Li Fei realize that the extraordinary power of this world is not simple.

This world has martial arts and sorcery.

Among the six ministries of the Great Lan Dynasty Cabinet, there is even a ministry specifically named the "Orthodox Ministry," where the people inside are all experts in practicing sorcery.

And the Great Lan Dynasty was founded on martial arts, and its emphasis on martial arts is even greater.

But as long as it involves extraordinary content, "Great Lan Records" is vague and glosses over it.

Although the predecessor chose the Stop-Conflict Department when he was admitted to vocational school, the teacher who taught the class didn't mention much about martial artists, only saying:

"If you can get into university in the future, the Stop-Conflict Department teachers there will tell you what a true martial artist is."

Li Fei is naturally interested in sorcery, but sorcery is too mysterious, and he doesn't know what the path to contact it is at all. The Stop-Conflict Department of the twelve universities is a martial arts hall clearly placed in front of him, so he must enter the university's Stop-Conflict Department.

He wants to become powerful and never again be trampled underfoot and manipulated by others like in his previous life!

Touching his chest, Li Fei's heart moved, and he immediately sensed a dark blue bead existing in his body.

When he transmigrated, he had this thing in his body, and his heart could connect with it at any time, and then he could intuitively obtain the information inside.

If this information were described in words, it should be like this:

【Myriad Blood Bead

Level: 1, 36%

Blood Soul: 10】

This Myriad Blood Bead is closely related to Li Fei's life, quantifying his life into 10 Blood Souls.

Simply put, these 10 Blood Souls represent Li Fei's vitality, or blood bar.

If the blood bar is gone, the person dies.

And as long as the blood bar is still there, Li Fei will not die immediately no matter how fatal the injury he receives is.

The most important thing is that this Myriad Blood Bead can automatically absorb energy from the human body to upgrade, and upgrading can increase Blood Souls and unlock other abilities!

With such a thing, Li Fei is naturally full of confidence in himself.

And he feels that the Myriad Blood Bead can not only make him able to withstand injuries, but may also help him practice martial arts.

In the predecessor's memory, there is such a passage:

Two months ago, the vocational school organized a physical examination.

At first, the content of the physical examination was the same as in the past, all routine physical fitness tests, but in the end, every student was made to take a bottle of poisonous medicine.

After taking the medicine, everyone's body showed different degrees of abnormality.

Some people reacted violently, with skin allergies all over their bodies and foaming at the mouth; others only had slight dizziness and nausea.

Once someone felt they couldn't hold on, the teacher in charge of this physical examination would give them the antidote prepared in advance.

Finally, scores were given based on each person's physical reaction and the length of time they persisted.

After the test, the school teachers told the students that only those with a score of Grade C or above in this test are eligible to apply for the university's Stop-Conflict Department.

The predecessor's score was Grade B-minus, which is a pretty good score.

It is precisely based on this memory that Li Fei feels that the Myriad Blood Bead may help with martial arts practice.

"Perhaps martial arts practice in this world requires taking some drugs that are harmful to the human body, so the school needs to test everyone's reaction to the drugs in advance. And I have the Myriad Blood Bead. In the future, as the blood bar gets thicker and thicker, the endurance will get stronger and stronger. Maybe I am one in ten thousand in terms of aptitude!"

Li Fei thought so, full of anticipation.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 3 =====