Chapter 203: Encountering a Nightmare on the Road

"Aunt Zhang, there's no need to pack so much stuff. Didn't my sister already say that everything is available over there?"

Inside the room, Li Fei said to Zhang Yuqing, who was desperately stuffing things for him.

As Zhang Yuqing packed a thick quilt into the suitcase, she said:

"It's better to be prepared. Besides, you are a martial artist; bringing a little extra won't be a burden for you."

Li Fei felt helpless and could only watch honestly as Zhang Yuqing packed his luggage.

Today is January 1st, the first day of the forty-sixth year of Hongguang.

Li Fei decided to set off for Datong Fucheng today.

Regarding the Qingyuan Property Management Company, he had already given all the necessary instructions, and the company was currently developing well. The exotic beast farm on the outskirts of the city had also been taken over from the Chen family, and normal trade had been established with the 'Beast King' side, so there was no need to worry about the exotic beasts' feed for the time being.

Everything was arranged properly, and Li Fei could go to Datong Fucheng with peace of mind. If there were any real problems, Shangguan Xiao was there to hold the fort, Li Lei was there to help, and if all else failed, there was still Hao Yi, so he had nothing to worry about.

On the contrary, the problems that needed to be solved in Datong Fucheng were quite tricky.

The 'Beast King' had agreed to trade with the Qingyuan Property Management Company out of respect for the Zhang family and to get the hostage Zhang Shan back, but who knew when Yu Longqing might suddenly turn hostile?

Therefore, this time when Li Fei goes to Datong Fucheng, he will ostensibly be a student at Wuan University diligently practicing martial arts, while secretly, he must use his identity as the Green-Faced Ghost to increase his influence in the underworld of Datong Fucheng, so that the 'Beast King' would not dare to turn hostile easily.

Besides this, he also had the identity of a secret inspector, needing to cooperate with the Datong Prefecture Inspection Headquarters to uncover any potential spies within Wuan University.

This mission was also not simple.

At 8: 0 AM, Li Fei, having finished packing his luggage, set off from home on time. Li Lei drove him to the bus station, and Zhang Yuqing was also in the car.

After becoming the acting Chief Inspector, Li Lei's car had also been changed. According to the corresponding rank benefits, he was re-equipped with a higher-end car, and he was also assigned a dedicated driver and security guard.

However, when taking Li Fei today, Li Lei did not let the driver drive, but chose to drive himself.

"Xiaofei, after you go to Wuan University, keep an eye on your sister. She has a rash personality; don't let her run wild at the university."

On the way, Li Lei exhorted.

Li Fei: "Don't worry, Uncle Li, I will keep an eye on my sister."

"Hmm, if you don't have enough money, just say so in time. Now that your Uncle Li is also an official of the imperial court, providing for both of you to attend university is no problem."

Li Lei said with some pride.

The salary of a Chief Inspector was naturally much higher than that of a Squadron Leader, so he now truly had the confidence to say he could afford to support both Li Fei and Li Tianyu through university.

"I still have plenty of that bonus from before. The money is enough for now, Uncle Li, don't worry."

Li Fei said with a smile.

He previously had tens of thousands of yuan in savings, and now he also had the Qingyuan Property Management Company earning money for him, and Shangguan Xiao had also given him the Qingyuan Fist Stronghold.

So he was truly not lacking in money for cultivation.

After more than twenty minutes, the family arrived at the bus station.

Li Fei carried the box containing the Ghost-Slaying Blade on his back, had the 'Thunder Dragon' pistol given to him by Huang Wei at his waist, and carried a large suitcase in each hand as he walked into the station.

He turned to look at Li Lei and Zhang Yuqing standing outside, smiled and waved at them, then carried his suitcases toward the security checkpoint.

When passing through security, Li Fei showed the inspection staff his gun license, passed through smoothly, and carried his suitcases onto the bus.

After a journey of more than six hours, he arrived in Mingqi, a city slightly larger than Xingcheng, where there were trains directly to Datong Fucheng.

Last time he went to Datong Fucheng, to hide his identity, Li Fei had Shangguan Xiao arrange for someone to drive him there overnight and did not take the train, so this was his first time in Mingqi City.

There were only two trains from Mingqi to Datong Fucheng every day, and Li Fei had already missed the last train, so he could only wait until early tomorrow morning to set off again.

So he found a hotel near the Mingqi train station to stay for the night and came to the train station early the next morning to take the train.

Trains in this era were also divided into second-class, first-class, and special-class seats.

The special-class seats were individual compartments, and Li Fei did not want to shortchange himself, so he bought a special-class seat.

After getting on the train and entering his compartment, Li Fei closed the door and began today's cultivation:

Fusing the newly generated Blood Fiend Qi and Geng Metal True Qi into True Blood Force, and beyond that, circulating the Geng Metal True Qi to strengthen his physique.

After this period of cultivation, his physique had increased by another notch, and the number of blood souls had also risen accordingly, now reaching 187!

At this stage, it was very difficult for him to continue strengthening his physique in the early stage of Qi Transformation. To break through next, he must comprehend a pure heart of slaughter, thereby forging force and breaking through to the mid-stage of Qi Transformation.

"Regarding the comprehension of the state of mind and the cultivation of force, apart from the holy lands of Buddhism and Daoism and the few top sects in the underworld, the twelve universities are the most suitable places for breakthroughs. You will definitely be able to find ways to help you break through once you go to Wuan University."

This was what Shangguan Xiao said to Li Fei before he left.

Half of the world's top martial arts cultivation methods and resources were in the underworld, and half were in the imperial court.

And the twelve universities were actually equivalent to 'sects' established by the imperial court itself, which is why they were so highly sought after.

Currently, Li Fei had no clue how to comprehend the heart of slaughter, but he was not in the least bit anxious because he would be going to Wuan University soon, and he had the Ten Thousand Blood Bead, so even if he couldn't break through for a while, his strength could still keep increasing.

"Hmm?"

Just as Li Fei was concentrating on his cultivation, he suddenly sensed a ripple of magic.

"Someone is using magic in this carriage?"

Li Fei immediately stopped his cultivation and sat quietly in the compartment for a while.

Very faint footsteps sounded outside, which would be hard for ordinary people to notice, but for Li Fei, with his keen perception, he could even 'see' a short person walking on tiptoe in the corridor outside.

Every time the person reached the door of a compartment, they would stick something on it and then whisper a spell.

Soon, the person arrived outside Li Fei's door, similarly stuck something on the door, and then quickly finished reciting a spell.

The next second, a ripple of magic came in from outside the door.

Li Fei checked the Ten Thousand Blood Bead and found that the blood souls had decreased by less than 10%, indicating that this magic was not directly damaging.

A moment later, he yawned and felt a hint of drowsiness.

"It seems this magic is similar to the Soul-Calming Spell of the Soul-Calming Sect, just not as fast-acting as the Soul-Calming Spell, but the cumulative effect is stronger than the Soul-Calming Spell."

Li Fei had a guess in his heart.

After 99% of the energy was absorbed by the Ten Thousand Blood Bead, it could still make a martial master in the Qi Transformation stage feel a hint of drowsiness, which was enough to show that the magic effect was very strong!

He took the 'Thunder Dragon' pistol from the holster at his waist, preparing to see what the other party wanted to do.

Although for experts, cold weapons were more useful than guns, in the vast majority of cases, guns were easier to intimidate others and easier to control the situation than swords or blades.

Li Fei did not want to make too much of a scene, so he did not use the Ghost-Slaying Blade, but took out the 'Thunder Dragon' pistol.

Ten minutes later, the lock of his compartment door was pried, and in just a few seconds, the lock was opened.

Then the door was pushed open, and a person wearing a black leather hat, a brown leather jacket, and carrying a large backpack walked in.

Before the person could carefully check the situation inside the compartment, a pistol was pressed against their head.

"Don't move."

The person's body trembled, and they slowly turned their head to the right, seeing Li Fei pointing a gun at them.

Li Fei also saw the person's appearance clearly; it was a young person with short hair and delicate features. If not for the lack of an Adam's apple, he would have almost thought the person was a man.

"Close the door."

Li Fei signaled.

The person obediently did as told, slowly closed the compartment door, and then turned to look at Li Fei:

"Big brother, are you a student of the Stop-Conflict Department at Wuan University?"

Her voice was a bit hoarse, indeed very much like a tomboy.

Besides government officials, students of the Stop-Conflict Department at Wuan University also had the opportunity to obtain a gun license. Li Fei being able to ignore the magic she cast meant he was definitely not an ordinary person, and since this train was going to Datong Fucheng, she immediately thought that Li Fei might be a student of the Stop-Conflict Department at Wuan University.

"I haven't asked you yet, but you're asking me first."

Li Fei smiled; the other party's reaction was quite fast.

The other party suddenly knelt down to Li Fei with a thud:

"Big brother, this is my first time doing this, please spare me, I won't dare to do it again! I'll give you all these things."

As she spoke, she took off the backpack on her back and slowly unzipped it in front of Li Fei.

In the backpack were gold watches, jewelry, and large amounts of banknotes.

"If you move again, I'll shoot."

Li Fei said calmly.

The woman, who was putting her hand into the backpack, froze, looked up, and looked at Li Fei with innocent eyes:

"Big brother, I'm giving you all the money."

Li Fei smiled slightly, squatted down, and grabbed the other party's wrist, pulling it out of the backpack.

Sure enough, the woman was holding a small paper packet in her hand.

"Lime powder, huh?"

Li Fei looked at the paper packet in the other party's hand with a smile, feeling a bit nostalgic.

He hadn't used a method like lime powder for a long time.

"You..."

The woman looked at Li Fei with some helplessness.

She didn't expect Li Fei to look so young, yet have such underworld experience, and be so firm in his resolve, not having his attention diverted at all by the money in the backpack.

"Who did you learn this magic from? And where did you get the implant?"

Li Fei asked.

"Big brother, we have no grudges, and being caught by you today is just because my skills are not as good as yours. I admit defeat. At worst, I'll give you all the money I got, you don't need to get to the bottom of it, right?"

The woman said coldly, changing from the weak appearance of kneeling just a moment ago, her attitude suddenly becoming tough.

"I'll count to three. If you don't talk, I'll shoot."

Li Fei also said coldly.

"I don't believe you dare to kill me! If you kill me, my sect will never let you go!"

The woman raised her neck, staring at Li Fei without showing any weakness.

"Then tell me about your sect; perhaps I will let you go."

Li Fei asked, looking composed.

"Then you better listen well!"

The young woman looked proud:

"My sect is the Nightmare Sect, founded by the contemporary True Person Gongye Wenqi!"

For those who follow the path of sorcery cultivation, the Body-Breaking Realm is called Sorcerer, the Divine Transformation Realm can be called Mage, and upon reaching the Possession Realm, one is a Grand Mage, corresponding to the Dao Foundation powerhouse.

Further up, once one refines a natal magic treasure, they have stepped into the 'True Spirit' realm and can be called a True Person.

Of course, this is the Daoist terminology. In Buddhism, refining a natal magic treasure means stepping into the 'Wukong' realm, attaining the Arhat fruit position, and becoming a contemporary Arhat.

Li Fei had never heard of Gongye Wenqi or the Nightmare Sect that this person spoke of; his knowledge of the pugilistic world was still too shallow, but he understood what the four words 'contemporary True Person' implied.

This was a figure even more formidable than a Dao Foundation powerhouse!

"Nightmare Sect? Never heard of it. You say you are, so you are? If you are truly a disciple of a major sect, why are you stealing on this train?"

Li Fei said in a flat tone.

The young woman widened her eyes and questioned him with an exaggerated tone: "You haven't even heard of the Nightmare Sect?! You aren't a student at the Martial University, are you?"

"Since the Nightmare Sect has such a big reputation, I'd better hand you over to the train police."

After Li Fei finished speaking, he moved to open the compartment door.

"Hey, wait!"

The young woman hurriedly stopped Li Fei, "I am acting under my master's orders to travel and gain experience, cultivating in the mortal world; this is a unique cultivation method of our sect."

As she spoke, she pointed at the backpack on the floor and said with a dismissive tone:

"Mere money is an external possession. As a disciple of a grand sect, why would I care about such things? Once my cultivation is complete, I will naturally return these items to their owners."

"Oh?"

Li Fei looked at the tomboy before him with some amusement, "Then when do you intend to return the money to the owners?"

"Right now!"

As she spoke, she stood up from the floor and picked up the backpack, "I'll go return it now; you can supervise from the side."

"No need for such trouble."

Li Fei stopped her, "Just handing it over to the train police will suffice."

The young woman frowned at Li Fei: "If this matter gets out, it will harm my sect's reputation. Why don't you go hand it to the train police? Don't say it was me; I'll be leaving now."

"Heh."

Li Fei said with a smile, "Fine, then you go."

"Ah?"

Now it was the young woman's turn to be surprised; she looked at Li Fei uncertainly, "You're really willing to let me go?"

"You said it yourself, we have no grudges, so there's no need for me to make things difficult for you."

Li Fei said, putting away the 'Lei Long' handgun in his hand.

Better to avoid extra trouble; although he didn't quite believe what the other party said, he didn't want to invite unnecessary complications.

"Alright, we shall meet again!"

The young woman cupped her fists in the etiquette of the pugilistic world toward Li Fei and said in a gruff voice.

After speaking, she turned and walked out of the compartment, helping Li Fei close the door on her way out.

Just as the door closed, the young woman quickly pulled a black wooden plaque from her bosom.

The next second, a strange symbol lit up between her brows, and a drop of fresh blood squeezed out from her brow, landing precisely on the wooden plaque in her hand.

She turned abruptly, raised the wooden plaque toward the door behind her, and whispered a spell.

A strong wave of sorcery energy radiated from the wooden plaque in her hand, and a powerful spell blasted into the room!

After completing all this, the young woman instantly turned pale and became very weak.

However, a triumphant smile appeared on her face: "Let's see if you fall for it now!"

As she spoke, she confidently opened the door again.

But what greeted her was not Li Fei collapsed on the ground, but a pitch-black gun barrel.

Li Fei stood in place with a calm expression, aiming the gun at her:

"I gave you a chance, but you didn't cherish it."

The young woman was first stunned, then shocked, then confused, and only then did a look of fear appear.

With a thud, she knelt down to Li Fei again:

"Big brother! I was truly wrong!"

There will be another chapter tonight.

(End of chapter)