Chapter 243: Heart Fire

(PS: Let's talk about killing Wen Ke; it's actually a matter of stance in the final analysis. The protagonist must take revenge, and Wen Ke will definitely stand on Xu Jing's side, and she is also one of the accomplices; the protagonist cannot forgive her on behalf of Hao Yi and Shangguan Xiao, this is an irreconcilable contradiction. Living in this world, one cannot have both, one can only make a choice.

People cannot always do the right thing; the protagonist is also a person and also needs to vent the pain of losing loved ones and the anger in his heart.

The reason for designing the character Wen Ke is that I don't want the villains in this book to be all stereotyped. Sometimes villains are not necessarily wrong, such as Feng Sanniang written before, or Wen Ke now, and there will be other diverse characters in the future.

The story has been written, let everyone criticize it.)

Early morning of May 26th, an explosive piece of news spread from Qingli Fucheng:

The special train sent by the provincial capital to pick up the investigation team on their return journey was attacked, and the personnel on the train suffered heavy casualties!

Besides the investigation team officials and a group of guards, there were also two professors and fifteen special-grade lecturers from the former Wu'an University on the train; in the end, only eight special-grade lecturers escaped.

All eleven officials of the investigation team were killed!

Among them, six were officials of the Imperial Court!

Since the founding of the Great Lan Dynasty, there have been more than one tragedy of officials being killed, but having multiple Imperial Court officials killed at the same time basically only happens in events of large-scale rebellion and invasion by enemy countries.

Even those great demonic heads famous in the Jianghu would not wantonly attack Imperial Court officials, because it is simply not worth it.

There are not many benefits, but it attracts a lot of trouble.

Therefore, after the news spread, it immediately caused a shock throughout Feng Province!

Because the attack occurred within the territory of Qingli Fucheng, Qingli Fucheng immediately established a special case team, with the General Zhige Academy, General Zhengfa Academy, and General Supervision Academy all participating.

Subsequently, the Garrison Commander of Qingli Fucheng made a phone call to Governor Bian Jingru...

"Hoo!"

Governor Bian Jingru put down the phone and let out a heavy breath.

The Garrison Commander of Qingli Fucheng called him; although he didn't say anything explicitly, every word and sentence only meant one thing:

Your Datong Fucheng has a big family and a big business; it's your business to fight against the provincial capital, don't use our Qingli Fucheng as a scapegoat!

Governor Bian Jingru naturally spoke with good words and made a series of promises, temporarily appeasing the other party.

Datong Fucheng has Wu University, so he indeed has the capital to wrestle with the provincial capital, and he can also not give much face to that Inspector.

But if he wants to continue "fighting" with Lu Wenyao next, Governor Bian Jingru must unite all forces that can be united; for example, the other two prefectures in Feng Province are important objects to win over.

As a result, before he could start winning them over, that Blood-Faced Ghost offended people on his behalf...

He didn't know whether to thank the other party for not killing people within the territory of Datong Fucheng, leaving the mess directly to him, or to be angry that the other party acted so impulsively.

Rubbing his temples, Governor Bian Jingru called his secretary into the office, feeling a bit exhausted:

"Go contact Li Fei; I want to meet with him."

"Yes."

"Wait!"

He suddenly called the secretary back, "Forget it, no need."

"My lord?"

The secretary looked at him in confusion.

"Go double the bounty for the Blood-Faced Ghost, issue the wanted order throughout Datong Fucheng, and additionally establish a special case team specially responsible for the Blood-Faced Ghost case."

Governor Bian Jingru ordered.

After the incident of robbing the execution ground that day, the Blood-Faced Ghost was publicly wanted.

After all, he appeared publicly; Datong Fucheng couldn't have no reaction.

This interception of the provincial capital special train, according to the descriptions of the surviving guards, the other party was also that Blood-Faced Ghost.

So Governor Bian Jingru chose to increase the bounty for the Blood-Faced Ghost and increase the intensity of the wanted order, establishing a special case team.

This attitude was not for the provincial capital to see, but for the Imperial Court to see.

Regardless, killing multiple Imperial Court officials at once, such a thing is too vile; Datong Fucheng cannot show any cover-up in this matter, so as not to be caught by the provincial capital.

Of course, the killer was the Blood-Faced Ghost, and it naturally had nothing to do with any Green-Faced Ghost.

With the current relationship between the provincial capital and Datong Fucheng, if the provincial capital wants to send people to Datong Fucheng to investigate again, it won't be so easy.

Governor Bian Jingru originally wanted to have a face-to-face talk with Li Fei, letting Li Fei pass on a message to tell that Green-Faced Ghost to restrain himself and not act wantonly again, otherwise he wouldn't be able to cover it either.

But he thought about it again.

First, Li Fei might not be able to restrain the Green-Faced Ghost; after all, he is a Dao Foundation stage peak powerhouse and is also bold and reckless!

Secondly, he did not intend to have too much contact with such a bold and reckless person who is also difficult to control.

Otherwise, he might be implicated by the other party in the future!

It would be better to do each other's things.

He only needs to win over Li Fei, this peerless genius.

On the evening of May 26th, Li Fei quietly returned to Datong Fucheng.

After killing Wen Ke, the remaining former Wu University special-grade lecturers in the carriage all chose to flee.

Although he was faster than these people, he couldn't kill them all, ultimately letting half of them escape.

Subsequently, he went to another place with tracks nearby, waited for a train returning to Datong Fucheng that he had estimated in advance, and caught a ride.

This operation's goal was to kill the investigation team officials who deliberately set up a trap to frame Shangguan Xiao, as well as those accomplices of Xu Jing.

Of course, it was also to vent the anger in his heart.

Revenge, weakening the strength of Xu Jing and the provincial capital side, and preparing for future retaliation.

These are Li Fei's current goals.

As for directly killing into the provincial capital and starting a massacre, killing Xu Jing together with the mastermind.

Li Fei wanted to, but he also knew very clearly that he couldn't do it for the time being.

Just Xu Jing alone—even if the other party only used the Water-Control supernatural ability on him, he could knock off over 40 Blood Souls in one go!

If the number of Blood Souls in his "Blood Spring" was less than 300, for Xu Jing to kill him, he only needed less than twenty "flat A" attacks.

This was only using the Water-Control supernatural ability; if other means were added, it would be even easier for Xu Jing to kill him.

To take revenge, he still needs to slowly accumulate strength.

Currently, he has only just entered the Dao Foundation stage; after incorporating a few more implants, perhaps he will be able to possess the strength for revenge!

From the moment he crossed over to this world, Li Fei urgently wanted to obtain strength.

He once told Hao Yi, only fight for the morning and evening.

Now this urgency is like a ball of fire, burning his soul every moment!

Must become stronger, become even stronger!

Carrying this mood, Li Fei returned to Wu University and returned to his dormitory.

Li Tianyu was waiting for him in the room.

"You're back; are you okay?"

Li Tianyu looked at Li Fei with complex eyes.

Regarding Li Fei's true identity, she actually already had some guesses; after all, she had already disguised herself as Li Fei once before.

Last time she disguised herself as Li Fei, a Blood-Faced Ghost appeared at the execution ground.

This time she disguised herself as Li Fei, a major case happened in Qingli Fucheng, and the murderer was still the Blood-Faced Ghost...

It's just that Li Fei didn't say it directly, so Li Tianyu didn't ask more.

She trusts Li Fei; that is enough.

"Sister, I'm fine."

Li Fei smiled.

Subsequently, while helping Li Tianyu restore her original appearance, he listened to her recount what she saw and heard at the Zhang residence yesterday:

"Those two exotic beasts produced a total of three Level 5 protective suits and three Level 4 protective suits..."

After speaking, Li Tianyu handed the several protective suits she brought out from the Zhang residence yesterday to Li Fei.

Li Fei took out a Level 5 protective suit made from the scale armor of the Demon-Horned Tiger Beast and handed it to Li Tianyu:

"Sister, you take this; wear it on your body on weekdays just in case."

Hao Yi and Shangguan Xiao are gone; he cherishes the only family affection he has in this world even more and does not hope for Li Tianyu and the others to have any more accidents.

Li Tianyu did not act coy and very simply accepted this Level 5 protective suit worth a thousand gold:

"Then I won't be polite with you."

With this equipment, she could take on some credit tasks with higher difficulty.

"You haven't been here for these two days; are you okay?"

Li Fei asked.

Last time she disguised herself as Li Fei, Li Tianyu only disappeared for half a day.

This time, however, she disappeared for nearly two days.

Li Tianyu smiled: "I'm fine; I am currently at a critical moment of realizing my state of mind and often go into seclusion in the dormitory; disappearing for a few days is very normal."

She is not like Li Fei, this peerless genius, who has so many people paying attention.

"Good."

Li Fei nodded, and then told Li Tianyu some insights about the heart of slaughter.

Li Tianyu practiced Geng Metal Gang Qi; to break through to the middle Qi-Transformation stage, she also needed to realize the heart of slaughter.

Several dozen minutes later, like last time, Li Tianyu put on a black robe, her whole body shrouded within it; Li Fei sent her away from the dormitory, confirming along the way that no one was following or peeking.

Subsequently, Li Fei returned to the dormitory, placed the Ghost-Slaying Blade on his knees, and quietly sensed the mark Hao Yi left on the blade body.

Within the mark was all the essence of "Heaven and Earth One Blade"; while Li Fei was sensing it, he was also injecting his own power of intent into it.

Subsequently, he used his hand to grasp the blade edge, actively using the blade edge to cut his own skin, letting blood flow out.

The blood was quickly absorbed by the blade edge, all flowing into that mark.

This mark needs to absorb Li Fei's power of intent, essence blood, and fire-attribute strength; after it is full, Li Fei can reproduce Hao Yi's "Heaven and Earth One Blade" relying on the Ghost-Slaying Blade in his hand!

Li Fei did not have fire-attribute strength, but he could use fire-attribute materials to replace it.

He had already exchanged a box of Original Fierce Stones from the task hall using credits in advance, picked up a stone, and then began to rub it on the stone with the Ghost-Slaying Blade.

The fist-sized Original Fierce Stone was ground smaller and smaller.

During the rubbing process, the mark on the blade body was constantly absorbing the fire-attribute Yuan Qi inside the Original Fierce Stone.

These fire-attribute Yuan Qi, plus Li Fei's power of intent and essence blood, would ultimately be condensed into the Dao Strength of "Heaven and Earth One Blade" within this mark!

This night, Li Fei spent it in cultivation.

On the same night, Xu Jing learned of the encounter of Wen Ke and the others from Lu Wenyao's mouth.

The news had reached the provincial capital early in the morning, but Xu Jing was in seclusion preparing for the upcoming breakthrough, so Lu Wenyao did not come to disturb him.

It wasn't until the evening when Xu Jing ended his cultivation and proactively asked if Wen Ke and the others had arrived at the provincial capital that Lu Wenyao came to his private residence again and told him this matter personally.

"Oh."

After hearing it, Xu Jing blinked and gave an indifferent "oh."

Seeing this, Lu Wenyao breathed a sigh of relief.

Wen Ke and the others were all talents prepared for the future new university.

People were gone; Lu Wenyao felt very pained and also very regretful.

But with the foundation of the "Canglin Lu Family," this batch of Dao Foundation stage powerhouses and Qi-Refining Martial Artists could still be replenished.

What was truly important was Xu Jing.

As long as Xu Jing could successfully break through and become a Grandmaster.

Then the new university would definitely be able to "settle" in the provincial capital!

Lu Wenyao was very worried that the death of Wen Ke and the others would affect Xu Jing's state of mind, so he ran a trip personally to tell Xu Jing this news.

Now looking at Xu Jing's reaction, the other party seemed not to care that much about the death of Wen Ke and the others.

Thinking about it, it made sense; such a "killing maniac" who had been famous for decades, would he care about the life and death of a mere dozen people?

"Mr. Xu, don't take it to heart; I will replenish the missing people as soon as possible. And I have already reported to the Imperial Court; I will definitely bring this Blood-Faced Ghost to justice and give Mr. Xu an explanation!"

Lu Wenyao said.

"Hmm."

Xu Jing gave an indifferent "hmm," "Lord Lu, please return; I want to continue my seclusion."

Lu Wenyao's expression remained unchanged, nodding: "Good, then I won't disturb Mr. Xu."

After Lu Wenyao left, Xu Jing sat in the room for a while, then got up and walked out of the room, coming to the pavilion in the middle of the lake in the private residence.

The moonlight reflected the lake surface, making it ripple, and a crescent moon appeared in the water.

Xu Jing stood in the pavilion in the middle of the lake, his hands behind his back, quietly looking at the moon in the lake.

He recalled some things.

Recalling the night he saved Wen Ke back then.

For him, that action was indeed just a matter of convenience.

He just felt that Wen Ke's encounter was somewhat similar to some of his past experiences, so just like saving a kitten or puppy on the side of the road, he saved Wen Ke.

He felt Wen Ke had some talent and wanted to let there be one more interesting person in this world, so he took her as a student and taught her how to kill.

And she indeed learned very well.

Over these years, she was like a gentle little kitten, always staying quietly by his side.

Any matter he let her handle, she would handle very well.

Thus, he gradually got used to having such a "little kitten" following him.

When he suddenly heard the news of Wen Ke's death tonight, his emotions were calm.

"If there is a chance in the future, I'll avenge you by the way."

Xu Jing thought to himself.

It was not a big deal.

That was what he believed.

This night, Xu Jing stood in the pavilion in the middle of the lake until dawn...

When the servants in the private residence came to the lakeside, they were all stunned:

A large piece of lake water had actually dried up overnight; in the silt at the bottom of the lake, dead fish and shrimp could be seen everywhere.

It was as if some inexplicable force had evaporated the entire lake!

The servants subconsciously looked up at the pavilion in the middle of the lake.

There was no one there anymore.

There is another chapter in the early morning.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 244 =====