Chapter 250

Datong Fucheng, Wu'an University.

On top of a small hill, Li Fei held the Ghost-Slaying Blade with both hands and slashed toward Shi Caiming in front of him.

As this slash was executed, the mountaintop seemed to turn into a world of flames, with the sky and the ground both filled with raging fire!

The next second, the sky and the ground merged, and all the flames converged into a single line.

This long line of fire slashed toward Shi Caiming; after the hit, the line of fire began to shrink rapidly, finally converging into a single point.

"Not bad, it's about equivalent to a full-power strike from a peak Dao Foundation powerhouse."

As this voice sounded, all the illusions disappeared along with it.

On top of the mountain, the green grass was still swaying, and the large lawn, trees, and houses were all undamaged.

Li Fei looked down at his feet; if it weren't for the small patch of grass scorched within this square inch, he would have doubted whether he had truly executed such a slash just now.

The mark on the Ghost-Slaying Blade, after accumulating enough intent power, blood energy, and fire-attribute elemental energy, could automatically condense into Dao Power, allowing Li Fei to reproduce that ultimate move of Hao Yi—Heaven and Earth Single Slash!

It's just that in terms of power, it's certainly not as strong as when Hao Yi used it; the specific power depends on Li Fei's own strength, as well as his understanding and mastery of this move.

The slash Li Fei just executed was commented on by Shi Caiming as being equivalent to a full-power strike from a peak Dao Foundation powerhouse.

But even with such a slash, it ultimately only scorched this small patch of grass under Li Fei's feet.

The strength of a Grandmaster is too unfathomable!

"Grandmaster..."

Li Fei gritted his teeth and put away his blade, walking toward Shi Caiming.

He had already learned the news of Xu Jing's successful breakthrough, which further increased his sense of urgency.

"If you want to further increase the power of this slash, you can only have a significant improvement after you cultivate fire-attribute innate Qi."

After Li Fei walked closer, Shi Caiming spoke.

Currently, Li Fei has already incorporated the earth-attribute 【Ghost Foot】; wanting to cultivate fire-attribute innate Qi requires incorporating a third implant.

"Understood."

Li Fei nodded and began to calculate roughly how much longer it would take.

Shi Caiming glanced at him and spoke:

"Relaxation and tension is the way of cultivation; keeping yourself too tightly wound is also not conducive to growth."

Li Fei, upon hearing this, was startled, and then bowed to the other party:

"Yes, student understands."

"Alright, go back and rest."

Shi Caiming waved his hand.

Li Fei bowed again and then turned and left.

Watching his departing back, Shi Caiming sighed.

He knew that this child would certainly not rest after returning.

After returning to the dormitory, Li Fei took six bottles of elixirs from the safe.

They were Sand-Dust Elixir and Black Gypsum for replenishing energy for the earth-attribute implant.

One for internal use, one for external application.

There was also a bottle of Deep-Pattern Elixir for replenishing energy for the dark-attribute implant.

Next was a bottle of Rock-Driving Elixir that could stimulate the rapid growth of the earth-attribute implant.

And another bottle of Dark-Growth Elixir that could stimulate the rapid growth of the dark-attribute implant.

Finally, there was Sleepy-Wood Elixir used to soothe the wood-attribute implant.

Li Fei first poured three Sleepy-Wood Elixirs into his mouth, then used visualization to make the 【Phantom Leaf】 in his brain fall into a deep sleep.

Only then did he begin to prepare to cultivate 【Ghost Foot】.

Martial arts implants and spell-type implants will conflict, and the higher the realm, the more so.

After Li Fei incorporated the second martial arts implant, 【Ghost Foot】, the conflict between 【Phantom Leaf】 and the two implants intensified.

Fortunately, this kind of conflict only occurs when the implants grow and break through the realm, because the growth and breakthrough of the implants are deepening the fusion with the human body, which is equivalent to "stealing resources" for the other type of implant, so the conflict arises.

If Li Fei does not cultivate, in daily life and during battle, the several implants are at peace with each other.

But as long as he starts cultivating, he must rely on taking medicine to resolve the conflict between the implants.

No one can take medicine every day and persist in it for a long time.

Only Li Fei, who possesses the Ten Thousand Blood Pearl, is completely unaffected.

So he has the opportunity to walk the path of "dual cultivation of law and martial arts."

The top powerhouses in this world: "One Supreme, Three Demons, Five True Persons, Seven Martial Saints."

Among them, that "Supreme" is the recognized number one person in the world, and the other party is also the only person in the world who has walked the path of "dual cultivation of law and martial arts":

Martial arts cultivated to Martial Saint, spell arts cultivated to True Person!

The reason Li Fei chose to concurrently cultivate the path of spell arts back then, besides accidentally obtaining the True One magic treasure, the Dream-Like Order, was also because of the deeds of this "Supreme." (Note 1)

Now, he is also walking quite smoothly on the path of dual cultivation of law and martial arts.

After 【Phantom Leaf】 fell into a deep sleep under the influence of the Sleepy-Wood Elixir, Li Fei took out a bottle of Rock-Driving Elixir that stimulates the rapid growth of the earth-attribute implant and poured it into his mouth.

That's right, a whole bottle!

Then a bottle of Dark-Growth Elixir that stimulates the rapid growth of the dark-attribute implant.

After the 【Ghost Foot】 in his body produced a strong "hunger," Li Fei again poured a bottle of Sand-Dust Elixir and a bottle of Deep-Pattern Elixir into his mouth.

Finally, he took out Black Gypsum and applied it to his feet and legs.

This way of cultivation is simply not treating himself like a human!

But with Li Fei's current physique and blood soul quantity, he can fully withstand such "self-destruction"; he almost uses medicine every day at the limit of 【Ghost Foot】's tolerance, letting 【Ghost Foot】 grow at an unimaginable speed.

Li Fei incorporated 【Ghost Foot】 and entered the embryo-nurturing stage on June 14th; today is July 5th, only 21 days have passed, and 【Ghost Foot】 is already approaching the Qi-transformation stage!

He intends to break through the realm today!

When 【Steel Armor】 breaks through from the body-breaking stage to the Qi-transformation stage, it requires sufficiently powerful intent power, and now Li Fei's intent is already sufficiently powerful, so this breakthrough can be described as "smooth sailing," without the slightest obstacle.

After sitting quietly in the dormitory for more than three hours, waiting for 【Ghost Foot】 to absorb and digest all the medicinal power, Li Fei completed the breakthrough as a matter of course.

A thick and vigorous innate Qi was born within Li Fei's body.

【Ghost Foot】 is a dual-attribute implant, so the innate Qi it cultivates cannot be the purest, and therefore cannot be True Qi.

This newly born innate Qi leans toward the masculine, and from the attribute perspective, it should be Earth-Earth.

Coupled with the thick and vigorous characteristic, it should belong to Yuan Qi.

But because it also contains the characteristics of the dark attribute, it is not pure Earth-Earth Yuan Qi.

"The dark attribute characteristic leans toward Sha Qi, so this innate Qi can be called Earth-Earth Yuan Sha Qi."

Li Fei recalled the information he saw in the books.

"Clear, Yuan, Mysterious, Sha, Gang, True" are the six attributes of innate Qi.

Yuan Sha, Yuan Gang, Clear Yuan, Clear Mysterious, etc., these are all innate Qi mixed with multiple attributes, usually only possessed by multi-attribute implants.

And what is cultivated using the 【Ghost Foot】 implant is either Yuan Sha Qi or Gang Sha Qi.

What Li Fei cultivated is Earth-Earth Yuan Sha Qi:

Thick, vigorous, and also has an insidious erosive nature.

Like dark earth in the abyss of the netherworld.

After cultivating 【Ghost Foot】 to the Qi-transformation stage, Li Fei's second stage of cultivation can be considered initially completed.

Next, he does not need to break through 【Ghost Foot】 to the mid-stage of Qi-transformation to cultivate the corresponding internal energy; he only needs to integrate the newly cultivated Earth-Earth Yuan Sha Qi into the Diamond Energy.

In the dormitory, Li Fei drove the Diamond Energy, and then according to the method recorded in the book left by Hao Yi, began to control the Earth-Earth Yuan Sha Qi to integrate into it.

The first implant of 【Mixed Yuan Heaven Gold】 is 【Steel Armor】, the second is 【Ghost Foot】; the sages of the Tiangang Sect who created this Dao foundation naturally had considerations.

Regardless of which metal-attribute internal energy the descendants cultivate, or which earth-attribute innate Qi they cultivate, there are corresponding integration techniques.

When the sun set and the moon hung high in the sky, Li Fei completed the initial integration.

A dark golden light appeared on the surface of his body.

This is the Diamond Energy integrated with Earth-Earth Yuan Sha Qi; compared to the brilliance before, it has become much dimmer.

But both offense and defense have been enhanced.

In defense, while the defensive power is enhanced, it also adds a thick and vigorous characteristic, becoming more durable.

In offense, besides becoming sharper, it also has an erosive nature; once it hits an opponent, the other party will suffer continuous damage.

After completing the enhancement of internal energy, Li Fei theoretically has already completed the second stage of cultivation; next, he can perform "unification" on 【Ghost Foot】, gathering all the branches of the implant spread throughout his body onto his feet, and then incorporate the third implant.

He has already asked Shi Caiming in advance to help him find the remaining three implants needed for 【Mixed Yuan Heaven Gold】, if they can all be successfully found.

Theoretically speaking, Li Fei only needs to wait another three months or so to complete the incorporation of five types of implants!

However, Li Fei is not in a hurry to perform "unification" on 【Ghost Foot】 now.

First, it is because the "strengthening period" brought to his body by the incorporation of 【Ghost Foot】 has not yet ended; once "unification" is performed, it will interrupt the "strengthening period."

Currently, Li Fei's physique has already been enhanced to a certain extent, and the number of blood souls has increased by 18, with the total number becoming 328.

Next, it will continue to be enhanced.

Besides that, once the implant performs "unification," its growth is completely solidified.

Currently, Li Fei's 【Ghost Foot】 has only developed the extraordinary ability of "God-Speed," and the core-level extraordinary ability belonging to the dark attribute has not yet been developed.

Li Fei's goal is to develop five core-level extraordinary abilities in the future!

So he certainly will not be in a hurry to perform "unification" on 【Ghost Foot】.

The development of an implant's extraordinary ability, besides stimulating its growth during daily cultivation, is most effectively done by using the implant in battle.

So Li Fei next needs to continuously use 【Ghost Foot】 to fight.

Only high-intensity battles can make a martial artist's intent power better fit the implant, thereby stimulating the implant at a deeper level.

With Li Fei's current combat power, there are not many opponents left who can bring him high-intensity battles.

If the opponent is too weak, it cannot stir up his desire to fight at all.

If the opponent is a "sparring partner" like Shi Caiming, Li Fei knows that the other party will not truly hurt him, and subconsciously it is very difficult to have a very strong fighting spirit.

If the opponent is Xu Jing... well, the desire to fight is certainly not lacking, the downside is that it is very difficult to survive.

So a suitable opponent is very important.

Coincidentally, just when Li Fei needed a suitable opponent.

That opponent took the initiative to deliver himself to the door:

On the night of July 5th, Gu Yuefeng, who was coming to "ask for a sword" from Qin Zhen, arrived at Datong Fucheng.

Along with Gu Yuefeng, there was also the Sect Master of the Qingshan Sword Sect, Nalan Zhi!

Besides that, the Qingshan Sword Sect and the provincial capital also sent a batch of experts.

These people came in the capacity of the "Professor Group" of the new university, Hongyi University, nominally coming to conduct "academic exchange" with Wu'an University.

Xu Jing did not come.

If he were to come, he could only conduct "academic exchange" with Shi Caiming.

His current state is not very suitable for such exchanges with powerhouses of the same level...

That night, the "Professor Group" led by the Vice President of Hongyi University, Nalan Zhi, stayed at the highest-level official guesthouse in Datong Prefecture.

Governor Bian Jingru personally hosted a banquet to welcome this team's visit to Datong Prefecture.

At the banquet, this Garrison Commander expressed a warm welcome and heartfelt blessings for the establishment of Hongyi University!

The Garrison Commander pointed out: Two universities in the same province, in the future, such "academic exchanges" should be held more often, everyone should have friendly interactions and progress together.

"Sect Master Nalan, oh, should I address you as Vice President Nalan now?"

At the banquet, Governor Bian Jingru held a wine glass in his hand, looking at Nalan Zhi with a smile.

"Hahaha, Lord Bian, please feel free."

Nalan Zhi smiled and raised his glass to Governor Bian Jingru.

"Why don't I see that 'Moon-Missing Sword'?"

Governor Bian Jingru asked.

"Moon-Missing Sword" is Gu Yuefeng's nickname.

Nalan Zhi's expression was normal: "Oh, Junior Martial Brother Gu has always disliked lively crowds and is used to being alone; I couldn't persuade him either, so I ask Lord Bian to forgive me."

Governor Bian Jingru nodded, saying with deep meaning:

"Being alone is nothing, it's just that my Datong Prefecture has strict rules, and I hope this Junior Martial Brother Gu of yours doesn't violate any taboos; it wouldn't be good if everyone's harmony was damaged then."

Nalan Zhi laughed:

"Lord Bian, rest assured, my Junior Martial Brother Gu is not someone who would act recklessly."

Governor Bian Jingru nodded: "That's good."

Fenghua Street.

Ever since Feng Sanniang died, the liveliness of this street has gone and never returned.

Several cabarets all closed their doors and have not reopened until now.

The businesses left behind by Feng Sanniang were mainly concentrated on Fenghua Street, which is also a true "money-burning cave"; whoever could hold all the cabarets and all the girls on this street in their hands would be no different from getting a treasure bowl!

It's just that after the Green-Faced Ghost King killed Feng Sanniang, no one has dared to take over the business here for the time being.

On the desolate street, a figure in white carrying a sword slowly walked to the front gate of "Yuanxiang Pool."

Back then, he responded to Feng Sanniang's invitation and came here for the first time.

Now it is his second time coming.

Back then, the lights were bright, the sound of silk and bamboo lingered, beautiful women accompanied, and red sleeves added fragrance.

But now, only a gray building remains in front of him.

The fragrant soul has already passed away.

Gu Yuefeng stood in front of the gate of "Yuanxiang Pool" for a while, then turned and left, quickly disappearing into the dark night.

Ten minutes later, a figure in white appeared outside the gate of the Green-Faced Villa.

A sword descends upon the Green-Faced Villa!

It's the last day, everyone clear out the monthly tickets in your hands, otherwise they will expire.

Note 1: Originally, I intended to write this reason, and even specifically wrote a chapter to bring out the setting of "One Supreme, Three Demons, Five True Persons, Seven Martial Saints," but I forgot to write it when I was writing. Now this reason has been added in the previous chapters~

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