Chapter 259: Qionghua Banquet

"Sect Master, the people from Wu'an University have arrived."

In a hotel room, a man reported to Nalan Zhi.

"Is it confirmed that Li Fei is the team leader?"

Nalan Zhi asked.

"It has been confirmed; on the roster handed over by Wu'an University to the Daluo Sect, the name of the team leader is indeed written as Li Fei."

"Heh."

Nalan Zhi sneered, "That old thing Shi Caiming is really willing to go all out to protect this student."

Gu Yuefeng dying before his eyes had become the biggest thorn in his heart, and even today, thinking back on it still hurt to the bone!

Over the past month, he had tried every possible method to lock onto the Green-Faced Ghost's location, and for this, he had even spared no expense, using the Lu family's connections to invite a True Person proficient in divination!

But the other party ultimately failed to divine any results.

"This person has something on him that can conceal the heavenly secrets, so it cannot be calculated accurately."

This was the conclusion given by that True Person.

As a result, Nalan Zhi had to abandon the idea of secretly running to Datong Prefecture to assassinate the Green-Faced Ghost.

As for Li Fei, Nalan Zhi's murderous intent wasn't as heavy, but if there was an opportunity, he wouldn't miss it either.

Because the Green-Faced Ghost had dared to rob the execution ground to save Shangguan Xiao, and later, for revenge, had dared to intercept and kill the provincial capital's special train, then this person was either deeply related to Shangguan Xiao, or was a close friend of Hao Yi.

And Li Fei was Hao Yi's student, so the Green-Faced Ghost and Li Fei were on the same boat.

Li Fei was a peerless genius with the fastest breakthrough speed in history; since they were enemies, naturally, the sooner he was dealt with, the better.

It was just a pity that Shi Caiming had made it clear he would protect Li Fei, even going so far as to forcibly raise the other party's status, making Nalan Zhi not dare to take action easily.

However, it wasn't that there was no opportunity.

"You previously inquired that the Daluo Sect would be holding a banquet in a few days; is the news accurate?"

Nalan Zhi asked.

The disciple who came to report nodded and said: "The news is accurate; after all the university delegations have arrived, the Daluo Sect will host a banquet to entertain everyone."

"Good."

Nalan Zhi nodded, a smile appearing on his face.

At the same time, Li Fei and the others were arranged to stay in the hotel under the arrangements of the Daluo Sect disciples.

After Li Fei arrived in his room, he called over a captain of the Wu'an Guards:

"Please arrange for two people to guard outside my door; I need to cultivate for a period of time."

"No problem."

The Wu'an Guard captain nodded: "I will bring a team to guard outside the door; you can cultivate with peace of mind."

"Alright, thank you for your hard work."

Li Fei thanked the other party and then walked into his room.

After closing the door, he first took out some spell-casting materials from his suitcase and set up a small breath-concealing array in the room.

Then he took out a bottle of elixir, took it, and sat in the array to begin meditating.

The 【Phantom Leaf】 had reached the late Body-Breaking stage for several months, and the next step was the Spirit-Transformation stage.

The so-called Spirit-Transformation was to make one's spiritual power mutate in essence, becoming more adapted to the "frequency" of magic techniques, so that one could directly cast magic techniques without relying on spell-casting materials and ritual instruments.

The key to this step was to make the spiritual power sufficiently condensed.

Li Fei already knew that the spiritual power of magic cultivation and the strength of will of martial arts were two sides of the same coin, which could be seen as one yin and one yang, capable of yin-yang conversion.

His strength of will was already sufficiently powerful, so from the standard of spiritual power intensity, he had long met the requirements for the Spirit-Transformation stage.

But precisely because his strength of will was too strong, after Li Fei converted this power into the spiritual power of magic cultivation, because the magic cultivation realm hadn't kept up, controlling it became very strenuous.

This was also a problem encountered in "Dual Cultivation of Magic and Martial Arts," besides the interference of implants, there were also obstacles brought by two different paths.

Both martial arts and magic cultivation had histories of over a thousand years, but in history, only one person had walked both paths to the pinnacle, which showed the difficulty of "Dual Cultivation of Magic and Martial Arts."

Over the past month, under Shi Caiming's guidance, Li Fei had been practicing the "Red-Sound Fire Vajra Method," mainly training his control over his strength of will.

After over a month of cultivation, his control over his strength of will had significantly improved, which incidentally also improved his control over his magic spiritual power.

During the few days on the road, Li Fei had a vague feeling that he was about to break through, so as soon as he checked into the hotel, he chose to "break through in closed-door cultivation."

After taking the medicine, Li Fei used the meditation technique to first convert all his strength of will into magic spiritual power, and then let it continuously condense and compress.

This process lasted for over two hours.

At a certain moment, a green leaf mark appeared on Li Fei's forehead, and a condensed magic fluctuation emanated from his body, which was finally blocked by the breath-concealing array and did not leak out.

Soon, the magic fluctuation disappeared, Li Fei slowly opened his eyes, and the green leaf mark on his forehead also faded away.

His 【Phantom Leaf】 had successfully broken through to the Spirit-Transformation stage!

From this moment on, his spiritual power mutated and could henceforth be called "Virtual Thought."

By the time he cultivated to the "True Spirit Realm" in the future, this power would transform from virtual to real and could be called "True Power."

After cultivating "Virtual Thought," Li Fei could cast more and higher-tier magic techniques.

If he used the Dream-Like Order, the magic techniques he cast could even affect Great Mages at the Possession stage and powerhouses at the Dao Foundation stage!

This was naturally helpful to his combat power.

And after cultivating "Virtual Thought," Li Fei's strength of will also increased by a notch.

Because of the "Breaking Heart Obstacles" cultivation method, Li Fei's strength of will was already far superior to martial artists of the same realm.

Later, he cultivated magic techniques, allowing his strength of will to be further enhanced.

Now, Li Fei's strength of will was already approaching the level of the peak Dao Foundation stage!

After completing the breakthrough, he didn't stop cultivating, but turned to cultivating martial arts.

During the few days on the road, he had been attempting "Unity" on the 【Ghost Feet】 branches in parts of his body.

The method was the same as the "Ten-Day Breakthrough Method," except that to avoid affecting combat power, the scope was smaller and the internal injuries were lighter.

After taking out a branch of the implant, he waited quietly for the injuries in that part to heal, and then proceeded to the next step.

After a few days of attempts, Li Fei's progress had reached about "one-tenth," and if he went into closed-door cultivation next, it wouldn't take ten days to complete the "Unity."

He cultivated until evening before Li Fei cleaned up the traces of the breath-concealing array in the room, then walked out of the room and asked the Wu'an Guards guarding outside the door to call for a meal for him.

A moment later, there was a knock on the room door.

"Please come in."

Li Fei said.

Ke Yan walked in carrying a large bag of lunch boxes.

"Why are you the one delivering the meal?"

Li Fei was somewhat surprised.

Ke Yan smiled: "I heard you finished your cultivation, and I happened to have something to tell you, so I brought you the meal while I was at it."

"Thank you."

Li Fei took the bag from the other party.

It was quite heavy; after all, martial artists had large appetites.

"No wonder your breakthrough speed is the fastest in history; your talent is higher than others, and you are more hardworking than others; you simply don't leave a way for others to live."

Ke Yan sighed with emotion with a smile.

Throughout this journey, he had witnessed with his own eyes how Li Fei spent his days:

Asking the two professors about cultivation problems, cultivating, eating, sleeping, asking questions, cultivating, eating...

Now that they had arrived in Daluo Town, he had absolutely no intention of going out to walk around, staying in the room cultivating all day long...

Too damn hardworking!

Li Fei smiled, and while placing the lunch boxes on the table, asked:

"What's the matter?"

"Three days later, the delegations from all thirteen universities will have all arrived, and at that time, the Daluo Sect will be holding a Qionghua Banquet to entertain everyone."

Ke Yan said.

"What is the main purpose of this Qionghua Banquet?"

Li Fei asked.

Ke Yan: "It is rare for people from the twelve universities to gather together, and with one more university this year, it is the first time all thirteen universities have gathered; this can also be considered a historic event, and attending the Daluo Sect's banquet is a very good gimmick to talk about."

"Hm."

Li Fei nodded, indicating he understood.

Even the Daluo Sect was not truly transcendent, and it also couldn't escape the two words of fame and profit.

"The banquet is no problem, and the Daluo Sect won't let it have any problems; I came to find you to remind you that other people might deliberately create problems at the banquet."

Ke Yan said.

Li Fei looked at him: "Are you talking about Hongyi University?"

"Yes."

Ke Yan nodded, "You are the team leader for Wu'an University this time; if the other party targets you and makes you embarrassed, it is equivalent to making Wu'an University lose face, and Hongyi University's team leader this time is Nalan Zhi..."

He didn't finish his sentence, but Li Fei understood.

The Green-Faced Ghost killed Gu Yuefeng in public over a month ago; if the other party couldn't target the Green-Faced Ghost, couldn't they target him, a newcomer who had just stepped into the Dao Foundation stage not long ago?

"I understand, thank you for the reminder, Director Ke."

Li Fei said.

Ke Yan smiled: "We are all on the same boat, no need to be so polite. I will inquire in the next few days about who from the Daluo Sect will be presiding over the Qionghua Banquet, and try to find a way to make some connections; if Hongyi University really makes trouble, we will have a way out."

"Alright, then thank you for your hard work, Director Ke."

Li Fei didn't refuse.

"Haha, it's my duty, it should be done."

Ke Yan smiled, "Then I won't disturb your meal, goodbye."

After speaking, he got up and left the room.

Li Fei silently finished all the food, then continued to cultivate...

For the next three days, he almost never left his room, staying in the room cultivating, performing "Unity" on the 【Ghost Feet】.

The Wu'an Guards outside the door rotated team by team, and they had witnessed what it meant to be a "Hardworking King."

August 26th, at noon, Ke Yan knocked on Li Fei's door:

"We should set off; the people from all thirteen universities have all arrived, and we will be going to the Daluo Sect in a while."

Ten minutes later, over a hundred people gathered on the open ground outside the hotel.

These people were representatives from the thirteen universities, and many of them knew each other, greeting and chatting.

Li Fei saw Nalan Zhi in the crowd; the other party also noticed him, and the two exchanged glances, then both shifted their gazes with normal expressions.

"Dongliang, are you leading the team this time?"

A middle-aged man wearing a black outer robe, with a goatee, long hair fluttering, and looking somewhat unrestrained, took the initiative to walk toward the Wu'an University group and greet one of the professors.

The professor who was greeted was named Xiang Dongliang, the one who was teaching Li Fei "The Application of Metal-Attribute High-Tier Internal Energy."

After seeing the person who came, he immediately bowed and saluted:

"Greetings, Master Chi."

"Haha, no need for formalities."

The person who came smiled.

"This is the Vice Principal of Dongyang University, Master Chi Xu."

Xiang Dongliang introduced to Li Fei.

Martial artists who had the suffix "Master" in their address were all Martial Arts Grandmasters!

"Master Chi, I am not the team leader this time; this one is."

Xiang Dongliang pointed at Li Fei and said.

"Oh? Who is this?"

Chi Xu curiously looked at Li Fei.

So young, yet able to serve as the team leader for Wu'an University?

"Junior Li Fei, a second-year student at Wu'an University, greets Master Chi."

Li Fei bowed to Chi Xu.

"A second-year student?"

Chi Xu's eyes widened, then he reacted and raised his volume:

"You are that Li Fei whose breakthrough speed is the fastest in history?"

The people around who were chatting heard this voice and turned their heads to look over one after another.

A freshman at Wu'an University breaking through to the Dao Foundation stage had broken the fastest record in history, becoming the fastest in history; this matter had now spread to all the other universities, so after hearing Chi Xu's words, everyone looked over one after another, wanting to see what that "fastest in history" looked like.

The representatives sent by the other universities this time were at least powerhouses at the Dao Foundation stage, and the team leaders were Martial Arts Grandmasters.

For a time, over a dozen Martial Arts Grandmasters, dozens of Dao Foundation stage powerhouses—

All looking at one person!

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