Chapter 348: Challenging History

"Name?"

"Li Fei."

"The one from Martial University?"

"Yes, first-year student at Martial University, Li Fei."

"Nice to meet you, nice to meet you."

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After the patrolling inspectors arrived, they first interrogated Li Fei. Upon learning his identity, their attitude immediately became courteous.

As a peerless prodigy of Martial University, Li Fei's name had long since spread throughout Datong Prefecture, and even ordinary inspectors had heard of him.

"Do you need to be sent to the hospital first?"

Seeing that Li Fei had gunshot wounds, and in more than one place, the arriving inspectors asked if they should send him to the hospital first.

They could not afford the responsibility of a peerless prodigy of Martial University dying in front of them.

"No need, I can handle it myself."

Li Fei refused.

Next, after politely asking about the sequence of events, the squad leader in charge at the scene realized the matter was not simple and was not something they could decide, so he immediately sent someone back to the Inspectorate General to report.

A few minutes later, before the people from the Inspectorate General arrived, the vehicles from the Supervision General arrived first.

Several men wearing deep black robes and dome hats walked over quickly, showed their credentials to the outer circle of inspectors, and then walked up to Li Fei.

One of the men handed his credentials to Li Fei with both hands and said very politely:

"I am Hong Lihang, a Level 2 Supervisor from the Supervision General."

Li Fei took the other party's credentials, glanced at them, and nodded: "Hello."

"Can the matter here be handed over to our Supervision General to handle?"

Hong Lihang asked.

Li Fei looked into the other party's eyes and understood immediately:

"Yes, I have no problem with that, but what about the Inspectorate General?"

"Leave that to me."

Hong Lihang said.

Li Fei: "Good."

So Hong Lihang turned to communicate with the squad leader who was in charge.

A dozen minutes later, a captain from the Inspectorate General arrived and called all the inspectors at the scene away.

"Officer, please come back with us."

Hong Lihang walked to Li Fei's side and said in a low voice.

He knew of Li Fei's identity as a secret supervisor and also knew that Li Fei's rank was higher than his, so he addressed Li Fei as officer.

"Good."

Li Fei nodded.

Soon, he got into the Supervision General's car and returned to the Supervision General with Hong Lihang and the others.

Completely different from the gloomy and terrifying atmosphere outsiders imagined, the Supervision General was brightly lit at night, with people coming and going, a scene of busyness.

It looked very lively.

After Li Fei waited for a while in a reception room, Xia Huan pushed the door open and walked in.

"How are your injuries?"

The first thing Xia Huan said after entering the room was to show concern.

Li Fei: "I'm fine now, thank you for your concern, Lord Xia."

He had shot himself five times, and now he had used his internal energy to force the bullets out of his body and stopped the bleeding.

"We will definitely investigate tonight's attack with all our might and give you an explanation!"

Xia Huan promised.

Because they had successfully arranged a meeting with Green-Faced Ghost through Li Fei before, the Supervision General now placed even greater importance on Li Fei.

This time, when Li Fei was attacked, they took the case from the Inspectorate General at the first opportunity, just to better win Li Fei over.

"Good, thank you, Lord Xia."

Li Fei nodded.

He really wanted to know who had hired such a group of people to kill him.

Poison King? Cannon King?

At this time, these two were the most suspicious, but it was also possible that someone else wanted to fish in troubled waters.

After all, there were so many factions in Datong Prefecture, and people's hearts were unpredictable.

Xia Huan sat with Li Fei for a while, then someone pushed the door open and handed him a file.

After he lowered his head and read it for a few moments, he handed the file directly to Li Fei:

"It's been found out. The person leading the team that attacked you tonight goes by the code name 'Bullet Casing', and the team he leads is a very famous assassination team from the provincial capital."

Li Fei took the file and started reading. It contained detailed information about the members of the 'Bullet Casing' team and their past combat records.

Seeing that this team had successfully assassinated three Dao Foundation realm powerhouses in the past, Li Fei showed a look of surprise.

"It is truly astonishing that you were able to survive tonight and kill all three main members of their team. You are truly worthy of being a peerless prodigy!"

Xia Huan exclaimed.

A team capable of assassinating Dao Foundation realm powerhouses had actually stumbled over Li Fei, a Qi Transformation late-stage martial artist, and few people would believe it if they heard it.

But considering that Li Fei himself was a peerless prodigy, any miracle happening to such a genius was possible, so Xia Huan did not have any doubts, but his perception of Li Fei as a peerless prodigy deepened a bit more.

"Just lucky, I almost died."

Li Fei said calmly.

The reason he left no survivors was to prevent 'Bullet Casing' and the others from exposing his true combat strength.

He had specifically handled the bodies and the battlefield, so no clues should be detected.

Xia Huan glanced at the gunshot wound on Li Fei's neck and nodded:

"Luck is also a part of strength. If it were any other martial artist, no matter how lucky they were, they wouldn't have survived."

Li Fei smiled and didn't say anything more.

"Don't worry, we will keep the situation of tonight's battle strictly confidential."

Xia Huan continued, "Also, this team has more than three people. We are already searching the whole city for the rest. As soon as we catch them, we will have a chance to follow the trail and find the mastermind behind it."

"Good, thank you, Lord Xia."

Li Fei thanked him politely.

"You, you're too polite."

Xia Huan shook his head and smiled.

A dozen minutes later, Xia Huan sent a team to escort Li Fei back to Martial University.

Not long after returning to Martial University, Li Fei used the Leaf Blinding Technique and the Vajra Seal: Precious Vase to sneak out of the school.

His true self had been attacked tonight; if Green-Faced Ghost happened not to go to Green-Face Villa tonight, someone with ulterior motives might link something together.

Li Fei did not want to leave any flaws, so he left Martial University quietly.

Not long after, Green-Faced Ghost appeared at Green-Face Villa again.

Just like before, Li Fei went straight to the dungeon.

In the days that followed, Li Fei lived a rare, peaceful life.

Every morning he went to class to follow Wen Ke and learn the 'Overall Extraction Method'. When there were no classes, he studied the 'Ten-Day Breakthrough Method' in his dormitory.

Every afternoon he went to Mo Yizhou's place to 'solve problems'.

At night, he first practiced 【Illusion Leaf】, practiced techniques, and then went to the dungeon of Green-Face Villa to 'Observe the Dao' with the help of Liu Wenjun.

He did not encounter any more attacks, nor did he encounter any tricky matters that required him to handle them.

On the other side, the Qingyuan City Management Company, the Zhang family, and Feng Sanniang's three forces joined hands to compete with the 'Poison King' and 'Cannon King' for the assets left behind by 'Beast King' Yu Longqing.

Yu Longqing still had three large-scale exotic beast feed plantations and over a dozen raw material production sites within Datong Prefecture. Li Fei currently only controlled Green-Face Villa and the raw material production site at Chen Family Village.

If he wanted to completely control the exotic beast feed market in Datong Prefecture, he would have to take at least the majority of the remaining three large-scale exotic beast feed plantations and over a dozen raw material production sites.

Otherwise, with no goods in hand, what would he use to seize the market?

But the struggle for these places could not rely on force alone. Just like Chen Family Village, Li Fei could not directly use violence to conquer it. In the end, he supported Chen Lixin, a member of the Chen family, to take power and used the Chen family to govern Chen Family Village.

Therefore, if one wanted to occupy these plantations and production sites, force was only the foundation. The rest required connections, support or suppression from the government, influence in the local area, money, and so on.

This series of struggles was a contest of a force's foundation, which was also the reason why Li Fei wanted to cooperate with Feng Sanniang and the Zhang family.

The foundation of the Qingyuan City Management Company was still too shallow. Even if it swallowed the 'Beast King's' forces, it only swallowed a part of them. Compared with major forces at the level of the 'Seven Kings' and the three great families of Datong Prefecture, there was still a significant gap.

Even if Li Fei alone could fight well, he could not guard so many territories, unless he stopped doing everything else in the future and just kept patrolling within Datong Prefecture, running to wherever problems appeared to suppress them.

The Qingyuan City Management Company, Feng Sanniang, and the Zhang family, the three forces joined hands to barely suppress the Poison King and the Cannon King.

Because Li Fei had Yang Zhe, a former 'Three Scholars' member, under his command, who was familiar with the inside story and had connections, plus the deterrent power brought by the battle in the wilderness, and Feng Sanniang still had many trump cards, the advantage of Li Fei and the others was constantly expanding.

Judging from the current situation, the 'Poison King' and 'Cannon King' would at most share a portion of the benefits in the end and would have the ability to occupy a place in the exotic beast feed market of Datong Prefecture in the future, but the lion's share would definitely still belong to Li Fei's side.

Li Fei did not pay attention to any of this, focusing wholeheartedly on 'solving problems' and preparing for the 'Ten-Day Breakthrough Method'.

In the blink of an eye, a month had passed.

On the morning of May 6th, in Mo Yizhou's laboratory.

Li Fei had solved the problem to the most critical step, which was the final step!

He was continuously calculating on the paper.

At one moment, he suddenly raised his head, subconsciously wanting to call out to Mo Yizhou, but then stopped himself.

He had successfully solved the problem in his hands!

Mo Yizhou was completely immersed in his own research at this time and did not notice the anomaly on Li Fei's side.

Li Fei hesitated for a moment, ultimately choosing not to tell Mo Yizhou the answer he had solved just yet.

If Mo Yizhou knew, he would certainly inform the General Supervision Academy immediately.

Li Fei wanted to investigate it himself first to see if he could uncover any results.

He always felt that a massive conspiracy might be hidden behind this matter, and it was always beneficial to grasp the intelligence one step ahead.

Mo Yizhou had given the final problem directly to Li Fei in the beginning, which also placed the initiative in Li Fei's hands.

When to submit the answer would be decided by Li Fei himself.

"Teacher Mo."

Li Fei called out.

"Hmm?"

Mo Yizhou turned his head to look at him.

"Let's stop here for today; I'm leaving first."

Li Fei said.

"Alright."

Mo Yizhou nodded, then continued to bury his head in his research.

Li Fei walked out of the classroom, returned to his dormitory, picked up his phone, and dialed a number.

After waiting for a few minutes, the call was answered, and Yang Zhe's somewhat weary voice came from the other end:

"Who is this?"

"It's me."

Li Fei said in a low voice.

"Ghost King, do you have any instructions?"

Yang Zhe said in a respectful tone.

"Arrange for people to check the market for any large-scale transaction records of Rosemary Grass within the last year. Investigate secretly; do not attract anyone's attention."

Li Fei instructed.

"Understood, Ghost King, rest assured."

Yang Zhe did not ask why and agreed directly.

Among the answers Li Fei had solved, one medicinal ingredient required a large amount of Rosemary Grass to be decocted.

According to his estimation, this quantity had to be at least a thousand catties!

Rosemary Grass itself can be used to make anesthetics and sedatives; this type of herb is used most frequently in hospitals.

But in normal procurement, it should be impossible for a hospital to purchase a thousand catties of Rosemary Grass at once.

Therefore, Li Fei had Yang Zhe investigate to see if any results could be found based on this clue.

Three days later, Green Face Villa.

In the dungeon, Li Fei was using the "Contemplation of Freedom Method" to guide Liu Wenjun in "Returning to One."

Now his focus was no longer on guiding Liu Wenjun on how to extract the implant branches from her body, but on how to slowly gather the extracted implant branches and finally consolidate them together.

This was the content still lacking in Li Fei's "Ten-Day Breakthrough Method."

Another night passed, and under Li Fei's guidance, Liu Wenjun successfully gathered one branch to her dantian.

Choosing this place as the endpoint for consolidation was because it was relatively closest to all parts of the body and less dangerous.

"Let's stop here; I won't come again from now on."

Li Fei stood up, turned his back to Liu Wenjun, and spoke.

Liu Wenjun was startled, revealing a complex expression.

She had recently become accustomed to receiving Li Fei's guidance every night, and Li Fei suddenly saying he would never come again made her feel very unaccustomed.

But as enemies, she had no way to beg Li Fei to continue guiding her.

"I hope you don't make me wait too long."

Li Fei turned around, glanced at Liu Wenjun, and said this.

As of today, he had mastered all the techniques and experience he needed, and continuing to observe the Dao through Liu Wenjun no longer had any meaning.

Actually, he could have killed her with one strike, but he had promised her back then that he would give her a chance for one-on-one revenge after she broke through her realm.

Li Fei did not intend to break his word.

Consider it the reward for her letting him observe the Dao.

After finishing, Li Fei turned and left the dungeon.

He returned to the Martial University overnight and arrived under a large building.

This building was named Peace Building and was a place specifically for students to go into seclusion.

Seclusion in martial arts was not always extremely dangerous, but there was always some level of risk; the Martial University naming it "Peace Building" was also in the hope that students who walked in could all eventually walk out safely.

Over the course of more than a month, Li Fei had completely perfected the "Ten-Day Breakthrough Method" he had conceived and planned to start his seclusion tonight to charge toward the Dao Foundation realm!

Compared to the outside, this Peace Building at the Martial University was certainly the safest place, so Li Fei chose to come here for seclusion.

It was open 24 hours a day, always had people on duty, and a professor at the Dao Foundation realm was stationed there long-term.

After completing his registration in the first-floor lobby, Li Fei spent 5 credits to rent a secret room with the highest safety rating, then walked inside.

What he was about to challenge next would be a record never before seen in the thousands of years of human martial arts cultivation history:

Completing "Returning to One" within ten days and breaking through to the Dao Foundation realm!

Seeking monthly tickets.

There is more tonight.

(End of this chapter)