Chapter 357: Unmasking

Inside the room, Li Fei did not rush to leave, but instead gestured for Zhao Yi to sit down.

"Did Zhao Renjie ever teach you any techniques back then to conceal your actions while projecting into the 'Dream Realm'?"

Li Fei asked suddenly.

Zhao Yi was startled upon hearing this, looking at Li Fei with a surprised gaze:

"Is this what the Marquis of Jing'an is asking the Ghost King?"

Li Fei smiled, making a move that Zhao Yi had not expected.

He reached out to his evil ghost mask, used his internal energy to trigger the metal connecting strips behind it, and then slowly removed the mask.

Zhao Yi subconsciously held her breath, then her eyes widened sharply.

She looked at the familiar face beneath the mask in disbelief.

A few seconds later, she reacted abruptly, hurriedly standing up to bow to Li Fei:

"Greetings, Marquis of Jing'an!"

Li Fei raised a hand to signal her to rise: "Sit and speak."

Zhao Yi sat back down, her eyes burning as she looked at Li Fei.

Back then, when she was forced to make a three-year pact with Li Fei, she had felt stifled and unconvinced in her heart.

It was only after the news of Li Fei being enfeoffed as a Marquis returned that she realized how lucky she had been!

Having felt the intoxication brought by power, Li Fei had become an object of her envy and admiration.

"I wonder what the relationship is between the Marquis of Jing'an and the Green-Faced Ghost King?"

Zhao Yi asked.

Looking at the other party's cautious demeanor, Li Fei felt a sense of emotion.

Even when she had sworn a vow technique to him back then, she hadn't been this respectful, and at times had been quite blunt.

Status and power truly could create a sense of distance.

"I actually prefer your unruly appearance; can you revert to that?"

Li Fei said jokingly.

"Ah?"

Zhao Yi was dumbfounded.

Li Fei smiled, using his internal energy to control the evil ghost mask in his hand to return to its original form, embedding it into the blade to become the hilt, allowing the Ghost-Slaying Blade to return to its original form:

"I am the Green-Faced Ghost; I always have been."

"..."

Zhao Yi could not care about the joke Li Fei had just made; she was plunged into shock.

"How is that possible... you..."

For a moment, she didn't know what to say.

When she first met Li Fei, he was only a Qi-Transformation stage martial artist, while at that time, the Green-Faced Ghost had already displayed the combat power of the Dao Foundation stage.

How could a Qi-Transformation stage martial artist impersonate a Dao Foundation stage martial artist?

Moreover, when the Green-Faced Ghost King climbed the overall Wind and Cloud Ranking, Li Fei had only just broken through to the Dao Foundation stage less than two months prior.

How could such a Dao Foundation stage martial artist possess the combat power of a peak Dao Foundation stage?

This fact was too subversive to one's worldview!

Furthermore, the internal energy Li Fei had displayed all along was completely different from that of the Green-Faced Ghost.

So even though Li Fei told Zhao Yi himself, she found it hard to believe.

People in the outside world had always speculated about the relationship between Li Fei and the Green-Faced Ghost King, but no one had ever thought they could be the same person.

Li Fei sat quietly on the sofa, waiting for Zhao Yi to digest this fact.

The reason he chose to tell Zhao Yi the truth was that after the past few months of observation, her performance had gradually earned his trust.

Besides that, a more important point was that he no longer worried about his identity being exposed.

When he fought Lan Ruoyun, he chose to use the power of the Ten Thousand Blood Pearl in front of a Martial Arts Grandmaster, and he had already made a decision then:

From now on, his true self would no longer hide the power of the Ten Thousand Blood Pearl!

First enfeoffed as a Marquis, then appointed as a Blue Patrol Special Envoy, Li Fei no longer worried about the identity of the Green-Faced Ghost being discovered.

The government's arrest warrant for the Green-Faced Ghost had long since been revoked. (See Chapter 62, Volume 2 for details)

The one who intercepted the imperial train was the Blood-Faced Ghost, who had also long since been executed.

Today, the Green-Faced Ghost King of Datong Prefecture was already a clean identity.

Of course, Li Fei would not deliberately reveal his identity; after all, having a secondary persona was sometimes quite convenient.

He only told Zhao Yi, whom he had come to trust, to facilitate future contact.

"... The Marquis is truly a miracle."

It took Zhao Yi a long time to accept this fact, and she said it in a complex tone.

"Alright, you can answer my question now."

Li Fei said.

Zhao Yi nodded: "Zhao Renjie did indeed teach me a technique that can use the Dream-Command Token to hide one's tracks in the 'Dream Realm' and leave behind a false projection."

"As expected."

When Li Fei encountered people from the Nightmare Sect in the 'Dream Realm', he had thought of this point.

To avoid encountering people from the Nightmare Sect in the 'Dream Realm', Zhao Renjie would inevitably have taken precautions.

After Li Fei encountered people from the Nightmare Sect in the Daluo Sect's 'Dream Realm', he had never entered the 'Dream Realm' again.

He had to guard against being targeted by the Nightmare Sect.

If the other party had been lying in wait, he would be exposed the moment he started roaming the 'Dream Realm'.

Fortunately, Zhao Renjie had left behind a solution.

"Teach me this technique."

Li Fei said.

Zhao Yi looked at him in surprise: "Has the Marquis already reached the late stage of Spirit Transformation?"

Only by reaching the late stage of Spirit Transformation and using the Dream-Command Token could one cast the 'Gate of the Dream Realm' and start roaming the 'Dream Realm'.

A few months ago, Li Fei was only at the early stage of Spirit Transformation; one had to know that the cultivation speed of techniques was much slower than that of martial arts.

"Yes."

Li Fei admitted frankly.

"..."

Zhao Yi was speechless.

However, thinking that Li Fei could rival Dao Foundation stage martial artists when he was at the Qi-Transformation stage, such a miracle didn't seem so magical when it happened to him.

Subsequently, she dictated the technique Zhao Renjie had left behind to Li Fei.

This technique was called 'Shadow Concealment', which could hide one's subconscious projection in the 'Dream Realm'.

Only by using the Dream-Command Token, a True One magic treasure specifically crafted for the 'Dream Realm', could one achieve this.

Li Fei spent over half an hour confirming that he had mastered the Shadow Concealment technique.

He stood up and glanced at Zhao Yi: "From now on, you will continue to act as the agent for the Green-Faced Villa."

After speaking, his figure disappeared from the room.

Zhao Yi stood blankly in place; a few seconds later, immense joy filled her heart.

She bowed in the direction Li Fei had left:

"Thank you, Marquis!"

Wutong District, this was the southernmost part of Datong Prefecture, a place where many martial artists and gang members gathered, and public security was relatively poor.

A few months ago, Wutong District was unified.

The suddenly appearing Ghost-Slaying Gang unified this area; all martial artists and gangs either submitted or were killed!

Ironically, after the Ghost-Slaying Gang unified the place, the public security in Wutong District improved significantly.

Today, this had become the base camp of the Ghost-Slaying Gang, and Guo Yang returned to Wutong District with Bai Yukai, Secretary Wang, and hundreds of Ghost-Slaying Gang members.

Having people send Bai Yukai and Secretary Wang to their residences to rest, Guo Yang headed alone toward a mansion.

This mansion was originally the luxury home of a local wealthy merchant, but it had now become the residence of the Ghost-Slaying Gang leader.

The wealthy merchant had 'voluntarily' gifted this mansion.

Guo Yang walked into the mansion, passed through several corridors, and arrived at the side of a lake.

Night had fallen, and lanterns hung on the willow branches by the lake, swaying gently in the wind.

Faint light and shadows intertwined, reflecting hazy halos on the lake surface, as if stars had fallen into the human world.

A man wearing a white robe was enjoying the scenery alone in a pavilion in the middle of the lake.

The man looked very young, with delicate features and a scholarly air, appearing like a scholar who had read many books.

It was hard to imagine that this person was actually the leader of the Ghost-Slaying Gang.

"Leader."

Guo Yang bowed to the other party from afar on the lake shore.

The young man continued to look at the lake, saying softly: "Come over and speak."

Thus, Guo Yang walked cautiously across the long corridor and arrived outside the lake pavilion.

He did not dare to walk into the pavilion, and very respectfully reported the situation of his trip to the Green-Faced Villa that night.

This Hall Master, who dared to fight and kill outside and was full of hostility, was as docile as a lamb in front of the young leader.

The leader of the Ghost-Slaying Gang had a mysterious background and had never appeared in the martial arts world before; even the high-level members within the Ghost-Slaying Gang didn't know his identity, not even his name, referring to him collectively as 'Leader'.

The reason Guo Yang was so respectful was that he had seen with his own eyes the other party seriously injure a Dao Foundation stage powerhouse with a single move!

"Understood, you may go."

After listening to Guo Yang's report, the Ghost-Slaying Gang leader said without looking back.

"Yes."

Guo Yang hurriedly turned and left.

Every time he was in front of the leader, he felt immense pressure.

It was a martial artist's intuition, like standing on the edge of a cliff; one careless move and he would be smashed to pieces!

"Are the Green-Faced Ghost and Li Fei really the same person?"

The Ghost-Slaying Gang leader asked suddenly.

At this time, Guo Yang had already left, and he was alone.

But a voice suddenly sounded in the pavilion:

"I am 60% sure that these two are the same person."

"Just because of that battle in Lingshou Prefecture?"

"I also watched the battle between the Green-Faced Ghost and Gu Yuefeng; Li Fei's defensive mode is almost identical to that of the Green-Faced Ghost."

"The Green-Faced Ghost has a deep connection with the Tiangang Sect, and Li Fei is a descendant of the Tiangang Sect; is it possible they just practiced the same martial arts?"

"That is indeed possible, but Hao Yi has never revealed it, so I am more inclined to believe they are the same person; after all, the Green-Faced Ghost King hasn't appeared for a long time."

"If they are truly the same person, then that is even better for us."

The Ghost-Slaying Gang leader said, "In that case, this person is even more worth winning over!"

"I'm afraid it will be even harder to win him over."

The voice in the darkness said.

The Ghost-Slaying Gang leader smiled: "How would we know without trying?"

He suddenly turned to look at the opposite shore of the lake, dark light flickering in his eyes.

The next second, he spoke toward the opposite shore:

"Since you've come, why hide?"

On the shore, where the Ghost-Slaying Gang leader was looking, Li Fei was wearing a black robe, standing quietly in the shadows.

After leaving the Green-Faced Villa, he had headed straight for the Ghost-Slaying Gang's base camp, wanting to see what secrets this mysteriously originated gang was hiding.

Having cast the 'One Leaf Obstructs the Eye Technique' and the Vajra Seal·Treasure Vase, he was nearly invisible.

He had arrived at the side of this lake without alerting anyone.

He hadn't expected to be discovered by the young man in the lake pavilion the moment he arrived.

"Are you the leader of the Ghost-Slaying Gang?"

Li Fei simply stopped hiding and walked out of the shadows.

After seeing the evil ghost mask Li Fei was wearing, the Ghost-Slaying Gang leader's eyes lit up:

"Should I call you the Green-Faced Ghost King? Or should I call you the Marquis of Jing'an?"

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