Chapter 371: Entering the World Society

In the subconscious world, the fire burned everything to ashes.

Li Fei was startled and immediately realized what this was—a Vow Spell!

The other party had established a secrecy-type Vow Spell; when the mind and memory were "invaded," the Vow Spell planted deep in the mind was triggered, thereby directly destroying this memory.

Judging from the scene before him, the Vow Spell this person had established was clearly the most stringent kind; once triggered, it would even destroy the entire person's mind, which was simply extremely overbearing!

Li Fei hurriedly cast the Nightmare Sect's spell to extinguish this fire.

He had now reached the Possession Realm and could resonate with the Dream Order, doubling the power of the spells he cast, and eventually succeeded in extinguishing the fire.

But even though his actions were fast enough, this fire had burned many things, especially destroying the most critical information.

Li Fei could only obtain the remaining information as much as possible.

Creak—

The door of the cell was opened, and Li Fei walked out from inside.

"Did the Marquis finish the interrogation?"

Zhuang Kun asked.

Li Fei nodded: "Take good care of him, don't let the suspect die."

"Marquis, rest assured."

Zhuang Kun nodded in response.

Subsequently, Li Fei left the dungeon of the Supervisory Department and walked into the place where He Jian and the others were working.

A group of people were looking through files.

"Lord He."

Li Fei came to He Jian's side.

"Did Lord Li gain anything from interrogating the suspect?"

He Jian glanced at Li Fei and asked casually.

He didn't count on Li Fei asking anything at all; he would personally interrogate the other party next.

"The suspect is a member of an organization called the New Heaven Society."

Li Fei said.

"New Heaven Society?"

He Jian put down the file in his hand, looked up, and looked at Li Fei in surprise.

"New Heaven Society, taking the meaning of daring to call the sun and moon to change to a new heaven. The purpose of this organization is to overthrow the existing rule and create a new heaven and earth."

Li Fei said simply.

He Jian nodded, not surprised.

Since the establishment of the Great Lan Dynasty, such organizations had never ceased to exist.

"What else did Lord Li interrogate?"

"This person is named Liu Jiehui, a famous expert in the Gan Province Jianghu, who joined the New Heaven Society eight years ago; it was with the New Heaven Society's funding that he was able to break through to the Dao Foundation Realm."

"Eight years ago..."

He Jian nodded and recorded this key information.

A secret organization that had existed in the dark for at least eight years, capable of providing resources for people to break through to the Dao Foundation Realm, combined with the two people Li Fei encountered in Datong Prefecture before.

A Dao Foundation Realm peak expert who was so young, and a Great Mage who possessed a flying artifact.

Such an organization was indeed capable of plotting the assassination case at the Temple of Heaven.

"Anything else?"

"I didn't have time to obtain the most critical information, so I can't confirm that this organization is related to the Temple of Heaven assassination case."

"Didn't have time?"

"I used a secret technique to forcibly search the other party's memory, but the other party had implanted a Vow-type spell, and now the mind is destroyed, and many key memories are already missing."

"Lord Li, why did you act without authorization without telling me beforehand?!"

He Jian, upon hearing this, showed obvious anger on his face.

Li Fei very simply admitted his mistake:

"It was indeed my negligence; I didn't expect the Vow-type spell implanted by the other party to be so overbearing."

But He Jian still didn't intend to let him off.

He wouldn't give face to the Supervisory Chief of the Supervisory Department, and he wouldn't give face to the Marquis either:

"Lord Li! I know you are a peerless genius, but that is in martial arts. In the matter of investigating the case, I hope you can leave professional matters to professional people!"

These words were already quite impolite, and Li Fei fell silent.

The rest of the people in the room became nervous.

"Master..."

Yuan Mengfei, to the side, hurriedly held He Jian back, looked at Li Fei with an apologetic face, and smoothed things over:

"Marquis, please don't mind; my master is against the matter and not the person, he investigates cases..."

"This matter was indeed my lack of thorough consideration. From now on, as long as it relates to investigating the case, I will discuss it with Lord He first."

Li Fei waved his hand and said seriously to He Jian.

He was actually also reflecting on himself just now.

Although he was no longer a youth, from the time he was enfeoffed as a Marquis before the palace until now, he could be said to have been riding high.

Before interrogating Liu Jiehui, he naturally felt that he could solve the problem with the "Gate of the Dream Realm" and was full of confidence in himself.

It was indeed a lack of thorough consideration.

He Jian was startled.

He actually regretted it after the words left his mouth; it wasn't that he was worried about offending Li Fei, but that the main person in charge of this case was Li Fei, and if he soured his relationship with the other party, it would be unfavorable for the subsequent investigation.

He was just that kind of person; everything had to give way to investigating the case.

Yet he didn't expect Li Fei to be willing to admit his mistake.

He Jian's expression softened, and he cupped his hands to Li Fei: "I hope Lord Li will not mind the old man's offense."

"No matter."

Li Fei said calmly.

He wasn't a person without a temper, it was just that his edge was only revealed in front of enemies.

The atmosphere in the room softened.

Just as Yuan Mengfei intended to make a joke to liven up the atmosphere, Li Fei said again:

"However, I am not without gains. I obtained a piece of information from the other party's memory, and I think we can set a trap to lure the snake out of its hole."

"Oh?"

He Jian's spirits lifted, "How so?"

On the second day of Li Fei's arrival in the provincial capital of Gan Province, almost everyone in the city knew that this Marquis of Jing'an had come to the provincial capital.

There was no help for it; Li Fei's fame was too great now.

Thus, almost all the Jianghu people in the provincial capital were discussing one thing—

Would Li Fei fight Shentu Yue?

Third vs. Second on the overall Wind and Cloud List!

This was undoubtedly a Jianghu grand event, attracting everyone's attention.

It was just that according to Jianghu rules, duels between experts on the Wind and Cloud List were usually initiated by the one with the lower ranking challenging the one with the higher ranking.

Now Li Fei's ranking was lower than Shentu Yue's, but his own status was higher than the other party's, so it was best for this duel to be initiated by him; it was not easy for Shentu Yue to take the initiative to invite him.

However, five full days had passed, and Li Fei had not shown the slightest intention of inviting Shentu Yue to a fight.

This couldn't help but make everyone very disappointed.

Some people felt that Li Fei, having become a Marquis, cherished his reputation more and felt he wasn't certain he could beat Shentu Yue, which was why he didn't take the initiative to issue a challenge.

Others felt that Li Fei, now holding high power, no longer disdained to compete for fame with Jianghu people.

Because Shentu Yue was a native of Gan Province, more of the talk was biased toward her, feeling that it was Li Fei who wasn't certain he could win, which was why he hadn't challenged her all along.

February 21st.

This was Li Fei's sixth day in the provincial capital of Gan Province.

For the past few days, he had been staying in the Supervisory Department, and apart from cultivation, he was discussing the case with He Jian.

Lu Wenxing suddenly found Li Fei with an invitation.

"Inviting me to a banquet?"

Li Fei took the invitation and looked at it, somewhat surprised. "Didn't we already announce to the outside world that I am here to investigate a case?"

After he arrived in the provincial capital of Gan Province, he had Lu Wenxing announce to the outside world at the first opportunity that he wanted to focus on investigating the case and declined all invitations to banquets.

So he didn't understand why Lu Wenxing still had to specifically bring an invitation over at this time.

"Marquis, this person's identity is unusual, and this banquet is related to the heated discussions of the past few days, so I think it is necessary for you to know about it."

Lu Wenxing explained.

Li Fei looked at the signature on the invitation—Head of the Zhige Department, Chi Chengyu.

A cabinet official, and also a Martial Arts Master.

Holding high power, he definitely had face, but it wasn't enough to make Li Fei have to put down the matters in his hands to attend the banquet.

"Head Chi also has another identity, which is the Vice President of the Entering the World Society."

Lu Wenxing said.

"Entering the World Society?"

Li Fei was stunned for a moment, then remembered something.

The Red Dust Pavilion could become the top Jianghu sect of the current era not only because it had a Human Martial Saint holding down the fort, but also because the Red Dust Pavilion had an Entering the World Society.

The Red Dust Pavilion's cultivation technique was very special, emphasizing entering the world first, then leaving the world.

The "Red Dust Heart-Washing Formula" created by its founding ancestor required practitioners to temper their own hearts in the rolling red dust of the secular world, eventually seeing through the red dust and comprehending the Great Dao.

To this end, the Red Dust Pavilion established an "Entering the World Society" in the secular world, allowing all disciples who entered the world for tempering to help each other.

The ways the Red Dust Pavilion disciples entered the world for tempering were all different:

Some entered the world as doctors, hanging pots to save the world.

Some entered the imperial court as officials, determined to save the common people of the world.

Some joined the army, wanting to achieve fame on the battlefield.

Some went into business, wanting to become the richest person in the world...

The Red Dust Pavilion disciples were all outstanding people, each extraordinary, so after entering the world, they could all achieve something.

Over time, this Entering the World Society had an extremely strong influence in the secular world!

Whether it was doing business, pursuing an official career, joining the army, or engaging in other industries, the Entering the World Society had big shots in every industry who could provide help.

Because of the existence of the Entering the World Society, the Red Dust Pavilion's influence on the secular world was second only to the Daoist school!

Chi Chengyu, this Red Dust Pavilion disciple, chose to enter the imperial court as an official when he entered the world, and now he had become a fifth-rank cabinet official and was the Head of the Zhige Department of a province.

But neither of these two identities was as important as his identity as the Vice President of the Entering the World Society.

It could even be said that if one truly wanted to discuss influence and the resources held in hand, the Inspector of Gan Province, Su Xuesong, couldn't compare to Chi Chengyu!

Chi Chengyu inviting Li Fei was indeed of a different weight than others' invitations.

"Apart from inviting you, Marquis, Head Chi also invited Shentu Yue; it looks like he might want to create an opportunity for the two of you to fight."

Lu Wenxing stated his speculation.

"Oh?"

Li Fei had been deaf to the world outside for the past few days and didn't know about the heated discussions outside.

Thus, Lu Wenxing informed him of the things everyone was discussing.

"Perhaps Shentu Yue feels she is certain she can beat you, Marquis, but since you never took the initiative to bring it up, she can only look for an opportunity for a martial arts match in this way."

Lu Wenxing said.

Shentu Yue naturally also joined the Entering the World Society, and she was the closing disciple of the Red Dust Pavilion Master, very favored within the Entering the World Society, and all the big shots would provide help to this peerless genius as much as possible.

Li Fei nodded after listening.

He actually didn't mind fighting Shentu Yue, it was just that he was busy investigating the case now and didn't have this state of mind for the time being.

He suddenly thought of something, his eyes brightened, and he walked out of the room with the invitation and found He Jian.

He handed the invitation directly to He Jian, and after He Jian finished reading it, he immediately understood Li Fei's idea:

"Lord Li wants to use this banquet to set a trap?"

"Isn't this just right? It even saves us quite a bit of effort."

He Jian thought carefully and nodded:

"It is indeed a good opportunity."

"Then it's settled!"

Li Fei turned to look at Lu Wenxing:

"Tell Head Chi, I will definitely be at this banquet!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 372 =====