Chapter 375: End of the Road

"Wait a while?"

Li Fei's words stunned Shentu Yue.

If they were going to have a martial arts match, why did they have to wait a while?

But seeing Li Fei's attitude toward her was completely different from his attitude toward Huang Jin just now, she couldn't help but feel a bit shy.

After all, Li Fei had just said to Huang Jin, "I don't want to make a move against anyone tonight," yet when facing her, he said he could wait a while.

Such an obvious contrast was indeed hard not to make people think more.

"Is he deliberately rejecting Senior Brother Huang to show me his attitude?"

Shentu Yue thought to herself.

Everyone present also had similar thoughts, and the look in their eyes when looking at Li Fei became a bit more ambiguous.

Sure enough, heroes have loved beauties since ancient times!

Chi Chengyu's face revealed a smile: "Then let's wait a while. Come, Marquis of Jing'an, I toast you."

The atmosphere of the banquet became heated again.

Supervisory Department.

Li Fei had controlled the two enemies he captured alive.

As for the "Night Demon" Suo Ze, who had killed his way in from the front gate at the beginning, the other party had killed his way out of the Supervisory Department courtyard before Quicksand retreated.

The three Dao Foundation Realm experts and more than a dozen Force-Practicing martial masters who besieged him couldn't stop him, and none of them pursued him.

In addition, a Great Mage of the Possession Realm who was hiding in the dark also escaped.

However, this person's two magic treasures, the mask and the Soul-Shaking Mountain-Breaking Hammer, fell into Li Fei's hands.

Having lost his main magic treasures, this Great Mage with astonishing combat power was basically crippled for now and not worth fearing for the time being.

"I intend to use a secret technique to interrogate these two people first."

Li Fei said to He Jian, "Rest assured, there will be a sense of proportion this time, and I won't let their memories be destroyed."

He Jian nodded: "As long as Lord Li has a sense of proportion, it will be fine."

No matter what, the fact that this ambush tonight could succeed was almost entirely thanks to Li Fei.

Li Fei was trying to trust the professional ability of He Jian and the others, and He Jian was also trying to trust this Marquis of Jing'an.

Thus, Li Fei stayed alone in the cell where several suspects were being held, and the others left temporarily.

Although he trusted He Jian and the others, he wouldn't let these people see the specific interrogation process, so as not to expose his own secrets.

Soon, Li Fei cast the "Gate of the Dream Realm" and entered the subconscious worlds of the two people one after another.

More than ten minutes later, Li Fei walked out of the cell with a somewhat solemn expression.

"Lord Li, how did it go?"

He Jian asked at the first opportunity.

Li Fei organized the memories in his mind and spoke slowly:

"New clues have been found, but the people involved are somewhat tricky..."

Red Sleeve Restaurant, a new song and dance performance began.

Everyone was drinking and chatting, the music was pleasant, and the beauties in front of them were also pleasing to the eye.

Li Fei handled the flattery and toasts of the crowd very naturally; this kind of occasion actually made him find some of the feelings from his previous life.

It was just that in his previous life, he was the one who took the initiative to toast others and say flattering words to others.

And now he had become the "protagonist" of this banquet.

Suddenly, Li Fei frowned slightly.

"Marquis of Jing'an, what's wrong?"

Chi Chengyu, sitting beside him, noticed Li Fei's anomaly.

Li Fei's eyes changed, and he soon returned to normal: "Nothing, someone else is coming in a while."

"Oh, who is it?"

"Lord Chi will know in a while."

"Hahaha, good."

After a simple conversation, the two continued to enjoy the song and dance.

It was just that Chi Chengyu keenly discovered that Li Fei's interest wasn't high, as if he were pondering something.

After a while, a subordinate from the Zhige Department walked quickly to Chi Chengyu's side and whispered a few words in his ear.

The smile on Chi Chengyu's face disappeared, and he turned to look at Li Fei:

"Someone went to the Supervisory Department to break the jail; does the Marquis of Jing'an know?"

He had already learned the news about the Supervisory Department courtyard.

Li Fei nodded: "I know."

The smile on Chi Chengyu's face disappeared bit by bit:

"It seems the Marquis of Jing'an came to the banquet tonight to set a trap?"

"That was indeed the intention, I ask Lord Chi not to mind."

Li Fei said calmly.

Shentu Yue had actually been paying attention to this side; with her cultivation, she could clearly hear the conversation between the two.

Upon hearing this sentence, she suddenly turned her head to look at Li Fei on the main seat, her expression complex.

So he came to the banquet tonight to lure the snake out of the hole, and not really to have a martial arts match with me?

Then what was the change in his attitude just now because of?

Shentu Yue withdrew her gaze and smiled self-deprecatingly.

"Assisting the Marquis of Jing'an in investigating the case is my duty; why would I mind? It's just that if the Marquis of Jing'an had told me in advance, I could have arranged for people from the Zhige Department to cooperate in advance."

Chi Chengyu said.

"It wasn't certain whether anyone would really come to break the jail, and for fear of beating the grass to scare the snake, I didn't inform Lord Chi."

Li Fei explained.

When he learned that the Zhige Department and the Supervisory Department of Gan Province had joined forces and used ten days but still couldn't find the clues to the interception of Liu Jiehui and others, He Jian felt there was a problem.

He could no longer trust the official power of Gan Province.

So Li Fei and He Jian hadn't informed anyone else about this trap tonight.

Facts proved that there must be a mole inside the Supervisory Department, otherwise, it couldn't explain why Quicksand could accurately find the location of Liu Jiehui's cell.

Chi Chengyu looked at Li Fei: "Is there anything else you need me to do now?"

Li Fei nodded: "A demonic martial artist escaped, I ask Lord Chi to send people to search the whole city."

Chi Chengyu was somewhat surprised.

Li Fei had been sitting beside him the whole time, and no one had passed news to him halfway, so how did he know the situation over there?

"Good, I will issue the order."

Chi Chengyu turned to give the order to the subordinate who came to report, sending experts from the Zhige Department to search the whole city.

"Since there is an emergency, should this evening banquet continue?"

Chi Chengyu turned to look at Li Fei.

Li Fei was calm and composed as he picked up his wine glass and took a sip: "Wait a while longer, I will need Lord Chi's cooperation in a while."

"Oh?"

Chi Chengyu's expression didn't change, "Good, then I will listen to the Marquis of Jing'an."

Li Fei was not the real body at the Red Sleeve Restaurant, but a clone driven by "Shadow."

If there was no core-level extraordinary ability of the perception type, his clone was enough to pass for the real thing.

However, this was still not enough.

Li Fei also borrowed the Dream Order and cast the "Leaf Obscuring the Eyes Technique" on this clone with the realm of a Possession Realm Great Mage.

Finally, he put the Golden Jade Kirin Armor on this clone.

Any protective suit would have an impact on others' perception; with the quality of this divine armor, it could almost isolate most perceptions from the outside world.

With all these things superimposed together, Li Fei's clone could truly "deceive the heavens and cross the sea"!

Although Chi Chengyu was a Martial Arts Master, he didn't possess perception-type supernatural powers, so he didn't see through Li Fei's disguise.

Of course, just not being seen through by others as a clone was not enough.

Li Fei also needed to be able to multitask, with the real body

This was not something 'Shadow' could do.

By combining 'Danger Perception' and 'Shadow', Li Fei could at most allow his clones to possess independent sensory abilities, but that did not mean he could allow his clones to possess independent consciousness.

The person who ultimately solved this problem for Li Fei was True Person Qingding.

Li Fei had never forgotten this 'old grandfather' living inside the Dream Decree.

It was just that there were too many things to be busy with before, and he had no time to ask the other party for advice.

It wasn't until he finished participating in that Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony and broke through to the Possession stage that he began to ask True Person Qingding more frequently about questions regarding spell cultivation.

Li Fei's previous cultivation had all been self-taught, relying on his own powerful mental strength, plus the inspiration gained from dual cultivation of spells and martial arts, as well as his own talent (Ten Thousand Blood Beads).

He had broken through to the Possession stage smoothly all the way.

But starting from the Possession stage, the fields involved in spell cultivation became more complex, requiring research into how to better control magic treasures and refine magic treasures.

At this stage, besides mental strength, dual cultivation of spells and martial arts and the Ten Thousand Blood Beads could no longer bring Li Fei obvious advantages.

Just like martial arts, spell cultivation also requires a teacher's guidance.

Zhao Yi's master, Zhao Renjie, was only a Possession stage Great Mage; the things he taught Zhao Yi and the notes and insights he left for Zhao Yi could only guarantee that Zhao Yi would not encounter too many problems before the Possession stage.

Therefore, Li Fei, relying on self-study from the secret manuals obtained from Zhao Yi, also encountered many problems that could not be solved.

At this time, the value of this True Person Qingding was reflected.

Even if he had never practiced the Mengyan Sect's cultivation methods, and even if he specialized in alchemy, guiding a Li Fei who had just entered the Possession stage was still more than enough.

If a Possession stage Great Mage is wealthy enough, they can have several magic treasures, which involves a problem:

How to control several magic treasures at the same time?

This is a problem that only a 'nouveau riche' needs to consider, and the successors of the Daluo Sect are naturally all 'nouveau riche'.

Therefore, the Daluo Sect has many cultivation methods used to solve this kind of problem.

True Person Qingding taught Li Fei a 'Five Hearts Facing the Origin Observation'.

This is a cultivation method that can divide one's own virtual thoughts into five at most, using one mind for five purposes, and controlling five magic treasures simultaneously.

This can already be considered the simplest 'thought-splitting' method of the Daluo Sect.

Li Fei learned it very quickly, and then, under the guidance of True Person Qingding, made certain modifications to his own clone, enabling the clone to accommodate a part of his own virtual thoughts, becoming like a special magic treasure.

In this way, this clone of Li Fei's could truly be called a clone in the real sense.

A clone capable of independent action and independent thinking can be said to have infinite wonderful uses!

Moreover, the 'Five Hearts Facing the Origin Observation' allows every strand of Li Fei's split thoughts to maintain contact within a certain distance, and they can transmit information to each other.

This is the reason why Li Fei was sitting in the Red Sleeve Restaurant but could know the situation inside the main courtyard of the Supervisory Department in time.

After the banquet had been going on for another twenty minutes or so, He Jian led a group of people and suddenly walked up from downstairs.

The arrival of these people made everyone present somewhat surprised.

"Is this the person the Marquis of Jing'an was waiting for?"

Chi Chengyu was not surprised by the arrival of He Jian and the others.

"Yes."

Li Fei slowly stood up.

His true self did not follow along.

For one, the true self still needed to continue to sit in the prison of the Supervisory Department to avoid being ambushed by a return strike.

For another, Li Fei did not want to expose the matter of his clone yet.

He stood up, and Chi Chengyu and Su Xuesong also stood up along with him.

Chi Chengyu made a gesture, and the song and dance performance currently going on on the stage stopped immediately, and the dancers quickly exited the stage.

The guests who were drinking also sensed that the atmosphere was a bit wrong and put down their wine glasses one after another.

The scene quickly quieted down.

"I am truly sorry to have disturbed everyone's refined interest."

Li Fei cupped his hands and bowed to everyone present, and finally bowed to Chi Chengyu and Su Xuesong respectively.

Now, how could the others dare to sit? They stood up one after another, looking at Li Fei with suspicion.

Li Fei looked at He Jian and nodded to him: "I'll have to trouble you, Lord He, to explain to everyone."

So He Jian stepped forward and said in a loud voice:

"Just now, the dungeon of the Supervisory Department's main courtyard encountered an attack by thieves, and someone attempted to abduct the prisoners in the jail."

These words immediately caused a commotion.

Daring to rob the Supervisory Department's jail?!

This kind of vicious incident of this nature had not happened for many years.

"Fortunately, these thieves did not succeed in the end, and we even captured two of them alive."

He Jian continued, "After some interrogation, we obtained some important intelligence, so we rushed over here immediately."

Just when everyone felt that He Jian wanted to inform Li Fei of the important intelligence at the first opportunity, the words he said next caused everyone present to change their expressions:

"According to the intelligence, we have reason to suspect that someone is in collusion with these thieves, so I brought people over at the first opportunity."

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The scene was silent for a few seconds.

Su Xuesong looked at He Jian: "Lord He's meaning is that among the people present tonight, someone is in collusion with the thieves who robbed the jail, and you are here to arrest people?"

"Yes."

He Jian nodded without hesitation.

The scene was another commotion.

The people who arrived today were all big shots in Gansu Province, and they all knew what case Li Fei and He Jian were investigating; if there was collusion with the thieves who robbed the jail, it was possible that it was related to the Temple of Heaven assassination case.

This was a life-threatening matter!

"Who is Lord He here to arrest?"

Chi Chengyu spoke up.

There was no expression on his face anymore; this was a manifestation that he was already angry.

This banquet tonight was something he had carefully prepared, and he had specifically invited Li Fei just to boost his own momentum.

As a result, Li Fei coming to the banquet was just to set a trap.

That would be fine, but now he actually wanted to arrest people on the spot at the banquet?!

This was a bit too disrespectful to him, Chi Chengyu.

Couldn't he wait until the banquet was over to arrest them?

Chi Chengyu glanced at Li Fei beside him; he did not believe that Li Fei was unaware beforehand.

"Among the thieves captured tonight, there is one person codenamed Quicksand, who is proficient in the art of tunneling and also knows the situation inside the dungeon like the back of his hand, knowing where we kept the prisoners. Two days ago, someone transmitted a piece of intelligence out of the Supervisory Department, which finally reached the main courtyard at No. 19 Xicheng Road."

He Jian did not answer Chi Chengyu's question immediately but said in a calm tone.

"The main courtyard at No. 19 Xicheng Road?"

Many people present felt very unfamiliar with this address, but Huang Jin beside Shentu Yue had already changed his expression drastically, clenching his fists tightly!

"Shentu Yue."

He Jian turned his head and looked over, his eyes deep, "Please come with us for a trip."

The main courtyard at No. 19 Xicheng Road was Shentu Yue's residence!

Chi Chengyu changed his expression completely, and even Su Xuesong on the side could no longer maintain his composure.

Everyone present was likewise shocked.

Li Fei looked at Shentu Yue and said with some regret:

"I originally wanted to have a martial arts duel with Miss Shentu... I hope there will still be a chance in the future."

PS: I've been sick for the past two days, and my head is very dizzy after taking medicine, so I can't do two updates.

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