Chapter 404: How to Resolve Hatred

The dark golden "Red Qilin" drove out of the Wuda school gate, escorted by two black cars.

The motorcade drove all the way to the Zhang residence and stopped outside the main gate.

Zhang Zhang Zedong personally brought people to wait outside the gate.

He is a Sword-Wielding Envoy of the General Headquarters of the Stop-Gong Bureau and an official of the imperial court, so his official duties are quite busy.

But today, upon learning that Li Fei was coming to visit, he immediately pushed aside all official business, returned to the Zhang residence, and personally greeted him at the gate!

Because of the Shangguan Xiao incident, the reputation the Zhang family had finally rebuilt had once again plummeted to the bottom.

Fortunately, their ally, the Green-Faced Ghost King, was still around, and neither the Qingyuan Property Management Company nor the Green-Faced Villa had been implicated.

But without Shangguan Xiao, the "bond" between the Zhang family, the Green-Faced Ghost, and Li Fei had weakened significantly, and the Zhang family members had no idea if they would continue to cooperate in the future.

Now that Li Fei, this "Number One in History," had suddenly taken the initiative to propose a visit to the Zhang family, the entire Zhang family dared not treat it lightly.

But since Li Fei was, after all, not the Green-Faced Ghost King, it would look too demeaning for all the top brass to go and greet him, so in the end, it was Zhang Zhang Zedong, the head of the main branch, who went to greet Li Fei.

"Xiao Fei, long time no see."

Zhang Zhang Zedong took the initiative to greet him.

Li Fei nodded, his voice somewhat hoarse: "Please take me directly to the refinery."

He appeared somewhat arrogant, but Zhang Zhang Zedong did not mind.

The man is the Number One in History; what is wrong with being a bit arrogant?

If he weren't arrogant, would he still be a young man?

"Alright, please come inside."

Zhang Zhang Zedong stepped aside to gesture.

Previously, Li Fei had the Qingyuan Property Management Company send the corpses of the two exotic beasts belonging to the "Beast King" Yu Yu Longqing to the Zhang family, asking them to find someone to help process them.

Fifth-grade superior exotic beasts—their entire bodies are treasures!

They can be used to make protective clothing, exotic weapons, and even fifth-grade implants.

Inside the Zhang family's residence, there is a small workshop specifically for refining exotic beasts, and it has the top batch of craftsmen in the entire Datong Prefecture!

This is also the reason why Li Fei handed the two exotic beasts over to the Zhang family.

Now that nearly two months have passed, Li Fei came to the Zhang family to check on the progress and inspect the finished products.

"The scales of the Demon Red Qilin Horned Tiger Beast have excellent defensive power; if used to make protective clothing, the defense can even approach level six!"

Zhang Zhang Zedong introduced while leading the way for Li Fei:

"Our Zhang family's masters and craftsmen are the best; the masters' final conclusion is that the full set of scales from one Demon Red Qilin Horned Tiger Beast can produce three pieces of top-tier level-five protective clothing!"

Level-four protective clothing can block close-range rifle fire, and level-five protective clothing can block close-range machine gun strafing.

Level-six protective clothing can even withstand the bombardment of small-caliber artillery without breaking!

Level-six protective clothing can also have a strong weakening effect on high-tier internal energy; it is equipment even more precious than level-six exotic weapons, and even a Martial Arts Master might not be able to obtain a piece of level-six protective clothing.

The level-five protective clothing made from the scales of the Demon Red Qilin Horned Tiger Beast is also among the very best of its grade, with defensive power very close to level six!

"The defensive power of the Thunder-Light Snow Leopard Beast is relatively poor, and it can only produce three pieces of level-four protective clothing. Besides making protective clothing, according to the Ghost King's previous request, we also used the body materials of the two exotic beasts to make two level-five exotic weapons: a shield and a bow."

Zhang Zhang Zedong continued to introduce:

"The shield is mainly made from the bones of the Demon Red Qilin Horned Tiger Beast, with its scales added as well; its defensive power is even stronger than level-six protective clothing. The bowstring is made from the tail of the Thunder-Light Snow Leopard Beast, which can imbue arrows with lightning attacks."

Exotic weapons must consider not only hardness or sharpness but also other characteristics, such as the amplification of innate Qi and internal energy, or whether they have any special functions.

The shield made from the Demon Red Qilin Horned Tiger Beast is comparable to a level-six exotic weapon in terms of defense, but it is not outstanding in other aspects, so it remains only a level-five exotic weapon.

Apart from strong defense and great strength, the Demon Red Qilin Horned Tiger Beast has no other characteristics, so its body materials are only suitable for making shields.

As for that level-five bow, although Li Fei is not skilled at using a bow, the most precious part of the Thunder-Light Snow Leopard Beast is that tail; to make good use of it, it must be used either to make a whip or a bowstring.

Compared to a whip, a bow has more uses, and perhaps it might have miraculous effects in the future.

Therefore, when Li Fei decided on the production direction, he chose a shield and a bow.

"Finally, there is the production of the implants; we can produce two pieces of fifth-grade superior implants."

"Currently, the protective clothing has all been completed; the two exotic weapons are still missing the final forging, which is expected to be finished within a few days, and the two implants will still need at least another month."

Mid-three-grade implants are only used by Martial Arts Masters; if sold directly, they might not fetch a good price, but they can be kept to exchange for other implants one might need in the future.

Introducing as they went, Zhang Zhang Zedong led Li Fei to a small workshop in the backyard of the Zhang residence.

"Please come inside."

Zhang Zhang Zedong stepped aside to gesture.

While Li Fei went to the Zhang family to "inspect" the items, the Green-Faced Villa was holding a funeral.

The entire villa was hung with white cloth and white lanterns, and wreaths were set up.

The Green-Faced Ghost King appeared in person, bringing people to transport two coffins from outside the city into the Green-Faced Villa.

Afterward, he invited no one and began to hold a private memorial.

When the Green-Faced Ghost King entered the city with the two coffins, a group of people boarded a train.

A coffin was also sent onto the train.

This coffin contained the charred corpse of Yan Yan Shijin.

Besides the officials from the investigation team, those who boarded the train included Wen Ke, Professor Guan Professor Guan Haoxuan, and others who planned to go to the provincial capital with Xu Jing to join the new university in the future.

After the incident two days ago, seeing that Senior Bian Senior Bian Jingru intended to break ties with the provincial capital, the officials of the investigation team soon received orders to return.

After finishing all the wrap-up work, the investigation team returned to the provincial capital today on a special train sent from the provincial capital.

Wen Ke and the others who had resigned from Wuda traveled with them.

There were no other passengers on the special train; besides the investigation team and Wen Ke's group, there were only the guards sent by the provincial capital.

"Lord Lu specially sent four squads of the Canglin Guards to escort you all this time, so everyone can rest assured."

Inside the carriage, a sturdy man said with a smile to the officials of the investigation team.

His name is Song Song Tiansen, and like the deceased "Dragon-Splitting Hand" Fan Yan, he is also a retainer of the Security Department of the provincial capital's Government Affairs Building and a Dao Foundation realm powerhouse.

He served as the team leader for this special train from the provincial capital to Datong Prefecture, responsible for escorting the investigation team officials back.

"Even the Canglin Guards were sent; Lord Lu is truly thoughtful."

"Indeed, now we can rest easy."

"Those petty scoundrels will certainly not dare to act recklessly now!"

"..."

The officials of the investigation team praised him one after another.

There are many families with the surname Lu in the Great Lan Dynasty, but as soon as the "Canglin Lu Clan" is mentioned, the world knows this refers to the Lu family, one of the "Ten Great Clans."

The Lu family's ancestral home is in Canglin City, and the Canglin Guards are the Lu family's unique guards.

Similar to the Seven-Nether Guards and the Wu'an Guards, one squad of Canglin Guards consists of six internal-energy-practicing martial artists who, by forming an array, can rival a Dao Foundation realm powerhouse when working together!

This time, Lu Lu Wenzheng not only sent Song Song Tiansen and another Dao Foundation realm retainer from the Security Department but also sent four squads of Canglin Guards.

This made the officials of the investigation team feel much more at ease.

The reason they did not leave Datong Prefecture immediately was not only because there was still wrap-up work to do, but also because they were waiting for people from the provincial capital to come and pick them up.

Senior Bian Senior Bian Jingru had already broken ties with the provincial capital, so it was unrealistic to expect Datong Prefecture to properly escort them back; these investigation team officials naturally had to consider their own safety.

After learning that Hao Yi was dead, the only person they needed to worry about was that Green-Faced Ghost King.

"Just received news that the Green-Faced Ghost King escorted two coffins into the city from outside, and is now holding a funeral at the Green-Faced Villa; it seems he shouldn't be acting recklessly."

An official from the investigation team said.

"On the day Hao Yi raided the execution ground, the Green-Faced Ghost also appeared publicly, but didn't a Blood-Faced Ghost also come to the execution ground? How do we know the other side won't use the same tactic this time, and we might encounter a Blood-Faced Ghost?"

Someone put forward a different view.

"I asked Professor Wen and Professor Professor Guan, and they both said that the Blood-Faced Ghost must have been severely injured by Master Xu and cannot recover in a short time."

"Really?"

"Professor Professor Guan is fourth on the Wind and Cloud Ranking; he wouldn't be mistaken."

"..."

As everyone was discussing, the train slowly started.

"Are you lords overestimating that Green-Faced Ghost too much?"

Song Song Tiansen, who had been listening to everyone's discussion, couldn't help but speak up:

"With the two professors from Wuda, myself, and Retainer Liu, plus four squads of Canglin Guards, even if the Green-Faced Ghost were in his prime, he might not be able to rival us, let alone the fact that he is highly likely to have been severely injured?"

He and the other Dao Foundation realm retainer, plus Wen Ke and Professor Guan Professor Guan Haoxuan, made four Dao Foundation realm powerhouses.

Among them, Wen Ke and Professor Guan Professor Guan Haoxuan were both powerhouses on the Wind and Cloud Ranking.

The four squads of Canglin Guards, when forming an array, were equivalent to four Dao Foundation realm combatants in the short term.

Added together, that is eight Dao Foundation realm combatants!

In addition, there were more than a dozen special lecturers from Wuda; these people were all at the peak of the Qi Transformation realm and each had their own unique skills, otherwise, they wouldn't have been rated as special lecturers by Wuda.

Added together, these people could at least count as two Dao Foundation realm combatants, right?

Calculating it all, the guard lineup on this special train was equivalent to having ten Dao Foundation realm combatants!

With such a lineup, if a Martial Arts Master didn't show up, Song Song Tiansen didn't know how they could possibly lose.

Therefore, he felt that these investigation team officials were really thinking too highly of that Green-Faced Ghost.

At the same time, while these people were discussing the Green-Faced Ghost, Professor Guan Professor Guan Haoxuan in the next carriage was also talking to Wen Ke about the Blood-Faced Ghost they encountered that day:

"Do you think it's possible for the other side to make a move?"

Wen Ke, wearing glasses, looked out the window with a gentle expression:

"I don't know."

Professor Guan Professor Guan Haoxuan saw this and said nothing more, merely stroking the scabbard of his saber in silence.

In the battle two days ago, he had successfully deceived the Blood-Faced Ghost's perception and struck its neck with a single slash, but that strike had ultimately returned without success.

This was the first time he had encountered such defensive power.

However, he did not believe there was any defense in this world that could not be broken; at least at the Dao Foundation stage, he did not think anyone could achieve such a thing.

The Blood-Faced Ghost must have paid a price for being struck by him, it was just that this price could not be seen on the surface.

"If we meet again, I'll just strike a few more times and see how many you can take."

Professor Guan Professor Guan Haoxuan thought to himself.

Instead, he felt a sense of anticipation about meeting that Blood-Faced Ghost again.

He wanted to verify his saber technique.

The train pulled out of Datong Prefecture City, heading south toward the direction of the provincial capital.

The first railway built in Datong Prefecture City led directly to the provincial capital, and since this special train made no stops along the way, it would arrive before tomorrow evening.

After traveling for nearly ten hours, the train had left the borders of Datong Prefecture and entered the neighboring Qingli Prefecture.

By now, it was late outside, and the people on the train began to eat dinner.

Two armed guards finished their shift change with their companions and prepared to return to another carriage to eat.

Aside from martial artists, there were dozens of ordinary guards carrying firearms on this train.

The two central carriages were occupied by the investigation team officials and Wen Ke and the others, respectively.

The carriage in front was occupied by four squads of the Canglin Guards.

The two carriages further ahead were where the dozens of armed guards stayed.

The two guards pushed open the door, chatting and laughing as they walked into the first carriage, where over a dozen guards were already eating.

Looking at the glistening fatty meat on the trays, the two immediately swallowed their saliva:

"Whoa, going on a business trip with the lords really is different; the food is so good."

"Hahaha, come on over, there's still plenty of meat!"

Their companions beckoned them to sit down.

Just as the two were about to sit, the carriage door in front was suddenly pushed open.

A thick, pungent smell of blood rushed toward them!

The two looked up subconsciously and saw a man wearing black martial attire, not very tall, with a fierce appearance, push the door open and walk in.

In the carriage behind the man, corpses that had been sliced open lay in pools of blood.

The man looked like a demon who had just pushed open the door from hell!

The two guards were stunned for a moment, and before they could react, the man who had entered walked forward and vanished from their sight.

The next second, a blood-red light swept instantly from one end of the carriage to the other.

Wherever the blood-red light passed, seats, human bodies, and firearms were all sliced in two!

Blood, internal organs, cotton stuffing from the seats, and internal parts of the firearms all scattered in an instant, filling the entire carriage.

"We have a situation!"

In the carriage behind, the four squads of Canglin Guards sensed the anomaly and stood up one after another.

Some held sabers, some held shields, and their internal energy erupted from their bodies, linking with their surrounding companions to form a formation.

The next second, the fierce-looking man pushed open the door and walked into this carriage.

The person who arrived was naturally Li Fei.

Just like that day, he had his true self and the Green-Faced Ghost appear in public, then quietly infiltrated this special train under the identity of the "Blood-Faced Ghost."

He waited until the train had left Datong Prefecture before suddenly launching a violent attack.

After Hao Yi and Shangguan Xiao died, Li Fei did not act hysterical; instead, he appeared very calm.

But that did not mean he held no hatred in his heart.

On the contrary, this hatred was like a surging flood, impossible to dissipate!

How to resolve the hatred?

Resolve it with slaughter!

Seeking monthly tickets.

There is another chapter tonight.

(End of chapter)