Chapter 429: One Sword Can Block a Million Soldiers

Li Fei followed by Lu Lu Wenxing walked into the square and sat down in the corresponding area.

Two seating areas were set up on both sides of the platform in the center of the square; the left area was for the Crown Prince, Princes, Princesses, and imperial court officials.

The right area was for Martial Arts Grandmasters and True Persons from all over the country.

Although Li Fei was also a reserve member of the Lanxun Pavilion, his main identity was the Marquis of the imperial court and the Lanxun Special Envoy, so he walked toward the left.

Sitting in the first row of this seating area were the Crown Prince and several Princes; besides the First Prince and Third Prince whom Li Fei had met, there were also three other Princes and two Princesses.

For this rare grand event today, these Princes and Princesses were all here to watch the fun.

"Li Fei."

Just as Li Fei intended to walk to the back row to find a seat, the Crown Prince sitting in the middle of the first row suddenly called out to him.

"Your Highness."

Li Fei could only stop and walk toward the other party.

The Crown Prince smiled and stood up, and beckoned to a Princess:

"Qin Zishu, haven't you always wanted to meet Marquis Jing'an? Your Imperial Brother happens to be helping you introduce him today."

As his voice fell, a young and beautiful woman wearing a golden hairpin and kingfisher feathers stood up somewhat shyly and walked toward the two.

She was wearing a brocade long dress embroidered with complex patterns, shining with light. A pair of eyes were as clear as autumn water, carrying innocent and lively spirit.

"Imperial Brother, how can you introduce like this?"

She said with a pout.

The Crown Prince laughed: "People are either busy practicing or busy going out to fight on weekdays, so when would I have time to take you to meet him? Today is just the right time."

As he spoke, he patted Li Fei's arm very casually:

"This is my Imperial Sister, Qin Qin Zishu."

"Greetings, Princess."

Li Fei took the initiative to salute.

He vaguely remembered that the current Empress had one son and one daughter; looking at it, this Qin Qin Zishu should be born of the Empress and was the Crown Prince's own sister, which was why the Crown Prince had such an attitude.

"Qin Zishu greets Marquis Jing'an; I have long admired your name, and today I finally get to see you."

Although Qin Qin Zishu appeared somewhat shy just now, at this time, when she officially started talking to Li Fei, she appeared generous and had a certain bearing.

Li Fei: "Princess, you are too polite."

"You don't know, my Imperial Sister also practices martial arts and has great talent, so after hearing about your deeds, she became very curious about you."

The Crown Prince said with a smile to the side.

"Marquis Jing'an, don't listen to his nonsense; what kind of talent do I have?"

Qin Qin Zishu suddenly became a bit anxious.

She was indeed proud of her martial arts talent on weekdays, but how could she be embarrassed to mention this little talent in front of the genius who was the first in history?

"Hahahaha."

The Crown Prince laughed loudly, attracting everyone in the square to look over here.

The First Prince, who was also sitting in the first row, sneered and turned his head away, no longer looking at this side.

The Third Prince stared at the few people with a smile that was not a smile.

The Crown Prince was so close to Li Fei in front of so many people, especially in front of the reserve members of the Lanxun Pavilion from various provinces; everyone understood the meaning behind this.

Yet it was indeed very effective; whether it was the group of officials in this area or the Martial Arts Grandmasters and True Persons in the opposite area, after seeing this scene, they were all thoughtful.

After the three chatted for a while, Li Fei walked to the back row and found a seat to sit down.

A moment later, the two seating areas were basically full.

When the time reached 8:00 AM sharp, the solemn sound of a horn rang out.

Behind the platform, a row of horn players stood on the city wall of the Zhengyang Gate, blowing the horn.

Then someone beat a drum, the drum sound getting faster and faster, the drum beats seeming to step on people's heartbeats, making people unable to help but become hot-blooded!

On the platform, that huge display screen lit up, presenting the picture on the platform.

This was the start of the national television broadcast!

Very few people could watch TV at home at this time; in order to let more people see this live broadcast today, the imperial court specially prepared many large display screens on the streets of major cities, allowing people to go to the streets to watch this live broadcast today.

Twenty-three provinces, hundreds of cities, at this time, more than 3,000 large display screens were broadcasting the public vote ceremony about to begin in this square in Lanling City!

Thousands of people walked to the streets, crowding in front of these huge display screens.

These people were half ordinary people watching the fun, and half Jianghu people and gang members from various places.

At this very moment, the number of people watching this live broadcast had exceeded two million!

"Please welcome the Grand Secretary—"

In the square, a loud voice suddenly shouted.

Subsequently, people in the two seating areas stood up one after another.

Even the Crown Prince, this heir apparent, also stood up, showing respect to the Grand Secretary.

Inside the Zhengyang Gate, Ye Ye Zean, dressed in a blue official robe, walked out, looking straight ahead, and walked directly onto the platform.

An amplification microphone had been placed on the platform in advance.

Ye Ye Zean walked to the microphone:

"Thank you all, please sit."

The scene quickly quieted down.

"Today is the first day of the official establishment of the Great Lan Dynasty's Lanxun Pavilion; we are holding the first public vote ceremony of the Lanxun Pavilion here, and it now begins."

Without a passionate or literary opening, Ye Ye Zean also did not say any nonsense, just simply announced the start of the public vote:

"Representatives of Yidong Province, please come to the stage."

Everyone present was a bit stunned, not expecting the rhythm to be so fast.

After waiting for a few seconds, three people stood up from the opposite seating area and walked toward the platform.

These three were all Martial Arts Grandmasters, representing the three strongest forces in Yidong Province to participate in the public vote.

After the three went on stage, the picture on the large display screen behind Ye Ye Zean changed:

A platform also appeared, but the scene around it was clearly different from this side.

That was the branch venue set up in the provincial capital of Yidong Province; next, all participants of the Lanxun Pavilion in Yidong Province would go on stage one after another to cast their votes in the live broadcast in front of everyone!

This form of public vote was unprecedented and also eliminated any possibility of black-box operations.

Ye Ye Zean's move was to tell the world:

The Lanxun Pavilion pursues fairness and justice!

Only by having no problems oneself can one have the confidence to supervise others.

The branch venue was hosted by officials from the provincial capital, and the patrol envoys and a group of Pavilion officials of Yidong Province were also at the scene.

Soon, an old man with some white hair went on stage.

The old man was a participant of the Lanxun Pavilion in Yidong Province, with Dao Foundation cultivation.

He was clearly a bit nervous, walked to the microphone, paused, and then said:

"I am... Elder Jiang Jiang Deyu of the Red Leaf Sect; it is an honor to serve as a Lanxun Pavilion participant. I cast this vote for reserve member Master Tan Feng!"

As his voice fell, someone in the main venue shouted loudly:

"Reserve member Tan Feng gets one vote!"

On the platform, a wooden board had been placed, covered with white paper, with the names of the three reserve members of Yidong Province written on it.

A eunuch holding a brush wrote a stroke under Tan Feng's name.

On the other side at the branch venue, Red Leaf Sect Elder Jiang Jiang Deyu went off stage, and the Sect Master of the Red Leaf Sect went on stage; he also cast his vote for Tan Feng...

Just like this, one participant after another went on stage to vote, and on the main venue side, votes were constantly recorded on the platform.

In the end, a total of 94 participants from Yidong Province went on stage to vote, and Tan Feng received 35 votes, 2 more than the second place, successfully elected in a very thrilling manner.

This person was the Sect Master of a Jianghu sect in Yidong Province. In the absence of universities and top-tier forces in the province, this Sect Master being able to be elected successfully allowed the sect to have a chance to go one step further!

"I announce that Tan Feng has become a member of the Lanxun Pavilion in Yidong Province."

On the platform, Ye Ye Zean announced calmly.

Tan Feng, this Martial Arts Grandmaster, showed obvious excitement; if the occasion hadn't been inappropriate, he would have wanted to express his feelings.

But Ye Ye Zean did not arrange this process; after the result came out, he directly let the three representatives go off stage, then let the representatives of another province go on stage, and conducted the public vote in the same way.

After the process started, it appeared a bit boring.

Except for people from the corresponding province who were very concerned about the result, everyone else was a bit absent-minded.

Someone roughly estimated the time required for each province to publicly elect, and finally reached a result:

This public election would not be completely finished until late tonight if it continued without interruption!

Thinking of this, the expressions of many people changed, especially the several Princes and Princesses sitting in the first row.

This public vote ceremony today was unprecedented, and the Grand Secretary and the Military Grand Marshal were present, so the standard was high, which was why they were curious and ran over to watch the fun.

But after the freshness at the beginning passed, only boredom remained.

These Princes and Princesses already regretted running over to watch the ceremony.

Yet Ye Ye Zean was still standing on the platform, and even though they were noble Princes and Princesses, they didn't dare to be disrespectful to this Grand Secretary, so for the time being, no one dared to slip away, and they could only look around in their seats.

Only the Crown Prince, the First Prince, and the Third Prince appeared very calm, sitting steadily in their seats.

Qin Qin Zishu turned around and looked toward the back; she wanted to see what Li Fei was doing.

Then she saw Li Fei sitting in his seat with his back straight, eyes closed.

"He wouldn't be practicing, would he?"

Qin Qin Zishu was surprised.

Before, the Crown Prince said that Li Fei was either practicing or fighting with people on weekdays; she felt it was a bit exaggerated.

Now seeing this scene, she had to secretly admire him.

Some people, whose talent was already top-tier, could still work hard to this extent, which really left one speechless...

"Representatives of Shangyu Province, please come to the stage."

On the platform, Ye Ye Zean called another province.

Hearing this name, everyone present was refreshed, and many showed curiosity.

Because Shangyu Province had Lin Tianyi Tower, and the representative sent by Lin Tianyi Tower this time was Zhu Zhu Fenghua, known as 'Peerless Elegance'!

In the curious eyes of everyone, Zhu Zhu Fenghua went on stage calmly, and finally also harvested countless sighs of disappointment.

This election had no suspense, and Zhu Zhu Fenghua was elected as a member of the Lanxun Pavilion in Shangyu Province with a very high number of votes.

After another province passed.

"Representatives of Baisha Province, please come to the stage."

As Ye Ye Zean's voice fell, everyone present raised their heads one after another.

Like Shangyu Province, which only had one top-tier major force in the province, the election naturally had no suspense.

Baisha Province was just the opposite; I am afraid it would be one of the most intense elections in this public vote!

Baisha Province was a famous martial arts province; besides having a Baisha University, there were also several top-tier forces.

Among the 'Three Mountains, Four Sects, and Seven Great Clans', one of the 'Three Mountains', Mount Mount Baituo, one of the 'Four Sects', the Gouchen Sword Sect, and one of the 'Seven Great Clans', the Shenquan Yu family, were all within Baisha Province!

After Ye Ye Zean called the names, a total of seven Martial Arts Grandmasters stood up!

The seven stood in a row on the stage, appearing somewhat spectacular.

This was also a very important point that attracted Jianghu people to this public vote.

The vast majority of people could hardly see Dao Foundation martial artists on weekdays, let alone Martial Arts Grandmasters?

Like today, seeing seven Martial Arts Grandmasters standing on the same stage at once was something many people would only see once in their lives!

The participants from Baisha Province who participated in the vote exceeded 200; after more than an hour of long voting, in the end, the representative of the Gouchen Sword Sect, one of the 'Four Sects', was elected as a member.

People in the Jianghu often said 'Three Mountains, Four Sects', putting 'Three Mountains' before 'Four Sects', besides the relationship of size, the comprehensive strength of the 'Three Mountains' was also stronger than the 'Four Sects'.

But the election result at this time was that the Gouchen Sword Sect, one of the 'Four Sects', won against Mount Mount Baituo, one of the 'Three Mountains'.

Although one could not see the games hidden behind this, many people could imagine that the Jianghu pattern of Baisha Province was likely to change drastically in the future!

After Baisha Province was Qing Province.

Qing Province also did not have any top-tier major forces, but there was a Mengyan Sect famous in the Jianghu.

The Daoist arts of the Mengyan Sect could construct illusions, thereby allowing people to temper their martial arts skills within them.

So many Jianghu sects would send disciples to the Mengyan Sect to 'experience' for a period of time, and the Mengyan Sect also made friends all over the world because of this, having friendships with many sects.

Plus its own strength was one of the best in the entire Qing Province, so in the end, it was elected successfully without any suspense.

On the stage, Shen Zhen, who became a Lanxun Pavilion member, looked at the area on the left, and her gaze finally fell on Li Fei, who was practicing with his eyes closed.

Li Fei felt something and suddenly opened his eyes.

But at this time, Shen Zhen had already withdrawn her gaze, her expression as usual as she walked off the stage.

Li Fei was expressionless, closed his eyes again, and continued his cultivation.

Time passed bit by bit, reaching past 2:00 PM.

During this period, someone sent tea, snacks, and various foods to the people in the seating area.

The Princes and Princesses in the first row had already slipped away, leaving only the Crown Prince, the First Prince, the Third Prince, and Qin Qin Zishu.

Qin Qin Zishu actually couldn't sit still long ago; the reason she insisted until now was that she wanted to wait to see Li Fei go on stage.

"I'll leave after watching Li Fei!"

She made a decision in her heart.

She didn't know why she had to wait to see Li Fei go on stage, but looking at Li Fei, who had been practicing with his eyes closed in his seat, she vaguely had an intuition:

This Marquis Jing'an seemed to be preparing for something.

Inside the Imperial City, Military Archive.

This archive was a place specially used to store confidential documents of the Military Council; an official holding a wooden box walked to the main gate of the Military Archive and handed the wooden box in his hand to the Military Council official responsible for inspection.

"Is this the box that was taken to Marquis Jing'an yesterday?"

The Military Council official responsible for inspection outside the archive gate asked.

"Yes, it was sent over yesterday and has been kept in the front yard. Yesterday it was the information you selected; today it is still up to you to file it."

"Good."

The two Military Council officials opened the wooden box in front of the person.

A folded white paper was placed on the top layer of the wooden box, which made both of them startled.

All the information in this wooden box was counted one by one by them yesterday before being put in; both of them clearly remembered that they had never put a single piece of white paper in it separately.

The two took out the white paper, opened it, and saw four lines of words written on it, looking like a poem.

"This..."

The two looked at each other.

They could be sure that this piece of paper and the content on the paper definitely did not come from the Military Archive.

"Is there any problem?"

The official on the side saw the clue and frowned, asking.

"Has this wooden box passed through anyone's hands in the middle?"

"Yesterday, it was sent by Eunuch Feng, the Chief Eunuch of the Inner Palace; after it was sent, the wooden box was kept in the front yard and guarded, and absolutely no one moved this wooden box during the period; the Imperial Guards on duty yesterday and today can testify!"

The matter involved first-class secrets of the Military Council and was no small matter, so the person who came said very seriously.

Confidential materials borrowed from the Military Archive, sometimes when there was no time to file them into the archive, would first be stored in the front yard and guarded by the Imperial Guard.

For so many years, there had never been any problems.

"We must investigate immediately!"

The two Military Council officials responsible for filing and entering the archive also said very seriously.

So next, the entire Military Archive side was alarmed.

Soon, the news was sent back to the palace, and Eunuch Feng Cheng, who was responsible for this matter yesterday, also learned of it.

He learned of it, which meant the Emperor learned of it.

"There was an extra piece of paper in that wooden box?"

The Emperor was somewhat surprised after learning the news:

"Have you found out who put it there?"

Feng Cheng: "It has been investigated; no one else moved that wooden box."

The Emperor smiled: "In that case, this note was written by Li Fei? Heh, bring it for me to see."

"Yes."

Feng Cheng turned and left.

"Representatives of Feng Province, please come to the stage."

Ye Ye Zean's voice rang out in the square.

Qin Qin Zishu was refreshed and sat up straight.

In the back row, Li Fei, who had been practicing with his eyes closed, slowly opened his eyes and stood up from his seat.

He walked toward the platform calmly, and went on stage with two other Martial Arts Grandmasters.

The whole audience focused their eyes on Li Fei.

Among all the representatives who went on stage today, Li Fei was the only representative with Dao Foundation cultivation.

At the same time, he was also the one with the biggest name among all the representatives!

"Start..."

"Grand Secretary!"

A voice suddenly interrupted Ye Ye Zean.

This made everyone present stunned.

On such an occasion, with a national broadcast, who dared to be presumptuous?

"It's coming!"

In the seats, Qin Qin Zishu looked excited.

She was indeed not wrong!

Li Fei was indeed going to cause trouble!

"What is the matter?"

Ye Ye Zean turned to look at Li Fei, his gaze severe.

Although this Grand Secretary had no cultivation, his aura at this moment was like a Great Grandmaster!

Li Fei looked directly at the other party and said loudly:

"Today's public vote is a grand event for our Great Lan Dynasty; this Marquis wants to add flowers to this grand event!"

These words caused a commotion at the scene.

Just at this moment, a man walked quickly to the First Prince's side and said a sentence to him using strength transmission.

At the same time, two other people came to the Crown Prince and Third Prince's sides respectively, and also spoke using transmission.

The First Prince was startled and looked up at the other party:

"What is the content written?"

The person who came handed him a piece of paper.

The other two also each took out a piece of paper and handed them to the Crown Prince and Third Prince.

The three looked at each other, all somewhat curious.

The investigation of the Military Archive even alarmed the palace; such a big movement naturally couldn't be hidden.

The Crown Prince, First Prince, and Third Prince all had their own ears and eyes in the palace, so they received the news almost at the same time.

"A thousand years ago, martial arts and Daoist arts stood side by side, and Martial Saint Gongsun Yan first proposed the concept of combining law and martial arts."

On the stage, Li Fei's voice resounded throughout the audience.

The four words 'combining law and martial arts' immediately attracted the attention of the three again, making them look up subconsciously.

"Afterward, generations of predecessors and sages exhausted their hearts and blood for it, trying to find a way to combine law and martial arts. But for a thousand years, only Senior Lin Lin Tianyi of Lin Tianyi Tower truly walked through this path."

Imperial Study.

The Emperor sat in his seat, with a television set placed opposite, also broadcasting the Lanxun Pavilion public vote.

A few minutes ago, Feng Cheng handed the note Li Fei wrote personally to the Emperor.

There were only four sentences written on this note, looking like a poem, but even the most basic rhymes were wrong, as if several sentences were pieced together and forced together.

From this perspective, this was undoubtedly a 'bad poem'.

But the spirit contained in the poem was truly amazing!

After the Emperor saw this poem, he was silent for a while before shaking his head with a smile and letting Feng Cheng turn on the television.

Li Fei's voice came from the television:

"Although I am not talented and far inferior to Senior Lin, today I am willing to walk this Great Dao that only one person in the past thousand years has walked through in front of the heroes of the world!"

This voice was not passionate, but it was resonant.

Inside the Imperial Study, the Great Grandmaster Feng Cheng, who heard this sentence, also couldn't help but change his expression.

"Heh."

The Emperor looked at the young face on the black-and-white screen, "But... it is appropriate."

On the paper in his hand, the first sentence was clearly written:

Our generation should have the ambition to reach the clouds, not failing the rivers and mountains for ten thousand years!

Provincial capital of Feng Province, Lu Mansion.

In the study, Lu Lu Wenzheng and Xu Jing sat in a row, watching the television broadcast together.

After hearing what Li Fei said, Lu Lu Wenzheng's expression changed, and he looked at Xu Jing:

"What does he want to do?"

Xu Jing's expression also sank, staring fixedly at the screen without speaking.

Datong Prefecture, Martial Arts University.

On the small mountain where Shi Caiming lived, in the courtyard, Shi Caiming and Qin Zhen were watching the television broadcast together.

"Principal, has he really succeeded in combining law and martial arts?"

Qin Zhen asked.

Shi Caiming looked at the television screen and scolded with a smile:

"This brat, I don't know why he didn't reveal a little news beforehand."

"What do you want to do?"

On the platform, Ye Ye Zean asked the confusion in everyone's heart for them.

Li Fei smiled:

"For a thousand years, only Senior Lin Lin Tianyi has broken through the Martial Arts Grandmaster realm and the True Spirit realm at the same time."

Martial arts reaching the Grandmaster realm and Daoist arts reaching the True Spirit realm were both very big barriers and also a very obvious dividing line.

For two paths, choosing to break through one, the difficulty of breaking through the other would become very great, which was also a problem that was difficult to avoid in dual cultivation of law and martial arts.

In a thousand years of time, only Lin Lin Tianyi broke through to the Martial Arts Grandmaster realm and the True Spirit realm at the same time when breaking through the realm.

In the end, only he alone completely walked through the path of combining law and martial arts and ascended to the peak.

Zhu Zhu Fenghua, known as 'Peerless Elegance', wanted to imitate his master, bitterly suppressing his own realm for many years, but in the end, he still failed.

"Today, I want to imitate the predecessors and break through two realms at the same time; I ask the heroes of the world to witness it together!"

On the platform, Li Fei stated his purpose.

These words could be described as earth-shattering, triggering a huge uproar!

When Lin Lin Tianyi broke through two realms at the same time, he was already over thirty years old; how old is Li Fei this year?

Twenty years old, breaking through to Martial Arts Grandmaster and True Person at the same time, how many historical records will this break?!

Off stage, the Crown Prince, First Prince, and Third Prince all couldn't help it anymore, each opened the note in their hands and saw the four majestic sentences on it:

Our generation should have the ambition to reach the clouds,

Not failing the rivers and mountains for ten thousand years.

Turning to fight three thousand miles alone.

One sword can block a million soldiers!

PS: The poem is pieced together, because I really couldn't find a complete poem that was suitable for 'responding'.

Anyway, the protagonist doesn't take the 'cultural pretense' route, so just let it be~

(End of chapter)