Chapter 439

"Good!"

The Emperor was very satisfied with Li Fei's stance and looked at Yunshu:

"I'll have to trouble you, Imperial Preceptor."

Yunshu said to Li Fei: "Relax your mind."

Li Fei did as he was told, and the next second, he felt a magnificent, lofty, and vast aura descend upon him!

This is Yunshu's power of law!

Li Fei's mind swayed, and in a trance, it felt as if a long, long time had passed.

When he came back to his senses, he found that the Emperor had already left, and only he and Yunshu remained in the Imperial Study.

"Imperial Preceptor?"

"I have already set a spell on you; if Qiming attacks you again in the future, he will never be able to escape again."

Yunshu said indifferently.

"Thank you, Imperial Preceptor."

Li Fei bowed to Yunshu.

"No need to thank me; it is I who should thank you."

As Yunshu spoke, he took out a jade token from his sleeve, and after letting go, the jade token automatically flew in front of Li Fei:

"There are three methods for refining Earth-grade flying swords inside, corresponding to the upper, middle, and lower grades respectively. You can use them as a reference; consider it my thank-you gift to you."

Li Fei reached out and caught the jade pendant; it felt warm and gentle to the touch:

"Upper, middle, and lower grades?"

Although he is already a Martial Arts Master and a True Person, he actually doesn't know much about the subsequent realms.

The inheritance of the Tiangang Sect given to him by Hao Yi stops at constructing the foundation of martial arts and becoming a Martial Arts Master.

How to continue to incorporate the middle three grades of implants, refine new divine abilities, and even construct the Martial Arts Domain—these inheritances are not available in the Tiangang Sect.

As for the Art Dao, the Mengyan Sect inheritance given to him by Zhao Yi also stops at the True Person realm and does not include the subsequent "Tiangang Earthly Fiend Method."

Yunshu briefly explained a few things to Li Fei:

Ordinary magic treasures are Yellow-grade, and life-bound magic treasures that have refined divine abilities are Mysterious-grade.

Further up, one must incorporate seventy-two different types of implants to form the Seventy-two Earthly Fiend Array before the magic treasure can be upgraded from Mysterious-grade to Earth-grade.

But Earth-grade magic treasures are also divided into upper, middle, and lower grades:

Lower-grade Earth-grade: thirty-six fiends form one divine ability; once the seventy-two fiends are complete, plus the initial divine ability, a total of three divine abilities constitute the Earthly Fiend Array, promoting one to a Top-tier True Person.

Middle-grade Earth-grade: a minimum of twelve fiends and a maximum of twenty-four fiends form one divine ability; in the end, a total of four or five divine abilities constitute the Earthly Fiend Array.

Upper-grade Earth-grade: every twelve fiends form one divine ability; in the end, a total of seven divine abilities constitute the Earthly Fiend Array!

In this regard, the Art Dao and the Martial Dao are the same.

In martial arts cultivation, to construct a Martial Arts Domain and break through to become a Grandmaster, one needs at least three divine abilities, and they must be three divine abilities that complement each other and can be fused into one.

As for the maximum number of divine abilities, like the Earth-grade upper-grade magic treasure, the current highest record for the Martial Arts Domain is also seven divine abilities.

The fewer the number of divine abilities, the easier it is to construct a Martial Arts Domain or Earthly Fiend Array, and the smaller the difficulty of breaking through the realm.

Conversely, the more divine abilities there are, the greater the difficulty in making them perfectly fuse and become one, and the harder it is to break through the realm!

But the number of divine abilities not only affects combat power but also affects the final step of reaching the summit.

Each divine ability can be seen as a fragment of the Great Dao; combining complementary divine abilities together is like piecing together several Great Dao fragments to form the prototype of the Great Dao.

The final reaching of the summit is to transform the Great Dao prototype into complete Dao rules.

Therefore, the more divine abilities there are, the more complete the Great Dao prototype pieced together, and the higher the probability of finally transforming into Dao rules!

Simply put, this is a multiple-choice question of "easy first, then hard" or "hard first, then easy."

If you choose to make the step of breaking through to become a Grandmaster or Top-tier True Person easier, then the final breakthrough to become a Martial Saint or True Lord will be very difficult.

Conversely, it is hard first, then easy.

But in fact, this multiple-choice question doesn't leave much room for choice for many people.

It's like saying, "If I don't become a Martial Saint, is it because I don't like it?"

Those who can become Martial Arts Masters or True Persons are all geniuses!

But even geniuses cannot guarantee that they will be able to go one step further.

Being able to break through to become a Grandmaster or Top-tier True Person, many people have already exhausted all their strength, and it even includes a little bit of luck.

In this situation, where is there any qualification to choose?

Of course, you do whatever is easier to succeed!

Therefore, nearly fifty percent of the Grandmasters and Top-tier True Persons in the world today actually broke through with three divine abilities.

Besides this, there is another group of people whose talent and resources are sufficient, but because of various reasons, they intentionally choose to break through early with three divine abilities.

After all, even a weak Grandmaster is still a Grandmaster, stronger than a seven-divine-ability Martial Arts Master!

After listening to Yunshu's explanation, Li Fei finally understood that the limit for both Martial Arts Masters and True Persons is seven divine abilities.

At the same time, he also understood the preciousness of the jade token in his hand!

Whether it is the martial arts cultivation method for constructing a Martial Arts Domain or the magic treasure refining method for constructing the Earthly Fiend system, each one is worth a fortune!

If the value of a complete inheritance of a top-tier Dao foundation is one,

then the value of a complete inheritance for constructing a Martial Arts Domain is at least ten!

Inheritances of top-tier Dao foundations might be possessed by small sects that have declined like the Tiangang Sect.

But inheritances of Martial Arts Domains and magic treasure refining methods of the Earthly Fiend system are only possessed by the top forces of the world.

Such things cannot be kept without sufficient strength!

The eleventh floor of the Royal Library involves divine abilities, and the twelfth floor involves Martial Arts Domains.

But the contents inside are all methods of application, not specific cultivation methods.

They are fighting methods, not training methods.

The same is true for the thirteen universities; they only have fighting methods, not training methods.

So if Li Fei wants to obtain the subsequent cultivation methods, he can only rely on the imperial court's rewards and exchange them with sufficient merit.

As a result, Yunshu gave him three training methods for Earth-grade flying swords all at once, and they are all available in upper, middle, and lower grades!

"As expected of the Imperial Preceptor, he is generous."

Li Fei thought to himself, and then bowed to Yunshu to express his gratitude.

"You are now a unity of law and martial arts; in my opinion, you are a step higher than Lin Tianyi's dual cultivation of law and martial arts. Lin Tianyi only truly achieved the unity of law and martial arts at the final step of reaching the summit, while you have already achieved it now, leading the other party by a major realm."

After giving the jade token, Yunshu also offered guidance:

"When you successfully train your Martial Arts Domain and Earthly Fiend Array in the future, you will also have the opportunity to fuse the two, so when you consider cultivating new divine abilities, don't just consider the complementarity and coordination on the same side; you should consider both the law and martial arts sides."

After speaking, he raised his hand and pointed at the jade token in Li Fei's hand, and a ray of light was injected into it by him:

"This is some advice I've given; you can take a look."

Li Fei was overjoyed upon hearing this and thanked him again.

Yunshu's Dao rule is the Dao of Analysis; the other party had just looked at him comprehensively using the Dao rule, so the advice given now is undoubtedly very targeted!

Li Fei has embarked on this path, and there are no cases he can refer to, nor are there any like-minded people he can consult.

Therefore, any useful guidance and advice are very precious to him.

The advice given by True Lord Yunshu, who possesses the Dao of "Analysis," is undoubtedly the most precious kind!

First giving the cultivation method, then giving guidance and advice, Yunshu's "thank-you gift" was still not finished:

"Ji Yiheng, the Vice Pavilion Master of the Zhengfa Academy, is my unofficial disciple. You can take the jade token in your hand to find him; if you have any confusion in your cultivation in the future, you can consult him."

The Zhengfa Academy only has two Vice Pavilion Masters. Because of the case of the Zhengfa Academy illegally reselling exotic beasts and refining materials, Vice Pavilion Master Mi Han has already resigned, and Yunshu has been in long-term seclusion.

So now the entire Zhengfa Academy is actually managed by Vice Pavilion Master Ji Yiheng.

With these words from Yunshu, Li Fei not only has one more Top-tier True Person to consult in the future but also has the connections and assistance of the Zhengfa Academy!

Leaving the palace, taking a carriage out of the Imperial City, and returning to his mansion.

Li Fei laid out the three tokens in a row on the table:

"Under Heaven" special-grade token.

Peace Token.

The jade token given by Yunshu.

Today is truly a day full of harvest!

The Peace Token is the size of a palm, golden all over, with a coiled dragon carved on it, and the two characters "Peace" written on the front.

Li Fei put it away and placed it in his bosom.

As for the "Under Heaven" special-grade token given by the Third Imperial Prince, he kept it in a box and did not intend to use it for the time being.

Finally, picking up the jade token given by Yunshu, Li Fei injected a stream of true power into it.

The next second, his consciousness came into contact with a large amount of content.

The refining methods for three types of Earth-grade flying swords, all three training methods require seventy-two types of middle-three-grade spell-type implants.

It's just that the refining method for the lower grade uses all fourth-grade implants.

The refining method for the middle grade uses one-third fifth-grade implants.

The refining method for the upper grade uses half fourth-grade implants and half fifth-grade implants.

The higher the grade, the more expensive it naturally is, and the harder it is to refine.

At today's Grand Morning Assembly, the Emperor's rewards for Li Fei included a large amount of cultivation resources.

Besides elixirs, there were also implants, exotic weapons, and protective clothing.

Li Fei calculated roughly that if all these resources were exchanged for the resources needed to refine an Earth-grade flying sword, it would be almost enough for him to refine an Earth-grade upper-grade flying sword!

But he is a Flying Sword Body, which is different from a real flying sword, and the resources consumed are only more, not less.

So if he chooses to refine an Earth-grade upper-grade Flying Sword Body, the resources he has on hand might not be enough.

However, Li Fei still chose the Earth-grade upper grade without hesitation.

Having reached this step, he will only consider the strongest path!

Inside the room, Li Fei soon immersed himself in the content of the jade token.

Inner City, inside a luxurious mansion.

The First Imperial Prince was sparring with Yuan Xin, a Martial Arts Master in the mansion, in the training ground.

After a hundred moves, the First Imperial Prince was blasted away by a punch from the other party, and fresh blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.

"Your Highness, let's stop here for today."

Yuan Xin, who was feeding him moves, said.

The First Imperial Prince wiped the corner of his mouth, his expression somewhat irritable.

"Your Highness has a solid foundation; at the current progress, you are not far from activating the fifth core-level extraordinary ability."

Yuan Xin praised.

Upon hearing this, the First Imperial Prince's mood did not improve.

He is forty years old this year, and his current cultivation is that he has incorporated five types of implants and activated four types of core-level extraordinary abilities, which is the 7th rank of the Dao Foundation period.

He cultivates the world-renowned Dao foundation 【True Dragon Descends to the World】, so his combat power is no worse than the peak of the Dao Foundation period.

It is just because of his status as an Imperial Prince that he rarely has the opportunity to fight publicly, so his combat record is not prominent.

According to Yuan Xin's estimation, the current First Imperial Prince can actually be on the candidate list for the overall Fengyun Ranking.

Once he activates the fifth core-level extraordinary ability, he can even be on the main list of the overall Fengyun Ranking!

Such combat power can be called very outstanding among the royal family children; in time, he might not be unable to become a Martial Arts Master.

Among the royal family members, the one with the highest cultivation is Prince Li, who is a Martial Saint in the human world.

Below Prince Li, the highest cultivation is only a Martial Arts Master; currently, there is no royal family member seen who has the opportunity to break through to become a Grandmaster.

The First Imperial Prince had regarded Prince Li as his goal from the beginning; if he could become a Martial Saint, then there would be no suspense about the candidate for the throne!

It's just that having cultivated to this point, even if the First Imperial Prince has more confidence, he does not believe that he can cultivate to the Martial Saint realm before the current Emperor passes away.

So to compete for the throne, relying solely on cultivation is not enough.

"Taizu was also a late bloomer; Your Highness is accumulating and waiting for the right time, and you will surely become a Martial Arts Master within ten years! If you can have the Heavenly Son's Dragon Qi on your body by then, breaking through to Grandmaster will be a matter of course, and in the end, there might not be no chance to reach the peak!"

Yuan Xin said another sentence.

He has followed the First Imperial Prince for many years and has long been a true confidant, so he can speak with relatively fewer concerns.

The First Imperial Prince's expression softened slightly.

Such an assumption is indeed the most perfect!

It's just a pity that it is only an assumption.

"Ten years is too long; I'm afraid those two brothers of mine won't give me ten years."

The First Imperial Prince shook his head.

These words made Yuan Xin's expression change.

Because the First Imperial Prince was saying that within ten years, the current situation of the struggle for the throne will have a result!

"If I had known earlier that Li Fei could have the situation he has today, I would never have made that choice that day."

The First Imperial Prince let out a breath and suddenly said.

This is the real reason for his irritable mood.

At first, he targeted Li Fei to win over the Lu family, this behemoth, as well as Xu Jing, this Grandmaster and university president.

At that time, although Li Fei already had the record of being the first in history, compared to the Lu family and Xu Jing, he still seemed too insignificant.

But the First Imperial Prince did not expect that Li Fei could step by step reach the height he is at today.

If he had known this earlier, he would never have made that choice!

Yuan Xin, who was on the side, remained silent upon hearing this.

To be able to make a proud person like the First Imperial Prince personally say words of regret, it shows how great the psychological impact Li Fei has caused him!

"The Crown Prince's life is truly good; I have to admit it."

The First Imperial Prince shook his head and sneered.

Born as the Crown Prince, and casually winning over a genius, who actually became the first genius in history!

Besides saying the other party has good luck, what other reason is there to talk about?

"Your Highness, a telegram from Feng Province."

A subordinate suddenly ran into the training ground.

"Bring it here."

The First Imperial Prince reached out.

He took the telegram and looked at it for a few moments, and his face immediately showed joy:

"Haha, good!"

Yuan Xin, who was on the side, asked curiously: "Your Highness, what happened?"

The First Imperial Prince glanced at him, and he immediately understood, using his strength to seal the surroundings to avoid the sound from spreading out and to avoid being eavesdropped on.

"A telegram from Lu Wenzheng, saying that Qiming, the leader of the Xintian Society, must kill Li Fei!"

The First Imperial Prince said.

"Ah? Why?"

"Because as long as Li Fei doesn't die for a day, Qiming will always have the risk of being exposed and might be found by the Imperial Preceptor by following the clues."

"This!"

"Heaven is truly helping me!"

The First Imperial Prince laughed.

He, the Lu family, and Xu Jing want to deal with Li Fei, but they cannot use the forces that are on the table.

And their secret forces are not enough to kill the current Li Fei.

Now that there is an additional Xintian Society and a True Lord who wants Li Fei dead, their room for maneuver has become much larger.

The First Imperial Prince strode out of the training ground; he wanted to contact Lu Wenzheng immediately!

March 20th.

The third day after the Grand Morning Assembly.

Li Fei walked into the headquarters of the Supervision Pavilion.

He soon arrived at the entrance of the headquarters dungeon.

"Greetings, Marquis."

The official guarding the dungeon entrance hurriedly bowed to Li Fei.

"Open the door."

Li Fei said while taking out his newly acquired Pavilion Official command plate.

"Yes."

The other party immediately opened the gate to let him through.

Passing through layers of security, Li Fei arrived at the third level of the dungeon and walked to a cell in the depths.

He Jian was already waiting here in advance.

Seeing Li Fei, He Jian nodded, didn't say much, and directly opened the door of the cell.

Locked inside the cell was Qi Jin, who had previously used the "Star Destiny Technique" on Li Fei.

"Repeat what you said to him to me again!"

Li Fei looked at Qi Jin with cold eyes and shouted sternly.

At this time, Qi Jin was no longer human-shaped; it was obvious that he had been tortured.

He lay on the ground with a dull look in his eyes and didn't react to Li Fei's words.

Seeing this, Li Fei reached out and struck Qi Jin with a ray of green light.

After the green light entered his body, Qi Jin's spirit lifted, his injuries healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and his state obviously improved a lot.

This was Li Fei using his core-level extraordinary ability "Green God" on him.

"Speak."

Li Fei continued to ask.

Qi Jin sat up from the ground and smiled miserably:

"Thirty-nine years ago, your master Hao Yi failed to break through his realm because he was hit by my Star Destiny Technique and was secretly interfered with by me, which is why he failed."

As his voice fell, a terrifying murderous aura filled this cell!

With a flash before his eyes, his feet left the ground, and he was lifted up by Li Fei, who grabbed his neck with one hand.

"Who instigated you?"

Li Fei asked.

"It was people from the Lu family who found me and provided me with Star Stones."

Qi Jin's face flushed red, and he said with difficulty.

"Let me say it."

He Jian, who was behind him, stepped forward and patted Li Fei's arm.

Li Fei threw Qi Jin down and turned to look at He Jian.

Thus, He Jian briefly recounted the past events of that year:

Thirty-nine years ago, Hao Yi caused a series of disturbances in Datong Prefecture, finally pointing the finger at the then Datong Prefecture Garrison Commander.

At that time, there was no Martial Security University, and most of the entire Feng Province was under the control of the Lu family.

The then Datong Prefecture Garrison Commander had already secretly defected to the Lu family, so when he decided to deal with Hao Yi, he sought help from the Lu family.

At that time, Hao Yi was almost invincible in the same realm, and with Shi Caiming, a Martial Arts Master, covering for him, he was indeed extremely difficult to deal with.

In the end, the Lu family sent people to find Qi Jin and obtained Star Stones through trading with Westerners, which they provided to Qi Jin.

"It was actually the Lu family again!"

Li Fei gritted his teeth.

He had previously found in the archives of the Martial Security University that when Hao Yi was breaking through his realm, a group of powerful figures in Datong Prefecture sent experts to stop him, and there were no people from the Lu family among them.

Even Hao Yi himself thought that the failure to break through his realm was due to the interference of those experts who came to stop him.

He had never thought of other possibilities.

After all, the "Star Destiny Technique" is too hidden!

"No wonder the Lu family would collude with Xu Jing so early."

Li Fei suddenly understood many things.

"Lord He, thanks to you, I have finally figured out the truth of that year!"

Li Fei bowed to He Jian.

After Qi Jin was handed over to the Supervision Pavilion by Li Fei, the Supervision Pavilion invited a True Person from the Zhengfa Academy to break the oath spell on him.

In the end, the oath spell was successfully broken, and Qi Jin was also tortured, revealing many secrets.

It's just that regarding the matter of trading exotic beasts and refining materials with martial arts secret manuals with the Deni Kingdom, all evidence and clues stopped at the Zhao family, and those who directly contacted Qi Jin were also members of the Zhao family, so it couldn't be linked to the Lu family.

But He Jian did not give up the interrogation of Qi Jin because of this; he still asked about various details carefully from beginning to end, and in the end, he really managed to get key information out of him!

He Jian's original intention was to interrogate whether there was any other connection between Qi Jin and the Lu family, so as to find clues about the Lu family's trade with the Deni Kingdom.

His interrogation skills were too powerful, coupled with his name "Hidden Crane," which is insightful, he finally succeeded in prying this past event of Hao Yi out of Qi Jin's mouth through bit-by-bit details.

After Qi Jin was tricked into speaking by He Jian, he also broke the jar.

Anyway, the crimes he committed were enough for him to be shot ten times, so he didn't mind admitting one more charge.

"This matter has passed for too long, and it is very difficult to find human and material evidence. Plus, after the Lu family knows he has been caught, they will definitely erase the traces left that year. Moreover, Hao Yi was not an official at that time, so even if this matter is confirmed, it won't hurt the Lu family."

He Jian said to Li Fei, "However, if you want to retry Shangguan Xiao's case in the future, this person's confession can play a little role."

Qi Jin, who was on the ground, saw his eyes light up upon hearing this and hurriedly said:

"That's right, I am willing to testify! I am willing to identify the Lu family for the Marquis!"

Even if he still can't escape death in the end, he can live for a while longer.

If Li Fei is willing to let him identify the Lu family in the future, he can at least live for a while longer.

Li Fei was unmoved by this and just asked He Jian:

"Has this person's confession been officially recorded?"

He Jian nodded: "Recorded, witnessed by other officials of the Supervision Pavilion, it is valid."

Li Fei's tone was cold: "That's fine."

After speaking, he turned to look outside the dungeon and shouted loudly:

"Someone come!"

A few seconds later, footsteps came.

A Supervision Pavilion official in charge of the entire dungeon walked to the outside of this cell with people:

"Is there something, Marquis Jing'an?"

Li Fei cupped his hands and bowed to the other party: "This lord, I want to know the final sentencing result of this person."

This pavilion official glanced at Qi Jin: "The final sentencing has to wait until we transfer the person to the Judicial Pavilion, but with the things he has committed, it will definitely be a firing squad in the end!"

Li Fei was expressionless: "Besides a firing squad, is there no more severe punishment?"

The pavilion official was startled and looked into Li Fei's eyes: "How does Marquis Jing'an want him to be sentenced?"

"A thousand cuts, death by slow slicing!"

Li Fei said word by word.

Qi Jin, who was behind him, trembled, and was about to speak, but was suppressed by a powerful force and could no longer move a bit.

The current Emperor is benevolent, so the Judicial Pavilion rarely sentences anyone to extreme punishment.

The pavilion official standing in front of Li Fei hesitated for a moment and said:

"... I have a good relationship with a Grand Judge of the Judicial Pavilion, and with Marquis Jing'an's face, I think this matter should not be difficult."

"Good, what should I call you, Lord?"

"Zheng Jun."

"Lord Zheng, I will leave this matter to you. After it is done, I will definitely reward you heavily!"

"Marquis Jing'an is too polite."

A smile appeared on Zheng Jun's face.

A moment later, Li Fei left the dungeon and returned to his office building at the Supervision Pavilion headquarters.

He picked up the phone and dialed a number.

A few seconds later, a voice came from the other end of the phone:

"May I ask who this is?"

"Lord Bian, this is Li Fei."

"Marquis Jing'an?"

Governor Bian Jingru on the other end of the phone was somewhat pleasantly surprised, "I have already received the news of the Grand Morning Assembly; congratulations to you!"

Li Fei was not in the mood to exchange pleasantries with the other party at this time and said directly:

"Lord Bian, you broke with the provincial capital two years ago; in more than two years, you should already have quite a few handles on them, right?"

Governor Bian Jingru on the other end of the phone was startled, heard something wrong from Li Fei's tone, and asked cautiously:

"Are you planning to take action against the provincial capital?"

"Yes."

"... Taking action now, isn't it a bit too hasty? After all, you have just been promoted; if this spreads, it will inevitably be said that you are using public office for private gain."

"It doesn't matter; having been beaten for so long, it's time to fight back."

"... Good! Since you have spoken, I will cooperate fully on my side!"

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Thousands of miles away, Governor Bian Jingru put down the receiver, his heart filled with mixed feelings.

He didn't know what had happened that made Li Fei suddenly decide to start fighting back.

But by now, the leading position in this cooperation between him and Li Fei had shifted.

Since Li Fei decided to take action, he could only cooperate fully.

Governor Bian Jingru walked to the window and glanced at the sky outside:

"The sky of this Feng Province is about to change!"

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