Chapter 444: Where in Life is Not Cultivation (6000)

Li Fei descended slowly from the air and returned to the high platform.

During this process, Chen Fei still did not appear.

Possessing a healing divine ability like 【Regeneration】, the other party of course could not have just died like this, nor would he be unable to get up until now.

In fact, contrary to what others guessed, Chen Fei was not really injured much.

But he lay in the big pit he smashed out for a long time without getting up.

He was frightened by Li Fei's unsolvable defensive power, and also frightened by that last punch!

The outside world only knew that his famous stunt was 'Shattering Void Six-Phase Sound Killing', but few knew that he actually had another stunt—In-Phase Six-Phase Qi Controlling.

【Qi Controlling】 + 【Ten Thousand Sounds Come to Court】 + 【Clone】, Chen Fei can use the principle of in-phase superposition of sound waves to double the power of sound killing, and also use sound wave in-phase plus qi controlling interaction, plus the special connection between the main body and clones, to let the five clones share the damage for the main body together.

This is In-Phase Six-Phase Qi Controlling!

Shattering Void Six-Phase Sound Killing is attack, In-Phase Six-Phase Qi Controlling is defense.

After Chen Fei practiced these two stunts, few people could force out his full strength.

Just now, facing Li Fei's last punch, that terrifying momentum like the sun in the sky made Chen Fei subconsciously cast 'In-Phase Six-Phase Qi Controlling'.

The result was that the five clones helping to share the damage were shattered instantly!

These clones possess Chen Fei's ten-tenths vitality!

The vitality of a Martial Arts Master is inherently more than double that of a Dao Foundation stage warrior, and as the number of implants incorporated increases, the physique and vitality will continue to be enhanced.

Chen Fei is a four-divine-ability Martial Arts Master, and his vitality is several times that of a peak Dao Foundation stage warrior!

With such strong vitality, five clones shared the damage together, and as a result, they were all blown up by Li Fei with one punch?

So Chen Fei was frightened.

Although his remaining divine ability power could use the 【Regeneration】 divine ability to make all clones 'resurrect' twice more.

But who knows how many more punches like the one just now Li Fei can throw?

Attack, cannot break.

Defense, cannot hold.

Both of his strongest means were inferior to Li Fei, how to fight this?

Chen Fei lay silently in the pit for a while, then got up and left quietly.

Return to the camp?

No face to go back!

In the camp, Li Fei looked in the distance. He perceived that Chen Fei had already left.

Before casting Sword State · Split Light Blood Shadow, he did not use any blood soul skills, just wanting to see if he could compete with a four-divine-ability Martial Arts Master by relying on the spell-martial combination of dual divine abilities?

Finally, he found that in air combat, he was still unable to do what he wanted when fighting Chen Fei, this top-tier Martial Arts Master among four-divine-ability ones.

Probably could wear the other party to death, but that was not the result Li Fei wanted.

So he started to use blood soul skills.

That last punch, in the 'Blood Demon State', 【Blood Rage】 power doubled, and then used the Vajra Seal · Dragon Elephant to continue doubling this power.

That is the Blood Rage power converted from 2320 blood souls!

Not only that, Li Fei's punch also combined the Dao Force 【Infinite Bright Fire】, condensing all scattered force into one point, and then incorporating a large amount of sword qi in the form of a sword state, imitating the punch of the Martial Saint Taiyu he watched at the Daluo Sect at the beginning, thereby throwing that 'like the sun in the sky' punch just now!

Although this punch only consumed 580 blood souls to activate 【Blood Rage】, its power far exceeded the upper limit of Li Fei's current body's endurance, and the damage caused by self-injury was as high as more than 400 blood souls.

So with this punch, Li Fei consumed more than 1000 blood souls at once!

Every punch next also needs to self-injure more than 400 blood souls.

Li Fei's current total blood soul amount of Ten Thousand Blood Bead + Blood Spring is 6765, so he can throw at most a dozen punches in a row.

The problem is, how many Martial Arts Masters in the world can block a dozen punches like his?

A five-divine-ability Martial Arts Master? Or a six-divine-ability Martial Arts Master?

To be honest, Li Fei is also very curious.

He could of course use this move from the beginning, but that would not achieve his goal.

He came today, not to defeat anyone.

If he solved Chen Fei with one punch from the beginning, these people in the camp might think that the one he defeated was just an ordinary Martial Arts Master with only one divine ability.

Let Chen Fei fully display his strength, display all divine abilities in turn, the more powerful he performs in front, the better!

Finally, Li Fei makes a final decision with one punch.

This 'prestige', can be considered truly established!

"From today on, all of you are my soldiers!"

Li Fei stood on the high platform and said to the crowd below.

"I am willing to follow the Marquis!"

Ding Chengyun, who was holding clothes and a saber for Li Fei, was the first to shout loudly.

"I am willing to follow the Marquis!"

Followed by three thousand plus warriors recommended from various places.

According to the Holy One's edict, they should have listened to Li Fei's orders.

Finally, it was the three hundred plus military officials who were transferred over.

From the Flag Leader to the Regional Military Commissioner, the lowest is the Body-Breaking stage, and the highest is the Dao Foundation stage.

These people looked at each other and bowed one after another to the figure on the high platform.

They were originally acting on orders, and they couldn't influence the fighting among the upper levels.

Now that Li Fei won, just follow Li Fei first.

And having witnessed that battle just now, these military officials were more willing to follow Li Fei deep in their hearts.

Just like what Li Fei said at the beginning:

On the battlefield, there is no new or old, only strong or weak.

"I am willing to follow the Marquis!"

Barbarian-Killing City under the night is not bright, and there are very few pedestrians on the street.

Barbarian-Killing City has always implemented military control, and there is a curfew every night, so the nightlife here cannot compare with other major cities.

Military Department, inside the command post building.

"My lord, the Jing'an Marquis has already stayed in that camp. It looks like he might continue to take people to train there."

A subordinate reported to Luo Xu.

"What about Chen Fei?"

"General Chen has returned to the Qingshuang Army."

"If there is any movement in the camp, report to me at any time."

"Yes."

After the subordinate exited the room, Luo Xu picked up the receiver on the table, dialed the dial, and made a phone call.

Soon, the call was connected.

"I am Luo Xu, looking for Deputy Commander Wei."

"Yes, please wait a moment."

A moment later, a steady voice came from the other end of the phone:

"I am Wei Yihao."

Luo Xu's face revealed his iconic smile: "Deputy Commander Wei, regarding Chen Fei's matter, I am very sorry."

Wei Yihao is the Deputy Commander of the Qingshuang Army, above one person, below ten thousand people.

Although he only leads an army of ten thousand, his rank is equivalent to Luo Xu, this Deputy Provincial Military Commander, both are level 17 military officials!

The Military Affairs Office has four Provincial Military Commanders, each sitting in one of the four defensive lines.

Besides that, the ranks of the commanders of the three Imperial Camp armies of Bai Yan, Chilin, and Qingshuang are all equivalent to Provincial Military Commanders, and are level 18 military officials!

As for the strongest Tianlan Iron Cavalry, the commander is Wen Ren Zheng, this Military Affairs Grand Marshal.

So strictly speaking, the Military Affairs Office actually has seven Provincial Military Commanders, four of whom lead more than one hundred thousand troops, and the other three lead the strongest ten-thousand-person Imperial Camp armies.

It seems that the former are more majestic and have more power.

But if both sides lead their armies to clash on the battlefield, the winner will be the latter!

And they will win without any suspense!

So as level 17 military officials, Luo Xu spoke very politely to Wei Yihao.

"I have already understood the specific situation. Chen Fei is inferior in skill, and cannot blame others."

Wei Yihao's voice came from the receiver, without any waves in his emotions.

"The Holy One let the Jing'an Marquis command those three thousand plus warriors, and the military department can only obey orders."

Luo Xu said.

Wei Yihao: "I understand, since it is the Holy One's meaning, the Qingshuang Army of course has no objections."

"Eh, the Qingshuang Army has made great contributions. Even if the Jing'an Marquis is favored by the Holy One again, he should maintain at least basic respect for the Qingshuang Army."

Luo Xu said with a smile.

Next, he exchanged pleasantries with the other party for a few more sentences, then hung up the phone.

On the other side, Qingshuang City.

This is the major city guarded by the Qingshuang Army.

Wei Yihao, who had a tall figure and a bald head, put down the phone, looked at Chen Fei who was sitting on the side, and sneered:

"This old fox Luo Xu is really not well-intentioned."

Chen Fei turned his head to look: "What did he say?"

Wei Yihao touched his bald head and sneered:

"Wanting to provoke our Qingshuang Army to take the initiative to pull out this thorn, the Jing'an Marquis."

Chen Fei subconsciously touched his chest, recalling the punch he faced today again.

"This Li Fei, what is his strength exactly?"

Wei Yihao asked curiously.

Chen Fei smiled bitterly: "I can't see through it."

'Shattering Void Six-Phase Sound Killing' could not break Li Fei's defense.

'In-Phase Six-Phase Qi Controlling' could not block Li Fei's attack.

He really couldn't see through where Li Fei's strength limit was.

"Could it be that he really relied on himself to block a True Monarch's strike at the beginning?"

Wei Yihao looked unbelievable.

"I think it's possible!"

Chen Fei nodded very forcefully.

The person whom even a True Monarch couldn't kill, it wouldn't be shameful for me to lose, right?

Wei Yihao looked at him: "It makes me a bit itchy."

Chen Fei's eyes lit up, looking at the other party with expectation: "Are you going to find Li Fei for a fight?"

Wei Yihao scolded with a smile: "Damn, what kind of expression is this, thinking I will definitely lose?"

He is a five-divine-ability Martial Arts Master. Although he has one more divine ability than Chen Fei, his strength is already not on the same level as Chen Fei.

So although Chen Fei lost, he didn't think he would definitely lose.

"I think you will definitely win, my lord! When are you going?"

Chen Fei asked with expectation.

Wei Yihao shook his head: "Can't go now, going would be used as a knife by the military department."

Upon hearing this, Chen Fei also straightened his mentality: "Then what should we do next?"

Three thousand plus warriors, this 'cake' is too tempting, the Qingshuang Army will not give up.

Even if the Holy One has issued an edict, this 'cake' is indeed in Li Fei's hands now.

But whether this 'cake' can be thoroughly swallowed in the end depends on whether Li Fei's means are hard enough.

"The Holy One only let the Jing'an Marquis lead these warriors to join the Barbarian-Killing Army. When the war ends in the future, where these warriors will go is not yet settled."

Wei Yihao said:

"In my opinion, it will still be a matter of rewarding merit. As long as our Qingshuang Army's merit is enough, we don't have to worry about not being able to grab people!"

Chen Fei was puzzled: "But there are no people from our Qingshuang Army in the Barbarian-Killing Army, how are we going to establish merit?"

The Qingshuang Army's fiend weapons are of the highest level, and they can form a ten-thousand-person army formation at most, so they are not easily split out.

So the Imperial Camp army in this Barbarian-Killing Army does not have the Qingshuang Army.

Wei Yihao smiled: "You kid only know how to fight blindly, and don't know how to analyze the situation. You can only be a 'general' in this life, not a 'commander'."

Chen Fei said unhappily: "Then please analyze the situation for the end general, Grand Commander Wei?"

Wei Yihao stood up directly, came to a large sand table in the center of the room, and pointed to the area representing the Northern Barbarians on it:

"The mission of the Barbarian-Killing Army this time is to go deep alone and behead the Northern Barbarian King Boerhu. I ask you, which route do you think the Barbarian-Killing Army should take to kill in, so that there is a chance to succeed?"

Chen Fei also got up and came to the sand table, staring at the flags inserted on it.

These flags represent the current troop distribution of the seventeen Northern Barbarian tribes. He actually thought about this problem as soon as he knew the imperial court would form the Barbarian-Killing Army—how should the Barbarian-Killing Army kill into the wilderness, pass through layers of defense lines, and perform a beheading on the Northern Barbarian King?

After thinking for a long time, he didn't think of a good plan, only feeling that perhaps the imperial court had capable people who could solve this problem.

Now that Wei Yihao raised this question again, it made Chen Fei realize that he might have thought too simply.

"If there is only this one army of the Barbarian-Killing Army, no matter how it breaks out, the final outcome is definitely being surrounded by the main army and trapped inside!"

Wei Yihao said very positively, "So this operation, the entire Northern Territory border army will participate!"

Chen Fei suddenly realized, and he understood it all at once:

"We are responsible for attracting the Northern Barbarian main force, tearing open the Northern Barbarian defense line for the Barbarian-Killing Army, and creating an opportunity for the assassination of the King's frame?"

Wei Yihao nodded, smiling:

"It must be like this! So our Qingshuang Army has plenty of opportunities to establish merit. He, a Jing'an Marquis who has never been on the battlefield, leading three thousand new soldiers who have also never been on the battlefield, how can he compare the size of military merit with our Qingshuang Army?"

Chen Fei felt that what Wei Yihao said made a lot of sense.

Whether the Barbarian-Killing Army can succeed in the end depends on the Imperial Camp army and those few Grandmasters in the team.

As for Li Fei, he is really powerful, but in a war of this level, a Martial Saint may not necessarily have a greater role than the Qingshuang Army!

Inside the camp where the three thousand plus warriors recommended by the Blue Patrol Pavilion were training.

Li Fei lived in a simple wooden house.

There was another person in the room, from Datong Prefecture, a warrior recommended by the Qingmian Mountain Villa, named Gong Ze, who could be considered his own person.

"... Those three hundred plus military officials all have their own factions and are people sent from various mountain heads of the Northern Territory border army. Before you came, Marquis, these three thousand plus of us should have already been 'divided' by the Northern Territory border army."

Gong Ze said to Li Fei about what he saw and heard in the Northern Territory:

"... We have to train every day, and what we practice the most is forced marches in the jungle. Besides that, there are courses on how to deal with various poisonous insects, poisonous miasmas, and possible strange beasts, etc."

"... The Northern Territory border army is also generous in its actions. The pills needed for our cultivation, when we first joined the army, everyone was issued a portion, and after training for more than a month, another portion was issued during the period. The previous chief

"Most of us are here in the Northern Territory to take a gamble. Before we set off, our sects or gangs gave us a sum of benefits, and after arriving at the border army, the Blue Patrol Pavilion also promised a sum of benefits; it is only with these added to the benefits provided by the border army that everyone was willing to come."

"Some are here for cultivation resources, and some are just here to earn a sum. I know a brother who is forty-five years old, a Qi-Transformation martial master, and he has four kids back home all attending the local Martial Arts Hall. Providing for four kids to learn martial arts is too expensive, so this brother came to the Northern Territory to risk his life just to earn money for his kids to learn martial arts."

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After Li Fei finished listening to Gong Ze's account, he called several more people into his room one after another to ask some questions.

Besides that, there were also some people who took the initiative to find Li Fei to pledge their loyalty to him.

For the entire night, Li Fei was chatting and questioning different people.

It was not until the early hours of the next day that he stopped to organize the harvest from the whole night.

Now he could be certain of one thing:

Although the Emperor handed these three thousand-plus martial artists over to him to command, it was limited only to the upcoming war.

After the war ends, whether these people can become his foundation in the army will depend on his subsequent actions.

For the next few days, Li Fei stayed in the camp the entire time.

Although Chen Fei, the chief instructor, had left, the three hundred-plus martial officers were still there, so continuing to organize training was not a problem.

Li Fei only needed to be responsible for supervising everyone's training.

Five days later, he encountered a new problem.

"What do you mean there are no more elixirs?"

Li Fei stared at a martial officer in front of him and asked.

The other party hurriedly said, "Marquis, that is the reply we received from the military supplies department; they said the inventory is tight, the elixirs we need are temporarily unavailable, and we need to wait."

Li Fei narrowed his eyes: "Did the military supplies department say how long we need to wait?"

The martial officer shook his head: "They did not say."

"Heh."

Li Fei laughed.

Whether martial artists are cultivating or training, they must stimulate their implants.

And implants require a lot of energy to ingest; if they rely only on normal eating, the absorption is slow and the efficiency is low.

Therefore, elixirs to replenish implant energy are indispensable.

With over three thousand martial artists training at high intensity and overload every day, the amount of elixirs consumed is not a small number.

Previously, the military supplies department would send a batch of elixirs every week.

Yesterday, Li Fei was informed that the elixirs used for training in the camp were about to run out, but the military supplies department did not send the elixirs on time.

So Li Fei sent people to the military supplies department of Sha Man City today to inquire about this matter.

The final reply received was that the inventory was tight and the elixirs were temporarily unavailable.

Everything was fine when Chen Fei was here, but as soon as he arrived, the inventory became tight.

One could guess with their feet that there was something fishy going on here!

However, Li Fei did not get angry.

The imperial decree only said to let him command these three thousand-plus martial artists.

Whether it is the three hundred-plus martial officers responsible for training and command, or the elixirs used for training now, including the weapons, firearms, ammunition, armor, and other things that will be needed in the future.

These all belong to "additional content."

How the Northern Territory border army gives them, when they give them, how much they give, and the quality of what they give... these are all decided by the border army itself.

To put it bluntly, if Li Fei cannot solve these problems, it means he does not have the ability to command these three thousand-plus people!

Leading troops in battle has never been just about considering the fighting.

The Emperor let him command over three thousand martial artists.

This is a huge power, but it is also a major test.

Of course, considering that Li Fei had never had relevant experience before and had no foundation in the army, the Emperor specially asked Feng Cheng to send him a "As If I Were Personally Present" gold medal before he set off.

This medal is the Emperor's extra care and favor for Li Fei.

Li Fei's experience in his past life allowed him to see through the tricks here at a glance, and at the same time, he was very clear.

Facing the current problem of elixir shortages, he could indeed take out the "As If I Were Personally Present" medal to solve it.

He believed that as long as the military supplies department saw this medal, they would absolutely not intentionally block him on the elixirs again.

But he could take out the medal this time when he encountered a problem, what about next time when he encountered other problems?

Does he need to take out the medal to solve every little problem he encounters in the future?

If Li Fei uses this gold medal in his hand to solve problems from beginning to end, then in this major test, is the person "solving the problem" him or the Emperor?

Most importantly, this gold medal is only temporary; the ability to solve problems, connections, foundation, reputation, etc., these are what truly belong to oneself.

Li Fei smiled, but it was just another cultivation.

Where in life is there no cultivation?

He said to the martial officer who came to report:

"Alright, I know, go down."

The martial officer looked at him, saluted, and retreated.

Soon, everyone in the entire camp knew about this matter.

Because the elixirs for replenishing energy had been exhausted, today's training had to be forced to stop.

Everyone who had no training was discussing it in the camp, wanting to see how their current immediate superior would solve this problem?

Sha Man City.

Military Department, Command Post.

"He only said one sentence 'I know', and then there was no action?"

Luo Xu asked.

"Yes, the Marquis of Jing'an has stayed in the camp all day today without leaving, and has not taken any action."

The subordinate reported.

"Heh?"

Luo Xu smiled and waved his hand to signal the subordinate to retreat.

"In terms of martial arts cultivation, you are indeed more powerful, but in terms of officialdom cultivation, you are still too green."

Luo Xu shook his head.

Now there is a shortage of recovery elixirs, and later there will be a shortage of weapons, ammunition, armor, and various supplies.

As long as there are a few more such things, those three thousand-plus martial artists will understand who is truly in charge in this Northern Territory! Who they can truly rely on!

In this way, when this battle ends in the future, Li Fei will have no way to gain a firm foothold and can only leave the Northern Territory and go back to honestly be his Marquis of Jing'an.

And the remaining three thousand-plus martial artists will naturally be absorbed by the Northern Territory border army.

"Mr. Zhuang, do you think the move of sending Li Fei to the Northern Territory is the Emperor's intention, or the Grand Secretary's intention?"

Luo Xu suddenly asked.

At this time, besides him, there was a middle-aged man in the room wearing a white robe and a jade hairpin.

This person was wearing the standard robe of the Zhengfa Academy, and looking at the grade of the robe, it was specially made for a True Person!

This means that this Mr. Zhuang is a True Person of the current age.

Zhuang Chen picked up his teacup, took a sip, and said slowly:

"Does the Lord think there is any difference between the two?"

Luo Xu looked at him:

"If it is the Grand Secretary's intention, the other party moved against the Daoists first, then the Jianghu, and it seems the next step is to move against the border army."

"If it is the Emperor's intention... then Prince Cheng..."

He did not finish his sentence, because he knew Zhuang Chen could understand his meaning.

Zhuang Chen shook his head: "I am more inclined to think that this is another tacit cooperation between the monarch and his subjects."

"Oh?"

Luo Xu narrowed his eyes.

That monarch and subject in the imperial court both check and balance each other and cooperate with each other; the relationship is truly complex.

The result of the last tacit cooperation between the two was a Mingxin Reform!

What will it be this time?

That night, a figure, as if invisible, did not alert anyone and left the camp silently, entering Sha Man City.

(End of chapter)