Chapter 484

"What did you say?!"

Li Fei's words made Xiao Ji Xiuyong's brain somewhat crash, and for a moment, he doubted if he had auditory hallucinations.

From childhood to adulthood, no one had ever dared to humiliate him like this.

Never!

Even the Crown Prince treated him with kindness and viewed him as a friend.

Crack—

The force on Xiao Ji Xiuyong's body exploded, shattering the wooden table beside him!

His expression was gloomy, looking at Li Fei with cold eyes:

"I'm not worthy? Good, good, good! I almost thought some Martial Saint was talking to me!"

He was completely enraged by Li Fei's words.

You, Li Fei, might be the peerless genius of history, and your potential might be great, but that's just potential.

Who knows if you'll suddenly be beaten to death one day in the future? Or encounter some obstacle in dual cultivation of law and martial arts, and your realm will stagnate from then on?

Before Lin Lin Tianyi fully grew up, who dared to guarantee he would definitely become the world's number one in the future?

No matter how awesome you, Li Fei, are, you're just a Martial Arts Master now.

No matter how great your power is, once the Crown Prince ascends the throne, you'll still have to listen to the Crown Prince.

So why do you dare to humiliate me like this?

The more Xiao Ji Xiuyong thought, the angrier he became, his rage burning!

Facing the furious Xiao Ji Xiuyong, Li Fei calmly picked up the teacup on the side, took a sip, and said slowly:

"This isn't the Xiao family; you have to pay if you break things."

"Pay?"

Xiao Ji Xiuyong's voice became somewhat sharp:

"Give Senior Bian Senior Bian Jingru ten guts, does he dare to make me pay?!"

Li Fei glanced at him and stopped talking, as if saying one more word to him would be beneath his dignity.

It was exactly this attitude that stung Xiao Ji Xiuyong's self-esteem even more.

The pride and demeanor he had accumulated over these years were completely shattered by Li Fei with two sentences and one look.

In fact, if someone else treated Xiao Ji Xiuyong like this, he wouldn't be so defensive.

It was precisely because Li Fei was so young and so dazzling that Xiao Ji Xiuyong was particularly stimulated!

He didn't even realize himself that precisely because Li Fei was so dazzling, he was particularly eager for the other party to give him this face, thereby satisfying some of his psychological desires.

"Young Master."

Seeing that Xiao Ji Xiuyong intended to say something more, the gray-clothed man who had been standing silently beside him, shaped like an old servant, suddenly placed his hand gently on his shoulder.

This action made Xiao Ji Xiuyong calm down a lot immediately.

The gray-clothed man wasn't really a servant, but a bodyguard sent by the Xiao family head to Xiao Ji Xiuyong's side, and also someone responsible for reminding him not to take the wrong path at critical moments.

Temporarily appeasing Xiao Ji Xiuyong, the gray-clothed man stepped forward and took the initiative to cup his hands in salute to Li Fei:

"I am Xiao Tao, a servant of the Xiao family. I have long admired the Marquis's great name. As fellow martial artists, I wonder if I could spar with the Marquis and exchange martial arts?"

A dignified Martial Arts Master calling himself a servant was enough to show the foundation of the Xiao family!

Xiao Tao standing out to challenge Li Fei was to put an end to today's matter.

No matter what, Li Fei was now an important helper on the Crown Prince's side, and the Xiao family couldn't, and shouldn't, form a grudge with him at this time.

If Li Fei was willing to give Xiao Ji Xiuyong face today, that would naturally be the most perfect outcome.

If he didn't give face, it wouldn't reach the point of forming a grudge.

Although Xiao Ji Xiuyong had a conflict with Li Fei, he couldn't represent the Xiao family after all.

This conflict was also limited to words and didn't count as a major event.

So Xiao Tao stood out in time; he couldn't let Xiao Ji Xiuyong continue to escalate the matter.

Otherwise, the Crown Prince would be in a difficult position, and the family head would also punish Xiao Ji Xiuyong.

But if he just dragged Xiao Ji Xiuyong away, not only would Xiao Ji Xiuyong be unable to accept it, but the Xiao family would also be looked down upon by Li Fei.

So Xiao Tao stood out to challenge Li Fei as a martial artist.

I am a servant of the Xiao family; if you can't even beat a servant of the Xiao family, why do you look down on our Young Master of the Xiao family?

Xiao Ji Xiuyong immediately understood Xiao Tao's intention, so he suppressed his anger and waited for Li Fei's response.

Li Fei looked at Xiao Tao calmly:

"What qualification do you have to fight me?"

"Li Fei! How dare you humiliate my Xiao family like this?!"

Xiao Ji Xiuyong stood up from his seat abruptly, his anger rising again.

Xiao Tao, on the other hand, was calm from beginning to end, not even getting angry when hearing Li Fei's words:

"The Marquis has performed meritorious service and is famous throughout the world; I, a nobody, indeed have no qualification to challenge you."

"Uncle Tao?!"

Xiao Ji Xiuyong was anxious immediately.

Xiao Tao sighed in his heart; the Young Master wasn't usually someone without composure, so why was he so out of sorts in front of this Marquis Jing'an today?

He first turned his head to give Xiao Ji Xiuyong a look, signaling him to be calm, then turned to look at Li Fei:

"I know the Marquis is imitating Lin Lin Tianyi, walking the path of combining law and martial arts. My Xiao family has a notebook written by Lin Lin Tianyi when he was a Grandmaster and top-level True Person, the content of which is about how to combine the Martial Dao Domain with the Art Dao Array. I wonder if the Marquis is interested?"

Hearing this, Li Fei's eyes lit up.

Although the path of combining law and martial arts he was walking was no longer the same system as Lin Lin Tianyi's, stones from other hills could serve to polish the jade of this one, not to mention it was the "mountain" erected by the world's number one person?

And combining the Martial Dao Domain with the array was a core problem that Li Fei would eventually encounter, and it was also a problem he had to solve.

So the notebook Xiao Tao mentioned was really of great value to Li Fei!

He didn't doubt the authenticity of the notebook because the Crown Prince had specifically asked for an unpassed secret of Lin Tianyi Hall for him before—"Practical Examination of Dual Cultivation of Law and Martial Arts." (See Chapter 86, Volume 3)

Combined with the relationship between the Xiao family and the Crown Prince, and the Xiao family having Lin Lin Tianyi's important notebook.

It seemed that this Xiao family and that world's number one person probably had some connection.

"You want to use this notebook to exchange for a chance to fight me?"

Li Fei asked.

Xiao Tao nodded: "Correct. But if I luckily win against the Marquis, I hope the Marquis can apologize to our Young Master."

A priceless notebook in exchange for an apology; no matter how you look at it, this bet was very unfair!

But given Li Fei's current status, the only way Xiao Tao could obtain the qualification to fight him was to use such an unequal bet.

After speaking, Xiao Tao turned to look at Xiao Ji Xiuyong and asked for instructions: "Young Master, is this bet okay?"

Xiao Ji Xiuyong nodded fiercely: "Okay!"

He had absolute confidence in Xiao Tao!

He looked at Li Fei: "How about it, this bet, do you dare to take it?"

Li Fei asked indifferently: "After I win, when will I get the notebook?"

"If you win, within three days, I will have someone personally deliver the notebook to your hands!"

Xiao Ji Xiuyong stared.

"Good."

Li Fei nodded, agreeing to this bet.

Xiao Tao lowered his eyelids, his heart as still as water:

"Then please change to another place, Marquis; fighting here, I'm afraid we won't be able to unleash our power."

Li Fei: "Just outside the city."

Soon, the news that Marquis Jing'an was going to fight a Martial Arts Master of the Changliu Xiao family spread throughout the upper echelons of Datong Prefecture.

Everyone who reached a certain status learned of this news, but not a single one dared to send people to watch.

Whether it was the Marquis Jing'an or the Xiao family, they couldn't afford to offend either!

However, this battle finally had one spectator.

Qin Zhen, with a straight posture and every step as if measured by a ruler, arrived at a plain outside Datong Prefecture.

Facing Xiao Ji Xiuyong's unkind gaze, this Vice Principal of Wuan University said calmly:

"I'm here to watch them fight."

Back at the National Martial Arts Exchange Competition, Qin Zhen broke through to become a Martial Arts Master on the spot in front of Li Fei.

Now, less than three years had passed, and Qin Zhen was still cultivating hard to condense his second divine ability, while Li Fei, this former student, had already walked ahead of him.

So upon hearing that Li Fei was going to fight someone today, he couldn't help but want to come and see.

But this action of his was viewed by Xiao Ji Xiuyong as Wuan University sending people to stand for Li Fei and cheer him on!

This made Xiao Ji Xiuyong harbor a few more points of resentment toward Wuan University as well.

Qin Zhen clearly sensed the hostility in Xiao Ji Xiuyong's gaze, but he didn't care at all.

If he knew what Xiao Ji Xiuyong was thinking, he would only tell the other party calmly:

"Principal Shi didn't worry at all that Li Fei wouldn't be able to win after learning of this matter, so he didn't intend to send anyone at all. If he were really worried about Li Fei, the old man would have come himself."

On the plain, Li Fei and Xiao Tao stood opposite each other, less than a hundred meters apart.

This distance was within the range Li Fei's 【No Distance】 could move.

With the Xiao family's ability to collect intelligence, it was impossible for Xiao Tao not to know what divine ability Li Fei possessed, but he still stood in place calmly, seemingly not worried at all, showing powerful confidence.

This man who called himself a servant of the Xiao family suddenly began to swell; his originally somewhat withered muscles suddenly became congested and bulging, and his whole body's tendons and bones kept exploding—

Pop pop pop pop pop!

In the blink of an eye, Xiao Tao's figure grew from 1.7 meters to over 4 meters!

The gray outer robe he was wearing was torn by his swelling body, shattering into pieces of rags, revealing the pitch-black armor shimmering with scales underneath.

The next second, the pitch-black scales began to change, constantly spreading outward, wrapping around Xiao Tao's exposed hands, feet, and head, and growing many barbs.

Xiao Tao seemed to have changed from an inconspicuous ordinary person into a monster over four meters tall, covered in scales and barbs!

This pitch-black scale armor on his body, like Li Fei's Golden Jade Scale Armor, was also a Level 7 Divine Garment!

So in terms of equipment, Xiao Tao didn't lose to Li Fei at all.

Li Fei didn't rush to make a move, letting Xiao Tao perform.

A white steam surged from the other party's body like wolf smoke, rushing straight into the sky.

This was the phenomenon formed by Xiao Tao's blood energy being too vast, combined with his heart-mind power and force, permeating out of his body.

This white pillar of energy brought a feeling of a flood dragon in the sky and a magnificent momentum, stirring the clouds as if a flood dragon were really surging in the sea of clouds!

Just by releasing his momentum, Xiao Tao showed the power of Dao force approaching the Xuan Jing level.

That is to say, he must have practiced Dao force at the Xuan Jing level, and his attainment was extremely high!

Because Grandmasters possess the Martial Dao Domain, they can naturally practice Dao force at the Xuan Jing level.

But it was very difficult for Martial Arts Masters.

Among ten Martial Arts Masters, it was hard to find one who could practice Dao force at the Xuan Jing level.

Therefore, it is recognized in the world that a Martial Arts Master who has practiced Dao force at the Xuan Jing level can be regarded as having more than half a divine ability!

And Xiao Tao was a six-ability Martial Arts Master.

Added with the peak Xuan Jing Dao force, he had few rivals among Martial Arts Masters!

Even looking at the whole world, there wouldn't be more than three people who dared to say they could steadily win against Xiao Tao among Martial Arts Masters or True Persons!

This was Xiao Tao's confidence, and also the reason why Xiao Ji Xiuyong agreed to this bet.

When Xiao Tao was young, he was also high-spirited and arrogant, not disdaining to break through to become a Grandmaster with the lowest three abilities.

He was determined to challenge the legendary seven abilities and break through with the posture of the strongest Martial Arts Master.

As a result, after practicing six divine abilities, he found that he might have to spend seventy or eighty years to practice the seventh, and his lifespan was only eighty-some years left.

So he had to give up the goal of seven abilities and start trying to break through.

As a result, he found that he had overestimated himself again.

The more divine abilities, the greater the difficulty of breaking through.

The difficulty of breaking through with six abilities was far beyond Xiao Tao's imagination!

The final result was that after spending more than twenty years, Xiao Tao still hadn't succeeded in breaking through and was trapped in the realm of Martial Arts Master just like that.

Those three-ability Grandmasters he once "looked down upon" became existences he could never reach and could easily crush him!

Such an experience dealt him a heavy blow, and his spirit was completely broken.

Now he looked at Li Fei opposite him, as if he saw his former self:

"Marquis, the tree that stands above the forest will be destroyed by the wind. Have you ever read a book called 'The Fall of Geniuses'?"

Hearing this, Li Fei couldn't help but smile.

When he first broke through to become a Dao Foundation martial artist and broke the historical record, someone sent him a copy of "The Fall of Geniuses." (See Chapter 83, Volume 2)

This book detailed how many peerless geniuses in history had fallen halfway or eventually faded into the crowd.

There are too many variables in the future, and potential that hasn't been realized is just potential after all. (Note 1)

This was what Xiao Tao wanted to tell Li Fei.

Li Fei didn't answer the other party's question, but asked back:

"Do you have any life-type divine abilities?"

Xiao Tao was stunned: "Why does the Marquis ask this?"

Boom!

Li Fei didn't speak, only a golden pillar of energy surged from his body.

This pillar of energy was like a golden sharp sword, also rushing straight into the sky, piercing through the sea of clouds in the air!

Xiao Tao's white pillar of energy was a combination of his blood energy, heart-mind, and force, a manifestation of his exquisite Dao force.

And the golden pillar of energy that Li Fei erupted at this moment was purely because his life force was too powerful, his blood energy was exaggeratedly vigorous, combined with the characteristics of the Flying Sword Body, the change in quantity led to a change in quality, thus producing the phenomenon!

On the plain, two pillars of energy, one gold and one white, confronted each other across the air.

Xiao Tao's expression finally changed, revealing astonishment.

At this moment, Li Fei answered his question just now:

"If you don't have life-type divine abilities, I'll be a little scared."

"Scared?"

Xiao Tao frowned.

Li Fei looked at him and nodded earnestly:

"I'm afraid I'll accidentally beat you to death!"

Boom—

As the words fell, he stepped forward and walked toward Xiao Tao.

The golden pillar of energy tore through the clouds!

Note 1: When I wrote the book "The Fall of Geniuses" in the story, I wanted to explain this phenomenon: there are too many variables in the future, and those who were the most talented in history basically fell halfway.

You know Li Fei is the protagonist and definitely won't die, but the characters in the book don't know.

So if the reader's evaluation of the protagonist is 10, the evaluation of many characters in the book might only be 5.

(End of chapter)