Chapter 489: Mind Eternally Settled, Black Water Swallows Sha (6000)

On a small mountain, Li Fei was shirtless, placing a crimson-red stone emitting high temperatures on his chest.

This stone was named 【Flame Heart Scale】, a Grade 5 sorcery-type implant.

Its temperature under normal conditions reached over five hundred degrees Celsius!

This thing, to the human body, not only carried high temperatures but also carried the characteristic of being able to scorch the spirit; even high-realm martial artists found it difficult to withstand such a thing.

And Li Fei now wanted to incorporate this 【Flame Heart Scale】 into his own body!

Normally, this thing is used for natal magic treasures; its carrier is various steel and minerals, not a flesh-and-blood body.

A flesh-and-blood body is almost impossible to carry such an implant.

But Li Fei's Flying Sword Body could create such a miracle!

He held the 【Flame Heart Scale】 in one hand and placed it on his chest. Soon, this crimson-red stone gradually merged into his chest, then turned into a red flame flow, swimming throughout his entire body.

Boom—

Behind Li Fei, it was as if the "Heavenly Gate" had opened, and a large amount of heaven and earth Qi surged into his body, then under the effect of the 【Refining Matter】 supernatural ability, turned into corresponding "materials" and merged with the 【Flame Heart Scale】 in his body.

Incorporating an implant into a natal magic treasure requires cooperation with various materials, such as special metals, minerals, heavenly treasures, etc.

But Li Fei had the 【Heaven-Mixing Gold Palace】, capable of absorbing heaven and earth Qi of all attributes, and also had the 【Refining Matter】 supernatural ability, which could refine heaven and earth Qi into corresponding materials, so he was actually more effortless and faster at refining implants.

Of course, to do this, the prerequisite must be that Li Fei has sufficient understanding of the various "materials" needed and also has a sufficiently deep understanding of his own Flying Sword Body.

The 【Refining Matter】 supernatural ability can theoretically "refine all things, transform all things," provided you have sufficient understanding of all things.

For the understanding of various "materials," Li Fei had the "old grandfather" True Person Qingding in his body to help.

The other party was once the world's number one alchemy master, and his level of artifact refining was also not low, at least ranking in the top twenty in the world!

As for the understanding of the Flying Sword Body, Li Fei had a comprehensive understanding with the help of Xiang Yunshu's "Analysis" Dao rule, which naturally was also not a problem.

Quickly completing the preliminary refining of the 【Flame Heart Scale】, Li Fei continued to cast the 【Refining Matter】 supernatural ability, accelerating its refining speed.

The 【Refining Matter】 supernatural ability was not a supernatural ability mainly used for combat, but an extremely powerful auxiliary supernatural ability.

It was just that Li Fei, relying on a large amount of blood souls, stubbornly developed a proper auxiliary supernatural ability into a powerful combat supernatural ability!

Now, when refining sorcery-type implants, the benefits of the 【Refining Matter】 supernatural ability were reflected.

Li Fei, relying on his unique Flying Sword Body, the characteristic of the Ten Thousand Blood Pearl not fearing injury, plus the "Five Phases Reverse Wheel Method" modified by Hao Yi allowing him to "correct errors" time and time again, his speed in strengthening natal magic treasures was already more than ten times that of ordinary True Persons!

Now with an additional 【Refining Matter】 supernatural ability, his cultivation speed on the sorcery side was even more terrifying!

Actually, those True Persons of the current era also knew that the 【Refining Matter】 supernatural ability was suitable for artifact refining, could accelerate their speed in strengthening natal magic treasures, and lower the difficulty of breaking through realms.

But unfortunately, the 【Refining Matter】 supernatural ability is a martial arts side supernatural ability; those True Persons find it difficult to find a Martial Arts Master possessing the 【Refining Matter】 supernatural ability willing to sacrifice their own cultivation time and expend supernatural ability power to serve them.

Only someone like Li Fei, who cultivates both martial arts and sorcery and possesses the 【Refining Matter】 supernatural ability, can enjoy this convenience.

Originally, Li Fei estimated that he would need at least another half a year to complete the construction of the first "Twelve Sha."

But now with the additional 【Refining Matter】 supernatural ability, he estimated that he would only need about four months to complete the refining of the remaining six types of sorcery-type implants, thereby starting to attempt to refine his second sorcery-type supernatural ability!

Li Fei had already decided what sorcery-type supernatural ability to refine next—

【Eternally Settled】!

This is a mind-type supernatural ability, equivalent to 【Indestructible】 on the spiritual level.

The 【Indestructible】 supernatural ability is invincible physical defense, while 【Eternally Settled】 is eternally unshakable spiritual defense!

Once this supernatural ability is released, as long as the supernatural ability power is not exhausted, one can eternally fix one's mind in a certain state; any means aimed at the spiritual level cannot shake it!

And unlike 【Indestructible】, 【Eternally Settled】 can also be used on others.

The Ten Thousand Blood Pearl only unconditionally takes effect against sorcery-type spiritual means; with 【Eternally Settled】, Li Fei made up for a shortcoming of his own, and in the future, he could fear nothing in terms of mind-level control!

However, 【Eternally Settled】 and 【No Distance】 actually don't go well together, and cannot produce a 1+1 greater than 2 effect.

Originally in Li Fei's plan, the second sorcery-type supernatural ability he was going to refine next was a supernatural ability that strengthens attack power, similar to 【Annihilation】.

All along, his strongest means of attack relied on 【Blood Rage】, relying on pure power.

This means has a high consumption of blood souls, so he wanted a supernatural ability that could strengthen attack power.

With 【No Distance】, he can teleport himself, and can also make his means of attack teleport; combined with a supernatural ability similar to 【Annihilation】, he could increase his killing power by a notch!

But Li Fei, who knew the "Yin-Yang Dichotomy Method" and had new plans, changed his original plan.

【Eternally Settled】 indeed doesn't go well with 【No Distance】, but it goes very well with 【Dragon Elephant】!

This "going well" is not a combination of supernatural ability effects, but a combination on the "Yin-Yang" level.

Other Martial Arts Masters and True Persons consider supernatural ability combinations, all hoping that various supernatural abilities combined together can exert a 1+1 greater than 2 effect, with multiple supernatural abilities superimposed to form powerful "combination skills."

But Li Fei's consideration had already departed from this level.

What he is thinking about now is, from the perspective of "Yin-Yang Dichotomy," how to combine martial arts side and sorcery side supernatural abilities, so as to be able to form a small world that fits perfectly, and even be able to "piece together" a complete Dao rule.

From the perspective of realm, he, at the realm of Martial Arts Master and True Person, had already begun to consider problems that Grandmasters and top True Persons would consider, and was even closer to the essence of the problem than these people!

Refining 【Eternally Settled】 first, then refining 【Dragon Elephant】, this was Li Fei's cultivation plan for the next step.

To accelerate progress, he had already asked people to help him inquire about the cultivation method of the 【Dragon Elephant】 supernatural ability.

The cultivation method of supernatural abilities is a top secret; the 【Eternally Settled】 supernatural ability is included in the three sets of flying sword refining methods given to Li Fei by Xiang Yunshu.

The three sets of flying sword refining methods contain a total of fifteen types of sorcery-type supernatural abilities and the cultivation methods of three types of Earth Sha formations!

But 【Dragon Elephant】 is a martial arts side supernatural ability, requiring Li Fei to find a way to obtain the cultivation method himself.

Actually, the Xiao family definitely has the complete cultivation method of the 【Dragon Elephant】 supernatural ability, and should even have all the implants needed for the 【Dragon Elephant】 supernatural ability.

But Li Fei was unwilling to actively owe the Xiao family this favor, so he didn't go to the Xiao family.

Just as Li Fei was cultivating step by step, he suddenly received news from the provincial capital of Feng Province:

"Pavilion Elder He fell ill?"

Li Fei's first reaction upon receiving the news was that the Lu family was playing tricks behind the scenes!

Otherwise, a Dao Foundation stage martial artist, why would he fall ill for no reason?

"We suspect that someone secretly did something to Master, but we can't find any abnormality at all. We've used all kinds of methods, but Master is still muddled all day, and most of the time he is not clear-headed."

Yuan Mengfei's anxious voice came over the phone: "Marquis, we really have no other way. Can we send Master back to Datong Prefecture first and trouble you to ask the physicians at the Martial University to help take a look?"

"Wait for me, I'll come over immediately!"

Li Fei said.

He planned to take a flying escape magic treasure to the provincial capital now and pick up He Jian today; that way, it would be the fastest.

To him, He Jian was not just a Divine Detective who helped him investigate cases, but also an elder he respected.

He respected He Jian's character; even if they had no relationship, if he could save him, he wouldn't stand by and watch.

What's more, He Jian fell ill while helping him investigate the case; of course, he couldn't ignore it.

"Good, thank you, Marquis!"

On the other end of the phone, Yuan Mengfei was very excited.

After hanging up the phone, Li Fei told Shi Caiming, and immediately drove the Black Boat to fly into the sky.

Before leaving, Shi Caiming told him to pay attention to safety and prevent some people from jumping over the wall in desperation.

Li Fei nodded and agreed, but he was not worried.

To tell the truth, he was actually looking forward to Lu Wenzheng being able to go to extremes and strike at him directly.

That way, he wouldn't have to slowly break the other party's "outer shell" and could directly start killing!

As for his own safety.

He didn't think anyone in the Lu family could threaten him.

In the entire Feng Province, the only two people who could kill him now were Shi Caiming and Xu Jing.

Shi Caiming didn't need to be mentioned; as for Xu Jing, unless the other party had lost their mind, they wouldn't dare to strike at a Gu Ming Minister appointed by the Emperor.

If they really did that, even if Xu Jing were a Grandmaster, he would have to pay with his life in the end, because he would be slapping the Emperor's face!

Li Fei didn't think Xu Jing would be crazy to that extent.

Even if the other party really went crazy, after the battle with Qi Zhou, Li Fei already had the confidence to forcibly strike a gap in a Grandmaster's Martial Arts Domain and escape.

Even if he couldn't beat Xu Jing, he had the confidence to save his life.

So he didn't hesitate and directly drove the Black Boat to fly toward the provincial capital.

Two hours later, Li Fei arrived at the provincial capital of Feng Province, successfully picked up He Jian, and then returned to Datong Prefecture with He Jian and his two disciples, while the rest of the people stayed in the provincial capital to continue the investigation.

The first moment he saw He Jian, Li Fei saw that the other party's mind had a problem.

So he immediately cast "Green God" to treat him.

But this time, "Green God" failed to take effect.

He Jian was still drowsy and not clear-headed, and the problem failed to be solved.

This was the first time Li Fei had encountered a situation where "Green God" couldn't take effect; he immediately realized that He Jian might have encountered a supernatural ability!

Only supernatural abilities can ignore martial arts and extraordinary abilities.

Li Fei could only take He Jian to find Shi Caiming and let the other party see what the situation was.

That afternoon, he drove the Black Boat and landed on the small mountain where Shi Caiming lived.

Then he brought He Jian into Shi Caiming's small courtyard and asked the other party to help take a look.

A fire-red light bloomed from Shi Caiming's body, only enveloping He Jian within it, without causing any impact on the others in the room.

This was Shi Caiming's Martial Arts Domain; just by this realm of being able to retract and release at will, Li Fei speculated that the other party possessed at least the cultivation of the peak of the Flourishing Realm!

Enveloped by the Martial Arts Domain, He Jian's mental state clearly improved a lot.

A few seconds later, Shi Caiming put away the Martial Arts Domain.

"Principal, how is it?"

Li Fei asked.

Yuan Mengfei and the other disciple stood to the side, not daring to breathe loudly.

This was their first time in close contact with a Grandmaster.

If it weren't for Li Fei, they might not have been able to talk face-to-face with a Grandmaster in their entire lives.

Shi Caiming: "He indeed has been hit by some kind of supernatural ability."

Within the Martial Arts Domain, a Grandmaster has insight into everything.

Although Jiang Ye's 【Sha God】 was sufficiently secretive, it couldn't hide from the perception of a Grandmaster.

Li Fei frowned: "Can it be cured?"

Shi Caiming shook his head: "I can't cure it; it must be someone with a mind-type supernatural ability or a healing-type supernatural ability."

Li Fei was puzzled: "Can't you just use your Martial Arts Domain to directly eliminate the other party's supernatural ability? Could it be that the person who struck is a Grandmaster?"

Shi Caiming patiently explained: "I can indeed use my Martial Arts Domain to forcibly eliminate the supernatural ability power left by the other party, but the other party's supernatural ability is very vicious and has already deeply merged with this person's mind. If I use my Martial Arts Domain to forcibly eliminate its supernatural ability power, it will cause serious impact on this person's mind."

Li Fei understood.

Shi Caiming couldn't strike forcibly, and it was impossible to keep the Martial Arts Domain open to protect He Jian all the time.

Then he could only find a "professionally matched" Martial Arts Master to strike.

"However, you don't need to worry too much; the other party intentionally held back, and this supernatural ability didn't cause fundamental damage to this person's mind."

Shi Caiming said.

Li Fei nodded; clearly, the mastermind behind the scenes also feared He Jian's identity and didn't dare to strike heavily.

Otherwise, if a Martial Arts Master wanted to kill He Jian, where would there be a need for so much trouble?

"You don't need to worry; I will find someone to save Pavilion Elder He."

Li Fei said to Yuan Mengfei and the others.

With his current status and position, he didn't worry about not being able to find a Martial Arts Master possessing the relevant supernatural ability to strike.

The other party might even be very happy that Li Fei could owe them a favor.

The problem he truly needed to consider was, how to solve this Martial Arts Master who was hiding in the dark and striking?

Once there is a first time, there can be a second time.

According to Shi Caiming's judgment, this kind of supernatural ability of the other party was very hidden, so even if he arranged for a Martial Arts Master to protect He Jian 24 hours a day, it might not be able to prevent it.

In that case, even if He Jian was cured this time, as long as he continued to go to the provincial capital, it might not be long before he was hit again.

Isn't that just pure torture for the old man?

So before solving the mastermind behind the scenes, Li Fei didn't plan to continue sending He Jian to investigate the case.

"Lu Wenzheng!"

Li Fei's gaze was cold.

He didn't even need to guess; he knew it must be this person playing tricks behind the scenes, with the goal of obstructing He Jian from bringing people to investigate the case.

It was just that he felt this kind of means was somewhat low-level.

From the night the Crown Prince acted as regent and he was chosen as a Gu Ming Minister, the momentum had already begun to tilt toward his side.

The big ship under Lu Wenzheng's feet would sink sooner or later!

Even if Li Fei didn't strike himself, Lu Wenyao and the others would strike at Lu Wenzheng!

Sometimes external bright swords are easy to dodge, but dark arrows from within are hard to guard against.

So Li Fei didn't think Lu Wenzheng finding someone to secretly harm He Jian could have much significance.

It was nothing more than delaying a little more time.

What use could it have?

Feng Province, Provincial Capital.

Under the night sky, Jiang Ye walked into the "Red Sleeve Dance Hall" for the second time.

Although the dance hall's boss, Zhao Qidong, was already dead, the dance hall still opened every night, looking as if it hadn't been affected at all.

Jiang Ye was soon led into the hall where he and Miao Lang had negotiated before.

Inside the hall, only Miao Lang was sitting on the sofa alone.

Jiang Ye walked straight over and sat opposite the other party:

"The matter has already been accomplished; where is the item I want?"

He had already received a "Demon-Feeding Beast" as a deposit in advance, and tonight he was here to collect the remaining reward.

He didn't worry about the other party reneging, because the supernatural ability power he left in He Jian's body was only a little bit, and it would automatically dissipate at most within a week.

If the other party wanted to let He Jian be bedridden for a few months, they had to let him continue to strike.

And he also knew that Li Fei had picked up He Jian today, clearly taking him to be cured.

This meant that the Lu family might still need to cooperate with him later.

Jiang Ye had already thought it through; whether it was asking him to use 【Sha God】 on others later, or having any plans against that Jing'an Marquis, he could talk about it.

The prerequisite was that the price had to be sufficient, and he had to collect half the "deposit" first.

"Don't be anxious, still waiting for someone."

Miao Lang said to Jiang Ye.

Jiang Ye frowned, immediately feeling unhappy.

He revealed a fierce look: "What, want to play tricks with me? He Jian can recover at most in a week!"

Miao Lang smiled, saying very easily: "Brother Jiang, don't be nervous, just waiting for someone; when the person arrives, the item you want will arrive."

Jiang Ye stared at him for a few seconds, then stopped talking.

Thus, the two waited quietly in the hall like this.

The person who could make Miao Lang wait, Jiang Ye guessed, must be an important figure of the Lu family.

Looking at it this way, the Lu family indeed intended to continue cooperating with him.

"Then think carefully about how to raise the price in a while."

Jiang Ye thought to himself.

Ten minutes later, when Jiang Ye was getting somewhat impatient, the door behind him was pushed open again.

Miao Lang stood up immediately, bowing very respectfully with cupped hands:

"Greetings, Grandmaster Xu!"

Jiang Ye was startled.

Grandmaster Xu? Grandmaster Xu Jing?!

He was shocked, turning around abruptly to look at the person coming.

A young man with long hair draped over his shoulders and cold eyes stood at the door.

It was exactly Xu Jing!

"Greet-Greetings, Grandmaster Xu."

Cold sweat broke out on Jiang Ye's back, and he bowed very nervously with cupped hands.

He thought that the person coming tonight would be some important figure of the Lu family; even if the Lu family head, Inspector General Lu Wenzheng, had come in person, he wouldn't have been as nervous as he was now.

He never expected that the person coming would be a Grandmaster!

Xu Jing ignored Jiang Ye, only nodding at Miao Lang.

Miao Lang immediately understood, decisively stepping out of the hall and closing the door.

Thus, only Xu Jing and Jiang Ye were left in the hall.

Jiang Ye felt that the atmosphere was somewhat wrong, forcing out a smile:

"Didn't expect it would be you coming to talk to me; it's truly Jiang's honor."

Xu Jing looked at Jiang Ye with eyes without the slightest emotion, as if looking at a dish on the table:

"Your 【Sha God】 is indeed useful to me."

Jiang Ye didn't understand this sentence, thinking Xu Jing was talking about future cooperation, and said hurriedly:

"Thanks to Grandmaster Xu for looking up to me; in the future, if there's any place you need Jiang, just speak!"

"No need."

But Xu Jing just shook his head indifferently.

"Ah?"

"No need for you to strike again; I'll take it myself."

As the words fell, deep mist instantly enveloped the entire hall!

Jiang Ye subconsciously wanted to resist, but his 【Sha God】 was directly suppressed and couldn't be used.

His whole person was bound by a majestic giant force that was hard to match!

He looked down, only to see a large mass of black sludge appearing under his feet, pulling him into it bit by bit.

"Spare my life! Spare my life!"

"I am willing to take an oath to serve the Lu family from now on! Serve you!"

Jiang Ye was terrified, shouting loudly.

But Xu Jing didn't respond to him, just continuing to activate the 【Black Water】 supernatural ability.

There are many powerful supernatural abilities in this world, but not everyone can refine them.

Whether one can refine a certain supernatural ability, besides looking at whether one's own Dao Foundation matches, one must also look at whether one's own body and all the implants that make up the supernatural ability are compatible? Can it be accommodated?

Simply put, not only does the person pick the supernatural ability, but the supernatural ability also picks the person.

Like Li Fei, as long as the Dao Foundation matches, regardless of whether one's own body can accommodate the implant, or whether there is sufficient compatibility to let the implant grow rapidly, none of that needs to be considered; anyway, one can take a large amount of medicine to "force it"!

This kind of forcibly "proving the Dao with force" method is something only Li Fei can do, because he doesn't need to worry about any side effects of any medicine.

Innate Medicine-Taking Holy Body!

Xu Jing having the aptitude to refine the 【Black Water】 supernatural ability was his biggest trump card and also his biggest reliance.

Others only knew he had such a supernatural ability, but didn't know the specific situation, didn't know that this supernatural ability could directly swallow others' supernatural abilities!

Back then, Li Fei experienced the 【Black Water】 supernatural ability himself, and only thought it was a defensive-type supernatural ability that could absorb energy.

After others break through to become Grandmasters with three supernatural abilities, it is difficult to make further progress, and they cannot increase the number of supernatural abilities.

But Xu Jing is different.

He has 【Black Water】 that can swallow others' supernatural abilities, so breaking through with three supernatural abilities is not a dead end for him.

He can first break through at the fastest speed, and then slowly fill in the remaining supernatural abilities relying on the 【Black Water】 supernatural ability!

Of course, the difficulty of filling in supernatural abilities is also very great.

First, it must be a supernatural ability that is compatible with one's own Martial Arts Domain; not just any supernatural ability can be used to fill in.

Secondly, it is the source of the supernatural ability.

Whether it is a Grade 7 exotic beast or a Martial Arts Master, which one is easy to get?

The Lu family spent decades laying out the trap, expending countless manpower and material resources just to cultivate one Grade 7 exotic beast.

Xu Jing wanting to start from exotic beasts is almost impossible; the number of Grade 7 exotic beasts is far less than Martial Arts Masters, and there are even fewer that suit him.

As for Martial Arts Masters.

In this world, which Martial Arts Master is not an important big shot?

Either the head of the Zhige Department of a certain province, or a member of the Zhige Pavilion, or a big shot in the military, or a retainer in the imperial palace.

At worst, they are also an elder, or even the Sect Master, of some underworld big sect.

These figures, how would Xu Jing dare to kill them casually?

Back then, plotting against the Tiefeng Sect Master, he and the Lu family also laid out the trap for over a decade before finally succeeding.

So in the end, Xu Jing set his sights on demonic martial artists.

Anyway, this kind of person is also universally hated; if it is really discovered that he killed them, people will only applaud him and won't have any trouble.

Because people like Jiang Ye are very cautious, in order to avoid arousing the other party's vigilance, the Lu family had already started doing the "Demon-Feeding Beast" business in secret years in advance.

In order to lure Jiang Ye into the trap, the Lu family made a lot of preparations and various contingency plans in advance.

This time, Li Fei letting He Jian bring people to the provincial capital to investigate the case just happened to give the Lu family a perfect excuse, which wouldn't make Jiang Ye suspicious.

If Jiang Ye had known the secret of the 【Black Water】 supernatural ability in advance, he would absolutely not have run to Feng Province so easily.

Unfortunately, this secret is currently known to only a few people.

Under the night sky, the Red Sleeve Dance Hall was brightly lit, with singing and dancing clamorous.

In the darkness where no one knew, a Martial Arts Master fell silently.

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