Chapter 490

Inside the small courtyard, a middle-aged man wearing a black robe with a crew cut and a beard was using a divine ability to treat He Situ Jian.

A brilliant blue radiance, like starlight, surged from the man's palm and shone on He Situ Jian's brow.

The old man's tightly furrowed brows gradually smoothed out, his breathing quickly became steady, and he entered a deep sleep.

"It's done."

After maintaining the divine ability for only a few seconds, the man withdrew it.

He turned to look at Li Fei: "The person who struck only left behind a tiny bit of divine ability power; even if I hadn't intervened, the divine ability power would have naturally dissipated in a few days at most. I have now dispersed the divine ability power from his body; his mind and spirit have no issues, and he will recover after resting for a few days, with no aftereffects."

Li Fei bowed and saluted: "Thank you, Vice Principal Fang."

The person who came was Fang Fang Ziyan, the Vice Principal of Changping University.

When he sent out the news that he needed a Martial Arts Master capable of treating mental and spiritual injuries, Qiu Zi'an contacted him immediately and told him that Fang Fang Ziyan had this ability.

So Li Fei immediately piloted the Black Boat to Changping University and brought Fang Fang Ziyan over.

In fact, Shi Caiming had also told him that the divine ability power in He Situ Jian's body would naturally dissipate in a few days.

But to prevent He Situ Jian from suffering any aftereffects, Li Fei still chose to invite a Martial Arts Master to intervene.

"Haha, it was just a small effort, don't be so polite."

Fang Fang Ziyan waved his hand with a smile.

He had encountered problems when refining his third divine ability, leading to damage to his implant; Qiu Zi'an passed the "Five Phases Reversal Method" to him, giving him new hope.

So he felt that he owed Li Fei a massive favor!

This time, upon hearing that Li Fei needed help, he followed him without saying a word.

"I heard from Principal Qiu that you are looking for the cultivation method for the 【Dragon-Elephant】 divine ability?"

Fang Fang Ziyan asked suddenly while Li Fei was seeing him out.

"Yes."

Li Fei nodded.

At this time, he had entrusted Shi Caiming, informed Qiu Zi'an, and also used his authority in the Inspection Pavilion.

Fang Fang Ziyan: "The Dragon-Tiger Gate in Shi Song Province has the inheritance of the 【Dragon-Elephant】 divine ability, and I am good friends with the Dragon-Tiger Gate Master, Wang Yilong. He is like me; he encountered problems when refining his divine ability, and his cultivation base has been restricted for more than twenty years.

I originally intended to make a trip to the Dragon-Tiger Gate to talk with Wang Yilong and pass your 'Five Phases Reversal Method' to him. Now that you happen to need the 【Dragon-Elephant】 divine ability, why don't I count this as a condition for the negotiation?"

Li Fei was overjoyed upon hearing this: "No problem, then I'll have to trouble Vice Principal Fang."

Qiu Zi'an had asked for his opinion; passing the "Five Phases Reversal Method" to others, of course, first required that the person's character be beyond reproach.

Besides that, except for people who could be absolutely trusted, it was best to sign a vow-type divine ability as a constraint for others.

The content of the vow-type divine ability, besides not being able to pass on the "Five Phases Reversal Method," also required the other party to promise to go all out to help Li Fei a few times in the future, provided it would not endanger their own life.

Now that Fang Fang Ziyan was just swapping the vow to help out for the exchange of the 【Dragon-Elephant】 divine ability, Li Fei felt there was no problem.

"Don't worry, Wang Yilong bears the future of the Dragon-Tiger Gate and has heavy responsibilities; being able to help him break through his shackles is of great significance to him and the Dragon-Tiger Gate! With his character, besides giving the cultivation method for the 【Dragon-Elephant】 divine ability, he would even be willing to give the corresponding implants if you wanted them."

Fang Fang Ziyan laughed.

"That's not necessary; if Sect Master Wang is willing, I can exchange other resources with him for the implants needed for the 【Dragon-Elephant】 divine ability."

Li Fei said.

He took out the "Five Phases Reversal Method," focusing on winning people's hearts, so he didn't want to turn it into a one-time transaction with the other party.

When he entered the pavilion and was appointed to office, the Emperor also rewarded Li Fei with a massive amount of cultivation resources, enough for him to cultivate all the way to the next realm in either the martial or the divine ability path.

So he could completely take them out to exchange for the resources he needed.

"Good."

Fang Fang Ziyan understood Li Fei's meaning.

He was also a man of action, and seeing that there was nothing left to do, he set off immediately for Shi Song Province.

After seeing Fang Fang Ziyan off, Li Fei soon received several pieces of intelligence, all regarding the Martial Arts Master who had struck He Situ Jian.

Although the Inspection Department in the provincial capital of Feng Province was temporarily still under Lu Lu Wenzheng's control, Li Fei's authority was sufficient to make the Inspection Departments of other provinces cooperate with him.

Besides that, he was also the team leader of the Blue Patrol Pavilion's inspection team and had the authority to mobilize the power of the Blue Patrol Pavilion in all provinces!

Through his relationship with the Killing Barbarian Army, Li Fei had established some friendships with the Blue Patrol Pavilion in various provinces.

And the Blue Patrol Pavilion in each province was composed of local underworld leader forces, so with one word from Li Fei, besides the government, the underworld forces in various places were also helping him gather information.

This was the power of authority!

Jiang Ye thought that even if he offended Li Fei, he could just hide far away, and Li Fei couldn't possibly hunt him down across the entire world.

He had ultimately underestimated the power of the "Great Blue's First Marquis."

The "Underworld Kill Orders" issued by underworld big shots could at most involve one province.

But if Li Fei were to issue a kill order against someone now—

In all twenty-three provinces, both black and white paths would give him face!

Li Fei returned to his room and began reading the intelligence he had received.

He Situ Jian's problem had been solved, but he would not let him continue to go to the provincial capital to investigate the case for the time being.

He wanted to solve the person who had struck from the shadows first!

"Jiang Ye?"

Several pieces of intelligence received all mentioned this demonic martial artist at the same time.

His divine ability characteristics, as well as his recent movements, all indicated that he was the person with the most suspicion.

"Demon-Feeding Beast, Lu family."

Through the intelligence in his hands, Li Fei could roughly infer a clue:

"The Lu family used a Demon-Feeding Beast to lure Jiang Ye, and the content of the transaction was to let Jiang Ye strike at He Situ Jian."

After determining the target, Li Fei immediately got up and made several phone calls to find Jiang Ye.

After finishing the calls, he sat back down and began to study another thing—

Demon-Feeding Beast.

Demonic martial artists directly plundering others' implants seems fast, but the risk is very high.

Because it is not an implant cultivated in one's own body, there will be an obvious "rejection reaction" with one's own body.

But this was not a problem for Li Fei.

No matter how intense the "rejection reaction" was, he could endure it with the Ten Thousand Blood Pearl.

If it really didn't work, he could just take medicine to solve it.

It was just that because plundering others' implants required harming the lives of innocent people, this went against Li Fei's original heart, so he had never considered demonic cultivation before.

But now that he suddenly learned of the existence of "Demon-Feeding Beasts," Li Fei was immediately tempted.

The strengthening of a life-bound magic treasure besides needing implants also needed other materials, so Demon-Feeding Beasts were only applicable to martial arts.

"If I use a Demon-Feeding Beast, wouldn't my speed in martial arts cultivation be even faster?"

Li Fei thought to himself.

The Dragon-Tiger Gate could provide the cultivation method and implants for the 【Dragon-Elephant】 divine ability, and since the Lu family could trade in Demon-Feeding Beasts, it meant they had the relevant technology.

Li Fei could ask Lu Lu Wenzheng for these technologies.

With implants, with technology, and Li Fei himself having an exotic beast breeding farm, he already had the conditions to cultivate Demon-Feeding Beasts.

"While strengthening the Flying Sword Body and incorporating spell-type implants, I can use Demon-Feeding Beasts to cultivate martial arts-type implants; after the spell-type divine abilities are refined, I can immediately incorporate martial arts-type implants."

Li Fei thought to himself.

It was just that he didn't know how long the cultivation time for a Demon-Feeding Beast would take; if the time was too long, then it wouldn't be as fast as his own cultivation speed.

Moreover, he didn't know enough about demonic martial arts to make a rash decision.

Thinking of this, Li Fei decided to go find Shi Caiming.

"Principal, there are some things I would like to ask for advice on."

After finding Shi Caiming, Li Fei informed him of his thoughts.

After hearing his thoughts, Shi Caiming's gaze was solemn:

"Demonic cultivation, do you think it's just as simple as having a severe rejection reaction?"

Looking at the other party's expression, Li Fei was startled.

This was the first time he had seen Shi Caiming speak to him so solemnly.

"Martial arts cultivation starts by borrowing external objects, but as the realm improves, martial artists are gradually entering a deep fusion with the implant, letting it truly become a part of themselves. Only in this way can the martial artist truly control the innate Qi, strength, extraordinary abilities, and even divine abilities born from the implant."

Shi Caiming looked at Li Fei, his expression stern:

"Without the process of starting from zero and slowly entering a deep fusion with the implant, the martial artist's realm is just a castle in the air! Demonic martial artists directly plunder others' implants, appearing to reach the sky in one step, but in reality, they have chosen a narrow path!

You think that cultivating demonic arts can also reach the peak, but those two demonic martial artists among the 'Three Evils,' when facing any one of the 'Seven Martial Saints,' they cannot defeat them.

At the same realm, demonic martial artists' control over innate Qi, strength, extraordinary abilities, and even divine abilities and the Martial Arts Domain is far inferior to martial artists who cultivate normally!

Precisely because of this, the difficulty of every breakthrough for them is extremely great, and the risk is also extremely great!"

Li Fei nodded seriously, understanding the drawbacks of demonic cultivation.

"Xiao Fei, you are a bit too eager for quick success."

Shi Caiming looked at Li Fei, "I know you are anxious for revenge, but some things cannot be rushed."

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Li Fei was silent.

Suddenly wanting to try Demon-Feeding Beasts, besides not understanding demonic arts, was also because he was indeed anxious.

Toppling Lu Lu Wenzheng was already a certainty, but the revenge for Hao Yi and Shangguan Xiao was not just about Lu Lu Wenzheng.

The person Li Fei cared about most and wanted to kill most was Xu Jing!

But Xu Jing was a Grandmaster.

It was impossible to execute a Grandmaster using normal means.

Even if Xu Jing lost his official position and the status of university principal, as long as his Grandmaster combat power remained and he didn't openly rebel, he would always have the opportunity to make a comeback.

The only way Li Fei could think of for revenge was to challenge the other party head-on!

But with his current combat power, he couldn't achieve that.

So he was very anxious to become stronger.

"Xiao Fei."

Shi Caiming looked at Li Fei, saying earnestly:

"In this world, there are some shortcuts that cannot be taken."

Li Fei was silent for a moment, then nodded heavily:

"I understand, thank you, Principal."

Feng Province, provincial capital, Hongyi University.

Inside a secret chamber built underground, Xu Jing was in seclusion for cultivation.

After devouring Jiang Ye's 【Sha God】 with his 【Black Water】 divine ability, he immediately returned to the secret chamber of Hongyi University and began seclusion.

Using more than ten days, he completely finished devouring the divine ability.

This underground secret chamber was very large and also had an underground lake.

Xu Jing sat cross-legged on a stone platform in the center of the lake, unfolding his Martial Arts Domain.

A large expanse of thick fog appeared out of thin air, permeating above the lake.

The water surface began to boil, appearing with many bubbles, which then constantly burst.

The fog surged, and black mud churned under the water, as if black giant pythons were lurking within.

A little bit of ghostly green light appeared in the thick fog, like clusters of ghost fire.

As these ghost fires appeared, the thick fog began to spread in all directions.

The range of the thick fog spread to about seven hundred meters in radius before gradually slowing down, seemingly having reached its limit.

On the stone platform, Xu Jing frowned, somewhat unwilling, wanting to continue expanding his Martial Arts Domain.

But as he exerted force, the thick fog suddenly shook violently.

"Pfft—"

Suddenly, Xu Jing spat out a mouthful of blood and immediately withdrew his Martial Arts Domain.

A look of anger appeared in his eyes, and he slapped the stone platform heavily with one palm.

Boom boom boom—

A series of water columns exploded!

His breakthrough back then was not perfect, leading to a huge aftereffect in his Martial Arts Domain, making it impossible to maintain for a long time.

He was naturally unwilling to be the weakest Grandmaster in history, so he continued to cooperate with Lu Lu Wenzheng, wanting to devour new divine abilities, attempting to solve the problem of his Martial Arts Domain.

Now that he had successfully devoured the 【Sha God】 that was compatible with his Martial Arts Domain, the effect was not ideal.

The strength of the Martial Arts Domain had indeed improved, but Xu Jing's control over 【Sha God】 had not reached the expected level at all.

Instead, because there was one more divine ability and the control was not in place, the Martial Arts Domain became even more unstable, and the time it could be maintained was even shorter than before!

Xu Jing did not think this was his own problem, but attributed everything to his inner demons.

"Li Fei!!!!"

Inside the underground secret chamber, Xu Jing roared with extreme anger.

More than an hour later, Xu Jing appeared in the principal's office as usual.

He picked up the receiver and dialed a number:

"This is Xu Jing."

"Seclusion over? How do you feel?"

Lu Lu Wenzheng's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"I feel very good."

Xu Jing said.

"Congratulations!"

"That matter you mentioned before, we can talk about it again."

". Good, come to my mansion, I'll wait for you."

On the other end of the phone, Lu Lu Wenzheng's tone fluctuated slightly.

After hanging up the phone, Xu Jing's gaze was deep.

Li Fei had endured him for several years, and hadn't he also endured Li Fei for several years?

If he could solve the problem of his Martial Arts Domain by devouring others' divine abilities through 【Black Water】.

Then he didn't mind continuing to lurk in the shadows and slowly becoming stronger.

But now, the road ahead was blocked!

Xu Jing walked to the window and looked in the direction of Datong Prefecture.

He looked for a long, long time.

Emperor Hongguang Year 49, March 5th.

Awakening of Insects.

Feng Province, Qingli Prefecture.

The Lu Family Chamber of Commerce held a shareholders' meeting today.

Qingli Prefecture was where the Lu family's ancestral home was located and was also the foundation of the Lu family.

The Lu Family Chamber of Commerce had a history of several hundred years in Qingli Prefecture and was in a leading position in almost every industry in Qingli Prefecture!

Not only that, the Lu Family Chamber of Commerce's weaving, spices, and tea leaves, these three types of businesses were spread all over the country!

In the twenty-three provinces of the Great Blue Dynasty, the Lu Family Chamber of Commerce had its own companies, factories, and shops.

Undoubtedly, this was a behemoth in the business world and was also the Lu family's money bag.

Lu Lu Wenzheng, as the head of the Lu family, also served as the president of the Lu Family Chamber of Commerce.

But Lu Lu Wenzheng did not attend this temporary shareholders' meeting held today.

In the spacious conference room, dozens of chamber shareholders or shareholder representatives gathered together.

An elderly man wearing glasses and with a dignified temperament looked around and stood up, saying word by word:

"Everyone has arrived; I will state the agenda for today—"

"After discussion by many shareholders, we have decided to dismiss Lu Lu Wenzheng from his position as president of the Chamber of Commerce!"

(End of chapter)