Chapter 50: Embryonic Movement

Li Fei was sent home by a car from the Inspectorate.

He did not yet know what kind of stir his affair had caused within the Inspectorate, so he followed his usual routine: after finishing his meal, he returned to his room to train.

First, he took the Withered Fire Pill, then he took the medicine for the Embryo Nourishing realm.

This time, after taking the Withered Fire Pill, he felt as if something under his skin was trying to burrow outward, producing a more intense hunger than before.

This was a sensation he had not experienced during the previous days of medication.

"What is going on?"

Li Fei was taken aback.

He glanced at the Ten Thousand Blood Bead; the speed at which the blood souls were depleting was faster than before, and the surge in energy was also greater than usual.

"I don't know if this is good or bad; I'll ask my teacher tomorrow."

The rate of blood soul depletion was still within a controllable range, so Li Fei was not panicked and prepared to consult Hao Yi the next day.

He then took two more Embryo Nourishing Pills and applied a bit more Jin Kui Ointment, which finally quelled the hunger caused by the steel armor implant.

It was past 10: 0 PM when Li Lei finally returned home. He did not eat first, but went straight to Li Fei's room:

"Xiao Fei, the investigation results are in."

"Hmm, was it instigated by the Tiger Blade Gang?"

Li Fei asked.

Li Lei shook his head: "The person who led the attack on you is named Liu Wen, the leader of the Bear Strength Gang. The Bear Strength Gang is an outer affiliate of the Tiger Blade Gang. I originally thought this matter was instigated by the Tiger Blade Gang, but we found a way to force Liu Wen to talk, and he claimed that someone from the Chen family approached them, offering 2, 00 yuan to take one of your legs."

"Someone from the Chen family?"

Li Fei was startled and immediately thought of Chen Lixin.

If there was anyone in the Chen family who wanted to deal with him most, it was certainly Chen Lixin.

He had assumed the Tiger Blade Gang was pulling the strings behind the scenes, but he hadn't expected it to be this young master of the Chen family.

He had caused the other party to lose face during the graduation exam, and the other party was holding a grudge and hiring people to deal with him; this made sense.

"2, 00 yuan—this young master Chen is truly generous."

Li Fei smiled.

Li Lei sighed: "Chen Lixin didn't contact the Bear Strength Gang personally; he isn't that stupid. So, if we continue to investigate this, at most we'll reach some servant of the Chen family who will step forward to take the blame for Chen Lixin. It's unlikely we'll be able to do anything to Chen Lixin himself."

"I understand, Uncle Li."

Li Fei nodded, expressing his understanding.

In this era, martial artists from the Tiger Blade Gang could kill people and remain at large, let alone the young master of the Chen family.

"But don't worry, I made quite a scene this time. After the commotion I caused, even if the Tiger Blade Gang had any ideas, they wouldn't dare do anything to you in the future."

Li Lei said to Li Fei.

Although they hadn't found proof that the Tiger Blade Gang was the mastermind, the attitude displayed by the Inspectorate this time was very clear: there were certain bottom lines that must never be touched!

Therefore, it could be considered as having preemptively eliminated some future hidden dangers for Li Fei; Li Lei did not feel his efforts had been in vain.

"As for Chen Lixin, I will continue to investigate this case to make the Chen family provide an explanation, which will also serve as a warning to him. This Chen Lixin will be going to university soon, so he shouldn't have the heart to deal with you anymore."

Li Lei continued.

"Okay, thank you, Uncle Li."

Li Fei nodded.

"You brat, why are you being so polite with me?"

Li Lei ruffled his hair, "Alright, get some rest early."

He then walked out of the room.

"Come and eat; I just reheated the food."

In the living room, Zhang Yuqing said softly to Li Lei.

"Okay."

Li Lei walked to the dining table, sat down, picked up his chopsticks, and began to eat.

"Did something happen to Xiao Fei?"

Zhang Yuqing asked with concern.

She had seen Li Fei being dropped off by an Inspectorate car today, and Li Lei had come home exceptionally late, going straight to find Li Fei upon arrival, so she had guessed a few things.

"Yes, there was a small problem, but it's already been resolved. You don't need to worry."

Li Lei never went into too much detail about dangerous matters; in front of his wife, it was always "a small problem that has been resolved."

In this regard, Li Fei was quite similar to him; after returning home today, he hadn't said a word to Zhang Yuqing or Li Tianyu about being attacked, and from start to finish, he hadn't shown any signs of abnormality.

But Zhang Yuqing was still worried: "Even if you don't say it, I can guess the gist of it. Xiao Fei wants to get that university spot from the Martial Arts Hall, but you've said the situation inside the Martial Arts Hall is very complicated. If he goes in and touches other people's interests, he's bound to be targeted. That's what happened today, right?"

Li Lei grunted in agreement while picking up some food.

"Old Li, isn't it too dangerous for Xiao Fei? Why don't we stop fighting for that spot? At worst, we can save money for a few years, and after Tianyu graduates from university, we can send Xiao Fei to university then."

Zhang Yuqing grabbed Li Lei's sleeve.

Li Fei had been raised by her since he was small, and in her heart, he was no different from her own son.

Li Lei put down his bowl and chopsticks, turned to look at his wife, and held her hand:

"Don't worry. I made a huge scene at the office today, and the Chief Inspector also made his stance clear in supporting me. No one will dare to easily touch Xiao Fei again. Their future conflicts with him should be out in the open, where everyone relies on their own abilities."

Speaking of this, he recalled Li Fei's feat of fighting over a dozen people today and the words Lu Sheng had said to him, and he couldn't help but smile:

"Besides, don't underestimate Xiao Fei. This kid is becoming more and more capable; he will definitely become stronger in the future, and he won't be someone just anyone can deal with!"

Early the next morning, Li Fei packed two more bags of lime powder, put on his stab-proof vest, and placed the iron rod he had obtained from Liu Wen into his canvas messenger bag before jogging out the door toward the Martial Arts Hall.

The journey was uneventful, and he arrived safely at the Martial Arts Hall.

However, he did not go straight to the practice building to enter the medicine room and boil water today; instead, he went to Hao Yi's office first.

"Teacher."

Hao Yi was drinking tea in his office at the time and was startled to see Li Fei:

"Is something the matter?"

Li Fei then told him about the strange sensation he had been experiencing.

"You feel like something is trying to burrow out from under your skin? The hunger caused by the implant has intensified?"

Hao Yi looked at Li Fei with some surprise, "That shouldn't be."

"Teacher, is there a problem with the implant?"

Li Fei asked, feeling a bit nervous due to the other's attitude.

"Your implant is steel armor. Having this feeling means the embryo you are nourishing has shown signs of activity; this is a precursor to breaking through to the Body-Breaking realm."

Hao Yi looked at Li Fei with a strange expression.

"Ah?"

Li Fei himself was also very surprised.

Although he practiced the Heavenly Gang Tyrant Body twice a day and had taken the Withered Fire Pill, he had only entered the Embryo Nourishing realm for less than ten days—was he already about to break through?

Wasn't it said that even for those with the best aptitude, it took a month to go from Embryo Nourishing to Body-Breaking?

"Have you done anything special in the last few days?"

Hao Yi asked.

"Anything special?"

Li Fei thought for a moment. He suddenly recalled that yesterday, while fighting Liu Wen and the others, he seemed to have vaguely felt something jumping under his skin, but at the time, his attention was focused on the fight, so he hadn't paid much heed to it.

Could it be related to this?

Li Fei then told Hao Yi about being attacked yesterday.

If there was anything special, it was only this.

"You said you were attacked?!"

After hearing this, Hao Yi's face immediately sank, and a shocking murderous aura radiated from his body.

(End of chapter)