Chapter 507

Night fell.

The cold moonlight spilled down, and the Gouchen Sword Sect's base had already quieted down.

Nearly one-fifth of the buildings were destroyed, traces of battle were everywhere, and blood and corpses could be seen everywhere.

This Jianghu Grand Sect with more than four hundred years of history was thus trampled, turning into dust.

Under the control of the City Guard, hundreds of Gouchen Sword Sect disciples put down their weapons and were all gathered on a martial arts training ground.

Surrounding them were pitch-black gun barrels aimed at them, and on the periphery were Dao Foundation martial artists, Martial Grandmasters, and even Grandmasters!

More than half of these Gouchen Sword Sect disciples were only Breaking Body martial artists, and there were only five Dao Foundation martial artists captured.

As for Martial Grandmasters, the Gouchen Sword Sect had a total of four.

One died, two ran away, and one was captured by Liu Changwu himself.

"Marquis, we have captured the Sect Master of the Gouchen Sword Sect, Zhang Yuanhong, and he says he wants to see you."

Beside a ruin, Liang Xin came to Li Fei and cupped his hands in a salute.

After this battle, his attitude toward Li Fei was even more respectful.

"Bring him over."

Li Fei said indifferently.

Soon, Liang Xin personally escorted a man with blood-stained clothes, disheveled hair, and a weak aura over.

This person was the Gouchen Sword Sect Master, Zhang Yuanhong.

Not long ago, he had climbed Mount Baituo alone, spiritedly persuading the other party to take sides, but now he was extremely down and out.

There had been much friction between Bai Sha University and the Gouchen Sword Sect, and grievances had accumulated for a long time, so as soon as Hong Zhi escaped, Liu Changwu immediately targeted this Gouchen Sword Sect Master.

Both publicly and privately, he would not let Zhang Yuanhong go.

Now, Zhang Yuanhong's supernatural abilities had all been temporarily suppressed by Liu Changwu with heavy-handed methods, leaving him no chance to escape.

"Greetings, Marquis of Jing'an."

Facing the "culprit" who caused his own sect to be annihilated, Zhang Yuanhong still appeared polite and restrained, and no hatred could be seen in his eyes.

Liang Xin saw that Zhang Yuanhong had something to say to Li Fei in private, and with great insight, he left.

In such a large Gouchen Sword Sect, there were still many good things waiting for him to loot!

"What does Sect Master Zhang want to say to me?"

Li Fei asked.

Zhang Yuanhong looked at the broken walls and ruins around him, and the undried blood on the ground, and mocked himself:

"In this situation, if the Marquis of Jing'an still calls me Sect Master, wouldn't it be ironic?"

After tonight, there would be no more Gouchen Sword Sect in the world.

Li Fei's expression was indifferent: "If you had known today, why act as you did back then?"

It wasn't as if he had forced the Gouchen Sword Sect to rebel.

"Hahahaha."

Zhang Yuanhong suddenly laughed.

He had disheveled hair and was covered in blood, looking actually somewhat crazed.

Li Fei looked at this person coldly; if it weren't for wanting to figure out the reason for Benefactor Bai Chen's resurrection, he wouldn't have intended to waste words with the other party at all.

"The Marquis of Jing'an is willing to see me, nothing more than wanting to know why my Grandmaster could return from the dead."

Zhang Yuanhong restrained his smile and took the initiative to mention this matter:

"He indeed has not died completely!"

Li Fei heard this, his eyes changing: "Oh?"

"He painstakingly planned and consumed a large amount of our sect's resources to refine three clones; now you have already slain two, and only the last one remains."

Zhang Yuanhong directly revealed Benefactor Bai Chen's secret.

"Three clones? And only the last one remains?"

Li Fei only listened to half of these words and believed half, "What is Benefactor Bai Chen's fifth supernatural ability?"

Zhang Yuanhong: "It is 【Three-Body Buddha】, which can refine the 'Response Body,' 'Reward Body,' and 'Dharma Body.' He practiced the 'Slaying Karma' sword art, which no one in our Gouchen Sword Sect has practiced in four hundred years, and combined it with 【Three-Body Buddha】; he found a path to attain the Dao for himself—slay his own body to attain the Dao."

"Slay his own body to attain the Dao..."

Li Fei was startled in his heart.

No wonder after Benefactor Bai Chen returned from the dead, his strength actually became stronger.

For a Grandmaster of his realm, it was very difficult to improve his strength even by a little, so this matter was clearly abnormal.

"In that case, we slew his two clones, but instead helped him?"

Li Fei asked.

Zhang Yuanhong shook his head: "His path to attain the Dao is not that easy; to step to the peak, the most certain way is to find a peak powerhouse and establish a causal connection. First let the other party slay his two clones, and finally use the Dharma Body to slay this peak powerhouse, settling the karma and eliminating karmic obstacles; only then would he have a chance to break through the realm and become a Saint."

Li Fei laughed upon hearing this: "In that case, to become a Martial Saint, one must first kill a Martial Saint?"

Zhang Yuanhong could see Li Fei's disapproval:

"The Marquis of Jing'an is the number one genius in history, so naturally you don't feel the difficulty of cultivation. Since ancient times, how many paths to become a Saint are easy to walk? Grandmasters who can establish the Dao are already few and far between, and to attain the Dao after establishing the Dao is even one in ten. Many people's certainty of attaining the Dao is no more than two or three percent; they are all gambling with their lives.

Benefactor Bai Chen's path seems difficult, but slaying a peak powerhouse can borrow external force and take advantage of the situation. Once successful, his chance of becoming a Saint is at least seventy percent!"

Li Fei felt a stir in his heart upon hearing this.

"Borrow external force and take advantage of the situation?"

Is this the reason Benefactor Bai Chen chose to stand on the side of the First Imperial Prince?

"Since that's the case, why didn't you choose to support the Imperial Court? King Li is also a Martial Saint; kill him, wouldn't that also allow Benefactor Bai Chen to attain the Dao?"

Li Fei asked.

Zhang Yuanhong shook his head: "This path was already decided many years ago; at that time, King Li had not yet broken through the realm. Who could have predicted that he would have today? Many things, once started, cannot be turned back."

"Then who was the one Benefactor Bai Chen originally selected?"

Li Fei asked.

Zhang Yuanhong shook his head: "This matter concerns his greatest secret to attain the Dao; he has always been tight-lipped about it, and I don't know either."

Li Fei's thoughts turned rapidly.

Just looking at Benefactor Bai Chen choosing to stand on the side of the First Imperial Prince and King Li now, the peak powerhouse he had to face was naturally the one on the side of the Imperial Court.

So the target Benefactor Bai Chen originally selected was either Wen Ren Zheng or Yun Shu.

Whichever it was, it destined him to only be able to rebel!

Li Fei: "When did you get involved with the First Imperial Prince?"

"The second year after the Western Continent Allied Forces were repelled, Benefactor Bai Chen suddenly gave me some instructions, and subsequently, the sect would have an extra portion of resources every few months. This matter was done extremely secretly, and this extra portion of resources all relied on our sect's original operations and were scattered in various places, and the quantity increased each time was not much.

Even if others noticed, unless they could see the summarized accounts, they would only think it was our sect's proper management and natural growth of resources, and would not be suspicious. The disciples in the sect also only thought that some big shot in the sect was playing tricks and lining their own pockets. This matter happened in every household, and everyone knew it without speaking, so they wouldn't make it public.

So the truth of this matter, apart from Benefactor Bai Chen and me, no one in the sect knows."

Zhang Yuanhong said slowly, "It is precisely because of these extra resources, accumulating little by little, that Benefactor Bai Chen was finally able to practice three Grandmaster-level clones."

Li Fei looked at him: "Was it the First Imperial Prince who provided you with the resources?"

The second year after the Western Continent Allied Forces were repelled, that means the First Imperial Prince had already started laying out his plans more than ten years ago?

Zhang Yuanhong did not hesitate and nodded: "Yes, it was the First Imperial Prince. He contacted Benefactor Bai Chen in secret more than ten years ago."

"I really underestimated this Qin Zihong."

Li Fei thought to himself.

Then he stared closely at Zhang Yuanhong: "How did you convince Mount Baituo?"

Benefactor Bai Chen was willing to gamble everything to break through the realm, which could be understood.

Why would Mount Baituo take the risk with him?

Zhang Yuanhong was silent.

He took the initiative to see Li Fei and took the initiative to reveal Benefactor Bai Chen's greatest secret; he must have something to ask for.

"If you have any requests, feel free to speak directly."

Li Fei said.

Zhang Yuanhong's eyes gradually became cold and sharp:

"I know I will surely die, and I am willing to exchange important information, only asking the Marquis of Jing'an for two things."

"Speak."

"First, most of these disciples of the Gouchen Sword Sect are innocent and were only coerced into participating in the rebellion; I only ask the Marquis of Jing'an to plead for mercy before His Majesty and not to kill them all."

"And the second?"

"Second, I know the Marquis of Jing'an has the 【Refining Matter】 supernatural ability, and I am willing to cooperate with you to refine my own Dao foundation into a supernatural ability seed, only hoping that you can use this supernatural ability to slay Benefactor Bai Chen!"

"What did you say?"

Li Fei could not hide his surprise, suspecting he had heard wrong.

The 【Refining Matter】 supernatural ability could refine a Martial Grandmaster's Dao foundation into a supernatural ability seed; Hao Yi did this back then.

But if it wasn't refining one's own Dao foundation, to refine someone else's, it required the other party's willing cooperation.

Even so, the success rate was not high.

If Zhang Yuanhong said he was willing to cooperate with Li Fei to refine his own Dao foundation just to plead for the rest of the Gouchen Sword Sect disciples, Li Fei would feel it was nothing.

But he actually said he hoped Li Fei could use this supernatural ability to slay Benefactor Bai Chen?

"Benefactor Bai Chen wants to raise the 'Three Bodies' and has to consume several times the resources. Over these years, most of our Gouchen Sword Sect's resources have been consumed by him alone. If it weren't for this, I might not have been unable to become a Grandmaster!"

Zhang Yuanhong gritted his teeth, his eyes blood-red, surging with deep hatred:

"If it were just this, it would be fine, but he acted arbitrarily for his own Dao and took the entire sect to take risks; now that it has reached this point, how can I not hate him?!"

The sect was annihilated, and four hundred years of foundation were destroyed in one day.

The one Zhang Yuanhong hated most was not Li Fei and the others, but Benefactor Bai Chen!

Li Fei looked silently at this Sect Master who hated to the point of being somewhat crazed.

No wonder when he said "If you had known today," he would laugh like that.

No wonder he so actively revealed Benefactor Bai Chen's secret.

It seems he had long ago raised objections, but as a Sect Master, he really couldn't resist that Gouchen Sword Master, and could only walk step by step to today, with grievances accumulated for a long time.

Li Fei looked into Zhang Yuanhong's eyes:

"How to deal with the disciples of the Gouchen Sword Sect will be decided by His Majesty in the end, and I will not say much. As for killing Benefactor Bai Chen, as long as there is an opportunity, I will not be soft-handed."

Zhang Yuanhong gritted his teeth:

"It seems the Marquis of Jing'an still doesn't believe me. The secret I want to tell will directly affect the upcoming great battle; I use this secret to exchange for a few more people in my Gouchen Sword Sect to live, which is not too much at all!"

Li Fei was unmoved: "Then speak and let me hear it. If it is truly so, I will report it truthfully to His Majesty, and it will be decided by him in the end. You should have heard of the matter of Qi Zhou, and you should know that His Majesty is not a cold-blooded and heartless monarch."

Hearing the name "Qi Zhou," Zhang Yuanhong was startled.

Although the Imperial Court had intentionally blocked the information on this matter, with his status, he did indeed know some inside information.

Qi Zhou was the Emperor's confidant, yet he betrayed him; this nature was even more serious than the Gouchen Sword Sect, but the Emperor still left him a posthumous name...

Although there must be inside information he didn't know, this matter showed the monarch's tolerance.

Li Fei using this matter as an example was indeed very convincing.

Zhang Yuanhong's eyes changed constantly, and finally he gritted his teeth and said:

"Good! I climbed Mount Baituo alone before, and I only used one thing to convince Mount Baituo Sect Master Guo Feiyu and that Old Ancestor Hong Zhi."

"What thing?"

"Apart from King Li, there is another Martial Saint supporting the First Imperial Prince!"

Zhang Yuanhong said word by word.

These words were like a thunderbolt, falling into Li Fei's heart!

There is another Martial Saint supporting!

So this was the trump card of the First Imperial Prince and the others?

This was the reason King Li was willing to gamble with the First Imperial Prince?

This time for the rebellion suppression, the Imperial Court only sent the Tianlan Iron Cavalry, letting Wen Ren Zheng stay behind to guard Lanling City.

In the situation of having an extra Martial Saint, whether King Li and this Martial Saint appeared on the frontal battlefield, taking the opportunity to severely injure the Tianlan Iron Cavalry; or taking a few powerhouses, directly killing their way to Lanling City to "steal the home," it was enough to change the overall situation!

"Which Martial Saint is it?"

Li Fei asked.

Zhang Yuanhong shook his head: "Who exactly it is, only Benefactor Bai Chen knows; he never told me."

"Martial Saint... Apart from the Buddhist and Daoist families, only the Tianyi Tower and the Red Dust Pavilion have them. If the Buddhist and Daoist families participated, there wouldn't just be one Martial Saint. Is it Lin Tianyi or the Red Dust Pavilion Master? Could it be one of the Three Evils?"

"But the Three Evils are notorious; once they join hands with them, their reputation will be ruined! And cooperating with demonic martial artists is no different from asking a tiger for its skin. Conversely, why would the Three Evils dare to trust the First Imperial Prince and the others? Aren't they afraid of being discarded after the job is done?"

Many thoughts flashed through Li Fei's mind instantly.

"Wait, there is another possibility!"

He suddenly thought of a point, grabbed Zhang Yuanhong, and then controlled his flying escape magic treasure, the Black Boat, to come into the air.

"Principal Liu, Grandmaster Huo, trouble you to come with me for a trip!"

Li Fei transmitted his voice to the two.

The matter was of great importance, and he couldn't just listen to Zhang Yuanhong's words alone.

The best way was to rush to Mount Baituo immediately, capture a few important figures, and confirm it, and he would know.

"So fast?"

Liu Changwu already had injuries on his body, and after fighting with Hong Zhi, his injuries still needed some time to consolidate.

Huo Hansi's consumption was also not small.

However, seeing Li Fei's serious expression, both of them didn't ask much and flew directly onto the Black Boat.

"Is it just us?"

Huo Hansi asked.

Controlling the "Mirage" to fly had a not-small consumption, and that True Person of the Xiao family had already controlled the "Mirage" for a day and a night, and was currently taking elixirs to regulate his breath and recover, temporarily unable to continue controlling the "Mirage."

This magic treasure was a secret treasure of the Xiao family, and other True Persons couldn't control it.

So Li Fei simply abandoned the "Mirage" and used his own Black Boat to take only a few people to Mount Baituo.

"Trouble True Person Xiao to also take people to run a trip with us."

Li Fei transmitted his voice to Xiao Ruihang.

Hearing this, Xiao Ruihang didn't say much either, controlled his own flying escape magic treasure to ascend into the air, and took Xiao Tao and a Xiao family retainer.

"Hong Zhi is already severely injured, and now I'm afraid he has no heart to fight again. We are killing our way to Mount Baituo now, the main goal is to capture a few important figures."

Li Fei said simply.

After today's battle, his prestige in everyone's hearts was even heavier, so none of them asked much, just obeying orders.

The two flying escape magic treasures transformed into two rainbow lights, quickly disappearing into the horizon.

Mount Baituo.

A faint light shield shrouded the entire mountain peak, and frost and snow fell in the air, but before they landed, they all turned into light and disappeared.

This was Mount Baituo's protective mountain array 【Frost Bright Snow Clearing】.

After this array was opened, with only one True Person sitting in command, combined with the coordination of more than a dozen Breaking Body Great Mages, it could temporarily block the attack of a Grandmaster!

Hong Zhi took a large number of elites from Mount Baituo to rush to the Gouchen Sword Sect for support, leaving behind a True Person and enough Breaking Body Great Mages to open the array, just in case.

Night fell, and the light of the 【Frost Bright Snow Clearing】 array illuminated the entire Mount Baituo like broad daylight.

Suddenly, two rays of light flew from afar.

One of the rays was the light of Sect Master Guo Feiyu performing the flying supernatural ability, and he was also carrying Hong Zhi.

The other ray was a flying escape magic treasure, on which stood three people, all of whom were Peak Masters of Mount Baituo.

As soon as Hong Zhi retreated, these people also withdrew one after another, but ultimately one Martial Grandmaster was left behind.

Six people went, and only five returned.

Hong Zhi was severely injured, and it was difficult to sustain flight with a Martial Domain, so Guo Feiyu performed the flying supernatural ability to carry him on the return journey, while the others rode the flying escape magic treasure.

Seeing that the array was near, Hong Zhi threw out a token.

After this token left his hand, it transformed into a stream of light and merged into the light shield of the array, and subsequently, the array opened a gap, allowing several people to enter.

"Pass the order down, pack up important items at the fastest speed, we are preparing to withdraw from Bai Sha Province!"

After landing on the peak of Mount Baituo, Hong Zhi immediately gave the order.

"Old Ancestor?!"

Several Peak Masters changed color upon hearing this, looking at Hong Zhi in unison.

Hong Zhi was furious: "What are you all looking at me for? In the current situation, if we don't leave, are we waiting for Li Fei to bring people to hit us again and follow in the footsteps of the Gouchen Sword Sect?!"

"But..."

Everyone knew that in the current situation, withdrawing was the best choice.

But Mount Baituo also had a foundation of several hundred years here; withdrawing in a hurry, how much could they take away?

Several Peak Masters had ugly expressions, their eyes changing constantly.

Previously, Zhang Yuanhong climbed the mountain, trying to persuade Mount Baituo to take sides; several Peak Masters were firmly opposed to it.

It was just that they couldn't withstand Hong Zhi, this Old Ancestor, agreeing, and Guo Feiyu, this Sect Master, also being persuaded; it was the general trend.

Now that they had been defeated in battle, suddenly they had to abandon their own foundation; who could have no emotions in their hearts?

If it weren't for Hong Zhi's long-standing prestige, I'm afraid someone would have been unable to help but curse on the spot.

"The only plan now is to take people to defect to the First Imperial Prince and King Li. As long as our martial arts realm is still there, we don't have to worry about not being reused. Once the First Imperial Prince wins, what we lost today, we will definitely be able to take back tenfold in the future!"

Hong Zhi also felt the change in people's hearts, so he opened his mouth to comfort them a few words.

After several people dispersed, he called his confidant with a gloomy face to arrange the matters of withdrawal.

Soon, the entire Mount Baituo was in chaos!

More than thirty minutes later, people left Mount Baituo one after another.

Knowing that the enemy might kill their way here at any time, spending so much time packing things up seemed very unwise.

But there was no way; the family was big and the business was big, and they had to find ways to arrange for their own relatives to save their lives, so naturally, it was very difficult to be fast.

Mount Baituo didn't have large flying escape magic treasures, and many things couldn't be taken away, so it was even harder to choose.

When Li Fei and the others arrived, Mount Baituo's protective mountain array 【Frost Bright Snow Clearing】 had already been closed, and the mountain was in a mess.

Gunshots, sounds of fighting, and sounds of slaughter rose one after another.

This one of the "Three Mountains," a Jianghu Grand Sect ranked higher than the Gouchen Sword Sect, was already completely in chaos!

Li Fei stood on the Black Boat, looking down at Mount Baituo below:

"This Marquis is ordered to suppress the rebellion, everyone immediately put down your weapons and stop resisting, otherwise there will be no amnesty—"

"No amnesty!"

"No amnesty!"

Li Fei's voice was like thunder, echoing continuously in the mountain.

Soon, the various sounds below gradually stopped, and many Mount Baituo disciples knelt on their knees directly, waiting for judgment.

"Marquis!"

A voice came from a great hall on the mountain:

"I am Meng Yao, Peak Master of the Yellow Cloud Peak of Mount Baituo! I am willing to surrender! I have important information to present!"

"Oh?"

Li Fei was startled.

He actually anticipated on the way here that Hong Zhi and the others would definitely run, and he brought people to chase, it was highly probable he couldn't catch important figures, just trying his best to give it a try.

But he didn't expect that there was really a Peak Master who didn't run and took the initiative to stay behind.

Meng Yao walked out of the great hall; he was a single-supernatural-ability Martial Grandmaster.

Previously, when Hong Zhi and the others withdrew, he deliberately hid and didn't show himself; Hong Zhi and the others didn't have time to look for him slowly and could only leave one step ahead.

Li Fei didn't hesitate, directly controlled the Black Boat to land on the peak, and then took a step forward, arriving in front of Meng Yao.

As a Martial Grandmaster, Meng Yao felt a huge sense of oppression from Li Fei!

He didn't dare to be negligent and hurriedly saluted:

"Greetings, Marquis!"

"Where are Hong Zhi and the others?"

"They have already escaped."

"Why didn't you escape?"

"I was coerced by Hong Zhi and had no choice but to take sides. I have mastered extremely important information, only asking to exchange it for a life, hoping the Marquis will fulfill it!"

"Speak the information first."

Li Fei said coldly.

Meng Yao glanced at Zhang Yuanhong, who was captured on the Black Boat behind, knowing that the information he mastered was probably not the only copy, and didn't dare to bargain at all, directly transmitting his voice to Li Fei:

"Apart from King Li, there is another Martial Saint supporting the First Imperial Prince!"

Sure enough.

Li Fei's expression remained unchanged, and he asked: "Who is it?"

Meng Yao: "I don't know either."

Li Fei: "Is there any proof? You wouldn't just believe them because they said so, right?"

Meng Yao: "There is indeed proof, but it was given directly to Hong Zhi by Zhang Yuanhong, and we didn't see it."

These words were the same as what Zhang Yuanhong said.

On the way here, Li Fei asked Zhang Yuanhong, and the other party also said there was proof, but it was in Benefactor Bai Chen's hands.

It was after Benefactor Bai Chen showed it directly to Hong Zhi that Hong Zhi was completely moved.

Zhang Yuanhong guessed that this proof should be the Dao rule aura left by that Martial Saint; only this kind of thing could not be faked, and could convince a Grandmaster.

Li Fei looked at Meng Yao in front of him:

"Since you know there is another Martial Saint hiding in the dark, it shows that the First Imperial Prince's side has a certain chance of winning, why didn't you follow Hong Zhi and the others to gamble, but chose to stay behind?"

Hearing this, Meng Yao's expression was bitter:

"Marquis, the reason I apprenticed to Mount Baituo back then and wanted to become a martial artist was because I wanted to live the life of a person above others. I started practicing martial arts at the age of seven and practiced hard for thirty years before reaching the Dao Foundation realm. After that, it took me more than seventy years to break through and become a Martial Grandmaster.

Looking back, the past hundred years have all been in hard cultivation, and I haven't really enjoyed myself much. Now that there are less than seventy years left to live, with my aptitude, if I continue to cultivate, I might barely reach three supernatural abilities before my lifespan is exhausted, but the chance of breaking through to become a Grandmaster is not great.

Once the breakthrough fails and I die, wouldn't my whole life have been in hard cultivation? Where have I enjoyed a few days of happiness? So after I broke through to become a Martial Grandmaster, I completely figured it out; for the remaining few decades, I want to enjoy life properly!

If I had followed Hong Zhi and the others, the next step would inevitably be another great battle, fighting to the death. Even if they really won in the end, could I gain a few decades of lifespan out of thin air? Could my status be much higher than it is now?

Sigh, I really don't understand, why are these people so fond of tossing about?!"

Meng Yao was extremely depressed in his heart, and being asked by Li Fei like this, he really couldn't help but vent it out.

Li Fei: "..."

On this journey, the high-realm powerhouses he encountered were mostly people like Qingxu and Benefactor Bai Chen who sought the Dao with all their hearts, even if they died nine times, they would not regret it.

It was the first time he encountered a "lying flat" player like Meng Yao, which made him somewhat unable to laugh or cry for a while.

However, thinking about it carefully, he had to admit that what Meng Yao said also had some truth.

If one's talent isn't that high, instead of spending one's whole life in hard cultivation, it's better to seize the time to enjoy life properly.

"It's a pity that not everyone can be as 'content' as you."

July 19th, morning.

The "Mirage" was flying quietly, hidden in the clouds and mist.

Although they had taken down the Gouchen Sword Sect and Mount Baituo this time, the people of Bai Sha Province still had to withdraw.

Because the rebel vanguard troops were only one province away from Bai Sha Province, no one could guarantee that King Li was not among the vanguard troops.

In case the other party also learned from Li Fei and came for a surprise decapitation strike, what would these people in Bai Sha Province use to resist?

So everyone didn't dare to stay in the Gouchen Sword Sect for too long and could only quickly take away all the good things they could.

After a whole night of looting, the Gouchen Sword Sect and Mount Baituo were completely turned over!

These two top sects that had stood in the Jianghu for hundreds of years naturally had deep foundations, and there were many good things.

Hong Zhi and the others left with the best batch of things, but many good things of the Gouchen Sword Sect were still there:

"Three Level 7 Divine Weapons."

"Two Level 7 Divine Garments."

"Twenty-two Level 6 Protective Garments."

"Twenty-five Level 6 Strange Weapons."

"Two hundred and seventy-three Heaven-Returning Divine Continuation Elixirs."

"Two hundred and ninety-two Five-Element Bountiful Elixirs."

"Seven hundred and thirty-two Origin-Supplementing Qi Elixirs."

"..."

In the room, Li Fei was looking at the booklet in his hand.

What was written on this booklet were the things looted from the Gouchen Sword Sect.

What could be presented to him were all high-level goods, resources useful to Martial Grandmasters and even Grandmasters!

Divine weapons and divine garments go without saying.

Heaven-Returning Divine Continuation Elixirs and Five-Element Bountiful Elixirs were both Saint-grade elixirs; one could quickly restore the heart and mind, and one could quickly replenish the origin damage of the implants.

Back when they went to the Northern Barbarians, Li Fei and the others only received three of each, which shows how precious they were.

Or for example, Origin-Supplementing Qi Elixirs contained the essence of heaven and earth origin Qi; on ordinary days, if a Martial Grandmaster or Grandmaster wanted to cultivate, they only needed to take an elixir to greatly increase cultivation efficiency...

At this moment, everyone recorded all the looted resources and sent them to Li Fei's hands, waiting for him to distribute the benefits.

"Everyone contributed in this battle; send this booklet to True Person Xiao and Grandmaster Huo, and let them look and distribute it."

Li Fei returned the booklet in his hand to Liang Xin.

"... Yes."

Liang Xin took the booklet with a look of astonishment.

He didn't expect Li Fei to take the initiative to give up the power of distribution.

This was the wealth accumulated by the Gouchen Sword Sect for hundreds of years!

Li Fei didn't explain, just waved his hand to let Liang Xin leave.

Now the Xiao family was taking the initiative to want to repair their relationship with him, and the upcoming great battle would also rely on him, this "Army Supervisor."

So he gave the distribution power out; would the Xiao family dare to let him suffer a loss?

Instead of holding the distribution power and constantly deliberating on how much to give to whom so as not to offend anyone, it was better to let the Xiao family have a headache.

Not long after Liang Xin left, Shi Caiming pushed the door and walked in.

"Principal, how are your injuries?"

Li Fei asked with concern.

Shi Caiming waved his hand: "It's no hindrance."

Although Li Fei refined life force for him, his forcible strike still made his injuries worsen by a few points.

Li Fei knew he loved to act tough, so he didn't ask any more.

"I thought carefully about what you said last night; the possibility of the Three Evils is not great."

Shi Caiming suddenly transmitted his voice to Li Fei.

Li Fei had informed the other party of what Zhang Yuanhong said last night.

"Hmm."

Li Fei nodded.

Even if the First Imperial Prince dared to use people like the Three Evils, how could the other party believe that the First Imperial Prince wouldn't discard them after the job was done?

No ruler could use people like the Three Evils as subordinates; once used, they would completely lose the hearts of the people!

The remaining Martial Grandmasters, Grandmasters, and True Persons, who would dare to sincerely pledge allegiance?

Aren't they worried that they will be "refined" by someone one day?

"Excluding the Three Evils, the most likely force, I think, is the Daluo Sect."

Shi Caiming said in a deep voice.

"Daluo Sect..."

Li Fei's expression was complex.

This speculation was the same as what he thought.

There was a blood feud between the Daluo Sect and the Imperial Court!

Back when Qingxu rebelled, after the failure, the Imperial Court killed quite a few people!

Martial Grandmasters, True Persons, Grandmasters, top-tier True Persons; adding these powerhouses together, the Imperial Court killed more than ten!

Below them, the Dao Foundation disciples, Breaking Body disciples, the Daluo Sect disciples scattered in various places, in various provinces, even more died.

"The Daluo Sect's power is greatly damaged, seal the mountain for a hundred years," this simple concluding statement, buried underneath are I don't know how many corpses and blood!

If it weren't for fearing that the Daluo Sect still had a Taiyu, and not wanting to force the other party to a dead end, plus the resistance coming from the remaining two Daoist sects in the open and in secret, the Daluo Sect would have been removed from the list long ago.

Only a few years have passed since Qingxu rebelled, and many people in the Daluo Sect still remember this blood feud.

In this situation, if there is any force that can send a Martial Saint to help the First Imperial Prince, the most likely one is the Daluo Sect.

"The disaster of Qingxu, extending to this day..."

In the room, a sigh sounded faintly.

That night, everyone took the "Mirage" and secretly returned to Datong Prefecture.

To avoid being "decapitated," the "Mirage" did not expose its position, and Li Fei and the others still stayed inside the "Mirage," only sending trusted people to contact the outside world.

Only three days remained until the Tianlan Iron Cavalry arrived in Feng Province.

Before this, they needed to protect themselves well.

In the room, Li Fei and Zhang Yuanhong stood facing each other.

"It seems the Marquis is still moved by the supernatural ability seed."

Zhang Yuanhong smiled, looking as if he had already put life and death aside.

Li Fei looked at him: "Have you thought it through? Do you really want me to refine your Dao foundation?"

Zhang Yuanhong's gaze was resolute:

"Anyway, I will surely die; I only ask that if you can slay Benefactor Bai Chen again in the future, you must tell him personally that this sword was stabbed at him by me, Zhang Yuanhong, the Sect Master of the Gouchen Sword Sect, on behalf of the Gouchen Sword Sect!!!"

He wanted to complete his revenge on Benefactor Bai Chen in this way.

He wanted Li Fei to use his own supernatural ability to return a sword to Benefactor Bai Chen!

"Good."

Li Fei took a deep breath and sat cross-legged with Zhang Yuanhong.

Immediately after, the 【Hunyuan Sword Realm】 descended, shrouding the entire room.

He decided to refine the supernatural ability seed!

The foundation of the 【Dragon Elephant】 supernatural ability was unstable; before solving this problem, Li Fei originally wouldn't consider continuing to incorporate implants and refining new supernatural abilities.

But supernatural ability seeds were different.

If one could refine a supernatural ability seed compatible with oneself, there wouldn't be the problem of an unstable foundation.

It was just a pity that the conditions for this method were too harsh.

First, one needed the 【Refining Matter】 supernatural ability, and second, one needed a Martial Grandmaster to willingly cooperate with their life.

Even so, the success rate of refining a supernatural ability seed was not high.

Finally, after getting the supernatural ability seed, refining it into one's own supernatural ability also still had a success rate problem.

The great battle was imminent; although Shi Caiming comforted Li Fei, saying "If the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up," Li Fei still had heavy pressure in his heart.

Especially after learning that there was another Martial Saint behind the First Imperial Prince, this pressure became even greater!

Li Fei urgently wanted to improve his strength, and apart from walking the demonic path, it was impossible for him to have a greater improvement in a short time.

Zhang Yuanhong's appearance let him see an opportunity.

If he could let his 【Hunyuan Sword Realm】 have one more type of supernatural ability, his strength could go up another level!

"I wonder which of my supernatural abilities the Marquis wants?"

Zhang Yuanhong asked.

Martial Grandmasters could have many supernatural abilities, but there was only one life origin; if one wanted to refine their Dao foundation and refine a supernatural ability seed, one had to fuse their life origin.

So no matter how many supernatural abilities this Martial Grandmaster had, they could only refine one kind of supernatural ability seed.

Zhang Yuanhong had a total of four supernatural abilities, and Li Fei could only choose one of them to refine.

"【Sword Sacrifice】."

Li Fei didn't hesitate; he had already thought about it.

A strange look flashed in Zhang Yuanhong's eyes, and then he laughed:

"Hahahaha, good! It should be this supernatural ability!"

【Sword Sacrifice】 was a life-risking supernatural ability that could use one's own Qi and blood and life force to exchange for stronger sword Qi, sword intent, and sword momentum.

Zhang Yuanhong had life-type supernatural abilities, so combined with 【Sword Sacrifice】, he could burst out stronger power without worrying about losing his life while fighting.

And for Li Fei, 【Blood Breath】 and 【Blood Spring】 together were a top-tier life-type supernatural ability; he possessed more abundant capital!

The reason he chose 【Sword Sacrifice】 was not because he still lacked killing power, but because he wanted to use 【Sword Sacrifice】 to strengthen the 【Hunyuan Sword Realm】.

The 【Hunyuan Sword Realm】 was not a true Martial Domain after all, and its strength was not enough; previously, when facing Benefactor Bai Chen twice, he had used the 【Refining Matter】 supernatural ability to consume thousands of Blood Souls to reinforce it.

But this method treated the symptoms but not the root cause, consuming too many Blood Souls, and it couldn't be maintained for a long time.

With 【Sword Sacrifice】, it was different; it could fundamentally strengthen the 【Hunyuan Sword Realm】.

According to Li Fei's estimation, as long as he obtained this supernatural ability, his combat power could immediately go up a level!

"It's starting."

Li Fei said softly.

Inside the 【Hunyuan Sword Realm】, a chaotic vortex shrouded the two of them.

Above their heads, a great sun and a bright moon were shining brilliantly together.

Golden sunlight and cyan moonlight fell at the same time, shining on the two of them.

A scorching red glow rose on Zhang Yuanhong's body, and he immediately showed a look of pain.

The power of the 【Refining Matter】 supernatural ability entered his body, like flames burning his flesh and blood and every nerve!

Zhang Yuanhong endured the huge pain, held onto his heart and mind, and controlled the implants in his body to cooperate with Li Fei's refining.

Hao Yi only had one supernatural ability back then, so the refining process was relatively simple.

And Zhang Yuanhong had four supernatural abilities; choosing a specific one from them, the difficulty of refining was completely different.

This process lasted for more than ten minutes, simply like letting someone personally dissect their own body bit by bit, picking out the bones one by one!

As long as Zhang Yuanhong had the slightest resistance or violent fluctuation during this period, the refining would be interrupted.

The powerful willpower Zhang Yuanhong displayed made even Li Fei feel amazed.

Exactly how strong hatred was needed to support the other party to do this?

"Do you have any last words?"

Inside the 【Hunyuan Sword Realm】, Li Fei asked Zhang Yuanhong.

At this time, the other party was already breathing weakly, the life origin was extracted, and he was about to die.

Zhang Yuanhong slowly closed his eyes, and two lines of blood tears flowed down:

"Grandmaster..."

In the next second, the whole person turned into flying ash.

A dazzling ball of light floated in the air; it was precisely the supernatural ability left by Zhang Yuanhong.

Li Fei's expression was solemn, because the supernatural ability seed had not been completely practiced yet.

He continued to activate the 【Refining Matter】 supernatural ability, consuming the Blood Souls in his body to transform into life force, refining it into this supernatural ability in the air.

He had never refined a supernatural ability seed before, and his technique was actually very rough, and the refined supernatural ability also had defects.

But it didn't matter; he had a continuous stream of life force that could be used to supplement it!

A moment later, the ball of light floating in the air gradually shrank, finally condensing into a supernatural ability seed the size of a fist.

It's done!

Li Fei's spirit lifted, and without hesitation, he immediately fused it into himself and began the subsequent refining.

Refining a supernatural ability seed into a supernatural ability has two key points:

One, the degree of compatibility with oneself.

Two, luck.

Li Fei currently had no national destiny reinforcement, and luck could not be increased.

However, he had the 【Refining Matter】 supernatural ability that could assist in supernatural ability refining, and the 【Hunyuan Sword Realm】 was compatible with 【Sword Sacrifice】.

According to his estimation, his chance of success should be over seventy percent.

Worth gambling on!

In the 【Hunyuan Sword Realm】, the chaotic vortex surrounding Li Fei gradually dissipated.

A square, simple altar made of material neither stone nor gold was slowly taking shape.

I don't know how long it took, but the simple altar completely replaced the former chaotic vortex, placed in the very center of the entire Sword Realm, facing the great sun and bright moon above.

On the altar, light was flowing and colors were brilliant, and all the sword Qi composing the entire Sword Realm had a connection with it.

The Sword Realm vibrated, and countless sword Qi resonated with the altar.

On the altar, Li Fei opened his eyes abruptly.

Boom—

The thousands of sword Qi around him collapsed one after another!

Immediately after, new sword Qi generated rapidly.

The entire Sword Realm was like shedding a layer of shell, glowing with new life!

Inside the "Mirage," Liu Changwu, Huo Hansi, and Shi Caiming, these three Grandmasters, almost simultaneously felt a response and looked in the direction of Li Fei's room.

At this moment, they almost thought that there was another Grandmaster on this "Mirage," who was unfolding his own Martial Domain!

Inside the room where Li Fei was, the 【Hunyuan Sword Realm】 dissipated.

He sat cross-legged on the ground, and there was no one in front of him.

Only a ground of dust remained.

This hatred is endless, sacrificed with a sword!

In the dantian, the supernatural ability was formed.

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