Chapter 518: Is There Truly an Invincible Technique in This World? (Seeking Monthly Votes)

Li Fei soon entered the palace again, where he encountered the Crown Prince, who was waiting specifically for him.

"I have heard about the incident on Niusha Street. Rest assured, with me here, I will not let my eldest brother do anything to you!"

The Crown Prince offered this promise the moment they met, and his gaze toward Li Fei held a touch more intimacy.

Li Fei bowed and saluted: "Many thanks, Your Highness!"

In truth, by offending the First Imperial Prince to such a death-defying degree, in the Crown Prince's eyes, this meant Li Fei intended to defect to his side completely.

After all, he had offended an imperial prince with real power, and one who had a certain chance of touching that dragon chair.

Under such circumstances, what would happen if the First Imperial Prince were to obtain the throne in the future?

Therefore, in the Crown Prince's view, Li Fei had no choice but to stand firmly on his side.

Otherwise, who would protect him in the future?

"From now on, there is no need for such formalities between us."

The Crown Prince smiled and helped Li Fei up:

"His Majesty has allowed you to enter the Library Pavilion to choose two secret manuals at your discretion. There are four volumes of the 'Eight Sections of the Vajra' in the pavilion, and you may choose any two. I have already notified the people at the Library Pavilion in advance; they will tell you where the manuals are, and if you have anything you wish to ask, feel free to ask the people inside."

"Many thanks, Your Highness."

Li Fei saluted once more.

The Library Pavilion must be vast, with an immense number of books; without someone familiar to guide him, it would indeed be very difficult for him to find the manuals he wanted.

"I already said there is no need for formalities."

The Crown Prince smiled and helped Li Fei up again.

Afterward, he had the eunuch beside him escort Li Fei to the Imperial Library Pavilion.

Watching Li Fei's retreating back, the smile on the Crown Prince's face gradually vanished.

The Emperor had suddenly issued an edict allowing Li Fei to choose two secret manuals in the Library Pavilion; this matter held different meanings in the eyes of different people.

The First Imperial Prince might feel this was the Emperor rapping his knuckles, because he had lost to Li Fei.

Yet, this matter held another meaning in the eyes of the Crown Prince:

Originally, going to the Library Pavilion to select manuals was a benefit he had fought for on Li Fei's behalf, but now, because of the Emperor's words, the matter had become a reward from the Emperor to Li Fei.

In this way, would Li Fei be more grateful to that Majesty, or would he be more grateful to him, the Crown Prince?

This was the main reason the Crown Prince had specifically stooped to lower his status to come and welcome Li Fei into the palace.

Soon, led by the eunuch, Li Fei arrived before a lake.

In the center of the lake lay a flat expanse of land and a tall tower, with four straight paths connecting the shore to the central ground.

Each of the four straight paths was guarded by armored sentries.

"This servant can only escort you to this point."

The eunuch bowed and said to Li Fei.

"Many thanks."

After thanking him, Li Fei continued forward, passing through the straight path without obstruction, arriving at the flat ground in the center of the lake, and looked up at the tower before him.

This tower was the Imperial Library Pavilion.

At the main entrance beneath the tower, a middle-aged man wearing blue official robes stood there with a smile on his face:

"Lord Li, His Highness the Crown Prince has already given instructions in advance; if you have any questions, Lord, feel free to ask this official."

Li Fei glanced at the mountains and rivers embroidered on the other's official robes, indicating this person was a court official.

"How should I address you?"

"This official is Ji Huang Qian."

"Then I shall trouble you, Lord Ji."

"Lord, you may simply call this official by his name."

Ji Huang Qian led Li Fei into the tower.

The first floor did not house any secret manuals; in the vast space, only a single pale red boulder was placed.

Carved onto the stone were several large characters—

Is there truly an invincible technique in this world?

Ji Huang Qian pointed at this boulder and introduced it to Li Fei:

"The origin of this stone is not simple; it is not truly a stone, but something transformed from the bone of a ninth-grade exotic beast!"

"A ninth-grade exotic beast?"

Li Fei revealed a look of surprise.

Among the upper three grades of exotic beasts, there was a massive gap between each grade; a seventh-grade exotic beast corresponded to the combat power of a Martial Arts Master, an eighth-grade to a Grandmaster, and a ninth-grade to a Martial Saint!

As the number of martial artists increased, the number of exotic beasts was constantly decreasing.

Several hundred years ago, many ordinary people could see exotic beasts in the wild, but nowadays, almost all exotic beasts had been kept in captivity.

Because high-grade exotic beasts were treasures from head to toe, there was once a period where human powerhouses hunted them extensively to forge divine weapons, create precious armor, refine magic treasures, and so on.

By now, let alone ninth-grade exotic beasts, even the number of sixth-grade exotic beasts was not high.

This was also the reason why sixth-level protective clothing and sixth-level exotic weapons appeared exceptionally precious.

"This ninth-grade exotic beast was named the Soul-Devouring Nine-Headed Hydra, and this stone was transformed from one of its skull bones."

Ji Huang Qian continued to introduce it to Li Fei, "This Soul-Devouring Nine-Headed Hydra was slain by the founding Emperor himself, and the characters carved on the stone were also written by the founding Emperor."

Upon hearing this, Li Fei looked carefully at the large characters carved on the stone:

"Is there truly an invincible technique in this world?"

Placed at the entrance of the Imperial Library Pavilion, this sentence appeared to have profound meaning.

The founding Emperor of the Great Lan Dynasty had spent nearly a hundred years collecting the world's martial arts, expending great effort to build this Imperial Library Pavilion.

'Half of the world's martial arts are in the pugilistic world, and half are in the imperial palace'—the 'half of the martial arts' in that saying were right here in the library pavilion before Li Fei's eyes!

Yet, the founding Emperor had placed such a 'stone' at the entrance and written such a sentence.

Clearly, he intended to tell his descendants:

There is no invincible martial art, only invincible people!

A person who had once swept across the six directions and fought throughout the world without a single rival was indeed qualified to say such words.

The other party wanted future generations to understand: do not think that having this library pavilion would allow one to become a supreme powerhouse.

"Lord Li might as well take a few steps forward; this stone has other marvelous uses."

Ji Huang Qian said to Li Fei.

"Very well."

Li Fei walked forward decisively.

When he was only a dozen steps away from the boulder, he suddenly felt the large characters carved upon it transform into a monstrous wave, as if to drown him!

In a trance, Li Fei discovered that the environment he was in had changed:

All around him was a boundless swamp, filled with mist.

Several hundred meters away, a massive python reared its body, its head, the size of a mountain peak, staring directly at Li Fei.

Meeting those fiery red eyes, Li Fei felt a surge of rage welling up from the depths of his heart, impossible to suppress!

Looking around, there were eight more such massive pythons.

"Is this the Soul-Devouring Nine-Headed Hydra?"

Li Fei quickly realized that the nine giant pythons around him actually belonged to the same body—that ninth-grade exotic beast with combat power comparable to a Martial Saint!

Nine snake heads, each one bringing different emotional fluctuations to a person:

Rage, sorrow, shock, bitterness, greed.

Being stared at by these nine snake heads simultaneously, his soul felt as if it were being bitten and torn by nine small snakes, ready to be ripped apart at any moment!

Subsequently, Li Fei discovered he could not control 'his own' body.

"Am I currently in the perspective of the founding Emperor of the Great Lan Dynasty himself?"

When this thought occurred to him, the nine snake heads around him moved.

The nine mountain-sized snake heads roared toward the sky in unison; within a hundred-mile radius, the marshes boiled and the mist surged!

The next second, nine different colors enveloped this swamp, and indeed the entire world.

Li Fei felt the world spinning; everything before his eyes was constantly becoming distorted, and his entire being felt like a lump of soft dough being kneaded into different shapes!

Even though his mental strength was already approaching the peak of the Dao Foundation realm, he could not last more than a few seconds under such 'torment'.

But soon, this extremely distorted sensation lessened significantly, and the pressure Li Fei was bearing also decreased substantially.

"The Myriad Blood Bead is transferring the damage."

Li Fei quickly reacted.

Only then could he properly perceive everything before him: this was an incomparably magnificent, dazzling little world, with countless 'undercurrents' racing within it, like countless invisible hands constantly tearing at everything within this little world.

"Is this a Martial Domain?"

Li Fei had seen Master Cai Ming display it, so he recognized it immediately.

Seventh-grade exotic beasts, like Martial Arts Masters, also possessed divine abilities.

Eighth-grade exotic beasts were like Grandmasters and could release domains.

As for the level involved with ninth-grade exotic beasts and Martial Saints, Li Fei was not yet clear.

He could only see the founding Emperor of the Great Lan Dynasty, whom he was 'possessing', standing calmly in place, completely unaffected by the outside world.

The man and the beast should be engaged in some high-level confrontation, but given Li Fei's current realm, he could not understand it at all.

He could only feel the number of blood souls within the Myriad Blood Bead decreasing at an extremely rapid speed!

With the thought that taking a few more looks certainly wouldn't hurt, Li Fei tried his best to perceive the domain released by the Soul-Devouring Nine-Headed Hydra.

Inside the Library Pavilion, Ji Huang Qian looked in surprise at Li Fei, who was standing motionless before the giant boulder.

Not only were there characters carved by the Founding Emperor on this giant boulder, but there was also a strand of fist intent intentionally left behind by him. Because this boulder was formed from a skull bone of the Soul-Devouring Nine-Headed Hydra, this strand of fist intent had been able to be preserved until now.

All martial artists whose mental power reached a certain level would be pulled into an illusion upon approaching this giant boulder.

This illusion was the Founding Emperor's great battle against the Soul-Devouring Nine-Headed Hydra!

However, the level involved in both was too high; martial artists at the Dao Foundation realm could not last more than a few seconds in the illusion before being forcibly ejected.

Yet Li Fei had already been standing in place for nearly ten seconds!

"No wonder he is the first in history."

Ji Huang Qian felt nothing but deep admiration!

After another dozen seconds passed, Li Fei suddenly took a few steps back, his face turning somewhat pale.

In the illusion, it was not just the number of blood souls that would decrease; his mind would also bear immense pressure, because the effects caused within the illusion were not all direct attack damage, and there was a portion of the impact that the Myriad Blood Bead could not transfer.

Therefore, even if the blood souls were not yet exhausted, Li Fei had no choice but to exit the illusion.

"Lord Li, you truly are a god among men!"

Ji Huang Qian stepped forward, giving Li Fei a thumbs-up with a face full of admiration.

"Oh?"

Li Fei was just about to speak when he suddenly paused.

Because he discovered that his mental power had not only increased by a segment, but it also seemed to have been thoroughly tempered, becoming much more refined than before!

Originally, his mental power was only close to that of a powerhouse at the peak of the Dao Foundation realm, but now it could truly rival the peak of the Dao Foundation realm!

This was the benefit brought by that illusion; no matter who it was, as long as they entered that illusion, their mind would be tempered, and their mental power would receive a certain degree of enhancement.

The longer one persisted, the greater the benefits gained.

The Emperor issued an imperial decree allowing Li Fei to enter the Royal Library Pavilion to choose two secret manuals at will; this was a reward for Li Fei.

And the content of this reward was not just two secret manuals; entering the Royal Library Pavilion itself was also a form of reward!

Li Fei "looked" at the Myriad Blood Bead, a smile appearing on his face.

The benefits he gained were not just the enhancement of his mental power; just now in the illusion, the Myriad Blood Bead had borne a massive amount of damage for him and had also absorbed a massive amount of energy.

And the quality of this energy itself was extremely high, causing the Myriad Blood Bead to upgrade directly.

And it was unprecedented—it leveled up twice in a row!

There are two more chapters tonight.

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