Chapter 526: Sweeping the Jianghu, Seeking Life and Death in Battle

In the main hall, Li Fei also picked up his teacup and took a sip.

To be honest, it was very difficult for any man with a normal psychology and normal physiology not to be moved by a woman like Lan Ruoyun.

Top-tier appearance, top-tier figure, top-tier family background, and her own talent and intelligence were also top-tier!

A 29-year-old Martial Arts Grandmaster, looking at the world, could not find a few stronger ones.

Li Fei was naturally a normal man.

But he was also very clear that his goal was not just to win over the Lan family, this one Jianghu force.

If he agreed to the Lan family's marriage alliance, what about the remaining Jianghu forces?

Because men and women could practice martial arts and become stronger in this world, the status of women was not low.

Among the "Seven Martial Saints," two were women!

So there was no such thing as taking concubines in the Great Lan Dynasty.

One could have one husband and multiple wives, or one wife and multiple husbands.

There were no concubines, only legal wives and equal wives.

Even for big families or big figures with power and influence, the number of wives would not exceed three.

That was one legal wife and two equal wives.

Because they paid attention to matching family status, the ones you married were all of family background equivalent to yours, and it was impossible for them to marry you when you already had many wives.

And if the status was very different, then there was no need to marry into the door; just keep them outside.

So if Li Fei wanted to rely on marriage alliances to win over Jianghu forces, he could at most use this method to win over two or three families.

What about the remaining forces?

You form a marriage alliance with this family, but not with that family; why should the other side help you with all their strength?

"I wonder if the Lan family is interested in the inheritance of the Gouchen Sword Sect?"

Li Fei put down his teacup and asked softly.

Once these words were spoken, Lan Lan Tingzhou, who had always appeared very calm, turned his head to look at Li Fei abruptly.

He lost to Bai Chen three times, besides talent being inferior, another important reason was that the Lan family's inheritance was not as good as the Gouchen Sword Sect's.

Others had twelve sword arts that could reach the Creation stage directly, and how many did the Lan family have?

So Lan Lan Tingzhou was naturally interested in the inheritance of the Gouchen Sword Sect!

"What does Pavilion Head Li mean by this?"

Lan Lan Tingzhou asked.

Li Fei looked at him and said directly: "If the Lan family is willing to help, the inheritance of the Gouchen Sword Sect will be the reward!"

This time he asked about the sword in the Jianghu, he had thought about it in advance: he would use the four hundred years of inheritance of the Gouchen Sword Sect as a bargaining chip to move various families.

The secret transmissions of each sect were top-secret, and only the most core members could come into contact with them.

The imperial court established the Lanxun Pavilion, although it took out a portion of cultivation resources and inheritance to attract Jianghu forces, the inheritance taken out was not the most top-tier and certainly could not compare with the Gouchen Sword Sect.

As for the most top-tier part of the inheritance held by the imperial court, only royal family members could practice it, and even Wen Ren Zheng could not break the rules.

So the bargaining chip in Li Fei's hand was undoubtedly a cake that made people drool!

Thus, Lan Lan Tingzhou, who had just said that he had not cared about family affairs for many years, began to talk in detail with Li Fei...

Li Fei stayed at the Lan family for two days and reached an agreement with the other side on the matter of "introducing aid":

In the future, when the imperial court deals with the Buddhist sect, the more the Lan family contributes, the more Gouchen Sword Sect inheritance they will obtain.

After leaving the Lan family, Li Fei drove the flying boat alone and headed north.

Lanling City.

Palace.

The new Emperor Qin Qin Ziheng had just finished a conversation with several ministers in the Yangxin Hall.

He stood up and stretched his body:

"Feng Cheng."

"Your Majesty."

Feng Cheng quickly appeared outside the main hall.

"Is there any latest news about Li Fei?"

Qin Qin Ziheng asked.

Feng Cheng: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the Marquis of Jing'an arrived in Baisha Province yesterday and visited the Divine Fist Yu family."

"How is the battle situation?"

Qin Qin Ziheng asked with a smile.

Feng Cheng: "The Marquis of Jing'an and the Yu family ancestor agreed to spar today, and the battle situation has not been passed back yet."

"I heard that in the Jianghu, there is a saying that 'Southern Fist suppresses Northern Fist.' Is this Yu family ancestor the publicly recognized Grandmaster who is number one in fist techniques below the Martial Saint?"

Qin Qin Ziheng looked at Feng Cheng.

Feng Cheng nodded: "There is indeed such a saying."

"I know you also practice fist techniques. What is your evaluation of this Grandmaster Yu?"

Rarely having some free time, Qin Qin Ziheng asked curiously.

Feng Cheng lowered his eyebrows and eyes, and said calmly: "My fist techniques are mediocre, so naturally I am not the opponent of this Grandmaster Yu."

"Hahaha, Master Feng is too modest."

Qin Qin Ziheng pointed at Feng Cheng and said with a smile.

"Then can Li Fei win?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, number one in fist techniques is not cultivation base, nor number one in combat power. In the Jianghu of Baisha Province before, Gouchen Sword Master Bai Chen was the publicly recognized strongest Grandmaster."

Qin Qin Ziheng nodded upon hearing this, understanding Feng Cheng's meaning.

Li Fei could even kill Bai Chen, so naturally, he could not lose to that ancestor of the Yu family.

"After he finishes fighting the Yu family, it will be ten Grandmasters defeated in two months!"

Qin Qin Ziheng was full of smiles, "Truly dashing."

It was now October 16th, 49th year of Emperor Hongguang.

Li Fei left Lanling City, and it had been more than a month since he asked about the sword in the Jianghu.

In this month, he visited the seven great families and three major sects besides the Gouchen Sword Sect:

September 5th, 49th year of Emperor Hongguang.

Li Fei arrived in Andi Province and visited the Sima family, one of the "seven great families."

That afternoon, he fought with the saber-technique Grandmaster Sima Sima Huaian on the Xia Huan River.

In this battle, the river was cut off, and the river water backflowed!

In the end, Sima Sima Huaian was slashed down by Li Fei, sank to the bottom of the river, and chose to admit defeat.

September 12th.

Li Fei ascended the Baichuan Snow Mountain and visited the "Baichuan Murong Clan."

The Murong family's Grandmaster Murong Qianshan fought with a long spear. Where the spear light passed, the snow peaks cracked, and heavy snow collapsed and flew!

In the end, more than half of the accumulated snow on the Baichuan Snow Mountain was gone, and Murong Qianshan admitted defeat.

October 6th.

The Wanfa Sect, one of the four sects, opened its doors to welcome guests.

Li Fei and the Wanfa Sect Supreme Elder Fu Fu Lingjun compared moves on the Songtao Terrace, and the saber light and sword Qi shattered half of the bamboo forest on the mountain!

After three hundred moves, Fu Fu Lingjun, who still occupied the upper hand in moves, took the initiative to admit defeat.

Now Li Fei went to Baisha Province again and visited the Divine Fist Yu family.

Once he defeated the Yu family ancestor, in these short dozens of days, he had beaten all ten major forces among the "four major sects and seven great families"!

Ten battles and ten victories!

Although among these ten Grandmasters, the highest realm was only at the Shenyan stage, each of them possessed very powerful unique skills.

Fighting continuously in such a short time, even if a Lidao-stage Grandmaster came, it would be very difficult to achieve ten victories in ten battles.

So Li Fei's battle record still amazed the entire Jianghu.

Never had any Grandmaster been able to possess such a battle record just after breaking through the realm; even Lin Lin Tianyi back then could not do it!

"Your Majesty, there is the latest telegram."

Outside the Yangxin Hall, a eunuch suddenly came to report holding a wooden box.

Feng Cheng took the wooden box and personally sent it to Qin Qin Ziheng.

Qin Qin Ziheng opened the wooden box, took out the telegram, and just looked at it, a smile appeared on his face:

"Li Fei has indeed won again."

What was written on this telegram was exactly the result of the battle between Li Fei and the Yu family ancestor:

Li Fei abandoned his saber and used fist against fist with the Yu family ancestor.

The two Grandmasters fought in a jungle and razed the jungle to the ground!

After fighting fiercely for over a thousand moves, the Yu family ancestor admitted defeat!

But when Qin Qin Ziheng continued to read down and saw the last paragraph, his smile immediately faded, and he frowned slightly.

"Mount Tiansha Mountain..."

Baisha Province.

Yu family.

After fighting with the Yu family ancestor, Li Fei talked to the Yu family head about the matter of "introducing aid."

The Yu family had been neighbors with the Gouchen Sword Sect for so many years and understood the power of the Gouchen Sword Sect better than others, so they were even more tempted by the inheritance of the Gouchen Sword Sect.

The two sides quickly reached a consensus.

"I wonder which family Pavilion Head Li intends to visit next?"

Yu family head Yu Yu Jingbo asked Li Fei with a smile.

Counting the Gouchen Sword Sect destroyed in Li Fei's hands, he had already "swept" the seven great families and three major sects!

So whether it was the seven great families or the other two major sects, they all hoped that Li Fei could continue to "sweep" and sweep away the remaining "three mountains."

Otherwise, wouldn't it appear that the forces they had lost to were very faceless?

Among the "three mountains," the Mount Baituo Mountain had already surrendered to the First Prince, and all the elites had gone to the Xiji Province, so Li Fei certainly could not challenge them.

There were still the Xuan Yang Mountain and Mount Tiansha Mountain, these two major forces.

Among the seven great families, four major sects, and the Grandmasters of Mount Baituo Mountain, the highest realm was only at the Shenyan stage.

And the Grandmasters of Xuan Yang Mountain and Mount Tiansha Mountain were both at the Lidao stage!

These two remaining were undoubtedly the hardest to fight.

So Yu Yu Jingbo was worried that Li Fei would not continue to challenge because of the heavy consumption of continuous fighting.

"This place is closest to Xuan Yang Mountain, so I will go to Xuan Yang Mountain next."

Li Fei said calmly.

Yu Yu Jingbo looked at Li Fei's eyes and could not help but praise:

"Pavilion Head Li has great spirit!"

After the two chatted for a few more sentences, someone suddenly rushed in outside the main hall:

"Family Head, Pavilion Head Li."

Yu Yu Jingbo looked up and asked: "What is it."

"Mount Tiansha Mountain..."

"What happened to Mount Tiansha Mountain?"

"Mount Tiansha Mountain Master publicly challenged the Marquis of Jing'an, ten days later at the peak of Mount Tiansha Mountain, he wants to have a life-and-death battle with the Marquis of Jing'an!"

Yu Yu Jingbo was startled upon hearing this, and then stood up abruptly: "What did you say?!"

Li Fei narrowed his eyes and was also somewhat surprised.

This time he asked about the sword in the Jianghu, it was to make friends through martial arts. Even if they decided the winner, everyone would not hurt the harmony, and would not even be injured much.

But a life-and-death battle was different!

Mount Tiansha Mountain Master Ying Hua Jie had been famous for more than a hundred years. He publicly challenged Li Fei and released words to the entire Jianghu that he wanted to have a life-and-death battle with Li Fei, so there was no room for mediation in this matter.

Either Li Fei refused.

Or, he had to decide life and death with Ying Hua Jie!

Yu Yu Jingbo sat down again, looking at Li Fei with a complex expression:

"Mount Tiansha Mountain Master is 210 years old this year."

Li Fei was thoughtful.

The theoretical limit of an ordinary person's lifespan was 70 years, and each additional type of implant could theoretically increase lifespan by 10 years.

Next, breaking through to become a Martial Arts Grandmaster and breaking through to become a Grandmaster could both increase lifespan by 60 years.

Therefore, the theoretical lifespan of a Grandmaster was 240 years.

But not everyone's basic lifespan could reach the theoretical limit of 70 years, and the lifespan increased each time an implant was incorporated or a realm was broken through might not reach the limit value.

Coupled with problems appearing during the cultivation process, or injuries leaving some hidden dangers, these would all affect personal lifespan.

So there were not many Grandmasters who could really live to 240 years old.

Ying Hua Jie was already 210 years old this year, so he probably did not have many years to live.

So he suddenly wanted to have a life-and-death battle with Li Fei, it might not be that there was any conspiracy, or that he was targeting Li Fei.

It was possible that the other side felt that his deadline was approaching and did not want to die of old age on the bed, wanting to die in a vigorous battle!

And looking at the world, besides those top-tier powerhouses, there was no one more suitable for a final battle than Li Fei.

Especially now that Li Fei had already defeated ten Grandmasters in a row.

If Li Fei agreed, this battle would likely leave a name in history!

"It seems I can't go to Xuan Yang Mountain next."

Li Fei said.

Yu Yu Jingbo was startled: "Pavilion Head Li intends to accept the challenge?"

Ying Hua Jie had already reached the peak of the Lidao stage more than thirty years ago. Among the fourteen Grandmasters of the "three mountains, four sects, and seven great families," the other side's combat power was undoubtedly ranked first!

Such a strong enemy, below the top-tier, no one dared to say they could win steadily!

So Yu Yu Jingbo could not think of any reason for Li Fei to agree to such a life-and-death battle.

The other side had already lived for more than two hundred years, and it wouldn't be a loss to die.

You are only twenty-something, what are you plotting?!

In the main hall, Li Fei smiled slightly:

"This battle is exactly what I want."

Mount Tiansha Mountain was located at the easternmost part of the Great Lan Dynasty, and more than a hundred miles further east was the boundless prairie.

Because it bordered the prairie, Mount Tiansha Mountain had contact with many powerhouses of the Prairie Royal Court.

Many disciples of Mount Tiansha Mountain went down the mountain to practice, and many did not choose to go to the Central Plains but chose to go to the prairie.

Over several hundred years, Mount Tiansha Mountain's reputation on the prairie became bigger and bigger.

Within the last hundred years, martial artists from the prairie came to visit the mountain every year to challenge the martial artists of Mount Tiansha Mountain.

Many martial artists on the prairie might not have heard of Lin Tianyi Tower, Hongchen Pavilion, or the Buddhist and Daoist sects, but they definitely had heard of Mount Tiansha Mountain.

So when the news that Mount Tiansha Mountain Master Ying Hua Jie wanted to have a life-and-death battle with someone spread, the reaction on the prairie was even faster than in the Great Lan Dynasty.

Sakaze.

One of the nine large cities of the Prairie Royal Court.

This city built on an oasis was like a peacock stone inlaid in the folds of the prairie, and twelve star-gazing towers were scattered along the river's direction in the city.

Spice merchants wearing indigo headscarves shook open ramie cloth bags, dancing girls wearing silver rings danced on the street, and the newly quenched scimitars in the blacksmith shop were sizzling...

This was a city full of exotic customs, and unlike the cities of the Great Lan Dynasty that were gradually approaching "Westernization," there were few products from the Western Continent here.

In the center of the city was a magnificent temple, with a gilded sun wheel standing on the red copper dome.

In front of the temple gate, the god statue carved from white jade was lifelike.

A man over two meters tall, with bronze-colored skin and a long braid, walked out of the temple gate.

At this moment, all the sunlight seemed to gather on the man, making him the focus of the whole scene, and the whole person was like a god bathing in the light of heaven!

The guards around the temple square were first shocked, then knelt on one knee one after another, holding their chests with their hands, and saluted this man.

The man did not say a word, just continued to move forward, and soon left this place.

On this day, the first warrior of the Sakaze Temple, Huyan Hetai, walked out of the temple for the first time after fifteen years of closed-door practice!

Huyan Hetai was a Grandmaster at the peak of the Lidao stage and was one of the top three powerhouses on the prairie!

Fifteen years ago, he climbed Mount Tiansha Mountain to challenge Ying Hua Jie, but lost.

After that, he had been in closed-door practice until he heard the news that Ying Hua Jie intended to have a life-and-death battle with someone, so he came out of closed-door practice and walked out of the temple.

When Huyan Hetai walked to the city gate, a team of knights riding warhorses caught up with him.

"Respected Lord, the City Lord asked me to ask you, where do you intend to go?"

The leading knight dismounted quickly and asked respectfully beside Huyan Hetai.

"Go to Mount Tiansha Mountain."

Huyan Hetai's voice was like the wind on the prairie, carrying a wild atmosphere:

"Ying Hua Jie's last battle in this life cannot be left to others; it can only be mine!"

Upon hearing this, the knight hurriedly looked up at him:

"But Lord, the object that the Mount Tiansha Mountain Master intends to fight this time is a figure of great power in the Central Plains dynasty. If you want to destroy this battle, I fear there will be danger!"

Huyan Hetai turned to look at this knight.

The knight was shocked in his heart, as if the continuous mountain ranges of the Mount Tiansha Mountains were crushing toward him, and his body could not help but start to tremble.

"The warriors of the temple never fear danger!"

Huyan Hetai left this sentence, and the person had already disappeared in place.

Outside the provincial capital of Gan Province, there was a small city.

This city was not built by the government, but by a Jianghu sect.

This was the station of the Hongchen Pavilion!

In the center of the city was a pavilion seven stories high.

This pavilion was the place of inheritance of the Hongchen Pavilion, and all the top-tier secret manuals were stored here.

Besides that, this pavilion was also the place of practice for the Hongchen Pavilion Head, the contemporary Martial Saint Wen Wen Xuexian!

Among the seven Martial Saints, besides the "Sword Immortal" Ning Ning Qingman, the "Slaying the Red Dust" Wen Wen Xuexian was also a woman.

These two female Martial Saints, one saber and one sword, were often mentioned together.

A woman wearing a veil, dressed in red, with a good figure, climbed the pavilion.

She was the closing disciple of the Hongchen Pavilion Head—Miss Shentu Yue.

Miss Shentu Yue climbed to the sixth floor of the pavilion, stood still outside a big door in the corridor, and bowed respectfully:

"Disciple pays respects to Master."

"You go to Mount Tiansha Mountain."

A clear and quiet voice came from inside the big door, which sounded without any feeling of color, not like a human voice.

This order had no cause, no consequence, it just let her go to Mount Tiansha Mountain.

Miss Shentu Yue was startled first, did not ask much, and said directly: "Disciple obeys the order!"

Then she retreated.

After leaving the pavilion, she looked back at the highest point, and a look of doubt appeared in her eyes.

Master suddenly let her go to Mount Tiansha Mountain, it must not be a small matter.

And the only thing that was making a lot of noise on Mount Tiansha Mountain recently was one thing—Mount Tiansha Mountain Master Ying Hua Jie wanted to have a life-and-death battle with Li Fei!

"Could it be to let me watch the battle? But Master has long since stopped caring about the world, how could she suddenly pay attention to this matter? And two Grandmasters fighting, what can I, a Martial Arts Grandmaster with only two divine abilities, see?"

Miss Shentu Yue had many incomprehensions in her heart.

Then a figure could not help but appear in her mind:

"Meeting again."

The news that Mount Tiansha Mountain Master Ying Hua Jie wanted to have a life-and-death battle with the Marquis of Jing'an Li Fei quickly spread throughout the Jianghu.

Just when everyone was discussing it, new news quickly came out—

Li Fei decided to accept the challenge!

Thus, the Jianghu boiled.

Many people moved at the fastest speed and rushed toward Mount Tiansha Mountain.

Lan family ancestor Lan Lan Tingzhou, Sima family's saber-technique Grandmaster Sima Sima Huaian, Murong family's spear-technique Grandmaster Murong Qianshan...

Seven great families, four major sects, ten Grandmasters who had just been defeated by Li Fei moved one after another!

Mount Tiansha Mountain, wind and clouds gathered.

Seeking monthly tickets.

(End of this chapter) ===== CHAPTER 527 =====