Chapter 534: Flowers Have a Day to Bloom Again

October 30th.

Li Fei's group arrived in Gansu Province by flying boat.

The base of the Red Dust Pavilion was located outside the provincial capital of Gansu, and Shen Tuyue led people directly into it.

Soon, she led Li Fei and Ning Ning Qingman to the pavilion in the very center of the base.

"Master is waiting for the two on the upper floor."

After Shen Tuyue led the two to the sixth floor, she stopped.

Li Fei and Ning Ning Qingman ascended to the seventh floor, walked through the corridor, and walked into a room with an antique fragrance.

Twelve sandalwood screens were placed around the room, and there was a tea table made of light red wood in the middle.

A woman was sitting in front of the tea table making tea.

Moon-white cloud patterns wrapped around a bamboo-green dark flower skirt, thin gauze covering her face, like thin ice melting and floating on a cold pool, revealing the hazy outline of distant mountain eyebrows.

Li Fei looked at it for the first time, as if he saw a green pine appearing and disappearing in the thick fog of distant mountains.

He wanted to look carefully, but it was like looking at flowers in the fog; he couldn't perceive anything, and there was no one in front of him?

He didn't look any more and took the initiative to cup his fists and bow:

"I have met Pavilion Master Wen."

"Marquis of Jing'an, no need to be so polite."

A distant and ethereal voice entered his ears.

Ning Ning Qingman was much more casual than Li Fei; she walked into the room with a smile:

"Sister Wen, long time no see."

"Ning Qingman, and Marquis of Jing'an, please sit."

The two walked to the tea table and sat down in front of Wen Wen Xuexian.

"Please have tea."

This female Martial Saint personally made tea for the two.

"Thank you."

After Li Fei thanked her, he took a sip of the tea, only feeling full of fragrance and endless aftertaste.

"It's been a long time since I drank tea made by Sister Wen personally."

Ning Ning Qingman took off her cloak, put it aside, and then picked up the teacup to drink tea.

Li Fei couldn't help but look to his side.

There was a rumor in the Jianghu that this "Sword Immortal" was beautiful enough to topple cities and was the number one beauty in the world!

Li Fei was naturally a bit curious.

But what came into view was a profile that couldn't be said to be very beautiful, with wheat-colored skin, a straight nose, and a three-dimensional facial contour.

Li Fei took one look and hurriedly withdrew his gaze, drinking tea tactically.

"Congratulations, Sister Wen, for your cultivation going a step further."

Ning Ning Qingman drank a sip of tea and said with a smile.

Wen Wen Xuexian poured tea for herself while saying softly:

"It's just some opportunistic means; in the end, it can't compare to your grand Dao."

Li Fei looked at this Pavilion Master of the Red Dust Pavilion.

Ning Ning Qingman said that the other party's strength was above her own, and even had the opportunity to compete for the top three in the world.

And at this moment, Wen Wen Xuexian said that her "Dao" was not as good as Ning Ning Qingman's.

I don't know which of these two is being humble?

However, the two didn't continue to praise each other, and after simple pleasantries, they entered the main topic.

"Does Sister Wen have any certainty of finding Li Ming's whereabouts?"

Ning Ning Qingman put down the teacup and asked.

Wen Wen Xuexian said softly: "This requires the cooperation of you two."

Ning Ning Qingman was very straightforward: "I have no problem."

After speaking, she looked at Li Fei on the side.

Li Fei also nodded: "I have no problem either."

On the way here, Ning Ning Qingman had roughly introduced Wen Wen Xuexian's Dao rule to Li Fei—

【Slashing Red Dust】!

Involving the other party's Dao rule, this was very confidential content, so Ning Ning Qingman didn't elaborate, only roughly saying one sentence—Wen Wen Xuexian's Dao rule was related to cause and effect.

This time, Li Ming's main body was destroyed under Ning Ning Qingman's sword, and Li Fei also contributed a lot, even injuring Li Ming once.

So both Ning Ning Qingman and Li Fei were stained with Li Ming's cause and effect.

Now Wen Wen Xuexian wanted to use the Dao rule to find the location of Li Ming's soul seed through the cause and effect on the two!

"Please calm your minds, hold your essence and guard the one, without thoughts, without moving internal energy."

Wen Wen Xuexian said while pouring tea for Li Fei and Ning Ning Qingman respectively.

Li Fei and Ning Ning Qingman did as they were told and soon entered a state of meditation, without any distracting thoughts.

Wen Wen Xuexian flicked her sleeves and swept across the teacups in front of the two.

In an instant, the tea in the cups boiled, turning into water mist, permeating the room.

Li Fei was shrouded in water mist with a faint tea fragrance; his mind was somewhat trance-like, and the scene of him fighting Li Ming suddenly appeared in his mind.

Until he was trapped by Li Ming, the whole world seemed to have been slashed by a blade light, and everything vanished.

Li Fei came back to his senses and opened his eyes.

He carefully recalled the blade light that had appeared directly in his memory just now, but he couldn't recall any details at all.

Things are like spring dreams, leaving no trace.

If Ning Ning Qingman's sword technique was to start from the big picture, magnificent and atmospheric, changing heaven and earth.

Then Wen Wen Xuexian's blade technique was to show from the subtle, ethereal and unpredictable, difficult to capture.

Li Fei started practicing the blade, and now also practiced the sword; comparing the martial arts of the two female Martial Saints, he felt he had gained a lot.

"How is it?"

Ning Ning Qingman beside him had also recovered and asked.

"Dongping Province."

Wen Wen Xuexian only said three words.

Li Fei could clearly feel that her aura fluctuated, and the consumption seemed not small.

After all, the other party's Dao rule was not like Yun Shu's 【Analysis】 that could peel the cocoon and extract a large amount of information to accurately locate.

Relying on the cause and effect stained on Li Fei and Ning Ning Qingman, in the end, only a rough location could be obtained.

"Thank you, Sister Wen."

Ning Ning Qingman stood up decisively after getting the answer, preparing to say goodbye.

Li Fei saw this and also stood up, bowing to Wen Wen Xuexian.

Gansu Province, provincial capital.

Iron Heart Pavilion was the most famous place for casting weapons in the whole province.

This pavilion didn't cast ordinary iron, only exotic weapons.

This pavilion had been open in the provincial capital of Gansu for more than thirty years and had cast four level-seven divine weapons, thus becoming famous in the Jianghu!

Today, Iron Heart Pavilion closed its doors to guests.

Chen Chen Tiexin, the Pavilion Master who hadn't personally made exotic weapons for a long time, came out with all the master craftsmen in the pavilion, just to welcome two guests—

Li Fei, Ning Ning Qingman.

One was the legendary Marquis, number one in history, famous in the world.

One was a Martial Saint standing at the peak of the world, a peerless sword immortal.

It was no exaggeration to say that if today's matter were spread, the status of Iron Heart Pavilion in the Jianghu would immediately rise by a large margin!

"Chen Chen Tiexin, I have met the Sword Immortal! I have met the Marquis!"

A burly man with a bald head, dark skin, and a sturdy build bowed to the two with excitement.

"Pavilion Master Chen, no need to be so polite."

Li Fei helped Chen Chen Tiexin up, "This time I came, I want to trouble Pavilion Master Chen to personally cast a weapon."

"No problem, this is Chen's honor!"

Chen Chen Tiexin's face was even a bit flushed.

It was no wonder he was so excited; it was just that whether it was casting weapons for either of the two people in front of him, in the future, his name, Chen Chen Tiexin, might be recorded in history!

"In addition, I have a presumptuous request."

Li Fei looked at Chen Chen Tiexin, "I want to personally participate in the casting of the weapon."

Chen Chen Tiexin was stunned: "This..."

Li Fei: "I know this is difficult; Pavilion Master Chen can make any request."

Weapon casting was an extremely private matter, involving other people's exclusive skills, and the biggest taboo was being stolen.

So Li Fei's request was indeed a bit taboo.

That was to say, his status and position were there; if someone else said such a thing to Chen Chen Tiexin, they would have already been blasted out!

Although Chen Chen Tiexin was only a Martial Dao Master, many Grandmasters in the Jianghu had their weapons made by him and owed him favors.

So facing a Grandmaster, he really didn't have to give face.

"I don't know why the Marquis wants to personally participate in the forging? Are there any special requirements?"

Chen Chen Tiexin didn't get angry and asked patiently.

Li Fei nodded: "There are indeed some special requirements, related to my own cultivation."

Chen Chen Tiexin fell into deep thought.

After a while, he made a decision and said in a deep voice:

"Good, I agree to the Marquis's request!"

Li Fei's face was happy, and he cupped his fists: "Thank you, Pavilion Master Chen."

His Ghost Slaying Blade was broken when fighting Li Ming, so he thought of coming to Iron Heart Pavilion to recast it.

In fact, at his current cultivation realm, external objects had very little help for him.

The level-seven divine garment, Golden Thread Jade Scale Armor, could indeed increase Li Fei's defense to a certain extent, but for Li Fei, the biggest role of this divine garment now was to prevent him from being naked after a fight...

As for the Ghost Slaying Blade, which was still at level six, it couldn't provide much help in battle.

For Li Fei, the commemorative significance of the Ghost Slaying Blade was already far greater than its practical significance.

This blade was given to him by Shangguan Xiao, and later refined by Hao Yi himself, rising from level five to level six, containing the mystery of 【Heaven and Earth Single Blade】, and Li Fei also mastered this ultimate move relying on this blade.

Now that the Ghost Slaying Blade was broken, Li Fei didn't want to give up this blade, so he found Chen Chen Tiexin to recast it.

After the two sides reached an agreement, Li Fei and Chen Chen Tiexin went to a room alone to discuss the specific refining method.

"Refining the blade into the body, merging with oneself?"

Inside the room, after hearing Li Fei's request, Chen Chen Tiexin looked surprised.

He had been casting weapons for so many years, and he had encountered all kinds of strange requirements:

Those who pursued the unity of man and weapon, wanting to refine their own essence, blood, flesh, bone marrow, etc., into the weapon.

There were also some extreme ones who required refining the weapon and their own bones together.

But Li Fei's "perverted" request was the first time he had encountered it.

Refining a weapon completely into the human body would not achieve the realm of unity of man and weapon, but would only cause loss of Qi and blood and damage to the physical body.

Simply put, this was courting death!

If it weren't for Li Fei's serious expression, Chen Chen Tiexin would have thought the other party was joking.

"My situation is special..."

Li Fei roughly explained his situation and let Chen Chen Tiexin check his body.

"There is actually such a thing?!"

Chen Chen Tiexin's eyes shone, only feeling that his horizons had been broadened.

"My requirements have three points:

First, refine this blade into my body.

Second, upgrade it to level seven, and maintain the possibility of continuing to upgrade, which can be upgraded with the improvement of my body in the future.

Third, after this blade is upgraded to level seven, it can absorb gold and fire dual-attribute Heaven and Earth Qi, and both are used for body tempering."

Li Fei stated his requirements.

Chen Chen Tiexin showed a look of difficulty: "Marquis, level-seven divine weapons, I have only succeeded in forging four in my life, and your requirements are so special; I have never had relevant experience before, I am worried..."

"No matter."

Li Fei smiled and comforted, "We can try slowly, no need to worry that I will be injured."

Seeing that Li Fei had said so, Chen Chen Tiexin didn't decline anymore.

Next, the two began to discuss specific plans based on Li Fei's physical condition.

A few hours later, Chen Chen Tiexin was excited:

"Marquis, this weapon refining is also an opportunity for me; I have no other requests!"

Originally, he had some resentment about Li Fei wanting to personally participate in weapon refining, but at this moment, there was only gratitude in his heart, and he didn't need Li Fei to compensate him additionally.

Li Fei's "flying sword body" of using the body as a weapon really broadened his horizons, broadened his thinking, and gave him great inspiration!

On this day, many precious materials were taken out from the warehouses of the Red Dust Pavilion and the provincial capital's government office and sent to Iron Heart Pavilion.

His own share, plus the resources taken from the Gouchen Sword Sect, were enough for him to forge several divine weapons.

Although these resources were not in Gansu Province at present, Li Fei could borrow them from the Gansu provincial government and the Red Dust Pavilion first and make up for them later.

Five days later.

Inside the forging room of Iron Heart Pavilion.

Li Fei was wearing the Golden Thread Jade Scale Armor, his whole body was crimson, and his whole body was constantly emitting scorching steam.

Chen Chen Tiexin stood on the side, looking exhausted but satisfied.

Looking at Li Fei, it was as if he was looking at the work he was most satisfied with in his life!

Li Fei stretched out his right hand, and a crimson light burst out from his palm, extending outward continuously.

The temperature in the room rose rapidly, like an extra baking furnace.

Soon, this light turned into the shape of a long blade.

When the light converged, the appearance of the long blade was presented—

Pitch black, with a ghost opening its fangs at the connection between the handle and the blade, spitting out the blade edge.

The blade was three feet five inches long, with crimson gilded patterns on it.

It was the recast Ghost Slaying Blade!

After five days of hard work, investing a large amount of precious materials, relying on the Myriad Blood Pearl to try repeatedly, plus the fact that both Li Fei and Chen Chen Tiexin had the 【Refining Objects】 divine ability.

This recast Ghost Slaying Blade met all the requirements Li Fei had put forward in advance, and the effect was even better than expected!

The new Ghost Slaying Blade was upgraded from the original level six to level seven, truly becoming a divine weapon!

And this divine weapon was completely integrated into Li Fei's body, but it was distinct from his flying sword body.

The new Ghost Slaying Blade was like the scabbard of the flying sword body.

Li Fei recast the Ghost Slaying Blade and upgraded it to a level-seven divine weapon, not mainly to use it against enemies, but for body tempering!

The level-seven divine weapon Ghost Slaying Blade had only one characteristic—【Refining Gold and Fire】.

This characteristic allowed the Ghost Slaying Blade to absorb gold and fire attribute Heaven and Earth Qi by itself, used to continuously temper Li Fei's flying sword body!

The benefits brought by 【Refining Gold and Fire】 to Li Fei were not only allowing his flying sword body to be slowly enhanced, but also allowing the Myriad Blood Pearl to absorb energy 24 hours a day without interruption!

Because the process of body tempering was actually constantly causing damage to Li Fei's flying sword body.

If it were any other Grandmaster, they definitely wouldn't be able to bear this kind of uninterrupted damage; even if they possessed supernatural abilities or divine abilities that could heal, they couldn't afford to consume it all the time and would eventually be dragged into serious injury.

And Li Fei's Myriad Blood Pearl, even if it didn't enter the 【Blood Breath】 state, could now recover 677 Blood Souls every day, and could recover 28 Blood Souls every hour.

So he only needed to control the damage caused by 【Refining Gold and Fire】 to himself within the speed of self-healing, and there would be no problem.

The higher the level of the Myriad Blood Pearl, the greater the demand for energy. In the past, Li Fei could still accumulate energy by taking poison every day.

But ever since he practiced the flying sword body, no poison had any effect on him.

The energy absorbed by the Myriad Blood Pearl could only come from the damage caused to Li Fei by the outside world; hitting himself with a punch wouldn't work.

So Li Fei could only rely on absorbing Heaven and Earth Qi every day, and then controlling the Heaven and Earth Qi to cause damage to his own internal organs, thereby completing energy accumulation outside of battle.

But this method was inefficient, difficult to sustain, and affected his own cultivation.

Now with 【Refining Gold and Fire】, Li Fei finally had a sustainable and efficient way to accumulate energy.

From now on, even without battle, the leveling speed of the Myriad Blood Pearl would be several times faster than before!

In the forging room, heat was steaming, and white mist lingered around Li Fei.

He held the blade with one hand, looking at the recast Ghost Slaying Blade in his hand, lost in thought.

Not far away, Chen Chen Tiexin looked at this scene, and the "congratulations" that had reached his lips suddenly stopped.

For some reason, he felt that this young man who had just obtained the divine weapon seemed a bit sad.

"Done?"

When Ning Ning Qingman saw Li Fei again, the other party had changed his appearance in her eyes.

Although Li Fei's dress and appearance were the same as before, without any change, but Ning Ning Qingman, as the Sword Immortal of the current age, how unique was her vision?

"Nurturing intent with form, do you want to practice the Closed Scabbard Sword?"

Ning Ning Qingman asked.

Li Fei didn't hide it and nodded in acknowledgment:

"Yes, I have this idea."

He refined the Ghost Slaying Blade into his body, turning it into the scabbard of the flying sword body; in fact, there was another purpose—

Closing the scabbard to nurture intent, enhancing sword Dao cultivation!

Some brilliant swordsmen in the Jianghu, when encountering bottlenecks, sometimes wouldn't draw a sword for several years, or even more than ten years, to accumulate sword intent.

This was the so-called "Closed Scabbard Sword."

It had the same effect as the "Closed Mouth Zen" of the Buddhist sect.

"Not a bad idea. You were blindly brave and advancing before; although it fits the sword Dao's intent of going forward without looking back, it lacked a bit of heat. Now that you have learned to nurture the sword, when you can retract and release freely, your sword technique can be considered to have entered the hall."

Ning Ning Qingman commented very casually.

Her conversations with Li Fei before were all peaceful, and she couldn't see any airs of a top expert.

Only at this moment, commenting on sword Dao, did she truly reveal the sharpness unique to a Sword Immortal.

There was no arrogance of being high above, only a matter-of-fact certainty.

Although Li Fei had intentionally restrained and controlled before, in the eyes of a Sword Immortal like Ning Ning Qingman, she could see the sharp and peerless sword intent on him at a glance.

Now that the flying sword body had an extra "scabbard," in Ning Ning Qingman's view, Li Fei could finally be considered to have some meaning of "retracting."

"Please give me more guidance, Sword Immortal Ning."

Li Fei took the opportunity to climb up and bowed.

His flying sword body and 【Hunyuan Sword World】 were already suitable for practicing the sword; now that he finally had the opportunity to ask for more advice from the Sword Immortal of the current age, who could be said to be the number one sword technique in the world, he naturally wouldn't want to miss the opportunity.

Although he could already create Creation-level moves like 【Not Knowing the Height of Heaven】, this move was actually the result of his accumulation, all-encompassing, and not confined to sword technique.

So in terms of sword Dao, in Ning Ning Qingman's eyes, he had indeed not reached the point of "entering the hall."

"Let's look at the news from Dongping Province first."

Ning Ning Qingman didn't refuse Li Fei's request.

Although Wen Wen Xuexian gave the location of "Dongping

But how vast is the territory of a single province?

How many people are flowing in and out every day?

Trying to find a demon who intentionally hides themselves within a province is no different from looking for a needle in a haystack.

That is why Li Fei did not rush to set off for Dongping Province with Ning Ning Qingman, but instead first used the Thousand-Mechanism Shadowless Threads left to him by the Third Imperial Prince to contact the intelligence chief of "Under Heaven" in the north.

Then, he ordered "Under Heaven" to search for information with all their might.

With the help of the world's number one intelligence organization, Ning Ning Qingman patiently waited for Li Fei for five days.

"Five days should be enough to have found some useful intelligence. We can set off first and organize the information on the road."

Li Fei said to Ning Ning Qingman.

"Alright."

Ning Ning Qingman stood up.

Dongping Province.

Tancheng.

Inside an old courtyard, a young girl holding an iron sword was practicing her sword art.

The girl's appearance was plain, but her posture was graceful, and there was an indescribable charm when she practiced her sword art.

In the courtyard, the sword light was like flying snow, agile and ever-changing, spreading a vast whiteness into every corner.

A figure suddenly appeared in the courtyard, and the girl's sword momentum was drawn, almost subconsciously stabbing toward the other person.

The sword light filling the courtyard instantly converged into one spot; thousands of sword strikes turned into a single strike, held in the girl's hand.

Clang—

After the crisp sound of the sword, the girl was shaken by a massive force, causing her to retreat repeatedly, and the long sword in her hand almost slipped out.

She was terrified in her heart, thinking she had encountered an unprecedentedly powerful enemy.

However, when she saw the appearance of the person who had arrived, she could not help but be overjoyed:

"Master!"

The person who arrived was a woman with a stern face, who had just used her hand as a sword to easily break the girl's sword moves.

"You practiced well."

She nodded at the girl.

"Master, you finally came back to see me. I thought you didn't want me anymore!"

As the girl spoke, her eye sockets turned red, and tears swirled in her eyes.

The stern-faced woman touched the girl's head, revealing a meaningful smile:

"Master spent so much effort to cultivate you, how could I not want you anymore?"

Inside the courtyard, after the master and apprentice chatted for a while, the master left again, leaving only the girl alone to continue practicing her sword.

The girl's master did not go far, but instead silently returned to the courtyard.

This time she did not go in, but came to the roof of the house, looking at the girl below.

She was clearly standing there, but from the outside, the roof was empty.

"To think that the famous Li Ming would actually transform into a woman."

A hoarse voice suddenly sounded in her ear.

This stern-faced woman's gaze was cold, and she pulled at the corners of her mouth:

"As long as I can survive, what does it matter if I transform into a eunuch?"

That's right, this woman was the demon Li Ming, whose original body had been destroyed and who had been "resurrected" using a Soul Seed!

He had actually chosen to place the Soul Seed on a woman, so after his rebirth, he also became a woman.

However, for Li Ming, who had mastered the 【Flesh and Blood Myriad Transformation】 divine ability, changing gender was merely a matter of a single thought, so he did not care about these things at all.

"Is this little girl the person you chose?"

The hoarse voice continued to sound in Li Ming's ear, "She does have a bit of spiritual energy."

Li Ming's lips moved slightly: "Is everything prepared?"

"Are you sure Ning Ning Qingman can find her way here?"

"With that bitch Wen Wen Xuexian helping, she will find her way here sooner or later."

"Then will Wen Wen Xuexian come?"

"That bitch's 'Dao' is to sever all people and things that have a causal connection to her. She 'slashed' me once at Mount Mount Tiansha, and the causality between her and me has been severed. Continuing to get involved will only be harmful and not beneficial to her cultivation."

"But she still saved Ning Ning Qingman from your hands back then. How can you be sure there won't be an exception this time?"

"Being indecisive and fearing this and that—what can you accomplish?"

"Hehe, you don't need to provoke me. I don't have a life-saving divine ability like yours that allows me to die and be resurrected, so of course I have to be cautious."

"Less nonsense. Are we doing it or not?"

"Are you sure this trap is really useful?"

Upon hearing this, Li Ming looked at the girl practicing her sword below.

The other person's figure gradually overlapped with a certain figure in his memory.

He curled his lips, revealing a cold and sharp smile:

"Flowers have days to bloom again, but people never return to their youth."

Below, the wind blew down leaves, and sword light filled the courtyard.

The beauty was like jade, and the sword was like a rainbow.

(End of chapter)