Chapter 540

"Let me have some more fun."

"Impossible."

"I promise it will be very fast."

"Sword Immortal Ning, please have some self-respect."

"Tsk, so stingy."

"..."

Li Fei had a dark face and got rid of Ning Qingman's entanglement.

These past few days, the other party had always been trying every possible way to make him transform into a divine sword again, so she could practice her sword techniques.

Although in this process, Li Fei would also have gains, being able to incidentally experience the power of Dao Rules and Ning Qingman's sword Dao.

But Li Fei still refused without hesitation!

After getting rid of Ning Qingman, he rode the wind and flew to the center of Tancheng.

A huge altar had been built in the square here, and more than a hundred warlocks were busy setting up formations.

Li Fei landed on the altar, and soon a man wearing purple Daoist robes greeted him.

"Greetings, Marquis of Jing'an."

"True Person Wang, how is it going?"

Li Fei asked.

The person who came was the Chief True Person of the Justice Academy of Dongping Province, Wang Rui.

With one word from the Marquis of Jing'an, the entire Dongping Province was alarmed!

People from the government, people from Dongping University, and Jianghu people all rushed to Tancheng one after another.

Wang Rui did not set off the first time he learned that they were going to deal with demons, having already thought of various excuses.

But soon he learned that Li Fei and the 'Sword Immortal' Ning Qingman had joined forces to repel the two great demons!

So Wang Rui immediately set off, traveling by riding the wind, and spent a few days rushing to Tancheng to see Li Fei.

"The formation will be set up today, and next, we just need to let the commoners of Tancheng enter the formation one after another to accept purification."

Wang Rui said to Li Fei.

Although the Ancestor of the Nether River had already left, he had used vengeful spirits to possess bodies, still leaving some evil energy on tens of thousands of people in Tancheng.

If this aura was not removed, strong and healthy people would at most fall ill and lose some vitality.

But weak and sickly people could potentially leave behind sequelae, and more serious ones could even endanger their lives!

So Li Fei asked the Justice Academy of Dongping Province to come up with a plan to build a large formation to hold a 'Body Purification Ceremony' for the tens of thousands of people in Tancheng.

"Thank you for your trouble, True Person Wang."

Li Fei cupped his hands to Wang Rui.

A smile bloomed on Wang Rui's face, and he hurriedly returned the salute: "Marquis of Jing'an is too polite."

He did not hesitate to consume his true power to ride the wind for hundreds of kilometers to rush to Tancheng, just to meet Li Fei and leave behind some friendship.

If it were someone else, it would be impossible to let the Justice Academy take out so many rare materials to set up the formation.

Let alone letting him, the Chief True Person, a dignified cabinet official of the imperial court, lower his status to personally preside over the ceremony.

After chatting with Wang Rui for a while, Li Fei left the square and met Ning Qingman again.

However, this sword immortal did not make him transform into a sword again, but said solemnly:

"Thanks."

Li Fei looked at her: "Hmm?"

Ning Qingman looked at the altar in the square: "I know that if it weren't for your sake, the government of Dongping Province would not be so dedicated to saving people."

Li Fei was silent.

He also knew very well in his heart that for people like Wang Rui, human life had value.

I'm afraid that even if all tens of thousands of people in Tancheng died, it wouldn't be as valuable as the precious materials the Justice Academy took out this time!

So if Li Fei hadn't intervened in this incident, it was highly likely that no one would have cared about these tens of thousands of people in Tancheng.

A Jianghu loose cultivator thanking himself for a matter that should have been the responsibility of the imperial court made Li Fei's mood a bit complicated.

As early as in Xingcheng, he knew that the Great Lan Dynasty had many problems.

It was just that at that time, he was only a small martial artist in the Body Breaking stage and couldn't change anything at all, only able to kill a few corrupt officials for a moment of pleasure.

But now, whether it was personal martial power or power and status, he stood at the peak of the Great Lan Dynasty!

He could already influence the general trend of the world!

Thinking of this, Li Fei made a decision in his heart.

Next, he stayed in Dongping Province for ten days.

During these ten days, besides watching the Justice Academy hold the Body Purification Ceremony in Tancheng, he also secretly visited the major cities of Dongping Province—

In the capacity of a Lan Xun Special Envoy.

So in just ten days, two imperial court officials, five imperial court appointed officials, and twenty-seven subordinate officials in Dongping Province were taken away by supervisory personnel!

For a time, the entire officialdom of Dongping Province was shaken by it!

Ever since Li Fei took the position of Lan Xun Special Envoy, besides the 'fighting' with the Lu family back then, this was the first time he truly fulfilled the duties of a Lan Xun Special Envoy—

Touring the world on behalf of the Son of Heaven, sweeping away the filth of the officialdom!

But Li Fei could only stay in Dongping Province for ten days, because the delegation of the seven Western countries was about to arrive in Lanling City.

He, the person in charge, had to go back.

Before leaving, Li Fei, in the capacity of a Lan Xun Special Envoy, issued an order to the other provinces: the supervisory departments of each province should take the lead to conduct self-inspection of each prefecture and city, and the results of the inspection should be reported to him uniformly.

Although Li Fei knew that this round of self-inspection could at most kill the chicken to warn the monkey and could not fundamentally solve the problem.

But even if it only reduced the 'silt' accumulated over five hundred years of the Great Lan Dynasty by one point, it would be enough to change the fate of many bottom-level commoners.

"Sword Immortal Ning, we shall meet again."

In Tancheng, Li Fei cupped his hands to bid farewell to Ning Qingman.

He was going to set off to return to Lanling City today, and Ning Qingman would not travel with him, as she had to continue to pursue the whereabouts of Li Ming.

"We shall meet again."

Ning Qingman also cupped her hands to Li Fei, with a look of regret on her face.

In the end, she still couldn't let Li Fei transform into a sword again, letting her play with it...

Li Fei rode the flying boat and soared into the air.

Ning Qingman watched the other party disappear into the horizon, only then withdrawing her gaze and spreading out her left hand.

In her palm was a nearly transparent silk thread.

Across thousands of mountains and rivers, there was finally one thread.

49th year of Hongguang, November 16th.

A motorcade was driving toward Lanling City.

This motorcade had a total of more than ten cars, and each car was an extended type that had never appeared in the Great Lan Dynasty.

Regardless of the material, appearance, or the speed of the cars, these cars were far ahead of the cars of the Great Lan Dynasty.

All the more than ten cars came from the Western Continent and were the vehicles of the delegation of the seven Western countries, transported by ship.

Above this motorcade was a flying boat, and two people were standing on the flying boat.

These two people were one cabinet member of the Justice Pavilion and one cabinet member of the Stop-Fighting Pavilion.

At first, officials sent by the imperial court followed the motorcade of the Western delegation by car.

But these cars from the West had speeds far exceeding the cars of the Eastern Continent, and the people of the Western delegation had no intention of slowing down at all, soon leaving the people sent by the imperial court behind.

In order to avoid losing the demeanor of a great nation, the Central Secretariat urgently sent two cabinet members to 'lead the way' in the air using flying escape magic tools.

"This Duke Ryan really doesn't cover up at all."

Wei Yan looked at the motorcade below and sighed with emotion.

He was a cabinet member of the Stop-Fighting Pavilion, in the Martial Arts Master realm, and his hearing far exceeded that of ordinary people, able to hear the continuous sounds of collision and lewd moans coming from a silver sedan below.

It was self-evident what was happening in the car.

"I heard that the bloodline of the Ryan family is naturally lewd, never happy without women, similar to the dragon race among exotic beasts."

Shao Chenfeng, who was driving the flying boat on the side, said.

A look of envy flashed in his eyes.

As a True Person of the current age, he was not weaker than Wei Yan in combat power, but his physique was far inferior.

That Duke Ryan in the motorcade below had been tossing and turning from the start until now, having lasted for more than three hours!

This really made Shao Chenfeng very envious.

Suddenly, the top of the silver car that the two cabinet members were paying attention to suddenly opened.

A figure flew out from within and arrived in the air.

The person was bare-chested, with fair skin, muscles as solid as granite, and a head of lush golden hair, making him look like a golden lion.

Wei Yan and Shao Chenfeng looked at each other, hovered the flying boat, and saluted the person together:

"Duke Ryan, is there anything?"

The person turned around in the air and looked at the two cabinet members.

He had a high nose bridge, deep eye sockets, and a pair of golden pupils.

He was Duke Ryan of the Deni Kingdom, and also the representative of the Deni Kingdom's mission this time.

Zeke Ryan revealed a warm smile to the two and said in somewhat stiff Central Plains language:

"I just want to see the place where my father died in battle back then."

These words made Wei Yan and Shao Chenfeng startled.

Since they were responsible for the reception this time, they naturally understood the relevant intelligence.

Twenty-two years ago, the Western Allied Forces fought all the way to outside Lanling City.

Among the three princes who led the army at that time, there was a Prince Ryan.

Later, this prince died under the iron fist of the 'Military God' Wen Ren Zheng.

Zeke Ryan was the second son of the Prince Ryan of that year, and now he had grown step by step to the level of a Duke, becoming the new head of the Ryan family.

He stood in the air with a smile on his face, doing nothing, but Wei Yan and Shao Chenfeng felt as if they were in the middle of a rainstorm!

Suffocating pressure enveloped the minds of the two.

In the Western Continent, titles were divided into 'Real Titles' and 'Virtual Titles'.

'Real Titles' referred to personal strength being equal to the title, while 'Virtual Titles' referred to them being unequal.

Among the lower-level Barons, Viscounts, and Counts, there were quite a few 'Virtual Titles'.

But starting from the level of Marquis, almost all were 'Real Titles'.

Zeke Ryan's Duke title was won by his own strength!

The supernaturals of the Western Continent were divided into three grades at the Duke level: Vice Duke, Grand Duke, and Glory Duke.

Zeke's title was Duke, and his personal supernatural strength was Glory Duke!

The Duke level of the Western Continent corresponded to the Grandmaster of the Eastern Continent, and the Glory Duke was equivalent to the Grandmaster of the Dao-Establishing Realm.

So it was no wonder that Wei Yan and Shao Chenfeng felt so much pressure when facing Zeke.

However, both were people with firm minds, supporting bitterly under the pressure, maintaining composure, and not losing the dignity of the nation.

Originally, Li Fei should have been the one to face these.

But this Marquis of Jing'an first challenged the Jianghu Grandmaster, and then went to deal with the two great demons together with 'Sword Immortal' Ning Qingman.

He was so busy that he hadn't returned to Lanling City yet.

So Wei Yan and Shao Chenfeng could only bite the bullet and hold the scene first.

A few seconds later, all the pressure disappeared like an illusion.

Zeke's smile remained unchanged: "I don't know if I will have the opportunity to see the Grand Marshal of your country this time?"

Wei Yan calmed his mind and said neither humbly nor arrogantly:

"The Grand Marshal is not responsible for connecting with the delegation."

Zeke spread his hands: "That's really a pity."

Wei Yan looked at him: "Duke Ryan, please return to the motorcade; we will arrive in Lanling City soon. Lanling City has a ban; without permission, no one is allowed to fly over Lanling City."

"You have so many rules."

Zeke restrained his smile.

Wei Yan met the golden eyes of this Glory Duke and said word by word:

"The number of rules is not important. What is important is whether there is enough power to make people follow the rules."

Zeke's eyes changed, and just as he was about to speak, he suddenly paused and turned to look to the left.

Wei Yan and Shao Chenfeng were a step slower than him, but they also felt that something was wrong.

They saw a sword light galloping from afar!

The sword light carried extreme coldness, and a cold wave followed closely behind.

Wherever the cold wave passed, the ground froze one after another.

This cold wave was surging toward the motorcade on the highway.

The green-clad figure held her sword across heaven and earth, with an indescribable Sword Immortal demeanor!

In the first round of confrontation, Ning Qingman used the fact that Li Ming and the Old Ancestor of the Underworld had different intentions to barely cope with it.

Li Ming wanted her dead, while the Old Ancestor of the Underworld hoped she would withstand a few more Heavenly Tribulations before dying.

So she had immediately put on a posture of mutual destruction just now, rushing toward the depths of the Underworld River with all her might, making a move to destroy the Underworld Palace!

The Old Ancestor of the Underworld immediately chose to gather the Underworld River and defend with all his might, which gave Ning Qingman a chance to catch her breath and deal with Li Ming's attack.

This round of confrontation was completed in an instant; Ning Qingman successfully completed a sword dance on the edge of a blade and retreated unscathed!

Li Ming, who appeared a thousand meters away, was expressionless and did not care about this.

There was more than one lightning tribulation, and more than one layer of Heavenly Tribulation.

He still had many opportunities!

The tribulation clouds in the air became thicker and thicker; as the gathered power of heaven and earth continued to accumulate, quantitative change led to qualitative change, and the might of the lightning increased further.

The power of the Heavenly Tribulation officially reached the peak level!

The ink-colored tribulation clouds surged, and the might of heaven and earth was soul-stirring.

The vast Underworld River flowed, and hundreds of thousands of vengeful spirits wailed heart-rendingly.

The heaven and earth Qi transformed into a storm, and space twisted and vibrated under the iron fists.

In the entire Tan City, tens of thousands of commoners were bewildered and trembling under this apocalyptic scene!

Between heaven and earth, a green-clad figure stood holding a sword, her long hair dancing in the wind.

Ever since the Ning family was destroyed, she had been accustomed to facing everything alone, with no one to rely on.

Although Wen Xuexian had saved her, it was more out of consideration for her own cultivation, not truly being able to shelter her from the wind and rain.

But it didn't matter.

One person, one sword, was enough.

The green-clad figure between heaven and earth lonely lifted the long sword in her hand, preparing to welcome the second Lightning Tribulation.

Just like many years ago, when she lonely held her sword to face those fierce enemies.

Boom—

Golden lightning descended like a mountain and sea, like an angry dragon, roaring!

Ning Qingman prepared to meet it, to face another test of life and death.

The next instant, a golden figure blocked the space between heaven and earth.

Blocking between the Lightning Tribulation and her!

Slap—

The thunder struck the figure wearing golden battle armor.

Layer upon layer of mountain and river phantoms shattered one after another, and the shouts of hundreds of millions of commoners were covered by the thunder.

Two golden, shining characters appeared very eye-catching in the dim heaven and earth—

Jing'an!

This sudden change caught all three peak powerhouses off guard.

Ning Qingman was the most surprised; she looked up at Li Fei, who had returned:

"Why?"

You clearly have a bright future, clearly shoulder the heavy responsibility of the country, why would you come back to risk your life for people and things that are not important?

Li Fei lowered his head to meet Ning Qingman's gaze and smiled:

"In this life, one always has to do a few stupid things."

Ning Qingman was stunned; these were the words she had said to Li Fei before.

"Idiot!"

Li Ming narrowed his eyes and cursed in his heart.

Li Fei's return would not make him and the Old Ancestor of the Underworld retreat.

"Old Ghost, follow the plan."

Li Ming transmitted his voice to the Old Ancestor of the Underworld.

The next instant, the space behind Li Fei opened, and the vast Underworld River surged out from within!

"Be careful—"

Li Fei's heart and mind suffered an impact at the first moment; boundless vengeful spirits surged into his heart and mind world, intending to turn his consciousness into the Underworld!

Li Fei's expression remained unchanged, using 【No Distance】 to dodge the incoming divine ability.

Ning Qingman breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this, while the Old Ancestor of the Underworld, hiding in the dark, was filled with shock and uncertainty.

"This kid is strange!"

He immediately transmitted his voice to Li Ming.

According to his plan with Li Ming, if Li Fei wanted to intervene in this battle, he would use his arts to control Li Fei temporarily.

For him, a peak powerhouse of the True One Realm, life-and-death combat might not be as good as a Martial Saint, but his methods were varied, and his trickery was definitely hard to guard against.