Chapter 641: Unmasking

Inside the room, Li Fei did not rush to leave, but instead gestured for Zhao Yi to sit down.

"Did Zhao Renjie ever teach you any techniques to conceal your actions while projecting into the 'Dream Realm'?"

Li Fei asked suddenly.

Zhao Yi was startled upon hearing this, looking at Li Fei with a surprised expression:

"Is this what the Marquis of Jing'an told the Ghost King?"

Li Fei smiled and performed an action that Zhao Yi had not expected.

He reached out to his ghost mask, used his internal force to manipulate the metal connecting strips behind it, and then slowly removed the mask.

Zhao Yi subconsciously held her breath, then suddenly widened her eyes.

She looked at the familiar face beneath the mask in disbelief.

A few seconds later, she snapped back to reality and hurriedly stood up to bow to Li Fei:

"Greetings, Marquis of Jing'an!"

Li Fei raised a hand to signal her to rise: "Sit and speak."

Zhao Yi sat back down, her gaze toward Li Fei burning with intensity.

Back when she was forced to make a three-year pact with Li Fei, she had felt stifled and resentful.

It was only after the news of Li Fei being enfeoffed as a Marquis returned that she realized how lucky she was!

Having felt the intoxication brought by power, Li Fei had become an object of her envy and admiration.

"May I ask what the relationship is between the Marquis of Jing'an and the Green-Faced Ghost King?"

Zhao Yi asked.

Watching the other's cautious demeanor, Li Fei felt a sense of emotion.

Even when she had been bound to him by a vow technique, she had never been this respectful, and at times, she had been quite blunt.

Status and power truly could create a sense of distance.

"I actually prefer your unruly side; can you revert to that?"

Li Fei said jokingly.

"Ah?"

Zhao Yi was dumbfounded.

Li Fei laughed, using his internal force to control the ghost mask in his hand to return to its original shape, embedding it into the blade to become the hilt, allowing the Ghost-Slaying Blade to return to its original form:

"I am the Green-Faced Ghost; I always have been."

"..."

Zhao Yi could not care about the joke Li Fei had just made; she was plunged into shock.

"How is it possible that you..."

For a moment, she did not know what to say.

When she first met Li Fei, he was only a Qi-Transformation stage martial artist, while at that time, the Green-Faced Ghost had already displayed the combat power of the Dao-Foundation stage.

How could a Qi-Transformation stage martial artist impersonate a Dao-Foundation stage martial artist?

Moreover, when the Green-Faced Ghost King climbed the Wind and Cloud General Ranking, Li Fei had only just broken through to the Dao-Foundation stage less than two months prior.

How could such a Dao-Foundation stage martial artist possess the combat power of a peak Dao-Foundation stage?

This fact was too subversive to one's worldview!

Furthermore, the internal force Li Fei had always displayed was completely different from the internal force displayed by the Green-Faced Ghost.

So even though Li Fei told Zhao Yi personally, Zhao Yi found it hard to believe.

People in the outside world had always speculated about the relationship between Li Fei and the Green-Faced Ghost King, but no one had ever thought they could be the same person.

Li Fei sat quietly on the sofa, waiting for Zhao Yi to digest this fact.

The reason he chose to reveal the truth to Zhao Yi was that, after several months of observation, Zhao Yi's performance had gradually earned his trust.

Besides that, a more important point was that he no longer worried about his identity being exposed.

When he fought Lan Ruoyun, he chose to use the power of the Myriad Blood Bead in front of a Martial Arts Master, and he had already made his decision then:

From now on, his true self would no longer hide the power of the Myriad Blood Bead!

First enfeoffed as a Marquis, then appointed as a Special Envoy of the Blue Patrol, the current Li Fei no longer worried about the Green-Faced Ghost's identity being discovered.

The imperial court's arrest warrant for the Green-Faced Ghost had long been revoked. (See Chapter 62 of Volume 2 for details.)

The one who intercepted the imperial special train was the Blood-Faced Ghost, who had also long since been executed.

Today, the Green-Faced Ghost King of Datong Prefecture was already a clean identity.

Of course, Li Fei would not go out of his way to reveal his identity; after all, having a secondary persona was sometimes quite convenient.

He only informed Zhao Yi, who had earned his trust, to facilitate future contact.

"... he Marquis is truly a miracle."

It took Zhao Yi a long time to accept this fact, and she spoke in a complex tone.

"Alright, you can answer my question now."

Li Fei said.

Zhao Yi nodded: "Zhao Renjie did indeed teach me a technique that can use the Dream-Like Order to hide one's tracks in the 'Dream Realm' and leave behind a false projection."

"As expected."

Li Fei had thought of this when he encountered people from the Nightmare Sect in the 'Dream Realm'.

To avoid encountering people from the Nightmare Sect in the 'Dream Realm', Zhao Renjie would inevitably have taken precautions.

After Li Fei encountered people from the Nightmare Sect in the 'Dream Realm' of the Great Luo Sect, he had never entered the 'Dream Realm' again.

He had to guard against being targeted by the Nightmare Sect.

If the other party was waiting for him, he would be exposed the moment he started wandering in the 'Dream Realm'.

Fortunately, Zhao Renjie had left behind a solution.

"Teach me this technique."

Li Fei said.

Zhao Yi looked at him in surprise: "Has the Marquis already reached the late stage of Divine Transformation?"

Only by reaching the late stage of Divine Transformation and using the Dream-Like Order could one perform the 'Gate of the Dream Realm' and begin wandering the 'Dream Realm'.

A few months ago, Li Fei was only at the early stage of Divine Transformation; one must know that the cultivation speed of techniques is much slower than that of martial arts.

"Yes."

Li Fei admitted frankly.

"..."

Zhao Yi was silent.

However, thinking that Li Fei could rival Dao-Foundation stage martial artists while at the Qi-Transformation stage, this miracle happening to him did not seem so magical after all.

Subsequently, she dictated the technique Zhao Renjie had left behind to Li Fei.

This technique was called 'Shadow Concealment', which could hide one's subconscious projection in the 'Dream Realm'.

Only by using the Dream-Like Order, a True-One magic treasure specifically crafted for the 'Dream Realm', could one achieve such a thing.

Li Fei spent over half an hour confirming that he had mastered the Shadow Concealment technique.

He stood up and glanced at Zhao Yi: "From now on, you will continue to act as the proxy for Green-Faced Manor."

Having finished speaking, his figure disappeared from the room.

Zhao Yi stood dazed in place; a few seconds later, immense joy flooded her heart.

She bowed in the direction where Li Fei had left:

"Thank you, Marquis!"

Wutong District, located at the southernmost tip of Datong Prefecture, was a place where people from the underworld and gangs gathered, and public security was relatively poor.

A few months ago, Wutong District was unified.

The suddenly appearing Ghost-Slaying Gang unified this area; all underworld figures and gangs either submitted or were killed!

Ironically, after the Ghost-Slaying Gang unified this place, the public security of Wutong District improved significantly.

Now, this had become the base of the Ghost-Slaying Gang, and Guo Yang returned to Wutong District with Bai Yukai, Secretary Wang, and over a hundred members of the Ghost-Slaying Gang.

After having people send Bai Yukai and Secretary Wang to their residences to rest, Guo Yang headed toward a mansion alone.

This mansion was originally the luxury home of a local wealthy merchant, but it had now become the residence of the Ghost-Slaying Gang leader.

The wealthy merchant had 'voluntarily' gifted this mansion.

Guo Yang walked into the mansion, passed through several corridors, and arrived at the edge of a lake.

Night had fallen, and lanterns were hung on the willow branches along the lake shore, swaying gently with the breeze.

Faint light and shadows intertwined, reflecting hazy halos on the lake surface, as if dots of starlight had fallen into the mortal world.

A man wearing a white robe was enjoying the scenery alone in the pavilion at the center of the lake.

The man looked very young, with delicate features and a scholarly air, appearing like a scholar well-versed in classics.

It was hard to imagine that this person was the leader of the Ghost-Slaying Gang.

"Leader."

Guo Yang bowed to the other from afar at the lake shore.

The young man continued to look at the lake surface and said softly: "Come over and speak."

Thus, Guo Yang walked cautiously across the long corridor and arrived outside the lake pavilion.

He did not dare to enter the pavilion and very respectfully reported the situation of his visit to Green-Faced Manor that night.

This Hall Master, who dared to fight and kill outside and was full of baleful aura, was as docile as a sheep before the young Gang Leader.

The origins of the Ghost-Slaying Gang's Gang Leader were mysterious; he had never appeared in the pugilistic world before, and even the high-level members within the Ghost-Slaying Gang did not know his identity or even his name, referring to him only as Gang Leader.

The reason Guo Yang was so respectful was that he had seen with his own eyes the other party strike a Dao Foundation realm powerhouse into serious injury with a single move!

"Understood, you may go."

After hearing Guo Yang's report, the Ghost-Slaying Gang's Gang Leader said without turning his head.

"Yes."

Guo Yang hurriedly turned and left.

Every time he was in front of the Gang Leader, he felt immense pressure.

It was a martial artist's intuition, like standing on the edge of a cliff, where one careless step would lead to being smashed to pieces!

"Are Green-Faced Ghost and Li Fei really the same person?"

The Ghost-Slaying Gang's Gang Leader suddenly asked.

At this time, Guo Yang had already left, and there was no one else around him.

But a voice suddenly rang out within the pavilion:

"I am sixty percent certain that these two are the same person."

"Just because of that battle at Lingshou Prefecture City?"

"I also observed the battle between Green-Faced Ghost and Gu Yuefeng back then; Li Fei's defensive mode is almost exactly the same as Green-Faced Ghost's."

"Green-Faced Ghost has a deep connection with the Tiangang Sect, and Li Fei is a successor of the Tiangang Sect; is it possible they just cultivated the same technique?"

"That is indeed possible, but Hao Yi has never revealed it, so I am more inclined to believe they are the same person; after all, the Green-Faced Ghost King has not appeared for a long time."

"If the two are truly the same person, then that is even better for us."

The Ghost-Slaying Gang's Gang Leader said, "In that case, this person has even more value to be recruited!"

"I fear it will be even harder to recruit him."

The voice in the darkness said.

The Ghost-Slaying Gang's Gang Leader revealed a smile: "How would we know without trying?"

He suddenly turned to look at the opposite bank of the lake, dark light flickering in his eyes.

The next second, he spoke toward the opposite bank:

"Since you have come, why hide and skulk?"

On the bank, at the spot the Ghost-Slaying Gang's Gang Leader was watching, Li Fei was wearing a black robe, standing quietly in the shadows.

After leaving the Green-Faced Villa, he had headed straight for the Ghost-Slaying Gang's base, wanting to see what secrets this mysterious gang was hiding.

Having cast the 'Art of Obscuring Vision' and the Vajra Seal: Treasure Vase, he was nearly invisible.

He had not alerted anyone along the way and had successfully arrived at the side of this lake.

He had not expected that as soon as he arrived, he would be discovered by the young man in the lake pavilion.

"You are the Gang Leader of the Ghost-Slaying Gang?"

Li Fei simply stopped hiding and walked out from the shadows.

After seeing the evil ghost mask Li Fei was wearing clearly, the Ghost-Slaying Gang's Gang Leader's eyes lit up:

"Should I call you Green-Faced Ghost King? Or should I call you Marquis of Jing'an?"

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