Chapter 754: Snow Disaster and Curses, Seeing History Anew (7000)

February 13th.

More than a month has passed since this year's first Grand Court Assembly.

Lanling City and its surrounding areas have also experienced heavy snow for over a month, which is not common in previous years.

Because it is located in the capital region, the imperial court's various welfare and support efforts are substantial, so no major problems have arisen.

However, the sustained low temperatures combined with the heavy snow have already caused large-scale snow disasters in several provinces!

Roads are blocked, livestock have frozen to death, and houses have collapsed under the weight of the heavy snow.

Although the central government quickly ordered all localities to provide personnel and resources for rapid disaster relief, rescue work has been slow to unfold because many remote areas lack railways and normal roads are blocked by the heavy snow.

Luo Province, Fuhua Prefecture.

Kangjia Town, located more than three hundred li from Jiaoshi City.

It is surrounded by mountains on all sides, and after the heavy snow sealed the mountains, the only few access routes were also frozen over by the ice and snow.

Telephone lines have also been damaged, and the entire town has been disconnected from the outside world for nearly a week.

The townspeople's charcoal and firewood for heating have almost run out, and some people have already been frozen to death!

In the most luxurious three-story small villa in Kangjia Town, the Town Mayor Yu Ming sat in his study with a grave expression.

There was a stove in the study, warming the entire room.

Yu Ming had joined the army in his youth and became a Body-Breaking Realm martial artist. After performing meritorious service on the battlefield and retiring, he spent money and pulled strings to finally secure this official position as town mayor.

His household's winter supplies were sufficient, and with his martial artist physique, he would not die even if everyone else in the town froze to death.

But at this very moment, sitting in the warm study, Yu Ming's heart was extremely cold.

"When did this thing start appearing?"

He held a flyer in his hand and asked the person sitting across from him.

"Old Zhang from the station came to my house yesterday and said that someone knocked on his nephew's door a few days ago and gave this thing to his nephew."

Kang Changyu's face was also crumpled into a ball; he scratched his messy hair and spoke.

He was a local of Kangjia Town and the chief of the town's Inspection Station.

The town level is different from the 'City, Prefecture, and Province' levels above it; it does not have a complete set of six academies. Aside from the town mayor and some officials belonging to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, there is only an Inspection Station, with about twenty inspectors in the station to maintain the town's public order.

Therefore, the two people sitting in the study now were already the two individuals with the highest official rank and power in Kangjia Town.

But both men now hated that their official ranks were too low and their abilities too small, as they had no idea how to handle the matter at hand.

The content written on the flyer in Yu Ming's hand could be called treasonous!

It is often said that great disasters bring forth evil spirits, meaning that during times of disaster, many evil cults will take the opportunity to emerge and win over people's hearts.

Yu Ming and Kang Changyu had seen similar things in the past, and had even personally wiped out some evil cult members.

But the current flyer could no longer be summarized as a simple evil cult.

The content on the flyer was written simply and directly in plain language, mainly stating three things:

First, the Great Lan Dynasty is full of corrupt officials, and the supplies issued by the imperial court for the common people to survive the winter have almost all been embezzled.

Second, the imperial court is whitewashing the peace; millions of people died in Ming Province last year! The northern border is also at war, and the war is going poorly.

Third, the foolish monarch is devoid of Dao, and the imperial court has lost its virtue, thus inviting heavenly punishment. This snow disaster is the heavenly punishment, proving that the Great Lan Dynasty's fate is coming to an end!

Otherwise, why were there no problems with the snow in all the years past, yet such a severe snow disaster occurred this year?

These three points, progressing layer by layer, were equivalent to saying that the Great Lan Dynasty had problems from top to bottom!

At the end of the flyer, a passage of incantation was written, the general meaning of which was to curse the corrupt officials, curse the incompetent ministers, curse the foolish monarch, and finally curse this decaying kingdom!

The revelations on the flyer and the final curses all made Yu Ming and Kang Changyu feel terrified.

In the past, those evil cults at most made people believe in some evil god to obtain spiritual solace and the like.

But this unknown organization that had emerged this time was directly inciting people to curse officials, curse the imperial court, and even curse the monarch and the entire Great Lan Dynasty!

"Old Zhang's nephew said that the person who distributed the flyers told them that as long as they sincerely recited this final passage of the incantation, they would not fear the bitter cold."

Kang Changyu said.

Yu Ming was startled: "You tried it?"

Kang Changyu hurriedly shook his head: "How would I dare!"

Yu Ming looked at him: "Then what about Old Zhang's nephew?"

Kang Changyu hesitated for a moment and said: "Old Zhang's nephew didn't dare to try it at first, but his wife was so cold she couldn't take it anymore, so she tried reciting this incantation, and as a result... as a result, it really wasn't as cold anymore."

"Damn it!"

Yu Ming couldn't help but curse.

"Town Mayor, you have traveled far and wide and are well-informed; can just reciting a few incantations really work? Old Zhang's nephew's wife is just an ordinary person."

Kang Changyu asked doubtfully.

Yu Ming took out a cigarette, and Kang Changyu hurriedly lit it for him.

Yu Ming's eyes were deep as he said slowly:

"Back when we were fighting in the deserts in the south, the temperature difference between day and night was huge; it was like a steamer during the day and an ice cellar at night.

Once, our squad encountered a group of our own soldiers' corpses at night; they were all mummified, like those who had been roasted by a big fire for days and nights. But the problem was that the temperature at the time was very low, there were no traces of fire around, and the clothes on these corpses were intact and even covered in frost, damn it."

"Ah?"

Kang Changyu listened with his mouth wide open, "Then how was that done?"

Yu Ming: "At the time, our squad leader said that this was witchcraft performed by the sorcerers of the southern Desert Kingdom; their sorcerers are our equivalent of mages, and they used a type of spell."

Kang Changyu frowned: "Are these spells that powerful? Aren't they all just little tricks to deceive people? The evil cult mages we've caught before didn't seem that powerful."

Yu Ming shook his head: "You don't understand. Spells can affect a person's spirit. Some spells can only deceive people, while others can influence a person's body through the spirit. For example, those mummified corpses we saw back then—they burned themselves to death!"

"Burned themselves to death?"

Kang Changyu felt a chill down his spine, completely unable to understand how this was done.

Yu Ming's expression was grave: "In short, some spells are very strange. The incantation written on this flyer might really be able to make a person's body heat up, thereby resisting the cold."

"Then what should we do?"

Kang Changyu asked.

In this kind of hellish weather that can freeze people to death, with communications cut off and the imperial court's rescue slow to arrive, if the incantation on the flyer could really help people resist the cold, the vast majority of people wouldn't care who the incantation was cursing!

Although the literacy rate in Kangjia Town is not high, that doesn't stop others from directly teaching people how to recite the incantation.

The content of these incantations is straightforward and easy to remember.

"Immediately organize personnel to search house by house. This kind of thing cannot be left behind. Once it spreads, we might all lose our heads in the future!"

Yu Ming gritted his teeth and said.

"Then how do we solve the problem of resisting the cold?"

Kang Changyu knew that searching for flyers could only treat the symptoms, not the root cause.

"Mobilize the wealthy families in the town to distribute supplies, starting with your house and mine!"

Yu Ming made a prompt decision, choosing to spend money to avert disaster.

"Alright."

Kang Changyu also knew the severity of the situation; although it pained him, he decided to cooperate.

Bang—

A muffled sound suddenly came from downstairs.

The two people in the study were startled and quickly stood up.

Kang Changyu immediately took out his service pistol from the holster at his waist and walked to the door of the study, listening to the movement outside.

Yu Ming glanced at the battle saber hanging on the wall; that was the weapon he had brought back when he retired from the frontier army.

In the end, he did not take down the battle saber, but instead took a revolver from the drawer.

Having been away from the battlefield for many years, he was no longer the warrior who dared to fight to the death.

Even if he was a Body-Breaking Realm martial artist, he trusted the pistol in his hand more.

The two looked at each other, opened the study door, and looked outside...

On this day, Kangjia Town was still suffering from the ravages of the wind and snow.

The Inspection Station took no action, and the town mayor's house did not distribute supplies to the public.

Under the shroud of ice and snow, seven provinces of the Great Lan Dynasty had encountered snow disasters, with millions of people affected!

What was happening in Kangjia Town was also happening in many other places at the same time.

Lanling City.

Marquis of Jing'an's Mansion.

The mansion finally no longer had only Li Fei; now there were more than a dozen maids and servants, as well as a butler and guards.

These people were all arranged for Li Fei by Lu Wenxing and were all trustworthy.

Li Fei pushed open the door and walked into the courtyard, looking up at the sky.

The snow was still falling, but compared to last month, it had become much lighter, and the temperature was gradually warming up.

Ordinary people might feel that the weather was gradually getting better, but only those proficient in spells could perceive that there was a grand spell power in the sky, affecting the wind and snow of the entire city!

Li Fei speculated that this was a great formation covering Lanling City at work.

This great formation might have been constructed by the imperial court after the Western Allied Forces reached the city gates, with the goal of preventing Lanling City from being bombed again.

It was just that this great formation was not used to resist Western bombers, but was used to resist the wind and snow first.

"Marquis."

A voice came.

Li Fei turned around to look, and Lu Wenxing was walking toward him.

"Old Lu, is there something the matter?"

Nowadays, Li Fei's form of address for Lu Wen has changed from "Lord Lu" to "Old Lu."

"Chi Chengyu's case has been judged!"

Lu Wen got straight to the point.

"Oh? What was the verdict?"

"Forming cliques for private gain, corruption and bribery, and suppressing colleagues—Chi Chengyu has confessed to all these charges. But he refuses to admit to the murder of Su Xuesong's only son, Su Yifei, no matter what. Currently, there is no solid evidence to prove that Su Yifei was killed by someone he sent."

"Actually, I suspect Su Xuesong doesn't necessarily believe his son was killed by Chi Chengyu either; he just needs a target to vent his anger on."

"The Marquis is insightful."

"What about the collusion between the World-Entering Society and the New Heaven Society?"

"Chi Chengyu confessed to this as well, but only claimed he was doing business with others and knew nothing about any New Heaven Society."

"Hmm, what was the final sentence?"

"Chi Chengyu has been removed from his post, stripped of his Cabinet official position, and sent to the Northern Frontier to fight and atone for his crimes."

Lu Wen said.

After all, Chi Chengyu is a Martial Arts Master, and the crimes he confessed to are not considered too severe, so he certainly would not be heavily sentenced.

It just so happens that the war in the Northern Frontier has not ceased, so sending him there to atone for his crimes might give him a chance to make a comeback in the future.

Li Fei is not interested in the verdict for Chi Chengyu; he only wants to know if this case can be used to dig deeper into clues about the New Heaven Society, thereby allowing the Temple of Heaven assassination case to be closed.

"Accompany me to the Inspection Cabinet."

Li Fei said to Lu Wen.

"Very well."

Lu Wen turned to go to the garage to prepare the car.

Soon, a car drove out of the Jing'an Marquis Mansion.

"Marquis, the date for the Blue Patrol Cabinet's first national referendum has been set for the 1st of next month."

In the car, while driving, Lu Wen said to Li Fei:

"Here in Feng Province, your application has been approved, and you can participate in the referendum as a reserve cabinet member. Besides that, Feng Province has two other reserve cabinet members: He Zhuoran and Miao Lang.

He Zhuoran is the Sect Master of the Lingyun Sect in Yunxi Prefecture, and Miao Lang is a retainer of the Lu family."

The matter of the Blue Patrol Cabinet was officially passed at the Grand Court Meeting on February 1st.

In the time that followed, the imperial court sent invitations to all eligible individuals and factions in the twenty-three provinces, inviting them to join the Blue Patrol Cabinet.

Anyone with a cultivation base at the Dao Foundation stage or Spirit Possession stage can become a Councilor of the Blue Patrol Cabinet after passing an assessment.

Anyone with a cultivation base as a Martial Arts Master or True Person can become a reserve cabinet member of the Blue Patrol Cabinet after passing an assessment.

The so-called assessment is, in reality, the approval of the imperial court.

The Blue Patrol Cabinet does not restrict official positions, so whether one is a person of the jianghu or an imperial official, anyone who passes the assessment can join the Blue Patrol Cabinet.

The only "unspoken rule": for the time being, it does not accept the inclusion of Grandmasters or top-tier True Persons.

Although it was not stated explicitly, all factions that should know about this "unspoken rule" are now aware of it; the maximum cultivation base for a member of the Blue Patrol Cabinet is limited to the level of Martial Arts Master or True Person.

This rule is actually intended to accommodate those non-top-tier factions.

Except for the top-tier factions—the two Buddhist and Daoist houses, the one building and one cabinet, the three mountains, the four sects, and the seven great families—the remaining factions have no combat power at the level of Grandmaster or top-tier True Person.

If this were not restricted, it would be difficult to maintain the balance of the Blue Patrol Cabinet.

Under these circumstances, the reserve cabinet members participating in the referendum across the twenty-three provinces are all Martial Arts Masters or True Persons.

Only Li Fei is the exception.

But this Jing'an Marquis is famous throughout the world; as the greatest Dao Foundation stage cultivator in history, having slain a dual-ability Martial Arts Master and publicly defeated a Martial Arts Master, no one would question his qualifications to participate in this referendum.

It is just that not many people believe he can be elected.

"The information I have gathered so far is that 17 Dao Foundation stage martial artists and 6 Spirit Possession stage Great Mages in Yunxi Prefecture have become Councilors.

In Qingli Prefecture, 22 Dao Foundation stage martial artists and 6 Spirit Possession stage Great Mages have become Councilors.

In Datong Prefecture, 51 Dao Foundation stage martial artists and 10 Spirit Possession stage Great Mages have become Councilors.

In the provincial capital of Feng Province, 34 Dao Foundation stage martial artists and 17 Spirit Possession stage Great Mages have become Councilors."

Lu Wen informed Li Fei of the detailed data he had gathered.

The key to the referendum lies in the number of votes; only Dao Foundation stage martial artists and Spirit Possession stage Great Mages can become Councilors and possess the right to vote.

Li Fei calculated silently:

Because Datong Prefecture has the Martial Arts University, the number of Dao Foundation stage martial artists there is greater than the other two prefectures combined.

A large portion of these Dao Foundation stage martial artists are professors at the Martial Arts University.

The rest are partly people from the Datong Prefecture government and partly people from the jianghu.

With these 51 votes, plus the 10 votes from the local Justice Courts and the Datong Prefecture Justice General Court, Li Fei can get at least 50 votes!

Then he calculated the votes on the Lu family's side.

The Lu family's ancestral home is in Qingli Prefecture, so this prefecture is practically the Lu family's "vote bank."

Qingli Prefecture has a total of 28 votes, and the Lu family should be able to secure all of them.

The provincial capital has a total of 51 votes, most of which belong to Hongyi University and the Lu family; the Lu family should be able to secure at least 40 votes.

Calculating it this way, the vote count for that Lu family retainer will be no less than 68!

In other words, even if Li Fei were to secure all the votes in Datong Prefecture, he would still not be able to surpass the Lu family.

"The key lies in those 23 votes in Yunxi Prefecture; if I can win them over, there is still a chance."

Li Fei pondered to himself.

Yunxi Prefecture has also sent a representative, He Zhuoran, the Sect Master of the Lingyun Sect.

Although the other party knows he certainly won't be elected as a cabinet member, he will inevitably siphon off a portion of the votes in Yunxi Prefecture.

Because according to the newly introduced referendum rules, reserve cabinet members who are not elected must receive at least 10 votes during the referendum.

Otherwise, they will lose their status as reserve cabinet members.

The various powers of a reserve cabinet member are greater than those of a Councilor, and they are eligible to continue running for cabinet member in the coming year, so there will be at least a dozen votes in Yunxi Prefecture for He Zhuoran.

This rule is intended to prevent certain factions from sending more than one person to become a reserve cabinet member.

With this rule in place, if one wants to have more reserve cabinet members, one must distribute a portion of the votes.

In that case, their own election as a cabinet member might not be a sure thing.

"The neutral votes I can win over are only about a dozen or so."

Li Fei calculated silently and realized that if he wanted to surpass the Lu family in this referendum,

the difficulty was too great.

"I have already contacted the Marquis Mansion and the Border Garrison Commander."

Lu Wen said to Li Fei, "I asked them to find a way to win more votes for the Marquis."

Li Fei nodded: "If there is anything I need to do, tell me in time."

As the two were talking, the car drove to the headquarters of the Inspection Cabinet.

Li Fei got out of the car and walked inside with Lu Wen.

More than an hour later, the two came out from inside, got into the car, and left.

Li Fei had come to talk to He Jian about the World-Entering Society case; the case had just been closed today, and this master detective had already obtained many clues and leads for solving the case through Chi Chengyu's confession.

If everything goes smoothly from here on, the Temple of Heaven assassination case can also be closed.

Only then will Li Fei, as the Special Envoy of the Blue Patrol, have no other official business, allowing him to focus on reopening Shangguan Xiao's case.

In a good mood, Li Fei rode the car back to his mansion.

When the car drove outside the main gate of the Marquis Mansion, he saw a somewhat familiar figure through the car window.

"Stop the car."

Li Fei said.

"Marquis?"

Lu Wen turned his head to look at him.

"I saw an acquaintance; I'll get out and ask."

Li Fei said as he opened the car door.

Outside the main gate of the Marquis Mansion, in the snow, a young man wearing Daoist robes stood with a long sword on his back, standing like a green pine.

The young Daoist had plain features, save for a pair of brows and eyes that resembled unsheathed sharp swords, making him unforgettable to anyone who saw him.

"Brother Ning?"

Li Fei approached this person and spoke.

The person who had come was none other than the current second-ranked person on the overall Wind and Cloud Ranking, Ning Chuan!

Ning Chuan cupped his hands in a salute to Li Fei:

"Greetings, Jing'an Marquis."

Li Fei raised his hand: "Brother Ning, there is no need for such formalities. Are you here to see me?"

Ning Chuan nodded and said word for word:

"I have come to challenge you."

Li Fei was taken aback; he had not expected this answer.

"I know I am no match for you."

Ning Chuan said very candidly.

He is a very proud person; among the peerless geniuses written of in the *Treatise on Heavenly Geniuses*, he is the proudest of them all.

But this pride was gradually buried deep away following the upheaval at the Great Luo Sect.

This time, descending the mountain to walk the world of martial arts, Ning Chuan is doing so to rediscover his pride.

Or rather, to rediscover the pride of the Great Luo Sect!

"I arrived in Lanling City ten days ago, but I did not come to the manor to find you immediately."

Ning Chuan explained to Li Fei very earnestly, "I spent ten days polishing my state of mind and accumulating my sword intent. For this battle, I have prepared for ten days in advance.

I am certainly not your match, but this battle will definitely not make you feel bored."

After speaking, he once again cupped his hands in a salute to Li Fei:

"I ask for your fulfillment!"

For a person as proud as him, saying such words is actually not easy at all.

Just as Li Fei was about to nod, a voice suddenly came:

"I have prepared for even longer; perhaps Daoist Ning should fulfill me first."

Li Fei turned his head to look and saw a flash of blue gauze enter his vision.

Agile and flawless, like a white crane descending from the clouds, standing amidst the snow.

Li Fei also recognized the person who had arrived: the eldest young lady of the Lan family—Lan Ruoyun.

Lan Ruoyun stepped forward and walked toward this side.

She wore a smile and first cupped her hands in a salute to Li Fei: "Greetings, Marquis of Jing'an. Apologies for interrupting the two of you in your duel."

Li Fei: "It is no matter; I had not yet agreed to Brother Ning anyway."

Ning Chuan frowned slightly and looked at Lan Ruoyun:

"What does the eldest young lady of the Lan family mean by this?"

Lan Ruoyun saluted him:

"Daoist Ning, I benefited greatly from our previous battle. After losing to you, I pondered for a long time, and being unconvinced in my heart, I wish to fight you once more!"

Previously, Ning Chuan had taken the initiative to find her and won the battle, thereby directly ascending to the overall Wind and Cloud Ranking in second place, leaving Lan Ruoyun in third.

Now, Lan Ruoyun wanted to compete again.

Ning Chuan felt dissatisfied.

It was not that he dared not compete with Lan Ruoyun, but for this battle today, he had prepared for a long time and was truly unwilling to use the techniques and sword intent he had meticulously prepared on someone else.

In his heart, within the Dao Foundation realm, no one besides Li Fei was qualified to receive this next sword strike of his!

A burst of sword intent suddenly bloomed from Lan Ruoyun's body.

This sword intent was ethereal and unpredictable, changing like white clouds in the sky and flowing like water on the ground, agile and free.

"Cause and Effect of Orchids and Catkins?"

Li Fei immediately recalled the style of Dao energy Lan Ruoyun had used on him back then.

That was the supreme unique skill of the Lan family, originally a Dao energy of the Creation level!

Judging from the sword intent blooming from Lan Ruoyun at this moment, her mastery of 【Cause and Effect of Orchids and Catkins】 was clearly much stronger, having already reached the Wish-Fulfillment level.

In other words, Lan Ruoyun had also cultivated Dao energy of the Wish-Fulfillment level with a Dao Foundation cultivation base!

Sensing this sword intent, Ning Chuan's expression softened slightly.

He nodded to Lan Ruoyun: "Very well, then let us compete once more."

The 【Cause and Effect of Orchids and Catkins】 at the Wish-Fulfillment level was indeed qualified to receive his sword.

Soon, only the two of them remained standing opposite each other on the long street.

Li Fei and Lu Wenxing both stood at the gate of the Marquis's manor to watch the battle.

"Who does the Marquis think will win?"

Lu Wenxing asked curiously, using sound transmission with his internal energy.

Li Fei also replied via sound transmission: "I cannot guess either."

In his view, the current Ning Chuan and Lan Ruoyun were already standing at the absolute peak of the Dao Foundation realm, no worse than Shentu Yue and Yan Dongchen before they had broken through their realms.

To determine the winner, it would depend on their on-the-spot performance, as well as the strength of their respective inheritances and Dao Foundations.

Ning Chuan possessed the world-renowned Dao Foundation 【Ten Thousand Thunders Governing Fate】, which was clearly stronger than Lan Ruoyun's in terms of Dao Foundation.

But the 【Cause and Effect of Orchids and Catkins】 mastered by Lan Ruoyun was a Creation-level Dao energy; even if she could currently only exert the power of the Wish-Fulfillment level, it was still stronger than the Wish-Fulfillment level Dao energy mastered by Ning Chuan.

Thus, both had their strengths and weaknesses, and the outcome was unknown.

"It has begun."

Li Fei suddenly said.

Thunder and lightning suddenly erupted in the snow, followed by howling gales also carrying thunder and lightning.

The snow melted into water, and thunder was born within the water.

A sea of fire shrouded the sky above the long street, and thunder was also born within the fire.

Earth thunder, wind thunder, water thunder, fire thunder!

【Ten Thousand Thunders Governing Fate】, turning all things into thunder!

A world of thunder was subsequently generated, shrouding the long street and trapping Lan Ruoyun within it.

The heavy pressure brought by the entire heaven and earth crushed down toward Lan Ruoyun; she was like a lone cloud crane in the sky, soaring through the heavens and earth, avoiding the bolts of thunder with an elegant posture.

But as the thunder world continued to shrink, the space left for Lan Ruoyun to dodge became smaller and smaller.

In Lu Wenxing's eyes, he could only see dazzling thunder light and a blue figure flickering from time to time.

At a certain moment, the thunder world was compressed almost to the limit.

Ning Chuan drew his sword, and only that brilliant sword light remained between heaven and earth!

Lu Wenxing opened his eyes wide, trying hard to see clearly.

But Li Fei chose to close his eyes.

In his perception, Ning Chuan had condensed the entire thunder world onto his own sword!

This sword strike was both an entire world condensed into a single bolt of thunder, and a single bolt of thunder manifesting a new heaven.

One gives birth to all things.

All things return to one.

This sword strike of Ning Chuan's was almost on the verge of touching the Profound Realm level!

This was the source of his confidence in challenging Li Fei!

When the sword light was about to strike Lan Ruoyun, this beautiful woman finally drew her sword as well.

Ning Chuan, relying on the improvement brought by the original Heaven-Sacrifice Ceremony, had purified his intent and connected with the divine, raising his mental power to the 'Divine Connection Realm' and thereby cultivating Dao energy of the Wish-Fulfillment level.

Lan Ruoyun was actually inferior to him and had not truly broken through her Dao energy to the Wish-Fulfillment level; she could only reach the Wish-Fulfillment level in the technique 【Cause and Effect of Orchids and Catkins】.

Therefore, she relied solely on this technique to decide the outcome.

Cause and effect inverted, heaven and earth reversed!

Ning Chuan's sword strike was indeed powerful, but it had ultimately not exceeded the Wish-Fulfillment level, so it was still influenced by 【Cause and Effect of Orchids and Catkins】.

A portion of the power vanished into thin air and then miraculously transferred to Lan Ruoyun's sword.

The two longswords clashed.

In an instant, heaven and earth fell silent.

Suddenly, Li Fei opened his eyes wide.

On the long street, two grand auras surged into the sky almost simultaneously, disturbing the clouds!

The snowflakes falling in the sky were swept away completely.

"Marquis?!"

Lu Wenxing widened his eyes and turned to ask Li Fei.

Li Fei nodded, confirming his conjecture: "They have broken through their realms."

Ning Chuan and Lan Ruoyun had both found the opportunity to break through their realms through this battle.

Both broke through!

A moment later, there were two more martial arts masters in the human world.

"This is truly..."

Lu Wenxing looked at the two who had separated again, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Lan Ruoyun was one thing; after all, she was already 29 years old, and becoming a martial arts master with the combat power of the third-ranked person on the overall Wind and Cloud Ranking was not exactly earth-shattering.

But Ning Chuan was only 25 years old this year, and still half a year away from turning 26.

His breakthrough meant that he had once again broken the historical record of martial arts cultivation!

First was the record of 26 years old left by Ming Qi.

Then Shentu Yue pushed this record forward by more than a month.

Now it was Ning Chuan, breaking the record again and pushing Ming Qi's record forward by half a year, leading Shentu Yue by nearly five months!

Lu Wenxing had not expected that he would be able to witness the birth of a new first in history with his own eyes.

A thought suddenly stirred in his heart, and he turned to look at Li Fei, observing the expression of this Marquis.

Yet he saw Li Fei begin to clap very sincerely, saying calmly:

"Congratulations to you both."

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