Chapter 96: I Walk Alone on the Great Dao

In the practice room, Li Fei soon waited for Hao Yi to begin training.

After the killing last night, his heart-intent power had once again obtained a significant increase, taking him a step closer to breaking through his 'heart barrier'!

And the increase in heart-intent power directly fed back into the steel armor implant in his body, causing the implant to become restless again.

After taking a large amount of elixirs at once and completing digestion and absorption overnight, Li Fei's realm had once again improved!

The standard for the mid-stage of Body-Breaking is to be able to drive the power of the implant ten times in a short period, but now Li Fei could continuously perform 'Tyrant Body' twenty-one times in a short period!

Generally speaking, a Body-Breaking late-stage martial artist can drive the implant about thirty to forty times before their physical strength is exhausted, so Li Fei was not far from breaking through to the late stage of Body-Breaking.

Combined with the advantages brought by the Blood Soul Bead, Li Fei's speed of breaking through realms could be described as shocking!

Because the steel armor implant was further strengthened, driving the physique to become stronger, Li Fei's number of blood souls also increased. Last night, he added 1 more overnight:

【Level: Level 8 76%

Blood Souls: 86

Blood Soul Skills: Blood Rage, Blood Sha】

Now Li Fei's blood soul limit had become 86, and the next upgrade was not far off.

According to the rule of the number of blood souls increasing after previous upgrades, the next upgrade should add 16 blood souls at once, at which point the total number of blood souls would exceed 100!

"Blood soul skills were unlocked when the number exceeded 20 and 50. I wonder what changes will occur when it exceeds 100?"

Li Fei was very much looking forward to this.

In the practice room, he and Hao Yi began 'perception training' and 'strength-holding training' again.

After the steel armor implant was further strengthened, even without using 'Tyrant Body,' Li Fei's perception ability was already very excellent. With his eyes covered and ears blocked, he could accurately predict Hao Yi's blade strike every time and block it with his own blade.

Ten minutes later, Hao Yi withdrew his blade and said with satisfaction:

"Not bad, progress is fast."

Li Fei had his ears blocked and couldn't hear this sentence, still maintaining a defensive posture.

Hao Yi smiled slightly, then his gaze condensed, falling on Li Fei's left shoulder.

Sensing danger, Li Fei immediately raised his blade to block, but it was an empty strike, and Hao Yi took the opportunity to strike at Li Fei's right shoulder.

*Swish—*

This time Li Fei didn't have time to block and had his skin sliced open by a blade.

Next, Hao Yi repeatedly used fake hostility to stimulate Li Fei to react, and then struck him with the blade.

In just over ten seconds, seven or eight blade wounds appeared on Li Fei's body.

Fortunately, his steel armor implant had grown to a certain extent; the bleeding from these wounds could be stopped in the blink of an eye, and the wounds could heal in a few hours.

This was also a kind of training for the steel armor implant.

"Alright, stop."

This time Hao Yi's voice passed through the cotton and entered Li Fei's ears.

Li Fei took off his blindfold, took out the cotton, and looked at Hao Yi:

"Teacher?"

"How did you feel just now?"

"Teacher was using fake hostility to trick me."

"Hmm, can you distinguish between true and false?"

"... It's very difficult."

"It is indeed very difficult, so what you need to do is not to distinguish the truth or falsehood of every hostility, but not to be limited to perceiving my hostility, but also to perceive my entire state and movements."

"Understood."

"Then continue."

In the room, Li Fei began a new round of training.

It must be said that having a good teacher is really too important for martial arts cultivation.

Li Fei could have his current strength, with the Blood Soul Bead taking the first credit, and Hao Yi also making an indispensable contribution.

Of course, it was also inseparable from his own talent and hard work.

After ending a day of training, Li Fei suddenly asked Hao Yi:

"Teacher, have you heard about the market entrance matter today? I heard many people in the Martial Arts Hall discussing it when I went to eat at noon."

Hao Yi shook his head: "Haven't heard, what's wrong?"

So Li Fei told Hao Yi roughly about what happened at the market entrance and the contents on those wooden boards.

Hao Yi listened to Li Fei's narration in silence, his expression not changing much.

"What does Teacher think of this Green-Faced Ghost?"

Li Fei observed Hao Yi's expression and asked with some anticipation.

Hao Yi's expression was serious, and he said word by word:

"Relying on martial force, disregarding the law, and using martial arts to disrupt the prohibition—if there are many such people, it will inevitably lead to the collapse of law and discipline, the turmoil of the situation, and the country will not be a country!"

"..."

Although he knew that his teacher was a very 'orderly' person, otherwise he wouldn't have personally caught his student back then, but hearing Hao Yi's evaluation of the Green-Faced Ghost, Li Fei still couldn't hide his disappointment.

"Does Teacher think those people shouldn't die?"

Li Fei asked.

Hao Yi stared into his eyes: "Whether they should die or not should not be decided by individuals; the imperial court has its own laws!"

Li Fei also had a trace of anger in his heart, looking directly at Hao Yi:

"May I ask Teacher, when those officials were bending the law for personal gain and treating human life like grass, where were the laws of the imperial court?"

Hao Yi's tone also became severe:

"You just listened to one-sided words and arbitrarily determined that those dead officials were bad and did wrong things. Have you taken the evidence yourself? Taking a step back, even if those officials really did wrong things, this Green-Faced Ghost killed the right person this time, but what about the future? If this act is not curbed, will there be some Blue-Faced Ghost, Red-Faced Ghost jumping out to fabricate some evidence, and then they can kill at will?!"

Li Fei was silent for a moment. Of course, he couldn't tell Hao Yi that he had indeed taken evidence before killing people.

"Teacher, you insist that everyone should abide by the laws of the imperial court and not act at will. This is not wrong. But ask yourself, is the world like this now? Why did almost everyone in Xingcheng applaud after such a thing happened at the market entrance today, but no one shouted injustice for those dead officials? If everyone really abided by the laws of the imperial court and officials enforced the law impartially, would people like the Green-Faced Ghost be forced out?"

Hao Yi's face was gloomy, and he said coldly:

"So one can kill at will and ignore the law? Can doing this change the overall situation? Can it solve the problem from the source? Doing this will only make the order collapse faster, and more people will be harmed in the future!"

Li Fei clenched his fists:

"Teacher, are people like the Green-Faced Ghost really the ones harming the people? Why can bad people be tolerated when they do evil, while good people are only criticized for not doing enough when they do good?"

"..."

Hao Yi was startled, moved for the first time because of Li Fei's words.

Li Fei took a deep breath and bowed deeply to Hao Yi:

"Perhaps you are right. People like the Green-Faced Ghost only act for the satisfaction in their own hearts. People like him will never consider the overall situation. If there are many, it will indeed cause turmoil in the situation, and the country will not be a country!"

After bowing, Li Fei turned and walked out of the training room.

In the training room, Hao Yi stood in place for a long, long time.

The sunset glow shone in through the window, reflecting the figure of this Dao Foundation realm powerhouse somewhat lonely.

On the way home, Li Fei's mood was somewhat low.

After coming to this world, because of the memories of his predecessor and the day-to-day companionship, Li Lei, Zhang Yuqing, and Li Tianyu naturally became the most important people to him.

And besides that, the most important person to Li Fei was his teacher, Hao Yi.

People do things they think are right and naturally hope to get the approval of those close to them, which is why he would ask Hao Yi's opinion on the Green-Faced Ghost.

So after being denied or even severely criticized, he would appear somewhat out of composure.

In fact, with the sophistication he had practiced in his previous life, he could easily go along with the other party and make them very happy.

But precisely because he regarded Hao Yi as his most important teacher, Li Fei couldn't help but feel indignant.

However, he soon calmed down again.

He killed more for the satisfaction in his heart, and from the beginning, he never thought about being a good person, a hero for the country and the people.

Since that was the case, some of Hao Yi's accusations were actually correct.

"I chose this path for myself, so it's only natural not to be recognized and praised. Why ask for both?"

Thinking this through, Li Fei had no more grudges in his heart and walked even more firmly.

September 8th, the third day of the 'Market Entrance Incident'.

Cai Ju knocked on the door of his immediate superior's office.

"Come in."

A steady voice came from inside.

Cai Ju pushed the door and walked in. Inside sat an old man with gray hair.

In fact, the other party was only fifty years old this year, but he looked like he was already seventy.

This person's name was Han Zhangwen, the Deputy Chief Judge of the Sifa Academy.

Although there were many officials in the Sifa Academy who bent the law for personal gain and treated human life like grass, there were also some who remained clean and self-disciplined, adhering to the morality in their hearts.

Han Zhangwen was such a person.

It was just that the price of wanting to be different and clean in such a world was very high. The Han family was a 'judicial family' in Xingcheng, with officials of the imperial court for three generations. It could be said that they had wide connections and deep roots in the Sifa Academy.

Han Zhangwen had such a family background, and his own ability was very outstanding, so he should have been promoted long ago.

But just because he was not 'gregarious,' offended too many colleagues, and was unwilling to take sides, he was regarded as a thorn in the side by the forces on both sides, so he 'wasted time' until now as only a Deputy Chief Judge, a tenth-rank official, the lowest level among officials.

And if it weren't for the consideration of the Han family's influence, let alone becoming an official of the imperial court, his body would have long since been sunk in some river outside the city!

So Cai Ju had always felt that his superior was stupid, rigid, and inflexible, unable to see the situation clearly.

But today, he took the initiative to walk into the other party's office and handed the other party a 'Statement':

"Please take a look, my lord."

Han Zhangwen took the letter paper with an expressionless face and lowered his head to browse.

After reading a few lines, he looked up at Cai Ju in surprise, and then continued to look down at the letter.

This 'Statement' detailed some of the crimes Cai Ju had committed in his position as a judge over the past few years!

Cai Ju was reporting himself.

"Why?"

A moment later, Han Zhangwen finished reading Cai Ju's 'Statement' carefully and asked.

He considered himself to know this subordinate: cowardly and afraid of death, best at judging the situation.

So he didn't understand why the other party wanted to seek his own death.

Based on the crimes written in this 'Statement,' Han Zhangwen could sentence the other party to death on the spot!

Cai Ju said with a mournful face:

"If I say I have awakened and want to repent, my lord will definitely not believe it, so I dare not hide it from you. My subordinate was really scared by that Green-Faced Ghost!"

"Oh?"

Han Zhangwen was a little surprised.

Cai Ju suddenly cried bitterly:

"That Green-Faced Ghost is a lunatic! A butcher! Simply unreasonable!"

"Clearly someone has already taken the blame for him, and he could have hidden well, but he insisted on jumping out to kill people, not hesitating to offend the forces on both sides to death!"

"My subordinate is afraid, afraid that this lunatic will suddenly come to the door and slaughter me too!"

As he spoke, he suddenly knelt down to Han Zhangwen:

"My subordinate knows that the things I have done are capital crimes, but I haven't lived enough yet and still want to continue living, even if I spend the rest of my life in prison! My subordinate begs my lord to look at the fact that I surrendered voluntarily and try to sentence me lightly, leaving me a life!"

After speaking, he began to kowtow to Han Zhangwen *bang, bang, bang*.

Han Zhangwen looked at him kowtowing constantly coldly, with no emotional fluctuation in his eyes, just asking faintly:

"Why find me?"

Cai Ju was startled, stopped kowtowing, and said while crying:

"Because in the entire Sifa Academy, my subordinate only trusts you, my lord!"

The things he did involved more than just himself. Even if he tried his best not to implicate others in the 'Statement,' others would inevitably worry.

So he only dared to surrender to Han Zhangwen and only dared to let the other party be the chief judge of his case.

"I already know your situation. How to sentence specifically remains to be verified later. Moreover, these cases must involve other people. If you can report them, it can be counted as your merit in reporting, and only then will you have a chance to reduce your punishment."

Han Zhangwen said clearly.

Cai Ju cried and shouted:

"Once some things are involved, my whole family might lose their lives! I beg my lord not to make things difficult for my subordinate; all the guilt is my own!"

After speaking, he began to kowtow *bang, bang, bang* again.

Han Zhangwen sighed silently, somewhat helpless.

He really wanted to say that he would try his best to protect the safety of the other party's family and let the other party report with peace of mind.

But he knew very well that even the Han family could barely protect his own life. Even if he was a Deputy Chief Judge, who could he protect?

"Alright, I know, you go down first."

Han Zhangwen said.

But Cai Ju still knelt on the ground and didn't move.

"Do you have anything else?"

"My lord."

Cai Ju said with a bitter face while wiping his tears:

"My subordinate wants to be locked in the jail now!"

"..."

Han Zhangwen was somewhat dumbfounded.

Having judged cases for decades, this was the first time he had encountered such an active and proactive criminal who requested to be locked in jail.

"Green-Faced Ghost..."

A portrait of a ghost mask emerged in the Deputy Chief Judge's mind.

With his character and philosophy, he originally did not agree with the Green-Faced Ghost's approach.

But now seeing Cai Ju like this, his thoughts were somewhat shaken.

And not long after Cai Ju was taken away, someone else walked into Han Zhangwen's office.

On this day, Cai Ju was not the only official who came to Han Zhangwen to surrender...

Seeking monthly tickets.

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