This Martial Saint's Health Bar is Too Thick!-Chapter 437 - 3: Qionghua Banquet

Chapter 437 -3: Qionghua Banquet

“Sect Master, people from Wu’an University have arrived.”

In the hotel room, a man reported to Nolan Zhi.

“Is Li Fei confirmed as the team leader?”

Nolan Zhi asked.

“It has been confirmed. On the roster given to Daluo Sect by Wu Da, the team leader’s name is indeed written as Li Fei.”

“Hmph.”

Nolan Zhi sneered, “Shi Caiming, that old fool, really goes all out to protect this student.”

Gu Yufeng’s death right before his eyes had become the biggest thorn in his heart, and even to this day, the memory was painful to the bone!

Over the past month, he had tried every possible means to lock down the Green-faced Ghost’s location, even sparing no expense by leveraging the Lu Family’s connections to engage a True Master who was skilled in divination!

But in the end, the diviner could not determine any results.

“This person has something that can conceal the workings of fate, so the calculations are inaccurate.”

This was the conclusion given by the True Master.

Thus, Nolan Zhi had no choice but to abandon the idea of sneaking into Datong Prefecture to assassinate the Green-faced Ghost.

As for Li Fei, Nolan Zhi’s murderous intent was not as strong, but he would not miss the opportunity if it arose.

Because the Green-faced Ghost, in order to save Shangguan Xiao, even dared to rescue the execution site and afterward, to retaliate by ambushing the provincial capital’s special train, this person either had a deep relationship with Shangguan Xiao or was a close friend of Hao Yi.

And Li Fei was Hao Yi’s student, so the Green-faced Ghost and Li Fei were in the same boat.

Li Fei was a peerless genius with the fastest breakthrough pace in recorded history, and since he was an enemy, it was naturally best to deal with him sooner rather than later.

It was unfortunate that Shi Caiming blatantly intended to protect Li Fei, even forcibly elevating his status to deter Nolan Zhi from taking action easily.

However, there were still opportunities.

“Did you previously inquire that Daluo Sect will hold a banquet in a few days, is that information accurate?”

Nolan Zhi asked.

The disciple who came to report nodded: “The information is accurate. Once all the university delegations have arrived, Daluo Sect will host a banquet to entertain everyone.”

“Good.”

Nolan Zhi nodded, a smile appearing on his face.

…

At the same time, Li Fei and others were accommodated in a hotel arranged by the disciples of Daluo Sect.

After arriving in his room, Li Fei called over a captain from the Wu’an Guards:

“Please arrange for two people to guard outside my door; I need to cultivate for a while.”

“No problem.”

The captain of the Wu’an Guards nodded, “I’ll bring a team to guard outside, you can cultivate in peace.”

“Okay, thank you.”

Li Fei expressed his gratitude and then entered his room.

After closing the door, he took out some casting materials from his luggage and set up a small Concealing Array in the room.

Then he took out a bottle of Elixir, swallowed it, and sat down in the Array to meditate.

[The Illusion Leaf] had reached the late Body Breaking Stage several months ago, the next step was Divine Transformation Stage.

The so-called Divine Transformation involved fundamentally mutating one’s Spiritual Power to more closely align with the ‘frequency’ of Magic, thus enabling one to cast Magic directly without the aid of casting materials and rituals.

The key to this step was to sufficiently refine the Spiritual Power.

Li Fei already knew that the Spiritual Power of Magic Dao and the Mind Power of Martial Arts were two sides of the same coin, which could be considered as one being yin and the other yang, capable of transitioning between yin and yang.

His Mind Power was already strong enough, so in terms of the strength of Spiritual Power, he already met the requirements of the Divine Transformation Stage.

But precisely because his Mind Power was too strong, when Li Fei transformed this power into Spiritual Power of Magic Dao, it became very difficult to control due to not catching up in the Realm of Magic Dao.

This was a problem encountered in ‘Dual Cultivation of Magic and Martial Arts,’ aside from the interference of the Implant, there were also obstacles brought by the diverging paths.

Both Martial Arts and Magic Dao had histories of over a thousand years, but history had only seen one person reach the peak of both paths, which showed the difficulty of ‘Dual Cultivation of Magic and Martial Arts.’

Over the past month, under the guidance of Shi Caiming, Li Fei practiced the ‘Red Sound Fire Vajra Skill,’ primarily focusing on the control of Mind Power.

After this month of cultivation, his control over Mind Power had significantly improved, which consequently boosted his control over the Spiritual Power of Magic Dao.

During the journey these past few days, Li Fei faintly felt like he was about to Breakthrough, so right after checking into the hotel, he chose to ‘Seclude himself for a Breakthrough.’

After taking the medicine, Li Fei used the Meditation Method to transform all his Mind Power into Spiritual Power of Magic Dao, and then allowed it to continuously condense and compress.

This process lasted for over two hours.

At a certain moment, a mark of a green leaf emerged on Li Fei’s forehead, and a refined wave of Magic emanated from his body, eventually being blocked by the Concealing Array, and thus not leaking out.

Soon, the Magic wave disappeared, and Li Fei slowly opened his eyes, the green leaf mark on his forehead fading away.

His [Illusion Leaf] had successfully broken through to Divine Transformation Stage!

From this moment, his Spiritual Power had mutated, and in the future, it could be referred to as ‘Void Thought.’

When he eventually cultivated to the ‘True Spirit Realm,’ this power, from void to solid, could be called ‘True Power.’

Having cultivated ‘Void Thought,’ Li Fei could now perform more and higher-tier Magic.

If he used Dream Command, the Magic he performed could even influence Possession Stage Great Mages and Tao Foundation Stage practitioners!

This naturally helped his Combat Power.

Moreover, cultivating ‘Void Thought’ also strengthened his Mind Power.

Because of the cultivation method of ‘Breaking Heart Barrier,’ Li Fei’s Mind Power already far exceeded that of Martial Artists in the same Realm.

Later, with the practice of Magic, his Mind Power was further enhanced.

Currently, Li Fei’s Mind Power was close to the Peak level of Tao Foundation Stage!

After completing the Breakthrough, he didn’t stop cultivating, but instead switched to training in Martial Arts.

These past days on the road, he was attempting to ‘Unify’ the [Ghostly Foot] branch localized to his body.

The method was similar to the ‘Ten-day Breakthrough Method,’ only this time, to avoid affecting his Combat Power, the area was smaller, and internal injuries were lighter.

After removing a piece of the Implant branch, he quietly waited for the injured area to heal, then proceeded with the next step.

After several days of trial, Li Fei’s progress nearly reached ‘one-tenth,’ and if he went into seclusion, it would no longer require ten days.

He continued to cultivate until evening before clearing the traces of the Concealing Array in the room and stepping out to ask the Wu’an Guards outside to order him a meal.

Moments later, there was a knock on the door.

“Come in.”

Li Fei said.

Ke Yan entered carrying a large bag of food containers.

“Why are you the one delivering the meal?”

Li Fei was somewhat surprised.

Ke Yan smiled and said, “I heard you finished your training, and I happened to have something to discuss with you, so I brought your meal along too.”

“Thank you.”

Li Fei took the bag from him.

It was quite heavy, as martial artists generally eat a lot.

“No wonder you break through realms at the fastest rate in history. You have more talent and effort than others, barely leaving any room for others to survive,”

Ke Yan remarked with emotion.

On the way here, he had personally witnessed how Li Fei spent his days:

Consulting two professors on training issues, training, eating, sleeping, consulting, training, eating…

Now in Daluo Town, he showed no intention of going out at all, staying indoors all day to train…

He was incredibly hardworking!

Li Fei smiled, placing the meal box on the table and then asked,

“What’s the matter?”

“In three days, representatives from thirteen universities will all have arrived, and the Daluo Sect will host a Qionghua Banquet to entertain everyone,”

Ke Yan explained.

“What is the main purpose of this Qionghua Banquet?”

Li Fei inquired.

Ke Yan responded, “It’s rare for people from twelve universities to gather together, and this year there’s an additional university, making it the first time thirteen universities are gathering. This is a historic event. Participating in the Daluo Sect’s banquet is quite a good publicity.”

“Uh-huh.”

Li Fei nodded, indicating he understood.

Even the Daluo Sect was not truly detached from the world; it too couldn’t escape the lure of fame and benefit.

“There should be no issues with the banquet, and the Daluo Sect wouldn’t allow any problems. However, I came to remind you that someone else might intentionally create problems during the banquet,”

Ke Yan said.

Li Fei looked at him, “Are you talking about Hongyi University?”

“Yes.”

Ke Yan nodded, “This time you are leading Wu’an University’s team. If they target you and make you look bad, it would be the same as making Wuda lose face. Furthermore, the leader of the Hongyi University delegation this time is Nolan Zhi…”

He didn’t finish his sentence, but Li Fei understood.

Green-faced Ghost had publicly killed Gu Yufeng a month ago. If they couldn’t target Green-faced Ghost, couldn’t they target him, a rookie who had just entered the Tao Foundation Stage not long ago?

“I understand, thanks for the heads up, Director Ke.”

Li Fei expressed.

Ke Yan chuckled, “We’re all on the same boat, no need to be so formal. I’ll inquire in the next few days about who from the Daluo Sect will be hosting the Qionghua Banquet and try to make some connections. If Hongyi University really causes trouble, we will have a fallback.”

“Alright, I appreciate your efforts, Director Ke.”

Li Fei didn’t refuse.

“Haha, just doing my duty,”

Ke Yan said, “Now, I won’t disturb your meal any longer, goodbye.”

After speaking, he stood up and left the room.

Li Fei silently finished his meal and then continued his training…

For the next three days, he almost never left his room, continuously training and integrating the ‘Ghostly Foot’.

The guards of Wu’an changed shifts outside the door, witnessing what it meant to be truly diligent.

On the afternoon of August 26th, Ke Yan knocked on Li Fei’s door:

“It’s time to leave. All delegates from the thirteen universities have arrived, and we’re headed to the Daluo Sect.”

Minutes later, hundreds of people gathered in the open space outside the hotel.

All these people were representatives of the thirteen universities. Many knew each other, greeting and chatting happily.

Li Fei saw Nolan Zhi among the crowd. They noticed each other, their eyes met, and then both casually shifted their gaze away.

“Dongliang, are you leading the team this time?”

A middle-aged man dressed in a black robe, sporting a goatee and long flowing hair, exuding a somewhat uninhibited air, approached the Wuda group and greeted one of the professors.

The greeted professor was Xiang Dongliang, the one who had taught Li Fei ‘Advanced Application of Gold Attribute Force’.

Seeing the newcomer, he immediately bowed,

“Master Chi, a pleasure to see you.”

“Ha-ha, no need for such formalities.”

The man chuckled.

“This is Vice-Chancellor of Dongyang University, Master Chi Xu.”

Xiang Dongliang introduced him to Li Fei.

To include ‘Master’ in the title was a direct indication of being a Martial Arts Master!

“Master Chi, I am not the leader this time; this person is,”

Xiang Dongliang pointed to Li Fei.

“Oh? And who might this be?”

Chi Xu looked at Li Fei curiously.

So young, yet leading the Wuda team?

“I am Li Fei, a second-year student at Wuda, honored to meet Master Chi.”

Li Fei greeted Chi Xu.

“A second-year student?”

Chi Xu’s eyes widened, then, raising his voice, he exclaimed,

“Are you Li Fei, known for the fastest realm breakthrough in history?”

Hearing this, the surrounding chatting attendees turned to look.

A Wuda freshman breaking the historical record for fastest advancement to the Tao Foundation Stage had already spread across the other universities. Thus, upon hearing Chi Xu’s words, everyone turned to see what the ‘historical first’ looked like.

Representatives from the other universities were at least strong practitioners in the Tao Foundation Stage, with team leaders being Martial Arts Masters.

In a moment, more than a dozen Martial Arts Masters and dozens of Tao Foundation Stage practitioners—

All looked towards one person!

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