This martial saint's health bar is too thick

Chapter 480 The Dragon Raises its Head (6000+)

Late at night, Li Fei returned to his mansion.

After the grand court meeting ended today, the prince invited him to the East Palace alone, and the two chatted a lot.

Talk about the past, the war in the North, and the future.

During the conversation, the prince's attitude towards him remained the same as before. He did not become arrogant just because he had suddenly taken charge of all the power. He was still as friendly as before and did not have the slightest airs.

"Just go ahead and handle your master's wife's case. I will support you!"

At the end of the conversation, the prince said this to Li Fei.

After receiving such a promise, Li Fei returned to the Marquis' Mansion with a heavy heart.

It’s not that he felt the prince was untrustworthy, he was just a little depressed because of the emperor’s health condition.

After experiencing Qi Zhou's betrayal, Li Fei originally thought that the emperor might have reservations about his trust in him.

After all, Qi Zhou had followed the other party for a longer time, and had once been favored by the emperor, and was trusted and valued.

As a result, the emperor not only did not reduce his trust in Li Fei, but also made an exception and made him a regent!
Humans are not plants, so it is hard for Li Fei not to be moved when he meets such a monarch.

As a time traveler with modern thinking, he does not like many of the systems and phenomena of this dynasty, and he also hates many of the scum of this dynasty!
He once thought that he could live the way he wanted, enjoy his life, and not care about anyone or anything.

But in the end, some people still left a mark in his heart.
After returning to the mansion, Li Fei sat alone in the lobby for a while, and then walked into the secret room where he practiced martial arts.

Only through practice can one calm his mind.

Before heading to the northern border, Yun Shu gave him the methods of refining three local-level flying swords, corresponding to the upper, middle, and lower grades respectively.

He chose to practice a top-grade Earth-level flying sword, and every twelve elements planted in his body could form a magical power.

Before leaving for the North, he had already refined four implants and had initially integrated the fifth.

When I was in the northern border, I had already completed the refining of the fifth implant.

Now that I am back in Lanling City, I can continue to refine the new implant.

For a top-grade Earth-level flying sword, each of the 'Twelve Evils' can be refined into one kind of magical power, and the 'Seventy-two Evils' can be refined into six kinds of magical powers. Together with the magical powers of the Profound-level flying sword at the beginning, there are a total of seven magical powers, thus forming the Earth-level Evil formation!
But Li Fei now knows that if he wants to take the path of combining magic and martial arts, his innate magic weapon can only have three kinds of magical powers at most. When the flying sword body breaks through to the earth level, it can only be of the lower earth level.

Lin Tianyi is no exception in this regard!
However, Li Fei still did not change his method of cultivation, and chose to continue practicing the method of refining the earth-level top-grade flying sword.

For a low-grade earth-level magic weapon, every thirty-six fourth-grade implants are needed to refine one kind of magical power. It seems that the more implants are needed, the greater the difficulty.

But in fact, among the twelve implants refined from the earth-level top-grade magic weapon, half are fifth-grade implants.

Starting from the third-grade implants, the difference between each grade of implant will be very large.

The difficulty of fusing and refining a fifth-grade implant is more than three times higher than that of a fourth-grade implant!
It would be even more difficult to combine multiple fifth-grade implants together and refine them into magical powers.

Therefore, not everyone can refine a top-grade earth-level magic weapon. It is as rare and precious as a grandmaster who breaks through the realm with the seven supernatural powers.

However, this difficulty is nothing for Li Fei.

He has ten thousand blood beads to transfer damage, which can ensure the process of "refining the weapon" with maximum fault tolerance, so there is no need to worry about damaging his own magic weapon.

Moreover, his natal magic weapon is himself, and his connection with the natal object is unparalleled in the world. He can easily create a deep resonance between his own true spirit and the natal magic weapon, thereby quickly promoting the strengthening of the natal magic weapon.

For an ordinary real person, completing the integration and refining of a fourth-grade implant in one year is already very fast.

Even if everything goes well, it will take about forty years to refine a lower-grade earth-level magic weapon and break through to become a top-level immortal.

Li Fei was able to complete the integration and refining of a fourth-grade implant in less than a month, which was more than ten times faster than an ordinary person!
The fifth-grade implant is a bit slower, and only takes a little over two months.

Therefore, compared to cultivating a lower-grade earth-level flying sword body, he can obtain new magical powers faster by cultivating a higher-grade earth-level flying sword.

Now he has completed the fusion and refining of the five implants. Next, he will be able to refine the 'Twelve Evils' within a year and obtain the second kind of magical power!
However, continuing to practice the earth-level top-grade flying sword means that Li Fei will not be able to gather the "Seventy-two Evils" in the future, and will not be able to form the Earth Evil formation to complete the breakthrough.

Li Fei already had a plan in mind for this.

In the following days, he entered seclusion mode again.

He declined all invitations to banquets and spent most of his time in the practice room in the mansion, refining the implant as quickly as possible.

As for the reinvestigation of Shangguan Xiao's case, the Supervisory Council has already officially issued an official document.

Li Fei transferred He Jian's inspection team in the name of the Blue Patrol Special Envoy, and asked He Jian to take his team members to Feng Province first. Bian Jingru, the garrison commander of Datong Prefecture, would cooperate with He Jian and others to complete the initial investigation work.

Leave professional matters to professionals.

Li Fei didn't think he could be better than He Jian in investigating the case, so he felt relieved to leave the matter to him.

Of course, it is not easy for He Jian, Bian Jingru and others to investigate Shangguan Xiao's case.

This case was originally uncovered by a special task force sent from the provincial capital of Feng Province to Datong Prefecture. Not only Shangguan Xiao and Hao Yi were involved, but also the government of the provincial capital of Feng Province and the Lu family behind it, as well as the government forces of Datong Prefecture headed by Bian Jingru.

At the beginning, Bian Jingru reported this matter directly to the central government and openly broke off relations with the provincial capital of Feng Province!
If this case is overturned, many people will be involved!
In many cases, what is complicated is not the case itself, but the forces involved behind the case.

How will Shangguan Xiao's case be judged? How will the people involved in this case be dealt with?

What determines all this is not the truth, but the struggle among the various parties behind the case.

Whoever has greater power will determine the final 'truth'!
At this point, the situation Li Fei faced was actually exactly the same as Qi Zhou's at the beginning.

It's just that he is not an idealist like Qi Zhou.

He cared more about whether he could avenge Hao Yi and Shangguan Xiao, rather than trying to change this phenomenon.

Just like when he killed officials in Xingcheng, it was more to satisfy his own wishes rather than really wanting to change the world.

Li Fei has never viewed himself as a hero who serves his country and his people.

Although the things that the Green-Faced Ghost had done seemed chivalrous.

But Li Fei felt that he could only be considered a "knight" who lived for himself.

If something evil were to happen right before his eyes, he would not hesitate to take action, just like he did in Xingcheng.

But if someone told him how many people are suffering in this world and how tragic things are happening thousands of miles away.

He was hardly moved by it.

This is the essential difference between him and Qi Zhou.

He also did not approve of the other party's approach of sacrificing innocent people in order to achieve its goals.

Using wrong means to achieve the so-called correct goal is not Li Fei's way.

What touched him was that even though he had just experienced a betrayal and was about to face something similar to what Qi Zhou had experienced back then, the emperor still chose to give him the greatest trust!

In return for his kindness, Li Fei did not intend to take advantage of Shangguan Xiao's case to make a big fuss.

As long as the mastermind is brought to justice, the revenge will be taken.

But there is one thing that Li Fei will never give in to——

Xu Jing and Lu Wenzhen must both die!

One directly caused Hao Yi's death, and the other led and planned it all behind the scenes.

Li Fei will not let these two people go!
To achieve this, overturning the verdict alone is clearly not enough.

So Li Fei did not rush back to Feng Province, but continued to stay in Lanling City and tried his best to improve his strength.

Changping University.

The newly promoted Duke Qiu Zian came to a volcano. This is the exotic beast breeding area of ​​Changping University. Some exotic beasts need to grow in volcanoes, so Changping University made a big investment and built an artificial volcano!
Qiu Zian came to the crater, looked at the boiling lava below, and threw the jar of wine in his hand directly down.

A few seconds later, a figure flew out from a hole below, just in time to catch the fallen wine jar, then hit the rock wall with great force, using the force to leap upwards, and finally successfully arrived at the crater.

This man was wearing a black robe, had a crew cut and a long beard, and his entire body seemed to be wrapped in lava, exuding a fiery aura.

"How is it?"

Qiu Zian asked directly.

A smile appeared on the man's face: "It really works. In half a year at most, I will be able to start refining the third magical power again!"

Qiu Zian smiled when he heard this:
"Then I brought this wine for good, let's celebrate your return to the top!"

The man in front of her was named Fang Ziyan, and he was the vice president of Changping University.

Eleven years ago, when Fang Ziyan was refining his third magical power, he was too impatient and caused severe damage to the implant, thus hurting his origin.

Since then, his cultivation has not improved at all.

The damaged implant cannot be repaired and has been deeply integrated into the body, so it cannot be removed.

If a new implant is introduced, it will also interact with the damaged implant.

Therefore, Fang Ziyan will be stuck at the level of a martial arts master with dual supernatural powers for the rest of his life.

Until Qiu Zian brought him the "Five Phases Reverse Wheel Method".

"Hahahaha!"

Fang Ziyan laughed, opened the jar of wine and drank it all in one gulp.

"Good wine!"

With a look of joy on his face, he threw the wine jar in his hand into the volcano:

"Tell Marquis Jing'an for me that from now on, if you need anything, I, Fang Ziyan, will definitely help you with all my strength!"

Although his talent is not as good as Qiu Zian, he also has the opportunity to break through with the three magical powers and become a grandmaster.

So Li Fei asked Qiu Zian to give him the "Five Phase Reverse Wheel Method", which was a real favor to him!

Qiu Zian smiled when he heard this: "I will convey it for you."

"Lao Fang, do you know anyone with a similar situation as you?"

"Oh? Marquis Jing'an wants to help more people?"

"I can help you, but it won't be for free. So you have to be a trustworthy person."

Qiu Zian said.

Fang Ziyan thought for a moment and said, "I know a casual cultivator who is stuck at the peak of the Dao Foundation Stage. It was also because his implants were damaged that he had no chance to break through. If he could repair the damaged implants and start over, he would have a chance to break through and become a martial arts master."

"How is your character?"

Qiu Zian only cares about this.

She promised to help Li Fei recruit more powerful people and would do her best.

Fang Ziyan: "I am a man who values ​​my promises. If you are really worried, you can also ask the other party to swear an oath."

Qiu Zian hesitated for a moment and said, "As a casual cultivator, let's first ask him if he is willing to join the Marquis of Jing'an Mansion."

Fang Ziyan: "Okay, I'll go ask."

While Li Fei was working hard to improve his personal strength, Qiu Zian was also helping him to win over strong people everywhere!
Feng Province, Datong Prefecture.

Under the cover of night, a black car drove out of a compound.

"Sir, are you going back to the guest house?"

In the car, the driver whispered to Li Lei in the back seat.

Li Lei, who was drunk, rubbed his face and looked a little tired.

After a few years, he already had some white hair on his temples.

Not long after Li Fei was conferred the title of marquis in front of the palace, he was promoted again - Deputy Chief of Xingcheng and Chief Inspector of the Inspection Institute.

Then, in less than two years, he was promoted to another level, with the word "deputy" in the title of deputy chief removed, and officially became the chief in charge of the government affairs of a city, and was promoted to a 12th-level official appointed by the imperial court!
From a small 7th-level official, captain of the Inspection Institute, he was promoted 5 levels in less than four years and became the mayor of a city.

This speed of promotion can be regarded as lightning fast no matter where it happens!
But because he had a son who was the greatest in history, no one was surprised.

As the year was coming to an end, Datong Prefecture organized a year-end meeting. The chief officials of all towns in Datong Prefecture had to attend. Li Lei, who had just taken office, also came to the prefecture and held a meeting for two consecutive days.

During these two days, the meetings were not the most tiring thing, but the social engagements.

The officials who came to the meeting were so enthusiastic about Li Lei!

Li Lei turned down all the invitations he could, but there were some that he couldn't turn down, such as those from the garrison commander Bian Jingru and some higher-ranking officials.

If he turned down all these offers, people would just think he was too arrogant.

Although looking at the whole Datong Prefecture now, even Bian Jingru dare not speak loudly to Li Lei, but Li Lei does not want to affect Li Fei's reputation, nor does he want others to say that he is bullying others, so he tries to be smooth in his socializing.

"Go to Beixin Pavilion."

Li Lei paused for a moment and gave an address.

"Yes."

The driver responded and drove quietly.

Ten minutes later, the car drove into a quiet courtyard.

This is considered a high-end clubhouse in Datong City, where many upper-class people would entertain guests.

The driver opened the door for Li Lei. Someone came towards him from a distance and the driver immediately looked at the other person warily.

He is Li Lei's driver as well as his bodyguard, and he is a martial artist at the peak of the Qi Transformation Stage!
With Li Lei's official position, he certainly couldn't afford a bodyguard of this level.

This person is the security guard specially assigned to Li Lei by the Marquis of Jing'an Mansion.

"uncle!"

The person shouted.

Li Lei waved to the driver and greeted him with a smile: "Chen Feng."

The man looked to be in his early twenties, wearing glasses and with bangs standing up, and looked a bit honest and simple.

His name is Feng Chenfeng, and he is the son of Li Lei's sister.

Li Lei is the eldest in the family and has a younger sister.

My younger sister Li Shu married and moved to another province very early, and she had very little contact with Li Lei after that.

It was not until Li Fei emerged and Li Lei began to rise to prominence that Li Shu and Li Lei began to contact each other more frequently, and Li Shu asked Li Lei to take good care of her son.

The eldest brother is like a father, and Li Lei's parents died early, so he is very caring towards his only sister.

Last year, he used his connections to transfer Feng Chenfeng from another province to Feng Province, where he worked at the Datong Prefecture Internal Affairs General Hospital.

This time when Li Lei came to Datong Prefecture for a meeting, Feng Chenfeng said early on that he would treat him to a meal, but he was busy and had no time.

Li Lei finally managed to spare some time tonight and came to see his nephew.

"Uncle, please come in."

Feng Chenfeng said somewhat stiffly.

Li Lei smiled and patted his shoulder, saying kindly: "We are a family, don't be so polite. Next time you treat me to a meal, don't choose such an expensive place. How much is your monthly salary?"

Feng Chenfeng adjusted his glasses somewhat embarrassedly and took Li Lei into the private room that had been booked in advance.

After the two sat down, Li Lei ordered two simple side dishes and asked for a pot of sobering tea.

Then he took the initiative to chat with Feng Chenfeng, showing concern for his work and life.

His friendly attitude made Feng Chenfeng gradually relax, and he was finally not so nervous anymore.

After the two chatted for a few minutes, Feng Chenfeng suddenly rubbed his hands in embarrassment:

"Uncle, I...that"

"what happened?"

Li Lei looked at him kindly, "What's the matter?"

Feng Chenfeng lowered his head, not daring to look at him: "Master He from the Internal Affairs Department is here tonight too, and he wants to see you and me."

Li Lei understood what was going on as soon as he heard it.

He did not blame Feng Chenfeng, because he could not expect a newcomer to the officialdom to refuse his immediate superior.

"Mr. He? Is that the Director of the Office of Personnel, Mr. He Wenxin?"

"Correct!"

Feng Chenfeng said hurriedly.

The director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the real powerful person, a 12th-level official appointed by the imperial court, the same level as Li Lei.

He Wenxin will be the one to evaluate Li Lei's job grade this year.

Feng Chenfeng is now working in the Chief Clerk's Office. When he first joined the company, He Wenxin gave him the nod. In this matter, Li Lei owed He Wenxin a favor.

It's just that the other party came to see him in this way tonight, which made Li Lei realize that things were not that simple.

"Since Lord He is here, please invite him in."

Li Lei said calmly.

"it is good!"

Feng Chenfeng felt relieved and quickly got up and walked out of the private room.

Soon, he led in a middle-aged man wearing a light red robe and looking wealthy.

"Sir Li, I'm really sorry for coming here uninvited. I'm sorry for bothering you."

He Wenxin bowed to Li Lei and walked into the private room.

Li Lei stood up to greet him, invited him to sit down, then turned to Feng Chenfeng and said:

"Chen Feng, go buy me a pack of cigarettes."

Although Feng Chenfeng was a newbie in the officialdom, he had been working there for a year after all. How could he not understand what this meant? He quickly stood up and left, closing the door for the two of them.

"What does Lord He want from me?"

Li Lei asked directly, with a somewhat cold attitude.

He Wenxin stood up and bowed to Li Lei:
"I have no choice but to meet you in this way. I hope you can forgive me."

Li Lei frowned, stood up and helped He Wenxin up: "Master He, what are you doing?"

He Wenxin stood up but did not sit down:

"I came to see you tonight to pass on a message for someone."

"Oh?"

"Two days ago, a special investigation team sent by the Central Cabinet arrived in Datong Prefecture to investigate Shangguan Xiao's treason case."

Li Lei's eyes changed when he heard this, but he didn't say anything.

He Wenxin looked at him and said, "The provincial capital is willing to admit its mistakes and give an explanation to the Marquis! I just hope that the Marquis can forgive them."

Li Lei calmly said to He Wenxin word by word:

"Master He, this matter is not my responsibility. I think you have found the wrong person."

He Wenxin smiled bitterly: "Lord Li, please don't misunderstand me. I am not here tonight to ask you to plead for others. I don't have such a big face. I just hope you can help pass on a message. They are willing to show their full sincerity. As long as the Marquis is willing to speak, any conditions can be discussed!"

Li Lei said nothing.

He Wenxin continued, "Sir Li, your career in Datong Prefecture will naturally be smooth sailing, but I'm going to say something presumptuous. If Sir Bian doesn't resign, the highest you can achieve in Datong Prefecture is a 14th-level official.

But with your talent, Lord Li, if you were to change to another prefecture, you would be fully capable of becoming a prefecture garrison commander! It is not impossible for you to even be in charge of a province in the future!"

Li Lei was stunned when he heard this, somewhat surprised by the other party's generosity.

The other party promised that he could be transferred to a foreign prefecture to serve as a garrison commander, and could even fully assist him in becoming an inspector general of a province in the future!
Li Fei is indeed at the peak of his career now, but his foundation is still shallow.

With Li Lei's foundation, it was just as the other party said, being promoted to the 14th level officer was pretty much the limit.

After all, everyone knows the relationship between him and Li Fei, and it is impossible for Li Fei to help him openly.

In charge of a prefecture, or even a province?
Li Lei had never imagined such a thing even in his dreams!

What man doesn't love power?
Seeing that Li Lei seemed to be interested, He Wenxin struck while the iron was hot:
"Lord Li, they are really sincere this time. You just need to help pass on a message. Considering your relationship with the Marquis, what does this mean?"

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The room was silent for a moment, and Li Lei finally shook his head slowly and firmly:

"If you want to negotiate, you can go directly to him. I won't help pass on any messages!"

"Master Li"

"Master He!"

Li Lei interrupted him, his eyes determined:

"Please come back."

He used to be an inspector fighting on the front line, and at this moment he showed his power and a bit of murderous aura, which made He Wenxin feel a chill in his heart and he didn't dare to say anything more.

I could only bow and apologize again, then leave the room.

After the other party left, Li Lei sat down again, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and lit it.

After a moment, Feng Chenfeng walked into the private room cautiously:

"uncle."

Li Lei's eyes fell on his nephew through the smoke, and his tone was a little cold:
"Chen Feng, has anyone ever given you any gifts or done you any favors?"

Feng Chenfeng was shocked when he heard this and waved his hands quickly:

"No! No! Uncle, you have specifically warned me before, I will never dare to do anything reckless!"

Li Lei stared into his eyes.

At this moment, Feng Chenfeng felt that the uncle in front of him, who had always been very kind, suddenly became a stranger, making him feel a little cold all over!
After a few seconds, Li Lei slowly said:

"That's good. Remember what your uncle told you. At any time, always ask yourself one more question: Why?"

Feng Chenfeng was shocked and said quickly: "I understand, uncle, don't worry!"

In fact, having Li Lei as his uncle already makes him feel very proud and inflated.

As for that god-like 'cousin', he didn't even dare to think about him.

So dreamy!

Li Lei's words at this moment made him break out in a cold sweat.

Indeed, why am I where I am today? Why should others treat me well?
He and Li Lei are truly related by blood, so it would be possible for him to enjoy some benefits by relying on Li Lei's prestige.

But there is really nothing between him and Li Fei!
The two had never even met.

So if you want to use the relationship with Marquis Jing'an to do something, you have to ask yourself - what gives you the right?
Feng Province, Lu Mansion.

"Is his attitude very firm?"

"Oh, I see."

In the study, Lu Wenzhen put down the phone expressionlessly.

He suddenly rubbed his temple, walked to the window, opened it and looked at the night outside.

Although Li Fei once had amazing potential, in his eyes, he could only be regarded as a "hidden dragon in the abyss" at most, and was not capable of shaking the Lu family, one of the "Ten Aristocratic Clan".

But now, the dragon has raised its head!

The first marquis of Da Lan was looking coldly at the entire Lu family.

Asking for monthly ticket

(End of this chapter)