This martial saint's health bar is too thick

Chapter 520 Yuan Xing
In August in Lanling City, the sun was high in the sky and the weather was hot.

The Jing'an Marquis Mansion is surrounded by green trees, which makes it quite cool.

"My Lord, the Lord Ni Xuan, the head of Zhige Pavilion, has sent an invitation."

The steward of the Marquis' Mansion had been waiting outside the secret room where Li Fei was practicing. Seeing Li Fei come out on time, he hurried forward to report.

"Ni Xuan?"

Li Fei took the invitation handed to him by the housekeeper.

He didn't have much friendship with the leader of Zhige Pavilion, and this was the first time the other party had sent him an invitation.

After opening the invitation, he found that he was not invited to the other party's house, but to the headquarters of Zhige Pavilion.

This means there is official business to discuss.

So Li Fei did not delay and went out quickly and headed straight for the headquarters of Zhige Pavilion.

In the battle a few days ago, Ni Xuan and several other grand masters joined forces to attack Jing Heng, but was seriously injured.

Originally, Ni Xuan should have taken time to recuperate, but now there are unrests in temples all over the place, and the Zhige Pavilions in various places also need to take action.

As the leader of Zhige Pavilion, Ni Xuan couldn't take a rest at this time, so he could only quickly finish his healing and then stay in Zhige Pavilion, giving orders and handling various affairs.

When Li Fei saw him, the aura of this great master of the Lidao realm was still a little unstable.

"Thank you, Marquis Jing'an. Please take a seat."

When Ni Xuan saw Li Fei coming, he put down the documents in his hand.

"Master Ni, you are too polite."

Li Fei walked over and sat opposite the other person.

"The third prince Qin Ziyuan colluded with the Buddhists and attempted to rebel. After his failure, he was wiped out on the spot."

Ni Xuan didn't exchange pleasantries with Li Fei, and went straight to the point:
"All the people in his mansion have been imprisoned. One of them is his personal maid, who is a martial arts master and is imprisoned in the dungeon of my Zhige Pavilion headquarters. I have had someone interrogate this person, but she insisted on meeting Marquis Jing'an before she would speak."

Li Fei was startled: "See me?"

He had an impression of the maid named Xiaohua beside the third prince, but he had almost no interactions with her, so he didn't understand why she wanted to see him by name.

Ni Xuan looked at him and said, "Although the Third Prince is dead, he had mastered many secrets during his lifetime. If we know them, it may be of great use to deal with the Buddhists in the future. That's why I asked Marquis Jing'an to come."

"Okay, I'll go see her."

Li Fei agreed readily.

So Ni Xuan stood up and personally accompanied Li Fei into the dungeon, taking him down to the third floor. After passing through layers of checkpoints, they arrived outside a cell.

In the cell, Xiaohua was wearing a bloodstained white prison uniform, with special shackles on her hands and feet, sitting cross-legged on the ground.

Hearing footsteps, she slowly opened her eyes, her eyes dead.

It was not until he saw clearly that the person coming was Li Fei that a light flashed in his eyes.

"Thank you, Marquis Jing'an."

Outside the cell, Ni Xuan said to Li Fei.

Li Fei turned around and nodded to Ni Xuan, then walked into the cell, while Ni Xuan led his men away.

"I heard you wanted to see me, so here I come."

Li Fei looked into Xiaohua's eyes and said calmly.

Xiaohua looked up and looked at Li Fei, then stood up from the ground with some difficulty.

"You also have the magical power of [Infinite Distance]. The situation was chaotic during the battle that day. With your strength, you had a great chance of escaping during the chaos. Why didn't you run away?"

Li Fei asked.

On the way here, Ni Xuan gave him a brief introduction to what happened that day.

At that time, everyone's attention was attracted by Buddha Jingheng and those great Arhats. Although there were experts guarding outside the Third Prince's mansion, it was difficult to stop Xiaohua who possessed the magical power of [Infinite Distance].

But when Ni Xuan sent people to seal off the Third Prince's mansion and started arresting people, he found Xiaohua just standing quietly in a courtyard.

She did not run away, nor did she resist at all, and was thrown into jail.

"His Highness said that if the plan failed, he would be dead. If there is a chance, I hope I can meet you. He left a letter for you."

Only when the third prince was mentioned did a trace of life appear on Xiaohua's hollow face.

"Left me a letter?"

Li Fei was startled.

Xiaohua: "The faith is in my heart."

"it is good."

With Li Fei's current strength, he is not worried about what tricks a martial arts master whose cultivation has been sealed can play, so he simply separates a part of his mental power and connects it with Xiaohua's.

In the world of consciousness, the exchange of information becomes more vivid.

The third prince was dressed in gorgeous clothes, holding a folding fan, like a handsome and elegant young man. His dashing and suave appearance appeared in front of Li Fei again:

"Li Fei, you didn't expect that I would leave a letter for you, did you?"

"If I succeed this time, I will write a new history. If I fail, it doesn't matter how I am recorded in history books in the future."

"All the mortals in this world are like pigs and dogs, and most of the officials in the court are mediocre. They are not worthy of my further explanation."

"My two brothers, the prince is good for nothing except that he has a better life than me. I don't bother to talk to him. My eldest brother is a reckless man, and there is no need to say more."

"As for my father, the emperor considers me as an abandoned son. How can I consider him as my father?"

When the Third Prince's "letter" reached this point, Li Fei could feel the strong resentment contained in it.

He could not help but remain silent.

Since ancient times, if one fails in the fight for succession, how many people can have a good ending?
The eldest prince still holds on to false fantasies, but the third prince saw through it a long time ago.

The emperor will never change the crown prince!
He and the eldest prince were merely the crown prince's whetstones, pawns used to balance the power of the court.

That's why he said that the emperor regarded him as a discarded pawn!

In his opinion, the most kind and considerate side of a father was reserved for the prince.

The most generous and magnanimous side of a king was left to Li Fei.

The most ruthless side of an emperor was reserved for himself and the eldest prince!
You regard me as an abandoned son, how can I regard you as my king and father?
This is the only thing the third prince wanted to say to the emperor.

In the conscious world, the Third Prince opened the folding fan in his hand and smiled at Li Fei:

"You are the only one in this world, Li Fei, and even I feel amazed and impressed."

"So if I must explain something, only you, Li Fei, are qualified to listen."

That's why he left a letter for Li Fei.

I don't care about anyone else but you, Li Fei!

Then Li Fei listened to the Third Prince telling his various plans:
Going after Bo Chen of the Sword Sect was his most crucial move. He achieved enlightenment by killing himself, and broke through by surrounding and killing Wen Renzheng.

As long as he succeeds, the Third Prince will have a Martial Saint!
So it seems that he "sold" the Great Blue Dynasty to Buddhism and was willing to be a puppet emperor.

But according to his plan, he will have two Martial Saints, Bai Chen and Qin Mingli, by then.

In this way, in the game with Buddhism, he at least will not be in a completely weak position.

If we win over the Taoists in the future, we will also have the opportunity to slowly reverse the situation.

The third prince had already thought of and laid the groundwork for every step and arrangement.

"If I can ascend to the throne step by step from the desperate situation, I can take back the Great Blue Dynasty from the Buddhists!"

"It's a pity that you are unwilling to stand on my side. If you help me, you and I will join forces. Not to mention Buddhism, it will be easy to sweep across the Western Continent and unify the world in the future."

The third prince said with a big laugh.

Li Fei could feel the other party's high spirits from these words.

The other party was too disdainful to explain anything to the world, but in front of Li Fei, the greatest genius in history, he had to maintain his most powerful image!
Then the Third Prince changed the subject and folded his folding fan:

"The fact that you can see this letter means that I have finally lost."

"Everything I left behind can be given to you. I have a presence in Hongchen Pavilion, the Seven Great Families, the Four Great Sects, and other martial arts sects."

"And 'Under the Sky', I can give it to you too!"

"I don't ask you to do anything, just don't let Xiaohua be humiliated, just give her a quick death."

The third prince said this lightly.

Then a large amount of information flooded into Li Fei's mind.

About the secrets known by the Third Prince, his moves in various places, and the strongest intelligence organization "Under Heaven".

Li Fei got all the information!
After a moment, Li Fei disconnected his mental connection with Xiaohua.

He was silent for a moment, then asked softly:

"Do you have any last words?"

Xiaohua showed a look of relief on her face and slowly closed her eyes:
"Thank you, Lord Marquis."

She had no last words. She was fulfilling the third prince's last wish, which was to die quickly!

"it is good."

[Hunyuan Sword Realm] unfolded, covering the entire cell.

When the golden light faded, Li Fei was the only one left in the cell.

Xiaohua was reduced to ashes in the sword world, and her fate was the same as that of the third prince.

Li Fei turned and walked out of the cell. Ni Xuan, who had noticed the movement, was walking towards him.

"I used a secret method to search the soul. The prisoner is dead, but I also got a lot of information. I will write a letter to present to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince later."

Li Fei said calmly.

Upon hearing that Xiaohua was dead, Ni Xuan frowned slightly.

Such an important prisoner was killed at any time. If it were someone else, he would definitely be furious!
But Li Fei is different after all.

He also knew the contents of the emperor's last edict.

There is no need to offend the future pillars of the country for the sake of a prisoner!
"Well, congratulations to Marquis Jing'an for another achievement."

"Master Ni, you are too polite. I was able to gain something thanks to Master Ni."

Hearing what Li Fei said, Ni Xuan's expression eased and a little more smile appeared on his face. After saying goodbye to Ni Xuan, Li Fei left the headquarters of Zhige Pavilion and went to the outer city first.

He came to an empty courtyard in the outer city, his true energy surged out of his body, and he performed spells according to the secret method left by the third prince.

There was a dry well in the courtyard. Suddenly, a faint light came out of the well, and then a short piece of almost transparent silk thread flew out and fell into Li Fei's hands.

This piece of silk thread is exactly the Liu family's secret treasure passed down from generation to generation - Thousand Machines Shadowless Silk!

The Third Prince's words about giving Li Fei the world's number one intelligence organization, "Under Heaven", were not empty words.

This piece of Thousand Machines Invisible Silk is used to communicate with key persons in charge in various places of "Under Heaven", and the Third Prince told Li Fei all the code words for communication.

"I have already made arrangements. If I fail, all branches of Under Heaven will go into hibernation. From now on, only if you, Li Fei, personally contact them with this piece of Thousand Machine Shadowless Silk, will they obey my orders."

The Third Prince had spent a lot of effort to build up an intelligence organization, but he was only willing to leave it to Li Fei. In his opinion, the others were not qualified!

Li Fei held the piece of 'Thousand Machines Shadowless Silk' in his hand, feeling somewhat complicated.

He then returned to his mansion, went into the study, and wrote a memorial.

In the memorial, he wrote down all the important information he had learned from the Third Prince, the moves and arrangements of the major martial arts forces, and the situation "under heaven".

He also wrote down the piece of Thousand Machine Invisible Silk in his hand truthfully in the memorial without concealing anything.

Then he had the memorial delivered to the palace and given to the prince.

July 8, the 16th year of Hongguang.

Wenren was leading the Sky Blue Cavalry back to Lanling City.

On August 8, a state funeral was held for the imperial teacher Yun Shu, presided over by the Crown Prince himself and attended by civil and military officials of the court.

Eventually, his spirit tablet was sent to the Taimiao for sacrifice.

August 8, five in the morning.

Ninety-nine eternal lamps were lit in front of the Shinto stele outside the Taimiao.

The imperial guards were stationed on both sides of the sacred road, their iron armor clashing against the white hemp mourning belts around their waists.

At seven o'clock in the morning, the prince, dressed in mourning and holding the spirit tablet of the late emperor in his hands, walked towards the Taimiao followed by civil and military officials.

The seventy-two vermilion lacquered doors of the main hall of the Taimiao opened at the same time, revealing the gilded tablets of emperors of past dynasties.

At 7:12, the prince walked into the gate of the Imperial Ancestral Temple holding the spirit tablet in his hand.

Outside, white banners blocked the sun, and civil and military officials prostrated themselves along the sacred path.

As the Taizhu official struck the gong three times, the spirit tablet of the late emperor hovered under the plaque "Tongtian Longyun" written by Taizu himself, and seven layers of white gauze suddenly fell down.

Empress Xiao knelt in the front, and the Crown Prince knelt one step behind her.

Wen Renzheng, Ye Ze'an and Li Fei, the three ministers of state, knelt down behind the prince.

Further behind were densely packed civil and military officials.

After three bows and nine kowtows, the ceremony is over.

Ye Ze'an took out an imperial edict and read out the late emperor's will in public.

After the reading was completed, the imperial eunuch Feng Cheng came forward holding a nine-dragon gold-lacquered tray with the imperial seal on it.

The prince took a deep breath and took the imperial seal in front of the late emperor's spirit tablet.

At this point, the transfer of the empire's highest power was successfully completed.

The prince succeeded to the throne in front of the coffin and became the new emperor!

July 8, the 22th year of Hongguang.

On the second day after the new emperor ascended the throne, the first grand court meeting of the new dynasty was held.

There were many things to be discussed at this grand court meeting, and the first one was the new reign title.

The new emperor and the central cabinet had already discussed this matter, so they quickly passed a resolution, and the new reign title was - Yuanxing!
According to convention, the new year name will not be implemented until the first day of the new year, so it is still the 49th year of Hongguang, and it will not be changed to the first year of Yuanxing until next year.

The new emperor’s formal enthronement ceremony will also be held next year.

After the reign title was determined, the second thing to do was to choose a temple name for the previous emperor.

The new emperor had already discussed the matter with the Central Cabinet in advance, and with the handwritten letter left by the previous emperor, there were no twists and turns.

"The late emperor's divine power was magnificent, he received the mandate of heaven and saved the people."

First, the chief minister Ye Ze'an read out the achievements of the previous emperor, and finally gave the temple name jointly proposed by the new emperor and the central cabinet:

Renzong!

This result surprised many ministers, and they all looked up at the new emperor sitting on the dragon throne.

With the late emperor's achievements, he could have strived for the four first-tier temple names of "Tai", "Gao", "Zhong" and "Shi"!

In the end, he was given the second-tier title "Renzong" without any controversy?

Sitting on the dragon throne, the new emperor glanced at the ministers below and said in a deep voice:
"The late emperor left me a handwritten letter before he died."

He gave a brief explanation, which made everyone suddenly realize and accept the result.

After the temple name was decided, the third thing was to reward those who had participated in the war.

The eunuch Feng Cheng began to read the imperial edict.

When Li Fei's name was read, in addition to a large amount of money and cultivation resources, he was also awarded a new official position:
"I have specially appointed Jing'an Hou Li Fei to serve as the special envoy of the Secret Investigation Department of the Supervisory Council!"

The position of Special Envoy of the Secret Investigation Department of the Supervisory Cabinet did not exist before, and there was also no such department as the "Secret Investigation Department" which sounded like it was related to intelligence.

The intelligence system of the Supervisory Cabinet is called the "Special Investigation Department", and there has never been a "Secret Investigation Department".

When Li Fei heard about this reward, he immediately understood what was going on.

This is probably the way the new emperor is returning the "Under Heaven" left by the third prince to him!

Apparently, the other party did not intend to completely absorb the intelligence system of "Under the Sky", but to make it part of the Supervisory Council and make it an independent new department.

The advantage of doing this is that it can preserve the intelligence capabilities of "Under the Sky" to the greatest extent.

Of course, it also shows the new emperor's trust in Li Fei.

Li Fei has military power in the northern border and the authority to supervise all officials as a blue patrol envoy.

In addition, he is also the leader of the Blue Patrol Pavilion's inspection team and can legitimately manage the forces of the underworld.

Now I have an additional "Secret Detective Department"!
The intelligence system of "Under Heaven" is mainly based on the forces of the underworld, and its penetration into the underworld is the strongest.

Therefore, this is a great boost for Li Fei in controlling the underworld forces!

And it's not over yet.

Feng Cheng continued to read:

"The Blue Patrol Pavilion has established a Pavilion Master position, which is equivalent to a rank 17th-level Pavilion official. Li Fei has taken over the position of Pavilion Master of the Blue Patrol Pavilion and will be in charge of the affairs of the Blue Patrol Pavilion in the provinces!"

The Master of Blue Patrol Pavilion!
When the late emperor and Ye Ze'an jointly established the Lanxun Pavilion, their purpose was to gather the forces of the martial arts world and make the Lanxun Pavilion an unprecedented martial arts alliance.

Ye Ze'an even specially called Li Fei to his residence and asked him if he had ever thought about becoming the man who could decide the fate of the martial arts world with a single word in the future? (See Chapter 162 of Volume for details)
But at that time, Li Fei was not even a martial arts master, so thinking about these things seemed too far-fetched.

The late emperor and Ye Ze'an deliberately did not establish the position of the head of the Lanxun Pavilion. In fact, this position was intentionally reserved for Li Fei.

Ye Ze'an specifically asked Li Fei to come to his house for a talk, which was a hint that one day in the future he would take the position of the leader of the Lanxun Pavilion and rule the world for the court!
Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, he has finally given this position to Li Fei.

The Blue Patrol Pavilion rules the martial arts world, which naturally does not include those forces that possess top-notch warriors.

Apart from these forces, with Li Fei's current strength, he does have the opportunity to subdue the other major forces and secure his position as the leader of the Blue Patrol Pavilion!
After all, Lanxun Pavilion is not one of the six central pavilions, so the rank of its Pavilion Master is one level lower than that of the other six Pavilion Masters.

However, Li Fei, as the leader of the Lanxun Pavilion, has been promoted one level, from a 16th-level official to a 17th-level official, and is only one step away from becoming the "highest official in the country"!
"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Li Fei stepped out and bowed to the new emperor on the dragon throne to express his gratitude.

Sitting on the dragon throne, the new emperor smiled and nodded slightly.

The reward continues——

"Master Xuanchen of Shangqing Sect has entered the Zhengfa Pavilion and serves as the deputy pavilion master!"

The Shangqing Sect also sent people to participate in today's grand court meeting.

The new emperor had long been trying to win over the Shangqing Sect. On the Baifeng Plain, the sect leader, Xuanxin Zhenjun, took action personally and played a key role.

Therefore, the benefits that should be given afterwards must not be reduced.

Xuanchen Zhenren of Shangqing Sect entered the Zhengfa Pavilion and directly served as the deputy pavilion master. This is one of the benefits promised by the court!

The three Taoist sects already had many disciples serving in the official courts in various places, taking away some of the power and gaining a lot of benefits.

After Qingxu's rebellion, the imperial court carried out a purge. Not only was the power of the Daluo Sect severely hit, but the Shangqing Sect and the Yuhua Sect were also greatly affected.

Now, Xuanchen, the Taoist master of Shangqing Sect, has entered the Zhengfa Pavilion, becoming the first Taoist master among the three Taoist sects to enter the Zhengfa Pavilion in the past hundred years, and he serves as the deputy pavilion master!
The hidden alternation of power and exchange of interests in this have extremely far-reaching impacts!

But now that Buddhism is so powerful, the court has to rely on Taoism.

After all the awards were given, the last topic of today's grand court meeting began -

How to deal with Buddhism.

Just as the new emperor was about to ask his ministers to express their ideas first, he suddenly became distracted and couldn't help but frown.

He sat on the dragon throne and pondered, causing the ministers below to look up at him.

After a moment, the new emperor looked at everyone and said:

"An urgent report just came from the Western Territory."

He was in charge of the Xuanqiong Yuji True Dragon Formation. If any urgent information was transmitted to the palace, he would be the first to know it.

Upon hearing this, the ministers were suddenly in an uproar, and many of them changed color.

Urgent news from the West?

Could it be that the Western Continent is attacking? !

If the Western Continent suddenly sends troops at this time, it will undoubtedly be a fatal matter for the Great Blue Dynasty!

Compared with the grassland royal court, the two desert kingdoms, and the northern barbarian tribes, the Western Continent has always posed the greatest threat to the Great Blue Dynasty.

In the hall, only Ye Ze'an, Wen Renzheng, Li Fei and a few others could remain calm.

The new emperor took in everyone's performance and said in a deep voice:

"The three great powers of the Western Continent, led by Deni, Mega and Severen, together with the other four countries, a total of seven countries, have sent envoys to visit our dynasty to congratulate me."

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