This martial saint's health bar is too thick

Chapter 522 Asking the Sword
"A thousand years ago, the Western Continent was dotted with small countries and warring princes."

"When the Great Blue Dynasty unified the Central Plains, three empires rose in the Western Continent, annexed various countries, and dominated the Western Continent, forming a three-kingdoms situation."

"The three empires are Deni, Mega, and Severon."

"The war between the three kingdoms lasted for more than a hundred years. During this period, there was division and new kingdoms rose up, eventually forming a situation of seven kingdoms."

"Deni, Mega and Severon, although these three countries are no longer as prosperous as they once were, they are still the strongest among the seven countries, so they are called the three major powers."

"One hundred and thirty-nine years ago, an ocean-going fleet sent by the royal family of Deni discovered the East Continent, which opened up trade between the East and West continents. It was also from this time that the countries of the West Continent began to covet the vast East Continent."

Inside the secret room, Li Fei stood in front of a bookshelf, reading a book in his hand.

This book records the historical trajectory of the Western Continent. He is not interested in the Three Kingdoms or the Seven Kingdoms War.

What really concerns him is the other party's industrial revolution!
Unlike the East Continent where martial arts and magic flourished, the West Continent determined nobility and social status based on bloodline. Aristocratic bloodlines were naturally endowed with extraordinary powers, and thus they stably occupied the ruling class.

If the lower-class people have bad blood, they will be stuck at the bottom of society their whole lives and will never be able to make a breakthrough.

Even though the East and West continents began to trade, the West continent obtained a lot of martial arts and magic training methods from the East continent.

But firstly, there are almost no exotic beasts in the Western Continent. If one wants to have an implant, one must directly make an extraordinary person with noble blood into an implant, which is absolutely taboo, so martial arts and magic are not popular.

Another point is that the ruling class of the Western Continent does not allow the lower classes to control a large amount of power that can become stronger on their own.

In this situation, the lower-class people cannot study how to learn martial arts and become stronger, and can only devote their energy to other aspects.

Since we cannot master supernatural powers, let’s master the power of science!
As a result, gunpowder weapons began to emerge in various civil resistance organizations, and after continuous improvements, they became more and more powerful.

When the first rifled gun appeared, the nobles of the Western Continent had to begin to pay attention to this gunpowder weapon.

As the seven nations joined in the research and development and manufacturing of gunpowder weapons, the power of science and technology began to be demonstrated in the Western Continent, followed by the Industrial Revolution!
The seven countries of the Western Continent completed the first industrial revolution about seventy years ago and entered the steam age.

The second industrial revolution was completed more than forty years ago and we entered the electrical age.

Heavy machine guns, bombers, mortars, warships... these epoch-making weapons were created!
As the saying goes, when you hold a sharp knife, murderous intent arises.

With these powerful weapons, the ambitions of the seven countries in the Western Continent gradually expanded.

If the East Continent had not been discovered, the seven countries would probably have been fighting fiercely.

But doesn’t this mean that we have an external target for conquest?

Moreover, the benefits of the East Continent are enough for the seven countries to divide.

So the seven countries chose to join forces and face the outside world in unison!
Li Fei put down the book in his hand and began to look for information related to various technologies on the bookshelf.

He is now concerned about one thing——

Twenty-two years have passed. To what extent has the technology in the Western Continent developed now?
Have we entered the third industrial revolution?

If we start using atomic energy and create atomic bombs, even the strongest people will be in danger!

If the Western Continent only has technological power, then there is nothing to be afraid of even if the other party has the technological level that Li Fei remembers from his previous life.

Just send any strong man to lurk over and easily complete the decapitation!

A single spell of 'fear' can make fully armed soldiers throw away their armor.

But the problem is that the Western Continent also possesses extraordinary power, and it is not weak, it is just a little weaker in the highest level of combat power.

In this case, if the scientific and technological strength of the Western Continent had an epoch-making improvement, it would be terrifying!

"In August of the 36th year of Hongguang, the military of the Meijia Nation secretly tested a batch of new firearms. We were unable to obtain detailed intelligence, and we only knew that the final test results were not good and they were not put into mass production."

"In June of the 37th year of Hongguang, the Mega Country successfully developed a new type of firearm, a rifle, which has been officially put into production. This firearm can automatically load ammunition, and its rate of fire is much higher than all existing rifles!"

"In November of the 38th year of Hongguang, the German country secretly developed a new type of armored vehicle, and it is suspected that the cannon was placed on the armored vehicle."

"In March of the 01th year of Hongguang, Germany began mass production of a new type of armored vehicle, named 'MT-'. The following is the blueprint copied by our spies."

"In May of the 39th year of Hongguang, the country of Severen developed a new type of artillery, which has a better range and power than the largest caliber mortar currently available. The following is our estimated data on the new artillery."

The Grand Council's biggest concern about the Western Continent is their various gunpowder weapons, so this is the information they focus on.

Looking at the intelligence obtained by these spies at great risk of death and at great cost, Li Fei's heart gradually sank.

Aren’t Mega’s new rifles semi-automatic rifles and automatic rifles?

Today, the Great Blue Dynasty still uses bolt-action rifles. After firing a shot, they have to pull the bolt to load the bullet. Needless to say, the gap between this and automatic weapons is obvious.

As for Germany's MT-01 armored vehicle, Li Fei smiled when he saw the familiar tracked structure. Isn't this a tank?
In the previous life, this thing was the king of land warfare during World War II!

There is also a new type of artillery developed by the country of Severn, which has a longer range and a heavier structure. It should be the development from medium- and short-range mortars to medium- and long-range howitzers.

It is still possible to use cavalry to charge the enemy's artillery positions from a distance of one or two kilometers.

But if there is an artillery bombardment more than ten kilometers away, only a team of all warriors or the Imperial Camp Army can resist it.

Li Fei carefully searched for a lot of information and finally saw an inconspicuous record in one of the intelligence:
"In March of the 44th year of Hongguang, the Museum of Literature of the Bauhinia Principality developed a large device that can speed up calculations."

computer!
Li Fei's expression changed when he saw this information for the first time.

He wanted to find more information about this large device, but after searching through all the relevant records, he found nothing more.

That’s all.

Obviously, for the spies of the Military Affairs Office lurking in the Western Continent, all kinds of new weapons are their first target of investigation. As for this kind of equipment that only speeds up the calculation speed, the spies did not take it seriously and just recorded it as usual.

"Five years have passed since the 44th year of Hongguang. Computer technology may have been applied to many fields. I am afraid that it will not be long before the Western Continent will fully enter the third industrial revolution!"

Li Fei felt a little heavy.

Compared with the Western Continent, although the Great Blue Dynasty had undergone the Ming-Xin Reforms, introduced a large amount of Western technology, and had the ability to manufacture firearms and artillery on its own, its level was still far behind.

It’s not that the people of the East Continent are not smart enough, but the differences in the overall environment and ideology have led to the fact that the East Continent is still more inclined towards the development of personal force.

No matter whether they are from a big or small family, if there is a chance, they would definitely want their children to become warriors or sorcerers instead of studying science and technology.

In this situation, even with the Mingxin Reform and the court's advocacy of "learning the skills of the barbarians in order to control them", it was still difficult to change the overall situation.

If the East Continent wants to surpass the West Continent in the field of science and technology, there will be no hope within a hundred years.

The only thing to be thankful for is that the Great Lan Dynasty at least had a Mingxin Reform. Even though the technological level was backward, it at least managed to transform from cold weapons to hot weapons.

Otherwise, if we still use the swords, guns and cavalry from decades ago, we will have to face the semi-automatic rifles, howitzers and tanks of the Western Continent today.

Then ordinary soldiers are really useless!
Li Fei put down the information in his hand and began to browse the information of the extraordinary people in the Western Continent:
Among the seven countries in the Western Continent, before the great war that year, only three major powers had multiple prince-level warriors, while the other four countries had only one prince-level warrior, that is, the king of that country.

In total, there are 11 prince-level warriors in the seven countries!
At that time, the three major powers each sent a prince, as well as extraordinary people of various levels such as dukes, marquises, earls, viscounts, and barons, to march east together.

Later, Wenren Zheng killed two of the three princes, and one was seriously injured and escaped.

In the next twenty-two years, the Great Blue Dynasty introduced a large amount of advanced technology from the Western Continent, purchased many weapons, and enhanced its national strength.

The Western Continent also obtained a large number of martial arts and magic training methods from the Great Blue Dynasty to strengthen its own strength.

Although none of the seven nations have promoted the practice of cultivation on a large scale, their nobles can practice it.

The advantages of the bloodline itself, combined with the appropriate practice method, can not only make their practice progress faster, but also speed up the awakening of their bloodline and even increase the chance of their bloodline evolution!

The Deni royal family member named Tuso whom Li Fei had met before had reached the peak of the Daoji stage in martial arts. Combined with the power of his bloodline, it was difficult to find a few people below the level of martial arts master who could defeat him.

This is the benefit brought by the combination of the martial arts of the East Continent and the blood power of the West Continent.

In that battle, two prince-level powerhouses and a large number of extraordinary people died in the Western Continent.

After twenty-two years of development, through continuous acquisition and learning of the martial arts and techniques of the East Continent, the number of extraordinary people in the seven countries of the West Continent is greater than before!
There are now 13 prince-level warriors, with 4 new ones added!
It’s a pity that success or failure depends on bloodline.

Bloodline brings powerful talents to the extraordinary people of the Western Continent, but it also limits their upper limit.

Some people are destined to become dukes from birth, while others can only be barons no matter how hard they try.

Even with the cultivation methods of the East Continent, it would only increase the probability of bloodline evolution to a certain extent and would not change the overall data.

Below the Prince level is the Duke level, which is equivalent to the Grand Master of the East Continent.

According to statistics, there are only 56 Duke-level warriors in the seven countries of Western Continent.

In the Great Blue Dynasty, the number of grand masters in the imperial court and the martial arts world is almost the same.

What’s more, there are top real people.

Outside of the Great Blue Dynasty, the grassland royal court, the fourteen tribes of the northern barbarians, and the two desert kingdoms all have grand masters and top-level immortals.

Therefore, the number of strong people at this level in the East Continent is far greater than that in the West Continent.

This is the limitation brought by bloodline. Many things are fixed and there are not many variables.

"It's a pity that the seven nations in the Western Continent have joined forces, while the Great Blue Dynasty in the Eastern Continent is fighting alone against many enemies."

Li Fei thought with some regret.

There is no overlord in the Western Continent who can suppress the other countries, but instead allows the seven countries to unite against the outside world.

Even if we are not so united, at least our interests are the same.

On the other hand, in the East Continent, the Great Blue Dynasty has dominated the world for more than 500 years and has been suppressing the rest of the countries for more than 500 years.

Whether it is the grassland royal court or the two desert kingdoms, their ideas are the same as the seven kingdoms in the western land, they all want to divide up the Great Blue Dynasty!

In the secret room, Li Fei browsed through the intelligence of the whole night.

Of course, it was impossible for him to read all the intelligence of the past twenty-two years in one night. He just picked out some key points to read.

The next morning, he left the Grand Council and returned to the Supervisory Cabinet headquarters.

"My lord, this is the information that Pavilion Master Lou asked someone to compile for you." A clerk brought a heavy black iron box to Li Fei.

This black iron box was sealed with magic, and it can only be removed with the golden seal and life tablet of an official from the Supervisory Pavilion, plus the corresponding magic.

If it is forcibly broken, it will trigger the magic inside, causing all the information inside to be burned.

This is the standard way for the Supervisory Council to store confidential documents.

Li Fei had sufficient personal authority and mastered the technique to unlock the information, so he did not need anyone else's help. He opened the iron box by himself and took out the information inside.

The Supervisory Council holds all the information related to spies. Li Fei found it shocking after reading it!

When he was in Datong Prefecture, there was a special lecturer in Wu'an University who colluded with spies from Xilu.

And the spies from Xilu had infiltrated more than just Wu'an University.

Thirteen universities and twenty-three provinces across the country have all been infiltrated!
No wonder the official from the Supervisory Council said at the grand court meeting that day that there was no need for the Western Continental delegation to come and find out the truth.

Their understanding of the Great Blue Dynasty may be deeper than many of the Great Blue Dynasty’s own people!

That day, Li Fei stayed at the headquarters of the Supervisory Council until evening before returning to the Marquis' Mansion.

After returning to the Marquis' Mansion, he did not choose to rest, nor did he go to the secret room to practice, but went to the study.

He is a combination of magic and martial arts. Although his martial arts realm has reached the Divine Realm, his flying sword body is still at the Earth Level. He must wait until his flying sword body reaches the Heaven Level and is balanced with his martial arts realm before he can make the next breakthrough.

In order for the flying sword body to break through from the earth level to the heaven level, it is necessary to incorporate a sixth-grade magic implant.

Li Fei has no shortage of resources, but he is still considering which specific sixth-grade implants to include, how to combine them, and how to practice.

After all, no one has ever walked this road before, so he can only explore it on his own.

This is not something that can be achieved in a short period of time.

From last night to today, I have read so much information about the Western Continent.

The more he understood the situation in the Western Continent, the heavier Li Fei's mood became and the greater the pressure on him!
Master Caiming once told him that if the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up.

But now, looking at the entire Great Blue Dynasty, Wenren Zheng is the only top powerhouse left.

If the four imperial camp troops were not counted, Li Fei felt that he might be the second best person in the Great Blue Dynasty!

There is no tall person to support him, and he is that tall person. Now he must help Da Lan to push up!

This pressure is indescribable.
This made Li Fei more eager to improve his strength.

It was impossible to break through in a short period of time, so he thought of using other methods:
After sitting down, he took out a secret book - "Da Qian".

That’s right, it’s the “Da Qian”, one of the twelve sword techniques of the Gouchen Sword School!
After the demise of the Gouchen Sword Sect, all of its savings of more than 400 years fell into the hands of others.

The most valuable things, in addition to various cultivation resources, are the cultivation secrets.

The twelve sword techniques that can directly reach the realm of creation are treasures for any swordsman!
After breaking through and becoming a grandmaster, Li Fei can quickly cultivate all the Taoist power he has mastered to the Xuanjing level.

But it is not so easy to reach the Dao power of the Creation Realm.

It requires inheritance, talent, and hard work.

If you already have a martial art that has been developed to the level of Creation, practicing it will be twice as effective with half the effort.

Therefore, the twelve sword techniques of the Gouchen Sword School are particularly precious.

Although Li Fei took the initiative to give up the distribution rights at the beginning, Xiao Ruixing and Huo Hansi did not dare to let him suffer any loss.

In addition to being allocated a large amount of resources, the four hundred years of inheritance of the Gouchen Sword Sect was also copied and handed over to him!
Li Fei himself has the body of a flying sword, and his own little world is the [Hunyuan Sword Realm], but he has not yet practiced a set of advanced sword techniques.

This is undoubtedly a waste of resources!

It just so happened that he had the 400-year-old inheritance of the Chuchen Sword School in his hands, so he planned to start practicing sword now.

This is also the best way to enhance combat effectiveness in a short period of time.

With the body of a flying sword, the magical power of [Sword Sacrifice], and the [Hunyuan Sword Realm], Li Fei is blessed with natural advantages in practicing sword.

Even though he had never practiced swordsmanship before, after all, his level was there and he had such a good basic condition, so his progress in swordsmanship was rapid!
It only took Li Fei one night to sort out all the contents of the "Da Qian" swordsmanship from the "Entering the Dao" to the "Xuan Jing" of Dao Jin.

Then he did not rest, but went directly to the martial arts arena in the mansion, deployed the [Hunyuan Sword Realm] to cover the entire martial arts arena, and then began to practice swordsmanship.
Two days later, in [Hunyuan Sword Realm]:

The sun and the moon shine together on the dome, the red sun is like molten gold pouring down, and the silver moon is like icy soul flowing.

At the intersection of heaven and earth, the bronze altar stands tall like an inverted divine sword, with golden sword energy flowing between the intricate patterns.

Around the altar, hundreds of thousands of mountains surround it like pilgrims, and thousands of rivers rush like silver dragons into the sea!

Li Fei stood in the center of the altar with his hands behind his back. He was filled with awe-inspiring sword spirit. With every breath he took, his energy echoed with the myriad swords in the sword world.

He raised his right arm and clenched his right hand.

In an instant, hundreds of thousands of mountains trembled violently, the rugged mountain bodies peeled off inch by inch to become golden sand waterfalls, the hanging river rolled back and turned into golden light bands, and billions of golden rays rushed towards Li Fei's palm!

The sound of the sword pierced through the sky, and a three-foot green blade formed in his hand.

Li Fei casually thrust the sword forward, and it seemed to be carrying the weight of heaven and earth, and the vast mountains and rivers.

Boom! ! !

The sword's force was stronger than moving mountains and filling the sea, and wherever the sword light passed, spider-web-like cracks appeared in the void, and the entire sword world shook.

After one sword strike, the long sword in Li Fei's hand completely dissipated.

The sword he used just now was the "Da Qian". It only took him two days to practice it to the Xuan Jing level!
However, it will not be so easy to break through to the level of creation next.

As Li Fei's mind moved, the mountains and rivers that had just disappeared reappeared.

Lava gushed out from the cracks in the earth, and a sacred tree formed of red flames rose from the ground, each of its flaming leaves a dancing flame.

A scarlet firebird flapped its wings and flew over the treetops, its tail feathers trailing a thousand-foot-long stream of clouds.

There was a Buddhist chant that penetrated the flames, and golden Buddha lights fell from the sky.
All of these images are the manifestation of the Taoist power that Li Fei has practiced within the [Hunyuan Sword Realm].

After reaching the Divine Evolution Realm, various magical powers can be integrated with each other to produce new changes.

This is the change derived from Li Fei’s divine realm—[Wanxiang]!
All the Dao power that you practice, see, and feel can be transformed into Dao rhythm, presenting images within the realm of martial arts.

The word "Hunyuan" has the meaning of being all-encompassing, so the more images there are within the sword world, the more real this small world is, and the greater its power is!
The reason why Li Fei chose "Da Qian" as the first sword technique he practiced was because this sword technique was most consistent with "Wanxiang" and had the largest number of images, which could maximize the power of the sword world.

royal palace.

The new emperor Qin Ziheng was processing memorials in the imperial study.

After he ascended the throne, he was even more diligent than the previous emperor.

As for his level of handling government affairs, after all, he had been the crown prince for more than 20 years, and he started to participate in court affairs and win over ministers a long time ago.

After all, with the eldest prince and the third prince as his whetstones, Qin Ziheng's level can't be too low.

"Your Majesty, Marquis Jing'an has a memorial to present."

Outside the study, Feng Cheng suddenly said while holding a memorial.

Qin Ziheng looked up and said, "Bring it here."

"Yes."

Feng Cheng handed over the memorial personally.

Qin Ziheng took the memorial and glanced at it. After a brief thought, he said:

"Tell Marquis Jing'an that I have approved his application."

"Yes."

July 8, the 27th year of Hongguang.

Li Fei left Lanling City alone in a flying boat.

His application to the new emperor consisted of only one sentence:

"I intend to learn swordsmanship and hone my martial arts before the Western Continent delegation arrives."

The derived magical power [Wanxiang] is not only the power of Taoism cultivated by oneself that can form images in the realm of martial arts.

When fighting with other strong men, you can recognize their Dao power more often and, after gaining some insights, you can also form images.

That's why Li Fei decided to ask the swordsman in the world!

Firstly, it can hone your martial arts and strengthen yourself.

Secondly, he is now the leader of the Lanxun Pavilion, and has the responsibility to pacify the martial arts world for the imperial court.

Before he broke through, it was very difficult for him to defeat a grandmaster.

Although he defeated Bo Chen, a grandmaster of the Lidao realm, on the Baifeng Plain, it was largely due to luck. If he had not been able to restrain the opponent's unique move, he would most likely not have been able to defeat another grandmaster of the Lidao realm.

Now that he has broken through, his combat power has been greatly improved.

Li Fei felt that if he met Bai Chen, who was at the Li Dao realm again, it wouldn't be too difficult for him to win!

And Bai Chen, who has mastered the five supernatural powers and the five sword techniques of creation, is definitely not weak among the grand masters in the realm of Li Dao, even though he has just broken through.

So Li Fei also wanted to know what he is like now——

Who can be the rival at the top?
Asking for monthly ticket

(End of this chapter)