Chapter 242 - 24: Breaking into the Mountain Gate

Chapter 242: Chapter 24: Breaking into the Mountain Gate

“Professor Xu, you know my teacher?”

Li Fei looked at Xu Jing curiously.

Xu Jing’s face revealed an exaggerated smile:

“Of course, he and I are very good friends!”

Li Fei nodded calmly upon hearing this, but he felt somewhat skeptical inside.

If they really were good friends, and he happened to be a professor at Wu’an University, why hadn’t Hao Yi mentioned this person to him when he had come to Wuda?

“How come, you don’t believe it?”

Xu Jing asked smilingly.

Li Fei shook his head, “No, it’s just that I’ve never heard my teacher mention you before.”

“Oh? He never mentioned me?”

The smile suddenly vanished from Xu Jing’s face, he narrowed his eyes, his tone turning cold:

“Let’s go, it’s time to depart.”

With that, he set the white fox he had been holding on the ground and let it leave on its own.

Li Fei didn’t ask any further, just followed the professor out of the icy plains.

After they left the Exotic Beast Breeding Area, a black car had already stopped outside.

Xu Jing didn’t say much, just got directly into the car and sat in the back seat.

Li Fei consciously took the passenger seat.

The car started and slowly drove out of Wu’an University.

After more than forty minutes, the car drove out of Datong Prefecture City and headed northwest.

Xu Jing hadn’t said another word the whole way, and Li Fei didn’t ask any more, so the car’s interior remained silent.

After driving for over an hour, the car stopped in front of a gatehouse.

This gatehouse was the entrance to a mountain with multiple levels of ascending stairs behind it, and three big characters were written on the gatehouse — Iron Blade Sect.

A few Iron Blade Sect disciples were guarding in front of the gatehouse, their expressions turning solemn upon seeing the car.

One disciple, carrying a long saber, quickly walked over.

Before he could get close, the driver got out of the car proactively, went up to meet him, handed him a letter, and said a few words.

After receiving the letter, the disciple turned and ran back, climbing the mountain steps at a very fast pace, seemingly to deliver the message.

The driver, who had gone to deliver the message, didn’t return to the car but waited outside.

Li Fei sat in the passenger seat, quietly watching what was happening outside, not asking any further questions from start to finish.

“Your composure is quite good.”

Xu Jing, sitting in the back seat, suddenly spoke up, “Do you know why they asked me to come to Iron Blade Sect this time?”

Li Fei turned to look at Xu Jing and shook his head.

Xu Jing smiled, showing off a row of white teeth: “Because I’m the best at killing.”

Li Fei’s pupils constricted, and he felt a chill spread through his body upon hearing this!

He calmed his mind and asked:

“So you mean, Iron Blade Sect has been set up?”

“Oh?”

Xu Jing appeared interested, “Why would you say that?”

Li Fei said without hesitation: “The fact that Wu’an University asked you to come to Iron Blade Sect probably represents the government’s intention, right?”

Xu Jing replied, “I don’t know, nor do I care. But even if I truly represent the government’s intention, why would you think that Iron Blade Sect has been set up, and not that it actually has collusions with spies from the Western countries?”

Li Fei shook his head: “If it had been proven that Iron Blade Sect really had collusions with Western spies, the government would not have reacted this way, nor would they have only sent you.”

“That makes sense.”

Xu Jing nodded and continued curiously, “So why would you say that Iron Blade Sect has been set up?”

Li Fei slowly said: “Initially, the Inspection General Office only found out that someone from the martial arts guilds was colluding with Western spies, then someone used this matter to write an article, aiming at Iron Blade Sect, causing more than a dozen martial arts guilds to withdraw from the Martial Arts Association.

After Iron Blade Sect found out who was causing trouble behind the scenes, they immediately struck back, which was actually falling into the trap, playing right into the hands of the person behind the scenes.”

Xu Jing pondered: “You’re saying that the person behind the scenes wanted Iron Blade Sect to retaliate?”

“Right.”

Li Fei nodded, “Because this matter isn’t just a simple grudge within the World, it also involves spies from Western countries. Even if Iron Blade Sect is just a suspect, they should have stayed low-key until the investigation was finalized. But Iron Blade Sect not only didn’t lay low, they also fought back, flexing their muscles. This looks like they’re defying the government’s authority.”

The situation in Datong Prefecture City was different from that of Xing City.

Over in Xing City, the once-powerful Tiger Saber Gang had strong influence over the local government, even overpowering the Chief of Xing City, a typical ‘local emperor’.

But in Datong Prefecture City, partly because of the presence of Wu’an University, the government authority was much stronger, with no ‘local emperor’ in existence.

‘Seven Kings’ and similar World powers certainly had their own people within the government with some influence, but after all, they couldn’t confront the government head-on.

“Heh.”

Xu Jing chuckled, “Interesting, you seem to know quite a bit about the officialdom, huh?”

Li Fei remained silent.

Of course, he couldn’t tell the other that in his past life, he had spent nearly ten years mixed up in officialdom, where observing others and assessing the situation had almost become instinctive.

It was just that in this life, he didn’t want to live that way again, which was why he had become ‘Green-faced Ghost’.

“No wonder they let me kill this time yet don’t want me to go all out. It turns out it’s just to warn Iron Blade Sect, how uninteresting.”

Xu Jing shook his head.

Hearing his words, Li Fei became even more certain of his speculation.

It seemed that the ‘Sword King’ had indeed not seen the situation clearly and had fallen into someone else’s trap, becoming the target for a cautionary tale.

“Since you’re so clever, why don’t you guess why you absolutely had to accompany me this time?”

Xu Jing suddenly asked.

Li Fei thought for a moment, then shook his head: “The student can’t guess.”

“Heh, then I’ll tell you.”

Xu Jing looked into Li Fei’s eyes, word by word:

“Because you are Hao Yi’s student. Thanks to him, it took me thirty years longer than expected to master the Martial Arts Foundation, so I insisted that you had to come with me this time!”