Chapter 941: 54: The Grand Examination

Chapter 941: Chapter 54: The Grand Examination

(PS: Just a note: Why does it seem like the protagonist can win a fight in just a few strikes, yet has to drag it out with so many moves, making it look less overwhelming? Is the author just trying to pad the word count?)

Setting aside writing techniques and plot buildup, let’s talk logic: The protagonist’s opponents at this stage all possess Divine Skills, and these skills vary widely. Without knowing the opponent’s trump cards, if the protagonist rashly goes ‘Blood Explosion’ on them, it could backfire:

For example, if Li Fei starts off by consuming 1,000 Blood Souls to unleash [Blood Rage], and then uses 4,000 Blood Souls with the [Refining] Divine Skill to convert it into power, thinking to himself that he’ll take them out with one slash!

But the opponent has a [Thorny Shield] Anti-injury Divine Power, along with other Divine Skills to strengthen the [Thorny Shield] and enhance its counterattack ability. Li Fei slashes with 5,000 Blood Souls, only to be countered for 4,000.

Oops, the protagonist ends up taking himself out with one slash~)

Li Fei flies back to Datong Prefecture City with the wind, returning to the Bian Mansion.

Inside the mansion, Bian Jingru, anxiously waiting for news, immediately came forward, full of concern:

“Marquis, are you okay?”

Li Fei casually recounted the results of the battle.

After hearing it, Bian Jingru didn’t seem too pleased, instead, he looked worried:

“If the Xiao Family decides to get involved, things will get complicated. At most, even if we overturn this case, we can only make the Lu Family abandon one or two core figures, but it’s impossible to convict Lu Wenzheng. As for Xu Jing…”

A Great Grandmaster, let alone convicting them, even if we could rely on Shangguan Xiao’s case to convict Xu Jing, there is no way Xu Jing would be sentenced.

A Martial Arts Master can essentially be exempt from most penalties, let alone a Great Grandmaster?

So the case is just an introduction, ultimately the struggle between Li Fei, Lu Wenzheng, and Xu Jing depends on how both sides maneuver.

Now with the sudden involvement of the enormous entity that is the Xiao Family, it puts tremendous pressure on Bian Jingru!

He and Li Fei may be allies now, but if helping Li Fei means going against the Xiao Family, he is unwilling.

“Xiao Xiuyong doesn’t represent the Xiao Family yet, let’s wait for the developments.”

Li Fei said calmly.

Afterward, he chatted with Bian Jingru for a while before taking his leave and heading to Wu’an University.

To avoid drawing attention, he directly flew onto the small mountain where Shi Caiming resided.

Shi Caiming seemed to have anticipated his arrival, having already prepared wine and cups, and set out chairs, while he himself lay leisurely on a recliner smoking.

“Principal, I’m back.”

Li Fei landed beside Shi Caiming and said softly, “I brought you some wine.”

After Hao Yi and Shangguan Xiao passed away, aside from family, it was only beside this bald principal that he could feel the care of an elder.

Shi Caiming glanced at the wine in his hand and smiled:

“How did it go?”

Li Fei sat down, opened the wine in his hand, poured a drink for Shi Caiming, and then summarized his encounter with Xiao Tao.

“Hmm.”

After listening, Shi Caiming nodded, “Xiao Tao, that guy, is even older than I am. When I first broke through to become a Martial Arts Master, he was already a Martial Arts Master with Four Divine Abilities, proud and ambitious, wanting to break through with Seven Divine Abilities. But now, I’ve been a Grandmaster for many years, and he’s still a Martial Arts Master.”

As he spoke, he took a sip of the wine Li Fei poured, his eyes brightened:

“Is this the palace’s special reserve wine?”

Li Fei nodded, this wine was something he specially asked the Crown Prince for before leaving Lanling City.

The Crown Prince, upon hearing it was for him, waved a hand generously and let him take as much as he wanted.

Li Fei returned this time on a flying boat with six cases of wine.

“The rest will be delivered to you later.”

“Not bad, not bad, you got quite a heart.”

Shi Caiming laughed.

Then he got to discussing the matter at hand:

“Your path of Magic and Martial Unity is different from Lin Tianyi’s. He first broke through as a Grandmaster with Three Divine Abilities, then became a top-level True Master with Three Divine Abilities before achieving Magic and Martial Unity. Your next breakthrough, I suppose, will be combining Divine Abilities from both sides of Magic and Martial Arts?”

Li Fei nodded. He had roughly explained his Flying Sword Body situation to Shi Caiming earlier. With Shi Caiming’s realm, it wasn’t hard to deduce his breakthrough method.

Shi Caiming looked at him and said solemnly:

“Then you’d better have it clear in your mind, don’t become the next Xiao Tao!”

Xiao Tao wanted to break through with Six Divine Abilities but never could, ending up stuck at the Martial Arts Master level for life.

Li Fei aimed to combine three Magic-type Divine Abilities with three Martial Arts-type Divine Abilities to break through, a difficulty that would be even greater than Xiao Tao’s.

It might even be harder than the normal Seven Divine Abilities breakthrough!

Even if Li Fei were on the same path of Magic and Martial Unity as Lin Tianyi, Shi Caiming wouldn’t be this worried since Li Fei’s current talent was even greater than Lin Tianyi’s back then.

Since Lin Tianyi could make it through, Shi Caiming believed Li Fei could too.

But the path Li Fei wanted to take was uncharted!

No one has ever attempted what he was about to do, which is why Shi Caiming couldn’t help but worry.

If he could, he actually wanted to persuade Li Fei to lower the difficulty, to attempt a breakthrough with two Martial Arts Divine Abilities and two Magic Divine Abilities.

But seeing the resolute look in Li Fei’s eyes, he knew he couldn’t persuade him.

Li Fei sensed Shi Caiming’s concern and smiled:

“Don’t worry, I know what I’m doing.”

Shi Caiming sighed, lowered his head, and drank.

“Principal, tell me about Xiao Tao’s Divine Abilities.”

Li Fei suddenly said.

This encounter with Xiao Tao and the way he combined his Divine Abilities gave Li Fei some inspiration and made him want to delve deeper.