Chapter 1277: 2: Slithering Jubilation

Capítulo 1277: Chapter 2: Slithering Jubilation

Cuiqing City, dawn has arrived.

A large quantity of supplies, medicine, and food is being transported into the city, starting the post-disaster rescue and reconstruction.

Even though this city has become a ruin, most of the array bases buried underground can still be used.

With these array bases, as long as resources are invested, a city defense array can quickly be rebuilt.

Besides, the geographical location of Cuiqing City is also crucial; it’s situated at a key passage, capable of effectively controlling the rear invasion of the grassland.

For these two reasons, the strategic value of Cuiqing City is determined. Even though it’s already a ruin, the Eastern Territory cannot abandon it.

After an initial treatment by Li Fei, the casualties among the citizens in the city have significantly decreased.

With the court’s additional rescue efforts, many people’s emotions are gradually calming down.

In a temporary tent, Li Fei wakes up from slumber.

Ever since becoming a Martial Arts master, he hardly sleeps.

Every night, he uses cultivation in place of sleep.

Previously, using ‘Green Divine’ to heal the city’s citizens, his Force can absorb Heaven and Earth Qi for replenishment, the Heart and Spirit can use [Refining] divine skill to refine Blood Soul for conversion, and the Implant’s required Original Life Force can also do so.

Because of [Blood Breath], theoretically, Li Fei could be a ‘Perpetual Motion Machine.’

But after such a battle, the exhaustion in his heart was even greater than when he faced a million armies alone in the Northern Barbarians!

Afterward, Li Fei did not rest at all, and, after persisting for more than two hours, healing tens of thousands of people, he finally felt he reached his limit.

This limit wasn’t physical.

His Force, physical strength, divine power, and spiritual power were all very abundant, but Li Fei suddenly felt his control over himself was continuously declining, making it difficult to concentrate.

“The psychological limit has been reached.”

Thus, Li Fei stopped forcing himself and finally took a rest.

Returning to the temporary tent, he found it hard to use the Meditation Method to replace sleep due to difficulty concentrating.

Thus he completely gave up cultivation and chose sleep.

He slept for two days and two nights!

Standing up, he moved his body, feeling as if he had dropped a heavy burden he had carried for a long time, his heart incredibly light.

He stepped out of the tent and saw the bustling scene outside.

Li Fei turned his head towards the left side, where another tent was next to his.

Inside, he heard the familiar Sword Intent, which made him smile involuntarily.

Standing where he was for a moment, Li Fei directly walked into the adjacent tent.

Inside the tent, Ning Qingman had already changed clothes and put on her cloak, sitting cross-legged.

When Li Fei entered the tent, Ning Qingman also stood up.

“How are your injuries?”

Li Fei asked naturally.

The cloak covered Ning Qingman’s face, making her expression unclear; only her cool voice could be heard, creating a sense of deliberate estrangement:

“Not much of a problem.”

Actually, when Li Fei helped her heal in the past few days, he noticed her attitude had changed, but he didn’t mind:

“You previously told me that Martial Saints rarely get injured, and when injured, the Taoism is damaged, making it very difficult to handle.”

Ning Qingman was silent for a moment before saying, “Hmm, my situation is alright, it will recover in one or two years.”

Hearing this, Li Fei also fell silent.

Ning Qingman, being the youngest Martial Saint, naturally has a high talent. Since her breakthrough, her cultivation has actually been continuously increasing.

But after reaching a certain level, she still encountered a bottleneck.

After all, for a Peak Strong Person, taking even a small step forward might not be easier than crossing a whole big realm once!

After the Heart Inquiry Formation in Tan City, Ning Qingman frankly told Li Fei while chatting that she managed to make a breakthrough in her Sword Dao bottleneck, gaining a further opportunity.

For a Peak Strong Person, this is undoubtedly great news!

However, now Ning Qingman’s Taoism is damaged and will need one or two years to recover, meaning she is very likely to miss the hard-earned opportunity to break through the bottleneck.

Li Fei felt very guilty about this.

If it weren’t for saving him, Ning Qingman wouldn’t have suffered this disaster.

Perceiving the change in Li Fei’s mood, Ning Qingman softly said:

“Without your help in Tan City, I wouldn’t have been able to overcome that ordeal and gain the breakthrough opportunity. Besides, in this battle of Cuiqing City, I didn’t come away completely empty-handed; killing Li Ming is the greatest gain for me!”

Back then when the Ning Family was overthrown, internal court struggles were half the reason; the other half was because Li Ming secretly plotted and fueled the flames.

The ones who harmed the Ning Family back then were all settled when the new monarch ascended the throne.

Thus, the Ning Family’s enemy was actually only Li Ming left.

Ning Qingman has been pursuing Li Ming for all these years.

Now, she finally got what she wished.

With the last move of [Don’t know the height of the sky] from Li Fei, the past grievances of the Ning Family came to a complete close in Ning Qingman’s heart.

With no more hatred and burdens in her heart, she could pursue the Sword Dao more purely.

“Didn’t you say earlier that if I were in trouble again, you wouldn’t come to rescue?”

Li Fei suddenly asked.

He looked straight at Ning Qingman, as if he wanted to see through that layer of gauze.

Even with the cloak on, Ning Qingman turned her head aside: “Hua Donghan chose to come to the Eastern Territory to practice her sword because of me. She was trapped here, so I had to come and see. Who knew Qilian Guanshi also contacted those two Evil Demons and waited for me here?”

“Oh? Is that so?”

Li Fei laughed.

He didn’t expose her; actually, his heart wasn’t as calm as he appeared at this moment.

After all, he wasn’t a seasoned hand in affairs of the heart.

The tent became silent for a while.