This Martial Saint's Health Bar is Too Thick!

Chapter 231: Chapter 18: Number 1 on Both Lists, Secret Investigation_2

Zhao Yi said to Li Fei,

“This round of maintenance, including the purchase of medicinal materials and magic-casting materials, totaled more than 4,700 yuan. Even after selling the extra materials, the cost of maintenance is still around 3,000 yuan.”

“Every forty days, we need to spend over 3,000 yuan on maintaining the Dream Command. In a year, that adds up to over 30,000 yuan. That’s where the Dream Command really burns through money.”

Li Fei picked up the extra martial arts cultivation materials and left Zhao Yi’s residence.

He planned to send these materials back to Xing City for use by the staff at the Qingyuan City Management Company.

Qingyuan City Management Company had already sent a group of people to the Martial Arts Hall to prepare new martial artists. It was precisely the time to use these medicinal materials.

…

In the following days, Li Fei spent each morning studying ‘Poison Formula’ with Mo Yizhou, attended classes by a certain professor in the afternoon, fought one or two battles in the arena, and cultivated [Illusion Leaf] and researched magic in the evening.

Every day was incredibly fulfilling.

January 27th.

Li Fei once again entered the arena.

His arena points had reached 127, currently ranking him second on the martial master combat power leaderboard!

The first place, Cao Yiqing, had 129 points.

Whether intentionally or inadvertently, the two of them were matched together again today.

As such, the victory or defeat between them would directly determine the ownership of the top rank.

Up to this point, Li Fei’s record in the martial master stage was eighteen consecutive victories. He had fought six of the top-ranked fighters, all of whom he had defeated!

“It’s you again, junior. I don’t know if this is good luck or bad.”

Inside the competition venue, Cao Yiqing said to Li Fei.

Li Fei cupped his hands toward the other party, “I feel very fortunate to be able to exchange hands with senior Cao.”

Among his opponents in the martial master stage, Cao Yiqing gave him the strongest sense of oppression. Sparring with such an opponent allowed Li Fei to improve himself.

“Begin.”

The referee announced the start of the match.

The two engaged quickly.

This time, Cao Yiqing did not immediately launch Flame Flying Needle like last time; he chose to play it safe and slowly ground against Li Fei.

Having learned from their last encounter, Cao Yiqing fought very cautiously, always holding back thirty percent of his effort with every move, not giving Li Fei any chance to trap him by using ‘Overlord Body.’

The two exchanged blows for over ten minutes. Cao Yiqing, superior in both speed and strength, seemed to have the upper hand in the fight. Li Fei was struck by his Iron Mace dozens of times, while he only managed to slash Cao Yiqing three times.

But no matter how many attacks Li Fei took, his ‘Overlord Body’ was never breached. He appeared to be an unshakable mountain!

As time passed, Cao Yiqing’s Bing Fire True Qi was mostly depleted, with his speed and strength beginning to decline, while Li Fei showed no signs of faltering.

Slowly, the tide turned, and Li Fei began to gain the upper hand.

Another dozen minutes passed, and Cao Yiqing had no choice but to admit defeat.

He looked at Li Fei with astonishment:

“I really want to know how you trained.”

He had been a martial master for over two years, and it was only with his exceptional talent and a special secret technique that he had cultivated a profound Innate Qi.

Yet Li Fei, who had only been a martial master for less than a month, possessed an Innate Qi that was even more profound than his?!

Li Fei simply smiled without speaking.

In truth, halfway through the fight, he had started to use [Blood Rage], exchanging Blood Soul for the strength to maintain his condition without decline.

This time, compared to the last time, not only did Cao Yiqing allow him to use the Myriad Blood Pearl to absorb some of the damage, but Li Fei also used a Blood Soul Skill, which showed his improvement.

After a moment, Li Fei, having changed his clothes, left the competition venue.

As he arrived at the gates of the arena, he happened to see the combat power leaderboard being updated.

A brand-new leaderboard hung on the city wall—

Combat Power Leaderboard (Martial Master):

First, Li Fei, 132 points

Li Fei had already claimed the top spot on the academic points leaderboard, leading the second place by dozens of points.

Now, he also took the number one spot on the combat power leaderboard.

First place in both rankings!

In the history of Wuda, only Li Fei had achieved this honor.

The academic points leaderboard only recorded students within their first two years of enrollment. To make it onto the combat power leaderboard within two years of enrollment was extremely challenging.

Initially, when Wang Fengqing claimed the top spot on the academic points leaderboard, she was also ranked first among martial artists on the combat power leaderboard. However, she did not at that time reach the top of the martial master combat power leaderboard but only after breaking through to become a Refining Strength Martial Master did she revisit the top of the combat power leaderboard, by which time she had already left the academic points leaderboard.

Compared to the dual first-placed achievements created by Wang Fengqing on both the academic points and martial artists combat power leaderboards, Li Fei’s current dual number one ranks clearly carried more weight.

And what was most terrifying was that Li Fei had been enrolled for less than a month!

“Is it possible for him to achieve first place on both the Academic Points List and Refining Strength Martial Master Combat Power List in the future?”

The students around the city gate all turned their gazes towards Li Fei, who was looking up at the Combat Power List.

At that moment, their eyes were void of jealousy; only astonishment remained.

When the gap is so vast, people lose the desire to compare, because there is simply no point.

Li Fei lowered his head, no longer looking at the rankings.

He glanced around, smiled faintly, and walked out of the city gate under the astonished stares of the crowd.

…

That evening, after taking a long detour and confirming he wasn’t being followed, Li Fei entered a pawnshop.

This was a base set up by the Inspection General Office in Datong Prefecture City, and the contact appointed to Li Fei by the Inspection General Office, Lu Mengyang, was here.

“Sir, you’ve arrived.”

The bespectacled pawnshop owner Lu Mengyang, upon seeing Li Fei enter, greeted him with a warm smile, briskly came forward, and then bent down to bow to Li Fei:

“Lu Mengyang pays his respects to Mister Li.”

“Old Lu, I’ve told you many times, there’s no need for such formalities.”

Li Fei somewhat helplessly helped Lu Mengyang to his feet.

Lu Mengyang shook his head, his expression resolute:

“Sir, it’s necessary! Every time I see you, this heartfelt admiration of mine is like the endless flow of a river…”

“Alright, that’s enough.”

Li Fei cut off the other’s flattery.

Lu Mengyang was skilled at getting things done; whatever task was entrusted to him, he always managed to handle it expeditiously and properly for Li Fei.

It’s just that he was too fond of flattering, which often made Li Fei feel uncomfortable.

“So, what’s the matter? You called me over for something?”

Li Fei asked.

Earlier that day, he had received an unexpected call from Lu Mengyang, instructing him to visit the pawnshop tonight, saying there was something important.

“Sir, this is a secret order from Mister Xia Huan for you.”

Lu Mengyang immediately became serious and carefully took out a sealed letter from within his clothes, handing it to Li Fei with both hands.

The wax seal on the letter was intact.

“You could’ve just read it and told me over the phone.”

Li Fei took the secret order.

Lu Mengyang quickly waved his hands: “I’m not qualified to read such a secret order.”

Li Fei opened the envelope and began reading the paper inside.

The letter contained the mission assigned to him by Xia Huan.

Originally, when Xia Huan had promoted Li Fei’s rank to level 9, it was not only to curry favor with the powers behind Li Fei but also to have Li Fei investigate spies on behalf of the Inspection General Office after his entry into Wuda.

The Inspection General Office suspected that there was someone inside Wuda colluding with Mei Jia Country’s spies, but they had yet to find evidence. After all, they were dealing with people from Wuda with special identities; even the Inspection General Office couldn’t directly investigate.