This Martial Saint's Health Bar is Too Thick!

Chapter 233: Chapter 19: Using Oneself as Bait, Iron Blade Sect_2

“Recommend me to participate?”

Li Fei showed a surprised expression.

Chen Xiang nodded, “The students from our Wuda are naturally superior in both strength and realm compared to those from other martial arts schools, but if we are talking only about grappling and wrestling, some elite students from Duel Martial Arts School actually have quite a good level. It would be very beneficial for you to exchange blows with these elite students.”

Li Fei looked at Chen Xiang, “Why would Teacher Chen recommend me to go?”

Chen Xiang smiled, “Because your talent is sufficiently high, worthy of our more devoted cultivation.”

Li Fei bowed to Chen Xiang, “Thank you, Teacher Chen, I am willing to participate in the competition.”

Chen Xiang nodded, “Good, I will wait for you at the East Gate of the school at 1 p.m. the day after tomorrow.”

“Okay.”

Li Fei nodded in agreement.

He then bade Chen Xiang farewell and returned to his dormitory.

Upon reaching the dormitory, he immediately picked up the phone and called Lu Mengyang.

The call connected quickly:

“Hello, who is this?”

“It’s me, Li Fei.”

“Lord Li, is there anything you need?”

Lu Mengyang’s voice immediately warmed up.

“Please inform Lord Xia immediately that Chen Xiang has invited me to participate in an internal competition at Duel Martial Arts School in two days,”

Li Fei said.

“Alright, the officer understands and will relay your message right away.”

After hanging up the phone, Li Fei sat quietly in his seat waiting.

Currently, there was no evidence to suggest that Chen Xiang was connected with the spies from Mei Jia Country, and today’s invitation seemed quite normal.

Still, one must always be wary, and Li Fei naturally had to inform the Inspection General Office to be on alert.

Minutes later, the phone rang.

Li Fei answered the phone; it was Lu Mengyang calling back.

“…Alright.”

“…I understand.”

“Let it be then.”

After hanging up, Li Fei sat in contemplation for a moment, then got up and left the room.

…

Two days later.

At 1 p.m., Li Fei appeared on time at the East Gate of Wuda.

Chen Xiang was already waiting there; upon seeing Li Fei, he nodded, speaking succinctly:

“Let’s go.”

The two then left the campus and took a tram to Wuyi District.

Datong Prefecture City was divided into twelve districts, with Wuyi District in the east part of the city, a distance from the city center but also very bustling.

After getting off the tram and walking in the streets, Li Fei could occasionally see a martial arts school.

Martial arts culture was a distinctive feature of Datong Prefecture City.

Wu’an University was certainly the highest ‘mountain’ in Datong Prefecture and the entire Feng Province. Besides this high mountain, Feng Province had several powerful Jianghu Sects.

Within the boundaries of Datong Prefecture, there was a sect called Iron Blade Sect, the ‘peak’ next only to Wuda!

The headquarters of the Iron Blade Sect were outside Datong Prefecture City, but it had opened over a dozen Iron Blade martial arts schools within the city, widely recruiting students.

If there were sufficiently excellent students, Iron Blade martial arts schools would recommend them to the Iron Blade Sect, enabling them to become Inner Sect Disciples.

Before Wu’an University was established, the Martial Arts Sect Iron Blade Sect was the most popular place for Martial Arts Cultivation within Datong Prefecture. Even if one didn’t become an Inner Sect Disciple, students emerging from Iron Blade martial arts schools were still somewhat stronger than those from local Martial Arts Halls.

Therefore, the martial arts schools opened by Iron Blade Sect in Datong Prefecture City always did good business.

Influenced by this, many more martial arts schools were subsequently opened in Datong Prefecture City, and over thirty years, the martial arts culture of Datong Prefecture City was formed.

Today, there were a total of over a hundred martial arts schools in the entire Datong Prefecture City, and a Martial Arts Association had also been established.

Li Fei, through the authority of the Inspection General Office, had investigated the Jianghu forces in Datong Prefecture and knew quite a bit about the ‘Seven Kings’, knowing that the Sect Leader of Iron Blade Sect was one of the ‘Seven Kings’, known as ‘Sword King’, and also the strongest among them.

The Martial Arts Association of Datong Prefecture City was established under the leadership of Iron Blade Sect. Any martial arts school wishing to smoothly open and operate in Datong Prefecture City had to get consent from Iron Blade Sect.

Every martial arts school also had to pay a ‘monthly fee’ to the Martial Arts Association, which in actuality went to the Iron Blade Sect.

Besides, the Martial Arts Association regularly organized various martial arts competitions, all of which were the kind that allowed betting.

There were no underground boxing rings like those in Qingyuan Fist Village in Datong Prefecture City, as they had been replaced by competitions between martial arts schools.

On the surface, there were official martial arts competitions, but in secret, there were boxing bets that could determine life or death.

This segment of benefits was all monopolized by the Iron Blade Sect.

Although the Iron Blade Sect only had a few hundred sect members and disciples on the surface, they actually controlled over a hundred martial arts schools in Datong Prefecture City. A word from the “Sword King” could mobilize tens of thousands of Martial Arts students!

Today, Chen Xiang brought Li Fei to a Duel Martial Arts School, one of the members of the Martial Arts Association, which could be considered part of the “Sword King’s” influence.

After a ten-minute walk, Chen Xiang and Li Fei arrived at the entrance of the Duel Martial Arts School and were quickly invited inside.

The event hosted by the Duel Martial Arts School today was an internal competition to select a group of the toughest students to prepare for next month’s Martial Arts Ranking Competition.

The Martial Arts Ranking Competition, organized by the Martial Arts Association, occurred once a year. Each martial arts school sent students as representatives to participate. They were ranked according to their performance, ultimately listing the top ten most formidable martial arts schools in Datong Prefecture City.

This ranking directly influenced the business of various martial arts schools, so it was taken very seriously.

Naturally, Li Fei would not represent the Duel Martial Arts School in the competition, so today he was there to serve as a benchmark:

“This is Li Fei, an outstanding student from Wu’an University. Only those who defeat him today will qualify for this selection match.”

The owner of the Duel Martial Arts School announced, pointing at Li Fei:

“During the contest, student Li Fei will not use any Extraordinary Abilities or Innate Qi. He will only use grappling and wrestling to compete.”

Chen Xiang had already informed Li Fei of this rule on the way here.

This arrangement gave Li Fei an opportunity to spar with all the excellent students of the Duel Martial Arts School.

Upon hearing that Li Fei was an outstanding student from Wu’an University, the expressions in the students’ eyes changed at the Duel Martial Arts School, all becoming eager to try.

If they fought without restrictions, they were not confident they could defeat Li Fei, but if it was just grappling and wrestling, they immediately got excited!

The competition soon began.

Among the dozen or so students present, only three were martial masters at the Innate Qi Early Stage, while the rest were at the Body Breaking Stage.

However, their Implants were all the same, the very common Flame Pattern, which conferred the Extraordinary Ability of Power Burst. Under such circumstances, they could at least contend against Li Fei, who wasn’t using Overlord Body and Innate Qi.

As long as they seized the opportunity, there was no saying they couldn’t grapple or throw down Li Fei.

The rules of the contest stated that one successful grapple or three throws of an opponent meant victory.

Li Fei took on these students one by one.

Chen Xiang was right; if it was just about grappling and wrestling techniques, these elite students from the martial arts school were indeed more formidable than those from Wu’an University.

Li Fei competed in seventeen matches, losing five of them.

“Brother Zhou, thank you for the inconvenience.”

After the competition ended, Chen Xiang bid farewell to the school owner.

“Brother Chen, you’re too polite. It’s a rare opportunity for my students to exchange moves with outstanding students from Wu’an University.”

Owner Zhou said, turning his head to look at Li Fei, “Li Fei, you’re welcome to come back anytime.”

“Thank you, Owner Zhou.”

Li Fei bowed in gratitude.

Later, he and Chen Xiang left the martial arts school and took the tram back to the university.

From beginning to end, no abnormal situations occurred.

…

After Chen Xiang returned to his dormitory, he picked up the phone and dialed out.

Soon, the call connected.

“How is it?”

Chen Xiang asked.

“I’ve confirmed it, no one followed him.”

An oddly toned voice came from the other end of the phone.

Chen Xiang narrowed his eyes, “Are you sure?”

“This matter, we want it to succeed even more than you do.”

“Alright, then proceed as planned. Those things I need must be prepared first!”

“No problem. Once it’s done, you’ll be able to leave Datong Prefecture as quickly as possible.”

“That’s settled, then.”

Chen Xiang hung up the phone.

He sat silently in his seat for a while before standing up and walking to the window, looking out at the students passing by, and murmured:

“Don’t blame me. Blame your own brilliance.”

“The tree that stands out in the forest is the one that gets blown down by the wind!”

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