This Martial Saint's Health Bar is Too Thick!

Zhang Yan's eyes also showed a hint of anger: "I already said earlier, if it weren't for the New Heaven Association's intervention, those people would have died in the snow disaster long ago! And how can there be a change of dynasties without bloodshed and sacrifice? Only through pain can we usher in a new heaven!"

Zhuo Buping was silent for a few seconds, and finally shook his head:

"I'm sorry, Brother Zhang, I think I still can't accept your way of doing things."

Zhang Yan's face displayed a trace of disappointment:

"Brother Zhuo, with your talent, if you have enough resources, you can surely become a Tao Foundation Stage expert, and may even have the chance to rise higher in the future. Are you really willing to be forever trampled on by those privileged sons who are inferior to you in every way?"

In Zhuo Buping's mind emerged the face of that aristocrat's son who was placed in the same round as him during the national martial arts exchange competition, demanding he deliberately lose the match.

He subconsciously clenched his fist, wanting to speak but hesitating.

In the end, he still said to Zhang Yan: "I'm sorry."

Zhang Yan sighed, not persuading further, and turned to leave.

Opposite the restaurant where the two had been eating, there was a residence.

In the main hall, two middle-aged men sat facing each other, drinking tea.

One of them wore a light white robe, a jade hairpin on his head, jade at his waist, with a somewhat scholarly demeanor.

If Zhuo Buping from the opposite restaurant were here, he would instantly recognize this scholarly man as the president of his own university — Qi Zhou!

"Zhuo Buping? That's a nice name, and a good temperament, too. What do you think, Brother Qi?"

The man sitting across from Qi Zhou said while sipping tea.

Zhuo Buping and Zhang Yan had conversed using Force transmission, but their dialogue was not concealed from these two men, who had overheard it!

Qi Zhou smiled slightly, took a sip of tea, and said:

"To be praised by you, he indeed is not bad."

The man sitting across from him wore a gray coat, with a face that seemed very ordinary. A closer look revealed it seemed veiled in mist, indistinct.

This person put down the teacup in his hand: "With such talent, Brother Qi, don't you consider nurturing him well?"

Qi Zhou remarked calmly: "I can only guarantee him a fair competition environment. How much he can achieve in the end is up to him."

"Fair?"

The man with the blurred face sneered and said, "In the current environment at Tianqu University, what fairness can there be? Why deceive yourself, Brother Qi?"

Qi Zhou shook his head, unwilling to argue with his counterpart on this topic.

In the restaurant, Zhang Yan and Zhuo Buping had stopped talking, so the two men in the residence shifted their attention elsewhere.

Coincidentally, in the big hall on the first floor of the restaurant, a storyteller was narrating:

"...Just see how Marquis Jing'an's entire body burst forth with golden light, transforming into a titanic sword, stabbing straight into the sky, as if to puncture a hole in it!"

"Above the Nine Heavens, there were five-colored clouds, celestial maidens scattering blossoms... golden springs bubbling from the ground, and the whole Lanling City was blooming with golden lotus..."

The storyteller was recounting the national broadcast from half a month ago, when Marquis Jing'an, Li Fei, broke through during the livestream.

He narrated the various magnificent phenomena during the breakthrough for a full three minutes, describing them as though Li Fei hadn't just broken through, but ascended to the heavens in broad daylight!

Strangely, the listeners in the restaurant were fully engrossed, even those who understood martial arts among the Jianghu people, not feeling as though the storyteller was exaggerating.

It seemed that such grandeur was exactly what was expected of Marquis Jing'an Li Fei's breakthrough!

"After the breakthrough, Marquis Jing'an leaped into the sky and shouted to the Great Demon of New Heaven Association: Traitor, do you dare fight me for another three hundred rounds?!"

"The head of the New Heaven Association dared not respond, and merely retreated."

"Once Marquis Jing'an landed again, the vote at the Blue Patrol Pavilion continued, with the Advisers of Feng Province taking turns to vote, and finally, Marquis Jing'an got 74 votes, successfully elected as a cabinet minister of Feng Province's Blue Patrol Pavilion."

"...."

Inside, Qi Zhou looked at the man across from him with a half-smile.

"Go ahead and laugh."

The man with the mist-shrouded face said irritably.

"Hahaha."

Qi Zhou indeed burst into laughter, "To think, a True Monarch like yourself would be so embarrassed by a junior."

The person opposite him was none other than the president of the New Heaven Association, the newly ascended True Monarch Qi Ming!

This newly defined 'Fourth Evil Demon' was actually having a conversation with the president of Tianqu University, and it seemed the two had a deep relationship.

After laughing for a while, Qi Zhou asked curiously:

"I've been wanting to ask right from the start, how did Li Fei do it that day?"

Blocking a True Monarch's Full Power strike with just a Tao Foundation Stage cultivation, it was indeed too unbelievable!

"His physique is very special, perhaps it's some kind of Great Dao Body."

Qi Ming replied.

"Great Dao Body?"

"Born with Taoism."

"How could there be such a physique?!"

Qi Zhou's expression changed.

He possessed the Grandmaster Cultivation, had mastered the Martial Arts Domain, and condensed the embryonic form of Taoism.

And this was the result of a lifetime of cultivation, yet he still couldn't touch the edge of Taoism.

Now Qi Ming tells him that someone was born with Taoism?

This is as unacceptable as someone being born as a Martial Saint.

"Besides this, I can't think of any other possibility."

Qi Ming said in a complex tone.

He recalled the scene from that day, Li Fei's Life Force plummeted, then soared, then plummeted again, and then soared...

Moreover, Li Fei himself was not affected by the Curse Power, and his body was almost unscathed.

Such a strange phenomenon, Qi Ming could only explain with Taoism.

"If he possesses Taoism, why is he not a Martial Saint? Not a True Monarch?"

Qi Zhou asked.

Having complete Taoism means stepping onto the Peak Realm, which is common knowledge in the Cultivation World.

"One, perhaps the Taoism in him hasn't been fully awakened. Two, he can't perfectly control the Taoism in him."

Qi Ming offered his explanation.

Qi Zhou frowned and pondered hard.

After a long time, he laughed at himself: "Isn't it saying that the thing I have arduously sought my whole life, he was born with, and is destined to step onto the peak?"

Qi Ming looked at him: "Isn't life just like this?"

"What many commoners seek their whole lives, the children of the powerful are born with."

"...."

Qi Zhou was silent for a moment, then asked: "What are you planning to do?"

Qi Ming had carefully planned, using Qi Jin's 'Star Entering Life Technique' to manipulate Li Fei's fate, thereby bypassing others' protection, to directly curse Li Fei.

But after the failure on the 1st, he immediately removed all traces left on Li Fei.

Not daring to try the same trick again, to enter from fate, he didn't even dare to casually cast a curse on Li Fei long distance.

Because the court there surely was on guard, and it might trace back to him through Li Fei's line!

That day Qi Ming's plan fell short, missing not only an excellent opportunity but also putting himself in a rather dangerous situation.

This was the price he had to pay for the failure of his plan!

Li Fei faced his curse but did not die, so some connection between him and Li Fei would always remain.

If it were another True Monarch, it might be hard to grasp this connection.

But State Preceptor Yun Shu's Taoism is 'Analyze'.

As long as Yun Shu has enough time, the opponent might lock onto Qi Ming through Li Fei!

This is also why Qi Ming had to deliberately target Yun Shu.

Unfortunately, it was all ruined by Li Fei.

Now Li Fei has truly become a 'ticking time bomb' for Qi Ming!

This True Monarch of Spell dares not easily curse Li Fei to death, fearing traps set by the court on Li Fei.

If he steps on it, it will be hard to escape.

Li Fei must be killed for Qi Ming, but he can't do it personally.

But Li Fei has already broken through, and it's a double breakthrough, with the hard-to-kill 'Great Dao Body'.

If a Martial Arts Master takes action, it's hard to be assured of a kill.

That's why Qi Ming found Qi Zhou.

....

PS: New volume starting to write, updates might be less these two days as I organize my thoughts.

This True Monarch of Spell dares not easily curse Li Fei to death, fearing traps set by the court on Li Fei.

If he steps on it, it will be hard to escape.

Li Fei must be killed for Qi Ming, but he can't do it personally.

But Li Fei has already broken through, and it's a double breakthrough, with the hard-to-kill 'Great Dao Body'.

If a Martial Arts Master takes action, it's hard to be assured of a kill.

That's why Qi Ming found Qi Zhou.

This True Monarch of Spell dares not easily curse Li Fei to death, fearing traps set by the court on Li Fei.

If he steps on it, it will be hard to escape.

Li Fei must be killed for Qi Ming, but he can't do it personally.