This Martial Saint's Health Bar is Too Thick!

Li Fei remained composed, neither humble nor overbearing: "Your Highness jests, in front of you, how could I possibly be considered a powerful minister?"

The so-called powerful minister, besides having power in hand, also needs influence and followers.

As for Li Fei's current followers, at best, they are only a few officials like Lv Wenxing, who followed him from the Zhi Ge Pavilion, and there are hardly any ministers who can speak for him at the court.

As for influence, it is only limited to Datong Prefecture.

Therefore, although he currently holds a high position and great power, he is far from being overwhelmingly powerful, at most only half a powerful minister.

Being young is both an advantage and a disadvantage.

At the age of twenty, and not from an influential family, Li Fei still lacks foundation.

Only those like the Third Prince have their people within the aristocratic families, gangs, sects, and government offices across seven or eight provinces.

A single glance can make a group of ministers stand up for him in the court.

Only thus can one be considered a powerful minister!

However, the previous incident with the Righteous Law Pavilion dealt a severe blow to the Third Prince's influence.

Now, his title as a powerful minister is somewhat unworthy of its name.

"Hahaha!"

The Third Prince laughed heartily, not angered by Li Fei's remark.

After laughing, he looked at Li Fei and, unusually, put aside his carefree manner, showing a very sincere expression:

"Li Fei, you now have power but no influence. I have influence, but not as much power as you. Why don't we join forces and make something happen?"

Li Fei was taken aback, looking at the Third Prince with some surprise.

He hadn't expected the other party to speak so plainly.

Moreover, this was the first time the other party expressed an intention to ally with him!

"What is Your Highness speaking of?"

"Exactly what it sounds like."

"Didn't Your Highness previously say that you didn't intend to draw me in, so long as I didn't get involved?"

"But you are already involved!"

"Your Highness might have misunderstood me."

"It's not a misunderstanding; you first offended the Eldest Prince and then caused me significant losses. Who do you think the ministers in court believe you're siding with?"

"...."

In this matter, it's indeed difficult for Li Fei to explain.

Even though the incident with the Righteous Law Pavilion wasn't intentional on his part, it indeed started because of someone he apprehended, and it was He Jian who filed the report.

Now everyone knows that He Jian is Li Fei's man, the Marquis Jing'an!

Coupled with the Crown Prince's open affinity toward him.

Looking at it this way, even if he were to publicly claim that he isn't aligned with the Crown Prince, it's hard for others to believe him.

"If it's truly as Third Prince says, why shouldn't I choose to cooperate with the Crown Prince?"

Li Fei asked.

The Third Prince smiled: "Because the current Crown Prince simply can't cooperate with you!"

"...."

"Don't say you didn't expect this; right now, Father has elevated you so high, given you so much power. If the Crown Prince were to further associate with you... haha, put bluntly, that's a path to destruction!"

Today, the Third Prince seemed different from before, speaking extraordinarily bluntly.

Li Fei met his gaze: "The Crown Prince can't associate, but Your Highness can?"

The Third Prince blinked: "He is the Crown Prince, I am a Prince. That one-word difference does make a distinction."

Li Fei shook his head: "Your Highness said I have power but no influence. But as long as I have power, why worry about the lack of influence? Why should I be anxious for a while?"

The Third Prince laughed and said confidently: "Because you don't want to wait!"

"Oh?"

"Because you want revenge, to deal with Xu Jing and the Lu Family! If given ten years to slowly build up, your power and influence might indeed drive the Lu Family to ruin and take their place. But are you willing to wait ten years?"

The Third Prince looked at Li Fei and asked, word by word.

"..."

Li Fei fell silent.

Today he entered the court grandly as the Blue Patrol Envoy, an official in royal commission, with unparalleled prestige!

But there's one fact that cannot be ignored:

The Emperor does not intend to deal with the Lu Family, nor will he permit Li Fei to act against the Lu Family or Xu Jing!

The Third Prince's remark that Li Fei's power and influence in the future could drive the Lu Family to ruin and take their place.

This statement actually revealed the essence of the matter:

Can the Lu Family be destroyed? Can Xu Jing be killed?

Yes!

But the premise is that the destruction of the Lu Family and the death of Xu Jing not only don't impact the Da Lan Dynasty but could make it even better!

The Lu Family is long rooted in the Da Lan Dynasty's system, if they perish, how is this vacuum filled?

Xu Jing is a Great Grandmaster, if he dies, who compensates for this loss?

As long as Li Fei can properly solve all these issues, he can destroy the Lu Family and kill Xu Jing!

Just like the previous advice from Ye Ze'an—before crossing oneself, help others cross.

This is the gameplay under the rules.

If acting outside the rules, even if Li Fei truly has the ability to single-handedly kill Xu Jing and destroy the Lu Family.

His actions would be tantamount to treason!

A blade that is uncontrollable and may even backfire on its owner, even if the Emperor appreciates Li Fei, he would be forced to destroy it!

That's why the Third Prince brought up the term 'powerful minister' right away with Li Fei.

To achieve his goals within the rules, the fastest and most feasible way for Li Fei is to become a powerful minister.

But ten years of gradual effort....

Li Fei had to admit that the Third Prince has a precise grasp of human nature.

The Third Prince: "The Crown Prince doesn't dare to cooperate with you now, and as for the Eldest Prince, the reason he targeted you from the start was to pull the Lu Family and Xu Jing onto his side. Now that the two sides have allied, it's even less likely for you to cooperate with the Eldest Prince."

Upon hearing this, Li Fei finally understood why the Eldest Prince had initially targeted him, and it made more sense.