This Martial Saint's Health Bar is Too Thick!-Chapter 504 - 40: Is There Truly An Invincible Magic? (Request for Monthly Ticket)

Chapter 504: Chapter 40: Is There Truly An Invincible Magic? (Request for Monthly Ticket)

Li Fei soon entered the palace again and then met the Crown Prince who had been waiting for him.

"Your Highness, I heard about the Niu Sha Street incident. Rest assured, with me here, I won’t let Big Brother harm you!"

The Crown Prince promised as soon as they met, and his gaze toward Li Fei grew a bit more affectionate.

Li Fei bowed in salute, "Thank you, Your Highness!"

In fact, by offending the Eldest Prince to such an extent, in the eyes of the Crown Prince, this was tantamount to throwing his lot in completely with him.

After all, he had offended a prince who wielded real power and who had a fair chance of ascending to that Dragon Chair.

What if the Eldest Prince later succeeded to the throne?

So in the Crown Prince’s view, Li Fei could only stand firmly by his side.

Otherwise, who would protect him in the future?

"In the future, there is no need for such formality between us."

The Crown Prince said, smiling as he helped Li Fei up:

"The Emperor has allowed you to choose two secret manuals from the Book Collection Pavilion. There are a total of four ’Vajra Eight Parts’ in the pavilion, and you can select any two. I’ve already spoken to the people there, and they will tell you where the manuals are. Feel free to ask them any questions."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Li Fei bowed again.

The Book Collection Pavilion was bound to be huge, filled with countless books, and without someone familiar to guide him, he indeed would find it tough to locate the secret manuals he desired.

"I’ve said there’s no need for formalities."

The Crown Prince smiled, helping Li Fei up again.

Afterward, he had the eunuch accompany Li Fei to the Royal Book Collection Pavilion.

Watching Li Fei’s receding figure, the smile gradually faded from the Crown Prince’s face.

The Emperor’s sudden decree allowing Li Fei to choose two secret manuals from the pavilion might mean different things to different people.

The Eldest Prince might view it as the Emperor signaling a warning because he lost to Li Fei.

But in the Crown Prince’s eyes, it had a different implication:

Originally, he had secured this privilege for Li Fei, but now, following the Emperor’s words, it had become a reward from the Emperor to Li Fei.

Would Li Fei feel more grateful to His Majesty, or more thankful to him, the Crown Prince?

That was the main reason the Crown Prince had deigned to welcome Li Fei into the palace.

Shortly after, under the guidance of the eunuch, Li Fei arrived before a lake.

In the middle of the lake, there was a flat area and a high tower, connected by four straight paths from the shore.

Armored guards were stationed on each of the paths.

"This servant can only lead you this far."

The eunuch bowed as he spoke to Li Fei.

"Thank you."

After expressing his thanks, Li Fei continued forward, passing unobstructed along the path to the flat area in the middle of the lake, looking up at the tower in front of him.

This tower was the Royal Book Collection Pavilion.

At the entrance of the tower, a middle-aged man in blue official robes stood with a smile:

"Lord Li, the Crown Prince has already instructed me; feel free to ask any questions."

Li Fei noted the mountains and rivers embroidered on the man’s robe, signifying that he was an Imperial Official.

"What should I call you?"

"I am Ji Qian."

"Thank you for your assistance, Mr. Ji."

"It’s fine to just call me by my name."

Ji Qian led Li Fei into the tower.

The first floor held no secret manuals; instead, a huge, light-red boulder occupied the expansive space.

Carved into the rock were several large characters—

"Is There Truly an Invincible Law in this World?"

Pointing to this boulder, Ji Qian explained to Li Fei:

"This rock has a notable origin; it’s actually not real rock, but transformed from the bones of a Ninth Grade Mutant Beast!"

"Ninth Grade Mutant Beast?"

Li Fei showed a look of surprise.

The difference between each grade of Exotic Beasts above the Third Grade was vast. Seventh Grade Mutant Beasts corresponded to the combat power of Martial Arts Masters; Eighth Grade Mutant Beasts to Great Grandmasters; Ninth Grade Mutant Beasts to Martial Saints!

With the increase of Martial Artists, the number of Exotic Beasts was continuously decreasing.

Hundreds of years ago, many ordinary people could encounter Exotic Beasts in the wild, but nowadays, nearly all Exotic Beasts were being raised in captivity.

As high-grade Exotic Beasts were entirely valuable, there was once a period when human powerhouses massively hunted Exotic Beasts to forge Divine Weapons, Treasure Armor, Magic Treasures, and more.

To this day, not to mention Ninth Grade Mutant Beasts, even the numbers of Sixth Grade Mutant Beasts were few.

This was also why the Sixth Grade Protective Clothing and Sixth-grade Mutant Weapons were particularly precious.

"This Ninth Grade Mutant Beast is known as the Soul-devouring Nine-headed Flood Dragon. This stone was formed from one of its skulls."

Ji Qian continued explaining to Li Fei, "The Soul-devouring Nine-headed Flood Dragon was personally slain by Emperor Taizu, and the characters etched on the stone were written by Emperor Taizu himself."

Hearing this, Li Fei looked closely at the large characters on the stone:

"Is There Truly an Invincible Law in this World?"

These words, placed at the entrance of the Royal Book Collection Pavilion, seemed quite meaningful.

Emperor Taizu of the Da Lan Dynasty had spent nearly a hundred years collecting Martial Arts from around the world, expending great effort to construct this Royal Book Collection Pavilion.

’Half of the world’s Martial Arts are in the World, and half are in the Imperial Palace,’ this expression held that the ’half of Martial Arts’ was right in front of Li Fei in this Book Collection Pavilion!

Yet, Emperor Taizu had placed such a ’stone’ at the entrance, inscribing such a phrase.

Clearly, his message to his descendants was:

There are no invincible Martial Arts, only invincible people!

A person who once swept through all corners and fought unbeatable throughout the entire world indeed had the credentials to say such words.

The other party intended to make future generations understand that possessing this Book Collection Pavilion does not guarantee becoming a peak strength master.

"Mr. Li, why not take a few steps forward, this stone has other wonderful uses."

Ji Qian said to Li Fei.

"Alright."

Li Fei decisively walked forward.

When he was only a dozen steps away from the huge rock, he suddenly felt as if the few large characters engraved on it had transformed into a towering tsunami that engulfed him!

In a daze, Li Fei found that his surroundings had changed:

He was surrounded by a boundless marsh, with dense fog swirling around.

A few hundred meters away, a huge python raised its body straight up, its mountain-sized head staring directly at Li Fei.

Meeting those fiery red eyes, Li Fei felt a rage surge from deep within, uncontrollable!

Looking around, there were eight other giant pythons just like it.

"Is this the Soul-devouring Nine-headed Flood Dragon?"

Li Fei swiftly realized; these nine giant pythons actually belonged to one body — the Ninth Grade Mutant Beast whose combat power was comparable to a Martial Saint!

Nine snake heads, each provoked different emotional fluctuations:

Anger, sorrow, shock, suffering, greed...

Being stared at by these nine heads simultaneously, the soul felt as if it was being ripped apart by nine small snakes, tearing and pulling, and could disintegrate at any moment!

Then, Li Fei found himself unable to control ’his’ body.

"Am I actually seeing through the eyes of Emperor Taizu himself?"

As this thought occurred to him, the nine snake heads moved.

The nine mountain-sized heads roared towards the sky, causing the marsh within a hundred miles to boil and the mist to surge!

The next second, nine different glows enveloped the marsh, and indeed the entire world.

Li Fei felt dizzy and disoriented, everything in front of him twisting and contorting, his entire being felt like soft dough being kneaded into different shapes!

Even with his Spiritual Power nearing the Tao Foundation Stage Peak, he could not endure such ’torment’ for more than a few seconds.

But soon, the extreme distortion subsided significantly, and so did the pressure Li Fei was under.

"It was the Myriad Blood Pearl that transferred the damage."

Li Fei quickly realized.

At this moment, he could finally perceive everything clearly; he was in a magnificently beautiful, dazzlingly bright small world, with countless ’undercurrents’ racing through it, as if countless invisible hands were constantly tearing at everything within this small world.

"Is this the Martial Arts Domain?"

Li Fei had seen Shi Caiming deploy it, so he recognized it immediately.

A Seventh Grade Mutant Beast, like a Martial Arts Master, possessed Divine Skills.

An Eighth Grade Mutant Beast, like a Great Grandmaster, could release a Domain.

As for the Ninth Grade Mutant Beasts and Martial Saints, Li Fei did not yet understand.

He could only see that the founding Emperor of the Da Lan Dynasty, whom he was ’possessed’ by, stood calmly on the spot, completely unaffected by the outside world.

The human and beast must be engaged in some high-level confrontation, but with Li Fei’s current realm, he could not comprehend it.

He could only feel the number of Blood Souls inside the Myriad Blood Pearl decreasing at a rapid pace!

Holding onto the thought that observing more could only be beneficial, Li Fei tried his best to sense the Domain released by the Soul-devouring Nine-headed Flood Dragon...

Inside the Book Collection Pavilion, Ji Qian looked at Li Fei standing motionlessly in front of the giant stone in astonishment.

This giant stone not only had characters engraved by Emperor Taizu, but also a Fist Intent left behind intentionally by him because it was transformed from a skull of the Soul-devouring Nine-headed Flood Dragon, which allowed the Fist Intent to be preserved.

Any Martial Artist who reached a certain level of Mind Power would be pulled into an Illusion Realm upon approaching this stone.

This Illusion Realm was the epic battle between Emperor Taizu and the Soul-devouring Nine-headed Flood Dragon!

But the levels involved were too high, Tao Foundation Stage Martial Artists could barely endure a few seconds in the Illusion Realm before being forcibly ejected.

Yet, Li Fei had been standing there for nearly ten seconds!

"No wonder he is known as the foremost in history."

Ji Qian felt immense admiration!

After another dozen seconds, Li Fei suddenly took a few steps back, his complexion somewhat pale.

In the Illusion Realm, it wasn’t just the number of Blood Souls that decreased; his Spiritual Power also endured immense pressure because some of the effects caused in the Illusion were impacts that the Myriad Blood Pearl could not transfer.

Thus, even if the Blood Souls weren’t depleted, Li Fei had to exit the Illusion.

"Mr. Li, you truly are a divine being!"

Ji Qian stepped forward, giving Li Fei a thumbs-up with a look of admiration.

"Oh?"

Li Fei was about to speak when he suddenly paused.

Because he discovered not only had his Spiritual Power increased significantly, but it seemed to have been thoroughly refined, becoming much more consolidated than before!

Originally, his Spiritual Power was only approaching the level of a Tao Foundation Stage Peak practitioner, but now it truly could match that of a Tao Foundation Stage Peak!

This was the benefit brought by that Illusion Realm. Whoever entered that realm would have their spirit refined, gaining a definite enhancement in Spiritual Power.

The longer one endured, the greater the benefits obtained.

The Emperor had decreed that Li Fei could enter the Royal Book Collection Pavilion and select two Secret Manuals; this was a reward for Li Fei.

And this reward consisted of not only the two Secret Manuals — entering the Royal Book Collection Pavilion itself was also a reward!

Li Fei ’looked’ at the Myriad Blood Pearl, a smile emerging on his face.

The benefits he gained were not only an increase in Spiritual Power. Earlier in the Illusion Realm, the Myriad Blood Pearl had absorbed a massive amount of energy, upgrading itself due to the high quality of this energy.

And it had unprecedentedly upgraded by two grades!

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