This martial saint's health bar is too thick

Chapter 532 Flowers Will Bloom Again

10 month 30 day.

Li Fei and his party arrived in Gansu Province by flying boat.

The headquarters of Hongchen Pavilion is located outside the provincial capital of Gansu Province, and Shentu Yue directly led his men in.

Soon, she took Li Fei and Ning Qingman to the attic in the center of the base.

"Master is waiting for you two upstairs."

After Shentu Yue brought the two of them to the sixth floor, they stopped.

Li Fei and Ning Qingman went up to the seventh floor, walked through the corridor, and entered an ancient room.

There are twelve sandalwood screens around the room, and in the middle there is a tea table made of light red wood.

A woman is sitting at the tea table making tea.

She was wrapped in a bamboo green silk skirt with dark floral patterns in moon-white cloud patterns and a tulle face, and it looked like melted ice floating on a cold pond, revealing the hazy outlines of distant mountains.

When Li Fei took his first look, it seemed as if he saw a green pine tree looming in the thick fog on the distant mountains.

I wanted to take a closer look, but it was like looking at flowers in the fog. I couldn't sense anything. There was no one in front of me?
He didn't look at it any more, but took the initiative to bow and said:
"Meet Pavilion Master Wen."

"Marquis Jing'an, there's no need to be so polite."

A distant and ethereal voice came into my ears.

Ning Qingman was much more casual than Li Fei. She walked into the room with a smile:

"Sister Wen, long time no see."

"Qing Man, and Marquis Jing'an, please take a seat."

The two walked to the tea table and sat down in front of Wen Xuexian.

"Tea, please."

The female martial saint personally made tea for the two of them.

"Thank you."

After Li Fei thanked him, he picked up the teacup and took a sip. He felt his mouth full of fragrance and flavor.

"It's been a long time since I drank tea brewed by Sister Wen herself."

Ning Qingman took off her cloak, put it aside, then picked up the cup and drank tea.

Li Fei couldn't help but glance beside him.

There are rumors in the martial arts world that this "Sword Immortal" is extremely beautiful and is the most beautiful woman in the world!

Of course Li Fei was a little curious.

But what caught my eye was a profile that was not particularly beautiful, with wheat-colored skin, a straight nose, and three-dimensional facial features.

Li Fei took a quick look and quickly looked away, drinking his tea.

"Congratulations, Sister Wen, your cultivation has improved further."

Ning Qingman said with a smile after taking a sip of tea.

Wen Xuexian poured tea for herself and said softly:

"They are just some tricks, which are not as good as your grand way after all."

Li Fei looked up at the head of the Hongchen Pavilion.

Ning Qingman said that the other party was stronger than himself and even had a chance to compete for the top three in the world.

And at this moment Wen Xuexian said that her "Tao" was not as good as Ning Qingman's.

I don’t know who of these two people is being humble?
However, neither of them continued to flatter each other. After a few simple greetings, they got down to business.

"Sister Wen, are you sure you can find Li Ming's whereabouts?"

Ning Qingman put down the teacup and asked.

Wen Xuexian said softly: "This requires the cooperation of both of you."

Ning Qingman said simply: "No problem for me."

After saying that, she looked at Li Fei beside her.

Li Fei also nodded and said, "That's fine with me too."

On the way here, Ning Qingman gave him a general introduction to Wen Xuexian's principles -

【Cut off the red dust】!
As the other party's principles were concerned, this was very confidential, so Ning Qingman did not elaborate, but only said roughly - Wen Xuexian's principles were related to cause and effect.

This time, Li Ming's body was destroyed by Ning Qingman's sword. Li Fei also contributed a lot to it and even injured Li Ming at one point.

Therefore, both Ning Qingman and Li Fei were affected by Li Ming's karma.

Now Wen Xuexian is going to use the Tao to find the location of Li Ming's soul seed through the cause and effect between the two of them!
"Please calm your mind and concentrate, keep your mind focused, and don't think or exert any strength."

As Wen Xuexian spoke, she poured a cup of tea for Li Fei and Ning Qingman respectively.

Li Fei and Ning Qingman did as they were told and soon entered a state of meditation, with no distracting thoughts in their minds.

Wen Xuexian flicked her sleeves and swept the teacups in front of the two people.

In an instant, the tea in the cup boiled and turned into mist, filling the room.

Li Fei was enveloped in a mist with a faint tea fragrance. He felt a little dazed and the scene of his fight with Li Ming suddenly appeared in his mind.

Until he was trapped by Li Ming, the whole world seemed to be cut by a flash of knife light, and everything disappeared.

Li Fei came back to his senses and opened his eyes.

He tried carefully to recall the flash of knife that had just appeared in his memory, but he could not remember any details.

It was like a spring dream without a trace.

If we say that Ning Qingman's swordsmanship starts from the big picture, it is grand and majestic, and can change the world.

Then Wen Xuexian's swordsmanship is displayed from the subtleties, ethereal and difficult to capture.

Li Fei started out practicing with a saber, and now he's practicing with a sword. Comparing the martial arts of the two martial saints, he feels very rewarding.

"how?"

Ning Qingman beside him had also recovered and asked.

"Dongping Province."

Wen Xuexian only uttered three words.

Li Fei could clearly feel that her breath was fluctuating, and it seemed that she had consumed a lot of energy.

After all, the opponent's Dao is not like Yun Shu's [Analysis], which can unravel the mystery and continuously obtain large amounts of information, thereby accurately positioning.

With the help of the cause and effect between Li Fei and Ning Qingman, we could only get a rough location in the end.

"Thank you, sister Wen."

After getting the answer, Ning Qingman stood up quickly and prepared to leave.

Seeing this, Li Fei also stood up and saluted Wen Xuexian.

Gansu Province, provincial capital.

Tiexin Tower is the most famous place for casting weapons in the province.

This building does not cast ordinary iron, it only makes special weapons.

This building has been open in the provincial capital of Gansu Province for more than 30 years. It has forged a total of four level seven magic weapons, and thus became famous!
Today, Tiexin Tower is closed to visitors.

The owner of the building, Chen Tiexin, who had not personally forged a strange weapon for a long time, came out with all the master chefs in the building just to welcome the two guests.

Li Fei, Ning Qingman.

One is a legendary marquis who is famous all over the world and the first in history.

One is a martial saint who stands at the pinnacle of the world, a peerless swordsman.

It is no exaggeration to say that if today's events were to spread, Tiexinlou's status in the martial arts world would immediately rise significantly!

“Chen Tiexin, I’m honored to meet the Sword Immortal! I’m honored to meet the Marquis!”

A burly, dark-skinned, bald man saluted the two men excitedly.

"Master Chen, there is no need to be so polite."

Li Fei helped Chen Tiexin up and said, "This time, I'll have to trouble Master Chen to forge the weapons himself."

"No problem, it's Chen's honor!"

Chen Tiexin's face flushed a little.

It's no wonder that he was so excited. No matter which of the two people in front of him he forged weapons for, his name, Chen Tiexin, might go down in history in the future!

"Also, I have another unwelcome request."

Li Fei looked at Chen Tiexin, "I want to personally participate in the casting of weapons."

Chen Tiexin was startled: "This..."

Li Fei: "I know this is difficult, Mr. Chen, you can make any request you want."

Weapon casting is an extremely private matter, involving other people's exclusive skills, and the most taboo is to be stolen by others.

So Li Fei's request is indeed a bit taboo.

It was because of his status and position that if someone else said such words to Chen Tiexin, he would have been kicked out!

Although Chen Tiexin is only a martial arts master, many of the great masters' weapons in the martial arts world were made by him, and they all owe him a favor.

So when facing the grandmaster, he really can ignore his face.

"I wonder why the Marquis wants to personally participate in the forging? Is there any special need?"

Chen Tiexin did not get angry and asked patiently.

Li Fei nodded: "There are indeed some special requirements, which are related to my own practice."

Chen Tiexin fell into deep thought.

After a moment, he made a decision and said in a deep voice:
"Okay, I agree to your request!"

Li Fei's face lit up with joy, and he clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, Master Chen."

His Ghost Slashing Sword was broken during the fight with Li Ming, so he thought of coming to Tiexin Tower to recast it.

In fact, at his current level, external things can provide him with little help.

The seventh-level divine clothing, the golden jade scale armor, can indeed increase Li Fei's defense to a certain extent, but for Li Fei, the biggest function of this divine clothing is to prevent him from being naked after a fight.
As for the Ghost Slashing Sword, which is still at level six, it can no longer provide much use in battle.

For Li Fei, the commemorative significance of the Ghost Slayer Sword is far greater than its practical significance.

This sword was given to him by Shangguan Xiao, and was later refined by Hao Yi himself, upgrading it from level five to level six. It contains the secret of [One Sword of Heaven and Earth]. Li Fei also mastered this unique skill with the help of this sword.

Now that the Ghost Slayer Sword was broken, Li Fei didn't want to give up the sword, so he asked Chen Tiexin to refine it again.

After the two parties reached an agreement, Li Fei and Chen Tiexin went to a room alone to discuss the specific refining method.

"Refine the sword into your body and merge it with yourself?"

In the room, after hearing Li Fei's request, Chen Tiexin looked surprised.

He had been forging weapons for so many years and had encountered all kinds of strange requests:

What is the pursuit of the unity of man and weapon? It is to refine one's own essence, blood, flesh, bone marrow, etc. into the weapon.

There are also some extreme ones that require refining weapons and one's own bones together.

But this was the first time he had encountered such a "perverted" request from Li Fei.

Completely integrating weapons into the human body will not achieve the state of unity between man and weapon, but will only cause loss of energy and blood, and damage to the body.

Simply put, this is courting death!

If Li Fei hadn't looked so serious, Chen Tiexin would have thought he was joking.

“My situation is special.”

Li Fei briefly explained his situation and asked Chen Tiexin to check his body.

"Is there such a thing?!"

Chen Tiexin's eyes lit up and he felt that his horizons had been broadened.

“I have three requests:

First, refine this knife into my body.

Second, upgrade it to level seven and keep the possibility of further upgrades so that it can be upgraded as my body improves in the future.

Third, after this knife is upgraded to level seven, it can absorb the dual-attribute energy of gold and fire, and use them to temper the body. "Li Fei stated his requirements.

Chen Tiexin looked embarrassed: "My Lord, I have only mastered four level 7 magic weapons in my life. Your request is so special. I have never had any relevant experience before. I am worried..."

"It doesn't matter."

Li Fei smiled and comforted him, "We can try slowly, don't worry about me getting hurt."

Seeing that Li Fei said this, Chen Tiexin no longer refused.

Next, the two began to discuss the specific plan based on Li Fei's physical condition.

A few hours later, Chen Tiexin looked excited:
"My Lord, this training is also an opportunity for me. I have nothing else to ask for!"

Originally, he had some reservations about Li Fei's personal participation in the training of soldiers, but at this moment, he was just grateful and didn't need Li Fei to compensate him with anything extra.

Li Fei's flying sword body that 'uses its body as a weapon' really opened his eyes, broadened his thinking, and gave him great inspiration!
On this day, many precious materials were taken out from Hongchen Pavilion and the warehouses of the provincial government and sent to Tiexin Tower.

Li Fei's own share, plus the resources he took away from the Gouchen Sword Sect, are enough for him to forge several magical weapons.

Although these resources are not currently in Gansu Province, Li Fei can first borrow them from the Gansu provincial government and Hongchen Pavilion, and then make up for it later.

Five days later.

Inside the forging room of Tiexin Building.

Li Fei was wearing a golden and jade-scaled armor, his entire body was red, and he was constantly emitting hot steam.

Chen Tiexin stood aside, looking tired but satisfied.

The way he looked at Li Fei was as if he was looking at the most satisfying work of his life!
Li Fei stretched out his right hand, and a red light burst out from his palm, continuously extending outward.

The temperature in the room rose rapidly, as if there was an oven.

Soon, the light turned into the shape of a long sword.

When the light faded, the shape of the long sword appeared -

The whole knife is black, and there is an evil ghost with bared fangs and spitting out the blade at the junction of the handle and the blade.

The blade is three feet and five centimeters long, with red gold-plated patterns on it.

It is the recast Demon Slashing Sword!

After five days of hard work, investing a large amount of precious materials and making repeated attempts with the help of the Ten Thousand Blood Pearls, and the fact that both Li Fei and Chen Tiexin had the magical power of [Refining Objects].

This recast Ghost Slashing Sword met all the requirements Li Fei had put forward in advance, and the effect was better than expected!
The new Demon Slayer Sword was upgraded from level six to level seven, truly becoming a magical weapon!
Moreover, this magical weapon was completely integrated into Li Fei's body, but it was clearly separate from his flying sword body.

The new Demon Slayer Sword is like the scabbard of a flying sword.

Li Fei recast the Ghost Slashing Blade and upgraded it to a seventh-level divine weapon, not mainly to use it against the enemy, but to temper the body!

The seventh-level magic weapon Ghost Slashing Sword has only one characteristic - [Refined Gold Fire Quenching].

This feature allows the Ghost Slayer to absorb the gold and fire attributes of the heaven and earth essence on its own, which is used to continuously temper Li Fei's flying sword body!

The benefit that [Refined Gold Fire Quenching] brings to Li Fei is not only that it allows his flying sword body to be slowly strengthened, but it also allows the Ten Thousand Blood Pearls to absorb energy continuously for 24 hours!
Because the process of tempering the body is actually causing continuous harm to Li Fei.

If it were any other grandmaster, he would definitely not be able to withstand this kind of continuous damage. Even if he possessed extraordinary abilities or magical powers to heal injuries, he would not be able to withstand the continuous consumption and would be seriously injured sooner or later.

Li Fei's Ten Thousand Blood Pearls can now restore 677 blood souls every day, and 28 blood souls per hour, even if he does not enter the [Blood Breath] state.

Therefore, he only needs to control the damage caused by [Refined Gold Fire Tempering] to himself below the speed of self-healing, and there will be no problem.

The higher the level of the Ten Thousand Blood Pearls, the greater the demand for energy. In the past, Li Fei could accumulate energy by taking poison every day.

But ever since he developed the body of a flying sword, no poison has any effect on him.

The energy absorbed by the Ten Thousand Blood Pearl can only come from the damage caused to Li Fei by the outside world. It won’t work if you punch yourself.

Therefore, Li Fei could only rely on absorbing the vital energy of heaven and earth every day, and then controlling the vital energy of heaven and earth to cause damage to his internal organs, so as to complete the energy accumulation outside of combat.

However, this method is inefficient, difficult to sustain, and affects one's own practice.

Now with [Refined Gold Fire Quenching], Li Fei finally has a sustainable and efficient way to accumulate energy.

Even if there are no battles in the future, the upgrade speed of Ten Thousand Blood Pearls will be several times faster than before!
In the forging room, hot steam was rising and white mist was surrounding Li Fei.

He held the knife in one hand, staring at the recast Ghost Slashing Knife in his hand in a daze.

Chen Tiexin, who was not far away, watched this scene and suddenly stopped saying "congratulations".

For some reason, he felt that the young man in front of him who had just obtained the magic weapon seemed a little sad.

"Done?"

When Ning Qingman saw Li Fei again, he had changed in her eyes.

Although Li Fei's clothes and appearance are the same as before, there is no change, but as a contemporary swordsman, Ning Qingman has a unique vision.

"Use form to nourish mind. Do you want to cultivate the sheathed sword?"

Ning Qingman asked.

Li Fei did not hide it and nodded in acknowledgement:
"Yes, I have this idea."

He refined the Ghost Slashing Blade into his body, transforming it into the scabbard of the flying sword. In fact, he had another purpose——

Close the sheath and calm your mind to enhance your sword skills!
When some skilled swordsmen in the martial arts world encounter a bottleneck, they will not wield the sword for several years or even more than ten years in order to accumulate sword energy.

This is what is called a 'closed sheath sword'.

It is similar to the Buddhist "silent meditation".

"It's a good idea. You were just trying too hard to improve yourself before, which is in line with the sword's spirit of forging ahead, but it lacks some precision. Now you should start to learn how to maintain your sword. When you can control it freely, your swordsmanship will be considered advanced."

Ning Qingman commented casually.

When she talked to Li Fei before, her attitude was very calm, without any trace of the arrogance of a top power.

Only when she commented on the swordsmanship at this moment did she truly reveal the edge that is unique to a sword fairy.

There is no arrogance, only a self-evident confidence.

Although Li Fei had intended to restrain himself before, in the eyes of a sword master like Ning Qingman, one could see at a glance the unparalleled sharp sword intent in him.

Now that the flying sword has an extra scabbard, in Ning Qingman's opinion, Li Fei has truly achieved some "restraint".

"Please give me some pointers, Immortal Ning Jian."

Li Fei went up the pole and saluted.

His flying sword body and [Hunyuan Sword Realm] are suitable for practicing swordsmanship. Now he finally has the opportunity to consult with the contemporary swordsman, who can be said to be the best swordsman in the world. Naturally, he doesn't want to miss the opportunity.

Although he was able to create a move such as "Not Knowing How High the Sky Is" on his own, this move was actually the result of his accumulated experience. It was all-encompassing and not limited to swordsmanship.

Therefore, in terms of kendo, in Ning Qingman's eyes, he has not yet reached the level of "mastery".

"First, let's see what news there is in Dongping Province."

Ning Qingman did not refuse Li Fei's request.

Although Wen Xuexian gave the location of 'Dongping Province'.

But how big is a province?

How many people come and go every day?
Trying to find an evil demon that is intentionally hiding itself in a province is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

That's why Li Fei didn't rush to Dongping Province with Ning Qingman. Instead, he first used the Thousand Machine Shadowless Silk left to him by the Third Prince to contact the intelligence chief of "Under Heaven" in the north.

Then he ordered "Under the Sky" to search for intelligence with all its strength.

With the help of the world's best intelligence organization, Ning Qingman waited patiently for Li Fei for five days.

"In five days, we should have found some useful intelligence. We can set off first and sort out the intelligence on the way."

Li Fei said to Ning Qingman.

"it is good."

Ning Qingman stood up.

Dongping Province.

Tancheng.

In an old courtyard, a young girl was holding an iron sword and practicing swordsmanship.

The girl has an ordinary appearance, but a graceful figure. When she practices sword skills, she has an indescribable charm.

In the courtyard, the sword light was like flying snow, agile and changeable, and a vast expanse of white spread in every corner.

A figure suddenly appeared in the courtyard, and the girl's sword was drawn to her, and she stabbed at the other person almost subconsciously.

The sword lights in the yard instantly converged into one point, and thousands of swords turned into one sword, which was held in the girl's hand.

Clang——

After the crisp sound of the sword, the girl was shocked by the tremendous force and retreated repeatedly, and the sword in her hand almost slipped out of her hand.

She was horrified, thinking she had encountered an unprecedented powerful enemy.

But when she saw the person clearly, she couldn't help but be overjoyed:

"Master!"

The person who came was a woman with a serious face. She used her hands as a sword and easily broke the girl's sword moves.

“Good practice.”

She nodded to the girl.

"Master, you finally came back to see me. I thought you didn't want me anymore!"

As the girl spoke, her eyes turned red and tears welled up in them.

The serious-looking woman touched the girl's head and smiled meaningfully:

"Master has spent so much effort to train you, how could he not want you anymore?"

In the courtyard, after the master and disciple chatted for a while, the master left again, leaving the girl alone to continue practicing sword.

The girl's master did not go far away, but returned to the courtyard quietly.

This time she did not go in, but went to the roof and looked at the girl below.

She was clearly standing there, but from the outside, it looked like there was no one on the roof.

“I never thought that the famous Li Ming would transform into a woman.”

A hoarse voice suddenly sounded in her ears.

The serious-looking woman looked cold and curled her lips:
"As long as I can survive, what does it matter if I become a eunuch?"

That’s right, this woman is the evil demon Li Ming, whose body was destroyed and who was ‘resurrected’ using soul seeds!

He actually chose to place his soul seed in a woman, so after his resurrection, he also became a woman.

However, for Li Ming, who has mastered the magical power of [Transformation of Flesh and Blood], gender change is just a matter of thought, so he doesn't care about it at all.

"Is this girl the one you chose?"

The hoarse voice continued to ring in Li Ming's ears, "It does have some spiritual energy."

Li Ming's lips moved slightly: "Are you all ready?"

"Are you sure Ning Qingman can come here?"

"With the help of that bitch Wen Xuexian, she will find this place sooner or later."

"Will Wen Xuexian come?"

"That bitch's 'Tao' is to cut off all people and things that have causal connections with herself. She 'slashed' me with a knife at Tiansha Mountain, and the causal relationship between her and me has been severed. If she continues to interfere, it will be harmful to her practice instead of beneficial."

"But she saved Ning Qingman from you back then. How can you be sure that this time won't be an exception?"

"If you look ahead and behind and are afraid of this and that, what will you achieve?"

"Haha, you don't need to provoke me. I don't have your life-saving magical power to come back to life after death. Of course, you have to be cautious."

"Stop talking nonsense, will you do it?"

"Are you sure this game will really work?"

Hearing this, Li Ming looked at the girl practicing sword below.

The other person's figure gradually overlapped with a figure in his memory.

The corners of his mouth curled up, revealing a cold smile:
“Flowers may bloom again, but people never become young again.”

Below, the wind blew the fallen leaves and the courtyard was filled with the light of swords.

Beauty is like jade, sword is like rainbow.

(End of this chapter)