This Martial Saint's Health Bar is Too Thick!

Chapter 138: Chapter 113: Slaying Demons to Break through

In less than an hour, everyone the Tiger Saber Gang had planted in the Martial Arts Hall had been taken away.

Li Fei, who had been following Cheng Bi around all the time, just tagging along, received commendation from the Inspection Bureau that very afternoon:

“Martial Arts Hall Rank A student, Li Fei, has assisted the Inspection Bureau’s operation with meritorious service. This is counted as participation in one end-of-month assessment, rated as Rank A. He received the Rank A reward.”

This assessment was unique to Li Fei, and he was the only one to receive Rank A.

That very afternoon, Hao Yi gave Li Fei a bottle of Bitter Elemental Pills and a bottle of Elixir, each containing 50 pills!

Normally, the top three in the monthly assessments would only get 10 Bitter Elemental Pills and 10 Elixirs, but since Li Fei was the only one receiving a reward this time, he was given all of the rewards allocated for one monthly assessment!

The Bitter Elemental Pills were one thing, but now with 50 Elixirs at his disposal, plus the ones he hadn’t finished before, Li Fei could almost raise his affinity with the Implant from Grade B to Grade B.

With the Tiger Saber Gang out of the picture, securing a spot in the Zhi Ge Department of the university next year from within the Martial Arts Hall was almost a certainty for him.

Among the other Rank A students, none showed better performance than him, who had been receiving Rank A evaluations for several consecutive months.

From the beginning, Li Fei’s goal had been to secure a spot in the university’s Zhi Ge Department. Unfortunately, this goal seemed out of reach, and the Tiger Saber Gang gradually became his biggest Heart Barrier.

Now, having killed Zhang Mingze under the identity of ‘Green-faced Ghost,’ Li Fei had triggered the downfall of the Tiger Saber Gang. It could be said that he had personally broken down the barrier in front of him and achieved his goal!

That morning, he followed Cheng Bi around capturing people, witnessing the end of the era when the Martial Arts Hall belonged to the Tiger Saber Gang.

After this experience, Li Fei’s ‘Heart Barrier’ was shattered once more, and his Mind Power greatly enhanced!

After killing Zhang Mingze, Li Fei had experienced an enhancement in Mind Power, and after consuming a large number of Elixirs, and with a night’s digestion and absorption, the Steel Armor Implant had officially broken through to the Body Breaking Late Stage.

By now, Li Fei could use ‘Overlord Body’ more than thirty times in a short period, and his physical strength also increased accordingly. In just one night, his Blood Soul count increased by two, raising the total limit to 104.

Now with another increase in Mind Power, Li Fei could clearly sense that the ‘threshold’ was about to be crossed by him.

That ‘threshold’ was the Qi Change Stage!

The power of the Mind within, the power of the Implant, and the power of the body must fuse together in order to stimulate the Innate Qi.

While the power of the Mind could affect the growth of the Implant, the growth of the Implant could, in turn, affect the strengthening of the body. Thus, a sufficiently powerful Mind Power made a Breakthrough a natural outcome.

This was the potent essence of the method known as ‘Breaking Heart Barrier.’

Now, Li Fei felt that he was just a small step away from breaking through to the Qi Change Stage.

“Is it because I haven’t truly secured the Zhi Ge Department spot? Or is it because I haven’t thoroughly taken down the Tiger Saber Gang?”

Li Fei earnestly scrutinized his own heart, trying to locate what was lacking in that final step.

In fact, he was now fully capable of quickly reaching the peak of the Body Breaking Stage, without the need for life-and-death tempering, because his Mind Power was already strong enough to directly consume Breakthrough Elixirs to achieve the Breakthrough.

This was precisely the method chosen by the vast majority of Martial Artists worldwide when breaking through to the Qi Change Stage: leveraging the power of Elixirs to help take that final, crucial step.

But Li Fei had come this far, so close to completing ‘Breaking Heart Barrier.’ How could he possibly give up now?

After completing his training in the afternoon, Li Fei bid farewell to Hao Yi and went home.

After dinner, he locked himself in his room and began to ponder quietly.

He carefully reminisced every detail that had transpired from the moment he entered the Martial Arts Hall to the present.

Gradually, he confirmed the changes in his Heart Realm when facing each event.

Hao Yi once told Li Fei that the hardest part of ‘Breaking Heart Barrier’ was not merely the process of ‘breaking,’ but also recognizing oneself.

The human heart is fickle and often the hardest to understand is one’s own heart.

Friends who appear to have a good relationship but harbor hidden jealousy.

Thinking you have let go, only to realize decades later you still can’t move on.

Two people who seemed indifferent, yet could exhibit unfathomable emotions when it mattered…

To truly understand oneself is no easy task.

And if you can’t see yourself clearly, the ‘Heart Barrier’ within cannot be completely shattered.

Time ticked away, and Li Fei remained locked in his room in contemplation until late into the night before stepping out.

He went straight to Qingyuan Fist Village.

Now, having ‘acknowledged’ Shangguan Xiao as his martial aunt and with Hao Yi’s permission, Li Fei could go to Qingyuan Fist Village every evening to spar and temper himself.

So now he could openly go to Qingyuan Fist Village without hiding his identity.

Entering the Inner Village and meeting with Shangguan Xiao, Li Fei asked his martial aunt for a favor.

Shangguan Xiao agreed without hesitation.

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In the following days, Xing City seemed tranquil on the surface, yet tumultuous undercurrents surged relentlessly. The political landscape was shaken continuously!

With the Tiger Saber Gang’s fall from power, Chief Gu Zhenhui’s sector naturally sought to prosecute further. Merely taking down the Martial Arts Hall was not enough to satisfy Gu Zhenhui. These days, he repeatedly ordered the Inspection Bureau to take action, removing one official after another associated with the Tiger Saber Gang for investigation.