True Solution of the Sword Dao

Lin Fei looked up, watching the two figures in the sky.

He recognized Lu Xiuya, but the other person was completely unfamiliar to him.

Lu Xiuya must have used the object bravely retrieved from the Reed Abyss by the Hua Nation’s Five Stars to ascend. It took so long and cost so much; it was truly not easy for him to have ascended just now.

Lin Fei keenly felt that the huge black longbow in Lu Xiuya’s hands was the key to her strength enhancement.

The source of the black smoke’s energy was all coming from that giant bow. Perhaps that item was the mysterious object they retrieved from the Reed Abyss.

In the sky, half was black and the other half silver.

The two sides were confronting each other.

The blackness that Lu Xiuya represented rolled like dark clouds, combined with the influence of Potential Energy from two A-levels, gave the entire Capital City air a heavy and gloomy feel of an approaching doomsday. It was suffocating.

"It must be an A-level fighter from the Alliance of Cities. The Tower of the Dark Night isn’t that powerful, and that person isn’t even his real body, just an avatar. Lu Xiuya also just ascended to A-level, and her aura isn’t stable; the confrontation between them was evenly matched," Lin Fei shook his head slightly and stopped watching the sky.

He could sense that two powerful A-level auras were rapidly approaching. From the attributes, it was clear they were those two from the Holy See. It seemed they had anticipated that the Alliance of Cities would dispatch an A-level.

This fight has gotten to a stage where it clearly can’t go on. Three against one, no matter what, the person from the Tower of the Dark Night couldn’t hold on. Moreover, they couldn’t fully let loose, because if an A-level were to do so, not to mention whether the warriors from the Temple of the Gods would intervene, Lin Fei himself would absolutely not allow his future territory to be damaged.

Lin Fei turned back to his bedroom, picked up his coat, walked out the door.

"Lin Fei, you’re going out this late?" Shi Ran casually asked while sitting at the computer.

"Yeah, just going for a walk."

He left the dormitory building.

Lin Fei slowly walked along the campus walkway next to the building.

As expected, soon, the aura of the Alliance of Cities’ fighters in the sky swiftly receded. The sky was completely overtaken by Lu Xiuya’s dark energy.

As the opponent retreated, Lu Xiuya waited a while, seemingly checking to see if the opponent had truly left. Only after confirming that the other side had indeed left, did he quickly withdraw his power aura.

The dark clouds in the sky also gradually dissipated. The original lightning and thunder also became quieter and less frequent, finally returning to calmness.

Lin Fei continued walking along the road, under rows of streetlights. Under the bright yellow light, some students returning from their study sessions walked back in groups of twos and threes, completely unaware of the mighty standoff that had just occurred overhead.

No one knew that the energy conflict that had erupted above could have destroyed the entire Kyoto City. The surrounding students continued to chat and laugh; a few with music playing from their phones even nodded and shook their heads as they walked.

Lin Fei directed his steps towards the business school building where the girl had previously jumped.

He was curious about the aura owner he couldn’t fully sense despite his best efforts.

Following the streetlights, he walked straight ahead, then took several turns.

The business school building gradually appeared before Lin Fei.

The entire building was deserted, not a single student in sight, probably because someone had jumped to their death during the day, making the students somewhat superstitious; there was a white paper notice on the door of the building.

It read ’This building is temporarily closed’.

There were hardly any students walking by, it was almost ten o’clock, almost rest time, and it was evening, and with a death site here, naturally, there were no people around.

Moreover, this building was in a rather remote location, surrounded by dense trees and shade, looking somewhat isolated. Even fewer people came by.

Lin Fei stood in front of the building.

Walking to the front of the building, there remained a dark red bloodstain on the small flat area at the top of the steps, obviously left by the girl who had jumped earlier.

A chill wind blew, and the trees beside the building rustled.

Inside, the building was dark; none of the windows had lights on, making it even more silent.

Lin Fei glanced around. The path where he was standing was the only entrance and exit to this building. Meaning, anyone going in or out had to pass this way.

True Force and demonic power slowly released, then began repeatedly scanning every inch of this place.

After a long while, Lin Fei shook his head slightly and turned to leave.

Just then, he heard voices coming from behind him on the road.

His expression changed slightly, and he quietly snapped his fingers.

Hiss...

Lin Fei’s entire being, like a shadow, naturally melded into the shade of a tree beside him, invisible.

The voices drew closer, and from the tone, they seemed to be several girls.

"I told you, what’s so interesting about someone jumping? Shouldn’t we be going back?"

"It’s precisely because someone jumped that there’s something to see! Did you hear? That girl didn’t want to jump at first, but somehow she just plunged down from above, as if someone pushed her from behind. But there were so many people there, and no one saw anyone behind her."

"So what?"

"Are you dense? It obviously means that a supernatural event might occur!"

"You’ve been watching too many ghost stories..."

"Do you dare say that ghosts don’t exist for sure?"

"....."

The sound of voices came closer, accompanied by footsteps.

Lin Fei stood under the shade of a tree, watching two figures slowly approaching on the road.

They were two girls, one skinny and frail, obviously very bony, while the other, although also slim, had a rather delicate appearance that gave Lin Fei a sense of familiarity.

He thought back briefly and remembered the girl, Luo Yun, he had encountered near the cafeteria with Zhao Yuqing. This girl was Luo Yun from back then.

Lin Fei recognized her.

At this moment, Luo Yun was lagging behind, her face showing a hesitant expression, seemingly worried about something. The frail girl walking in front was heading towards the school building with a face full of interest.

The two reached the spot of bloodstain in front of the school building, and the frail girl squatted down, looking closely at the ground without any fear.

"This is where that girl died during the day..."

"Bai Xin, let’s go back... it’s getting a bit late... we can come back tomorrow, okay?" Luo Yun said weakly.

"Go back? Why? We rarely get the chance to explore. Wouldn’t it be a pity not to go in and look around?" Bai Xin responded excitedly.

The two squatted at that pool of bloodstain talking for a while, and after persistent persuasion from Luo Yun, Bai Xin was finally convinced to leave, and they slowly got up and left.

Lin Fei noticed that Luo Yun was glancing frequently in his direction, albeit pretending to be casual. Despite her act, Lin Fei could still sense that she had probably noticed his presence.

"There’s absolutely no aura of power..." when the girls had left, Lin Fei murmured from under the tree’s shadow. "Yet, she could sense the presence of the barrier I concealed. No, it wasn’t the precise location she sensed, but merely the general direction. Such perceptive ability is indeed sharp. In tonight’s battle, she might sense something too, only obstructed by her inability to see the barrier, right?"

He was getting ready to leave.

Suddenly, a series of faint footsteps rapidly approached from the road.

Lin Fei casually sensed it, and again, it was a familiar aura.

As the figure neared, it slowly came into Lin Fei’s view.

Lin Fei frowned and again hid within the tree’s shadow.

It was Cheng Nianwei. Cheng Nianwei, the class president of his class.

Cheng Nianwei wore a black trench coat that accentuated her slim waist, with a silk white blouse visible at the collar, still dressed in a noble manner suggestive of a young lady. Her smooth, shoulder-length hair neatly framed her shoulders.

She carried a small black bag in her hand, its contents unknown.

Lin Fei watched from the shadows as she briskly walked to the front of the school building, then carefully set the bag down on the ground, squatted, and began pulling out various-sized white documents.

Due to the distance, coupled with being in the shadow of the school building, even Lin Fei’s vision was not clear enough to see exactly what she was taking out.

It just looked like she was carefully handling those document-like white papers, neatly arranging them while muttering to herself.

"This is an English Level 6 certificate, here’s a CPA certificate, this one’s a Public Nutritionist certificate, this is..." she recited one by one, mentioning the names of seven or eight different certificates.

"Although they’re just copies, I couldn’t possibly burn the originals for you, could I? That’s all I brought. We had agreed earlier, if I died you would burn them for me, and if you died I would burn them for you. Now that you’re gone, I’ve come to burn them for you. Oh, right, I also brought you a box of French language materials, with a cassette too. You always loved French, right? I’ll burn it for you, so you can continue to study well down there..." she took out a lighter, started a fire, and continued speaking in a flat tone. Yet, there was an unmistakable sorrow in her voice.

Lin Fei found it unusual to see someone burning such items for the deceased. Watching Cheng Nianwei there, murmuring alone, he found it somewhat amusing.

Clearly, the deceased girl must have been someone she knew well. It looked like they had been close.

A faint flame flickered in front of the school building. Then came the smell of burning plastic drifting away.

After lighting the fire, Cheng Nianwei stood back, covering her nose, her eyes sadly watching the flames.

Lin Fei shook his head speechlessly, preparing to leave quietly.

Suddenly, a faint, eerie aura flashed past in an instant.

He abruptly paused.

The aura had originated right behind Cheng Nianwei.

"This comes at just the right time. I didn’t expect to encounter it so easily," Lin Fei slowly extended his True Force. Compared to demonic power, True Force had a much broader range of sensation and was more subtle and concealed when spreading out. Thus, he chose to use True Force.

Demonic power, on the other hand, provided very clear sensing results, but its range and concealment were not as effective as True Force. Of course, this was a comparison between the two; if demonic power was compared to other forms of energy, it naturally excelled in all aspects.

A faint network of True Force, centered around Lin Fei, slowly spread in all directions, covering the entire school building. (To be continued. If you like this work, feel free to head over to qidian.com to vote, recommend, or purchase a Monthly Ticket. Your support is my greatest motivation.)