True Solution of the Sword Dao
Chapter 162 - 156 Dong Yaofei 2

Chapter 162: Chapter 156 Dong Yaofei 2

Memories flashed through Lin Fei’s mind behind her, finally settling on a fragment of information about a Dream Eater that Shuang’er had captured a while ago. The name Dong Yaofei suddenly made sense.

The entire Dream World was controlled by five major Dream Families, one of which was the foreign Hua Nation family—the Wu Family. As one of the five families that had grown rapidly in recent years, the expanding power of the Wu Family also awakened their original ambition to return to the Hua Nation. The Hua Nation, being the most chaotic region in the Dream World, was without the Child of the Void who could connect all Dream Spaces. The so-called Dream Spaces were infinitely vast and wide, and unless the true body of a Dream Eater was found, it was extremely difficult for others to encounter a Dream Eater who did not wish to make contact. Moreover, in the Dream World, the spaces of different regions were very far apart. The Child of the Void, however, was a naturally born Dream Awakener capable of Instantaneous Movement within these spaces. Only with this ability could one quickly reach any desired location, thereby easily eliminating all rebellious forces within the Dream Space.

Of course, the Child of the Void had limitations; only one would appear in a large region, and the timing was unpredictable.

The Dream Worlds of Europe and America had been unified thanks to the Child of the Void.

Dong Yaofei was the Child of the Void for most of the Hua Nation regions this time and the most critical figure in the Hua Nation’s Dream World. Lin Fei had obtained very detailed information from that Dream Eater, which was said to have been intentionally released by one of the other five major families.

The Inner World Lin Fei had access to now consisted of two major systems. One was the Psychic system, where individuals formed Combat Power by awakening psychic powers, which, due to innate advantages, made it relatively easy to comprehend momentum and reach a D level or above. In the Psychic system, momentum was fundamental, determining the strength, type, and other factors of psychic abilities.

The other system was the Dream World, where the essence was devouring. Dream Awakeners were the initial form, consumed by Dream Eaters as the source of growing stronger. After that were the Dream Eaters themselves, with different levels of strength. They also fought and devoured each other. The pinnacle was the five major families.

Of course, there was also the large system that he kept hidden—the Sword Dao True Solution. It was a Cultivation Holy Canon divided into specific Realms, where True Force was fundamental. Combined with techniques, it could produce immense lethality, as well as simultaneously affect momentum.

As for the Martial Artist system, ordinary martial artists were actually similar to psychics, both fundamentally relying on momentum. However, it was much harder for martial artists to comprehend momentum, and since both sources were momentum-based, the two could essentially be merged into one system.

According to the available information, Dong Yaofei had likely already made contact with the Wu Family. Lin Fei’s thoughts spun; the current Dong Yaofei certainly was not willing to yield to the coercion and control of the Wu Family and wanted to gather strength to resist. This was why he was searching for experts through various channels, even to the point of desperation.

Sure enough, Dong Yaofei began to carefully explain his situation to Lin Fei, painting the Wu Family as a dark family that was full of pure evil, while he himself was the struggling positive protagonist. Then he invited Lin Fei to help and join him, offering her the position of a swordsmanship mentor with an annual salary of one million. Lin Fei, who was more than happy within, immediately agreed. This was an opportunity to get close to the five major Dream Families, an essential step if she wanted to obtain the True Lies Divine Artifact. This identity card would allow her legit involvement in the Wu Family’s transformation.

"If that’s the case, I must return to the Capital City tomorrow, why don’t you come with me...?" Dong Yaofei asked softly, his attitude was quite respectful, even for a high school student.

It also made the other experts around feel uncomfortable. Being hired for the same reason, the difference in treatment was indeed a bit too much.

"No need, I’ll stay here, I have other business," Lin Fei declined directly.

"Damn it! Who the hell do you think you are?! How dare you talk like that to Young Master Dong?" Someone in the crowd suddenly spoke out loud. These people who were hired by Dong Yaofei for a hefty fee to face the mighty Wu Family were naturally not very upright characters; at least Lin Fei recognized several of them as escaped fugitives, as well as a few murderers with unknown whereabouts recorded by the society’s archives.

Lin Fei’s gaze swept over the area from where the voice had come, a slight smile on her face, but she remained silent.

Dong Yaofei’s expression darkened slightly, but he said nothing. Although he was considered a prodigy within his family, he wasn’t entitled to mobilize much Strength and couldn’t access deeper secrets, so he couldn’t restrain these strong experts he had hired. Moreover, the person who had just spoken was obviously hiding and had not shown themselves.

The silent attitude of the old man nearby also showed that they shared the same sentiment as the person who had just spoken.

"If you encounter any difficulties, you can contact me directly," Lin Fei said as she flipped her finger, and a black Metal business card instantly appeared between her fingertips. "Don’t lose it." She tossed the Metal business card, and Dong Yaofei hurriedly caught it.

"Do you know why I accepted your invitation?" Lin Fei suddenly asked.

Dong Yaofei’s smile slowly faded away. For some reason, he always felt that he could not maintain his usual smile in front of this person.

To be honest, although Uncle Yan had told him that some stronger experts wouldn’t be hired for money, he still held onto a glimmer of hope, and thankfully, big brother Zhang Minghui had given him a bit of news, prompting him to rush to Southwest Province.

After receiving Lin Fei’s business card, Dong Yaofei found the small black card to be somewhat hefty. Upon closer inspection, he realized the card was made of Metal and had a contact phone number on it. He didn’t know that this card originated from the initial Tower of Glory card, imbued with Lin Fei’s momentum and equipped with a tracking feature. Unless it was a special pursuer-type psychic, no one could discover this tracking function except Lin Fei.

"Let’s leave it at that for today," Lin Fei said indifferently.

"What a thing! Not manly, not ladylike, not fully grown yet!" Another voice came from the crowd.

Lin Fei acted as if she heard nothing.

It was Dong Yaofei who abruptly turned his head, glaring in the direction of the voice. "This expert is someone I personally invited, I ask everyone to give me some face."

"Forget it, Young Master Dong, you give face to others, but they might not give it back to you," the speaker was a young woman with a black mole at the corner of her mouth.

"Everyone gathered here is invited by Young Master Dong, and you must have heard of each other’s reputations. This young man had such an attitude as soon as he arrived, and we really can’t recall any reason he deserves such treatment. It is only natural that others feel dissatisfied," the eldest gentleman coughed and said.

Young Master Dong Yaofei’s expression turned ugly. He valued Lin Fei mainly due to Zhang Minghui’s influence, and coupled with the fact that his Uncle Yan was easily defeated, which prompted his promise of a high position for Lin Fei.

"Actually, everyone is not aware that this person just now defeated my Uncle Yan. Originally, I wasn’t planning to disclose this, but since there are objections from everyone, I have no choice but to clarify, so as not to damage the harmony," Dong Yaofei explained.

"There’s no need for Young Master Dong to speak for him. We’re all martial artists; why don’t we take to the field and have a bout to see if he is truly qualified?" the elder suggested. Although Uncle Yan at Dong Yaofei’s side seemed like a master, he had never sparred with them, so naturally, they could not believe he was that strong.

Dong Yaofei felt the situation spiraling out of control. He looked sideways at Uncle Yan, who, after being injured by Lin Fei, could barely maintain normal walking. Both his physical strength and spirit were severely depleted; he wasn’t in any state to engage in another contest. Otherwise, Dong Yaofei could have let Uncle Yan showcase his skills in the arena.

"What do you think about my proposal, young friend?" the elder turned his face toward Lin Fei and spoke.

Lin Fei just smiled.

"What? Not talking anymore? Scared, huh?" a thug with a tuft of silver-white hair at the front of his forehead scorned.

"Everyone..." Dong Yaofei began to speak but was interrupted again.

"Young Master Dong, it’s not that we don’t respect you, but as martial artists, if we don’t show some real skill, no one will be convinced!" another lanky man said.

The original intention of Dong Yaofei had been to use the masters he had arranged in advance to implicitly threaten Lin Fei into joining them. If Lin Fei refused, the people here would certainly rush up to deal with him immediately, and knowing his secret, he wouldn’t stand a chance of leaving. However, Dong Yaofei had not expected Lin Fei to agree so readily, without any suspense, leading his plan to fall through entirely.

"Young Master Dong, as long as this kid agrees, we’ll take to the arena immediately. After all, there’s enough space here," the woman with the mole shouted loudly.

Dong Yaofei looked at Lin Fei, who remained unaffected, as if he hadn’t even heard what was said.

"Hey kid, got the guts to take the stage? If you’ve got the nerve, stand out, if not, stop posing!!"

Lin Fei remained silent, standing still.

Seeing him unresponsive, the crowd got even more excited. Even those who had been somewhat timid began to stir, as if seeking an opportunity to demonstrate their own prowess.

"I have matters to attend to, may I leave now?" Lin Fei suddenly said.

Upon hearing this, the crowd burst into laughter. The entire underground space was filled with the echoes of their laughter.

"Look at this kid!! Came just to be the joker!"

"Out there, I could squish trash like him with one finger!"

Dong Yaofei’s face, dark with anger, forced a thin smile. Seeing Lin Fei still showing no intention of explaining himself, even he began to doubt whether Lin Fei really had any strength. Perhaps it was because Uncle Yan was in bad shape that he was defeated. Disappointment filled him quickly.

"Of course," he managed to say in a calm tone, "it’s time for us to go up; we were just meant to meet everyone anyway."

Having said that, he turned and headed for the elevator.

"Let’s go, Uncle Yan." The burly man surnamed Yan nodded and stepped into the elevator. This underground space had only one entrance and exit; it was uncertain what the original purpose for its construction was. In front of the elevator was a metal door that could freely open and close.

"There’s only this one elevator here. We should go up early so as not to delay the elders." The elders he mentioned were the group of older individuals who had spoken earlier. Everyone had to use this one elevator to move up and down, making one wonder what would happen if there were a power outage.

"No need, they don’t have to go," Lin Fei suddenly said, gently closing the iron gate with a smile, his back turned to everyone. (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast a recommendation vote, Monthly Ticket, your support is my greatest motivation.)