Chapter 194: Chapter 3: Using Wu’an to Secure the State, the Pillar of the Nation Chapter 194: Chapter 3: Using Wu’an to Secure the State, the Pillar of the Nation “Survive? I’m afraid you’ve already been thinking about how to kill and silence people in a while.”
Li Fei listened and immediately sneered.
Though young, she was very shrewd, constantly thinking of ways to save herself after Li Fei had poisoned her.
Her initial claim of being a descendant of the Nightmare Sect was to make Li Fei wary, afraid to harm her.
After her lie was exposed, she revealed the secret of the Dream Command, and thoroughly explained its value to Li Fei for her own survival.
The more valuable the Dream Command, the more valuable her life!
“This Dream Command requires specific magic to be maintained regularly. Without me, this Dream Command will turn into a piece of scrap metal in less than a month in your hands.”
“Maybe you’re still lying?”
Li Fei calmly made eye contact with Zhao Yi.
Then Zhao Yi did something that surprised him:
She suddenly picked up a small medicine bottle on the table, poured out a Nether Spring Poison Pill, and swallowed it in one go!
Li Fei looked at Zhao Yi.
Her eyes revealed extreme ferocity, like a wounded she-wolf protecting her cubs:
“You want the cultivation method of the Nightmare Sect and the maintenance method of the Dream Command, would you believe me if I just told you directly? How about you interrogate me again using the method you just used? Then you’ll know if I’m lying!”
Li Fei took a deep look at this young woman in front of him, somewhat surprised by her decisiveness.
However, he didn’t soften his heart because of this.
Just as he had told Zhao Yi before, he had given her a chance, but she didn’t cherish it and repeatedly provoked him, so she couldn’t blame him for being ruthless.
Had it not been for his superior skills today, it might have been his Ghost Slash Blade and other possessions taken by her.
As for whether he could survive in the end, that was uncertain; after all, human intentions are unpredictable.
“Alright, you can start talking now.”
The cultivation methods of the Nightmare Sect were too numerous to be explained quickly and Li Fei wouldn’t remember them all, so he asked Zhao Yi to focus on the parts related to the Dream Command.
In the next ten minutes, Li Fei repeatedly interrogated Zhao Yi about what she said, confirming all the details back and forth.
Zhao Yi had already been poisoned once, and now being poisoned again, she felt even more excruciating pain.
Even trained spies from Mei Jia Country couldn’t endure such pain, and neither could Zhao Yi.
But she knew that if she couldn’t make Li Fei believe her, it would be hard to survive, so she gritted her teeth and completed the interrogation, displaying incredible willpower!
Li Fei administered the antidote to Zhao Yi when she was nearly passing out.
By now he could roughly confirm that Zhao Yi was telling the truth, or at least the most truthful information he could get under the current circumstances.
Continuing to pressure her wouldn’t change her story anymore.
Through the interrogation of Zhao Yi, Li Fei gained a detailed understanding of the Dream Command:
Inside the Dream Command, there were eleven implants!
Half of these implants were Mid Third Grade, and some were even Top Third Grade!
The implants used by martial artists to condense their Martial Arts Foundation were all Lower Third Grade because initially the human body was too fragile to endure higher-graded implants. Later, as one’s realm improved and the physique strengthened, the constitution for building the Martial Arts Foundation also needed to remain balanced, thus the other four implants also had to be Lower Third Grade.
Only after the Martial Arts Foundation had been successfully established, stepping into the next realm, could martial artists continue to incorporate Mid Third Grade or even Top Third Grade implants.
Magic Artifacts operated under the same principle.
Li Fei’s Dream Command was once the Lifebound Magical Treasure of a Taoist True Monarch, the highest grade item, naturally housing high-grade implants.
High-grade implants didn’t need to be fed any elixirs or similar substances to provide energy, as they absorbed free energy between heaven and earth automatically, or as the Taoists would say, they absorbed nature’s spiritual energy.
Thus, the survival of the high-grade implants inside the Dream Command was not worrisome. They were all in a dormant state, and one only had to avoid disturbing them recklessly.
What really needed attention were the Mid Third Grade and Lower Third Grade implants inside the Dream Command.
Every month, different magic must be used to meld different materials into the Dream Command to maintain the implants inside.
This is why cultivating magic was more expensive than cultivating martial arts; practicing magic was costly, and maintaining Magic Artifacts was even more costly!
That’s why Zhao Renjie, a Great Mage at the Possession Stage, left Zhao Yi quite a few things after his death, but not much money.
Because the Dream Command was a gold-devouring beast!
If Li Fei didn’t have the Qingyuan City Management Company and Qingyuan Fist Village in hand, he couldn’t afford to maintain such an item.
“Now we can talk about the future.”
Li Fei spoke after Zhao Yi had recovered a bit.
Zhao Yi stared at him fiercely.
“Just letting you go is definitely impossible, and returning this item to you is also out of the question.”
Li Fei raised the Dream Command in his hand.
Even though he didn’t covet this treasure in his hand, he couldn’t do something like releasing the tiger back to the mountain.
Zhao Yi was extremely talented, ruthless, and possessed treasures like the Dream Command, which was exactly like the fate of a protagonist in a novel. If he let her go, what would he do if she sought him out once her magic was fully developed?
But just to kill her outright and waste the Dream Command was too disappointing.