Embryonic Stirring

Li Fei was sent home by a vehicle from the Overseeing Bureau.

He still had no idea what kind of storm his affair had stirred up in the Overseeing Bureau. As usual, after dinner, he returned to his room to train.

He first took a Withering Fire Pill, then the medicines for the Embryo Nurturing Stage.

This time, after taking the Withering Fire Pill, he felt as though something beneath his skin was trying to burrow out, producing a far more intense hunger than before.

He had never experienced this sensation during the previous few days of taking the medicine.

"What's going on?"

Li Fei was stunned.

He glanced at the Myriad Blood Bead. The Blood Soul was depleting faster than before, while the energy was increasing by a greater amount as well.

"I don't know whether this is good or bad. I'll ask the teacher tomorrow."

The Blood Soul's rate of depletion was still within a controllable range, so Li Fei did not panic. He planned to seek Hao Yi's advice the next day.

Afterward, he took two extra Embryo Nurturing Pills and applied a little more Golden Kui Balm. Only then did he dispel the hunger caused by the Steel Armor Implant.

It was past ten at night when Li Lei finally returned home. He did not eat first, but immediately went to Li Fei's room:

"Xiao Fei, the investigation results are out."

"Did the Tiger Sabre Gang order it?"

Li Fei asked.

Li Lei shook his head. "The man who led the attack on you was called Liu Wen. He's the leader of the Bear Strength Gang. The Bear Strength Gang is an outer faction of the Tiger Sabre Gang. I originally thought the Tiger Sabre Gang had ordered this, but we found a way to force Liu Wen to talk. He said that people from the Chen Family had approached them and offered two thousand yuan for one of your legs."

"People from the Chen Family?"

Li Fei was stunned and immediately thought of Chen Lixin.

If there was anyone in the Chen Family who most wanted to deal with him, it had to be Chen Lixin.

He had thought the Tiger Sabre Gang was pulling the strings behind the scenes this time, but he had never expected it to be this Young Master Chen.

Li Fei had humiliated him at the Graduation Grand Exam, and Chen Lixin had nursed a grudge, finding someone to deal with him. It all made sense.

"Two thousand yuan? Young Master Chen is certainly generous."

Li Fei smiled.

Li Lei sighed. "Chen Lixin never contacted the Bear Strength Gang personally. He's not that stupid. So if we continue investigating, at most we'll trace it back to some servant of the Chen Family. That person will volunteer to take the blame for Chen Lixin. It'll be nearly impossible to do anything to Chen Lixin."

"Mm, I understand, Uncle Li."

Li Fei nodded, indicating that he understood.

In this era, even martial artists from the Tiger Sabre Gang could kill someone and remain free from punishment, let alone the Young Master of the Chen Family.

"But don't worry. I made such a huge commotion this time that even if the Tiger Sabre Gang really had any ideas, they won't dare touch you again."

Li Lei spoke to Li Fei.

Although they had not discovered that the Tiger Sabre Gang was behind the attack, the attitude displayed by the Overseeing Bureau this time had been crystal clear: certain lines absolutely could not be crossed!

Thus, he had also eliminated some potential dangers for Li Fei in advance. Li Lei did not feel that he had caused all that trouble for nothing.

"As for Chen Lixin, I'll continue investigating this case and make the Chen Family give us an explanation. It'll also serve as a warning to them. Chen Lixin will soon be going to university, so he probably won't have the time to deal with you anymore."

Li Lei continued.

"All right. Thank you, Uncle Li."

Li Fei nodded.

"You little brat, why are you being so polite with me?"

Li Lei ruffled his hair. "All right, get some rest early."

Then he left the room.

"Come eat. I just reheated all the dishes."

In the living room, Zhang Yuqing spoke softly to Li Lei.

"All right."

Li Lei walked to the dining table, sat down, picked up his chopsticks, and began to eat.

"Did something happen to Xiao Fei?"

Zhang Yuqing asked with concern.

She had seen Li Fei being sent home in a car from the Overseeing Bureau that day. Li Lei had also come home especially late and gone to see Li Fei the moment he arrived, so she had guessed that something had happened.

"Mm, there was a little problem, but it's already been resolved. Don't worry."

Li Lei never described dangerous matters in detail. In front of his wife, everything was always just "a minor problem that's already been dealt with."

In this regard, Li Fei was quite similar to him. After returning home that day, he had not mentioned being attacked to Zhang Yuqing or Li Tianyu at all. From beginning to end, there had been no sign that anything was wrong.

But Zhang Yuqing was still somewhat worried. "Even if you don't tell me, I can roughly guess. Xiao Fei wants the Military Academy's university quota, but you said the situation inside the Military Academy is very complicated. If he goes in and takes a piece of their pie, they'll definitely target him. That's what happened today, right?"

Li Lei hummed as he picked up some food.

"Old Li, won't Xiao Fei be in too much danger this way? How about we stop competing for that quota? At worst, we can save money for a few years and send Xiao Fei to university after Tianyu graduates."

Zhang Yuqing grabbed Li Lei's sleeve.

She had raised Li Fei from childhood to adulthood, and in her heart, he was no different from her own son.

Li Lei set down his bowl and chopsticks, turned to his wife, and took her hand.

"Don't worry. I caused quite a scene at the bureau today, and the Chief Inspector made his support for me perfectly clear. No one will dare casually touch Xiao Fei again. From now on, Xiao Fei's struggle with them should take place in the open. Everyone will rely on their own abilities."

At this point, he recalled Li Fei's feat of taking on more than a dozen people alone that day, as well as what Lu Sheng had told him. He could not help smiling. "Besides, don't underestimate Xiao Fei. This boy is becoming more and more capable. He'll definitely grow stronger in the future. He isn't someone just anyone can deal with!"

Early the next morning, Li Fei put two more packets of lime powder on him, put on the Stab Proof Vest, and placed an iron rod he had taken from Liu Wen into his canvas shoulder bag. Only then did he run out of the house toward the Military Academy.

Nothing happened along the way, and he arrived safely at the Military Academy.

However, he did not go straight to the Practice Building today. Instead of entering the Medicinal Bath Room to boil water, he first went to Hao Yi's office.

"Teacher."

Hao Yi was drinking tea in his office at the time. When he saw Li Fei, he was startled. "Is something wrong?"

Li Fei then told him about the strange sensation he had experienced.

"You feel as though something beneath your skin is trying to burrow out? The hunger produced by the Implant has intensified?"

Hao Yi looked at Li Fei in surprise. "That shouldn't happen."

"Teacher, is there something wrong with the Implant?"

Li Fei asked. Hao Yi's attitude had made him somewhat nervous.

"Your Implant is steel armor. Feeling this way means the embryo you've been nurturing has stirred. It's a sign that you're about to break through to the Body Breaking Stage."

Hao Yi looked at Li Fei strangely.

"Huh?"

Li Fei himself was extremely surprised.

Although he cultivated the Heavenly Star Overlord Body twice a day and had taken Withering Fire Pills, he had entered the Embryo Nurturing Stage less than ten days ago. Was he already about to reach the Body Breaking Stage?

Wasn't it said that even the most gifted people needed a month to advance from embryo nurturing to body breaking?

"Have you done anything unusual over the past few days?"

Hao Yi asked.

"Anything unusual?"

Li Fei thought about it. He suddenly remembered that when he had fought Liu Wen and the others the previous day, he seemed to have faintly felt something beneath his skin throbbing. But at the time, all his attention had been focused on the fight, so he had not paid much notice to it.

Could it be related to that?

Li Fei then told Hao Yi about being attacked the previous day.

If anything unusual had happened recently, this was the only thing.

"You were attacked?!"

After hearing this, Hao Yi's expression immediately darkened, and an astonishing Killing Intent radiated from his body.