Wanting to Change the World

"What are you trying to do?!" The young man's face filled with terror as he stammered, "I... I'm... Kunmu Jin, the most beloved son of Barak Prince..."

Li Fei formed a sword finger with his hand and flicked it lightly. Four flashes of sword light severed all the tendons in Kunmu Jin's limbs. Another flash pierced his energy center, crippling him completely.

"Ah! Spare me!"

Kunmu Jin instantly felt all strength leave his body, his limbs unable to move. He begged miserably.

Li Fei turned a deaf ear, showing no reaction as Kunmu Jin was consumed by the flames. He found an iron shovel in a nearby villager's house, went to the center of the village square, and began digging.

With his immense strength, he quickly dug a pit ten meters deep. He turned and carefully placed the villagers' dried corpses into it one by one, then swept the nearby mound of earth into the pit and filled it in, making a simple grave.

He found two pieces of wood in an unburned house nearby, fashioned them into a huge cross in front of the square, then tied Kunmu Jin, who had grown too weak to speak, directly onto it.

"Too good for you."

He took out five grenades from his Storage Bracelet and used some triggering devices he had learned to make while studying Soul Tools to set five traps on Kunmu Jin's body. As long as someone tried to take him down, the grenades would explode and kill everyone nearby.

Still feeling that it was not secure enough, Li Fei buried another thirteen grenades beneath the cross. When the time came, they would trigger a chain explosion and make whoever came pay dearly.

Li Fei cut several more wounds into Kunmu Jin's body and severed his tongue as well. That way, unless they were a spiritual-type Soul Master, no one would learn of his identity. And if no one came, the man would eventually die from excessive blood loss anyway.

He then cut off the heads of the twelve soldiers and piled them into a mound of heads before the grave.

After doing all that, Li Fei stood before the grave and murmured to himself.

"I've avenged you. Though I didn't know any of you, this incident has given me a deeper understanding of this world. It has shown me its cruelty. I only hope that in your next lives, you won't be born into such a twisted world again."

"For now, I can't change anything. But when I become strong enough, when I possess the power to change the world, I will make changes to it. At the very least, I'll give ordinary people the ability to survive in this world, instead of letting an entire village be slaughtered simply because of an Evil Soul Master's selfish desires..."

"..."

After murmuring before the grave for ten minutes, Li Fei prepared to leave. He used Moon Step to fly through the air toward Ze'an City rather than heading to Balak City.

After flying five thousand meters with Moon Step, only a trace of Soul Power remained in Li Fei's body. He landed on a tree and used his physical strength to leap between the trees, leaving as few traces as possible.

As the sun set, endless fiery clouds burned across the horizon. Li Fei finally reached Ze'an City.

Using his familiarity with the city, Li Fei entered Ze'an City without alerting the guards. He found an upscale hotel and booked a room.

At the Rose Hotel in Ze'an City, Li Fei took a bath and lay down on the large bed. He took out the soul bone dropped by the Gale Wolf King from his Storage Bracelet.

"This is the Swift Windchaser Speed Leg Bone. It's nearly thirty thousand years old, and its attached skill can unleash wind blades. It's quite a fine piece."

"It's just a pity that plant-type Soul Beasts basically don't drop soul bones before reaching one hundred thousand years. Otherwise, after tormenting the Blue Silver King like that, I should have gotten at least one soul bone!"

After tossing the soul bone back into his Storage Bracelet, Li Fei went to sleep. He did not plan to absorb this soul bone yet. Soul bones were far more important than Spirit Rings, so absorbing one required extreme caution. He would wait and see whether he could find a better one in the future. If not, it would not be too late to absorb this one.

"Have you heard?! Kunmu Jin, the son of Prince Kunshi Qing, ran into that Evil Soul Master yesterday and was nailed to a cross in a village. His death was utterly miserable!"

"Not only that! They say Prince Kunshi Qing was killed when the weapon that Evil Soul Master hid on his son's corpse exploded as he was recovering the body. King Kundela has ordered a search for the culprit!"

"This is truly satisfying! The Barak Royal Family has relied on its control of the army to oppress commoners like us time and again. Now they've finally gotten what they deserved!"

"Stop talking, the soldiers are coming!"

Li Fei walked down the street, listening to the chatter of the surrounding crowd. A glimmer of surprise flashed through his eyes. He had not expected an unexpected gain—he had actually blown up the Barak Prince as well.

He soon arrived at the city gate, where several times more soldiers than usual were conducting inspections. After showing the Papal Token to the soldiers at the gate, Li Fei easily left Ze'an City and took a carriage toward Spirit City.

Inside Spirit Academy!

Qian Renxue sat atop the wall, Sacred Flame constantly shifting into different forms in her hand. She looked toward the Star Dou Great Forest, her eyes filled with worry.

"Sister Xue, are you thinking about Teacher Li Fei again?! Don't worry, he's so powerful. He'll definitely be fine!" Hu Liena climbed onto the wall and comforted Qian Renxue.

"But it's already been three months. What kind of Soul Beast could take him so long without success?!" Qian Renxue asked worriedly.

"Sister Xue, I know. It's either Blue Silver Grass or the Tree of Life. Neither is an easy Soul Beast to find, so taking some time is perfectly normal!" Li Fan walked over to reassure her. Though he was worried too, he had absolute confidence in Li Fei.

"What?! Blue Silver Grass! Isn't Blue Silver Grass just a weed?! It can actually produce Spirit Rings?!" Hu Liena asked with a bewildered expression. She was also a top student in cultural studies and had learned plenty about Soul Beasts during this period, but she had never seen any introduction to Blue Silver Grass Soul Beasts in the books.

"I'm not sure about that, but my brother thinks extremely highly of Blue Silver Grass Soul Beasts. He says they're one of the best Spirit Ring options for plant-type martial spirits and are incredibly powerful!" Li Fan explained, shaking his head.

"Nana, shouldn't you be training? What are you doing here?" Qian Renxue said coldly, though her mood had somewhat calmed.

"I was worried about you!" Hu Liena muttered. Still, she did not dare act up and ran toward the squad in the distance. Qian Renxue was much harsher than Li Fei during training, with all sorts of strange punishments. She had no desire to be punished.

"Li Fei, I believe you'll definitely come back!" After glancing toward the Star Dou Great Forest, Qian Renxue leaped down from the wall and went to supervise Hu Liena and the others' training.

"Brother! I believe in you!" Li Fan looked toward the sky, his eyes filled with longing.