Chapter 762: Chapter 173: Inviting the Heroes of the World to Bear Witness (Part 3)

In the martial arts world, it is often said “Three Mountains, Four Sects,” with the “Three Mountains” placed before the “Four Sects.” Besides the numerical order, the overall strength of the “Three Mountains” is also somewhat stronger than the “Four Sects.”

But at this moment, one of the “Four Sects,” the Gouchen Sword Sect, has won against one of the “Three Mountains,” Bai Tuo Mountain, in the election.

Although the hidden machinations behind this are unseen, many can imagine that the martial arts landscape of Bai Sha Province is likely to undergo significant changes in the future!

Following Bai Sha Province is Qing Province.

Qing Province doesn’t have any top-tier powers, but it does have the Nightmare Sect famed in the martial arts world.

The magic of the Nightmare Sect can construct illusion realms, allowing practitioners to hone their martial arts within them.

Therefore, many martial arts sects send their disciples to the Nightmare Sect for ‘training’ for a period of time, and the Nightmare Sect thus forms friendships worldwide, having ties with many other sects.

Moreover, its own strength ranks among the top in the entire Qing Province, so it was elected without much suspense.

On stage, True Master Shen Zhen, who became a cabinet minister of the Blue Patrol Pavilion, glanced towards the left region, and his gaze finally landed on Li Fei, who was meditating with closed eyes.

Li Fei, sensing something, suddenly opened his eyes.

But by this time, Shen Zhen had already withdrawn his gaze, descending the stage with his usual demeanor.

Li Fei, expressionless, closed his eyes again, continuing his cultivation.

Time passed slowly, approaching past 2 PM.

During this time, teas, snacks, and various foods were served to those in the seating area.

A few of the princes and princesses seated in the front row had discreetly slipped away, leaving only the Crown Prince, the Eldest Prince, the Third Prince, and Qin Zishu.

Qin Zishu had been anxious to leave for a while but persisted, wanting to see Li Fei take the stage.

“I’ll leave after I see Li Fei,”

she decided in her heart.

She didn’t know why she had to wait to see Li Fei on stage, but as she watched Li Fei meditating with closed eyes in his seat, she had a vague intuition:

It seemed that the Marquis Jing’an was preparing for something.

…

Within the Imperial City, at the Military Affairs Vault.

This storeroom was specifically for storing confidential documents from the Military Affairs Office. An official, holding a wooden box, approached the door of the vault and handed the box to the Military Affairs Office official in charge of inspection.

“Is this the box that was given to Marquis Jing’an yesterday?”

The Military Affairs Office official responsible for checking at the storeroom door asked.

“Yes, it was delivered yesterday and has been placed in the front yard ever since. It was you who selected the materials yesterday, and you’ll be the ones archiving it today.”

“Alright.”

The two Military Affairs Office officials, in front of the person delivering it, opened the wooden box.

On the topmost layer of the wooden box was a folded piece of white paper, which surprised both of them.

All the materials in this wooden box were put in after they were meticulously sorted one by one yesterday, and they clearly remembered not having inserted a lone piece of white paper.

The two of them took out the white paper, unfolded it, and saw four lines written on it, resembling a poem.

“This…”

They exchanged a glance.

They could confirm that this paper and its content definitely didn’t originate from the Military Affairs Vault.

“Is there a problem?”

An official beside them noticed something was amiss and asked with a frown.

“Did the wooden box change hands with anyone midway?”

“Yesterday, Chief Steward Feng sent someone to deliver it. It has been watched in the front yard since delivery, and no one touched the box at any time. The Forbidden Army on duty yesterday and today can testify!”

Because this involved top-secret military affairs, it was of utmost importance, so the person delivering it said very seriously.

Confidential documents borrowed from the Military Affairs Vault, sometimes needing to be archived, would first be stored in the front yard, watched over by the Forbidden Army.

For so many years, there had never been any problems.

“We need to investigate immediately!”

The two officials responsible for archiving in the Military Affairs Office also spoke very seriously.

As a result, the entire Military Affairs Vault was alerted.

Very quickly, the news reached the palace, and yesterday’s chief Imperial Eunuch responsible for this, Feng Cheng, also became aware of it.

Once he knew, it also meant the Emperor knew.

“There was an extra note in the wooden box?”

The Emperor was somewhat surprised after hearing the news:

“Have you found out who placed it there?”

Feng Cheng: “We have already investigated, but no one else touched the wooden box.”

The Emperor smiled and said, “So, are you saying this note was written by Li Fei? Ha, bring it for me to see.”

“Yes.”

Feng Cheng turned and left.

…..

“Will the representative from Feng Province please come on stage.”

Ye Ze’an’s voice rang out across the plaza.

Qin Zishu, invigorated, immediately sat up straight.

Sitting in the rear, Li Fei, who had been meditating with closed eyes, slowly opened them and stood up from his seat.

He walked calmly towards the raised platform, ascending with two other Martial Arts Masters.

All eyes in the venue focused on Li Fei.

Among all the representatives who came on stage today, Li Fei was the only one with cultivation at the Tao Foundation Stage.

At the same time, he was also the most famous among all the representatives!

“Begin…”

“Grand Secretary!”

A voice suddenly interrupted Ye Ze’an.

This stunned everyone present.

In a setting such as this, broadcast nationwide, who would dare create a disturbance?

“It’s happening!”

In her seat, Qin Zishu was excited.

She indeed hadn’t guessed wrong!

“What is the matter?”

Ye Ze’an turned to look at Li Fei, his gaze stern.

Even though the Grand Secretary had no cultivation, his presence at the moment felt like that of a Great Grandmaster!

Li Fei met his gaze directly and spoke in a loud voice:

“Today’s public vote is a grand event for my Da Lan Dynasty; I wish to add luster to this grand event!”

His words caused a ripple of murmurs at the scene.

At this moment, a man quickly approached the Eldest Prince and used force transmission to say something to him.