This Martial Saint's Health Bar is Too Thick!-Chapter 408 - 105 Heart Fire

Chapter 408 -105 Heart Fire

(PS: Regarding the killing of Wen Ke, ultimately, it comes down to an issue of stance. The protagonist must seek revenge, and Wen Ke will undoubtedly side with Xu Jing. Moreover, she was also an accomplice, and the protagonist could not forgive her on behalf of Hao Yi and Shangguan Xiao. This conflict is irreconcilable. In life, one can’t have it both ways; one must make choices.

People can’t always do the right thing; the protagonist is also human and needs to vent the pain of losing loved ones and the anger within.)

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On the morning of May 26th, explosive news emerged from Qingli Prefecture:

A special train, carrying a return investigative team from the provincial city, was attacked, resulting in severe casualties!

Besides the investigative officials and a group of guards, there were also two professors and fifteen distinguished lecturers from Wu’an University on board. In the end, only eight distinguished lecturers escaped.

All eleven officials of the investigative team were killed!

Among them, six were Imperial Officials!

Since the founding of the Da Lan Dynasty, there have been multiple instances of officials being killed, but it is generally only during massive rebellions or foreign invasions that numerous Imperial Officials are slain at the same time.

Even those notorious demons from the World wouldn’t arbitrarily kill Imperial Officials, as it simply isn’t worth it.

The benefits are minimal, yet it attracts endless trouble.

Thus, upon the news breaking, it immediately shook the whole of Feng Province!

Since the attack took place within Qingli Prefecture, Qingli Prefecture immediately established a special task force with Zhi Ge General Hospital, Righteous Law General Institute, and the Inspection General Bureau all involved.

Subsequently, the Garrison Commander of Qingli Prefecture made a phone call to Bian Jingru…

“Huff!”

Bian Jingru hung up the phone, exhaling deeply.

Even though the Garrison Commander of Qingli Prefecture didn’t explicitly state anything during the call, the implications were clear:

Your Datong Prefecture is influential and wealthy, and if you want to confront the provincial city, that’s your business; just don’t drag us, Qingli Prefecture, into this mess as a scapegoat!

Naturally, Bian Jingru responded politely and made some promises, temporarily pacifying the other party.

With Wuda located in Datong Prefecture, he indeed had the resources to arm-wrestle with the provincial city and could afford to show less face to that Inspector.

However, if he wanted to continue the ‘magical confrontation’ with Lu Wenzheng, he needed to unite all possible forces, including the other two major Prefectures of Feng Province, which were key to his strategy.

Yet before he began to court them, that Blood-faced Ghost had already offended someone on his behalf…

He wasn’t sure whether to be grateful that the other party didn’t kill anyone in Datong Prefecture, leaving the mess directly to him, or to be annoyed by such impulsive actions.

Rubbing his temples, Bian Jingru, feeling somewhat weary, called his secretary into the office:

“Contact Li Fei; I want to meet him.”

“Yes.”

“Wait!”

He suddenly called back to the secretary, “Never mind, no need.”

“Milord?”

The secretary looked at him, puzzled.

“Increase the bounty on the Blood-faced Ghost by double, disseminate the wanted poster throughout Datong Prefecture, and establish another special task force specifically for the Blood-faced Ghost case,” Bian Jingru ordered.

Following the rescue incident at the execution site, the Blood-faced Ghost was publicly wanted.

Since he had publicly shown himself, it was impossible for Datong Prefecture to show no reaction.

This time, in the assassination of the provincial city’s special train, according to the description from the surviving guards, it was the same Blood-faced Ghost.

Thus, Bian Jingru chose to increase the bounty on the Blood-faced Ghost and to intensify the manhunt by forming a special task force.

This move wasn’t meant to show the provincial city; it was for the court to see.

Regardless, killing several Imperial Officials at once was a heinous act, and Datong Prefecture could not show any hint of shielding, lest the provincial city seize any leverage.

Of course, the murderer was the Blood-faced Ghost, naturally unrelated to the Green-faced Ghost.

Given the current relations between the provincial city and Datong Prefecture, if the provincial city wanted to send someone to investigate Datong Prefecture City again, it wouldn’t be so easy.

Bian Jingru had initially wanted to speak with Li Fei face-to-face, to have Li Fei pass a message for the Green-faced Ghost to restrain himself and not act recklessly anymore, otherwise, he couldn’t cover for him.

But on second thought.

Firstly, Li Fei might not be able to control the Green-faced Ghost, after all, being a Peak Tao Foundation Stage expert and audaciously daring!

Secondly, facing such a boldly uncontrollable person, he didn’t intend to have too much contact.

Otherwise, he might be implicated by him in the future!

Better to just keep to their own affairs.

He just needed to secure his alliance with Li Fei, this unrivaled genius.

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On the evening of May 26th, Li Fei quietly returned to Datong Prefecture City.

After killing Wen Ke, the remaining former Wuda distinguished lecturers in the carriage all chose to flee.

Although he was faster than these individuals, he couldn’t kill all of them and ultimately half of them escaped. freewebnoveℓ.com

He then went to another nearby location with railway tracks, waiting for a pre-arranged train returning to Datong Prefecture to hitch a ride.

This operation aimed to eliminate the officials of the investigative team who had conspired to frame Shangguan Xiao, along with Xu Jing’s accomplices.

Of course, it was also to vent his own inner rage.

Seeking revenge, weakening Xu Jing and the provincial city’s power, preparing for future retaliation.