The King of Urban Mercenaries

Chapter 1700 - 1705: Came Knocking

Unknowingly, a month had passed by, and the day for resource awakening had finally arrived. Unexpectedly, Lin Fei did not go; the empty Book Pavilion had only Lin Fei remaining.

At this moment, Li Qing and Yang Yuxiang came to Lin Fei’s room. They thought Lin Fei was cultivating, but after knocking on the door and receiving no response, they couldn’t disturb him further, so they left it at that and headed to the place where the resource awakening was happening.

At that moment, Lin Fei was immersed in the Book Pavilion, undisturbed for so many days. He had long since forgotten about Senior Sister Qian Miao, and she hadn’t found him either. Since that was the case, Lin Fei was happy with the peace.

After a month, Lin Fei had already finished reading over fifty shelves of books. At this rate, Lin Fei might finish reading all the books in the Book Pavilion in about four months.

However, Lin Fei still felt it was too slow, and after reading so many books, he began to experience side effects.

Lin Fei’s thoughts were quite chaotic, sometimes thinking about this, suddenly another thing popped up. So he decided to take a break, sort out his memories, and avoid letting so many things mess around in his mind, right?

Thus, Lin Fei staggered to a corner, sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and quietly sorted through his memories.

As time ticked by, the time for resource awakening had long passed. Li Qing and Yang Yuxiang, after coming out, puzzled, Li Qing asked, "I really don’t know why Junior Brother Lin Fei didn’t come?"

"I think he’s still in the Book Pavilion," Yang Yuxiang said.

"How is that possible? He couldn’t possibly go there every morning, and I even purposely waited for him at night to see if he returned, but I didn’t see him leave his room. He must still be cultivating in his room!" Li Qing said, full of disbelief.

"Then let’s make a bet; if he’s in the Book Pavilion, you’ll have to listen to me in the future. If not, then I’ll listen to you. How about it?" Li Yuxiang smiled at Li Qing.

Li Qing thought for a moment and nodded, "I agree, after all, it’s no loss to me."

"How is there no loss? This way, you would lose your freedom," Yang Yuxiang asked.

"For me, being by your side is not losing freedom."

Li Qing showed a gentle smile, causing Yang Yuxiang to pause and then blush, "You’re just being cheeky, I’m not bothering with you, let’s quickly head to the Book Pavilion."

The two headed towards the Book Pavilion; after all, rather than opening Lin Fei’s house’s door, wouldn’t it be better to take a trip to the Book Pavilion and find out the result? So they arrived at the Book Pavilion, saw the caretaker still sweeping the floor, and after paying their respects, began searching in the Book Pavilion.

"Heh heh, Senior Sister, you’ll have to listen to me from now on. Rest assured, I’ll treat you like a treasure," Li Qing said with a laugh because they didn’t find any trace of Lin Fei.

Yang Yuxiang was also disappointed, it seemed he truly wasn’t here, but if he were in the room, he should have heard their conversation, right? Could it be that Lin Fei had gone into Deviation in cultivation? Or was there some other reason?

"Alright, let’s go back and see what’s going on with Junior Brother. Hopefully, there’s no issue with his cultivation," Yang Yuxiang said.

"That’s true, after all, he’s been too fanatical, not coming out for so long. Let’s go back and have a look," Li Qing said, and after speaking, he and Yang Yuxiang returned to Lin Fei’s residence and arrived at the door of Lin Fei’s room.

"Junior Brother, open the door, Junior Brother!" Li Qing called out, but no one answered.

Finally, they exchanged a glance, Li Qing pushed open the door, and they walked into the room to find it empty and the bedsheets neatly folded.

Li Qing stepped forward, ran a finger along the table, and said, "He hasn’t been back for some time now."

"Where could he have gone? He asked us about going down the mountain last time — could he have already left the mountain?!" Yang Yuxiang exclaimed.

Just then, a surprised voice came from outside the door, "What? Lin Fei left Qianhuang Peak?"

Upon hearing this voice, they turned to see Senior Sister Qian Miao standing at the door, unexpectedly coming here looking for Lin Fei.

"Senior Sister..."

"Where’s Lin Fei? He left? You’re not joking, are you?" Qian Miao said in surprise, unable to believe it.

"Reporting to Senior Sister, Junior Brother Lin Fei indeed may have already left here. After all, he asked me how to leave Qianhuang Peak before, and no one has lived here for a month..." Li Qing explained.

Qian Miao frowned and said nothing else, turning to report to the Confucian Emperor.

Quickly, Qian Miao arrived at the Confucian Emperor’s territory, and after paying respects, explained the situation. The Confucian Emperor frowned and said, "That guy actually ran away? It seems there is indeed a problem."

"Confucian Emperor, what should we do?" Qian Miao asked.

The Confucian Emperor thought for a moment and said, "Since he has left and in a non-conventional way, first notify the Law Enforcement Hall. Let them handle it and don’t worry about it anymore; he is just a lowly ant from the Lower Realm, no need to concern yourself. Just focus on preparing for your promotion."

"Yes!"

After speaking, Qian Miao withdrew.

At that moment, Lin Fei was unaware of everything happening; he was sorting through the memories in his mind in a secluded corner, and after discarding the redundant ones, he stood up, having spent a week’s time.

After reorganizing his memory, Wang Qi’s spirit was even more vibrant, as one’s overall spiritual energy and spiritual power are connected. Useless memories might as well be discarded.

Unaware, the Law Enforcement Hall’s Elder had issued orders to apprehend Lin Fei. Rewarding anyone able to provide clues.

However, not many knew about Lin Fei’s matters in the Book Pavilion, as few knew his name; except for a few close allies, probably no one else.

After organizing himself, Lin Fei continued reading. Month after month went by; without realizing, Lin Fei’s reading speed seemed stuck, standing in front of the bookshelf, reaching his hand out, and through his fingertips, sweeping through a line of books until he read everything; the reason Lin Fei didn’t directly use spiritual power was that there was something here blocking it, making it impossible for his spiritual power to manifest on the books.