Chapter 798: Chapter 9: Three Thousand Martial Artists, As If the Emperor Himself Arrived Li Fei saluted the Emperor, feeling somewhat moved: “Minister, thank Your Majesty for your trust, I will not fail the task entrusted!” Repay the intention on the golden platform for the monarch, offer the jade dragon to die for the king. He could now somewhat comprehend the poetic mood of this verse. “The Northern Territory is perilous, we await your victorious return.” The Emperor finally said. Li Fei solemnly saluted and then took his leave. With an excited heart, Shen Zhen came again to the Marquis Jing’an Mansion. She was quickly ushered through the gate by the steward and brought to the hall for guests. Li Fei was already seated inside waiting for her. “Greetings to the Marquis.” “True Master Shen need not be overly formal, please sit.” After inviting the other to sit down, Li Fei wasted no words and directly handed over a token: “Return the item to its rightful owner, True Master Shen, please check.” Shen Zhen was stunned, not expecting Li Fei to be so straightforward. Previously Li Fei said he needed some time to prepare, and the matter had been delayed for more than two months. Just when Shen Zhen thought Li Fei might have changed his mind, looking to raise the price, today he suddenly summoned her to the mansion and directly returned the Dream Command to her? Shen Zhen’s hands trembled slightly as she carefully received the Dream Command. Injecting True Power within, she checked within an instant, confirming that the item in hand was indeed the sect’s long-lost treasured artifact! In a flash, Shen Zhen’s eyes welled with tears. She stood up intending to bow to Li Fei but was stopped by him: “True Master Shen, no need for such, it was what was agreed.” Shen Zhen nodded repeatedly, quickly putting the Dream Command away, calming her heart realm. The two sat down again, Li Fei directly asked: “I’ve heard that the Nightmare Sect also recommended Martial Artists to join the Border Army?” Shen Zhen: “Exactly, our sect has two major affiliate sects, after the establishment of the Blue Patrol Pavilion, our sect recommended twenty Martial Artists from the two affiliate sects to join the Border Army, these twenty have been dispatched to the Northern Territory and may participate in the upcoming battles.” The source of thɪs content is novel✦fire.net The court is sending elite troops deep into the Northern Barbarians to decapitate the Northern Barbarian King, this is a top-secret affair. Currently, the external information is all deliberately created by the court — the Northern Territory large army is poised to respond to the Barbarian’s next attack wave. Li Fei: “I will also head to the Northern Territory soon, this time the Martial Artists recommended by all major organizations of Blue Patrol Pavilion will be under my command.” Upon hearing this, Shen Zhen immediately said: “Then I’ll immediately send a message back to the sect to have the Sect Master recommend fifty more elite to the Northern Territory, everyone will be at Marquis’ disposal!” She thought Li Fei intended to gain military merit in the Northern Territory, so she decisively gave support: “In addition, our Nightmare Sect has good relations with many sects, and we will strive to persuade the Martial Artists recommended by these sects to also obey the Marquis’ command.” Li Fei smiled: “Good, then many thanks to True Master.” Although the Emperor had given him the authority to command more than three thousand Martial Artists of the Blue Patrol Pavilion, managing these three thousand people solely by official position and reputation was not enough, he needed his own people. People from Datong Prefecture, together with those from the Nightmare Sect, can initially form Li Fei’s true inner circle. After sending Shen Zhen away, Li Fei probed his mind within his body. Beside his True Spirit, an old man dressed in a Daoist robe, with an immortal demeanor stood, precisely the True Master Qing Ding who had just ‘moved.’ Moving from the Dream Command to Li Fei’s Flying Sword Body should not normally take more than two months. Li Fei needed to prepare for such a long time to ensure that True Master Qing Ding’s sliver of soul would not be damaged. The lifespan of a magician is much shorter than that of a martial artist, even a Taoist True Monarch with expertise in nourishing-life techniques finds it hard to exceed two hundred years, whereas a Martial Saint can live up to three hundred years. However, a magician does have an advantage that martial artists lack, which is the True Soul. After cultivating to the True Spirit Realm, the magician’s true self-consciousness transforms into a True Soul, even if the body perishes and the dao disperses, the true master’s True Soul can separately survive for seven days. If a suitable item for inhabiting the True Soul is found, the survival time can be even longer. If it is a complete True Soul of a true master, it can survive for at least a century in its Lifebound Magic Items. If it’s a complete True Soul of a True Monarch, the survival time can even reach up to two hundred years in its Lifebound Magical Treasure! For forces like the Taoists and Buddhists with generations of True Monarchs and Buddhas, there will be many senior figures whose True Souls remain after death. Of course, a True Soul without a physical body is like a rootless tree, its realm and power weaken continuously over time, unable to maintain the original realm for long, and only become weaker and weaker. In response to this, the choices of the Taoists and Buddhists differ greatly. Taoist True Monarchs tend to ‘seek the dao in harmonization’ before their realm completely falls, forcefully breaking through to higher realms, seeking transcendence methods. If they fail, they perish completely. Whereas Buddhist Buddhas mostly choose ‘reincarnation.’ Buddhists have the method of reincarnation, which can transfer the True Soul of the deceased into the body of an unborn fetus, thereby completing a rebirth. When the fetus grows up in the future, there is a certain chance to awaken memories of the previous life. This is what Buddhists famously call ‘Reincarnated Living Buddha.’ However, even if a Buddha is reincarnated to try again, there is no guarantee they can definitely regain the original realm. Otherwise, Buddhists would already be invincible. “How do you feel, senior, is there any discomfort?” Li Fei’s True Spirit asked the Qing Ding True Master beside him. Qing Ding True Master smiled self-deprecatingly: “A sliver of soul clinging to life painstakingly.” His condition was much worse than a True Soul left by a true master’s death, he was a sliver of soul residing in someone else’s Lifebound Magic Items.