Li Feng’s method was very simple. He would use his divine sense to scan the entire Tianya Pavilion. As long as there was nothing in the secret passage that blocked divine sense, with his Innate Realm divine sense, he could easily find the secret passage.
Li Feng brought Zhong Shuhui to the underground Eagle Eye Sharp Warriors training base. Then he closed his eyes and released his divine sense.
He chose to come here because he felt that if the secret passage connected to this underground fighting arena, it would be more hidden. Even if it did not, using divine sense underground would make it easier to detect the secret passage.
The Innate Realm divine sense spread outward from Li Feng as the centre. Every movement in the entire Tianya Pavilion appeared clearly in his mind.
Zhong Shuhui stood beside Li Feng and watched him closely. Although Li Feng had not explained his method, from his appearance she already knew what he planned to do.
Last night, Li Feng had already taught them the Nourishing Spirit Technique. He had also told them about divine sense. However, even though Li Feng had explained divine sense for a long time yesterday, Zhong Shuhui still only understood it vaguely.
After all, in this era, even Innate experts did not understand divine sense well. Li Feng himself only had partial knowledge. Explaining it clearly to Zhong Shuhui and the others was difficult.
The reason Li Feng taught Zhong Shuhui and the others the Nourishing Spirit Technique was because Hong’er had said that opening the sea of consciousness should happen as early as possible. Opening the sea of consciousness helped with cultivation. The Nourishing Spirit Technique was the most basic divine sense cultivation method. Anyone could practise it. Since Zhong Shuhui and the others were his own people, Li Feng naturally did not hold back.
“Found it.”
At that moment, Li Feng opened his eyes. A sharp glint flashed in them.
“Really?” Surprise appeared in Zhong Shuhui’s eyes.
“Follow me.” Li Feng led Zhong Shuhui through twists and turns until they reached a corner.
“Young master, is the secret passage here?” Zhong Shuhui looked ahead in confusion. It was a private box, originally used for watching boxing matches.
“Yes.” Li Feng nodded. He took down the painting on the wall of the box. Then he pushed hard against the wall.
Boom!
The wall was pushed open by Li Feng, revealing a deep entrance.
“There really is a secret passage.” A trace of disbelief flashed in Zhong Shuhui’s eyes.
“There is a secret passage, but our guess was wrong. From the traces in this secret passage, no one has used it for at least several years.” Li Feng looked at the entrance and said gravely.
“So the person who killed Liu Dongjian did not come through this secret passage?” Zhong Shuhui’s expression changed.
“Correct.” Li Feng nodded. If the intruder had used the secret passage to enter Tianya Pavilion, they would have a clue to investigate. But since it was not, the whole matter became clueless again. Could someone really have sneaked into Tianya Pavilion without anyone noticing?
“Zhong Shuhui, arrange for reliable people to check the condition of this secret passage. We must bring this secret passage under our control.” Li Feng said to Zhong Shuhui. Although they had no clue about who killed Liu Dongjian, finding this secret passage still resolved a hidden danger in Tianya Pavilion.
“Young master, rest assured. I will handle this matter personally.” Zhong Shuhui nodded. The fewer people who knew about this secret passage, the better.
Li Feng nodded.
“Young master, apart from this secret passage, is there no other secret passage in Tianya Pavilion?” Zhong Shuhui asked unwilling to give up. After all, sneaking in through a secret passage and using other methods to sneak in were two different things. Using a secret passage only meant they had been careless. But using other methods to sneak in was different. It represented a level of strength.
Li Feng shook his head and said, “In my divine sense scan, I did not sense any other secret passages. Unless another secret passage has something that blocks divine sense detection, it is impossible for my divine sense to miss it.”
“So there is still a possibility of other secret passages.” Zhong Shuhui said gravely.
“It is possible, but the chance is small. After all, Lord Wen of the Black Stone Gang was not very strong. He probably did not even know what divine sense was.” Li Feng said.
“But if the power behind the Black Stone Gang is the same as the power behind the four major families, they would definitely know about divine sense. Using a treasure to block divine sense detection is not impossible.” Zhong Shuhui expressed her worry.
Li Feng’s expression changed. Although this was only Zhong Shuhui’s guess, it was not impossible. If it really was as Zhong Shuhui said, finding another secret passage in Tianya Pavilion would become extremely difficult.
“But if that is the case, why did they still build this passage?” Li Feng asked in confusion.
“That is something we cannot know.” Zhong Shuhui shook her head and said.
“It seems this matter is becoming more and more complicated.” Li Feng sighed. He had thought he could find some clues by investigating the secret passage. Instead, the more he investigated, the more confused he became.
Could this be the influence of the mysterious power behind the four major families in Tianhai City? If so, did that not mean that if this mysterious power wanted to deal with him, he would have no power to resist? Perhaps one day while he slept, his head would be separated from his body.
When he had captured Liu Dongjian earlier, he had still been thinking whether he could deal with the four major families, whether he could confront the mysterious power behind them. But now, it seemed completely fanciful.
Thinking of the various rumours he had heard about this mysterious power before, Li Feng felt that the mysterious power matched the rumours perfectly. It was unfathomable and ghostly.
No, he absolutely could not continue like this. If things went on this way, he could not solve the problem of the four major families, nor could he develop further in Tianhai City.
With his current strength, he could still deal with the four major families. But to deal with the mysterious power behind them was still not enough. However, the most important thing now was not to confront that mysterious power, but to strengthen defences. He could not allow his places to be entered as if no one was there. Even if the other party was an Innate expert, it must not happen.
Tianya Pavilion, Linghe Garden, Black Hawk Team training base. Each of these three places had his secrets. Originally, Li Feng had thought that stationing a few ninth-level Acquired experts would be enough. But now, it seemed far from sufficient.
But how could he defend against such elusive and ghostly experts?
Li Feng believed that with current technology, there must be equipment designed to target ancient martial artists. Especially in the National Security Bureau, there must be plenty. After all, the current severe suppression of ancient martial artists could not be achieved just by training ordinary experts.
But with his current situation, he definitely could not obtain such equipment. Even buying it was impossible. Although he could modify various equipment, equipment targeted at ancient martial artists was not easy to modify. It required special tools and materials. In his previous life in the army, he had heard others say that these materials were even rarer than heavenly treasures and earthly treasures.
It seemed he could not use equipment targeted at ancient martial artists. But besides that, what else could he use?
Li Feng thought for a moment. Suddenly his eyes lit up. He had thought of a solution. It was formations.
He had previously studied the basics of formations. He did not know advanced formations, but simple ones like wind formations and water formations, he knew a little. He did not need these formations to block enemies. As long as they served as an early warning, that was enough.
“Yes, young master. This time they killed Liu Dongjian. Next time if…” Zhong Shuhui did not know what Li Feng was thinking at the moment. She spoke with some worry.
“Do not worry. There will not be a next time.” Li Feng smiled and said. As long as he set up formations in Tianya Pavilion, he did not believe anyone could still sneak in without anyone noticing. Even an Innate expert might not necessarily understand formations.
“Young master, you have a way?” Surprise flashed in Zhong Shuhui’s eyes when she heard Li Feng’s words.
“Yes. Later, have someone help me buy some things. I will solve this problem in the next two days.” Li Feng nodded. He thought of Li Wu. Now Li Wu was in his hands. Li Xiangyang would definitely send people to rescue Li Wu. If he had formations, he might be able to teach Li Xiangyang’s people a lesson.
The two returned to Zhong Shuhui’s office. Li Feng wrote a list and handed it to Zhong Shuhui. He asked her to prepare the items. Then he went to see Li Xinyu.
“Big brother…” As soon as Li Xinyu saw Li Feng, she ran over to him. This left Yuan Muyun behind with a bitter smile. Previously, Li Xinyu had only interacted with her. But now she realised that in Li Xinyu’s heart, she was no longer as important as Li Feng.
“Is Rain good?” Li Feng nodded to Yuan Muyun and asked Li Xinyu.
“Big brother, Rain wants to stay by your side. Please do not leave, okay?” Li Xinyu said pitifully.
“But big brother has many things to handle. I also need to meet many people. If Rain is not afraid, then follow big brother.” Li Feng used his divine sense to check Li Xinyu’s condition. At this moment, Li Xinyu’s divine sense was relatively stable. This made him breathe a sigh of relief. At least it showed that the Nourishing Spirit Technique was working well on Li Xinyu.
“Rain is not afraid…” Although Li Xinyu said this, her eyes still showed a trace of fear and confusion.
“Li Feng, is this really okay?” Yuan Muyun said with some worry. Almost every time Li Xinyu saw a stranger, she had an episode.
“Aunt Four, if we want Rain to recover faster, we must do it this way.” Li Feng shook his head and said. Although Li Xinyu’s condition was caused by chaos in her sea of consciousness, keeping her from contacting others was not good either. So now Li Feng wanted to use Li Xinyu’s dependence on him to gradually let her contact others. Even if an episode happened, with him by her side, he could control it in time.
“Okay then…”
Knock knock!
A knock sounded at the door. Li Xinyu got scared and hid behind Li Feng.
“Rain, you said you were not afraid.” Li Feng pulled Li Xinyu out from behind him.
“Rain is not afraid.” Although Li Xinyu said this, her body still trembled nonstop.
“Rain, do you remember the game big brother taught you? In the future, when there are other people around big brother, you can play the game by big brother’s side, okay?” Li Feng said gently to Li Xinyu.
“Yes.” Li Xinyu nodded. She held Li Feng’s hand and closed her eyes to circulate the Nourishing Spirit Technique. As the technique ran, Li Xinyu’s emotional fluctuations gradually stabilised.
A sharp glint flashed in Li Feng’s eyes. He had only taught Li Xinyu twice and guided her a few times. Yet she could already practise the Nourishing Spirit Technique on her own. It seemed Li Xinyu was truly a cultivation genius.
“Come in.” Li Feng said to the door.
A security guard from Tianya Pavilion walked in. He said to Li Feng, “Young Master Feng, there is someone outside called Nangong Xin looking for you.”
