Everything is encapsulated in this warm cup of tea.
Li Fei ca back to his senses, picked up the teacup, took a sip, his eyes lit up, and gave Ning Qingman a thumbs up:
"Great craftsmanship!"
"When I was young, my family wanted to nurture into a refined lady, so I was taught music, chess, calligraphy, and painting."
Ning Qingman replied with a faint smile.
Li Fei chatted with her, never ntioning past affairs of the Ning Family, and this was the first ti she actively brought it up in front of Li Fei.
Li Fei looked into her eyes, listening quietly.
"But I've never been able to settle down since I was a child, only loved wielding swords and guns. My mother said, then learn the tea ceremony, it can calm the mind, even if practicing Martial Arts in the future, it would be beneficial."
Ning Qingman gazed into Li Fei's eyes, "So I've never pursued music, chess, calligraphy, or painting, only the tea ceremony, which I have persisted in over the years."
She paused at this point, a faint blush appearing on her cheeks:
"Over the years, aside from my father, you are the first man to taste this craft."
Li Fei was moved, gazing at the woman before him as if seeing the stars.
Facing the Duke Jing'an, who didn't tense even when besieged by several peak-level experts, Li Fei actually felt a bit nervous.
He had imagined this mont would co, but never thought Ning Qingman would be the one to initiate it, and in such a serene and elegant manner.
"I hope to drink the tea you brew with your own hands every day from now on."
Li Fei took a deep breath, looked directly into Ning Qingman's eyes, and uttered these words.
Ning Qingman chuckled softly, blinking at Li Fei:
"Lord Duke is busy with affairs of the state, probably doesn't have the ti."
Li Fei responded earnestly:
"Once the Western Continent is settled, I will resign from all official duties and walk the World with you!"
He had just reached the pinnacle of civil and martial ranks in the Da Lan Dynasty, wielding imnse power, becoming the greatest Powerful Minister in history!
Yet at this mont, he spoke of resigning all official posts, as if the power that drove countless to madness was rely fleeting clouds to him.
But Ning Qingman believed in Li Fei's words.
He began to establish 'Peaceful World', yet it was not purely for 'Peaceful World', to avoid deeply binding with the Da Lan Dynasty, making it easier to roam the world freely in the future.
Li Fei had already discussed this with Ning Qingman.
Now, Li Fei indeed accomplished it.
"The Western Continent... I do want to see what kind of place it is."
Ning Qingman said.
Li Fei's eyes lit up: "Then you can accompany then, there's no need for you to make a move, just treat it as travel."
"The Western Continent doesn't have peak strong persons, with your current strength, you can easily sweep it aside, right?"
"Theoretically yes, but the Western Continent has existed for many years, surely they have so trump cards, perhaps it won't be that easy."
"How long do you think it would take before the Da Lan Dynasty sends troops to expedition the Western Continent?"
"The Da Lan Dynasty has undergone successive wars, though victorious, it suffered significant losses. War requires money, resources; at least three to four years of recuperation before having the strength to expedition the Western Continent."
Li Fei said.
This timing he gleaned from Ye Ze'an.
The Da Lan Dynasty sought to conquer the Western Continent, expanding territories, not annihilating it, unlikely to send a few strong persons to rampage randomly.
And mobilizing an army for an expedition is not an easy matter.
Moreover, with the current naval technology of the Da Lan Dynasty, it's impossible to have tens of thousands cross the sea to the Western Continent.
So in the short term, there's no need to consider the expedition matter.
In the tea room, they chatted about many things, talking from day into the Dark Night.
Then in this tea room, Li Fei began to heal Ning Qingman.
...
Ten days later.
In deep mountains, ancient trees reach the sky, dense foliage slices the sky into fragnts, occasionally so rays of light struggle to penetrate through, landing on the open ground.
Li Fei stands alone at the center of this open ground surrounded by mountains, the surroundings silent, only the rustling of Wind through leaves can be heard.
Suddenly, the atmosphere between heaven and earth changes abruptly.
Nurous azure Sword Qi surged in from all directions like raging waves and galloping horses, carrying razor-sharp sounds tearing through the void!
These Sword Qi are extrely fierce, tearing the air, suppressing grass and trees, even twisting light where they passed!
Li Fei's gaze remained calm, a faint golden halo suddenly unfolded around him, his Mixed Elent Sword Realm.
Yet he didn't exert Full Power, maintaining the Sword Realm within a ten-zhang radius.
The Sword Qi Torrent crashed into the Sword Realm but dissipated like snow encountering the sun.
So Sword Qi were silently transford by the Mixed Elent Sword Realm, integrating within, the golden halo becoming more solid and luminous.
Monts later, the sword Qi across the sky suddenly converged, forming an extrely radiant Sword Light.
As this Sword Light erged, the surrounding space seed transford into an ink painting, with the Sword Light like a stroke of thick ink, carrying an all-annihilating montum, striving to dye and tear apart this 'canvas' completely!
Once the Sword Light breached the range of the Mixed Elent Sword Realm, its sharpness like sinking into a quagmire, its speed abruptly reduced, its brilliance gradually dimming.
By the ti it laboriously advanced to within three-zhang of Li Fei, its forr might had vanished, leaving only a vague grey shadow, swaying unsteadily.
Li Fei faintly smiled, waved his sleeve, the remnant Sword Light shattered, turning into specks of Flowing Light, vanishing into the air.
"No more fighting."
A hundred ters away, Ning Qingman walked out from the forest.
She looked at Li Fei with a face of helplessness: "Your Taoism is a bit too unreasonable, can't fight it at all!"
In ten days, Li Fei spent Qi Fortune to thoroughly heal her injuries.
During the healing process, Ning Qingman had new insights into Sword Dao, and now with her injuries healed, her Sword Dao rose through the montum, and her Combat Power also improved by a notch!
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