Lu Mingfei, why are you slaying dragons if you're not involved!

Chapter 86: The King of the Earth and Mountains
"This... how could a ghost possibly calculate it!"

Those densely packed, incredibly short vectors left Lu Mingfei with only one thought in his mind at that moment.

A vector is a quantity that has magnitude and direction, which is visualized as a line that Lu Mingfei can see through force analysis.

In other words, each line represents a force that is in action!
How could so many forces act simultaneously on a person who jumps off a building normally?

Even if you activate [Burst Sprint] and enter a "Clock Up"-like mode, you still can't count this number!
[Warning, electric shock countdown, three...]

Just then, the electric shock warning from the schedule sounded. Lu Mingfei's body trembled subconsciously. He didn't have time to think too much, so he gritted his teeth and reached out to catch it without thinking.

We can't just stand by and watch someone die, can we?

【two……】

As they drew nearer, the middle-aged man who had fallen saw Lu Mingfei actually reach out to catch him. His eyes widened in shock, but shouting was useless now. He let out a muffled groan, and the faint light in his eyes, already flickering like a candle flame, forced itself to rise again!

In a mere instant, as fleeting as a leaf brushing against a fingertip, those bright, golden eyes, as clear as a gas lamp, were extinguished completely.

But the wind has already had an "effect".

From Lu Mingfei's perspective, several extremely long vectors suddenly appeared on the middle-aged man's body, and they were horizontal!
Just as he was about to catch the middle-aged man, his body suddenly shifted to the side!

In a moment of astonishment, Lu Mingfei watched as the man brushed past him and crashed heavily to the ground with a remarkably solid sound.

[First, release the electric shock!]

"Ugh ugh ugh ugh..."

Lu Mingfei convulsed and fell to the ground, his vision went black, and he almost fainted from the pain! To avoid dying, he tightly locked his cries of pain in his mouth, but some sounds inevitably leaked out from between his teeth.

The two lay sprawled on the ground, creating a scene that momentarily conveyed the feeling that "no one survived."

The middle-aged man was thrown around and was completely disoriented. It took him a while to recover. When he opened his eyes, he saw Lu Mingfei lying on the ground, staring blankly at the sky...

He was terrified: "Hey, hey, I didn't bump into you! Don't try to scam me at such a young age! I'm poor and can't afford to extort you. Get up, there are security cameras nearby!"

"There are no security cameras here..."

Lu Mingfei barely recovered from the aftershocks of the electric shock and let out a long sigh.

Now he finally realized that the person who fell was no ordinary person! No wonder the schedule kept sending electric shocks at him, because even without his intervention, this person would have been fine.

After each electric shock is administered according to the schedule, there is a short cooling-off period before the next shock, allowing Lu Mingfei to recover and preventing him from being "continuously shocked and unable to escape."

"Master, which mountain are you from? You're new here and don't know the rules, are you? Don't you know the regulations for mixed-race people? Who goes bungee jumping in the city in broad daylight! Luckily, I'm also mixed-race, otherwise if it were an ordinary person, you'd have to drag them out and expose them to the flash photography..."

Lu Mingfei muttered as he got up. The flash he was referring to was a scene from the movie "Men in Black." The Men in Black use "memory erasers" to erase the memories of ordinary people who accidentally see aliens. The method of use is similar to taking a photo; you just have to look at the flash and then press the "shutter."

Presumably, a Taoist priest as modern as him would never understand... what a load of rubbish!
Lu Mingfei completely overturned his previous idea because he saw clearly the clothes the middle-aged man was wearing: a Prada nylon windproof sports jacket and quilted training pants. Just those two items together must cost at least 3000 US dollars!

However, he did not retort, "If you consider yourself poor, then there are no rich people in the world," because he had noticed before that the middle-aged man's entire left arm had disappeared, and it was only bandaged in a very sloppy manner, with dried blood still visible at the cut.

This is clearly a fresh injury, considering the man's earlier fall from the sky...

"Is it dangerous? I'll call for backup right now!"

Lu Mingfei realized what was happening, and he jumped up to take his phone out of his bag.

"No need, I've already called. I was on my way here when I was caught in a strong convective storm and was swept up to an altitude of seven or eight thousand meters. I'm a little out of breath..."

The man had recovered his senses and sat up. His fall had been quite solid, but he hadn't suffered any fractures or other injuries.

He sized up Lu Mingfei, pondered for a moment, and said, "You're also of mixed race? That's quite a coincidence. I even feel like I've seen you somewhere before..."

After these words, the two were silent for two seconds. It was certainly possible for them to look familiar for no reason; after all, a face is only a small area, and there are always people with similar appearances. But for two people of mixed race to look familiar was unlikely to be a coincidence.

"Are you...Teacher Zhang?"

"You are... Lu Mingfei?"

The two spoke almost at the same time.

"Oh dear, what a coincidence! The flood almost washed away the Dragon King's temple!"

Lu Mingfei hurriedly ran over to help Teacher Zhang up. In the eyes of both Chu Zihang and Ye Sheng, this was a "big shot"! If they could build a good relationship with him, wouldn't it be easy to take care of him in the future?

"Teacher Zhang, did you really step into the Dragon Tomb after jumping off the cliff? Are there any giant zombies in the Dragon Tomb? Were your injuries caused by a zombie? And what is this thing? Is it some local specialty you brought back from the tomb?"

Lu Mingfei's series of questions, which required no thought whatsoever, nearly caused Teacher Zhang, who was already somewhat confused, to crash.

"Oh, I did accidentally fall into a big tomb. What's a zongzi? From Ghost Blows Out the Light? I've read that novel, right? Dragon Blood Zongzi, that's interesting. This local specialty is... hey, watch out! Don't touch that!"

As Teacher Zhang was being helped up, she was answering Lu Mingfei's questions one by one when she suddenly noticed that Lu Mingfei was reaching out to help her pick up the long, three-and-a-half-meter-long object that had fallen to the side.

This action should have been fine, but because of the fall, the thick strip of cloth used to wrap the long object had come undone, revealing part of its true form—

It was a section of metal cylinder that had not been finely carved and whose surface was covered with rough cracks.

And the spot where Lu Mingfei unintentionally reached out to grab was precisely that exposed part!
Teacher Zhang's expression changed drastically. She tried to stop him, but it was too late—Lu Mingfei's hand was already on top of hers, grabbing her. "Hmph!"

Lu Mingfei gave a soft snort, his brows furrowing.

Teacher Zhang's heart skipped a beat. His face paled as he muttered, "It's all over! How can you young people be so reckless these days? You don't even care about your studies! Don't you know you can't just touch living alchemical weapons?"

"I roughly understand alchemical weapons, but what is a living spirit?" Lu Mingfei turned to ask him.

"A living spirit is a soul imprisoned! Only extremely powerful alchemical weapons can possess it. Have you heard of the ancient saying 'sacrificing oneself to the sword'? That's a necessary process to infuse the sword with a living spirit, and the weapon born in this way is alive..."

Teacher Zhang answered subconsciously, but he only got halfway through his sentence before he realized what he had said.

"you you you……"

Teacher Zhang stared wide-eyed at Lu Mingfei, as if she had seen something utterly unbelievable. "Are you alright?"

"Are you... alright?"

Lu Mingfei felt somewhat bewildered.

"Is there something I should be doing?"

"Of course you must have something to say!"

Teacher Zhang looked at Lu Mingfei's hand holding the metal cylinder, and after confirming that there was no sign of it withering or drying out, he froze and murmured, "If nothing's wrong... why did you hum and frown just now?"

"Of course it's because it's heavy, Teacher Zhang! This thing is ridiculously heavy! Is it solid?"

Lu Mingfei complained matter-of-factly, "What exactly is this thing? Is it also an alchemical weapon? But if it's meant to be used as a weapon, it's far too thick and long. If it were thinner and shorter..."

Before he finished speaking, the change occurred.

The metal cylinder vibrated and emitted a low growl, its invisible domain expanding—just as Teacher Zhang said, it was indeed a living thing!
Its shape is changing, becoming thinner and shorter at a speed visible to the naked eye! It's as if Lu Mingfei's casual remark just now was an order given to it, and as its subordinate, it has no choice but to obey.

In just a few seconds, it shrank from its original length of 3.5 meters to only the height of a person, and its originally rough surface became smooth, as if it had never been the murder weapon that was almost inhuman to use.

The thinning and shortening caused even more of the already somewhat frayed strips of cloth to fall off. Lu Mingfei subconsciously shook it, and the strips of cloth fell completely to the ground, finally revealing the alchemical weapon in its entirety before his eyes.

This is a... spear! It is made entirely of metal, cast in one piece. The spearhead is not sharp and looks rather rough to the naked eye, without any fine carving or finishing.

"The living spirit senses your bloodline and obeys your commands..."

Teacher Zhang murmured.

"My bloodline level does seem to be quite high, that's for sure."

Lu Mingfei scratched his head; it was the first time he had ever truly felt the significant effect of his bloodline advantage.

"I heard from Senior Brother Ye Sheng that I am an S-rank."

"This isn't about whether it's S-rank or not. Do you even know who this spear belongs to?"

Teacher Zhang's gaze swept over Lu Mingfei with a strange expression.

"Whose...is it?"

Lu Mingfei subconsciously swallowed. Given Teacher Zhang's strange look and tone, he had a bad feeling.

[Warning, electric shock countdown, three...]

The electric shock cooldown has expired.

"A song is told in the places I passed through on my way here."

As Teacher Zhang spoke, he sighed softly, "My strength could uproot mountains, my spirit could cover the world, but the times are against me, and my steed will not go..."

【two……】

Lu Mingfei stood there dumbfounded. Of course he knew who this song was about!

Teacher Zhang looked at Lu Mingfei again, and Lu Mingfei finally understood why he found that look strange. It wasn't like he was looking at a hybrid, but rather at an ancient dragon that had disguised itself as a human.

"Xiang Yu, the Hegemon-King of Western Chu. In the buried history of the Dragon Clan, he has another name."

Teacher Zhang spoke slowly.

"King of the Earth and Mountains".

[First, release the electric shock!]

"Ugh ugh ugh ugh..."

Lu Mingfei trembled and collapsed to the ground again.

(End of this chapter)