Urban Extraordinary Immortal Doctor-Chapter 1030: This Man Lei Li

As for Lei Li, his attitude towards mentoring Fang Bai was actually not so enthusiastic. In fact, his gaze towards Fang Bai was rather cold.

Ren Jingbo and the others felt puzzled by this but didn’t mind. They believed that since Fang Bai had cultivated the Furious Flame Fist, a Fire System Martial Art, it clearly made more sense for Ge Feng to guide Fang Bai.

What they didn’t know was that Fang Bai was himself a vast treasury of Martial Arts Techniques. He not only had a thorough understanding of thousands of Cultivation Techniques of various attributes but also had insights and comprehension of the Martial Dao that few could match. He didn’t need anyone’s guidance at all.

However, Fang Bai also understood that Ren Jingbo’s actions were well-intentioned; he wanted to nurture and cultivate him greatly, and Fang Bai simply couldn’t refuse his kindness.

A Core Disciple at the high rank of the Heaven Level realm, being offered guidance by an Elder of the middle rank of the Desolate Level realm, would normally react with extreme excitement and overwhelming joy.

Even a disciple who was calm, composed, and had strong self-control would show joy on their face before gladly choosing an Elder to mentor them.

If Fang Bai refused Ren Jingbo’s kindness, the higher-ups present from the Martial Academy would certainly think there was something wrong with his head - either he was mad or foolish.

Because a normal disciple of the Bitao Martial Academy would never turn down the guidance of an Elder, nor would there be any reason to refuse.

If Fang Bai didn’t want to become an oddity among the academy’s disciples, subject to their pointing and whispering, he had to make a choice between Ge Feng and Lei Li.

"I choose Elder Ge."

Fang Bai’s gaze swept past Lei Li without hesitation and chose Ge Feng.

Fang Bai’s choice of not choosing Lei Li was not because Lei Li had always been cold to him but because he had keenly sensed a killing intent towards him from Lei Li ever since their first encounter, and this intent grew even stronger after Fang Bai was recently promoted to a Core Disciple.

Although Lei Li concealed the killing intent deeply, it could not escape Fang Bai’s pervasive scrutiny with Divine Sense.

Fang Bai found it strange; there had been no interaction, let alone grudges, between him and Lei Li, so why would Lei Li want him dead?

Since Fang Bai could not figure it out, he simply stopped thinking about it. Although Lei Li was an Elder of immense prestige with the strength of the middle rank of the Desolate Level realm, Fang Bai did not fear him.

If Lei Li dared to harm Fang Bai, Fang Bai had many ways to put him to death.

In the eyes of Fang Bai, whose realm and Cultivation Level equated to Vast Level Perfection, and whose combat power could contend with a Cosmic Level Expert, Lei Li, with only the middle rank Desolate Level realm Cultivation Level, was no different from an ant.

On the other hand, Ge Feng was an open-hearted, amiable Elder who had always been warm to Fang Bai, and his words also contained protection. Fang Bai had a good impression of him.

Fang Bai could tell that Ge Feng had been stuck at a bottleneck in his realm for a long time. If there was a chance, Fang Bai wouldn’t mind secretly giving him some pointers to help him break through.

"Haha... Fang Bai, you made the right choice by choosing me. Rest assured, I will guide you wholeheartedly in the future and will not withhold any secrets!"

Seeing Fang Bai make his choice, a hopeful Ge Feng finally sighed with relief and said to Fang Bai with a beaming smile.

Fang Bai humbly said a few words, then performed a disciple’s salute, cupping one fist in the other hand, and bowed to the elated Ge Feng.

In terms of cultivation realm, Fang Bai was more than qualified to be Ge Feng’s mentor, but now he had to pretend and consider himself as the junior.

In his previous life, although Fang Bai was the revered Immortal Emperor, he never acted high-and-mighty or used his status to oppress others. Regardless of whether the other party was strong or weak, of noble or humble status, as long as they could get along, Fang Bai was willing to make friends.

Sometimes, Fang Bai would intentionally conceal his identity, wandering among the nine Heavenly Domains of the Immortal Realm, befriending kindred spirits. He would sometimes act as an elder, or treat others as equals, and had also acted as the "junior" on numerous occasions.

Thus, Fang Bai now paying respects to Ge Feng as a junior did not feel awkward to him.

In fact, since the day Fang Bai entered the Bitao Martial Academy, he had already made the mental preparation for this; otherwise, he would not have stayed at the academy for so long.

For Fang Bai, who had been given a new lease on life, the current situation was also a mental challenge, a necessary path on his journey back to the pinnacle.

By accepting guidance from Ge Feng, Fang Bai would be tagged with Ge Feng’s influence, and from henceforth would represent Ge Feng’s interests.

In other words, the current relationship between Fang Bai and Ge Feng was not that of mentor and disciple but was even more significant than that. They had become linked by shared glory and shared losses.

Besides Lei Li, Zhuang Zhi, and a few other high-level academy officials who were on relatively good terms with them, most of the other high-level academy officials congratulated Ge Feng, who responded to each with a hearty laugh.

"Look how smug that old fellow Ge Feng is... Elder Lei, are we really going to let that Fang Bai continue to grow? This is detrimental to our plan!"

Zhuang Zhi cautiously glanced at the others, then stealthily moved closer to Lei Li and whispered his worries through voice transmission.

"Let the old fool Ge Feng be proud. Let the young brat Fang Bai live a few more days! Once we get our hands on that thing, we’ll take the opportunity to wipe out this Bitao Martial Academy!"

Lei Li stood in the shadow of a stone pillar inside the great hall, his face twisting into a vile and hideous expression as he watched Ge Feng and Fang Bai being surrounded by the academy’s high officials. This sent a chill through Zhuang Zhi before Lei Li’s face returned to normal.

The two were using a voice transmission technique similar to Fang Bai’s Thread Condensation Sound Transmission, which should have been difficult for others to detect.

Of course, this did not include Fang Bai.

Fang Bai’s Divine Sense diffused, enveloping the entire hall, easily intercepting the faint sound waves produced by the voice transmission between Zhuang Zhi and Lei Li. These sound waves were then conveyed through his Divine Sense back to Fang Bai’s brain, allowing him to learn the content of their conversation.

"Wipe out Bitao Martial Academy? What nonsense is Lei Li the old man talking about? He himself is part of the academy! Could it be..."

Fang Bai frowned slightly, suddenly considering a possibility, and pondered, "If Lei Li truly isn’t a member of Bitao Martial Academy, then he wouldn’t care about the academy’s rise and fall, or the lives of its thousands of disciples. But if Lei Li isn’t a disciple of Bitao Martial Academy, then what is his true identity?"

Fang Bai kept this discovery to himself, telling no one, thinking that when the time came for Lei Li to reveal his true colors, it would be the moment of his downfall.

As for Zhuang Zhi, Fang Bai knew he had some connection with Gao Shuxian but had not expected him to be in cahoots with Lei Li. Moreover, from their recent conversation, it seemed that they were plotting a conspiracy against Bitao Martial Academy.

"After discussing the second matter, let’s talk about the third... In a few days, the biennial Sect Conference will take place in Purple Flame City, the capital of Thousand Lakes Country. At that time, dozens of sects, large and small, from within the boundaries of Thousand Lakes Country will send disciples to participate. Naturally, Bitao Martial Academy is no exception..."

Ren Jingbo briefly introduced the details of the Sect Conference to Fang Bai and then said, "Each sect is limited to ten members, and you have one spot! Participating in the Sect Conference is not only an opportunity to broaden your experience but also a trial. I won’t say much more; just be careful in everything!"