I Don't Want to Get Hurt, So I'll Max Out My Defense-Chapter 962 - 963: Two Old Men Were Brought Out
Chapter 962: Chapter 963: Two Old Men Were Brought Out
“Li Xiaobai? Sword Sect Peak Master?”
Yan Que was alarmed. In the back of his mind, he felt that he had heard the name somewhere before, but couldn’t quite remember it at the moment.
“It’s that one who slipped through the net!”
The white-robed youth Wu Dao suddenly exclaimed. Wasn’t the young man who had escaped from King Weiwu’s clutches called Li Xiaobai?
How much time had passed since then, and how could this guy become a member of the Sword Sect and even a Peak Master?
“It’s him! He disappeared back then only to stealthily move to the Central Origin Realm!”
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“There’s something strange about this person, we should quickly retreat!”
Yan Que made a swift decision to retreat explosively. He couldn’t be sure of defeating Li Xiaobai, let alone that dog, which he didn’t have the confidence to crush, and it had a background in the Buddhist Sect, not something they should provoke.
“You can’t run. Fellow Daoist, please stay your steps.”
Li Xiaobai patted his gourd and softly chanted. A flicker of emerald light flashed, and in an instant, he had gathered the group of second-generation elites from the Central Origin Realm into the gourd and they disappeared from sight.
The area suddenly quieted down. The cultivators who were tied up involuntarily widened their eyes, some not daring to believe what they had just seen.
With a single pat on the gourd by Li Xiaobai, several fully alive people just vanished into thin air—what kind of method was this? It was completely beyond their comprehension.
Liu Jinshui stepped forward to untie Yang Huan and the others, freeing them from their restraints.
“Many thanks to Young Master Li for the rescue!”
The cultivators were tearfully grateful. To be saved by an old acquaintance at a moment between life and death made them feel as if they had been reborn.
“What’s the situation on the Immortal Spirit Continent now? Could it be that the cultivators from all regions have become slaves to the disciples of the Central Origin Realm?”
Li Xiaobai looked at Yang Huan and asked.
“The Immortal Spirit Continent is now a complete mess, having been tormented to no longer resemble its former self. Cultivators like Yan Que, who are considered to have minor cultivation in the Central Origin Realm, are extremely cautious in their actions and dare not overstep in any way. But here on the Immortal Spirit Continent, they are absolute kings, standing at the pinnacle of the cultivation world, capable of killing the leaders of the major powers on the Immortal Spirit Continent with a wave of their hands, enjoying all the glory and riches.”
“These pampered descendants have become too comfortable and no longer think of returning home. They’ve grown accustomed to wielding power and being tyrants on the Immortal Spirit Continent; they don’t even want to go back to the Central Origin Realm.”
Yang Huan sighed deeply. The cultivators from the Central Origin Realm had become increasingly reckless, repeatedly testing and breaking through the limits of the Immortal Spirit Continent, with the natives being no more than pigs and dogs in their eyes, utterly devoid of dignity.
“I heard that recently, quite a few so-called prodigies from the Central Origin Realm have come down here. Surely they must have heard some rumors and wanted to come here to act as kings and indulge themselves to their hearts’ content!”
“Hmph, what prodigies, they are just a bunch of cowards who dare not face reality. They couldn’t make it in the Central Origin Realm, so they came down to the Immortal Spirit Continent to wantonly poison all living beings!”
The other cultivators were also filled with unbearable anger when it came to these geniuses from the Central Origin Realm.
“Exactly. If we were born in the Central Origin Realm, we would be a thousand times stronger than them. A bunch of heirs who only know life within their comfort zones don’t have any real merit, and can only swagger around in front of us!”
Now it wasn’t like when the passage between the two realms had just opened. After some time had passed and they had adjusted, the cultivators of the Immortal Spirit Continent were very clear about the major and minor events of the Central Origin Realm. Unfortunately, their inherently weaker cultivation levels could not be changed, which was a fatal flaw. Even with a thousand grievances in their hearts, they could only be fish on a cutting board, to be slaughtered at will.
“How are the City Lords doing now?”
Li Xiaobai nodded and continued to inquire.
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“They’re all dead. My father and the four City Lords didn’t allow these prodigies to act recklessly on the frontier battlefield, and all of them were killed by that servant called Ah Cai.”
Yang Huan’s eyes were somewhat dull and lost in despair, as the feeling of relatives dying in front of oneself was beyond words.
“Wait a moment.”
Li Xiaobai took out the Jade Gourd, removed the stopper, and tossed in a Star of Earthly Explosion. A heart-palpitating aura swept out, and with a flash of scarlet light in the void, numbers above his head changed.
“Sin Value: Four million!”
Aside from the few second-generation rich that had just been caught, there were also a number of Buddhist monks that he had suppressed, which could now all be dealt with together.
“Alright, you can continue speaking.”
In the astonished eyes of Yang Huan, Li Xiaobai, as if nothing had happened, retracted the Jade Gourd and said.
The cultivators asked curiously, “Was that red number just now the Sin Value?”
They had always seen cultivators with a few hundred to a thousand Merit Values, and had never encountered such sky-high Sin Values before, and to start off so thrillingly, with four million—that must be the Sin Value of a Demon Path Grandmaster, right?
“A mere four million Sin Value is nothing but a string of numbers, it doesn’t count for much.”
Li Xiaobai said nonchalantly, waving his hand dismissively.
“That’s right, this Buddhist disciple also has only a mere five hundred thousand Merit Value, indeed, it’s nothing significant.”
Ergouzi also chimed in.
“This is not the place to talk, let’s head into the city and while we’re at it, find out about the current situation on the Immortal Spirit Continent.”
Li Xiaobai said slowly as he put away the Five-colored Altar behind him.
“I was thinking the same, Young Master Li has returned from the Central Origin Realm, let’s prepare a grand banquet tonight to celebrate properly!”
Yang Huan’s expression relaxed, and the arrival of the two men and the dog lightened her heart considerably. She gestured invitingly and led the group towards the main city.
A few minutes later.
On the desolate plains, two gaunt, elderly figures emerged from the void, moving stealthily and cautiously.
“This void is too fragile, just hiding within it nearly caused it to collapse.”
Yitilou complained.
“That’s why I’ve been saying, we mustn’t act rashly. In this Earth Spirit Realm, we should seal our cultivation level and take on mortal guises to find opportunities to return to the Central Origin Realm!”
Yan Zuzi spoke softly.
“True, we’ve managed to escape after all. I heard those youngsters mention that in the Earth Spirit Realm, there is an altar in each cardinal direction and one in the center, making a total of five. We can try our luck one by one and will eventually find a suitable one!”
Yitilou said.
“There’s no rush for that. Our immediate priority is to find a place to take refuge and to not alert others. If those Bald Monks realize we are gone, they will certainly scour the whole world in search of us. We should avoid the limelight for now!”
On the plains, the two old men, limping and supporting one another, disappeared into the wilderness.
At the same time.
Inside the Holy City on the frontier.
The great hall was steaming hot, and the scene was not much different from when Li Xiaobai left. The streets were still lined with shops of Huazi and bathhouses, except there were hardly any cultivators in sight.
People soaked in the warmth, relaxed in body and mind, with Huazi in their mouths puffing clouds of smoke, their state of mind still as before, yet the Holy City had long changed.
“Young Master, your Tangneng First-class and the fine goods stores have grown too large; many realms’ shops have been discovered and occupied by cultivators from the Central Origin Realm, and it won’t be long before the entire Central Origin Realm knows of them.”
Yang Huan said.
“No matter, I also have assets in the Central Origin Realm; they don’t have the supply to sustain, so consider this free promotion for me.”
Li Xiaobai said with a faint smile, glancing around. Noticing the absence of a familiar figure from his memories, he couldn’t help but ask, “Where is Senior Sky Blade? Where is he?”
