Chapter 189: Truly Some Who Are Blind

First, Xiao Yuquan went up to bid farewell, and Li Xian also went up to greet everyone individually, expressing that in the future, he would welcome all the members of the Mangshan Mountain Immortal Cultivation Sect to visit Anyang. Several Nascent Soul experts casually responded and left, clearly not taking Li Xian seriously.

Li Xian gave a bitter smile and could only accept it. He still couldn’t provoke Nascent Soul experts! Hmph, once I get stronger, I’ll use Nascent Soul experts to sweep the streets!

With this kind of encouragement, which could roughly be called the “Ah Q spirit,” Li Xian finally left Mangshan Mountain. Instead of returning to the capital of Qi Kingdom, Xintian City, he directly headed north along the border of Qi Kingdom near Jin Kingdom, towards the Great Xia Kingdom.

Along the way, Li Xian began teaching Xiao Yuquan what could be called logic. Logic seemed simple: just relationships like “or,” “not,” “and,” and so on. But these seemingly simple relationships are exactly the foundation of computer science.

If a formation is to lean towards the direction of computers, it must improve upon these logical relationships.

After deeply engaging with logical relationships, Xiao Yuquan was immediately drawn in. Especially when Li Xian used simple logical relationships to create a mechanical computer, Xiao Yuquan became completely absorbed in his research. Just as Li Xian had said, logic indeed helped fill the gaps in formation design. To be precise, it completed the thinking behind formation design and opened up new design ideas.

With the power of a cultivator, Xiao Yuquan actually designed a simple formation-based computer the very next day! By using the simple formations of Taiji and Three Talents, he truly built a basic computer program.

At that moment, watching the formation begin to change on its own, watching the formation start to combine on its own, and watching different effects change flexibly under control, not only Xiao Yuquan and Li Xian were cheering, even Xu Ren was cheering.

Having followed Li Xian, Xu Ren certainly knew what Li Xian had been worried about lately.

But sometimes, Heaven always seems to be working against people. Just as Li Xian was in high spirits, suddenly, a group of black-clad individuals rushed out, attacking Li Xian’s group without a word. There weren’t many of them, just over thirty, but they were all experts, all at the Foundation Establishment stage or higher.

The first person, surprisingly, was a Golden Core expert; from a distance, a top-tier magic flying sword flew over and struck toward Li Xian’s neck.

The sword came swiftly, as fast as a shooting star!

The sword strike was both urgent and fast. Li Xian saw it but didn’t have time to react!

To be precise, it wasn’t that Li Xian couldn’t react, but that at some point, he had been hit by a binding spell or something similar!

This sudden ambush was full of surprises, striking right when Li Xian and his group were laughing heartily, becoming complacent, and letting down their guard to the lowest point, it began.

Li Xian was filled with shock, anger, and fear as he watched the flying sword come, unable to resist. He didn’t know when the binding spell had been cast, but it felt like countless layers of steel rings tightly ensnaring him.

Li Xian desperately tried to stir his true essence, but in such a short time, there was no way to break free from the confinement!

Just when it seemed too late, at the critical moment, a hand reached out, “gently,” “elegantly” pinching the flying sword. Then, with a slight exertion of two fingers, the flying sword was immediately snapped in two, like rotten wood!

It was at this crucial moment that Xiao Yuquan reacted and grabbed the flying sword. The power of a Nascent Soul expert was incredible. The flying sword, which had been carefully calculated and launched with all the effort of a Golden Core expert, was easily stopped with a gentle pinch.

The leader of the black-clad attackers spat out a mouthful of blood, and the black cloth covering his face was even blasted away by the blood, revealing a rough face. The destruction of the flying sword also obliterated the spiritual consciousness attached to it. Xiao Yuquan did not hold back; his strike was devastating.

Seeing the situation change, the leader of the black-clad attackers shouted, “Li Xian, surrender your life!”

As he spoke, his face flushed bright red, and his entire body was filled with explosive energy.

“Not good, it’s a death warrior, they’re going to self-destruct their Golden Core!” Xiao Yuquan’s face showed signs of panic.

Li Xian was also terrified; he couldn’t move and couldn’t speak. In his panic, he kept making eye contact with Xu Ren and Xiao Yuquan. Unfortunately, Xiao Yuquan didn’t even look at Li Xian, instead, he was focused on the Golden Core stage expert who was about to self-detonate his Golden Core. Xu Ren, on the other hand, was standing in front of Li Xian.

At that very moment, Xiao Yuquan had just summoned a shield-like magical treasure for defense when the leading man in black let out a sneer. His figure flickered and vanished from sight.

This guy wasn’t planning to self-detonate his Golden Core in a mutually assured destruction, but instead had used a fleeing technique. The people behind the man in black also began to channel their true energy and fled in all directions.

Xiao Yuquan was finally enraged. “How bold! To play tricks in front of me. Today, none of you will escape!”

With that, he pushed both hands forward, and a beam of light shot out instantaneously, rushing through the void in the blink of an eye. The void twisted, and a corpse fell to the ground—it was the previously invisible leader. But this leader was the first to die.

The light continued to flash through the air like lightning, weaving through the surroundings as if it were a school of fish, taking down one black-clad figure after another. Each one that fell could never rise again, only leaving a puddle of blood slowly spreading across the ground.

However, at that very instant, an unexpected turn of events occurred. A flash of cold light suddenly shot out from beside Li Xian, as fast as a meteor!

At that moment, Xiao Yuquan was killing left and right.

At that moment, Xu Ren was standing in front of Li Xian, vigilant and guarding against the outside.

Li Xian felt his soul leave his body in an instant, fear rushing to his heart. “It’s over, I don’t want to die. I still have so many things to do!”

But everything was too late.

A sharp “swoosh” sound followed… The sword actually pierced through the protective spell around Li Xian and directly stabbed toward his heart.

At this moment, Li Xian seemed to see the countdown to his life; at this moment, he seemed to see the grotesque laughter of the black-and-white impermanence. And from the assassin’s eyes, Li Xian saw mockery and killing intent.

“No!” When life is threatened, a person will instinctively make the most accurate response, driven by the desire to survive. Li Xian’s Golden Core stage cultivation took effect. In that instant, his Golden Core cultivation forcibly pushed and compressed part of the true energy from his Foundation Establishment stage, raising its quality and blocking his chest.

The harsh sound of friction rang out, and the assassin’s flying sword got stuck in Li Xian’s chest. It pierced an inch in, but could go no further.

Xiao Yuquan finally reacted, and a streak of light shot across. The assassin’s head flew into the air.

“Young master!” Xu Ren was horrified, rushing to pick up Li Xian, his expression panicked. He quickly tried to stop the bleeding but dared not pull out the flying sword just yet.

Seeing this, Xiao Yuquan disregarded the remaining assassins around them and hurried to check on Li Xian. After a moment, he let out a relieved breath. “It’s fine, just a flesh wound. But it was the final burst of true energy that kept him alive. That was too close.”

After speaking, Xiao Yuquan suddenly unleashed his full power. His powerful spiritual sense from the Nascent Soul stage spread out like a tide, causing the black-clad figures fleeing nearby to fall one after another with a thud.

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