I Don’t Want to Get Hurt, So I’ll Max Out My Defense

Li Xiaobai chuckled as he weaved through the Formation, letting the murderous energy within sweep around him. His body was as stable as Mount Tai, completely unfazed.

“This kid, haven’t seen him for just a few months, but how did he get so strong?”

“This talent is even more abnormal than that old beggar, really have no idea how he cultivates.”

The old beggar muttered, remembering the time when they parted, the other party had only the equivalent strength of the Transcendance Tribulation Stage. In such a short time, he was now unfazed by a Formation that could erode Mahayana Realm Cultivators.

The progress was just too fast.

[Attribute Points+50000…]

[Attribute Points+50000…]

These Attribute Points were comparable to the stomach of a Sea Clan big shot. Stay for another two hours, and he might gain a few million Attribute Points. For the moment, Li Xiaobai wasn’t in a hurry to get the old beggar out.

“Kid, quickly get the old beggar out of here; this place stinks, it’s really not fit for people to stay in.”

The old beggar cursed and grumbled, getting irritated at the sight of Li Xiaobai’s composed appearance.

“Senior, don’t panic, first check to make sure you haven’t left anything behind, just in case something goes wrong later.”

Li Xiaobai kindly reminded him with understanding.

Hearing this, the old beggar immediately started feeling around his body, but then he quickly caught on.

“Damn it, you’re pretty scheming, trying to trick the old beggar. I have nothing left on me anymore; all my belongings are in your hands now.”

The old beggar blew his beard and glared, almost falling for it again.

That kid opposite him was sneakily crafty, seemingly reminding him not to forget his things, but actually he was probing to see if he had any good stuff left on him.

He wouldn’t fall into the same trap twice. Dream on if you think you can fool him!

His toe subtly wriggled a bit, ah, it felt comfortable. The Space Ring was still there.

“Why is senior here? And who trapped you in this place?”

Li Xiaobai spread his hands, continuing to ask. This old guy wasn’t a newbie; after getting over his initial shock, he became hard to deceive.

“The old beggar came here to meet an old friend from the past and to check on the revival of the Flesh Mountain. Just didn’t expect to be harmed by a treacherous person and oppressed here!”

The old beggar said.

“Could it be Mei Changqing?”

Li Xiaobai asked.

“Not just Mei Changqing, but also that young man surnamed Wang. Those two youngsters came to me and asked if we could have a friendly match. As soon as I nodded, wham, they attacked. One used the Mountain Embrace Seal, the other the Heavenly Gang Sword. They were fast, but I blocked them all.”

“I told them to stop at a touch in a friendly match, friendship first. But that Mei Changqing somehow harnessed an Ancient Altar deep in the mountains, and suddenly had a surge of Immortal Spirit Qi. Using an ancient Slaughter Formation, he forcefully suppressed me here.”

“To deceive and ambush an old man of several hundred years, these youngsters have no sense of martial morality!”

The old beggar spoke with moral indignation, his eyes filled with fury.

Li Xiaobai was speechless. This old geezer was on the same wavelength as Song Que; it was no wonder they were arch-enemies, as even their methods of conceding defeat were identical.

“Weren’t you invincible in this world, senior? Is there someone in this world who could harm you? Didn’t you take some treasure?”

Li Xiaobai asked with some confusion. With the old beggar’s strength, he should fear no one. Even if both City Lords joined forces, they couldn’t possibly be his match.

“I did use them, I used up the last two bottles. The old beggar could have torn those two young ones to pieces, but Mei Changqing suddenly had a surge of Immortal Spirit Qi within him that he could control freely, and even better than the old beggar could. Caught off guard, the old beggar was defeated by him.”

“If it wasn’t for that sudden emergence of Immortal Spirit Qi, they would have been dead long ago!”

The old beggar said, puzzled as well. The deployment of Immortal Spirit Power was still a long way off, so why did Mei Changqing have that surge of energy?

“Immortal Spirit Qi? Hasn’t that not been released yet? Why would City Lord Mei have it? And what’s with that altar?”

Li Xiaobai’s heart was filled with even more doubts, feeling that he was gradually getting closer to some truth.

“I’m not sure, but one thing is certain: that Immortal Spirit Qi isn’t innate to him, it’s more like it was borrowed temporarily, and its origin is probably that Ancient Altar deep in the mountain range.”

The old beggar pointed to the shadowy undulations deeper in, where one could vaguely discern the contours of the mountain range.

Li Xiaobai knew that this was the true heartland of the borderlands, where the legendary Flesh Mountain, which even the Vice Leader of the Eastern Sea could not deal with, was located.

“Kid, if you let the old beggar out, I’ll take you there.”

The old beggar said, getting a little anxious as Li Xiaobai did not destroy the Formation right away.

If it were someone else’s vow, he would certainly fulfill it, but with this youngster’s vow, he was not so sure.

“No rush, I have one more question. Have you seen other cultivators coming here, say, an Evil Cultivator from the Mahayana Realm?”

Li Xiaobai pondered for a moment before continuing to ask. The old beggar had been found; next, he needed to look for the Blood Sacrifice Fragment and Cangying.

“Haven’t seen anyone. If someone had come, the old beggar would have gone out long ago.”

The old beggar spoke irritably, feeling like Li Xiaobai was making a fool of him.

“Got it.”

Li Xiaobai nodded, and with a casual gesture, a mass of pitch-black flames gathered, burning a talisman at the center of the Formation fiercely. The pervasive murderous aura melted away in an instant like snow.

[Current coverage range: five hundred and twenty meters.]

The energy of the talisman at the Formation’s center was sufficient, directly increasing the coverage range by ten meters.

[Defensive Power: Half-step Human Immortal body (3,000,000/10,000,000) (Immortal Spirit Qi: not obtained) Upgradeable.]

The tempering within the Formation directly added three million Attribute Points, which was pretty good, but as a result, his body’s surface was worn to a somewhat bloody and blurred state. He casually took out a handful of Heavenly Fragrance Life-extending Pills and consumed them.

The injuries rapidly healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The old beggar’s eyes turned red with envy: “Kid, you actually have so many good things. Give some to the old beggar, and I’ll help you recover from your injuries!”

Heavenly Fragrance Life-extending Pills were Divine Medicine, extremely effective for injuries. And this youngster in front of him had just swallowed more than a dozen pills for minor external wounds—it was simply wasteful!

“It’s just some Heavenly Fragrance Life-extending Pills, nothing to mention. Senior, let’s go, we’ll take a stroll in the core area.”

Li Xiaobai waved his hand nonchalantly, indicating that these pills were not a big deal.

The old beggar paused for a moment then hurriedly followed. Heavenly Fragrance Life-extending Pills meant nothing to him. Had this guy really become so lavish in just a few months?