Chapter 118
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Chapter 118: Crippling Yang Xiao Tian
"You actually dared to cripple me!"
Yang Xiao Tian’s face turned pale, and he began to tremble.
He had originally been at the late stage of the acquired realm, just a step away from the peak level of the acquired stage!
This was his foundation for survival, the hope for the Yang Family to become a powerful force in Jiangnan!
But now, his strength had been completely destroyed by Bai Chen!
And there was no chance for him to train again!
This was worse than death!
Seeing Yang Xiao Tian’s state, Bai Chen let out a cold laugh.
"Being able to spare your life is already a great mercy. Don’t be ungrateful."
Yang Xiao Tian was so furious that he couldn’t speak.
Bai Chen looked at him with pity.
With his cultivation at the late stage of the acquired realm, even walking would be painful for him.
Yang Xiao Tian’s luck had already hit rock bottom.
Now that his cultivation was completely gone, everything he did could potentially be life-threatening.
Once or twice, he might attribute it to coincidence, but what if it continued like this?
For the rest of his life, Yang Xiao Tian would live in fear.
Compared to a quick death, this kind of life would eventually drive him mad.
Yang Xiao Tian sat there in a daze.
He was still immersed in the reality of his ruined cultivation.
Now that his cultivation was gone, everything he had in the Yang Family would likely vanish as well.
At this moment, Nan Yue Ran and Nan Shi Yue watched this scene with mixed feelings.
They had followed Bai Chen to the Yang Family.
Bai Chen had first killed Li Ming Bo, then Si Dao Zi, and now he had directly crippled the Yang Family’s young master.
Although they had taken their revenge, a shadow also lay in their hearts.
What if these forces came seeking revenge against Bai Chen?
Nan Shi Yue furrowed her brow, silently making a certain decision in her heart.
Nan Yue Ran looked at the now crippled Yang Xiao Tian, her expression unchanged.
Yang Xiao Tian had fallen to this state because of his own self-inflicted troubles.
If he hadn’t insisted on pursuing her and targeting Bai Chen, this wouldn’t have happened.
Bai Chen glanced at the few innate martial artists huddled in the corner and didn’t take them to heart.
After today’s events, these people probably wouldn’t dare to come to Lintai again.
Bai Chen lightly glanced at the dazed Yang Xiao Tian sitting in place before turning to leave the Yang Family.
Since he had already dealt with Si Dao Zi, this matter could finally be considered resolved.
However, the current situation served as a reminder for Bai Chen.
There were still people behind Li Ming Bo, and he needed to be cautious.
This included hidden enemies, whom Bai Chen also had to watch out for.
He was naturally not afraid of this group attacking him, but Nan Yue Ran and the others might not be safe.
Therefore, crafting protective magical treasures became especially urgent.
After returning home with Nan Yue Ran and Nan Shi Yue, Bai Chen found that Nan Zhan Fei and the others were still waiting at home.
As soon as Xu Qing saw Nan Shi Yue return safely, she hurriedly rushed over to hug her.
"Shi Yue, are you okay? Let me check if you’re hurt."
Nan Shi Yue and Xu Qing embraced, and tears filled Nan Shi Yue’s eyes.
No matter what, they were still family, and at that moment, Nan Shi Yue just wanted to cry in Xu Qing’s arms.
Bai Chen quietly watched this scene, returning to his room to give them some space.
He then set to work studying magical treasures.
Nan Yulong coldly snorted as he looked at Bai Chen’s retreating figure, then turned to Nan Yue Ran.
"Sister, that group of people shouldn’t be innate martial artists, right? How did my second sister rescue them?"
Hearing Nan Yulong’s words, Nan Zhan Fei also looked at Nan Yue Ran.
Now that Nan Shi Yue had returned safely, they only wanted to understand what really happened.
Nan Yue Ran frowned slightly.
"Who said that group of people isn’t innate martial artists?"
Nan Yulong countered,
"How could innate martial artists be dealt with so easily? Don’t try to fool me!"
"That’s because your brother-in-law is powerful!"
Nan Zhan Fei frowned, not believing what Nan Yue Ran said.
He presumed Nan Yue Ran was just trying to help Bai Chen.
Seeing Nan Yue Ran and Nan Yulong about to bicker again, Xu Qing quickly intervened.
"Alright! Shi Yue is back safe this time, so let’s not argue! Let’s have a nice dinner tonight, and tomorrow we’ll all send Shi Yue to school together."
Upon hearing this, Nan Yue Ran and Nan Yulong fell silent.
However, Nan Zhan Fei and the others remained convinced that the group of people were not innate martial artists and that Bai Chen wasn’t as impressive as they thought.
Bai Chen ignored the voices outside.
At this moment, two things lay before him.
One was the Ziling Wood he obtained from the Liu family, which emitted a faint glow.
Another pile of spirit stones, more than a dozen of them, was taken from Yu Cheng Ji’s thatched cottage.
“Ziling Wood is easy to store spiritual energy. I need to carve a formation on it and then infuse the spirit stones’ energy into it.”
“With this, I can create a protective magical treasure.”
“I also need to consider the limits of Ziling Wood’s capacity to store energy; I can’t waste any.”
As Bai Chen thought about this, he began searching for the formation in his mind.
With materials like Ziling Wood, he could only carve the lowest level formation.
There were too many different formations, and finding the right one would not be easy.
As Bai Chen searched his memory for a suitable formation, an old man on a mountain peak piercing the clouds in the Nine Provinces was frowning deeply.
“Strange, why has Ming Bo’s life lamp gone out?”
“With spiritual energy gathered in his body, the life lamp wouldn’t extinguish, but now that it has, it means Ming Bo has used that move.”
“That is a killer move, more than enough to deal with a master. Could it be that Ming Bo encountered a martial artist at the master level?”
The old man, known as Cangmu, closed his eyes tightly, puzzled.
“No, Si Dao Zi is in Jiangnan; who would dare to disrespect him? How could Ming Bo attract the attention of a master-level martial artist?”
“Forget it. With Ming Bo’s peak innate strength and Si Dao Zi’s reputation in Jiangnan, nothing should have happened.”
“Just wait for another year; that will be when the barrier opens. Then I will go down the mountain to investigate.”
But what Cangmu did not know was that the Li Ming Bo he held such high hopes for was already dead at Bai Chen’s hands.
And his close friend Si Dao Zi also followed in Li Ming Bo’s footsteps.
Cangmu closed his eyes, his eyebrows relaxing significantly.
At that moment, he sat cross-legged on a jade stone, his chest rising and falling in a rhythmic pattern.
Soon, dense white mist gathered around him.
If Bai Chen were there, he would see that all this energy was actually long gone, yet it was extremely thick here.
Lintai.
As night fell, Bai Chen was concentrating, twisting the spiritual energy in his body into a carving knife and carving on the Ziling Wood before him.
He divided the Ziling Wood into three parts.
Nan Yue Ran and the others each received one piece.
After an afternoon of searching his memory, he found a suitable formation.
A top-tier formation from ten thousand years ago, the Gathering Spirit Protective Formation.
This formation consumed very little spiritual energy, and when not activated, it would form a faint spiritual energy membrane around the body.
Once the membrane was struck, the formation would trigger, providing spiritual protection.
This type of spiritual defense could withstand even a master-level martial artist’s attacks.
This was the best item he could create with the materials he had at present.
As time slowly passed, three pieces of Ziling Wood, each the size of a pigeon egg, began to emit a soft glow.
Meanwhile, the dozen spirit stones beside Bai Chen had turned into ordinary rocks.
“I did it!”
Looking at the protective magical treasure in his hand, Bai Chen sighed in relief.
“Bai Chen, let’s go out for dinner together tonight; Shi Yue is leaving tomorrow.”
Nan Yue Ran knocked on the door and called out to Bai Chen.
