Blind Spot
Chapter 708 - 651 basis points Three (Thanks to Alliance Hierarch Lu and 19th of June)

Chapter 708: 651 basis points Three (Thanks to Alliance Hierarch Lu and 19th of June)

Gong Shanpingqiu’s body was sent flying, crashing onto the sandy beach, unable to get up for a moment.

Breathing heavily, he raised his head to look and saw Gong Shanzhu standing in front of the chubby child, causing the rage in his eyes to intensify.

"A mere branch family dares to fight back?!"

The status and treatment between the main and branch families were worlds apart within the clan. After all, members of the main family were the favored children of heaven, able to cultivate True Yuan effortlessly. And with innate True Yuan circulating their bodies, they cultivated True Yuan tens of times faster than the branch families.

But now, he had been carelessly repelled by a member of the branch family.

"Die!"

Gong Shanpingqiu flipped himself up and charged towards Li Chengyi with a roar, his body erupting with a faint yellow halo, the unique sheen of True Yuan.

In such a short span of time, he had actually cultivated so much True Yuan and also coated his entire body with it.

Li Chengyi was somewhat surprised too; his opponent’s cultivation speed was almost on par with his own.

His True Yuan wasn’t any faster than this pace.

’It seems I can’t underestimate the geniuses of this world.’

A hint of caution rose in his heart.

Immediately, his long sword was covered with a layer of blue light.

Without any fancy moves, the dull yellow short sword clashed against the blue long sword, emitting a piercing loud noise.

Bang!

Gong Shanpingqiu was struck as if by lightning, tumbling outwards and once again smashing onto the beach, with blood slowly seeping from his arms and shoulders.

"True Yuan!? You’ve actually cultivated so much True Yuan as well!?" At this moment, he stared dumbfounded at Li Chengyi, his expression one of disbelief.

Sea breeze blew by.

At this point, not just him, but the chubby child, the other two children, and all of their guards, all had subtle changes in expression as they looked at Li Chengyi.

A branch family disciple had managed to cultivate to the point of externalizing True Yuan so quickly...

"I don’t believe it!"

Gong Shanpingqiu shouted, rushing forward again, only to be casually struck by Li Chengyi’s sword, which flung his short sword away and left him kneeling on the ground.

He gasped for breath, trying to rise but was struck heavily by the blade on his chin, sending him flying once more.

"Ahhh!!!" Getting up again, Gong Shanpingqiu finally couldn’t take it anymore.

"Guo Yongling, cripple him for me!! Disable him! I will take full responsibility!!"

In an instant, the second guard, like a ghost, pounced from the side, aiming a palm strike at Li Chengyi’s right arm.

This guard was a woman, with a slender figure, draped in a tight black leather outfit. Previously, no one had any idea where she was hiding, but now that she pounced out, even Uncle Ning and the others changed expression drastically.

By the time they thought of rescuing, it was too late.

The shadow reached the side of Li Chengyi and struck out with a palm.

Intensely burning True Yuan surged out from her palm.

The edges of the True Yuan faintly revealed a streak of gold, a sign of one approaching the level of a natural-born Gold Yuan master!

Li Chengyi had only just managed to externalize his True Yuan, reaching third-rate standards in internal power, so his martial arts techniques could not possibly be very sophisticated, especially since he was just a child of seven or eight years old.

Seeing this scene, Uncle Ning couldn’t care less about making too much noise. Immediately, his pale golden True Yuan exploded out like flames, instantly forcing the opposing guard back, unsheathing his curved saber and transforming it into a round golden crescent.

The Taiwu Yueheng Saber was his signature technique from his days in the Jianghu, and also the one he perfected by combining and innovating from the techniques he learned from his teacher.

At this critical moment, erupting in an instant, he managed to fend off two guards of the same level.

The golden saber light, like a full moon, fiercely slashed towards the female guard.

But even at such speed, the female guard’s palm strike, filled with flames, was already at Li Chengyi’s front.

The two were less than a meter apart.

Many eyes were drawn to this scene.

Further away, a red-haired man floating half-visible in the sky also cast his indifferent gaze this way.

Upon noticing that it was only a branch family being attacked, he retracted his hand that had been tight on his sword hilt. He let the situation unfold.

Only the safety of the main family concerned him.

Just then.

Li Chengyi watched the swiftly approaching palm of flames and slightly sidestepped.

Whoosh!

The palm strike grazed past his side.

The dodge was too close for comfort; even the female guard didn’t have time to change her move.

After all, changing moves required enough time and space, and at the moment when her palm was just a mere ten or so centimeters away, he dodged out of the blue.

There was absolutely no chance for any change in her attack.

Boom!

The beach had an additional area of more than ten meters in length and five to six meters in width that had been burnt to a crisp by the force of the palm, with molten rocks gleaming as crystals reflected the light, showing dim red magma in some places.

This indicated that the temperature of the palm strike was at least close to a thousand degrees.

Li Chengyi’s timely dodge immediately gave Uncle Ning the opportunity.

The pale golden crescent saber light instantly shifted and struck the female guard.

The two exchanged lightning-fast moves for more than a dozen exchanges before each fell back.

The front of the female guard’s outfit was sliced by a saber light, splitting the tight clothing and almost exposing the tightly bound fair and full chest.

But she didn’t care, pressing one hand on her chest to prevent further exposure, she performed a series of backward somersaults, leaping gracefully, and lunged at Li Chengyi once more.

"How dare you!!" Uncle Ning finally lost his temper, his body shining with golden light. His curved saber condensed consecutive crescent shapes on its outer layer.

He was gearing up for a big move.

"That’s enough," Li Chengyi’s calm voice came from the side.

His tone was extraordinarily even.

This took Uncle Ning aback for a moment, looking his way.

"Uncle Ning, I’m fine. We’re all from the same family; there’s no need to make this so stiff," Li Chengyi simply said.

"..." Uncle Ning fell silent, scrutinizing Li Chengyi’s face closely and then looking at the others, making sure they didn’t intend to continue. He gave a cold snort and stepped back, not moving.

He knew the disparity between the treatment of the main and branch veins, but what had just happened was too dangerous.

"Arya! Let’s go!" Gong Shanpingqiu realized in that moment that he couldn’t take down his opponents and could only suppress his rage, standing up to scold his two guardians.

Once he retreated, the other two children of the same clan who followed him didn’t dare to make a sound and quickly left with him.

Actually, they hadn’t intended to cause such a commotion, but now that they had offended the other side, separating from Gong Shanpingqiu would make things even worse, so they quickly caught up.

Li Chengyi stood still, watching the retreating figures.

A trace of golden light flickered briefly in the depths of his eyes.

Everything in front of him rapidly shifted into darkness.

In the darkness, only countless pale red threads, gathering and dispersing, brightening and dimming. These were the vital forces of the entire world.

Far ahead, the diminishing vital forces belonged to Gong Shanpingqiu and his group as they gradually moved away.

Li Chengyi’s heart stirred slightly, and his Consciousness Power transformed into an invisible large hand, reaching out like lightning to grasp the strand of vital force belonging to Gong Shanpingqiu.

With force, he yanked it.

Puff.

The red thread, as thick as an arm, was abruptly torn in half by him.

As the vital force thread was ripped apart, it began to fade, disintegrate, and vanish rapidly.

In just a few seconds, it naturally dissipated into nothingness.

Li Chengyi felt as though he had been drained of energy, as if he hadn’t slept for several days and nights in an instant.

’It seems that interfering directly with dimensions using this body is still a bit too forced. If it were the Holy Body of my true form, there would have been no issues....’ Li Chengyi came to a conclusion in his heart.

He actually harbored no ill feelings towards Gong Shanpingqiu; the attack from his guardian just now posed no threat to him at all.

Even if his body was weak, his experiences and Realm as well as the Flower Language Technique remained. The female guardian was at most at the Single Seal level, and even if she fought with all her might, to him, she was no more than an ant.

In fact, quite the opposite, he felt somewhat grateful to Gong Shanpingqiu.

After all... Evil Thoughts were a tangible gain.

Li Chengyi swept through the information transmitted by Evil Flower.

’Anger +2’

’Killing Intent +3’

’Anger +1’

A series of Evil Thoughts signified that this guy was a potential child of good fortune.

Besides...

Li Chengyi watched the receding figure, his gaze profound.

’The exploration and research of vital forces just happen to require a suitable subject.... Gong Shanpingqiu, with bloodline and strength neither strong nor weak, is just right.’

The observational subject for the main vein was decided.

As for commoners, it was the female guardian who had attempted the sneak attack.

Then, there were the animals, plants, inanimate objects, and so forth.

"Zhu Er! Are you alright?!" The chubby boy quickly got up, surprisingly unharmed.

Instead, he seemed quite concerned about Li Chengyi’s safety.

"It’s my fault..." Guilt filled his eyes.

"But you actually managed to dodge that female guardian’s sneak attack! So cool!!" His tone changed, and the chubby boy quickly became excited again.

"Let’s go. Next time you see them, keep your distance," Li Chengyi said indifferently.

Turning around, he nodded towards Uncle Ning and headed back in the direction of the clan’s territory.

"Hey, wait for me!" the chubby boy shouted from behind.

But what he didn’t realize was that Uncle Ning and the guardian behind him had both noticed the danger just before.

That palm strike, extremely dangerous, had been easily sidestepped by Li Chengyi.

Was it a coincidence... or was it strength?

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Ten minutes later, this minor conflict was laid out on Gong Shanqinyang’s desk.

His face was grim as he put down the written report.

"It’s a good thing my child is exceptionally gifted and lucky, otherwise..."

"The father of Gong Shanpingqiu is from the seventh brother’s lineage, right?" His wife, Gong Shanlin, said coldly.

"Yes," Gong Shanqinyang nodded, "Our father may be partial, but now to let my child face such danger, I will seek justice at tomorrow’s clan meeting!"

"The engagement with Han Zongdi now seems to be a boon; we’ve just fixed the marriage, so they can’t possibly let anything happen to my child, right?" Gong Shanlin said coldly.

At that moment, both husband and wife were harboring anger.

But the main vein was still the main vein, and it was obvious who the Family Head would favor if the issue blew up.

Though they knew the likely outcome, seizing the moment to get some advantages for their child was indeed real, so as to avoid similar incidents in the future.

"No matter what, even if Gong Shanpingqiu’s father is Gong Shanding, a Gold Jade expert, they must give me an explanation for this incident," Gong Shanqinyang said firmly, pounding the table.

"As for Zhu Er, to be able to avoid that crucial palm strike..." Gong Shanlin suppressed the fear in her heart and thought carefully, finding it somewhat unbelievable.

"Perhaps it was luck. But one cannot always rely on luck," Gong Shanqinyang said with a frown.

We must find a way... to ensure Zhu Er’s safety.

’Intimidation alone is not enough, but with the power and relationships I’ve cultivated over the years, there are indeed some possibilities among our distinguished guests.’

After pondering for a moment, a suitable candidate and opportunity came to his mind.

The distinguished guests of the Gong Shan Family were no ordinary characters, as only top Gold Jade experts qualified for such positions.

So since their own strength was insufficient, they would request a powerful expert to protect their son.

Additionally, they could also consider the other two children in the same stroke.