Let Me Explain, Fairy
Chapter 877 - 552: Two-Level Inversion

Chapter 877: Chapter 552: Two-Level Inversion

In Dayan, although using a Qi Machine Lock on someone hadn’t been made illegal, its nature was akin to shoving a loaded gun into someone’s mouth.

As a guard, could you stand by idly if you saw a gun pointed at your master’s throat?

Certainly not.

It didn’t matter whether it was Qin Weishu’s carriage driver or people like Guest Elders from the Prime Minister’s Mansion such as Zhou Chen and Ying’er, the reaction would be the same.

When guards made mistakes, under normal circumstances they were expected to die alongside their masters.

And that was the trap.

Xu Mengxi used the Qi Machine Lock on you, and you could certainly lock her back, but if you struck to disperse this stream of Qi, it would be considered attacking a government officer.

If it had been Xu Yuan in Qin Weishu’s position, he would most likely have advised her with a word, and it would have been Xu Mengxi who couldn’t extricate herself from the situation.

However, these were all his insights from experience.

People like Qin Weishu, who came from Sect families, generally wouldn’t care about such matters, showing that a thin legal consciousness was a pitfall in any world.

Thinking this, Xu Yuan looked at Xu Mengxi with a sigh in his eyes.

The Dayan legal system he adhered to had been trampled over so many times by the highest authority of Prime Minister’s power that even an naive youngster would eventually learn to adapt.

The procedural justice she followed could operate without hindrance for most people, but there were always those who could block her chosen path.

However, since this route was blocked, she would choose to take another way, another procedural approach.

Entrapment was certainly despicable, but it was useful.

The battle on the street was about to erupt.

"What audacity! To attack an imperial officer under the Emperor’s feet!"

Before the voice arrived, the person was already there.

The official-robed woman, who stood across the road, stomped her foot, cracking the ground beneath her, and as if teleporting, she arrived in front of the nine-return carriage. With a Simple Knife in her hand, she made a horizontal slash. Instantly, she drew out seven layers of blade light, spinning towards the middle-aged carriage driver.

The middle-aged coachman’s reaction was extremely quick. In a flash, he raised his longsword to his brow, ran his Cultivation Technique, and a tornado-like sword tempest emerged around him, securely protecting his body.

"Clang—"

The blade light met the sword tempest, the resulting fierce wind threw the onlooking crowd into disarray, and the intense clash of Qi startled the remaining beast-drawn carriages in the market, causing some low-level Demonic Beasts to rear up and scream loudly!

"This has actually begun to fight here... Huaijiu Alley belongs to the imperial neighborhoods," with the City Defense Office routinely stationed by a Great Grandmaster nearby...

"Why stay here and watch? Leave quickly! The aftershocks of this cultivator’s fight could destroy an entire street!"

"Xiao Yi stop meddling, rush back into the shop; the owner is starting the Formation."

Once the fight started, even those in the crowd who were prepared to watch from a distance realized the mismatch in cultivation levels, and the majority of people rapidly dispersed, while ancient shops on both sides of the street raised their own formations for protection.

The carriage in the center of the battle circle, despite its hefty price, justified itself as the fallout of a close-quarters fight between Great Grandmasters swept through. The Black Scale Unicorn, despite having wounds on its body, stood calmly and still at its spot, a Grade A military steed well-known throughout Jiangnan and Black Scale Army circles.

Beyond this, the carriage behind them remained still aside from the lifted curtain.

Following the lifting curtain, Xu Yuan could see clearly inside the carriage.

The battle outside the carriage had instantly escalated, as did the one inside, lightning-quick.

Seeing this, Xu Yuan’s lips twitched involuntarily.

As he watched, the delicate-faced man inside also seemed to notice an outsider’s gaze and turned to look back.

Their eyes met for a moment,

Qin Weishu grinned at Xu Yuan and directly pulled up the woman who was sprawled in front of him.

"..." Xu Yuan.

The woman’s exquisitely beautiful face and graceful figure were clearly visible.

Xu Yuan was completely thrown off.

Did this guy have some peculiar preferences?

Damn it, in terms of debauchery, he had never conceded to anyone, but he would admit this guy was the strongest in this regard.

And in those moments of intense staring, the situation in the battle outside the carriage had already shifted.

A fight at the level of Great Grandmasters could end in two ways: either a prolonged war of attrition or a swift resolution like Xu Changge.

This time, the clash between Xu Mengxi and the middle-aged carriage driver was clearly the latter.

"It’s ending."

Xiao Bai’s voice discreetly arrived: "Based on sheer strength, the middle-aged carriage driver was not a match for this woman, not to mention he had to be distracted by guarding the carriage behind him."

"Is that so?"

Xu Yuan murmured softly, upon hearing this.

Xu Mengxi truly lived up to her name as the heroine of Cangyuan Chronicles; her cultivation had clearly improved a lot during her journey to the Northern Frontier.

In the plot of Cangyuan Chronicles, Qin Mo, the main character controlled by players, was absolutely invincible among his peers, but there were still many characters who could keep up with his rate of cultivation.

Of course, excluding the romantic path.

The Great Harmony Yin-Yang Technique, which siphons off others’ cultivation, is too perverse; there’s no need to accumulate experience, just prepare materials, refine pills, and break through bottlenecks.

Thinking this, Xu Yuan glanced at Xiao Bai and asked,

"She... how does she compare to you?"

Bai Muxi smiled slightly,

"My lord, her killer moves need testing, but in a direct confrontation, I suppose a hundred moves should suffice."

"And what if it’s a sneak attack?"

"..."

Bai Muxi faltered, raising her eyes to assess Xu Yuan’s expression.

Xu Yuan realized Xiao Bai was generally good but sometimes overthought things, and gently shook his head,

"Just asking, don’t overthink it."

Bai Muxi pondered for a moment and said in a low voice,

"If she hasn’t activated her cultivation technique, it would take only one move, but if her cultivation technique is active, it would be a bit more troublesome."

Hearing this, Xu Yuan’s eyes showed a hint of approval.

To receive such an evaluation from Bai Muxi, Xu Mengxi must indeed be formidable, especially since Xiao Bai was about to succeed in integrating her Dao and break through to the Primordial rank.

As he was reflecting, Bai Muxi suddenly spoke up to remind him,

"My lord, it’s over."

Raising an eyebrow, Xu Yuan followed her gaze, just in time to see the final exchange between the two.

Xu Mengxi fiercely thrust upwards with a diagonal slice of her Simple Knife, breaking through the Longsword defended by the middle-aged coachman, the blade’s light directly trimming off the raised corner of the carriage roof.

The middle-aged coachman was already powerless to guard the carriage behind him.

But this was not the key point; the upward thrust of the knife left his midsection exposed.

If Xu Mengxi wished, with one spell or a close-range martial move, she could have ended his life.

Although cultivators weren’t glass cannons, they ultimately had high attack and low defense.

However, Xu Mengxi, being an AI, did not deliver a fatal blow.

Using this opening, her slender legs traced a beautiful semi-circle in the air, making intimate contact with the middle-aged coachman’s head.

"Bang!"

The force from above sent the middle-aged coachman flying, crashing a deep pit a few yards away from the carriage.

Having done all this, Xu Mengxi’s expression turned cold, and she held her Simple Knife ready to flip the top of the carriage.

From Xu Yuan’s perspective, the battle outside the carriage had ended as quickly as lightning, while the fight inside was just reaching its climax.

The roof was about to be flipped, yet the battle raged on inside.

Seeing this amusing scene, Xu Yuan smiled slightly.

But the next moment,

sensed by his Spiritual Vision, a faint Dao Charm emanation spreading from the middle-aged coachman had already connected him with Xu Mengxi.

His eyes unconsciously narrowed, and he immediately called out,

"Mu Xi, prepare to rescue."

"Rescue whom? The coachman?" Bai Muxi asked, puzzled.

"Who do you think? On a broad daylight, do you also plan to attack a government officer?"

"...."

Even though she was confused, Bai Muxi still acted; her figure instantly disappeared into the carriage.

And the next moment,

Xu Mengxi, about to strike with a diagonal chop, suddenly seemed as if struck by a heavy blow and unsteadily toppled to the ground.

Sitting inside the carriage, Xu Yuan contemplated.

AI is indeed AI; killing the man directly would have avoided all this fuss, wouldn’t it?

However,

The Dao Charm of this coachman does seem quite interesting...