Legend of Swordsman

Next door, ten Zhanxian Guards gathered together, all observing the battle.

Yang Xiao, on the other hand, was alone in his room, also watching the fight.

“The Great Commander is truly a divine person, to have anticipated that we would stay at the inn and even encounter a mysterious expert’s attack!” he thought, his heart filled with admiration.

Before leaving Tai’an City, the Great Commander had instructed him that if he encountered foreign races at the inn, he could choose to trust them.

However, he was not to act rashly.

Because the Great Commander had a backup plan, and that plan was Jian Wushuang.

After all, if there was help available, there was no need for Yang Xiao to take risks.

At this moment, however, Yang Xiao was feeling a bit restless. Ever since he had taken on nine opponents in Mangshan County, his strength had advanced once more. Within the Zhanxian Guards, he had received complete inheritance and had been granted treasures. Now, all he lacked was an opportunity. Perhaps a great battle could help him find the breakthrough to the Nascent Soul stage.

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“I wonder if Senior Wushuang is here. In this situation, should we just keep watching?” Jiang Shang was a bit worried.

The battle below was causing quite a commotion.

Especially that centipede—its aura was even stronger than someone at the peak of the Golden Core stage. Under the control of the alluring woman, its combat power was nearly comparable to someone at the Nascent Soul stage.

Yet, when it encountered the three puppets, it couldn’t even inflict damage.

Their defense was astonishing!

It could be said that they were invincible within the Golden Core stage.

Xiang Yang stood with his arms crossed, also watching the battle, but his expression remained calm. He said, “Don’t worry, these people are likely here for Yang Xiao. Since Brother Wushuang arranged for us to protect Chen Yuan, there’s no need to intervene. Just watch.”

“Okay!” Jiang Shang nodded slightly.

The reason she was a bit anxious was that Jian Wushuang had told her that Yang Xiao might know something about her mother. Therefore, she was worried that Yang Xiao might be killed.

However, she trusted Jian Wushuang’s abilities even more.

Since the plan was already in place, it was surely foolproof. She had witnessed this firsthand when Jian Wushuang and Xiang Yang, in just half a year, had led over a hundred thousand rebels out of Jiang Nation. This demonstrated his incredible planning ability.

If Jian Wushuang knew how much confidence Jiang Shang had in him, he might feel embarrassed.

At this moment, Jian Wushuang stood at the doorway, also watching the battle.

His expression was filled with excitement, even his body trembled.

“Spatial Crystals!!!!”

The shop assistant’s body material was space crystal, which was why Jian Wushuang hadn’t noticed him earlier despite being so close—it was due to the unique properties of space crystals.

Now that he saw it with his own eyes, he finally recognized it.

“Such a large space crystal! If I could obtain it, it would be enough to advance to the Nascent Soul stage!” Jian Wushuang’s heart trembled with excitement.

He even forgot to speculate about the experts of the Centipede Tribe.

Because, to him, that was unimportant.

The inn had been prepared for Yang Xiao, and these three puppets had also come to kill Yang Xiao.

The Centipede Tribe’s experts intervened, clearly intending to protect Yang Xiao.

There was probably some scheme by Wei Jiuxian involved, but Jian Wushuang wasn’t particularly interested in that.

Right now, he only wanted to obtain the space crystal.

The three puppets had no consciousness; they were being controlled by someone.

To burn thought power and kill them, he had to target the thought power left on the puppets by their controller.

But killing them from such a distance was too difficult.

Even though Jian Wushuang’s thought power was strong, he couldn’t accomplish that.

Unless he found the mastermind hidden within the group who was controlling the puppets.

“I can’t detect them!”

At first, he thought it was Dong Biao, but upon closer inspection, he didn’t see anything suspicious about Dong Biao. Even his thought power was a mess, which didn’t match the characteristics of someone remotely controlling puppets.

If it wasn’t Dong Biao as he had initially suspected, then who could it be?

Could it be that the other person wasn’t hiding within the group but, like him, had been secretly following the convoy all along?

Jian Wushuang frowned slightly. Unless the other person was in the Divine Appearance Realm, or their thought power was somehow being shielded.

He ruled out the possibility of the Divine Appearance Realm first. Based on his deductions, if the other person could refine a puppet’s body using space crystals, they likely had more space crystals and had crafted a treasure to shield their aura.

That was probably the case. As long as their strength wasn’t a threat to Jian Wushuang, he wasn’t worried.

After all, the puppets couldn’t escape.

With the situation right before his eyes, the priority now was to find the mastermind controlling the puppets.

“Who is it?” Jian Wushuang’s eyes flashed with killing intent.

He swept his thought power over everyone.

If he truly couldn’t find them, he wouldn’t hesitate to kill them all.

Especially those Golden Crow Guards—after all, they were against him anyway.

If they wanted to protect Yang Xiao, sooner or later, there would be a conflict with them.

He might as well strike first.

Jian Wushuang gripped his sword sheath, his gaze rising to the sky. His divine sense condensed into a phantom figure in midair, looking down at the inn below.

Wait.

Wait a little longer.

But Jian Wushuang’s patience had its limits.

At this moment, he had to take some action.

“Yang Xiao, you wouldn’t want to surrender without a fight, would you?”

In the guest room, Yang Xiao was startled, knowing that it was a transmitted message. Immediately, a thought rose in his mind, and he responded through the transmission, “Are you not planning to make a move?”

“It seems Wei Jiuxian has already informed you, so I won’t waste words. Right now, I suspect there’s another hidden expert controlling the puppets. Their strength shouldn’t be weak. To control three puppets so skillfully, they’re likely at least a pseudo-Nascent Soul stage cultivator. I need to keep an eye on this person. You go down and help, and later, someone will assist you. All you need to do is cooperate with the Centipede Tribe’s experts and take down that puppet covered in black. Once that’s done, I can lock onto the mastermind’s position!”

Jian Wushuang told a small, well-intentioned lie, forcing Yang Xiao to take action.

After all, there were still two strong experts watching from the shadows. The logic of striking first didn’t need Jian Wushuang’s reminder.

“Alright!”

Yang Xiao agreed readily. He kicked open the door and shouted, “Enemy attack! Everyone, protect the inspector and retreat! I’ll hold them off here!”

With that shout, Chen Yuan could no longer pretend to be dead in his room.

At the same time, Xiang Yang and Jiang Shang received Jian Wushuang’s message, instructing them to assist.

“Master Chen, stay here and don’t go out. I’m going to help Yang Xiao!” Xiang Yang cupped his hands, then immediately led Jiang Shang downstairs.

The scene instantly became lively.

Seeing these two figures, Yang Xiao wasn’t surprised, but he was a bit troubled. Xiang Yang and Jiang Shang’s strength was too weak.

Forget about helping; they might even become a burden.

Xiang Yang noticed Yang Xiao’s odd look and nodded, saying, “You go ahead and fight; don’t worry about us!”

Their strength might not be impressive, but they still had their methods.

Jiang Shang might be ordinary, but Xiang Yang, who was once a Universe Master, still had some tricks up his sleeve. Although his combat power wasn’t great, since the opponent was just a puppet, he could still interfere and restrain them.

Otherwise, he’d be nothing more than dead weight, and all those years of cultivation would have been wasted.

“Alright!” Yang Xiao no longer hesitated and shouted to the nearby Centipede Tribe experts, “What are you waiting for? Attack!”

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