I Don t Want to Get Hurt, So I ll Max Out My Defense - Chapter 375

Chapter 375: Chapter 376: Show-Off Conference

“City Lord Yang, we have yet to be introduced to these distinguished young geniuses,” said Elder Jiang. “As for the borderland talents, I’m also very curious, just how strong have they become?”

“And how do they compare to the Saint Child of our Fire Qilin Cave?”

The Wang surnamed elder laughed, feeling very comfortable with the embarrassment that Elder Jiang and Ergouzi had suffered, and looked at Elder Jiang with a slight sense of pride, understanding that in this world, appearance still mattered.

Trying to compete with him for the position of diplomat was simply overestimating oneself.

His gaze swept over Yang Chen, Ling Feng, and Li Xiaobai, pausing a bit longer on Li Xiaobai, feeling that this young man looked somewhat familiar, but couldn’t recall where he had seen him.

“Hehe, the Saint Child of the Fire Qilin Cave is indeed the benchmark of the younger generation, and the youth should communicate amongst themselves,” said Yang Guang smilingly.

“The Immortal Spirit Continent is full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers. Even as the Saint Child of the Fire Qilin Cave, I dare not underestimate any talented individual. I am the Saint Child Huo Yun of the Fire Cloud Cave, and I have yet to ask for the esteemed names of these young talents.”

From inside the first sedan chair, a faint voice could be heard, very cultured, like a breeze brushing past one’s face, but the person still did not show themselves, which further irritated the cultivators in the hall.

A number of city lords’ eyes also turned completely cold. Could it be that these Saint Heirs intended to stay inside their sedan chairs the whole time?

Was this not brazenly disregarding them?

“Yang Chen, with a cultivation level at the Transcendance Tribulation Stage, Great Perfection, am I worthy of notice?”

Yang Chen shook his feather fan lightly and stared at that front sedan chair, feeling the urge to immediately shatter the sedan chair, but he still held back.

“Ling Feng, with a cultivation level at the Transcendance Tribulation Stage, Great Perfection, am I worthy in the eyes of the Fire Qilin Cave?”

Ling Feng also spoke calmly. With their level of cultivation, they were top-notch wherever they went. Among the younger disciples, aside from a few elder brothers, it was unthinkable for anyone else to exceed them.

To outsiders, the Saint Heirs of the Fire Qilin Cave might seem majestic and exceptionally talented, but in their eyes, they were just decent.

“You jest, sir. As everyone knows, even the top-tier geniuses of the Immortal Spirit Continent have only just managed to cross into the Transcendance Tribulation Stage. Even I am currently but at the fourth level of the Tribulation Crossing Stage. Cultivation is about persistence and the refining of time, and one must not make reckless claims,” said Saint Child Huo Yun with implied meaning.

“I have been cultivating on this path for over twenty years; achieving this much is only natural. It seems to me that the progress in Fire Qilin Cave is somewhat slow,” said Yang Chen calmly, his feather fan swaying, equally cultivated to the utmost.

“Hehe, in Fire Qilin Cave, we value the depth of a cultivator’s foundation. Only by solidifying the foundation can a towering building rise from the ground. I’m afraid I can’t agree with what the two of you have said,” said the voice inside the sedan chair calmly.

“How can just over two decades be enough to attain Great Perfection in the Transcendance Tribulation Stage? Are all the cultivators from the borders so prone to tall tales?”

“Indeed, even for those mighty beings who ascended to the Upper Realm, which one of them didn’t spend hundreds of years to reach this point? Cultivation depends on being down-to-earth; one cannot spout nonsense,” said the Saint Heirs from the other two sedan chairs, stirred by Yang Chen’s words.

At their age, at their stage, for someone to achieve such a high level of cultivation was impossible. Even in the Eastern Sea, known for its cultivation talent, their mysterious geniuses are currently at the fourth level of the Tribulation Crossing Stage, similar to the Fire Qilin Cave.

The audacity of these two borderland talents to claim that they were at the Great Perfection of the Transcendance Tribulation Stage was pure bravado.

To suppress the momentum of the Fire Qilin Cave, they even lied about their cultivation levels—a tactic so petty, it was contemptible.

“It seems that the Fire Qilin Cave knows nothing of true genius.”

Li Xiaobai shook his head and sighed beside them. His elder brother rarely spoke the truth, and yet no one believed him. Truly pearls before swine.

“And who might you be?”

Saint Child Huo Yun asked, his voice still calm, as if nothing could disturb his composure.

“My name is Li Xiaobai, my cultivation level is invincible.”

Li Xiaobai casually took a sip of his wine and spoke nonchalantly.

“Such big talk, have you eaten celery?”

“Wait, did you say your name is Li Xiaobai?”

The voice finally showed a hint of fluctuation, and it wasn’t just him; the several Protectors in the hall were all staring intently at the young man before them.

They finally remembered where they had seen him; wasn’t this the young man wanted in the announcement issued by the Central Province?

It seemed like the heavens were helping them; they had not expected to encounter him here. Others might not know, but they were well aware that Li Xiaobai harbored a great secret. If they could grasp it, the Saint Heir’s cultivation level could soar by leaps and bounds.

Setting aside anything else, the Steel Behemoth that was brought back to the Fire Qilin Cave a few months ago was a significant boost in itself.

Unfortunately, that battle chariot was pilfered by Ergouzi. If they could get their hands on another, they would be even more confident about this trial.

“Indeed, I am Li Xiaobai, the invincible one who exploded the Western Desert and carved a path of carnage through Central Province!”

Li Xiaobai nodded, saying so with a straight face and without skipping a beat.

“Woof, kid, you’re too arrogant, you’re simply not taking Lord Ergouzi seriously. In front of Lord Ergouzi, who dares to claim invincibility, who dares to speak of being undefeated?”

“In this world, only Lord Ergouzi is the truly supreme existence!”

Ergouzi burst forth from the fourth palanquin, cursing and immediately launched into a biting frenzy at Li Xiaobai.

Ergouzi had thought that Li Xiaobai had some kind of plan that required his cooperation, which is why he had refrained from speaking out, but it turned out that these people were just putting on airs from start to finish.

He couldn’t stand it anymore; showing off in front of him and not letting him get a word in was absolutely impossible!

The cultivators around were astonished. This was the first Fire Qilin Saint Child to emerge, and it seemed very different from what they had imagined, almost like a shrew scolding on the streets.

And biting people? What kind of move was that? Where’s your cultivation level?

Attack with divine skills, why resort to such primitive forms of attack?

[Attribute Points+3000…]

Looking at the attribute value panel before him, Li Xiaobai’s heart stirred. This number had reached the standards of the Transcendance Tribulation Stage, and this darn dog casually biting him had actually increased his attribute points by so much.

It seemed that his trip to Fire Qilin Cave had not been in vain; the bloodline activation indeed had its perks, although the brain still wasn’t working too well.

With a flick of his hand, he tossed Ergouzi out.

“Out of the way, I’m conversing with your most powerful Saint Child, it’s not your turn to speak!”

“Woof, kid, you dare to look down on Lord Ergouzi!”

Ergouzi became furiously angry and tried to rush back to tear him apart, but Elder Jiang, who was standing behind, held him back firmly.

“Saint Child, do not act rashly!”

His expression was awful. This series of actions caused Fire Qilin Cave to completely lose face.

The sight of a Saint Child openly biting someone—if word got out, it would be a smear on Fire Qilin Cave’s history they couldn’t erase.