Nine-layer armor-breaking

Chapter 367 Seed
There's nothing different here. The fact that these two gaunt men chose to make their move at this time probably wasn't because they had selected the location beforehand. Rather, it's because they had reached a certain point where they had no choice but to unleash their power and take action.

The fact that these two are so excited must be due to taking some kind of drug or using some kind of secret technique.

Judging from the momentum of these two, Jiang Yuan and Jiang Xian both realized that, given Li Huwei's current condition, he was probably no match for the two emaciated men.

"I'll deal with you first, then... then you, you." One of them laughed maniacally and said this to Guard Li. Then, in the same manner, he pointed his dagger at Jiang Yuan and Jiang Xian in turn.

"What a joke! With me here, don't even dream about it!" Guard Li responded to the man's arrogance.

To be honest, Guard Li was unsure of himself when he said this. After exchanging blows with the two men, he could roughly gauge their strength, and frankly, he was indeed no match for the combined attack of these two gaunt men.

The appearance of Guard Li made the situation quite difficult to handle. His presence prevented Jiang Yuan and Jiang Xian from making a move easily, but these two gaunt men had to be dealt with immediately, regardless of their motives.

"Where could it be..." Jiang Xian carefully observed the way the two withered men attacked and dodged, thinking to himself.

To exhaust the two emaciated men as much as possible, Guard Li held nothing back, using all his strength to find the right opportunity to kill them.

If he had only had some doubts at first, now Li Huwei was almost certain that the two gaunt men he was currently entangled with were actually far weaker than him, and that their current strength was definitely the result of forcibly increasing their power.

After a brief exchange, the two gaunt men realized they had underestimated Li Huwei's strength, or rather, that he was far less powerful than they had imagined.

The excitement brought by their sudden surge in strength had now vanished, and the two gaunt men had lost confidence in eliminating the two hooded figures, but they still felt that eliminating Guard Li should not be a problem.

"Die!" the two gaunt men shouted in unison, and then attacked again with extremely strange movements. However, this time, their target was no longer Guard Li, but Jiang Yuan.

Seeing this, Li, the guard, was at a loss for what to do and quickly stepped in front of Jiang Yuan to block him.

"Now is the time," Jiang Xian thought to himself. The moment the two withered men exposed their weaknesses to him, Jiang Xian immediately made his move, quickly throwing the prepared hidden weapon into his hand.

No one noticed Jiang Xian's actions. Just as Li Huwei was about to block with his body, the two gaunt men who were about to attack suddenly changed their course.

One of them suddenly froze and fell to the ground, while the other went berserk, wildly swinging the rather exquisite dagger in his hand.

For a moment, Guard Li was completely taken aback by what was happening before his eyes. To him, the current situation was truly bizarre.

However, a single step too late leads to another, and the man's dagger, as if it had eyes, hurtled straight towards the riverbank.

As the man's dagger drew ever closer, Li's mind went blank. He instinctively tried to block the dagger that was heading towards the man behind him with his arm. But when the man saw Li step forward to block, he tightened his grip and changed direction, the dagger heading straight for Li's throat.

With his arm still hanging in mid-air, Li Huwei saw a blinding light flash before his eyes. He knew he had misjudged the situation, but it was too late.

It all happened in an instant; he didn't have time to change anything, but he was unwilling to accept it!
Just then, a more and more maniacal smile appeared on the lips of the man holding the dagger. He seemed to know that his trick was about to succeed, and he immediately increased the speed of his hand, stabbing towards the throat covered in hot blood.

The sharp dagger was stained with blood as it had hoped, and its owner, like the previous emaciated man, fell stiffly to the ground.

The sensation of having his throat slit, as Li Huwei had anticipated, did not come as expected. He turned his somewhat dazed eyes and saw that bright red blood was seeping from Jiang Xian's robe. Li Huwei was so surprised that he could not speak. He then put his hand on his throat and rubbed it back and forth, but found that there was no sign of bleeding.

He stared blankly at his uncontrollably trembling hand, then suddenly realized something and stared intently at Jiang Xian.

Just as the man wielding the dagger was about to slash Li's throat, Jiang Xian swiftly stepped forward, grabbing the man's arm with one hand to force him to change direction, while simultaneously using her other hand to precisely target acupoints with silver needles, thus subduing the crazed man. However, because Jiang Xian couldn't use force in public, the dagger, after changing direction, pierced her body instead. This was Jiang Xian's choice after weighing the pros and cons; she avoided vital organs and precisely controlled the direction.

"Master, you..." Guard Li looked at Jiang Xian's bleeding wound and was too shocked to speak.

"I'm fine," Jiang Xian said softly.

"Is it worth it?" Guard Li asked, looking dejected and with his eyes downcast. He seemed to ask this question as if possessed.

Jiang Xian didn't think much of it and said frankly, "Compared to losing my life, being stabbed is just a minor injury that I can recover from in no time, so of course it's worth it."

“How can you and I be compared…” Guard Li murmured in a voice only he could hear.

Only then did Li realize that Jiang Xian had never treated him as a servant from beginning to end.

Jiang Yuan was equally shocked. He clutched Jiang Xian's wound, his face filled with disbelief beneath his hood.

He hadn't expected Jiang Xian to risk injury to save Guard Li. In that situation, Jiang Yuan was also going to make a move, but Jiang Xian had beaten him to it.

Li, the bodyguard, knelt before Jiang Xian. He knew that there was no need to say anything more at this moment.

Jiang Xian had given orders that no one was allowed to act without authorization, and this situation is a disaster brought upon Jiang Xian by his unauthorized actions.

"How are you feeling?" Jiang Yuan asked.

"It's alright, let's go find and meet up with Mother first."

Jiang Yuan nodded, walked over to the two gaunt people, confirmed their presence, and instructed the people behind him to take them with them and continue on their way.

Jiang Xian is currently injured and cannot be delayed, so Jiang Yuan decided to meet with his wife before dealing with the corpses together.

Although Jiang Xian was unwilling, he was carried on Li Huwei's back to continue the journey at Li Huwei's insistence.

This trip brought about a profound change in Li Huwei's mind, and a seed was secretly planted and began to sprout in his heart.

From now on, he will risk his life to protect the Jiang family and Jiang Xian.

This was a thought he had before, and it remains his obsession for the rest of his life.

Although the journey was not long, every step he took carrying Jiang Xian felt exceptionally long. His heart was heavy, and his feet felt heavy as well.

His legs and feet seemed to be wrapped with huge rocks, stuck tightly to the soles of his feet, becoming one with him, making each step extremely heavy.

His feet could not move easily, as if they were stuck in mud, making walking extremely difficult. This was the most difficult and depressing road he had ever walked, so suffocating that it was hard to breathe.

However, he carried Jiang Xian on his back for an unknown amount of time on this arduous road... until a cry of alarm came.

(End of this chapter)