I Don't Want to Get Hurt, So I'll Max Out My Defense Chapter 1231

Chapter 1231: Chapter 1232: Return to the Sect Chapter 1231: Chapter 1232: Return to the Sect “Maybe it's because I've gotten handsomer recently, handsome people are often chased around with axes.”

Li Xiaobai said distractedly, as he was currently on the lookout for any other dangers that might appear on the sea surface.

Being possessed by the Decay God was somewhat unpredictable, and it was necessary to leave the sea surface as quickly as possible.

On the road, Li Xiaobai repeatedly encountered similar incidents more than ten times, but fortunately, none were dangerous, and the looks Ergouzi and Wuqing gave him had changed.

Within just two hours, no fewer than a hundred magic treasures had been hurled at their golden chariot on the sea surface, and countless Demonic Beasts from the Sea Clan attacked Li Xiaobai for unknown reasons–as if assassins had come for him!

Fortunately, they didn't come across any big monsters at sea, and the strongest were just Demonic Beasts from the Sea Clan at the Heavenly Immortal Realm, which they could easily break through, or else there really could have been a chance of overturning.

However, as time went on, Li Xiaobai began to grasp the pattern: the state of being possessed by the Decay God seemed to be cumulative. The longer he stayed in one place, the thicker the bad luck became; conversely, if he kept moving, the bad luck would just be ordinary blood-disasters. He suspected that if bad luck accumulated too much, it might pose a danger to life.

Two hours later.

The golden chariot successfully landed, returning to the Eastern Continent.

“I, Li Xiaobai, am back!”

“A little brat, always sneaking around, I hope the Blood Demon Sect won't send any more people, and I should go notify the Enforcement Team later, finally, asking Beichen Feng to take extra care of the Sword Sect!”

Li Xiaobai muttered to himself, but just as he disembarked, a large patch of land near the beach behind him suddenly collapsed, breaking off uniformly and sinking into the sea, stirring up a wave.

“Why is this ground so unstable!”

“Skimping on the work for sure, I'll have the little ones from the Sword Sect come over and repair it!”

“Kid, you definitely have a big problem, there's no peace wherever you go!”

“Have you been running into bad luck recently? Have you been cursed by someone?”

Ergouzi and Wuqing, frightened, looked at Li Xiaobai with wary faces, wanting to keep their distance to avoid being affected.

“Complete nonsense, I'm so handsome, how could I possibly be cursed? It must be jealousy from the heavens!”

“Let's talk about it back at the sect!”

Li Xiaobai was accustomed to this and didn't show much concern, as most of the crises on the Eastern Continent were within controllable limits, unlike the vast and mysterious sea that was hard to predict, and he could withstand any mischiefs caused by the Decay God domain.

…
A quarter of an hour later.

Golden light traveled across the mainland and reached the front of the Sword Sect's mountain gate.

“Brother Li!”

“Brother Li is back!”

The disciples guarding the mountain gate saw the golden streak and couldn't help but get excited and shout.

“Mm, how are things in the sect, is everything normal?”

Li Xiaobai walked into the mountain gate with his group and asked.

“Reporting to Brother Li, everything is well in the sect, with Senior Xiao Lao Di presiding, no one dares to bother our sect!”

The disciples responded.

Since the last time the old beggar suddenly manifested a mighty force, now all the powerhouses have confirmed that Xiao Lao Di is guarding inside the Sword Sect on the Eastern Continent, with no one guessing anymore that this Xiao Lao Di was an imposter.

And no one dared to think of harming the Sword Sect's children anymore.

“Very good, keep up the good work, your Peak Master has high hopes for you!”

Li Xiaobai said cheerfully as he advanced towards the inside of the sect, but at that same moment, the mountain gate outside the Sword Sect suddenly collapsed with a loud bang, the walls crumbled, and the gate turned into rubble.

The originally majestic Sword Sect's mountain gate became ruins in the blink of an eye.

“This…”
The gate-guarding disciples were shocked, staring dumbfounded–how could a perfectly fine mountain gate just collapse?

“The Sword Sect has stood for two to three hundred years, it's normal for the mountain gate to collapse due to old age and lack of repairs; let's properly repair it later, don't let it tarnish the Sword Sect's reputation.”

Li Xiaobai said with an indifferent look.

“But…”
The guard disciple still stared at Li Xiaobai, hesitant to speak, obviously implying, why did it collapse just when you entered?

Did something unknown happen inside?

“Work hard, and I'll give you a promotion and raise later.”

Li Xiaobai said.

“Should we report this incident to the sect and ask the Sect Elders to decide on it?”

The guard disciple, still somewhat uneasy, kept glancing over Li Xiaobai, sizing him up.

“You won't need to clean the latrines tomorrow.”

Li Xiaobai continued.

“Thank you, Peak Master. It's just a minor collapse of the mountain gate. I can fix it in minutes!”

The disciple said happily, bowing with his hands clasped.

“All are future pillars of our sect.”

Li Xiaobai smiled faintly and strode away.

Inside the separate courtyard of the Second Peak.

Li Xiaobai, with the Money Tree on his shoulder, swaggered into the courtyard and upon reaching the doorstep, saw Sect Master Ying Diao and the Beggar sitting on a turtle shell playing with kids. Their method of playing with the kids was quite peculiar, not interacting directly but sitting crossed-legged on the turtle Demonic Beast, swinging a fishing rod with a bundle of weeds to tempt the kids to scramble for it. The rod moved through the kids as if enchanted, just like a fish.

Isn't this a trick to tease cats? How come it works on kids too!

“Gentlemen, your Peak Master is back!”

Li Xiaobai marched boldly to the center of the courtyard, under the astonished gazes of the Beggar and Ying Diao, and slammed the Money Tree on the ground.

Crack!

The Money Tree hit the ground, a thick visible crack spreading from the roots outward in all directions like a spider web.

The yard sank, turning from flat ground into a pit, with ninety-nine kids sitting on the ground, their faces filled with curiosity.

“Oops, my bad.”

Li Xiaobai hurriedly took care to stabilize the Money Tree, handling it gingerly to avoid further incidents, as he was still cursed with Decay God Possession.

“You little rascal, you're back! Weren't you supposed to rescue the Milky Baby? Why did you bring back a tree, and it's made of gold too!”

The Beggar's eyes gleamed at the sight of the Money Tree, almost rushing to snatch it, but restrained himself due to Ying Diao's presence, or else he would've grabbed a couple of golden leaves.

“Xiaobai, during your trip to the Blood Demon Sect in the Southern Continent, did you find out where the Milky Baby is?”

“Was it really the Blood Demon Sect who took him?”

Ying Diao also asked.

“It was indeed the Blood Demon Sect. The Milky Baby is trapped inside this tree for some reason. I simply carried it back, and once he has cultivated enough, he can free himself.”

Li Xiaobai pointed at the Money Tree and said, the tree was strange indeed, with its coins able to easily pierce through his palm, certainly a treasure.

“So that's it. You youngsters are inexperienced; it's normal not to see the significance. Let the old man take a look!”

The Beggar said, eagerly leaping from the turtle shell, but the moment he jumped down, he realized there was a big hole under his feet, just big enough for a person, and thus, the old man plunged straight into the ground, leaving only his head above the surface, looking comically absurd.

“Senior, what is happening?”

Seeing this, Ying Diao couldn't sit still and wanted to help him up, but the moment he jumped down, he also noticed something was amiss.

“Cough cough, I forgot to warn you, there's also a hole under your feet.”

Ying Diao: “???”

Chapter end

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