Nine-layer armor-breaking

Chapter 265 True or False
Even secret development must be delayed long enough to achieve maximum effectiveness.

To outsiders, the Jiang family seems to have no support. Their only support is far away in Jinzhou. Although it is a neighboring state, it is not in the same state, so this support is not so direct.

If you want to delay time as long as possible, you still have to look bright and strong.

Obviously, Jiang Yuan, as the head of the Jiang family and vice president of Yingzhou Chamber of Commerce, could not fail to see this.

The best way is to first select one of the three of them and make his identity as a warrior public, so as to delay the Jiang family's secret development as much as possible.

Indeed, such an approach is not as covert as developing completely in secret, but the Jiang family seems to have no other options, and there is no room for maneuver that can give the Jiang family enough breathing time.

But Jiang Yuan still did not take any action and did not reveal the fact that any of them was a warrior. Naturally, he had his own considerations.

Jiang Yuan had never even thought of exposing his identity as a warrior in exchange for some breathing space for the Jiang family.

It seems that the identity of a warrior is Jiang Yuan’s last trump card, and it is not a trump card that can be easily shown to others.

Jiang Yuan would probably not use this trump card unless it was absolutely necessary.

Although Jiang Xian didn't know what her father was considering, she vaguely felt that things would be a little tricky.

Now that Jiang Xuan has truly become a top warrior, he must have a deeper consideration when looking at things.

After the Five States Martial Arts Show, Jiang Xian planned to go to the Qixi Desert to find Jiang Xuan.

But she couldn't go there rashly.

Therefore, she planned to go to an area bordering Yingzhou and Qizhou to find some life-saving herbs in case of emergency.

After all, the desert is not an ordinary place.

Searching for medicinal herbs is one of them.

The second was that after arriving in Yingzhou, he would try to get rid of the two Jiang Mansion guards who were following him, so that they could return to the Jiang family smoothly and report the news to his father Jiang Yuan and mother Lou Xingman, reducing his parents' worries about him.

In fact, Jiang Xian had prepared all the common elixirs needed for going to the desert when he left home.

Now, the herbs Jiang Xian is looking for are life-saving herbs. Therefore, Jiang Xian has to think carefully and cannot just rush into the Qixi Desert.

Jiang Xian's purpose was very clear. She went to the Qixi Desert this time to safely take Jiang Xuan and herself out of the Qixi Desert, not to go on an adventure trip to the Qixi Desert. Jiang Xian was very clear about this.

Jiang Xian’s plan was to come to Qizhou to participate in the Five States Martial Arts Show and purchase medicinal herbs at the same time.

Jiang Yuan believed that Jiang Xian's trip to Qizhou to participate in the Five States Martial Arts Show was real, but the purchase of medicinal herbs was fake.

However, this is not the case.

It is true that Jiang Xian participated in the Wuzhou martial arts show, and it is also true that he came to Qizhou to purchase medicinal herbs.

Although most of the medicinal herbs she bought in Qizhou could be purchased elsewhere, she still insisted on buying them in Qizhou because of its geographical location.

This is because Qizhou is close to the Qixi Desert.

For Jiang Xian, the Five States Martial Arts Show was not that important. It was just an excuse to get her father Jiang Yuan to let her leave home.

In fact, as a warrior, and as a warrior who can quickly advance with hard work, and can quickly improve her physical strength, thereby improving her martial arts level, how could Jiang Xian not be clear about her own qualifications.

She is not really a person who never leaves the house as the rumors say, nor is she a sickly person. How could she not hear any sounds outside the Jiang family?

How could she not know that Xing Yue, the absolute core disciple of Xiuxin Martial Arts School, the martial arts genius with the most qualifications among the three major families of Yingzhou Chamber of Commerce, was only an Earth-level warrior. If he had not taken the Heaven-level Pill not long ago, how could he have become a Heaven-level warrior in such a short time.

Jiang Xian was very clear about all this.

Others don't know, but as far as Jiang Xian knows, he and Jiang Xuan did not use any enhancement pills to help them become heavenly-level warriors by just practicing day after day.

It can be said that when it comes to taking elixirs, the two of them are not as good as the Jiang family’s guards.

The Jiang family pharmacy has quotas for all the pills. The amount produced and distributed is recorded in a book. How could they easily give some to Jiang Xuan and Jiang Xian?

If that were the case, wouldn't it indirectly expose the warrior identities of Jiang Xuan and Jiang Xian, brother and sister?
Therefore, Jiang Yuan naturally would not easily take out the pills produced by the Jiang family and give them to Jiang Xuan and Jiang Xian.

It is true that he is cautious, but this is definitely not the reason why Jiang Yuan does not give his two children elixirs for rapid improvement.

If Jiang Yuan wanted to get some pills but didn't want to expose his children's identities as warriors, he naturally didn't need to make them through his own pharmacy.

The Jiang family itself runs a trading business, so in addition to those relatively rare and scarce elixirs, the Jiang family also handles quite a few elixirs.

He only needed to collect some high-quality pills after they were identified by a pharmacist. How could he let his children practice more slowly during the important warrior stage due to lack of pills, thus delaying Jiang Xuan and Jiang Xian from becoming a cultivator?

Therefore, Jiang Yuan did not let Jiang Xuan and Jiang Xian take the enhancement pills, naturally he had his own considerations.

Although Jiang Xuan and Jiang Xian did not know the specific reasons, they could still roughly guess their father's intentions.

It's simply to make them both walk more firmly on the path of martial arts.

Jiang Yuan only knew that his daughter Jiang Xian's trip to Qizhou to purchase medicinal herbs was a cover-up to confuse outsiders. Even the guards truly believed Jiang Xian's arrangement and that she had indeed come to Qizhou to observe the medication situation in Qizhou and to purchase medicinal herbs.

Because they knew that the Jiang family now had a herbal medicine store and needed to take care of it as soon as possible.

Jiang Xian studied under Pharmacist Tan and knew some pharmacology, so it made sense to send Jiang Xian to handle this matter.

However, Jiang Xian's plan had not yet been fully prepared, and because of one incident, the plan fell through, let alone how to implement the plan.

This incident happened when Jiang Xian was injured on his way back to Yingzhou border after the Five States Martial Arts Show.

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"Follow the wind and sand? What kind of short sword technique is this?" Jiang Xuan asked seriously while using a short sword to block the opponent's attack.

The captain, perhaps sensing the other party's admiration for this short sword technique, raised his lips and said, "This Follow the Wind and Sand is just one move in a complete set of short sword techniques. I can only use this one move with difficulty."

"Captain, since this is a competition to test my strength, isn't it a bit too much of an honor to use such a move?"

At a certain moment during the sword confrontation with the captain, Jiang Xuan spoke in a teasing tone.

"Since it is a verification, we cannot hold back unnecessarily, so as not to draw incorrect conclusions." The captain moved the dagger and struck again.

Jiang Xuan seemed to have something else to say. After blocking the captain's attack, he continued, "Did Ling say something he shouldn't have said? Or did he do something he shouldn't have done?"

There was no plea for mercy in Jiang Xuan's tone, but rather a hint of provocation.

The captain didn't say anything, but the attack of the dagger in his hand suddenly became faster.

"He's taken the bait!" Jiang Xuan was secretly delighted when he saw the opponent's attack speed further increase.

The captain's "Follow the Wind and Sand" technique was indeed a very exquisite short sword technique. In Jiang Xuan's opinion, it was even a short sword technique that was slightly beyond the level of ordinary peak warriors.

However, every advantage has its disadvantages. If this short sword technique is used forcefully, if the speed is too great, it will create a clear loophole in the defense.

The reason is that the warriors' strength is limited.

Jiang Xuan even felt that even if Old Sha appeared here at this moment, with his strength far exceeding that of ordinary peak warriors, he would not be able to use this sword technique perfectly.

At this time, Jiang Xuan also suddenly exerted force, trying to create a little gap step by step under the relatively dense defense.

"Faster!"

"Faster!"

Jiang Xuan shouted this to himself in his heart.

After more than ten rounds, Jiang Xuan finally created an opening. Seizing the opportunity, Jiang Xuan swung his short knife with all his might.

The captain was a little surprised by Jiang Xuan's action. He didn't expect that with Jiang Xuan's strength, he could even create an attack gap with this move of following the wind and sand after more than ten rounds.

The two men were fighting at close range at this moment, so it was naturally difficult for them to dodge, so they had to use weapons to block.

The captain used the top-grade dagger to block Jiang Xuan's dagger, and at the same time slashed at Jiang Xuan vertically with the high-grade dagger.

Jiang Xuan did not change the attack direction of the dagger in his hand, so he was naturally blocked by the captain's top-level dagger.

However, at this time, due to Jiang Xuan's radical attack, he really had no other weapons to defend himself.

The captain's high-level short sword slashed straight towards Jiang Xuan's head.

Jiang Xuan looked at the captain expressionlessly, and also at the high-level dagger in the captain's hand. He tilted his head slightly, and the high-level dagger was just a finger's distance outside Jiang Xuan's ear, slashing vertically towards Jiang Xuan's shoulder.

"Bore!"

The high-level dagger slashed towards Jiang Xuan's shoulder, but was blocked by the shoulder armor Jiang Xuan was wearing.

The imagined gap appeared, and Jiang Xuan did not hesitate. He turned sideways again, stepped forward, and retreated a short distance.

"Top-grade shoulder armor? That's rare." High-grade weapons couldn't do anything to it, so it must be top-grade shoulder armor. The captain could feel it.

"Yes, it is indeed a top-grade shoulder armor. Captain, you have a good eye." Jiang Xuan said with some provocation.

From Jiang Xuan's perspective, the captain was already acting impulsively at this moment, and he must not be given too much breathing room.

"Chi Tan Sword Technique." Jiang Xuan waved the short sword in his hand, put his other hand on his forehead, and shouted softly.

Jiang Xuan's complexion turned slightly red, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised.

The captain was also surprised when he saw this scene and asked, "Is this the Chi Tan sword technique from the Fuzhou martial arts school?"

"That's right." Jiang Xuan casually picked up the dagger in his hand and was about to launch an attack.

"Junior Brother Ling, it's just a verification competition, why is it so serious?" said the captain.

Although he had never actually seen the Chi Tan Sword Technique in actual combat, he had heard rumors about it and knew some of its shortcomings.

One of the disadvantages is that since it needs to be activated forcibly, it will cause harm to the user's body.

"For the important people, it's worth it." Jiang Xuan raised the corners of his mouth and said generously.

(End of this chapter)