Nine-layer armor-breaking

Chapter 334 Recovery
Some things require careful observation.

However, some things, if observed or speculated on excessively, may lead to inaccurate or even wrong perceptions, resulting in misjudgments and wrong decisions.

However, Jiang Xian did not want to be bothered by these things. Therefore, he did not pay much attention to the trust shown by Li Huwei's seemingly trusting and unquestioning swallowing action.

Even so, even though Jiang Xian didn't want to delve into certain matters, she didn't need to think about them at the moment, and thus she could understand Li Huwei's attitude towards her.

Now, Li Huwei's feelings for Jiang Xian should be more genuine than before, and Jiang Xian has probably become a reliable and trustworthy person in Li Huwei's mind.

Because of Li's trust, Jiang Xian should be able to act more freely in the future than before.

Because of today's experience and cooperation, Jiang Xian and Li Huwei can even trust each other and have better chemistry in their future interactions.

Therefore, whether on this journey home or in the future, if something unpredictable happens again like today, the two will be able to cooperate even better.

This experience, though something no one wanted to encounter, allowed Jiang Xian and Li Huwei to gain a clearer and deeper understanding of each other, enabling them to trust each other more on the road ahead and thus achieve their goals more effectively.

Jiang Xian was well aware of this.

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In less than the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea, Guard Li miraculously felt refreshed.

Although Li Huwei had not yet shown any significant physical movements and was still sitting on the ground, his overall demeanor was quite different from before.

Even the key figure watching from the side couldn't help but show a hint of surprise at Li's reaction.

The leader was a cautious man, and he had been observing them all along. So, he naturally noticed that something was wrong with Guard Li.

Li Huwei's movements remained largely unchanged, but his current mental state was completely different from his previous weak appearance; he was practically a different person.

This enormous change was something that even Guard Li himself hadn't noticed.

Li, the bodyguard, is currently sitting cross-legged on the ground with his eyes closed, trying to recover as soon as possible so that he can better protect Jiang Xian and reunite with Liu, the bodyguard.

His face was no longer deathly pale, and his complexion began to become increasingly rosy, which truly puzzled the leader.

What exactly did Jiang Xian use on Li Huwei?
The core leader was also eager to know the answer to this question.

As a fellow martial artist, this was the first time he had ever witnessed such a scene.

He could hardly believe that a martial artist who was extremely weak and on the verge of death could recover to this extent in less than the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea.

This change in Li Huwei was something that the core leader had never seen before.

He had never seen anyone, or even any martial artist, recover to such a degree in such a short time.

Although Li Huwei had not yet stood up and was still sitting cross-legged on the ground, he still felt that he was completely different from his previous weak state.

Li Huwei's entire recovery process was incredibly fast.

Seeing how quickly Li Huwei recovered, the leader was now even starting to doubt himself.

Earlier, he saw Jiang Xian ride his horse to Li Huwei's side, and he also saw Jiang Xian seemingly extend a hand to hand something to Li Huwei, who then tilted his head back and ate it.

But what exactly those things were, the core leader didn't know.

Even though he saw the changes in Li Huwei before him, he still couldn't believe that such a miraculous medicine existed in the world.

In his understanding, even if such a miraculous medicine truly existed, it would never appear at the level of martial artists like them; such resources should only be accessible to cultivators.

However, even if Jiang Xian really did use something on Guard Li, or used some method he didn't understand, to make Guard Li recover so quickly, he still didn't believe that Jiang Xian and his group could have access to such drugs.

It's likely that the families who have access to such medicines are far more powerful than ordinary wealthy families in a medium-sized state like Qizhou.

If Jiang Xian truly gave Li Huwei such a drug or cast some strange spell on him, then the main character can boldly speculate that the families of Jiang Xian, Li Huwei, and Liu Huwei, who are still waiting for their return in the distance, are very likely connected with cultivators.

This would be a huge problem for the core leader.

A Heavenly Rank martial artist is already outmatched by the core leader, let alone a martial artist who might have cultivators behind them.

Thinking of this, he looked at Guard Li again, and Guard Li's condition seemed rather strange to him. Guard Li was sitting cross-legged, and after fighting with the steward, he was too weak to stand up.

He is currently resting with his eyes closed, sitting cross-legged on the ground, not showing any movement.

Seeing the scene before him, the leader couldn't understand whether Li was quietly adjusting his state, meditating, or whether Li was circulating something unknown and unfamiliar to him within his body.

Jiang Xian didn't pay much attention to the gaze of the leader.

Jiang Xian knew that someone who had fallen to such a state of being the backbone of the organization would naturally have to be more calculating if he wanted to extricate himself from this predicament.

Only by constantly trying to gain more for oneself can one have the possibility of escaping and shaking off him and Li the bodyguard.

Putting himself in their shoes, Jiang Xian could understand all of this and was not disgusted by the leader's observations and calculations. At the same time, he did not think that the leader's delaying tactics were a cunning move.

Faced with life and death, the desire to survive is a natural human instinct, and this is also true for the backbone of the family. Even if he is not a good person, he still has the instinct to live.

However, if Jiang Xianzhen is indeed a low-level martial artist, or not a martial artist at all, as the leader suspected, then the leader's only chance to escape has already been missed.

Perhaps this is the kind of caution that the core leader possesses.

He couldn't escape at all, and the scenario he envisioned didn't match reality.

Jiang Xian was not at all like the low-level martial artist or an ordinary person he had guessed. She was a high-level Heaven-rank martial artist whose strength far surpassed that of the core Earth-rank martial artist.

Therefore, the core leader is someone you can't escape no matter what.

The leader guessed that Jiang Xian and his two guards must have a significant background, and even suspected that they might have cultivators helping them. However, he did not believe that the three of them came from a family far superior to the major families in Qizhou.

Although he didn't know how many trump cards Jiang Xian still had, the families with cultivators were all well-known and reputable, but he hadn't heard of any movement from the families in the nearby states.

Furthermore, the number of powerful families in the surrounding states is already limited. If we add the requirement of having a cultivator background, then there are even fewer powerful families with such backgrounds.

Therefore, he believed that Jiang Xian and the other two had accidentally obtained some extraordinary things, but he didn't really believe that they had a cultivator backing them up.

Excluding the nearby states, it's likely that even large families from more distant places wouldn't dare to travel so freely as Jiang Xian and his two companions.

Therefore, the core leader judged that Jiang Xian and the other two were trying to mislead him.

He was almost certain that Jiang Xian and the other two were from a middle-class family in a nearby state that kept some martial artists at home.

In fact, the core leader's guess was also somewhat off-target due to being misled by Li Huwei's condition.

How could Jiang Xian and his two companions possibly have any connection with cultivators? Even in the entire Yingzhou, how many families could possibly have any connection with cultivators?

Not to mention having cultivators backing them up, even having cultivators assist or lend a hand to the Jiang family would have relieved their immediate crisis.

If they could truly establish connections with cultivators, why would the Jiang family have fallen to such a state?
His strong sense of self makes him both cautious and sometimes indecisive.

It's true that you should plan before you act, but if you just observe like a strategist, you're more likely to miss the opportunity to escape.

Of course, gambling may result in the worst outcome immediately, but if you think it through carefully, although it is difficult to get the desired result quickly and painfully like winning a gamble, it is ultimately a safer method.

After considering and observing various aspects, the outcome is unlikely to be the worst possible result.

As the main figure pondered these thoughts, in a moment of distraction, Guard Li, who was sitting cross-legged, made a slight movement.

Li, the guard, slowly opened his eyes, and the scene before him was brighter than he had imagined.

For those who have been in darkness, lost their light, and endured suffering to regain their sight, this light is naturally much more precious than the light they could have obtained so easily and effortlessly before.

Of course, all of this wouldn't have been possible without the help of the bright moon hanging high in the sky.

He stretched his muscles and bones on the spot, but he never expected that his strength would recover so quickly.

This result surprised even him greatly.

(End of this chapter)