When I take my cultivation to the extreme

Chapter 22 Doubt
Li Fan already had some inferences.

Xu Xinzhi is a monk in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, and she and the man in black with a goatee who are also in the Foundation Establishment stage can't subdue Xiang Xiao, which only shows that the latter is stronger.

In the cabin above him, a cold snort from the woman in white made Xiang Xiao vomit blood.

From this comparison, the state of the woman in white is no longer in the late stage of foundation building, but should be...

Jindan period?
When Li Fan came to this conclusion, his breathing became faster.

As a monk in the golden elixir stage, Li Fan only heard about it through word of mouth and the legendary notes popular among the monks.

As for the real living Golden Core monks, Li Fan had never seen any of them with his own eyes.

As far as Li Fan knew, there was not a single Golden Core cultivator in the entire Falling Star Islands.

According to Li Fan's uncle, the concentration of spiritual energy here in the Falling Star Islands is too low, and there are only some scattered spiritual veins, the highest of which is only third level. Such environmental resources cannot produce golden elixir stage monks.

People who have reached this level are all in those major sects.

As for those sects and their locations, they are all hidden in the mountains and rivers, and rarely interact with the outside world. Even the name of the sect and the location of the mountain gate are secrets in the Luo Xing Islands, not to mention how to get there. .

If it weren't for the fact that monks from major sects would occasionally show up on the Luo Xing Islands, give out some tasks, and have occasional contacts with the cultivation world of the archipelago, I am afraid that such major sects would almost become legends.

Li Fan now guessed the possible identity of the woman in white in the cabin above.

When Xiang Xiao attacked, if the woman in white had not used some powerful magic weapon, but had used her own power to make Xiang Xiao injured and vomit blood, then she must be a sect monk at the Golden Core stage.

I just don’t know how to get along with the Xu family.

Li Fan suddenly remembered the conversation he heard from the Xu family in the inner city of Dragon Scale Island.

The Xu family seems to have some contact with an immortal cultivating sect called Wandaomen.

Connecting like this...

Li Fan suddenly realized that he was a little more sure of the identity of the woman in white.

Just after the woman in white took action, she immediately coughed a few times. She was probably injured.

That way, everything makes sense.

The possibility of this speculation is very high.

Li Fan felt more at peace.

If the woman in white is really the suspected identity, then she really won't pay too much attention to Li Fan's true cultivation level as a monk in the Qi Refining Stage. At most, she just finds it a bit interesting.

Li Fan didn't want to explore the truth about her identity.

It's smart to guess, but it's stupid to investigate after saying it.

That's not something Li Fan should care about in his current state.

After Li Fan thought about it clearly, he felt refreshed.

He closed the window, closed his eyes and sat on the bed, recalling the scene of the monks fighting just now.

Xiang Xiao failed to attack the Xu Family Treasure Ship, but Li Fan gained some knowledge and saw what kind of strength the foundation-building monks had and how they fought.

Li Fan silently compared the strength between himself and the monks he saw in his mind, and deduced in his mind how he could protect himself and have a better chance of winning if he was a fighter.

...

One day has passed since the Xiang family raided.

The Xu family took stock of the battlefield conditions that day.

One of the Xu family guards was seriously injured and two were slightly injured. Fortunately, none of them were fatal. The seriously injured ones could be saved with elixirs.

There is no shortage of elixirs on Xu Jiabao's ship.

The Xiang family suffered a great loss. Four people died. After examining the corpses retrieved from the sea, it was determined that three of them were at the tenth level of Qi refining stage, and one was at the eleventh level of Qi refining stage.With such strength, even within the Xiang family, he is considered a master.

Not only did the Xiang family lose their children, but they also left behind four ethereal eagles. Those four ethereal eagles were collected by Xu Xinzhi together with the deceased's storage bag and magic weapon, and they planned to return to the Xu family's sphere of influence to dismantle, study, and imitate them. .

After the Xu family's seven-masted treasure ship was attacked, the wave-breaking formation on the treasure ship was fully activated, consuming twice as much spiritual stone as usual, and the speed was [-]% faster than before. It was completely out of the sea area that the Xiang family could influence.

No one from the Xiang family came after them, which made the people on the boat heave a sigh of relief.

The same is true for Li Fan.

He gained some knowledge yesterday and compared his own strength.

According to what Li Fan has observed, regardless of whether the other party has hidden magic weapons or trump cards, apart from Brother Goatbeard and Xu Xinzhi, every one of the guards on the Xu family's ship can be used against Li Fan no matter what they do. , they could not last more than five breaths in his hands.

Even Xiang Xiaona and others, if they were caught off guard and did not have time to activate the defensive magic weapon, Li Fan's sudden sneak attack would cause the opponent to be confused for a while.

With this understanding, Li Fan felt reassured.

What he felt before was not an illusion. If he really took action, he would have a huge advantage against almost all the monks in the Qi refining stage.

Li Fan felt much more relaxed.

But one day later, Li Fan felt something was wrong about yesterday's raid on the Xiang family.

Xiang Xiao arrived too suddenly.

The Xu family's treasure ship did not take a route through sea areas that the Xiang family could influence, but one of several optional routes.

The route of the treasure ship has not been made public, and there are several choices. Yesterday, it actually left the Xiang family's sphere of influence for a certain distance. How did Xiang Xiao achieve such accuracy? He caught up with him from this route, and he was still stuck in a comparison. At the precise time, he happened to be pursued?

To say it was pure luck is unconvincing.

It is impossible for the Xiang family to divide their troops in multiple places. Firstly, it would be a dispersion of forces, which is a taboo in facing the enemy. Secondly, it is impossible for the entire Xiang family to separately pursue or ambush the possible routes of each Xu family's treasure ship. , this treasure ship is not so important that the entire Xiang family can give up what they are doing to look for it.

This leads to another doubt.

And if it is said that the Xiang family accurately grasped the route of the treasure ship, then something does not make sense.

If the Xiang family really knew that the treasure ship must pass through this route, why not send more people to try to capture the treasure ship with certainty?

The Xu family sent two foundation-building masters to participate in the Lingcha Sea Market this time. Li Fan asked himself if he was the Xiang family and wanted to attack the treasure ship. Regardless of whether he knew the strength of the people on the treasure ship or not, sending Xiang Xiao alone would be too powerful. It's too thin. Not to mention sending out all the troops, at least three or four masters of foundation building are needed. At the worst, it is only reasonable to send out two fierce men, one owl and one tiger from the Xiang family.

Yesterday, Xiang Xiao attacked alone. It looked more like an encounter than a premeditated ambush.

However, this conflicts with the first doubt.

Xiang Xiao came suddenly and left suddenly. The whole process seemed normal, but after Li Fan analyzed it carefully, everything was strange.

Li Fan thought of this, but didn't say anything.

He is waiting.

There are many smart people among the monks in the Xu family, and some must have discovered something suspicious.

Li Fan also has secrets of his own. He doesn't want to be the one who stands out, but waits for other smart people to think of this before someone can't help but jump out first.

After all, it is about your own safety, and others may not be as patient as Li Fan.

...

Facts have proved that there is indeed no shortage of smart people on the treasure ship.

On this day, just after noon, Li Fan heard a noise on the deck.

He walked out of the cabin and came to the deck, where he saw more than [-] Xu family leaders from all walks of life questioning Xu Xinzhi on the deck.

(End of this chapter)