Secluded Cultivation

After that day, Yi Xuan became the nominal Sect Protector of the Azure Cloud Sect.

Why is it described as nominal?

Because Yi Xuan's master began the process of abdicating after advancing to the Nascent Soul, while Xiao Anhe had reached a consensus with the Law Enforcement Elders half a year ago to pass on the position of sect leader to the Law Enforcement Elders and their branch.

As a result, Cui Yan naturally became the new sect leader. After all, during the more than half a year that Xiao Anhe was in seclusion, the law enforcement elder had been grooming him to be the sect leader.

As for Yi Xuan becoming Sect Protector, that can only be announced by Cui Yan after he becomes the sect leader.

But Yi Xuan wasn't in a hurry.

A lot has happened in the past month.

First, the three Nascent Soul from the Azure Cloud Sect traveled together to the location of the Gazing Immortal Sect half a month after the Wangxian Gazing Immortal Sect left.

The Nascent Soul expert whom the Gazing Immortal Sect had invited to help had already left.

Faced with three Nascent Soul Nascent Soul from the Azure Cloud Sect, Liu Xun, the sect leader of the Gazing Immortal Sect, had no choice but to reluctantly agree to the various unequal demands made by the Enforcement Elder.

Of course, only a few high-ranking members of the sect knew the specifics of these requirements. Yi Xuan had asked his master about them out of curiosity, but his master just smiled and shook his head.

After the three Nascent Soul Nascent Soul returned from the Gazing Immortal Sect, the sect began preparing for the handover ceremony of the sect leader.

Another half month later, Cui Yan received the sword representing his status as the sect leader from Xiao Anhe.

From that day on, Cui Yan became the leader of the Azure Mountain Sect. Xiao Anhe and Li Yuntai also naturally became the sect's other two Supreme Elders.

Later, at Cui Yan's inauguration ceremony, in front of everyone, Cui Yan Yi Xuan had become the Sect Protector.

Upon hearing this news, the disciples below were outraged. They could not understand why Yi Xuan, Rootless Person, could become Sect Protector on par with the sect elders.

Strangely, none of the Golden Core True Person in the sect remained silent, and several even rushed forward to congratulate Yi Xuan upon hearing the news that he had become Sect Protector.

The elders' actions silenced the disciples who were Qi Ingestion with Yi Xuan.

No one knew what had happened or why Sect Protector who could threaten the position of a sect elder had appeared. Surprisingly, those high-ranking elders were not angry; instead, they stepped forward to offer their congratulations in a very amicable manner.

Little did these disciples know that the newly appointed Sect Protector, who claimed to be Rootless Person, was a ruthless individual capable of killing five Golden Core True Person in an instant!

Given Yi Xuan's achievements, even if the elders in the sect were somewhat dissatisfied with his selection as a protector, they dared not show it. After all, they still vividly remembered the deaths of the five Golden Core cultivators from the Gazing Immortal Sect.

After Yi Xuan became Sect Protector, the people who were truly afraid were not the elders of the sect who were at the Golden Core Realm, but those who had mocked and ridiculed him after Yi Xuan was determined to be Rootless Person.

They worried that Yi Xuan would hold a grudge and use his newly appointed position as Sect Protector to make things difficult for them.

If Yi Xuan knew what these people were thinking, he would definitely cry foul. He couldn't even remember who had mocked him back then, so why would he retaliate?

After Yi Xuan became Sect Protector, it was as if he had disappeared from everyone's sight. Even Mu Anqing and Fatty Lin, who were close to him, could not find any trace of Yi Xuan.

Each time he visited, Liang Shi told him that his master was in seclusion.

That's right, Yi Xuan is indeed in seclusion.

Since Yi Xuan's secret chamber was destroyed by Nascent Soul expert, Yi Xuan has been determined to accelerate the pace of technological research and development.

After that incident, Yi Xuan even consulted his master.

It was finally confirmed from Xiao Anhe's words that cultivators could sense the dynamics of radio waves once they entered the Nascent Soul stage. This explained why Yi Xuan's secret chamber could be accurately located by the Nascent Soul ancestor of the Gazing Immortal Sect.

Yi Xuan didn't want to experience again the feeling of facing an attack from Nascent Soul expert and having no choice but to run for his life.

Yi Xuan hoped that he would be able to put up some resistance when facing Nascent Soul expert.

This is also the purpose of Yi Xuan's seclusion this time.

In the previous six months, Yi Xuan's research capabilities had indeed improved many times over.

This is precisely why Yi Xuan has made almost no breakthroughs in weaponry. To this day, his strongest weapon remains the Barrett, which is why Yi Xuan cannot face Nascent Soul experts.

In Yi Xuan's mind, the Barrett was already the pinnacle of firearms. If he wanted to obtain weapons with even greater power, he would have to start with artillery.

There is a fundamental difference between Nascent Soul experts and Golden Core Realm experts, as can be seen from the footage captured by No. 01 earlier.

Compared to Golden Core cultivator, Nascent Soul expert far surpasses the Golden Core Realm stage in terms of attack power, defense, speed, and True Essence density.

This is why the Barrett, which is clearly very effective against the Golden Core Realm cultivators, is like a toy when facing Nascent Soul Realm cultivators.

After staring blankly at the screen for a long time, Yi Xuan decided to try a different approach.

So what if we develop a powerful cannon?

Its power might be enough to threaten Nascent Soul Cultivator.

But Nascent Soul Cultivator are not sitting ducks; they won't just stand there waiting to be hit by artillery fire.

Given the speed of Nascent Soul cultivators, they could easily dodge artillery shells, let alone missiles.

Therefore, after much deliberation, Yi Xuan decided to develop a laser weapon.

These weapons are characterized by speed, flexibility, and precision. With some improvements made by Yi Xuan in this cultivation world, it's possible that a weapon capable of threatening Nascent Soul Cultivator could eventually be created.

The order to develop laser weapons was quickly issued by No. 01.

Yi Xuan stood in front of the large screen, watching as No. 01 was using the other five computers to jointly generate a design for the laser weapon.

An hour later, a 3D model of a laser emitter was projected onto the large screen.

Looking at the laser emitter in front of him, which was larger than the entire room, Youxian fell into deep thought.

"No. 01, were my requirements not clear enough?"

"Boss, your requirements are very clear. This is the laser emitter built according to your specifications!"

Didn't I tell you it had to be miniaturized?

"Yes, boss, this is already the result of miniaturization!"

As they spoke, a simulation of the laser emitter firing at a Nascent Soul Cultivator appeared on the screen.

Suddenly, the Nascent Soul Cultivator on the screen was struck by a laser beam two meters in diameter. In just 0.01 seconds, the Nascent Soul Cultivator was reduced to ashes as if he were in the center of a nuclear explosion.

This is the result of being irradiated by the ultra-high-power laser weapon designed by No. 01.

Seeing this result, Yi Xuan suddenly realized that miniaturization wasn't important at all; bigger had its advantages!