Chapter Thirty-Two: Sudden Enlightenment

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  "Come on, brothers in the inner courtyard, don't let those in the outer courtyard outdo you!"

  Xu Jin's loud shout stirred up the competitive spirit of the inner disciples.

  "Kill!"

  The inner disciples suddenly shouted, and suddenly urged the potential in their bodies. Several demon beasts were beheaded under the sword. Half an hour later, under the joint efforts of the inner and outer disciples, all the demon beasts were finally completely killed.

  Originally, the outer disciples had no status to speak of in front of the inner disciples. After killing the demonic beasts, it was always the outer disciples who cleaned up the battlefield, dividing up the useful parts of the beasts' bodies and handing them over to the inner disciples. As for how much the outer disciples could get, that depended on the mood of the inner disciples.

  But this time, the outer disciples made a lot of contributions, and the inner disciples also knew that if they didn't have the outer disciples, they wouldn't have won so easily, not even one person was injured. So, this time the inner disciples not only didn't order the outer disciples to clean up the battlefield, but instead took the initiative to start cleaning up the battlefield themselves.

  Seeing the inner disciples taking the initiative, the outer disciples couldn't help but show respect to those who were their equals. In front of the inner disciples, they didn't dare to be arrogant, let alone that most of the demons were killed by the inner disciples. It can be said bluntly that if there were no inner disciples, these outer disciples would only wait for death. So they also rushed to the front of the demon and started cleaning up.

  Only Xu Ziyuan didn't move, instead she slightly furrowed her brow, thought for a moment, and walked straight to Xu Jin's side, saying in a soft voice:

  "Brother Xu Jin!"

  "Huh?"

  Xu Jin was collecting a demon beast, and upon hearing the sound, he lifted his head to see Xu Ziyuan standing in front of him. He had already seen that it was Xu Ziyuan who was commanding those outer sect disciples, but he didn't know her name. As a forty-something-year-old cultivator at the fifth level of the Qi Refining stage and an inner sect disciple, there was no need for him to know the name of an outer sect disciple, right?

  However, he has now witnessed Xu Ziyuan's command ability, especially Xu Ziyuan's reaction ability. In the instant after the Fu Lu exploded, only Xu Ziyuan rushed out and killed dozens of demon beasts in an instant. Imagine if there was no Xu Ziyuan's quick reaction to kill those dozens of demon beasts, what would be the consequences of having dozens more demon beasts in the later battle?

  So, at this time, Xu Jin did not regard Xu Ziyuan as a young girl from another courtyard. Although he didn't raise Xu Ziyuan to the same level as himself, he had a certain respect for her in his heart. He stopped what he was doing and stood up straight, speaking warmly to Xu Ziyuan:

  "What should I call this junior sister?"

  "Responding to Brother's words, I am Little Sister Xu Ziyanyan."

  "Oh, Ziyan, what brings you to me?" Xu Jin didn't waste any more words. He was already giving Xu Ziyuan face by being able to speak with her and Yan Yuese.

  "It's like this, Senior Brother Xu Jin. I think we'd better not collect the corpses of these demonic beasts. This great battle has depleted our vital energy, and some people have been injured. Most importantly, we don't know when the next wave of demonic beasts will arrive. Shouldn't we immediately regroup?"

  After hearing Xu Ziyuan's words, Xu Jin immediately reacted and silently scolded himself for being muddled. After this big battle, even he, with the highest cultivation, had his true yuan depleted by about 70-80%, let alone the other disciples. If they were still here collecting the demon beasts' corpses instead of meditating to recover at this time, once the next wave of demon beasts arrived quickly, then they would really be left with no choice but to wait for death.

  Thinking of this, Xu Jin couldn't help but feel admiration for Xu Ziyuan, and added a hint of respect in his heart, softly saying to Xu Ziyuan:

  "Thank you!"

  Xu Ziyuan hastily waved her hand and repeatedly said she didn't dare. Xu Jin nodded and turned to shout at everyone:

  "Don't bother with those beast corpses anymore, immediately return to the mountain slope to rest and adjust your breath, prepare to meet the next wave of beast attacks!"

  "Yes!"

  The disciples heard the order of Xu Jin and immediately reacted. They immediately threw down the demon beasts in their hands and quickly returned to the mountain slope. As soon as they returned to the mountain slope, everyone immediately entered a state of meditation. Xu Ziyuan saw that Xu Tie Niu and other injured disciples had already taken out the medicinal pills distributed by the family to start treatment, so she did not take out her own refined medicinal pills. Although her own refined medicinal pills were certainly better than those in the hands of the disciples, Xu Ziyuan did not want to expose herself, so she just swallowed a Spirit-Enhancing Pill and entered meditation.

  Among these people, Xu Ziyuan consumed the least. She was originally a second-layer cultivator in the Refining Qi period, and she was with the outer sect disciples together, each time only dealing with five demon beasts, so she didn't consume much true yuan. In just a moment, she recovered all her true yuan.

  Opening her eyes, she saw that the others were still there meditating, only Xu Jin stood at a high place on the mountain slope, vigilant, with fatigue all over his face. Xu Ziyuan knew that Xu Jin was afraid of the sudden attack of the demon beast and was protecting everyone, and the gaze towards Xu Jin revealed respect.

  She got up and quietly walked towards Xu Jin. Xu Jin immediately felt the movement behind him, turned his head abruptly and looked over, seeing that it was Xu Ziyuan walking over, he let out a light breath and put down his hanging heart, giving Xu Ziyuan a warm smile.

  Xu Ziyuan walked up to Xu Jin and said softly, "Brother Xu Jin, you go adjust your breath, I'll take over the vigil."

  Xu Jin unexpectedly glanced at Xu Ziyuan and asked in a low voice, "Have you finished adjusting your breath?"

  "En!" Xu Ziyuan nodded lightly and said: "The disciples of our outer sect originally didn't consume as much as the disciples of your inner sect, so I recovered quickly. You go and adjust your breath, who knows when the demon beast will come again."

  "Hmm!"

  Xu Jin also stopped being polite, he was indeed extremely exhausted, and thinking about when the next wave of demonic beasts would come, he lost interest in chatting, and only said to Xu Ziyuan "Be careful!", then hurried back to the mountain slope to enter a state of meditation.

  Xu Ziyuan stood alone on the high ground, looking up at the night sky and wondering if the ten outer disciples who were with Xu Lin were still alive or dead. Thinking of this, her heart felt a pang of sadness, and she let out a soft sigh.

  Looking down at the mountain slope, it's empty and desolate, with corpses of ferocious beasts scattered all over. Everything is eerily quiet, while snowflakes continue to flutter in the sky, but the wind has died down a lot. The snowflakes dance and swirl, like elves under the night sky, performing a beautiful dance.

  A snowflake landed on Xu Ziyuan's face, gradually melting into water and flowing down her cheeks. Another snowflake fell on her face, one after another, constantly melting into water, like a small stream flowing.

  Xu Ziyanyan suddenly felt a shock in her heart, water! Ice!

  Three states of water: liquid! solid! gas!

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