Chapter Fourteen: Fighting

  Everyone, save it, I'm in tears!

  Those disciples who had paid the money originally thought that nothing would happen, but they didn't expect the older disciples in front of them to continue beating them without mercy. Some of the disciples couldn't bear this and felt extremely wronged in their hearts, thinking "we've already paid the money, why are we still being beaten?" At this time, they had already been kicked to the ground and were being trampled by those older disciples. The more they thought about it, the more wronged they felt, and finally shouted out loud:

  "We've already paid, why should we be beaten?"

  Hahaha...

  The younger disciples burst out laughing, and their feet stomped even more vigorously. Meanwhile, in a pavilion near the grand hall, several teachers were sipping tea by the window and gazing towards the entrance of the grand hall. Among them was the middle-aged teacher who had just given a lesson to Xu Ziyuan and her companions.

  "Min Ge, it seems that these new disciples are going to lose another layer of skin today!" a slightly younger person said to the teacher who was teaching Xu Ziyuan and others.

  "This is also nothing wrong, let them know shame and then be brave."

  "Huh?" The slightly younger person was taken aback, then chuckled and said: "Meng Ge, your attitude today is not right! Didn't you used to dislike those older disciples bullying the new ones?"

  "Hmm, it's not right for senior disciples to bully junior ones. However, if the junior disciple doesn't strive to improve, then teaching her a lesson might not be a bad thing either."

  "Huh?"

  This sparked interest in others, and someone hastily asked: "Has anyone offended you?"

  "Hmph, a little girl who doesn't know the height of the sky or the thickness of the earth." The face of that Min Ge at this time was even longer, his whole face gloomy and said:

  "While I was lecturing, she was looking around distractedly. When I finished speaking, all the other disciples were contemplating and comprehending, but only she was glancing around restlessly. If such a disciple is not taught a lesson, how can there be even the slightest progress?"

  "Which one did you say?"

  "It's that little girl wearing blue clothes standing on the steps of the grand hall."

  Everyone on the attic looked at Xu Ziyuan, and at this time, in front of the main hall, those old disciples who heard the new disciple shouting grievances laughed loudly after they brutally cleaned up those disciples who had paid money, then raised their heads to look at the remaining new disciples who did not pay. Zhang shouted wildly:

  "Listen up, today us old brothers are going to teach you new brothers a lesson. We not only want your money, but also want to beat you guys up badly, so you know the rules. Come on, all of you come over here voluntarily, one by one, and kneel down, lift up your butt for me."

  The remaining new disciples all looked flustered, the ones who had paid first were from relatively well-off families and could afford to pay some money. The rest of these new disciples were children from poor families in their clans. Where would they get the money to give to the older disciples? Even if their families managed to scrape together a little, it was all they had saved up, so at first they hesitated and didn't go out to hand over the money to those older disciples.

  Nowadays, seeing that even if they pay money, they still have to be beaten, they are even more reluctant to hand over their hard-earned savings. They also have the heart to want to resist, but seeing the other party's cultivation, they are clearly not the opponent's match. Thinking of being humiliated by the other party, a look of fear appears on their face. Those old disciples see the look of fear on their faces and feel even more comfortable in their hearts, and can't help but laugh even louder.

  Standing beside Xu Ziyuan, Xu Li, Xu Tienniu, Xu Ling and Xu Dezhong were also full of panic, especially Xu Li. Thinking that as a girl, she had to kneel on the ground and lift her buttocks high, she felt like dying in her heart, and her face was already pale. Only Xu Ziyuan and Xu Qingshuang's faces were very calm.

  Xu Ziyuan's calmness was due to her own high cultivation, which surpassed that of the older disciples, and she wasn't afraid of them. Her only concern was revealing her true cultivation. Xu Qingshuang, on the other hand, had a personality like ice, with no change in expression on her face. However, just because there was no change on her face didn't mean she wasn't furious inside. When she heard that they wanted her to kneel down and even lift up her butt, Xu Qingshuang couldn't hold back her anger and scolded:

  “**！”

  "Oh?"

  Everyone in the scene turned their heads and looked over to the direction of the grand hall entrance, all wanting to see who had shouted out those two words.

  Everyone heard it was a woman's voice, so everyone's eyes were scanning back and forth on Xu Ziyuan, Xu Qingshuang and Xu Li.

  "Ah!"

  An old disciple smiled and gazed at Xu Ziyuan and the other two with a dazed expression, saying:

  "Actually, there were three of you, come on, hurry up, lift your butts, let me take a couple of pictures, and I won't ask for your money."

  "Hahaha..." A group of younger brothers laughed loudly, and someone shouted: "Come on, come to brother's place, brother won't hit your butt, just let brother touch your chest."

  Hahaha...

  Xu Qingxue's small face was pale and cold, and at this moment it became even more pitiful. As soon as she took a step forward, she wanted to rush over recklessly. Xu Ziyuan let out a sigh in her heart, thinking that if you go over there, won't you just end up being humiliated? After exchanging blows with Xu Qingxue, Xu Ziyuan had developed a bit of a good impression towards this girl who was cold and proud on the outside but strong-willed on the inside. Moreover, Xu Ziyuan's own heart was clear that today she definitely couldn't avoid it, and there was no other way except to make a move. So as soon as she saw Xu Qingxue's body move, she stretched out her hand and grabbed her arm, pulling her behind her back.

  Xu Qingxue was pulled behind by Xu Ziyuan, her expression stunned for a moment, and then her eyes revealed excitement. In the last encounter with Professor Xu Ziyuan, she saw that Xu Ziyuan did not use his full strength and did not test the depth of Xu Ziyuan's abilities. Now seeing Xu Ziyuan about to make a move, her heart couldn't help but feel excited.

  Xu Ziyuan slowly walked down the steps, heading forward. Xu Qingshuo followed closely behind without hesitation, and Xu Li, Xu Tie Niu, Xu Ling, and Xu Dezhong hesitated for a moment before also following closely behind Xu Ziyuan's back as they walked down the steps. At this time, these people had already calmed down in their hearts. They saw Xu Ziyuan bravely standing up, and they felt that since they couldn't avoid it today, they might as well not suffer humiliation and get beaten, even if they couldn't beat the old master, they should resist a bit.

  "Huh? Ming Ge, the little girl you were talking about has come out, what is she going to do?"

  "Hmph, no idea whether he's dead or alive!" Ming Ge coldly snorted.

  Xu Ziyuan slowly walked forward, and the new disciples in front of her scattered to both sides, all staring at Xu Ziyuan with surprised eyes. Xu Ziyuan calmly passed through the new disciples and arrived in front of the older disciples, without stopping, still walking forward at the same speed, coldly uttering two words:

  "Get out of the way!"

  “**……”

  "Bang!"

  A loud slap, the old apprentice standing in front of Xu Ziyuan who shouted "**" was slapped on the face by Xu Ziyuan, his body quickly spinning around in a circle, then swaying twice, and actually fell backwards with a "thud", losing consciousness.

  "Hiss~~"

  A collective gasp of shock echoed through the crowd. The new disciples were still okay, but those older disciples knew what kind of cultivation the person who had been slapped unconscious by Xu Ziyun was - he was a cultivator at the eighth layer of the acquired realm, and yet he had been slapped unconscious by Xu Ziyun.

  But when they opened their eyes and saw that Xu Ziyuan was only at the sixth layer of Houtian, they felt a sense of relief in their hearts, thinking that the disciple had let his guard down and been caught off guard by Xu Ziyuan. And so, a young man who was also at the eighth layer of Houtian walked up to Xu Ziyuan.

  Actually, just now on the steps, Xu Ziyuan had already seen clearly the cultivation of these older brothers in front of her, and there wasn't anyone with extremely high cultivation. The strongest ones were only at the ninth layer of acquired cultivation, and the weakest was at the sixth layer of acquired cultivation. Xu Ziyuan's heart once doubted, could it be that the strongest disciple in the outer sect of the family was only at the ninth layer of acquired cultivation?

  As she saw the young man approaching, Xu Ziyuan's footsteps did not stop, and she continued to walk forward slowly. She knew that this time, the disciple in front of her must have made preparations and would not let herself be knocked unconscious with just one slap, unless she used her true strength.

  However, this was not what Xu Ziyuan wanted to do. Moreover, she also wanted to verify the basic knowledge that had been integrated in the great hall just now. So, Xu Ziyuan controlled her cultivation at the peak of the sixth layer of the acquired realm and faced the young man opposite her.

  The two people quickly closed the distance, and the young man opposite suddenly jumped up, soaring into the air. In mid-air, his body rapidly spun around, a whip-like leg swinging horizontally towards Xu Ziyuan's chest.

  Xu Ziyuan took a step forward, stretching out one finger to point at the youth's ankle. The youth quickly withdrew his foot and hooked his body in mid-air, stretching out a hand with fingers spread like an eagle's claw, grasping towards Xu Ziyuan's face.

  Xu Ziyuan's right hand flipped over, like golden threads wrapping around her wrist, and wrapped around the young man's wrist. The young man changed his claws to fists, and one punch blasted towards Xu Ziyuan. At the same time, Xu Ziyuan flipped her palm over, changing it into a fist, and countered the young man's punch with a blast of her own.

  "Boom!"

  The fists of the two people collided, and the young man's body paused, falling from mid-air. Xǔ Zǐyān, on the other hand, stumbled backward for two steps, but quickly stopped, with no change in her expression.

  Xu Ziyuan suppressed her cultivation to the sixth layer of Houtian, but after all, she was a cultivator at the second layer of Lianqi period, and the true energy in her body naturally protected Xu Ziyuan very well. So later, although her cultivation at the sixth layer of Houtian could not repel that young man at the eighth layer of Houtian, she herself would not suffer any damage either.

  That young man saw that Xu Ziyuan had only retreated two steps, seemingly without suffering any damage. His eyes narrowed and he became vigilant in his heart. Could it be that she wasn't at the Sixth Layer of Post-Heaven cultivation? No, she was indeed at the Sixth Layer of Post-Heaven cultivation! But how could someone with a Sixth Layer Post-Heaven cultivation withstand a single blow from his own Eighth Layer Post-Heaven cultivation?

  But when he felt the gaze around him, a wave of shame and anger surged up in his heart. His full-strength blow couldn't defeat a new disciple who was only at the sixth level of the Outer Sect. How could he still mix with others in the Outer Sect? Without hesitation, his right foot stomped on the ground, and his body shot towards Xu Ziyuan like an arrow leaving its bowstring.