Chapter 68: The Aftermath

Because of the demonic cultivator incident, the various sects departed quickly this time.

To avoid prolonging the risk, they didn’t intend to stay long in this training ground.

Even though the demonic cultivators had wasted a lot of time failing to quickly find the sect disciples, many still died.

This time, a total of 269 disciples entered the valley for the assessment. When they came out, only 183 remained.

The casualties among the supervising elders and disciples were even more severe.

As for the demonic cultivators, they had killed eight of them.

When Song Zhiyou heard this number from Li Xiaoye, she couldn’t help clicking her tongue.

That meant there were only eight demonic cultivators in total, and she had encountered two.

And that was after she had carefully chosen two escape routes.

What kind of terrible luck was this?

Inside the Xuantian Sect’s flying artifact, a group of newly selected disciples sat together, chattering.

Among them were many who had been both tricked and saved by Song Zhiyou.

At this moment, their feelings toward her were extremely complicated.

Over the past two days, several versions of the story about Song Zhiyou saving people had circulated among them.

One widely spread version was that Song Zhiyou had deliberately acted recklessly to distract the Azure Fang Wolves, inadvertently helping them avoid the demonic cultivators’ slaughter.

Another widely spread version was that Song Zhiyou had long discovered the demonic cultivators’ traces but, fearing they wouldn’t believe her, had chosen to sacrifice herself for the greater good.

She had bravely and fearlessly provoked the Azure Fang Wolf pack to chase them, forcing everyone to leave and thus escape the demonic cultivators’ attack.

Because of these two versions, many disciples had even argued.

One side believed Song Zhiyou was not a good person, as seen from how she had swindled their spirit stones, and that she had definitely saved them by pure chance.

The other side, through inside information, learned that Song Zhiyou had actually passed the assessment long ago and had resolutely returned to the examination grounds, inevitably sensing something and acting selflessly for a just cause.

The two sides argued fiercely over this, yet… no one dared to ask the person directly involved.

After all, two points were universally acknowledged by that round’s assessment participants.

First, Song Zhiyou had given them clear and diverse escape routes, allowing most of them to avoid the demonic cultivators.

Second, and more importantly, Song Zhiyou was a fearless outlaw who must never be provoked.

Now, the few who had entered the Xuantian Sect learned that Song Zhiyou had become their fellow disciple, and they couldn’t help discussing further.

Lin Yue was among them, still somewhat dazed.

His luck along the way hadn’t been good. Several times he had tried to kill demonic beasts but failed.

However… in the end, he got lucky and stumbled upon a severely injured first-grade upper-tier demonic beast, killing it and thus becoming a Xuantian Sect disciple amid the chaos.

Of the Lin family, only three survived this trial, and he was one of them.

Song Zhiyou, however, had become the absolute center of attention for everyone.

Only then did Lin Yue realize how accurate his uncle’s words had been.

“What are you fellow cultivators chatting about?”

Song Zhiyou and her group approached, and they immediately stopped their previous discussion.

“N-nothing.”

Song Zhiyou felt their eyes were evasive, which struck her as very strange.

Little did she know, it was all because of her.

Her gaze swept across the crowd.

This time, the Xuantian Sect had selected eighteen people from the second round of assessment.

Now they were all gathered here.

But… the younger ones weren’t seen.

Just then, the group happened to bring them up.

“I heard those younger ones have already headed to the sect and don’t have to participate in those assessments. How enviable…”

“Yeah, they don’t have to risk their lives like we do.”

“What’s there to envy? They’re still little kids, unlike us, who are already adults.”

Hearing this, everyone turned to look at the speaker.

And there they saw Nangong Hehe sitting cross-legged, speaking without self-awareness.

Everyone agreed and nodded.

“Fellow cultivator Nangong is right. We are indeed adults now and shouldn’t compare ourselves with those children.”

“Yes, yes. Earlier I felt it was unfair, but after what Fellow Cultivator Nangong said, it’s like being awakened.”

Nangong Hehe raised her head. “Of course.”

Song Zhiyou watched these kids, barely in their teens, speaking with serious faces, and fell silent for a moment.

She couldn’t help wiping her face, suppressing a laugh after a long while.

Hearing them talk about the children who had already returned to the sect, Song Zhiyou frowned.

Since the demonic cultivators had attacked their batch of candidates, could they… spare those younger children?

Their plan was to eradicate the seeds of the righteous path…

Song Zhiyou’s heart pounded, and she wasn’t sure.

The demonic cultivators could take advantage of the night to ambush the scattered guards and candidates in the valley.

But they might not necessarily attack the group returning to the sect together.

Then again, those responsible for bringing back the children were only a few elders and disciples, and those children were even more defenseless than they were.

Would the demonic cultivators really not act?

Song Zhiyou’s brows knitted into a knot. Just then, Lu Wangshu walked over.

“Everyone, you probably already know me, but now I’ll reintroduce myself. I am the twenty-third generation chief disciple of Zhanxiao Peak, Lu Wangshu. You can call me Senior Sister Lu or Senior Sister.”

“Since the elder is busy, today I will teach you the Xuantian Sect’s core techniques on her behalf.”

“During these days on the way back to the sect, you must not slack off.”

Hearing this, the crowd instantly began whooping.

The next second, a fierce sword intent rose from Lu Wangshu, and the entire commotion came to a halt.

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