Chapter 14

Listen, everyone, collect this, I’m almost in tears!

Those disciples who had paid the money originally thought they were safe, but they didn’t expect the senior disciples to continue beating them. Some of the disciples couldn't bear it and felt extremely wronged, thinking to themselves, "We've already paid the money, why are you still beating us?" At this moment, they were already on the ground, being kicked by the senior disciples. The more they thought about it, the more wronged they felt, and finally, they shouted out loud:

"We've already paid the money, why are you still beating us?"

"Ha ha ha..."

The senior disciples burst into laughter, and their kicks became even more vigorous. At this time, on a pavilion near the main hall, several teachers were drinking tea by the window, looking towards the entrance of the main hall. Among them was the middle-aged teacher who had given a lesson to Xu Ziyun and the others.

"Brother Min, it looks like these new disciples will have to shed some skin today!" a slightly younger person said to the teacher who had given the lesson to Xu Ziyun.

"There's nothing wrong with that. It will make them more determined after they know their shame."

"Oh?" The slightly younger person was taken aback, then smiled lightly and said, "Brother Min, your attitude today is not right! Didn't you usually disapprove of senior disciples bullying new disciples?"

"Hmph, it's not right for senior disciples to bully new disciples. But if the new disciples don't strive for improvement, then a lesson might not be a bad thing."

"Oh?"

This piqued the interest of the others, and someone asked, "Did someone offend you?"

"Hmph, a little girl who doesn't know her place." Brother Min's face darkened, and he said, "She was looking around during my lecture. When I finished, the other disciples were thinking and understanding, but she was the only one looking around. If I don't teach her a lesson, how will she improve?"

"Who are you talking about?"

"The girl in the blue clothes standing on the steps of the main hall."

Everyone on the pavilion looked towards Xu Ziyun. At this moment, in front of the main hall, the senior disciples, after laughing at the new disciples' cries of injustice, brutally beat those who had paid the money. They then looked up at the remaining new disciples who hadn't paid and shouted wildly:

"Let us teach you a lesson today. We want your money, and we will beat you up to teach you the rules. Come, kneel down one by one and stick your butts up."

The remaining new disciples were all in a panic. Those who had paid were from better-off families and could afford to pay some money. The remaining new disciples were from poor families and had no money to give to the senior disciples. Even if they had managed to gather some money, it was their only savings, so they were hesitant to hand it over.

Now, seeing that even paying the money didn't prevent them from being beaten, they were even more unwilling to hand over their only savings. They weren't without the thought of resistance, but seeing the senior disciples' cultivation, they knew they were no match. The thought of being humiliated made them fearful. The senior disciples, seeing their fear, felt even more satisfied and laughed even louder.

Xu Li, Xu Tieniu, Xu Ling, and Xu Dezhi, who were standing next to Xu Ziyun, were also in a panic. Especially Xu Li, the thought of having to kneel and stick her butt up made her want to die, and her face was already pale. Only Xu Ziyun and Xu Qingsnow remained calm.

Xu Ziyun was calm because her cultivation was higher than the senior disciples, and she wasn't afraid of them. Her only concern was exposing her true cultivation. Xu Qingsnow, on the other hand, was always cold and showed no change in her expression. However, the lack of change on her face didn't mean she wasn't angry. Hearing the demand to kneel and stick up their butts, Xu Qingsnow couldn't contain her anger and shouted:

"Beasts!"

"Oh?"

Everyone turned to look, shocked, towards the entrance of the main hall, wanting to see who had shouted "beasts."

Everyone heard a woman's voice, so their gazes swept over Xu Ziyun, Xu Qingsnow, and Xu Li.

"Ha!"

A senior disciple laughed and leered at the three of them, saying:

"Three girls, come over, stick your butts up, and let the big brothers pat them a few times, and we won't take your money."

"Ha ha ha..." A group of senior disciples laughed wildly, and someone shouted, "Come, to the big brother, the big brother won't hit your butt, just let the big brother touch your chest."

"Ha ha ha..."

Xu Qingsnow's face, already pale, became even paler. She took a step forward, ready to charge over. Xu Ziyun, standing next to her, sighed inwardly, thinking, "If you go over, you'll just be humiliated." After sparring with Xu Qingsnow, Xu Ziyun had developed a bit of a liking for this cold and proud girl. Moreover, Xu Ziyun knew that today she couldn't avoid the situation, and the only way out was to take action. So, as soon as Xu Qingsnow moved, Xu Ziyun reached out and grabbed her arm, pulling her behind her.

Xu Qingsnow, pulled behind Xu Ziyun, was taken aback, then her eyes sparkled with excitement. During their previous sparring, she had noticed that Xu Ziyun hadn't used her full strength, and now seeing Xu Ziyun about to act, she felt excited.

Xu Ziyun slowly walked down the steps and moved forward. Xu Qingsnow followed without hesitation. Xu Li, Xu Tieniu, Xu Ling, and Xu Dezhi, after a moment's hesitation, also followed Xu Ziyun down the steps. At this moment, their hearts were more at ease. Seeing Xu Ziyun bravely step forward, they felt that if they couldn't avoid the situation today, they couldn't just accept the humiliation and had to resist.

"Huh? Brother Min, the girl you mentioned just came out, what is she going to do?"

"Hmph, she doesn't know when to die!" Brother Min coldly snorted.

Xu Ziyun slowly moved forward, and the new disciples in front of her scattered to the sides, all looking at her with surprised eyes. Xu Ziyun calmly walked through the new disciples, approached the senior disciples, and without stopping, continued to move forward at the same pace, coldly saying:

"Get out of the way!"

"Girl..."

"Slap!"

A loud slap, the senior disciple who had called Xu Ziyun "girl" was slapped by Xu Ziyun, his body quickly spinning in place, then swaying, and finally falling backward with a "thud," passing out.

"Whoa~"

A gasp of shock rippled through the crowd. The new disciples were still fine, but the senior disciples knew the cultivation of the person who had been slapped unconscious by Xu Ziyun. He was at the eighth level of the Later Heaven stage, and he had been slapped unconscious by Xu Ziyun.

However, when they opened their spiritual eyes and saw that Xu Ziyun was only at the sixth level of the Later Heaven stage, they felt relieved, thinking that the disciple had been caught off guard and that Xu Ziyun had ambushed him. So, a young man at the eighth level of the Later Heaven stage stepped forward to face Xu Ziyun.

In fact, on the steps, Xu Ziyun had already seen the cultivation levels of the senior disciples in front of her, and none of them were particularly strong. The strongest was at the ninth level of the Later Heaven stage, and the weakest was at the sixth level. Xu Ziyun had once doubted whether the highest cultivation level of the outer hall disciples in the clan was the ninth level of the Later Heaven stage.

Seeing the young man step forward, Xu Ziyun didn't stop, but continued to move forward slowly. She knew that this time the opposing disciple would be prepared and wouldn't be knocked out by a single slap. She would have to use her true strength.

However, this wasn't what Xu Ziyun wanted to do. Moreover, she wanted to test the basic knowledge she had integrated in the main hall. So, she controlled her cultivation to the peak of the sixth level of the Later Heaven stage and faced the young man.

The two quickly closed the distance. The young man suddenly leaped into the air, spinning rapidly and delivering a sweeping kick towards Xu Ziyun's chest.

Xu Ziyun took a step to the side, extended a finger, and pointed at the young man's ankle. The young man quickly retracted his kick, twisted his body in the air, and extended a hand, forming an eagle claw, and grabbed towards Xu Ziyun's face.

Xu Ziyun's right hand flipped, like a golden thread wrapping around the wrist, and entangled the young man's wrist. The young man changed his claw to a fist and punched towards Xu Ziyun. Xu Ziyun simultaneously flipped her palm, formed a fist, and met the young man's punch head-on.

"Bang!"

The two fists collided, the young man's body paused, and he fell from the air. Xu Ziyun staggered back two steps but quickly stopped, and her face showed no change.

Xu Ziyun had suppressed her cultivation to the sixth level of the Later Heaven stage, but she was actually at the second level of the Qi Condensation stage, and the true qi in her body naturally protected her. So, with the sixth level of the Later Heaven stage, she couldn't defeat the eighth-level young man, but she wouldn't be injured either.

The young man, seeing that Xu Ziyun had only staggered back two steps and seemed to be unharmed, narrowed his eyes and became cautious. Could she not be at the sixth level of the Later Heaven stage? No, she was at the sixth level of the Later Heaven stage! But how could the sixth level of the Later Heaven stage withstand the attack of the eighth level of the Later Heaven stage?

However, feeling the gazes around him, he felt a surge of shame and anger. His full attack couldn't defeat a new disciple at the sixth level of the Later Heaven stage. How could he face the outer hall in the future? So, without hesitation, he stomped his right foot on the ground and shot towards Xu Ziyun like an arrow from a bow.