Nan Zimeng hugged Yan Yue's left hand tightly and refused to let go. Every time she broke free, she would cling onto her again. In the end, Yan Yue ignored her and let her hug her. Anyway, she wouldn't lose a piece of flesh. Walking on the right side of Yan Yue were Gui Lie and Shi Han. Gui Lie was still a chatterbox and talked non-stop throughout the journey.
Coupled with the Death Pupil who was constantly emitting cold air behind them, Yan Yue felt that today's journey was too tiring.
She felt a gaze behind her, but it wasn't from the Death Pupil. Behind her, other than the Death Pupil, there was only Qing Shang Quan. Looking back, he was walking at the very back. The wide brim of his hat covered his eyes. She could only vaguely see the bridge of his nose and thin lips under the shadow.
Yan Yue blinked twice and turned her head back. No matter how she looked, she couldn't see anything.
Qing Shang Quan smirked and pulled the brim of his hat lower. He continued to walk at a leisurely pace at the very back.
Alpha Suiren brought them to a cave. When they entered, the originally pitch-black cave suddenly lit up with many torches, illuminating the entire cave.
Yan Yue took a deep breath. The spiritual energy here was very abundant, but it was a little messy and not clear enough.
The cave was very large and could accommodate thousands of people without a problem. Alpha Suiren brought Yan Yue to a protruding rock at the side and sat down cross-legged beside Yan Yue.
Yan Yue looked around. The six of them, including Master Alpha Suiren, were all meditating. Since she had nothing to do, she also began to meditate and cultivate.
About a quarter of an hour later, Lun Yi took the lead and stood up. He walked to the center of the room and placed his palm on the ground. He muttered something, and the other six people also opened their eyes and stood up.
Yan Yue also withdrew from her cultivation. She was also very curious as to what their training was like.
Sui Lun Yi retracted his hand and retreated to the side. The soil and stones on the ground tumbled. The scattered soil and stones didn't roll towards the surroundings. Instead, they gathered towards the center like a suction force. The more they condensed, the larger they became. Slowly, they condensed into the shape of a monster.
Its back was inlaid with hard scales. It had a long whip-like tail and two large fangs. Although it wasn't a real monster, its power was definitely not weak.
The six of them ran towards the stone monster at the same time. Yan Yue understood that this was a group battle.
These six people each displayed their own divine might, and their coordination could be considered to be very good. However, it was not to the point of being flawless, and they still needed time to get used to it.
Yan Yue carefully observed everyone from the side. Among these people, Ou Shanghe was undoubtedly the strongest. His moves were simple and direct. They were very effective. Moreover, the use of spiritual power was very reasonable. There wasn't too much unnecessary consumption. Every move was steady, just like his character.
Qing Shang Quan's moves were very strange. They looked sparse and ordinary, but they caused a lot of damage to the stone monster. It seemed that the real attack was hidden under the surface attack.
On the other hand, Shi Han's attacks were very careful, as if he had to ponder for a long time before he made a move. His attacks were not many, but when Yan Yue looked carefully, she found that his attacks all landed on the stone beast's weak points. It seemed that he belonged to the intelligent type.
Gui Lie's moves were very flexible. Among these people, his speed was the fastest. He would appear at this person for a while, and in the next second, he would appear at another place. He would always surprise the stone monster and attack it, causing it to be extremely annoyed.
Nan Zhimeng's figure was small and nimble. She always changed her moves to attack the stone monster. She displayed more than a dozen techniques, and it was hard to guess which one she would use in the next second. Although her power wasn't as strong as the others, this variety of techniques was enough to make people suffer.
Death Eye's attacks were very clever. Every time he made a move, he would use a big move. This kind of technique consumed too much spiritual power. It was suitable for short battles. Fighting against him required a long battle. Otherwise, it would be very difficult to win against such a powerful spiritual power attack.
Every time the stone monster was injured, it would immediately recover. It was a continuous cycle.
The few of them were panting as they surrounded it. Ou Shanghe opened his mouth and said, "It's useless for us to attack it wave after wave like this. Everyone needs to work together to give it the strongest attack. Otherwise, it will keep recovering. If this continues, there will be no end to it."
Yan Yue nodded. Indeed, if this continued, it would be a waste of effort. However, was it enough to just work together?
It shouldn't be that simple. This stone monster must have a vital gate. Otherwise, it would be useless if they didn't attack the vital gate.
Sure enough, Yan Yue's guess wasn't wrong. Several people took the opportunity to attack the stone monster together. However, the stone monster only seemed to be more heavily injured than before. Its recovery time was slower, but it still didn't die.
Yan Yue stroked her chin. She thought, 'If you want to defeat this stone monster, having absolute strength is possible. However, it's clear that these people together don't have that kind of strength. They can only work together to attack the vital gate. However, in this kind of confrontation, calmly looking for the vital gate isn't easy.'
Yan Yue didn't look at it again. Instead, she closed her eyes and released her divine sense to cover the stone monster's body. However, she didn't find anything wrong.
Yan Yue had to reduce the scope of her divine sense. Starting from the head, she swept to the tail. The image in her mind was very clear. The aura of the stone monster was clearly visible.
She could even feel the flow of spiritual power on the stone monster's body?
The flow of spiritual power?
Yan Yue opened her eyes and thought for a moment. Then, she focused her attention on integrating her divine sense into the flow of spiritual power of the stone monster. If she guessed correctly, the flow of spiritual power had a pattern.
This period of time was very short, but also very long. Yan Yue's divine sense finally followed the flow of spiritual power to a place with super rich spiritual power. The spiritual power gathered here into a small ball and slowly spread to other places. Is this the soles of the feet?
Yan Yue focused her divine sense on this place. She found that the defense of this place was indeed stronger than the other places around it. Was it protecting its vital gate?
She didn't find anything strange in other places. Then, it should be here.
Yan Yue looked at the very tired people and pondered. Should she say it or not?
She didn't participate in the training. Was this considered breaking the rules?
Forget it. Let's just wait and see. Maybe they will find it themselves. With Martial Uncle Sui here, nothing will happen.
After a few more joint attacks, the few people found that the stone monster's recovery was getting slower and slower. This ignited hope in their hearts. As long as they continued to attack, the demonic beast would have no way to recover.
This was indeed the case. Yan Yue also thought so. However, with their remaining physical strength, it was not enough to force the stone monster to that state.
If they continued to attack like this, they would definitely lose. Because if they didn't find its weakness, even if they found its vital gate, they wouldn't be able to defeat it. It must be known that the vital gate's defense was very strong. They must use all of their strength to attack it.
"Attack the center of its right foot about four inches above the center."
The six people were surprised for a moment. They didn't know who was talking, but their bodies had already followed the instructions. Because they couldn't attack for a long time, their hearts were already tired.
Gui Lie and Nan Zhimeng each released their own Spirit Whip to entangle the Stone Beast, causing it to fall down. The other four had been accumulating their power for a long time, so they used all their strength to attack the center of its right foot.
Victory or defeat would be decided in this one move.
This set of actions was done in one go. Their coordination was very perfect.
After doing all this, the few people reacted. The words came from Yan Yue's mouth.
The stone monster roared in pain on the ground. With a bang, it exploded. Large and small stones flew in all directions.
A sharp stone flew towards Yan Yue at an extremely fast speed. Yan Yue was startled. Just as she was about to get up and dodge, a figure suddenly stood in front of her. The stone that was flying towards Yan Yue instantly turned into ashes.
Yan Yue opened her mouth and sighed in her heart. So powerful!
Sui Lun Yi turned around and looked at Yan Yue. "Are you alright?"
Yan Yue shook her head. She thought that although this Martial Uncle Sui looked cold, he was actually quite gentle.
"Ah!
Yan Yue, how are you? Are you injured? "
Nan Zhimeng ran towards Yan Yue. As she spoke, she wanted to touch Yan Yue's body. Yan Yue dodged Nan Zhimeng's touch.
Nonsense, it was fine if Nan Zhimeng only grabbed her hand. If Nan Zhimeng used Spiritual Detection to see if she was injured, then her identity would be exposed.
"Don't make trouble. The training isn't over yet. Take a good rest first. We'll continue later." Alpha Suiren helped Yan Yue out of the predicament. Yan Yue took a deep breath. Her eyes flashed with a faint light. To be honest, she hated it when others touched her body.
After the few people rested, Yan Yue went to Alpha Suiren and said, "Martial Uncle, can I join?
My injuries have already healed. It's not a big deal. "
"This …" Alpha Suiren hesitated for a moment. Then, he said in a deep voice, "Alright, but if you feel unwell, you have to withdraw immediately. Do you understand?" Yan Yue smiled and replied, "Okay!"
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In the following days, Yan Yue went to school during the day and trained at night. Her life was quite stable.
Her Storage Bag was originally taken by Teacher Yi Suixian, and the Spiritual Detection she left on it was gone. But when she opened it, there were a lot of things inside. Yi Suixian said that it was his fault that Yan Yue was injured this time, so in order to compensate her, he gave Yan Yue a lot of things. He also gave some Foundation Establishment Stage cultivation jade slips so that Yan Yue could make up for the lessons she missed.
These days were a bit busy, but very fulfilling. Yan Yue didn't go into seclusion to cultivate.
Generally speaking, low-level cultivators would only choose to cultivate in seclusion when they were trying to break through their cultivation, recover from injuries, or refine their state of mind. Usually, they would meditate for a few days to absorb spiritual aura. It couldn't be considered seclusion.
Moreover, in the early days of entering the Sect, there were a lot of classes. Although they could freely choose to go or not, no one wanted to slack off at this early stage of education.
Of course, in the later stages, the number of classes would be greatly reduced, because at that time, they would basically be taking practical classes, taking on missions to gain experience, choosing to cultivate in seclusion, and so on.
Every time Yan Yue came back in the middle of the night, the courtyard would always be clean and exuding a faint fragrance. When she opened the door, there would always be a few elegant and delicious dishes on the table.
Yan Yue actually didn't need to eat, but every time she felt Youyou hiding outside the door and looking at her, Yan Yue would sit down and taste a little. She had to admit that Youyou's cooking was quite good.
After entering the inner room, there was a small square pool behind the screen. The water in the pool was changed every day. Yan Yue dug it herself for the convenience of bathing, but later on, she didn't take care of it. Instead, it was Youyou who cleaned it for her.
Two months had passed, and there were still four months before the Secluded Abyss Trial. Yan Yue's cultivation was still stuck at the middle stage of the Foundation Establishment Stage, and was approaching the peak stage. All the disciples' cultivation had more or less improved, but the Foundation Establishment Stage was different from the Aura Refining Stage. A substantial improvement still required time.