“By day, those demons and evil spirits shouldn’t come.”
Ming Xiu breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at his fellow disciples. Seeing that they were unharmed, he also relaxed.
For those demons and evil spirits, being threatened by the sun during the day would more or less affect their strength. At night, they could ensure their full power.
Therefore, based on years of experience, these demons and evil spirits would always choose to act at night.
Once it was daytime, they could rest a bit.
“Senior Brother, are you all alright?”
Ming Yu, who was nearby, also quickly asked his Senior Brothers and Junior Brothers loudly.
“I’m fine. Those demons only attacked for a while last night before stopping. Why was that?”
This time, they were able to hold on so easily entirely because these demons did not continuously charge their positions one after another as they had before.
In the past, those Senior Brothers had died because their Spiritual Qi was exhausted due to these demons continuously charging their positions one after another.
Today, the opponents only fought for half the time before retreating, which is why they felt so relaxed, not even sensing any pressure.
One must know that to deal with these demons, they had prepared many Talismans, precisely to avoid being unable to threaten the demons after their Spiritual Qi was depleted.
“It seems that He Fellow Daoist acted earlier, and then those evil spirits were scared away.”
Ming Xiu thought about it and felt that it was most likely because of He Xiuyuan.
If it weren’t for He Xiuyuan, then last night would have surely been a fierce battle.
Upon hearing this, the other fellow disciples couldn’t help but recall the scene from last night: dozens of golden characters suppressing countless Yin Qi.
That scene, even now, still left a very deep impression on them.
“Earlier, I was still thinking of protecting this Fellow Daoist a little, but I never expected that this Fellow Daoist’s Dao cultivation would be even higher than ours.”
Ming Xiu couldn’t help but smile bitterly at the scene from last night, feeling deeply ashamed.
The other fellow disciples, hearing this, still couldn’t help but be shocked when they thought of the golden light from last night.
“Speaking of which, what Dao Spell did that Fellow Daoist use last night? I’ve never seen it before.”
“I don’t know, but its power is quite impressive.”
“A Mortal Realm Cultivator, able to Cultivate to such a degree, this Fellow Daoist is truly… exceptionally talented!”
The crowd exchanged glances, then spoke softly.
There was some distance between these fellow disciples, but fortunately, by using wind-whispering Spells, they could transmit their voices through the wind and converse easily with each other.
He Xiuyuan, who had not learned the wind-whispering Spell, sat atop the high peak, looking around vigilantly for any approaching evil spirits.
However, to He Xiuyuan’s surprise, in the following few days, the area around Qiuyun Valley was exceptionally calm, as if that one night was the entirety of those demons’ power.
Nevertheless, being able to resolve this matter easily was a good thing for He Xiuyuan and the others.
On the last day, a fiery red light lit up on the array eye where Qingxiao Daoist was located, and then that light quickly went deep into the ground.
At the same time, this fiery light connected into thin lines, intertwining with other array positions.
In an instant, as the fiery lines of this grand array intertwined, it was like a giant net covering Qiuyun Valley.
The next moment, it firmly trapped the Yin Qi within, then bound it all deep underground.
For the next three years, those demons would no longer be able to covet the Yin Qi.
After Qingxiao Daoist finished all this, he breathed a heavy sigh of relief, then gathered his fellow disciples and brought them before He Xiuyuan.
“This time, I trouble Fellow Daoist.”
Qingxiao Daoist came before He Xiuyuan and bowed to him in thanks.
“Fellow Daoist, there’s no need for such formality. I merely lent a hand.”
He Xiuyuan quickly returned the bow upon hearing this.
Ming Xiu and the others, standing nearby, looked at He Xiuyuan with eyes full of respect.
“This time, we truly owe Fellow Daoist a great debt of gratitude for your assistance. Otherwise, this trip to Qiuyun Valley might not have ended so easily.”
Ming Xiu and the others knew that this time, it was because of He Xiuyuan’s help that they were so relaxed. Otherwise, some of their fellow disciples would likely have died to overcome this ordeal.
It was precisely because of He Xiuyuan’s intervention that those demons were scared away.
He Xiuyuan, seeing this, repeatedly waved his hands. He felt that he had only slightly intervened to deal with one demon and hadn’t helped much.
Unlike Ming Xiu and the others, who had slain countless evil spirits and withstood the onslaught of countless demons.
His small contribution was truly not worth mentioning.
Seeing He Xiuyuan’s humble demeanor, Qingxiao Daoist immediately smiled and waved his hand, using a Spell to condense auspicious clouds, carrying everyone back to the mountain gate.
Everyone sat on the auspicious clouds, their faces filled with the relief of surviving a calamity.
Seeing everyone at leisure, He Xiuyuan thought of some rumors he had heard earlier.
“Fellow Daoist, when I previously traveled the Mortal Realm, I heard some news. I wonder if some of it is true or false?”
Some of the news He Xiuyuan spoke of, he had personally verified, but some he had not, only hearing them as rumors.
Now that these Daoists were here, He Xiuyuan wanted to ask if these matters were true or false.
“Fellow Daoist, please speak. We will tell you everything we know.”
Seeing He Xiuyuan inquire, Ming Xiu immediately sat up straight, kneeling respectfully, and replied very seriously.
“Earlier, I often heard of some Seniors who, in order to slay some demons, ultimately succumbed and died. Are these reports true?”
What He Xiuyuan heard was not only from the Mount Shi Fang but also from other places, where such rumors were common.
However, in some places, the rumors were somewhat vague, so He Xiuyuan couldn’t investigate them.
But He Xiuyuan had indeed heard many such stories.
“Although I don’t know who those people Fellow Daoist mentioned are, these events did indeed happen.”
Ming Xiu’s expression turned solemn upon hearing this. He had heard his Master speak of these matters, and thinking of what his Master had said, Ming Xiu couldn’t help but sigh.
“In those years, those Seniors, unable to defeat the great demons, could only sacrifice themselves in battle. Our Biluo Temple had such an incident back then. When a great demon caused trouble in the Mortal Realm, a Senior Brother from our sect led his Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters down the mountain to eliminate the demon.”
“Later, the Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters were captured by those demons through a scheme, eaten separately, and their heads were placed before the Daoist gate. That Senior Brother, seeing all the Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters he had brought down the mountain die, and being so humiliated, summoned heavenly lightning and perished with those demons.”
The others, hearing Ming Xiu’s words, also sighed one after another, “Actually, that Senior Brother didn’t have to die, but seeing all his Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters from the sect perish, he also embraced the will to die.”