Chapter 1165: Making Up for the Regret of Never Having Fought a Qi Refinement Stage Demonic Beast

The emperor's virtue remains as pure as before, his talent is outstanding—eight dou of talent—and he has created allusions anew upon the foundations of his predecessors; truly, he is a model for all scholars under heaven.

When I return, I will have Senior Qing He record the idioms created by His Majesty into the annals, to be passed down through the ages, and let our ruler and subjects' noble fame be transmitted for a thousand generations.

As the emperor's tutor, Lu Yang originally intended to correct the Immortal Maiden's idiom error, but then he thought: how could His Majesty, so great, make a mistake? This is not His Majesty misusing an idiom; clearly, His Majesty created this idiom himself.

This ought to be recorded in the official histories. "Hehehe, feel free to praise this immortal even more."

Suddenly praised so many times by Xiao Yangzi, the Immortal Maiden felt a bit embarrassed, touching the back of her head and laughing hehehe.

...."Tiger Roar Fist!"

The tender tiger roars rose and fell, soft and feeble, lacking any intimidating power.

At first, the one-eyed, lame lone wolf facing the students' encirclement thought it was nothing much—just a group of ordinary mortals, merely food delivered to its door—but after taking two Tiger Roar Fists, it realized something was wrong.

Although one or two punches were useless against it, here there are thirty-two people, sixty-four fists; if each person threw one punch, it could absolutely not withstand it.

The lone wolf went berserk, trying to break through the encirclement, while Gong Che and Shi Yi stood ready in strict formation, prepared precisely for this move.

Gong Che's parents were cultivators, and Shi Yi, being of hunter descent, had both absorbed experience in dealing with wild beasts and demonic beasts through constant exposure.

"Tiger Roar!"

The tiger roars continued without cease, and everyone's fist technique entered the hall.

Now Gong Che gradually understood Lu Lao Shi's painstaking intentions; Lu Lao Shi deliberately let their Tiger Roar Fists emit tender sounds, making the enemy naturally less vigilant—prepared against unprepared—so that victory was already three-tenths secured before the battle even began! The lone wolf let out a mournful howl, its soul returning to the netherworld. The students were initially stunned, unable to believe they had truly accomplished something even their parents could not do, then they cheered and leapt with joy.

Moreover, this was a second-layer Qi Refinement wolf demon—although its fur was torn and ragged from battle, it was still wolf demon fur, and taking it back could fetch money.

"Skin the wolf along the grain." Shi Yi, being of hunter descent, had the most experience in this; he skinned the wolf hide while explaining.

At this moment, Fang Zhi Ge also returned, his face and body covered in blood. "Success?" Lu Yang asked, sitting with his legs crossed, smiling.

"Success!"

Just as everyone was immersed in the joyful atmosphere, Lu Yang's expression suddenly changed, and he ruthlessly struck out.

A clump of white something leapt from the snow and suddenly lunged at the students; they instinctively sensed danger and screamed.

Bang--

Lu Yang appeared before everyone, and with one punch scattered that clump. It turned out to be a rabbit, with Qi Refinement cultivation.

"It's a gnawing-tooth demon rabbit!" Shi Yi shouted in fear.

One demon rabbit is nothing much, but gnawing-tooth demon rabbits always appear in swarms!

Fang Zhi Ge's expression also changed slightly; in his demon beast knowledge, seeing such a demon rabbit meant his first reaction was to flee for his life!

As expected, demon rabbits tumbled down from the snow mountain one by one, red eyes fixed on Lu Yang. And the leader of the demon rabbits—lo and behold—was a Foundation Establishment cultivator!

A drop of cold sweat appeared on Lu Yang's forehead, his spine turned chilly—a Foundation Establishment demon rabbit leader, nearly a hundred Qi Refinement demon rabbits; even if a Golden Core cultivator came, they would not fare well against this force.

And now his cultivation realm was fluctuating to Foundation Establishment—how could he possibly be a match for these demon rabbits?

He feared he would perish here.

If he perished, it wouldn't matter, but the children must not come to harm!

"You all run quickly—I'll hold them off!" Taking advantage of the moment while facing off against the demon rabbits, Lu Yang turned back and shouted sternly, his eyes already filled with death intent!

A demon rabbit seized the opportunity to lunge at him unawares, but Lu Yang punched it flying. "Lu Lao Shi!"

"Run quickly—can't you see? We're just Lu Lao Shi's burdens!"

"We're useless here—Lu Lao Shi, as a virtuous person, will surely have heavenly favor and come to no harm!"

Gong Che and Shi Yi spoke with red eyes, tears welling up, already showing signs of crying. The students knew Gong Che and Shi Yi spoke the truth, so they retreated while shouting for Lu Lao Shi.

They secretly felt a premonition—perhaps this parting would be eternal!

Only Fang Zhi Ge had a strange expression; if he wasn't mistaken, the demon rabbit punched to death by Lu Lao Shi seemed to be that very Foundation Establishment demon rabbit!

Lu Yang's eyes turned red with killing intent as he lunged forward to slaughter the demon rabbits.

If only the auras of Ao Ling and Jiang Lianyi were still present, they could frighten this horde of demon rabbits away—but after staying so long in the extreme north, their auras had long since dissipated without a trace.

He could only rely on himself. "I'll fight you to the death!"

Lu Yang dared not underestimate these Qi Refinement demon beasts; having cultivated to this point, he had fought demon beasts of all levels—except Qi Refinement demon beasts, which he had never fought before.

Facing demon beasts he had never clashed with, no amount of caution would be excessive! Seeing their leader struck down, the demon rabbits were frightened and bolted back the way they came. Lu Yang pursued relentlessly from behind, and distant movements caught his attention.

He noticed the direction the demon rabbits fled was filled with flying snow mist, and a group of demon beasts was running toward his position.

Leading the charge were still ice plain wolves, and behind them seemed to be enormous demon beasts, but the snow mist obscured them, making their species unclear.

This demon rabbit couldn't beat me and still called for reinforcements?

"Immortal Maiden, what is this situation? Why are so many demon beasts running over here?" Lu Yang finally understood why he had searched all day earlier and found no demon beasts—turns out they were all waiting here for him. The Immortal Maiden in white wolf fur sat enthroned: "This is a beast tide; its formation has many causes—perhaps a demon king just ascended and established prestige, or something in the city attracts them, or their original living environment has been squeezed out, etc."

"Back when Jiu Chong Immortal captured the Golden Crow for breeding, it was also this chaotic—suns flying all over the sky."

"... I just went out to do some extracurricular activities, and now people aren't allowed to attend class? Well, never mind—first, let's deal with these demon wolves and demon rabbits."

The demon rabbits moved agilely, left and right weaving through the wolf pack, running deep into the beast tide. Lu Yang pursued relentlessly; the leader of the ice plain wolves was a Golden Core great demon, and Lu Yang shattered its skull with a single glance.

The ice plain wolves, noble to the end, sought to avenge their leader—but all were reduced to bloody pulp by Lu Yang's single punch.

Behind the ice plain wolves came a group of bears three zhang tall; the bear clan possessed boundless strength, thick skin and tough flesh, and their numbers exceeded even the wolf pack, with several Nascent Soul demon bears among them. Lu Yang, only at Foundation Establishment, truly struggled against them.

The wooden sword activated, sweeping horizontally—thousands upon thousands of bears fell like wheat before a scythe, not even a wail escaping them.

After releasing a sword qi, the wooden sword shattered and could not be used again; Lu Yang could only continue drawing new small wooden swords from his identity jade tablet.

Later, he found drawing wooden swords this way too troublesome, so he emptied all the wooden swords from the sack, used his intent to let them float behind him, forming a forest of wooden swords.

To the city of the extreme north, the beast tide was a disaster that could overturn roofs—not only because several great demon kings presided over it, but also because the endless demon beasts made the human scalp tingle.

However, no matter how numerous the demon beasts, they were no match for Lu Yang.

Lu Yang strolled leisurely through the beast tide; he lightly hooked his fingers forward, and small wooden swords flew out, felling swaths of demon beasts.

By the end of the slaughter, even the demon beasts that had lost their reason regained their senses, dared not charge forward again, and gazed fearfully at this weak human.

"Where are the demon rabbits?"

The demon rabbits had run too fast, mixed into the beast tide, making them hard to find; Lu Yang again used the wooden sword to sweep horizontally, but the demon rabbits were too small to be swept up.

"Found them." Lu Yang shielded his eyes with his palm and saw the demon rabbits not far away.

Hiss—

The wooden sword flew out and shattered again, dismembering this group of demon rabbits.

Lu Yang wiped the sweat that didn't exist on his forehead, finally killing them—truly not easy.

Thud—

An elephant's foot several dozen zhang thick descended, shaking the earth and moving the mountains, drawing Lu Yang's attention.

Those massive figures emerged from the snow mist, revealing their true forms.

The mammoths as massive as mountains, the white snakes gliding across the ground to form riverbeds, the saber-toothed tiger kings on the mountain peaks that could shatter summits with a single swipe, the northern sea whales treating snow as ocean—even the commanders of Mu Xue City's garrison would feel chilled here; these are the famous great demon kings of the ice plains!

The mammoths exhaled white mist, and those snow mists were actually the vapor exhaled by the mountain-like mammoths!

Lu Yang instinctively continued to twitch his finger, but no wooden sword flew out; turning his head, he saw that the small wooden swords had been used up.

S

Roar—roar—

Heh—heh—

The great demon kings emitted different sounds, mocking Lu Yang's predicament; the only thing that could threaten them, the wooden swords, were gone—what could this tiny Foundation Establishment cultivator possibly do?

The great demon kings' laughter was highly contagious, spreading through the demon horde as the beasts of the beast tide began to laugh.

Seeing this, Lu Yang sighed helplessly and took another sack of small wooden swords from his identity jade tablet.

Refined.

The previous wooden swords were refined by him during his Unity stage; these wooden swords were refined during his Tribulation Transcendence stage.

The great demon kings' laughter came to an abrupt halt.