All Practitioners

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Chapter 23: All practitioners

"Uh, that... that was just an accident."

Hearing Xiao Yu's address of him, Xiao Yan immediately remembered what happened back then. He hurriedly climbed off of Xiao Yu and frantically waved his hands, blushing as he tried to explain himself.

"But you did see it, right?"

Xiao Yu smiled and sat up. Xiao Yan immediately went quiet, lowering his head and feeling dejected.

"Sorry..."

"Hahaha~"

Seeing Xiao Yan's childlike expression, as if he had done something wrong, Xiao Yu's earlier melancholy was immediately swept away, and she laughed joyfully.

"Huh?!"

Suddenly, Xiao Yu's face changed, and she grabbed Xiao Yan's shoulders with both hands, her brows furrowing deeply as she stared at him. Xiao Yan, feeling the scorching heat of her gaze, couldn't help but feel uneasy.

"Sister Xiao... Xiao Yu ? What's wrong?"

"Xiao Yan, you... you've restored your Dou Qi? And reached the Practitioner level?!"

"Yeah, I just broke through a few days ago."

Xiao Yan nodded, confirming it. Xiao Yu's face first showed surprise, and then a deep joy appeared.

Before coming here, Xiao Yu was still worrying about Xiao Yan's Dou Qi, but unexpectedly, this concern wasn't something she needed to worry about!

Although she didn't know exactly what happened, the result was undoubtedly something Xiao Yu was extremely happy about.

"That's great!"

Excited, Xiao Yu tightly hugged Xiao Yan, and feeling her nearly mature and full body, Xiao Yan's face turned red again, with even a faint trace of white steam rising from his head.

"Uh, uh! Sister Xiao Yu!"

As his mind neared fainting, Xiao Yan struggled to push Xiao Yu away, pointing at the mountain as if to change the subject.

"The others are making lunch now. Sister Xiao Yu, you should come up and eat with us."

"Huh?" Xiao Yu froze for a moment, tilting her head slightly. "Why are we making lunch on the mountain?"

"We're in a training camp. It's not like we can let everyone casually run down the mountain. Except for me occasionally taking a few people down to buy ingredients, we've been staying on the mountain for the past three months."

After saying this, Xiao Yan picked up the scattered firewood on the ground and led Xiao Yu through thick bushes, walking slowly in one direction.

Upon seeing this direction, Xiao Yu was slightly stunned.

Isn't this where we used to play when we were kids?

Sure enough, as Xiao Yu had guessed, Xiao Yan led her to the hot spring they, along with the other Xiao family children, dug when they were young. This was also the place where Xiao Yu had called Xiao Yan a little pervert.

By the hot spring, the Xiao family disciple were busy with their respective tasks, either chopping vegetables or boiling water. They were so busy that they didn't even notice Xiao Yu's arrival.

At this point, Xiao Yu noticed that although the Xiao family disciple's clothes were relatively clean, most of them were already severely damaged. Only then did Xiao Yu realize that Xiao Yan's clothes were in nearly the same state.

Could it be that no one has returned home even once in these three months?

Xiao Yu's eyebrows twitched as Xiao Yan, carrying firewood, greeted everyone.

"Everyone! Look who's here!"

As soon as the words were spoken, all the Xiao family disciple, who were busy with their work, turned their attention to him. When they saw Xiao Yu following behind Xiao Yan, they all showed joy on their faces.

"Big Sis! You're back?!"

Yes, "Big Sis" was the common term used by the Xiao family disciple to address Xiao Yu, as she was the oldest among them.

"Big Sis! Long time no see!"

Xiao Ning walked up, raising a fist. Xiao Yu also extended her fist and bumped it with his.

"Ah~ Long time no see, little brother."

Then Xiao Yu was slightly stunned, her gaze sweeping over the others, her face showing some surprise.

"You all... have all of you reached the Practitioner level?!"

"Ah~ Thanks to Xiao Yan, we haven't been allowed to go home these past three months, so our training speed has greatly increased."

Xiao Ning scratched his face awkwardly, a slight sorrow appearing on his face, and the others showed similar expressions.

The Dou Qi growth rate was indeed fast, but the training was not something ordinary people could endure. On several occasions, Xiao Ning and the others felt on the verge of collapsing, but they were forcefully pulled back by Xiao Yan with no mercy.

Everyone was deeply impressed by themselves, that they could endure until today under Xiao Yan's methods.

"Sister Xiao Yu, long time no see."

Xiao Mei and Xiao Xun'er also came up to greet Xiao Yu. Xiao Yu looked at the two of them. Although their faces were much more resolute than last year, their once smooth skin now seemed somewhat rough. The other Xiao family girls were also in a similar state. It was evident how much they had suffered during this time.

"You've worked hard." Xiao Yu heartlessly patted the two girls on their heads, then turned her head to glare at Xiao Yan. "I say, it's okay for the boys, but they are girls! Can't you let them relax a little?"

"Training should be the same for everyone. How can we treat them differently?" Xiao Yan spread one hand and smiled lightly as he replied.

Xiao Yu could only helplessly look at him.

She was just complaining a little, but she didn't truly blame Xiao Yan.

Because Xiao Yu understood that everything Xiao Yan did was truly for the future of their brothers and sisters.

"But every time you do something, you really surprise me. You've had everyone training on the mountain for three months, and now they've all reached the Practitioner level. Grandpa and the clan head are going to be so excited when they find out."

Xiao Yu said this, and Xiao Yan simply shrugged without replying.

Just relying on three months of training, how could Dou Qi rise so fast?

The reason why all the Xiao family children could reach Practitioner level was at least half due to the Foundation establishment Spiritual Liquids. Whenever the foundation liquid in the hot spring was almost used up, Xiao Yan would sneak down the mountain at night to buy herbs from the Miteer Auction House. Luckily, Ya Fei always provided the herbs in time, and every time, he managed to match the speed of consumption.

Additionally, the cost of consumption was far beyond Xiao Yan's initial prediction of sixty portions. According to Xiao Yan's calculation, over the three months, around a hundred portions of foundation liquid had been used.

Because of this, Xiao Yan's 230,000 black-gold card had been deducted by 200,000 gold coins, and the joy from the sudden profit was quickly gone before he could enjoy it.

However, Xiao Yan didn't regret it. As long as it helped his brothers and sisters, spending any amount of money was worth it.

Meanwhile, within the ring, watching the entire training process of the past three months, Yao Chen was also speechless.

To be honest, Xiao Yan's training was indeed very useful. Although the Xiao family disciple only reached Practitioner level, their actual combat strength would make even a Dou Shi nervous!

But!

That training… can any human really survive it?! Yao Chen truly admired the Xiao family juniors. If she were the same rank, she probably wouldn't have been able to last.

But Yao Chen also understood that the foundation of Xiao Yan's training was the ridiculous intensity of the training that the Xiao family disciple had been enduring before. Without that foundation, these three months couldn't possibly have been endured just by willpower.

"Alright everyone! Speed up the cooking!" Xiao Yan raised his hand and shouted loudly. "After lunch, our training camp will officially end! We'll head home to celebrate the New Year!"

"Ohhh!!!"

(End of Chapter)

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