The Strongest Prodigy Doctor

"You go! I can hold on. I want to stay here until dusk," Liu Xiaoye said resolutely.

In Liu Xiaoye's eyes, Ye Tianfan saw determination. Ye Tianfan didn't understand why Liu Xiaoye showed such an expression, but he had no time to think about it now, as the demon was about to charge at them.

"There's no other way, looks like I need to use other means!" Ye Tianfan smiled kindly at Liu Xiaoye, then quickly rushed towards him.

"What... what are you doing?" Liu Xiaoye said in a panic as he saw Ye Tianfan charging toward him, immediately maximizing the defense of his Defensive Magical Treasure. Even if it meant depleting the little Spiritual Power he had left, he didn't care.

Ye Tianfan had actually forgotten about the Defensive Magical Treasure, but when he knocked against Liu Xiaoye's Defensive Magical Treasure with the Xuanyang Pagoda, he remembered it.

Therefore, Ye Tianfan summoned the Fire Lotus Sword, infused it with Spiritual Power, and then slashed directly at Liu Xiaoye's Defensive Magical Treasure.

Since Ye Tianfan had little Spiritual Power left, he had to be very calculated with every bit, so he didn't use the first or second form. Even though he had enough Spiritual Power for two first forms, Ye Tianfan chose not to use it.

The sword strike didn't shatter Liu Xiaoye's Defensive Magical Treasure, but it dimmed significantly.

Liu Xiaoye saw his Defensive Magical Treasure dim considerably, and when he checked his own Spiritual Power, he realized more than half of it had vanished. This meant Ye Tianfan's single slash had cut away more than half of his remaining Spiritual Power, indicating that he couldn't withstand Ye Tianfan's next strike.

Liu Xiaoye felt extremely frightened as he realized this. He knew that if Ye Tianfan took him out, he would be deemed worthless in the Sect Leader's eyes and would lose future cultivation opportunities. It took him over two hundred years to cultivate the strength of Qian Yuan. Such a mediocre talent meant that he could be abandoned at any time in the eyes of the Sect Leader.

He didn't want to be discarded because he'd seen many abandoned disciples ending up terribly. No one urged them to cultivate anymore, nobody cared about them, and they were even ignored during sect meetings.

They would simply wait for death until their lifespan ended, then be buried in the ordinary disciples' tombs of the sect.

After their death, their presence would barely cause a ripple within the sect, hardly attracting any attention from others.

Liu Xiaoye didn't want to be like that. He wanted to stand out, to make everyone who looked down on him see him differently. He wished to become an Elite Disciple of the Luotian Sect and not die silently.

That's why Liu Xiaoye vehemently sought this opportunity from the Sect Leader. Otherwise, he wouldn't have gotten it, and he'd still be on patrol.

What Ye Tianfan didn't know, or perhaps forgot, was that when he returned with Senior Brother Yun Tian, the patrol was done in pairs. The person who came forward to ask questions was Liu Xiaoye's partner, while Liu Xiaoye was enviously watching Senior Brother Yun Tian from afar.

Usually, the patrollers are newcomers in the sect. It's a way to introduce them gradually to tasks and train them. Liu Xiaoye, with low talent and weak strength, was brought in because he strongly requested it. Since there weren't any tasks for him, he was temporarily put on patrol. Simply put, Liu Xiaoye was an extra, hence assigned to patrol.

Otherwise, why would someone with over two hundred years of cultivation come out to patrol with newcomers? And claim to be mentoring newbies.

Liu Xiaoye knew Senior Brother Yun Tian, as he was the chief second-generation disciple of the Taichu Sect and quite famous. However, the person partnered with Liu Xiaoye didn't know Senior Brother Yun Tian; that person had decent talent but had only been cultivating for a short time.

When Liu Xiaoye saw that situation, for some unknown reason, he didn't come forward to shield Senior Brother Yun Tian, opting instead to watch from afar.

When Ye Tianfan was about to strike again and envelop Liu Xiaoye with his Xuanyang Pagoda to subdue him, he suddenly heard a roar.

Ye Tianfan instantly realized that the demon had broken free from the Fire Sword's restraint and was charging at them.

Ye Tianfan felt his own remaining Spiritual Power and found it couldn't withstand the demon's strike. The demon was getting closer to Ye Tianfan, who couldn't dodge to the side while facing Liu Xiaoye, knowing that if he moved away, Liu Xiaoye would surely escape.

If Liu Xiaoye got away, he'd definitely become a demon, as Ye Tianfan didn't have excess Spiritual Power to pursue or save him, and sending a signal flare would only trap more people in the mire.

Given there was a demon in the area with strength above the fifth level of Qian Yuan, Ye Tianfan knew that based on the strength of those he'd seen, few could match this demon. If several teamed up against it, there might be a chance, but only for a short period. Prolong the fight, and death or transformation into demons was certain.

As mentioned before, in an environment full of Evil Qi, demons were akin to beings with Infinite Resurrection, Infinite Recovery, and Infinite Energy, essentially with infinite Evil Qi, like they were overpowered—except one could dodge some attacks given a slight agility advantage.

The situation before Ye Tianfan presented two choices: One, leave immediately and disregard Liu Xiaoye, since it was Liu Xiaoye's own decision to stay. If something happened, it wouldn't be Ye Tianfan's responsibility. As long as he kept silent, even if Liu Xiaoye survived, he wouldn't tell. Besides, the chances of Liu Xiaoye surviving were virtually zero.

Or two, Ye Tianfan needed to break Liu Xiaoye's Defensive Magical Treasure in exceedingly short time and quickly enclose him within his own Defensive Magical Treasure before knocking him out and taking him away.

Ye Tianfan gritted his teeth and made his choice...