"It all began at a quarter to two in the morning..."
Liu Yu paused briefly in thought, then slowly recounted what he knew, including most of the details of how he had killed the Purple-Robed Cultivator and the surprise attack with the Yin Thunder Pearl, but concealed the part involving the Spirit-Shocking Thorn.
The Spirit-Shocking Thorn was a Divine Sense spell. Not only was it unimaginably precious, it could also be unleashed without any warning, its fluctuations so faint as to be almost imperceptible. Aside from Liu Yu and the now-dead Purple-Robed Cultivator, no one had noticed it at all.
Without this technique to rely on, killing the man would have taken considerably more effort. Other cultivators might even have managed to rescue him; after all, Liu Yu could not expose his full strength.
Hu Zhiwei nodded occasionally as he listened, then clapped his hands in praise.
"Junior Brother Liu, you remained composed in the face of danger and held off the Hehuan Sect cultivators' first wave of attacks."
"And you killed one of the enemy's Foundation Establishment cultivators. You truly did well and upheld our sect's prestige!"
At this, Liu Yu merely smiled faintly and cupped his hands, saying nothing more.
The cultivators took turns recounting the enemy attack, spending roughly seven or eight minutes on their accounts.
Hu Zhiwei nodded slightly. He now had a general understanding of what had happened.
Then, as procedure required, he summoned the Qi Refining Period disciple who had first noticed the situation and questioned him. The answers were much the same, so he offered a few words of encouragement and dismissed him.
The disciple respectfully bowed and withdrew, unable to keep a trace of delight from his face. Whatever else had happened, he had been the first to discover the enemy cultivators