latelenovela Chapter 122 Beast Tide 24
Chapter 122 Beast Tide 24
Immortal Lord Qingxu was merely using the beast tide as an opportunity to teach his disciples. His primary purpose in leaving the sect this time was to resolve the beast tide and investigate the reasons for its expansion.
This beast tide was so powerful and had such a wide impact, even a child wouldn't believe it if you said there was no one behind it!
In fact, everyone already had a common suspicion: the demon race.
The relationship between humans and transvestites is not as harmonious as one might imagine; a deeper investigation could trace it back hundreds of thousands of years.
Because the ancestors of the demon race died tragically for the sake of the Heavenly Dao and the Xuan Tian Continent, the Heavenly Dao felt guilty towards the demon race and has always treated them with great favor.
For a long time, the demon race was stronger than the human race. During that period, the demon race always coveted the human race, often harassing and hunting them for food, thus sowing the seeds of conflict between humans and demons.
Because of the protection of Heaven, the cultivation world, which grew stronger later, was unable to take full action to avenge the demon race.
The conflict between the cultivation world and the demon race was conditionally eased as neither side could gain an advantage.
Fortunately, the cultivation world and the demon race only share two borders: the Wilderness Region and the Pearl Sea.
To understand why the Guiyuan Sect chose to establish its headquarters in a location near the wilderness and built city walls to defend against it, one must understand why.
Besides the abundant resources of the Qingli Mountains, the most important reason for their existence is to guard against the demon race.
Although relations between the cultivation world and the demon race have eased, and the current demon king is even willing to befriend the cultivation world, the demon race can openly come to Medicine King Valley to buy pills.
It's important to understand that before this, elixirs were a highly profitable smuggling business between the cultivation world and the demon world. Although elixirs from the cultivation world might end up in the demon world, they could never be traded openly and legitimately.
Whether it's the Guiyuan Sect defending the Wilderness Realm or the Yunxiao Sect guarding the Pearl Sea, both sects have been cracking down hard on any demons attempting to sneak into the Immortal Cultivation Realm.
Compared to the cultivation world and the demon race, the mortal world and the demon race are truly irreconcilable enemies.
The previous demon king belonged to the expansionist and warlike faction, and would invade the mortal realm every year. After years of war, the mortal realm and the demon race became like fire and water, hostile to each other and wishing the other would be wiped out.
The previous Demon King had considered taking action against the cultivation world, but unfortunately, the Guiyuan Sect and Yunxiao Sect, which bordered the demon race, were top-tier forces in the cultivation world with formidable strength. Moreover, the five major sects were united against a common enemy, so the demon race could not gain any advantage.
Moreover, the demon race is not a monolithic entity; if they continue to engage in unprofitable business, the demon race's higher-ups might rebel.
After several failures, the previous Demon King dared not attack the cultivation world again, except for doing some minor tricks during the periodic beast tides.
The cultivation world and the mortal world have always been interdependent. If the mortal world is unable to resist in a war with the demon race, it will seek help from the cultivation world. The former Immortal Lord Qianli became famous for supporting the mortal world and thwarting the demon world's conspiracy.
It was precisely because of the demon race's past record that the first suspect in the cultivation world of this unusual beast tide was the demon race.
As for where these demons who might cause trouble in the cultivation world are?
Besides protecting against the beast tide, the five major sects were also busy. The guards of each city would conduct a thorough search of the people in the city to see if they could catch the mastermind behind it all.
Thanks to the previous chaos caused by the demons and the emergence of demonic cultivators, the five major sects carried out one large-scale purge after another in the cities under their jurisdiction.
Everyone in every city was registered, and this investigation uncovered many people with questionable identities, but unfortunately, the mastermind behind it all has not yet been caught.
Since they weren't in the city, everyone's attention turned to the origin of the beast tide, the area where the monsters lived, where perhaps the demon race was hiding.
Previously, most of those guarding the city were disciples, and no one had enough strength to enter these extremely dangerous places to investigate.
Now that Immortal Lord Qingxu and Immortal Lord Qingyang have successfully transcended their tribulations, they have sufficient strength to enter these dangerous areas for investigation.
The first stop for Immortal Lord Qingxu was the Qingli Mountain Range, the main mountain range of Guiyuan Sect.
The Qingli Mountain Range stretches for thousands of miles, is rich in resources, and is home to numerous demonic beasts. It is the main territory of the Guiyuan Sect.
The area is home to countless monsters, and one-third of the monsters that form a beast tide under the Guiyuan Sect's control come from the Qingli Mountains.
The importance of this place is self-evident.
Liyang City.
It is a medium-sized city attached to Qingli City, and also one of the cities closest to the Qingli Mountains.
The beast tide here is the most powerful, after all, it is close to the Qingli Mountains, and most of the beast tides will pass through Luanyang City when they first form.
Because of its proximity to the Qingli Mountains, the martial spirit here is extremely strong, and the number of cultivators in this city is enough to defend it.
As for the disciples of Guiyuan Sect, they mostly played a leadership and mobilization role.
At this time, the defense of Liyang City was also quite difficult. No matter how fierce and experienced the cultivators inside were, they could not hide the fact that they did not have any high-level cultivators. Most high-level cultivators would not live in this city near the Qingli Mountains.
The cannons on the city gate kept firing non-stop, bombarding the area below in waves.
What's truly disheartening is that among the demonic beasts is a Mahayana-stage expert in defense. These clusters of spiritual energy only managed to create ripples under the opponent's defense, but could not cause the slightest damage.
Even so, the people in the city never gave up! They continued to attack, showing no mercy to the monsters that pounced on them.
Five or even more people working together in an orderly fashion to fight against a higher-level monster created a strange balance.
Immortal Lord Qingxu is preparing to lend a helping hand and directly resolve the crisis in Liyang City.
In the midst of a chaotic and bloody battlefield, a monstrous beast stood out conspicuously in Cheng Jiu's eyes.
A black bear occasionally attacked the city, but its aggression seemed weak and powerless, lacking any of the demeanor of someone in the Tribulation Transcending stage.
When the city launched a counterattack, the black bear immediately hid in the protective shield, appearing both sneaky and eerie. It even used the surrounding monsters as shields from time to time. Monsters exploded around it, but the black bear remained unharmed.
Immortal Lord Qingxu also noticed Cheng Jiu's gaze and immediately spotted the unusual black bear: "Do you recognize it?"
Cheng Jiu nodded and recounted how she encountered a black bear during her training, befriended a small iron-eating beast that had unexpectedly fallen into the cultivation world, and how she sent her two children to the Guiyuan Sect.
Originally, Immortal Lord Qingxu intended to eliminate all these demonic beasts without mercy, but since they were his disciple's familiar beasts, it was not unreasonable to spare their lives.
The black bear, whose consciousness was in a state of semi-consciousness and semi-confusion, suddenly felt that time had stopped around him, as if he were isolated from his surroundings.
In that instant, the black bear regained its senses, its eyes filled with terror. It tried to escape but was firmly bound to the spot by an unknown force, unable to move its body except for its eyeballs.
It could only watch helplessly as the surrounding monsters turned into ice sculptures, and even the immortal old turtle boss it had heard of before was frozen in place by this mysterious power.
In a daze, it heard a crisp sound, and as the ice sculpture shattered, the surrounding spirit beasts turned into ice flowers and scattered in all directions.
The turtle it had heard of was powerless against this force; its once thick and sturdy shell began to crack, and it could only watch helplessly as the turtle was reduced to dust and exploded.
For a moment, ice flowers danced in the air, beautiful, but chilling to the bone.
It didn't know why that big turtle boss, who was usually such a homebody, would come here, but even the big boss died without any resistance.
How could a mere tribulation-stage demon beast escape? It could only close its eyes and await its death.
As it awaited death, it felt a surge of relief. It was fortunate that it had given its children to those humans, so that they wouldn't suffer the same fate as their mother, driven by unconscious impulses, attacking indiscriminately like mindless beasts, and now even unable to choose their own death.
After a long time, there was still no movement around. It slowly opened its eyes and saw the same scene of ice flowers. Was it dead?
It remembered that a child it had adopted before had said that if a demon and a human had the right affinity, they could become a ghost.
Could it be that this monster was also fortunate enough to become a ghost?
Why didn't it feel lightheaded?
Becoming a ghost is no different from being alive.
Its small brain size prevents it from thinking too much.
It tried to fly away and head to the ghost realm.
Immortal Lord Qingxu and Cheng Jiu just watched it sitting blankly on the ground, its eyes empty and unresponsive.
Immortal Lord Qingxu frowned slightly: "I don't think I used any divine sense attack!"
Why has this monster become so stupid? He heard from his disciple that this monster is not like other monsters; because it adopted the little iron-eating beast, it has developed some intelligence.
But this is clearly not right!
Cheng Jiu reached out to touch the black bear, and the black bear felt as if it had been touched by something.
It lowered its head slightly and saw a strange human, but her scent was very familiar! It subconsciously sniffed around Cheng Jiu.
Immortal Lord Qingxu was watching closely. If the demon beast made any move to harm his little disciple, he would immediately send it to the underworld. He hoped that the beast would be somewhat perceptive.
Upon smelling the familiar scent, the black bear instantly became alert. It seemed to be the fiercest of the two alchemists it had captured before, and it would never forget her.
The alchemist was also present when he delivered the two children!
It roared twice at Cheng Jiu.
Cheng Jiu sensed the doubt in its tone and pointed to Qingxu Immortal Lord behind him: "Yes, you're not dead. This is my master. He came here to deal with the beast tide. I recognized you, so I asked him to spare you!"
A look of doubt flashed in the black bear's eyes. Letting it go, was that the right thing to do? Shouldn't we have saved it?
However, the black bear was still very happy to have survived. Although the person behind her was cold and fierce, she knew a human and didn't want to kill him. Although he was fierce, she felt at ease.
It doesn't have to die! The black bear breathed a sigh of relief, but thinking of the fierce and brutal scene just now, it cautiously looked at Qingxu Immortal Lord with its bear eyes.
It was extremely fortunate that it hadn't attacked Cheng Jiu back then, otherwise it probably would have been tortured to death by this terrifying man.
Immortal Lord Qingxu noticed its gaze but didn't care at all. Instead, he nodded and said, "Not bad, it does have some intelligence! You wait here, I have something to ask you later!"
Although the moves used by Immortal Lord Qingxu are always very clean, there is a saying that energy is conserved.
The ice crystals that burst forth from the moves used by Immortal Lord Qingxu are actually a type of high-energy spiritual crystal, only they exist for a relatively short time.
After a while, it will turn into spiritual energy and dissipate between heaven and earth.
The ice crystals had not completely dissipated and were scattered on the ground.
Unlike other cities, once the beast tide was quelled, the cultivators in Liyang City immediately flocked out of the city.
It's not called cleaning up the battlefield, it's called looting the battlefield.
They also saw the enormous black bear that had survived in the middle of the battlefield, but they didn't care at all.
Instead, they scavenged the ice crystals on the battlefield as much as possible, feeling extremely saddened. What a waste!
So many demonic beasts, what a waste! So much demonic beast meat! So much demonic beast blood! So much demonic beast hide! So many demonic beast bones! Just thinking about it makes their hearts ache.
Immortal Lord Qingxu considered that they would be entering the Qingli Mountain Range in a while, and the Qingli Mountain Range was so vast that he didn't know how long they would have to stay inside.
He didn't care, but he also had his little apprentice with him.
Putting everything else aside, he hadn't expected his little apprentice to break through to the Nascent Soul stage so quickly, and he hadn't even prepared a magic robe for his little apprentice yet.
The robes that the young apprentice is wearing now were prepared for him when he first became an apprentice.
In addition, some supplies need to be prepared for entering the mountains. He may not need them, but his apprentice should prepare some.
Liyang City, located near the Qingli Mountains, has always been a very prosperous place, and he should be able to gather everything he needs here.
With this in mind, he led Cheng Jiu into the city.
Liyang City is different from other cities. It is a medium-sized city with a considerable scale. Along the way, Cheng Jiu could see shops selling resources such as monster meat, monster hides, and monster blood everywhere.
Because we've been doing this kind of business for years, we offer cheaper prices here to maintain our competitiveness.
They've also processed the items; the monster meat is already chopped and sold according to different parts, with a simple description attached.
The monster hides are also pre-made; they can be used to make robes or to create talismans on them for direct use.
The demon beast blood is specially prepared and comes with a detailed description; talisman cultivators can purchase and use it directly.
Its main selling point is its attentive service, offering everything one could need.
The shop was anything but elegant; it looked incredibly bloody.
More like a row of food stalls than a shop, with monster hides stacked together, meat laid out on the table, and large bottles of monster blood placed on the table, looking extremely rough and as if it were free for anyone to buy.
These shops are more like wholesalers than sellers.
Upon seeing Immortal Lord Qingxu and Cheng Jiu, the bosses' eyes lit up immediately. Due to the beast tide, Liyang City had been under lockdown, although resources were plentiful because of the beast tide.
However, the buyers have always been the same people from the city, resulting in a large stockpile of goods in the city and a limited market.
Supply exceeded demand, causing resource prices to plummet.
So their business was even more difficult than before the beast tide, but the two people who came this time were obviously newcomers.
Judging from his attire and overall demeanor, he's clearly a disciple of a powerful sect who's not short of money.