Chapter 133: Beast Tide Attack
"You will know later."
Lu Chang'an did not explain and took him to Little Dan Peak.
Ye Fei looked at the serene and indifferent white-clothed back, and pressed the curiosity in his heart.
He had an intuition that this rumored senior Foundation Establishment Cultivator should have some kind of deep meaning for choosing himself.
Xiao Dan Peak is the highest peak of Wu Qi Mountain, the mountain is majestic, the peaks are beautiful, the top of the mountain is surrounded by clouds and mist, the weather is magnificent.
Ye Fei changed his lazy face, seriously check the mountain grass and trees.
His eye brows stretched, took a deep breath of the cool air of the mountain top, the corner of his mouth slightly cracked a smile.
"The environment is good."
The previous owner of Little Dan Peak was a second-ranked upper-grade dan master, and the preserved garden architecture and layout met his needs.
Ye Fei immediately paid a deposit of spirit stones to sign the spirit deed.
The formal joint lease should wait for Shi Manrong's return and be signed under the witness of the Golden Cloud Valley cultivators.
On top of the mountain, the two of them chatted for a while.
Lu Changan had a better understanding of Ye Fei's situation.
Ye Fei is a few dozen years younger than Lu Changan, and has had outstanding pharmacological talent since childhood. His parents are both casual cultivators in the late stage of Qi Refining, so his background is not bad.
After avenging his parents' death, Ye Fei has been wandering around the major markets and immortal cities for decades, mainly sitting in medicine stores and accepting employment from the Chamber of Commerce.
In recent years, he had a small amount of savings and wanted to find a stable and independent cultivation dojo. Wu Qi Mountain is a good choice, the location is good, the share price is acceptable, but also can earn spirit stone.
Ye Fei, as a pharmacist, also knows how to make pills, but his attainments are not as specialized as that of a pills master of the same rank.
However, he is also good at curing diseases, healing wounds, and detoxifying poisons.
His ability is relatively comprehensive.
"Fellow Daoist Ye, the 'Kong Mao' refiner who competed with you earlier. This person, are you familiar with him?"
Lu Changan thought of the black-bearded old man who had hidden his cultivation earlier.
"Fellow Daoist Kong Mao? Mister Ye is only a casual acquaintance with him and doesn't know much."
"Fellow Daoist Kong originally came from the northern part of the Liang Kingdom, a workshop in the Liu Yun Sect's sphere of influence. More than ten years ago, the market where you were from was attacked by robber cultivators and was torn apart. When he lost his landing place, he came to Yellow Dragon Immortal City, and over the years, he has worked diligently, and is a low-profile and honorable cultivator."
"Oh."
Lu Chang'an nodded his head and didn't ask more questions.
Previously, he got the basic information that Kong Mao came from the neighborhood of Huanglong Immortal City, and it turned out that he came from the workshop on the north side of the Black Mist Mountain Range even earlier.
"Fellow Daoist Lu, I still have to go back, pack up my things and purchase some resources."
Ye Fei stayed for half an hour and got up to say goodbye.
......
Lu Changan returned to Little Turtle Peak and fell into deep thought.
"Kong Mao's history is traceable and there are no obvious flaws. But this person's apparent early Foundation Establishment stage, but his real cultivation is late Foundation Establishment stage."
The ultra-thin mask worn by Kong Mao is a treasure of camouflage and disguise, and his identity has most likely been replaced.
Lu Chang'an had previously fused his mind with the Nine Seal Tablet's second life, and his divine senses had increased to be comparable to that of a JieDan real person, which is how he noticed the clues.
At that time, he didn't try to break through that masked treasure, or else he would have been detected by the other party.
In any case, "Kong Mao" came to Wu Qi Mountain to compete for the peak master, he definitely did not have good intentions.
Although he didn't become a peak master, he also came in to find out the truth. To Lu Changan, as long as the other party didn't succeed in getting in, they didn't pose a real threat.
Little Turtle Peak has a double mountain protection formation.
Lu Changan is a mid-phase Foundation Establishment cultivator, a second-phase senior talisman master, and has a second-phase spirit pet.
With just the means on the surface, he is not inferior to a late stage Foundation Establishment, and even has a chance of winning.
The guards are definitely not enough.
Lu Chang'an will raise the strength of the array opening of Little Turtle Peak and the cave in the future, and the consumption of spirit stones will increase accordingly.
At the same time, he instructed Guan Qiaozhi not to leave Mount Wuqi unless necessary. If there is anything you want to do, you can tell the scattered cultivators who are attached to the main peak to do it.
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One month later.
Shi Man Rong returned to Wu Qi Mountain to help Ye Fei, who had officially settled in, set up the mountain protection array.
Lu Changan watched from afar as the formation was being set up, and felt that Shi Manrong's attainments in formation had improved significantly over the past few years, and that her cultivation was also steadily advancing.
This may have something to do with joining the Yellow Dragon Mountain.
After the formation was set up, Lu Changan approached Shi Manrong to discuss the matter.
"Fairy Shi, if the beast tide is large in scale, it is inevitable that there will be leaks that will break through the front line and bring about an impact on the surrounding area. At that time, there may be petty criminals who fish in troubled waters."
"Mister Lu suggests that we strengthen the deployment of guarding formations at Mount Wu Qi."
The cost of the vigilance formation is not high, and it is mainly based on the attainment of the formation master.
Shi Manrong thought about it briefly and agreed to Lu Changan's proposal.
Although Fairy Shi does not live in Wuqi Mountain at the moment, there are several decades of hard work to cultivate spiritual assets on Xiaopan Peak, and there are still maids and servants taking care of them.
Moreover, her cooperation with Yellow Dragon Mountain is only temporary, and the future is uncertain, so she still needs to leave a good retreat.
In the following days, Fairy Shifu set up some hidden guarding formations in Wu Qi Mountain.
The expenses of setting up the formations were borne by the three peak masters. The newcomer Ye Fei didn't object to it because it was related to his own safety.
A few more months passed.
The Golden Cloud Valley's Foundation Establishment Deacons arrived at Mount Wuqi, and the three Peak Masters re-signed the joint spirit contract.
After doing so, Shi Manrong immediately returned to Yellow Dragon Immortal City.
Lu Chang'an had a feeling that Yellow Dragon Mountain had recruited Shi Manrong with a lot of money, and it should not be just to deal with the beast tide.
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One year later, Lu Chang'an turned 106 years old.
On this day, he finished his daily cultivation and treasure talisman warming.
He walked out of his cave.
As usual, he looked to the north.
He vaguely sensed the invisible demonic wind and aura coming out from the ancient mountain range in the north.
"It's coming." Lu Changan murmured.
In the last half a year, he had been watching the north, judging the approximate stage of the beast tide through the crude qi lookout method of his previous life.
Unlike Yellow Dragon Immortal City, Wu Qi Mountain was located at the front line of the beast tide.
Its geographical location is some distance away from the Black Mist Mountain Range, making it relatively safe.
Even so, Lu Chang'an kept his attention and vigilance.
Ten days later, news from the frontline reached Wu Qi Mountain.
"Brother Lu, a beast tide has broken out in the Black Mist Mountain Range. Yellow Dragon Immortal City and the neighboring Immortal Cultivation Forces have been attacked by hordes of demonic beasts."
Guan Qiaozhi came over to report, her expression grave and urgent.
"Well, it won't affect our side for the time being."
Lu Changan was calm and relaxed.
The essence of the beast tide was that there were many types of demonic beasts and their reproduction power was too strong for the Black Mist Mountain Range to bear internally. The upper level demonic beasts, from the inside to the outside, drove out some of the lower level demonic beast communities.
The expelled demonic beasts have the instinctive need to cultivate, and will prioritize attacking the spiritual veins of the human territory.
During the beast tide, the high-level demonic beasts will secretly control it and try to use the opportunity to expand their territory.
Tens of thousands of years ago, when the Demon Race was strong, most of the land of Liang once fell and became the territory of the Demon Beasts.
Immortal cultivators are also the target of demonic beasts.
The flesh and blood of ordinary mortals are not very attractive to the demonic beasts, and their taste is also average.
But the flesh and blood of Immortal Cultivators nourished by spiritual qi is a rare tonic for demonic beasts, just like a torch in the darkness of the night.
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The first month of the outbreak of the beast tide.
The major cultivation forces adjacent to the Black Mist Mountain Range were attacked by a tidal wave of demonic beasts.
The first to bear the brunt were forces like the Yellow Dragon Immortal City and the Imperial Beast Zhou Family. They have experience in dealing with the Black Mist Mountain Range as they have utilized this precious land to thrive. These frontline forces were not alone. Immortal cultivation sects issued missions calling for their disciples to hunt demonic beasts on the frontline.
There are also demon hunters who want to make a fortune from demonic beast materials, arriving at the front line in large numbers.
In addition to defending the city and hunting demons, Immortal Hundred Arts practitioners provide logistic materials, which can be exchanged for more pay than usual.
The area around Wu Qi Mountain is still calm.
Lu Chang'an clearly noticed that more cultivators came to buy talismans.
Even first-order puppets have become bestsellers.
Ye Fei's Little Dan Peak has just started up and is doing well.
"Qiaozhi, starting tomorrow, all talismans and puppets, increase the price by two to thirty percent."
Lu Changan handed a jade cylinder to Guan Qiaozhi.
During this special period, a larger supply will not attract attention.
The signs of a beast tide appeared years ago.
It is not uncommon for forward-thinking craftsmen to stock up on "war supplies" in advance.
Lu Chang'an's price hike is relatively conscientious.
Although he didn't go to the front line to fight, but he provided war supplies at the back, which was also considered a contribution to the human civilization.
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Two more months have passed.
The news from the front line is that the scale of the beast tide is not small, there is already a marketplace and two Foundation Stage Immortal Cultivation Clans that have been broken by the beast tide.
The prices of talismans, pills, and magic weapons on the market continue to rise.
Lu Chang'an's stock of first-order middle and lower-grade talismans has been depleted.
Luckily, he has enough stock in his hand.
He had purchased a lot of talisman materials from the Yellow Dragon Immortal City.
However, according to this trend, the talisman materials won't last long.
Lu Chang'an wasn't worried about this.
He believed that it wouldn't be long before a large amount of materials would be circulated from the frontline.
Moreover, Wu Qi Mountain's geographical location made it easier to go to Yellow Dragon Immortal City and other frontline locations to make purchases.
On this day.
Guan Qiaozhi, who was outside the cave, let out a cry of alarm and looked terrified.
In the sky above Mount Wu Qi, a demonic wind swept through.
The shadows of several demonic birds hovered between the clouds, staring at the land of spirit veins below.
The leading black demonic bird, with wings spreading five or six feet, is an early second stage demonic bird, and the other three are late first stage.
"No need to panic. It's just a normal leakage, it's easier for the demonic birds to spare the front line and enter the interior of Liang."
Lu Changan restrained his magical breath and told the ground rock rats to stay out of sight for now.
The beast tide will come for two or three months.
They have only just seen the shadows of demonic beasts in these backlands of the Spirit Vein.
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As the demonic birds attacked, Little Dan Peak and Little Pan Peak, miles away, opened their formations to prevent it.
Lu Chang'an was trying to collect some talisman materials and didn't fully open the formations. The killing and defense formations on Little Turtle Peak are only half-opened.
Suddenly, the demonic wind was strong, and a sharp hissing sound came from far and near.
The leader of the second-stage black demon bird, sharp eyes, staring at the lotus pond Xuan Shui turtle.
The four birds of prey were heading towards the small turtle peak.
The Xuan Shui Turtle shivered and looked blearily at Lu Chang'an at the mouth of the cave, who ordered it to stay put.
Puff!
The Xuan Shui Turtle sank into the water, revealing only its huge shell.
The leading second-ranked black bird killed to the top of the mountain, its eyes showed alertness, and its body suddenly braked.
Wow!
A large wave of water flowed around the mountaintop, while an illusory blue moon hovered in the sky.
With the illusory blue moon as the center, a dark blue water curtain shrouded the peak and cave of Little Turtle Peak, isolating it from the outside world.
This is the second-order medium-grade phantom killing formation that Shi Manrong has set up on Little Turtle Peak, called the "Phantom Moon Water Brake Formation".
Boo
Inside the formation, a blue ripple emitting black light, like a big twisted net, swept over a few demonic birds.
Three late first stage demonic birds froze in mid-air, their bloody corpses falling down.
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