Although the magic weapon was extremely exquisite, and because of the different laws, the principles of refining were also very different from the alchemy of the Holy Court Continent, but Mu Hanyan's understanding of the laws was now even better than that of the Lord of the Tianjin Palace. After repeated deliberation and practice, he figured out some experience and began to refine it.
The Sky-Breaking Talisman has been completed by one third now. Although it is becoming more and more difficult as time goes by, Mu Hanyan's alchemy skills are constantly improving. Perhaps it won't be long before the Sky-Breaking Talisman can be refined. By then, Ling Baobao will have to leave the Holy Court Continent.
"Thank you." Ling Baobao looked at Mu Hanyan deeply, lowered his head and continued eating, but his movements were much slower. It seemed that every time he picked up the chopsticks, he was reluctant to leave.
After dinner, everyone went to their guest rooms to rest. Yue Xiuming had just gotten himself into trouble, and he was feeling a bit sullen, so he didn't want to embarrass them anymore.
This small mountain town is not as prosperous as the capital, and soon after nightfall, the town becomes quiet.
"Ah..." A shrill scream was heard in the night sky, followed by a chaotic sound of alarm gongs and the panicked shouts of the crowd. Torches were lit in various parts of the town, and the town was brightly lit.
Mu Hanyan walked out of the room quickly. Hua Yue, Zirong and others were already guarding the door.
Yue Xiuming, Zeng Wenxin and others stood at the stairs and asked the shopkeeper below, "What happened?"
"I'm not quite sure, maybe it's another strange beast attacking the city." The shopkeeper answered calmly.
Practitioners from all over the Holy Court Continent would go to the Longyan Mountains for training, and killing strange beasts was a common occurrence. Many people even made huge profits by hunting strange beasts or stealing their eggs. Strange beasts were also quite intelligent, and would fight back frantically if provoked. Remote towns near the Longyan Mountains were often attacked by strange beasts.
This small town is located in the Longyan Mountains, and this kind of thing is commonplace, so the shopkeeper is not worried at all.
"Strange beasts are attacking the city. Let's go and take a look." Yue Xiuming said excitedly.
"Your Excellency is a precious person and must not put yourself in danger. Let the soldiers in the town handle this matter." Zeng Wenxin advised hurriedly.
The last time Yue Xiuming rashly attacked the "Slate Pig", he was scared to death, fearing that he would run and risk his life again in a moment of impulse.
"Sir Zeng, as the imperial guards, it is our bounden duty to defend our country. If we stand idly by at this time, it will only disappoint the people." Yue Xiuming said with a gloomy face.
"But the task assigned by His Majesty is..." Zeng Wenxin continued to persuade.
"Haven't you heard that a general is not bound by the king's orders when he is away from the court? Besides, you have seen how powerful others are. Do they need our protection?" Yue Xiuming said sarcastically, obviously still brooding over the fact that Mu Hanyan had stolen his "credit" a few days ago.
After saying that, Yue Xiuming ordered Li Dingfeng to gather the soldiers and ran towards the town gate excitedly without even looking at Zeng Wenxin.
Zeng Wenxin looked helpless and apologetically at Mu Hanyan. As a citizen of Shangyue, he certainly had no good feelings towards Anyun Kingdom, but due to his duty, he couldn't be as rude as Yue Xiuming.
"Let's go, let's go and take a look." Mu Hanyan didn't take it to heart, and walked towards the city gate with Hua Yue and others.
Torches were lit in all parts of the town, and the city walls were brightly lit.
Although the town wasn't large, it was built with great strength, its walls reaching a height of ten feet. If one only looked at the walls, they were comparable to some county towns. This was no surprise; mountain towns like these were often used as military fortresses during wartime, so they were naturally much stronger than ordinary cities.
On the city wall, a gray-haired old man in worn armor brandished a longsword, directing a dozen of his men to draw their bows and shoot with their swords. This was the town's mayor. Mu Hanyan had seen him come upstairs when he had trembled with fear before, but they hadn't spoken. The people of Anyun, Shangyue, and Yue hated each other to the core, so she didn't bother to bother herself.
There are naturally not many soldiers stationed in such a small mountain town, no more than twenty people in total. It is certainly difficult to defend a city with them. However, in addition to these soldiers, hundreds of civilians also stood on the city walls, pulling their longbows quickly.
Only then did Mu Hanyan realize that it was true that the people of Shangyue Kingdom were all martial artists. These people were old and young, male and female, and all of them were quite strong. The strongest was probably a ninth-level swordsman, and the weakest was a fifth-level swordsman.
With the sound of bowstrings trembling, countless sharp arrows shot towards the bottom of the city wall like lightning, followed by shrill roars of beasts.
Mu Hanyan also stood on the city wall at this time, and saw thousands of strange beasts rushing towards the city wall one after another below, including strange beasts such as wind pigs, one-horned violent sheep, etc.
These strange beasts were obviously not strong, and they had no power to resist the rain of arrows from the swordsmen. Every time a rain of arrows fell, a bloody mist erupted under the city, and the helpless cries of the strange beasts before their death could be heard.
"Hahahaha, these stupid beasts are really brainless. They rush up one after another to die." Yue Xiuming laughed.
Next to him, the city lord had a serious expression and said nothing, as if he was thinking about something.
Mu Hanyan frowned as she looked at the strange beast below that was rushing towards her death like a moth to a flame.
She had also heard about the strange beasts attacking the city. These strange beasts were not as stupid and brainless as Yue Xiuming imagined. Usually, they would quickly retreat if they could not gain any advantage. They would never rush in like a swarm to die.
"Sir, something seems a little wrong." Mu Hanyan was wondering secretly when she heard the old city lord next to her say with a little worry.
"What's wrong?" Yue Xiuming asked nonchalantly.
"In the past, when strange beasts attacked the city, they would usually retreat after a few attacks. Why are they rushing forward to die like crazy today?" said the old city lord, and he thought the same thing as Mu Hanyan.
"Oh? I thought these strange beasts were so stupid that they were not even afraid of death." Yue Xiuming said curiously.
"No, no, no. Although these strange beasts are not of high level, they are much smarter than you can imagine. I have been guarding here for many years, and this is the first time I have seen such a situation. There must be something strange about it." said the old city lord.
"What's so strange?" Yue Xiuming seemed to be determined to get to the bottom of things.
"I can't figure it out either, but there must be a reason." The old city lord shook his head.
"Ha... I understand." Yue Xiuming suddenly slapped his head and said.
"Oh? Please explain clearly, sir." Everyone around him looked at him in confusion.
Mu Hanyan also turned her head curiously. She couldn't understand the reason behind this, but she didn't know what this dandy little prince had in mind.
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