Because there were no attacks from monsters along the way, the escort team relaxed their vigilance for a while.
Qin Xin and Dan Qing both sensed something was wrong and kept a close watch on their surroundings the whole way.
"Thump! Thump! Thump!"
A series of muffled thuds suddenly rang out.
"Oh no! It's a beast tide! Retreat quickly!"
Having wandered deep within this forest of dead leaves for many years, Lin Yu naturally knew what the muffled sound meant.
As they retreated quickly, the group immediately protected Xia Yue. As for the martial artists who had been injured in the battle with the demonic beasts, they could not be taken care of at this time and could only be left to fend for themselves.
After finding a cave, the group filed in, with Lin Yu being the last to enter. He unleashed his Yuan Power and struck the cave entrance with a palm strike.
Suddenly, several huge rocks fell down, completely blocking the cave.
"Everyone, conceal your presence to avoid being detected by the monsters!"
Lin Yu said somewhat anxiously.
The group hurriedly withdrew their martial spirits, and for a moment the entire cave space was pitch black and eerily quiet.
"Thump! Thump! Thump!"
The sound, like ten thousand horses galloping, grew closer and closer, causing the entire cave to tremble continuously, accompanied by the falling of huge rocks, forcing everyone to dodge and evade.
Lin Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief as the shaking subsided and the sound gradually faded away.
With the mobilization of vital energy, a punch was thrown, and the previously buried passage was reopened.
The group carefully emerged from the cave, and looking at the fallen trees, numerous monster footprints, and the few level-five monsters trampled to death, they all felt a sense of relief.
If they were directly hit by this beast tide, they would probably be pulverized.
"The Dead Leaf Forest hasn't seen a beast tide for over ten years. With such a large-scale event now, could it be that something has appeared in the Dead Leaf Forest?" Lin Yu murmured to himself, somewhat puzzled.
Bai Zhi, who was standing to the side, stretched her arms. In the cave, due to the falling of the boulder, she was unable to use her internal strength and her arm was also hit by the boulder. However, since martial artists have strong physical bodies, she was not seriously injured.
Bai Zhi felt uneasy about the sudden appearance of the beast tide and said, "Let's hurry on our way. Now that the beast tide has passed, the journey should be much safer."
After saying that, he urged everyone to hurry to the border of Zhongzhou.
Qin Xin naturally wouldn't waste these newly dead demon beasts. While the group was traveling, he would often stop under the pretext of collecting demon beast crystals and secretly devour the soul fragments of these demon beasts through the Spirit Devouring Stone.
Although these level-five demonic beasts did not significantly increase the star level of Qin Xin's Martial Spirit after being transformed by the Spirit Devouring Stone, the sheer number of them did increase the spiritual power of Qin Xin's Black Stick Martial Spirit considerably.
The group did not stop Qin Xin from collecting the monster crystals, but they also did not stop to wait for him. After all, after the beast tide, there were no certainty that there would be other dangers in the Withered Leaf Forest, and staying any longer would mean an increased possibility of casualties.
Of course, Qin Xin never strayed too far from the group when collecting beast crystals. After collecting a few beast crystals from the surrounding area, he would immediately catch up with the group.
Moreover, because the team needed to protect Xia Yue's safety, their travel speed was not very fast.
However, Qin Xin's act of leaving the team alone caused some dissatisfaction among the martial artists. After all, they were all in the same guard team, and if everyone acted like him, the guard team might as well be disbanded.
Qin Xin naturally understood this principle, but every time he collected monster crystals, he would distribute them to the guards.
Although these demon beast crystals are not considered precious items in the Eastern Wilderness, they are still worth a considerable amount of money. Even in the Central Plains, they can be sold for a lot of gold coins or cultivation pills, which is naturally a good thing for martial artists.
When Qin Xin gave Xia Yue the two demon beast crystals, she smiled a little more. Although she had many good things, now that she had gone to Zhongzhou to cultivate, she was no longer like in the Eastern Wilderness, where everyone respected her as a princess of the Great Xia Dynasty. Instead, she was no different from an ordinary person.
As they continued their journey, the number of monster corpses along the way decreased, and their levels also became lower and lower.
These monsters were useless to Qin Xin, and these low-level beast crystals were completely worthless in Zhongzhou; collecting them would only be a burden.
They traveled day and night.
The group stopped only after they saw a towering city wall.
Outside the city walls, the sunlight cast a deep red glow, but the area outside the city was in a state of chaos, as if a battle had just taken place.
After arriving at the city gate.
Looking at the three large characters "Kuye City" above, Qin Xin was also somewhat shocked.
These three large characters seemed to be formed by a powerful being through their own strength, constantly radiating powerful spiritual energy fluctuations.
"Luckily you arrived late! If that level seven demonic beast had charged into the city, you would all have been reduced to ashes!"
The group of warriors outside the city gates who were entering the city were also talking to each other.
Qin Xin then realized that the previous beast tide was likely caused by that level seven demonic beast.
"Fortunately, City Lord Zhou Lei intervened and repelled the level seven demonic beast, thus preventing casualties in Kuye City."
Some martial artists said with relief.
For a moment, Qin Xin was curious about Zhou Lei, the city lord of Kuye City. A level seven demon beast was not like a level six demon beast. After entering the level seven, the demon beast had its own consciousness and could even speak human language. Its strength was equivalent to that of a Dharma Aspect Realm expert.
The city of withered leaves is very large. Judging from the ancient city gate and the ancient patterns and markings above it, it is difficult to determine how many years it has existed.
Upon entering the City of Withered Leaves, there were no guards protecting it, as if they were not worried at all about anyone causing trouble in the city.
"The Duanmu Clan of Zhongzhou is recruiting guards. Anyone at the seventh level of the Qi Sea Realm or above is eligible. The monthly salary is one hundred gold coins!"
"The Central Plains Wind Clan is recruiting menial laborers. Anyone at the fifth level of the Qi Sea Realm or above is eligible. The monthly stipend is ten gold coins!"
...
Shouts and calls rang out all around, and many martial artists chose to follow these people.
After entering Kuye City, the guard team disbanded on the spot, and the others went their separate ways. As for Lin Yu and his group, they planned to rest in Kuye City for a while before returning to the Eastern Wilderness.
What are your plans after this?
Xia Yue and Xiao Mei did not leave immediately, but instead asked Qin Xin.
"Let's just wander around and take a look around," Qin Xin replied softly.
"Oh, right, I forgot to remind you, the establishment of this Withered Leaf City is only to prevent the teleportation array into the Central Continent from being destroyed by demonic beasts. If you really want to enter the Central Continent, you still need to go through the teleportation array."
"However, each use of this teleportation array requires ten low-grade spirit stones."
Upon hearing that the teleportation array required low-grade spirit stones, Qin Xin's eyes revealed surprise. He knew that ten low-grade spirit stones were equivalent to the annual income of many large families in the Eastern Wilderness.
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