Chapter 96
As soon as these thoughts came out, the people around them suddenly felt nervous, but Nan Xi just glanced at Shi Ye for a moment longer and didn't stay for long.
He Jian called them this time to hold a meeting.
It took more than five hours to deeply analyze the current situation of the cultivation world and possible situations in the future, but he did not tell them what they should do next, he just laid out the situation.
After saying that, He Jian rubbed his eyebrows with a headache.
"The general trend now is to protect oneself. Even for the immortal families, the situation is not optimistic. We don't ask you to do anything, nor do we restrict your actions."
Having said this, He Jian paused again, "But in the future, please be careful about your actions."
Everyone nodded seriously.
Nan Xi was naturally among them.
Although there is no war now, the current world of cultivation is undoubtedly in chaos. In the plot, most of the immortal families have chosen to protect themselves.
He also does not allow his disciples to freely express their sympathy.
Later, the Tianyun Sword Sect would also instill in their disciples some concepts about the sinister nature of human nature. They could save people from danger, but they could not give them food and drink at will.
but……
Nan Xi breathed a sigh of relief.
That's enough, that's all. Tianyun Sword Sect doesn't have the power of Zhatian, so naturally it can't save everyone's lives. But the current situation is much better than in the plot.
After today, Nan Xi still has no time to spare.
Natural disasters occur frequently, and situations like the one in Qingxi City are rare. However, such rare cases are not rare when spread out across the entire cultivation world.
So while waiting for the plot, in addition to practicing, she would also go to rescue after some disasters occurred.
The disciples of Tianyun Sword Sect who still had spare energy were all busy, but Nan Xi was undoubtedly the busiest one among them, because she knew the most and could not turn a blind eye.
Time passed day by day, and occasionally Nan Xi would follow the plot and have some contact with Qi Qian.
A year or two passed in the blink of an eye.
Natural disasters are still continuing, but the celestial phenomena in the Tianyun Sword Sect alone have changed several times. Although it is sad, many people have basically gotten used to it.
The production of food and spiritual herbs gradually stabilized. Although it was still not as high as before the natural disaster, everyone could barely survive and not starve to death.
After the situation became stable, everyone began to look forward to the natural disaster passing. Many astrologers and fortune tellers calculated day and night when this strange phenomenon would pass.
But such a big secret is hard to predict, so there has been no progress.
Nan Xi's mood gradually became bad.
Because she knew clearly that the final big plot was getting closer and closer, and no one could predict what would happen in the future.
Of course, because she seldom thought about these things, except for Li Yunzheng who knew the plot, others did not think much about her emotional changes even if they felt them.
Instead, they were all thinking about something Nan Xi had been thinking about frequently recently.
In the third year after the natural disaster, the situation did not gradually improve as everyone hoped, but instead a more severe natural disaster came, and the barely maintained peace was torn apart.
The sky collapsed and the earth split, the sea flooded back, the spirit beasts rioted, and countless cities were destroyed.
By then everyone will be in danger, and a real chaotic world will be ushered in.
Nan Xi simply couldn't understand why such a small-scale, abusive novel had to have such a world-shattering plot to advance the love line. Was it because the author herself found that what she wrote was not attractive at all?
But even so, time continued to move forward day by day until this day.
It was still noon in the Tianyun Sword Sect, and the sun was still strong enough to dry up everything. Suddenly, the world became dark.
Everyone walked out of the house and looked around in confusion.
But everywhere I looked was invisible darkness.
Then in the next moment, a dim red light sprinkled on the earth, only slightly brighter than before, enough to allow people to see the lines of the surrounding scenery, but it still made everyone look up at the sky the next moment.
A huge red sun hung in the sky, and in the red light, black air and golden light intertwined, making it difficult to tell whether the omen was good or bad.
"Boom——"
"Bang--"
There was a strong vibration coming from the ground. The air pressure and wind became chaotic at this moment. There was a huge crash, or a sound coming from something, which was deafening and made people panic.
Nan Xi was standing on such a confusing land.
But soon, a man ran towards her.
A ball of light condensed in Luo Tingyun's hand, and he looked at Nan Xi with some worry, "Senior Sister."
Nan Xi met Luo Tingyun's gaze and forced a smile to comfort him.
"I'm fine."
But that smile didn't really look like a smile. It was just an arc without any trace of smile.
Nan Xi was indeed fine, but she really didn't feel like laughing. Or rather, looking at the current situation, she believed that no one could laugh.
But she didn't let the atmosphere fall silent. She just said to Luo Tingyun: "Let's go find other people. We don't know the specific situation yet. It's always unsafe to disperse."
Of course, Nan Xi was not the only one who had this idea. The disciples of Tianyun Sword Sect now had surprisingly unified ideas.
Go to the martial arts arena.
When Nan Xi and Luo Tingyun arrived, some people had already gathered at the martial arts arena, but to Nan Xi's surprise, everyone's reactions were not very panicked, but just a little impatient, and they were discussing the current situation in twos and threes in a low voice.
At this time, the sky was a little brighter than before, and when He Jian and many elders arrived, it was even brighter.
Everyone's mind gradually became clear, and when the daybreak came, they would know what had happened.
But Nan Xi just looked at He Jian, waiting for him to tell them the situation that would endanger them the most.
"The spirit beasts are rioting. Tens of thousands of spirit beasts are attacking cities and immortal gates."
The sound of swords spread throughout the arena, "Everyone, prepare for battle."
At the same time, their hearing, which they had previously thought was not blocked, suddenly became clear. They heard the roar of beasts, the cry of birds, and the screams of creatures, which were both terrifying and sad.
Before anyone could react, Nan Xi had already left with the sword in hand.
When she flew up into the sky, she could see that the land had collapsed in some places. What were mountains just now turned into valleys in a short while.
But this kind of change is not over yet. Perhaps when we wait a while, the bottom of the valley will be filled again.
This can also explain why the spirit beasts rioted and their homes were destroyed. All the spirit beasts were panicking at this time. In addition, there might also be interference from things like the pressure from the Heavenly Dao.
Not only spirit beasts, but even humans have an almost unconcealable brutality in their hearts.
It's been two years, two whole years. They have been suppressing it for two years.
The situation at the Tianyun Sword Sect is not serious. Not only is the Tianyun Sword Sect also located in the mountains, but also because of the formation, this place is usually ignored by the spirit beasts.
The hardest-hit areas besieged by spirit beasts are city-states, especially those with a large population. People can tell from a distance that they are cities designated as human territories.
In the past, the spirit beasts walked around these places, but now they rushed towards these places one by one.
Nan Xi and the people from the Tianyun Sword Sect had just resolved the situation here, and they immediately headed to the next place.
Although the attacks of the spirit beasts covered the entire cultivation world, most places could handle the situation by themselves. However, the situation in several cities was the most serious. If there was no support, the entire city would be razed to the ground by the spirit beasts in the end.
This time, Li Yunzheng and several elders also went with Nan Xi and others.
There are too many spirit beasts there, and they are too powerful. If there are only a few in the Yuanying or Jindan stage at this time, it will not be enough.
From a distance, one could see a dark mass of spirit beasts swarming towards the city from all directions. They were so dense that they surrounded the city from the sky to the ground.
Occasionally, a light could be seen. It was the monks clearing out the spirit beasts in that area, but it was filled up again the next moment.
Nan Xi glanced at the people around him. No one said anything. They just held their swords and rushed into the pile of spirit beasts with several elders.
There is actually a plot here, but Nan Xi looked around and didn't see Qi Qian.
However, at this point, it was impossible for her to keep observing where Qi Qian was. She just frowned slightly and the sword in her hand became more and more powerful.
The situation was chaotic, and almost no one cared about anything else. The only explanation for all the actions was to face the spirit beast and avoid its attacks.
When Qi Qian arrived, he saw Nan Xi at first sight.
Over the past two years, he and Nan Xi have become much closer. Although there are occasional misunderstandings, most of the time, Nan Xi is very gentle to him.
So when he came here and saw Nan Xi fighting with the spirit beast, Qi Qian didn't react immediately.
At this time, Nan Xi's sword and body were stained with blood, but there was no expression on his face. He waved his hand and a dazzling sword light fell down.
She picked out spirit beasts that were as powerful as herself, killing them one by one with her sword.
In this chaotic group of spirit beasts, there is always an empty space around her.
Qi Qian was stunned for a moment, and before he had time to savor the feeling in his heart, he followed the people around him into the group of spirit beasts and started fighting.
Because the high-level spirit beasts are led by high-level monks, the situation slightly behind is not obviously life-threatening for geniuses like Nan Xi or Luo Tingyun.
Luo Tingyun's remaining eyes were always on Nan Xi.
The distance between them was not far, so they could always see each other, but they did not look at each other directly, but just focused on the battle in front of them.
But there are too many spirit beasts.
Wave after wave, as if they would never be killed enough. After a long time, everything in front of your eyes would be stained with blood red.
At this time, they heard voices coming from inside the city.
"Those who have exhausted their spiritual power should come down and recuperate first. The city defense formation can still hold up."
Nan Xi suddenly came to her senses and found that her dantian was aching because her spiritual energy had been drained.
So after a slight hesitation, he slowly landed in the city.
After coming down, I found that there was almost no light in the city. It was like a dark night and the only way to get around was by lamps.
Not long after, Luo Tingyun also landed down, landing next to Nan Xi with incredible precision. When Nan Xi saw him, she sensed a somewhat unstable aura from him, so she looked over with some worry.
"How are you?"
It was no secret that Luo Tingyun had a hidden illness. He had been undergoing treatment for a hundred years, and although it had been effective, it had never been cured.
Nan Xi had never actually seen Luo Tingyun having an attack, but she knew that once something went wrong, he would be almost unable to move, and in combat, this condition would be fatal.
Luo Tingyun met Nan Xi's worried gaze, pursed his slightly pale lips, and shook his head at Nan Xi.
"I'm fine."
He felt his own situation.
In fact, it's not that he's completely fine. He has done special training to deal with such high-intensity, continuous combat, so by now, he has more or less adapted to it and won't be easily induced to have hidden illnesses.
Even so, he still felt that the spiritual energy in his body was somewhat disordered.
But it's just a mess, and it will get better after calming down a little.
Seeing that there was no sign of hardship on Luo Tingyun's face, Nan Xi felt a little relieved.
She was meditating, holding a spirit stone in her hand.
In the past, the world of cultivation had abundant spiritual energy, and spirit stones were not often used for cultivation. Most of the time, spirit stones were used as currency, or as consumables in formations and some magical instruments.
However, since the natural disaster, the concentration of spiritual energy has decreased, and Nan Xi wanted to speed up the recovery of spiritual power, so he directly used the spiritual stone.
Luo Tingyun glanced at Nan Xi's condition and without hesitation, he simply closed his eyes and meditated to recover his spiritual power.
He wanted to keep up with his senior sister.
After Nan Xi's spiritual power recovered, he turned his head to look at Luo Tingyun. Seeing that he was still recuperating, he said nothing and flew directly towards the group of spirit beasts.
A new round of fighting has begun.
When Luo Tingyun opened his eyes, he saw the spiritual power surging in Nan Xi's hands and the sword energy overflowing. The snow-white and sharp sword energy slashed across, and the spirit beasts within dozens of meters around were either cut in half or missing limbs, losing part of their fighting ability.
Just this moment, handsome.
Luo Tingyun was stunned again, then stood up.
The spiritual energy in his body was replenished again. He had just sorted it out. Although it was not completely smooth yet, at least it was not chaotic anymore. It was just a little unstable.
Without any hesitation, Luo Tingyun rushed forward again and fought at a position not far from Nan Xi.
I don't know how much time has passed. The sky seemed to get dark several times, and it seemed to stay dark forever. Later on, Nan Xi's hands and thoughts gradually became numb. She just mechanically repeated the actions of killing spirit beasts and dodging attacks.
But fortunately, there was finally some space between the herd of spirit beasts and the city.
The battle between the mighty and the high-level spirit beast was still fierce, but a closer look revealed that the spirit beast was already losing the upper hand.
After coming down to regulate his breathing again, Nan Xi looked at the sky which was finally able to let out light, and let out a light breath.
In such a fight, it is inevitable to get hurt on the hands. A deep wound was pecked on her hand, leaving a visible bone. After taking the healing pill, Yao Xiu was helping her treat the wound, while Luo Tingyun watched nervously from the side.
Nan Xi smiled at Luo Tingyun and said, "It doesn't hurt that much."
In fact, she didn't really want to say this, but Luo Tingyun stared at the wound, her extremely beautiful eyebrows tightly wrinkled, as if there was no room for anything else in her eyes.
Because of worry, there were even tears in my eyes.
Nan Xi felt that since her junior sister was so worried, she should say something.
Luo Tingyun glanced at her, but was not comforted. He said in a low voice, "I almost got my tendons pecked."
The spirit beast might have been eyeing Nan Xi for a long time, and when it found the right opportunity, it rushed towards her right hand. Fortunately, Nan Xi reacted quickly, otherwise her tendons would have been pecked. Even if she was rescued in time and there would be no sequelae, she would not be able to hold the sword properly for at least some time.
Nan Xi looked at his expression and couldn't think of any more words to comfort Luo Tingyun. She just sighed again.
She looked up again and said, "It will be fine once the beast tide passes."
Luo Tingyun looked up along with Nan Xi.
They have been fighting against this beast tide together for many days. It is hard to say exactly how many days, but looking outside, the spirit beasts are still densely packed, as if their number has not decreased at all.
Luo Tingyun's hands involuntarily stretched back.
His hands had started to tremble slightly since the day before, but fortunately, they stopped shaking when he held the sword and did not affect the battle.
[We are almost there... that plot point. ]
Nan Xi's voice came out faintly.
At this time, there were many disciples of the Tianyun Sword Sect around. When they heard Nan Xi's voice, they all pricked up their ears subconsciously. They had now mastered the skill and would no longer look towards Nan Xi as soon as they heard the voice.
[I will help Qi Qian to prevent injuries later.] Nan Xi blinked and looked down at Qi Qian on the city wall.
At this point in the plot, the heroine has become very weak. Although her cultivation is still improving, she is frail and sickly, so naturally she cannot play a big role in such a fierce battle.
But even so, the heroine couldn't rest at this time, so she came along and wanted to help.
She didn't kill many spirit beasts, but when Qi Qian was attacked from both sides, she saw the danger that Qi Qian was about to face and rushed forward bravely.
When she thought of this, although she didn't understand, Nan Xi still reluctantly suppressed her strong desire to complain.
At least the heroine did her best in loving Qi Qian.
Even though he had experienced so many plots before, Luo Tingyun couldn't help but feel a little nervous when he heard that Nan Xi would help Qi Qian avoid injuries.
But the next moment, Nan Xi thought again, [System, if I want to block the damage, can I use the sword? Anyway, I...]
Before Nan Xi finished speaking, she heard the weak voice of the system.
【Can.】
Hearing this, Nan Xi couldn't help but raise her eyebrows, but since it was good news after all, she curled her lips and said, "You can be called a good system recently."
After hearing this, the system remained silent.
It is a system of few words in itself, and now that it is controlled by Li Yunzheng, it dares not say much.
Ever since it discovered that Nan Xi had done something to it last time, it had a deeper understanding of Nan Xi and was afraid that if it said too much, Nan Xi would notice something was wrong.
Or maybe, even if it didn't speak, Nan Xi had sensed something was wrong from its state, but just didn't say anything.
Thinking of this, the system trembled again.
After listening to the conversation between Nan Xi and the system, everyone felt relieved.
Luo Tingyun stood up holding the sword and said to Nan Xi, "Senior Sister, please recuperate for a while. I will go up first."
With the combined treatment of healing pills and medicine, the wound on Nan Xi's hand quickly grew flesh and formed a scab. In about a day, the wound would be completely healed.
She looked at the wound on her hand, which felt a little numb and itchy, so she shook it off and continued to watch the herd of beasts.
Perhaps knowing that continued attacks would be futile, the beasts finally showed signs of retreat.
Mainly, the battle between high-level spirit beasts and monks has come to an end. At this time, a huge spirit beast has fallen from the sky and killed hundreds of ordinary spirit beasts.
This seemed like a nice scene, but Nan Xi knew there was more to the story.
When everyone was gradually relaxing their vigilance, another voice came to the ears of the Tianyun Sword Sect disciples, "The high-level spirit beasts are intelligent and very smart. They knew that the beast group was no match for them, so when they were preparing to retreat, they kept a close eye on the genius of the human race."
Nan Xi's heart sank.
【Want to cause great damage to the vitality of the human race.】
"roar!!!"
The next second after Nan Xi's words fell, a lurking spirit beast in the Spiritual Transformation Stage roared, suddenly turned around and rushed towards Qi Qian.
It was not known whether Qi Qian had good luck or bad luck, because the first one the high-level spirit beast rushed towards was him, so he had no time to react at all.
Nan Xi's eyes narrowed, and he flew forward, and the sword in his hand collided with the spirit beast.
She is just a Jindan stage, no matter how strong she is, she can at most fight back and forth with Qi Qian who is in the Yuanying stage, but facing a Huashen stage, it is undoubtedly like an egg hitting a rock.
Everyone realized this, including Luo Tingyun who had been paying attention to Nan Xi.
His hand holding the sword also began to tremble, and he didn't know whether it was due to physical or psychological reasons.
Luo Tingyun only knew that he was very anxious at this moment, so anxious that he even ignored the attacks from other spirit beasts around him and rushed towards Nan Xi almost at the same time.
But it was too late.
Nan Xi's body flew backwards. Luo Tingyun didn't even catch Nan Xi. Instead, he saw Li Yunzheng catch Nan Xi when she was still a few steps away.
The young and heroic-looking uncle master had an impatient smile on his face. His eyes swept over Luo Tingyun and locked onto the Yuanying period spirit beast.
The hand holding the sword was raised, and the spiritual power on the sword was gathered. Even without emitting sword energy, the pressure was enough to make people panic.
The spirit beast in the Spirit Transformation Stage was severely suppressed. It still wanted to escape, but in the next moment, its head was squeezed by an invisible pressure. It twisted twice on the spot, its skin and flesh burst, and then it died.
Luo Tingyun stopped where he was.
Nan Xi's brows were furrowed and blood was oozing from his lips.
It was very strange. Although he was looking at Nan Xi and his eyes were full of Nan Xi, he still saw the scene of the spirit beast dying.
It was a common knowledge among everyone that the uncle was very strong. Luo Tingyun had also always known this, but at this moment, he still had a completely different feeling from before.
Li Yunzheng glanced at Nan Xi, who seemed to be somewhat exhausted, and felt very unhappy. She clicked her tongue lightly, and then looked at Luo Tingyun.
"Take Xi'er away to treat her injuries. I'll come back later."
Li Yunzheng actually wanted to settle the score with the system, but when she saw that the system had become a quail at this time, she lost interest. So after handing Nan Xi to Luo Tingyun, she looked at Qi Qian.
Luo Tingyun had no idea what happened between Li Yunzheng and Qi Qian afterwards.
He just carefully held Nan Xi in his arms and brought her back to the medical practitioner.
Nan Xi sensed his cautiousness and smiled at him with great effort, "It's not a serious injury, just take care of it."
Upon hearing this, Luo Tingyun also responded softly.
"I know. Senior Sister always knows what's going on."
I don't know what made Nan Xi laugh. She laughed out loud, then coughed due to internal injuries. She didn't say anything, but her inner voice was clearly audible.
[Who knows how to protect a scumbag? Junior sister really lets me do what I want. Shouldn't I be angry now? ]
Angry, thinking that she shouldn't have been injured by Qi Qian.
When Yao Xiu saw Nan Xi coming back, he probably thought that he had never seen anyone dare to go head-to-head with a spirit beast in the Spirit Transformation Stage just after getting injured on his hand, so he couldn't help but look at Nan Xi twice more.
Another healing pill was swallowed, but this one had a different effect than the previous ones, it was for treating internal injuries.
Nan Xi was brought into the room and lay down on the simple bed. Soon she felt sleepy.
Before falling asleep, he was still in the mood to wave to Luo Tingyun and said, "Don't worry, I'll be fine after a good sleep."
Luo Tingyun watched Nan Xi's breathing became gradually even, his lips tightened, and finally he exhaled softly.
I'm angry. How can I not be angry?
Facing the system, he could do nothing, and facing the spirit beast, he didn't even have time to catch the injured senior sister.
He is a genius who has been praised since he was a child, how could he be so weak, even... not as good as Qi Qian.
Some shadows slowly fell in Luo Tingyun's usually calm eyes. He wanted to do something to calm the depression in his heart at this moment, but he also felt that there were some emotions brewing in his chest, which seemed to be able to burst out at any time.
He couldn't figure it out, so he asked Yao Xiu and found out about when Nan Xi would wake up. Then he turned around and entered the group of beasts again.
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