Chapter 462: Snow on the Mountain, Bright Candles in the South 22

Three years later, the road leading to Ancheng has not changed, but the city walls have changed a lot.

Mingnan stood in the distance and looked up, feeling a mixture of emotions in his heart.

When she left, Ancheng was in ruins and in need of reconstruction. The city walls were basically destroyed and the city gates were in tatters. One more blow and the entire city wall would be reduced to ruins.

Now the city walls have been repaired and the towers look brand new.

The city gate is stronger and heavier than the original one.

However, there were no more soldiers waiting in formation outside the city.

Are you evacuating so early?

Mingnan was a little confused.

The city gate was not closed, so she walked straight in. The street was empty.

Passing by a small stall, she looked down and saw that it was covered with a thick layer of dust, indicating that the person had been gone for a long time.

Could it be that the beast tide came earlier this year?

She walked and looked, but all the shops were closed and not a single human voice was heard.

It seemed as if the entire city of An was empty.

The excitement of coming here passed and was gradually replaced by uneasiness and confusion.

After thinking for a moment, she changed her route and went to the City Lord's Mansion. She was lucky as she actually met a few people who were guarding the carriage and moving things up.

Mingnan stepped forward quickly and asked, "Where are you going?"

When they suddenly heard the young woman's voice, those people were startled and drew their swords instinctively to fight. But they found out it was Mingnan and were stunned.

The driver murmured, "Well... benefactor?"

Mingnan smiled and said, "Do you still recognize me?"

Several other people also responded. A middle-aged man scratched his head and said with a smile: "I can forget anyone but you!"

"Is the benefactor coming back to see us?"

Mingnan nodded. "I have been in seclusion for the past three years. I just came out a while ago. I thought the beast tide was coming again, so I came to take a look. I didn't expect to see no one along the way. Is there no one living in Ancheng anymore?"

"I was wondering why the benefactor hadn't come yet. It turns out he was practicing."

The driver sighed and said, "My benefactor, you don't know that Ancheng is completely uninhabitable now."

Mingnan frowned: "What do you mean?"

The driver jumped off the cart, waved his hand and said, "It's a long story."

While the others continued to load things into the car, he stood aside and explained to Mingnan.

Thanks to Yuan Ying and his men's efforts, the monster tide in Ancheng ended ahead of schedule, and the people worked together to repair the city tower.

They thought the nightmare was over, but they didn't expect that the monster tide would come early the next year, and it was so powerful that they could not be stopped at all, and it was more terrifying than any previous time.

The people fled in all directions and many died.

They didn't even have a chance to call for help.

The rest of the people ran to Dayun Mountain and hid there, barely escaping the disaster.

As soon as the beast tide ended, many people moved out of Ancheng overnight.

By the second year, the smart people would pack up their things and hide somewhere else.

Those who had no money prepared water and dry food and moved to Dayun Mountain.

The city lord went from house to house, persuading everyone to give a hand and I would help you. Finally, everyone evacuated.

Facts have proved that they were truly foresighted this time.

Because this beast tide is more terrifying than the previous one, it can be called a catastrophe.

Wherever the monster passed, no grass grew, and not a single living thing was left.

The ground shook and smoke and dust rose up.

Even when hiding in Dayun Mountain, you can clearly feel the earth shaking.

During that time, almost no one dared to sleep, for fear that once they closed their eyes, they would never be able to open them again.

In previous years, after the beast tide passed, nearly half of the monsters would return.

But this time they waited and waited but didn't see any.

"This is the third year. The city lord was afraid that the beast tide would come earlier, so he sent all the people away." The coachman sighed, "You came at the right time. If you were a little later, we would have missed it and we would never come back."

Mingnan couldn't describe the feeling in his heart.

She couldn't help but look up.

Today is a beautiful sunny day with a cloudless sky.

She looked away, and saw that the long street was empty.

The Ancheng that was prosperous despite being shrouded in dark clouds finally disappeared completely.

She murmured and repeated: "I won't come back again..."

The driver Cangsang said, "Yes, although there used to be a beast tide once a year, there were only a few monsters back then, and they were not very powerful, so we just had to endure it. But in the past two years, there are more and more monsters, and they are getting more and more powerful. When they run, they create black smoke and miasma, and the ground cracks. How can we mortals survive?"

The people who were moving things chimed in with a self-deprecating laugh, "They say God has eyes and there are gods in heaven, but God only brings disasters, the gods never care about the suffering of the people, and they don't know what we have offered as sacrifices..."

"Hush! Are you going to die?" The people beside him quickly pulled him back and warned him in a low voice: "God is watching over you. If they hear your disrespectful words, you will have a miserable life!"

The man curled his lips in disdain, seemed to be hesitant to speak, and finally said nothing.

The speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously.

Mingnan felt as if a bell had suddenly struck him, and his head made a buzzing sound.

Yes, everyone talks about ascending to become a god or an immortal, but no one has ever seen a real immortal.

Are those people still there after they ascended?

If so, why can you remain indifferent?

The afternoon sun was extremely hot, but Mingnan inexplicably felt a chill on his back.

Those people invited her to go with them to visit the city lord, and the city lord would definitely be very happy.

Mingnan declined the offer on the grounds that he had a mission to attend to.

But she still sent the person out of the city before leaving.

She actually didn't have any mission, she was just curious about the changes in the monster tide.

Yuan You told her before that it is better to open up than to block, and it is better to take proactive action than to prevent.

She thought it made sense.

There must be a reason for the rampant monster tide. Only by finding that reason can we solve the problem thoroughly. Otherwise, once the monsters occupy Ancheng, the cities behind will sooner or later suffer.

After making up his mind, Mingnan headed towards Dayun Mountain and stayed temporarily in the cave where the people had hidden before, waiting for the beast tide.

Finally, on the evening of the tenth day after she moved in, she heard the howling of wolves in the distance.

It’s the Silver-Eyed Wind Wolf!

Mingnan, who was meditating, suddenly opened his eyes, flashed out of the cave, found the tallest tree, stood on the top of the tree and looked in the direction of Ancheng.

In a short while, she saw smoke and dust filling the sky in the direction of Ancheng. The ground was shaking violently and the leaves of the surrounding trees were rustling.

She squinted her eyes and watched with bated breath, and saw that the monsters passed through Ancheng unhindered and rushed in the opposite direction of Dayun Mountain.

As if there was something there that attracted them greatly.

Mingnan's mind moved, he drew his sword and followed closely.

The monster tide rushed forward for two hours without any monster changing its route.

Mingnan felt more and more that something was wrong.

Those monsters seemed to be possessed by demons. They didn't feel tired at all and kept running at the same speed.

When crossing a mountain pass, Mingnan's heart suddenly felt empty and his vision blurred for a moment.

A familiar yet unfamiliar feeling of attraction reappeared.

Something was calling her.