The next day.

Outside Zhenlian City.

Qilian Mountain.

This is a mountain range that stretches for hundreds of miles, with peaks upon peaks, stretching and undulating.

Legend has it that five hundred years ago, a male cultivator planted ten thousand lotus flowers on the mountain just to beg his beloved woman to marry him.

The mountain was therefore named "Qi Lian Mountain".

Qilian Mountain is several times more vast than Yunling Mountain. There are tens of thousands of monsters in the mountain. Normally, these low-level monsters do not pose much threat, and many of them have become the pets of cultivators.

But after the beast tide broke out, three sixth-grade beast kings appeared on Qilian Mountain. Those low-level monsters all went berserk and formed an army to attack Zhenlian City.

Fortunately, Zhenlian City is protected by a sixth-grade formation, and there are several Jindan realm cultivators in the city, so there is no danger for the time being.

However, the three sixth-grade monsters were very cunning. They no longer attacked forcefully, but ordered the monster army to surround the entire Zhenlian City, as if they wanted to consume it slowly.

In this way, the people in the city could not leave, and the monsters outside the city could not come in, and the situation was at a stalemate.

At this moment, the city lord Xu Jiangxing stood on the top of the city, looking at the gloomy Qilian Mountain not far away, his face full of worry.

"Fifteen days."

Zhenlian City has been under siege for fifteen days. Although the foundation-building cultivators do not need to eat every day, most of the elixirs for healing injuries and spiritual essences for replenishing spiritual power have been consumed.

There are many more cultivators below the foundation building stage in the city. They need food, but the remaining food in the city is less than half a year.

If this continues, the monsters will no longer need to attack the city by force. They will only need to besiege the city for half a year and Zhenlian City will fall on its own.

There were more than ten people standing next to Xu Jiangxing, all of whom were the heads of the big families in the city, as well as several Jindan realm cultivators.

They are the core figures guarding Zhenlian City, but at this moment everyone's face is full of worry.

Three sixth-grade monsters are equivalent to three Jindan-level cultivators. This is just their cultivation level. If we talk about the monsters' true combat power, I'm afraid they can reach the late Jindan stage or the peak Jindan stage.

At the same time, there were tens of thousands of low-level monsters that had gone berserk, and the surging beast tide was impossible for human cultivators to resist head-on.

Xu Jiangxing was worried, but there was nothing he could do but wait for rescue from Zhenyang Sect.

"Don't worry, City Lord. Elder Zheng should be on his way. Once he arrives, it will be easy to kill the three sixth-grade beasts. Then the siege of Zhenlian City will be lifted."

A handsome middle-aged man in white clothes said to Xu Jiangxing.

He looks somewhat similar to Zhou Ling'er, and he is Zhou Shineng, the patriarch of the Zhou family, the largest family in Zhenlian City.

The Zhou family has been in Zhenlian City for three hundred years and is very powerful. Zhou Shineng's status is almost as high as that of the city lord.

However, Zhou Shineng did not have much ambition. He got along well with Xu Jiangxing, and the two of them cooperated seamlessly. This was why they were able to develop Zhenlian City into the second largest city under the Zhenyang Sect in just over a decade.

However, after the beast tide, Zhenlian City no longer had its former prosperity, and Zhou Shineng was as heartbroken as Xu Jiangxing.

After hearing Zhou Shineng's words, several family heads nearby also echoed:

"Yes, Elder Zheng has a high level of cultivation. He will be safe once he arrives at the sect's Zhenlian City."

Xu Jiangxing nodded slightly, but he was still a little worried.

The situation in Zhenlian City was tense, and he had been sending messages to the Zhenyang Sect, urging them to send an elder as soon as possible.

Among the six elders of Zhenyang Sect, except Ye Xiyue who was seriously injured in the battle of Tianlu Mountain and whose cultivation level plummeted, the other five elders are all in the Nascent Soul stage.

Just one person is enough.

A few days ago, the sect finally replied and said it would send Zheng Shengmo, the head of Wangyou Peak, to come in person.

Zheng Shengmo was in the late Nascent Soul stage, so it was easy for him to take down three sixth-grade monsters. Xu Jiangxing breathed a sigh of relief after receiving the reply.

After waiting for several days, Zheng Shengmo still didn't show up. According to the speed of a Nascent Soul cultivator, even if he rushed from the Northern Wilderness, he would arrive in just three days.

Today is already the fifth day, but there is still no sign of Zheng Shengmo.

Did something happen along the way?

Or are the rumors about this Zhenyang Sect elder actually true?

Looking at the dark clouds rolling over Qilian Mountain outside the city, Xu Jiangxing sighed:

"Cai He, please don't come back."

Qilian Mountain, on a small mountain peak.

Xu Caihe squatted behind a huge rock and said to Wei Wan behind him:

"Senior Sister Wei, that's Zhenlian City over there. We could see the city from here before, but now the entire Qilian Mountain is covered in dark clouds and we can't see it anymore."

Behind her at this time, besides Wei Wan, there were dozens of Zhenyang Sect disciples including Qin Gengyun, Qiu Zhihe and others.

Since entering Qilian Mountain, everyone has encountered several groups of monsters. Fortunately, Xu Caihe and Zhou Ling'er are familiar with the terrain and lead everyone to hide in advance every time.

However, they could only reach the mountain at their feet. Further ahead was where a large number of monsters gathered. Wei Wan could even feel the breath of a sixth-grade monster.

With the current strength of this group of people, they naturally dare not go any further.

Zhou Ling'er was a little anxious: "Senior Sister, what should we do now?"

The siege of Zhenlian City is not a long-term solution after all. No one can predict when the monsters will launch a large-scale attack on the city.

At this moment, Wei Wan's arms trembled. She took out a message talisman and smiled slightly:

"Master Sister and the others are here!"

A stick of incense later, in a forest below the mountain.

Ye Xiyue and Chun Ningzhi led dozens of Zhenyang Sect disciples to arrive, and Wei Wan led everyone to salute:

"Meet Master Ye Feng, meet Senior Brother Chun."

There was joy and excitement on everyone's face. Ye Xiyue and Chun Ningzhi's group was the strongest. One of them was the peak master, and the other was the eldest senior brother of Huashen Peak. They led inner disciples, including several in the early Jindan stage.

Such strength is enough to serve as an arrow to break through the monster's blockade of Zhenlian City.

Under the respectful and admiring eyes of the disciples, Ye Xiyue nodded slightly with a calm expression, while Chun Ningzhi smiled and said to Wei Wan:

"Junior Sister Wei, I heard that you killed a sixth-rank monster in Yunling Town and rescued thousands of townspeople. This is truly a great deed!"

Wei Wan bowed and said, "I am ashamed. Senior Brother Chun and Senior Sister saved two large towns in a row. You are the role models for all the disciples."

Chun Ningzhi waved his hands repeatedly: "It's all thanks to Junior Sister Ye. If she hadn't killed two sixth-grade monsters in a row, we wouldn't have been able to get to Zhenlian City so quickly."

As soon as these words were spoken, Xu Caihe and others looked at Ye Xiyue in surprise, their eyes full of admiration.

"As expected of you, you are the eldest senior sister. Even though you are seriously injured and your cultivation has not recovered, you are still so brave!"

"Master Sister is too strong!"

Looking at Ye Xiyue, who was as cold as ice and looked like a fairy from heaven, the male disciples' faces were full of admiration.

"Big Sister is the real fairy in my mind!"

Amidst countless adoring eyes, Ye Xiyue said calmly: "It's getting late, let's rest for a night, tomorrow we will charge into the city!"

Her voice was cold, but it carried unparalleled authority. Everyone shouted in unison:

"Follow the senior sister, kill the monsters, and enter Zhenlian City!"

At the same time, a charming and vulgar voice sounded in Qin Gengyun's ears:

"Master, I miss you so much. You have to wait for me to serve you tonight!"