One of the advantages of being a cultivator is that they all carry a personal storage space, which can hold all their belongings. They can go wherever they want without having to pack anything else.
The three-person mission team accepted the mission and set off for Yujian Qingshui City the next day.
Qingshui City is located at the westernmost edge of Qianyuan Western Territory. It takes three days to fly there by sword. The three of them chatted and laughed, and the time passed quickly.
It seemed as if they were just chatting and laughing when Qingshui City appeared in their field of vision.
Shi Xuan frowned: "Something seems off."
As they approached, a faint commotion could be heard. The fact that the sound could travel so far showed how large the city was; it was definitely not a normal sound in an ordinary city!
The three quickened their pace and arrived at Qingshui City in a hurry. They found the city gates tightly closed, and on the other side, the beast tide had already besieged the city, blocking the western half of the city completely!
The beast tide arrived ahead of schedule, even though it wasn't time yet!
This is very abnormal! Although beast tides are not uncommon in Qingshui City, they always start at a fixed time every year. Shi Xuan and his group arrived half a month in advance, thinking that they would understand the local situation first to make it easier to complete the mission. Who knew that it would start before they even arrived?
Because the attack was launched ahead of schedule, the cultivators who were supposed to go to provide support have not yet arrived, and Qingshui City's defenses are struggling to hold on, facing a very difficult situation.
Holding their tokens, Shi Xuan and his companions successfully entered the city's protective formation. At this moment, Qing Shui City was in chaos. Some residents with little cultivation were filled with fear, terrified that the beast tide would break through the city and their lives would be in danger. Some even packed their belongings, intending to flee in advance.
Qingshui City is nestled between two high mountains, serving as a major barrier against annual beast tides and is one of the most important defensive cities in the western part of Qianyuan.
If it weren't for the obstruction of Qingshui City, the annual beast tide would have entered the western border of Qianyuan, causing even greater damage.
Therefore, every year around the end of September when the beast tide is about to arrive, various sects would send cultivators to provide support. While helping Qingshui City resist the beast tide, they were also helping themselves. This has been the case for hundreds of years, and the beast tide has never shown any abnormalities. This is why the cultivators of various sects are not in a hurry and have arranged their arrival at just the right time.
Shi Xuan and his two senior brothers went directly up the city wall. Looking down from the wall, they saw a vast, seemingly endless horde of demonic beasts. Some of the stronger ones were constantly ramming into the city's protective barrier, while others, capable of flight, were now the main targets of the city's defenders.
Looking into the distance, hordes of monsters continued to surge toward the city gate, making the situation extremely dire.
City Lord Shi Tianjiao personally stood on the city wall to direct the battle. Seeing the three people descend from their flying swords, he guessed they were cultivators from the Six Sects who had come to provide support. He shouted, "Are you three disciples from the Six Sects who have come to provide support?"
The scene was extremely noisy, and normal voices could not be heard.
As Shi Xuan and his two companions approached, they loudly replied, "We are indeed disciples of the Lianfeng Sword Sect, here to assist in the defense of the city."
After settling the current city defense affairs, Shi Tianjiao led the three of them down the city wall and back to the city lord's mansion.
The deafening noise only subsided once we entered the house.
City Lord Shi Tianjiao was a tall and strong man who seemed to be a cheerful person. He didn't stand on ceremony with the three of them and got straight to the point: "This year is too abnormal. Not only did the beast tide come early, but its numbers are also much larger than in previous years. If this trend continues, I'm afraid we won't be able to hold out until someone comes."
"Have you contacted any sects for help?" Shi Xuan asked.
Shi Tianjiao frowned: "We have already sought help from the six sects and other cities through the sound transmission jade. The nearest sect, Lianfeng Sword Sect, will take three days to arrive, and the farthest sect will take seven days. Although the nearby cities have sent people, their numbers are limited and their cultivation levels are not high. These next few days will be difficult."
Shi Xuan pondered for a moment. They had experience fighting monsters together in the Silver Frost Secret Realm before, but this was different. The number of monsters here was too great, and they weren't as ferocious as they were in the secret realm. It felt more like an organized siege, as if they wanted to invade the heart of the territory.
She thought about what method could quickly deal with these demonic beasts. If she used pills and talismans, the range would be too small. If she sent people out to kill them, it would be like a drop in the ocean. Although the demonic beasts were generally not high-level, their numbers were too large.
Suddenly, she remembered something. The enhanced explosive pills she used to blow up Cangyu Peak back at the Luoyin Sect might work! Although demonic beasts are generally thick-skinned and have high defense, directly blasting them might not kill them on a large scale, but she could add something to those explosive pills!
By combining the special-effect pills researched in the past and refining them into the outer layer of a powerful explosive pill, it might be worth a try to combine physical and magical attacks!
Thinking of this, she said to the city lord, "City Lord Shi, I have an idea. I want to use pills to attack the monster horde. Could you arrange some accommodation for us at the city lord's mansion? I need to refine pills first."
"Of course, we will arrange accommodations for everyone, but this pill attack..." Seeing that the girl was delicate, Shi Tianjiao said tactfully, "Some pill cultivators have tried pill attacks before, but none of them succeeded. I'm afraid this pill attack method is inappropriate."
Seeing that Shi Xuan was beautiful and hearing her mention elixirs, he had already included her in the category of alchemy cultivators.
The best thing for alchemists is to refine more pills in the rear to ensure the supply of pills for the cultivators fighting at the front. He originally wanted to say this directly, but looking at Shi Xuan's face, he couldn't bring himself to say it. He has always been more patient with beautiful and delicate female cultivators.
Shi Xuan understood what he meant, but she didn't respond. She knew he wouldn't believe her anyway, and it would just be a waste of breath. Once the effect was achieved, it would be better than any explanation.
Shi Xuan went straight to her room, closed the door and began refining pills, instructing her two senior brothers to guard her courtyard and not allow anyone else to disturb her.
Refining a potent explosive pill is already extremely complex and dangerous. Now, with the addition of attaching a large number of other pills to its surface, the refining process cannot be interrupted. Shi Xuan had his senior brothers guard the entrance to prevent any accidents from happening.
The senior brothers naturally obeyed their junior sister's orders, doing exactly as she instructed.
But the city lord, unaware of the inside story, shook his head and sighed to his subordinates, "The disciples of the six sects are truly getting worse with each generation. These few are even more outrageous, actually wanting to be led by a female cultivator who is only beautiful. I told them that pill attacks are ineffective, but they still insist on doing it their own way and won't listen to anyone's opinions. I thought their arrival would be a help, but who knew... sigh!"
The subordinate was also furious: "Those two Golden Core stage sword cultivators, send them to the front lines to kill demonic beasts!"
“They’re not going,” Shi Tianjiao had never encountered such a situation before. “They said they wanted to stay in the courtyard to watch over their junior sister while she was refining pills, and they were afraid of being disturbed by others!”
"Outrageous! I'll go talk to them and tell them to hurry up and kill the monster, or they're out of here!"
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