Family Cultivation: Evergreen of the Song Family

The news of the impending beast tide was like a drop of water dropped into a boiling oil pan, instantly causing the Da Qi cultivation world to boil.

There is no other reason. It is simply because these two words have cast too great a shadow on the Da Qi cultivation world. After the major sects went on expedition, they finally lived in peace for a few years, but now they are back again.

"Do you think Luoxia City can stop the beast tide?"

In a tavern in Dingyuan City, Tuozhou, a middle-aged man with a short beard spoke to his companions with a glass of wine in his hand and a sad face.

"What are you kidding? That's Luoxia City. They have blocked countless beast tides over thousands of years. You actually question their ability. Are you okay?" A black-robed monk sitting opposite him rolled his eyes.

Hearing the other party's impolite words, the short-bearded monk was not angry, but said worriedly: "I know what you said, but this beast tide comes from the demon domain. There are countless demon beasts there. Once the beast tide is formed, the scale will definitely not be small.

And... and I also heard that the demon king who gathered the beasts this time is a dragon, with true dragon blood. Fellow Daoist Li, you should know what this means."

"Dragon? Fellow Daoist Zhang, where did you get this information?" The cultivator named Li frowned slightly when he heard this. He had been staying in Dingyuan City, but had never heard of this news.

"This... was... told to me by some fellow Daoists. It sounds very convincing. Fellow Daoist Li, we should hurry up and leave Dingyuan City. This is a place of trouble." The words of the short-bearded monk seemed a bit confusing, and the source of the information was obviously not formal.

“Fellow Daoist Zhang, I don’t know where this news came from. Even if it is true, I believe Luoxia City can withstand the beast tide.

Dingyuan City is where you and I live. With the beast tide coming, shouldn't we do our best to help? Why are you leaving?" The black-robed monk showed indignation on his face and slammed the wine glass in his hand heavily on the table.

After being rebuked by the black-robed monk, the monk surnamed Zhang's face suddenly turned ugly. He stood up and said, "Friend Li, I said all this with good intentions. Since you don't appreciate it, I have nothing to say. If you don't leave, I will leave!"

After saying this, the short-bearded monk turned away.

The black-robed monk wanted to chase after him, but when he passed by a one-armed monk, a slow voice came into his ears.

"He is just a greedy person, what's the point of chasing him?"

The black-robed monk paused after hearing the words, smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "Daoyou, what you said... is not bad."

He turned around and looked at the one-armed monk sitting at the low table beside him, and bowed slightly and said, "My name is Li Hansong, may I know your name?"

The one-armed monk raised his head upon hearing this, revealing a face full of vicissitudes of life, and said, "My name is Xu Yunhe, nice to meet you, Fellow Daoist Li."

Li Hansong sat down opposite Xu Yunhe with a slightly dejected look on his face and said, "I didn't expect him to be such a person."

Hearing this, Xu Yunhe chuckled and said, "Daoyou, why are you so sad? It's human nature to live a carefree life. What is the purpose of our cultivation?
The purpose is to achieve immortality. If you want to achieve immortality, you must first save your life. Do you agree with this, fellow Taoist?"

"The purpose of cultivation is certainly to pursue immortality, but apart from immortality, there are more important things that we need to pursue, right?" Li Hansong said with a little excitement.

Seeing this, Xu Yunhe couldn't help but feel a little tired. This guy looked quite old, but his passionate look really made him look like a young man who has just started out.

People like this won't live long in this world.

But...he is also a young and inexperienced person.

Xu Yunhe took out a small wine cup like a magic trick, filled it with clear spirit wine, and pushed it in front of Li Hansong and said, "Just based on what you said, finish this glass of wine and let's go to the City Lord's Mansion together."

Looking at the wine cup in front of him, Li Hansong was slightly stunned for a moment...

Similar things were happening in every corner of Dingyuan City. No one knew who spread the exaggerated information, causing many monks to want to leave Dingyuan City out of fear.

In fact, this is not a big deal. Besides, seeking good fortune and avoiding harm is the survival instinct of living things. No one has any reason to blame them.

But the key point is that the evacuation time has long passed, and the city is now under lockdown. In order to prevent the demons from taking advantage of the situation, no one is allowed to enter or leave. Now that they are clamoring to leave the city, it has seriously hindered the security of Dingyuan City's defense.

For a while, the city was in constant noise.

“Who is exaggerating the enemy situation?”

In the City Lord's Mansion, Zhan Tianxia suddenly slapped a large handprint on the thick sandalwood table, with lightning flashing faintly in his eyes.

"Brother, please calm down. Fifth Junior Brother is investigating and there should be results soon." Shen Qingxiu said slowly.

"Yes, the most urgent task now is to appease those independent cultivators in the city who are clamoring to leave the city. If they do something irrational under the influence of emotion, it will be detrimental to Dingyuan City." An elder of Luoxia City nodded.

"Humph, I gave them time to evacuate long ago. Why do they want to leave now that the city is sealed off? Do you think I dare not kill anyone?"

Zhan Tianxia felt rage boiling in his chest. The beast tide issue had already made him extremely anxious, and now something strange had happened in the city again. Sometimes he really wanted to fall into the evil way and slap those people to death with a single slap.

"Everyone in the world, don't act on impulse. The beast tide is coming, and it is normal for people to be uneasy. What we need to do is to appease them instead of going against them. This will not benefit you or Luoxia at all." Mu Guibai, who was sitting in the first seat, said slowly.

"Calm down, how do you do that?"

Hearing this, Mu Guibai smiled helplessly and said, "Oh, I forgot that comforting is not what you are good at. Never mind, I will go there myself."

As soon as he finished speaking, when Zhan Tianxia raised his head, Mu Guibai had disappeared.

The next moment, melodious piano music sounded in Dingyuan City, and the originally angry crowd gradually calmed down under the music.

They looked up following the sound of the zither and found a figure floating in the air. His white clothes were whiter than snow, and a jade zither was playing in his hand, emitting melodious music.

"Great City Lord!"

"It's the Great City Lord!"

The crowd below suddenly became excited. The three words "Grand City Lord" represented a legend in the Da Qi cultivation world. Countless people regarded him as a benchmark and a direction to strive for. Whenever he appeared, people would feel inexplicably at ease.

The song ends.

Mu Guibai pressed the strings of the zither with his ten fingers, and said in a calm tone: "Everyone, although the beast tide is terrifying, Luoxia City has never retreated. As long as I am here, the city will be here!"

His voice was not loud, but it was clearly heard by everyone in Dingyuan City, making people feel convinced.

The crowd gradually calmed down and looked at the majestic figure in the sky at the same time.

"With the city lord here, we can definitely resist the beast tide."

"Yes, the Grand Lord has never disappointed anyone."

People were talking about it, and the originally heavy atmosphere gradually calmed down and finally dissipated. Only a very small number of monks remained where they were.

Among them was the short-bearded monk named Zhang.

"Why are you still lingering in front of the city gate?" Mu Guibai's voice carried a hint of majesty, making people unconsciously feel a heavy pressure.

"It's not that we don't trust the Grand City Lord, but Dingyuan City is just being built, and we... don't dare to gamble! We hope the Grand City Lord will show mercy and let us go."

"If we leave now, it will be hard to predict whether it will be a blessing or a disaster."

Mu Guibai frowned slightly. The vanguard of the demon clan was already roaming outside Dingyuan City. If these people went out at this moment, they would definitely become their target of attack.

"Please let us go, Grand City Lord."

Everyone still insisted.

Seeing this, Mu Guibai stopped persuading them. He waved his sleeves lightly, and his powerful magic power enveloped everyone and directly moved them out of the city.

Soon, the long roar of monsters was heard outside the city.

Mu Guibai slowly closed his eyes...

Somewhere in Dingyuan City, several gray-robed men gathered together and discussed something in a low voice.

"The plan has failed. Luoxia City must have noticed something. What should we do?"

"What else can we do? Spread out and hide, and never reveal any clues. If we are caught... you know what to do."

Hearing the leader's stern words, everyone's expressions changed slightly, but they still nodded in agreement.

Just as they were about to hide and leave, a cold voice sounded faintly in their ears, instantly sending chills down everyone's spine.

Following the sound, I saw a figure slowly walking out of the shadows. The moment he appeared, an extremely strong and bloody aura suddenly hit me in the face.

"Oh no, it's Bai Zhengchun, run!"

Before they could make any move, Bai Zhengchun turned into a shadow and rushed out. Several gray-robed men were killed instantly, leaving only the leader.

Bai Zhengchun didn't waste any time talking to him. After controlling him, he put his big hand directly on his face. An extremely aggressive force instantly penetrated into the other party's sea of ​​consciousness.

After a moment, the man in gray robe foamed at the mouth, trembling and fell to the ground, his pupils had become dim.

"The Haoran Alliance again, humph!"

Bai Zhengchun's eyes flashed with murderous intent. This was not the first time that the Haoran Alliance had been doing evil in secret. Countless people wanted to destroy them, but unfortunately, they hid too well and their base could not be found.

He had just used the [Soul Searching Technique] but only found some fragmented information from the opponent's soul, and there was no information about the Haoran Alliance's headquarters.

Bai Zhengchun waved his hand to burn the gray-robed man's corpse, then returned to the City Lord's Mansion to report to Mu Guibai...

Just when a potential crisis was eliminated, Song Changsheng also led his people to actively prepare for war.

Because of the reason he issued the mission, a number of monks from affiliated forces responded enthusiastically, and so far, nearly four hundred people have accepted the mission.

Currently, the defense force of Five Elements Peak has reached more than 700 people.

In addition, there are Song Changsheng, Yuan Tianshu and the upgraded [Black Star Ship] of the three Purple Mansion forces.

As for the foundation-building cultivators, there are fourteen other cultivators from the same family, including Song Yulong, Song Yushi, Song Qingxing, Song Qingxi, Song Changxue, Song Lutong, Song Qingqing, Song Changxuan, Song Changan, Song Qingshi, Song Qingxia, Song Qinghong and Song Changxiu.

There are also twelve foundation-building monks who were hired by the Song family to help in the battle. The lineup is quite luxurious.

With the support of the third-level intermediate-grade mountain protection formation set up by Song Xianming himself, Song Changsheng is fully confident that he can resist it as long as there is no large-scale beast tide attacking.

"Chief, the spies have been sent out. If there is any unusual movement by the demon tribe on the other side of the Canglan River, we will be able to know it at the first time." Song Qingshi came to Song Changsheng and said respectfully.

"Very good, the vanguard of the demon clan is wandering around, tell them to be careful of their safety." Song Changsheng nodded slightly. He was a person who was used to taking the initiative on the battlefield, and this required the support of intelligence.

After waiting for nearly ten days in a solemn atmosphere, Song Qingshi suddenly came to report one morning: "Chief, the spies ahead sent back news that the monsters have begun to cross the river, and the scale... is very large."

Hearing this, Song Changsheng's eyes flashed, and he stood up and said, "I'll go and see for myself."

After saying that, Song Changsheng turned into a stream of light and rushed straight into the Canglan River.

Before getting close, Song Changsheng saw the majestic demonic energy rising straight into the sky. Judging from this alone, the scale of this beast tide must be considerable.

Arriving above the Canglan River, Song Changsheng looked intently at the opposite bank, only to see densely packed monsters crowding the shore.

The first to cross the river were a large number of demon birds. They stretched their wings to their heart's content, covering the sky and the earth, and surging over like a dark cloud. Their goal was extremely clear, and under the leadership of their leader, they headed straight towards Dingyuan City.

The water monsters in the Canglan River would occasionally rush out of the river to attack them, and all kinds of monster birds fell into the Canglan River like raindrops.

However, the number of the demon birds crossing the river was huge, so this loss was completely insignificant to them.

Song Changsheng narrowed his eyes slightly. He was not satisfied with the result, but he was not surprised either. The water monster was always at a disadvantage against the bird monster.

What comes next is the highlight. After all, not every monster has wings. Song Changsheng really wants to know how such a large group of monsters can cross this dangerous river.

"Could it be swimming directly over here?"

As soon as this idea came up, Song Changsheng laughed. If he really dared to do that, few of these monsters would be able to get ashore.

"Roar--"

Suddenly, a terrifying roar of a beast was heard, and a gigantic [Six-Winged Dragon Snake] walked out surrounded by a group of big monsters.

It opened its bloody mouth and spurted a beam of white light toward the surface of the river. The turbulent river surface froze into ice at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Under Song Changsheng's gaze, the [Six-Winged Dragon Snake] forcibly opened up an "ice road" hundreds of feet wide on the Canglan River.

For a moment, Song Changsheng's face became extremely solemn. This was not the magical power that a demon king who had just broken through should possess.

"Wow"

Countless water monsters surfaced and tried to destroy this "ice road".

Upon seeing this, the [Six-Winged Dragon Snake] roared and soared into the air, releasing its tremendous blood pressure, which firmly suppressed the water monsters.

"Anyone who attempts to stop my army from crossing the river will be killed without mercy!"

...(End of chapter)