A technologically powerful nation: The national treasure is actually myself.

The atmosphere became somewhat awkward for a moment.

Li Rui and the others could all see that there seemed to be some conflict between Lin Yang and the people from Tiankun Sect, but they didn't say anything.

Only after the Tiankun Sect's warship had finished escorting the disciples away did Li Rui ask Lin Yang:
"Do you have a grudge against the Tiankun Sect?"

Lin Yang didn't hide anything, nodded, and replied, "There is some grudge."

He didn't say anything else, and Li Rui, knowing better, didn't press for details. He simply said, "Then be more careful and try not to go out alone."

"Thank you for your concern, Captain." Lin Yang was somewhat surprised that Li Rui would say that.

Li Rui waved his hand and said, "We're all in the same team, it's nothing."

After saying that, Li Rui turned and left.

Lin Yang's eyes flickered, and he continued doing what he was supposed to do.

Ten thousand years have passed by unnoticed.

On this day, it was time for Lin Yang and his team to change shifts.

"Time flies! This mission went smoothly and was successfully completed."

One of the team members sighed.

Lin Yang nodded silently.

He had been on guard against attacks from the swarm of serpents, but in the past ten thousand years, he had only occasionally encountered one or two serpents in the vicinity, which were all eliminated immediately, and he had not encountered any attacks from the swarm of serpents.

This relieved him.

After handing over the duties to the new team, Lin Yang and his group began their return journey.

However, after traveling only halfway, Captain Li Rui suddenly stopped the warship and solemnly informed everyone:
"We have received a notification from the government that a nearby stronghold of independent cultivators has been attacked by a swarm of swarms. We are needed to rush to their aid. Everyone, prepare for battle."

Everyone was shocked.

Lin Yang sighed inwardly. He had managed to get through the period of guarding the reception point safely, but he did not expect to face the swarm of enemies again as soon as he handed over the mission.

"Captain, what level of swarm is it? If it's a large swarm, we'll just be throwing our lives away if we go there," a team member asked, frowning.

As Li Rui steered the warship back to sail, he quickly replied, "According to intelligence, it's just an ordinary swarm of worms. If we're careful, we shouldn't have any major problems."

As he spoke, he glanced at Lin Yang and continued, "Besides, Lin Yang has refined quite a few magic arrays for us over the years, so if we're careful, there shouldn't be too much risk."

The team members then fell silent and prepared for battle.

The main reason is that once you join the government army, you have to obey orders. Since the mission has already been assigned to them, they have no choice but to go.

Some team members started asking Lin Yang, "Brother Lin Yang, do you have any extra magic arrays? Could you share some with us?"

Lin Yang has been selling the magic arrays he has refined over the years to them at cost price. With the battle against the swarm about to begin, everyone wants to have as many magic arrays as possible in their possession.

Lin Yang shook his head helplessly: "Fellow Daoists, you all know exactly how many magic arrays I have refined over the years. After I finished refining them, I distributed them to everyone. I really don't have any extra magic arrays on hand right now. I only have a few enough for my own self-defense."

He was telling the truth. He didn't hide the fact that he was refining magic arrays during his garrison duty. He would distribute the completed arrays to others in batches to prevent attacks from the swarms of demons.

Therefore, we really don't have any extra magic arrays to distribute right now.

Upon hearing this, everyone sighed in regret.

Lin Yang sighed as well: "If I had known this would happen, I would have refined more."

He was also helpless.

Everyone else was the same; no one expected to encounter such an unexpected event.

after a while.

From the warship, everyone could see a scattered cultivator's stronghold in the distance, which was currently being attacked and destroyed by the swarm of demons.

Screams and wails were heard incessantly.

"Fortunately, they are just ordinary swarms of worms. We should be able to handle them. At the very least, we can hold them off until other reinforcements arrive to minimize our losses."

After sensing the situation of the swarm, Li Rui breathed a sigh of relief and immediately sped to the stronghold, saying to the rest of the team:

"Save them! Exterminate the demons!" With that, he stowed away his warship and rushed into the stronghold, shouting loudly to the desperate crowd within.
"We are the 17th squad of the 13th Company under the 8th Battalion of the Far East Prefecture Army. Please do not panic and try to move closer to our team members!"

These words were a shot in the arm for everyone in the loose cultivator stronghold.

"Great! The government troops have come to our rescue!"

Someone shouted with delight.

Most of the cultivators in the loose cultivator strongholds are at the Dao level or above, and although there are some at the Dao Fire level, they are very few.

Faced with an attack from a group of demons, almost all of whom were at the Dao Fire Realm, they were powerless to resist.

With the support of the government troops, even though it was just a small squad, it gave everyone at the stronghold great hope.

"Lin Yang, let's first delineate an area centered on you. You can set up a protective magic array first, which will protect as many people as possible."

Li Rui immediately gave the order.

There were only twelve of them, while the remaining number of people in the loose cultivator stronghold far exceeded them.

If the operations are carried out in a dispersed manner, it will not be easy to protect too many people.

But with a magic array, things are different.

The magic circle can cover a very large area.

Lin Yang immediately replied, "Okay, Captain. Please clear out the worms that are attacking me. I'll focus on setting up the formation."

Although everyone has a pre-made, one-time-use magic array in hand.

However, a one-time magic array cannot compare to a fixed magic array in terms of either coverage or power.

Now that we have a magic array master like Lin Yang, it would be better to create opportunities for him to set up fixed magic arrays.

Lin Yang immediately began to set up his formation around the area with the largest number of people.

Before long, a fixed, large-scale protective array was formed.

"Please stay within the magic circle area and do not move around."

After setting up the magic array, Lin Yang shouted and told those outside the array's coverage area to move closer to it. The team members also freed up their hands to rescue people in various places.

Although Lin Yang was manipulating the magic array, he still went out to rescue people.

"Mother...Mother..."

Suddenly, a cry mixed with sobs reached Lin Yang's ears.

Lin Yang subconsciously turned his head and saw a little girl who looked about five or six years old crying loudly in front of a woman's corpse.

"Huh? Such a young child?" Lin Yang was somewhat taken aback.

You should know that the strongholds of rogue cultivators are basically filled with guys who are not doing well and have no background, and who have only reached the Dao level.

Even their own life and death are in constant danger.

Let alone having children, very few people even have a partner.

Even if they have a partner, they almost never want children.

If you can't even make ends meet yourself, how can you talk about raising a child?

But Lin Yang was quite surprised to find such a slightly larger little girl in front of him.

Without thinking twice, he quickly approached and grabbed the little girl.

This little guy lost his family and didn't know how to escape; standing still made him an easy target for the leeches.

The little one was suddenly grabbed and instinctively became frightened, crying even louder: "Mommy, I want Mommy..."

"Don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person. Your mother has passed away. Whether you can understand these two words or not, you have to come with me now."

Lin Yang didn't have time to explain in detail and led the little girl towards the area within the magic array. (End of Chapter)