Everyone ascended, but I didn't get on board

Chapter 37 Xuantian Sect is attacked

"Master, we've found the cause of the damage to the isolation canopy." The system's small ball of light flew over and said urgently.

"What's the reason?" Qiu Ci asked hurriedly.

【Insufficient energy! 】

"What?" She was stunned for a moment. She considered the system's disrepair, human sabotage, and all sorts of bizarre reasons, but she didn't expect the answer to be so simple. "So the barrier started to weaken simply because... it ran out of power?!"

[Dei, the master’s summary is so insightful! ]

What the hell is this?

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"How could there be a lack of energy? When Blue Star built this city, it is impossible that it didn't even consider things like energy, right?" You know, the beastmen fled to this isolated continent in order to seek protection, so this isolation formation was extremely important to them. How could Blue Star not think about the energy problem?

[Of course, the great Blue Planet was considered, but no one could have imagined that its energy would be exhausted.]

"Ah?" Qiu Ci was stunned. "What do you mean?"

According to data, the city's primary energy source is the continent's most common spiritual energy, and overall spiritual energy consumption is minimal. The Beast City was originally built on a spiritual vein, specifically the main one. This means that as long as there's no major cosmic catastrophe and the continent's spiritual energy isn't completely depleted, the city's energy can be recycled endlessly.

"So what's the situation now?"

The main spiritual vein that originally existed here suddenly disappeared. The city's energy supply was no longer being replenished. To conserve energy and isolate the sky, the central system decided to shut down all energy-consuming programs and arrays, including the levitation power array.

"That's why... this city sank to the bottom of the sea."

[Yes, Master!]

"Why did the spiritual vein disappear?" And it was the main vein.

She thought of the deep trench below. The terrain was obviously abnormal, which was probably the reason why the spiritual vein was suddenly drained.

"I don't know, Master! There's no record in the database. The spiritual vein disappeared suddenly." The system paused and continued, "The data shows that after the spiritual vein disappeared, there was a record of a large amount of spiritual power replenished seven thousand years ago, but it was externally charged."

"Outside..." Qiu Ci was stunned, and suddenly thought of the twelve stone elephants. They should be the heavy sacrifice formation that Xiongxi mentioned. No wonder they used up all their cultivation. It was obvious that they were completely drained. However, the central system only needs spiritual energy. Could it be that... no one in the beast tribe knows this?

She quickly called out the monkey and asked it indirectly, but she didn't expect it to have no idea that spiritual energy was needed to run the city.

"Back then, there were many conflicts and contradictions between the Beast Tribe and the New Beast Tribe in the Holy City, and many Beast Tribe elders died, so most of the heritage of the Holy City has been lost." said Xiong with some regret.

really!

No wonder they sacrificed themselves to rebuild the formation. It turns out they really didn't know that this city could be powered with just enough spiritual energy.

Qiu Ci was speechless, but in the end he couldn't bear to tell the truth to the monster, so he just said it in a different way, saying that the repaired beast city needed a lot of spiritual energy to support it.

"System, how long can the current energy sustain this city?" [Master, Beast City is currently fully activated. Combined with the energy consumed for repairs, it's already overloaded. The remaining spiritual energy can only sustain it for five days at most!]

"So short?" What are you waiting for? Let the spiritual power aggregate quickly get energy!
"Master Blue Star!" Xiong suggested, "If you need spiritual energy, there are several spiritual veins in the Endless Sea. They're a bit far from here, but we can collect some spiritual minerals."

Qiu Ci looked up and saw the sea beasts blowing bubbles and birds and beasts quietly throwing stones outside. Oh, yes, he almost forgot that there were so many strong men outside.

So she flew out immediately, trying to make every beast move.

They can first use spirit stones to replenish energy and repair the Beast City. After the sky curtain is completely repaired, they can open the barrier of the Beast City and move the city to other spirit veins to completely solve the energy problem.

So... no matter if it's swimming in the water or flying in the sky, dig up spirit stones for me.

Fortunately, despite their adorable appearance, these beasts were quite obedient. As soon as they heard the Holy City needed Spirit Stones, they immediately set to work. Plus, their large size made it easy to find one with ease. Within a few days, the city square was filled with top-grade Spirit Stones.

Qiu Ci was busy in the city for several months before he repaired the dilapidated city, reset the isolating sky curtain, reconnected the city to the new spiritual vein, and opened the city's closed barrier.

The beastmen who had been hanging out outside every day could finally enter the city. With their participation, the city's repair progress was accelerated. In many places, she no longer needed to run over for authorization. She only needed to say a word and the beastmen would repair it themselves.

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Xuan Tianzong.

In the main hall, Qi Hong and other elders were sitting cross-legged and regulating their breathing. They all looked exhausted, and four or five of them were even injured. Yu Xuan, who was standing nearby, had blood flowing from the corner of his mouth, and it seemed that he was seriously injured.

"How is it? Has there been any reply from the senior?" Yu Xuan suppressed the surging blood and asked in a deep voice.

Qi Hong shook his head and took a deep breath. "There's been no response yet. They're too far away, and even if we send a communication, it'll take a few days for the spiritual light to arrive. Plus, it's still the Endless Sea out there, so it's not certain whether we can successfully communicate."

"Alas!" Yu Xuan sighed and glanced at the sky outside the hall, where a dense crowd of people were gathered. His brows furrowed deeply. "Why did they come so quickly? If only there was a little more time, it would have allowed the sect to produce a few more Nascent Souls. Then..."

"They must have heard that Junior Brother Huo and I broke through to the Nascent Soul stage one after another, so they chose this time on purpose." Qi Hong glanced outside angrily and said in a deep voice.

That's right, under the effect of Qiu Ci's elixir, the cultivation speed of the entire sect has advanced by leaps and bounds. Just a few days ago, Qi Hong and Huo Zhentian, the leader of Bailian Peak, both of whom had been stuck in the Golden Core stage for many years, broke through, and Xuantian Sect suddenly had two more Nascent Soul cultivators.

Before everyone could rejoice, Luoxia Sect and Chiling Sect suddenly launched a massive attack on Xuantian Sect under the pretext that Xuantian Sect had destroyed the forbidden area and was practicing magic skills, and they directly attacked Xuantian Sect.

Qi Hong and Huo Zhentian had just broken through, and their cultivation was unstable. In addition, the other party had found two Nascent Soul cultivators from nowhere, plus the two original Nascent Soul elders from the two sects. Naturally, Qi Hong and his companions could not stop the combined forces of the four Nascent Soul cultivators.

He could only do his best to protect the sect's disciples and retreat to the sect, and activated the mountain protection formation, but even this resulted in several people being injured.

Seven days had passed, and the two sects had tried every possible means to break through the formation, but everyone understood that this was only temporary. They couldn't hide in the formation forever, and the formation also required spirit stones to maintain it, and their spirit stones would eventually run out.

(End of this chapter)