Changsheng Xiuxian: I can see through everything

Chapter 294 The Tide is Coming (Subscribe)

Time flies by like a white horse.

Before he knew it, Chen Xuan had been the master of Wolong Island for almost ten years.

He is almost forty years old.

According to the saying of the previous life, a man is independent at thirty and free from doubts at forty.

I have reached the age where I can see through illusions and understand the essence of things.

I also have a clear understanding of the future path.

But, I’m only forty years old, what the hell is a birthday party?

Wang Fugui explained in a low voice, and he then realized that in the secular world, there is a saying of "fortieth birthday".

"Do monks also say this?"

Chen Xuan asked doubtfully.

According to his understanding, forty years old is the prime of a monk's life, so why celebrate his birthday!

“It depends on the person.”

Wang Fugui smiled and said, "Most people like the Patriarch will have to live."

Only then did Chen Xuan come to his senses.

In the world of cultivation, one must also consider the ways of the world.

For a cultivation force with a certain status like Chen Xuan, holding a birthday party can not only demonstrate its strength, but also gain a considerable gift and deepen cooperation and exchanges among allies.

"What do the three ladies mean?"

"The three ladies are unanimous in their agreement that this must be done. Not only must it be done, but it must be done in a grand and lively manner, without being laughed at by others."

"Then do it."

Chen Xuan said helplessly.

He doesn't like these empty formalities.

But we cannot go against everyone's wishes and we must consider the intrinsic significance of holding the island owner's birthday party.

Soon, the news that Wolong Island was going to hold a celebration for the island owner’s 40th birthday spread throughout the Dongshan Islands.

More than a hundred island owners in the Dongshan Islands all received birthday invitations.

A grand banquet was held in the market of Wolong Island.

There is no need to bring gifts. As long as you are a monk from the Dongshan Islands, you can come to the birthday banquet and share in the joy. You will also receive a small gift when you leave.

The Chen family of Wolong Island has recently released a high-yield cultivation method for the new spiritual rice.

Longxing Villa is filled with festive lanterns and birthday banners, which are bright red and very beautiful.

The Chen family purchased tens of thousands of longevity peaches, and every cultivator on Wolong Island got one.

On that day, a large birthday hall was set up in Longxing Villa, with birthday candles placed and lanterns and decorations hung.

Chen Xuan sat in the main seat, with three ladies on both sides, accepting congratulations and kowtows from the guests and clansmen.

Hundreds of islands came to congratulate, the island owners of small islands came in person, and the big islands sent the foundation-building elders of the tribe.

For a moment, Wolong Island was bustling with activity and joy.

"Heavenly Sword Island wishes Island Master Chen eternal immortality!"

"White Crane Island wishes Island Master Chen eternal prosperity!"

"Mingyang Island wishes Island Master Chen eternal life and enlightenment!"

After all the guests arrived and the clan members kowtowed.

Jiang Yingxing brought up longevity noodles and peaches.

Chen Xuan smiled and took a few symbolic bites.

The island owners and representatives who came to congratulate brought some birthday gifts.

Chen Xuan didn't let them go back empty-handed.

I prepared some Peiyuan Dan as a return gift.

Two hours later, the birthday banquet ended.

The guests and tribesmen all left.

But five people stayed.

They are all owners of the smallest island at the edge of the Dongshan Islands.

Chen Xuan knew that something was wrong with them.

Leave them alone in the living room.

"Are there any issues with the five island masters?"

One of them, the head of the Lin family, the lord of Yudai Island, stepped forward and said, "Thanks to the care of Island Master Chen over the past few years, our five islands have enjoyed good weather and a bountiful harvest of spiritual rice."

"We all make a living on this island, so we should support each other."

The cultivation families on these small islands are of average strength, with only two to three hundred members and one foundation-building cultivator. Let alone expanding the land, it is already good enough for them to be able to protect the original islands.

"I said that Island Master Chen is a man of high moral character and worthy of our following!"

"It is a blessing for Dongshan that Island Master Chen has come to Dongshan!"

Chen Xuan waved his hand to stop these small island owners from flattering him.

"Okay, let's get down to business."

Chen Xuan knew that they must have something to ask for, and was not fooled by a few sweet words.

In terms of cultivation, these five people are at the same level as him, and are all foundation-building cultivators.

In terms of seniority, these five people are of the same generation as him.

If it weren't for the difference in strength, these five people wouldn't respect him so much.

"Island Master Chen, have you ever noticed the movements of sea beasts near the island?"

Chen Xuan really didn't pay attention.

I just heard that there seem to be more and more second-level sea beasts around Wolong Island.

"Speak directly if you have anything to say."

"It's like this, Island Master Chen, the Dongshan Islands may experience a large-scale tidal wave in the near future."

Chen Xuan was slightly stunned.

Isn’t the tide the ocean tide?
In his opinion, this is a very normal natural phenomenon.

It seems like a cycle of half a month, with high tide twice a day.

"Wait a mininute."

Chen Xuan ordered his tribesmen to call Zhang Haibin, who was familiar with ocean life.

After Zhang Haibin successfully established his foundation, he did not hold a big ceremony, but celebrated in a small scale.

Now he is considered a successful person.

Walking into the reception room, he saw the five island masters, who were well prepared and handed Chen Xuan a jade slip containing information about the Dongshan Islands' tides.

"I see!"

After reading the information on the jade slip, Chen Xuan finally realized that the tide he understood and the tide described by the five island masters were completely different things.

The tides in the previous life were just simple natural phenomena in the Dongshan Islands and were not worth mentioning.

But the tide they are talking about is actually a tsunami that can cause disasters on islands.

Tsunami refers specifically to huge destructive waves caused by some reason. It can advance two thousand miles every hour and cross thousands of miles of sea in a few hours. The wavelength can reach more than a thousand miles.

In the vast ocean, the height of waves may be only a few feet, but when they reach the edge of the coast, the wavelength shortens and the height of the waves increases sharply, reaching tens of feet, forming a "water wall" with great destructive power.

This tsunami water wall is extremely powerful and repeats every few hundred breaths, destroying embankments, flooding land, and causing seawater backflow, which is extremely destructive to islands.

What's more troublesome is that many second-level deep-sea monsters took advantage of the tsunami to rush onto the islands, devouring humans and monks, making those islands suffer terribly.

Fortunately, the higher-level third-order monsters have a tacit understanding with the human race's Jindan Zhenren, and generally will not take the initiative to attack the Dongshan Islands.

Otherwise, it would be a provocation of the demon race to the human race, and the human race would also send Jindan Zhenren to fight back.

Every sea tide, like a land animal tide, often shows some signs.

The abnormal increase in the number of second-level sea beasts outside the island is the most common sign.

So, this sea tide is similar to the beast tide on land?
Wolong Island where Chen Xuan is located is large in area, high in terrain, and has depth, so there is no need to worry too much.

But for these small island owners, every tide is a disaster.

The harvest from the spiritual fields was completely lost, and all kinds of fishing spiritual boats were damaged.

The most important thing is that in order to protect the ordinary mortals on the island, the family monks will suffer heavy losses, and no one knows how many of them will be killed by second-level sea beasts.

If the second-level sea beasts were allowed to wreak havoc and the lives of the ordinary mortals on the island were ignored, it would violate the iron rule of the Xuantian Continent family cultivators to protect the mortals in their territory and they would be deprived of ownership of the island.

“How did you cope in previous years?”

"Everyone is defending themselves. Some island cultivation families will provide spirit stones and hire some foundation-building cultivators to help."

Zhang Haibin explained softly.

Chen Xuan understood.

These five small island owners are all on the edge of the Dongshan Islands and are most vulnerable to attacks from high-level sea beasts in the tides.

Seeing that Chen Xuan was extremely powerful and easy to talk to, they decided to give it a try and joined forces, hoping to ask Chen Xuan for help in defense.

This is also a good thing for Chen Xuan.

This shows that he has a good reputation in the hearts of the island owners of the Dongshan Islands and is trustworthy.

However, the five islands are separated by tens of thousands of miles of sea, and it is obviously not feasible to send five teams to help separately.

Not to mention that Wolong Island does not have this strength, even if it does, it cannot be sent out easily.

Foundation Establishment cultivators are so precious that if they unfortunately perish in the sea tide, no matter how great the price is, it will not be worth it.

Therefore, the only one who can really help them is Chen Xuan himself.

This is when the Wolong Island tide remains intact.

"The major sects won't sit idly by, will they?"

Chen Xuan asked.

These small island owners all belonged to vassal families of the Yu and Lu states.

Logically speaking, when a tide occurs, their sect will send people to help guard the island and kill sea beasts.

"The Lingyuan Sect and other sects will send their disciples to help. However, this year's sea tide phenomena are frequent and the scale may exceed that of previous years."

"The sect is also short on manpower. With so many islands, it's difficult to take care of them all."

There are some things that these small island owners did not say.

There is also a price to pay for the sect disciples to come and help.

Moreover, when faced with a life-or-death situation, he would still turn around and run away to save his own life first.

When the time comes to hold people accountable, it will still be these cultivation families who will bear the responsibility.

It’s not that they don’t trust the disciples of the sect.

But the two have different demands.

The cultivation families on the island hope that the losses will be as small as possible, and it would be best if they remain unscathed.

The sect disciples who came to help were doing training missions, killing some sea beasts, obtaining various sea beast materials, and earning sect contribution points and spirit stones.

As for the deaths and injuries of monks and mortals on the island, they were not within their consideration.

If it is a critical moment, you must prioritize protecting yourself and retreat first using your flying magic weapon.

Anyway, after every tide, the sea beasts will retreat with the sea water.

There will always be some people who survive from the cultivation families and mortals.

If a cultivation family is not strong enough to complete the sect's mission, just drive them away and recruit another one.

For the same second-level dojo, the price on an island is much cheaper than on land.

The reason why the Yu family of Mingyang Island would rather give up the Sea Spirit Pearl than develop the land-based Taoist temple.

They have stayed on the island long enough. Except for a few with outstanding water spiritual roots, the young people in the tribe want to develop on land.

Of course, Chen Xuan would not rashly agree to such a thing.

If the tide rises and Wolong Island still has enough strength, he might go to Wudao to help.

But this kind of thing cannot be told in advance, so as not to give others an excuse.

Chen Xuan provided each island owner with 30,000 kilograms of spiritual rice seeds at a preferential price, and also gave them some Qi-nourishing pills and Yuan-nourishing pills.

This is equivalent to giving each island owner a return gift of 10,000 spirit stones.

……

Two months later.

Signs of a large tide are becoming increasingly apparent.

The experienced spiritual fishermen all returned to the island and no longer went out fishing.

Zhang Haibin and the Yu brothers commanded the city guards and recruited some independent cultivators to reinforce the embankment of Wolong Island.

In Wolongfang Market, some shops began to close, and it was no longer as prosperous and lively as before.

A small number of houses in the market town, which were previously hard to find, are now available for subletting.

Even so, very few independent cultivators evacuated from Wolong Island.

The sea tide occurs every ten years or so, and many experienced monks on the island have become accustomed to it.

Moreover, after Chen Xuan arrived, the Wolong Island's protective formation was upgraded to the third level, and its defense ranked first in the Dongshan Islands.

If Wolong Island cannot protect itself from the sea tide, these island cultivators will have no choice but to give up their family businesses on the island and retreat to the coastal land to become unemployed wandering cultivators.

Therefore, the monks on Wolong Island are particularly enthusiastic about forming a guard team to protect their homes and the island.

There are even some ambitious people who think that the sea tide is a rare opportunity and compete to be the vanguard of the guard team. They want to earn merit spirit stones by hunting sea beasts and change their fate.

(End of this chapter)