At Zhou Daoyi's suggestion, Zhou Chun finally managed to stay.

At the same time, there were a total of eighteen Qi refining period cultivators from the Wang family and the Yang family, plus a Zhou Xinlan from the Zhou family.

It is not difficult to see from this personnel arrangement what kind of idea Zhou Daoyi and the other three Purple Mansion monks have.

And after staying, Zhou Chun did not lead people to clean up the demon beasts that wandered into the inland land for the first time, but led people to continue to dig pits and bury the corpses, and buried the corpses of the demon beasts all over the mountains into the ice cave.

However, not all of the demon beast corpses this time were obtained by the Zhou family, so they still had to be divided into the Wang family and the Yang family afterwards.

As for those casual cultivators who have also made great efforts, they have already filled their storage bags, so naturally they don't need to do any more good.

After burying the corpses of thousands of demon beasts, Zhou Chun led people into the inland land behind to clean up those fleeing demon beasts.

He sent more than a dozen Qi Refining Stage cultivators under his command to the nearest towns, so that they could come into contact with the local mortal government forces, and as long as they learned the news of the demon beasts, they would personally rush over to eliminate the demons.

In just two days, Zhou Chun killed twenty-three murderous demon beasts.

But the good times didn't last long, and it didn't take long for Zhou Chun to receive news that the main force of the beast tide besieging Qing Lingzi's stronghold once again separated more than two thousand low-level demon beasts and rushed towards the inland land.

These low-level demon beasts all moved in groups of three or five, and their travel routes were completely different, and they could no longer be intercepted as before.

Obviously, these low-level demon beasts were deliberately released to disperse the power of the Yasukuni monks.

If Qing Lingzi didn't care about these demon beasts, then after they wandered into the hinterland of Lanzhou, many mortals would die at his hands.

But if you really divide your troops to clean up these demon beasts, the guardian power of the stronghold will be weakened.

So Qing Lingzi hit the idea on the various immortal cultivation families in Lanzhou, and asked each family to form a team to clean up these demon beasts, whether it was to transfer their own clan monks or pay to hire casual cultivators.

As a result, the Zhou family was apportioned fifteen indicators, including the indicators of a foundation building monk.

"How unreasonable!"

Zhou Chun has always had an excellent temper, and he was a little angry after learning about this.

All the Qi Refining Stage cultivators in the Zhou family who can fight now add up to less than one hundred and thirty.

Now half of the manpower has been withdrawn, and in this case, there are fifteen people from the Zhou family, which is simply squeezing people to death and forcing them to a dead end!

"No, I have to go back to the family first!"

After thinking about it, Zhou Chun decided to go back to the family mountain gate immediately.

On the grounds that he needed to recover his mana, he asked the monks of the Wang family and the Yang family to form a team to slowly clean up those lone demon beasts, and he secretly returned to Jiufeng Ridge.

After a few hours of flying like this, he returned to his family.

As he expected, Zhou Mingde, who was in charge of the family, was also worried about the fifteen indicators at this time.

"Zhengchun, you came back just in time, tell me, what should I do about this?"

"It's really impossible for the family to draw out so many people now, otherwise, if there is a mistake, the family's losses will be very serious, but this order is not only received by our Zhou family, if we don't follow it, I'm afraid it won't be able to be explained at all!" ….

Zhou Mingde looked at Zhou Chun with a frown, and was also stumped by this incident.

He didn't expect that his dignified Purple Mansion period monk, a huge Zhou family, would now be stumped by such a big thing.

Fortunately, Zhou Chun had already thought about it on the way to come.

At this time, facing Zhou Mingde's inquiry, he immediately replied, "According to the opinion of the juniors, this matter can only be solved by hiring a casual cultivator!"

Hearing his answer, Zhou Mingde couldn't help frowning and said, "But now that most of the scattered cultivators in Lanzhou have gone to the front line, those who are left either don't want to participate in this war at all, or they are so weak that they don't have the strength to participate in this kind of war at all!"

"Those casual cultivators who don't want to participate in this war are just afraid of danger, as long as we are willing to spend our money, give each of them ten first-order high-grade magic talismans, and promise to reward a first-order high-grade magic weapon afterwards, and then give them a higher employment fee than Qinglian Temple, there will always be people who are willing to take the risk!"

When Zhou Chun said this, he gritted his teeth and said, "If you can't recruit people like this, then you can only pull some loose cultivators in the early stage of Qi refining to fill the number, in short, we can't let people find fault with the number of people!"

"Okay, then do as you say, the old man will immediately ask Jiahe, Jiapeng, and Zhengyuan to go to a few nearby scattered cultivation bases to recruit people."

Zhou Mingde gritted his teeth, and knew that this was the only way that could be done at present, even if he arranged three Zhou family foundation building monks to recruit people.

Zhou Chun's side couldn't wait for the results to come out, he didn't even care about resting, and immediately left the family and returned to his original location.

Fortunately, under the heavy reward, the Zhou family still hired fourteen Qi refining period cultivators with varying cultivation levels, and Zhou Jiahe took them to the designated place to meet.

But the good times didn't last long, and within two days, Zhou Chun learned a news that made his face change greatly.

The stronghold on the front line of Biyanze has been lost!

It is said that a fourth-order mid-grade demon beast turned over the earth dragon appeared in the beast tide, this beast started from the ground, and under the cover of the main force of the beast tide, it used its natural magic power to cut off the leylines where the frontline stronghold was located, causing the spiritual veins to also collapse and chaos, affecting the play of the guardian array, and finally causing the large array to be forcibly broken!

And this sudden change made the monks who were in the strongholds on the front line fall into the beast tide at once, and the casualties were extremely heavy.

Zhou Chun was able to quickly learn the details of this matter, or because he bumped into a Purple Mansion monk who had escaped from the stronghold, and learned what had happened from his mouth.

But before he could inquire more, the Purple Mansion Stage Monk had already fled back to his family in a hurry.

Seeing this situation, Zhou Chun was also flustered, and hurriedly asked the Qi refining period cultivators of the Wang family and the Yang family to return home on their own, and then returned to the family directly with Zhou Xinlan.

He didn't know whether Zhou Daoyi, Zhou Daoquan, and those Zhou family monks who were taken to the stronghold were currently dead or alive, but he knew that as long as those people survived, they would definitely return to the family first.

And once this front-line stronghold is lost, the consequences will be very serious!

Although the Jiufeng Ridge of the Zhou family was not a short distance away from the frontline stronghold, if the beast tide raged in the territory of Lanzhou, it would not be long before it could spread there. ….

Hurried all the way, and after a few hours, Zhou Chun finally returned to the mountain gate of the Jiufengling family.

What made him happy was that the patriarch Zhou Daoyi, who had been worried about him on the road, had already returned to the family one step ahead of him at this time.

But this joy didn't last long, and it was completely dispelled by Zhou Daoyi's follow-up words.

"Although I successfully killed the beast tide with the help of Qingqing and the Fire God Jackal, Dao Quan and I were scattered by the beast tide at that time, and now my life and death are unknown!"

"And those Qi refining stage cultivators in the family are only afraid that they are all fierce and unlucky, and it is difficult for anyone to escape from them!"

In just two words, all the joy in Zhou Chun's heart was washed away, and his heart suddenly sank.

For the Zhou family, whether it is Zhou Daoquan, who is expected to open up the Purple Mansion in the later stage of foundation building, or Zhou Zhenglan and other more than 20 family Qi refining stage cultivators, they are undoubtedly people who cannot be lost.

However, now through Zhou Daoyi's words, it is not difficult to know that Zhou Zhenglan and other Qi refining period cultivators are afraid that they are all more auspicious.

Zhou Chun's mind flashed the voices of those clansmen who had fought together a few days ago, and he couldn't help but look at Zhou Daoyi with wide eyes and asked, "What happened there in the frontline stronghold?" The younger generation only heard that it was a fourth-order mid-grade demon beast that turned over the earth and the earth dragon cut off the earth veins and disturbed the spiritual veins, causing the guardian array to be broken by the beast tide, but could it be that without the guardian array, so many monks in the stronghold would be vulnerable?"

Hearing his words, Zhou Daoyi couldn't help pursing his lips, and replied with a look of more than one season: "The big array was broken because of the appearance of the earth dragon, but the main reason why I couldn't wait for the army to collapse and flee in the wilderness,

Or is it because of the Red Dragon Hall Master of the Dragon Transformation Sect and that fourth-order mid-grade Red Fire Jiao!"

"At that time, that person and one Jiao suddenly came out, and the three Jindan period monks hidden on the side of Qinglian Guan couldn't stop them at all, and the breakout lineup formed by us was even defeated by that Red Dragon Hall Master with one blow, and those who survived could only scatter and flee, each seeking a way to survive!"

Hearing this answer, Zhou Chun was also silent.

The hall master of the Red Dragon Hall, if I remember correctly, should be a late Jindan monk.

The strength of that fourth-order mid-grade Red Fire Jiao might be even stronger than that of a late-stage Jindan cultivator.

Such a combination suddenly appeared on the battlefield, plus that fourth-order mid-grade earth-turning earth dragon......

Zhou Chun could already imagine how bad and desperate the situation was at that time!

In that case, it would be good for Zhou Daoyi to be able to save his life and escape, and if he wanted to rescue others, he really had more than enough strength but not enough strength!

At the moment, he could only ask in a low voice, "So what should I do now?" Since even a powerhouse like the Hall Master of the Red Dragon Hall has appeared in Lanzhou, the beast tide on Lanzhou's side will definitely not just be raging in the mundane land, how should our Zhou family deal with this matter?"

"There is no other way now, we can only prepare for the worst first, if there is really an irresistible beast tide surging towards the family, then we can only give up this Nine Peaks Ridge first, and focus on protecting the remaining monks of the family!"

Zhou Daoyi shook his head, and said the way to deal with it in a low tone.

Do you want to give up Jiufeng Ridge?

When Zhou Chun heard this, he was also speechless. ….

Reason told him that it was the best option.

But emotionally, it was difficult for him to accept this result.

Because once this is done, the Zhou family's decades of hard work will be in vain, and everything will start all over again!

At this time, Zhou Mingde, who had never made a sound, suddenly waved his hand and said, "Okay, Zhengchun, you are tired all the way, go back and rest first, just arrange for these things to be done by the old man."

He has already had that kind of experience of being uprooted from his homeland, and compared to Zhou Chun, he is undoubtedly more able to accept the worst outcome.

"That junior retired first!"

Zhou Chun looked at the two elders with a heavy face, and after bowing, he retreated first.

At this time, none of them can really do anything.

Everything can only depend on the three major sects of Qinglian Temple, Moon Wheel Sect, and Yanyang Sect, and see how their three major forces will deal with this matter.

Obviously, Qinglianguan was more anxious than the Zhou family about the loss of the stronghold on the front line in Lanzhou.

The location of Lanzhou is very important for the Qinglian Temple, which connects Lianzhou where the Qinglian Temple Mountain Gate is located with Yunzhou and Lingzhou.

If this place is completely occupied by demon beasts, the supply lines of the Qinglian Guanshan Gate and the Yunzhou front line will be cut off, and it may even be forced into the mountain gate by the beast tide.

Therefore, just after the stronghold on the Lanzhou front line was lost for more than a dozen hours, four Jindan period monks and more than a dozen Zifu period monks rushed from the Qinglian Guanshan Gate and the Yunzhou front line.

These people, along with Qingyangzi and other Jindan stage cultivators who had withdrawn from the front line, stared at the Red Dragon Hall Master and those fourth-order demon beasts in the beast tide, preventing them from continuing to lead the beast tide to advance and spread.

However, the fourth-order demon beasts they could keep an eye on, but the beast tide army that had already rushed into the hinterland of Lanzhou had no way to stop it.

Most of the monks of the various immortal cultivation families in Lanzhou were transferred to the frontline stronghold of Biyanze, but they suffered heavy losses due to the loss of the frontline stronghold, and at this moment, they could no longer send people to form an army of monks to meet the army of blocking the beast tide.

Even their own mountain gates are now facing the threat of the beast tide army.

"The He family of Qingzhu Mountain has been evacuated in advance, and their family's mountain gate has now been broken by the beast tide, according to them, the beast tide is spreading in all directions, and its main force is moving in the direction of Lianzhou, which is less than six hundred miles away from our Zhou family!"

On the pagoda peak, several high-ranking officials of the Zhou family gathered together and were sharing the latest intelligence news.

As the beast tide broke into the hinterland of Lanzhou, monks from all over the country looked at the wind

Escape, all kinds of news are also flying all over the sky, true and false, it is difficult to distinguish between true and false.

Most of the news that the Zhou family got was obtained from the monks who had fled to the vicinity of Jiufeng Ridge.

Now the information sent by the He family of the Alliance Family is the first official information they have obtained so far.

And this information is also very important.

After reading the information, Zhou Chun immediately expressed his opinion and said, "Lianzhou is the foundation of the Qinglian Temple, if the beast tide enters it, it will be tantamount to shaking their foundation, and they will definitely not sit idly by and watch this happen!"

As soon as he finished saying this, Zhou Mingde nodded and replied, "Zhengchun is right, unless it is unthinkable, otherwise Qinglian Guan will definitely not let the war affect Lianzhou!"

Speaking of this, Zhou Mingde also said in a low tone: "According to the old man, I am afraid that Qinglianguan will soon increase the troops of our Zhou family, which are close to Lianzhou, and use our families as a fortress to defend against the enemy outside Lianzhou!"

Is the enemy outside of Lianzhou?

Zhou Chun's expression moved, and he quickly said, "If it is really as Elder Taishang said, then I will transfer those secular clansmen now, at least let them stay hundreds of miles away from the family mountain gate!"

"Yes, it's going to be done right now."

Zhou Mingde nodded, and agreed with Zhou Chun's suggestion with a solemn face.

At this moment, a familiar voice of three people suddenly sounded outside the Zhongping Hall.

"Zhou Jiahe asked to see the Supreme Elder and the patriarch, and there is something important to report to the two elders!"

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Zhongtian Ziwei the Great