Volume 3: Jedi Survival Chapter 122, the beast tide is coming
"Brother Mapo, you said it so vividly, did you see it with your own eyes?"
"Uh!" Mapo burped and continued, "Although I haven't seen it with my own eyes, what I said is true!
"Okay, well, I believe it, I believe it! What about the disaster?"
"Speaking of this third calamity, that's a long story! The first two calamities, as long as you hide on the island, it is not terrible to live in peace and stability! But this last calamity, as long as you are in the misty sea, no matter the old man or child, no matter the mortal monk, there is no way to avoid it, that is the beast tide! Every few decades, this sea beast will flood into a disaster, swarming ashore to devour the human race, and the small beast tide will only affect a few islands, if it is a large beast tide that occurs once in a century, except for a few large islands, the rest of the islands are in calamity!"
Yi Xuan hadn't experienced it, and he couldn't imagine the tragedy of the beast tide, but he saw Mapo's tears: "I originally lived and practiced on Yunlang Island, and I only moved to this island more than ten years ago, because Yunlang Island was destroyed in the last beast tide, and my Taoist couple, brothers, and friends all died, hey......"
"Brother Mapo, I'm really sorry to mention your sad past!"
"It doesn't matter, who in this sea of mist doesn't have relatives and friends who died in the beast tide?
"Is it true that the high-ranking monks here will turn a blind eye, and let their fellow monks die in the belly of the beast?"
"Let me ask you, is this misty sea more sea or more islands?"
"Naturally, there is a lot of sea!"
"Is there more sea beasts or more human races?"
"Since there is a tide of beasts, there must be many sea beasts!"
Since the number of sea beasts far exceeds that of the human race, and the number of high-level sea beasts is several times that of the human race, our human race can only barely resist with the strong cities and defensive formations built on the large islands, and it is impossible to fundamentally reverse it!"
Yi Xuan was speechless, originally thinking that this misty sea should have better cultivation conditions with its numerous sea beast resources, but he didn't think that because of the beast tide, it would become an obstacle to the development and growth of the human race, fortunately, the beast tide does not happen very often, otherwise this misty sea would have already become a paradise for sea beasts.
In the next few days, Yi Xuan consolidated his cultivation while refining spirit runes and selling spirit stones, and after a few days of leisure. On this day, Yi Xuan selected the sea beast leather suitable for making spirit runes in the Fang Market, and suddenly a majestic voice resounded throughout the island!
"I am a real person from Huaiyuan, all the people on the island listen to my orders, all mortals immediately return to their homes to hide, all the monks come to the island lord's mansion to gather, the beast tide is coming!"
Before the words fell, the whole island suddenly jumped chickens and dogs, pedestrians on the street ran and shouted, and the originally lively market suddenly became empty. A few rays of light rose into the sky in the island owner's mansion, and shouted loudly: "The island lord orders us to maintain order, take advantage of the fire to kill the robbers, behead those who flee in danger, behead those who confuse the public with evil words, and be......head those who do not listen to orders." It turned out that the protector of the island owner Huaiyuan Zhenren's mansion came forward to announce a series of iron-blooded decrees.
Yi Xuan hurriedly ran to the door of the island owner's mansion, the usually heavily guarded gate had been opened at this time, and no less than three hundred monks were bustling in the small square in front of the mansion, waiting for the island owner to appear.
In a large hall in the island lord's mansion, an ordinary-looking monk with a short stature sat on a low stool and was asking: "Great Dharma Protector, can you go and check, how long will it take for the beast tide to reach the island, and what is the scale? What are the odds?"
The Great Protector, the Great Butler and his cronies were all in the hall at this time, and when he saw the island owner asking, the Great Protector took a few steps forward and replied respectfully: " Returning to the island master, according to the report of the spies, the beast tide that invaded Shanxi Island this time should be on a small scale, and there are still two hours away from our island, and there are currently thirty-four Dharma protectors in the late stage of Qi cultivation in the mansion, plus about twenty or thirty good hands can be selected from the subordinates of the chief steward and the monks gathered on the island, if all the monks on the island are formed in a group of five people, they can be roughly organized into more than sixty teams, divided into two groups to take over and rest, plus the defensive formation on the island, it should be no problem to support one day and night!" The Great Dharma Protector has experienced many beast tides and arranged all affairs in an orderly manner.
After hearing this, Huaiyuan Zhenren nodded slightly, and said to everyone: "Just arrange it according to the arrangement of the Great Protector! Everyone, there are eggs under the nest, and I hope everyone will work together to tide over the difficulties! The big housekeeper, open the treasury, take out the spirit stones, pills and other materials and distribute them, and everyone will follow me out of the mansion to face the battle!" After speaking, he glanced at the big housekeeper with a little meaning.
Frightened, the big housekeeper hurriedly bowed down and said: "The old man will fully cooperate with the Great Protector to protect Shanxi Island, please rest assured!"
Huaiyuan Zhenren didn't say much, got up and went out, the big protector followed, and a group of people came to the square in front of the house.
When the monks who had been waiting at the gate for a long time saw the owner of the island appear, they immediately surrounded them and asked about the situation. Huaiyuan Zhenren waved his hand, jumped into the air, and said condescendingly: "Everyone, don't be impatient! The beast tide is coming, and everyone has no way to retreat! I also ask you to fully cooperate with the Great Protector, after an hour, line up to meet the enemy, and the island's defense array will also be opened to protect everyone's safety! Great Protector, you will arrange it next!"
The Great Protector Qi Li led the order, and according to the countermeasures discussed before, all the monks were formed one by one, because Yi Xuan had just been promoted to the eighth layer of Qi cultivation and was a guest qing, he actually became the leader of a team, leading four monks to guard a section of coast fifty or sixty zhang long, and the responsibility was very heavy. After receiving some supplies from the treasury, Yi Xuan took four of his men to the coast to discuss countermeasures.
After finding a few reefs on the shore at random and making them, Yi Xuan first said: "I don't have a lot of experience in fighting sea beasts, and I ask the four of you to give me a lot of advice!
Mapu, the stall owner of the Fang Market, who was very familiar with Yi Xuan, was also incorporated into Yi Xuan's team because he was standing with him, and said with a sad face: "Hey! I actually encountered the beast tide again! I am Mapo, running a sea beast business in the Fang Market, and practicing the fifth level of Qi cultivation!"
One of the remaining three red-faced men said: "In Xia Nie Yongwang, practice qi at the sixth level of cultivation! I said Brother Mapo, it's useless for you to be frustrated, it's not like the sea beast will bite when you see someone when it comes, it's better to fight desperately, cut one is enough, cut ten to make money, then it's happy! Haha!"
Yi Xuan listened proudly and couldn't help nodding: "Brother Nie is right! Brother Mapo cheers up, there are many monks on the island, as long as they work together, they can't win! These two brothers will also introduce them, and it will be easy to cooperate after a while!"
Hearing Yi Xuan's inquiry, one of the remaining two young monks dressed in black said: "My name is Qin Fei, this is my younger brother Qin Li, our two brothers were originally passing by the island by boat, and the younger brother is greedy for fun and wants to live on the island for a few days to see the scenery, and does not want to encounter the beast tide, how can this be good! I am the fourth layer of Qi training, and my younger brother only has the second layer of Qi training, which is really a bit embarrassing!"