Chapter 486 The beast tide is rising, the underworld is coming!
Money can make the world go round.

The Xu and Chen families reacted very quickly. On the second day, the two families began to build the platform structure and immediately issued the "Announcement on the Purchase and Sale of Monsters". The announcement stipulated the purchase prices of monsters of various realms. People could choose by themselves or pay with elixirs, skills, gold and silver and other materials. The announcement also accepted loans from practitioners to purchase various weapons and equipment for capturing monsters, etc. It was also announced that a large-scale monster purchase and sale market would be built in the east of Gusu City.

As soon as the news came out, Gusu City was the first to boil, and countless practitioners came to see the actual situation. Seeing the purchase price of the monsters, those independent practitioners could not sit still, because starting from the monsters above the Guanhai Realm, capturing one would be enough to support their practice for several years.

In the world of cultivation, naturally, most of the top practitioners are from various forces with inheritances, but the majority of practitioners, as many as 90%, are actually from small inheritances, small forces, or even independent practitioners. They have no skills, lack elixirs, and cannot even satisfy the basic needs of gold and silver.

Now that the Xu and Chen families in Gusu are purchasing monsters, they can provide skills, elixirs, gold and silver, etc. This is great news for the vast majority of independent cultivators!

Of course, capturing monsters is still very dangerous. After all, many independent cultivators are unable to reach the Guanhai Realm. But it doesn’t matter. Although they are weak individually, they can form teams and hunt monsters together. This is the foundation for the human race to stand firm among thousands of races.

Humans are capable of cooperation, but other races rarely have this talent.

Under the temptation of huge profits, no matter whether it is the aristocratic families and other major forces, or those small and medium-sized forces, or those independent cultivators, all of them enthusiastically threw themselves into the cause of hunting monsters.

At the beginning, of course they did not dare to turn their attention to Jiangyin City. After all, there were hundreds of thousands of monsters there. Who would dare to seek death? They set their sights on the monsters in the wilderness, or the monsters hiding in the city. Of course, they had to look for ownerless monsters. If they captured owned monsters, it would cause disputes.

However, there were not many monsters hidden in the city. In just a few days, they were all gone, so they could only look for them in the wilderness. Some people even looked for some monster families with a long heritage among the monsters, and thus great disputes broke out.

Although the monster beasts with inheritance were much stronger, they were unable to resist the attacks of the human cultivators. It didn't take long before they were defeated and many monster beasts were captured and sold into the monster beast market.

As a result, the goblins in the wilderness rushed to Jiangyin City to seek refuge with the four great demons. Jiangyin City seemed to have become a refuge for the goblins.

The scale of capture was increasing, spreading from the vicinity of Gusu City to the entire Jiangnan region, and then to all directions in the west.

When the warring parties in the north heard that Jiangnan had created a monster platform, they all joined in. They had been fighting in the north for many years, and the major forces were already exhausted. All kinds of elixirs, medicinal herbs, and supplies had been almost consumed. Now Jiangnan could actually exchange monsters for supplies. Anyone who didn't quickly catch monsters to exchange would be a fool!

The major northern forces captured the monsters on a large scale in the form of an army, and soon news came that shocked the world.

Someone saw in the north that the Yousu clan, one of the four major fox tribes, had their ancestral lands breached by the Dao Lu Si. Thousands of purebred Yousu foxes were tied up with ropes by monks. Their originally snow-white fox skins were dragged on the ground, torn into pieces, and they screamed loudly.

The Yousu clan is one of the four great fox clans in ancient times. At its peak, it was the clan that gave birth to the nine-tailed demon fox. Unexpectedly, their ancestral land was breached by the Dao Lu Si, and thousands of pure-blooded foxes were captured. From now on, the Yousu clan is gone.

The existence of the Su family was just the most surprising thing among them. The northern army swept through the country and found the monkey tribe in Huaguo Mountain, the bear monster tribe in Changbai Mountain, and the white wolf tribe active in the four provinces of Shanhe.

The Chen and Xu families in Gusu made a fortune, and later big forces such as Xuedou Mountain and Yuntai Mountain also joined in, but there was not a trace of Buddhist mercy.

More than ten days later, when the monster business was in full swing, Jiangyin City was opened.

The hundreds of thousands of monsters before, as well as the hundreds of thousands of monsters that gathered later, the monsters inside were so hungry that their eyes were glowing blue, while the hundreds of thousands of monsters outside were sweeping towards the sandbar with deep hatred.

The Huashan disciples quickly passed the message to Xin Zhen. After Xin Zhen discussed with the City God Huo Guang, he immediately asked the City God to evacuate the people on Shazhou.

When the people heard that the monster was coming, they were so scared that they fled Shazhou City with their families. But in such an emergency, how could they consider everything carefully? Some took their sons and forgot their daughters, some took their wives and forgot their mothers, and some took their fathers and forgot their grandfathers. Their cries were so loud that they shook the sky, greatly slowing down the retreat.

The monsters were extremely fast, and Xin Zhen knew that it was impossible to evacuate all the people before the monsters arrived. He could only get everyone out of the city and hide in nearby villages as soon as possible. However, with millions of monsters spreading out, it was difficult to avoid the nearby villages.

The movement of the monsters from Jiangyin City heading eastward alarmed the major forces in the south of the Yangtze River, especially the Xu family, the Chen family, Xuedou Mountain, Yuntai Mountain and other major forces that participated in the capture of the monsters. They were already drooling at the hundreds of thousands of monsters in the city. They had gathered together before and did not dare to harass them, but now there would inevitably be some far away on the periphery, and that was the best opportunity to capture them.

So Xin Zhen's plan finally took effect gradually. Money can attract people, and hundreds of thousands of monks near Jiangnan also heard the news and came here, wanting to get a piece of the pie in this feast.

Naturally, they did not dare to offend the large group of monsters, but the monsters on the periphery were their target.

So on the way to the sandbar, countless monks followed, constantly trying to capture these monsters.

The Purple-eyed Dragon King frowned as he looked at the scene in front of him. The tide of beasts was rolling towards the sandbar like a flood. The extremely hungry monsters were already difficult to control, but hundreds of thousands of cultivators were constantly hunting and killing monsters on the periphery. If this continued, they would eventually suffer damage to their vitality.

But it is impossible to stop and fight with the monks at this time. These monks will not fight to the death with the monsters. They are just seeking wealth and will not fight desperately. However, they are like a thorn in the flesh, constantly weakening the power of the beast tide.

Under the harassment of the monks, the speed of the beast tide slowed down a lot, which also gave Xin Zhen and Huo Guang time to evacuate the people. Of course, there are still many people who are reluctant to ruin their homes. That's their own fault. They chose the path themselves, and it is up to them whether they live or die.

The tide of beasts surged into Shazhou City, and the city was covered in blood. However, tens of thousands of people were not enough for millions of monsters to eat. After eating all the people in Shazhou City, the tide of beasts turned around and headed south!

Where is the south?
To the south is the core area of ​​Jiangnan, Gusu!

The people of Gusu had long heard about the start of the beast tide, and when the people of Shazhou were evacuating, the people of Gusu had already set out to head south.

Most of the Huashan Sect's disciples were from Gusu, so the main evacuation force was in Gusu. As a result, the organization was much more orderly and the speed was much faster.

The common people could leave, but how could the aristocratic families let their ancestral land be ravaged by the beast tide? So the aristocratic families informed each other and finally organized a strong team to meet the beast tide. Among them, there were many Yuanying old monsters and countless Jindan masters. It was rare for a family to become a big family in Gusu without a solid foundation. They organized a very powerful force. But Xin Zhen was not optimistic about this so-called Gusu Guard. This guard basically acted on its own. On the surface, they obeyed the arrangements of the Chen and Xu families, but if they really had to fight a tough battle, they might not be able to withstand it. Each family had its own little tricks, so they were not willing to waste their family's strength in this.

But it didn’t matter to Yu Xinzhen. It didn’t matter whether they won or lost. What was important was that he could take advantage of this time to take the people away from Gusu.

Xin Zhen was stationed in Gusu and was in charge of directing the operations. When the escort army and the beast tide came into a standoff near Yangcheng Lake, Gusu City was basically empty.

But it is not enough. After all, the people's running speed is not as strong as that of the monsters. If they are intercepted by the monsters halfway, they will be like a mobile barbecue stall and can eat whatever they want.

However, the power of Xin Zhen's monster trafficking plan gradually became apparent. Many monsters broke away from the army and quickly headed south, trying to chase the fleeing civilians. However, they were spotted by the hunting team who had been lurking nearby. As a result, battles broke out everywhere. The monsters wanted to chase their prey, but they didn't expect that they would also become prey.

Although many civilians were unfortunately chased by monsters and suffered heavy casualties, they were only a minority.

The Huashan Sect disciples also suffered many casualties in this process, but the more difficult the situation, the more it can stimulate people's potential.

Among the thousands of disciples of Huashan Sect, nearly a hundred died, but the rest of them quickly broke through their realms during the battle. The most powerful ones broke through to the Mountain Peak Realm, and many of the others entered the Far Traveling Realm, which is equivalent to the Golden Core Realm of Qi Refiners, and their actual combat power is much stronger.

Many independent cultivators discovered this. Some of them became interested in the Huashan Sect disciples who were organizing the people's retreat, and they made friends with them and worked together to escort the people. Then they discovered that the bodies of the Huashan Sect disciples were so strong that even the monsters were afraid of them, and they had many methods. What was even more terrifying was that each of these disciples carried countless sword pills, and in the battle, they seemed to be endless.

Moreover, in some large-scale battles, the Huashan Sect's disciples were able to set up large sword formations. A few people could form a sword formation, dozens of people could form a sword formation, or even hundreds of people could form a sword formation.

Once the sword formation was formed, even the great Jindan monsters among the monsters would find it difficult to resist the power of the sword formation. There were even Yuanying-level monsters that wanted to defeat the sword formation of the Huashan Sect disciples, but they unexpectedly suffered backlash and left seriously injured.

This shocked countless people.

However, those big forces don't have time to care about Huashan Sect now, because they have bigger troubles.

In the battle with the beast tide, the so-called guard army only held out for a few days before retreating. Although they did not collapse, they had lost their fighting spirit. Many large families were probably also planning their retreat.

Xin Zhen was paying attention to the war at the front, and was also very concerned about the development of the Huashan Sect. Although it was a hasty retreat, the Huashan Sect was relatively well prepared. Except for those who were unfortunate enough to encounter a battle, the rest were relatively orderly.

According to the plan Xin Zhen had made early on, he would observe some young children and young men during the retreat, and observe their character and qualifications. If he found those with good qualifications and good character, he would accept them into the Huashan Sect as the third generation of disciples.

There are more than millions of people in Gusu City, the nearby villages, and the nearby towns. Even if you pick one out of a hundred, there are still tens of thousands of suitable disciples.

When evacuating near Hangzhou, the Huashan Sect already had tens of thousands of disciples. All Xin Zhen had to do was sow the seeds, and as for whether they would bear fruit, that would depend on time.

One day, Xin Zhen was observing the confrontation between the beast tide and the guards when Huo Guang suddenly sent someone to come and ask him to come.

Xin Zhen knew that Huo Guang must have come to ask for something important, so he hurried to the City God Temple. Huo Guang said nothing and pulled Xin Zhen directly to the backyard.

Xin Zhen asked: "The Nether Well... erupted?"

Huo Guang looked a little impatient. After passing through several restrictions, the two of them arrived outside the Netherworld Well.

Xin Zhen saw the scene inside through the ban and couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.

I saw that the stone edge of the original Netherworld Well had disappeared, and only a huge black hole was left in the yard. Countless black mists rose from the black hole, which was ten times more intense than before!
Xin Zhen asked in surprise: "How long has this strange change been going on here?"

Huo Guang said: "It happened today. It suddenly broke out and became like this. I guess..."

"Boom! Boom!..."

It seemed as if countless giant creatures were rumbling and rolling inside the Netherworld Well, and then there were huge bangs and bangs, as if a huge monster was walking underground.

"Puff!" The Netherworld Well suddenly erupted violently. The restriction could finally no longer be resisted. There was a crackling sound like broken glass, and then black mist suddenly rushed into the sky, spraying all the way to the clouds, dyeing the white clouds in the sky black.

The commotion here was noticed by the strong men from the human and demon tribes who were confronting each other on the shore of Chengyang Lake.

Xu Rongsheng, Chen Shengshen and others looked stern.

What you fear will come true. When it rains, it pours. The beast tide is just at a critical moment, and the Netherworld Well has also joined in the fun!
Suddenly, the Purple Eyed Dragon King's crazy laughter came from the opposite side, and he said in a rumbling voice: "After waiting for so long, the Netherworld is finally here! Children, I will not restrict you today, go and eat those garbage on the opposite side!"

After he finished speaking, the beasts were in an uproar. Millions of monsters roared in unison. The huge roar dispersed the dark clouds in the sky, and even the water of Chengyang Lake began to boil.

The human army was so frightened that everyone looked around and was ready to run away if they were not careful!
(End of this chapter)