Chapter 109: City Defense Test
"Let's put the martial arts issue aside for now. My uncle Taixu Weng supports it. Everyone in the meeting room is going to fight to the death. It's just that the other two sects are a little hesitant and have only chosen one city for verification." Xi Jing invited Gu Qingyuan to have tea.

More than a month had passed, most of the beasts had been eliminated, the situation had gradually calmed down, and Xi Jing also had some free time.

"This is a serious matter, so it's normal to have more controversy." Gu Qingyuan said, holding up a teacup.

We all understand the principle that when you are in trouble you must adapt and that adaptation will lead to success, but on the one hand, the situation with the robbed beast is still controllable, and on the other hand, the qi and blood martial arts and the immortal way cannot coexist, so it is normal that it is difficult to make a decision on digging one's own grave.

"Are there any problems with the experiment in the city?"

Xi Jing shook his head: "With Zifu personally in charge and countless demon cultivators' flesh and blood transported here, it is just as you said, your progress is very fast. With some martial arts skills, ordinary mortals can also have the strength to fight. I knew you had extraordinary comprehension, but I didn't expect it to be so amazing. The name of Gu Wuzu is well-known!"

“Martial arts have been around since ancient times when humans fought with beasts to survive, and the techniques have also been widely spread among the mortal world. I have only paved the way for the predecessors and sorted out their ideas. I don’t deserve the title of Martial Ancestor.” Gu Qingyuan waved his hand.

Xi Jing disagreed. It was true that martial arts had existed since ancient times, but they were the work of mortals. Gu Qingyuan was able to combine martial arts with magical powers, sublimate them, and create qi and blood, as well as various magical powers. In the long run, their development would be no less than that of immortals.

"You use this method to scare me. Now even if you say you are not the one who pushed the great catastrophe, I will still think that you are a great enemy of the immortal way and you are here to dig up the foundation of my immortal way." Xi Jing said half-jokingly and half-seriously.

“What’s the difference between the immortal path and the martial arts path? They are nothing but attempts by mortals to transcend. Different paths lead to the same destination, which is the great way. If you are stuck in the struggle for the path and don’t know the principle that all streams return to the same source, how can you achieve transcendence?” Gu Qingyuan was full of confidence.

Xi Jing sighed: "The one who has mastered all the Daos can be called a Grandmaster. He has mastered all the Daos and is extraordinary. I am really not as good as you in your realm."

"The world is vast. Senior is just constrained by this world and cannot see the wider scenery. Why do you belittle yourself? Who says that you cannot achieve transcendence by focusing on one thing?" Gu Qingyuan raised his glass in a toast.

As they were talking, the two of them suddenly looked up and saw the calamity-filled aura rolling above through the cover of the roof.

When Xi Jing and the other person flew out of the house, Elder Taixu was already standing in mid-air, and a group of Purple Mansions were also looking up at the sky, with magical powers and spiritual lights flashing across their faces.

I saw that the rolling calamity energy that had not appeared for a long time rolled out countless eyes of the wind, and the calamity energy gushed out and spread all over the earth.

Da Dao Temple was naturally no exception. The calamity energy rolled on the ground but did not dissipate. Instead, a black-armored strange beast appeared.

“Ho-ho!”

The strange beast was half a human's height, with a hunched body and two upright feet. It had a half-foot-long blade growing from its wrist, black spikes growing from its elbows, and red eyes. A roar that was not like a human voice came from its shell-covered mouth, and it pounced on the people nearby as soon as it landed.

Chang Ming was quick-eyed and quick-handed. Before the beast could make a move, he had already caught it in his hands and showed it to everyone.

"Wow, it's quite powerful." Chang Ming seemed surprised, then he shook his hand casually, shaking the beast dizzy and its body limp.

"Relying on strength and magical powers, it can fight against Qi-cultivating monks." Taixu said as he looked at the strange beast that was fighting with his disciples in the distance and suddenly spewed black smoke.

Each of the strange beasts was different, some were bears, some were wolves, and they were of various colors, all with black scales. However, compared with the calamity beasts transformed by the demon clan, they were simpler and had fewer unnecessary limbs. They were much better than the calamity beasts of the demon clan that seemed to be randomly pieced together and grown wantonly.

If the demon beasts are all at the bottom of the abyss, without any light, each with its own appearance and all kinds of strange shapes, then the beasts transformed by the calamity energy rise to the sea shore. Although they also make people physically uncomfortable, they look somewhat serious.

"Is this Heavenly Dao patching up the robbery beasts according to the demon beasts and upgrading them?"

Gu Qingyuan looked at the robbed beast and couldn't help but think.

"Okay, let's act!" Elder Taixu clapped his hands, "Since the move has been made by heaven, it's time for us to take action. We cultivators strive for the chance to become immortal, for spiritual objects, for the great Dao. In the struggle between heaven and man, we may be able to defeat heaven by half a move." Dadao Temple and even the sects in the world would naturally not be unprepared. When countless calamity beasts fell into the major cities, the disciples of the sects came forward to kill them. Although there was panic, it was normal.

Rays of magical light rose up, and the sky covered all the major cities, blocking the beasts that had landed outside the city and in the wilderness. Then teams of monks would go out of the city to clean them up.

Two months passed in the blink of an eye.

Based on the principle of building high walls and storing abundant food, each sect built major cities, especially their own main cities, like war fortresses to prepare for sporadic attacks from thief beasts.

The top of Jieyang City.

"Hey, here they come again, Brother Li, follow me to eliminate the demons." Wang Xing said to the person beside him as he looked at the hundred or so strange-looking beasts running from afar.

"Of course." Li Shangfeng, who was beside Wang Xing, raised the sword in his hand and agreed.

The two had accumulated experience in fighting against the robbing beasts and knew that they were crazy and manic, only knew how to kill, had no brains, and relied on the city walls. They were nothing more than living targets.

"It's been so long, and the seniors in the sect haven't issued any instructions. They just said to hold on. How long are we going to hold on?"

Li Shangfeng shot at the calamity beasts outside the city out of boredom. Strands of sword energy fell on the soft gaps in the calamity beasts' armor, and stalemated with their flesh and blood bodies for a while before piercing the calamity beasts. The calamity beasts staggered and collapsed to the ground, and then another calamity beast pounced on them to devour their flesh and blood.

"We have our own considerations for the major repairs. Now all the sects and cities are under the jurisdiction of the Yiqi Dao League. I guess the leader of the league, Zhenjun Xijing, has not ordered a counterattack yet." Wang Xing shook the wine gourd at his waist, and flames spewed out, burning the beast to death.

"If you ask me, we should gather all the Purple Mansion cultivators in the world and launch a counterattack. We will surely win a great victory." Li Shangfeng said while gesticulating and shouting with his sword raised.

Wang Xing burned a robbery beast that Li Shangfeng had missed to ashes: "Be serious, there are thousands of people behind you."

"I know, I know. Hey, have you heard? There seems to be a situation in Jingtai City. I heard that it is some martial arts method that allows mortals to participate in the war." Li Shangfeng curled his lips.

"I've heard a little bit about it. It's a path passed down by True Lord Qingyuan. It's different from the way of immortals. Mortals can also easily get started... Stop chatting, a big wave is coming." As Wang Xingzheng was speaking, he saw a black line appear in the distance, and immediately warned the people around him.

His team consists of thirty-six people, standing guard on the top of the city wall, and taking turns every four hours. After all, cultivators still need to recover their magic power and improve their cultivation, and it is not advisable to sacrifice the essential for the sake of the trivial.

Everyone was ready for battle and adjusting their status. The black line in the distance gradually spread. People who had not experienced the battlefield had never experienced that kind of scene.

Thousands of rob beasts formed a black stream, sweeping across the earth. Looking from the sky, the brown earth was dyed black, which was magnificent.

Wang Xing felt the slightly shaking wall and said, "This wave is coming with great force, we cannot stop it. Blow the horn and ask the monks on duty and those who are resting to come to the top of the city to provide support."

The desolate and lonely sound of the horn pierced the sky and broke the silence in the city.

Along with the sound of the horn, there was also the sound of a sword falling to the ground.

Li Shangfeng, however, never paid attention to his beloved sword, and pointed his trembling hand into the distance:
“Purple Mansion… It’s the Purple Mansion Tribulation Beast!”

I saw a human figure flying out of the rolling black stream. He had fangs, two sharp horns on his head, a big snake tied around his waist, and huge wings flapping behind him, bringing gusts of wind.

(End of this chapter)