Chapter 32: Old Mr. Li’s Master

Beast tide?

Xu Lingqing had heard of it when she was at Jialan Academy.

The Firo Continent was vast and boundless. Apart from the oceans that were not suitable for land animals to live in, most of the areas had been developed.

Among them, human cultivators occupied the vast majority of the plains, the two sides of the rivers, and places with abundant resources.

The remaining areas were occupied by some low-level ferocious beasts, becoming their habitats.

However, the reproduction speed of the beast race was several times or even dozens of times faster than that of humans, thus excessively destroying the balance of the original area and leading to resource depletion.

Once the habitats of the beast race could no longer satisfy their normal lives, those intelligent ferocious beasts would lead their clansmen to invade other people’s territory, which was also the territory of nearby humans.

More than a hundred Origin Opening Realm ferocious beasts united to attack a human city, which was called a beast tide by the cultivators of the Firo Continent.

The terror of the beast tide was far beyond everyone’s imagination. It was a group of ferocious beasts fighting with their backs to the wall.

Unless all the ferocious beasts were killed, this battle could not be ended.

Goudan’s parents had died in the defense against a beast tide. In that battle, almost half of the middle-aged people in Anjin City had died.

Every child hated those ferocious beasts to the core, which was why they wanted to increase their strength to protect the people they wanted to protect.

Xu Lingqing sat on the chair, her beautiful eyes darting around, her face full of shock. Where was the north of Anjin City?

Wasn’t it Stillness Ridge?

“Elder Lin, are you sure that more than a hundred Origin Opening Realm ferocious beasts suddenly appeared in Stillness Ridge?”

Lin Jintian stood aside, trembling all over. “There are only more, not less. There are even a few Meridian Unblocking Realm ferocious beasts.”

“Meridian Unblocking Realm ferocious beasts? On the Firo Continent, Meridian Unblocking Realm ferocious beasts are all lords of a region. How could they show their faces so casually?”

“Could it be that behind the scenes…”

Xu Lingqing couldn’t help but suck in a breath of cold air, her eyes full of panic. It was as if she could hear the piercing sound of the Shadow-Roaming Azure Bat with her eyes closed, and the blood-red pupils of the Heavenly Demon Wolf King when she opened them.

She rubbed her temples, trying to relax as much as possible. Her fingers gently touched the Eternal Love on her chest.

Senior…

You haven’t paid attention to Lingqing for a long time. Did Lingqing do something wrong?

…

“Phew! There are so many cameras in this Tianhai Grand Hotel. Why do I always feel like someone is staring at me!”

Chen Anping walked out of the Tianhai Grand Hotel.

Ever since he entered the hotel, he had clearly felt a pair of invisible eyes peeking at his every move from a corner.

He still didn’t believe it and looked around countless times, but he never saw anyone’s shadow.

A secret room in the Tianhai Grand Hotel.

Li Tianrui seemed to have changed into a different person. His previous majesty was gone. He respectfully cupped his hands towards the man on the recliner and bowed again.

“Master… did you discover anything?”

The man he called master had an extraordinary temperament and an exceptionally handsome face. His brows revealed a transcendent indifference.

An invisible aura emanated from his body, as if he were a god, not a person of this world.

He was playing with a pendant in the shape of an inverted heart in his hand, which was exactly the same as the Eternal Love that Chen Anping had given to Xu Lingqing.

“Interesting. It’s already the 21st century, yet he can still condense the spiritual energy that could only be found in ancient times.”

Li Tianrui’s pupils contracted sharply, and he was shocked. “Master! Are you saying that his future will be the same as yours, living for ten thousand years in this world?”

The mysterious man shook his head and sighed.

“No, no!”

“Although cultivation can lead to longevity, it may not be able to cure the cancer you speak of!”

Li Tianrui stood there in a daze, not daring to say another word.

…

At noon, the air was stuffy. The scorching sun hung upside down in the sky, and the heat made one feel irritable.

The construction of Qing’an Academy had begun. The villagers of Anjin City had all joined in.

For them, if Qing’an Academy became strong, their city would not be bullied by the outside world.

Not only that, but the cities and towns around Anjin City had heard the rumors left behind by the matter of Jumin Canyon and had all sent a great gift.

“City Lord Lin, we haven’t seen each other for many years. I didn’t expect your Anjin City to soar to the sky!”

The person who came was a burly man with a tiger’s back and a bear’s waist. He handed the treasure in his hand to Lin Jintian.

Lin Jintian accepted the gift and cupped his hands.

“City Lord Xiong, you flatter me. Who doesn’t know that City Lord Xiong is the overlord of the extreme north? Even Jialan Academy doesn’t take you seriously.”

“Nonsense. I, Xiong, am most afraid of that old fellow from Jialan Academy. But what happened yesterday really made me feel relieved!”

Hearing this, Lin Jintian couldn’t help but shiver. The person in front of him was a ninth-level Meridian Unblocking Realm powerhouse. How strong was that person from Jialan Academy?

He was just a ninth-level Origin Opening Realm weakling and couldn’t come into contact with such an existence at all.

If it weren’t for Xu Lingqing’s blessing, Xiong Yangshuo probably wouldn’t have come to Anjin City from hundreds of li away.

“City Lord Lin, please take me to see the dean of Qing’an Academy. I have important matters to discuss with her!”

Lin Jintian smiled bitterly. “I’m very sorry. The dean went out on business half a shichen ago.”

…

Stillness Ridge.

In order to find out the specific situation of the beast tide, Xu Lingqing brought the small beast, the violet-ink qilin, to the mountain forest to explore for information.

Passing by the small pond, although the water in the pond was not clear before, it was barely enough to wash one’s body.

But now, it was surrounded by a circle of black gas. Disgusting bubbles kept rising from the surface of the water in the pond, emitting a nauseating rotten smell.

Xu Lingqing’s eyes widened, unable to believe the scene in front of her. “It’s only been two days. How could it have changed so much!”

“Wah… wah…”

The small beast let out a terrified roar towards the depths of Stillness Ridge.

Xu Lingqing stared ahead and only felt a familiar aura gushing out from the forest. This aura made one’s hair stand on end.

Demonic aura!

Only human cultivators who had willingly fallen and embarked on a crooked path could produce demonic aura!

“We, the righteous cultivators, are never afraid of demonic cultivators!”

She mustered up her courage and walked towards the depths of the mountain forest. When she reached the two sides of the river where she had been abandoned, she did not see any living creatures.

Strange!

Where did that wisp of demonic aura come from just now!

She squinted and looked around. The dry river was cracked, and uneven fresh footprints were on it.

The residual immortal energy from the burning of the immortal fire had completely disappeared.

Just then, a heart-wrenching roar came from behind a hundred-year-old ancient tree on the opposite bank of the river.

“Ah!”

The ancient tree was about the width of four adult waists and completely blocked her view.

Xu Lingqing carefully approached and couldn’t help but open her mouth wide. She was shocked to see that the movement in front of her was not from a human cultivator.

A flower.

A blood-red man-eating flower. On the petals, there was still half of an undigested Heavenly Demon Wolf.

“Oh my god! It’s a good thing I didn’t come here before. Otherwise, I would have been the one eaten!”

Xu Lingqing muttered to herself. The blood-red man-eating flower opened its eyes, and a coldness surged under its sinister gaze.

“Delicious human, since you’re here, stay here!”

[End of Chapter]