Card: I Rebuild Five Thousand Years of Chinese Civilization in Another World

Chapter 37 Jie Xiaolan

More than a dozen armed guards looked towards Xie Yuwei in the midst of the battle; there was nothing they could do to help if they stayed there.

If Xie Yuchen leaves, they will only become a burden to Xie Yuwei.

"Let's go down the mountain," Tie Shanhe said to them.

Before the golden bell shield on their bodies disappeared, more than ten people caught up with Xie Yuchen.

On the mountain, Xie Yuwei had lost patience with the monster; she was now eager to know about Xiao Yufei's condition.

Tie Shanhe left with a group of soldiers, and she no longer held back. She directly used the energy of the strange stone to enter the game mode and treated the high-level magical beast in front of her as a boss.

Down the mountain, the beast tide arrived suddenly. Before the villagers could react, the village's barrier had already been attacked by the monsters.

The moment the monster attacked the barrier, the village leaders gathered together and demanded that the village chief place the beast bones he had brought back into the barrier's core.

The village chief was uneasy. Instead of acting as everyone asked, he said to Jie Cheng:
"Where is Sister Wei? Tell her to come back and fight off the monsters!"

Jie Cheng looked at the village chief with dissatisfaction and said, "Village chief, what nonsense are you talking about? Everyone knows that Sister Wei went up the mountain. She still hasn't come back."

How can we help everyone fight off the monsters when the people haven't returned yet?
The village chief muttered, "She still hasn't returned. The beast tide has already broken out; she might have already been eaten by the monsters."

Jie Cheng roared, "Village Chief, we're talking about the barrier right now. Hand over the beast bones!"

The village chief's gaze darted around, and seeing that his scheme had been exposed, he said in a desperate act:
"I've already used the beast bones. Let's all think of a solution for the barrier!"

"what!"

All the elders of Nanwen Village looked at the village chief in disbelief.

Animal bones are the village's lifeline; how could he use them without permission?

Without the beast bones, their barrier can no longer withstand the beast tide!

"Village chief! You're confused!"

An elder was so anxious that he stamped his foot.

The animal bones are gone, what are we going to do?

The village chief's actions stirred up a hornet's nest, and he instantly became an enemy of thousands.

"Where did you use the animal bones?" another elder asked sadly.

It's over, it's over. Without animal bones, their village is doomed.

The village chief tried his best to defend himself: "Didn't Sister Wei advance to the intermediate level of Card Spirit Master? With her here, the barrier will definitely be fine even without beast bones."

“My Bei’er has become a cripple, so I just want my grandson to become an intermediate-level Card Spirit Master. Can’t I just give him these beast bones?”

"I never expected the beast tide to break out ahead of schedule, and Sister Wei happened to be away from home."

The villagers stared at the village chief in disbelief. The animal bones were life-saving treasures distributed by the imperial court to the people. How could he take them for himself and plunge the entire village into utter disaster?

The village chief's actions angered the villagers. Before the monsters even attacked, his family was attacked and their property was smashed. The villagers beat the entire family half to death.

The village chief's grandson did indeed become an intermediate-level card spirit master, but he couldn't use any intermediate-level cards at all; he was like a useless person.

Seeing the crowd smashing his house, he only knew howling and shouting, and did not know how to use the spiritual power in his body.

Seeing such a mid-level card spirit master, the whole village was extremely disappointed.

A precious animal bone was wasted by this good-for-nothing.

Without the support of the animal bones, the village's barrier became precarious. The village's spirit masters gathered in the ancestral hall, working together to channel spiritual energy into the barrier's core.

After the village chief's family was crippled, his grandson was brought in by the crowd to transfer spiritual power.

This beast tide is different from previous years. They came swiftly, and their numbers are more than double that of the last time. Every monster seems to have lost its mind, only knowing how to instinctively charge and kill.

The monsters descended the mountain and frantically attacked the village's barrier, causing the spiritual energy within the barrier to rapidly diminish, which the spirit masters in the ancestral hall could not replenish in time.

Seeing that the barrier was bound to break, everyone tried to hide.

In an instant, the entire village was thrown into chaos. Fearful shouts, angry curses, and children's cries mingled together, creating an unbearable cacophony.

Xiaoyufei stayed quietly at home, feeling panicked by the atmosphere in the village.

She was scared, but she wanted to wait for her sister to come back.

She went to the kitchen, grabbed the dice, and took all the cards her sister had given her with her.

She packed all her treasures into a bundle and stood in the hall waiting for her sister to return.

The village was in chaos, and Jie Cheng was extremely busy, but fortunately he was able to spare a little time to visit Xiao Yufei.

"Fei-jie, the monsters might be attacking. Do you want to stay with your uncle, or do you want to hide?"

Jie Cheng secretly wanted her to hide away, as there were too many people in his family and limited places to hide.

If she goes back with him, it's safer for her to stay at home by herself.

Whether they survive or not depends on everyone's luck.

Xiaoyufei really didn't want to leave home, but she was afraid to be alone.

Just as she was hesitating, a clear voice rang out from outside the door: "Fei-jie, I've come to keep you company!"

Jie Cheng and Xiao Yufei looked towards the door: "Sister Lan!"

Xiao Yufei was overjoyed, never expecting Lan Jie'er to come and keep her company.

Jie Cheng said to Xiao Yufei, "Are you going to hide at home with Lan Jie'er?"

Xiaoyufei nodded.

Jie Cheng urged her, "Go hide quickly!"

He wanted to see if the place where she was hiding was safe.

Xie Xiaolan was very familiar with Xie Yufei's house. She ran to Xie Yufei's side and said, "Let's hide in the cellar."

Once inside the cellar, block the entrance; this is the safest place.

After thinking about it, Xie Cheng felt that Xie Xiaolan was right.

"You all need to hide in the cellar!"

Jie Cheng watched them hide in the cellar, then returned home.

As the head of the family, he still wants to be with his family during times of crisis.

After Jie Cheng left, the two little girls were gripped by fear of ignorance.

"The barrier has broken! The monsters have breached it!"

Someone shouted in the village.

After that sound, screams and wails filled the entire village.

In the cellar, two little girls clung to each other helplessly.

Not long after, several village women quietly crept into Xie Yufei's house.

No one is stupid; everyone chooses to hide in the cellar to avoid monsters. Several village women arrived at the entrance of the cellar.

They said to Jie Yufei outside the cellar, "Fei-jie, your aunt knows you're in there. We have nowhere else to hide, so we've come to stay with you for a while."

The two little girls were scared, but when they heard her words, they opened the entrance and let her in.

Xie Yufei and Xie Xiaolan never imagined that people could be so treacherous. As soon as they opened the entrance to the cellar, they were dragged out by several aunties.

"What are you trying to do? Let us go!" Xie Xiaolan and Xie Yufei struggled.

The women revealed their sinister faces: "We don't know when the monster will leave. The cellar is only so big, so you two should stay outside."

(End of this chapter)