Family Cultivation: Rise of the Wilderness

Chapter 431 Where to Seek Help?

After listening to Master Shen's words, Xu Jin sighed inwardly.

After Zhao Dian left, he stayed in Yuanmen Town, hoping to get away with it.

Who knew that their luck would be so bad that in less than two days, they would be besieged by a large group of monsters.

Yuanmen Town only had 500 soldiers. After the town was expanded, in order to meet the needs of guarding the city walls, Zhao Dian trained 2,000 new soldiers, bringing the total to 2,500.

However, tens of thousands of demonic beasts came to besiege the city.

Even though these demonic beasts are mostly weak wild animals, with only a few minor demons of the early and mid stages of spirit summoning mixed in.

But even a little demon is still a demon!

Any monster can become invulnerable to weapons by virtue of its demonic power.

They are completely different concepts from wild animals.

Once a monster charges onto the city wall, the mortal soldiers will be unable to breach it after a long siege and it will soon collapse on its own.

Hundreds of thousands of people in the town were reduced to lambs to the slaughter.

Xu Jin was fully aware of this.

He knew all too well that with only the third level of Qi Refining, he had no chance of stopping it from happening.

Seeing that the number of monsters besieging the city was increasing, he was ready to make a quick getaway.

Just then, a group led by Master Liaoshen suddenly stormed in from the outside, tearing open a gap and breaking in.

It turned out that Master Shen and the others had also encountered attacks from demonic beasts. Feeling that Mount Dai was a dangerous place, they decided to travel south together. On their way, they came across Ape Gate Town and saw that although there were many demonic beasts besieging the city, there was no powerful demon in charge. That's why they offered their help.

Master Liaoshen vouched for them, agreeing to defend the city.

He and others formed a blood oath, agreeing that every cultivator would do their best to defend the city.

If things become unmanageable, then we shall retreat together.

Seeing this, Xu Jin regained some confidence.

After all, if we leave now, we don't know if we can return to Maojing Mine smoothly.

What if something unexpected happens on the way? Wouldn't that be foolish?
Staying isn't all bad.

As long as he can hold Ape Gate Town and remain alive, the Grand Steward will be impressed when he sees that he was willing to take great risks to fight against the beast tide for the sake of dozens of miners.

Is the day when I rise to prominence far away?
Xu Jin was excited just thinking about it, so he cooperated with Master Shen to devise many city defense tactics and personally coordinated the mobilization of tens of thousands of able-bodied men to assist the soldiers in defending the city.

Master Liaoshen originally thought this would be a fierce battle, but he did not expect that Xu Jin had already mobilized and made arrangements.

These ten thousand mortals fought against the demonic beasts outside the city, and were on the verge of collapse after just one round.

But on the city walls, it was quite different.

Ultimately, less than 20% of the monsters were capable of taking flight or scaling the city walls.

In other words, Ape Gate Town only needs to fight against these two-tenths of the demonic beasts to resist the beast tide.

This is the advantage brought by fortifications!
The more able-bodied men climb the city wall, the less pressure the cultivators will face.

Therefore, Master Liaoshen was very satisfied with Xu Jin and strongly recommended him as the city's garrison commander to oversee the city's defenses and gave him the authority to command the people from the city tower.

In the end, the group of strangers working together successfully repelled the invading monster.

"The demonic beasts have not dispersed after their initial defeat, and there is a possibility that they will return one day."

Xu Jin gazed into the distance beyond the city walls, his expression filled with worry.

The retreating monsters, like a receding tide, stopped at a certain point.

This is not a good sign.

These past few days, he has come to understand.

Like mortal armies, demonic beasts are also organized and commanded.

Once the monsters have overcome their growing pains, they will launch a new round of attacks.

Master Liaoshen's expression was also very serious.

Despite the low cultivation levels of the demonic beasts, even the ape demon that climbed onto the city wall was killed by him in one move.

But what's most terrifying about the beast tide is never the combat power of individual monsters, but their fearless spirit and their relentless attacks.

If the beast tide outside the city were larger, these city-guarding cultivators, even with their cultivation advantage, would still be exhausted to death.

"Yuanmen Town needs more cultivators!"

A middle-aged monk with a thin beard said in a deep voice.

Another person shook his head: "Zhao Dian abandoned the city and fled. I suspect he wouldn't dare return to Shengyi Sect. Shengyi Sect probably doesn't even know what's going on here yet." Upon hearing this, everyone began to waver.

The middle-aged cultivator bluntly stated, "We have already held our ground for one round, which is a great honor for the people of Ape Gate Town. If the demonic beasts do not retreat, new ones are surely on their way. Let's all disperse."

"Fellow Daoist Bao!"

Before anyone else could react, Master Liaoshen hurriedly interrupted, saying emphatically, "It is precisely because of our difficult situation that our actions are meaningful! Shengyi Sect can't care about Yuanmen Town, but does that mean they don't want Yuanmen Ferry either? In any case, Shengyi Sect will send people to rescue us. As long as we hold the city, Shengyi Sect will benefit greatly."

Upon hearing this, the group hesitated again.

The reason they followed Master Shen in fighting the beast tide was because they discovered a loophole.

The rumored beast tides are extremely terrifying, with all sorts of horrifying demons unleashing their supernatural powers. Under their iron hooves, Foundation Establishment cultivators and even Golden Core cultivators perish in droves.

However, the beast tide outside Yuanmen Town seemed "delicate," with only tens of thousands of beasts and not even a single demon cultivator at the late stage of the Spirit Awakening realm among them.

Even these people are capable of fighting.

The problem is, Shengyimen doesn't know this!

A group of like-minded independent cultivators gathered together and struggled against the fierce onslaught of the beast tide. In the end, countless people "sacrificed" themselves to save hundreds of thousands of people in Yuanmen Town.

Who wouldn't be moved by this?
In short, as long as they can hold Yuanmen Town, Shengyi Sect will not be able to remain indifferent. Even if it's just for the sake of reputation, they will reward these meritorious officials handsomely.

High risk, but also high reward!
This is the fundamental reason why everyone is willing to stay.

Seeing that everyone had sided with Master Shen again, Fellow Daoist Bao frowned and reminded them, "We don't have many pills left, and we can't hold out for more than a few rounds of attacks."

All of a cultivator's abilities reside in their magical power.

No one dares to let their magical power drop below half!

Because their magical power is exhausted, cultivators have no chance to escape when facing opponents of the same level.

However, everyone present felt exhausted and their magical power was severely depleted in order to defend the city.

And a second wave of beast tides seems imminent.

At this moment, elixirs that replenish mana become especially important and scarce.

With only the Qi-restoring pills they possessed, they clearly couldn't hold out for long.

Faced with this thorny problem, even Master Liaoshen fell silent.

Fellow Daoist Bao quickly pressed his advantage, saying, "Master, it's not that the brothers don't believe you, but Ape Gate Town has neither outside support nor supplies, making it an indefensible place. No matter how good the future is, it's not as important as our lives, is it?"

Master Liaoshen sighed and was about to speak.

Xu Jin, who was standing nearby, suddenly interjected, "According to Zhao Dian, there are still disciples of the Shengyi Sect at Yuanmen Ferry. Perhaps we can ask them for one or two helpers."

Fellow Daoist Bao immediately sneered, "When Ape Gate Ferry sees a demonic beast, how could they have the courage? They activated their formation long ago, willingly becoming cowards, not even allowing outsiders to take refuge. How could they possibly lift the siege of Ape Gate Town?"

Xu Jin was stunned and quickly asked for details.

After some conversation, it was learned that Master Liaoshen and his party had gone straight to Yuanmen Ferry, intending to leave Daishan by waterway.

Unexpectedly, Yuanmen Ferry closed the ferry crossing, citing the chaotic situation, and adopted an attitude of indifference.

It was Brother Bao who was in charge of negotiating with Yuanmen Ferry back then.

As a result, not only did Bao Daoyou fail to make things convenient for Yuanmen Ferry, but he was also humiliated.

He was so angry that he kept yelling.

Having no other choice, Master Liaoshen, who was in charge, led the group south, where they stumbled upon Ape Gate Town, which was besieged by demonic beasts.

After understanding the cause and effect, Xu Jin felt a surge of anger. No wonder Zhao Dian abandoned the city and fled even though he knew there was outside help. It turned out that he had long given up hope on the cowards in Yuanmen Ferry.

Everyone sighed. Xu Jin hesitated for a moment before speaking again: "Our Li family's Maojing Mine is much closer than Shengyi Gate. Who can escort me back? I am willing to strongly urge the Grand Steward to come to the aid of Yuanmen Town."

"Maojing Mine?"

Everyone was talking about it.

Fellow Daoist Bao shook his head again: "We've only just passed through Dainan, and everywhere we look, there are demonic beasts. Your Maojing Mine is probably under attack by the beast tide right now. Escorting you back is too difficult!"

Is there also a beast tide at Maojing Mine?

Xu Jin's face turned pale, and he hurriedly grabbed the city wall beside him.

If he can't even go back to the Maojing Mine, where should he go?

Does that mean we have no choice but to head south?
南边
Xu Jin suddenly remembered something, jumped up and shouted, "We have reinforcements! We have reinforcements at Puyin Mountain to the south!"

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