Immortality: Starting with Plundering the Talents of Monsters

"I lost?"

Luo Mingfeng stared blankly at the ground, only then realizing that he had indeed taken a full ten steps back.

"Ha, I was so busy enjoying the exchange that I forgot about the rules I set."

Luo Mingfeng gave a self-deprecating laugh, then readily admitted defeat.

"But this just proves that you are indeed quite good at using sword techniques... I will come to see you again next time."

Luo Mingfeng's sharpness, emanating from within, did not diminish in the slightest.

Their competitive spirit remains as fierce as ever.

Xu Mo didn't have a strong desire to compete with him, and simply said modestly, "You flatter me."

He then hurriedly stepped down from the stage and returned to the talisman-making room to calmly create talismans.

After all, the most important thing right now is to take advantage of this special period to earn as many spirit stones as possible!

"Since I started practicing swordsmanship, I haven't used [Sharp Metal Breath] and my Sharp Metal Finger much."

"Luo Mingfeng's spirit beast can attach itself to the sword... perhaps we should keep an eye on it."

Xu Mo picked up the wolf-hair talisman brush again and focused on drawing talismans.

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Night fell, and it was pitch black all around.

The Liuyun Market was long deserted.

The street vendors, shopkeepers, and monks buying things were all under the shadow of the beast tide.

They dared not come.

  

Only the Zhou family, who had organized the Liuyun Market with its own prices, sent a large number of cultivators to guard this place.

The reason is simple: the Liuyun Market has generated far too much profit for the Liuyun Zhou family over the years.

It made even the Luo family, who controlled beasts, envious; it was practically the lifeblood of the Zhou family.

"Everyone, pay attention! You all know how important the market is to our Zhou family."

"We absolutely cannot afford to lose this position!"

The leading cultivator from the Zhou family shouted reprimands loudly.

"The expected time has arrived; the beast tide could come at any moment."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a strange commotion was heard in the shantytown on the edge of Liuyunfang Market.

Immediately following were screams and wails of agony.

"Slums attacked!"

"That shouldn't be the case. Although the market town is close to Liuyun Mountain, the beast tide will first hit the Luo family, and then the market town will be the last to come."

"We haven't heard a word from the Luo family, so how did they get to the market?"

The cultivators guarding the market were discussing in hushed tones.

At the command of the Zhou family's leading cultivator, they headed to the shantytown to provide support.

In the shantytown, shadowy figures lurked about, and the low, suppressed roars of wild beasts echoed continuously.

The monsters gathered together, emanating a strange and terrifying aura.

The Zhou family cultivators felt a jolt of fear the moment they scanned the demonic beast with their divine sense.

Among the arriving demonic beasts, the one with the highest cultivation level was at the seventh level of Qi Refining.

The Zhou family cultivators immediately unleashed their magical artifacts and trump cards, bombarding the demonic beast with all sorts of spells.

They dared not hold back amidst such a massive and terrifying horde of demonic beasts.

"Wait, why are there spirit beasts too!"

Several dark figures clad in concealing magical artifacts darted among the demonic beasts.

Taking advantage of the battle between the Zhou family cultivators and the demonic beasts, they quietly sneaked into the interior of Liuyun Market.

Then, they summoned their respective spirit beasts and launched a sneak attack from behind the Zhou family cultivators.

"It's the Luo family, the Beast Tamers... They're probably behind this beast tide arriving at Liuyun Market first!"

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Inside the Luo family's territory, in the talisman-making room.

The white smoke floating in the air dissipated, and the faint fragrance disappeared.

As the incense burned out, Xu Mo put down the talisman brush in his hand and exhaled a heavy breath.

"Sure enough, only when you have spirit stones to earn can you have the passion to draw talismans."

Three more first-grade mid-level golden light talismans appeared on the talisman-making table.

Among them, there is also a high-quality talisman.

"I earned twenty-four low-grade spirit stones in just one afternoon and one evening..."

"The Luo family really got a good deal."

Xu Mo carefully put away the three first-grade mid-level golden light talismans, intending to hand them over to Luo Changfeng together the next day.

Due to the special circumstances of this period, he needed to hand over the talisman to the Luo family promptly after each drawing.

To prepare in advance, so that defensive talismans can be distributed in a timely manner when the beast tide arrives.

"I just don't know... when this beast tide will arrive."

Xu Mo frowned, feeling puzzled and somewhat uneasy.

"The time predicted by the Luo family has passed, but there is still no sign of the beast tide."

Xu Mo witnessed firsthand the harbingers of the beast tide.

Even though the cleanup delayed things, the beast tide was inevitable.

"Whatever, it hasn't affected me yet."

Xu Mo thought this, but he was still secretly on guard.

This feeling of being out of control made him very uneasy.

"I'm afraid that if something big happens, none of the people in the Liuyun Mountain area will be able to escape."

As Xu Mo pondered this, he walked out of the talisman-making room.

But as soon as I stepped outside, I discovered that the once pitch-black night sky had transformed into a completely different world.

The Luo family estate was lit up with all its lights at some unknown time.

The densely packed caves in the front yard, the rockery with its overlapping peaks and verdant foliage in the central courtyard, and the pavilions made of blue stone and red wood were all brightly lit by fire.

A large number of cultivators gathered in the clan's territory.

"Gentlemen, we have received definite news..."

The Zhou family's Liuyun Market was hit by the beast tide and has now fallen.

Luo Changfeng mobilized his spiritual power and transmitted his thoughts through divine sense:

"Next, it seems it will be our Luo family's turn!"

The beast tide is coming!

Upon hearing this news, Xu Mo was shocked.

It's finally here...

But the first place to be hit was Liuyunfang City, and it fell in just one night!

"Fortunately, I joined the Luo family and didn't stay in the shantytown of Fangshi forever."

Luo Changfeng stood in the center of the assembled cultivators, continuing to transmit his thoughts using divine sense.

"But there is also good news, according to the preliminary predictions of our clan chief."

The most powerful demon beast in this beast tide will not exceed the Qi Refining Perfection stage.

"With two Foundation Establishment cultivators in charge and a group of deacons at the late Qi Refining stage, the Luo family will surely be able to weather the beast tide safely."

The good news brought by Luo Changfeng put the Luo family cultivators at ease.

Xu Mo also breathed a sigh of relief.

"If the strongest monster in the beast tide truly lacks Foundation Establishment cultivation, then it is indeed possible to withstand it."

"But... I'm afraid the Luo family patriarch's prediction might be wrong."

Xu Mo looked toward the Luo family's backyard and took out a wind speed talisman from his storage bag.

Only in this way can he feel a moment of security.

"If things go wrong, we'll have to escape through the backyard."

boom!

A loud and clear roar came from Liuyun Mountain not far away.

Its sound was like thunder, resounding throughout heaven and earth.

Many members of the Luo family with low cultivation levels felt a chill in their hearts, and their bodies trembled.

That's... a demonic beast at the late stage of Qi Refining!

Boom! Boom!

That roar seemed to sound the battle horn, and suddenly the roars of monsters echoed continuously across the mountain range.

Like the signs before a storm.

Suddenly, flames, lightning, and golden light burst forth, as if a sharp sword were tearing through the dark night.

The beast tide is coming!