Thousands of miles away from Zhenyang City.
Zhenlian City.
This is the second largest city under the jurisdiction of the Zhenyang clan.
It's just that unlike Zhenyang City, which is bustling and bustling with flowers, it's just Haishi now, and the streets in Zhenlian City are already deserted, with every house closed and there's not even a candlelight.
Like a dead city.
Only in a guest courtyard of the city lord's mansion could the sound of whipping and angry curses be heard from time to time.
The whipping was very severe and the curses were loud and could be heard far away.
So much so that it could be heard in the houses next to the city lord's palace.
In a room, a woman held a child in her arms. The little girl looked terrified and whispered:
"Mom, if you make such a loud noise, will it attract monsters?"
The woman's body trembled slightly, but she still smiled at the child and said softly:
"Don't worry, with the city lord and guards here, the monsters won't dare to come."
Having said that, listening to the constant sound of whipping and scolding, worry and panic could not be suppressed on the woman's face.
It has been a month, and the once bustling Zhenlian City is now silent every time Haishi arrives.
Otherwise, it will attract the terrifying monster that has never been seen before.
It's just that those people from the Western Dynasty who just moved into the city lord's mansion today are extremely arrogant and rude. They dare to abuse the prisoners after Haishi. What if we get involved?
At this time, in the guest courtyard of the City Lord's Mansion, the whipping and scolding continued.
In a guest room, the floor was covered with blood.
A man wearing a golden snake and black clothes was holding a piercing whip and kept beating a woman whose limbs were tied to the wall in shackles. He kept cursing:
"Si Minglan, aren't you quite brave? Bite me, come on!"
He had been beating her for almost half an hour. There was almost no intact flesh left on the woman's body. Her whole body was dripping with blood, but there was no pain on her face. A pair of charming red phoenix eyes looked at the man coldly.
"Si Mingcheng, you are so afraid of me, but you don't dare to kill me, haha, how pitiful you are."
Si Mingcheng was furious and whipped him again, tearing his skin and flesh. However, Si Minglan remained expressionless, and even had a sarcastic smile on his lips.
Si Mingcheng stepped forward and slapped Si Minglan on the face, causing blood to flow from the corner of her mouth and half of her face to be swollen.
"Si Minglan, do you really think that I don't dare to kill you? When we get to Zhenyang Sect, the Queen and the Sixth Son of Zhenyang have convicted you, and I will personally send you on your way! Don't worry, I won't let you die like that relaxing!"
Si Minglan suddenly chuckled.
Si Mingcheng pinched her chin: "Don't laugh! If you laugh again, I'll cut out your tongue!"
Si Minglan liked to smile like this in front of him when she was a child. Si Mingcheng hated seeing her looking so condescending.
Suddenly fangs appeared in Si Minglan's mouth, and she tried to bite him. Si Mingcheng was startled and quickly backed away. Si Minglan continued to laugh:
"Si Mingcheng, do you know why I like to laugh at you since you were a child? Because no one in the Si family looks down on you, but you look down on yourself. You think everyone is not good to you, but in fact they are not. , only you!"
"From the beginning to the end, you and your mother have been looking down on themselves, feeling inferior and shameless. Tell me, if I don't laugh at such people, who are you laughing at?"
"Shut up!!" Veins appeared on Si Mingcheng's forehead, and he pulled out the long knife with a clang.
"enough."
At this time, a deep and magnetic voice came from outside. Si Mingcheng had no choice but to withdraw his long knife, angrily went over to open the door, and said to the middle-aged man standing outside:
"City Lord Xu, I'm interrogating the prisoners of the Western Dynasty. I wonder what's wrong with that?"
This middle-aged man looks quite handsome. If you take a closer look, you can see that he bears a slight resemblance to Xu Caihe. He is none other than the lord of Zhenlian City, Xu Jiangxing.
The Western Dynasty was juxtaposed with the Eastern Xiu Land. Although Si Mingcheng was only the captain of the Golden Snake Guard of the Western Imperial Palace, in terms of status, he was only half as low as General Xu, so he was not afraid of the city lord.
Xu Jiangxing looked past him and looked at Si Minglan, who was covered in blood in the room. A trace of regret and admiration flashed in his eyes, and he said to Si Mingcheng:
"The Chief of Guards does not know. Recently, Zhenlian City has been harassed by monsters. When these monsters hear the sound, they will only go to places with loud noises. Therefore, the whole city of Zhenlian City is now silent."
"Monster?"
Si Mingcheng was startled, then smiled and said:
"I've heard for a long time that the master of Xu City manages the city well and the guards of Zhenlian City are powerful. Isn't this a mere monster so cautious?"
General Xu said: "Ordinary monsters are indeed nothing to fear, but this monster is a sixth-grade monster."
"Level 6 monster?!" Si Mingcheng's pupils shrank and his voice suddenly became much softer.
Most of the monsters are below the fifth level. When they reach the fifth level, they are at the level of beast kings and can control hundreds of low-level monsters.
If you reach the sixth level, you can control thousands of monsters, and your own strength is extremely terrifying, with the strength of the Golden Core Realm.
In addition to controlling many monsters, a sixth-level beast king is not enough to destroy Zhenlian City, but it is still very easy to kill Si Mingcheng, who is only at the peak of foundation building.
"City Lord Xu, please don't be alarmist. Ever since the beast wave twenty years ago, Hongzhou Continent has never seen a monster beast above level five!"
Si Mingcheng still couldn't believe it.
Xu Jiangxing sighed: "The tide of beasts occurs once every few decades, and each time it shortens the time by several years. Based on this calculation, this year should be another tide of beasts."
"What?!"
Si Mingcheng was horrified that the fight between the monks was actually a fight within the same clan.
But the beast tide is different. It is a life and death showdown between races. The loser may face the desperate situation of annihilation.
Even if they are not exterminated, they can only survive in the darkness, with countless resources given away to others.
Just like the monsters that have failed time and time again in the past hundreds of years, the high-level beast kings were killed or hidden, and the low-level monsters became food and pets of the human race.
But regardless of the outcome, every beast tide is a life and death test for every human monk.
"City Lord Xu, don't be alarmist!"
Si Mingcheng's face turned pale and his voice became softer.
General Xu said: "This is my guess on the time of the beast tide, and it may not be accurate. It's just always better to be cautious. It's late at night, so it's better for the captain of the bodyguard to rest early."
Si Mingcheng's expression changed, and he finally nodded: "Thank you City Master Xu for the reminder."
After saying that, he bowed his hands, walked out of the door, and walked towards the room where he lived.
Si Minglan's limbs were chained by the immortal chains that imprisoned her cultivation, and her whole body was covered in wounds, so she was naturally not afraid of her escaping.
After Si Mingcheng left, Xu Jiangxing looked at Si Minglan in the room and ordered the attendant behind him:
"Give her something to eat and find a doctor."
After saying that, he walked out of the guest house, and the attendant said from behind:
"City Lord, I just received news that the Young City Lord lost to a physical cultivator named He Zhiqiu in the outer sect competition."
"The Young City Master fired ten swords, one of which reached the second level of the Golden Core, but failed to injure the opponent at all."
Xu Jiangxing was silent for a moment and asked, "How did Caihe react after losing?"
"Young City Master did not cry or make any fuss. He silently left Danxia Peak with his sword."
Xu Jiangxing nodded: "I have finally grown up."
"City Lord, do you want to check Na He Zhiqiu?"
"No need. Dealing with the sixth-grade monster is the most important thing right now. I sent a message to Zhenyang Mountain and told them to go down and put the whole city on alert and not to ignore it."
"yes!"
(End of chapter)
