In mid-November, the beast tide that lasted for several days was gradually coming to an end. Su Yi, Feng Helan and their group were standing on the observation deck outside Guanyun City counting the magic weapons, waiting for other teams to come and replace them.
But they waited for a long time, but only waited for the notice from the city lord ordering everyone to evacuate the observation tower.
"In the past ten days, our team has killed four monsters. There are five teams in one watchtower, and there are a thousand watchtowers in total. In the early stage of the beast tide, there are about 20,000 monsters!" Lin Tian counted it carefully on his fingers. , the emphasis fell on the word "twenty thousand", he himself was startled, and murmured: "Is it possible that I overcalculated?"
Feng Helan was also surprised when she heard this number, "Not counting those demonized monsters, there are indeed four monsters."
"This is only the early stage. In previous years, the number of monsters in the mid-term will double compared to the early stage. If there is really an invasion of 40,000 monsters, the layout of the mid-term must be changed, and the number of monks guarding the city must be increased." Lin Xi turned around and looked at The yellow sand flying all over the sky under the city wall made me worry about Guanyun City.
Only the covered corpses of monster beasts and damaged magic weapons were left on the yellow sand. Other than that, there was no trace of a life-and-death battle here.
Feng Helan stroked a piece of bluestone on the observation deck. The formation runes originally carved on it had long been worn away. He had lived here for decades, and Guanyun City was his former residence.
How could he bear to see his homeland turned into scorched earth?
"Since the previous city chief built this city wall, the year with the largest number of monsters in the middle of the beast tide was 30,000. In that year, Guanyun City lost two Mahayana monks and more than a dozen monks in the out-of-body phase. If it hadn't been for the great tribulation-level monks, If we can help, the losses will only be greater. Now that the battle is getting more intense, there are many level 4 monsters among them. How should Guanyun City respond next?"
After listening to Feng Helan's words, Lin Xi became more worried, "Normally, after the seniors' joint attack, level four monsters should not enter the main battlefield. I don't know what the situation is like for the seniors who entered the Forest of No Return. The city lord suddenly asked us all to evacuate the observation tower, could this be related to this matter?"
Lin Tian listened carefully to his brother's analysis, and after some deep thinking, he finally came to a conclusion that shocked him even more: "Brother, are you saying that the city lord plans to give up resistance?"
As soon as these words came out, Lin Xi quickly covered Lin Tian's crow's mouth and looked around in panic, fearing that others would hear these shocking words.
Lin Xi deliberately raised her voice and said loudly: "Bah, bah, bah, what did you say, you little bastard! The city lord and the young city lord are both upright and upright people, how could they abandon Guanyun City and let the monsters trample on them?" Chinese website
"Tian'er is still young. He doesn't understand the unpredictable nature of people's hearts. He doesn't understand that those who speak have no intention and those who listen have intentions. In this situation, the city lord must have his own intentions in ordering everyone to evacuate the observation tower. We should evacuate. If we are all like the one under the wall Just like yellow sand, they disperse when the wind blows. Sooner or later, Guanyun City will turn into that piece of yellow sand." Feng Helan said seriously, and then he said loudly in the direction of the Forest of No Return:
"If you harmful things want to enter Guanyun City, you must first step over me, Mr. Feng!"
After the words fell, impassioned voices continued to sound in the empty battlefield, just like the howls of wolves one after another.
Su Yi followed the evacuating crowd and left the observation deck. Looking back, he saw that the observation deck was really empty. He didn't understand for a moment that the city lord's actions meant that no monsters would suddenly attack Guanyun City within a short time after they left, or was it because something had happened in the city?
Just when Su Yi was confused, he looked up and saw Hua Ruxue and Bai Musheng standing at the city gate, looking around as if looking for him.
Hua Ruxue smiled when she saw that Su Yi and his party were not injured. She heard that the monsters that attacked in the early stages of the beast wave were arriving day by day, and even level four monsters appeared in a few days. She was worried for a long time.
"Look, he doesn't have any injuries on his body. I didn't lie to you." Bai Musheng pointed at Su Yi's position with his finger, with some visible sourness in his tone, "I've been working so hard these days, but I haven't even seen my sister. You only care about me for a while."
His eyes and heart are all about his younger sister, and his virtue of being older than younger is completely different from the solemn look on his face after hearing the news about Wuyou Wine a few days ago.
This shows that he has already thought of a countermeasure.
Hua Ruxue rolled her eyes at him angrily. When she thought of City Lord Bai Xun's cold face when he saw her, she even lost her face towards Bai Musheng.
Ever since she learned the news about Wuyou Wine from An Xiaoer, Hua Ruxue, Bai Musheng, and An Xiaoer were detained in the city lord's mansion to think about countermeasures. She looked at Bai Xun's card every day that said "I'm not happy." The pretty boy was called "stupid" from time to time and almost suffered internal injuries.
As soon as she had some idea of the progress of today's affairs, she couldn't wait to escape from the city lord's mansion.
I really don't know if she had any issues with Bai Xun before, so that Bai Xun always looked at her with disgust.
"Let your brother care about you." Hua Ruxue said.
"What my sister said made me sad for a while." Bai Musheng covered his chest with his hands and looked aggrieved: "I just want my sister to look at me more. I just like my sister too much. Is this wrong?"
This aggrieved and heartbroken look seemed like she had done something unscrupulous to Bai Musheng. Hua Ruxue pursed her lips tightly and said nothing, thinking to herself: She must have gone out without reading the almanac before she would pay attention to this unreasonable guy!
When Bai Musheng saw Hua Ruxue looking at Su Yi and ignoring him again, he suddenly became jealous. He calmed down, changed the subject, and whispered:
"Xiaoxue, you asked your brother to take the magic weapon to test how many Mahayana monks and out-of-body monks have never drank Wuyou wine. Is there some personal enmity mixed with it? That magic weapon can squeeze out three Mahayana monks just by testing it. I squeezed my brother's spiritual energy for more than ten days in a row. Even if my brother is made of iron, he still can't hold it in. There's no such thing as deep hatred, but I can't imagine this kind of attention."
"Huh? Why did you say that? Could it be that you have such an idea? I don't." Hua Ruxue shook her head solemnly, and as an experienced person, she admonished: "The city lord and the young city lord are of the same blood, and they should respect each other as brothers and sisters. Even if you are usually dissatisfied with the city lord, you shouldn’t expect bad things from the city lord!”
Bai Musheng: "..."
Hua Ruxue coughed lightly to cover up her guilty conscience. Although she was indeed dissatisfied with Bai Xun calling her stupid, and although she had never been a generous fox, she never held grudges and would act out on the spot when she was angry.
At this moment, Bai Musheng saw through her little thoughts, and Hua Ruxue felt a millionth of shame and annoyance in her heart. She was annoyed that her actions were a little reckless and not cautious enough, and people could see it.
She rolled her eyes and said, "The day I crossed the cliff, I saw that this magic weapon could distinguish between authenticity and falsehood. In a short period of time, I tested more than a dozen monks and gave them justice. I still remember it vividly, and I deeply felt that this magic weapon was rare. Tight, it’s a good thing. As soon as you said you couldn’t confirm who drank Wuyou Wine, I thought of this magic weapon. It’s a pity that this magic weapon can only be used by the city lord alone, otherwise I might be able to touch it shamelessly.”
Bai Musheng believed Hua Ruxue's lies, but when he mentioned the day when he thought about crossing the cliff, he said aggrievedly: "I was supposed to go that day. If I had gone, Xiaoxue would have seen me sooner."
Thinking that he had wasted an opportunity for Xiaoxue to admire him, Bai Musheng felt regretful. He wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by Hua Ruxue, "My brother is here."
Hua Ruxue's eyes lit up when she saw Su Yi crossing the barrier, and she had no intention of continuing to talk to Bai Musheng.
"Brother." Hua Ruxue stood in front of Su Yi and looked at Su Yi carefully. Guanyun City was different from Qingyang Mountain. When he was in Qingyang Mountain, Su Tinghan always sent people to protect Su Yi secretly, so there was no need to worry about his safety. Moreover, Guanyun City has to face more monsters with higher levels.
Hua Ruxue couldn't ask about the battle situation, so Feng Helan and others cried: "Captain, there are still us! Check if we are injured!"
"Yes, yes, there is me! Xiaoxue, I seem to be injured, my heart hurts so much." Bai Musheng took advantage of the opportunity and covered his heart with one hand, pretending to be seriously injured.
Hua Ruxue looked up at the sky speechlessly. She ignored the poor acting of several people and asked them, "Which of you has never drank Wuyou Wine?"
"Never." Su Yi said.
Although Feng Helan and others were confused as to why Hua Ruxue suddenly asked this question, they all answered truthfully, "Never."
Hearing this, Hua Ruxue and Bai Musheng nodded with satisfaction. In this way, six more people were available.
Bai Musheng returns to normal
Jing's appearance explained: "In the early stage of the beast tide, the number of monsters was fully 20,000. This time the city lord called everyone back to Guanyun City to redistribute the team and resist the beast tide."
Feng Helan and others firmly believed in the words of Bai Musheng, the young city lord. Only Su Yi frowned, feeling that something bad must have happened in the city.
It wasn't until Feng Helan and others were settled that Hua Ruxue told Su Yi what had happened in Guanyun City in the past few days.
"After the city lord's investigation, everyone in the An family has drank Wuyou Wine. They will launch an attack on the barrier of Guanyun City at Xu on the winter solstice. The whole process will last for a quarter of an hour."
In just one sentence, Su Yi captured the key points: "Worry-free wine", "Winter Solstice Xu Shi", "Attack Barrier", and "Quarter of Hours". The four pieces of information were quickly combined in his mind, and then he asked: "Wuhan What’s in the wine of sorrow?”
"The last person who was turned into a ghost by the ghost refining array was An Xiaoer. He brewed the worry-free wine and used it to control the people in Guanyun City."
"An Xiaoer is a ghost?" Hearing the news, Su Yi was slightly shocked, but after thinking about it calmly, everything can be explained.
"Having An Xiaoer at An Murong's side can ensure that Guijun's plan is foolproof." When Fuguilin killed Guard Qiao, An Xiaoer was the chess piece that ensured Guard Qiao's death.
Hua Ruxue continued: "Now the city lord is distinguishing how many monks in the Mahayana stage and the out-of-body stage have not drank Wuyou wine. These people will take on the important task of guarding the observation tower. As for the remaining people, by the winter solstice They will all be tied up that day, and if that doesn't work, they will be poisoned to temporarily lose their mobility until they get rid of the control and regain their consciousness."
Hua Ruxue felt vaguely that something was wrong with the quarter of an hour mentioned by An Xiaoer. All current countermeasures were based on controlling the duration within a quarter of an hour.
If on the winter solstice, the control time exceeds a quarter of an hour, what should the monks guarding the observatory do?
