A day later, they appeared over a clear blue sea.
The sky is cloudless and the weather is clear.
Du Yun and eight other people were standing on the Green Eagle Boat, talking and laughing. Going out to sea to hunt monsters was very dangerous, and they might not be able to come back.
"Captain, you often go to Guangyuanju to buy elixirs. Are you interested in that weapon refiner? I can help you make the connection."
A young woman in her early thirties in a green dress said with a smile.
"Yes! That Fairy Hu is very nice to the captain. I think she is probably interested in him."
"That's right. Every time the captain goes to Guangyuanju, he must chat with Fairy Hu for a while."
Du Yun chuckled and explained, "You are spreading rumors about something that has nothing to do with the past. How could Fairy Hu be interested in me? We are just a customer and a businessman."
"That's not necessarily true. I think... Hey, what is that?"
The smile on the young woman in green dress froze on her face, and she pointed in a certain direction and spoke.
Du Yun and others looked in the direction pointed by the young woman in green skirt, and saw that the sky in the distance was pitch black, covering the sky and blocking out the sun, as if it was the end of the world.
The originally calm sea surface began to boil violently like boiling water, faintly reflecting colorful spots of light.
Dozens of monks flew towards them, their faces terrified, as if they were being chased by something.
"This is... a beast tide. It's bad. Run."
Du Yun's face changed. He suddenly remembered something and injected his magic power into the Green Eagle Boat crazily.
The green flying eagle on the surface of the Green Eagle Boat seemed to come alive, flapping its wings continuously. The Green Eagle Boat suddenly emitted a bright green light and flew away in the direction it came from.
"Damn it! Why did a beast tide break out out of nowhere?"
"Don't worry about it. Just run. If you are caught, you will die."
A series of screams rang out, and dozens of monks were caught up one after another. Dense swarms of demonic birds swarmed over and tore them into pieces.
Jinlong Island, a secluded courtyard.
Inside the bamboo building, Han Changming sat cross-legged on a cushion, his eyes fixed on the Vermillion Bird Stove in front of him. A refreshing medicinal fragrance wafted through the room.
Han Changming looked nervous. He had been trying to refine the Soul Feeding Pill but had failed so far. Now he was down to the last ingredient.
After a while, Han Changming retracted his magic spell and the flames under the Vermillion Bird Furnace quickly went out.
He opened the alchemy furnace and found five pale yellow pills inside.
“Finally succeeded.”
Han Changming breathed a sigh of relief and smiled happily. He spent several batches of materials to refine five Soul-Nourishing Pills. This was with the help of spiritual water. Without the help of spiritual water, he probably wouldn't be able to refine a single Soul-Nourishing Pill.
Just then, a sound transmission note flew in.
Han Changming grabbed the sound transmission talisman and crushed it. Then Ye Xin's urgent voice suddenly rang out: "Oh no, husband, there is a beast tide. Master Jinlong wants us to prepare to meet the enemy."
"Beast Tide!"
Han Changming's face became solemn. He had never encountered a beast tide in his life, but he had read records of beast tides in classics, with the number of beasts ranging from thousands to millions. Generally speaking, beast tides would only break out in places where there were a lot of monsters. There had been a beast tide in the red algae sea, but it was not on a large scale.
He put away the Soul-Feeding Pill and the Vermillion Bird Furnace and walked out quickly.
Ye Xin stood at the door, looking anxious.
"What's going on, ma'am? Why did a beast tide suddenly break out?"
Ye Xin briefly explained what had happened. Just now, Master Jinlong suddenly sent someone to notify everyone, asking them to stay in their residences, not to run around, and to wait for orders.
"Husband, a sudden beast tide? Could it be related to those seniors hunting down the third-level dragon?"
Ye Xin said with a frown.
The beast tide did not break out earlier or later, but just happened to break out when the high-level cultivator hunted down the third-level dragon. Han Changming was unwilling to believe that the two had no connection.
"It's possible. With a Nascent Soul cultivator here, there shouldn't be any problem."
Han Changming comforted her, with a hint of worry in his eyes.
They were confined to their residence and had no idea of the size of the beast tide, so it was normal for them to worry.
Half a quarter of an hour later, a sound transmission note flew in.
Han Changming crushed the sound transmission note, and a stern male voice suddenly sounded: "Friend Hu, I am Wang Bin, and I am following the order of Senior Long to ask you to participate in resisting the monsters. If you make meritorious contributions, you will be rewarded handsomely. If you are lazy in the fight, you will be severely punished."
"Let's go! Madam, be careful, don't go too far away from me, I can still protect you."
Han Changming took a deep breath and walked out with Ye Xin.
A middle-aged man with a fair complexion stood at the door. Beside him, there were more than a dozen foundation-building cultivators, most of whom were in the early stages of foundation-building.
"Wang has been ordered to recruit two fellow Taoists to join the war. I hope you will cooperate."
The middle-aged man said solemnly, and it was obvious at first glance that he was not someone who could be easily fooled.
Han Changming and Ye Xin did not object and agreed.
Wang Bin registered their names and gave them two green jade tokens, saying they were identity certificates. He asked them to drip a drop of blood onto the tokens to claim ownership of the identity tokens. If they performed meritorious services, their merits would be converted into contribution points and recorded on the identity tokens. Contribution points could be exchanged for various things, including elixir-forming spiritual objects.
Master Jinlong was just making big promises, so even though Han Changming and Ye Xin were reluctant, they had to agree to it.
There were few pedestrians on the street and all the shops were closed, making the street look a bit depressed.
As they approached the city wall, they heard a huge roar and colorful lights lit up in the sky.
Led by Wang Bin, they walked to the tall city wall. As soon as they arrived at the wall, Han Changming and Ye Xin took a breath of cold air at the same time.
Following their gaze, thousands of monsters rushed onto Golden Dragon Island and frantically attacked Golden Dragon City. A pale golden light curtain covered the entire Golden Dragon City.
There were too many monsters and of many kinds, including red crabs as big as houses, blue toads several meters high, golden pythons over ten meters long, yellow seals several meters in size, and so on.
Various attacks such as red flames, golden lightning, green venom, purple light balls, etc. flew out from the monster's mouth and hit the golden light curtain one after another as if they were free. The roar continued, and the colorful spiritual light covered half of the Golden Dragon City.
That’s not all. Thousands of demonic birds were circling in the sky, releasing spells to attack Golden Dragon City from time to time.
Just seeing the densely packed monsters under the city wall makes one's scalp tingle, let alone dealing with them.
Several Jindan cultivators were fighting a desperate battle with third-order monsters in the sky, with constant roars. Lu Yang was one of them.
The magic weapon hit the third-level monster, and there was a clanging sound of metal clashing.
Hundreds of foundation-building monks gathered on the city wall. They either cast spells or manipulated magical instruments to attack the monsters under the city wall. However, the number of cultivators was far less than that of monsters. Fortunately, with the protection of the formation, the monsters could not break through the Golden Dragon City for the time being.