Li Huaide observed the monsters for a while, and saw that although the monster army withdrew, the order was not chaotic, and they did not retreat to the depths of the sea, but went to the south coast.
He said suspiciously, "Strange, what are they doing there?"
Everyone looked at each other, but no one could answer.
The deacon in charge of the foreign affairs office suddenly remembered something, and said in surprise: "I remembered, there is a Jianjiao village in the south, and the villagers there joined forces to kill a merman a while ago. Could it be that these mermen are here for revenge?"
The Taoists were sweating when they heard it, and they didn't realize that they agreed with this reason in their hearts.
Otherwise, there is no way to explain it, and there is no reason for the well-behaved sharks to attack Haijin City.
They felt that they were really wronged, and they were frightened to death by the sharks for no reason, and they fought in a daze. Fortunately, he defended the city. If he died in battle, it would be a real injustice! I don't even know why I died!
A professor hesitated and asked, "Should we save the people in Jianjiao Village?"
A deacon said angrily: "How can we save this? There are so many monsters, we are going out of the city, what should we do if the monsters surround us?"
Master Gui sighed: "This is a natural disaster, there is nothing we can do about it. It is thanks to Senior Brother Huai and Fairy Yu that we can keep the city."
A group of Taoist priests nodded repeatedly and came to thank Huai Mengde and Fairy Yu.
They felt that if Huai Mengde hadn't commanded and Fairy Yu hadn't sent Axiu into battle, they would have died here today.
Theoretically speaking, if Huai Mengbei and Yu Qingyao also left, Haijin City would really be lost today.
The tsunami shattered the city wall, and tens of thousands of monsters swarmed in on the huge waves, and most of the people in the city would die. Only Master Gui and others with profound mana can escape.
Facing the gratitude of everyone, Yu Qingyao felt a little complacent in her heart, and even said: "I didn't do anything, I just did what I should do. I did my best."
Seeing that she was so modest and refused to take credit for being arrogant, everyone admired her even more.
Yu Qingyao enjoyed a while of flattery, and asked anxiously: "Are we really not going to save the village in the south?"
As soon as she asked this question, the scene suddenly fell silent.
Master Gui saw that she wanted to save the fishermen, and felt very embarrassed. In their hearts, they didn't want to venture out of town. Their property and family members are all in the city, and Haijin City is protected, so they feel at ease. Now they only hoped that the sharks would leave after killing the fishermen.
If it were an individual, they wouldn't bother to talk about it, but Yu Qingyao was a great contributor to saving Haijin. If she asked the Taoist priests to go out of the city to save people, it would be really difficult.
It would be ungrateful to refute her face. But if you don't refute her face, the danger is too great.
It is much safer to guard against the city.
When he really left the city, tens of thousands of monsters swarmed up, and even Jindan masters couldn't stand it.
When the army went out, they were really besieged by monsters. I don't know how many people can return to the city alive.
What's more frightening is that if they go out of the city, it won't work if there are fewer people, and they have to send out a large army. But the army is really about to be besieged and wiped out by the monsters, and if the monsters turn around and attack Haijin City, then Haijin City will really be finished.
In order to save some fishermen and take such a big risk, Master Gui and others are unwilling to do it.
They looked at Huai Mengde, hoping that he could persuade Fairy Yu.
Li Huaide didn't want to take any risks either, defending Haijin City was a great achievement, and going out of the city was too risky. If the junior sister makes a mistake, it will be bad.
He didn't want to die in love with his junior sister because of this.
Li Huaide pondered for a while, and said: "Fairy Yu, the mermaids came here for revenge. If they can't take revenge, they will be entangled endlessly. Haijin will never have peace, and you and I can't stay here forever. We might as well ask the locals what they mean."
After hearing this, Master Gui hurriedly said: "That's right! If the sharks' revenge is blocked and they come to attack the city every day, we don't know how many more people will die. From the overall situation, it's better to let them take revenge. Those fishermen are dead. The mermaids will naturally retreat. Everyone can live and work in peace and contentment. Otherwise, when will the grievances be repaid."
Yu Qingyao couldn't bear to say: "Should we just sit back and watch those fishermen be killed by the sharks?"
Master Gui said earnestly, "Fairy Yu, I know you have a kind heart, but there is no way to deal with it."
In fact, Yu Qingyao didn't want to take the risk of going out of the city, but seeing those fishermen being killed, she seemed hypocritical if she didn't work hard. Seeing that everyone refused to go out of the city and came to persuade herself, Yu Qingyao sighed quietly, as if it was because you refused to save people, you can't blame me, I couldn't bear it.
Seeing that she acquiesced and no longer mentioned going out of the city to save people, everyone was relieved.
Master Gui hurriedly changed the subject and said with a smile: "We have repelled tens of thousands of monsters. This is a big victory. Let's go! Let's celebrate!"
All the Taoists laughed and agreed.
Everyone embraced Huai Mengde and Yu Qingyao to drink and celebrate.
Huai Mengde was worried that the monster would go and come back, so he still arranged Taoists to patrol around to monitor the movement of the mermaid army.
On the four walls of the city, the army is still closely defending, and the Taoists are still on duty in turn.
After all, the mermaid's revenge is just everyone's speculation, whether it is true or not, everyone has no idea.
It is also uncertain whether the sharks will retreat to the depths of the sea after killing those fishermen.
Because of this worry, the celebration banquet was not a big one, just a small-scale gathering.
About forty people gathered in the high-level Taoist temple and Haijin's high-ranking officials and generals. At the banquet, everyone praised Fairy Yu for her integrity, benevolence and righteousness, and risked her life to stay and help them guard Haijin.
Yu Qingyao smiled modestly, saying that this was a victory won by everyone working hard together, and in turn praised Mr. Huai and Master Gui and others.
The people rejoiced after hearing this.
Well, at the banquet, everyone flattered each other and had a good time.
At this time, the fishermen along the coast were being bloodbathed by the army of monsters.
With Jianjiao Village as the center, no one in the villages along the twenty miles along the coast was spared from the disaster.
After drinking and feasting, Yu Qingyao took a short rest, and after recovering her mana, she went to the east wall to heal people's injuries for free, and also paid for the funerals of poor people, and donated money to orphans and widows whose men died at home and could not make a living.
At this time, the battle with the sea monster was over, and the east city was full of cries. Many people's homes here were rushed in by the monster and killed people.
Yu Qingyao's reputation spread throughout the city because of this battle.
Many people witnessed Axiu's supernatural power in the battle. Axiu is Yu Qingyao's demon pet, so the credit goes to Yu Qingyao.
Seeing that a hero like her is still like the Holy Mother, she is helping people with free treatment and giving money relief, the common people are very grateful to her.
As usual, Axiu followed Yu Qingyao and helped her do good deeds with a pure face. People in Haijin City respected Axiu after seeing Axiu, and had a good impression of her.
This made Axiu very happy. She no longer worried that people would be afraid of and loathe her. She felt that coming out with Yu Qingyao was the best decision she had ever made in her life. She loves this life with all her heart.
(end of this chapter)