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Chapter 668: Chapter 674: Asking for Help
About a quarter of an hour later, Chaoyang Crow retracted its divine power. Due to the excessive mana consumption, its originally bright and eye-catching feathers had now become much duller.
Although during this time, there were still many mortals who died at the hands of despairing ghosts, overall, the efficiency of saving people was definitely much higher than if he had gone to rescue them one by one.
By that time, Li Chengsheng had also regained some mana and floated up to the city walls, in front of the cultivator with the highest cultivation level, and asked, "Do you have a way to contact the cultivators in the county city?"
"To answer the senior’s question, there is a Transmission Talisman Array in the city, but I don’t know what the situation is now," the cultivator replied with a worried expression.
"If it’s still functional, then you must contact them as soon as possible, otherwise, by tomorrow night when the ghost tide attacks, Sanhe County will truly be undefendable," Li Chengsheng didn’t wait for a response and turned back towards Qing Song Courtyard.
His current internal injuries were quite serious and could not be neglected.
If the Transmission Talisman Array were unusable, then they would have to rely on the cultivators to deliver the message.
Moreover, they would have to wait until daylight before taking any action, otherwise, it would be no different from courting death.
However, by doing so, time was running short!
With their speed, just flying to the county city would take two hours, and even if the return trip was faster, it would take one hour. Plus, they needed time to explain the situation, mobilize cultivators, resources, etc. At most, they would only have two hours left to set up the formation.
Because during the period when the Yin Qi rose, there were only six to seven hours of daylight.
Once Li Chengsheng left, the group of cultivators left there looked at each other in dismay.
"Ah! What kind of situation is this!"
During the daylight, they were confident about the ghost tide because of Li Chengsheng, a Golden Core, joining them, thinking that the losses this time wouldn’t be too significant.
Maybe in the sect’s evaluation, they could get a medium or even high rating, receiving a substantial reward. 𝚗𝚘v𝚙𝚞b.𝚌𝚘m
But the development of events took everyone by surprise! Qing Fan and Qing Rong, the brothers, actually attacked Li Chengsheng with the intent to kill him, even at the cost of destroying Sanhe County!
Now, forget about a medium evaluation, there wouldn’t even be a low one. What awaited them was definitely punishment from the sect!
"Damnable bastards!" one of the cultivators couldn’t help but curse loudly as if venting all the rage in his heart.
"Sigh!" the leading elder cultivator sighed and said, "There are so many tasks at hand now, let’s split up and tackle them."
Quickly, everyone was assigned tasks, some responsible for tallying the number of casualties, some cleaning up the county city. In short, except for those who were severely injured and immobile, all the other cultivators had things to do.
The elder cultivator hurried into the courtyard, heading straight for the small yard where the Sound Transmission Talisman Array was located. Seeing that it hadn’t been destroyed, he breathed a sigh of relief.
He strode in and sent out a Sound Transmission Talisman in concise and clear words, "Sanhe County’s Array has been broken due to the betrayal of Qing Fan and Qing Rong, leading to countless civilian casualties! Please send reinforcements from the county city swiftly!"
The second Sound Transmission Talisman then detailed the events that had transpired.
The first Sound Transmission Talisman caused a huge uproar. In no time, a large number of Spirit Lights flew out from Hanze County City, converging on the City Lord’s Mansion.
"City Lord, has something major happened? To convene us all in the middle of the night, could it be that ghosts dared to invade the county city?" asked a burly, strong man who hadn’t even entered yet.
Although the county city also faced ghost tides, the threat level was not high; after all, any county city is a fortress, not only guarded by Nascent Soul cultivators but also by numerous lower-level cultivators!
For the ghost race to invade the county city, they would have to pay a huge price for it to be possible!
But after breaking through to the third order, ghosts developed complete Spiritual Intelligence and feared death, naturally not wishing to perish.
The City Lord of Hanze County City, looking like an ordinary scholar with a handsome face and an air of nonchalance, commanded no imposing presence, but as soon as he spoke, all the cultivators present fell silent, "Let’s wait until everyone is here."
Soon, aside from those in closed-door cultivation, all Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators in the city had arrived.
"Sanhe County’s Array has been breached, and the loss of mortals is severe. Next, we need to arrange for a third-order Array Master and two Golden Cores to go and assist."
Boom!
As soon as these words were spoken, it was like a clap of thunder on a clear day, shocking everyone into a daze.
"How is that possible?"
"Sanhe County? I remember there are two Golden Core practitioners stationed there, along with many disciples, and the array was reinforced recently, how could it possibly be breached on the first night!"
"In nearly ten years, there hasn’t been a case of a county city being breached within the prefecture, could it be because the ghosts betrayed their Dao oath?"
"They’ve got some nerve!"
Chattering and airing their views, the hall was extremely noisy.
"Silence!" The City Lord shouted with a stern face. "The reasons for the breach of the array can be determined later. Right now, who among you is willing to reinforce Sanhe County!"
He had looked at the Sound Transmission Talisman and naturally knew the reason, but hearing is not as good as seeing; this was just his side of the story, and it was still necessary to send someone to investigate.
Moreover, he was quite interested in the cultivator who had suddenly appeared.
For a moment, no one spoke. Nascent Soul cultivators couldn’t go, and Golden Core cultivators feared death.
After a while, someone finally spoke up. "May I ask the City Lord, are the Golden Core practitioners stationed in Sanhe County still alive?"
"One dead, one alive."
After a pause, the City Lord added, "The one who died did not die by the hands of ghosts, and Sanhe County now has a Golden Core cultivator who practices Yang Attribute Methods."
"Yang Attribute Methods?"
There was another round of exclamations from the crowd; being mostly upper-middle class, they were privy to some information.
"City Lord, I’m willing to go!" shouted a burly man as he stood up and clenched his fists in salute.
"Count me in as well." An old Taoist wearing a Robe of Thousand Arrays with white hair also stood up.
However, he was not responsible for resisting the ghosts but for repairing the array.
The last slot was taken by a young boy who appeared to be only thirteen or fourteen years old.
"If that’s the case, then the three of you go to the storehouse to collect a set of array materials and the rewards for this reinforcement mission. At the break of dawn, make haste to set out."
Even Golden Core cultivators could not ensure their safety while traveling at night during the rise of Yin Qi.
"Yes!" All three bowed and then left the great hall to prepare.
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"Li, do you think Cheng Sheng’s injuries are serious?"
Li Fire Sparrow sighed and said, "Cheng Sheng has consumed too many Spirit Pills in a short period of time; his meridians can’t bear it. Although he doesn’t appear injured, he needs time to recover."
"What about his upcoming trials then?" Chaoyang Crow said with a worried expression.
He was still on the third round of trials, which was a very bad performance for Li Chengsheng!
"It’s up to us now!"
"Fortunately, this world is full of ghosts and such Yin creatures, naturally restrained by the likes of us. Even if Cheng Sheng can’t show all his strength, with us by his side, we should be able to pass the fourth round of testing, right?"
By the end, even Li Fire Sparrow wasn’t very confident.
