Volume 6: Wangchuan Chapter 24: Source Demon Riot
The sky gradually turned cloudy and a little rain fell.
The rain quickly grew heavier, turning into a continuous curtain of rain and finally into a downpour. Every raindrop seemed to have weight. The sky and the earth were covered in a white haze, making it impossible to see the scenery a few meters away.
Shanglin Town, where the Lin family of Zangling is located.
The Lin family is just a small family that has been passed down for only more than three hundred years, but it is already quite precarious.
Because in the entire Lin family, there is only one Jindan cultivator who is approaching his birthday.
If the Lin family does not produce a new Jindan cultivator before his death, the family will probably decline rapidly.
Those gathered in the meeting hall today are all high-ranking elders of the Lin family, all of them are foundation-building cultivators.
"Ahem..." The old man with white hair and wrinkles on the main seat coughed twice. His cloudy but distant eyes swept over the crowd and he said slowly, "Are you all here?"
"Master, everyone is here."
The old man nodded slightly, "You should know the purpose of calling you here today. Let's discuss the future plans of our Lin family together."
"As you can see, my time is running out, and Tian'er has been in the stage of foundation building for more than ten years. Even with all the resources provided by the family, he still has difficulty breaking through to the Golden Core stage. I'm afraid there is no hope for him to achieve the Golden Core stage in the short term."
In the hall, there was a slightly younger middle-aged monk, and a trace of shame suddenly flashed across his face.
He is the Tian'er mentioned by the patriarch, the patriarch's biological son.
"Now the source monster has broken out of the source land and occupied the source stone orchid vein, the lifeblood of our Lin family, making it impossible for us to mine the source stone orchid."
"It is a time of trouble. We don't know how long this situation will last before a turning point comes. Some people in the family have proposed to evacuate Burial Ridge and start a new family elsewhere. What do you think?"
There was silence.
The priorities, causes and effects of gains and losses are not difficult to understand.
Their Lin family has been operating in Zangling for hundreds of years, and their network of contacts and other relationships have long been established. To abandon everything now and start a new business elsewhere is not as easy as it sounds, and it requires great courage and determination.
You should know that in the world of cultivation, it is not uncommon for a family to become weak due to difficulties in moving to another place.
But staying in Zangling Ridge is not a solution.
It has been a long time since the family has had a second Jindan cultivator appear. Now the Yuanshilan mine, which is the pillar of the family, has been occupied by the Yuan monster, causing them to live off their resources.
Relying on the previous accumulation, it would be no problem to hold on for a few more years or even a dozen years, but what if the source demon has not retreated after a few years?
When you are at the end of your rope, it is unrealistic to start over.
After all, whether it is building a new family address, arranging formations, purchasing industries, or smoothing out relationships, all of them require huge resources.
Therefore, if you plan to leave Zangling and start a new business, you must make a decision as soon as possible and choose a location while the family is still strong.
The old man looked around and saw that no one dared to speak, so he knew that someone needed to take the lead.
He was the head of the family, so naturally he should be the one to handle this kind of thing. So he gritted his teeth and was about to express his thoughts.
"The monster is coming!"
"Oh no! Hide quickly! Hide quickly!"
Outside, amid the sound of rain, waves of chaotic howling and shouting could be heard.
Bang!
The door of the meeting hall was hastily pushed open, and a middle-aged monk rushed in in a panic, his whole body was wet, with water constantly sliding down his robe and dripping onto the ground. There were traces of blood and rain.
“Master, the source demon…” The middle-aged cultivator took a breath, his voice trembling, “The source demon is coming. The source demon left the mine and came to the town, slaughtering the mortals in the town!”
With just one sentence, all the monks on the field felt a chill rising from the soles of their feet and instantly spreading to their entire bodies.
The turning point they expected did come, but they didn't expect it to be this kind of turning point!
"Master, what should we do now?" The middle-aged cultivator was already a little incoherent , "There are so many source monsters, I even saw two third-grade source monsters!"
The head of the Lin family looked pale.
But he is the head of the family, he cannot mess up.
If he gets in trouble, the Lin family will collapse.
"Lin Luo, take your men to open the family's Golden Spirit Formation and protect the Lin family! Everyone else come with me to check out the situation!" The old man tried to calm himself down and made a decision.
As soon as he finished speaking, he took the lead and left the main hall and rushed out.
The once spacious streets of Shanglin Town are now filled with corpses and rampaging source monsters.
The rain kept washing the corpses on the ground, but the smell of blood could not be diluted.
The blood mixed with the rainwater and flowed into a stream.
A giant wolf, nearly two meters tall and three or four meters long, came into view.
At the entrance of the street, the giant wolf grabbed a mortal man in its mouth. Its sharp fangs easily crushed his head, and blood and brains splattered everywhere.
The giant wolf shook its head and threw the headless man's body aside.
The whole process was cruel, bloody, yet neat and efficient.
At this time, the giant wolf turned its head and its eyes suddenly met with the head of the Lin family.
The giant wolf's scarlet pupils stared at the Lin family's patriarch, causing the Lin family's patriarch to become extremely alert.
This is a wolf-type source monster in the middle stage of the third rank!
But this is not the end yet. At this moment, the giant wolf raised its head and let out a fierce howl.
Not long after, two more source monsters that looked like giant wolves appeared in the rain, frightening the other foundation-building cultivators who followed the head of the Lin family out to check the situation.
Three third-stage middle-stage source monsters!
On their side, except for the head of the family who is in the early Jindan stage, the highest cultivation level of other cultivators is only the foundation building stage.
This kind of gap in strength cannot be bridged at all!
The next moment, three giant wolves pounced towards them, with rolling deathly aura rushing up and murderous intent penetrating directly into their souls.
A blood mist splashed among the crowd.
The giant wolf showed its power. The head of the Lin family watched the elders around him being killed one after another. He felt angry, but at the same time, he felt a bit sad and helpless.
The Lin family is finished this time!
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“Roar~~~~”
The spiritual power separated the rain and fog in the sky, and Lu Qingshan and Ji Chuan were flying back to the Qiu family on their swords.
Just as they were approaching the Maple Forest Town of the Qiu Family, a roar was heard from the dark rain curtain, and it seemed that the entire heaven and earth were shaking violently!
Lu Qingshan's nose twitched slightly.
He smelled a faint scent of blood.
"Something happened in Fenglin Town, Brother!" Lu Qingshan was startled and quickly said to Ji Chuan.
"Let's go and provide support!" Ji Chuan obviously realized that something was wrong. As soon as he finished speaking, he turned into a ray of sword light, broke through the rain curtain, and flew straight towards Fenglin Town.
Lu Qingshan pursed his lips and followed closely.
The two of them were moving very fast, but after a few breaths, Maple Forest Town came into their sight.
Countless numbers of source monsters with various appearances were running on the streets, killing mortals and wreaking havoc.
There were cultivators fighting with source monsters, but more often than not, mortals without magical powers were slaughtered wantonly.
Every time these source monsters attack, they will attract waves of death energy.
Since there were too many source monsters, the Yellow Springs death energy in Fenglin Town was already overwhelming.
"The source demon has entered a bloodthirsty state and rushed out from the mine!" Lu Qingshan's heart tightened.
The situation they were most worried about actually happened right before their eyes!
