Start as a Temple Spirit

Liu Weizi gave a friendly response to Liu Yu's initiative. After all, an elder who can lead a team out is not a panacea.

So the atmosphere of the entire welcoming dinner was quite harmonious, full of welcoming laughter, but the conversation was not very meaningful.

The end of the year is approaching, snowflakes are falling, the wind is cold, and the roars of beasts are heard one after another.

"It's snowing." Carefree children are running and laughing under the snow.

However, on the walls of the township and village villages, the militiamen and young and middle-aged men were alert to their surroundings as if they were facing a great enemy.

On the rock wall, Yihuo looked at the wolves on the opposite river bank and frowned, "Where did so many wolves come from? There are almost a thousand of them."

"There are also bear tracks behind the rock peak." Yishui said.

"The bear wolves should be coming for the herds of cattle, sheep and pigs that appeared in the east and north." Yitu guessed.

"The problem lies here. Why are the cattle, sheep and pigs staying in the northeast? You know, that place has just been reclaimed and there is not much grass. And why don't they run away when facing the wolves and bears?" Yi Jin expressed his doubts.

"Hunting them in a circle will force them to charge at us." Yifeng revealed the intention of the bear and wolf pack.

Upon hearing this, Yi Jin and others' faces suddenly turned bad.

It is understandable that wolves hunt in a circle, after all, wolves are good at hunting in a circle.

But the bears and wolves reached a consensus and hunted together, which was very strange.

What made Yi Jin and the others realize the seriousness of the problem was that the bear and wolf tribes were driving their prey into the village.

Monsters are scary, but what’s even scarier is that they have strategies.

The fact that monsters have strategies means that they are very intelligent and powerful, and they are truly monsters.

The sound of "splash" was made by rabbits jumping into the river. They jumped into the river in lines and groups and swam to the other side of the river where the Forgotten Town was.

This was a signal, and wild sheep, bison, wild horses, wild boars, snakes and other wild animals rushed into the rushing river and rushed towards the fields of Forgotten Township.

The large number of wild animals entering the river caused the water to stagnate, swell, become turbulent and become turbid.

Looking down from a high altitude, one can see herds of wild beasts surging like a torrent.

"So many wild animals!" Yihuo looked at the beasts rushing across the river, his eyes shining. These were all meat, these were all money.

"Prepare for battle!" The old patriarch's order resounded throughout the village. The local warriors and villagers responded loudly, drew their arrows, and stared closely at the wild beasts rushing across the river.

"Swish, swish, swish" arrows flew through the air, and the battle between the forgotten village and the wild beasts broke out first.

In an instant, the beast howled, blood spurted out, and fled in panic.

There was no suspense in the battle. The militiamen and villagers slaughtered the wild animals near the village wall.

"Aim and shoot, and try to minimize the consumption of arrows." The voices of the Forgotten Bear, the Forgotten Wolf, and the Forgotten Snake were heard one after another on the wall of the Forgotten Village.

On the rocky peak, Shang Liangshan, who witnessed all this, sighed in his heart: "A monster that knows tactics is truly a formidable enemy of the human race."

First they would hunt and drive the wild beasts to the vicinity of the Forgotten Village. When the number reached a certain level, they would drive them across the river to consume the arrows and physical strength of the defenders.

"Consuming arrows is only the first step. The second step is to let the hungry and mad wild animals rush into the village. The third step is the snake plague. The fourth step is the general attack." The old patriarch said slowly as he looked at the wild beasts galloping across the river.

"Old Patriarch, why did the Bear and Wolf tribes go to so much trouble to attack the village?" Shang Liangshan asked, puzzled.

"Humans and monsters cannot coexist." The old patriarch explained with a complicated look: "It is because we have seized the monsters' territory and killed their people."

"Of course, there are two sides to every coin. Before the rise of the human race, the human race was the blood food of the monsters. It is difficult to determine right and wrong, and there is only blood feud."

"So the villages in the Shiwan Mountains are thorns in the eyes of the monsters, and they will naturally be plucked out if there is a chance."

"When Jufeng City was first established, it was frequently attacked by the demon tribe. It is said that the battles were very brutal."

"For a village like ours, it is thanks to Jufeng City's victory over the monster that we are blessed."

"Otherwise, beast tides like this will break out every year. I don't know how many villages will be razed to the ground and rivers of blood will flow."

Shang Liangshan was immediately filled with thoughts when he heard this.

Although the old patriarch did not say it explicitly, if it were not for the Jufeng City that severely damaged the nearby monster races.

Forgetful Township has not grown to its current size, and it is lucky to have survived the beast tide.

Jufeng City has stood for decades, the beast tide has been suppressed for decades, and the injured monster races have also recuperated for decades.

Now that the monster race has recovered its strength, it has made a comeback once again, attacking the villages in the Shiwandashan Mountains, catching them off guard.

I don’t know how many villages will be slaughtered by monsters.

The beast tide is even more dangerous than the ghost disaster.

Everything has its own cause and effect. Shang Liangshan could only sigh silently.

It is difficult to judge right from wrong, it is all for survival.

On the rock wall, Yifeng and others all looked towards Xuanyuan at the foot of the mountain.

Thick green vines were seen growing out of the ground around Xuanyuan, whipping any wild beasts that dared to approach within thirty meters of the courtyard wall.

For a moment, there were continuous crackling sounds, wild beasts howled and dodged, and dust was flying.

What's even more amazing is that the disciples of Xuanxu Sect standing on the courtyard wall threw out talismans, which turned into various elemental forces and attacked the wild beasts that dared to approach Xuanyuan. They were simply practicing with the wild beasts.

"Boss, the strength of these kids is only that of third-grade spiritual cultivation. How can they draw talismans and launch attacks?" Yihuo looked at the flying attacks of various elemental forces that had little killing power and asked Yifeng curiously.

"Well...well, wait until Xiaoying and the others finish their studies and come back, then you can ask them." Yifeng originally wanted to say, "You ask me, who should I ask? I am studying Confucianism, not Taoism."

But if he said that, he would appear ignorant, which would be detrimental to the image he had established, so he passed the buck.

Yihuo rolled his eyes when he heard this and looked at Yang Chao who had just arrived.

Yang Chao, who was watching the disciples of Xuanxu Sect attacking the beast, sensed Yihuo's pleading look and said after thinking for a while, "Taoist talismans are made by using special spiritual ink to write characters and draw pictures, and then using spiritual power to channel the characters and draw pictures, absorbing the spiritual power of heaven and earth."

"So as long as you know how to make talismans and have enough spiritual power, you can make talismans."

Upon hearing this, Yihuo's eyes lit up and he said, "Doesn't that mean that as long as a spiritual practitioner knows how to make talismans, he can make talismans."

Upon hearing this, Yang Chao knew what Yihuo was thinking, and said with a bit of a smile: "The Taoist seal characters and pictures all have Taoist origins. If you are not a Taoist disciple, it will be useless even if you learn them."

"Then why is it that our martial arts have no source and anyone can learn it?"

"..." Yang Chao fell silent after hearing this. He really didn't know the answer to this question.

"Because martial arts were born out of necessity and are the source of power for the human race, everyone can learn it," Yifeng explained.

Speaking of this, Yifeng also found out about it by accident. It was his first love who let it slip.

Alas, the past is too painful to recall.

"Great Elder, please give me a detailed explanation." Yang Chao immediately became interested.