After being reborn, I took my childhood sweetheart to cultivate immortality.

The two walked further in for about two hours when they suddenly felt the entire mountain shaking.

What's going on? Could it be an earthquake?

Yu Jinchen subconsciously pulled Xu Qingman aside, "Wife, be careful."

"I'm fine. Let's fly into the air and see what's going on."

When the two flew into the air on their swords, they realized that it was not an earthquake as they had thought, but rather the ground trembling due to a large group of demonic beasts running around.

No, I have to go back and inform the people in town right away. I don't know if they're ready yet.

Judging from the situation, the scale of the beast tide was not even on the same level as what Xu Qinghe had told them. Fortunately, he and his wife had come along, otherwise those people from the Nine Yang Sect would definitely be in big trouble.

The two returned to Baiyun Town as quickly as possible. As soon as they entered the Nine Yang Sect's headquarters, Xu Qinghe greeted them with a smile, "Sister, brother-in-law, did you come to see me?"

Xu Qingman pushed him away without any politeness, "Go away, we're not looking for you, we're looking for your senior brother."

Upon hearing the commotion, Cheng Yu-sheng immediately came out.

Before he could speak, Yu Jinchen said in a deep voice, "Fellow Daoist Zheng, my wife and I just came out of the Sunset Mountains and discovered a large group of demonic beasts rushing towards Baiyun Town."

Zheng Yusheng smiled faintly and said, "Oh, thank you, Fellow Daoist Yu. We are ready to meet the enemy and are making final arrangements."

Yu Jinchen saw his expression and knew that he must think he was meddling too much, but he still continued, "No, you misunderstood me. I estimate that the scale of this beast tide should be several times larger than the previous ones."

Furthermore, there are at least five or six fifth-tier demonic beasts inside, and we are not sure if there are any higher-tier ones later on.

My husband and I noticed something was wrong and came back to warn them. We estimate the beast tide will arrive in about half an hour. You should prepare yourselves.

After thinking for a moment, Yu Jinchen added, "I just noticed that most of the beasts in this tide are third or fourth rank or higher. I suggest that cultivators below the Golden Core stage should avoid them to prevent unnecessary loss of life."

"What? The situation is that serious? Alright, I understand. Thank you both, I'll make the arrangements immediately."

Zheng Yusheng became increasingly nervous as he listened, fearing that this mission was in serious trouble.

After sincerely thanking the two, Zheng Yusheng immediately summoned the heads of the two small families in the town, as well as the disciples of the Nine Yang Sect, and informed them of the seriousness of the beast tide.

The Nine Yang Sect did not send any disciples below the Golden Core stage to Baiyun Town. Instead, the two cultivation families in the town each had only one or two Nascent Soul stage cultivators, plus at most a dozen Golden Core stage cultivators.

The rest were mostly minor cultivators in the Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining stages, and even each family had many ordinary people without any spiritual roots.

When the news got back, everyone panicked and some of the more timid people even started crying.

Despite their fear, they all hid in the place prepared by the clan under the arrangement of the people sent by the clan chief.

After roughly counting the number of people who came to stop the beast tide, Baiyun Town itself had five Nascent Soul cultivators and more than thirty Golden Core cultivators.

The Nine Yang Sect, on the other hand, had one Nascent Soul cultivator, twenty-odd Core Formation cultivators, and five or six Golden Core cultivators. Such a small number of cultivators facing a beast tide of several thousand was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot—a certain defeat was inevitable.

Xu Qingman and her husband silently complained to themselves, wondering what the Nine Yang Sect was thinking. With so few people, and most of them being Nascent Soul stage disciples, how much of a role could they play?

Didn't they consider the possibility that the beast tide might increase in size? Wasn't their sect leader afraid that his disciples would sacrifice themselves in vain?

Xu Qingman and her brother didn't care what others did, nor could they, but the safety of their younger brother was still very important.

Xu Qingman found Xu Qinghe, gave him some high-level defensive talismans and thunderstorm talismans, and told him not to stray too far from them, to be careful, and to come find them immediately if he noticed anything amiss.

Xu Qinghe nodded obediently, "Yes, I understand, sister."

Suihe glanced at his senior brothers, his face showing reluctance, and said, "Sister, do you have many good talismans left? Could you lend some to my senior brothers? Don't worry, as long as I survive today, I will definitely find a way to pay you back."

Xu Qingman slapped him on the back. "What are you saying, you brat? You'll be fine today. Your sister and brother-in-law are here for you."

As she spoke, she took out a stack of talismans from her storage ring. Some were defensive talismans, but most were thunderstorm talismans. However, these were not of such high quality; they were all third or fourth grade spirit talismans drawn by Xu Qingman herself.

Good things should definitely be reserved for our own people. Although she is not stingy, she is not that generous.

"Thank you, sister. Thank you, brother-in-law."

Xu Qinghe happily accepted the talismans and distributed several to each member of their sect.

"Thank you both for your generosity. I will definitely repay you when I return to my sect."

After receiving the talisman, Cheng Yu-sheng solemnly thanked the two of them.

After Zheng Yusheng left, two more people came looking for him. "Greetings, seniors. We are from the Lin and Li families of Baiyun Town. We wonder if you could sell us some of your talismans?"

"can."

The two nodded and sold them some more at a price lower than the market price.

Finally, the clan leaders of the Lin and Li families excitedly distributed the purchased talismans to their clansmen. With these third and fourth-grade talismans, the clansmen's chances of survival were much higher.

Once everything was ready, they waited quietly, all of them standing outside the town, nervously staring at the mountains in front of them.

Not long after, everyone looked solemnly toward the mountains.

Suddenly, dark clouds gathered above the mountaintop, and soon half the sky was filled with a crimson, demonic aura.

Everyone looked up and saw countless monsters rushing down the mountain from the distant forest, a vast and imposing force.

Roughly estimated, the number might be even larger than the two thousand that Xu Qingman and her husband had mentioned before; it could be more than three thousand.

Furthermore, there were indeed not many first-tier monsters; most were third-tier or even fourth-tier monsters, with one or two fifth-tier monsters occasionally mixed in.

Many of the cultivators present were seeing such a scene for the first time, and the timid ones were so frightened that they trembled involuntarily.

This is terrifying! Will I even make it out alive today? This is the first thought that pops into most people's minds at this moment.

War was imminent, and everyone was desperately fighting their way into the horde of monsters. Since it was a fight to the death, they figured they might as well give it their all; maybe there was still a glimmer of hope.

Yu Jinchen had already drawn his sword and charged in. He had long since set his sights on two fifth-tier demonic beasts. If they were allowed to reach the other cultivators, the resulting casualties would be extremely severe.

As for Xu Qingman, she hovered in mid-air, her gaze sweeping across the entire battlefield. Wherever she saw danger, she would go to help.

Of course, the person she paid the most attention to was her younger brother, Xu Qinghe.