Chapter 69: Suddenly, Boiling

Lin Zhangqing and the others returned to Red Maple Fortress to rest. This harvest was about the same as last time, so they handed it over to the few elders to handle.

Lin Zhangqing returned to his residence, used his divine sense to carefully check every place, and after confirming it was safe, he entered the space.

As soon as he entered the space, the Three-Colored Deer family immediately discovered Lin Zhangqing. The doe and the fawn both ran to his side to greet him, much more enthusiastically than last time!

The stag was walking slowly behind. How did it feel to Lin Zhangqing like it was a bit passive and on strike? Could it be that the work intensity was too high? Forget it, he wouldn't calculate with it.

Although Lin Zhangqing hadn't come in these past few days, he had collected some tender leaves and grass every day and thrown them in for them to eat, just for fear that they would wreak havoc on the spirit medicines and spirit plants in the space.

He first checked their work completion. After carefully patrolling a circle, he found that all kinds of spirit plants were growing well, and he didn't find any missing situations. It seemed the Three-Colored Deer family was very obedient.

They didn't wreak havoc on any spirit medicines in the space, which made him feel relieved. In fact, Lin Zhangqing was very afraid that he would find all the spirit plants and spirit medicines eaten up by them as soon as he came in these past few days.

He summoned the family of three, began to communicate with them, told them he wanted to give them names to facilitate communication in the future, and then told them the names Lin Zhangqing had taken last time.

He consulted their opinions. Lu Xiaoya and Lu Xiaoling were quite satisfied, but Lu Youqiang was dissatisfied with its name, but the opposition was invalid. In any case, this name was for Lin Zhangqing to call.

Then he began to check Lu Xiaoya and Lu Xiaoling, and found that they had all recovered their spirits. It should be that the soul injuries they had received had been healed, at least there was no listless and dispirited appearance.

Now Lu Xiaoya's cultivation was the same as Lu Youqiang's, both at the peak of the First-Stage, and Lu Xiaoling was also in the First-Stage late-stage. Sure enough, the Hundred Flowers Drunken Soul Wine had an effect on both people and spirit beasts.

By the way, could it be because feeding them spirit wine improved their cultivation that they were so enthusiastic about him, while Lu Youqiang didn't consume spirit wine and had to do the most work, which was why it was passive and on strike! It seemed to make sense, it sounded very reasonable! Then he had to give Lu Youqiang some reward.

Lin Zhangqing thought for a moment and made a decision. He took out a hundred-year Vermilion Fruit. Seeing there was a good thing again, the Lu Youqiang family squeezed to Lin Zhangqing's side again.

After cutting it open, he took out the fruit core, and then fed the fruit flesh to Lu Youqiang. This time it was much more enthusiastic, nudging with its head and rubbing against his hand. This was immediately different from just now.

Giving Lu Youqiang a hundred-year Vermilion Fruit was the result of Lin Zhangqing's careful consideration. A hundred-year Vermilion Fruit was not enough for it to break through to the Second Stage, so there was no need to worry about losing control.

He also fed Lu Xiaoya and Lu Xiaoling a Spirit Nurturing Pill each, telling them to work hard, and promised them that if they did well, he would reward them with Vermilion Fruits in the future.

Then he found two suitable positions, planted the two hundred-year Vermilion Fruit cores, used both the Spirit Rain Technique and the Growth Technique, and left the rest to the Lu Youqiang family.

Having the Lu Youqiang family help with the work was truly too refreshing!

He didn't delay too long in the space. After all, this was still someone else's territory, so everything had to be careful.

After exiting the space, Lin Zhangqing planned to go out and look to see if there were any suitable spirit crystals for the Purple Crystal Scorpion to gnaw on. The First-Stage low-grade Crimson Flame Crystal was no longer suitable for the Purple Crystal Scorpion to gnaw on.

Such a small fortress didn't have a merchant as big as the Wanbao Pavilion, so he could only wander around to see if there were any suitable ones.

After exiting the residence, because he had wandered around once last time, he knew where the shops were. In fact, Lin Zhangqing summarized a trick, which was to walk toward places with a lot of people, and it would definitely be correct. Soon he arrived at the place, and there were a total of more than a dozen shops.

He randomly chose the one with the largest storefront and walked in. A clerk came up to greet Lin Zhangqing, "Guest, please come in."

"What do you need? Do you want to sell spirit objects, or do you want to buy some spirit objects?" the clerk asked respectfully.

"Do you have any First-Stage mid-grade or First-Stage high-grade spirit crystals here?" Lin Zhangqing asked.

The clerk thought for a moment and said, "There are some First-Stage mid-grade Yellow Earth Crystals in the warehouse. Do you think they are suitable?"

Lin Zhangqing nodded and asked, "How many spirit stones per portion? How many portions do you have?"

After the clerk checked a jade slip, he said, "There are still 13 portions of Yellow Earth Crystals in the warehouse, 50 spirit stones per portion."

Lin Zhangqing was a bit happy to find suitable spirit crystals so easily and said, "That's quite good, I want them all. Go and get them!"

The clerk said happily, "Alright, then guest, please wait a moment, I'll go get them for you, very quickly!" Lin Zhangqing nodded and waved his hand to signal him to go and return quickly.

Not long after, the clerk came over with the things. After checking carefully and finding no problems, Lin Zhangqing counted 650 spirit stones and paid the clerk, then collected the things and bid farewell to leave the shop.

Just as he stepped out of the shop door and hadn't walked a few steps, suddenly a divine sense of a high-grade cultivator swept over, and then a purple figure flew rapidly into the sky above the fortress.

Subsequently, a voice resounded through the fortress: "I am Mu Qingrong, Commander of Red Maple Fortress. The vanguard of the beast tide is thirty li away from here. Everyone immediately go to the assigned defense area and wait for orders."

Then he saw the fortress's defense array begin to operate, and soon a transparent protective shield enveloped the entire Red Maple Fortress.

The street block where Lin Zhangqing was located immediately boiled over. Lin Zhangqing knew he couldn't return to his residence now; he might not find anyone if he went back, so he decisively rushed toward the area assigned for the clan's defense.

Along the way, there were cultivators rushing to various defense areas, and people running around in a panic were everywhere.

After finally rushing to the defense area, he saw the Clan Leader counting the number of people, so he immediately went to report to him.

Then he scanned the surroundings and soon found his father and Second Uncle and the others. Second Uncle was waving at him, so he hurried over and stayed with them.

Finally having found the organization, only now did Lin Zhangqing have time to look at the area assigned to the Lin family, which was about 600 meters long. In this way, about every 7 or 8 meters, a clansman had to be assigned to defend.

Second Uncle patted him on the shoulder and said, "Are you afraid? Actually, it's nothing, just treat it like hunting demons normally."

Lin Zhangqing said earnestly, "I'm not afraid, Second Uncle! Wait a moment, don't stay too far from Father and me. We have to rely on each other for mutual support."

Father also spoke up, "That's right, Second Brother, don't rush too far forward."

Uncle Feng on the side shouted, "It's coming."

Subsequently, he saw a large expanse of demon beasts, truly like a tide, overwhelming and surging toward the fortress. No wonder it was called a beast tide; it was truly very vivid.

At this time, the Clan Leader's voice sounded in everyone's ears: "Don't worry, the number of this vanguard of demon beasts is only about 30,000 to 40,000, and most are in the early and mid-First-Stage, with some First-Stage late-stage and a small amount of Second-Stage demon beasts.

After a while, when they disperse, each person might only have to deal with ten or twenty demon beasts, and there is also the array to protect. If you see Second-Stage demon beasts, call us, and those beside you must also support each other.

In a while, first use spells to attack the demon beasts outside the shield. After a while, the array might open some gaps to let some demon beasts in. Everyone must prioritize killing the demon beasts that come in."

Lin Zhangqing braced himself and began to stick Diamond Talismans and Thick Earth Talismans on himself. He held the Golden Thunder Sword in his right hand and held a metal-attribute defensive dharma treasure in his left hand.

Seeing that Father and Second Uncle were also preparing similarly, he felt a bit more relieved.

Clansmen on the side were already preparing spells. Lin Zhangqing also prepared the Fireball Technique. Because of the protection of the defense array, the demon beasts could only stick to that transparent shield like ants.

This shield defended against the outside but not the inside. People inside could attack the demon beasts outside the array. At this time, using spells was indeed the best choice.

Lin Zhangqing's Fireball Technique was guided by his divine sense and smashed directly into the waist of a First-Stage late-stage Swift Wind Wolf. He had to find the high-cultivation ones to kill first; the early and mid-First-Stage ones were less harmful and could be killed later.

At this time, the advantage came out. The Fireball Technique was a spell Lin Zhangqing often practiced, basically reaching one per second, and this speed had already approached the level of Great Perfection instant casting.

Lin Zhangqing's speed in casting the Fireball Technique was fast, and with the assistance of his super-strong divine sense, he attacked the weak parts of the demon beasts.

Soon he cleared the demon beasts in front of him and began to help clear the demon beasts in front of Father and Second Uncle, and even had extra energy to begin observing the battle situation of the entire defense line.

He felt that these 30,000 to 40,000 demon beasts might just be a warm-up exercise, because they were discovered thirty li in advance, and the fortress was well prepared. Up to now, the losses caused were relatively small, and only some scattered cultivators were dealing with it in a panic, while the rest were all fine.

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