Chapter 435: You Have Failed My Help (Thanks to the alliance leader

The sun rose higher and higher, and the sky became brighter and brighter.

Lin Jue's body also became warmer and warmer.

The morning sun passed through the morning light and spilled warmth onto him.

The morning glow of this morning ended here.

The sound of wind, the sound of waves, the cries of seagulls, all entered his ears, and the birds skimming the coast and the fish jumping from time to time in the distance brought him this coast full of vigorous vitality.

The Daoist still sat on the mountain peak facing the sun, his Daoist robes clean and his cheeks reflecting light.

He was practicing and perceiving.

The wisp of morning glow that would be put into the bottle in the future was for refining the Golden Core, but the wisp that shone on his face now, the wisp that he perceived into his heart, belonged to him now.

The fox stood up on its hind legs beside him, its two hind feet stepping on the ground, its face serious, one front paw resting on his shoulder, and the other front paw constantly fiddling with his ears.

The fox didn't care about the Daoist's practice, and the Daoist didn't care about it.

It was not until the sun was high that Lin Jue opened his eyes.

At this time, the vitality of the coast was fully revealed.

"What are you doing?"

A helpless voice sounded.

The fox immediately withdrew its paw and replied: "Your ears glow! It's fun!"

"Where do ears glow?"

"When the sun shines! It glows! Red!"

"That's light transmission!"

"Light transmission! Fun! It moves when you fiddle with it!"

"Whose ears don't move when you fiddle with them?"

Lin Jue reached out and also fiddled with its ears.

The fox stood still, not turning its head to dodge, staring at him with a serious face, only turning its ears inward when his hand reached the top of its head.

Lin Jue fiddled with nothing.

The fox immediately narrowed its eyes and laughed triumphantly.

Lin Jue then also laughed.

At this time, there were faint traces of people at the foot of the mountain.

But they were not fishermen by the sea, but soldiers, half wearing armor and carrying sharp weapons, half shirtless, carrying iron shovels, hoes, and some tools. They walked and patrolled along the coast, but stayed far away from the seaside, occasionally going to check some pits and traps located by the seaside.

The fox also stretched its neck to look with him.

The man and the fox then discovered that these soldiers had set many traps by the seaside, large and small, not knowing how they were designed.

It was just that looking at it now, there were no sea *yaoguai* in these traps.

And these traps were limited in size. I imagine that even if they could catch sea *yaoguai*, they could only catch some small *yaoguai* and monsters. It should be very difficult to catch *yaoguai* at the level of the Sea Yaksha or the Yellow-Scaled Guards, Shrimp Generals, and Crab Warriors under the *Tuolong Wang* by the Wei Shui River. Even if they were trapped, they couldn't be killed, and the soldiers would still have to have a fight the next day.

As for that seven or eight *zhang* long sea *yaoguai* heard about yesterday, never mind whether these traps were useful, they couldn't even fit its body; one leg or foot wouldn't even fit.

These soldiers came from the north, walked along the coast, and went to the south, coming from the end of Lin Jue's left field of vision and walking into the end of his right, walking further and further away in the water vapor of the coast, and soon disappeared.

It was about afternoon by now.

Eating something, blowing in the wind, carving wood to refine bean soldiers, perceiving magic, the sun set again, squinting in the moon and stars, and it was another dawn.

The east turned faint again.

The morning glow of this morning ended here.

The morning sun passed through the morning light and spilled warmth onto him.

The morning glow of this morning ended here.

The morning sun passed through the morning light and spilled warmth onto him.

The morning sun passed through the morning light and spilled warmth onto him.

The morning sun passed through the morning light and spilled warmth onto him.

The morning sun passed through the morning light and spilled warmth onto him.

The morning sun passed through the morning light and spilled warmth onto him.

The morning sun passed through the morning light and spilled warmth onto him.

The morning sun passed through the morning light and spilled warmth onto him.

Lin Jue had practiced until now, harvested a lot of spiritual aura, and was no longer afraid of rain or catching a cold, so he was too lazy to return to the city, and even too lazy to leave this E'tou Mountain, simply sitting on the top of the mountain all the time, watching the soldiers coming and going by the seaside, the waves that were sometimes calm and sometimes surging, and the ever-changing wind and clouds, sitting in meditation, practicing, carving, and perceiving, counting the scenery on the road of waiting as a part of it.

By the tenth day, it was a sunny day again.

These soldiers and lieutenants finally caught a sea *yaoguai* in the trap below. It was a shrimp monster with low cultivation, looking quite strange, and not the same as the Black Shrimp General under the *Tuolong Wang* by the Wei Shui River.

The soldiers were well-trained, but their courage was not great. Seeing this monster, they shouted and scattered. After a while, some people surrounded it, with shields in front and long spears behind, and some archers and crossbowmen shot arrows at the monster in the gaps, spending a lot of time and effort to shoot it to death on the beach.

Lin Jue watched from the top of the mountain.

A bean was placed in front of him, which could be thrown down with the wind at any time, and to deal with this small monster, any bean soldier warrior would be enough.

Seeing that it had won the fight against this small sea *yaoguai*, Lin Jue shook his head and then put away the bean.

If it were the *jianghu* martial artists under Lord Luo who were used to fighting *yaoguai* and subduing demons, they would mostly come on horseback, and with a wave of their swords, they would have beheaded it. If it were the soldiers led by Lord Luo, they would also definitely form a formation quickly to kill it, and would not waste so much effort.

After all, there were dozens of people below, half wearing armor and carrying sharp weapons. Eliminating just a small monster should have been very easy. Even three or five armored soldiers would have been enough to deal with it.

Lin Jue took out the spiritual wood and continued carving.

The first bean soldier warrior carved using the body fragments of the Eastern Wang Mu had already been refined. Although it was time-consuming and laborious, the result brought far exceeded Lin Jue's expectations—

Originally, he thought this was a newly carved bean soldier that had not yet undergone long-term refinement, and its power should be inferior to the original. Yet he had not expected that the *yaoguai* king who had achieved the Dao would have already transcended the mundane, relying on the transcendent vitality and spiritual aura in the spiritual wood. The first bean soldier had just finished refinement and had almost the same power as before.

That was one of the three most powerful bean soldiers Lin Jue had ever owned, besides Long Bo!

And besides this, the agility and liveliness of this bean soldier also far exceeded the past, even as if it were alive, and even its eyeballs could turn. With equal power, in terms of combat effectiveness, it was even stronger.

So Lin Jue did not hesitate and used the remaining body fragments of the Eastern Wang Mu to carve two more statues, changing the body and dwelling for the remaining two heroes who had followed him earliest.

There were already three long-lived bean soldiers.

Lin Jue planned to wait until he had more time in the future to make the rest.

And what was he carving now?

!

"Swish, swish..."

The fox bent down and stretched, yawning, watching the soldiers take the sea *yaoguai* away from the edge of the cliff, and when they walked until they couldn't be seen, it came back to watch the Daoist carve.

Only saw the small sword scraping the wood, dropping fine wood powder, drifting away with the wind, while the wood had already revealed a thin and tall human figure.

"They are gone!"

The fox said while watching.

"Hmm."

"The powder was taken by the wind!"

"Hmm."

"Wasted!"

"Just a little bit."

"Wasted!"

"I know..."

Lin Jue endured his patience and continued carving.

The sun rose and set, another day.

The morning glow today was not good enough.

And the soldiers below became more numerous, with a general and a military advisor added in the middle.

"Did you catch that shrimp monster here yesterday?" The general was in his prime, but there was worry between his brows.

"Back to the General! Exactly!"

"Strange, for such a long time, these traps haven't caught any sea *yaoguai*, but caught it here." The general said, looking at the military advisor beside him, "Didn't you say this plan of the General was not good, and these traps couldn't catch the monsters in the sea?"

"The subordinate thought so. These sea *yaoguai* come ashore to make trouble, definitely wanting to eat people. It is rumored that human essence, energy, and spirit are the most sufficient, and eating people is most helpful for the growth of cultivation. Although the General's traps are good, to work, they must use people as bait, which is clearly not possible. And the General used ordinary livestock and flesh and blood as bait. Think about it, these things have already become spirits. The products in the sea are better than the land. Why do they have to come ashore to take them? They should be much smarter than ordinary fish and shrimp."

"Then why is this?"

"Could it be... want to change their taste?"

"Military advisor, don't talk nonsense!" The general urged anxiously, "Hurry and think of a way! There is still half a month left. If I can't eliminate that monster and restore sea transport, the King of Yue will cut off my head!"

"This..."

The military advisor was also troubled for a moment.

That largest sea *yaoguai* made trouble in Shimuo Village yesterday. The general couldn't eliminate it; was it just because he couldn't find it?

Just then, the sky changed.

A cold wind blew faintly in the morning.

A wave rolled in the sea in the distance, crashing on the coast, almost touching the feet of the general and the soldiers.

But just a moment ago, the furthest distance the waves washed could have been seven or eight *zhang* away.

The general immediately sensed something was wrong.

Turning his head to look—

For some reason, there was a dark color in the sea, and then the seawater suddenly bulged, and fell like a waterfall. A giant turtle with a pitch-black body appeared from the ocean and crawled toward the shore.

Its head and tail connected, almost seven or eight *zhang* long. Just lying there, it was like a small hill.

"This..."

The general was greatly astonished immediately.

Many soldiers and lieutenants were also scared out of their wits.

Seeing that this giant turtle came ashore, raised its head to sniff in the air, and rushed toward them, a group of soldiers, although numerous and carrying fire oil, poison, giant hooks, and throwing spears, didn't use any of them, but starting from that general, they didn't even think about it and fled in all directions.

In just a moment, they ran away without a trace.

Only the military advisor thought in his heart—

What is going on in this place? Why was the shrimp monster caught here yesterday, and why did this giant turtle also come ashore from here today?

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 436 =====