312: Chapter 309 is good; the waters have been stirred up.

That cluster of golden flames surged up without any warning.

The guard commander, who had been shouting and cursing just moments ago, didn't even have time to scream before his entire body turned into a pile of ash scattered by the wind within the golden light.

The broken scale stained with the space beacon vaporized as well after completing its mission, leaving no traceable marks behind.

Everything happened too quickly—so quickly that the semi-immortals fleeing in all directions didn't even notice that one of their domineering overseers had gone missing.

“Revered Master, your move of 'killing with a borrowed knife' was truly slick ♡.”

Chu Weiwei squatted in the shadows of the abandoned courtyard, cradling her gorgeous little face in her hands, her purple eyes filled with stars of admiration.

She watched the flames soaring into the sky in the distance, her tone carrying a hint of irrepressible excitement.

“This isn't called killing with a borrowed knife.”

Su Lin crossed his arms, calmly correcting his disciple's misconception.

“This is called reasonable resource recycling and reuse. Your Revered Master has always been an honest man who values fair trade.”

Su Lin grumbled silently in his heart.

The prices in this Taihuang Immortal Domain were ridiculously high; they even charged Immortal Stones just to enter a broken city gate.

He had worked hard to get some Materials from monster drops; there was no reason to give them away for free to this kind of low-level lackey.

Now it was settled; not only had he gotten his toll money back, but he had also set off a massive firework display for Liuyun Town along the way.

It was simply a guaranteed profitable deal.

At this moment, the outskirts of Liuyun Town had completely turned into a boiling pot of water.

Another dull thud of impact rang out.

That mountain-sized single-horned giant beast was acting like a crazed bulldozer, its single horn shimmering with gray light as it rammed relentlessly against Liuyun Town's defensive light curtain.

Behind it, hundreds of bizarrely shaped Vicious Beasts from the void had blood-red eyes and greedy saliva dripping from their mouths as they threw themselves at the light curtain one after another.

They had completely lost their reason to a special ointment called 'Immortal Marrow Incense' formulated by Chu Weiwei.

Stimulated by that fragrance that struck directly at the Soul, these Vicious Beasts, which usually killed each other, now showed unprecedented unity just to break into the town and take a bite of the alluring source of the scent.

*Crick-crack.*

Under the unreasonable, saturated physical battering of the beasts, large patches of spider-web-like cracks began to surface on that semi-transparent defensive Formation that had originally looked indestructible.

“This tofu-dreg construction doesn't look like it'll last much longer.”

Su Lin looked up at the tottering light curtain and gave a very objective evaluation.

The design logic of this defensive Formation was outrageously crude.

They only knew how to blindly pile up immortal spirit ash to increase its hardness, but completely lacked the understanding of how to use the flow of Laws to deflect external impact forces.

Encountering a beast tide of this scale, relying solely on brute resistance meant that collapse was only a matter of time.

Chu Weiwei gently tugged at Su Lin's sleeve, her body leaning into his arms as if she were boneless.

“Revered Master, should we change spots to watch the show? Although it's remote here, once the Formation breaks and those big guys rush in, they'll surely trample the flowers and grass in the courtyard.”

“Since when did you start caring about flowers and grass?”

Su Lin looked down at her with a glance.

When this girl was mixing her poisons earlier, she had plucked all the plants within a several-mile radius bald; now she was pretending to be a flower-protecting envoy.

“Weiwei is just afraid that the blood of those filthy things will splash onto Revered Master.”

Chu Weiwei blinked righteously, her pure and innocent appearance making it impossible for anyone to bear scolding her.

“Don't worry, they won't get in.”

Su Lin's tone was steady.

He had already laid down a small-scale space-folding Formation around the courtyard.

As long as those Vicious Beasts were blind enough to crash this way, they would be unknowingly diverted in another direction.

While the two were talking, the Xuantian High Tower in the center of Liuyun Town finally showed some movement.

Accompanied by a flash of blinding green light, a figure carrying the pressure of an Early Stage Earth Immortal charged into the sky from the top of the tower in a fit of rage.

The newcomer was the Dominator of Liuyun Town, the Xuantian Earth Immortal.

He wore a magnificent dark-green Daoist robe, but at the moment, his clothes were somewhat disheveled due to his forced interruption of seclusion, and his face was so gloomy it looked like it could drip water.

“A pack of beasts! How dare you disturb my peaceful cultivation!”

The Xuantian Earth Immortal roared, his voice laced with thick immortal essence power, turning into rolling sound waves that swept toward the beast tide outside the city.

He rapidly formed seals with both hands in front of his chest, and an ancient, simple great seal radiating blinding green light appeared out of thin air above his head.

“Suppress!”

Xuantian pointed his finger.

The green great seal expanded with the wind, instantly transforming into a hundred-zhang-high green mountain, carrying the momentum of Mount Tai as it slammed down hard toward the single-horned giant beast leading the charge outside the light curtain.

*Bang!*

The green mountain and the head of the single-horned giant beast collided solidly.

Violent energy ripples spread frantically in all directions, directly flipping several smaller Vicious Beasts nearby into the air.

The single-horned giant beast let out a howl of pain; a tiny crack was actually smashed into its indestructible horn, and its massive body was forced back dozens of zhang by the impact.

“Oh? This old fellow's Magic Treasure is quite decent.”

Su Lin stood in the courtyard, watching the battle in the air with interest.

That green great seal contained a trace of extremely faint Thick Earth Law; it was indeed quite effective for smashing people.

However, that was all.

Chu Weiwei followed Su Lin's gaze and curled her lip in disdain.

“Revered Master, his aim is too poor. ”

“He clearly could have smashed the eyes, yet he insists on hitting the hardest horn. What a blockhead.”

“It's not that his aim is poor; it's that he's reluctant.”

Su Lin pointed out the Xuantian Earth Immortal's pain point with sharp insight.

“The horn of that single-horned giant beast is an excellent material for refining high-grade Magic Treasures.”

“He wants to capture that thing alive and intact, so naturally he doesn't dare to strike a killing blow.”

Sure enough, just as Su Lin expected.

After knocking back the single-horned giant beast, the Xuantian Earth Immortal did not pursue the attack but instead waved his hand, suspending the green great seal in mid-air, attempting to use his pressure to force back the beast tide.

“If you don't want to die, get back to the wasteland for me!”

However, he had greatly underestimated the temptation of the 'Immortal Marrow Incense' for these low-intelligence Vicious Beasts.

After a brief retreat, the single-horned giant beast shook its slightly dizzy head, snorted two thick clouds of white air from its nostrils, and the red light in its eyes did not fade but became even more crazed.

It threw its head back and let out a long roar.

The beast tide behind it received the command, completely ignored the green great seal hanging overhead, and surged toward Liuyun Town's defensive light curtain like a tide once again.

This impact was even more violent than before.

*Crack.*

An extremely crisp sound of shattering rang in the ears of all the semi-immortals in Liuyun Town.

That defensive light curtain, which was already covered in cracks, finally reached its limit of endurance.

After a bout of intense flickering, the light curtain collapsed completely like a shattered eggshell, turning into a sky full of dissipating points of light.

“No!”

The Xuantian Earth Immortal's face changed drastically; he never expected his defensive Formation wouldn't even last half an hour.

“Revered Master, those big doggies are running so fast.”

“You bastards!”

“Die for me!”

The Xuantian Earth Immortal could no longer care about capturing Materials alive.

He brought his hands together, and the green great seal suspended in the air instantly ignited with blazing green flames, carrying the power to destroy everything as it slammed down hard toward the densest group of Vicious Beasts below.

*Boom!*

The seal fell, and over a dozen low-level Vicious Beasts were instantly crushed into meat paste.

But this loss was negligible for the massive beast tide.

More Vicious Beasts stepped over their companions' corpses, following that fragrance that drove them mad, sprinting all the way.

And the source of the fragrance was precisely the key nodes in the center of Liuyun Town that connected to the underground ventilation pipes.

“Revered Master, that old man seems to be getting desperate.”

Chu Weiwei leaned against Su Lin's shoulder, her fingers unconsciously drawing circles on Su Lin's arm.

“It's normal for him to be desperate. Because very soon, he will discover something even more devastating.”

Su Lin looked calmly at the distant Xuantian Tower that towered into the clouds.

Just then, a faint red shadow flashed over the wall of the abandoned courtyard.

Yan Rusi landed silently in the courtyard like a light falling leaf.

She was still wearing that coarse linen garment, but the expression on her face was somewhat hurried, and fine beads of sweat dotted her forehead.

Clearly, the frantic run had taken a great toll on her already weak body.

“Senior Su!”

Yan Rusi walked quickly to the stone table, and without pausing to salute, she spoke rapidly in a lowered voice.

“The outside of the town is in total chaos. Those semi-immortals are now crashing around like headless flies, suffering heavy casualties.”

“I followed your instructions and spread the news among the crowd.”

“Well done.”

Su Lin poured a cup of cold tea and pushed it over, signaling her to moisten her throat first.

“How did they react?”

Yan Rusi picked up the teacup and downed it in one gulp, then wiped her mouth with her sleeve.

“Public indignation is boiling. They were already suffering bitterly from Xuantian's exploitation, and now they can't even save their lives.”

“I told them that there is a secret teleportation Formation leading to the main city at the bottom of Xuantian Tower; as long as they can break in, they can escape this hellhole.”

“People in a desperate situation won't stop to think about whether the news is true or false.”

A flash of shrewdness appeared in Yan Rusi's eyes.

“Now, over a thousand semi-immortals have spontaneously gathered and are charging toward Xuantian Tower.”

“They want to force Xuantian to open the gates.”

“Killing with a borrowed knife, followed by fishing in troubled waters.”

Chu Weiwei looked at Yan Rusi with a smile, her tone carrying a hint of undisguised admiration.

“The Saintess of the Hehuan Sect certainly has a knack for manipulating people's hearts.”

“In such a short time, you've turned that flock of sheep into fierce wolves that dare to bite a tiger.”

Yan Rusi gave a bitter smile.

“Fellow Daoist Weiwei overpraises me. Compared to Senior Su's heavenly means of triggering a beast tide, my few words of provocation are truly not worth mentioning.”

She knew her place very well.

In this small group, she was just a tool for running errands and passing messages. The Revered Master and disciple before her were the truly ruthless characters who killed without blinking.

“Very well, the water is now murky.”

Su Lin stood up and straightened his green robe.

“Now, it's time to go into Xuantian Tower and take what we want.”

“Revered Master, are we going over now?”

Chu Weiwei rubbed her hands excitedly, various jars and bottles in her wide sleeves making crisp clinking sounds.

“That old man Xuantian is still floating in the air; should Weiwei give him some Muscle-Relaxing Powder first, to make him fall from the sky and eat dirt?”

“Don't mind him.”

Su Lin shook his head, looking deeply toward the center of the town.

“He is currently pinned down by the beast tide and has no way to distract himself.”

“Moreover, that group of desperate semi-immortals will be enough of a handful for him.”

“Let's go and see exactly how many good things are hidden in the treasury of this Liuyun Town.”

Su Lin swept his sleeve and led the way out of the abandoned courtyard.

By now, the streets of Liuyun Town had turned into an asura field.

Severed limbs and broken arms were scattered everywhere, and blood stained the gray-white stone pavement a striking dark red.

Low-level Vicious Beasts rampaged through the streets, wantonly chewing on those unlucky Souls who were too slow to run.

The three of them, Su Lin's group, walked through a remote alleyway.

Su Lin led the way, Chu Weiwei followed closely behind him, and Yan Rusi trailed cautiously at the back.

All three had Chu Weiwei's special Stealth Talismans attached, and with Su Lin using Space Law to completely fold their presence, they were like three non-existent ghosts in this chaotic night.

Occasionally, a few Vicious Beasts with keen senses would dart into the alley, but before they could even growl...

Chu Weiwei would very skillfully flick her finger, and a drop of colorless, odorless poison would accurately sink into the beast's brow.

The Vicious Beast wouldn't even be able to let out a scream before its massive body would instantly dissolve into a puddle of bubbling acidic pus, without even a bone fragment left.

Yan Rusi followed behind, watching this scene with a chill in her heart.

This seemingly pure and cute young girl's methods of poisoning were even more vicious and decisive than the most evil of demonic cultivators.

“We're here.”

Su Lin stopped in front of a thick black stone wall.

On the other side of the wall was the core of Liuyun Town—the plaza at the base of Xuantian Tower.

The plaza was already a boiling cauldron of noise.

Thousands of blood-stained, red-eyed semi-immortals were waving various crude Magic Treasures and weapons, tightly blocking the main gate of Xuantian Tower.

“Open the door! Let us in!”

“Xuantian! You usually take so many Immortal Stones from us, and now that we're about to die, you lock us out! You're not fit to be an Earth Immortal!”

“Open the teleportation Formation! We want to go to the main city!”

The angry roars converged into a massive wave of sound that shot straight to the top of the tower.

On the steps of the high tower, dozens of Xuantian's personal guards were holding lightning-glow whips, lined up in a row, struggling to maintain their defensive Formation.

“All of you, back off! Trespassing into the tower is a capital offense!”

The guard commander shouted hoarsely, but his voice seemed so pale and weak before the enraged crowd.

In the air...

The Xuantian Earth Immortal had just used the green great seal to crush an attacking avian Vicious Beast.

He looked down and found that his own nest was actually surrounded by this group of semi-immortals whom he usually treated like ants, and he was instantly fuming with rage.

“A bunch of traitors! How dare you try to loot while the house is on fire!”

The Xuantian Earth Immortal's hair bristled with anger.

Today, he not only had to face the impact of the beast tide but also deal with this group of rioting semi-immortals. If not handled well, his foundation of several thousand years would be ruined in a single day.

“I usually provide you with food and lodging, and now that the town is in trouble, you don't think of serving!”

Xuantian roared, the pressure of an Earth Immortal pouring down without reservation.

“Since you're looking for death, I'll fulfill your wish!”

He abruptly raised his right hand, lightning flashing in his palm.

“All of you, go to hell! Nine Heavens Wild Thunder!”