70: Chapter 70 Beast Tide

Qingyuan, Su Family.

Inside the Pill Refining Room, the fragrance of medicine permeated the air, and a Pill Furnace vibrated slightly under the roasting of the flames.

Su Yang focused intently on controlling the heat, while Qin Jiangmei threw in Spirit Medicine at the opportune moments.

The two looked tense; once the last Spirit Medicine was added, the only step remaining was to condense the liquid into a pill.

But at this critical moment, with a loud bang, the lid of the Pill Furnace blew off, and a cloud of black smoke with a burnt smell emerged.

"Failed..."

Su Yang frowned as he took out the blackened Medicinal Pill residue, sniffed it, and had a general guess in his heart.

"A first-time failure is normal; after all, this is a foundation establishment pill." Qin Jiangmei smiled gently and stood up to help clean the residue from the Pill Furnace.

Su Yang had researched for years based on two remnant foundation establishment pill recipes. With the support of the Heavens Reward for Diligence Fate, he had roughly figured out the Su Family's foundation establishment pill recipe, only lacking a stable ratio of medicinal ingredients.

The situation just now was due to an incorrect ratio, leading to the failure of the final pill condensation.

Su Yang was not discouraged; instead, he was quite excited.

Because the entire Alchemy process had been quite smooth, it meant that the foundation establishment pill recipe he researched was feasible. As long as he tried the Spirit Medicine ratios a few more times, he would be able to successfully refine a foundation establishment pill!

"Let's take a break. I'll think about which of those ingredients should be replaced."

Su Yang looked thoughtful and walked out of the Pill Refining Room.

He wandered around the courtyard while thinking. Seeing his children working hard or practicing Cultivate, he felt deeply gratified.

But in this moment of peace, Ji Ya rushed into the inner courtyard with a look of terror, ignoring the Family rules, and shouted: "Family Head! The Guangling Border Pass has fallen! The Beast Tide is coming!"

"What did you say?" Su Yang was stunned for a moment, almost thinking he had misheard, and hurriedly asked: "Is the news accurate?"

"Absolutely certain!"

Ji Ya spoke extremely fast, sweating profusely with anxiety: "A Cultivator saw a large number of beast herds appearing on the distant mountain peaks, rushing towards Qingyuan County! Now the streets and alleys of the county are in total chaos!"

Su Yang's expression turned solemn, and he immediately sent a voice transmission to his children.

"Jiangmei, Xuanming, Ruan Ning, Xuanjing, immediately go and retrieve the resources from the Su Clan Chamber of Commerce and the Drunken Immortal Tower. Have everyone still in the shops return!"

"Xuanxiao, you take the other Cultivators and retrieve all the Family's spirit plant as quickly as possible."

"Ji Ya, go notify all the Martial Artists of the Family to bring all the Su Family's servants and their families to the core area of the clan grounds."

After Su Yang finished speaking, he immediately went to check if the clan-protecting Formation was intact.

He had bought a Second-Order Defensive Grand Formation at the Cultivation Market. Although it couldn't cover the entire Family territory, it could shroud the core area of the clan grounds.

This Formation was prepared to guard against a Beast Tide, and now it was finally being put to use.

As his words fell, the faces of Qin Jiangmei and the others changed drastically. They quickly understood the situation and rushed out of the Family at once.

The Su Family's industrial resources were particularly vast, and Martial Artists couldn't possibly move them all, but the storage rings of Cultivators could quickly take away the resources.

Everyone raced against time. While the Su Family was taking action, the people of Qingyuan County were panicking and fleeing blindly.

"Family Head, this is bad! The Beast Tide is here!"

"What should we do? Is it still in time to escape?"

"Escape my foot! With our legs, we'll probably be swallowed by the Beast Tide before we even get out of Qingyuan County!"

The Martial Artist Families didn't know what to do at this moment. They had never experienced a Beast Tide, but they knew its terror well.

Without a Cultivator in the Family, they couldn't possibly withstand the destruction of the Beast Tide. They could only go to the Magistrates Office to seek help from the Immortal Official.

Zhang Xian's face turned extremely ugly after learning about this.

His first reaction was to pack his things and run. After all, he had no property in Qingyuan County; he was just here to be an official. Facing a Beast Tide, he was equally powerless.

"Right! The Jiang Family! Everyone, don't block the entrance of the Magistrates Office. Qingyuan County has a Foundation Establishment Family; you should go to the Jiang Family for help!"

Zhang Xian suddenly remembered that not long ago, a Foundation Establishment Cultivator was born in the Jiang Family.

Facing a Beast Tide, there must be a Foundation Establishment Cultivator to take charge of the overall situation in order to survive this crisis.

As soon as these words came out, the crowd swarmed toward the Jiang Family with a roar.

They were so panicked that they had forgotten there was a Foundation Establishment Cultivator stationed in Qingyuan County.

The Jiang Family had previously collected resources from various families. Facing this sudden disaster, the Jiang Family should naturally step forward to protect Qingyuan County!

Zhang Xian breathed a long sigh of relief seeing the crowd disperse.

His eyes flickered as he immediately packed his things and quietly fled Qingyuan County.

What could a single Foundation Establishment Cultivator do against a Beast Tide? Those words just now were merely to deceive this group of ignorant Mortals.

Back then, Guangling County was able to withstand the Beast Tide because multiple Foundation Establishment Families worked together to build a city-protecting grand Formation, and combined with the Foundation Establishment Cultivators fighting together, they were able to protect the entire county.

But what did Qingyuan County have?

Qingyuan County only had one Foundation Establishment Cultivator from the Jiang Family. Perhaps protecting the Jiang Family wouldn't be a problem, but expecting them to protect others?

With that old dog Jiang Wuyu's personality, it was absolutely impossible!

...

Qingyuan County fell completely into a vortex of chaos.

Cries, curses, and the sound of breaking objects echoed through the streets.

The timid dragged their families to flee in panic, the helpless swarmed to the Magistrates Office crying in despair, and there were even looters with fierce glints in their eyes, recklessly smashing shops along the streets, hoping to make a fortune before the city collapsed.

Qin Jiangmei pushed through this turbulent flow, rushing toward the Drunken Immortal Tower.

Upon entering, she encountered several thugs forcing their way into the restaurant. The hall was in a mess, but fortunately, the Su Family Martial Artists stationed there reacted swiftly. After a few muffled sounds and screams, the thugs who tried to loot were slammed to the ground, their leg bones shattered.

Qin Jiangmei turned a blind eye; at this moment, she only cared about the safety of the Family.

She quickly gathered all the assets of the restaurant and gave a concise order: "Leave everything else behind and return to the clan grounds immediately!"

Leaving the Drunken Immortal Tower, the scene on the streets became even more unbearable.

The crowd pushed and cried, scattered goods were in a mess all over the ground, and the noise of more shops being looted could be heard faintly in the distance.

Qin Jiangmei walked hurriedly, intending to go to the Qin Family to notify her kin, but at the alley entrance, she ran head-on into familiar figures.

Her cousin Qin Han was leading the panicked members of the Qin Family, panting as they rushed toward the Su Family clan grounds.

It saved her the trouble of making a detour to the Qin Family.

As Qin Jiangmei stood on the edge of the core clan grounds, a dull sound of footsteps caught her attention.

Looking back into the distance, her pupils constricted slightly.

She saw Yao Beasts as dense as a swarm of ants crossing mountains and ridges, rushing madly toward Qingyuan County!

The ground began to vibrate slightly, and the trampling sounds of the Yao Beasts rose and fell.

"Everyone, speed up. The Formation is about to start; we won't wait for anyone who is late."

Su Yang's voice spread throughout the Su Family clan grounds, frightening everyone into quickening their pace.

The Martial Artists maintained order with tense expressions, immediately stepping forward to help anyone who accidentally tripped.

Rumble!

The beast herd swept in like a tide, entering the Qingyuan County territory at extreme speed. The ground of the county town was broken by the force of their weight. The moment the thick-skinned Yao Beasts collided with buildings, houses collapsed and shattered one after another.

Su Yang held a compass and injected spiritual power into it as the beast herd charged into the Su Family clan grounds.

He gave a low shout, and complex Formation runes spread out.

A defensive trapping formation rose, a light shield covered the area, and thick mist permeated.