Above the Great Dao
Chapter 374 - 185 Frontier Military Post_2

Chapter 374: Chapter 185 Frontier Military Post_2

"Really?"

Li Tianqing was overjoyed. His monthly allowance was only fifty taels, and although alchemy could earn money, the cultivators of Quanzhou didn’t necessarily seek him out for danmaking. Getting one or two orders a month was considered good. In foreign territories, it would be the domain of other pill masters, with no business to take on.

A hundred furnaces of pills for a thousand taels of silver was definitely an unprecedentedly big deal!

He still felt somewhat sorry for Chen Shi for spending so much money and said, "Little Ten, what kind of pills are you making? Are you sure it won’t be a loss?"

"I won’t lose."

Chen Shi moved the box out, opened it, and revealed a plethora of Resurrection Lotuses inside, easily three to five hundred of them. He smiled and said, "I’ll make the Resurrection Pills you just mentioned. From one furnace of Spirit Pills, I can make four thousand five hundred taels. Work hard, Tianqing, oh, and you’ll need to help me wash my clothes too."

"Little Ten, have you been raiding King Yan’s treasury in recent times?"

Li Tianqing suddenly had the feeling of becoming a hired hand on a landlord’s estate. His look towards Chen Shi was no longer that of a good brother, but rather that of a landlord exploiting his own labor.

"But I have five furnaces of Resurrection Pills too!"

He became excited again, "One furnace is four thousand five hundred taels... wait a second, after accounting for the cost of the ingredients, a few hundred taels have to be deducted."

He became nervous.

One furnace of pills, just the cost alone was more than a thousand taels. If he ruined a furnace, the cost could bankrupt him, leaving him working for Chen Shi for a lifetime!

He felt the pressure. Was he, as a minor pill master, able to bear such a huge pressure?

"There shouldn’t be any major problems."

He calculated a bit and thought to himself, "Although I’m a minor pill master, there aren’t many in Quanzhou stronger than me."

The two returned to Gongzhou City, only to see that many independents had not left. From the distant East Sea coast, waves of spine-chilling spell powers fluctuated, extremely terrifying.

The people in the city were panicked; many were packing up and preparing to move, leaving Gongzhou.

Chen Shi went to the Red Mountain Hall’s main branch and found it deserted; not even the true bodies of Crane Child and Red Mountain Lady were there.

The chefs from the back kitchen and the stone lions at the entrance had also disappeared without a trace.

Chen Shi quickly inquired and someone told him, "Sea monsters are landing. Originally, the border troops were able to hold them back, but now most of the troops have perished in the Demon Transformation. After some probing, the sea monsters began to land. Red Mountain Hall’s Master Yu led the Talisman Masters to the coast to defend. People from the Cao Elder Association and Salt Elder Association also went. A lot have died."

Upon hearing this, Chen Shi felt an icy chill in his heart and couldn’t help but think of the time when the Qianyang Mountain Lord revived and possessed his body, arriving at Xin Xiang Province’s border post.

There was a towering great wall there, with giant copper mirrors placed atop, illuminating the sea surface and driving away the sea demons.

Xin Xiang Province’s city was close to the coastline, while Gongzhou City was more than a hundred li away from the coast, separated by the branches of Henggong Mountain, which provided a natural barrier, able to hold off the sea demons for a while.

However, without the governor, the commander-in-chief, and other leaders, and with the border troops suffering heavy casualties, they had become disorganized and were definitely incapable of stopping an invasion by the sea demons!

Chen Shi inquired about the whereabouts of Master Yu and others resisting the attack, his heart skipped a beat, "Sea monsters, are they landing at Smoke Mist Ridge? Isn’t that where the Mazu Temple is located?"

Without wasting any time to rest, the two immediately drove their cart to Smoke Mist Ridge.

Smoke Mist Ridge was precisely where Red Mountain Lady had emerged. Close to the dark sea, the mountains split open and the body of Red Mountain Lady climbed out from the mountain, absorbing moonlight and unable to control her power, causing severe pollution that resulted in the death of all humans and livestock within a ten-li radius.

Chen Shi had also discovered the Mazu Temple in the great canyon of Smoke Mist Ridge on his previous visit.

When they arrived at Smoke Mist Ridge, they saw many Talisman Masters and cultivators running through the mountains along the coastline, retreating while releasing spells. The woods were shaking, filled with the smell of the sea.

Suddenly, huge trees were uprooted and hurled like arrows at the Talisman Masters and cultivators, shockingly fired by an octopus-like demon!

The Talisman Masters and cultivators each activated their sword qi, shattering the trees into pieces, but then large rocks began falling from the sky, hammering down on them.

Incense Master Lu burst out from an oblique angle, summoning his Nascent Soul. The Nascent Soul’s field of force held up the huge rocks in mid-air, but then more than ten large rocks came hurtling down.

Incense Master Lu grunted, his Nascent Soul’s field almost bearing the weight of a small mountain, which was too much for him to withstand.

His Nascent Soul roared as it moved, darting out like a streak of lightning, vanishing in a flash as it penetrated through the demon’s head and exited from the back.

The body of the demon collapsed with a thunderous crash.

Incense Master Lu’s Nascent Soul power field couldn’t withstand the pressure of several dozen huge boulders stacked on top of the mountain, his legs trembling. Fortunately, those Talisman Masters and Cultivators had rushed out of the power field, allowing him to flash out of the way quickly and let the small mountaintop fall, with the boulders rolling chaotically in every direction.

"Scholar, how did you get here?"

He caught a glimpse of Chen Shi and Li Tianqing arriving and, without the time for pleasantries, shouted, "The sea demons have come ashore. I can’t look after you, so watch out for yourselves!"

Chen Shi acknowledged and loudly asked, "Where is the Hall Master?"

"The Hall Master is holding the front!"

Incense Master Lu, frantic as wildfire, darted into the forest, leaping like a flying bird to engage other demons.

He slashed through several demons and charged towards the summit’s garrison.

The garrison was already occupied by more than ten demons. The defending soldiers, already short on manpower, had died under the demons’ assault.

Incense Master Lu burst into the garrison, struggling to withstand the attacks from over ten demons, feeling immense pressure. fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com

Suddenly, a flock of birds took wing, rushing into the garrison, flitting past him, then transforming into short blades and swords that stabbed into the demons’ bodies, spurting clouds of blood.

Incense Master Lu was taken aback, "Which expert is lending assistance?"

He didn’t have time to ponder, rushing to the top floor of the garrison. The top floor was covered in bloodstains; the battle had clearly been fierce, and the enormous copper mirror had been dislodged by the demons and cast aside.

Incense Master Lu summoned his Nascent Soul and valiantly set the copper mirror back into place on its stand, expending great effort to turn the mirror and activate the talisman patterns carved into the mirror and base.

"Buzz!"

A beam of light shot from the mirror, forcing the giant roaming demons back into the woods. The smaller demons caught in the beam exploded with a bang, their foul stench permeating the air.

Countless demons crawled from the sea, swarming like locusts towards the mountain, surging towards the garrison.

Incense Master Lu frantically spun the copper mirror, its light shooting demons and causing them to burst apart wildly as he yelled at the top of his lungs, "Someone come quickly! Help me hold the garrison!"

Many from the Red Mountain Hall and the Cao Elder Association, both Talisman Masters and Cultivators, fought their way to defend the various strategic points leading to the garrison, occupying high ground and battling the oncoming demons.

Screams of agony occasionally pierced the air as soldiers were lifted and devoured by the demons.

"Whiz! Whiz! Whiz!"

A flock of birds arrived, turning into short swords, daggers, and iron spikes, piercing the invading demons and helping everyone withstand the first wave of attacks.

With this support, the soldiers battled fiercely and saw the demons slowly retreating back into the sea.

Massive eyes glimmered in the dark ocean, watching the garrison standing firm on the seaside mountain but did not continue their attack.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and began looking around, trying to identify their mysterious helper.

"Such exquisite spells, who could be the one to help us through this calamity?" they inquired among themselves.

Chen Shi and Li Tianqing, however, had already driven deep into the forest. Occasionally, demons charged through the trees at them.

Li Tianqing leaped from the cart, joining Chen Shi in combat against the demons. Together, they sliced through several demons as they made their way to the seashore.

The wooden cart too opened its mouth wide, its tongue whipping about, striking in all directions.

Whenever they were hard-pressed, beams of light from above would come and explode the demons lunging at them. It was the Incense Master Lu on the mountain peak operating the copper mirror to provide aid, helping them advance towards the sea.

Others were unaware that it was Chen Shi providing assistance, but Incense Master Lu had guessed that the expert transforming birds into swords must be Master Chen. Thus, he aided them along the way, ensuring their safe arrival at the seashore.

But upon reaching the coast, countless sea demons had landed on the other mountains, as far as the eye could see, waging a frenzied attack on the garrisons above!

Many coastal garrisons had already been overrun, and some mountain peaks still had beams of light repelling wave after wave of sea creature assaults, but the tide of sea demons was like a tempest, quickly submerging one of the garrisons!

Chen Shi and Li Tianqing watched with trepidation. How could they possibly stand against so many demons?

Chen Shi moved to the edge of the cliff and looked down to see demons crawling frenziedly on the walls of the gorge, heading straight for the Mazu Temple atop the cliff. Amidst them stood demons of staggering builds, towering like cranes among chickens, their roars like thunder, matching Yu Tiancheng and others’ Primordial Spirits blow for blow!

Chen Shi was taken aback, "The target of these demons is the Mazu Temple!"

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