Summit Farmer
Chapter 1844 - 1842: The Arrival of the Beast Tide

Chapter 1844: Chapter 1842: The Arrival of the Beast Tide

A few days passed, and Brian Hughes did not go anywhere, and spent every day guarding Peter Brown. This left Peter with no opportunity to use the Breath Soil to modify his meridians, as life energy kept pouring into the Breath Soil unceasingly.

Fortunately, Peter understood that the more life energy was infused, the higher the quality of the Breath Soil would be. After all, this was to his benefit, so he was not in too much of a rush.

"Sonny, have you noticed that there seem to be more wild animals recently? I caught several today alone."

Peter came in, holding a beast that resembled a wild ox.

At this, Brian Hughes also expressed his confusion, "Now that you mention it, I hadn’t thought about it. There shouldn’t be so many, what’s going on?"

"No good, I need to find out. Divine Valley is almost ready for harvest, we can’t afford any accidents."

While speaking, Brian Hughes rose and walked outside.

When Peter looked around, a shiver ran through his heart. Suddenly, he remembered the Beast Tide from the Lower Realm—prior to it, numerous wild animals would appear followed by an ever-increasing number of fierce beasts.

Could it be a Beast Tide?

At this thought, and upon looking at the Divine Valley, Peter could hardly keep his composure.

Currently, Peter’s cultivation level was not very high. If fierce beasts of great strength were to arrive, he would not be able to withstand them, and he might not even have the chance to survive.

No, he had to prepare.

Peter knew better than anyone that relying on the Sect was absolutely impossible. Facing the powerful Beast Tide, it was doubtful whether the Sect could resist, and being merely a Chore Disciple, it was certain that no one would care about his fate. Even with two hundred mu of Divine Valley, probably no one would intervene.

Thinking thus, Peter’s gaze returned to the Divine Valley.

He was determined to protect the Divine Valley. The income he could receive as a commission from these two hundred mu was substantial and crucial for his survival in the Sect.

Moreover, Peter was well aware that Chore Disciples would not be protected. Without the chance to escape, he needed to ensure his self-defense.

Formation!

Peter knew all too well that his advantage might only lie in formations.

What kind of formation should he set up?

As Peter pondered this, Brian Hughes returned with a grave expression.

Looking at Peter, Brian hesitated before saying, "I have some bad news. The Investigation Disciples have found that a large number of fierce beasts are heading toward our region."

"Beast Tide?" Peter asked.

Nodding, Brian replied, "The Sect’s forces have suffered great losses. This time, facing the onslaught of fierce beasts, the Sect can only gather all its strength to fight back."

"They wouldn’t bother with us Chore Disciples, right?"

When Peter asked, Brian let out a sigh and said, "I won’t hide it from you. The Sect has issued an order for all Sect Disciples to gather at Mount Sunshine, a thousand miles away. They won’t tell the Chore Disciples about this; our lives and deaths are left to destiny, and the Sect will see who has the power of fate."

The power of fate?

This was the first time Peter had heard of such a thing.

"That’s right. You should know that cultivators have one option: to see if a disciple can survive when disaster strikes. If they can survive, the Sect will consider them to have the ability to control their destiny. Such people possess Luck and thus will be summoned into the Sect. This time, the Sect wants to see if any of the Chore Disciples will survive."

Peter really wanted to curse. He hadn’t expected that the Sect would disregard the lives of the Chore Disciples.

Looking at Peter, Brian sighed and said, "Fierce beasts have appeared all around, and the Beast Tide will arrive in at most two days. For you guys, there is little chance of escape. My cultivation is not high enough to help you, but if you can, you should try to save yourself."

After a pause, Brian continued, "I know you have the ability with formations. I have some top-quality divine stones here, I’ll give them all to you, hoping you might be lucky. Ah, I hope to see you alive again."

After saying this, Brian turned and left.

Watching Brian’s retreating figure, Peter nodded silently. For Brian to come back and see him one last time and to give him some divine stones was considered quite commendable in the Cultivation Realm.

After Brian left, as Peter saw more wild animals outside the formation, his mood grew heavy.

Clearly, the Star Sect would not care about the life or death of Chore Disciples. For the Chore Disciples living here, everyone could only try to flee for their lives.

What Peter lamented most was that many Chore Disciples were unaware of the impending crisis.

Peter wanted to help everyone, but he knew he couldn’t.

Forget it, he thought, I better focus on surviving first.

Peter looked around helplessly.

After pondering for a while, Peter came up with some ideas for self-preservation.

Even if the fierce beasts were formidable, not many of them would know about formations, especially not the ones Peter had improved from the Lower Realm.

There was no more time. Peter knew he could only rely on himself now.

If this had happened before, Peter wouldn’t have had many ways to cope, but now that he had comprehended the Body Refining Technique, he could use more life energy, particularly with the arrival of the Breath Soil, which was greatly beneficial to him. When added to formations, the durability and flexibility of the formations were enhanced, making it difficult for even powerful fierce beasts to break through.

Thinking through the formation he wanted to set up, Peter planned to protect even the two hundred mu of Divine Valley.

Brian had provided a significant number of divine stones, and coupled with some Refining Materials, creating a defensive formation would not be difficult, especially with the previous formation as a foundation that only required adjustments.

The formation that Peter now intended to set up was a large Concealment Array. He did not plan to kill fierce beasts; if he could make them believe that the Divine Valley was merely a cliff, they would naturally bypass this place. Once the beasts deviated, he would be safe within the formation.

With this plan in mind, Peter took out the Divine Stones and began Inscribing them.

Inscribing formations was not difficult given that there was already one in place; now it was just a matter of restructuring the existing formation to fit the new purpose.

The key was to ensure the formation could last a longer duration; Peter set out to refine a Central Formation Eye.

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