Half a month later!
On Great Green Mountain, Lin Changqing sat cross-legged at the edge of the mountain peak's cliff as usual, cultivating through the night without incident. Early the next morning, however, a sudden urge struck him, and he could not shake the feeling of unease.
It was as though something had happened.
"Go down the mountain and take a look."
Lin Changqing muttered to himself. He immediately rose to his feet and headed down the mountain.
He had a premonition. He sensed that something was amiss.
This was the power of Spiritual Perception. Over the past half month, his Spiritual Cultivation had also improved greatly; he had even set half a foot into the realm of Profound Stillness.
For him to have such a feeling now, something must have happened.
The rugged mountain path lay as flat ground beneath Lin Changqing's feet.
Very soon!
He descended Great Green Mountain.
At that moment, outside Green Mountain Village, an army of more than a thousand men surged toward the village like a mountain flood.
Rumble...
Several hundred cavalrymen led the way, like massive stones plowing through the earth, making even the entire Green Mountain Village tremble.
Dong! Dong! Dong!
Heavy bell chimes rang out at the village entrance.
These were warning bells—signaling the arrival of a powerful enemy.
In an instant, all of Green Mountain Village was alarmed. Everyone dropped what they were doing. The able-bodied men of the village grabbed sabers, spears, and bows and gathered at the village entrance.
The elderly, children, and women, meanwhile, gathered at the foot of the Back Mountain and entered the mountain under the guidance of a group of people.
This was the plan Lin Changqing, Lin Yuntang, and the others had discussed long ago.
Should enemies attack, every able-bodied person in the