The guards at the city gate looked at Lu Yang as if they'd seen a ghost. From the students' descriptions, Lu Yang had clearly been in a situation where death was all but certain. Could having enough life-saving tricks really explain how he'd survived?
Surrounded by the students, Lu Yang returned to Muxue City, standing out against the city's tense atmosphere.
A beast tide was upon them. The entire city was preparing for battle, and every cultivator had been conscripted.
Before returning to the martial arts school, Lu Yang told his classmates to head home. Their extracurricular activity had gone splendidly.
The martial arts school was empty. After asking around, Lu Yang learned that the City Lord had summoned all the cultivators in the city to fight the beast tide. Grandpa Murong and the others had been called up as well, since they were cultivators.
"Speaking of which, who exactly caused this beast tide?"
Lying on his bed, Lu Yang recalled finding traces of a divine ability resembling Beast Taming Arts inside the four Demon Kings. He murmured to himself.
That meant the beast tide wasn't the natural disaster outsiders thought it was. It was a disaster caused by human hands.
"Are they trying to use the beast tide to overwhelm Muxue City?"
To control four Demon Kings with Beast Taming Arts, the caster had to be a Tribulation Transcendence cultivator. With the power of a Tribulation Transcendence cultivator, destroying Muxue City would be a piece of cake.
"Are they unwilling to act personally, or do they have some other purpose?"
Suddenly, a commotion came from the martial arts school.
"Did you see Deputy City Lord Ma's face? Hilarious! I thought he only knew how to scowl, but it turns out he can make other expressions too."
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