After thinking for a while, Second Elder Liu Qiushui exchanged voice transmissions with Sixth Elder Liu Shisheng and decided that the plan was feasible.
After discussing the details of the operation, the two informed everyone of the next course of action through voice transmissions.
Everyone unleashed their strongest spells, then took advantage of the moments when the demonic beasts were dodging or blocking to cast the Lightness Technique, break away, and converge on Second Elder Liu Qiushui.
Meanwhile, Liu Changxu busied himself distributing talismans to those rushing over. Once everyone was ready, Second Elder Liu Qiushui shouted, "Release!" At his command, they activated the talismans in their hands and launched them at the pack of demonic beasts ahead.
In an instant, a rain of fire formed by over a hundred talismans fell upon the pack, burning the demonic beasts and sending them fleeing in all directions. Seven lower-grade first-tier demonic beasts were burned to death by the fireballs on the spot, while more than a dozen others suffered burns.
Even Second Elder Liu Qiushui, a veteran of countless battles, was stunned by the sight.
The Liu Lineage had always urged its cultivators to manage their households with diligence and thrift. When had they ever thrown away several hundred spirit stones in one go like this?
This was nothing but pelting them with money! You couldn't fight like this!
Only because there was no other choice had Second Elder Liu Qiushui agreed to use this tactic.
Seeing the result, Second Elder Liu Qiushui hurriedly ordered the dumbfounded cultivators to make haste and clear the battlefield, putting the seven dead demonic beasts into Storage Bags. Their fine tradition of diligence and thrift could not be abandoned.
All seven were lower-grade first-tier demonic beasts: two Black-Horned Sheep, two Golden-Horned Deer, two Long-Eared Macaques, and one Blackwind Crane.
Together, the seven demonic beasts were worth only a little over two hundred spirit stones. They had still taken something of a loss!
The talisman attack had thoroughly terrified the pack of demonic beasts! They all kept their distance!
Thus, Second Elder Liu Qiushui led the lineage's cultivators into the Spirit Peach Orchard without trouble, joining the two lineage members who had remained there to guard it.
The Spirit Peach Orchard contained a total of 108 jade spirit peach trees. Spirit peaches as translucent as jade hung thick on their branches, filling the orchard with an enticing fruity fragrance!
After everyone entered the Spirit Peach Orchard, the demonic beasts recovered their wits and began another assault. Under their attacks, the Peach Blossom Formation continuously conjured peach-blossom-shaped spells to strike back.
For a time, the crashing of all manner of spells rang out without cease.
Second Elder Liu Qiushui hurriedly organized the lineage members at the middle stage of Qi Refinement or above to replace the two cultivators originally guarding the Spirit Peach Orchard, taking control of the formation to battle the demonic beasts outside. Meanwhile, the early-stage Qi Refinement members began hurriedly harvesting the spirit peaches.
Jade spirit peaches were extremely delicate. After being picked, they had to be placed in specially made jade boxes to keep for any length of time; otherwise, they would spoil after three days.
Each jade box could hold eighteen spirit peaches. However, these boxes had to be made from ice jade, a first-tier spiritual material, and were quite expensive. The lineage did not have enough spirit stones to purchase as many boxes as it needed.
Thus, the lineage used the spirit peaches that would not fit into the boxes to brew spirit wine, which it named Peach Blossom Brew.
Spirit peaches and spirit wine were the Peach Blossom Mountain Liu Lineage's most important sources of income.
Planting spirit peach trees and brewing Peach Blossom Brew were also essential skills for every cultivator of the Peach Blossom Mountain Liu Lineage.
With the magical power supplied by the newly arrived lineage cultivators, the Peach Blossom Formation finally unleashed its proper might.
The Peach Blossom Formation drew its magical power from the wood-aspect spiritual energy in the Spirit Peach Orchard. Whenever enemies invaded and attacked, it would conjure peach blossoms, vines, wooden arrows, and other spells to strike back. However, whenever the formation lacked sufficient wood-aspect spiritual energy, the power of the spells it conjured would decline accordingly.
Since the lineage cultivators guarding the Spirit Peach Orchard were only at the early stage of Qi Refinement and had little magical power, the attacks they launched through the formation lacked strength.
With the arrival of the reinforcements, the demonic beasts soon felt a very different force behind the attacks.
Under Second Elder Liu Qiushui's command, they first concentrated their attacks on the two middle-grade first-tier Black Mountain Bears, which posed the greatest threat to the formation.
Black Mountain Bears were earth-aspect demonic beasts with immensely powerful bodies. These two stood about ten feet tall, and their bloodline spell, Black Mountain Palm, ranked among the stronger demonic spells of the same tier.
And so, a contest of spells between humans and demonic beasts began.
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