Sin Beasts besiege the city, silver ninth grade perfection!
Several more days passed.
Feng Shan stood atop the city wall, looking at the mass of Sin Beasts gathered several thousand meters outside the city.
"Commander, more than fifty thousand Sin Beasts have gathered outside our eastern gate. Things are slightly better at the other three gates, but each has over ten thousand Sin Beasts gathered outside it."
"And Sin Beasts are still streaming toward Shenglin City. I'm afraid their numbers will exceed a hundred thousand within a few days."
Feng Shan's expression grew grave as he listened to his subordinate's report.
It was now certain that a Sin Beast siege was coming, and there was a strong likelihood that Gold Realm Sin Beasts were guiding them from behind the scenes.
"This is beyond what I can handle. I'll head to the City Lord's residence immediately and ask him to come out of seclusion," Feng Shan said.
As long as the City Lord was there, even such large numbers of Sin Beasts would struggle to threaten Shenglin City.
After making a few more arrangements, Feng Shan hurried toward the City Lord's residence.
"Steward Qian, the Sin Beasts have gathered, and their numbers will reach a hundred thousand in a few days. We must report this to the City Lord." Looking at Qian Yang, Feng Shan explained the situation.
Qian Yang's brows furrowed slightly as well. He knew the situation was urgent. With so many Sin Beasts surrounding the city, only the City Lord could suppress them.
"Please wait here. I'll report this to the City Lord right away."
Not daring to delay, Qian Yang hurried to the meditation chamber.
"Your subordinate Qian Yang has an important matter to report, City Lord," Qian Yang said.
Inside the meditation chamber, Lin Xiao heard his voice while cultivating and emerged from his state of unity with heaven and earth.
He knew very well that Qian Yang would never disturb him unless something serious had happened that threatened Shenglin City's safety.
"Understood. Wait in the council hall," Lin Xiao said.
"Yes."
Qian Yang breathed a sigh of relief and walked toward the council hall with light steps.
Now that the City Lord was coming out of seclusion, the Sin Beasts outside the city were hardly worth mentioning.
"An'er, keep cultivating. I can see that you'll break through again in the next few days."
Lin Xiao spoke as he looked at Lin An, who had also awakened.
Lin An smiled and nodded. Although Qian Yang had not said what had happened, he knew it was most likely that the Sin Beasts were about to attack the city.
He had already reached silver eighth grade and was only a step away from ninth grade. He would be able to break through within the next couple of days.
After breaking through, he should be able to make it in time for the Sin Beast siege.
Lin Xiao rose and left, while Lin An immersed himself in cultivation again.
In the council hall.
Seeing Lin Xiao enter, Feng Shan hurried forward to greet him.
"Have the Sin Beasts been making unusual movements?" Lin Xiao asked with a frown.
Feng Shan generally never left the military camp. Since he had come in person, the Sin Beasts had most likely made a move.
"Reporting to the City Lord, the Sin Beasts began approaching Shenglin City half a month ago."
"By now, roughly eighty thousand Sin Beasts have gathered outside the city, and their numbers are still increasing."
"..."
Feng Shan gave a detailed account of the situation.
"It seems these Sin Beasts are growing restless again. There must be Gold Realm Sin Beasts commanding them from behind the scenes."
Lin Xiao snorted coldly. Ten years had passed since the last Sin Beast siege. That siege had cost his father his life and left his son severely wounded in mind and spirit.
Over all these years, it was not as though he had never tried to clear out the Sin Beasts in Black Mountain.
But there were quite a few Gold Realm Sin Beasts in Black Mountain, including some whose strength was no less than his own.
He had not expected these Sin Beasts to make another move after so many years.
Still, over half a month had passed, and fewer than a hundred thousand Sin Beasts had gathered. Clearly, the Sin Beasts did not intend to make any major moves.
Otherwise, there would not have been so few of them.
Those creatures know perfectly well that so few Sin Beasts can't breach Shenglin City. Why are they making this move?
Are they testing me, or do they have some other purpose?
Whatever their purpose, I'll deal with this Sin Beast siege first.
After that, I only need another month to perfect my cultivation technique and use the marrow cleansing and meridian purification to break through to the Platinum Realm.
Many thoughts flashed through Lin Xiao's mind, and his gaze turned to Feng Shan.
"I understand the situation. Keep a constant watch on the Sin Beasts' movements over the next few days. I'll take action when the time comes," Lin Xiao said.
Feng Shan felt relieved. With the City Lord taking action, these Sin Beasts would not be able to cause much trouble.
"By the way, City Lord, there's one more thing. The three great families previously sent their younger members to join the garrison..." Qian Yang explained this matter as well.
"Have they caused any trouble?"
Lin Xiao looked at Feng Shan as he asked.
"No. They've been following the rules closely. In fact, the first person to notice the Sin Beasts' unusual movements was Zhao Tao from the Zhao Family," Feng Shan said.
"Good. Then leave them be. If they dare cause trouble, I'll deal with them myself," Lin Xiao said with a nod.
Such was the confidence his overwhelming superiority in strength gave him. Even if the three great families joined forces in rebellion, they would not withstand a single slash from him.
Feng Shan left and began readying the troops and their equipment for the approaching Sin Beast siege.
Lin Xiao did not remain idle either. He needed to make an appearance to reassure the city's people.
Otherwise, chaos would break out inside the city before the Sin Beasts even breached it.
Several more days passed, and the number of Sin Beasts outside the city continued to grow. Those gathered in all four directions now totaled as many as a hundred and fifty thousand.
Fortunately, Shenglin City had also finished its preparations. Soldiers stood atop the city walls, unable to help feeling some worry as they looked at the Sin Beasts outside.
But when they saw their City Lord, Lin Xiao, all the soldiers felt reassured.
With the City Lord there, they would not lose.
Meanwhile, in the meditation chamber at the City Lord's residence.
Lin An slowly opened his eyes as well.
"Silver ninth grade perfection."
Lin An nodded in satisfaction. On the second day after Lin Xiao had left the meditation chamber, he had broken through to silver ninth grade.
He had then spent a few more days reaching ninth grade perfection.
The Sin Beast siege should be starting soon, but before that, I need to learn some cultivation techniques.
With that thought, Lin An left the meditation chamber and went to the treasury.
When Qian Hai saw Lin An's cultivation level, he marveled inwardly, but he was no longer as shocked as he had been in the past.
He had grown accustomed to his young master's monstrous talent.
Cultivation was difficult for others, but for the young master, it was as simple as eating and drinking. There were no bottlenecks at all.
Lin An reckoned that the reason he had no bottlenecks was that he had cultivated the Lin Clan Cultivation Technique to perfection early on.
This cultivation technique was far from ordinary. Not only could it accelerate cultivation, but perfecting it also cleansed the marrow and purified the meridians, and even eliminated bottlenecks.
It's not that bottlenecks don't exist. At least Dad was already stuck at gold ninth grade before perfecting the technique, Lin An thought.
After entering the treasury, Lin An soon selected three cultivation techniques with Qian Hai's help in carefully screening them, then returned to his courtyard.
I gained over a hundred and thirty thousand attribute points in the Spirit Realm. It's time to use them.
With that thought, Lin An took out the three cultivation techniques.