Chapter 1213 The cause of the beast tide
"Elder Sun, are my two brothers with people from the sect? Will there be danger?"
After hearing Elder Sun's words, Fang Yi became more and more worried. On that chaotic battlefield, the Qi training stage cultivator is really just a cannon fodder. Even the Foundation Establishment stage cultivator may not be able to escape free. I am afraid that only the Golden Elixir Stage can stand on the battlefield.
"They were just going to see each other and would not go to the battlefield."
Elder Sun shook his head when he heard this and said, "Fang Yi, don't worry, I agreed before I left that they could only stay in the fourth line of defense. As long as the human cultivators have not collapsed across the board, they will not be in danger."
Just like humans go to the 100,000 mountains to hunt spirit beasts, the beast tide is the countless spirit beasts and monsters that come out from the 100,000 mountains to eat up the territory occupied by human cultivators. The cultivators who protect their homes naturally have to fight with all their might. Almost all sects will dispatch main forces and set up many barriers on the periphery of the 100,000 mountains.
The barrier formed by the first level of cultivators is also the most tragic and cruel place in the entire battlefield. It is composed of cultivators from various sects and cultivators at the late stage of Qi training among casual cultivators. They are the main force in fighting the beast tide and must curb the momentum of the beast tide.
The second barrier is composed of cultivators in the foundation-building stage, and cultivators in the early and middle stages of Qi training. They will work in a team-based way to kill the fish that broke through the first barrier. Although there will be casualties, they will be far less tragic than the first barrier that is close to each other.
As for the third barrier, it is much safer in comparison. The most powerful human cultivators in the beast tide battle were all placed in the third barrier, and the sect leaders of each sect and even some powerful Jindan stage people would hide in it.
The fourth barrier is not so much a barrier, but rather a group of people watching the battle. The people watching the battle are low-level disciples with great potential in various sects. They often watch the war between cultivators and spirit beasts at high places far away from the battlefield, so as to sharpen their minds.
The strongest combat power of the cultivators is concentrated on the third barrier. If the first two barriers are broken by the beast tide, they will be the last iron gate for the human cultivators. If the third barrier is also broken through, then the entire cultivator world will be like opening the door to the monsters in the 100,000 mountains, and the remaining human cultivators can only retreat to the mountain gate and rely on the formation to defend.
There have been such tragedies in the history of the cultivator world. More than 10,000 years ago, the spiritual energy in the cultivator world was still relatively strong. At that time, there were even cultivators who surpassed the old monsters in the Nascent Soul stage, which was the most prosperous period in the cultivator world.
But in that era, a monster with the blood of the wild divine beasts awakened in the 100,000 mountains, and led countless monsters to break through the blockade of the 100,000 mountains by human cultivators. The battle was so dark that the earth was extremely tragic. It is said that more than ten people fell just by surpassing the Nascent Soul stage cultivators, and countless cultivators in the Nascent Soul stage and below the Nascent Soul stage were killed and injured.
It was the darkest era for cultivators in the cultivator world. The monsters in the 100,000 mountains enslaved humans for a long time. On the contrary, some cultivators hid in the 100,000 mountains to escape the pursuit of monsters. It was not until a stunning and peerless cultivator appeared in the Taoist sect that he led humans to drive the monsters back to the 100,000 mountains and regained the initiative of humans in the cultivator world.
It was also the first time that Taoist cultivators appeared in the sight of many cultivators. In the thousands of years later, the Taoist genius became the leader of human cultivators and once squeezed out the living space of monsters. It was not until that generation of Taoist successors lost their traces that monsters and human cultivators in the cultivator realm gradually formed a mutually restrained balance.
But it was also from that time that the world of cultivators began to gradually decline. In the following thousands of years, fewer and fewer cultivators in the Nascent Soul Stage appeared. In the past few thousand years, it has even become a legend. Breaking through the Nascent Soul Stage has become a luxury for cultivators, let alone the Nascent Soul Stage's upward state.
However, for more than 10,000 years, whenever humans cannot resist the attack of beast tides, the successors of Taoist sect who are not usually visible in the mountains and rivers will always appear, leading human cultivators to resist monsters, so that human cultivators will not repeat the mistake of being enslaved by monsters.
This is also the reason why the Taoist people have a high status in the world of cultivators. Whether they are sect cultivators or casual cultivators, when they mention Taoist sects, they are respectful. Even if Fang Yi is just a cultivator in the "Qi Practice Period" in the eyes of Haotian Sect, Haotian Sect dare not blatantly bully him, but chose to use the top-grade spirit stone to trade the secret realm with Fang Yi.
"Has the world of cultivators been enslaved by monsters?" Fang Yi suddenly opened his eyes wide when he heard Elder Sun's words. In his impression, humans were the best, and only humans could conquer and enslave other races. When did humans experience such a dark period?
Song Tianyu was shocked by the side. The history mentioned by Elder Sun was something that any senior sect in the world of cultivators knew but was unwilling to mention. If it weren't for the origin of Fang Yi and the Taoist Sect, Elder Sun wouldn't have told him about it.
"The monster transforms into shape, looks and wisdom are no different from that of humans, and has the advantage of natural blood awakening. If it weren't for your ancestors in Taoism, the current world of cultivators would not know what it would be like."
Elder Sun sighed. Compared with human cultivators, the reproduction and evolution of monsters is relatively easier. I don’t know how many terrifying monsters have been raised in the 100,000 mountains. Every beast tide will cause heavy casualties to human cultivators.
"Elder Sun, what happened to the senior who first appeared in our Taoist sect?"
Thinking of the heroic figure of the ancestors of the Taoist sect commanding all the cultivators, Fang Yi suddenly yearned for being able to kill monsters with blood and drive countless monsters back to the 100,000 mountains. What a stunning and peerless genius that would have to do this.
"I don't know, there are actually many statements in the world of cultivators about where that senior went."
Elder Sun shook his head and said, "Time is too long ago. Some books record that the senior who participated in the Mahayana practice and had ascended to the immortal world. Some people say that the senior had not passed the tribulation and his soul was gone. Some people even said that the senior went to the endless sea of thunder and lost his trace."
Like the history of the secular world, there was a gap in the history of the cultivator world ten thousand years ago and ancient times. Even the thousands of years later, there were many ambiguity in the history, and no one knew what happened at that time.
"Endless Sea of Thunder, where is that place?" Fang Yi felt aroused when he heard this, and the word "sea" reminded him of the Lianyun Sea.
"The endless sea of thunder is on the easternmost side of the cultivator world. It looks like a vast ocean, but if you go to the sea for a hundred miles, you will enter the sea of thunder. All the sea areas are blocked by lightning, and there are lightning and thunder everywhere. Even the old monsters in the Nascent Soul stage dare not enter it."
What cultivators fear the most is the thunder of heavenly tribulation, and the thunder and lightning in the endless sea of thunder is only stronger than the thunder. There was once an old monster in the Nascent Soul stage who had no hope of breaking through. When the deadline was approaching, he went to the endless sea of thunder to find opportunities, but as soon as he went deeper, he was killed by the thunder and his soul was scattered, and even the Nascent Soul could not escape.
"Elder Sun, why did you go to the Endless Thunder Sea to look for opportunities? What treasures are there in the thunder Sea? And what is the end of the Endless Thunder Sea? Has there any cultivator ever been there?" Fang Yi didn't know what opportunity could allow a cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage to explore the Endless Thunder Sea regardless of life and death.
Fang Yi was in Lianyun Sea not long ago and heard that there was a thunder and lightning area in Lianyun Sea, which was a forbidden area for all cultivators. He didn't know if that area was related to the cultivator realm. Perhaps this endless sea of thunder is the key to isolating the cultivator realm and the Lianyun Sea.
"There are so many treasures in the endless thunder sea, otherwise there wouldn't be so many cultivators who would want to go to the endless thunder sea one after another."
Elder Sun showed a look of envy on his face and said, "In the endless sea of thunder, there is a treasure called heavenly thunder liquid. It is said that as long as you swallow and refine a drop of heavenly thunder liquid, you can safely pass the thunder tribulation before the Nascent Soul stage, so some practitioners call it tribulation liquid."
According to Elder Sun, in addition to the heavenly thunder liquid, there are extremely precious treasures such as the heavenly thunder flowers and the nine-colored holy lotus in the endless sea of thunder. All of them are treasures that can produce bones from the dead. All of these things that have appeared in the world of cultivators are circulated from the endless sea of thunder.
Although the Endless Thunder Sea is very dangerous, there are also some cultivators with thunder attribute spiritual roots who have a certain thunder and lightning resistance. Although they cannot penetrate deep into the Endless Thunder Sea, they can move on the edge of the Endless Thunder Sea. Those heavenly and earth treasures of the Endless Thunder Sea were brought out by these people.
But exploring the edge of the endless sea of thunder is also a very dangerous thing. Almost every year, many cultivators have lost their lives.
Because there is a creature called a thunder dragon living in the endless sea of thunder. This thunder dragon has no entity, it is all transformed by the essence of thunder and lightning, and has very low wisdom. It will attack all cultivators who enter the endless sea of thunder. Even those in the Nascent Soul stage will flee when they see the thunder dragon.
As for Fang Yi's second question, Elder Sun could not give the answer. He said in preparation that no one in the entire world of cultivators could give Fang Yi's answer, because it can be seen from the name that the endless sea of thunder has no end. At least no cultivator can explore the end of the endless sea of thunder, so naturally no one knows what the end of the endless sea of thunder looks like.
"When I go back to the Yingzong to buy a branch catalog of various heavenly treasures in the Lianyun Sea to see if there is any such heavenly treasures called heavenly thunder liquid."
Fang Yi muttered in his heart, if there was also thunder liquid in the thunder sea in Lianyun Sea, maybe there was the place where the cultivator realm and the Lianyun Sea were connected, but it was isolated by the minefield.
"Elder Sun, the beast tide will harass the cultivator world every ten years. Is there any reason?" Without thinking about the matter in Lianyun Sea, Fang Yi focused his attention on the beast tide. After saying goodbye to Elder Sun, Fang Yi and Song Tianyu went to the battlefield.
"this……"
Hearing Fang Yi's question, Elder Sun's eyes showed a hesitant look. He looked at Song Tianyu next to him. Elder Sun smiled bitterly and said, "Even if I don't tell you about this, you will definitely know about it in the future. However, Tianyu, you must not have a word of the word I said today."
"Elder, otherwise, I'll avoid it." Song Tianyu knew that there were many secret matters in the sect, which were not something that cultivators like him could understand. Sometimes, if you know too much, it may not be a good thing.
"No need, the senior officials of all sects know about this. Just don't tell the low-level disciples."
Elder Sun shook his head and said, "The initiation of the beast tide began more than 10,000 years ago. Before that, there was no so-called beast tide in the world of cultivators. Human cultivators and monsters would also attack and kill each other, but there was no such large-scale war as today. Some strong people in the world of cultivators have also looked for the reasons why the beast tide..."
When Elder Sun spoke, his eyes carefully looked around and then continued to speak. Fang Yi and Long Wanda next to him widened their eyes, and his face also showed an incredible look.
It turned out that after the first Taoist successor drove away the monsters more than 10,000 years ago, he went alone to the depths of the 100,000 mountains. No one knew what happened at that time. However, after the Taoist successor came out, he announced something, that is, every ten years, a tide of beasts will form a 100,000 mountains, fighting desperately with humans.
The Taoist descendant had never explained the reason, and he disappeared later and could not know what happened at that time. However, humans are not short of wise men. Many cultivators later speculated that this tide of beasts that once every ten years was most likely some agreement between the Taoist descendant and the demon clan.
As for the reason, it is because the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is slowly dissipating. As we all know, cultivators need spiritual energy for cultivation, and the spiritual energy in the general environment is gradually disappearing, which is not enough to support so many cultivators and spiritual beasts to cultivate and evolve. To solve this problem, it is necessary to reduce the number of cultivators and spiritual beasts.
There is no country in the world of cultivators, and it is almost impossible for large-scale killings among cultivators to break out. The same is true for monsters. They kill just for food. No monster will attack other similar species for no reason after eating.
So the cultivators later boldly guessed that the tide of beasts that occurred every ten years was to clear out a group of cultivators and monsters, so that the disappearance of spiritual energy in the cultivator world could slow down the speed of survival of the fittest, just like the law of survival of the fittest in nature. Only the strongest and smartest creatures can survive to the end.
Of course, if one of the monsters and humans has an overwhelming peerless powerhouse, they or they don’t mind completely exterminating the other party, so that they can dominate the spiritual energy in the Lianyun Sea. At least when the spiritual energy of heaven and earth completely disappears, they still have the possibility of survival and continuing to evolve.
However, these are just speculations. In order not to cause panic among the low-level disciples in the cultivator world, the senior leaders of each sect unanimously decided to close the silence. Only by becoming a cultivator in the foundation-building stage can they understand some of this matter.
Chapter completed!