Chapter 92: Lost in the sea Could it be that someone is controlling these monsters? "Thank you two fairies for your help." Now is not the time to think about these things. A city guard monk who seemed to be the captain, dragged his injured leg, limped to Zhou Ling and Zhou Li, bowed and thanked them. "No need to thank me. As fellow monks, this is what we should do." Zhou Ling and her daughter bowed in return, looked at Sifang who was now safe, and prepared to turn around and leave. When going out for training, disguise is essential. However, just now, in a hurry, Zhou Li used the vine technique that he was best at. What is she famous for? In addition to the reputation of Zhou Ling's mother, her qualification is her top-grade wood spiritual roots. Using vine magic, it is easy for others to guess her identity. So she couldn't stay here for long, at least she had to find a place to change the look on her face.
"Please stay, fairies. There is something I don't know whether I should tell you or not. Actually, this is not the first wave of attack by the monsters. After the city wall formation was activated, they attacked twice in succession. We have lost too many people. For some reason, the message for help we sent out was like a stone sinking into the sea, without any response. May I ask where you two came from? Do you notice anything unusual around you? Furthermore... I dare to ask you two fairies not to leave in a hurry, but to stay in Winter City for a few days until our reinforcements arrive." The captain of the monks guarding the city had a guilty look on his face and red ears. Although he felt a little embarrassed, he still made a request for the safety of the lives of the people in the city. Zhou Ling felt a little embarrassed. It seemed that Zhidong City had left a knot in her mother's heart. Her mother didn't want to stay there any longer, and she didn't want her mother to be troubled by this. But if what this person said is true, and this is not the first time the monster has attacked, then it is another matter whether the city gate can withstand the next attack from the monster. During this period of time, she studied formations on her own whenever she had free time. She had basically finished reading all the formation books left to her by her master. Although she might still be lacking in practical aspects, she had already learned the theoretical knowledge thoroughly. Just now, Zhou Ling also carefully observed the formation of their city gate formation and found that it was not a high-level defense formation. Although the defense barrier that this formation could deploy was high and strong enough, it had a shortcoming: its toughness was not good enough. Under a strong attack, it might be able to block one or two hits, but if it keeps getting hurt and damaged, then no matter how well the formation can repair itself or how many times it can withstand damage, the defensive barrier won't last too long. If there were no help from people other than these monks guarding the city, it would be difficult to defend the city. She looked up at her mother and found that she was also looking at her. "How about staying here first?" Zhou Ling asked tentatively. "Okay." Zhou Li finally found the stairs and immediately nodded in agreement. Hearing that they were willing to stay, the monks guarding the city were extremely happy. To be sent to guard this mortal town, their cultivation levels were actually not very high, with the highest being only at the eighth level of Qi Refining. Moreover, most of these people are just outer disciples of the sect. They have poor spiritual roots and no possibility of advancement. That is why they accept the sect's mission and are stationed here. Firstly, they can live a mortal life as cultivators, and secondly, they can earn some spirit stones to maintain their daily expenses. There is no possibility of advancement, and their lives will just be like this. Killing monsters was not their job, being a city guard was easy. Because every year there were disciples from the sect who took on the task of entering the Snow Forest to control the number of monsters, so there were very few incidents of monsters attacking the city and injuring people. It was originally a very easy job, but now one has to fight with monsters at all costs to protect the lives of the people in the city. In a short period of time, they felt that their ideological awareness had improved, their state of mind had become clear, and they felt like sitting down and practicing immediately. The city gates were wide open, and Zhou Ling and her daughter were welcomed into the city with the highest level of welcoming ceremony. Looking at the familiar city, familiar streets, and occasionally a few familiar but old faces in the crowd, Zhou Li's heart seemed to be twisted together, not knowing whether it was pain, sourness, or tension.
The woman holding the child who was rescued in the forest earlier kept telling everyone their heroic deeds, how they killed the monster and how they saved her life. In the crowd, someone wiped the tears from his face first, bent his knees, and knelt heavily in front of the two of them. As if some chain reaction had been triggered, a group of people knelt down in unison, causing the mother and daughter to walk in a slightly stiff posture. "Where was the place you said you were going to give us to stay?" "It's in the City Lord's Mansion. Go straight along this road and you'll find the mansion at the highest point at the end." "Thank you." Knowing their destination, Zhou Ling and her daughter stopped talking nonsense. Not wanting to be bowed to all the way there, they took off directly, flying on the wind, heading straight for the City Lord's Mansion at the end of the long street. Zhou Li had visited the City Lord's Mansion here with her husband many years ago. What were they doing at that time? It seemed that they were married and had saved some money, planning to settle down in a village outside the city, so they came to the City Lord's Mansion to handle the settlement documents and get a land deed for that village to build a house. But now, only a few years have passed, and the mansion that was once the most prosperous in the city is now in ruins. When monsters attacked the city a few years ago, the city lord fled with his family and never returned since then. The mansion was uninhabited, and over time it became overgrown with weeds and its walls became cracked and tiles fell off. But after all, it was where the city lord lived before. Other places were dilapidated and desolate, but the house where the city lord himself lived still retained its splendor from many years ago. A simple defensive formation protected a room. Zhou Li picked up a branch, cleaned the cobwebs at the door, walked around and found that the formation was too simple. So he took out a formation base given to him by Long Aotian before leaving, input spiritual power to activate it, and then set it up around the house. Zhou Ling entered the room and performed the Dust Removal Technique, then walked to the table and sat down, reaching out to take out his communication talisman. The monk guarding the city said that the message for help he sent out fell on deaf ears and received no response. How was this possible? The lowest level communication talisman can only transmit messages over a distance of more than 200 miles, but the distance between Zhidong City and the nearest Ice Domain Sect is only more than 150 miles marked on the map, which is not far. As long as someone here can contact the people of that sect, there will be no way there will be no response. Thinking of this, she tried to activate her communication talisman and sent a message to her master, explaining the strange situation here. Different from ordinary communication talismans, the one she held was naturally made by her master. As a modern person, Master can understand the pain of losing a mobile phone. Living in the modern world, although we cannot cultivate immortality or achieve immortality, we can go to the sky and into the earth, up the mountains and into the sea. As long as we have technology, there is no place we cannot go. There is heating in winter and air conditioning in summer. You can go on a self-driving tour during holidays and go as far as you want. When you are bored, you can play games and watch TV. Apart from working time, the rest of the time is very comfortable. In this world, although one can cultivate immortality and become a monk and live a comfortable life, many things are far inferior to those in modern times. So the master was very good at formations and refining equipment. The communication talisman in Zhou Ling's hand, according to the master's original words, was an immortal version of an old-age phone that could make long-distance calls. Ahem...that's all. Things like taking photos, recording audio, listening to music, and mobile phone ringtones, those just don't work. After sending the message, Zhou Ling sat at the table, waiting for a reply with great anticipation. The master's communication talisman is usually tucked into a pocket, perhaps the inner pocket of a sleeve or the inner pocket of a lapel. No matter where he puts it, as long as the communication talisman vibrates, he will take it out and look at it. As long as he looks at it, he will definitely reply to himself. But Zhou Ling sat at the table and waited, but there was no movement from the communication talisman in his hand. The sun outside was setting slowly. Mother had come back after touring the entire mansion, but Zhou Ling still had a sullen face and sat at the table without moving.
"What's wrong?" Zhou Li wondered. Wasn't she fine just now? She went out for a walk by herself, why did the little girl's expression become so scary? "Mom, something happened. The communication talisman in my hand didn't work, so the message couldn't be sent out. We might be...trapped here!" Zhou Ling’s face turned pale, and he raised the communication talisman in his hand to show his mother. Zhou Li's face also changed. Holding on to a glimmer of hope, he opened the communication talisman in his hand and sent an inquiry message to Master Long. After thinking about it, he realized that the only people who knew that they had left the sect to gain experience were the Sect Master and Master Long, so he sent a message to the Sect Master to see if he could get a reply. What if there was a problem with the communication talisman in my daughter's hand? Or what if Master Long didn't see the communication talisman for some reason? The headmaster is a cautious person. He checks his communication talismans almost all the time to see if they are working properly. If he still gets no response after sending a message, then there is really a problem. (End of this chapter)