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Mr. Wang arranged a sword servant and a sword disciple as the chief and deputy captain, and led a hundred servants and servants to form a small square formation. A total of 80 small square formations were arranged, totaling more than 8,000 people. Each swordsman governed 5 teams and formed 16 large square formations. These 16 large square formations were led by two masters of the Sword Sect and served as the main force.

In addition, the fourth young master personally led a team of personal guard masters and two thousand servants to suppress the situation. And Ou Chuyang and other "miscellaneous troops" were responsible for leading the guards of Zhengxi Acropolis and Minzhuang to guard the city.

Meixintang is located near the south gate. After the meeting, Ou Chuyang led a hundred Ding Zhuang in various costumes and stationed on the south gate tower with steel forks and sticks. In addition to Ou Chuyang, there were four sword masters left in the city. Master Chen was stationed at the west gate, and the other two sword disciples Bao Hanping, Chai Tiefeng was stationed at the east and north gates, and a sword servant Cai Changzhi led a thousand people to live in the city.

Because the beast tide never attacks the city, Ou Chuyang and several others mainly serve as logistics forces, maintaining public order in the city and preparing to treat the wounded.

Anyway, I had no time to forge a sword during this period, so Ou Chuyang armed all the Mei Xintang's friends as his close friend.

"Shopkeeper Li, thank you for your hard work, stay here, and send someone to notify me if you have any questions." Ou Chuyang explained and went back to Meixintang directly. He could still seize all the time to practice.

When he got home and told Mu Wanqing about the matter, Ou Chuyang smiled mockingly, "I didn't expect that he would become a centurion and start working to watch the city gate."

Mu Wanqing said, "Then it's time to take advantage of these days to rest. Although you are the assistant of my sword energy and other apprentices to help you, you are so tired of making swords one after another."

"Cultivation is the best rest." Ou Chuyang washed his face and immediately began to practice.

After practicing diligently for several months, the golden lightsword, the size of a rice grain in the dantian, became smaller and smaller, and it was so shrinking that it was difficult for the naked eye to tell the shape. However, the golden light that was transmitted from time to time was extremely dazzling, as if it could penetrate all darkness.

Ou Chuyang knew that he was approaching the critical point and that the Dantian sword species might explode at any time, so he sent him to the realm of Sword Service, so he tried even harder to absorb the essence of the sword energy in the amethyst.

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The fourth young master has been away from the city for three days with a huge army of ten thousand people. According to the deployment of the commander-in-chief of the Di family and the deployment of the elder Di Hongyuan, the four young masters each led an army of 10,000, along the four acropolis in the west, northwest, northeast, and northeast, to support each other and be ready to face the impact of the beast tide at any time. The 50,000 main forces in Jinghai City, led by the head of the family Di Hongbo, were in the middle to support and prepare to fight with the main forces of the beast group.

In addition to practicing, Ou Chuyang would go to the city tower several times every day. After all, he was also a "guardian" of the South Gate, so he couldn't show up at all.

Ou Chuyang suddenly asked, "Since everyone knows that the beast tide is coming to invade, why don't there be any disaster victims fleeing?"

Li Fuquan replied: "The boss doesn't know anything. This is the mandatory provision of the Di family: before the beast tide, no one is allowed to escape privately, otherwise the family will be destroyed."

"What's the reason? Are you not allowed to escape until death? They are just ordinary people, not army." Ou Chuyang said angrily.

"If all the people escape and the beasts cannot satisfy them, they may attack the hinterland of the Di family and cause greater damage." Li Fuquan explained: "In fact, not many people die from the beast tide every year, because every household has digs a cellar. When the beast tide comes, most of them will be safe when they hide in the cellar for a few days, but all the animals and animals are affected."

"Oh, so that's it." Ou Chuyang looked a little bit and asked again: "The beast tide once a year, and every time I eat the animals, I can't stand it."

Li Fuquan then replied: "The scope of the invasion of the beast tide is only one or two of the Di family's territory. For the affected areas, the Di family will also take pensions, disaster relief and tax exemption measures. Therefore, there has been no large-scale escape incidents over the years."

Since his life is not very dangerous and economic losses can be compensated, as serfs, there is really nothing to complain about. Ou Chuyang said expressionlessly: "Those people living in the periphery areas where beast tides often attack are nothing more than baits raised by the Di family."

"There is no way to choose the least of the two evils." Li Fuquan said: "The Yanzhong area was originally a barren land. It was only after the Di family moved here a few hundred years ago that it gradually flourished. Jinghai City and the four acropolis gathered a million people, and the Di family was indeed very amazing."

Ou Chuyang looked at the field in the distance and refused to comment. Things in the world are complicated and cannot be simply judged by right or wrong.

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"Report—" A personal guard rushed into the camp, fell to the ground, shouting in panic: "Report to the fourth young master, beacon! beacon!"

Beacon towers were built at several major passes above Yanshan. Where the beacon fired indicates where the beasts cross Yanshan.

"What are you panic? We are here, aren't the beacon fires waiting for?" Di Zhenjie asked unhappily: "Where is the beacon fires ignited?"

"All...all are ignited!"

"What!" Di Zhenjie was shocked and quickly got out of the camp and looked into the distance.

Thick black smoke rose from all over the mountain peaks in the distance, connecting them into a piece, like a dark cloud covering the top of the roof, making Di Zhenjie's heart sink, "This...what is going on?"

"This year's beast tide is extraordinary, there must be major changes." Mr. Wang grabbed his beard with a serious expression on the side.

"What should we do now?" Di Zhenjie lost his temper in the face of the sudden change. "Will we continue to stay here or return to Zhengxi Acropolis?"

Mr. Wang calmly said, "Don't act rashly first. The head of the family will inevitably have arrangements, and we will do it on orders."

"Okay." Di Zhenjie ordered: "Send the order, gather everyone, be alert and respond at any time."

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The dull sound of "boom boom" sounded in the distance, and the ground began to tremble slightly.

Ou Chuyang suddenly turned around, "There is movement in the north."

Li Fuquan asked, "Is it the army of the fourth young master who has returned?"

"I don't know, I'll go and see. You'll call everyone up and be alert." Ou Chuyang called a few followers and headed towards the north gate.

When passing by Mei Xintang, Mu Wanqing also walked out and followed Ou Chuyang.

As soon as I saw the north gate, I heard Chai Tiefeng, who was stationed at the north gate, shouting loudly: "Prepare to fight, hurry up and ask Lord Cai Changzhi to lead the crowd to help!"

Ou Chuyang climbed to the north gate and felt a chill.

In the distance, smoke and dust rose, like a sandstorm covering the clouds and the sun. A black tide at the forefront of the smoke and dust rolled in, like a black sea tide that made people feel heart-pounding.

Beast tide!

Nearby, hundreds of figures were running towards the city gate with a desperate situation, and they were victims of the fugitive.

"What should I do?" Chai Tiefeng asked hurriedly when he saw Ou Chuyang.

It was the first time that Ou Chuyang saw the beast tide and didn't know how to fight, so he said, "Light the beacon first for help, and ask several sword masters to discuss with you."

Gradually, the "bang rumbling" sound became louder and louder, and the ground could be clearly felt as the soles of the feet, and a black tide in the distance had quickly extended into a black curtain sweeping over...
Chapter completed!