After rebirth, the eldest sister voluntarily abdicated and gave way to the wise.

Chapter 477 Beast Tide

The guard didn't know why it was lost. Anyway, it was lost, and it wasn't anything particularly important. He could just make a new one.

Jiang Liqian and the others had no choice but to wait here. Returning to Yecheng now would be a waste of time, so they decided to leave no later than tomorrow.

Fortunately, the people here are very hospitable. When they heard that they couldn't leave because of the teleportation array and needed to stay for the night, they didn't even ask for spirit stones, offered them a free place to stay, and even brought them food.

Shui Lian'er and Qin Beiyao discussed it and secretly hid some spirit stones in their house as a temporary accommodation fee.

"Hey, old man, don't you think something's off today?" The proprietress, who was using an abacus, nudged her husband, who was wiping the counter, with a look of doubt and unease.

The boss glanced at the sky outside, which was almost completely dark, and couldn't help but frown.

The proprietress irritably flipped a few abacus beads, then suddenly stopped, turning around in astonishment: "It's a roar! Old man, isn't the wilderness unusually quiet today? I haven't heard any monster roars at all, what's going on?"

The old man shook his head with a solemn expression.

He also found out.

But he didn't know what was going on.

"Let's report this situation to the city lord, just in case anything happens, so we can be prepared."

"Alright." The old man put down the rag in his hand, pushed open the shop door, and headed towards the city lord's mansion.

Qin Beiyao and Shui Lian'er were coming downstairs to bring a pot of water when they saw the landlady's husband going out so late and asked him a few questions.

The landlady didn't want them to panic too much, so she just said there was something to do and told them to go back to their rooms quickly, not to wander around at night, and to rest properly.

Qin Beiyao and Shui Lian'er were puzzled, but the proprietress was kind, friendly, and generous, so they didn't ask any more questions and took the kettle back upstairs.

midnight.

Suddenly, a dense, muffled commotion arose outside the inn. Someone was running frantically down the street, shouting something. Then, clusters of spirit lamps lit up, followed by cries, shouts, curses, and clamor...

Jiang Liqian immediately opened her eyes from her meditation, frowned, and looked out the window. She saw that the once orderly and peaceful town had suddenly become chaotic, with men and women, young and old, all with expressions of fear on their faces.

Feeling uneasy, she immediately went out to find Shui Lian'er and the others. Coincidentally, they were also guarding the gate at that moment, and everyone immediately gathered together.

Just then, the landlady suddenly came running upstairs in a panic, shouting as she ran, "Wake up..." Seeing that they had already left the room, she hurriedly shouted, "Come down quickly! A beast tide! A beast tide is attacking the city! Come down and come with me!"

Beast tide?

The group was shocked.

Although the Wilderness Forest is teeming with monsters, since records began, the number of times a beast tide has occurred in the Wilderness Forest is less than one hand, and they generally do not attack nearby cities, but instead rush to deeper and more uninhabited places.

The beast tide was extremely dangerous. The southern city was small, and although the city walls were much stronger than those in the more remote wilderness, they still couldn't stop the surging beast tide!

Those monstrous beasts could crush a human cultivator to death just by stepping on them.

"Come on!"

Without saying a word, Jiang Liqian and the others immediately followed the proprietress, heading in the same direction with the crowd on the street.

"Hurry up, here! Quick!"

"The beast tide is about to attack the city, hurry!"

Everyone—those carrying children, those with families, and those supporting their parents—ran with all their might toward that safe hiding place.

Jiang Liqian also held Shui Lian'er's hand tightly, not daring to let go for a moment.

Just then, there was a "thump" sound, followed by heart-wrenching cries.

"Father, Mother, save me, save me!"

"father!"

"mother!"

A little boy fell to the ground and was pushed and shoved by the fleeing crowd, sometimes to the left and sometimes to the right, and was trampled on several times. His parents had long been separated from him.

Seeing that another foot was about to stomp heavily on the little boy's neck, Shui Lian'er released Jiang Liqian's hand and rushed over.

"Lianlian!"

"Lian'er!"

Qin Beiyao lunged forward, but Jiang Liqian was swept away by the crowd and sent to a more distant place.

Stone was also filled with anxiety, wanting to cut through the running crowd to pull Shui Lian'er back, but at that moment the beast tide had already broken through the city wall's barrier, surging towards them like locusts. He didn't even get a touch of Shui Lian'er's clothes before he and Jiang Liqian were swept far away.

Jiang Liqian and Shi Tou's combined strength was no match for the thousands upon thousands of demonic beasts, and they could only watch helplessly as they drifted further and further away from Shui Lian'er, Qin Beiyao, and the others.

The only saving grace was that they rescued the little boy, and the three of them, swept away by the crowd, were not injured.

"Don't worry—!" Shui Lian'er waved frantically towards Jiang Liqian and Shi Tou to reassure them and let them get through the current crisis first.

Jiang Liqian breathed a slight sigh of relief. In the blink of an eye, she and Shi Tou were led by the terrified crowd to the huge underground cave where they were hiding.

More and more people squeezed in, and the two of them couldn't get out. They could only wait for Shui Lian'er and Qin Beiyao to arrive soon.

Time flew by, and the tremors on the ground and the roars of the monsters soon faded into the distance. The fear on the faces of the people inside the cave gradually subsided, and order gradually returned to normal. The guards responsible for protecting the cave also prepared to go out to check the situation outside.

The golden light of the defensive array kept flashing in everyone's eyes, but Jiang Liqian still didn't see Shui Lian'er and Qin Beiyao come in.

I became increasingly anxious.

“I’m going out to take a look!” she said to the stone.

"I'm with you."

Jiang Li nodded slightly.

The two struggled through the crowded throng to reach the cave entrance, only to be stopped by guards at the entrance.

"It's not completely safe outside yet. After the beast tide passes, some stragglers will remain on the ground. You can only leave after the guards have cleared out all the beasts and the city lord gives the order."

Jiang Liqian said anxiously, "But we still have friends outside. We don't know how they are doing. We have to go find them!"

The guards resolutely carried out the city lord's orders and refused to let them out no matter what.

When the beast tide came, too many people were separated from their families. They had to do their best to save as many lives as possible before they could slowly help find their lost relatives and friends.

Jiang Liqian had no choice. Considering that Qin Beiyao was protecting Shui Lian'er, she decided to wait until things were more stable up there and the guards were willing to let them out. Then she and Shi Tou would go find Shui Lian'er and the others.

To her surprise, Shi Tou was even more agitated than she was. When the guards refused to give in, he became so anxious that he wanted to fight them.