Chapter Eighty-Three: Beast Spirit Riot

  On the border of Wushan Province, a young man was walking hastily towards the outside of the border. The young man didn't look very big, but his whole body emitted a cold aura, and passersby couldn't help but glance at him.

  This young man was Hai Tian, and at this moment he left Liu Ling City alone. Originally, he planned to cultivate in Liu Ling City, until he cultivated to Sword Emperor again, and then go back to his own previous life's cultivation cave mansion to take a look.

  However, Xiaoyu's sudden capture and the other party's request to exchange information with the Sacred Fire Order completely disrupted Haitian's plan in his heart.

  Helpless, he had to set off immediately. Whether it was searching for the legendary Sacred Flame Order or searching for Xiaoyu's trail, he couldn't stay in Liu Ling City any longer.

  Wei He and Tuo Ka originally planned to follow Hai Tian, but both of them were seriously injured and inconvenient to move. Hai Tian also refused their request to follow him. Moreover, it was more convenient for Hai Tian to be alone.

  Because of Xiaoyu's capture, Hai Tian's anger had been completely ignited. He couldn't wait to find the other party and rescue Xiaoyu immediately.

  However, Hai Tian is not stupid and knows the gap between himself and his opponent. With his current strength, it's hard to be an opponent for him. Nevertheless, the way of cultivation is about gradual progress, if you want to quickly increase your combat power, then you can only start from external conditions.

  External conditions are nothing but alchemy pills, swords and sword techniques.

  In this life, Haitian had only come into contact with a few kinds of dan medicine, and they were all used for recovery or healing. The kind that could increase a swordsman's strength with just one pellet, Haitian had never seen before.

  In terms of swordsmanship, he already possesses the Huoyun Sword, which is sufficient for him at present.

  If you want to enhance your combat power in a short period of time, then the only way is to start with sword skills. Although Hai Tian was once a Sword God and mastered many sword skills, those skills mostly had requirements for actual strength.

  With his current strength, there are no more sword techniques for him to learn. However, he did not give up and although the sword techniques he had mastered before could not be learned, it did not stop him from finding other people's leftover sword techniques.

  Yes, it's just someone else's leftover sword technique.

  In his previous life, Hai Tian not only cultivated in seclusion but also continuously adventured on the mainland, discovering many predecessors' cultivation sites where numerous sword techniques were buried.

  Some are better at it, so he learned them directly by himself, such as Wu Xing Dun Shu and Lian Xi Shu.

  But there were still quite a few, for Jian Shen, they had no great use, he didn't go to learn, and just left them there.

  However, these sword techniques are of great use to Haitian now.

  This time, the target of the Sea Sky Operation is the deciduous forest in Hubei Province. He remembered that in the deciduous forest, there was once a cave mansion of a Sword Sect expert, where an extremely good sword technique was buried.

  Hubin Xing Province is just west of Wushan Xing Province, and the masked man who took Xiaoyu away was also leaving from this direction, which is also why Haitian chose here.

  After a long and arduous journey, Hai Tian finally arrived at Maple Town, located beside the Maple Forest.

  Looking at the bustling crowd, Haitian raised an eyebrow and grabbed a young swordsman who was hurrying by: "Excuse me, brother, I'd like to ask, where is the tavern in Luoye Town?"

  "Tavern? It's just 200 meters ahead in this direction." The swordsman slightly furrowed his brow, "You're an outsider, aren't you? I'd advise you to leave as soon as possible. Rakuyo Town isn't a peaceful place."

  As soon as he finished speaking, he hurriedly left, leaving Haitian bewildered.

  But knowing the direction of the tavern made it easy, and Haitian immediately headed in that direction. Generally speaking, taverns are the most informed places, and he wanted to go there to ask if Xiaoyu and the masked man had been there.

  It was astonishing that most of the swordsmen in Luoye Town were coming and going hastily, with their brows tightly furrowed.

  "What's going on with this Fallen Leaf Town?" Hai Tian was puzzled, and soon he saw a huge sign in the distance with a single character "wine" written on it.

  Haitian had not yet entered the door when he caught a whiff of alcohol. What surprised him, however, was that the tavern inside was not as lively as he had imagined, but rather quite deserted.

  Only a handful of guests, and the listless waiters, all fully illustrate that something big has happened in Luoye Town.

  Haitian walked directly through the gate and found a clean spot to sit down.

  "Welcome, sir! What can I get for you?" The shopkeeper immediately came forward as soon as he saw Haitian enter the door.

  "Give me a plate of cooked beef, plus a glass of water." After a moment's hesitation, Haitian raised his head and replied.

  The young waiter was slightly taken aback, not expecting Hai Tian to come to the wine house and not drink. However, Hai Tian's appearance was indeed too young, so not drinking wasn't a big deal. The young waiter immediately responded with a sound, hastily entering the back hall to prepare.

  The waiter also waited quietly, and soon Xiao Er brought up a plate of braised beef and a cup of water: "Sir, the dish you ordered is here. Is there anything else you need?"

  "No need. By the way, I wanted to ask you, did you see a gray-clothed masked person with a young man about my age passing by here in the past few days?" Haitian hastily inquired about Xiaoyu's news.

  "A man in a grey robe with a mask?" The innkeeper fell into deep thought, "It seems not. In the past half month, we haven't had such a guest. And now, everywhere in Luoye Town is filled with anxiety, only people from here go outside, who would still come to our place? Sir, I think you're also an outsider, please finish your meal and leave quickly."

  Haitian wasn't too disappointed that he hadn't received any news from Xiao Yu. With the masked man's abilities, he could fly very far in just one day and didn't need to stop midway at all.

  It was the second half of what Xiao Er said that caught Haitian's attention: "What's going on here? I see people coming and going in a hurry, as if something big has happened."

  "Alas, sir, you don't know that this is our town of Luoye's annual spiritual beast riot. Every year at this time, the spiritual beasts in the nearby Luoye Forest seem to lose their minds and rush out of the forest, attacking our small town." The shopkeeper sighed as he spoke, "I reckon it'll be just a few more days before the spiritual beast riot begins, and we'll have to close up shop too."

  "Spirit beast riot?" Hai Tian was taken aback and opened his mouth in surprise, it was the first time he had heard of such a thing.

  All spirit beasts are intelligent, and the higher the rank of the spirit beast, the higher its intelligence. It is said that those top-tier spirit beasts have intelligence far surpassing humans.

  Generally speaking, spirit beasts wouldn't charge into human residential areas for no reason. Why is it that this Falling Leaf Forest would do so? Moreover, he remembered that the last time he came, it wasn't like this.

  "That's what I want to ask, when did this spiritual beast riot start? How long will it last?"

  "I'm not sure either. I've had it since I was born, and some old people say it's been around for decades. It lasts about a month each time."

  "Huh? If that's the case, then why don't you just leave Luoye Town and go to another town?" Haitian was puzzled. It had been going on for decades, how could there still be people who would continue to stay?

  The young man smiled and said, "You don't know, sir. Although the annual beast riot brings us a lot of trouble, after the beast riot, those first- and second-tier beasts in the Fallen Leaf Forest will enter hibernation. As long as we can find them, we can easily kill them and make a fortune."

  "So that's how it is." Hai Tian hadn't expected there to be another layer of story inside, no wonder these people were willing to endure decades of disturbance and still hadn't left.

  Those first and second-order spiritual beasts can sell for a lot of gold coins.

  Just then, a few young men and women suddenly entered the tavern entrance, with very strong sword energy on their bodies. What surprised Hai Tian was that these young men and women were all quite capable, with even the weakest one being a seven-star swordsman, and the strongest one had already reached the level of a one-star sword master.

  They look like they're only seventeen or eighteen years old. If one of them appeared, it wouldn't be strange. But if several of them suddenly appear, that's absolutely not something an ordinary power can cultivate.

  When he saw the guests arriving, Xiao Er smiled apologetically at Haitian and then walked over to the young men and women.

  Haitian didn't think much of it and nodded slightly, starting to tackle the food in front of him.

  "Welcome, gentlemen! What can I get for you?" The waiter flashed his trademark smile.

  The leading star swordsmen shouted loudly: "Give us three plates of braised beef, and two jugs of good wine."

  "What are you drinking now, be careful not to make a mistake later!" A girl next to the swordsman gave him a white eye and smiled apologetically at the shopkeeper, "Sorry, we don't want wine, just bring each of us a cup of water."

  The shopkeeper was puzzled and wondered why all the customers today were drinking water. However, the customer is God, and he wouldn't go against their requests.

  As Xiao Er left, those young men and women suddenly began talking to each other.

  "Xiao Yun, why restrict me from drinking again? We haven't even entered the Fallen Leaf Forest yet?" The leading Star Sword Master said with a bitter smile.

  The girl next to him slightly furrowed her brow: "Blake, do you want me to tell the teacher? Don't forget, we came here for something important. If things go wrong, can you take responsibility?"

  "Alright, alright, stop arguing, let's finish eating and get going." The girl sitting across from the boy said with a smile, mediating.

  Everyone else also stopped arguing and took a glance around the deserted tavern, where they all spotted Haitian eating braised beef.

  "Hey, there's a kid over there. I didn't think he'd be so brave to come to this Leaf Town all by himself." The girl who was known as Brek's one-star swordswoman smiled as if she had discovered a new continent, "But this kid isn't even a swordsman. In this Leaf Town where a spiritual beast outbreak is about to happen, I'm afraid he won't be able to survive."

  As for the conversation between these few people, Hai Tian had heard it all, saying that he wasn't even a swordsman? Hai Tian couldn't help but laugh lightly, and didn't bother to explain.

  However, just as he continued eating the food in front of him, the girl who was previously called Xiaoyun suddenly stood up and walked towards him.