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Lu Que and the other two in the cave did not notice that when the flute's sound rang out, a certain part of the mountain range opposite them suddenly trembled a little. Then, something seemed to have fused with the clouds in the sky; however, it was really too dark outside and even if they were outside the cave, they might not be able to sense it.

"This is … a phoenix cry?" Suddenly, a woman in white appeared on top of a tree on the top of the cliff. Her embroidered feet lightly touched the branch and her body seemed to be unable to withstand the force. As his belt fluttered, it was as if he was dancing. The girl cast a glance at the horizon as though she sensed something, but soon after, as if attracted by the sound of a flute, she started to listen attentively.

This person was one of the supreme experts that had entered the Mountain Sea Paintings, the Music Leaf from the Heavenly Note Family. And at this moment, Lu Que was playing the "Phoenix Cry", a melody that was written by the Le Family's First Patriarch, Le Tianyin. Ye Ci's delicate face revealed a knowing smile. Her pair of charming eyes slightly narrowed, her ears slightly trembled in accordance with the rhythm of the flute, and she had a look of enjoyment on her face.

Roughly half an hour later, Lu Que finished playing the four major chapters of the《 Phoenix's Cry》. However, the mountain range seemed reluctant to part with such a beautiful melody as there were still some lingering sounds.

"Although the musical instrument is wrong and the technique is a bit lacking, the divine intent in the melody is exactly the same. I never thought that there would be someone in this world other than us, the people from the Le Family, who could perform the Ancestor's work to such an extent." After the sound of the flute had died down, Ye Yin opened her eyes, which were filled with admiration. She then moved her hands, and took out a green jade flute from somewhere, stroking the flute's body twice. Her eyes glittered, "I wonder what this child would look like if he could be more skillful and use this flute."

Ye Ci stroked Xiao a few times with her right hand. She held Yu Xiao in her hand and placed her hand behind her back. A cunning smile appeared on his face, "Looks like they have already discovered that something is not right, and they have guessed the intention behind this." It seems like they have already discovered the wrong, and they have guessed the intention behind this.

And then, Ye Yin frowned and murmured, "But it's a bit troublesome now. Sigh, I don't know what those people are thinking. Even if they managed to break through to the Mortal Realm through the Illusionary Heart Array, their cultivation would stop here for the rest of their lives. "Rather than that, it would be better to nurture these youths. The nation's prosperity depends on generations of military and political talents, not the so-called experts in the Martial Dao."

"But what does that have to do with me? When this matter is over, it will be time for me to leave. " As he spoke, he glanced in the direction of the cave where Lu Que and the rest were at and disappeared into the night as if he had never been there before.

Woo woo ~" After resting for a while, Lu Que walked to the terrace in front of the cave. He then put the bamboo flute to his mouth and started playing the song he had played a few days ago.

Zhuge Yan continued to carry the firewood out of the cave and slowly added it to the bonfire. The bonfire, which had almost turned into charcoal, burned brighter and brighter with the addition of the firewood. From afar, the raging flames looked like a lighthouse.

In the mountain forest in front of Lu Que, a tall and muscular teenager walked out of a hole in a dead tree. Duanmu Ye raised his head and carefully listened to the faint sound of a flute coming from afar. His face revealed an excited expression as he stared in the direction of the flute coming from the darkness, constantly calculating the distance between the two of them.

"Big brother, did something happen?" Another figure, whose body was covered in leaves, walked out from a tree hole. Soon after, he heard the faint sound of a flute, causing Lin Qingyu's expression to change, "Is it a flute? Who could it be? "

"It's Lu Que. He's about 20 miles away. We finally found him." Duanmu Ye said happily.

"How did Big Bro know it was Fourth Bro?" Lin Qingyu could not help but turn his head to look at Duanmu Ye, but he did not see him.

"This song was written by Lu Que himself. I have heard him play it before. Besides him, no one else in this world knows how to do it." Duanmu Ye said confidently.

"Great, we've finally found Lu Que. I wonder how second brother is doing now." Lin Qingyu could not help but laugh.

"Let's have a night's rest first. We'll go there when the sun rises. If we can find this damned place, we'll have to find one." As he spoke, Duanmu Ye glanced in the direction of the voice before pulling Lin Qingyu back to the cave.

In the forest where the sound could reach, pairs of eyes looked through the darkness in the direction of the sound.

After another melody, Lu Que put the bamboo flute away and said, "Brother Yun, Zhuge, we haven't felt any tremors in the ground yet, nor have we heard any sounds. I don't think the demon beast horde will come tonight. You guys rest first, I'll keep watch."

"How can I let you stand guard all night? You stay guard for half the night, I'll stay guard for half the night." Zhuge Yan shook his head. He knew that Lu Que's arms had been injured by the Wolf King and the Tiger, and he had gone out to gather herbs in the daytime.

"Fine." Lu Que looked at Zhuge Yan and nodded his head. He noticed that the usually frivolous Zhuge Yan had changed. There was now a sharpness in his body that had not existed before. Seeing that Yun Xing Si was about to speak, he quickly stopped him and said: "Brother Yun, you're injured, rest early. We don't know what's going on tomorrow. It would be good if we could recover even a little more."

"Fine." Knowing that Lu Que's words made sense, Yun Xianxin could only smile wryly and nod her head.

"Zhuge, you should go to sleep too. I'll wake you up next night."

After saying that, Lu Que pulled out the half of the burning piece of wood and pressed a thick tree root onto the fire, reducing the intensity of the fire. Leaning against the mountain wall, he sat cross-legged in the crack of the cave and placed the Dragon Bramble Strangling Spear on his knees.

Looking at Lu Que's face, which was flickering in the light of the fire, Zhuge Yan and Yunxian did not know why, but they suddenly felt at ease. However, the two of them did not go to sleep. They sat cross-legged on the ground and circulated the blood in their bodies, constantly adjusting the state of their bodies.

In a blink of an eye, it was already the next morning. Lu Que had already recovered from the night's worth of pain and numbness in his arms. He had seen Zhuge Yan sleeping soundly against the rock wall and did not wake him up. Lu Que stood up and stretched his stiff muscles for the whole night. The joints in his body crackled as he breathed in the fresh, flower-scented air of the mountain morning. Lu Que could feel every lung in his body cheering.

He looked around. At this moment, the morning sun had already risen and the clouds were dyed red. The mist created by the waterfall under the sun shined colorful lights, as if a rainbow bridge had risen under the waterfall.

"Today should be a good day. "But …"

"But what?" Yun Xin's gentle voice sounded behind Lu Que.

"Brother Yun, your injuries …" Lu Que was startled when he saw Yun Xian.

"I've already recovered sixty to seventy percent. Although I'm not as good as when I was in my prime, I don't need to lie down all the time. I still have to thank you. If you didn't find the Muscle Grass, I wouldn't have been able to recover so quickly." Yun Xing Si patted Lu Que's shoulder before looking at the valley below the cliff, his face filled with surprise, "Why is it so quiet."

At this moment, the entire forest became extremely quiet. The beast howls that they normally took for granted had disappeared. They could not even hear the birds chirping or the insects chirping. Even the wind that had been blowing all night had stopped. It was so quiet that it felt strange.

"A storm is brewing." Lu Que grabbed an vine and said to Yunxian, "Brother Yun, when Zhuge wakes up, you guys go prepare some wood and water. I'm going to the trap to take a look."

"Be careful, the beast tide should be arriving soon." Yun Xin gripped Lu Que's shoulder tightly.

"I know, don't worry." With that said, Lu Que dragged the Mountain Vine up the cliff and hurried in the direction of the trap. He wanted to gather as much food as possible before the beast tide arrived.

As the beast tide was about to arrive, Lu Que put down the worries in his heart. He held his spear and sprinted through the forest. He was already familiar with the terrain, so he didn't need to carefully use his stave to slowly walk around like he did on the first day. Only now could he see Lu Que's ability in the forest. Lu Que was running just like a leopard, fast as lightning. The rotten leaves and slippery ground did not affect his footsteps in the slightest.

After a while, Lu Que came to the trap he set up on the riverbank and searched for prey. The disappointed Lu Que wanted to turn back but discovered that the camouflaged branches and leaves on one of the biggest traps he had dug was gone. A strong stench of blood emanated from the trap. He saw a huge wild boar lying motionlessly in the pit. The soil around its body was covered in blood and was full of traces of struggling. Clearly, it had been pierced through in the stomach by the sharp tree that Lu Que had planted in the trap and had died a long time ago.

This wild boar weighed three to four hundred pounds. As long as they could bring it back to roast and add salt, it would be enough for the three of them to eat for a few days without fear of rotting.

As the beast tide could arrive at any moment, Lu Que did not take much care of it. He roughly cleaned it up, picked up the boar and ran in the direction of the cave. When he was about to return to the cave, he suddenly felt something was wrong. The whole forest seemed to be gathering its spiritual energy behind him. Lu Que turned around and saw a massive spiritual energy whirlpool rising up from behind him.

"Who is breaking through at this time?" The beast tide was about to arrive. According to Yun Xin, the beast tide should be coming from the mountain road at the other side of the river valley, but who knew if there would be a beast tide in the mountain forest behind them. If someone broke through at this time, it would be extremely dangerous.

Suddenly, Lu Que felt a familiar aura coming from the spiritual energy whirlpool. Closing his eyes and sensing carefully, he had already determined the identity of the person who had made the breakthrough. I never thought that it would actually break through at this time. I wonder if it's a good thing. " Lu Que smiled and looked behind him. Carrying the wild boar, he walked in the direction of the waterfall.

By the time Lu Que returned to the cave, Cloudstrings and Zhuge Yan had already finished preparing breakfast, and the cave was lined up neatly with split logs. Although Cloudstrings had not fully recovered, with his seventh grade Blood Meridian cultivation base, it was not a problem for him to split some logs with his treasured sword.

The two goats sent by the Wolf King had only been eaten by one. Now that there was another wild boar weighing over 300 Jin, Zhuge Yan and Yun Xing Si felt at ease. This was because the location of the cave was too good. As long as there was food, no matter how big the beast tide was, they could still rely on the terrain to survive the rest of the time.

After the three of them had eaten, Lu Que called Yun Xing Si and Zhuge Yan to go to the top of the cliff to collect the Mountain Vines and build the rope ladder. He did this just in case something went wrong, and if the cave was not safe, they could use the rope ladder to descend to the valley below the cliff. A rope ladder that was over two hundred meters long was not an easy task. Even if the three of them worked together, it would still take them almost an entire morning.

After fixing the end of the rope ladder at the cave entrance, the three of them were also sweating and gasping for breath. It was not because they were tired, but because the beast tide could arrive at any moment. That kind of psychological pressure that was like a black cloud pressing down on a city really wasn't something that just anyone could handle.

Before the three of them could catch their breath, they felt the floor of the cave shake. They looked up and saw a wave of animals far away at the entrance of the cave, charging towards the lake in the middle of the river valley. Smoke and dust rose into the air above the monster tide.

"Beast horde." Zhuge Yan pointed his fan at the beast tide in the distance, his voice trembling.

"So many." Yunxian felt incredulous when he saw the monster tide that was moving at the speed of a wave. He had seen this beast tide before, but there weren't that many animals at that time.

Seeing the beast tide, Lu Que pursed his lips and gripped the spear in his hands tightly.

The beast tide was like a real ocean tide. In the blink of an eye, it had filled up half of the entire valley and was rapidly pushing forward. It was as if a black patch had been formed on the green valley's plain.

"They're coming." Zhuge Yan spoke again. However, his voice was no longer trembling; it was obvious that he had adjusted his state of mind in such a short period of time.

Lu Que and Yun Yanxue nodded in admiration as they watched Zhuge Yan, who had folded his fan and put it back into his waist. He gripped his longsword tightly and his eyes became much more resolute than before. As expected of a member of the Zhuge family, nothing was more important to the think tank family than to maintain a calm mind.

At this moment, the rumbling sounds of the beast tide could be clearly heard by the three people. They could feel the mountain shaking beneath their feet as the bare cliffs on both sides continued to shake and tumble down.

"There's something wrong with this beast tide." Lu Que, who had been keeping a close eye on the beast tide's movements, suddenly spoke up.

"What's wrong?" Yun Xing Si and Zhuge Yan were both shocked by his words and hurriedly asked.

"I'm not sure yet." Lu Que shook his head. He had a feeling that something was wrong with the demon beast horde, but he could not figure it out.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the three of them could clearly see the scene in the beast tide. Groups of sheep, deer, bison, and wild horses were running at the forefront. Countless hooves lifted up and fell at the same time, producing thunderous sounds.

Following closely behind these large herbivores were countless tigers, leopards, bears and wolves. The three of them could even clearly see a black wolf being knocked over by a giant bear and then stomped into meat paste by the animals behind it. This kind of scene was repeated in the beast tide. No animal dared to stop because if they did, they would be trampled to death by the people behind.

Not long later, the giant elephant, which looked like a wall of flesh and blood, also appeared in the distance. The giant elephant moved its head slightly, and all the animals that were blocking its way were swept away.

"I thought of it." At this moment, Lu Que suddenly slapped his thigh, "There are no mutated beasts in this beast tide, neither are there Xuan Beasts, nor are there Yellow Rank beasts."

Only now did Lu Que know why he felt something was amiss. Although the aura inside the beast tide was mixed, Lu Que, who was extremely sensitive to air flow, was still able to distinguish the different strengths and weaknesses of each animal's body. However, he did not sense the presence of a mutated beast within such a large beast tide.

According to Lu Que's deduction, there should be at least tens or even hundreds of strange beasts in this small world because he had encountered a high-grade yellow-rank wolf king and a yellow-rank tiger within a radius of thirty miles. This small world had a radius of a thousand miles, but there were no strange beasts in the beast tide. And who was the one driving the beast tide of such a scale?

"It really is like that." Having received Lu Que's reminder, Yunxian and Zhuge Yan also discovered this point.

Before the three of them could figure out the reason, the commotion in the forest told them the answer. They only saw that seven figures had suddenly appeared in the forest. Each of them had at least two yellow-rank beasts chasing them from behind.

"It's Duanmu and Qingyu." Lu Que said as he looked at the forest on the left.

"Bai Zhiguang, the difficulty of intelligence is also over there." Zhuge Yan pointed behind Duanmu Ye and said.

"It's Brother Su. There's also Meng Cang and Li Zhong." Cloudstrings looked at the three figures on the right, who were being chased by leopards of different colors, with a nervous expression on his face.

"Wu ~" Just as these strange yellow rank beasts were about to catch up to the figure in front of them, a low and deep flute melody that sounded like a test tune appeared between the heavens and the earth. The entire world suddenly went silent when this flute melody appeared, and although this flute melody was short, it seemed to contain all the beauty in the world, causing one to be unable to refrain from immersing themselves in that kind of beautiful mental state.

The beasts that were constantly approaching the seven people seemed to have been frozen in place, either running or throwing themselves at them. The surging tide of beasts seemed to have encountered some sort of obstruction and stopped in the middle of the flute melody.

"Roar ~ ~" An angry roar sounded from the distance, and it shattered the concept created by the flute. Then a huge figure appeared in the distant sky.