Eternal life begins with saving my clan

The beast tide came in less than 48 hours and disappeared. Every town and village defended themselves with little to no effort. As for those that came to battle the beasts in order to gain experience.

They were disappointed. The prolonged battle they had in mind never happened.

However, people were not too surprised by the sudden retreat of the beasts. With their military strength and their bloodline power, they knew only a handful of powers could contest with them.

And the Monster Beast Race was slowly out of the equation. Previously, they were the Barren Land's nemesis, but now, they were nothing but training targets.

Inside the Celestial Heavenly Sect, the elders gathered with bright smiles on their faces. The battle came, and it was handled with little to no death toll.

Those that were injured came from the aerial beasts; still, they handled everything perfectly.

"Congratulations, everyone," Elder Jie said with an encouraging smile.

He smoothed his long white beard and looked at the smiles on the faces of the elders. This was a joyful day. Their plan had gone smoothly.

Now, they knew their weakness and would put preventive measures in place. Apart from that, they were rewarded massively.

"With the beast attack out of the way, now is the time to focus on what we discovered," Elder Jie continued. His voice calm but serious.

"Our priorities are the mining of both the low and medium-grade Spirit Mines, the grade-1 and grade-2 iron ore."

"I want all hands on deck on this… By the end of the week, we should begin forging armors using both the grade-1 and grade two iron." He looked at Elder Jiayi, the blacksmith elder.

"We're all ready; we need the ore, and the forging will begin in full swing."

"Good!"

"As for the other rare resources, we shall leave them for now."

After the meeting, the sect released various posts on the You Connect and in the sect stores located in every city, town, and village.

Instantly, the Barren Land was thrown into a frenzy as many people rushed to apply for the job. The previous work frenzy was when the sect was building the Spirit Rail line to every city and village.

Many people thought such a working frenzy would not appear any sooner, but how wrong they were. Nevertheless, the people were excited as they knew the moment for them to earn easy spirit stones had arrived.

While the Barren Land was thrown into a working frenzy, the surrounding islands were busy with another thing entirely.

Each of the eight surrounding islands was led by the vassal clan of the sect. Thus, when the sect issued out a command, they must follow it with all their might.

Elder Feng had appeared on each of the islands and gave the command. Each island must send a minimum of one hundred thousand warriors to the Barren Land to join the military.

Apart from that, they must have strong leadership. Also, they must show their expertise by the end of the month, displaying how they could contribute to the betterment of the Barren Land.

Therefore, each island chief was combing the sea and pushing their men to find ways to find something that would make them stand out.

With the Southern Sea and Barren Land in frenzy, the mainland was the opposite. Baiyun City was quiet and calm. All the inhabitants of the city had accepted the reality of the new power structure.

Inside the Cao clan, Cao Meng stood in front of Su Yen, reporting their latest development.

"Your Majesty, we are facing some difficulty in other cities. The Crimson Jade Pavilion and the city lord are attacking our people." She reported respectfully.

"I know," Su Yen responded, taking a sip from his tea.

"Don't worry, they won't live to tell the tale." He assured and looked at her face.

He creased his brow for a moment before he averted his gaze and chuckled inwardly. For the past couple of days, he had noticed Cao Meng had changed her make-up and her dress was a bit revealing.

Even a fool could realize what was going on. However, he wasn't in a hurry to take a step. He wanted to see how far she was ready to go to be his woman.

"How many towns and villages are under the Baiyun city?" he inquired.

"There are 8 towns, but the number of villages is unknown. They are just too many to keep count. Every day, villages were destroyed, and new villages emerge."

"What about the bandits?"

"There are three main bandits in our city domain."

"I see…." He mused and looked into the distance.

With the discovery of the grade-2 iron ore in the Barren Land, his plan was brought forward quicker than expected.

Previously, he had been having a headache on how to increase the world providence without causing war or any conflict.

However, he realized he was too naive if he thought he could change the way of the world without conflict.

Looking at how far the Ye clan, Crimson Jade Pavilion had gone in order to get their hands on the secret of creating the Spirit Comms.

If he was any weaker than them, he would have long turned to history. It was then it clicked in his mind; in the presence of absolute strength, everything could be achieved.

Now, he could proceed without worrying about his enemies attacking the Barren Land in his absence. With the presence of a Grade-4 beast. The missing puzzle was finally in place.

Creak!

The door to the courtyard opened, and Elder Hua entered. She looked at Cao Meng for a moment before a knowing look appeared on her face.

"Sect Master," She stopped a couple of feet from Su Yen and bowed respectfully.

"Send our people to the towns under the Baiyun domain. I believe you know what to do?" He raised his brow and looked at her.

"I understand…" Her voice trailed off.

"Sect Master, to speed up the process. I suggest we use aerial beasts for transportation." She advised with her head.

"Good. Why didn't I think of that."

He turned and looked at Cao Meng and commanded. "Find a place to house the beasts and people that would be responsible for them. They're the sect's future mount. They must be well taken care of."

"Yes, Your Majesty." She nodded quickly. "How big?"

"Big enough to house fifty grade-2 beasts." He said casually.

However, Cao Meng's eyes widened. She had thought nothing would surprise her again, since she had been too stunned that she had gotten used to it. But now, she realized how wrong she was.

"What's the problem?"

"En…N-Nothing. I'll get it done immediately." With that, she left with hurried footsteps while the shock still lingered on her face.

Looking at her back, Elder Hua chuckled inwardly. Those that had been with Su Yen from the beginning were yet to understand his train of thought. How come fresh meat wanted to understand him.

Su Yen was oblivious to what was happening and continued. "Send a message to the city lord and tell him to warn the other city lord. We mean no harm, but if they won't heed, they will have war on their hands."

"I understand."

After Elder Hua left, he stood and walked toward the massive tree at the center of the courtyard, lost in thought. 'I don't know why they insist on going against me. Hmm.' He chuckled.

'Since

you won't learn the lesson the simple way. I will teach the hard way.'

Inside the City Lord mansion, Xiao Bai received a private message on his Spirit Comms. When he read the content, his expression changed immediately.

"This is bad. Why are these idiots insisting on going against him? Did they think the news was a lie or what?" He thought out loud.

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Quickly, he sat on his chair and took his quill and began to write a message on a scroll. Shortly, he was done and called.

"Who's there?"

A middle-man appeared from the shadow and bowed to him. "Master."

"Send this to all the ten cities surrounding us." He commanded with an urgent voice.

The man received the scrolls and disappeared at once. Xiao Bai stood from his seat and walked to the balcony, looking down on the bustling cities.

'I hope those fools would wake up from their trance. Else…'

As for the course of all this, he had long departed from Baiyun City.

Whoosh!

On the northeastern part of Baiyun City was a terrifying forest that housed billions of beasts. The Bonescarred Forest.

The Bane of every human. No one dared to venture deep into the Bonescarred Forest for more than one thousand meters. Those that tried it didn't return.

Therefore, it was a known fact that only the one thousand-meter radius was accessible to the people. Even with that, many people still lost their lives. Out of ten people that entered the Bonescarred Forest, only three would likely return.

Therefore, if not for a life and death situation, no one would dare venture into the forest. But atop this deadly forest, a silhouette appeared with both his hands behind his back.