Chapter 48: Signs of the Beast Tide
Lin Changqing has felt much more relaxed since his grandfather and aunt came back.

In addition to practicing every day, I take care of the spiritual field, Chuyi and the group of purple crystal scorpions. In my spare time, I drink tea with my friends or discuss with each other.

Since the last counter-ambush, the friends have consciously improved their fighting skills. They all like to come to Ao Yun Peak and practice with Lin Changqing whenever they are free, so that they can all gain and improve.

Or they could play hide-and-seek with the purple crystal scorpion in the woods. This was invented by Lin Changlian. She said that if one could avoid the search of the purple crystal scorpion in the woods, then when one went to Qingyun Mountains to hunt monsters in the future, one's survival ability would definitely be much stronger than others.

However, they were found by the Amethyst Scorpion every time, and Lin Changlian enjoyed it very much.

Time passed slowly, and Lin Changqing's cultivation reached the top of the fifth level of Qi Refining. It had been more than a year, almost two years, since he last took the Zhu Fruit.

Now Lin Changqing can advance to the sixth level of Qi Refining at any time by taking the Zhu Fruit, but Lin Changqing wants to see if he can advance on his own and does not want to rely too much on the Zhu Fruit.

As for the Thunder Acupoint, although each practice was very hard, Lin Changqing still succeeded in splitting one successfully. After all, he had experience, and he was faster than before.

There are three thunder points, which are enough to activate Gengjin divine thunder or Guishui yin thunder. Now the magic practice at night is mainly based on the secret method of controlling thunder, supplemented by the two thunder methods, and other magic practices will be relatively less. But they are all taken into consideration.

On this day, the family monster hunting team finally returned, but this time it was later than previous years, and it was already very close to the end of the year.

When Lin Changqing arrived at the family square, the atmosphere was very solemn and did not look very good!

Fortunately, I was relieved to see that my father was not injured. I stood quietly beside my father and listened to the speech of the patriarch on the stage.

It turns out that four members of the tribe died this year, and more were injured than in previous years. No wonder the atmosphere on the scene was so bad!
After the patriarch finished speaking, he arranged for someone to count the harvest and exchange it for contribution points, and then let the monster hunting team go back to rest.

However, on the way home, his father looked very worried, and Lin Changqing asked his father worriedly if something had happened.

The father just patted Lin Changqing on the shoulder, sighed and said, "Let's talk about it when we get back!"

It seems like a big deal! When we got home, my father gathered everyone together and told them about a big event that would affect everyone: a beast tide might break out in the Qingyun Mountains!

It turns out that there are many more monsters in the outskirts of Qingyun Mountains this year than last year, which caused more casualties among the tribesmen this year than before.

Every year the family organizes people to hunt monsters in order to continuously reduce the number of monsters in the Qingyun Mountains and delay the outbreak of the monster tide as much as possible.

Now that the number of monsters in the periphery has increased, it is very likely that the monsters inside the Qingyun Mountains are reproducing too quickly, squeezing the living space outside the Qingyun Mountains, proving that a monster tide may soon break out.

A beast tide breaks out every few decades to hundreds of years, each time causing huge losses in life and property to the family.

Moreover, if a beast tide really breaks out, Qingyun Sect will also recruit cultivators from the Lin family to participate in resisting the beast tide.

The demon hunting team has reported the news to the clan leader and will verify it with the other twelve families.

If it is confirmed that the number of monsters in the periphery has increased, then it must be reported to the Qingyun Sect immediately. They will send people to confirm again and then begin to prepare to resist the beast tide.

This sudden situation caught Lin Changqing off guard and disrupted all his plans.

If they could have another year or two of peace, my father and second uncle might have succeeded in building their foundation.

Fortunately, there is still some time. The family still needs to verify the news with the other twelve families and report to the Qingyun Sect, so there is at least half a month left.

At this time, grandpa also received a sound transmission note sent by the clan leader. Originally, within the family, there was no need to use the sound transmission note, but now it was transmitted directly to grandpa, it seemed that something big had happened.

It was estimated that there might be a beast outbreak, so the clan leader anxiously asked grandpa to discuss it.

Grandpa didn't come back until the evening, and told everyone about the decision of the family's top leaders. Tomorrow, Grandpa will go to Pingyang Market to meet with the great elder Lin Fanhong, bring news of the possible outbreak of the beast tide, and arrange for people to secretly purchase a batch of strategic materials, including magic tools, talismans, Qi-recovering pills, rejuvenation pills, etc.

Then they went to visit the Xu family, Lin Changqing's mother's family, to verify the news with each other.

If the thirteen families all confirm that the number of monsters has increased, then Grandpa and the Great Elder will report it to the Qingyun Sect.

According to past experience, the Qingyun Sect will recruit family monks to participate in resisting the beast tide, and each family must send half of their foundation-building monks. That is to say, the Lin family now has four foundation-building monks on the surface, so they must send two of them to accept the call-up.

Fortunately, the clan leader had foresight and kept the aunt's trump card hidden. Therefore, the news of the aunt's foundation building could not be exposed at this time. About 100 people would be recruited in the Qi Refining Stage, which was equivalent to half of the Lin family's strength.

In a situation like this, my father and second uncle must be recruited into the monster hunting team. Only these monster hunting team members who regularly participate in hunting activities can survive the beast tide.

However, Lin Changqing also planned to participate this time, at least to protect his father and second uncle, but of course he couldn't say this.

Someone will come to inform his father and second uncle soon, but this is not what Lin Changqing cares about. Now he only wants to strengthen his strength, so let's start from the fifth and sixth day of the New Year!

I also need to talk to Grandpa before he leaves tomorrow.

Everyone was digesting the news, while my mother and sister were worried about the safety of my father and second uncle. I wonder what they would think when they knew that Lin Changqing was also going to participate in the conscription!
After everyone went back to rest at night, Lin Changqing sneaked to his grandfather's house. The grandfather and grandson were now in a secret room.

"Grandpa, I also want to participate in this conscription." Lin Changqing said straight to the point.

"Nonsense, how old are you? With such limited skills, are you going to die?" Grandpa scolded angrily.

"Grandpa, I must go this time. If I don't go, there is no guarantee that my father and second uncle will come back alive. I have to go to protect them." Lin Changqing said seriously.

"Don't think too much. Your father and second uncle are both at the ninth level of Qi Refining and have rich experience in hunting monsters. They are the most likely to come back alive. So don't make things worse!" Grandpa comforted helplessly.

"I must go. My presence is equivalent to having one more cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage. Together with Chuyi and the group of purple crystal scorpions, more members of the tribe can come back alive. Grandpa, let me go!" Lin Changqing insisted.

Grandpa remained silent.

Lin Changqing added fuel to the fire, "Grandpa, think about those densely packed, bottomless holes in the practice room."

Grandpa sighed, "This was not something you were supposed to get involved in!"

Lin Changqing said quickly: "I volunteered. I can't let my father and second uncle take such a big risk of death and do nothing. I can't do this!"

"Okay, I agree that you can go, but you must make sure you come back alive." Grandpa said helplessly.

"Don't worry about this, I am more afraid of death than anyone else and I will protect myself.

Grandpa, please give my parents and my second uncle the Earth Soul Fruit tomorrow morning, and give the fifth and sixth day of the first lunar month a Red Fruit each."

Seeing that his grandfather agreed to let him go, Lin Changqing quickly told his grandfather what he had just thought of.

Then he took out a jade box containing two red fruits.

Grandpa nodded, thought for a moment, took out the magic gauze and the golden jade slip that explained Chinese characters, and handed them to Lin Changqing.

He said, "Take this. Anyway, you don't need to make sacrifices. You can also become invisible by covering your body. Maybe you can use it later."

Lin Changqing agreed, took it and kept it carefully, hoping that he would not need it!
(End of this chapter)