Dark Fairy

Chapter 418 Earthquakes
Refining alchemy, refining weapons, exploring the ways to play [Ancient Monk], and at the same time taking care of various matters in Yongchuan City on the south bank of the Yangtze River outside the mountain. It seems like a lot of things, but in fact it is quite leisurely for Bailang. Because his practice can be multi-tasked on the attribute panel, he does not need to meditate like other monks to enter the state.

It's just that the amount of mana consumed by practicing alchemy and weapon refining together was somewhat beyond Bai Lang's expectation.Coupled with the mana required to practice the technique itself, even though he now has relatively sufficient spiritual stones to use, he still feels a bit reluctant.

Late at night, Bai Lang threw away a low-grade spiritual stone in his hand that had lost its original luster.He breathed a sigh of relief.The mana consumed today has only been fully replenished at this time.

According to Bai Lang's previous habit, after replenishing his mana, he would go through a sorting trip to sort out everything he had gained today, and then start practicing the exercises with concentration until dawn.

But something unexpected happened today.

A violent shaking suddenly appeared without warning. Even if Bai Lang was sitting cross-legged on the futon, he still needed to use his magic power to maintain his body shape from being shaken. It was so violent!
"Earthquake?!" Bailang's first reaction was that there was an earthquake in the Queershan area, and immediately after this thought came to his mind, he felt the terrifying five elements of earth energy surging underground.

This is undoubtedly a natural disaster.There was no warning before it started, and by the time you could notice it, it had already happened.Especially for disasters like earthquakes, even Tao Dan realm Qi practitioners cannot sense them in advance.

Bai Lang immediately interrupted his practice and went outside. Screams and shouts could already be heard in the yard.They should be the servants and maids at home.

The violent vibrations have not stopped even at this time. Standing on the ground, you can clearly feel the ground shaking from side to side.There were even bursts of wind whistling sounds all around.Bai Lang guessed that the howling sound came from the wind stirring when the mountain peaks shook.

"Everyone, go to the open area, stay away from cliffs and boulders, and pay attention to the surrounding mountains and falling rocks!" Bailang's voice exploded from the yard with mana, ensuring that even in the noisy environment, he could clearly fall into the Knife Hall's settlement area. In everyone's ears.

The houses in the mountains are all bungalows, but the walls are all made of stone. In addition to the beams on the roof, the surrounding stone walls are also dangerous during an earthquake.

It would be fine if they were all warriors, but a large part of the residential area of ​​the Shanli Knife Hall is filled with ordinary people, some are family members of the Knife Hall, some are the young merchants who followed, and some craftsmen and their families.There must be someone here who is unlucky enough to be hit by a stone or beam or even buried.

And you must know that Daomenzhai is in the mountains, and it is a special mountain like Queer Mountain with a depression in the middle of the four peaks. I usually find this kind of terrain comfortable, both hidden and with enough gentle areas for easy use, and even open fields. kind.But now, when facing an earthquake, the situation is reversed.The beams and stone walls of the house are nothing compared to the rocks rolling down from the surrounding peaks.

Death is inevitable, but Bailang wants to protect as many lives as possible.

When he arrived at the most open place in the middle of the village, Bai Lang called on all the Qi practitioners under his command to guard the outer circle, followed by high-level warriors, and the innermost ones were ordinary people.And Bailang didn't differentiate between these ordinary people, treating them all equally.This allows the falling rocks to be blocked by several layers, ultimately protecting all the weak in the circle who are unable to withstand this disaster on their own.

Bailang, on the other hand, wandered around Daomen Village, first the living area of ​​Daomen Village, and then part of the living area of ​​the family members of Daomen Village, which was adjacent to Daomen Village.Save whoever can be saved, help whoever can help.At this time, Bailang did not involve himself in the plots between himself and Daomen Village.

Until it gets dark.Although the casualties at the knife studio were not considered "catastrophic" due to proper handling, hundreds of people were injured and more than thirty people died.Sixty percent of them died when the stone wall collapsed at home, and the rest were injured by stones falling from the mountain on their way out.At this height, a stone as big as an eyeball can hit someone's head and cause bleeding, and a stone as big as an egg can open someone's head.Even bigger ones, such as rolling stones the size of fists or heads, let alone warriors, Qi practitioners in the Qi-entraining realm would not dare to catch them forcefully, and could only use magic to deflect them away.

Of course, a Xuan Vein Realm Qi Practitioner like Qin Xun'er can directly use magic to smash the rolling stone into pieces.Dao Dan realm Qi practitioners like Hong Xiu and Bai Lang can even set up shields to directly resist falling rocks on a large scale.

Looking at the people in Daomen Village, it was much worse. Even with Bailang's help, there were too many people and the living area was too wide. Many people were buried at night without even reacting.There was no one on the road who could resist as well as the Knife Hall side, so the casualties were several times that of the Knife Hall side.

At noon, there were two more minor aftershocks, which once again caused large-scale rolling rocks to appear on the mountain that had been shaken loose. The sound was alarming.

But in the evening, some people from Daoguan and Daomen Village who heard about the earthquake in the mountains also rushed back from outside, bringing news that surprised Bai Lang.

"You mean you didn't feel the earthquake last night at the mountain transfer station? You didn't feel the earthquake at noon either?!"

Bailang was surprised by the news brought by the people below. With the intensity of the earthquakes in Queershan, he had thought that they would affect areas hundreds of miles around, and even Yongchuan City might be damaged.But the fact is that the scope of the earthquake was limited to Queer Mountain. Even the cargo transfer station set up by the Knife Hall not far below the mountain did not feel the slightest shock. They only heard the howling of the wind in the mountain, and saw the rolling of rocks after dawn. fall.

The knowledge of the two worlds made Bailang unable to explain this strange situation.

Just a big earthquake that shrinks on a mountain?

Or is this not a real earthquake at all, but an earthquake caused by other reasons, which just behaves like an earthquake?
Not only Bailang didn't understand, but even Hongxiu, who had always been considered knowledgeable to Bailang, couldn't explain this weird situation.However, Hongxiu's judgment was the same as Bailang's. He believed that the earthquake that caused heavy losses to Daomen Village might not be a real earthquake, but had another reason.

After that, the village began to treat the wounded, bury the dead, tidy up the houses, and clean up the loose stones on the mountain to ensure that they would not roll down again if it rained or otherwise.

In short, everyone in Daoguan and Daomen Village is tense. Anyone who can move, even half-grown children, is looking for something to do within their ability. Everyone hopes to return to their previous life as soon as possible. .

Bailang would naturally not be idle, but he had felt some new changes in his surroundings in the past few days, especially when he was gathering energy to restore his mana.

"The spiritual energy here seems to have become stronger?!"

(End of this chapter)