"What is an Immortal Master?"

Despite Lou Yi's subtle suspicions, he still pursued the question.

"An Immortal Master is someone who cultivates Immortal Techniques. They can manipulate earth, fire, wind, and water, turning decay into magic, possessing vast Divine Skills.

Even a Martial Artist before them is just a slightly bigger ant." Captain Wang's eyes revealed a look of yearning, as if imagining the strength of an Immortal Master.

"Most importantly, some Immortal Masters can live for a long time. I heard the City Lord say that there is an Immortal Master in the royal family who has already lived for over two hundred years!"

Upon hearing this, Lou Yi's eyes flashed with a brilliant light, his feelings bubbling up like boiling water.

Why does he practice martial arts?

Isn't it mainly to extend his lifespan?

It indeed achieved part of the goal; Martial Artists have a longer lifespan than ordinary people, but there hasn't been a fundamental breakthrough yet.

Even Martial Artists seem not to have heard of anyone living past one hundred and twenty years.

If Immortal Masters can live for over two hundred years, and he, Lou Yi, possesses the Attribute Panel, could he also live that long, or even longer, if he could learn the cultivation techniques of an Immortal Master?

Who doesn't want to live longer, who doesn't want to be immortal?

Thinking of this, even someone as composed as Lou Yi felt great waves of emotion within.

"Does the Colonel know how to contact Immortal Masters? Will they come here to recruit disciples..."

Listening to Lou Yi's series of questions, Captain Wang shook his head with a wry smile: "I only know a little about Immortal Masters, most of which I heard from the City Lord.

Sect Leader Liu might have a chance to consult the City Lord."

"Immortal Masters do take disciples, but the requirements are extremely stringent, and maybe only one out of a thousand is chosen.

However, they almost never come to Wangjiang County to recruit, and I asked the City Lord, but he doesn't know why either." Captain Wang hesitated slightly and continued, "Besides the Central Plains, there should be Immortal Masters across the Longjiang River as well."

Wangjiang County is located in the southeast corner of the Wei Kingdom, separated from the Central Plains by the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range, and another larger boundary is surrounded by the Longjiang River.

The river that Wangjiang County gazes upon is the Longjiang River.

Across the Longjiang River is an unknown land.

Since the Longjiang River is so vast, it's boundless to the eye.

Coupled with the countless terrifying creatures in the river, even more so than the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range, it is almost unheard of for anyone to successfully cross the Longjiang River.

Therefore, the people in the county are completely in the dark about everything across the river.

While the two were chatting, the beast tide outside the moat showed new movements.

"Awooo!"

They heard a terrifying roar like thunder.

'Rumble!'

Immediately, a sound like the earth shaking and mountains swaying came.

The Dog Beasts scattered frantically to both sides, seemingly terrified of what was coming.

And the people on the city wall widened their eyes.

"What is that!"

In the distance, a grey shadow tore open a large area of black, gradually occupying the main position.

These were enormous rotund creatures, over five meters long, with short and thick limbs, alarmingly large heads, small eyes but huge mouths.

Their grey-brown skin surface had keratinized protuberances, imagining how hard its texture must be.

"Is that, a Hippo Spirit?"

"Hiss, even if it's not a spirit creature, with such a large size, it's not much different."

"Why are there so many of them?"

Ignoring the wails of the people on the city wall.

Hundreds of large hippos, driven by that terrifying roar, jumped into the moat one after another.

'Thump, thump, thump!'

One by one, white water columns rose skyward!

Immediately, grey meat bridges began to appear on the moat, continually splicing together.

At this rate, they would soon cross the entire moat.

"Not good, stop them quickly!" shouted Commander Gao.

As soon as he finished speaking.

'Swish, swish, swish, swish!'

Hundreds of arrows cut through the sky, flying towards the large hippos building bridges with their broad backs.

But the effect was minimal.

The large hippos' skin was thick and tough, and the arrows were too far away to penetrate, bouncing off their bodies into the river.

Those few that pierced the skin only just itched the hippos, causing no significant harm.

"Deploy the catapults!" continued Commander Gao giving orders.

At the next moment, massive wooden siege engines were pulled to the city wall.

Constructed from thick yellow hardwood, the crossbeam and the frame were connected by rotating axles.

The short arm of the crossbeam was fixed with a large clump of iron stone.

On the long arm, a large number of ropes suspended a leather pouch made of spirit creature skin, containing a stone the size of a millstone.

At least three Martial Arts-level archers exerted all their strength to turn the winch, pulling the long arm of the crossbeam parallel to the short arm.

Only the constant tightening of ropes 'creaks', standing straight.

Then, continually adjusting the angle, they suddenly released the winch.

A sudden loud 'whoosh' echoed.

The pouch shot skyward, the large, polished stone roaring into the high air, arcing across the sky before crashing down!

The first volley, only sporadic hits on the large hippos.

But as archers continuously adjusted, accuracy significantly improved.

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

The cries of the large hippos echoed one after another.

Even as tough as they were, getting hit by the boulders from high above meant losing half their lives instantly.

Moments later, half of the large hippos on the moat had been smashed into the river.

Blood stained the river, turning it into a river of blood.

However, before the people on the city wall could celebrate, more gigantic animals like hippos, buffalo, and elephants rushed into the river in succession.

The speed at which the catapults killed the spirit creatures couldn't keep up with the increase in spirit creatures!

Furthermore, dead or alive, hippos and buffalo, their bodies partially filled up the riverbed.

The moat being filled was just a matter of time, the only question being how long they could delay.

"Roar!"

Large bodies, fearless of death, charged the moat in waves, showing no signs of stopping.

Such a sight shocked everyone on the city wall.

"Keep firing!" Commander Gao ordered fiercely.

And so, the catapults worked tirelessly.

When the archers were exhausted, they switched out, taking turns with disciples from the sects and noble families.

To turn the winch and throw the stone ball, even with a Martial Artist's strength, they had to exert their Qi-Blood fully.

No one dared to complain about exhaustion, silently contributing to resisting the beast tide.

From the morning sun to nightfall, neither side showed a trend of stopping.

Until midnight.

With a loud roar from the back of the beast tide, the beasts stopped their fatal charge.

"Hoo...hoo...hoo..."

"I'm so tired, I don't even want to move a finger!"

"Damn, this is just the first day, I wonder how other cities are holding up!"

"The stronger spirit creatures haven't shown up yet, and neither have ours."

On the city wall, a large group of disciples from sects and noble families lay scattered, sweat-drenched and unkempt.

"Ah, I'm really tired." Zhan Weida panted as he walked over to Lou Yi, spreading his hands and saying, "Do you have any Life-Restoring Pills?"

The Life-Restoring Pill is a divine medicine for restoring Qi-Blood, quite expensive.

However, for Lou Yi, the Vice Sect Leader, it was nothing.

Receiving the elixir handed over by Zhan Weida, he suddenly froze when he looked at Lou Yi.

He noticed Lou Yi was staring intently towards the moat.

As if what floated there weren't spirit creature corpses, but his lover from a past life.

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