The calamity of North Sea City had come to an end.
However, the turmoil brought about by the sea beasts' attack was far from over.
In order to defend against the sea beasts' attack, North Sea City had paid an extremely heavy price. More than half of the city's forces had been lost.
In particular, the core strength of the True Energy Realm and Awakening Realm cultivators had been reduced to twenty to thirty percent. North Sea City, which had originally been ranked in the middle of the Dragon Whale Nation's rankings, had fallen to the lowest level. Even the city lord's throne had become somewhat precarious.
Tantai Yu stood on the dilapidated walls of Sea Breeze Fortress. She watched as the remaining guards carried the corpses and buried them. Her eyes immediately reddened.
Especially when she saw some familiar faces, she couldn't help but cry.
Tsing Hui stood on the city wall, similarly feeling the cruelty of living overseas.
This time, they had been lucky enough to defend against the sea beasts' attack. If they hadn't, and Sea Breeze Fort had been breached, what kind of fate would the mortals living under North Sea City's jurisdiction face?
The people would be plunged into misery and suffering.
"Tsing Hui, thank you. Thank you for coming out to help. Otherwise, our North Sea City might really have faced a calamity."
After a while, Dan Taiyu came to Tsing Hui's side, her eyes red.
"No need. As a guest elder of North Sea City, while I enjoy the benefits of being a guest elder, I am duty-bound to help when North Sea City is in danger."
"Over the years, North Sea City has recruited over a hundred guest elders. Not long ago, there were sixty or so guest elders residing in North Sea City. However, when these guest elders learned of Sea Breeze Fort's crisis, less than ten of them were truly willing to help. Most of them found an excuse to leave … But because they are only guest elders, we have no right to force them to stay …"
"Hm?!"
Tsing Hui was slightly startled, but then he understood.
Guest elders …
They didn't necessarily have to advance or retreat together with North Sea City. Most of the time, guest elders were only a deterrent force, responsible for shouting and cheering. When faced with true danger, it wasn't uncommon for them to retreat halfway. For example, if Tsing Hui wasn't willing to take risks, North Sea City couldn't stop him.
"Miss Yu has saved my life. Since North Sea City is in trouble, I can't just stand by and watch."
Tsing Hui said.
"Thank you."
Dan Taiyu said in a low voice.
At this moment, the City Lord of North Sea City, Dan Taiting, stepped forward and said, "Tsing Hui King, I've heard about you from Yu 'er and Yin' er. When our North Sea City was in trouble, you were still able to stand by our North Sea City's side. We are sincerely grateful for this. Now, I would like to invite Tsing Hui King to be the captain of our North Sea City's Imperial Guard. What does Tsing Hui King think?"
A captain of the Imperial Army was different from a guest chamberlain. A guest chamberlain was free and could leave at any time, but although a captain of the Imperial Army held an important position in North Sea City, it was equivalent to having the brand of North Sea City branded on them. Leaving North Sea City was no easy matter.
"I appreciate Mayor Dantai's good intentions, but the position of Captain of the Imperial Guards is of great importance. I'm only a Zhen Qi Realm cultivator, it's really difficult for me to shoulder such a heavy responsibility. I hope Mayor can take back his order."
Tsing Hui cupped his hands.
Dan Taiting could hear the tactful rejection in Tsing Hui's tone. However, he did not feel embarrassed and only sighed with regret, "It's a pity. However, Tsing Hui King has made such a great contribution, so it's impossible for my North Sea City to remain indifferent. I've heard that Tsing Hui King cultivates a fire attribute cultivation method. Coincidentally, my North Sea City has a high grade fire attribute spirit stone and I've bestowed it to Tsing Hui King. At the same time, I've promoted Tsing Hui King to an Upper Guest Chamberlain, allowing him to enjoy the same treatment as the Deputy City Lord of North Sea City."
"Thank you, Mayor."
Regarding these, Tsing Hui did not refuse.
Although the high grade fire attribute spirit stone could not be compared to the Flame Essence Core in Jiuying's head, he could clearly see that there was only one Flame Essence Core in the Sacred Beast Jiuying's body. After refining the essence, his Zhen Qi could only break through a small realm, which was still far from the Qi Refining Realm. Next, he still needed enough high grade fire attribute spirit stones to refine his Zhen Qi. Otherwise, just relying on absorbing the essence of the sun every day, who knows how long it would take.
After this battle, North Sea City suffered heavy losses. The eight Spirit Refining Realm experts were all dead, including the three captains of the Dragon Eagle Squad and the Eagle Wing that guarded the dam with Dan Taiying. Now, there were only four Spirit Refining Realm experts left in the entire North Sea City. As such, Tsing Hui, who had the strength of a Spirit Refining Realm expert, and Dan Taiting, had to be roped in.
Along with the death of the Quasi Holy Beast, the Jiu Ying, the crisis of the Sea Breeze Stronghold was resolved. Even though there were still sea beasts that came to the Sea Breeze Stronghold from time to time, intending to use the Dragon Roar River to go deep into the continent to stir up trouble, their numbers and scale were far inferior to before. Even if the Sea Breeze Stronghold was extremely damaged, the attacks of these sea beasts were still repelled one by one due to the presence of the City Governor, Tantai Ting.
Time quietly passed, and half a month passed.
In this half a month, the attacks of the sea beasts continued, but due to the lack of intensity, the people of Sea Breeze Fort finally had a chance to breathe and gradually recovered from the disaster half a month ago.
At this moment, in Sea Breeze Fort's meeting hall.
Mayor Dan Taiting, Miss Dan Taiying, who was originally in charge of overseeing Sea Breeze Fort, as well as Wu Yu, Tsing Hui, and a group of True Qi Realm experts were gathered together.
"Looking at this trend, there must have been some unforeseen event that caused the sea to become chaotic. I don't know how long this chaos will last, and our Sea Breeze Fort's various resources are seriously insufficient. Fortunately, we have killed a lot of sea beasts and spirit beasts during this period of time. Now, we need someone to bring these corpses to Shaoyang Sea City and sell them in exchange for sufficient resources. Only then can we safely defend Sea Breeze Fort."
"Last time, it was Third Miss and I who went to Shaoyang Sea City. This time, let us go together."
Wu Yu stood up and said: "Me and Tsing Hui King, with the two of us, we should be able to keep these corpses safe."
Dan Taiting glanced at Tsing Hui, and seeing that he didn't have any objections, he nodded: "Then let's do it. Tsing Hui King, I'll have to trouble you to make this trip."
"This is my duty," Ye Zichen said.
Tsing Hui stood up and nodded.
"Good, I'll order people to load these valuable corpses onto the ships."
Dan Taiting said, and stood up. Immediately, everyone dispersed and went to do their own duties.
However, just as Dan Taiyu was about to leave, Dan Taiting suddenly called out: "Yu 'er, come here, father has something to say to you."
"Father, what are your orders?"
Dan Taiyu bowed slightly.
Dan Taiying seemed to have guessed something, and his expression turned solemn: "Father, is this related to the future of our North Sea City?"
Dan Taiting nodded at Dan Taiying, and then turned to his youngest daughter Dan Taiyu: "Yu 'er, I've noticed that you and Tsing Hui have been quite close recently. What do you think of Tsing Hui?"
"Tsing Hui?"
When Tantai Yu heard her father ask about this, she immediately replied, "Father, you want to ask if Qing Xu is trustworthy, right? I feel that Tsing Hui doesn't have any ill intentions towards our North Sea City … "
Speaking of this, she couldn't help but think of the scene where Tsing Hui single-handedly fought the Fourth Order Half-Holy Jiuying. With the strength he had displayed at that time, if he really wanted to attack North Sea City, North Sea City wouldn't be able to resist.
"No! I'm not asking you if he has any ill intentions towards our North Sea City, but rather, what do you think of his character? "
"He … I feel that he's quite good … just that he doesn't like to talk much …"
"Then Yu 'er, if I were to betroth you to him, would you be willing?"
Dan Taiyu and Dan Taiying were both shocked.
"Father!? You … Little sister, she … "
"Yin 'er, don't speak."
Dan Taiting waved his hand: "Yu 'er, to tell you the truth … Ten years ago, I obtained a treasure … a fire attribute treasure that can help others break through to the Spirit Refining Realm. However, you should know that there are too few people who cultivate fire attribute Qi overseas, and it's hard to sell it for a decent price. All these years, although I wanted to exchange it for cultivation resources, I couldn't find a trustworthy buyer."
Dan Taiting sighed as he said this.
The overseas was different from the inland. If he didn't know the background of the buyer, the transaction would immediately turn into a robbery. At that time, this treasure would not bring him an opportunity, but a disaster.
Dan Taiyu looked at Dan Taiting and composed herself. Thinking of what her father said about betrothing her to Tsing Hui, her pretty little face blushed and her voice became softer: "Then father, you're thinking of …"
"You should know the rules overseas. It has always been the case that the strong are respected. Our Dantai family occupies thousands of kilometers of Beihai city's resources. Who knows how many people are jealous of it. Now, our Beihai city's vitality has been greatly damaged. We have lost more than half of our Spirit Refining Realm cultivators, and the True Qi and Awakening Realm cultivators have also suffered heavy losses. As a result, those peak Spirit Refining Realm cultivators who have yet to occupy a city would be tempted."
At this point, Tantai Ting could not help but sigh, "Qing Xu has already reached great success in his true qi at such a young age, and has even cultivated holy grade true qi. His battle prowess is not inferior to spirit refining cultivators. It can be seen that his future is limitless. If the two of you get married, it will be the same as being a family. At that time, I will give him this treasure to ensure that his true qi reaches perfection, and even his spirit fuses with his qi, stepping into the realm of astral qi in one go. At that time, a holy grade astral qi cultivator will be comparable to several spirit refining cultivators. Our Beihai city's strength will not decrease but increase instead, and will definitely make those who covet our city retreat."
Dan Taiting's words immediately made Dan Taiyu understand the crisis that Beihai city was facing.
Survival overseas had always been cruel.
The law of the strong being superior was deeply ingrained in people's hearts.
Although Beihai city is a subordinate of the Dragon Whale Emperor, in reality, other than those Spirit Refining Realm cultivators who directly rely on him, he did not care who the Beihai city's city lord was. As long as Beihai city's yearly offerings were not small, it was fine.
Now that Beihai city was attacked by sea beasts, its vitality was greatly damaged. At this time, if someone really wanted to loot a burning house, the Dragon Whale Emperor would definitely not come out to protect it. Once Beihai city changes hands, as the original city lord, Dantai's family members … …
Tantai Yu's face turned ghastly pale at the thought of the possible outcome.
"Father, is the situation of our Dantai family really that dangerous?"
Dan Taiting nodded: "I reckon that it won't be long before the surrounding powers hear the news and move."
"This … …"
"Yu'er, I hope that you will consider this matter carefully."
Dan Taiting said earnestly to Dan Taiyu. Then, he handed the time to the two sisters and turned to leave.
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