Yellow Armored Scorpion

The townspeople of Qingxi Town are very knowledgeable about how to defend against monsters.

The female cultivator known as Sister Bottle had just jumped off the town wall when the townspeople who had been surrounding her fled back along the route they had come from.

Without even greeting Xu Yunxin and Yue Shaohua, Sister Ping grabbed Yue Shaohua and ran deeper into the town, followed closely by six black dogs.

The situation is unclear at the moment, but the fact that the townspeople are fleeing in terror suggests that the attacking monster must be incredibly powerful.

Xu Yunxin called Uncle Fu, and together with the two women, they fled into the town on horseback.

In no time, the area around the town gate was deserted, returning to a state of deathly silence.

After several dozen breaths, with a soft splashing sound, several pairs of ferocious claws emerged from the wall of Qingxi Town.

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Xu Yunxin and Uncle Fu followed the two women into a large house at the back of the town center, and then followed them to the largest room in the backyard of the house.

Xu Yunxin and Uncle Fu were about to lead their horses into the house when they were stopped by Zhao Laosan and the others who had already run into the room.

"Your horses are ordinary animals, they can't come in!" Zhao Laosan said in a low voice.

"You are also mortals, so why are you allowed in?" Uncle Fu immediately retorted.

"You!" Zhao Laosan was so angry that his veins bulged.

"Can humans be compared to livestock?!"

While the two were bickering, Xu Yunxin quickly surveyed the room's layout.

The walls, roof, floor, doors, and windows of this room were all covered with thick cotton quilts. The quilts were of different colors and were of different ages, clearly pieced together.

These quilts were also covered with many apricot-yellow talismans, with the character "静" (quiet) written on them in crimson cinnabar.

The stickers are all "mute notes".

Seeing that Uncle Fu and Zhao Laosan were still arguing, Yue Shaohua said urgently, "Stop arguing! The demonic beast will be here soon. When it comes looking for us, everyone will die!"

He then said to Xu Yunxin, "Young Master Xu, your ordinary horse is prone to making noise, so it cannot enter!"

Although Xu Yunxin did not know what kind of monster he was guarding against, he already had a plan in mind.

These two horses are ordinary horses, but they have worked hard along the way and are very attached to their owners, never leaving their side. Now that they are being driven away, they are making a bigger commotion.

Moreover, each horse costs fifty spirit sands, so two horses would cost one spirit stone.

Xu Yunxin said to Uncle Fu, "Uncle Fu, stun the horse so we can carry it inside."

Uncle Fu raised his hand and gently patted the two horses, and they fainted without making a sound.

Uncle Fu, holding one in each hand, glared at Zhao Laosan and said, "Is it okay now!?"

Zhao Laosan, still stubbornly trying to speak, was interrupted by Sister Ping's command from inside: "Come in right now, and shut your mouths!"

With Sister Ping's intervention, the townspeople blocking the entrance finally moved aside.

Xu Yunxin and Uncle Fu carried the horse into the house, and the door was gently closed. Everyone remained tense and dared not make a sound.

He and Uncle Fu followed local customs and didn't make a sound. They simply took out a talisman and gestured to Yue Shaohua a couple of times.

Seeing Yue Shaohua nod slightly, Xu Yunxin used his talisman brush to gently write on the paper: "Miss Shaohua, what kind of monster is outside? Why can't it make a sound?"

Yue Shaohua took the paper and pen and replied, "It's the Yellow Armored Scorpion."

Xu Yunxin had learned at the Dao Academy that the Yellow-Armored Violent Scorpion was a mid-grade first-tier demonic beast. Its shell was incredibly hard, its pincers could cut through steel, and its tail stinger was extremely poisonous. A single adult Yellow-Armored Violent Scorpion could rival a cultivator in the mid-stage or even late-stage of Qi Refining.

However, these monsters have poor eyesight and rely entirely on the fur on their bodies to sense the vibrations and approach of their prey.

Yellow-armored scorpions typically appear in family units, usually consisting of one male scorpion and three or four female scorpions with some baby scorpions.

Both male and female scorpions are adults, work together seamlessly, and are incredibly powerful. Even cultivators at the ninth level of Qi Refining, who have initially condensed their Qi, are unwilling to provoke them easily and usually back down when they encounter them.

The two female cultivators in Qingxi Town, one at the mid-stage of Qi Refining and the other at the late-stage, even with the addition of six first-tier black dogs, would have difficulty protecting themselves. To protect the townspeople as well, the only option was to hide.

Now that Uncle Fu and Xu Yunxin have joined, especially with Xu Yunxin having the trump card of [Skill: Wild Transformation], they can deal with this group of yellow-armored scorpions. However, since the two sides do not trust each other, Xu Yunxin does not want to reveal his trump card rashly. For now, it is better to follow the rules of Qingxi Town and wait and see.

Xu Yunxin and Yue Shaohua then wrote and exchanged ideas on the talisman paper, and learned that the yellow-armored scorpions usually came out to hunt at night and did not often visit Qingxi Town.

They come almost every few days, and every time it's during the day. This has disrupted the normal life in Qingxi Town, and if it continues for a while, Qingxi Town will inevitably be unable to continue.

This outcome was caused by a mess that the previous town magistrate of Qingxi Town made six months ago.

The previous town magistrate of Qingxi Town was appointed by the Wancheng County government after receiving a fee. That person came from a small, declining family in Wancheng.

His cultivation aptitude was not bad; he reached the sixth level of Qi Refining at the age of thirty. In order to accumulate resources to break through to the late stage of Qi Refining, he sold his property and took the position of town lord.

This man was the only one who had the final say at home, which fostered his arrogance. After becoming the town lord of Qingxi Town, he became even more arrogant. Not only did he refuse to hide in the secret room built by the townspeople, he also drove the townspeople to fight a head-on battle with the Yellow Armored Scorpion.

As a result, he only managed to kill one Yellow Armored Scorpion before suffering a crushing defeat. In the end, he not only lost his own life but also caused the deaths of dozens of townspeople.

The man died, but the Yellow Armored Scorpion, which had been provoked, held a deep grudge and kept its eyes on Qingxi Town, attacking it every few days and causing chaos in the town.

This is also a major reason why the people of Qingxi Town hate the town lord.

Xu Yunxin also learned from Yue Shaohua that in addition to the monster attacks, the barbarians from the south would also come to harvest grains every year.

It's called "harvesting grass," but it really just means sweeping away everything edible that you can see, regardless of whether you're human or a monster.

In earlier years, Qingxi Town was garrisoned by the Xianchao. At that time, the village was well-equipped and could fight the barbarians to a standstill.

Later, when the village was placed under the jurisdiction of Wancheng, it suffered defeats year after year, and the village became increasingly dilapidated.

Now that it has fallen into the hands of the cultivation families in Wancheng, there are either no town lords for half a year or a year, or they are forced to come here and do not actually take up their posts in the town.

For the past few years, Qingxi Town has been almost entirely self-governed, with even the town's walls being built by the townspeople themselves. Now, Qingxi Town is at a critical juncture, and the most urgent task is to eliminate the group of yellow-armored scorpions that frequently raid the town, and to restore normal production order to the townspeople as soon as possible.

The group stayed in the room, which was filled with soundproofing, for several hours before finally opening the door and coming out the next day when it was fully light.

After a night of chatting, Xu Yunxin and Yue Shaohua had become quite familiar with each other. In addition, Xu Yunxin had some experience and managed to make Yue Shaohua happy, and she told him a lot of important things.

For example, there's Sister Ping, whose real name is Yue Yinping. She is actually the daughter of her father's personal guard, but they are like sisters and have a very deep bond.