Chapter 1205: Chapter 53: Sword Cultivators Head West (Part 2)
In the next moment, a cultivator, eight feet tall and with a robust build, strode in quickly.
He was a guard from the City Lord’s Mansion.
"Old Zhang, what happened? What’s the situation with these flying boats?" Li Si asked.
"Master Li, something terrible has happened!" exclaimed the guard known as Old Zhang.
"Take your time, don’t rush."
Old Zhang took a deep breath and slowly explained the specifics.
Then, everyone present, including Li Si and the Sword Pavilion’s students, fell silent, their brows furrowed, and their faces turned very grim.
"Dragon City Pass has fallen, the demonic disaster has entered the domain, and Central Spirit is in peril!"
This was the answer.
Moreover, there were many details, such as the betrayal of the Rinsing Spirit Sect and the destruction of the Cross-Domain Teleportation Formation.
But to the people of this small city, the most crucial information was....
That the demon army of the Incessant Domain, after taking Dragon City Pass, used it as a stronghold, surging past Envy Heaven Ridge into the Central Spirit Domain like a bursting flood.
The inconspicuous small cities, minor sects, and small families around Envy Heaven Ridge were like insignificant pebbles on the shallows, instantly submerged by the onslaught and battering of this flood.
Dragon City Pass is located in the far west of Central Spirit Domain, hence the demonic disaster began from the west.
Central Spirit Domain is vast, very vast, so even though the Demon Race has enormous superiority, it will take a very long time to completely devour Central Spirit Domain.
In response to the Demon Race’s invasion, the key cultivators of the major sects, families, forces, and even cities in Central Spirit Domain, after paying respects to the cultivators who defended Dragon City Pass to the death, swiftly devised the necessary countermeasures.
The cultivators at Dragon City Pass have sacrificed for the race, but there are always survivors who must take up the responsibility.
The first order given by Central Spirit Domain’s main cultivators was a strategy of strong defenses and scorched earth.
Especially the rapid evacuation of all members of the Human Race in the western region of Central Spirit Domain, transporting them to the currently safer eastern region of Central Spirit Domain.
All the powers in Central Spirit Domain worked together, and in a short time, they mobilized hundreds of thousands of flying boats to transport the Human Race.
In addition, the Great Xia issued a call to arms, summoning all cultivators of the Fifth Realm and above from the western frontline to organize a defense, to buy as much time as possible for the evacuation of the Human Race.
To say it was organizing a defense, but who didn’t know it actually meant "sacrificing lives to delay time"?
All the disciples in the Sword Pavilion felt anger and shock at this moment.
But there wasn’t much fear.
Because they were still far from the frontline, the Demon Race wouldn’t reach here anytime soon, and they could retreat eastward in an orderly manner.
As for the Great Xia’s call to arms, it had nothing to do with them.
Firstly, this small city is located in the northwest and isn’t in the western frontline recruitment zone mentioned in the call to arms.
Secondly, there are no cultivators above the Fifth Realm in this small city.
But even so, it’s impossible not to feel anxious.
Besides, the flying boats had already reached above the small city, and evacuation was imminent.
Even though tens of thousands of flying boats were mobilized, it was still too few compared to the billions of people in the western Central Spirit Domain.
The flying boats needed to be used repeatedly, to make many trips.
Therefore, Great Xia only gave them half a day, and wouldn’t wait after that.
These disciples had no mood to practice swordsmanship anymore, nor did they feel like saying much. They even forgot to bid farewell to Li Si as they hurriedly left the Sword Pavilion, each going home to pack up and prepare to board the flying boats for evacuation.
Old Zhang, after reporting the news, also left immediately.
He too needed to go back and pack.
Li Si had been silent ever since hearing the news of Dragon City Pass’s fall.
Once the Sword Pavilion was empty, Li Si wandered around the courtyard once, then returned to his chair, picked up the wine pouch, and drank.
But the more he drank, the more suffocated he felt.
So he stopped.
He didn’t know what he was thinking, but the light in his eyes grew brighter.
After a moment, he stood up again.
Li Si gazed westward, staring towards where Dragon City Pass was, then spilled the wine from his pouch, pouring it onto the ground.
The smell of wine filled the air.
Facing the west, he clasped his fists and saluted, saying, "Let’s drink together."
In the following half-day, he didn’t pack up his belongings.
He didn’t have much in the way of possessions anyhow.
The Sword Pavilion didn’t make money at all.
Li Si just tidied up and cleaned every corner of the Sword Pavilion, making it spotlessly clean.
Then, he carefully wiped his life-bound sword, which hadn’t drawn blood in many years, with extra care.
Finally, he walked out of the courtyard with his head held high and his chest out, closing the door firmly behind him.
He didn’t lock the door.
After walking a few steps, Li Si seemed to think of something, looked back, hesitated for a moment, then stopped hesitating.
He took down the plaque on the door.
"Flying Swallow, let’s go together,"
With the plaque removed, only the couplet at the entrance of the Sword Pavilion was left.
"Those who bully the weak, go somewhere else. Those who fear death, do not enter this door."
The gold lettering shimmered faintly in the sunlight.
......
Li Si slowly walked out of the city gate.
He saw the surging crowd on the open ground outside the city.
Stretching endlessly, dense and crowded.
A vast number of people.
Every face bore the panic of the Demon Race army’s incursion, the confusion of leaving their homeland, and even curiosity and anticipation for boarding a flying boat for the first time....
Among them, many people actually had no idea what the Demon Race was before this.
Even now, they’ve yet to understand the concept.