In the north, right in front of the village border, there were several people gathered. They were Xiao Ling and the other villagers who were currently preparing to deal with some magical beasts that had slipped through the barrier and were trying to approach the village.
"In about a hundred meters, they will come here. There are less than fifty of them, most of them are Night Wolves. I will prepare to set up the formation."
After understanding the situation, location and number of magical beasts that had entered the bareier. Xiao Ling prepared to set up a formation by spreading the talismans around fifty meters. The talismans scattered in the area connected with each other to form a circle with Xiao Ling in the center.
"Less than fifty? That is quite a number. But if most of them are Night Wolves then they are not a threat," Yan Nansu said with big smile on his face.
Night Wolves—are common beasts that have evolved a beast core and possess magical powers. After evolvi kong the core, their magical power giving them new abilities. Their main uniqueness they have is their incredible speed of movement compared to ordinary wolves. And their jet-black fur that is like the night itself, allowing them to blend with the darkness of the night. They have four blood-red eyes that can easily see in the dark. Their two pairs of eyes allowed them to cover a wider radius.
Everyone seemed to have prepared with weapons in their hands. They were just waiting for the signal from Xiao Ling.
"They're coming!" There was a shout from Xiao Ling to the others.
"[Formation: Earth Gravity Pressure]"
Xiao Ling activated the formation he created by raising both index and middle fingers upwards to create a hand seal.
[Earth Gravity Pressure] is a formation technique whose effect is the suppression of gravity in the formation area. This causes whoever it targets to receive ten times the pressure of normal gravity. Those who do not have gravity immunity or those who are weak to gravity and those who do not have the spiritual energy to endure will be suppressed by this technique.
Among the many supression-type formation techniques, it can be said that [Earth Gravity Pressure] is one of the most fundamental.
Upon entering the formation area, the Night Wolves that should have had high speed and mobility suddenly slowed down, as if there was an invisible pressure weighing them down.
Yan Nansu and the other villagers quickly began to attack as the Night Wolves began to slow down due to the formation effect.
"Hahaha! Even the Night Wolves that have the advantage in terms of speed look like turtles now!"
The Night Wolves, whose main ability was to make impromptu attacks thanks to its jet-black fur color that could allow it to disguise itself in the dark and kill opponents instantly at high speed, now looked like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.
Yan Nansu began to slaughter the Night Wolves one by one along with the rest of the hunting group. Not long after the battle began, everything began to look like a sea of blood, with piles of monster corpse scatteredon the ground.
It takes less than half an hour to eradicate the Magical Beast that come to attack the village, especially from the hunting group. It was all thanks to the experience and cooperation of those who were already used to hunting Magical Beast spotted in the village area.
Xiao Ling's formation technique should not be overlooked either, as this was the main reason why they were able to pull it off so easily. This was because he managed to choose the right formation—a suppression-type formation technique—which became an effective Method for enemies who rely on speed and mobility alone.
The corpses of the Night Wolves and other magical beasts were immediately processed by the hunting party. They began to collect and separate the beast cores and other important items from the corpses. The corpses of the Night Wolves apart from the beast cores they possessed, some other examples were their fangs, claws, and fur which were extremely valuable.
These items can be used for various things, for example, their fangs and claws can be processed into weapons such as knives, while their fur can be used as material for making clothes. Of course, items made from Magical Beast are of much better quality than common beast.
As for beast cores, these are much more valuable than their corpses, except for Magical Beast corpses that are rare or have certain qualities and effects.
After checking the village barrier and confirming that no more monsters had slipped into the barrier, Xiao Ling turned his gaze towards the Misty Mountain. "It looks like the Heavenly Tribulation is coming to an end."
"So, did nothing else sneak in?" Yan Nansu approached him while looking in the same direction.
As the one in charge of watching and controlling the village barrier, Xiao Ling could sense the presence of creatures entering the barrier without permission.
"No. I didn't sense any monsters entering the barrier," Xiao Ling replied, breathed a sigh of relief. "And as the Heavenly Tribulation seems to be coming to an end, this will reduce the number of animals attracted by the waves of Spiritual Energy."
"Unfortunately, I hope this phenomenon will attract Demon Beasts as well." Said Yan Nansu, who could only sigh and shrug.
"Certainly. if there are Demon Beasts with a radius around the Heavenly Tribulation area, then they will definitely come to it," Xiao Ling said, "after all, that means it is either a sign of the birth of one of them or a sign of one of them trying to ascend higher."
"Well, you're right. Yet it would be a shame if none of them entered the barrier. After all, rather than a collection of Magical Beasts, they are much more valuable to us, aren't they?" Yan Nansu said in a slightly disappointed tone.
Xiao Ling realised the meaning of his words. He also thought that it would be a great fortune for them—but if luck was not in their favour, then it would turn into a disaster for them.
"Indeed. But don't be disappointed, Elder said he will go himself to check on the Heavenly Tribulation."
Hearing that, the corners of Yan Nansu's lips lifted up, revealing a row of pure white teeth. "If it's him... There's no doubt that he'll get it, right?"
"Perhaps."
"Perhaps?" Yan Nansu said, titlting his head, slightly.
"If that Demon Beast manages to pass through the Heavenly Tribulation and there are no other disturbances, then Elder will manage to get the core." Xiao Ling said it confidently because he was sure that the Demon Beast that had just passed through the Heavenly Tribulation wouldn't be able to survive if it had to fight Elder.
A Demon Beast that had just passed through Heavenly Tribulation would usually be in a weak and helpless state due to having to endure the fierce spiritual energy. No matter if a Golden Core Cultivator was in the weakest state, it was still not difficult for a Cultivator of that level to obtain the core of a Demon Beast.
But there are always exceptions to everything. Especially in this case, this phenomenon happened right on top of Misty Mountain. An area that was declared a forbidden place even as the village was being established.
Xiao Ling did not have a good feeling about all this, he believed that there must be something at the top of Misty Mountain.
"Speaking of, what are you planning to do next?" Asked Yan Nansu.
Xiao Ling turned his gaze back from Misty Mountain. He furrowed his brows, looking puzzled as Yan Nansu suddenly changed the subject.
He peered at him to figure out the meaning of his question. "What do you mean by that?"
Xiao Ling did not answer directly, but answered with another question to make his point clear.
"I'm sure you know what will happen to our village as you discussed it with all of us when Elder came. But, you haven't told us anything that we should do in the future, have you?"
To be honest, Xiao Ling had thought of all sorts of things to do after he spoke with Elder, but at that time, he still hadn't found the right course of action.
Even after Xiao Ling told everyone in the village about the Elders' arrival, he was still unsure of what would happen in the future.
Perhaps Yan Nansu was questioning him as a representative of the other villagers because of the uncertainty felt by them. Xiao Ling understood it well, but fortunately after this incident, Xiao Ling had gotten some clues about what to do in the future.
Xiao Ling knew very well what answer he would give, but before he gave his answer, there was one thing he had to do first.
"I already know what we're going to do join the future. But before that, there are other things I have to do that's just as important as this."
The other things Xiao Ling said was a request from Elder, and he had already thought of someone suitable of it.
But there was a problem, the person Xiao Ling was referring to didn't even know about any of this.
"...What makes it complicated is that it's related to that child." He muttered.
"That child...? Oh you mean that boy? Have you still not told him anything?"
The unintentional mutter he uttered seemed to be heard by Yan Nansu who was beside him. And Yan Nansu seemed to know who the child Xiao Ling was referring to was, the child was the only orphan in the village and Xiao Ling decided to take care of him.
"At that time, I hadn't found the right time."
Xiao Ling felt that there was no better time than now. After all, the boy would definitely come to see him.
With this incident, Xiao Ling had no choice but to tell the boy everything. Of course, he was aware that the boy would definitely feel alienated and isolated after realizing this, but that was the decision he made back then.
After looking up at the sky, Xiao Ling let out a long sigh. He felt that everything that happened was so small compared to the vastness of the sky, that it as if was troubles he had suddenly experienced had become so trivial.
After realizing that everything was over, Xiao Ling took a deep breath and sighed, "The Heavenly Tribulation is over, it's time for us to return to the village."
Everyone decided to return to the village following Xiao Ling from behind.