Chapter Nineteenth: The Bell Rings

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  The following days, Xu Ziyuan spent very quietly. Xu Ziyuan knew that her foundation was still thin, so after going to the main hall to listen to lectures for three days at the beginning of the month, she would dive into the library every day.

  Although she could only enter the first floor of the library, the first floor was also filled with a large number of books. Although they were not esoteric books, but rather the most basic cultivation books, they were just right for Xu Ziyuan. So, Xu Ziyuan buried herself in the sea of books.

  Three months passed quietly, and one evening, Xu Ziyuan walked out of the library as usual. She decided that from today on, she would never come to the library again, because she had already read all the books in the first floor. She planned to retreat to her room for a while, digesting all the knowledge thoroughly and integrating everything she had learned.

  But as soon as he walked out of the library, he felt that the atmosphere was different from usual. In fact, when she came out of her room today, she felt that the atmosphere was abnormal, and when she entered the library, she found that there were almost no people in the library today. She just wanted to read books and didn't think much about it. But now after walking out of the library, she felt the abnormality again.

  Looking around in all directions, I found that there weren't many people on the road. Even when someone occasionally passed by, they had a tense expression. Xu Ziyuan was perplexed and wanted to ask someone, but she discovered that there wasn't anyone she recognized. She shook her head and smiled wryly, thinking that since entering the Outer Hall, she had spent almost all of her time in the Library Tower, so it was natural that she didn't know many people.

  Quickly walking towards her own house, wanting to go find Xu Li and the others to ask them. Just as she arrived at the entrance of her own house, she saw Xu Li, Xu Tie Niu, Xu Ling, Xu De Zhi, Xu Qing Xue, and a group of people standing outside her house. Hearing her footsteps, they all turned their heads towards her. After seeing that it was Xu Zi Yan, they one by one ran over to her:

  "Zi Yan sister, we were thinking of going to the library to look for you. De Zhi brother said you would be back soon and didn't let us disturb you." Xu Li said while running.

  "Looking for me? Something's up?" Xǔ Zǐyān asked, walking towards everyone with a questioning expression on her face.

  Just then, Xu Ziyuan suddenly heard the loud bell ringing from afar, and Xu Li and others opposite her were also shocked with wide eyes. Xu Ziyuan turned around, staring blankly in the direction of the bell sound.

  The bell kept ringing, and although Xu Ziyuan didn't know what the bell tolling meant, she knew that the more times it tolled, the worse things were likely to be. The bell continued to ring nonstop, one strike after another, with an urgent tone.

  "Hurrah!"

  Innumerable doors opened, and innumerable people rushed out of the rooms, running towards the direction where the bell sound came from, with panic on their faces. Xu Ziyuan's mouth was wide open, and after half a beat, he suddenly turned his head around, looking at the crowd in front of him, each person's eyes conveying a voice:

  "Something big has happened!"

  Xu Li, these people seem to have experienced many of these things, and the meaning of the bell can be clearly seen in their eyes. However, Xu Ziyuan is new to this world and has no idea what's going on, thinking that maybe it's an army from another country that's coming? So she asked softly:

  "What's going on?"

  "It's a monster!"

  "Yao beast?" Xǔ Zǐyān asked in confusion.

  Xu Li swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said with some difficulty: "It's just that the beast tide has occurred, and the demon beasts in the vast mountain range outside our city have rushed out."

  "Beast Tide?" Xu Ziyuan's heart skipped a beat as she asked urgently, "What exactly is going on? Have you all experienced this before?"

  Xu Li and others shook their heads together, and Xu Li seemed to be very afraid at this time, her body had already started shaking, her face was pale, and she couldn't speak. The nearby Xu Tie said in a dull tone:

  "Since we were born until now, the beast tide has occurred once. However, that time because none of us had broken through to the fifth layer of the acquired stage, we didn't have the opportunity to resist the beast tide and could only stay at home. So, what the beast tide is like, we are not clear about it. We just know that last time during the beast tide, many people in our family died."

  "Your meaning is that every beast tide, all disciples above the fifth layer of the Heavenly Fate must go out to battle?"

  "Yes, this bell is summoning everyone to gather in the square."

  "Let's hurry up and go, if we're late, the family will think we're afraid of fighting and punish us." Xǔ Qīng Xuě said somewhat anxiously beside him.

  "Hurry up and go!"

  Xu Ziyuan turned around and ran in the direction where the bell sound came from.

  At this time, the city gate of Zhongdu City was closed tightly, and the residents inside the city also heard the bell ringing. It wasn't just the Xu family that rang the bell, but also the Xiao family, Wu family, and the City Lord's Mansion all rang their bells.

  When the bell rang, the residents of the city rushed out of their homes. These residents had lived here for generations and were not unfamiliar with the beast tide. The elderly had experienced it more than once. However, people still felt uneasy in their hearts because in history, the beast tide had also breached the Zhongdu City, and that time all the residents inside the city were eaten by the demon beasts. Although it was a thousand years ago, there had been no large-scale beast tides in recent centuries, but who knew when a large-scale beast tide would occur.

  Normally, a small-scale beast tide would not ring the bell, but since it rang tonight, it means that it's not a small-scale beast tide. The people in Zhongdu City should be alarmed.

  Xu Ziyuan and others quickly arrived at the square where the bell rang, which was the central square within the family. It was extremely large, with a high platform built in front of the square, and at this time, the head of the Xu family, Xu Haoran, was standing on top of the platform.

  The crowd surged in from all directions, and from the clothes on each person's body, Xu Ziyuan could see that not only were outsiders rushing over, but also disciples from the inner courtyard and elders from within the family. Xu Ziyuan saw that behind the clan leader Xu Haoran on the high platform stood Xu Haobo, Xu Haoxiao, and others.

  All the elders rushed to the high platform in front, while the inner disciples stood on the right side of the square and the outer disciples stood on the left. Xu Ziyuan gazed intently, her heart involuntarily astonished by the family's strength. The inner disciples had more than 800 people, mostly first-layer, second-layer, and third-layer Qi-refining disciples, a small number were above the second layer of Qi-refining, and an extremely small number were above the tenth layer of Qi-refining.

  Most of the disciples above the fourth layer of the Refining Qi period were quite old, and even those in the third layer of the Refining Qi period were mostly middle-aged or older. However, among a group of middle-aged disciples in the third layer of the Refining Qi period, Xu Ziyuan saw an extremely young person.

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