After rebirth, the eldest sister voluntarily abdicated and gave way to the wise.

Chapter 478: Live to see people, die to see corpses

Jiang Liqian quickly pulled him back.

"With Bei Yao here, he will protect Lian'er with his life. Don't rush in."

Stone clenched his fists tightly, turned around and looked at her with reddened eyes.

Jiang Liqian was puzzled by his gaze and felt a little flustered.

The next second, the stone closed its eyes, and when it opened them again, they were calm and clear.

He didn't speak, but he didn't leave either; he just stood at the entrance of the cave and waited. Jiang Liqian was also waiting at the entrance, her heart filled with anxiety, wishing she could fly to Shui Lian'er's side immediately.

This was the first time she hadn't been by her side since she brought her down the mountain.

Even so, in order to maintain order at this moment and to avoid causing worse consequences, she had to suppress her eagerness for the time being.

The guards clearly understood their anxiety, and as soon as they received the city lord's order, they immediately let the two of them out.

As soon as she emerged from the cave, Jiang Liqian immediately used her disciple's jade token to contact Qin Beiyao and Shui Lian'er. She had tried several times to reach them while they were in the cave, but she hadn't expected to receive news of them so soon after she came out.

[Li Qian, don't worry, Bei Yao and I are together. We just don't know where we were swept away by the beast tide. Let's look for a way and let you know when we have any news.]

Do not worry, all is well. I do not know my current whereabouts, but I will return on a chosen day.

Upon receiving these two messages, Jiang Liqian knew that they were safe and sound, and had basically escaped danger; she just didn't know how to get back.

It's okay, she can go find them.

Jiang Liqian immediately informed Shi Tou of the news, and Shi Tou agreed that they should set off to find them now.

But Qin Beiyao and Shui Lian'er themselves didn't know where they were, so how could they know where they were?

"We can follow the trail of the beast tide. They were simply scattered to the nearby border towns. If we put our minds to it, we can definitely find them." Just as the guards were about to leave the city on the orders of the city lord to remind the towns behind to prepare for the beast tide, Jiang Liqian asked for their help and told them the solution.

Jiang Liqian and Shi Tou felt that this was the best option, as it would save them more time than running around aimlessly. So they decided to leave the city with the guards.

They were also following the route of the beast tide, predicting their way to help other small towns, and it just so happened that they were going there by chance.

Once outside the dilapidated city gate, all that could be seen was ruins and rubble. The city walls, houses, trees, formations, and even the human cultivators were all like flattened sponges, utterly defenseless.

Fortunately, the residents stationed here have a high level of safety awareness, so very few people lost their lives; most suffered injuries of varying degrees.

Jiang Liqian and Shi Tou were very fast, and they also had the jade tokens of the Tianqian Sect disciples as a magic weapon to search for their fellow disciples. As long as they were within the search range of the jade tokens, the jade tokens would light up, and they could find them by following the light source. Therefore, they did not leave the guard team of Nancheng along the way. On the contrary, they kindly helped to search together.

Although they were mentally prepared, most of the cities that were ravaged by the beast tide were left in ruins. The former prosperity and hustle and bustle were gone, leaving only a desolate scene under the silent night sky.

Jiang Li thought that it was probably because the damage was so severe that Qin Beiyao and Shui Lian'er couldn't tell where they were for a moment.

"Here, they split up. Some went this way, and some went this way. We plan to split into two groups. What about you? Will you stay together or split up as well?" At a fork in the road, looking at the obvious signs of destruction on both sides, the head of the guards stopped to ask Shi Tou and Jiang Liqian for their wishes.

Shi Tou and Jiang Liqian exchanged a glance and, without hesitation, decided to split into two groups, as this would be the most efficient way.

Jiang Liqian took off her disciple's jade token and gave it to Shi Tou, asking him to use it to find Shui Lian'er and the others. She herself was on her own and didn't need to rely on it; it was enough for her.

Stone did not refuse and took the jade pendant in his hand.

"Let me know once you find the person." Jiang Li thought for a moment, then gave him her spirit paper crane.

The stone nodded.

Before leaving, he solemnly reminded her: "No matter what happens, you must, you absolutely must, find Shui Lian'er first and ensure her safety. She is very, very important, for you, for Qin Beiyao, for us... she absolutely cannot be lost!"

Did he even need to remind her? Lianlian is her older sister!

Although Jiang Liqian had some reservations about what Shi Tou said, she nodded seriously and agreed, telling him to hurry up and leave with the other team.

Stone wanted to say something, but no sound came out as he opened and closed his mouth. He paused for a moment, then turned around and joined the other guards.

Jiang Liqian wasted no time. Together with her guards, she searched for Shui Lian'er and the others while also helping the residents who were seriously injured by the beast tide.

She thought it would take a long time to find any news, but before dawn, the spirit paper crane belonging to Shui Lian'er flew over the vast fog and landed in her hand.

The jade tablet has not returned; a paper crane carries the message.

Location confirmed: South of Nancheng, near Luoshan City.

[Li Qian, don't worry about us, we're safe now. The beast tide reached this city, then suddenly turned and went elsewhere. We're incredibly lucky.]

"You and Little Stone can come to Luoshan City to find us, then we won't wander off," Bei Yao said. "But that might actually cause us to miss each other."

[We're waiting for you here, come quickly!]

With the paper crane gone, Jiang Liqian felt much relieved.

She told the head of the guards that she had decided to go back to find the stone and go to Fall Mountain City with him.

However, when she rushed back to chase after Stone, she found the heavily injured and unconscious guards in just one city after they separated.

Judging from their injuries, it seems they ran into the beast tide again and had a very bad fight.

But the stone that should have been with them was nowhere to be found.

One by one, the pills were fed into their mouths, and the guard who was least injured finally opened his eyes from his coma.

"They...they actually turned back! This is impossible! This has never...never before has such a thing happened!" The guard pounded the ground with his fist in fear and anger.

Jiang Liqian was also surprised.

As far as she knew, while beast tides were extremely destructive and terrifying, throughout history, none had ever been able to reverse their course. Beast tides were, after all, a natural disaster beyond human control!

But—how do we explain this right now?

“He…he was taken away by those beasts, they couldn’t stop him…he’s probably already trampled into mincemeat…” The guard choked up as he said this.

Jiang Liqian's heart sank at his words.

But she had to find him, whether he was alive or dead; no matter what, she had to go find him and bring him back.