Chapter 740: 740 battle
All the sect members on the flying boat were quite surprised. How could someone hold one side and still pay attention to the children? There was really no comparison. Everyone was in the Qi Cultivation Stage, yet the difference was so vast.
Moreover, as they listened to Tan Shaoting educating the children, they too felt unexpectedly benefitted.
Liu Lan Ting furrowed his brows, "Full speed ahead. Everyone must maintain their optimal state."
With such instructions from the leading uncle, the atmosphere on the flying boat became rather solemn. The mood of watching the spectacle was gone.
They had heard in the sect about the harshness of this battlefield, and there were fellow sect members who never returned from here or went back severely injured. Yet, since they hadn’t personally experienced it, now that they had been through several battles themselves, they felt the cruelty here.
This time, it was land-based demon beasts, which, for sword cultivators, was indeed much better than encountering flying beasts.
The three children were already very familiar with combat.
This time, the scale was larger than before, and many disciples were injured, including Qi Yan, who was hurt for helping his younger brother.
Tan Shaoting felt distressed. However, he knew that these were the things the children had to experience; it was unavoidable.
Qi Hong looked dispirited. If it weren’t for him, his big brother wouldn’t have been hurt.
After bandaging Qi Yan, Tan Shaoting comfortingly patted his second son’s shoulder. Yet he didn’t say much. Instead, it was Qi Yan who reassured his brother.
He was very satisfied with seeing such brotherly affection among the children. In the mortal world, he had seen many siblings and families not getting along.
Only after having these three children did he start considering this issue. As parents, of course, they hope that their children could love each other.
Now he felt more at ease. This, where the children were like this, was the best.
Everyone packed up their spoils and continued forward.
At present, Liu Lan Ting felt heavy-hearted, having sent four sound transmission talismans without receiving any response.
Yet they still had to keep moving forward. He instructed the disciples to always be ready for battle at any moment.
This time, Tan Shaoting focused on detailing the children on precautions during combat. His eldest son was injured, and it pained him.
However, Qi Yan was not at all frustrated. He even whispered and discussed with his father about the situations encountered during the fight.
The cultivators surrounding father and son sighed inwardly. It was no surprise that this child caught the eye of the Peak Master of Sword One Peak; it was with good reason. They were almost Foundation Establishment cultivators, yet hearing this child’s insights still moved them.
After flying for two hours, Liu Lan Ting finally received a sound transmission talisman, but after listening, he felt even more heavy-hearted.
Such news had to be shared with all the disciples, so they could be mentally prepared.
So he described the situation at the main battlefield ahead.
The flying boat became even quieter. Cultivating to this level, their psychological quality was excellent. Some disciples had a fleeting thought of retreating, but the sword cultivators’ spirit of advancing without retreat eventually led them to decide against it.
Liu Lan Ting was very pleased. The Shushan Sect’s spirit of inheritance would surely not be extinguished.
When night fell, they still had to come down to rest because the enemies were demon beasts, who were more accustomed to darkness than humans. Moreover, the dangers in the sky were even greater.
Tan Shaoting still cooked for the children, while five female cultivators gathered together to eat, much better than some male cultivators, some of whom didn’t even bring food. Hence, many bonfires appeared, and the aroma of roasted meat wafted around.
The father and his three children still had spirit rice porridge, this time also with dishes packed from the Spiritual Food Pavilion. There was no time to cook for the children themselves, so they had to do this.
Foundation Establishment cultivators were already in a state of fasting, but in future, facing even stronger demon beasts, Liu Lan Ting also ate roasted meat.
At night, ten people were in charge of keeping watch, allowing the others to rest peacefully.
In the middle of the night, someone suddenly shouted, and everyone who was cultivating or sleeping jumped up, ready to fight. The demon beasts besieging them this time were of much higher levels.
The leading demon beast was Level 4, and of the besieging beasts, eighty percent were Third-rank.
This was certainly not as easy as the previous times.
Tan Shaoting instructed the children not to be stingy with talismans. After all, even if the children’s true rank met Third-rank demon beasts, it wouldn’t be easy to handle.
It wasn’t that only Second-stage demon beasts would come over to fight them. They would just have to deal with whatever came their way.
However, the children were all so clever and mischievous. This time, the three siblings collaborated. When things truly couldn’t be handled, they would just throw out the talismans.
Actually, what Tan Shaoting wanted more now was to train them. Seeing them cooperate made him nod in satisfaction.
Because the demon beasts were of high level this time, there were correspondingly fewer of them.
Tan Shaoting had the absurd feeling like they were giving some trial for human cultivators.
But he knew he couldn’t say such things. So he only focused on ensuring that the children didn’t get hurt, while he also took down as many demon beasts as he could.
Combat is always brutal. This time, because the demon beasts’ levels were high, matching the cultivators’ levels, or even exceeding them, there were many injured.
One female cultivator was severely injured, but this was unavoidable.
The current situation left them in a dilemma. Returning meant likely encountering demon beasts again on the way back, especially with the critically injured cultivators, making the journey even more dangerous.
Continuing forward meant even more demon beasts ahead.
It was really hard to make a choice. However, for the two severely injured cultivators, Liu Lan Ting gave them high-level Revitalizing Pills, allowing them to recover much faster.
All the injured probably decided to follow the main group forward, uncertain of survival if they retreated.
Tan Shaoting also felt quite apprehensive; his concerns were known to his three children.
"Dad, we’re wearing high-level vestment robes that can withstand Foundation Establishment cultivators. Also, the three of us siblings will work together to face the demon beasts. Plus, we still have plenty of talismans."
Tan Shaoting listened to his three children’s orderly analysis and nodded in agreement. In future battles, he would need to pay even more attention to them.
Having lived in the Cultivation World, he was naturally aware that his mindset had problems, but he couldn’t help it—these were his children, the offspring his wife bore for him, and in his heart, their safety was more important than his own.
Before they could fully recover their spiritual power, the cultivator responsible for patrolling came with an alert: more demon beasts had arrived, and there were also Bald Eagles and Fire Crows in the sky. The ones in the sky were all fire element flying beasts, which made everyone even more tense.
"Dad, we’ll be careful."
Tan Shaoting nodded, choosing to trust his children. If push came to shove, he’d use the array for cover to take them into space.