138: Chapter 138 Family Safety

Wang Bin cautiously circled outside White Cloud City several times, carefully confirming that there were no hidden enemies around before he finally felt at ease to remove his Snow Fox Cape and stride towards the Formation.

As Wang Bin appeared before the Formation, a door slowly opened within the Formation, and Huang Youcai eagerly came out, his face filled with joy and relief:

“City Lord, you’re finally back!”

Wang Bin quickly walked into the Formation, only to see the small inner city of White Cloud City bustling with people, all of them refugees.

“The City Lord is back, we’re safe!”

“That’s right, the City Lord is back, it must be safe outside!”

Before Wang Bin could speak, a cheer erupted from the crowd.

Seeing this, Wang Bin immediately flew into the air on his sword, using his spiritual power to amplify his voice:

“Everyone, it’s already safe outside; the support team from West Sea City has arrived.

Please bear with it a little longer; I will now send people to thoroughly investigate everywhere and once it’s confirmed safe, everyone can go out.”

After calming everyone down, Wang Bin immediately instructed Huang Youcai to send people to carefully check the situation in various parts of White Cloud City, while he himself walked directly to the backyard.

The backyard was relatively quiet, with few people, all of them his Family members.

Du Xiaoyue and their children were all safe and sound there, and seeing this, the heavy burden on Wang Bin’s heart finally lifted.

Du Xiaoyue and the others quickly gathered around him; this time they did not cry as they usually did, but their children were clearly quite frightened, their little faces pale.

“Xiaoyue, tell me, what exactly happened?” Wang Bin asked softly.

Du Xiaoyue took a deep breath and began to recount the events:

“Ever since you went to West Sea City, there hasn’t been a Foundation Establishment Cultivator guarding White Cloud City, so everyone was still traumatized, having experienced the last Yao Beast attack on the city.

For safety, Huang Youcai had the patrol team go twenty li deep into the Demon Beast Mountain Range, where they set up a fixed outpost, with two team members stationed there daily, rotating shifts, so that if there was any abnormality in the Demon Beast Mountain Range, an alarm could be immediately sent out.

Unexpectedly, this arrangement played a huge role this time.

The day before yesterday at noon, a large number of Yao Beasts and wild beasts surged out of the Demon Beast Mountain Range.

Fortunately, we received the alarm in advance, so I quickly had everyone withdraw into the inner city gate and then fully activated the city’s grand Formation.

It’s just a pity that nearly half of the people didn’t make it in time; they worried that White Cloud City wouldn’t hold, so they directly abandoned this place and ran towards West Sea City.”

“Just like last time, the Yao Beasts quickly surrounded White Cloud City.

This time, nine Foundation Establishment Stage Yao Beasts led the charge; at first, they still used their old tactic, sending wild beasts and low-level Yao Beasts as the vanguard to deplete our living forces within the city.

But they quickly discovered that there were no Foundation Establishment Cultivators in the city, so those few Foundation Establishment Yao Beasts personally entered the fray.

In just one hour, White Cloud City’s protective Formation was already on the verge of collapse.

Thanks to the ample Spirit Stones I had, it managed to hold on for a few more hours.

The situation was critical then; I even gave the ‘Sea Urchin’ Lei Sha Pearl to Huang Youcai, and he even made arrangements for his Family.

But at the very last moment, for some unknown reason, all those Yao Beasts suddenly retreated.

We didn’t dare to pursue them rashly, nor did we dare to go out, so we were trapped in the city for a day until you returned.”

Upon hearing this, Wang Bin let out a long sigh of relief, feeling very satisfied with Huang Youcai’s performance this time and thinking that he should be well rewarded.

At the same time, he also highly praised Du Xiaoyue and the others’ response measures during this beast tide, thinking that even if he had been in the city at the time, he probably couldn’t have done any better.

“Xiaoyue, you all did very well this time, and Huang Youcai and those patrol members also rendered great service; once things settle down, everyone must be properly rewarded.

The sudden retreat of those Yao Beasts should be because they received news that West Sea City had sent people to provide support.

The scale of this Yao Beast attack was very large; all the cities around the Demon Beast Mountain Range were attacked, and I’m not yet clear about the specific casualties; I rushed back as soon as I got the news.

Seeing that you are all fine, I am relieved.”

A hint of worry flashed in the eyes of Du Xiaoyue, Wang Zhaojun, and Qin Wenjun.

At this moment, Wang Xiumin mustered his courage, stepped forward, and said loudly:

“Father, why must our Family stay here?

Can’t we move to West Sea City? A few days ago, my teacher taught me a saying, ‘A gentleman does not stand under a crumbling wall.’

I heard that White Cloud City was besieged by Yao Beasts once ten years ago, and many people died that time; this time there were also quite a few casualties, and none of those who went to explore the Demon Beast Mountain Range returned.”

The other children, seeing their elder brother take the lead, also chimed in: “Yes, Father, let’s move to West Sea City.”

Even the children of Du Xiaoyue and Qin Wenjun were influenced, looking at Wang Bin with hopeful expressions.

At this moment, Wang Bin’s heart also wavered slightly; he couldn’t help but begin to consider whether he should really arrange for Du Xiaoyue and the others to go to West Sea City and have himself guard White Cloud City alone.

However, as soon as this thought emerged, he dismissed it.

After all, his Family had just started; if he were to let them all go to West Sea City to enjoy themselves now, while he earned Spirit Stones alone in White Cloud City to support them, then what would be the meaning of him establishing a Family?

If they didn’t experience hardships, how could they bear great responsibilities in the future?

Thinking of this, a hint of anger welled up in Wang Bin’s heart, but looking at his women and children before him, he felt a little soft-hearted again.

He sighed helplessly and said:

“Alas, do you think I don’t want to Cultivate peacefully in West Sea City? There’s no such good thing in this world.

Even if our whole Family moves to West Sea City, it doesn’t mean we’ll be safe.

West Sea City is the territory of various major powers; Nascent Soul Families, Golden Core Families, and numerous Foundation Establishment Families are everywhere, and every place has an owner.

If our Wang Family moves there, let alone developing, it will be difficult even to Cultivate peacefully.

With the Spiritual Root Aptitude of your mothers, except for Xiaoyue who might be able to Foundation Establishment, the others have almost no chance.

Not being able to Foundation Establishment means they will slowly die of old age during the Qi Refinement Stage.

As for you children, there’s even less to say; except for Xiuwen who has Three Spiritual Roots, the others all have Four Spiritual Roots or even Five Spiritual Roots.

Once you reach West Sea City, with your Spiritual Root Aptitude, you will probably only be able to die of old age in the Qi Refinement Stage in this life.”