Longevity starts from having a daughter in old age

Chapter 523: Chapter 479 Defense Setup_1n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

“We had not engaged in any major battles recently, so our stockpile of pills is still plentiful.” Ye Yingying suddenly came to her senses and replied.

People around her were somewhat puzzled, wondering why she seemed so lost in thought.

“Ying Ying, are you feeling tired from crafting pills? Do you want to take a break?” Li Youlan asked with a slightly furrowed brow.

Thanks to Xu Mu’s presence, and due to their long acquaintance, Li Youlan maintained a good relationship with everyone.

“No, there’s no problem. I was just considering some issues related to cultivation. Thank you for your concern, your highness.” Ye Yingying hurriedly responded.

She did not initially need to be present at the defense checkpoint, as she was not proficient in combat.

However, due to her concern for the children, she volunteered to come. Being an Alchemist, she didn’t need to directly engage in combat even on the battlefield. After some discussion, she was allowed to accompany them.

As the ruler of the entire Eastern Region, the DaYuan Dynasty was not foolish enough to send only its own people here. The death rate here was high, and if the loss was too severe, it could potentially destabilize the imperial family’s reign.

Thus, besides deploying their own trusted intimates for the battle, they also drafted a large number of family elites.

As a thriving Golden Pill family in recent years, the Xu Family dispatched almost half of its power to join the fight against the Demon Clan.

Privileged by Li Youlan’s presence, they were allotted to stay together and avoided being treated as cannon fodder.

This time, upon Li Youlan’s proposal, most of the Xu Family members assigned were support roles. Si Tan’er was an Alchemist, Lan Shijin was an Array Master, Xu Tiangu, the Fourteenth Xu Tiansheng, and Xu Tianshu needed to be on the frontlines.

The reason for choosing these three, on one hand, was their own request. On the other hand, they had high combat abilities.

Xu Tianshu, Ye Yingying’s youngest son, was the main reason Ye Yingying opted to come along.

In addition to the Xu Family, there were also Li Youlan’s hangers-on. They were the Beastmaster Jia Zhiyi, apothecary Qiao Qianqian, body refinement expert Hong Xi, and soul master Xu Yuling, along with several new recruits.

Including Li Youlan, there were more than 30 Golden Pill cultivators on the field, making their force relatively powerful.

Seeing Ye Yingying’s response, Li Youlan didn’t ask more. She then inquired about other people and began to allocate tasks.

After setting up everything and bidding farewell to everyone, she stopped Lan Shijin to ask about Xu Mu.

“Our family sends messages regularly, but sadly we have not received any replies.” Lan Shijin sighed.

It had been hundreds of years since Xu Mu left in search of a breakthrough opportunity. To be honest, they were getting worried.

Many speculated he might have met with an accident, given the amount of time that had passed.

Based on Xu Mu’s circumstances back then, with such a long time already passed, he should have either accomplished his breakthrough and returned, or perished.

They were all just unwilling to admit it.

“I see, notify me immediately if there are any updates. You may go ahead with your duties.” Li Youlan said calmly.

Truth be told, she also suspected that Xu Mu had probably encountered some accident. If he had made a successful breakthrough, there was no way he wouldn’t return.

Everything was proceeding systematically. Just when everyone thought they would pass the time peacefully like the past 20 years, a large number of corpses started appearing nearby.

They gathered again and, after some discussions, guessed that a large-scale undead wave was likely to break out.

“Send a message to the alliance and ask them to send Nascent Soul Stage reinforcements.”

After confirming the possibility of an undead outbreak, Li Youlan immediately sent a message to the alliance headquarters asking for reinforcements.

The reason no Nascent Soul Stage cultivators were initially stationed at their location was partly because such cultivators were scarce and couldn’t be dispatched there, and partly to avoid the Demon Gate taking the opportunity to overwhelm them.

Most of the alliance’s Nascent Soul Stage cultivators were gathered together, only to be dispatched individually and covertly upon receiving news to avoid being detected by the Demon Gate.

They soon received a response, but the news made Li Youlan furrow her eyebrows.

“Your Highness, what did the headquarters say?” Qiao Qianqian asked in confusion, observing Li Youlan’s furrowed brows.

“They told us to continue holding our positions, kill a small number of undead, and wait until more undead are attracted to us. They’ll coordinate an attack with other two bases. When the time comes, several Nascent Soul Stage cultivators will join us, so we needn’t worry,” she replied.

Everyone fell silent upon hearing this.

It sounded nice, but in reality, wasn’t this just using them as bait?

Their current position was rather deep. If they initiated an attack on the undead now, a large number of undead might swarm them. If the reinforcements could not arrive on time, they might not even get a chance to escape.

“This is an order from headquarters. They want to exterminate more undead in one go, and there’s nothing I can do about it!” Li Youlan sighed.

This order appeared perilous, but it had no issues as it was a long-term plan, and their location was indeed the best position.

“Prepare and store more resources. Ensure the formation is promptly repaired and reinforced. Implement a rotation system into three shifts to keep everyone in their best state.”

Given there was no other choice, she could only give orders and prepare thoroughly.

“Your Highness, is this another one of Master Greenwave’s ideas?”

After everyone else had left, Lan Shijin came in alone to ask.

Ever since they arrived at the frontline of defense, a Nascent Soul Stage elder had been frequently sending people to harass them, attempting to take them as his concubines.

If it weren’t for Li Youlan’s protection, who knows what could have happened.

This Nascent Soul elders’ title was Lord Greenwave. Behind closed doors, people called him Master Greenwave. He belonged to the Greenwave Palace, which he had established himself.

Their current assignment at the forefront was Master Greenwave’s idea.

“This is a direct command from the headquarters. It probably doesn’t have much to do with him. Don’t worry.” Li Youlan responded.

Although she was also a bit worried, worrying was pointless in the current situation. It was better to put her mind at ease.

Seeing Li Youlan’s response, Lan Shijin didn’t ask anything further, only trying to gather more information through her own network.

During their time stationed here, she had also gotten to know many cultivators, which helped her gather some news.

Soon, several squads of cultivators were dispatched to clean up the nearby undead corpses. Due to the commotion they caused, more and more undead started flocking towards their position.

Although the people at the base were desperately clearing out the undead, their numbers were simply overwhelming. As time ticked away, the surrounding mountains were clogged up with undead.

“Your Highness, the number of undead is reaching its limit. They will soon form a poisoned fog. Why hasn’t the Nascent Soul Stage cultivator arrived yet?”