Qinghe Immortal Clan

Just when many demon kings on the top of the mountain were extremely anxious, a beam of light suddenly flew over from the east of "Zhenyang Mountain", and its speed was far beyond that of an ordinary Jindan cultivator.

Seeing that a Nascent Soul cultivator had finally arrived, the demon kings naturally thought that it was their own Nascent Soul ancestor, the "Golden Horned Demon King", who had come to support them. They all turned their worries into joy and showed some excitement.

Although the invading human cultivators from outside surpassed the demon clan in both numbers and the overall strength of their high-level cultivators.

But now the "Demonic Fog Array" on the top of the mountain is still there. As long as the "Golden Horned Demon King", a Nascent Soul master, is in charge, even if there are more human cultivators outside, it will be difficult to break through the "Zhenyang Mountain".

Just as the demon cultivators on the top of the mountain discovered the light flying in the distance, the human cultivators had also already noticed the abnormality in the distance, and they all showed a look of surprise on their faces.

Previously, Song Qingming took the initiative to take on the important task of stopping the "Golden Horned Demon King". These were all discussed by everyone long ago, and the many Jindan cultivators present naturally knew about this.

However, the battle at Zhenyang Mountain had only just begun for less than a day.

Logically speaking, Song Qingming should still be in the east blocking the "Golden Horned Demon King" at this time, and it is unlikely that he would suddenly appear here.

Seeing the escaping light coming at full speed in the distance, it was clearly a Nascent Soul cultivator. Everyone present was puzzled as to who the person was, and they could not help but stop their attacks and shift their attention to the person.

At this moment, even Bai Yuxian, the human Yuanying ancestor who had always appeared very confident, had a rare flash of something strange in his eyes, and he couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

"Could it be that Junior Brother Song failed to stop the Golden Horned Demon King?"

Bai Yuxian had fought with the "Golden Horned Demon King" in the past, so he naturally knew that the other party was quite powerful.

However, cultivators who can cultivate to the Nascent Soul stage will definitely not lack magical powers for fighting. Generally, the difference in their cultivation levels is not much, and it is difficult to determine the winner between the two in a short period of time.

This time, Bai Yuxian and Song Qingming divided the work together. Bai Yuxian only asked Song Qingming to delay the opponent for a few days and did not hope that Song Qingming could defeat the opponent.

Seeing the distant light getting closer and closer, Bai Yuxian became more and more worried, wondering if it was the "Golden Horned Demon King" or some other demon master.

If this is true, their plan to attack "Zhenyang Mountain" which they have been preparing for a long time may fail.

"You guys stay here and continue attacking. I'll go over and check the situation first!"

Just when Bai Yuxian had just conveyed the order and was about to go and stop the approaching people, a familiar voice suddenly came from the distant escaping light, which made Bai Yuxian's face relax instantly.

A moment later, the escaping light had arrived in front of Bai Yuxian and others, and transformed into an ordinary-looking man in green. This made many human cultivators present breathe a sigh of relief and show some joy on their faces.

"It's Uncle Song, it turns out that the ancestor has returned!"

"Greetings, ancestor!"

Seeing Song Qingming standing upright not far away, with no injuries on his body and a calm expression on his face, Bai Yuxian hurried forward and asked:

"Junior Brother Song! How come you came back so soon? Where is the Golden Horned Demon King? Could it be that he didn't come?"

"Don't worry, Senior Sister Bai. I have already defeated the Golden Horned Demon King and he has fled back to Taiyue Lake."

After Song Qingming finished speaking, he gently waved his hand in front of everyone, and a section of the broken tail left behind by the "Golden Horned Demon King" when it escaped floated in front of Bai Yuxian and others.

Seeing the aura that had reached the Nascent Soul stage emanating from this section of the severed tail, Bai Yuxian and the others' faces changed, and a hint of shock appeared on their faces out of nowhere.

"What? Junior Brother has already defeated the Golden Horn!"

"This, I didn't expect that Master Song has actually defeated the Golden Horned Demon King. This is really great!"

"Old Ancestor, this is truly a blessing for the human race!"

"..."

Seeing that Song Qingming had defeated the Golden Horned Demon King, everyone present could not help but show a look of surprise again, and they all cast admiring glances towards where Song Qingming was.

Like Bai Yuxian, none of them could have imagined that Song Qingming, who had just formed his infant form a few years ago, could have such powerful magical powers and defeat an opponent of the same level, the "Golden Horned Demon King" so easily.

You know, when the "Guiyunfang" battle took place, Bai Yuxian's cultivation had already reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage.

But she fought with the "Golden Horned Demon King" and the two fought for nearly half a month without a clear winner.

From this point of view, there is no doubt that Song Qingming has surpassed Bai Yuxian in personal fighting skills.

Bai Yuxian, who was standing in the same place, was a little surprised to see Song Qingming, whose expression was still very calm. He stepped forward to avoid the crowd and asked softly:

"Junior Brother Song, are you okay? Are you injured?"

Hearing Bai Yuxian's worried words, Song Qingming naturally understood her concerns and quickly replied:

"Senior Sister Bai, this time I designed a plan to make the other party suffer a loss so that they would retreat.

Please rest assured, senior sister. I have just consumed some of my magic power, nothing else is wrong.

Although the Golden Horned Demon King has retreated, there is no guarantee that there won’t be other unexpected events. Senior Sister, let’s take over Zhenyang Mountain first, and then we can talk about it later!"

After confirming that Song Qingming was not injured, Bai Yuxian put aside the last trace of worry on her face and turned around to look at the people around her with a serious expression.

"Everyone listen up, attack with all your might!"

"I will follow the orders of the ancestor!"

Just as the human cultivators outside were filled with joy and once again sent out a large army of cultivators to prepare to attack the "Demon Fog Array" on the mountain, the many demon kings on "Zhenyang Mountain" were now in a panic.

When they saw Nascent Soul cultivators coming from afar, the demon clan thought that it was their ancestors coming to support them, and they all showed surprise on their faces.

But when they discovered that the person who came was not the "Golden Horned Demon King" but another human Nascent Soul cultivator, the many demon kings present immediately felt that something was wrong.

Logically speaking, "Taiyue Lake" is only a few thousand miles away from "Zhenyang Mountain". According to the speed of a Nascent Soul cultivator, he can arrive there in one or two hours at most.

However, it has been almost a day since the "Golden Horned Demon King" received the message of his own side's request for help, but no one has been seen. Instead, there is a new Nascent Soul cultivator on the human side.

It is obvious that the "Golden Horned Demon King" must have been blocked outside and is unable to come to rescue them for the time being.

Seeing that the human cultivators outside, led by the two Nascent Soul cultivators Bai Yuxian and Song Qingming, once again began to fiercely attack the "Demon Fog Formation" on the mountain, the demon kings finally began to lose their patience.

While the high-level human cultivators were attacking the center of the "Demon Mist Array" at the top of the mountain, the leading "Yellow Holy Demon King" suddenly led the army of monsters on "Zhenyang Mountain" and took the initiative to rush to the corner guarded by the human cultivators at the foot of the mountain.

Although they had been prepared for this, the fact that so many monster armies suddenly rushed out in one direction almost caught the human cultivators off guard, causing many high-level monsters to escape.

Fortunately, the high-level monks above discovered it in time and quickly commanded the surrounding monks to go for support, and the gap was quickly blocked. The two sides then engaged in a life-and-death duel at the foot of the mountain.

This battle was extremely brutal. Screams were heard everywhere on the battlefield. Almost every moment, a human cultivator or a monster would fall on the battlefield.

One side is fighting for survival, so naturally it will fight to the death.

The human cultivators on the other side were also trying to protect their own territory, and they couldn't retreat a single step in the face of these ferocious monsters.

The two sides fought from dawn to dusk, and only when the sun rose in the east did the battlefield slowly calm down.

Although the war was over at this moment, the battlefield was already littered with countless corpses, and the smell of blood was even stronger.

This also made many monks who were going to the battlefield for the first time couldn't help but frown when they saw this scene, and they were extremely shocked in their hearts.

Although they were lucky enough to survive the great battle yesterday, they also witnessed the cruelty of such a large-scale battlefield.

Not to mention the lowest-level Qi Refining cultivators, even those Foundation Establishment cultivators who are usually high and mighty may die at any time on such a battlefield.

Only Song Qingming and others, who were standing high in the sky, looked at the countless corpses lying on the battlefield below and showed a bit of indifference in their hearts.

These people had all experienced several "monster riots" and were already accustomed to such life-and-death battles, so there were not too many waves in their hearts.

In order to repel the demon army and protect the human race's survival territory, no matter how many monks are sacrificed, this is inevitable.

However, the sacrifices and efforts of these monks are worth it after all.

After a day and night of fighting, Song Qingming and his team almost wiped out more than 80% of the monsters in "Zhenyang Mountain" and harvested the corpses of more than 9,000 monsters. They finally succeeded in inflicting heavy damage to the monster army under the command of the "Golden Horned Demon King".

Except for the leading "Yellow Holy Demon King" and another "Youyan Demon King" who was good at changing his form and escaped in the chaos, the remaining six demon kings all died at the hands of human cultivators.

After this battle, most of the elite troops under the command of the "Golden Horned Demon King" were wiped out by human cultivators. It would probably take at least dozens or even hundreds of years for him to recover his strength.

At least the next time there is a "monster riot", the monsters from "Taiyue Lake" won't be able to cause any big waves.

On the human cultivators' side, major sects such as the "Xiaoyao Sect" also paid a hefty price.

According to post-war statistics, the Xiaoyao Sect alone lost nearly four hundred monks in that one battle, not counting the others who were injured.

Fortunately, those who died in the battle were all low-level cultivators in the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stages of the sect. None of the seven Jindan elders who came with the "Xiaoyao Sect" this time died on the battlefield.

Only Li Junyan, who had a lower level of cultivation, suffered some minor injuries in this battle.

The ones who suffered the greatest losses were naturally the "Zhen Yang Sect" and the many individual cultivators and family cultivators living in Pei State.

All of them were fighting to retake their territory, Lingshan. Some of them even returned from other places specifically to join the war. Naturally, they were the most desperate group.

However, although these people are numerous, their combat quality and experience in fighting enemies are far inferior to those of the elite monks selected from other sects such as the "Xiaoyao Sect".

Therefore, after the war, they were also the group that suffered the most casualties, with more than a thousand monks killed.

Even a Jindan elder of the "Zhen Yang Sect" who was about to die and had some energy and blood depletion died in the battle due to serious injuries. He became the only Jindan cultivator on his side to fall.

However, although the "Zhen Yang Sect" suffered heavy losses, after the battle, many Pei State cultivators showed an indescribable excitement on their faces.

After the "Zhenyang Mountain" battle, these people left their homes and were forced to flee to the north of Pei State and other neighboring countries.

After decades, they finally took back their own Lingshan territory from the demon clan and could return to their ancestral hometown to practice.

For this, they are willing to make any sacrifices.

After breaking the "demon fog formation" on the mountain, the members of the "Zhen Yang Sect" were finally the first to reach the long-lost sect's sacred site, and everyone was extremely excited.

After some cleaning, Song Qingming and Bai Yuxian were soon invited into the main hall of the "Zhen Yang Sect" and sat in the upper seats in the middle.

The current great elder of the Zhen Yang Sect, Zhang Longde, led many human Jindan cultivators and stood respectfully on both sides.

Bai Yuxian and Song Qingming first checked the casualties of the battle and the captured monster materials, and then made a unified distribution to each sect in person according to the pre-war agreement.

Although this war was mainly fought for the common stand of the human cultivators, everyone cannot come here to help for free. The many monster materials captured in the war still need to be fairly distributed according to their respective merits.

To this end, Bai Yuxian took charge of the unified distribution and divided all the monster materials obtained from this war into five parts.

Among them, the four major sects that contributed the most are "Xiaoyao Sect", "Zhenyang Sect", "Xuanyue Sect" and "Huorong Sect".

The remaining portion was first handed over to the "Zhen Yang Sect" to be used as a reward to other cultivators from the "Pei Kingdom" who took the initiative to come to participate in the war. It could also be regarded as a compensation for those who suffered the greatest losses on the battlefield.

Although everyone suffered considerable losses in this battle, the monster trophies they obtained were obviously beyond everyone's expectations and were enough to make up for their losses in the battle.

The many sects present had no objection to Bai Yuxian's fair distribution and nodded in agreement. Soon the spoils were distributed to the monks of the major sects.

After obtaining the monster materials they deserved, the "Xuan Yue Sect" and "Huorong Sect" that came to help directly returned to their respective sect territories.

The monks of the Xiaoyao Sect stayed temporarily to help the Zhenyang Sect continue to recover other parts of Pei State.

After the battle of "Zhenyang Mountain", the demon army of "Taiyue Lake" had been severely damaged, and the remaining demon forces left in Pei State were obviously no longer a force to be reckoned with.

In just less than two months, the combined army of cultivators from the "Zhen Yang Sect" and the "Xiao Yao Sect" recovered most of the sacred mountains in the entire Pei State like autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.

As for the monsters that originally lurked there, they were either directly wiped out by the human cultivator army, or fled back to "Taiyue Lake".

The remaining low-level monsters that hid in the surrounding mountains and forests were no longer a threat, and the entire Pei Kingdom finally returned to the hands of human cultivators as they wished.

Although the entire Pei State has fallen into the hands of the demon clan for nearly twenty years, there are still a small number of mortals alive in the mountains and forests with less spiritual energy.

It is extremely difficult for these ordinary mortals to survive in such a dangerous place where monsters and beasts roam for so many years.

Seeing that the cultivators had finally fought back and driven out the monsters, they walked out of the forest and could not help crying and fell to their knees.

Just over here in Pei State, while the human cultivators were advancing triumphantly to recover lost territory, in the north of Wei State, which had been peaceful for many years, there was suddenly a sound of gunpowder smoke, which once again broke the tranquility of the border.

Above the main hall of "Zhen Yang Sect".

Bai Yuxian, who was sitting in the upper seat, looked at the message he had just received and immediately frowned slightly. He asked someone to call Song Qingming and all the other Jindan cultivators on the mountain over.

After Song Qingming and others walked into the hall, Bai Yuxian handed the letter in his hand to everyone and said directly:

“I just received news from Senior Brother Li that many high-level monsters have appeared outside the White Dragon Valley in the north. Even the Black Dragon Monster King has appeared. The monsters are coming with great force this time.

I guess Jinyu Mountain has already received the news and knows that we are in the south, so they want to make some noise.

Now that there is nothing serious happening in Pei State, in case of any changes, we should prepare quickly and return to Wei State as soon as possible!"

After hearing what Bai Yuxian said, the cultivators present looked a little surprised, but they did not seem too surprised.

The demon tribe of "Taiyue Lake" in the south and the demon tribe of "Floating Cloud Mountains" in the north have always been connected with each other.

Now, it has been almost two months since the battle of "Zhenyang Mountain" in Pei State.

At this time, the Black Dragon Demon King of the "Golden Feather Mountain" in the north would take action. He must have received the news that Bai Yuxian and others were in Pei State.

Knowing that the northern part of Wei State is now relatively weak, the "Black Dragon Demon King" would like to take the opportunity to lead the demon army southward and try to attack the human territory.

Seeing that Bai Yuxian was about to lead his people back to Weiguo, Song Qingming and other cultivators from the Xiaoyao Sect naturally had no objections and simply nodded in agreement.

However, Zhang Longde, the great elder of the Zhenyang Sect, and several others were embarrassed at the moment. They could only bite the bullet and step forward to ask softly:

“My two elders, the area around Zhenyang Mountain has just been pacified, and our strength is not enough to defend so many places.

Old Ancestor, could you please leave some fellow Taoists behind to help us stay in Lingshan for a while? Our sect is willing to pay them salaries according to the sect's monks' standards as rewards.

I hope the two elders will help me. This sect will always remember this kindness and will be grateful forever!"

After the "Pei State Rebellion" twenty years ago, the "Zhen Yang Sect" not only lost a large amount of territory, but also its strength was reduced by half.

Now, with the help of the "Xiaoyao Sect" and other sects, Zhang Longde and his men have successfully regained their ancestral sacred mountain "Zhenyang Mountain" and recovered all the lost territories.

But the current strength of the "Zhen Yang Sect" is no longer as strong as before, and its ability is no longer sufficient to defend the entire Pei State.

If the "Golden Horned Demon King" leads his people to attack again after Song Qingming and others leave, it will certainly be difficult for the current "Zhen Yang Sect" to defend their own sacred mountain.

That's why Zhang Longde and others are so worried about this matter.

However, as soon as Zhang Longde finished speaking, Bai Yuxian immediately smiled and nodded in response:

"Don't worry, I have already considered what you said.

After we leave, we will let Tongzhou and Wutong take a thousand monks to stay in Duanyangfang. You will not have to bear the salary, and it can be paid directly from the income of the market.

A few days ago, Junior Brother Song and I repaired the teleportation array on the mountain. If any powerful monster enemies attack, they can come to support us at any time.

Moreover, we have now set up the mountain protection formation. Even if the Golden Horned Demon King comes in person, you can at least hold out for a few days.

Enough for us to come and support you!"

"Thank you for your kindness, ancestor!"

I heard that Bai Yuxian had left behind two Jindan elders, Li Wutong and Shen Tongzhou, and a thousand "Xiaoyao Sect" monks to help guard Pei State.

Zhang Longde and his companions finally breathed a sigh of relief and hurried forward to express their gratitude.

Previously, in order to ask the two Nascent Soul ancestors of the Xiaoyao Sect for help, the Zhenyang Sect had to pay some extra price.

That is, after the success of recovering "Zhen Yang Mountain", "Zhen Yang Sect" will transfer half of the shares of "Duan Yang Fang" market to the north of the sect to "Xiao Yao Sect".

This was also the result of a written contract between the two factions before the war, so both parties were naturally very clear about this matter.

Bai Yuxian's words just now were actually a reminder to Zhang Longde about this matter.

Next, Li Wutong and others may not be stationed in "Duanyangfang" temporarily, but will be stationed here all year round.

After all, "Xiaoyao Sect" already owns half of the shares of this market town. Whether "Zhenyang Sect" is willing or not in the future, these are facts that they cannot change at will.

Moreover, the "Zhen Yang Sect" is currently weak, and they wish that the "Xiao Yao Sect" could leave people behind to help garrison there, even if it means paying more spirit stones.

Otherwise, if the "Xiaoyao Sect" directly evacuates Pei State because of being unhappy, the "Zhenyang Sect" may lose the Lingshan ancestral land that it had just regained, which would be an even more difficult loss for them to accept.

After having a detailed explanation with Li Wutong and others, Song Qingming and Bai Yuxian led the monks on a flying boat back to Wei State.

This time, knowing that the sect was in a tight situation in the north, the people of the "Xiaoyao Sect" significantly sped up their journey and returned to the territory of Wei State in less than half a month.

Just when everyone was about to return to "Guyang Mountain", bad news came from the front line again.

The sect's supreme elder Li Mufeng was accidentally injured when he was fighting against the "Black Dragon Demon King" on the front line of "White Dragon Valley" because he was no match for his opponent.

The current "White Dragon Valley" front is already somewhat precarious.

Upon hearing this somewhat shocking news, Song Qingming and Bai Yuxian immediately abandoned the large group on the flying boat and sped back to "Guyang Mountain".

Then take the sect's teleportation array directly to "Guiyunfang".

The two soon arrived at the frontline battlefield of "White Dragon Valley" located in the north of the sect. (End of this chapter)