Chapter 490: Black Clouds Pressing Down, Immortals Angry

In the northwest direction of the capital, there were four prefectures.

The far west was Linlan Prefecture, which was where the western battlefield was currently located. The snowfield in the due north was Taihe Prefecture, which was also a front-line war zone.

In the gap between these two prefectures, the wrapped area was named Yutian Prefecture.

Nourished by the melting and spreading of the ice sheet from the far north all year round, the surface of Yutian Prefecture was moist, and there were volcanic remnants underground, so rain and mist rose into the sky all year round, turning into rain and falling, hence the name.

Near the capital of the capital in Yutian Prefecture was the fourth prefecture in the entire northwest, named Qiling.

This name came from a famous mountain land within the prefecture.

Mountain land and mountain ranges are different.

The latter is a massive mountain body composed of several ridges and valleys extending in a certain direction. Because it is vein-like, it is called a mountain range, with obvious folds, spreading continuously, thus distinguishing it from mountain land.

Mountain land folds are not obvious, and it is mostly distributed on some volcanic belts. It is more like a huge comprehensive body formed by countless independent mountain peaks and the earth. These mountains are layered and live together, forming a large mountain family.

The Miling tribe lived in this Qiling mountain land with a range of 100,000 miles.

The tribesmen of this tribe were all tall, with an average height of five zhang. Their cultivation method was biased toward the physical body, especially after attaching themselves to the Near-Immortal race. According to the tradition of the Wanggu Continent, they were bestowed with the bloodline of the Near-Immortal race, causing their own tribe to change and grow wings.

However, because of the massive size of the Miling tribe, the wings could hardly provide them with pure flight power; they were more of a symbol.

The reason why they were so valued by the Near-Immortal race was that the Miling tribe had its own unique features in refining treasures and elixirs.

Looking around, within the entire Qiling mountain land, there were countless workshops for refining treasures and elixirs. Some were built by individual tribesmen, and some were collaborated on by many people.

The number was at least hundreds of thousands.

The clanging sounds and the medicinal fragrance emitted by refining elixirs existed all year round in this mountain land, and there was even geothermal fire constantly being drawn from various areas, so the climate of this mountain land was also dominated by heat.

It could be said that every moment, a large number of elixirs and magic treasures were produced by them and flowed into the market.

There were even areas that were sealed off, which were their warehouses for air-drying elixirs. The quantity was so large that it was staggering.

And the forging combined with the power of geothermal fire and their tribe's talent made the elixirs and magic treasures from their tribe often belong to the category of good products on the market, and the price was not cheap.

But no matter how high, it was impossible to ask for 1,000 spirit stones for an elixir that usually cost 20 spirit stones.

This kind of outrageous thing, if placed before the war, would not have appeared at all, let alone purchasing it; even if the Sword-Wielding Palace demanded it, it would only need a decree.

Even if they were attached to the Near-Immortal race, the Miling tribe knew the way of balance and would not offend the human race for this small matter. Even if they were facing the Sword-Wielding Palace's request now, in fact, they had their own judgment internally.

At this moment, in the ancestral mountain temple of the Miling tribe, the four patriarchs of the four veins of this tribe were sitting there, conducting a secret discussion.

"Such a high price is to express our position to the Near-Immortal race!"

"Now in wartime, this fertile land of the human race is likely unable to be preserved."

The four patriarchs of the four veins in the temple were dressed in luxurious clothes, and they all carried many luxurious magic treasures for decoration.

And the temple they were in worshipped two statues, one in front and one behind. The front statue looked similar to them, and the one behind, which was more noble, was a flying immortal.

It was also the ancestor of the Near-Immortal race.

In front of these two statues, there were a large number of rare spirit fruits and top-grade elixirs, emitting rich spiritual energy fluctuations, with a quantity of nearly ten thousand.

This was their respect for the temple.

But any of the spirit fruits or elixirs here were urgently needed items on the front-line battlefield now.

This war to defend Fenghai County had progressed to now, and there were actually many wounded.

So these elixirs and spirit fruits, if one could save a life, it was a bit exaggerated, but ten saving one life was not much different.

But at this moment, these four patriarchs didn't care about the life or death of the human race on the battlefield. From their standpoint, they only cared about the impact of the future situation on their own tribe.

"However, we still have to give face to Yao Hou. After all, for these hundreds of years, Yao Hou has provided us with a lot of convenience. In order to establish the image of our Miling tribe as grateful for kindness to other tribes, we still have to give out some elixirs."

"That's fine. We will first quote high prices for the majority, thereby expressing our position to the Near-Immortal race, then give out a small portion to establish our tribe's image, and finally sell a small portion at a fair price, representing our attitude."

"This is actually the idea of all the tribesmen. I did a tribe survey before coming here, and they all agreed to sell at a high price at this time. After all... the human race is rich."

"My vein is the same. Many tribesmen also proposed to clear out those substandard elixirs that were about to be scrapped, but this matter is easy to cause trouble, which is a pity."

"Since everyone's ideas are consistent, then follow the old way: one vein supports the human race, one vein clearly repays kindness, one vein watches and remains silent, secretly contacting the Sheng Lan tribe to show favor, and one vein continues to express its position to the Near-Immortal race!"

"To make this matter look more real, we need a few days to argue and act..."

These four patriarchs of the Miling tribe smiled at each other and stood up one after another, just about to end this secret discussion. But at this moment, a terrifying pressure that shook the world and made people incomparably horrified, and even made their heartbeats stop, appeared abruptly and descended from the sky.

The moment these four patriarchs' expressions changed, the earth shook, and a loud rumbling sound that spread throughout the Qiling mountain land erupted at this moment.

Looking from afar, in the sky above the ancestral mountain of the Miling tribe where the temple was located, a purple-red light shone. A three-headed monster bird the size of ten thousand feet rushed out from the clouds in an instant, and two huge claws directly grabbed the temple on the top of the mountain.

Ignoring the protection of this mountain, ignoring the restrictions of the temple, ignoring everything, it directly pierced through. Amidst the huge rumbling, the entire temple, together with the statues inside, shattered and exploded into pieces.

And under its piercing, the monster bird's claws actually hooked onto the mountain body. As it flapped its wings violently, this ancestral mountain of the Miling tribe actually rose from the ground amidst violent tremors!

A large amount of mountain rocks rolled down, dust scattered like mist, and as countless shattered grass and trees fell, the ancestral mountain tilted and rose into the sky.

All the Miling tribesmen who noticed this scene were dumbfounded, and their minds were completely rumbling.

Especially the figure standing on one of the monster bird's heads was even more eye-catching at this moment.

A white Sword-Wielder Daoist robe, a head of long hair that looked like black and purple, a handsome but cold face—all of this shook all directions in just over ten breaths.

Until Qing Qin grabbed the Miling ancestral mountain and rose into the sky. Amidst a hiss that resounded through the sky, it used its claws with force. Immediately, countless cracks appeared on the entire ancestral mountain, spreading rapidly, and it shattered into pieces in mid-air, completely exploding.

The four patriarchs of the Miling tribe spat out blood one after another, their expressions horrified and furious, barely escaping and scattering.

Looking at the collapsed ancestral mountain, looking at the terrifying monster bird, looking at Xu Qing on it, bursts of heartbreaking roars came out crazily from their mouths.

"Qing Qin!?"

"Sword-Wielder!!"

"Senior Qing Qin, you destroyed our ancestral mountain temple, what is the meaning of this!!"

The cultivation of these four patriarchs of the veins was all Spirit-Storing, but they had not completely formed the secret store, but were in the stage of nourishing the first secret store.

In the realm of Spirit-Storing, nourishing the secret store is extremely slow and difficult, so most Spirit-Storing are actually in the stage of nourishing the Dao. Only when a world prototype is formed within the secret store and possesses the Heavenly Dao can a secret store be truly completed.

But even if it was only in the nourishing stage, their cultivation was enough to suppress all Nascent Souls.

At this moment, as these four roared, dozens of sword peaks in the distance trembled simultaneously. On both sides of the mountain body at the very edge, the originally existing lake set off huge waves.

Countless lake water was rolled up and gathered in one direction. A pair of eyes the same size as the lake opened from the lake.

Staring solemnly at Qing Qin in mid-air.

"Friend Qing Qin, why come here!"

After these huge eyes opened, a voice like a loud bell came from the earth. Immediately after, a huge figure of more than 8,000 feet stood up slowly from the ground.

The dozens of sword peaks that originally existed on its body now became sharp thorns on its body as it stood up.

Especially the head, which was like this.

This person was the only Void-Returning ancestor in the Miling tribe.

Dao traces flowed in its eyes, and countless virtual shadows overlapped outside its body. There were also some small worlds that seemed to be forming, but they could not truly appear. It was exactly the Great Perfection of the second stage of Void-Returning, half a step into the third stage.

At this moment, it looked calm, but it was incomparably wary in its heart.

"Caw!" In mid-air, Qing Qin transmitted a sound of disdain. Xu Qing, standing on the top of its right head, looked at all this coldly and spoke gloomily.

"The Four Veins of the Miling tribe have violated human regulations 18,931 times over the past eight hundred years, and none have been handled."

"The last time, they did not execute the request of the Palace Master of my Sword-Wielding Palace for Spirit-Storing and Void-Returning to participate in the war."

"Today, Xu comes here to arrest all the wanted criminals of these eight hundred years!"

As soon as Xu Qing's voice came out, the entire Qiling mountain land was stirred up. Tens of thousands of tribesmen walked out from all directions, glaring at the big bird in the firmament.

Looking around, the earth was huge, and the blood energy emitted from their bodies was even more astonishing.

"My tribe is attached to the Near-Immortal race and has not violated the alliance with the human race. Today, a Sword-Wielder comes here to destroy the mountain. Is this to destroy the alliance!" The huge figure on the ground looked at Xu Qing for the first time.

"Do you want to cause a huge civil strife in Fenghai County at a time of crisis on the front line?"

Xu Qing remained expressionless, turned around, and bowed to the central head of Qing Qin.

"Senior Qing Qin, please take action and extinguish this tribe."

Qing Qin's eyes revealed brilliance, and its body trembled with excitement. It had not extinguished a tribe for a long, long time. Many times after waking up, it also had feelings, feeling that as a giant ferocious creature, if it didn't extinguish a tribe, how could it be worthy of this bloodline.

Besides, it hadn't eaten blood food for a long time, swallowing wind and clouds all day, and had long been bored.

But it still chose to restrain itself before. After all, the human race in Fenghai County maintained the overall situation. Although it had no feelings, it was too lazy to destroy it.

And its most respected eldest brother in Nanhuang Prefecture also warned it to restrain its ferocity and not to kill various races, especially the human race, so as not to follow the old path of its ancestors.

Let it make more friends; this is the way to grow.

But now, since the brother that the eldest brother asked it to take care of had made such a request, and he was also a Sword-Wielder, it felt that it had no reason to refuse such a good thing.

As for why this human race and the eldest brother were brothers, this had nothing to do with it. It only knew that the eldest brother was good to it, and it was difficult to repay in this life, so since the eldest brother requested it, it must not lose face for the eldest brother.

Thus, after an excited 'caw', Qing Qin's entire body was filled with monstrous ferocity. Its body swayed and rushed toward the Miling tribe.

"Wait a minute!!" On the ground, the Miling ancestor's heart trembled, and he hurriedly spoke.

But, it was useless.

Qing Qin's speed was so fast that it descended from the sky in an instant.

The earth rumbled and shook violently. Countless mountain bodies were either shaking violently or collapsing and exploding as its ten-thousand-foot body landed.

The storm stirred up by Qing Qin also spread rumblingly in all directions the moment it landed, and the aura from its Great Perfection of the third stage of Void-Returning erupted accordingly.

Wherever it passed, most of the Miling tribesmen within a range of ten thousand miles didn't even have the qualifications to resist. With a tremble of their bodies, they directly collapsed, flesh and blood flying, permeating all directions.

Looking down from the sky, one could see this permeation forming waves of blood, dyeing everything red. As Qing Qin inhaled excitedly, the endless river of flesh and blood flowed back crazily toward the big mouths of its three heads.

In an instant, it was swallowed by it, like drinking porridge, just chewing a few times before swallowing it.

Shocking.

The four patriarchs felt their scalps about to explode. One by one, they spat out blood in horror, and each was severely injured in this storm.

Two of them were more severely injured. Escaping slowly, their eyes blurred, and a huge beak appeared in front of each of them. In one gulp, they were swallowed.

The shrill screams came out, and after the sound of 'crunch', they stopped abruptly.

It seemed that for Qing Qin, these two were like peanuts, a bit more flavorful than porridge.

This scene caused the terror of the Miling tribesmen to reach its limit instantly. As for the two patriarchs who were lucky enough not to die, they were now bloodless, their hearts filled with horror and fear, fleeing for their lives crazily.

That Miling ancestor had fury in his eyes. He roared and walked toward Qing Qin with his body of more than 8,000 feet, wanting to stop it.

And after eating blood food, Qing Qin was obviously more excited. The eyes of the three heads were all bright red, and the messy feathers on its body also trembled. While stirring up a wild wind, its three big mouths opened simultaneously, and it roared to the sky in excitement.

Caw caw caw!

Amidst this roar, it didn't pay attention to the rushing Miling ancestor, but avoided it with fast speed. Its two huge claws moved rapidly on the ground. Every time it landed, the place it stepped on was rumbling, even if it stepped on a mountain peak, it was the same.

The mountain body collapsed and fell, cast together with the earth by the feet from Qing Qin.

As it moved forward, Xu Qing's body also retreated rapidly, leaving the head and standing on Qing Qin's body.

Because the three heads of Qing Qin were too fast, they were constantly falling rapidly, like a rooster eating food, pecking at one Miling tribesman after another wailing on the ground.

For Qing Qin, these were all food.

"Senior, if there is a Tiangong, can you leave it for me when it's convenient? That... it's fine if you can't." Xu Qing was tempted and spoke rapidly.

But as soon as his words came out, Qing Qin's ferocity instantly rose, and the feathers on its body stood up, as if Xu Qing's words made it instinctively protective of its food.

But soon, it restrained itself, remembering that after meeting the eldest brother in Nanhuang Prefecture, it was educated many times by the other party not to eat alone, so it 'cawed', and with a flick, it jumped out a dying one-palace Core Formation Miling tribesman from the many foods and threw it to Xu Qing.

As for the remaining high-palace and Nascent Souls, it was worried that they would be asked for, so it swallowed them all in one gulp.

Xu Qing's right hand turned into Ghostly Silence, instantly entering the body of the Miling tribesman thrown over, and dragged out the Tiangong to absorb.

He saw it; Qing Qin was unwilling to distribute...

And for such an existence, he could only discuss with it; it was impossible to control it. However, Xu Qing didn't think about controlling it either. At this moment, he sat cross-legged, letting Qing Qin run wild and devour within the Miling tribe.

But soon, that Miling ancestor chased up, and in a roar, punched Qing Qin directly.

He knew the gap between himself and the opponent. At the moment of attacking, the entire Qiling mountain land was shaking. One divine ability after another rose into the sky and gathered in mid-air to form a ten-thousand-foot hammer.

This was a taboo magic treasure of their tribe. At this moment, it erupted and smashed fiercely toward Qing Qin.

Qing Qin revealed ferocity in its eyes. The head on the right lifted abruptly, using its crown to nudge the falling hammer fiercely.

With a boom, the ten-thousand-foot hammer formed by the taboo magic treasure rolled back and retreated. As for Qing Qin, its right head swayed a few times, unharmed.

But it seemed that this hammer stimulated its ferocity. Its eyes revealed bloodthirsty madness, and it let out an ear-piercing sound. Its neck extended rapidly, chasing the hammer, and it collided crazily.

As for the head on the left, it also swayed at this moment. Amidst the Miling ancestor's attack, it collided fiercely.

The booming sound was deafening. The Miling ancestor's huge body still couldn't withstand Qing Qin's head, being hit and spitting out blood, staggering and retreating.

But the left head was obviously also stimulated to ferocity, chasing rapidly, going crazy, either colliding, biting, or opening its mouth to spit out countless terrifying divine abilities.

The battle between the two sides manifested wind, rain, thunder, and lightning, and even affected the climate of the surroundings, causing countless distortions and blurring in heaven and earth.

This was already a manifestation close to a god.

It was a state of replacing the external Heavenly Dao with one's own Heavenly Dao.

Only the head in the middle ignored all this, greed in its eyes. Its neck spread very long, constantly devouring the Miling tribesmen fleeing in all directions on the ground, one by one, eating happily, and the rows of feather thorns on its body were brushing rapidly.

Xu Qing looked at all this. His personality was not that of a saint, so naturally, he wouldn't pity the Miling tribe. However, through Qing Qin's slaughter at this moment, he had a deeper understanding of the meaning of a ferocious bird.

He could feel that the more Qing Qin devoured, the crazier it became, and the ferocity on its body was constantly erupting, almost overwhelming its reason.

And the earth was shaking at this moment. With the rise of divine abilities, a huge pill furnace covering the entire Qiling mountain land appeared in a blurred shape.

This was also a taboo magic treasure of the Miling tribe, which was formed by a dead Void-Returning of its tribe with its own body.

Looking from afar, this pill furnace was vast and boundless. Beneath it, volcanic eruptions occurred one after another in the earth veins, forming heat. At the same time, the 100,000-mile range was all within the pill furnace, being refined.

Seeing this, the Qing Qin head in the middle revealed disdain, shook its whole body, and a purple-red light suddenly spread from Qing Qin's whole body.

Xu Qing was on Qing Qin's body. This light automatically avoided him, spread above him, and constantly spread to the surroundings. As the ear-piercing sound from Qing Qin's middle head resounded through the sky, this purple-red light suddenly brushed outward.

With a 'whoosh', wherever the purple-red light passed, the mountain rocks decayed, and the Miling tribesmen aged immediately, as if their vitality had been brushed away completely. And that huge pill furnace also swayed at this moment.

Seeing that the pill furnace actually withstood its own life-essence divine light, Qing Qin was a bit angry and brushed it again.

The pill furnace could no longer withstand it and directly turned purple-red, exploding with a 'bang'. Even the hammer in the sky collapsed again, and the ancestor of the Miling tribe let out a desperate, sad cry.

"This is the life-essence divine light that only divine birds possess. You actually have bloodline atavism to the point of forming divine light!"

Qing Qin's eyes were filled with ferocity. It seemed that the appearance of the divine light reduced its reason again, and even Xu Qing felt danger here. Without a word, he immediately manifested his Jin Wu.

At the same time, the Mount Zhaoxia Tiangong in his body shone immediately, forming morning glow light to shroud the Jin Wu and himself, and also brushed outward fiercely.

Although it was insignificant compared to Qing Qin's divine light, it looked extremely similar.

With the spread of the seven-colored glow, Qing Qin's middle head suddenly looked at Xu Qing, surprise and intimacy appearing in its eyes, and its reason also returned somewhat due to this familiar brush.

"Caw!"

Qing Qin shouted happily. The feathers on its back tilted rapidly, protecting Xu Qing inside. Then, the ferocity in the eyes of its three heads rose again, simultaneously staring at the Miling ancestor.

It seemed that the snacks were almost eaten, and it was time to eat the main course.

But at this moment, suddenly Qing Qin's three heads lifted abruptly, looking at the firmament. That Miling ancestor also retreated rapidly, his expression revealing excitement, and he bowed to the firmament.

Under this bow, the firmament rumbled and directly cracked a huge gap. From this gap, three huge figures descended.

These three figures each had a ten-thousand-foot projection formed behind them. They were two men and one woman, wearing white robes, their whole bodies snow-white, their eyebrows and hair were white, and they had white wings on their backs.

As for their appearance, they were all peerlessly beautiful.

It was exactly the Near-Immortal race.

And in terms of aura, they were not inferior to Qing Qin.

After descending at this moment, the woman in the middle looked coldly at Qing Qin on the ground and spoke coldly.

"Qing Qin, why devour the tribe attached to us!"

After Qing Qin's ferocious eyes swept across these three, it spread its wings on its back, revealing Xu Qing.

Xu Qing walked out expressionlessly, walked along Qing Qin's neck to its right head, and looked up at the sky.

At this moment, he was shrouded by Qing Qin's divine light, which isolated the pressure from the firmament for him.

His appearance should have attracted the gathering of gazes, but the three in the sky didn't even look at him, as if in their eyes, an ant like Xu Qing was not worth their gaze.

"Qing Qin, we can choose not to pursue this matter. You have finished eating, leave immediately." The Near-Immortal race woman in the middle looked at Qing Qin's middle head and spoke coldly.

Qing Qin's middle and left heads didn't pay attention. At this moment, they were entangled together, poking feathers on each other's necks, only the right head lifted high, which was very eye-catching.

It looked like 'you talk, it has nothing to do with me'.

This scene forced the three Near-Immortal races to glance at Xu Qing, but it was not a direct look.

The woman in the middle directly took out a jade slip and transmitted divine sense.

"Leave." The Near-Immortal woman in the very center of the sky looked at the head in the middle of Qing Qin and spoke coldly.

"This matter is your human race's fault, not ours. Not only must you give our race an explanation immediately and hand over the culprit, but your human Sword-Wielding Palace Palace Master must also give our race an explanation immediately!"

As the divine sense of this Near-Immortal race woman echoed, heaven and earth changed color, and Xu Qing's transmission jade slip also vibrated.

Xu Qing didn't pay attention. On the way here, he had already thought of everything. At this moment, he spoke calmly.

"I can give you an explanation."

"I don't know if releasing the god imprisoned in the Prison Department is enough of an explanation?"

"The human capital is protected by the power formed by countless taboo magic treasures of the entire Fenghai County. It is not so simple to blast it open, and they are all mundane, tasteless to eat."

"And your Near-Immortal race's tribe land is nearby, with strong people like clouds inside. Compared to the hungry god, it is more delicious."

"Is this explanation enough?"

As soon as Xu Qing's words came out, the expressions of the three Near-Immortal races in the sky sank immediately. The cultivator on the left snorted coldly.

"Audacious!"

As the reprimand echoed like thunder, the Near-Immortal race woman in the middle looked at Xu Qing for the first time.

"Interesting, with this cultivation, you actually dare to speak like this! Do you know what you are saying!"

"Of course I know." Xu Qing revealed a touch of madness in his eyes at the right time.

"I also know that the two war zones in the Northwest are severely lacking in supplies, with a large number of deaths every moment. The front line is collapsing at any time, and the entire Fenghai County is imminent. If there are still no supplies provided, the Sheng Lan tribe army breaking through the defense line will inevitably happen. Since that's the case, what else do I dare not do?"

"With the front line lost and the Sheng Lan tribe invading, the human race will either be extinguished or enslaved, worse than pigs and dogs. Since it's death anyway, why is the Sword-Wielding Palace still sealing any gods for the various alien races in Fenghai County? Either die at the hands of the Sheng Lan tribe, or die at the hands of the god, there is no difference."

"In the latter case, there are you alien races to be buried with us, which is cost-effective."

"So, why do you think I dare not?" As Xu Qing spoke, he lifted his right hand, and a golden token appeared in his hand.

It was exactly the Palace Master's token.

This token had been granted full authority by the Palace Master to the Sword-Wielding Palace.

Holding the token at this moment, Xu Qing looked at the Near-Immortal race in the sky and spoke earnestly.

"Not only do I dare, but I also have the authority to do it."

"Do you... dare?"

As soon as Xu Qing's words came out, Qing Qin beneath him immediately trembled. The two heads that were poking feathers at each other also lifted rapidly, looking proudly at the sky.

"Caw!"

7000 words, two-in-one.

Explaining when it is two-in-one: generally, if Little Mengxin writes more than 6000 words around 12 o'clock at night, it will be two-in-one; if not, it will be one chapter at night and one chapter during the day. ===== CHAPTER 491 =====

As soon as Xu Qing spoke, Qing Qin beneath him immediately trembled. The two heads that had been pecking at each other's feathers also raised up rapidly, looking proudly at the sky.

"Caw!"

7,000 characters, two-in-one.

Explaining the two-in-one schedule: usually, if this little Mengxin writes over 6,000 characters by around 12:00 AM, it will be a two-in-one; if not, there will be one chapter at night and one during the day.