Chapter 102: Troops Sent to Chifeng Ridge

The Song family's group brought the supplies that had been prepared long ago, left Mount Funiu, walked more than two hundred miles to the east, and arrived at the Huang family's Mount Wufeng.

Mount Wufeng was a second-tier spiritual vein. The Huang family had occupied this place after discovering a spiritual spring here hundreds of years ago and had been operating it for more than four hundred years. More than a hundred mu of spiritual fields had been opened up on the mountain. Not only were dozens of Huang family Qi Refining cultivators stationed here, but a powerful second-tier formation was also set up on the mountain to guard it. Even if Foundation Establishment cultivators attacked, so many cultivators relying on the power of the formation could resist for a day or two, supporting until reinforcements arrived.

In the cultivation world, spiritual veins in many places were generated congenitally. Cultivating from nothing to a second-tier spiritual vein after birth required an investment of at least ten thousand spirit stones. Mount Wufeng's spiritual vein could be considered the most important industry of the Huang family besides their ancestral land, Mount Taiyuan.

As soon as the Song family's group arrived at Mount Wufeng, they saw from afar that someone was already waiting here. After walking closer, they saw that this person was a middle-aged man with a square face and thick eyebrows, and a yellow plain-colored Daoist robe, quite full of righteousness. After seeing the Song family's group, he hurriedly greeted them and put on a smiling face.

"Hehe, I thought the one who came this time would be Fellow Daoist Changfeng. I didn't expect that Patriarch Song would come in person. Junior Huang Xianlong has met Predecessor Song." After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he even stepped forward and bowed to Song Gushan.

Facing such a humble Huang Xianlong, Song Gushan was also slightly surprised. After all, the Huang family was the main family of the Song family. Even if Huang Xianlong was just an ordinary cultivator in their family, he did not dare to be arrogant on the surface, so he hurriedly bowed to Huang Xianlong and said: "Fellow Daoist Huang is too polite. We are all fellow Daoists, how could I dare to be called a predecessor by you."

"Sigh! When I first entered the Dao, Predecessor Song was already a famous cultivator in our Qinghe County. Naturally, I have to call you a predecessor. Everything on the mountain has been arranged. Fellow Daoists, please follow me up the mountain first."

After Huang Xianlong finished speaking, he raised his hand to make a gesture of invitation, and then walked in front. Song Gushan did not open his mouth to be polite again, leading the Song family's group to follow quickly.

After going up the mountain, several cultivators of the Song family moved into the station that the Huang family had prepared long ago. Song Qingming discovered that on Mount Wufeng, besides the Huang family cultivators, many cultivators from various vassal families under the Huang family had already gathered. He even met several acquaintances he had known in Qinghefang in recent years.

The Huang family had dominated Qinghe County for nearly a thousand years, and the entire northern part of Qinghe County was the sphere of influence of the Huang family. There were more than twenty vassal Qi Refining families like the Song family under their door, and there were also some more distant vassal families that had not yet arrived, so they could only stay here first and wait for the cultivators who had not yet arrived.

Unexpectedly, Song Qingming and the others waited on Mount Wufeng for five or six days before all the vassal families under the Huang family had gathered here.

Fortunately, this Huang Xianlong was not only enthusiastic in personality but also very thoughtful in doing things. He not only arranged accommodation for them but also sent some supplies such as spiritual rice, and would come over to express his condolences every few days, which made Song Qingming and the others feel very warm in their hearts.

Seeing that all the vassal families had gathered, the Huang family immediately summoned the leading cultivators of each family to the Mount Wufeng council hall to discuss the specific matters of this action.

In the Mount Wufeng council hall, including the Huang family cultivators, there were dozens of cultivators standing. Sitting at the top were two Foundation Establishment cultivators.

One was the number one expert in Qinghe County, the current patriarch of the Huang family at the eighth layer of Foundation Establishment, Huang Shengxin. The other cultivator had not been in Foundation Establishment for long and had the cultivation of the second layer of Foundation Establishment. He was the current patriarch of the Qian family, Qian Guangyao.

Seeing Qian Guangyao suddenly appear here, these vassal family cultivators under the Huang family below revealed a look of surprise one after another.

Since Qian Guangyao successfully built his foundation more than ten years ago, the Qian family could be considered to have gotten rid of the status of a vassal of the Huang family and promoted to a Foundation Establishment family. According to reason, they no longer needed to accept the conscription of the Huang family.

Unexpectedly, the Qian family gave the Huang family so much face this time that even their Foundation Establishment patriarch, Qian Guangyao, actually came in person.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Huang Shengxin stood up and said to everyone:

"You all already know our goal this time. Our goal this time is to encircle and suppress Chifeng Ridge. I ask everyone to work together to eliminate this place where demonic beasts have been entrenched in our Qinghe County for many years.

Everyone, don't worry. I have already communicated with Fellow Daoist Lu stationed in Qinghefang about this action. He will watch the rear for us. Our Huang family guarantees here that no matter which family of yours encounters attacks from other forces during the action, you will receive our assistance in time. I ask everyone to rest assured about this point.

For this mission, killing the demonic beasts on the mountain is the business of our Huang family and the Qian family, so you don't need to worry about it. You are responsible for the areas under your respective jurisdiction at the foot of the mountain and block those demonic beasts fleeing down the mountain.

The materials of the demonic beasts killed by everyone in their respective responsible areas will belong to each of you. After the war, our Huang family will also take out a few spiritual items to reward those who have made great contributions in this battle, and the fallen cultivators can also receive a pension from our Huang family.

However, I must also say the ugly words first. You are all vassals of our Huang family and have been protected by our Huang family for many years. If I find out that any family's cultivator dares to be lazy or play little tricks, the Liu family will be their end."

Upon hearing that the rewards for this action were so generous, the people below revealed a look of excitement one after another. However, not long after, they were returned to their original form by Huang Shengxin's harsh words.

Everyone had witnessed the disaster of the Liu family's extermination back then. These small Qi Refining families were not worth mentioning in the eyes of the huge Huang family. Once they offended the main family, they didn't even need the Huang family to do it themselves; there would be a large group of people below willing to come and share a piece of the pie, and the disaster of extermination would be just a matter of a blink of an eye.

Chifeng Ridge was a mountain range close to the border of Mount Yunwu. This place was not too far from the place where Song Qingming was chased by the Eagle Nest Ridge robbers, only a distance of less than a hundred miles.

This place was originally the only way for cultivators in Qinghe County to enter Mount Yunwu from the north. Many cultivators in Qinghe County would enter Mount Yunwu from here to hunt demonic beasts and pick spiritual herbs in exchange for cultivation resources.

Recently, for some reason, this place was originally the territory of a second-tier demonic beast, the Golden-Horned Sheep. This demonic beast was a relatively gentle demonic beast, usually basically staying on the mountain and rarely coming out, and rarely invading the territory of Qinghe County.

A few years ago, a second-tier mid-grade White Lion came to this place, drove away this Golden-Horned Sheep, and occupied this place. The White Lion was cruel by nature, and basically, all the cultivators passing by the foot of the mountain fell into its mouth, making it so that no cultivators in Qinghe County had dared to enter Mount Yunwu from here in recent years.

Not only that, but this White Lion also crossed the border into Qinghe County a few months ago, attacked a small refined iron mine of the Huang family, killed several Huang family cultivators and thousands of mortals, and stirred up this mine vein of the Huang family. A Huang family Foundation Establishment ancestor quickly rushed to support and had a fierce battle with this White Lion, which then repelled it.

This White Lion stirred up the situation in the north of Qinghe County at once. As the hegemon of the north of Qinghe County, the Huang family naturally would not let it go, and immediately began to gather manpower. Even the patriarch Huang Shengxin, who had always been in seclusion, came out of seclusion, preparing to take down this spiritual vein occupied by demonic beasts.

Under the leadership of the Huang family patriarch Huang Shengxin, nearly two hundred cultivators had killed their way to the foot of Chifeng Ridge aggressively. Not counting the last time several major Foundation Establishment families reorganized Qinghefang, this action could be called the largest action of Qinghe County cultivators in the past few decades.

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