Chapter 107: Demonic Beast Turmoil

After bidding farewell to his family, Song Qingming, who returned to Mount Funiu, soon walked out of the grief of his relatives' passing and began to execute the family's mission of transporting supplies to Qinghefang.

Following the last time he left Qinghefang with the old Daoist Feng, this was the first time in more than three months that Song Qingming returned to Qinghefang. Separated by only a few months, Song Qingming found that there were many more unfamiliar cultivators in Qinghefang. The cultivators guarding the market gate checked Song Qingming's identity and did not ask much before letting him in. It seemed that Zhou Jintang's disappearance did not attract anyone's attention.

After killing Zhou Jintang in Mount Yunwu, Song Qingming had always had some worries in his heart for several months that someone would come to the market for revenge after the incident. It was not until he finished handing over the supplies and left the market this time that he finally felt relieved about this matter.

After completing this mission, Song Qingming also ushered in a period of stable cultivation on the mountain. Only when the family needed manpower to escort supplies would he go down the mountain.

In the past, things like transporting supplies were the responsibility of the family's Second Elder Song Changfeng. It was just that now the old patriarch's lifespan was not much, and the Second Elder had begun to gradually take over the patriarch's authority and could not go down the mountain often, so this matter fell to Song Qingming, who had a relatively high cultivation in the clan.

Soon time flew by for another two years, and Song Qingming rarely had two years of quiet cultivation time on the mountain. In his spare time from cultivation, he would still make some spiritual talismans, and when the family sent him down the mountain to transport supplies, he would take the opportunity to take them to Qinghefang to exchange for some spiritual items needed for cultivation.

In these two years, besides cultivation, Song Qingming's greatest progress was his talisman-making level. Half a year ago, he had already raised his talisman-making technique to the top grade and became the third top-grade talisman master of the Song family.

It was just that after he made many top-grade spiritual talismans, he suddenly discovered a matter that made him somewhat helpless. Although top-grade spiritual talismans had higher profits, they were not as easy to sell as mid-grade spiritual talismans in Qinghefang. Many top-grade spiritual talismans taken to Qinghefang for sale were still piled up in his own storage bag.

The reason for this was also because top-grade spiritual talismans, although effective, also had high finished product costs. A top-grade spiritual talisman was generally worth about ten spirit stones, which was four or five times that of a mid-grade spiritual talisman. Those who could afford top-grade spiritual talismans in Qinghefang were all old-brand late-stage Qi Refining cultivators.

As for the numerous mid-to-low-tier Qi Refining cultivators, most of them were not too wealthy. Even if they had one or two top-grade spiritual talismans, they were placed on their bodies as trump cards. Under normal circumstances, they would not be willing to take them out to use, so the overall consumption of top-grade spiritual talismans in the market was not large.

For this reason, he could only change back to making mid-grade spiritual talismans. The dozens of top-grade spiritual talismans he hoarded could only wait until he went on a long journey next time to sell them in a large market like Guiyunfang.

In the Fuyun Mountain Range, thousands of miles north of Guiyunfang.

A somewhat short late-stage Qi Refining cultivator was on a high cliff. Only seeing the magic power on his hands surging continuously, he was climbing rapidly on the smooth cliff wall with great effort.

On the high cliff dozens of zhang away, several Star-Moon Flowers were swaying gently with the breeze on the cliff, and a trace of blue enchanting spiritual light flashed from time to time on the yellow petals.

He, who came alone to this dangerous Fuyun Mountain Range, came for these few spiritual items. Soon the middle-aged cultivator successfully climbed to the Star-Moon Flowers. After seeing the spiritual items, he first carefully patrolled for a while, confirmed that there was no danger nearby, and then carefully picked these few spiritual flowers and put them into his storage bag.

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After wiping his bright eyes with his hands and confirming that there was nothing wrong with his vision, the cultivator looked up toward the foot of the mountain again. He saw a cloud of yellow sand rising in the distance, with countless demonic beasts mixed within, slowly closing in on him from afar.

"This is... a demonic beast riot!"

After confirming he had not seen wrong, the cultivator, who had been drifting through the Fuyun Mountain Range for decades, felt his face fill with terror. He let out a loud shout and quickly ran toward the foot of the mountain.

More than ten days later, hundreds of cultivators, just like him, had encountered the demonic beast horde pushing south through the Fuyun Mountain Range and had fled in panic. Many others had not managed to escape in time and had fallen into the bellies of the beasts.

In the Guiyun Market's council hall.

Over a dozen Foundation Establishment cultivators were carefully discussing how to deal with this demonic beast riot. Even the Jin Dan ancestor Qin Wenyuan, who was stationed in the market, had emerged from seclusion and was sitting on the high platform presiding over the meeting.

"According to the news brought back by Junior Nephew Shen yesterday, there are three waves of demonic beasts heading toward our Guiyun Market. The leaders include four third-tier demonic beasts, and there are over a hundred second-tier beasts. Their strength is quite formidable, and their combined forces include tens of thousands of low-tier beasts. In terms of strength, they far exceed the defensive forces currently in Guiyun Market. Junior Nephew Chen, you must make another trip to the sect yourself. You must ask the Sect Master to arrange for reinforcements to arrive immediately. If we are late, I fear some mishaps may occur."

"This disciple accepts the order."

A somewhat tall and thin man bowed respectfully to Qin Wenyuan, accepted the order, and quickly left the area.

Qin Wenyuan nodded and continued to speak to the remaining people with a solemn expression: "Pass the word down. Starting today, Guiyun Market is closed. All cultivators may only enter and not leave. Post a notice informing the cultivators in the market that everyone must accept the deployment of the market's guard team. If anyone dares to retreat without fighting, I will personally take their head to sacrifice to the banner."

Fortunately, every time there is a demonic beast riot in the Northern Frontier, it does not involve cultivators above the Nascent Soul stage or fourth-tier Demon Emperors. Whether it is the demonic beasts or the human side, those who can take action are all below the Jin Dan stage. Otherwise, if a fourth-tier Demon Emperor appeared on the battlefield, Guiyun Market would likely not be able to hold out for even half a day.

The Xiaoyao Sect's mountain gate is some distance from Guiyun Market. To wait for reinforcements from the sect, they must hold out on their own for a period of time.

Unexpectedly, only a few days later, two large demonic beast armies had already arrived near Guiyun Market from two directions. The leaders were two thunder eagles and one large black dragon; all three were Jin Dan demonic beasts. Faced with such absolute suppression of strength, Qin Wenyuan did not dare to engage in battle and could only rely on Guiyun Market's third-tier mountain-protecting formation to hold the line.

After the two waves of demonic beasts arrived at Guiyun Market, they quickly directed the low-tier beasts below to surround the market tightly and began attacking the mountain-protecting formation outside. It was not just Guiyun Market; several markets in Wei near the Fuyun Mountain Range were soon under siege by demonic beasts. The once-a-century Northern Frontier demonic beast riot had begun just like that, without any warning.

After the news of the demonic beast riot reached the Xiaoyao Sect, the Xiaoyao Sect cultivators immediately began organizing to head north to support. A mobilization order was quickly issued to the family cultivators in the counties near Guiyun Market, instructing them to be the first to rush to support.

(End of chapter)