Chapter 210: Lingyin Sect

More than ten days later, on the south side of the Taiyue Lake Market, an empty square was filled with people. At this moment, at least several hundred people had gathered here.

Some of them stood together in twos and threes, while others gathered in groups of more than ten. Very few came here alone. Almost all of these people had cultivation above Foundation Establishment. On their own turf, they were all respected existences. With so many people gathered here at this moment, it could be said that almost half of the Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Wei State had come.

Everyone stood in the square, looking very harmonious on the surface. When they met acquaintances, they would take the initiative to greet them from afar. Of course, there were also those whose relationships were not so harmonious, who would stare at the other person with murderous intent, as if they had seen a mortal enemy they had not seen for many years.

However, even if they were burning with anger in their hearts at this moment, no one dared to make a move in this place. The reason was that their gazes were focused from time to time on the square, where a man and a woman sitting on chairs were looking at the crowd with calm expressions.

Of these two, the man was already white-haired and bearded, a very kind-looking old man who always carried a slight smile on his face, his kind eyes scanning the crowd from time to time.

The young woman sitting to his right did not look so kind. Her eyes seemed to be covered with ice crystals, and when her cold gaze swept over, it could make people feel a chill in her eyes.

These two were dressed just as ordinarily as everyone else, but the aura emitted from their bodies had already far exceeded that of Foundation Establishment cultivators. They were clearly two Jin Dan True Persons with higher cultivation.

These two were the ones sent by the Xiaoyao Sect to be responsible for maintaining order at the scene when the secret realm opened this time. Not far behind the two, there was also a square array platform, with four disciples wearing Xiaoyao Sect attire standing on the side.

The hundreds of Foundation Establishment cultivators standing in the square were all very wary of the gazes of the two, fearing that they would accidentally offend them.

Standing here, even if you saw your mortal enemy from the past, you could only grit your teeth and restrain your inner emotions for the time being.

Song Qingming, who had arrived here early in the morning, was standing beside the two Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Huang family at this moment. Besides Huang Shengyue and Huang Shengxin, who came together this time, there was also a Foundation Establishment cultivator from Pingyang County named Hu Longhai.

This person was originally a loose cultivator mixing in the Guiyun Market. His cultivation was already at the sixth layer of Foundation Establishment. More than ten years ago, he participated in resisting the demon beast turmoil and made many contributions. After the war, he used the battle merits in his hands to apply for a second-tier spirit vein from the Xiaoyao Sect, and moved to Pingyang County, which had been severely damaged by the war, with his clansmen and more than a dozen disciples, establishing a small Foundation Establishment cultivation family.

An outsider loose cultivator like Hu Longhai had just arrived in Pingyang County and soon began to be squeezed out by local Foundation Establishment families. Unable to find suitable allies nearby for a time, he soon turned his gaze outside Pingyang County and leaned on the stronger Huang family of Qinghe County. Like Song Qingming, he was also encouraged by the Huang family with some benefits this time.

Not far from Song Qingming and the others, Gao Jinhe and the others from the Gao family also arrived here before long. After seeing each other, Gao Jinhe and Huang Shengxin did not look surprised and smiled and bowed to each other. Gao Yubai, who was standing beside Gao Jinhe, looked at Huang Shengyue and Song Qingming coldly with unkind expressions, seemingly still holding a grudge about the two of them joining forces to injure him back then.

There was another person following the two from the Gao family, but this person was not Lu Xingde, whom Song Qingming expected, but a rather unfamiliar-looking cultivator. He should not be a Foundation Establishment cultivator near Qinghe County, and his cultivation looked higher than Gao Yubai's.

Huang Shengyue looked around and did not find the Lu family, so she said with a smile: "That cowardly thing Lu Xingde really didn't dare to come. It was really guessed right by Ninth Brother."

"Whether he comes or not will not affect the Gao family coming to join in the fun." After speaking, Huang Shengxin's eyes intentionally glanced at the stranger beside Gao Jinhe.

On the Gao family side, Gao Yubai looked at Song Qingming and said to Gao Jinhe: "Song Qingming dares to come here, but we talked for months, and that old thing Lu Xingde didn't have the guts to come with us. Sixth Great Uncle, it really is people comparing to people, making people angry."

Gao Jinhe sighed helplessly: "Lu Xingde is just a short-sighted person who cherishes his life while doing big things. The Lu family will certainly not be able to achieve anything in the future. We are just temporarily using each other for such people. I actually underestimated Song Qingming. I didn't expect that after this kid was almost pitted by the Huang family last time, he didn't learn any lesson at all and dared to follow them here. I really don't know what words the Huang family used to move him, making this kid sell his life for them so desperately."

Just as the crowd at the scene was whispering, a black dot that was getting bigger and bigger suddenly flew over the sky not far from the market. After getting closer, everyone discovered that it was a huge yellow flying boat.

"What a huge flying boat. Which big figure has arrived?" A young Foundation Establishment cultivator looked at the huge flying boat getting closer and could not help but let out a sigh!

Hearing this young man's inquiry, a sound of disdain immediately came from the crowd.

"Why are you making such a fuss, kid? With so little knowledge, you dare to come here to fish in troubled waters."

"This is the large flying boat of the Lingyin Sect. It looks like they have also sent quite a few people this time."

Song Qingming had only been at Foundation Establishment for a little over ten years, and it was also his first time seeing such a huge flying boat. It was not until the yellow flying boat flew to a position not far above the square that he finally saw the appearance of this flying boat completely.

The yellow flying boat was estimated to be more than ten feet long and three or four feet wide. There were twenty or thirty cultivators with uniform attire standing on the bow, with several golden patterns printed on their Dao robes. When the flying boat arrived above the square, about thirty or so cultivators jumped down directly from it and landed steadily in the center of the square.

"Fellow Daoist Jin, how come it is you who came for the Lingyin Sect this time."

The old man who was originally sitting in the middle of the square had already taken the initiative to stand up and bowed to the leader of the group of yellow-clothed cultivators who had just landed.

The woman smiled at the two Jin Dan True Persons at the scene and returned the salute to the old man: "Senior Brother Wang has been in seclusion since last year and has not come out. The sect ordered me to replace him in bringing these unpromising juniors out to see the world."

"Oh! In that case, it seems Fellow Daoist Wang has obtained another opportunity. You young people all have extraordinary luck, which truly makes an old man like me envious."

The woman surnamed Jin hurriedly said modestly: "Brother Wu is joking. At my age, I have long since lost hope for the Dao path and can only come out to do some errands for the sect. Where else could I find an opportunity." After speaking, the woman nodded slightly to the young woman who was standing on the side without opening her mouth, moved her steps lightly, and sat directly on an empty chair beside the old man.

The dozens of Lingyin Sect disciples who came with her also left the center of the square with the woman and stood on the open space not far behind her.

Song Qingming carefully looked at these disciples who were selected and sent, discovering that the cultivation of these people basically exceeded his. When they looked toward them in the square, there was still a trace of arrogance on their faces. They should all be elite disciples within the Lingyin Sect.

Before Song Qingming could take back his gaze, someone on the side shouted softly again.

"Over there, someone else is coming!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 211 =====