Chapter 250: Trouble Arises Again

Just when Song Qingyu was still in seclusion to stabilize her cultivation, Sixth Uncle Song Changfeng sent Song Qingming another unexpected piece of news: a letter sent by Lu Yuanfeng invited Song Qingming to go to Qinghe Market urgently for a meeting.

For the past six months, because of Song Qingyu's Foundation Establishment, Song Qingming had almost never left Mount Funiu, and he didn't know what had happened in Qinghe Market that made Lu Yuanfeng send such a letter.

Although Song Qingming didn't know yet, since he received Lu Yuanfeng's letter, he naturally didn't dare to delay. After explaining to Song Changfeng, he set off alone for Qinghe Market. Now that Song Qingyu had successfully reached Foundation Establishment, he didn't have to worry too much about just stabilizing her cultivation in seclusion.

After arriving at the council hall of Qinghe Market, Song Qingming discovered that this matter seemed a bit simple. It wasn't just him; Patriarch Lu Xingde of the Lu family and Huang Shengyue of the Huang family had already arrived here one step ahead of him.

"Fellow Daoist Song, come and sit. Fellow Daoist Lu just went out, we estimate we still have to wait for him for a while." Seeing Song Qingming arrive here, Huang Shengyue, who had a closer relationship with him, hurriedly stepped forward and greeted him.

Song Qingming cupped his hands at the two and said: "Two fellow daoists, what exactly happened? Why is Brother Lu in such a hurry to call us here?"

"A few days ago, two cultivators from the market guard team were killed outside Qinghe Market. After a few days of investigation, I guess Fellow Daoist Lu should have some clues, which is why he summoned us to discuss the matter."

The person speaking was Lu Xingde. I don't know if it was because the Cao family cultivators hadn't arrived yet, but this guy's attitude towards Song Qingming was much more enthusiastic this time for some reason.

"Who is so bold to attack the market guard team around Qinghe Market? It's not the Xiaoyao Sect's people who died, right?" Hearing the news of the market guard being killed, Song Qingming's face also changed. He also didn't expect that someone would dare to kill the market guard team.

"They are two people from loose cultivator backgrounds who have been working in the guard team for some years. We should really be glad that it wasn't the Xiaoyao Sect's people who died. Otherwise, Fellow Daoist Lu wouldn't have just invited us to discuss the matter today."

Hearing Lu Xingde say this, Song Qingming nodded and breathed a sigh of relief. If it were really the Xiaoyao Sect's people who died, I'm afraid this matter would have blown up, and the business of the entire Qinghe Market might have been greatly affected for a period of time.

The guard team of Qinghe Market is mainly composed of three parts. One part is the disciples under Lu Yuanfeng. These people are all authentic Xiaoyao Sect disciples, who can be considered to be stationed here by the Xiaoyao Sect like Lu Yuanfeng.

The second part is the cultivators from the four major Foundation Establishment families who take turns to garrison. Because the Lu family has been taking turns in recent years, there are now many Lu family cultivators in the market guard team.

The remaining last part, which is also the largest number of people, is temporarily hired from loose cultivators when the market guard team doesn't have enough manpower. These people are generally not fixed, but their existence also represents the dignity of the market. Being killed outside the market for no reason can be considered as slapping the face of Qinghe Market. In any case, as beneficiaries of the market, the four major Foundation Establishment families in Qinghe County all have the obligation to seek justice for them.

Just as a few people were talking, Gao Yubai of the Gao family also walked in. As soon as he entered the door and saw Song Qingming and Huang Shengyue, a hint of disgust flashed in Gao Yubai's eyes.

In the battle of Mount Duanliu back then, he was besieged by Song Qingming and Huang Shengyue and almost folded in their hands. Even now, seeing the two, he couldn't help but recall this matter.

After Gao Yubai entered, hearing Song Qingming and the others discussing this matter, he naturally knew the purpose of Lu Yuanfeng summoning everyone here immediately. It's just that this guy didn't answer, his face was always cold, and it was impossible to see what his attitude was.

All four families had been here for a while before Lu Yuanfeng finally returned to the council hall.

"Fellow daoists, I invited you here today actually because of a major event that happened in Qinghe Market recently. Someone robbed and killed two cultivators of the market guard team outside the market." After entering the door, Lu Yuanfeng didn't exchange pleasantries with everyone, but said with a heavy face the purpose of summoning everyone here.

"Brother Lu, has this matter been investigated clearly? Who did it?" Before everyone could speak, Huang Shengyue had already taken the lead in asking the most important question now.

Lu Yuanfeng nodded and said with a headache: "It's still the biggest scourge around our Qinghe Market. It's been a few years since we beat them, it seems they are starting to be restless again."

"Is it the Eagle Nest Ridge again?" Hearing Lu Yuanfeng say it was the scourge around Qinghe Market, Lu Xingde immediately thought of the answer and blurted it out.

"That's right, it has been investigated clearly. The ones who did it were the Feng brothers who only joined Eagle Nest Ridge a few years ago." Now these two people have no trace, it is possible that they have already hidden back to Eagle Nest Ridge.

"They were let go last time, I didn't expect them to be so unmemorable and dare to come to Qinghe Market to make trouble again. This is really not taking us seriously at all."

"Fellow Daoist Lu is right. Eagle Nest Ridge can be said to have directly slapped our Qinghe Market in the face this time. If we don't make a response, who will dare to come to our Qinghe Market in the future." Huang Shengyue also echoed.

Song Qingming also nodded and said: "Brother Lu, you just make a decision on what to do, we will definitely cooperate."

Hearing the three words Eagle Nest Ridge, Song Qingming naturally had no good feelings. When he had just gone down the mountain back then, he almost died in their hands. Now that there is a chance to take revenge, he is naturally very happy in his heart.

The remaining Gao Yubai, although he hadn't spoken yet, was after all the representative of the Gao family. This matter concerned the entire Qinghe Market and had already involved the common interests of the four major Foundation Establishment families in Qinghe County. Regardless of what conflicts the families had before, everyone must definitely be consistent with the outside world now.

Seeing that everyone's opinions had been unified and they intended to teach Eagle Nest Ridge a lesson, Lu Yuanfeng paused and said:

"I have already inquired about some useful news in the past few days. The reason why Eagle Nest Ridge is so arrogant recently is precisely because their strength has expanded a lot in recent years. Now on Eagle Nest Ridge, there are already over a hundred bandit cultivators, and two Foundation Establishment cultivators. Added to the fact that they have a second-tier mountain-protecting formation, just a few of us Foundation Establishment cultivators going there, I'm afraid we won't be able to break their mountain-protecting formation and will only end up in vain.

If we send too many cultivators, the movement will be too big. I'm afraid that before we reach Eagle Nest Ridge, we might be discovered by them and they might withdraw in advance. I think this time we might as well concentrate the late-stage Qi Refining cultivators, organize a batch of elite cultivators to follow us, and I can also borrow two sets of second-tier formations to hand over to them. As long as everyone is willing to spend some time, it is absolutely possible to break Eagle Nest Ridge and completely solve this scourge."

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