Chapter 315: Qingniu Ridge

Song Qingming walked quickly to the gathering place in the middle of the market, and saw that aside from some Qi Condensation cultivators stationed in the market, Liu Wenguan and Cao Rongxue, the two Foundation Establishment cultivators with the highest cultivation in Huanglong Market, were already waiting here.

After seeing Song Qingming come over, the two didn't open their mouths to speak, just nodded and greeted him.

Not long after, the other few Foundation Establishment cultivators who also didn't know what had happened also hurriedly rushed over here.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Liu Wenguan coughed twice, and then opened his mouth: "Fellow Daoists, just now I received an emergency sound transmission in my cave dwelling. A large number of enemy cultivators were discovered at Qingniu Ridge, about a hundred miles away from us. Senior Fang Baixuan has already sent people to surround them, and ordered us to send personnel to assist.

This time, it was an instruction personally issued by Senior Fang Baixuan. He attaches so much importance to it, I estimate that the other side should have come with quite a few people. This is a good opportunity for everyone to establish merit. Before this, I had already discussed with Fellow Daoist Cao that she will lead the team to support this time, and I will stay behind to guard the market. I wonder which fellow Daoist is willing to go with Fellow Daoist Cao."

Hearing Liu Wenguan say this, the expressions of the crowd changed into different looks. There were those like Cao Rongxue who were anxious in their hearts and wanted to kill the enemy and make contributions, their faces full of somewhat excited joy.

Having been on the front line of the State of Lu for so long, and still unable to truly fight the enemy, Cao Rongxue, who had been holed up in the market, also couldn't hold back. Once she heard this news, she immediately took the initiative to ask Liu Wenguan to lead the team to support.

There were also people like Zhao Mengzhen whose faces revealed some panic. The reason he came to the front line of the State of Lu was the same as Song Qingming's, being conscripted by the Xiaoyao Sect, not like Cao Rongxue who came actively for merit. Zhao Mengzhen naturally didn't want to participate in such a dangerous battle in his heart.

Having been in Huanglong Market for so long, although Zhao Mengzhen also actively executed several tasks with Cao Rongxue, Song Qingming, and others, every time he went out, he was actually very careful and cautious. If it wasn't a necessary battle, he wouldn't think about taking the initiative to take risks.

As soon as Liu Wenguan finished speaking, several people immediately opened their mouths to go with Cao Rongxue to execute the support task, including Song Qingming, who also wanted to go out and find an opportunity to see if he could earn a little merit.

"Fellow Daoists, the matter is urgent, so I will leave it to everyone. I hope everyone can have gains this time and successfully complete this task."

After everyone discussed quickly, they immediately decided on the candidates to go.

Aside from Cao Rongxue and Song Qingming, there were also Wei Tianhe and another Foundation Establishment cultivator named Wen Hou who was originally stationed in the market. Aside from this, there were more than forty elite Qi Condensation disciples traveling together.

At the beginning, Song Qingming, who came to the State of Lu, actually had similar thoughts to Zhao Mengzhen, thinking that he could just give the Xiaoyao Sect an account on the front line, and try his best not to participate in risky tasks.

Only after he saw the second-tier puppet beast did Song Qingming gradually change his thoughts. Now he is also very interested in this opportunity to earn merit, and his heart is also looking forward to this action.

The target of this action, Qingniu Ridge, is less than a hundred miles away from Huanglong Market. This distance is already quite close, and Qi Condensation cultivators can also rush to that place in half a day.

In order to take care of the Qi Condensation cultivators below, the crowd did not walk very fast along the way, and only arrived at the destination of this trip after half a day.

Qingniu Ridge itself is a second-tier spiritual vein occupied by demon beasts. Originally, there were three second-tier green ox demons on this spiritual mountain. These demon beasts like to live in groups and act together, and they don't actively cross their own territory, so they didn't offend many human cultivators, and no cultivators had chosen to actively provoke them all along.

Song Qingming and others guarding Huanglong Market didn't know that there had actually been dozens of their enemies, Tianhai Alliance infiltrated cultivators, living here all along. And the reason why they didn't go to attack Huanglong Market later was just to better hide themselves and not attract the attention of the many cultivators of the Lingyin Sect.

By the time Song Qingming and others rushed here, there were already quite a few Lingyin Sect cultivators outside Qingniu Ridge. These people were setting up defensive means such as formations outside the periphery of Qingniu Ridge, wanting to prevent the cultivators inside from running out.

This time, the Lingyin Sect didn't know where they got the news, and blocked the many Tianhai Alliance cultivators who had infiltrated into the State of Lu here at Qingniu Ridge. At this moment, they were calling for cultivators everywhere to come and support, intending to wipe out the enemy cultivators trapped inside in one fell swoop.

Since the war between the two sides began, faced with these infiltrated enemies, cultivators on both sides were very troubled. These people were like mice hiding in houses, coming out from time to time to harass, striking the transportation lines in the rear, making the high-level officials on the Lingyin Sect side also very troubled.

The battle on the front battlefield was already tight, and they had to arrange a large number of people to be responsible for guarding the markets and strongholds along the line. If this battle could solve these hidden dangers beside them at once, it would be a big trouble solved for the Lingyin Sect. At least for a period of time, they wouldn't have to worry about these worries behind them.

The Lingyin Sect cultivator responsible for this siege at Qingniu Ridge was named Wang Liangping, and he was a veteran Foundation Establishment cultivator within the Lingyin Sect.

This person had reached Foundation Establishment for many years and acted quite seasoned. After leading the cultivators to surround Qingniu Ridge, he didn't choose to attack forcefully immediately, but patiently surrounded this place tightly, set up formations, and slowly waited for the cultivators around to come and support.

The Tianhai Alliance cultivators trapped on Qingniu Ridge totaled more than thirty people. These people were all elite disciples of the Tianhai Alliance, and their cultivation was at least at the Foundation Establishment stage. Because Qi Condensation disciples move too slowly, they were not suitable for such tasks of infiltrating behind enemy lines, so all the Tianhai Alliance cultivators who infiltrated into the State of Lu were disciples above the Foundation Establishment stage.

After these people arrived in the State of Lu, aside from going out to attack the material convoys of the Lingyin Sect every once in a while, they basically hid here to avoid the search of the other side's cultivators.

After discovering they were trapped, these Tianhai Alliance people also tried several waves of breakthroughs, but they were all blocked by Wang Liangping leading people to fight to the death. Seeing that the cultivators surrounding the outside were getting more and more numerous, the Tianhai Alliance cultivators trapped on Qingniu Ridge gradually all couldn't sit still.

At this moment, dozens of Tianhai Alliance cultivators were gathered in a cave dwelling discussing how to escape. Seeing that the situation under the mountain was getting worse and worse, everyone chose to incite the young man sitting at the head to hurry and order a breakthrough.

"Senior Brother Wu, it's time to act decisively. The longer the time drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for us. Hurry and make a decision!"

"Yes! Senior Brother Wu, make a decision!"

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