Chapter 328: Wind Crane

Hearing what the crane puppet in his hand said, Song Qingming finally felt relieved and did not rush to leave immediately.

"Junior Song Qingming has not yet asked for the senior's name. I don't know how the junior should address the senior in the future?"

"Hehe! Knowing my name might not be a good thing for you in the future. You can address me as Wind Crane!" The crane puppet beast said slowly in a low voice.

"That is also good! Junior comes from a humble background and has only cultivated for a few decades. My knowledge of many things in the cultivation world is indeed still relatively shallow. In the future, I ask Senior Wind Crane to give more guidance!"

"As long as you can meet my needs according to the agreement, I will naturally remind you when guidance is needed! However, don't expect me to tell you everything. After all, you and I are not master and disciple, but just a cooperative relationship."

Song Qingming nodded and smiled lightly, then took out a golden jade box from his storage bag, intending to hide this senior first.

"Kid! What are you trying to do?" Seeing this operation of Song Qingming, the crane puppet beast asked loudly in confusion.

"Senior Wind Crane! It is not that Junior is intentionally doing this to you. I am going to Fenggu Plain next to meet up with the front-line cultivators. There are many Jin Dan seniors there. In case I am discovered by someone, it will be troublesome." Song Qingming explained with a somewhat difficult face.

"What are you afraid of! The old man can hide the aura on my body well myself. Let alone small Jin Dan cultivators, even if you encounter ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators, they will not discover my existence."

Seeing that Wind Crane was so confident in his words, Song Qingming could not say anything more, hurriedly put away the jade box that could isolate divine sense, found a cloth bag, and tied the crane puppet beast to his waist.

By the time Song Qingming walked out of the cave, he discovered that he had finally returned to the small valley earlier. At this moment, there was no white fog produced by the illusion formation in the valley, and it had returned to the ordinary scene earlier.

Song Qingming carefully looked around and did not discover the figures of other people, and a trace of relaxed smile slowly appeared on his face.

For days, he was either chased and killed or trapped by the formation, and he was almost calculated by the old guy at his waist. Song Qingming had been tense all these days and had not been able to rest well for a moment.

After finding a place outside the valley and refining more than ten spirit stones to recover his own magic power, Song Qingming stepped on the flying sword and directly turned into a sword light to leave this valley.

Fenggu Plain was still about two hundred miles away from this small valley. Song Qingming rode the sword and galloped all the way. More than an hour later, he finally saw a convoy heading toward Fenggu Plain on a main road a few dozen miles away from Fenggu Plain.

After Song Qingming landed and inquired, he learned that these people were transporting materials needed for the front line from a market named Tianjing Market not far from here. Seeing his own people, Song Qingming finally let go of the worry in his heart.

This convoy had a total of more than ten large carts transporting materials, pulled by more than ten domesticated four-horned horses, and was escorted by dozens of cultivators. The leader was a Foundation Establishment cultivator named Gu Tong.

At first, seeing a strange Foundation Establishment cultivator land in front of the convoy, Gu Tong and the entire convoy, who did not know Song Qingming's identity, were very nervous. Until the two sides exchanged for a while, Gu Tong confirmed Song Qingming's identity. Learning that he was also going to Fenggu Plain, Gu Tong smiled and invited him into his convoy, taking the initiative to invite him to travel together.

Song Qingming asked about the road and also knew that the distance from here to Fenggu Plain was not far, so he agreed. In any case, the convoy was pulled by four-horned horses, and the speed would not be too slow. Walking with them could also save some effort.

"Fellow Daoist Song, I also heard about the Huanglong Market matter these days. Just now, I was so nervous, I hope the Daoist will forgive me."

Song Qingming smiled and sighed: "Brother Gu is too polite. I actually fled from Huanglong Market a few days ago. After hiding outside for several days, I finally escaped. Now I don't know where to go to find the few fellow Daoists who were separated. That's why I thought of coming to Fenggu Plain to see if I could take a spirit boat directly back to Mount Baimeng."

Hearing that Song Qingming fled from Huanglong Market, Gu Tong was also somewhat surprised. Their Tianjing Market was not far from Huanglong Market. After hearing that Huanglong Market was attacked, they also quickly sent cultivators to support.

It was just that by the time they arrived, that group of Heaven Sea Alliance people had long since fled. According to post-war statistics, except for a few Foundation Establishment cultivators who fled from Huanglong Market, all other cultivators were killed by the opponent, and the entire market was almost burned into a piece of white land.

However, Cao Rongxue and the others finally, like Song Qingming, escaped without danger and waited for the reinforcements of Wang Liangping from Green Ox Ridge. After a great battle between the two sides, the Heaven Sea Alliance lost another five or six people, and the remaining others scattered and fled from there.

Hearing the news that Cao Rongxue and the others were safe and alive, Song Qingming also felt a trace of relief in his heart. After he was targeted by Sun Jingya that day, he was beaten and lost his direction, which was why he had to change direction and flee to Fenggu Plain. Although he finally picked up a life, it was also very dangerous along the way. In his heart, he thought that Cao Rongxue and the others should also be inauspicious, but he did not expect that their luck was also good and they waited for Wang Liangping's timely support.

Originally, logically speaking, the Huanglong Market formation could support the arrival of cultivators from other places to support. It was just that Liu Wenguan's betrayal on the spot gave a fatal blow to the cultivators guarding Huanglong Market, making Zhao Mengzhen and others lose their lives quickly.

In fact, before Song Qingming and the others came to support Huanglong Market, Liu Wenguan had already hooked up with the Heaven Sea Alliance side. The previous attack on the market was actually Liu Wenguan deliberately leading the guarding cultivators in the market to pursue the opponent, and finally lost so many people.

Originally, those Heaven Sea Alliance people did not intend to let Liu Wenguan expose his identity. It was just that the Green Ox Ridge lair was suddenly taken down, and they had no way to stay near Huanglong Market for a long time, so they simply killed the chicken to get the eggs and completely leveled this market.

After Song Qingming and the others returned later, Liu Wenguan still wanted to lead them into the Heaven Sea Alliance's ambush circle. If Wei Tianhe had not discovered his idea in time, it was really hard to say whether the few of them could escape with their lives.

After chatting with Gu Tong for more than half an hour, the convoy finally arrived at the front-line camp of Fenggu Plain. Song Qingming ran to ask about the spirit boat to Mount Baimeng, but was told that there were no spirit boats returning to Mount Baimeng in the last few days. Having no other choice, he could only stay in the camp and wait for the returning spirit boat.

This wait, the result was that Song Qingming did not wait for the spirit boat, but instead waited for the order to let him stay in the front-line camp. Looking blankly at the edict he received in his hand, Song Qingming was truly somewhat unable to laugh or cry.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 329 =====