Chapter 335: Rescue at Mount Bai Yang

Two days after Song Qingming left Mount Funiu, a young Song family cultivator suddenly rushed to find Song Qingshi, who was checking the spiritual items planted by the family in the spiritual fields behind the mountain.

"Big Uncle, a letter for help has arrived from Mount Bai Yang."

"Quick, bring it here for me to see!" After reading the letter in his hand, Song Qingshi's brows furrowed tightly. He then gave a solemn instruction to the young cultivator in front of him: "Yuanhao, go immediately and invite all the family elders on the mountain to come to the council hall to discuss matters!"

"Big Brother! What major event has happened this time, to make you so solemn?" The spiritual plant elder, Song Qinghe, who was standing to the side, saw that his usually unflappable Big Brother's expression seemed a bit off, and asked him in confusion.

Mount Bai Yang was eighty li away from Mount Funiu and was a spiritual land that the Song family had seized from demonic beasts six years ago. It was located on the edge of Mount Yunwu and was frequently harassed by demonic beasts. In the past, when the Song family received such a request for help, they generally only needed to let the law enforcement team send a few Qi Condensation cultivators to support them. How could it make Song Qingshi treat it so solemnly?

Song Qingshi handed the request for help he had just received directly to Song Qinghe, sighed, and said slowly: "A large group of demonic beasts has appeared near Mount Bai Yang, and the leader is a second-tier Fire-Scaled Leopard. It is estimated that the spiritual vein there cannot be held right now."

"What, there is actually a second-tier demonic beast? What should we do!"

In the council hall of Mount Funiu, several Song family elders on Mount Funiu had already gathered in the hall.

"Big Brother, regardless of whether Mount Bai Yang can be held, we must quickly find a way to drive this group of demonic beasts out. Otherwise, if we let this group of demonic beasts cross Mount Bai Yang, the nearby spiritual veins like Mount Wutong and Mount Liufeng will surely face destruction once they are targeted by such a group of demonic beasts."

"Qingming is not on the mountain. Relying solely on Qingyu to deal with a second-tier demonic beast in the wild is too dangerous. It's better to wait until Qingming returns before acting together; that would be more secure!"

"But if we don't drive this group of demonic beasts out in time, we will inevitably suffer greater losses, and it will also chill the hearts of those families who depend on us. The damage to the reputation that the Song family has accumulated over decades will be too great."

After hearing the news of a second-tier demonic beast appearing near Mount Bai Yang, the many Song family elders in the council hall were suddenly a bit panicked. Now that the family's backbone, Song Qingming, was not on the mountain and it was unknown when he would return, the family territory being invaded by a second-tier demonic beast in this gap was truly giving everyone a headache.

"Demonic beasts are invading the family territory. Regardless of whether we can drive them out immediately, we must try. I will take Xintang to Mount Bai Yang first to see the situation. Thirteenth Uncle, your law enforcement team should quickly organize manpower to go and support. Remember to bring a set of second-tier formations.

Also, hurry up and notify the other dependent families of the news of the demonic beast invasion, so they can also be prepared to deal with the demonic beasts at any time." Just as everyone was having trouble reaching a consensus, a young woman with a delicate appearance walked slowly into the council hall.

Seeing that the family's Foundation Establishment ancestor, Song Qingyu, had already made a decision, the family elders who were still discussing just now closed their mouths one after another and focused their gazes on her.

"Qingyu, do you think we should communicate with the Huang family? If they can send someone to help, our chances of winning will be greater." Seeing that everyone was silent, Song Qingshi thought for a moment and still voiced his suggestion.

"It's only a second-tier demonic beast; it hasn't reached that point yet. I'll go see the situation first. Don't worry, I am also someone who has almost died before; I know my limits and won't put myself in danger casually." Song Qingyu's gaze was firm, and after scanning everyone with a confident expression, she took Song Xintang and flew on her sword toward Mount Bai Yang.

The reason the Song family occupied Mount Bai Yang was that a refined copper vein had been discovered there a few years ago. Only then did they clear out the low-tier demonic beasts that had originally occupied the mountain and cultivated a mid-tier spiritual vein there, preparing to manage this mountain well in the future.

Ever since the black iron vein at Mount Lingyuan gradually dried up, the Song family had also increased their manpower to search for other mineral veins in their territory. However, searching for mineral veins was mostly a matter of luck. The few spirit-seeking masters in the Song family had searched for so many years and only found a mineral vein with decent reserves at Mount Bai Yang, which showed that this matter was indeed very difficult.

Families like the Wang family at Mount Fengtou, who were so lucky that they easily found a priceless Geng gold vein at the foot of their own mountain and lived a life without worries about food and clothing from then on, were after all just an exception. In the entire Qinghe County, there was only one such family.

The refined copper vein at Mount Bai Yang had larger reserves than Mount Lingyuan and was estimated to be mineable for one or two hundred years. Over these years, the Song family had already cultivated a mid-tier spiritual vein on the mountain and had also migrated hundreds of mortals from Mount Funiu to mine the vein.

The only downside was that it was too close to Mount Yunwu, and demonic beasts would come to harass them from time to time. Therefore, the Song family had also specially set up a top-grade mountain-protecting formation here, plus three mid-stage Qi Condensation cultivators to guard against demonic beasts that wandered into this place.

Generally speaking, as long as they didn't encounter a group of demonic beasts, Mount Bai Yang didn't need to send a request for help to Mount Funiu. Unexpectedly, a second-tier demonic beast had broken in this time, which truly exceeded the expectations of everyone in the Song family.

One must know that although there were still many demonic beasts everywhere in Qinghe County, it had been many years since a second-tier demonic beast had invaded any family's territory. The last time this happened was more than forty years ago in the Huang family's territory. However, the white lion that invaded back then had a miserable end and was finally surrounded and killed by the Huang family's troops at Mount Chifeng.

Compared to those first-tier demonic beasts, the destructive power of a second-tier demonic beast was truly too great. Ordinary Qi Condensation families simply couldn't block this level of power attack. If the main family's Foundation Establishment cultivator didn't support them in time, after the mountain-protecting formation was quickly broken, both cultivators and mortals would basically be buried in the bellies of the demonic beasts.

The three Song family Qi Condensation cultivators in Mount Bai Yang were currently nervously watching through the formation at several low-tier demonic beasts that had already broken into the mist formation outside and were running around. Even though these demonic beasts were getting closer and closer to them, the few of them still didn't dare to drive the formation to drive these demonic beasts away, for fear of alarming the Fire-Scaled Leopard, which was clearly a circle larger than the other demonic beasts and covered in red, not far from here. Once discovered by that second-tier demonic beast, the three of them, including the hundreds of family mortals in the formation, would all leave their lives here.

But no matter how carefully they hid themselves, there were still many demonic beasts with sensitive noses that had noticed the unusual aspects of this place. The mist outside could help them hide for a while, but in the long run, it was only a matter of time before this place was discovered by the demonic beasts. They had cultivated for so many years, and this was the first time they had faced such a critical moment.

Although they had already sent a request for help to the family, this demonic beast invasion was too sudden. Whether the reinforcements sent by Mount Funiu could arrive in time to support them, the few of them were very nervous at this moment but had no other way, so they could only pray silently in their hearts.

Just when the few of them were extremely panicked, a white sword light from the sky flew quickly from far to near and landed in Mount Bai Yang. After seeing the person clearly, they were immediately extremely excited and hurriedly bowed and saluted.

"Welcome, Supreme Elder!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 336 =====