Chapter 429: The Black-Robed Person Attacks

After putting away all the spirit items on the table, Song Qingming took out a somewhat exquisite small wooden box from a storage bag. After opening it, what was inside was the Mysterious Soul Pill he had obtained not long ago.

Ever since he met Feng He decades ago and switched to practicing the "Soul-Devouring Art", Song Qingming had practiced this set of techniques to the second layer. His spiritual sense was now considered the top among Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Although the process of practicing spiritual sense techniques is very difficult, the improvement for cultivators after reaching a certain realm is equally obvious.

Whether it is breaking through cultivation realms or fighting others in daily life, Song Qingming had tasted enough of the benefits of his powerful spiritual sense over these years.

Of course, relying on practicing soul techniques like the "Soul-Devouring Art" to strengthen one's spiritual sense can only make one stand out among cultivators of the same tier. Song Qingming had now practiced the second layer of the "Soul-Devouring Art" to perfection, but he had been unable to break through to the third layer. The main reason was that his own cultivation had not yet reached the Core Formation realm.

However, besides practicing soul techniques, cultivators can also borrow some spirit items as external forces to help improve their spiritual sense. The Mysterious Soul Pill in Song Qingming's hand was one type of elixir that could improve a cultivator's spiritual sense.

Over these years, because the "Soul-Devouring Art" had been practiced to the perfection of the second layer, Song Qingming's spiritual sense had not been able to continue to improve for a long time. This time, he bid for the Mysterious Soul Pill also to see if this type of elixir was useful for improving his spiritual sense at his current stage.

Now Song Qingming's cultivation had reached the ninth layer of Foundation Establishment, and he could attempt Core Formation at any time. If he could improve his spiritual sense a bit more before that, it would certainly be of some benefit to his Core Formation.

After concentrating his mind and adjusting his state, Song Qingming quickly swallowed the Mysterious Soul Pill and began to operate the "Soul-Devouring Art" technique to refine the Mysterious Soul Pill in his body.

This time in seclusion to refine the Mysterious Soul Pill, Song Qingming did not spend too much time. In less than ten days, he took the initiative to walk out of the cave dwelling gate.

Although he successfully refined the elixir, he didn't know if it was because his own spiritual sense was already too powerful, but the effect of the Mysterious Soul Pill's medicinal power on the improvement of Song Qingming's soul was not as good as what the tiger-headed man said at the auction. The effect of refining one pill was less than half of what he said.

Although the effect was not as good as originally expected, Song Qingming was quite satisfied with this pill for helping him improve and strengthen his spiritual sense in a short period. It was just a pity that a cultivator could only take one Mysterious Soul Pill, and more would have no effect. Otherwise, Song Qingming would want to go to the Tiandan Pavilion now to ask if they had any more.

Time flew by, and another half year passed.

On this morning, just as the morning sun rose, a crisp bell sound suddenly rang out on the still-tranquil Mount Funiu.

Hearing this bell sound, all the cultivators on Mount Funiu quickly took the initiative to walk out of their cave dwellings, their faces filled with confusion.

"What's going on? Why did the Law Enforcement Team ring the Heaven Pavilion Bell?"

The Heaven Pavilion Bell is a giant bell stored by the Song family in the Heaven Heart Pavilion where the Law Enforcement Team is located. Normally, it is only rung by Law Enforcement Team cultivators on duty on the mountain when facing a powerful enemy attack.

Since the Song family became a Foundation Establishment clan, Mount Funiu had never been attacked by other forces for decades. The sudden ringing of the Heaven Pavilion Bell immediately made some younger Song family cultivators on the mountain panic.

After leaving his cave dwelling, the aged Song Qingshi shouted loudly to several cultivators rushing toward him: "Not good! It seems someone outside the mountain is attacking the protective formation. Qingsi, Xintang, you go immediately to assemble the Law Enforcement Team and all late-stage Qi Mount Mount Lianhua cultivators on the mountain. Assemble outside the council hall, and remember to bring the Sky Fire Roc from the back mountain."

"Xintong, you go and stabilize everyone. We haven't figured out the situation yet, and you are all panicking like this—what does it look like?"

Following the order of the experienced Song Qingshi, the Song family cultivators, under the command of several core elders on Mount Funiu, quickly regained their usual composure and rapidly assembled outside the council hall.

At the foot of Mount Funiu, a cultivator wrapped in a black robe looked at the mountain-protecting formation before him. The flying sword in his hand would launch a violent attack every once in a while, causing the entire Mount Funiu protective formation to vibrate and emit a buzzing sound continuously.

Ever since the Mount Funiu spirit veins were upgraded to second-tier mid-quality more than a decade ago, Song Qingming later spent some time in seclusion specifically refining a set of second-tier mid-quality formations to replace the second-tier low-quality formation the Song family had purchased from outside before.

After replacing it with the new mountain-protecting formation, the defensive power of Mount Funiu had also increased quite a bit compared to the past. Even if two or three Foundation Establishment cultivators came to attack Mount Funiu at the same time, it would still be very difficult to break this protective formation quickly.

Just as the black-robed person struck the formation again, causing a loud noise, an old man with white hair and beard suddenly walked out of the protective formation on his own and shouted loudly to the black-robed person in front of him: "The Song family has no grievances or enmity with you, Senior. Why have you come to intrude upon our Mount Funiu?"

Seeing someone come out from inside, the black-robed person stopped the flying sword in his hand, turned around to look at Song Qingshi, and then quickly attacked him with the flying sword in hand.

"Big Uncle, this person is a Foundation Establishment cultivator. You should avoid him first; let us deal with him." Seeing the black-robed person attack directly without saying a word, Song Xintang, who was waiting nervously in the formation, immediately killed his way out of the formation with eight late-stage Qi Mount Mount Lianhua cultivators, wanting to step forward and intercept the black-robed person.

The reason Song Xintang and the others dared to walk out of the formation to face a Foundation Establishment cultivator was precisely because they had a set of second-tier low-quality formations, the "Green Wood Cloud Smoke Formation", that Song Qingming had made before.

Just as the flying sword in the black-robed person's hand was about to catch up to Song Qingshi, three huge wooden thorns suddenly flew out from the ground, stabbing directly at the black-robed person who was pouncing over, forcing the opponent to helplessly turn sideways to avoid this strike.

Soon, a white mist filled the air, protecting Song Qingshi as he fled back into the mountain-protecting formation. Song Xintang and the others, controlling the "Green Wood Cloud Smoke Formation", did not rush to retreat and still remained outside the formation.

The "Green Wood Cloud Smoke Formation" only requires six or more late-stage Qi Mount Mount Lianhua cultivators to control. The eight clan members Song Xintang brought to control the formation flags were all Law Enforcement Team cultivators who had been with him for many years. They had trained and cooperated for many years, and now they were naturally very proficient in controlling this set of formations.

When this mysterious black-robed person attacked Song Qingshi just now, the aura displayed on his body was only about the second layer of Foundation Establishment. Backed by the mountain-protecting formation and facing a cultivator who had just reached Foundation Establishment, Song Xintang and the others were not very afraid of the opponent.

Thanks to "Hurry up and reach Foundation Establishment, don't dawdle" and all the big brothers for the monthly tickets, and thanks to "Bear Infestation" and "July Tower" big brothers for the rewards.

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