Chapter 459

Guiyun Market, in a magnificent, tall, and gorgeous palace.

The Golden Core Elder of the Carefree Sect stationed in Guiyun Market, Lu Boyang, was sitting in the center of the palace, closing his eyes and meditating.

Lu Boyang, who had practiced for nearly four hundred years, was considered an old-established Golden Core True Person in the Carefree Sect. A hundred years ago, during the last northern monster beast turmoil, it was he who led the cultivators of the entire Jiangling County of the Wei State to block the attack of the White Lion Monster King at Huoyun Mountain in Pingyang County, and even once recaptured the Golden Mountain Market that had been occupied by monster beasts.

Hearing the two say this, Song Qingming said with a calm expression: "Now that the monster beast turmoil is imminent, there is some turbulence everywhere outside. Your Law Enforcement Team has worked hard recently, and the family will find a way to give you more subsidies in the future."

Compared to Lu Boyang's cultivation base of the fourth level of Golden Core a hundred years ago, he had now practiced to the sixth level of Golden Core, and his strength had improved quite a bit compared to back then.

It was just that a cultivation speed like Lu Boyang's was not very prominent among Golden Core cultivators. It was estimated that it would be difficult for him to break through to the late Golden Core stage in his life, let alone dream of attempting the Nascent Soul realm.

Just as Lu Boyang was meditating and practicing with a calm heart, a white sound-transmission talisman suddenly flew in from outside the door and fell into his hand.

Lu Boyang, whose practice was interrupted, opened his eyes and opened the sound-transmission talisman with some displeasure to take a look, then raised his hand to cast a spell to remove the barrier at the entrance of the palace.

"Qingyun, come in!"

Following Lu Boyang's voice, a young-looking gray-clothed man immediately walked into the palace quickly and bowed respectfully to Lu Boyang.

"Master, just now Junior Brother Liu Yuan reported that he saw a strange Golden Core cultivator passing by and heading south at Chiyan Mountain. Moreover, this person's appearance is strange, and it seems he is not another Elder of the sect."

After listening to the words in the gray-clothed man's mouth, Lu Boyang thought for a moment, then stood up with a strange expression: "Except for Junior Brother Chen who is traveling and has not returned, other Elders have been in the sect recently. How could someone suddenly come to the north? Could it be that the one from Iron Immortal Fortress has come out again?"

"You go and call Liu Yuan over, and tell me the detailed situation of what he saw again, to see if the Ma family is unable to sit still again."

After the gray-clothed man went out for a moment, he soon brought another Carefree Sect cultivator with the same attire back into the palace. This person was precisely the Foundation Establishment cultivator of the Carefree Sect who happened to see Song Qingming passing by not long ago.

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Carefree Sect, inside a secret cave dwelling on the top of Mount Guyang.

The spiritual energy in this cave dwelling was very rich, having reached a Tier 4 mid-grade spirit vein. It was the best place for cultivation on the entire Mount Guyang and was also the closed-door cultivation dwelling of the Carefree Sect's only Nascent Soul cultivator, Supreme Elder Li Mufeng.

At this moment, another Golden Core cultivator was also sitting in Li Mufeng's cave dwelling: the Sect Master of the Carefree Sect, Yao Qianshu.

Compared to the ruddy-faced Li Mufeng, Yao Qianshu's complexion was very poor, looking as if he had suffered a not-so-light injury.

"Qianshu, this Snow Lotus Pill will be of some use to your injuries. Take it first and seize the time to recuperate your injuries, striving for an early recovery."

After taking the red pill from Li Mufeng's hand, Yao Qianshu opened his mouth with a shameful expression: "It is all because of my own dull aptitude. Both attempts to break through to Nascent Soul ended in failure, and I have also troubled Senior Uncle Li to go out and find healing pills for me. My heart truly feels somewhat uneasy."

"Supporting you to form a core was a thought I had after discussing with everyone and thinking about it repeatedly. Qianshu, do not harbor guilt because of this, as it will also be unfavorable to your future cultivation."

Hearing the patient comfort from Li Mufeng beside him, Yao Qianshu still found it difficult to let go in his heart and sighed: "Now that the northern monster beast turmoil is imminent, Senior Brother Wu is no longer here, and because I failed to form a core, I am temporarily unable to contribute to the sect. I fear it will be very difficult for our Wei State to successfully survive this monster beast turmoil this time."

"If the Nascent Soul spiritual items had not been wasted on me this time but left for Junior Sister Bai, the sect would not have fallen into the current predicament."

Li Mufeng waved his hand: "Stay here and recuperate well, and don't think about things outside. I have already sent people to contact the Profound Moon Sect and the True Yang Gate. If the war becomes tight by then, at worst, we will give up some benefits from the south to them first and deal with this monster beast turmoil first."

Hearing that Li Mufeng had already made a decision in his heart, Yao Qianshu opened his mouth but didn't say anything. He nodded gently and swallowed the "Snow Lotus Pill" he had just obtained, starting to drive his magic power to refine this very precious high-grade pill in his body.

Seeing this, Li Mufeng nodded with gratification, then walked out of the cave dwelling and turned his gaze toward the north of the Wei State far away.

Over the past hundred years, the Carefree Sect had received many pieces of intelligence one after another, and there were many more high-grade monster beasts in the north, which also put increasing pressure on the Carefree Sect that controlled the Wei State.

Compared to the increasingly powerful monster beast side, the entire Wei State cultivation world had been very unfavorable in the past few decades. The lifespan of the Chen ancestor of Camel Cloud Mountain was not much left, and it was basically determined that he could not take action to participate in the war.

Plus, more than a decade ago, a powerful late-stage Golden Core Elder in the Carefree Sect passed away, and the Sect Master of the Carefree Sect, Yao Qianshu, had not recovered from his injuries since failing to break through to Nascent Soul ten years ago. The Wei State side had lost three powerful late-stage Golden Core combat powers in twenty years, and its own strength had become much weaker compared to a hundred years ago.

Years ago at Golden Feather Mountain, Li Mufeng witnessed the phenomenon of Nascent Soul Tribulation Crossing with his own eyes. Now there was another Nascent Soul monster emperor in the north of the Wei State. Although the agreement between Golden Feather Mountain and the Carefree Sect still existed, it was already precarious. This was also the real reason why Li Mufeng was eager to support Yao Qianshu to break through to Nascent Soul.

Li Mufeng, who was standing on Mount Guyang now, also felt somewhat emotional that the sect had been somewhat unlucky over these years. Among the many Golden Core cultivators in the sect, the only ones who still had a chance to break through to Nascent Soul were Yao Qianshu and Bai Yuxian.

Although Bai Yuxian had better talent, her cultivation time was short, and her cultivation base was still at the eighth level of Golden Core. She had only recently started closed-door cultivation to prepare to break through to the ninth level of Golden Core, and she was still some distance away from the step of forming a core.

The cultivation base of Sect Master Yao Qianshu had already reached the peak of Golden Core more than a hundred years ago, and his conditions in all aspects had already met the requirements for breaking through to Nascent Soul. It was just that Yao Qianshu had attempted to form a core twice in the past hundred years, but both failed, and he didn't even trigger the Nascent Soul thunder tribulation.

Now Yao Qianshu's lifespan was also approaching five hundred years, and he was considered someone whose potential had been exhausted among Golden Core cultivators. Thinking about it, this Sect Master of the Carefree Sect should not have another chance to break through to Nascent Soul.

After standing on the top of Mount Guyang and pondering for a moment, Li Mufeng sighed and turned to come to the Miscellaneous Affairs Palace of the Carefree Sect.

The one on duty here was the Miscellaneous Affairs Elder of the Carefree Sect, True Person Guangling. His lifespan was even greater than that of Sect Master Yao Qianshu, and his cultivation base was only at the fifth level of Golden Core. He was now the oldest Golden Core cultivator in the Carefree Sect.

Ever since True Person Guangling formed his core, his personal Dao path had been very unfavorable. It took more than two hundred years after forming his core to barely break through to the mid-stage of Golden Core. Precisely because he knew his potential had long been exhausted, he took on the most busy Miscellaneous Affairs Palace errand in the sect early on.

"Senior Uncle Li, Junior Brother Lu from Guiyun Market sent a message using a ten-thousand-mile sound-transmission talisman yesterday, saying that someone saw a strange Golden Core cultivator passing by and heading toward Jiangling County near Guiyun Market." Seeing the figure of Li Mufeng who appeared suddenly, True Person Guangling, whose complexion already showed old age, hurriedly stepped forward and bowed.

After listening, Li Mufeng showed doubt and asked: "A strange Golden Core cultivator? Now that the monster beast turmoil is near, major sects around are all preparing for war. There shouldn't be any Golden Core cultivator who has such leisure to go to the Floating Cloud Mountain Range to stroll around at this time, right? Could it be that Boyang made a mistake over there?"

Hearing Li Mufeng's suspicion, True Person Guangling shook his head: "Junior Brother Lu has confirmed it repeatedly in the letter. Although this person's escape speed is not fast and it seems he has just formed a core not long ago, he is indeed a genuine Golden Core cultivator. Besides a loose cultivator near Guiyun Market who saw this person's traces, there was also a Foundation Establishment disciple of the sect. I think it shouldn't be wrong."

"Now the situation is unstable, and I don't know what purpose this person has in going to Jiangling County. You first send a message to several markets over there, letting them pay attention to whether there have been traces of strange Golden Core cultivators recently."

"Also, notify the Law Enforcement Hall and let Wutong send a few disciples to Jiangling County to check. In case this person is not well-intentioned, we must also make some preparations early, so as not to be fished in troubled waters by others when the time comes." Li Mufeng gave a serious order.

Now that the monster beast turmoil is imminent, the Carefree Sect's own situation is already somewhat bad, and there is another strange Golden Core cultivator appearing within the Wei State. Li Mufeng also had a trace of hidden worry in his heart.

After True Person Guangling responded, he hesitated for a moment and then said: "Senior Uncle Li, there is one more thing. That is, Iron Immortal Fortress has sent us a message again, urging us to send people over to help them as soon as possible. Do you think we should reply to them this time?"

Hearing the mention of Iron Immortal Fortress in True Person Guangling's mouth, Li Mufeng's expression changed instantly, and he replied impolitely:

"Hmph! Usually, they are always thinking about the little bit of things in their own bowl. Now that they have encountered difficulties, they know to reach out to the sect. Don't worry about them for now. Just reply to Ma Hongshan with a letter to appease him. After we defeat the monster beasts in Guiyun Market first, we will send people to support them then."

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Although he had just formed his core not long ago, Song Qingming's escape speed already far exceeded that of Foundation Establishment cultivators. After crossing Guiyun Market and entering the territory controlled by the human race in the Wei State cultivation world, it only took him two days to rush back to Qinghe County.

Following the fall of a cyan light, Song Qingming's figure finally appeared at the foot of Mount Funiu. Looking at Mount Funiu, which he had been away from for a long time, a happy smile appeared on Song Qingming's face.

Two Song family cultivators patrolling the mountain gate saw a cyan-robed man who was not wearing the Song family's uniform walking toward them from afar, and they hurriedly took out their magic tools and revealed a look of alertness.

After the cyan-robed man walked closer, the two discovered that the person who arrived looked somewhat familiar. After recognizing this person's identity, they hurriedly put away the magic tools in their hands with a happy look and stepped forward to bow down.

"Greetings, Clan Head!"