Chapter 467

After seeing Chu Fengping off, as soon as Song Qingming returned to his cave dwelling, he immediately sent a sound transmission, calling Song Qingyu, Huang Siyuan, and Song Yuanli, who were still busy on the mountain, to his place.

"Seventh Brother, calling us over so urgently, did you find out anything from Senior Chu's side?" A moment later, Song Qingyu and the other three, who rushed over in a panic, asked with confused expressions as soon as they entered the door.

Song Qingming looked at them with a calm expression and nodded directly: "I just asked Senior Brother Chu. There should be some problems in the sect. Next, in the monster beast turmoil, I am afraid they will not be able to take care of Jinshan Market."

Hearing Song Qingming say this, Song Qingyu and the other three immediately changed their expressions and asked with surprise: "The sect handed over this large area to us to guard. If the next monster beast turmoil is the same as the last time, and two third-tier monster beasts come at once, I am afraid we will be difficult to deal with."

"Yes, Seventh Great Uncle, just relying on us to hold Jinshan Market is too difficult. Even if the Carefree Sect cannot send Golden Core cultivators to come, they cannot just ignore us like this!"

Song Qingming sighed with a solemn expression: "The monster beast turmoil concerns the fate of the entire human race in Wei Guo. Naturally, the Carefree Sect cannot ignore it. It is just that there is a problem in the sect now. Whether they can send forces to support us by then is indeed hard to say.

No matter what happens next, we must prepare ourselves first and try our best to block the monster beasts at Jinshan Market. Otherwise, once Pingyang County is broken by monster beasts, our Qinghe County will also not be able to escape the disaster. The family cultivators and mortals are all near Mount Funiu, and our Song family does not have many choices."

Huang Siyuan nodded: "Husband is right. We cannot escape what we have to face. While the monster beast turmoil has not yet started, we must prepare early to avoid being caught off guard."

"Hmm! I have already decided. In a few days, I will move into Jinshan Market directly. Qingyu and Siyuan, you take a group of people to go with me first.

Since the last time monster beasts broke Jinshan Market, the entire Pingyang County has been severely damaged. Although it has recovered over the years, the overall strength of Pingyang County today is probably even worse than a hundred years ago. We must rush over as soon as possible to help them strengthen the overall defense of Jinshan Market."

Because the monster beast turmoil in the northern border is approaching, the loose cultivators who usually enter the Fuyun Mountain Range from Jinshan Market have already been reduced by more than half. Therefore, the entire Jinshan Market is becoming more and more depressed.

Song Qingming looked at the square-faced strong man who was respectful to him in front of him and said softly: "The two of us want to go to the market to handle some things and buy some spiritual items by the way."

"That's good! Seventh Brother, you and Sister-in-law can set off first. After I have selected suitable candidates, I will rush over to meet you immediately." Hearing Song Qingming's arrangement, Song Qingyu hurriedly responded.

"Yuanli accepts the order. I also ask Seventh Great Uncle to rest assured. I will definitely guard the clansmen well!"

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A few days later, outside Jinshan Market in Pingyang County.

After discussing with Song Qingyu and others, Song Qingming quickly packed his things and took Huang Siyuan to Jinshan Market first.

On this day, of the several Qi Refining cultivators guarding the entrance, except for one who was still checking the cultivators and mortals coming in and out in twos and threes, the others had already hidden in the side room to drink tea and chat.

"Senior Brother Lu! Two seniors have come in front."

Not long after, two streaks of spiritual light suddenly appeared in mid-air and landed outside Jinshan Market together. After the spiritual light dissipated, the figures of a man and a woman quickly appeared.

Hearing the shout, three Qi Refining cultivators wearing the same clothes immediately ran out of the side room. The leading square-faced strong man among them glanced at Song Qingming and the other who were walking over and immediately ordered the others: "Quickly go to the back to open the city gate defense formation, and all of you be smart."

After Song Qingming nodded, he said to Song Yuanli, who was waiting on the side: "Yuanli, you still stay at Mount Funiu first. I will entrust the clan to you for the time being. If you encounter anything, you should discuss it more with the family elders. If there is any abnormality in Qinghe County, you must send a letter to inform us in time."

After the square-faced big man finished speaking, he hurriedly walked up to Song Qingming and the other, bowed and saluted with a smile: "Two seniors, may I ask what is the business of coming to the market?"

Seeing two strange Foundation Establishment cultivators walking over outside the market, the market guard who was checking the incoming and outgoing personnel hurriedly shouted to call out all the other cultivators guarding the gate.

"Senior! Our Jinshan Market has already started martial law. Foundation Establishment cultivators must have a resident pass token to enter. If the two seniors are not local cultivators, please wait a moment. I will report this matter to the market elder first and ask Senior Cao to come and provide a guarantee for the two seniors." After the square-faced strong man finished speaking, he immediately turned around and wanted to return to the market.

"Husband, it seems that the guards here at Jinshan Market are still a bit cautious. They have already started martial law so early." Seeing that the two of them had just walked over, these market guards immediately opened a protective formation at the entrance. Huang Siyuan showed a smile and praised.

Song Qingming looked at the formation at the entrance of the market and shook his head with a calm expression: "This level of protective formation can only deal with those ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators. If you encounter a master above the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, I am afraid that before the other Foundation Establishment cultivators in the market can come to support, the market gate will be lost."

"Usually, there would not be Foundation Establishment cultivators coming here. It is already considered not bad that they can do this. You do not need to be too harsh on them now. It still takes a process to change these things."

Just when Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan were chatting at the entrance of the market, a middle-aged woman dressed in a red palace dress had already walked out of the market quickly.

As soon as this woman in red saw Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan, she hurriedly stepped forward and bowed and saluted with a surprised look: "This concubine Cao Rongxue, greets Senior Song and Fellow Daoist Huang."

Cao Rongxue is the head of the Cao family, the largest Foundation Establishment family in Pingyang County. A few days ago, when the Song family held a banquet to celebrate advancing to a Golden Core immortal family, Cao Rongxue also represented the Cao family and went to Mount Funiu.

Back then, when Song Qingming was still a Foundation Establishment cultivator, he also had some friendship with Cao Rongxue. The two had fought side by side on the front line of Lu Guo. At that time, Cao Rongxue's cultivation was even higher than Song Qingming's.

Seeing Song Qingming, who had now become a Golden Core True Person, Cao Rongxue was also very envious. Although her current cultivation has also reached the ninth level of Foundation Establishment, she also tried to form a core once over the years, but she failed to form a core and instead damaged some of her vitality. To this day, she still has no confidence in breaking through the Golden Core realm.

Seeing his old friend Cao Rongxue, Song Qingming hurriedly nodded with a smile: "Fellow Daoist Cao, please get up quickly. I remember that back then on the front line of Lu Guo, Fellow Daoist Cao was also an old friend who fought side by side with me for many years. Do not be so polite in the future."

Seeing that the Foundation Establishment Senior Cao Rongxue, who usually has a very high status in the market, actually called this man Senior, the guards at the market entrance were suddenly stunned, thinking they had misheard just now.

Cao Rongxue's cultivation has reached the peak of Foundation Establishment, and her age is not small among Foundation Establishment cultivators. For someone to be called Senior by her so respectfully, could this person be a Golden Core True Person?

"In that case, this concubine thanks Senior Song. Just now, I heard from those juniors who have no eyes that two strange cultivators came to the market. I did not expect it to be the two seniors.

The senior just successfully reached Core Formation, and the people below have not yet seen the senior's portrait, so they were rude and neglected just now. I hope Senior Song does not mind."

"We were rude, I hope the Old Ancestor forgives us!"

The news of Song Qingming's Core Formation had already spread throughout Wei Guo these days. Jinshan Market naturally had already heard this news. Hearing Cao Rongxue confirm that this person was indeed the Senior Song who had become a Golden Core cultivator not long ago, the guards who had stopped Song Qingming at the gate just now immediately broke out in cold sweat and hurriedly knelt on the ground to beg for mercy loudly.

Song Qingming waved his hand with a calm expression: "As the saying goes, those who do not know are not guilty. All of you get up. My trip to Jinshan Market also has important matters to discuss with fellow Daoists in Pingyang County. In a while, I also ask Fellow Daoist Cao to work hard and invite the managers of all major Foundation Establishment families in Pingyang County to come to Jinshan Market."

"I also ask the senior to go to the market to rest for a while. This concubine will go down to arrange it immediately!"

Cao Rongxue's efficiency in handling things was still good. After only half a day, Song Qingming saw the cultivators of all major Foundation Establishment families in Pingyang County who had rushed here after receiving the news in the Jinshan Market meeting hall.

In addition to the major Foundation Establishment families, some Carefree Sect Foundation Establishment cultivators stationed in several mineral veins in Pingyang County also rushed over after learning the news of Song Qingming's arrival at Jinshan Market.

Pingyang County is the same as it was a hundred years ago. There are only seven Foundation Establishment families in the territory. Like Qinghe County, Pingyang County has also had many things happen in these hundred years. Two of the original seven major Foundation Establishment families have also changed their surnames to newly advanced Foundation Establishment families.

Compared with the rise of the Song family in Qinghe County over the past hundred years, which has gradually increased its strength, although Pingyang County still has seven Foundation Establishment families, the number of Foundation Establishment cultivators is now two fewer than a hundred years ago. In total, there are only fourteen Foundation Establishment cultivators, and the overall strength has still decreased.

This is also because a hundred years ago, monster beasts broke Jinshan Market, which brought a huge disaster to the north of the entire Pingyang County. Many cultivators and mortals were lost, which led to the overall strength of the Pingyang County cultivation world not only not growing in these hundred-plus years, but actually weakening slightly.

Song Qingming, sitting at the head of the meeting hall, glanced at the more than ten Foundation Establishment cultivators present and said softly: "You all should have received the sect edict recently. Now the monster beast turmoil is approaching, and our Jinshan Market is bound to suffer attacks from northern monster beasts. This time I came to Jinshan Market, it is exactly to discuss with everyone how to deal with this matter!"