Chapter 480

Fortunately, at that time, Chen Jinliang of Mount Tuoyun had already broken through to the mid-stage of Jin Dan. With his help and the help of many cultivators on Mount Tuoyun, the Ma family successfully survived the next few spirit beast turmoils.

During the previous few spirit beast turmoils, because of the good relationship with Chen Jinliang, Tiexian Castle and Mount Tuoyun had always looked out for and supported each other. Although there was occasional pressure, overall, they had guarded the northeast of Wei Guo for hundreds of years without any danger.

But in this spirit beast turmoil, with the passing of Chen Jinliang, Mount Tuoyun itself was somewhat unable to take care of itself. At first, Ma Hongshan did not hold any hope for Mount Tuoyun, and even tried to trick Feng Yangde into abandoning Mount Tuoyun and bringing his subordinate cultivators to concentrate their strength to help him hold onto Tiexian Castle, but Feng Yangde rejected his proposal without even thinking about it.

Later, after learning the news that Feng Yangde had defeated the Cloud Crane Spirit King, Ma Hongshan was also full of surprise and hurriedly sent several letters of support to Mount Tuoyun with full hope.

It was just that what Ma Hongshan did not expect was that Feng Yangde's way of doing things was completely different from Chen Jinliang's. Facing the request for support from Tiexian Castle, Feng Yangde just kept finding various reasons and excuses to shirk. After knowing Feng Yangde's attitude, Ma Hongshan also knew very well in his heart that the Ma family basically could not count on this path of reinforcements now.

"Mount Tuoyun cannot be counted on for the time being. Has there been any news from the sect?"

"Except for those two letters from Senior Yang half a year ago, there has been no news so far. I heard that the situation at Guiyun Market is not very good either, but now that we are trapped here by spirit beasts, the news is very blocked, and I don't know if it's true or false." Hearing Ma Hongshan ask about the Xiaoyao Sect, the Foundation Establishment cultivator who replied to him could only shake his head helplessly.

Besides asking for support from Mount Tuoyun, Ma Hongshan had already started writing letters himself more than ten years ago since the spirit beast turmoil, asking for support from True Person Guangling, who had a good relationship with him within the Xiaoyao Sect.

As a result, he lowered his head and begged for help from the Xiaoyao Sect, but what he got in return were only some painless promises and appeasements. So far, he hadn't even seen a single reinforcement. Thinking of this, Ma Hongshan's face also revealed a trace of annoyance.

Because of his background in a cultivation family in Wei Guo, the previous Jin Dan family head of the Ma family, like the current Song Qingming, was also a guest elder of the Xiaoyao Sect in name. It was just that the Ma family's main task was to guard Tiexian Castle and needed to help the Xiaoyao Sect guard against the numerous spirit beasts north of Tiexian Castle.

When the previous family head of the Ma family was still alive, the relationship with the Xiaoyao Sect had always been good. When Tiexian Castle encountered some difficulties or large-scale spirit beast invasions when it was just established, the Xiaoyao Sect would also send cultivators to support them in time.

But the Xiaoyao Sect's only bottom line was that the Ma family could not stand on its own. Although the Xiaoyao Sect would no longer interfere in the affairs of Tiexian Castle in the future, on the surface, the Ma family was still a vassal of the sect, and Tiexian Castle could not break away from the power map of Wei Guo, and it had continued like this until now.

After moving the whole family to Tiexian Castle, the Ma family had stood in front of the Xiaoyao Sect for hundreds of years, shedding countless blood to block the invasion of spirit beasts for them. But the Xiaoyao Sect had always controlled various cultivation resources near Tiexian Castle. Whether it was mines, markets, or various high-tier spirit items, the sect always took the big share first, and only then distributed a little to the Ma family.

Later, because of fighting for some mine resources near Tiexian Castle, the Ma family and the Xiaoyao Sect had several conflicts. At that time, because the pressure of spirit beasts in the north was increasing, the Xiaoyao Sect took a step back for the sake of the overall situation and agreed to the Ma family's request to withdraw all the sect's forces directly from Tiexian Castle, giving them great autonomy.

Since having the mutual help of Chen Jinliang of Mount Tuoyun, even facing the once-in-a-hundred-year spirit beast turmoil, Tiexian Castle had completely had the power to protect itself and no longer needed to rely on the support of the Xiaoyao Sect. Therefore, the Ma family also had thoughts of wanting to break away from the control of the Xiaoyao Sect and stand on their own like Mount Tuoyun.

If it weren't for the Ma family fighting to the death at Tiexian Castle, how could Wei Guo have been so peaceful for these hundreds of years? Now that Tiexian Castle had reached the point of life and death, the Xiaoyao Sect still ignored them like this, disregarding their life and death, and completely ignoring the feelings of so many years, which truly made the Ma family feel cold in their hearts.

Just as he walked into the door, Song Qingming saw that apart from Song Qingyu, there were three strange Foundation Establishment cultivators wearing Xiaoyao Sect Daoist robes standing in the great hall. As soon as these three saw Song Qingming's figure, they hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Compared to the trace of disgust for Feng Yangde of Mount Tuoyun, Ma Hongshan was even more angry at the current attitude of the Xiaoyao Sect. Compared to the ally relationship of mutual help with Mount Tuoyun, the Ma family had guarded the northeast of Wei Guo for the Xiaoyao Sect for hundreds of years at Tiexian Castle. Not to mention how great the credit was, the Ma family cultivators had at least shed blood for the Xiaoyao Sect for hundreds of years.

"Mount Tuoyun cannot be counted on for the time being, and the sect also ignores us now. If we want to survive, our Ma family must not sit and wait for death like this." After Ma Hongshan said this with a face full of anger, the look in his eyes turned and revealed a trace of determination.

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After being in a stalemate with the spirit beast army at Jin Shan Market for half a year, Song Qingming finally welcomed the support forces from the Xiaoyao Sect. After hearing the news from Song Qingyu that the sect had sent reinforcements, Song Qingming hurriedly came to the market's great hall with a happy face.

But since Ma Hongshan took over as the head of the Ma family, the relationship between the Ma family, which had already stood firm at Tiexian Castle, and the Xiaoyao Sect had also begun to have some subtle changes, slowly becoming more and more tense.

"Disciples Wu Wenhai, Yu Zhen, and Fu Deshui have met Uncle Song."

After Song Qingming smiled and waved at them, he walked in and asked Song Qingyu on the side: "Qingyu, didn't you say the sect sent reinforcements? Where are the others?"

"Where are the others? Aren't they all here?" Song Qingyu pointed to the three people standing on the side and replied with a calm face.

"The sect sent you three here this time. What exactly is going on?" After hearing Song Qingyu's explanation, Song Qingming's face changed and he asked the three people below directly.

He was told that reinforcements were sent to him, but only these three Foundation Establishment cultivators came, and Wu Wenhai, who had the highest cultivation among them, was not even as good as Song Qingyu standing beside him. After Song Qingming carefully looked at the three Foundation Establishment cultivators standing before him, a trace of doubt appeared on his face again.

"What the hell is the sect doing? Sending these few Foundation Establishment cultivators from thousands of miles away to support? Even if the Xiaoyao Sect is no good, there's no need to be so stingy!"

After the three Foundation Establishment cultivators below heard the doubt in Song Qingming's tone, Wu Wenhai, the leader among them, smiled knowingly and took out a white letter from his body and handed it to Song Qingming.

"Uncle Song, this is a personal letter from the Supreme Elder for you. You will know after reading it."

After Song Qingming took the letter and opened it to look, his eyes were immediately attracted, and his face gradually calmed down.

A moment later, Song Qingming slowly put away the letter and said solemnly to Song Qingyu on the side: "Go and summon all the Foundation Establishment cultivators in the market. Come here to discuss matters in half an hour. Except for those who are still recuperating, no one is allowed to be absent."

Seeing that Song Qingming's tone suddenly became very serious, Song Qingyu nodded in surprise and hurriedly left the great hall.

After Song Qingyu left, Song Qingming raised his hand to release a sound-insulating barrier among the few people, and then whispered to Wu Wenhai: "Is the Golden Winged Flying Tiger on you? How much of its power can you three exert by controlling this thing now?"

Wu Wenhai nodded gently, took out a palm-sized golden tiger-shaped puppet from his storage bag, and placed it before Song Qingming's eyes.

"Uncle Song, rest assured. Junior Sister Yu, Junior Brother Fu, and I have been training together for a long time. Only two people are needed to control it to exert strength equivalent to an ordinary first-layer Jin Dan. If the three of us control it together, we can increase its power by another two points. Helping Uncle contain the White Lion Spirit King should be no problem."

Just by taking a slight look, Song Qingming immediately recognized that the golden tiger-shaped puppet in Wu Wenhai's hand was indeed the only third-tier puppet beast in the Xiaoyao Sect.

A hundred years ago, under Mount Huoyun, Song Qingming had once seen Xiaoyao Sect cultivators control this puppet beast to fight the enemy. Although a long time had passed, the current Song Qingming still had some impression of this golden tiger-shaped puppet in his mind.

After all, this "Golden Winged Flying Tiger" was a third-tier mid-grade puppet beast that could contend with a Jin Dan Spirit King. Back then, just seeing this puppet beast from afar had already shocked Song Qingming, and he still remembered the shocking scene at that time.

This time, Wu Wenhai and the other two followed the orders of the sect's Supreme Elder Li Mufeng and quietly came to Jin Shan Market with the "Golden Winged Flying Tiger". The main purpose was to help Song Qingming's side defeat the spirit beast army of the White Lion Spirit King.

The golden tiger-shaped puppet before his eyes was almost equivalent to a Jin Dan combat power if used properly. With the help of Wu Sihai and the other two and this third-tier puppet beast, Jin Shan Market was equivalent to having an extra Jin Dan cultivator. Song Qingming now also had some confidence in his heart to repel the spirit beast army outside the market.

After confirming this support force sent by the Xiaoyao Sect, Song Qingming still couldn't understand why the Xiaoyao Sect sent this "Golden Winged Flying Tiger" to his side.

It stood to reason that the situation at Guiyun Market was more critical than his side, and it should need the support of this thing more. The Xiaoyao Sect sending this important trump card in the sect to Jin Shan Market truly made Song Qingming somewhat unexpected.

"Since that's the case, then you three will act together tomorrow. Strive to make a contribution in one fell swoop and repel the spirit beast army at Jin Shan Market as soon as possible. I will discuss tomorrow's matters with everyone in a while. You three go to the back hall to rest first!" After hearing Wu Wen's confident answer, Song Qingming scanned them with a firm look and made the final determination in his heart.

"Follow Uncle's orders!"

(End of chapter)