Chapter 486

After receiving the edict from the Xiaoyao Sect, Song Qingming handed over the defense of Jin Shan Market to Song Qingyu and Zhao Chuancheng and the others, and rushed to Mount Guyang alone.

Because of the war on the northern front, most of the disciples in the Xiaoyao Sect were summoned to Guiyun Market and Gao Yun County to deal with the enemy. Now Mount Guyang and Yangshan Market were also silent, far from the prosperous scene of the past.

Because of the spirit beast turmoil, the territory of Wei Guo was also very turbulent, and Mount Guyang was also activated at any time.

Song Qingming had just arrived outside the mountain-protecting formation of Mount Guyang, and soon two sword lights flew to his front from the formation.

"Uncle Song, greetings!" After recognizing Song Qingming's face, the two Foundation Establishment disciples guarding the mountain gate hurriedly stepped forward to salute and helped Song Qingming open the sect's formation.

Since Song Qingming served as a guest elder of the Xiaoyao Sect, the sect had also hung his portrait in the Ancestor Hall. Except for some outer disciples with lower status, the cultivators in the Xiaoyao Sect basically had already kept the appearance of Song Qingming, the new elder of the sect, in their hearts.

All the way smoothly, he came directly to the sect's Xiaoyao Hall. As soon as he walked into the hall, Song Qingming saw Li Mufeng chatting and drinking tea with a strange yellow-clothed cultivator in the great hall, and a trace of surprise appeared on his face.

This yellow-clothed man, like Song Qingming, was also a Jin Dan cultivator. However, this person's cultivation had already reached the seventh layer of Jin Dan, and the momentum emitted from his body was far stronger than Song Qingming's, faintly carrying a chill that made people somewhat cold.

What surprised Song Qingming even more was that Li Mufeng, the sect's Nascent Soul Supreme Elder who was usually high above, was chatting with this yellow-clothed man at this moment as if they were Jin Dan cultivators of the same generation, completely without the airs of a Nascent Soul cultivator.

For someone who could be treated with such courtesy by Li Mufeng, Song Qingming had never even heard of it, let alone seen it with his own eyes, which made him have a few more points of curiosity about this yellow-clothed cultivator.

"I didn't expect Li Xianyun's cultivation speed to be so amazing after forming a core. In just a mere hundred years, Li Xianyun has already cultivated to the seventh layer of Jin Dan. Among so many Jin Dan cultivators in the Xiaoyao Sect, except for Bai Yuxian with the Heavenly Spirit Root, only Sect Master Yao Ganshu's cultivation speed after forming a core back then could compare with the current Li Xianyun."

Hearing the three words "Li Xianyun" spat out from the yellow-clothed man's mouth, Song Qingming's face gradually calmed down. The many doubts and guesses in his heart just now instantly vanished into thin air.

"Qingming, come over and meet Fellow Daoist Li. Although he is from a loose cultivator background, he is also a cultivator who formed a core in our Wei Guo. This time, he specifically rushed back to help us deal with the spirit beasts in the northern border." Seeing Song Qingming walking in from the door, Li Mufeng hurriedly stood up and waved at him.

Back then, Li Xianyun in Wei Guo, with the identity of a loose cultivator, successfully reached Foundation Establishment at the age of twenty-five and formed a Jin Dan before the age of one hundred. This genius-like cultivation speed caused even many talented elite disciples within the Xiaoyao Sect to be suppressed by him.

If it were a hundred years ago, mentioning the name "Li Xianyun", the entire Wei Guo would truly be known to everyone. Even if Song Qingming was only a small Qi Refining cultivator at that time, he had already heard of this famous figure who had already become famous in the Wei Guo cultivation world.

After learning that this person was Li Xianyun, including the fact that Li Mufeng would treat him with such courtesy just now, Song Qingming was not surprised at all in his heart about the arrogance displayed on his body.

Hearing Li Mufeng say that this yellow-clothed cultivator was a loose cultivator who formed a core in Wei Guo, the name of a person instantly popped up in Song Qingming's mind on the way, making the look of surprise on his face even heavier.

Facing Song Qingming's cupped-hand salute, the yellow-clothed man looked at him with a smile, just stood up slightly, cupped his hands, and sat back down immediately.

"I am Song Qingming, greetings to Fellow Daoist Li!"

Back then, after Li Xianyun formed a core, even Li Mufeng, the Supreme Elder of the Xiaoyao Sect, came forward to invite him personally, but this guy could directly refuse. It can be seen that this arrogance on his body was also innate.

"Li Xianyun"

In the cultivation world, whether it was loose cultivators, families, or great sect cultivators, most people would choose to make friends widely and form good relationships so that they could take fewer detours on the path of cultivation.

But like a true genius like Li Xianyun, even if he chose to cultivate alone, his cultivation speed would not be slower than these great sect cultivators of the Xiaoyao Sect. A cultivator with such strong innate cultivation talent like Li Xianyun was also the person Song Qingming truly envied in his heart now.

Although there were rumors in the Wei Guo cultivation world that Li Xianyun was able to cultivate so smoothly because there were experts supporting him behind his back, daring to directly refuse the Xiaoyao Sect's solicitation, Song Qingming, who had already formed a core, naturally would not easily believe such hearsay.

Just by looking at the scene of Li Mufeng chatting with Li Xianyun today, it can be seen that Li Xianyun's relationship with the Xiaoyao Sect is definitely not simple now. Otherwise, Li Xianyun, who had left Wei Guo for nearly a hundred years, could not have appeared in the Xiaoyao Hall at this time.

However, the Xiaoyao Sect being able to invite Li Xianyun, a Jin Dan expert, back to Wei Guo to help at such a critical moment, to tell the truth, this was also a major event that Song Qingming did not expect at all before coming to Mount Guyang.

Originally, he thought that Li Mufeng summoning him back to the sect this time was to support the more critical Guiyun Market front line. Now seeing Li Xianyun suddenly appear in the Xiaoyao Sect, Song Qingming also thought in his heart that this matter should not be that simple.

Sure enough, after Song Qingming sat down, Li Mufeng went straight to the point and told him about the plan that the Xiaoyao Sect was about to prepare to counterattack the Guiyun Market front line.

The purpose of calling Song Qingming back this time was not only for them to support Bai Yuxian in Guiyun Market, but Li Mufeng also wanted to take this opportunity to catch the spirit beast side by surprise, striving to severely injure the spirit beast side in one battle and completely drive all the spirit beasts near Guiyun Market out of Wei Guo.

According to Li Mufeng's plan, Song Qingming and the others would reorganize a cultivator army, first defeat the spirit beast army led by two Spirit Kings stationed on the south side of Guiyun Market, and then join forces with Bai Yuxian and the others in Guiyun Market to block the retreat of the other two Spirit Kings who had already headed south to Gao Yun County.

As long as these Spirit Kings could be successfully surrounded and killed, the spirit beast side would inevitably suffer great damage and could only be forced to retreat to the north of Guiyun Market. In this way, the crisis of Guiyun Market could be completely resolved.

However, this plan also had a problem that was not easy to solve, which was that Song Qingming and the others had to find a way to quickly defeat the spirit beast army of two Spirit Kings in a small market south of Guiyun Market. Otherwise, once the time dragged on for too long, and they were supported by other Spirit Kings from other places in Guiyun Market in time to hold this place, this plan would have no way to proceed later.

High-tier Spirit Kings also had secret techniques to communicate with each other from thousands of miles away. Once Song Qingming and the others took action and the attack ultimately failed, the two Spirit Kings who headed south to Gao Yun County and confronted True Person Guangling and the others would inevitably receive the news and retreat north in time.

Once these Spirit Kings were let go and allowed to join forces with those Spirit Kings in Guiyun Market, finding an opportunity to kill them again would not be so simple.

The Nine-Patterned Flood Dragon and the Fire Leopard Spirit King stationed in that place were both mid-stage Jin Dan Spirit Kings with extraordinary strength. With only Song Qingming and Li Xianyun, the overall strength was not much different from the other side, and there was no advantage at all. Song Qingming felt somewhat puzzled by Li Mufeng's arrangement.

He was not lacking confidence in Li Xianyun's strength, but he himself had just formed a core not long ago. He could still fight with an early-stage Jin Dan Spirit King like the White Lion Spirit King. Facing a mid-stage Jin Dan Spirit King with stronger strength, Song Qingming truly had no confidence in himself to fully contain an opponent for Li Xianyun and create an opportunity for him to kill the Spirit King.

"Uncle Li, to defeat the Nine-Patterned Flood Dragon and the Fire Leopard Spirit King in Zixing Market before the spirit beasts of Guiyun Market come to support, will it be too risky for only Fellow Daoist Li and me? If you transfer the "Golden Winged Flying Tiger" to us first, the success rate will be greater."

Seeing that Song Qingming's tone seemed to lack confidence, Li Mufeng shook his head and said softly: "This time, besides you and Fellow Daoist Xianyun, your Senior Brother Yao will also go together. With the three of you taking action together, I think there won't be any problems in this battle."

"Has Senior Brother Sect Master come out of seclusion? This is truly great!" Hearing that Yao Ganshu was going to act together, the slightly frowned brows on Song Qingming's face immediately relaxed.

Since joining the Xiaoyao Sect as a guest elder, although Song Qingming had not seen Yao Ganshu, the Xiaoyao Sect Master, many times, he had also quickly heard some news about Yao Ganshu's failure to impact the Nascent Soul realm not long ago.

Back when Chu Fengping revealed to him that he wanted to hand over Jin Shan Market to him completely, Song Qingming had already guessed that there should be a big problem within the Xiaoyao Sect. Later, he slowly learned that it was because Sect Master Yao Ganshu failed to impact the Nascent Soul realm and injured his own meridians, needing to go into seclusion to recuperate, and it was difficult for him to take action in the spirit beast turmoil that followed.

This time, the reason why the Xiaoyao Sect was so passive from the beginning was, besides the spirit beast side having stronger strength than in the past, another biggest reason was that the strongest Jin Dan combat power in the Xiaoyao Sect, Sect Master Yao Ganshu, was in seclusion and recuperating and could not take action to help.

Otherwise, with just Yao Ganshu alone, he could contain the other two late-stage Jin Dan great Spirit Kings. With this Sect Master sitting in Guiyun Market, even if the Xiaoyao Sect suffered some small losses in this spirit beast turmoil, it was absolutely impossible to be so easily invaded into Gao Yun County by the spirit beast army.

Seeing Song Qingming's happy look, Li Mufeng nodded calmly and ordered Song Qingming: "This time, Qingming, you are responsible for containing the Nine-Patterned Flood Dragon. The Fire Leopard Spirit King will be left to your Senior Brother Yao and Fellow Daoist Li. As long as you can contain the opponent for half an hour, it will be considered that you have made the first merit in this battle."

"Please rest assured, Uncle. Qingming will do his best and will never fail the sect's trust!" After hearing Li Mufeng's arrangement, Song Qingming stood up and responded confidently.

(End of chapter)