Chapter 492: The End of the Demon Beast Turmoil

The aura emitted by these two blue-robed cultivators was not much different from that of Ma Ma Hongshan in the council hall. It was clear that they were also two Core Formation cultivators with not-low cultivation bases. Moreover, judging from their attire, it was clear that they were not local cultivators of Wei Guo.

Seeing these two, Ma Ma Hongshan's expression changed instantly, and after putting on a smiling face, he quickly put away the letter in his hand.

"Hehe! What are you two fellow daoists saying? It's still unknown whether the Xiaoyao Sect's reinforcements can come. You also know the current situation of Mount Tiexian Fortress. Even if they can really send reinforcements, it's not so easy to relieve the siege immediately.

When I invited you over, Mount Tiexian Fortress had already made its choice. Please rest assured, two fellow daoists, I, Ma Ma Hongshan, will never easily go back on what I have promised."

After hearing Ma Ma Hongshan's words, one of the young men among the two blue-robed cultivators nodded with a satisfied expression.

"Hmm! Fellow Daoist Ma, these words are still pleasant to hear. We are just here to remind you not to forget what you promised at the beginning. Fellow Daoist Ma, you don't need to be too nervous.

Don't worry, as long as the Xiaoyao Sect people come, we will immediately withdraw from Mount Tiexian Fortress. Regarding the matters between us, please, Fellow Daoist Ma, do a good job of the aftermath. Don't let the Xiaoyao Sect people see any clues, otherwise, what everyone wants in the future will all be wasted. Fellow Daoist Ma, don't you think so!"

Ma Ma Hongshan nodded slightly and replied, "This is natural. If the Xiaoyao Sect knew about our agreement, Mount Tiexian Fortress would probably not exist for long. You don't need to tell me this, I know what to do. Please rest assured, two fellow daoists!"

"There is also one more thing. When we go back this time, we have to take someone away from Mount Tiexian Fortress. Although this is something you promised long ago, we still have to greet you in advance here. Fellow Daoist Ma shouldn't have any objections, right?"

"Are you talking about the girl Yindie?"

Even to Feng Feng Yangde, who was beside him, Ma Ma Hongshan gave him the same courtesy, completely losing the aura of a senior he had in front of him before.

By the time the supporting cultivator army arrived near Mount Tiexian Fortress, Ma Ma Hongshan, who had already received the news, immediately led a team of cultivators out of Mount Tiexian Fortress to meet Chu Chu Fengping and Feng Feng Yangde.

After defeating the demon beast army at Mount Tuoyun Mountain, Chu Chu Fengping and Feng Feng Yangde cleaned up the battlefield and rested for more than half a month before setting off with the combined army of thousands of cultivators to Mount Tiexian Fortress in the southwest.

Ma Ma Hongshan's attitude changed so much that even Feng Feng Yangde felt a little embarrassed. Not long ago, when Feng Feng Yangde repelled the Cloud Crane Demon King, Ma Ma Hongshan had personally written a letter asking him to come and support first to reduce the pressure on Mount Tiexian Fortress.

"I naturally have no objections to this. It's just that there have been successive battles with demon beasts recently, and I haven't had time to talk to her about this. Please, two fellow daoists, don't be impatient. Give me a few days to talk to her about this properly."

"Fine! Then let's do as Fellow Daoist Ma said. Anyway, the Xiaoyao Sect people won't come so quickly, and we don't lack these few days." After the young man finished speaking, he turned and left the council hall with the other blue-robed person who had been silent since entering.

After the three met, Ma Ma Hongshan, who usually appeared cold in front of many Xiaoyao Sect Core Formation cultivators, suddenly became very enthusiastic when he saw the Xiaoyao Sect reinforcements he had been looking forward to every day recently. He immediately bowed and thanked Chu Chu Fengping many times.

Hearing Ma Ma Hongshan's inquiry, the young man who had just spoken did not answer directly, but looked at Ma Ma Hongshan not far away with a smile.

After the two left, Ma Ma Hongshan, sitting in the head seat, immediately put away his smile, clenched his fists tightly, and only slowly relaxed them after a long while.

Guarding this side was a mid-stage Core Formation Demon King with not-strong strength. Seeing Ma Ma Hongshan coming out aggressively and the Xiaoyao Sect reinforcements not far away, this Core Formation Demon King, along with the demon beast army under its command, resisted slightly before quickly being unable to withstand the pincer attack of the human cultivators and gave way to them.

However, because he was worried that the Cloud Crane Demon King would stage a comeback at any time, Feng Feng Yangde did not agree to Ma Ma Hongshan's request for support and never dared to leave Mount Tuoyun Mountain. Logically speaking, Ma Ma Hongshan should have had a lot of resentment toward Feng Feng Yangde in his heart now.

Before coming here this time, Feng Feng Yangde specifically mentioned this to Chu Chu Fengping, hoping that when he met Ma Ma Hongshan, Chu Chu Fengping could help act as a peacemaker to ease the relationship between him and Ma Ma Hongshan.

Even Feng Feng Yangde himself did not expect that Ma Ma Hongshan's attitude would change so quickly after seeing them, as if he had completely forgotten that Feng Feng Yangde had refused to support Mount Tiexian Fortress at the beginning, which made the words of explanation that Feng Feng Yangde had been brewing for many days suddenly useless.

After the three exchanged greetings, led by Ma Ma Hongshan, the many supporting cultivators also quickly entered Mount Tiexian Fortress.

Over the past half year, Mount Tiexian Fortress had suffered countless attacks from the demon beast army. Although there was a third-tier mountain-guarding formation protecting the city, some of the outer buildings and city walls had long been riddled with holes by various spell attacks.

Seeing the dilapidated and miserable state of Mount Tiexian Fortress, Chu Chu Fengping and Feng Feng Yangde could not imagine how many crises Mount Tiexian Fortress had encountered in the past half year. It was evident that it was truly not easy for Ma Ma Hongshan to lead the Ma family cultivators to hold on until now.

Except for Mount Guiyun Market, Mount Tiexian Fortress had always been the place with the most demon beast invasions in Wei Guo for many years. This time, the siege of Mount Tiexian Fortress involved four Demon King armies, which was something no one, including the Ma family, had expected.

Even though Mount Tiexian Fortress had much stronger defensive power than Mount Tuoyun Mountain after hundreds of years of cultivation by the Ma family, it was already a surprise to the Xiaoyao Sect and the Mount Tuoyun Mountain crowd that Mount Tiexian Fortress could hold on until this time when facing so many Demon Kings attacking crazily at once.

Although Mount Tiexian Fortress had lost many outer territories and many cultivators and mortals in the past half year, the mountain-guarding formation remained intact. With these thousands of reinforcements stationed, plus the presence of three Core Formation cultivators, the defensive line at Mount Tiexian Fortress was quickly consolidated.

The four Demon Kings that came to Mount Tiexian Fortress had the highest strength at the mid-stage of Core Formation. Ma Ma Hongshan and Chu Chu Fengping were also mid-stage Core Formation cultivators, and with the help of Feng Feng Yangde, a fake Core Formation cultivator, and relying on the third-tier mountain-guarding formation of Mount Tiexian Fortress, they were already capable of dealing with these four Demon Kings.

After receiving the news from Mount Tiexian Fortress, the Xiaoyao Sect crowd still at Mount Guiyun Market finally felt relieved. Although Mount Guiyun Market had not yet completely repelled the demon beast army, as long as the crises on the other battlefields had been resolved, the Xiaoyao Sect side had sufficient patience to wear down the demon beast army.

The weaker demon beast armies on the two routes of Jinshan Market and Mount Tuoyun Mountain had been completely defeated by the Wei Guo cultivator side, and the remaining two battlefields of Mount Guiyun Market and Mount Tiexian Fortress had also successively entered a stalemate state. The situation in northern Wei Guo finally stabilized completely.

Compared to the demon beast turmoil a hundred years ago, this time, although the entire Wei Guo paid a more tragic price in dealing with this catastrophe, it still managed to withstand the pressure of the Northern Frontier demon beasts without danger.

Besides Wei Guo, more than a dozen large and small countries near the Fuyun Mountain Range also felt greater pressure than before in the face of the Northern Frontier demon beast turmoil this time. Some with stronger strength had already steadily stalemated with the demon beast side like Wei Guo, but more countries were still in the midst of bloody battles with demon beasts.

This catastrophe, which occurs once every hundred years, basically takes away the lives of hundreds of millions of mortals and cultivators in the Fuyun Mountain Range cultivation world each time. Especially in the last few tens of thousands of years, the Northern Frontier demon beast side had occupied the advantage and continuously encroached on the territory of the human race in the south, which made the human side in the Fuyun Mountain Range cultivation world feel more and more pressure, but they were very helpless.

The demon clan side multiplies extremely fast, and their lifespan is several times that of human cultivators of the same tier. They are also naturally more advantageous than the human side in adapting to harsh environments.

In contrast, the biggest advantage of human cultivators is that their intelligence opens earlier, and the cultivation speed of ordinary cultivators is much faster than that of the demon clan. Furthermore, their mastery of the hundred arts of cultivation is far more powerful than that of the demon clan. It is precisely through these that they make up for some of their own disadvantages.

If there is no other external force to change the situation, in this area of the Fuyun Mountain Range, the demon clan will only become stronger and stronger. The smaller the territory of the human side, the fewer the newborn mortals and cultivators, and their strength will naturally become weaker and weaker. If this continues for another few tens of thousands of years, the entire southern part of the Fuyun Mountain Range will all fall into the hands of the demon clan.

To change this situation, unless one or two legendary Soul Transformation cultivators with enough strength to break the situation can be born near the Fuyun Mountain Range to lead human cultivators to recapture the territory lost over so many years, only then can the human side in the Fuyun Mountain Range slowly recover and regain control of the initiative here.

This demon beast turmoil lasted a little longer than before, lasting about three years, before the demon clan side began to withdraw completely to the Fuyun Mountain Range in the north. The entire Fuyun Mountain Range cultivation world finally survived this catastrophe and ushered in long-lost peace.

In Wei Guo, the two places of Mount Guiyun Market and Mount Tiexian Fortress, which were in a stalemate with the demon beasts, experienced many battles in the following two years, but the duration and scale were far less tragic than before.

In some battles, even the combat power above the Core Formation level of both sides did not directly take action. Both sides tacitly stood on the sidelines, watching the Foundation Establishment and Qi Condensation cultivators and demon beasts fight below. In these two years, the casualties were basically the low-tier cultivators and first or second-tier demon beasts below.

By the time the remaining demon beast army north of Mount Guiyun Market completely retreated deep into the Fuyun Mountain Range, Song Song Qingming, who was at Mount Guiyun Market, finally completed the sect conscription mission this time and led the many cultivators under his command to slowly return to Jiangling County.

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