Chapter 493

After two years of fighting against the demon beasts, the nearly one thousand cultivators Song Qingming had brought from Jiangling Workshop to provide support also suffered many casualties. In the returning team, only a small half of the cultivators had not been injured.

Although the Wei State cultivation world paid a considerable price, they finally managed to completely repel the demon beast army and did not let the demon beasts occupy much territory in this turmoil. Next, as long as they can develop steadily for a hundred years, they will still be able to slowly recover.

Compared to the demon beast turmoil a hundred years ago, because the Jiangling County cultivators held Jin Shan Workshop this time and killed the White Lion Demon King, the greatest threat, and repelled the demon beast army early, the overall losses suffered were not significant.

However, the situation in other parts of the Wei State was not as good, especially in Gao Yun County south of Guiyun Workshop and Mount Tiexian Fortress, where the losses suffered in this demon beast turmoil were extremely tragic.

Gao Yun County was originally a county in the Wei State with a larger area than Jiangling County. Whether it was the immortal mountains and spiritual veins, cultivation families, or the mortal population, it had much more than Jiangling County.

This time, the several Demon King demon beast armies that went south broke through Purple Star Workshop, and the three counties in the north of Gao Yun County all fell into the hands of the demon beasts at once.

In just a few months, Gao Yun County lost millions of mortals and cultivators. Countless immortal mountains and spiritual veins were turned into scarred battlefields after being swept by the demon beasts, and the entire territory was a scene of desolation.

The situation at Mount Tiexian Fortress was not much better. Not only did the Ma family lose many of their peripheral territories, but most of the many cultivation families attached to Mount Tiexian Fortress also lost their spiritual mountains.

This was only because the Ma family had been fighting against the demon race on the front line for many years and had slightly more experience in dealing with sudden demon beast turmoil. They had made some preparations in advance, and shortly after the demon beasts went south, they had already migrated part of the mortals in the territory to Mount Tiexian Fortress, avoiding greater losses.

Even with preparations, Mount Tiexian Fortress still suffered unprecedentedly huge losses in this demon beast turmoil. Not only did they lose almost all peripheral spiritual lands, but at least nearly half of the mortals and cultivators in the entire Mount Tiexian Fortress Ma family territory were lost.

After returning to Qinghe County, because the spiritual energy of the Mount Funiu spiritual vein was insufficient, Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan did not stay on the mountain for long, but moved directly into Qinghe Workshop, where the spiritual energy was slightly better.

Including the Song family, the shops of the major cultivation families in Qinghe Workshop were now also booming, sweeping away the previous decadence. In just a few months, these cultivation families had already made a fortune.

However, apart from the losses of cultivators fighting against the demon beasts, when the demon beast army attacking Jin Shan Workshop split its forces to go south, some cultivation family spiritual mountains north of Pingyang County were also broken by the demon beasts, and nearly 200,000 mortals who did not have time to evacuate were lost. These also need some time to slowly recover.

Before moving to Mount Funiu, Huang Siyuan already had a long-term residence cave in Qinghe Workshop. After Song Qingming and his partner tidied it up a bit, they moved in directly.

The demon beast turmoil brought not only disaster and crisis, but also countless demon beast materials and various cultivation resources to the cultivators around the Fuyun Mountain Range. These spiritual objects also brought a rare prosperity to all the workshops in the north of the Wei State.

During the demon beast turmoil in the past few years, although Qinghe Workshop also suffered attacks from small groups of demon beasts from Mount Yunwu in the east, they were quickly repelled by the cultivators guarding the workshop and did not suffer much impact.

"Senior Feng, the Chen Chen Laozu has something to find you for. Please come with me to the mountain."

On this day, not long after Feng De, the Foundation Establishment disciple guarding Qinghe Workshop, returned to his residence after patrolling the workshop, a young little cultivator wearing the cyan Daoist robe of the Song family came directly to his door.

Because Mount Tuoyun is located near the Fuyun Mountain Range and most of the people on the mountain are lone rogue cultivators, there are no mortals around the territory. The overall losses during the turmoil were very limited, and the strength of Mount Tuoyun was not significantly affected after the war.

A few months after the northern border demon beast turmoil ended, many rogue cultivators who had fled to the south of the Wei State returned to Qinghe Workshop. As the number of cultivators in Qinghe Workshop slowly recovered, the entire workshop soon returned to its former bustling and lively scene.

At Jin Shan Workshop, including the subsequent battles to reinforce Guiyun Workshop, in the three years of demon beast turmoil, the total number of cultivators who died in the several counties of Jiangling County was only a few hundred, which could not compare to the losses suffered by the Xiaoyao Sect in a single major battle at Guiyun Workshop in the early stages.

Of the nineteen Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Ma family, only nine remained intact after the war, and the combat power of the cultivation families under their command was basically more than half lost. After the demon beast turmoil, the strength of Mount Tiexian Fortress was reduced by 40% to 50% compared to before, which can be said to have suffered a major blow.

Facing a young little Qi Condensation cultivator with low cultivation, Feng De, a Foundation Establishment senior, did the opposite and accompanied him with a smiling face, asking: "May I ask what instructions the Song Chen Chen Laozu has for me? Does the little friend know?"

The little friend pondered for a moment on his delicate little face, then shook his head gently.

"The Chen Chen Laozu didn't say what it was, and I'm not very clear either. Seeing that he is in a good mood, I think it shouldn't be anything bad. You will naturally know when you go, Senior."

"Hmm! Then I will trouble the little friend to lead the way." After hearing the words of the little cultivator, Feng De felt relieved, and the smile on his face became a bit richer.

A Jin Dan Chen Chen Laozu suddenly moved into the workshop he managed, which also made Feng De, a Foundation Establishment cultivator who had always been responsible for guarding and managing Qinghe Workshop, feel a lot of pressure.

Since Song Qingming moved to Qinghe Workshop, Feng De had been living in fear for several months. He hurriedly strengthened the management of the workshop in secret, and even he himself often went out to patrol the workshop, for fear that some chaos would suddenly break out in the workshop and disturb the Jin Dan Chen Chen Laozu on the mountain.

In a cave dwelling on the top of the back mountain of Qinghe Workshop, Song Qingming sat cross-legged on a futon with his eyes closed, manipulating his spiritual sense to scan every corner of the mountain.

After returning from Guiyun Workshop, Song Qingming, who had refined the spirits of two Demon Kings, finally successfully broke through the bottleneck of the "Soul-Devouring Art" not long ago and successfully cultivated this technique for strengthening spiritual sense to the third layer.

After the "Soul-Devouring Art" broke through to the third layer, Song Qingming's spiritual sense could now spread to a radius of more than ten miles, which was already comparable to that of an ordinary Jin Dan late-stage cultivator.

At this time, if he encountered the kind of illusion technique used on him by the Nine-Patterned Flood Dragon before, he would definitely be confident in seeing through its tricks in advance and would not give it a chance to get close and ambush him.

Song Qingming, who was manipulating his spiritual sense with his eyes closed, suddenly discovered two figures walking slowly toward the top of the mountain halfway up the mountain. After confirming the identities of the two, Song Qingming put away his spiritual sense, got up, and sat down at the stone table on the side of the cave dwelling.

A moment later, Feng De followed the little cultivator respectfully into a cave dwelling filled with spiritual energy. Seeing Song Qingming sitting on the side drinking tea, he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed.

"Disciple greets Uncle-Master Song!"

"Changze, you go down and get busy first. I have something to talk to Fellow Daoist Feng about!" After Song Qingming looked back at Feng De, he hurriedly waved his hand to let the young cultivator on the side retreat.

After Song Changze left, Song Qingming poured a cup of spiritual tea and beckoned Feng De to come over and sit opposite him.

"I heard recently that a batch of law enforcement cultivators has been conscripted in the workshop, and many people have been arranged to patrol the workshop even at night. Even you, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, rarely go into seclusion to cultivate and often wander around the workshop. It wouldn't be because I moved here, would it!

I am actually only staying in the workshop temporarily for a while. Once the spiritual vein at Mount Funiu is improved, I will leave. You don't need to have too much pressure. If you delay your own cultivation because of this, it will not be worth the loss."

"Uncle-Master Song is right, the disciple will pay attention. Recently, because the demon beast turmoil has just ended, it is not very peaceful everywhere, and many strange faces have suddenly appeared in the workshop. We have to make more preparations to avoid any chaos.

The sect sent me to manage the workshop. These are our duties and there is no other way. It has nothing to do with the Uncle-Master being here. You must not misunderstand us." Feng De replied slowly and carefully.

In the past few months, because the business of various shops in Qinghe Workshop was very hot, many strange foreign cultivators and rogue cultivators suddenly appeared in the workshop. It is actually normal for Feng De, the Xiaoyao Sect Foundation Establishment cultivator responsible for managing the workshop, to feel worried in his heart at this time.

Song Qingming nodded slightly and said: "I asked you to come over today, actually for the sake of the Lu family. I promised to mediate between them and the Li family after the demon beast turmoil. After I came back, I was busy cultivating and forgot about this matter."

"A few days ago, I received a letter from Qingyu. The people of the Lu family are also a bit anxious and have already found Mount Funiu. This matter has been dragged on for so long. We should discuss it as soon as possible and give them a proper arrangement, so as not to make them feel uneasy all the time."

Since Lu Xingde died in battle at Jin Shan Workshop a few years ago, the Lu family lost the only Foundation Establishment patriarch in the clan, and the Lu family cultivators suddenly fell into panic. However, at that time, Song Qingming and everyone were busy dealing with the demon beast war, and no one had the heart to take care of them.

Fortunately, during the demon beast turmoil, the Xiaoyao Sect did not allow the vassal families below to start wars privately. After the Lu family sent Lu Xingde back to Qinghe County for burial, no one, including the Li family, dared to find trouble with them at this time.

After the demon beast turmoil ended, Song Qingming returned to Qinghe County and had been busy cultivating the "Soul-Devouring Art" in Qinghe Workshop for the past few months. The Lu family cultivators also thought that Song Qingming, the Chen Chen Laozu, had forgotten what he had said and didn't want to care about them. Only then did they helplessly beg Mount Funiu for help, requesting the Song family to come forward to protect the Lu family.

Song Qingming was not on the mountain, and Song Yuanli and others at Mount Funiu could not answer them directly, so they could only help them convey this matter to Song Qingming again.

(End of chapter)