Chapter 60

Although Song Qingming had not met Gao Yuyao many times, the memory of cultivators far exceeded that of ordinary mortals. It was impossible for him to forget the appearance of someone he had met years ago so quickly. As soon as he saw Gao Yuyao beside Lu Yunfei, Song Qingming recognized her immediately.

Seeing Song Qingming here, Gao Yuyao was also very surprised. Seeing Song Qingming's gaze fixed on her as if he had recognized her, Gao Yuyao suddenly turned her gaze aside and did not respond to his look.

Seeing that Gao Yuyao did not want to reveal that she knew him in front of everyone, Song Qingming felt somewhat puzzled, but he was not surprised.

When Gao Yuyao traded elixirs with him back then, she had specifically instructed Song Qingming not to let others know about these matters between them.

Seeing Gao Yuyao act this way, Song Qingming also hurriedly shifted his gaze to avoid being discovered by the few cultivators beside him for the abnormality in his eyes.

After the group rendezvoused, under the command of the woman in red from the Xiaoyao Sect, they first gathered all the more seriously injured cultivators together. Shi Mofeng, that old man, was quite lucky; despite resisting one of Yang Wuqi's attacks, although he was not lightly injured, he still stubbornly survived.

Gao Yuyao also hurriedly distributed some healing elixirs to everyone. Afterward, the cultivators who could still move, under the command of the woman in red, worked together to destroy the altar in the mountain.

Building such a massive altar required a lot of materials and supplies. Yang Wuqi and his group of demonic cultivators must have spent a lot of time and manpower transporting these supplies into these deep mountains.

Today, they completely destroyed this altar. In the short term, this group of demonic cultivators would definitely be unable to perform this kind of blood sacrifice again, which could be considered a major blow to these cunning demonic cultivators.

Not long after the altar was destroyed, a green light appeared in the sky, transforming into a flying boat from afar. Liu Xingfeng, who had just gone to pursue Yang Wuqi, returned with a solemn expression.

Seeing that her master's complexion seemed a bit poor, Gao Yuyao hurriedly stepped forward and asked with concern, "Master, are you alright!"

Liu Xingfeng waved her hand and said, "Do not worry. I have only lost a little vitality and have no major issues. I will be fine after resting for a period of time. It is just a pity that I could not kill this demon and let him escape again."

After comforting the flustered Gao Yuyao, Liu Xingfeng continued with a deep expression:

"I did not expect this demon to lurk here for several years and refine another demonic blade. Because I was careless, I almost suffered a great loss just now. Fortunately, he has not yet fully refined this demonic blade. After returning this time, I must immediately report to the sect and send more people to search for Yang Wuqi's tracks; otherwise, if his demonic blade is completed in the future, I may not be his match."

"Master, rest assured. We have already completely destroyed the altar that Old Demon Yang used for blood sacrifice. Presumably, he will not be able to find a suitable place to refine the demonic blade within a few years."

The woman in red pointed to the huge altar that had completely turned into ruins a hundred feet behind her and said to Liu Xingfeng with a smile.

Liu Xingfeng looked at the completely destroyed altar in the distance, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "Cheng Ziyan, you take them to search the vicinity again and find where Old Demon Yang's cave is hidden. You must thoroughly clean up this place."

"Disciple understands."

Xu Cheng Ziyan and Gao Yuyao nodded separately and began to arrange for the people who could still move at the scene to start searching around the altar. Soon, they found the cave where this group of demonic cultivators lived four or five miles behind the altar.

Xu Cheng Ziyan was Liu Xingfeng's eldest disciple and had always been quite rigorous in her work. Although she was not Liu Xingfeng's favorite disciple, she had been with her master the longest, and Liu Xingfeng had always trusted her very much. Many things that were inconvenient for her to handle personally were handed over to Xu Cheng Ziyan, her eldest disciple.

The demonic cultivators in the cave had already fled in a hurry. Xu Cheng Ziyan and Gao Yuyao led the group and only found some low-tier magic treasures used by the demonic cultivators, supplies used in their daily lives, and some remaining materials for building the altar hidden in the cave.

The magic treasures used by demonic cultivators had long been contaminated by demonic Qi. If ordinary cultivators rashly refined them, they might be parasitized by the demonic Qi of the high-tier demonic cultivator who refined the treasure into the cultivator's soul. Over time, the cultivator who refined the treasure would be slowly controlled and possessed by the demonic cultivator remotely.

Xu Cheng Ziyan arranged for people to collect the demonic magic treasures found in the cave, including other supplies and materials, to be brought back to the camp and then slowly and thoroughly destroyed, so as to avoid greedy cultivators in the future refining and using these things and being controlled by demonic cultivators.

The group busied themselves for half a day and finally transported the things from the demonic cultivators' cave back to the camp. The few loose cultivators who were saved by Song Qingming and the others also followed them here.

Speaking of which, Hu Daozhen and his group were truly destined not to die. Previously, they were captured by demonic cultivators and brought into these Fuyun Mountains. If they hadn't happened to encounter Lu Yunfei leading everyone to raid the altar, they would likely have become wandering souls in Yang Wuqi's demonic blade after today.

After being saved by Song Qingming and his companion, they had been following Song Qingming. Seeing the Foundation Establishment demonic cultivator Yang Wuqi come out, they also wanted to escape quickly, but because their cultivation was too low, they were entangled by the demonic cultivators who arrived later along with Song Qingming and the others.

Because of this, they happened to be the furthest from the position where Yang Wuqi activated the Soul-Confusing Bell magic treasure, luckily dodging the attack of this soul magic treasure. They only suffered minor injuries and successfully dragged it out until Liu Xingfeng arrived. Except for one person who accidentally injured their internal meridians while fighting the demonic cultivators, everyone else successfully survived to the end.

Conversely, among Lu Yunfei and his group, although their cultivation and magic power were higher, their luck was far from as good as Hu Daozhen and the others.

Wei Tong and others, eager to make contributions, went to pursue the fleeing demonic cultivators but unfortunately met Yang Wuqi, the powerful Foundation Establishment demon, head-on. Two of the five died on the spot, including Feng Laogui, whom Song Qingming had just become familiar with not long ago.

When the group fled later, those with higher cultivation like Lu Yunfei and Shi Mofeng ran in front because of their higher magic power and supernatural abilities, which instead quickly attracted Old Demon Yang's attention. Unluckily, they were focused on by powerful demonic cultivators like Yang Wuqi and Gu Liangshan, and in the end, they also suffered heavy casualties.

Lu Yunfei and Shi Mofeng were both seriously injured. Although they luckily saved their lives, they were temporarily unable to use their own magic power due to their severe injuries and would need at least three to five years of recuperation to fully recover.

There were also three late-stage Qi Refining cultivators who, because they charged too fast, were attacked at close range by the Soul-Confusing Bell in Yang Wuqi's hand. Their minds were suddenly confused, their magic power and supernatural abilities could not be used, and they lost their lives, unluckily dying at the hands of demonic cultivators like Gu Liangshan.

For these Qi Refining cultivators, once they encountered a Foundation Establishment demonic cultivator with deep magic power like Yang Wuqi, whether they could survive completely depended on their own luck.

After transporting the supplies from the demonic cultivators' cave back to the camp, under Liu Xingfeng's personal supervision, Chen Ziyang and several other Xiaoyao Sect cultivators prepared and immediately began to destroy these things, while Song Qingming and the others returned to their respective tents to tend to their injuries.

(End of chapter)