Chapter 609: Killing the Jin Dan, Returning to Mount Funiu (Combined Chapter)

Regarding the quiet departure of Song Qingyu, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, Linghu Jie and the other of the Jiuyuan Sect didn't care. They just glanced at her slightly and put their attention on Song Qingming and the three in front of them.

Their main purpose was to snatch the spiritual items that Song Qingming and the others had just obtained; they had no interest in the things on a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

When Linghu Jie participated in the Great War at Mount Tiexian Fort, his cultivation had already reached the seventh layer of Jin Dan. Now, decades later, his cultivation had advanced one step further to the eighth layer of Jin Dan.

The other Elder of the Jiuyuan Sect was a cultivator who had just broken through to the fourth layer of Jin Dan not long ago. During the last Great War at Mount Tiexian Fort, this person had fought against Lu Boyang of the Xiaoyao Sect.

At that time, his cultivation was only at the third layer of Jin Dan. Although his cultivation was inferior to the other party and he fell into a disadvantage, he successfully dragged down Lu Boyang, a mid-stage Jin Dan cultivator, which showed that this person's fighting strength was not weak.

Except for Xia Mo, a late-stage Jin Dan cultivator, Song Qingming and He Mengxin were both early-stage Jin Dan cultivators. From the perspective of surface strength, fighting against Linghu Jie and the other did not have an advantage.

It was precisely because after catching up, they confirmed that Song Qingming and the others' overall strength was not strong, that the two of the Jiuyuan Sect had the confidence to make a move on them as soon as they came up.

As soon as the two sides made contact, they soon divided into two battlefields. Xia Mo faced Linghu Jie alone, while Song Qingming and He Mengxin besieged the other fourth-layer Jin Dan Elder of the Jiuyuan Sect together.

As soon as the battle began, the two of the Jiuyuan Sect, who were full of confidence at first, soon felt a trace of something wrong.

In order not to let the other party easily recognize his identity, Song Qingming, who wore a mask that blocked spiritual sense, did not choose to summon the Jin Dan corpse puppet Jin Feng to help at the beginning.

Although his cultivation had not yet broken through to the mid-stage of Jin Dan, Song Qingming's current fighting supernatural powers were not weaker than an ordinary fourth-layer Jin Dan cultivator.

Coupled with He Mengxin's help, relying only on his own few magic treasures, Song Qingming and the other soon occupied some advantages in the battle against that Jiuyuan Sect Elder.

The situation on Xia Mo's side was the same. Although her cultivation was one layer lower than Linghu Jie's, this woman used two third-tier top-quality magic treasures with not low grades as soon as she came up.

After fighting for a while, not only did she not fall into a disadvantage, but instead forced Linghu Jie, who had higher cultivation, to be forced to defend, unable to actively open up the situation for a while.

Whether it was Xia Mo or Song Qingming and the other, the magic treasures and supernatural powers on their bodies were not as easy to deal with as they looked on the surface.

Suddenly, the two of the Jiuyuan Sect, let alone wanting to defeat the other party and force Song Qingming and the three to hand over the spiritual items, if they kept fighting like this, without external forces intervening, I'm afraid the ones who would lose in the end might be Linghu Jie and the other themselves.

Fortunately, before making a move, Linghu Jie and the other had already sent a message to the sect for help. At the fastest, other Elders of the sect would come to help in at most an hour, so they didn't need to worry too much about the problem of long fighting being unfavorable.

Next, even if they couldn't defeat Song Qingming and the others, as long as Linghu Jie and the other could try their best to drag them down and not let the other party escape easily, once the sect reinforcements arrived, the victory would naturally belong to their Jiuyuan Sect.

It was a pity that Song Qingming and the three were not successfully threatened by their words at the beginning and did not hand over the things they obtained on their bodies. This point also made Linghu Jie and the other slightly disappointed.

If they could not make a move, it would save them a lot of effort and allow fewer people to share the spiritual items. This was the result Linghu Jie and the other wanted to see most originally.

Conversely, this battle was also very critical for Song Qingming and the three. After all, this place was very close to the border of the Yue State. Song Qingming and the others absolutely did not want to be dragged here by them. They must find a way to beat back the other party and get away as soon as possible.

Otherwise, once the Jiuyuan Sect had other Jin Dan cultivators coming to support, it would not be so easy for them to escape from here.

The two sides fought back and forth for nearly a hundred rounds. Although the fight was very intense, it was still difficult to distinguish the winner quickly.

Seeing that they had used all their strength but still couldn't beat back the other party, Song Qingming was considering whether to summon Jin Feng to help and put some pressure on the other party. What was somewhat unexpected to him was that the battle on Xia Mo's side actually produced a result one step ahead of them.

Facing Xia Mo's fierce attack, Linghu Jie had felt no small pressure from the beginning of the battle.

However, relying on his higher cultivation and a third-tier mid-quality defensive magic treasure with not bad grade, Linghu Jie still bit the bullet and entangled with Xia Mo until now.

Although his supernatural powers were a bit inferior to the other party and he had no way to counterattack, he still had the ability to protect himself. After all, he was also an old-fashioned Jin Dan cultivator who had formed a core for more than three hundred years. His fighting experience was far from what ordinary Jin Dan cultivators could compare to.

Just when Linghu Jie was struggling to support and waiting for support, Xia Mo, who was somewhat anxious to break the status quo, found the gap where the other party used the defensive magic treasure to parry her attack. She suddenly quickly used a third-tier top-quality spiritual talisman with huge power and violently poured her own magic power into it.

"Third-tier top-quality spiritual talisman, how could you have such a thing?"

Seeing the red spiritual talisman in Xia Mo's hand, Linghu Jie was also shocked. He hurriedly used magic to quickly withdraw the defensive magic treasure he had just used and quickly retreated backward, actively opening the distance between him and Xia Mo.

The two third-tier top-quality magic treasures in Xia Mo's hand before had already shocked him very much. He really didn't expect that the other party also had a third-tier top-quality spiritual talisman with very huge attack power for Jin Dan cultivators.

After Linghu Jie's escape light flashed and he galloped backward for dozens of feet, he frowned and propped up several defensive shields while hurriedly using magic to throw out a third-tier low-quality defensive spiritual talisman.

When he was ready to deal with it and retreated a hundred feet away, the third-tier top-quality spiritual talisman in Xia Mo's hand had already turned into a flame and swept toward the position where Linghu Jie was.

Although it encountered the interception of the third-tier low-quality defensive spiritual talisman thrown by Linghu Jie in the air, the blocked flame soon burned the shield formed by that spiritual talisman to nothing and chased toward the feet of Linghu Jie not far away.

Fortunately, that spiritual talisman just now still won a lot of time for Linghu Jie, allowing him to use his defensive magic treasure to support a very thick shield, which barely blocked this attack.

Third-tier top-quality spiritual items are very rare in the cultivation world of the Fuyun Mountain Range. Even in large markets like the Seven Star Market, it is basically impossible to find spiritual items of this level, which will generally only appear at those large auctions.

As a spiritual item that can only be used once, the market price of a third-tier top-quality spiritual talisman is already close to twenty thousand spirit stones.

Xia Mo's decisive activation of this spiritual talisman was also something Linghu Jie didn't expect. After all, throwing out ten thousand spirit stones at once, if it wasn't a life-and-death moment, how could a Jin Dan cultivator have such great courage.

Although he desperately blocked this attack, Linghu Jie also suffered a great loss, which made him feel a bit heartbroken.

Just now, not only did he abandon a third-tier low-quality defensive spiritual talisman on his body, but even the best defensive magic treasure on Linghu Jie's body was damaged and appeared several cracks when it finally took the remaining power of that third-tier top-quality spiritual talisman.

Seeing that this defensive magic treasure on his body had already suffered some damage and would likely be completely damaged if he continued to use it, Linghu Jie also sighed and put this defensive magic treasure into his storage magic tool.

Xia Mo, having just used that third-tier top-quality spiritual talisman, had also consumed a lot of magic power in her body, so she hurriedly took out an elixir for quickly recovering magic power and swallowed it in one gulp.

Only after a moment, Xia Mo waved her hand, took the two magic treasures beside her, and forced her way toward Linghu Jie not far away.

After the two sides entangled again, Linghu Jie, who had lost the help of the magic treasure on his body, immediately fell into a great disadvantage. After only a dozen rounds, he gradually couldn't hold on.

The remaining third-tier low-quality defensive magic treasure in his hand was simply difficult to parry Xia Mo's continuous sharp attacks.

Before long, this magic treasure was directly imprisoned in the air by the flower basket magic treasure activated by Xia Mo using secret techniques.

Just at this moment, Xia Mo suddenly had another third-tier mid-quality spiritual talisman in her hand and was about to activate it.

Unexpectedly, seeing this scene, Linghu Jie didn't even want the defensive magic treasure in the air, suddenly actively retreated backward, left the group, turned his head, and drove the clouds toward the south.

At the moment, his own defensive magic treasure was controlled by the other party, and Linghu Jie understood that it was difficult for him to support until the reinforcements arrived.

Seeing the third-tier mid-quality spiritual talisman in Xia Mo's hand, he also lost the last courage to continue resisting. Gritting his teeth, he decided that saving his life was the most important thing and decisively chose to retreat first.

"Junior Brother Feng, the target is too hard and dangerous, retreat quickly!"

On the other side, the fourth-layer Jin Dan Elder of the Jiuyuan Sect who was still entangled with Song Qingming and the other, after receiving the message from Linghu Jie, was also slightly stunned.

After a closer look, he realized that Linghu Jie had left him and fled alone. He was so angry that he stomped his feet and hurriedly left Song Qingming and the other to flee quickly.

Unfortunately, having just gotten rid of the entanglement of Song Qingming and the other, before he had fled for long, Xia Mo, who had come to support, suddenly appeared in front of him, making his face turn pale and suddenly panicked.

Seeing that Xia Mo actually had the ability to force back an eighth-layer Jin Dan cultivator like Linghu Jie alone in the battle just now, this Jiuyuan Sect Elder surnamed Feng also understood that he simply couldn't be Xia Mo's opponent by himself.

However, in order to save his life at this moment, the Jiuyuan Sect Elder surnamed Feng couldn't care about these things. He decisively took out a third-tier mid-quality spiritual talisman he had treasured for many years, injected his own magic power into the spiritual talisman, and wanted to use this talisman to force back Xia Mo and give himself a chance to escape.

However, just as he used this spiritual talisman, the flower basket magic treasure beside Xia Mo had already prepared a response in advance, shooting out hundreds of petals at once, directly hitting the third-tier mid-quality spiritual talisman used by the other party.

After a violent sound, a group of white smoke gathered in the air.

Although the power of this spiritual talisman of the Jiuyuan Sect Elder surnamed Feng was not small, the aftermath after the collision still failed to hurt Xia Mo, and the remaining attacks were all blocked by a square jade plate defensive magic treasure in front of Xia Mo.

After taking this attack from the other party, Xia Mo looked at the Jiuyuan Sect Elder surnamed Feng who was already at a distance from her. Without rushing to chase, she coldly took out a silver hairpin and quickly injected magic power into this magic treasure.

After a moment, a white light flashed, and Xia Mo and this silver hairpin magic treasure disappeared from the spot.

The Jiuyuan Sect Elder surnamed Feng, who had already fled several hundred feet away, looked back at his back. Seeing that Xia Mo had not chased yet, he guessed that the other party must have been forced back by his spiritual talisman and must be feeling uncomfortable.

Seeing this, the Jiuyuan Sect Elder surnamed Feng felt happy and immediately accelerated his escape speed, chasing toward the direction where Linghu Jie fled.

However, before this person could be happy for long, he found that a white light suddenly flashed in front of him, and a woman in white appeared out of thin air, staring at him coldly. It was Xia Mo, who had just been forced back by him.

"What's going on, could it be that I've fallen into her illusion!"

Seeing Xia Mo cross several hundred feet in an instant and suddenly appear in front of him, the Jiuyuan Sect Elder surnamed Feng was incredibly surprised and couldn't believe it. Thinking he had fallen into some illusion, he hurriedly quickly took out a cyan spiritual talisman and stuck it on his chest.

Quickly pinching the formula in his hand, a burst of cool spiritual power quickly flowed through his whole body, and a burst of thin cyan light began to emerge from the eyes of the Jiuyuan Sect Elder surnamed Feng.

This spiritual talisman was the "Cyan Light Barrier-Breaking Talisman" that Song Qingming had used years ago. It is an auxiliary spiritual talisman that is very restraining to illusions.

However, the "Cyan Light Barrier-Breaking Talisman" used by the Jiuyuan Sect Elder surnamed Feng now had reached the third-tier low-quality grade, which was much more powerful than the one Song Qingming used years ago. Encountering Jin Dan level illusions, as long as they were not particularly powerful, they could basically be broken by this talisman.

After using the "Cyan Light Barrier-Breaking Talisman," the Jiuyuan Sect Elder surnamed Feng quickly scanned the surroundings. What made him even more puzzled was that the surrounding environment had not changed, and Xia Mo's figure had not disappeared from his eyes as he expected.

Before he could figure out this problem, Xia Mo had already begun to control the flower basket magic treasure and launched a new round of attacks on him. Dozens of petals with five-colored spiritual light had already quickly flown toward the position where he was.

After feeling the amazing momentum emitted by a pile of petals flying over, the Jiuyuan Sect Elder surnamed Feng quickly understood that the Xia Mo appearing in front of him was not an illusion, but a genuine late-stage Jin Dan cultivator.

"Not an illusion, could it be that this person has an escape technique that breaks space? Just a Jin Dan cultivator, how could she have such supernatural powers!"

Facing this fact that he found hard to accept, this Jiuyuan Sect Elder surnamed Feng was incredibly surprised for a while and stood in place.

Xia Mo could appear in front of him so quickly. If she didn't use some special magic treasure, then she must have practiced an escape technique that could break space.

No matter which one it was, this was not something an ordinary Jin Dan cultivator could easily do. In the cultivation world, those who could have such supernatural powers were generally Nascent Soul level great cultivators.

Even in a Nascent Soul sect like the Jiuyuan Sect, except for Wu Jiuyuan, the Supreme Elder who was a Nascent Soul cultivator, no other Jin Dan Elder could have such powerful escape supernatural powers.

Even looking at the entire cultivation world, only those Jin Dan cultivators who were exceptionally gifted and focused on cultivation in those top sects might have the opportunity to practice supernatural secret techniques of this level.

Although this Jiuyuan Sect Elder surnamed Feng was blocked by Xia Mo, he still couldn't figure out this problem for a while.

However, dozens of sharp petals in front of him were about to fly to his front. Even if he was a bit helpless at the moment, he could only hurriedly take out magic treasures to deal with Xia Mo's attack.

After fighting for only a moment, two more streaks of light flew over and joined the battlefield. It was Song Qingming and He Mengxin who had caught up.

This Jiuyuan Sect Elder surnamed Feng had a cultivation of only the fourth layer of Jin Dan, and his supernatural means were far from being Xia Mo's opponent.

Coupled with the loss of his biggest trump card, that third-tier mid-quality spiritual talisman, at this moment, just dealing with Xia Mo's attack made him a bit difficult to parry.

After Song Qingming and He Mengxin joined the battle, under the full siege of the three, even if he resisted desperately and fought hard, he still didn't last long and soon died in the hands of Song Qingming and the three.

"This place is not suitable for staying long, don't worry about his corpse, let's leave here quickly!"

After taking away the two magic treasures and the storage bag at the other party's waist, Xia Mo waved her hand to quickly summon her purple flying carriage, took Song Qingming and He Mengxin, and soon flew away from the spot quickly.

About half an hour after the three left, several streaks of spiritual light flew from the sky again, revealing four figures, all of whom were Jin Dan Elders of the Jiuyuan Sect who came to support. One of them was Linghu Jie, who had escaped from Xia Mo's hands not long ago.

Yue Wuji, the Sect Master of the Jiuyuan Sect wearing a blue and white Daoist robe, scanned the battlefield in the air with a pair of tiger eyes, frowned, and took out a golden token from his body.

Then Yue Wuji quickly pinched the formula with one hand and injected magic power into the golden token.

Under the activation of Yue Wuji's magic power, the golden token soon emitted bursts of spiritual light, then turned a circle in the air and flew toward a mountain peak position below the group.

The four of the Jiuyuan Sect who followed the golden token soon discovered the corpse of the Jiuyuan Sect Elder who had been killed by Song Qingming and the others at the foot of the mountain on the side of that mountain peak.

"Junior Brother Feng, these three thieves, we have already reported our names, and they still dared to commit such a poisonous hand. Sect Master Senior Brother, we must avenge Junior Brother Feng!"

Seeing the corpse of this fellow apprentice, Linghu Jie, who had just abandoned his companion and fled alone, immediately showed a very sad expression on his face.

Seeing Linghu Jie's sad expression, another Jin Dan Elder of the Jiuyuan Sect standing to the side looked at him strangely, then asked the Sect Master Yue Wuji in front of him:

"Sect Master Senior Brother, these three are so powerful, it seems they really have some background. Should we notify Senior Uncle Wu about this matter? As long as he makes a move, no matter how powerful those few are, they will certainly be difficult to escape from our hands."

Yue Wuji shook his head slightly upon hearing this and said:

"No need to be so anxious. The other party only has three people. Even if they have some powerful supernatural powers, the four of us are already enough to take them down. These few people shouldn't have left here for long. As long as we catch up, we will certainly be able to take them down."

"At the moment, Sect Master Senior Uncle is at a critical juncture of closed-door cultivation. Let's not disturb him for now."

"Junior Brother Linghu, we still have to avenge Junior Brother Feng. Don't be too sad. Hurry up and tidy up Junior Brother Feng's corpse, and set off with us!"

Hearing Yue Wuji's words, Linghu Jie hurriedly put away the sadness on his face and stood up.

After a moment, the four disappeared from the spot and chased quickly toward the east.

According to what Linghu Jie said earlier, the other party only had one seventh-layer Jin Dan cultivator, and the cultivation of the other three was not high. Logically speaking, the speed of escape could not exceed the flying boat controlled by Yue Wuji and the four.

However, what made the Jiuyuan Sect and the others a bit disappointed was that the four chased for nearly ten thousand miles, until they entered the territory of the Wei State, and did not find the trace of Song Qingming and the others.

Because of the tense relationship between the Jiuyuan Sect and the Xiaoyao Sect in recent years, Yue Wuji and the others did not dare to go too deep into the Wei State, so they could only continue to chase for several thousand miles along the Fuyun Mountain Range, but the result was still nothing.

Yue Wuji, who was still unwilling to give up, turned around several times near the Wei State, and finally, under the persuasion of Linghu Jie and the others, had to give up the idea of continuing to chase Song Qingming and the others, controlled the flying boat, and turned back to the Yue State.

One day later, Qinghe County, Mount Funiu of the Song Family.

Above the originally quiet and peaceful high altitude, a cyan light suddenly flew quickly from far to near, passed through the protective mountain array of Mount Funiu, and landed on the top of the mountain.

Looking at the familiar scenery in front of him, Song Qingyu, who already had a few more smiles on her face, jumped off the flying boat first and said to the group with a relaxed face:

"Finally back home. We should be safe now, right!"

"Don't think so simply. The person from the Jiuyuan Sect who escaped last had met me a few times years ago. It's not certain that he didn't recognize our identities."

"It's too early to say safe. Everyone should stay on the mountain for these few days and wait until we find out the situation before talking!" Just as Song Qingyu finished speaking, Song Qingming, who had already landed from above the "Phantom Boat," immediately retorted to her with a serious face.

He Mengxin and Xia Mo, who walked off the flying boat together, nodded after hearing Song Qingming say this: "Daoist Song is right. Regardless of whether the other party has seen through your identity, we must first avoid it on the mountain and wait until the limelight passes."

"Qingyu, go and tell Yuanfang that from today on, people on the mountain are not allowed to go down the mountain at will, and they are not allowed to pass news out. If someone visits, just say we are still in closed-door cultivation on Mount Tuoyun. Don't let outsiders know the news of our return."

After Song Qingyu nodded slightly, she asked again: "Seventh Brother, should we send a letter to Sister-in-law first!"

"Forget it, it's better not to send messages casually recently. Although the people of the Jiuyuan Sect dare not go deep into the vicinity of Mount Funiu, we still have to guard against it."

After Song Qingyu responded and left, Xia Mo beside her said to Song Qingming: "Daoist Song, this trip can be considered a fruitful harvest. Since we are already back, we should distribute the things we obtained!" (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 610 =====