Chapter 626

After Song Yuanli and Li Chengyue were chased by "Heaven-Sea Alliance" cultivators while escorting supplies last time, although they lost the escorted supplies and lost more than a dozen Qi Condensation cultivators, the two Foundation Establishment cultivators, including the Wang Jingde of the Lingyin Sect, all escaped smoothly.

In that battle of the "Heaven-Sea Alliance," the focus at the beginning was still on the front-line Fenggu Plain battlefield, and they did not attack these rear markets.

Therefore, it also gave these cultivators stationed in the rear market some time to retreat. As soon as the news of the defeat on the front line of Fenggu Plain came, Song Yuanli and others who fled back to the market led the cultivators below and the supplies in the market to retreat to Mount Baimeng in time.

In the past two months, although the "Heaven-Sea Alliance" also tried to attack Mount Baimeng many times, the cultivators on the mountain, relying on this fourth-grade protective mountain formation and several bloody battles, still blocked the other party's fierce attack and supported until the reinforcements from several surrounding countries arrived.

In these two months, Song Yuanli and the others, as well as the cultivators under the Song family they brought, also suffered many casualties in several bloody battles. Li Chengyue of the Li family was also injured in the arm by enemy cultivators in a battle and was still in seclusion for healing.

After seeing that Song Yuanli was safe and sound, Song Qingming, who had been very worried about him for days, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The Song family now has few Foundation Establishment cultivators, and Song Yuanli is a talent who has a chance to impact the Jin Dan realm in the future. If something really happened to him outside, Song Qingming, as the clan leader, would definitely regret it very much.

Besides Song Yuanli, six of the twenty cultivators sent by the Song family also died in battle, and several others suffered not light injuries. Knowing this news, Song Qingming's heart also felt a bit painful.

These junior clan members were all cultivators that the clan had worked hard to cultivate. Watching them fall on the front-line battlefield one by one, how could he, as an elder, not feel sad? However, in front of Song Yuanli, Song Qingming still did not show too much pain.

"Seventh Uncle, it's all my fault for not taking good care of Changshi and the others."

Seeing that there was still a deep sense of guilt in Song Yuanli's words, Song Qingming patted his shoulder and comforted him repeatedly:

"The situation on the front line changes rapidly, and even Jin Dan cultivators are hard to avoid. What can you, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, change? You have done a very good job and don't need to blame yourself."

"War is ruthless. These were things we expected. Even if I were here, these things would be very difficult to avoid. Things in the world are impermanent, and maybe it is their destiny!"

After comforting Song Yuanli for a few sentences, Song Qingming went to discuss with Li Wutong and the others, and asked Chen Xuanxin, who was also injured on the battlefield, to send all the Wei Kingdom cultivators left on Mount Baimeng back to the Xiaoyao Sect.

Song Qingming originally wanted to let Song Yuanli return to the Wei Kingdom together, but he chose to stay behind. After careful consideration, Song Qingming nodded and agreed.

After Song Qingming and the others arrived at Mount Baimeng, under the leadership of the Lingyin Sect, the Mount Baimeng cultivators fought several great battles with the "Heaven-Sea Alliance" under the mountain, and only after waiting for the reinforcements from several surrounding countries did they finally slowly stabilize the situation.

The "Heaven-Sea Alliance" sent tens of thousands of cultivators to besiege Mount Baimeng this time, including more than forty Jin Dan cultivators.

On Mount Baimeng, counting the reinforcements from all sides, the number of low-tier cultivators was still a small half less than the other party, and the total number of Jin Dan cultivators was less than thirty. Comparing the two sides, the disadvantage of Mount Baimeng was still very obvious.

Although both the Lingyin Sect side and the "Heaven-Sea Alliance" had Nascent Soul cultivators, because the power of Nascent Soul cultivator fighting divine abilities was too great, the Nascent Soul ancestors of both sides had already agreed before the war not to directly participate in the struggle.

The key to the victory or defeat of this war still depends on Song Qingming and these Jin Dan cultivators, as well as the tens of thousands of Foundation Establishment and Qi Condensation cultivators below.

After Song Qingming and others guarded Mount Baimeng for nearly half a year, they finally waited for a force that determined the victory or defeat of the war. The cultivator army organized by the "Wanling Sect" to support finally arrived in the Lu Kingdom after a long preparation and joined the battlefield.

The Wanling Sect side came with thirty Jin Dan cultivators at once, carrying more than a dozen large flying boats loaded with ten thousand low-tier cultivators, which immediately reversed the situation of the entire battlefield.

In less than a month, the "Heaven-Sea Alliance," which had lost a large number of low-tier cultivators in several great battles, took the initiative to retreat from Mount Baimeng and withdrew to the Fenggu Plain line.

The Floating Yunshan Range side pursued the victory and killed directly to Fenggu Plain. Just when everyone thought they were about to thoroughly drive the "Heaven-Sea Alliance" out of the Lu Kingdom, the Nascent Soul cultivators above both sides reached an agreement and suddenly terminated this great war.

According to the agreement reached by both sides, the "Heaven-Sea Alliance" took the initiative to withdraw from Fenggu Plain and handed over this important stronghold in the south of the Lu Kingdom to the Lingyin Sect. Zipeng Mountain east of Fenggu Plain and several spiritual veins nearby continued to be occupied by the "Heaven-Sea Alliance."

Both sides agreed that no war would be launched for one hundred years.

According to the agreement reached by both sides, although the power of the "Heaven-Sea Alliance" basically withdrew from the Lu Kingdom, it also drove a nail into Zipeng Mountain in the south of the Lu Kingdom, which was equivalent to hanging a sharp knife over the head of the Lingyin Sect at all times.

For the fact that this great war ended so hastily when their own side had already occupied the advantage, although Song Qingming and others were a bit puzzled in their hearts, they also guessed a few points. The Lingyin Sect would accept this result, which must have been influenced by the Wanling Sect behind the scenes.

Many sects in the west of the Floating Yunshan Range, headed by the Wanling Sect, had long been at odds with many sects in the east of the Floating Yunshan Range, such as the Star Sect, the Lingyin Sect, and the Xiaoyao Sect.

The reason why they took the initiative to help this time was also because they did not want the great power of the "Heaven-Sea Alliance" to invade the Floating Yunshan Range cultivation world and affect the Wanling Sect's status here.

Naturally, they did not want to lose their own strength to fight to the death with the "Heaven-Sea Alliance" cultivators for the Lingyin Sect. Being able to reach a hundred-year armistice agreement with the "Heaven-Sea Alliance" to quickly end this war was absolutely the interest that the Wanling Sect wanted most at present.

Although the Lingyin Sect was very unwilling to accept this result, without the help of so many sects behind them, they had no ability to resist the powerful "Heaven-Sea Alliance" alone, nor did they have the ability to recover Fenggu Plain, so they had to be forced to compromise and give up some territory to the "Heaven-Sea Alliance."

Although a hundred-year armistice agreement had been reached, both the "Heaven-Sea Alliance" and the many sects in the Floating Yunshan Range knew in their hearts that this great war, which had spanned hundreds of years, had not yet ended.

Whether it was a temporary armistice for one hundred years or two hundred years, this great war had already involved too many grievances and interests, and both sides would sooner or later continue to fight until one side was thoroughly defeated and unable to resist.

For this great war that ended suddenly, Song Qingming and the others who came from afar were naturally happy to see this result.

In the past six months, the two sides fought more than ten great battles on Mount Baimeng. I don't know how many low-tier Qi Condensation and Foundation Establishment cultivators died in battle, and even several Jin Dan cultivators on both sides were killed or injured.

On the Xiaoyao Sect side, Jin Ziyuan injured his physical body while fighting with "Heaven-Sea Alliance" cultivators and had already returned to the Wei Kingdom for healing.

The remaining Song Qingming, Li Wutong, and Chen Xuanxin, although they did not suffer very serious injuries, had all experienced dangers several times, and they had long wanted to end this war in their hearts.

After all, in the final analysis, everyone was fighting to the death here just to block the "Heaven-Sea Alliance" cultivator army, not letting them invade their own territory in the future, not simply wanting to recover lost territory for the Lingyin Sect.

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Three months later, Song Qingming and others, who had rested on Mount Baimeng for a period of time, took the sect's large flying boat and returned to the Wei Kingdom in batches.

This time, except for Song Qingming and Song Yuanli, nine of the twenty Qi Condensation cultivators sent by the clan died in the Lu Kingdom, and only two or three lucky ones returned intact.

However, the two important high-tier cultivators of the clan, Song Qingming and Song Yuanli, did not suffer any very serious injuries, which was already the best news for the Song family.

Just after Song Qingming and the others returned to Mount Funiu, the Song family crowd who had been waiting for a long time immediately welcomed them out and gave them a good welcome.

Since Song Qingming received the sect's letter and was named by Li Mufeng to be sent to the Lu Kingdom, Song Qingyu, Huang Siyuan, and other Song family members who knew about this were also worried about them at all times.

In that kind of great battlefield on the front line of the Lu Kingdom, even Jin Dan cultivators could not avoid falling, let alone Foundation Establishment cultivators like Song Yuanli. If they were not careful, it might be a disaster for them.

Seeing Song Qingming and the other return safely, Song Qingyu and the others finally put down the worry they had been hanging in their hearts for half a year.

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One year later, in Song Qingming's cave on the top of Mount Funiu.

Song Qingming, with a few beads of fine sweat on his forehead, slowly put away the magic power in his hand, slowly exhaled a turbid breath, and then slowly opened his eyes and stood up.

After the great battle of Mount Baimeng, the smoke of war in the entire Floating Yunshan Range cultivation world gradually dissipated, and Song Qingming finally stayed on Mount Funiu and lived a few comfortable days.

In the more than half a year in the Lu Kingdom, he was worried about tomorrow at all times, and Song Qingming himself did not practice well at all. Several cultivation techniques he practiced, including the somewhat special "Heaven-Reaching Ten Thousand Spirits Decision," had no progress.

However, because he accumulated a lot of combat experience fighting with others on the battlefield, Song Qingming now had some different insights and experiences on the cultivation techniques he practiced.

Before, Song Qingming had never found the way to practice the "Heaven-Reaching Ten Thousand Spirits Decision," and the progress of his practice was very slow.

After returning from the Lu Kingdom, Song Qingming was a bit surprised to find that the set of cultivation techniques he practiced suddenly became much more handy. He originally thought it would take four or five years to have a chance to enter the late stage of Qi Condensation, but he did not expect that he would successfully achieve this goal in less than a year after returning.

After putting away the cultivation technique, Song Qingming walked to the entrance of the cave and picked up a white sound-transmission talisman that had been floating here for a long time.

After opening and looking at this sound-transmission talisman sent by Song Yuanfang, a smile slowly appeared on Song Qingming's face. Then he waved his hand to remove the prohibition formation at the entrance of the cave and walked out in big strides.

A moment later, Song Qingming came outside the cave where Song Qingyu was in seclusion on the top of the mountain. After sending a sound-transmission inside, Song Qingyu's figure soon appeared in front of him.

"Qingyu, Yuanfang and the others are almost ready. If you have nothing to do, I plan to set off tomorrow to take you to the East Sea to purchase elixirs and spiritual items."

Song Qingyu heard this and nodded with a smile: "I have been ready here waiting for you to come. Is Sister-in-law going too?"

"Hmm! She is still refining elixirs on Mount Tuoyun. You help me run a trip to pick her back. I will go down the mountain to say hello to Yuanfang and the others first and check the spiritual items needed."

After explaining a few words to Song Qingyu, Song Qingming turned around and came to the meeting hall at the foot of the mountain, calling Song Yuanfang and Song Yuanqian, who were responsible for managing clan affairs, over.

This time going to the East Sea cultivation world to purchase spiritual items needed by the clan, Song Qingming had already let Song Yuanfang and the others start preparing a few years ago, exchanging all the spiritual items hoarded in the clan's Golden Treasury Pavilion into spiritual stones or high-tier spiritual items convenient for trading.

Plus the original accumulation in the treasury over the years, up to now, the Song family's Golden Treasury Pavilion had also collected nearly sixty thousand spiritual stones.

Hearing the accounts reported by Song Yuanqian, a look of satisfaction also appeared on Song Qingming's face.

Over the years, the Song family has developed rapidly. The industries outside, Yinfeng Ridge and Mount Tuoyun Market, have successively invested a lot of spiritual stones. Plus upgrading the clan's spiritual veins and taking the lead in funding the construction of "Chiyan Market" a few years ago.

Each of these items had an investment of at least tens of thousands of spiritual stones, and the spiritual stone expenditure of the entire clan in all aspects was also very large. Song Yuanfang and the others being able to gather so many spiritual stones now was already a bit beyond Song Qingming's expectation.

"Seventh Uncle, Yuanqian and I discussed it. We Foundation Establishment elders in the clan were all able to successfully achieve Foundation Establishment because of the clan's support, so we should naturally repay the clan."

"These spiritual stones were gathered by our seven Foundation Establishment elders, one thousand spiritual stones each. Seventh Uncle, you should take them with you too!"

Seeing the spiritual stones taken out by Song Yuanfang, Song Qingming nodded with satisfaction: "It is a rare thing that you know how to repay the clan now. Since it is your intention, then record it in the book, and return it to you when the clan treasury is rich in the future."

Song Yuanqian saw this, looked at Song Yuanfang, and then bowed to Song Qingming and said:

"Seventh Uncle, every time the clan supports a Foundation Establishment cultivator, the Golden Treasury Pavilion has to invest a lot of resources. Now most of the clan treasury resources are used to purchase Foundation Establishment Pills to support clan members in Foundation Establishment. After a long time, it is a bit difficult to maintain, and it is inevitable that other clan members will think about this matter."

"I think the clan should set some rules in the future, let everyone know that the clan cannot support them in Foundation Establishment for nothing. This can not only quickly supplement the deficit of the Golden Treasury Pavilion but also make other cultivators in the clan who were not selected for Foundation Establishment feel better."

After hearing Song Yuanqian's reminder, Song Qingming thought for a moment and nodded:

"Hmm! There were too few cultivators in the clan before, and not many people could achieve Foundation Establishment, so I didn't consider this point. Now the situation is a bit different, and we elders should be fairer in our actions."

"In the future, all those supported by the clan for Foundation Establishment need to take out a sum of spiritual stones to compensate the clan treasury after successfully achieving Foundation Establishment. As for the specific amount, you two discuss it first, and then determine it after I come back!"

The cultivators who achieved Foundation Establishment in the Song family in the past were basically supported by Song Qingming single-handedly. At that time, the Song family's treasury was still a bit poor, and most of the spiritual items and spiritual stones for exchanging Foundation Establishment Pills were still taken out by Song Qingming himself.

Now the clan is a bit richer, and the clan treasury can accumulate a lot of spiritual stones every year, which is basically enough to be self-sufficient, so naturally, there is no need for Song Qingming, the clan ancestor, to often pay out of his own pocket to subsidize the clan's needs.

However, since the spiritual stones in the clan treasury are shared by the entire clan, they cannot be invested in one of the clan members at will without asking for return. This would be a bit too unfair to other people in the clan who were not selected for Foundation Establishment.

After explaining to Song Yuanfang and the other, early the next morning, after bringing the spiritual stones and spiritual items prepared by the clan, Song Qingming, Song Qingyu, and Huang Siyuan took the "Phantom Boat" and left Mount Funiu directly.

The spiritual resources around the Wei Kingdom's cultivation world are relatively scarce, and spiritual items related to Foundation Establishment and Core Formation are basically firmly controlled by large sects like the Xiaoyao Sect.

Ordinary cultivation families and rogue cultivators want to obtain spiritual items like Foundation Establishment Pills, generally have to use more precious spiritual items to exchange at the Xiaoyao Sect, or have a chance to get them in the black market like the "Heavenly Elixir Alliance" auction.

If the Song family wants to develop steadily in this environment of the Wei Kingdom, they must find a few more channels for resources for themselves. This time going to the East Sea cultivation world was also planned by Song Qingming two years ago.

From the Wei Kingdom to the East Sea cultivation world, it still needs to cross a distance of tens of thousands of miles across several countries. Even for a Jin Dan cultivator like Song Qingming, a round trip takes at least two or three months.

To be safe, before setting off, Song Qingming specially rushed to Guyang Mountain and spent some spiritual items to invite Xu Ziyuan to come forward and help sit in Mount Tuoyun for a period of time.

Although Xu Ziyuan's cultivation base is only at the second layer of Jin Dan, combined with the third-grade protective mountain formation of Mount Tuoyun, even if the Cloud Crane Demon King suddenly attacks, she alone is enough to deal with it.

There is no need to worry too much about Mount Funiu. There is no demon king above the Jin Dan stage around Qinghe County. Even if some second-grade demonic beasts in the Mount Mount Mount Yunwu dare to attack "Chiyan Market," they will not be the opponents of Song Yuanli and the others who rely on the market formation.

The "Phantom Boat" traveled east through the Mount Mount Mount Yunwu, which stretched for nearly several thousand miles. Song Qingming and the three soon entered the territory of the Zheng Kingdom.

The Zheng Kingdom is a country slightly smaller than the Wei Kingdom. There are two Jin Dan sects with equal strength, the Star Sect and the Minghe Sect, with a total of seven or eight Jin Dan cultivators.

However, these two Jin Dan sects have always been at odds with each other, and have fought countless times for hundreds of years, which has also caused the entire Zheng Kingdom cultivation world to suffer a lot of damage.

Many rogue cultivators and cultivation families in the Zheng Kingdom chose to flee to other surrounding countries such as the Wei Kingdom to avoid the war. There are many cultivators who came from the Zheng Kingdom to take refuge in Qinghe and Pingyang counties in the Song family's territory.

Huang Siyuan is not unfamiliar with the Zheng Kingdom. Back then, in order to successfully achieve Foundation Establishment, she had stayed here for decades. Although nearly a hundred years had passed, Huang Siyuan still had a fresh memory of this place.

Knowing that the Zheng Kingdom was relatively chaotic, Song Qingming and the three did not choose to stay here for too long, and only spent two days crossing the entire Zheng Kingdom.

Then they crossed two small countries and came to a huge high mountain. This mountain was towering into the clouds and was ten thousand zhang high. It was the highest mountain Song Qingming had ever seen in his more than one hundred years of cultivation.

Seeing Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan on the side show a trace of surprise after seeing this high mountain, Song Qingyu hurriedly explained to the two:

"This mountain is called Broken Yunshan, which is the boundary between the Floating Yunshan Range and the East Sea cultivation world. After crossing here, we can enter the East Sea cultivation world."

"This mountain is so high, I'm afraid it's difficult for ordinary Qi Condensation and Foundation Establishment cultivators to cross it. Qingyu, when you went to the East Sea back then, how did you cross this place?" Huang Siyuan asked curiously.

"Sister-in-law may not know that there are several markets to the south of here, where there are large flying boats specially sent to pick up and drop off cultivators between the two places. One only needs to pay thirty spiritual stones to board the flying boat and cross Broken Yunshan."

"However, this kind of large flying boat is very slow, and it takes at least more than a month to cross Broken Yunshan. If we drive the flying boat directly, we should be able to shorten more than half of the time."

Song Qingming looked at the high mountain in front of him and sighed slightly: "It's a pity that the two places are too far apart to build a teleportation array, otherwise we wouldn't have to spend so much time here."

"Seventh Brother, you think things are too simple. To teleport such a long distance, at least a large teleportation array is needed. This is not something that an ordinary sect can do."

"Otherwise, the Nascent Soul sects in the East Sea would not let go of such a large piece of benefit." Song Qingyu shook her head slightly and replied.

After saying that, Song Qingming and the three drove the "Phantom Boat" directly into the clouds and flew towards a lower peak of Broken Yunshan.

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Ten days later, outside a small market near Broken Yunshan in the East Sea cultivation world, a white flying boat suddenly flew from far to near, soon stopped not far from the entrance of the market, and three figures jumped out of it.

Song Qingyu, who was walking in front, looked carefully at the market in front of her, smiled and said to Song Qingming and the other beside her: "This is Meishan Market. It hasn't changed much after not coming for decades."

"That's good, let's rest here today, and we will set off for Tiandancheng tomorrow."

Song Qingming and the others took turns urging the "Phantom Boat" to cross Broken Yunshan and had not rested well for more than ten days, and were now a bit tired.

In order to restore their state and facilitate the journey, after crossing Broken Yunshan, under Song Qingyu's suggestion, they decided to go to a nearby market to rest first, and then head to the destination of this trip to the East Sea cultivation world, "Tiandancheng." (End of chapter)