Chapter 683: Rescue Mount Tuoyun, Fellow Daoist, take care (Please vote for monthly tickets)

After accepting the mission to rescue "Mount Tuoyun," Song Qingming did not stop to rest; he directly took the teleportation array in "Guiyun Workshop" and hurried back to Mount Guyang first.

After receiving two large flying boats at the Sect's Miscellaneous Affairs Hall, Song Qingming immediately took more than ten Foundation Establishment cultivators with him and boarded the flying boats, flying rapidly toward the north.

The mountain-protecting formation of the "Mount Tuoyun" workshop was only third-tier low-quality. At this moment, facing the siege of an army of beasts several times their size, it was already in precarious danger. Fearing that some unforeseen event might occur there, Song Qingming kept urging the flying boats to increase their speed throughout the journey.

After spending half a day, the group finally arrived at a location a dozen miles away from "Mount Tuoyun."

Subsequently, Song Qingming had the flying boats stop. He took out the "Phantom Boat" to hide his figure and quietly flew toward "Mount Tuoyun" one step ahead.

Just after crossing a few mountain peaks, Song Qingming heard the rumbling sounds caused by spell battles coming from the direction of "Mount Tuoyun." Feeling anxious, Song Qingming hurriedly increased the speed of the flying boat beneath his feet.

After arriving at the battlefield, the scene of an army of thousands of beasts frantically attacking the workshop's mountain-protecting formation immediately imprinted itself into Song Qingming's eyes.

Seeing that the "Mount Tuoyun" workshop formation was still stable and had not been breached by the beast army, Song Qingming felt slightly relieved. After circling "Mount Tuoyun" once, he found a place where the beast's strength was relatively weak and sent a sound transmission talisman inside.

After waiting in place for a while, Song Qingming saw a five-colored spiritual light shine on Mount Tuoyun, and only then did he turn around and return to the location of the large flying boats.

"Seventh Uncle, how is it over at Mount Tuoyun?"

Seeing that Song Qingming had finally returned after being gone for so long, Song Xinyu, who had been waiting for a long time on the flying boat, hurriedly stepped forward to ask.

Upon hearing this, Song Qingming smiled and nodded gently: "Currently, things over at Mount Tuoyun are still stable. I have just made contact with Senior Brother Guangling over there.

The south side of Mount Tuoyun currently has no Demon King stationed there, and the defensive strength is relatively weak. In a moment, we will charge in from there, and Senior Brother Guangling and the others will come out to meet us then.

In this battle, I will be in the front helping to clear the way; you all are responsible for guarding the flying boats well. There are many beasts this time, and I may not be able to look after the flying boats later. You all must follow closely behind me and not get overly entangled with the beasts."

"Seventh Uncle, please rest assured, leave the flying boats to your nephew!" Hearing Song Qingming's instructions, Song Xinyu hurriedly nodded in agreement.

"Hmm! I am at ease with you handling things, Xinyu, but you must also be careful yourself. In case of any unexpected situation, you must prioritize preserving yourself first."

As the first cultivator of the Song family to successfully reach Foundation Establishment in the sect, Song Xinyu's cultivation had also successfully reached the ninth layer of Foundation Establishment in the past two years, just one step away from the Jin Dan realm.

Song Xinyu's talent was quite good, and after joining the Xiaoyao Sect, he did not lack cultivation resources. However, his cultivation journey, which had been smooth sailing in the early stages, began to encounter obstacles after reaching the mid-stage, and he had been stuck at the bottleneck of the late Foundation Establishment stage for thirty years.

Although he later managed to break through to the late Foundation Establishment stage after many attempts and consuming quite a few spiritual items, this also delayed much of his time for attempting the Jin Dan realm.

Song Xinyu is now over one hundred and seventy years old. Although he could attempt to break through to the Core Formation realm if he spent a few more years polishing his cultivation, he does not have much time left; he has at most only one or two opportunities to form his core.

In the past half year, because the sect's frontline war was tight, Song Xinyu had also been sent to "Guiyun Workshop" to fight.

The reason Song Qingming brought Song Xinyu to "Mount Tuoyun" this time was also because he wanted to keep him by his side, making it convenient for him to look after him at will.

After all, Song Xinyu was at the juncture of being about to form a core; if something unexpected happened on the battlefield at this time, his path of Dao for this lifetime would likely be completely severed.

After giving instructions to everyone, Song Qingming ordered the flying boats to accelerate directly toward "Mount Tuoyun," and soon they arrived at the south side where the beast side's defense was relatively weak.

Seeing two giant flying boats flying rapidly toward this side from afar, some low-tier flying beasts in the beast army immediately gathered around with curiosity.

"Activate the flying boat formations, increase speed and charge over with me!"

Seeing that many beasts had already gathered around from afar, Song Qingming, standing at the very front of the flying boat, gave an order to the crowd behind him, then immediately jumped off the flying boat, raised his hand and released several sharp sword lights, chopping the dozen or so low-tier beasts located at the very front into several pieces.

A Jin Dan cultivator so powerful suddenly appeared in front of the flying boats, and those low-tier beasts that flew over were also startled. They dared not block the way forward anymore, and immediately cleared a path for Song Qingming and the flying boats behind him.

Seeing this, Song Qingming also immediately increased speed and brought the large flying boats behind him, soon arriving above the beast army that was attacking the workshop's mountain-protecting formation, wanting to cross the blockade of the beast army from here and enter "Mount Tuoyun."

Responsible for attacking the "Mount Tuoyun" workshop formation here were more than twenty Foundation Establishment stage beasts and a beast army composed of nearly a thousand low-tier Qi Condensation stage beasts.

These beasts saw the giant flying boats flying above their heads and immediately surrounded them, starting to cast spells to attack Song Qingming and the flying boats behind him.

If it were only Song Qingming alone, wanting to cross the blockade of the thousands of low-tier beasts below and enter "Mount Tuoyun," for him, whose cultivation had already reached the sixth layer of Jin Dan, it would not be considered a very difficult matter at all.

But on this trip, Song Qingming not only had to go in himself, but also had to safely bring the two large flying boats behind him into "Mount Tuoyun."

At this moment, facing the simultaneous attacks of so many Foundation Establishment and Qi Condensation stage low-tier beasts below, besides dealing with the beasts in front, he also had to divert a portion of his energy to help guard the flying boats behind.

Although the Xiaoyao Sect's large flying boats were all equipped with a second-tier top-quality formation of decent power, facing the collective attack of the beast side, it was still somewhat difficult to bear.

Wanting to rescue the many cultivators trapped in Mount Tuoyun, using large flying boats was absolutely the most secure method. The two flying boats Song Qingming brought were the key to the success or failure of this rescue of "Mount Tuoyun" cultivators.

Once the flying boats were damaged and had problems during the battle, then Song Qingming and the others' rescue this time would be a waste of effort, with all previous work abandoned.

At this moment, not only Song Qingming, but Song Xinyu and the others standing on the flying boats had also actively jumped off the flying boats, guarding the surroundings of the flying boats, each using their divine abilities to resist the flying beasts that came to attack.

They were all Foundation Establishment cultivators selected by Song Qingming who had fought the beast army many times on the battlefield and had very rich experience in spell battles. At this time, under Song Xinyu's leadership, facing the surging various beasts, everyone performed very calmly and composedly.

Just as Song Qingming and the others charged into the sky above the beast army, the "Mount Tuoyun" mountain-protecting formation in front also opened a gap. Hundreds of "Mount Tuoyun" cultivator armies, who had long been prepared, immediately rushed out from the mountain-protecting formation, killing toward the beast army that was besieging the flying boats in front.

The leader Zhang Rong and a dozen Foundation Establishment cultivators turned into a dozen sword lights, directly crossing the beast army in front and rushing to the vicinity of the flying boats, helping Song Qingming and the others guard the flying boats as they traveled rapidly toward "Mount Tuoyun."

With the help of Zhang Rong and the others, the pressure on Song Qingming and the others' side immediately lightened quite a bit. After everyone killed quite a few beasts, they soon carved out a path in the beast army and arrived not far from the mountain-protecting formation.

Just as everyone was fighting the beasts with all their might and was about to bring the flying boats into "Mount Tuoyun," two escape lights suddenly appeared on the west side of the workshop, flying over rapidly. They were exactly the two Jin Dan Demon Kings that had been besieging the workshop formation at the other two locations not long ago.

One of these two beasts was a Jin Dan early-stage beast, and the other's cultivation was much stronger, not much different from Song Qingming's, having already reached the peak of the Jin Dan mid-stage.

Seeing these two Demon Kings from afar, before they even arrived, they had already started gathering magic power, preparing to attack the large flying boats in front of them. Song Qingming did not hesitate at all, directly turning into an escape light and actively meeting these two Demon Kings, blocking them in mid-air.

With only himself alone, Song Qingming wanting to block two Demon Kings at the same time was still somewhat difficult to achieve. Therefore, Song Qingming quickly cast spells in his hands and summoned "Jin Feng" out again. With the help of this Jin Dan third-layer corpse puppet, he was only then able to firmly block these two Demon Kings.

After fighting these two Demon Kings for a while, seeing that the two large flying boats behind had both successfully entered the "Mount Tuoyun" mountain-protecting formation, Song Qingming only then breathed a sigh of relief at this moment, no longer paying attention to these two Demon Kings, and directly retreated back into "Mount Tuoyun."

Although they finally bumped into two Demon Kings coming to obstruct them, fortunately, it was dangerous but without disaster. Song Qingming still lived up to expectations and successfully brought both large flying boats into "Mount Tuoyun," which could be considered as completing the first step of this mission.

Not long after Song Qingming entered "Mount Tuoyun," he soon also saw True Person Guangling, who had just been containing another Liu Yunhe Demon King on the east side of the workshop. He immediately actively stepped forward to salute and greeted this courageous sect senior Jin Dan Elder.

"Senior Brother Guangling, I am acting under the orders of Senior Uncle Li to come and assist you in breaking out. I wonder how your preparations are going over here?"

True Person Guangling smiled and sighed: "You have worked hard, Junior Brother Song. We also only received the news of retreat after half a day. I am afraid it will still take a day or two before we can start to evacuate. I will still need to trouble Junior Brother to wait for two more days.

Please rest assured, Junior Brother Song, although the few Demon Kings outside are besieging us in turns, the workshop formation is currently still relatively stable. It should still be no big problem to hold on for two more days."

"No matter! Please just trouble Senior Brother to arrange this matter. If there is anything that needs help, Senior Brother Guangling, just speak up, do not be polite with me."

Hearing True Person Guangling say that they still had to wait for two more days, no look of surprise appeared on Song Qingming's face, and he smiled and nodded at him.

In order to deal with this beast turmoil, Zhang Rong, Lin Yutian, and others had already recruited thousands of cultivators on "Mount Tuoyun" to help them guard the workshop together. Added to the hundreds of reinforcements from the Xiaoyao Sect and the over a thousand loose cultivators who originally resided on the mountain, there were currently almost three thousand cultivators on "Mount Tuoyun."

Although Song Qingming brought two large flying boats, they could at most carry two thousand or so people out. How to arrange this still needed to fall on the shoulders of True Person Guangling and the Zhang Rong brothers. Song Qingming did not want to intervene in this matter directly at this moment.

Outside "Mount Tuoyun," there were a total of three Demon Kings besieging this spiritual mountain, among which two had cultivation in the Jin Dan mid-stage, and the other was slightly weaker but also had Jin Dan early-stage peak cultivation.

Whether it was Zhang Rong or True Person Guangling, who was already old and weak, without relying on the mountain-protecting formation, they were not the opponents of any one Demon King. If the two of them were fighting outside, added together, they estimated they could at most deal with one Demon King among them.

Next, in evacuating "Mount Tuoyun," there was still a hard battle waiting for Song Qingming. For this reason, he also needed to rest and conserve his energy.

Two days passed quickly. Song Qingming, who was in closed-door meditation in a cave dwelling on the mountain top, received a message from Song Xinyu on this morning, and immediately walked out of the cave dwelling, arriving at the location of the two large flying boats on the top of Mount Tuoyun.

After two days of effort, at this moment, most of the cultivators in the workshop and some important spiritual items that had to be taken away had already boarded the flying boats, leaving only hundreds of elderly loose cultivators who could not squeeze onto the flying boats and thousands of ordinary mortals.

Fortunately, before the beasts besieged the city, Zhang Rong and the others, who had already sensed that this beast turmoil was somewhat dangerous, had already sent away and settled most of the mortals on "Mount Tuoyun" into the deep mountains nearby in advance.

Now, the mortals who remained on the mountain to assist in guarding this spiritual mountain were only a small portion of martial artists who possessed innate cultivation.

Song Qingming glanced at the hundreds of cultivators who could not board the flying boats and found that many people in the crowd already had white hair and beards; they were basically elderly cultivators of relatively older age.

What made Song Qingming somewhat surprised was that standing in front of these people was also a person he was very familiar with; it was exactly Lin Yutian, the Foundation Establishment cultivator who had managed and operated "Mount Tuoyun" for nearly a hundred years together with Zhang Rong.

Like most of the cultivators behind him, because his lifespan was nearing its end, Lin Yutian also had a full head of white hair and an extremely aged face. It was just that at this moment, he was still trying hard to squeeze out a trace of a smile, loudly encouraging the crowd left behind, looking still very spirited.

Seeing Lin Yutian still standing in the crowd left behind at this moment, Song Qingming's face was slightly puzzled. Before he could open his mouth to ask the person beside him, Zhang Rong, with an anxious look on his face, walked quickly to Song Qingming's side and bowed to him.

"Have you all arranged things over here?"

Hearing Song Qingming's question, Zhang Rong nodded with a difficult look on his face: "Everything has been arranged. Except for those who stayed behind to break out, everyone else has already gone up.

Fellow Daoist Song, Senior Brother Lin... he insisted on staying behind to break out together with the other cultivators. I have already persuaded him several times in these two days, but he has not changed his mind.

You also know his current physical state; rashly using magic power is already somewhat dangerous. Staying behind is definitely more ominous than auspicious. I wonder if you could help me persuade him again.

After Master left, Mount Tuoyun encountered many changes. If it weren't for Senior Brother Lin helping me, how could I alone support the overall situation? I am afraid Mount Tuoyun would have long fallen into the hands of others."

Seeing that there was even a trace of choking in Zhang Rong's tone, Song Qingming, who deeply knew the deep affection between their brothers for so many years, did not say much more. After nodding slightly, he walked directly toward the location where Lin Yutian was.

"Senior Song!" Seeing Song Qingming walking toward him, Lin Yutian, whose face was slightly surprised, hurriedly turned around together with the many low-tier cultivators behind him to salute him.

Song Qingming scanned the crowd with a smile on his face, then immediately waved his hand to signal everyone to rise.

Subsequently, Song Qingming's magic power moved, and he cast a sound-insulation barrier between himself and Lin Yutian, only then opening his mouth to ask this old friend with whom he had dealt for many years: "I just heard that you want to stay behind to lead the remaining cultivators to break out together. I came here still wanting to persuade you.

For so many years, you have put in quite a lot of hard work to rebuild Mount Tuoyun, and you still have merit to them. The beast turmoil is a natural disaster, not a man-made one; there is no need to take it too much to heart."

Hearing what Song Qingming said, Lin Yutian also had preparations in his heart long ago. He nodded calmly and replied: "I appreciate Senior Song's good intentions. Master handed Mount Tuoyun to us brothers back then, but in the end, we failed to fulfill his old man's wishes and let the people on the mountain live many peaceful days. We brothers can also be considered to have failed his old man.

Now I am also a person in the twilight of my years. Leaving with you all is nothing more than lingering on for a few more years; for me, it doesn't have much significance.

I have already promised in public just now, determined to break out together with those who stayed behind. Regardless of whether I can be lucky enough to escape, being able to kill a few more beasts can also be considered the last contribution I can make for Mount Tuoyun.

In this lifetime, I, Lin Yutian, have cultivated for over two hundred years. Although I haven't done anything major, I am definitely not a person who goes back on his word. How can there be a reason to take back words that have already been spoken? Senior, you should also not persuade me anymore."

Seeing that Lin Yutian's determination had been made and there was not the slightest wavering in his eyes, Song Qingming was silent for a moment, but still did not open his mouth to persuade him again. He just bowed slightly to Lin Yutian in front of everyone.

"Fellow Daoist, take care!"

This bow of Song Qingming's was a respect for this old man, Lin Yutian, who viewed death as returning home, expressed sincerely from his heart.

Having cultivated for so many years, Song Qingming had seen too many people in the cultivation world who were profit-seeking and only cared about themselves. Cultivators like Lin Yutian, who in his heart cared for the overall situation and had no fear when facing the juncture of life and death, were indeed rarely seen.

"Senior, take care!" After Song Qingming removed the sound-insulation barrier beside him, Lin Yutian smiled and returned the salute, then strode toward the crowd of cultivators who stayed behind.

These hundreds of cultivators who stayed behind were all elderly people with not many days left. Some of them chose to stay voluntarily like Lin Yutian, leaving more chances of escape for the younger generation, and some were forced to stay helplessly after being selected.

However, when they saw Lin Yutian, a Foundation Establishment cultivator who had the chance to board the flying boat and leave, determined to stay behind to advance and retreat together with them and break out together, most people still felt a few traces of being moved in their hearts.

After Song Qingming turned around and returned to the flying boat alone, True Person Guangling, who had long been prepared, flew into mid-air with a serious face and gave orders to the crowd below:

"Fellow Daoists, in a moment the flying boats will first evacuate toward the south. You all wait until the beast army has gone south, then choose an opportunity to break out. This way, the chances of success can also be greater.

Those lucky enough to successfully break out, remember definitely not to retreat toward Iron Immortal Castle in the west, try your best to go east, there will be much fewer beasts there."

After speaking, True Person Guangling immediately returned to the flying boat and directed the flying boats to start taking action.

Seeing Song Qingming shaking his head at him after returning to the flying boat, Zhang Rong, who had been waiting for a long time on the flying boat, also had a trace of desolation flash in his eyes, and he turned around and walked to the bow of the ship alone.

After bidding farewell to the crowd left behind, the two large flying boats, already full of cultivators, sailed side by side and slowly approached the location of the mountain-protecting formation.

A few days ago, Song Qingming brought the flying boats and charged into "Mount Tuoyun." The three Demon Kings besieging this place also guessed a few points that the cultivators on the mountain wanted to evacuate from here.

In these few days, the beast army had already weakened its siege on the "Mount Tuoyun" mountain-protecting formation and kept sending second-tier beasts to patrol in the air to prevent Song Qingming and the others from escaping.

The two large flying boats that Song Qingming and the others were riding had just rushed out of the "Mount Tuoyun" mountain-protecting formation from the south when the few second-tier beasts patrolling in the air immediately discovered them and let out bursts of cries to notify the few Demon Kings nearby.

Soon, the three Demon Kings, who had long been waiting for a long time, brought an army of thousands of beasts and surrounded the location where the two flying boats Song Qingming and the others were located.

"Fellow Daoists, whether we can evacuate safely depends on this battle. Follow this old man out to meet the enemy! Do not let these high-tier beasts get close to the flying boats."

Seeing the surging beast army coming, after True Person Guangling gave an order, the dozens of Foundation Establishment cultivators standing on the flying boats, under the leadership of the three Jin Dan cultivators, immediately leaped into the air to guard the four sides of the flying boats.

Wanting to safely evacuate "Mount Tuoyun," they must break through the blockade of these beast armies in front of them. What would welcome them next would also be a hard battle.

Once there was any mistake and they failed to guard the flying boats behind, the two thousand or so Qi Condensation stage cultivators on the flying boats, facing the beast army several times their size below, were afraid that not many people would be able to escape this place safely, and this rescue mission would also be completely declared a failure.

Song Qingming took the lead, stepped forward to block the "Flame Lion Demon King" with the highest cultivation and another Jin Dan early-stage "Golden Horn Demon King." True Person Guangling and Zhang Rong joined forces to face their old opponent, the "Liu Yunhe Demon King."

The remaining dozens of Foundation Establishment cultivators also engaged with the second-tier beasts that came in pursuit, trying their best to contain these high-tier beasts and not let them attack the two flying boats behind that were fully loaded with many cultivators.

At the same time, the second-tier "Flying Cloud Crossbows" installed on the two flying boats had also started to fire bursts of arrow lights, attacking those low-tier bird beasts that were swarming over from outside.

Many Qi Condensation cultivators hiding on the flying boats, a portion of late-stage Qi Condensation cultivators with higher cultivation who could use high-tier spells, could still cast spells within the flying boat formation to attack the beasts outside.

The remaining many cultivators with lower cultivation, at such a high altitude, besides being able to throw out a few spiritual talismans, could not reach the enemies outside at all, so they could only cast spells with all their might to help support the formation guarding the flying boats. (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 684 =====