Chapter 697: Demon Beast Army Defeated, Recovering Lost Territory (Happy Holidays)

"Chen Chen Laozu is right! That bunch of people from Red Yunshan are all fickle people who run away as soon as they see the situation is not right. If it weren't for Canglong and the others running away early today, we wouldn't have lost several fellow Daoists."

Hearing the "Molong Demon Emperor's" angry rebuke, the "Flame Tiger Demon King" on the side also hurriedly complained, and then he carefully asked: "This... the Red Yunshan demon beast army has all run away, Chen Chen Laozu, what should we do? Should we continue to attack Guiyun Workshop?"

"Hmph! We have fought for so long, and the Xiaoyao Sect is already at the end of its rope. Now is our last chance to conquer Guiyun Workshop; how can we give up easily?

Pass on my order: tomorrow morning, continue to attack the workshop's formation with all our strength! I don't believe the Xiaoyao Sect can hold out much longer!" After the "Molong Demon Emperor" roared angrily, he issued an attack order with a solemn expression, swearing to take down "Guiyun Workshop."

At this time, a hundred miles away from "Guiyun Workshop," the "Brother Chiyun Demon Emperor," who had already led his demon beast army to retreat north, was sitting on a flying carriage, looking at the direction of Wei State, which was getting further and further away, and could not help but sigh.

"Chen Chen Laozu, are we really just going to retreat like this? If Chen Chen Laozu Molong pursues this matter in the future, how should we answer? Moreover, White Wolf and Golden Toad both died in Wei State this time. After we leave, what if Golden Feather Mountain really conquers Guiyun Workshop? Then wouldn't we have gained nothing and lost so many demon beasts in vain!"

The "Canglong Demon King," who was guarding the side, carefully looked at the "Brother Chiyun Demon Emperor" and also muttered with some reluctance.

"Hmph! When we were there, the two families couldn't take it down together; how could Golden Feather Mountain occupy Guiyun Workshop alone? You are also underestimating the Xiaoyao Sect too much.

If I haven't guessed wrong, the Xiaoyao Sect's reinforcements are probably arriving soon. If Molong is unwilling to give up, he will definitely suffer a loss. Sigh! Anyway, this is a matter between Golden Feather Mountain and the Xiaoyao Sect; we should not get too involved.

Moreover, the woman who injured me shouldn't be a cultivator from near the Fuyun Mountain Range; her background is probably not small. It's best not to provoke such people without reason; otherwise, it's easy to bring big trouble upon ourselves."

"Chen Chen Laozu, are you saying that there is a Nascent Soul great cultivator behind that woman?" Hearing the words spoken by the "Brother Chiyun Demon Emperor," the Canglong Demon King on the side asked curiously.

"The person who could arrange such a means should have at least reached the late Nascent Soul stage. Although our demon race doesn't need to fear a human late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, if we really provoke them, it probably won't be easy to live in peace in the future. Let that fellow Molong have a headache!"

After the "Brother Chiyun Demon Emperor" finished speaking, he slowly turned around and withdrew his gaze, then closed his eyes and began to circulate his energy to heal his injuries.

In the previous battle, facing the spiritual light sword energy displayed by Li Xuanyi, although the "Brother Chiyun Demon Emperor" luckily saved his life by relying on the defensive magic treasure on his body, his entire left shoulder was severely injured by the other party, and he could no longer exert half of his strength at this time. This was also one of the most important reasons why he decisively chose to withdraw his troops.

Having cultivated for thousands of years and finally broken through to the Nascent Soul realm to become a hegemon demon emperor, although the "Brother Chiyun Demon Emperor" was also keen on expanding his territory and increasing his own strength, he did not want to put himself in danger because of this.

On the third day, seeing the demon beast army surging like a tide appearing outside the workshop's formation, the people of the "Xiaoyao Sect" standing on the city wall did not show any surprise.

Although they successfully repelled the demon beast army yesterday, the "Guiyun Workshop" side also suffered heavy losses. True Person Guangling fell, and Zhao Mengling, Hu Qingyun, and Li Xuanyi were unable to come out to fight because of their healing. Just in terms of Jin Dan cultivators, the "Guiyun Workshop" side was missing four people.

However, this time, because there was no "Red Yunshan" to help, the strength of the demon beast army led by the "Molong Demon Emperor" was also weakened a lot. Even if they tried their best, they only fought to a draw with the "Xiaoyao Sect" side and could not move forward to conquer the "Guiyun Workshop" mountain-protecting formation.

Seeing that the "Brother Chiyun Demon Emperor" and the Red Yunshan demons did not appear all day, the people of the "Xiaoyao Sect," who did not know they had already retreated, thought they were ambushed somewhere. They were nervous all day, but in the end, they did not see the "Brother Chiyun Demon Emperor" come out.

By the evening of the third day, shortly after the battle ended, a cyan spiritual light suddenly flew quickly from afar and landed outside the "Guiyun Workshop" mountain-protecting formation, turning into a cyan flying boat.

A cyan-robed Daoist standing at the front of the flying boat looked at the "Guiyun Workshop's" mountain-protecting formation, which was still there, and a trace of a smile immediately appeared on his face.

"Hehe! The Guiyun Workshop mountain-protecting formation has not been broken yet. It seems Li Mufeng and the others did not choose to retreat!" The cyan-robed Daoist muttered to himself, then reached out and took out a red sound transmission and threw it directly into the formation.

Before long, the people of the "Xiaoyao Sect," led by Li Mufeng, welcomed them out from inside.

Seeing the middle-aged Daoist before him, Li Mufeng hurriedly smiled and stepped forward to cup his hands: "Hehe! Fellow Daoist Yang, you have finally arrived. You truly made us wait anxiously; we have been waiting very hard!"

In the Fuyun Mountain Range cultivation world, every time the hundred-year demon beast turmoil occurs, although every country will face the attack of the demon beast army, after having the ability to solve their own troubles, major sects with good relationships nearby will also often support each other.

In the past, every time the "Xiaoyao Sect" repelled the demon beast army in Wei State, they would also send a cultivator army to support other countries nearby that were at a disadvantage against the demon beast army.

After discovering that the "Brother Chiyun Demon Emperor" and the Golden Feather Mountain demon beast army were jointly attacking Wei State, Li Mufeng immediately sent a letter to the nearest Nascent Soul sect, the "Tianji Sect," for help. This middle-aged Daoist was the Nascent Soul Supreme Elder of the Tianji Sect, Yang Fengyu, who had rushed to support them.

The "Tianji Sect's" location, Shangyang State, is situated in the southeast of the Fuyun Mountain Range, tens of thousands of miles away from Wei State. After receiving the "Xiaoyao Sect's" emergency request for help, Yang Fengyu immediately traveled light and brought four Jin Dan cultivators to support them first.

But because the two places were far apart, even if Yang Fengyu took turns urging the flying boat to hurry, it still took several days to arrive at "Guiyun Workshop."

Seeing the arrival of the "Tianji Sect's" reinforcements, the many city-guarding cultivators in "Guiyun Workshop" were greatly encouraged. After Li Mufeng and Yang Fengyu discussed it that night, they quickly set a plan to counterattack the demon beast army together.

At this time, the "Molong Demon Emperor," who still held a glimmer of hope to conquer "Guiyun Workshop," did not know that the "Xiaoyao Sect" had already received reinforcements. Early the next morning, he led the demon beast army to besiege the workshop's formation.

Shortly after the great battle began, taking advantage of the "Molong Demon Emperor" being entangled with Li Mufeng, Yang Fengyu and the others, who were hiding in the mountain-protecting formation, took the opportunity to kill their way out cleverly and besieged the unprepared "Molong Demon Emperor" together with Li Mufeng.

Although the "Molong Demon Emperor's" strength was not weak, facing the siege of two mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators at once, he immediately suffered a secret loss. Although he finally escaped the pursuit of the two, the "Molong Demon Emperor" was also injured by Li Mufeng's magic treasure and no longer had his previous arrogant momentum.

After defeating the "Molong Demon Emperor" head-on, the "Guiyun Workshop" cultivator army immediately entered a state of counterattack. As one Jin Dan demon king after another fled in panic, soon the demon beast army besieging "Guiyun Workshop" also began to turn around and flee north one after another.

At this time, a cultivator army that had been prepared in advance, led by Li Xuanyi and Song Qingyu, suddenly killed their way out from the side behind the demon beast army, catching these demon beasts off guard, and the scene instantly became one of defeat.

"The demon beast army has been defeated! Everyone, follow me to kill the enemy and build merit!"

Following the order of the Jin Dan cultivators above, the cultivator army outside the workshop immediately pursued the victory, killing the demon beast army until they were defeated a hundred miles away before stopping!

In this battle, the "Guiyun Workshop" cultivators not only defeated the "Molong Demon Emperor" but also killed four demon kings and numerous low-tier demon beasts at the Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining stages, totaling five or six thousand, severely damaging the invading demon beast army in one battle.

Although the "Guiyun Workshop" cultivators also paid a certain price in this great battle, the "Xiaoyao Sect" successfully crushed the demon beast army that had besieged "Guiyun Workshop" for more than half a year, relieving their imminent crisis, which could be considered a great victory.

The Golden Feather Mountain side, led by the "Molong Demon Emperor," fled north for hundreds of miles before slowly stopping. Looking at the demon beast army that had suffered heavy losses before him, the "Molong Demon Emperor" finally recognized the facts and led the remaining demon beast army directly to retreat north back into the Fuyun Mountain Range.

After defeating the demon beast army under the "Molong Demon Emperor" in one battle, a trace of relaxation finally appeared on the faces of the "Xiaoyao Sect" people.

Since the demon beast turmoil more than half a year ago, the "Xiaoyao Sect" had been suppressed by the demon beast army for almost the entire time during this turmoil, facing crises several times. Not only did they lose "Tuoyun Mountain," "Mount Tiexian Fort," and the entire northwest of Wei State, but they were almost even conquered by the demon beast army at "Guiyun Workshop," the most important workshop in the north of the sect.

This time, they finally repelled the demon beast army head-on, which also allowed the Wei State cultivators, who had been suppressed for a long time, to finally feel proud. After returning to "Guiyun Workshop," almost all the "Xiaoyao Sect" disciples had a bit more joy on their faces.

In this demon beast turmoil, although it was extremely dangerous at first, the entire Wei State cultivator community also showed a rare unity on the battlefield in order to hold "Guiyun Workshop." Just the "Xiaoyao Sect" lost nearly thousands of disciples outside "Guiyun Workshop," which was also a bone-deep loss for the entire sect.

However, although the war was fought extremely tragically, fortunately, the "Xiaoyao Sect" persisted desperately and finally waited for reinforcements from all sides, turning defeat into victory and repelling the demon beast army.

A few days after the battle of "Guiyun Workshop" ended, seeing that the demon beast army had retreated north and showed no signs of returning, the "Tianji Sect" and "Zhenyang Sect" cultivators also successively said goodbye and left Wei State, returning to their own sect territories. After the cultivators of the two sects left, the next day, Li Mufeng immediately ordered all the many Jin Dan cultivators in "Guiyun Workshop" to be summoned to the workshop's conference hall.

Song Qingming, who had just rushed over after receiving the sect's order, saw that the core cultivators of the sect had basically gathered, and even Zhang Rong and others had appeared here. He probably guessed the intention of Li Mufeng summoning everyone here; it should be to prepare to recover other lost territories in the north of Wei State that were still in the hands of the demon beasts.

"I have received news from Zheng State confirming that the demons of Red Yunshan have already left our Wei State, and Golden Feather Mountain has also retreated back to the Fuyun Mountain Range. Now there are not many demon beasts left in our Wei State territory; it is the best time for us to send troops to recover the northwest territory.

The army moves fast. I have decided to organize a cultivator army to attack Tuoyun Mountain and Mount Tiexian Fort in two days to recover these two spiritual mountains in one fell swoop. Summoning everyone here today is to discuss this matter with you all.

This battle must be fought quickly; otherwise, once the Molong Demon Emperor reacts and makes a response, it will not be as easy for us to recover these two places as before."

After Li Mufeng greeted everyone, he quickly entered the main topic of this discussion. Sure enough, as Song Qingming thought, Li Mufeng's move was precisely to recover the northwest territory of Wei State.

Hearing the news that the sect was determined to recover the lost territory, everyone present was also very excited and nodded in agreement, especially Zhang Rong, who was already homesick and eager to recover "Tuoyun Mountain," whose joy could no longer be hidden on his face at this moment.

Seeing that no one present raised any objections, Li Mufeng also announced on the spot the candidates to participate in this expedition and the specific time for sending troops.

Chen Xuanxin and Song Qingming were responsible for leading a cultivator army to recover "Tuoyun Mountain" together with the loose cultivators of "Tuoyun Mountain" under Zhang Rong's jurisdiction. Bai Yuxian, Jin Ziyuan, and Zhang Tieyang were responsible for recovering "Mount Tiexian Fort" and the surrounding lost territory.

Hearing that Li Mufeng had actually arranged for Zhang Tieyang to participate in this operation, the many Jin Dan elders of the "Xiaoyao Sect" present were also a bit strange in their hearts. They did not understand why Li Mufeng would specifically arrange for him to help recover "Mount Tiexian Fort," and they all cast a somewhat puzzled look at Zhang Tieyang, who was standing to the side with a smiling face.

Zhang Tieyang, like Li Xuanyi, was invited to help guard the workshop of "Guiyun Workshop." Now that the sect had repelled the demon beast army, logically speaking, his mission had been completed, and he just needed to stay and wait for the celebration and rewards. There was no need to continue to intervene in the "Xiaoyao Sect's" recovery of lost territory.

Now that Li Mufeng specifically named him to help the sect take back "Mount Tiexian Fort," it was obviously with a different intention, but the people present did not know the specific situation yet.

Seeing this, Sect Master Bai Yuxian, who was standing to the side, immediately explained: "Everyone may not know that Fellow Daoist Zhang has already accepted our sect's invitation not long ago to become an honorary elder of the sect. However, because the war was urgent before, there was no time to announce this matter to the outside world. Now it is just a good opportunity to greet everyone in advance.

After the war in the north ends, the sect will find time to hold an initiation ceremony for Junior Brother Zhang and publicly announce this matter to the outside world."

As soon as Bai Yuxian finished speaking, Zhang Tieyang on the side immediately piled up a smiling face and cupped his hands to everyone in the hall: "Hehe! Thank you, Sect Master Senior Sister, for your guidance. Zhang is new here, and I hope all Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters will take care of me in the future."

"Congratulations, Junior Brother Zhang!"

After hearing Bai Yuxian's explanation, the people who were still surprised hurriedly cupped their hands and returned the salute to Zhang Tieyang.

Learning that Zhang Tieyang was going to join the sect and become an honorary elder, Song Qingming was also very surprised in his heart at this moment. At first, seeing Zhang Tieyang come to support "Guiyun Workshop," Song Qingming thought that he, like Li Xuanyi, was moved by some precious spiritual items brought out by the sect to help them resist the demon beast army.

He did not expect that the "Xiaoyao Sect," in order to win over this person, would actually agree to let him join the sect and become an honorary elder. This point was truly something Song Qingming did not expect.

You must know that for a large Nascent Soul sect like the "Xiaoyao Sect," the recruitment of disciples is very strict. Those who can join the sect halfway and become honorary elders are basically cultivators with clean backgrounds from Wei State, like Song Qingming or Hu Qingyun. Generally, they will not easily accept the joining of outside Jin Dan cultivators.

This is also to prevent some hostile sects from sending people to infiltrate the interior and steal sect secrets, as well as some unknown bandits or demon cultivators. Once they mix into Guyang Mountain, this is also a very dangerous thing for the sect.

Although he was a bit surprised in his heart, thinking that the "Xiaoyao Sect" had already been forced to a desperate situation by the demon beast army and was pulling in cultivators everywhere to help guard "Guiyun Workshop," it was indeed understandable that they would break the rules and agree to Zhang Tieyang joining the sect.

However, Zhang Tieyang joining the "Xiaoyao Sect" should not just be for an honorary elder.

Decades ago, Zhang Tieyang came to Wei State wanting to seek a third-grade spiritual vein to live in. At that time, in order to obtain "Tuoyun Mountain," he even took the initiative to visit Song Qingming, but because of the obstruction of the former Sect Master Yao Ganshu, he did not get his wish.

This time, risking his life to come to Wei State to help the "Xiaoyao Sect" resist the demon beast army, it is estimated that he might still be holding this purpose. It's just that what conditions the sect promised Zhang Tieyang, Song Qingming is not very clear at the moment.

"Tuoyun Mountain" and "Mount Tiexian Fort," the two places fell into the hands of the demon beasts for only a month. Although the main spiritual mountains had been swept by the demon beast army, there were still many mortals and low-tier cultivators hiding in the nearby barren mountains.

At this moment, they were facing the threat of demon beasts at all times. In order to reduce losses as much as possible, the "Xiaoyao Sect" had to hurry to drive the demon beast army out of the two places.

After receiving the order from Li Mufeng, sect elders like Song Qingming, Bai Yuxian, and Li Wu immediately began their preparations. Two days later, they took large flying boats and split into two groups to head straight for "Tuoyun Mountain" and "Mount Tiexian Fort," taking advantage of the fact that the demon beast army in the north had not yet reacted, and launched this operation to recover the lost northwest territory of Wei State.

Because the main force of the demon beast army had gone to the front line of "Guiyun Workshop" to help attack the workshop's formation, at this moment, only a "Liu Yunhe Demon King" with average strength and many low-tier demon beasts under its command remained in "Mount Tiexian Fort."

This demon had always been relatively slippery when dealing with human cultivators. From afar, seeing several Jin Dan cultivators of the "Xiaoyao Sect," including Bai Yuxian, surrounding the spiritual mountain of "Mount Tiexian Fort" with great momentum, the "Liu Yunhe Demon King," seeing that the situation was unfavorable, immediately chose to abandon the many low-tier demon beasts beside it and fled north alone.

"The Liu Yunhe Demon King has cultivated a very powerful escape divine ability. Once displayed, even ordinary late-stage Jin Dan cultivators would find it difficult to catch up. Seeing the figure of this demon king quickly disappear into the horizon, Bai Yuxian and the others, who were eager to recover the spiritual mountain, did not choose to pursue it and directly commanded the cultivator army to kill their way into "Mount Tiexian Fort."

In less than half an hour, they cleared out the remaining demon beast forces in "Mount Tiexian Fort" and recovered this spiritual mountain in the northwest of Wei State that had been occupied by the demon beast army not long ago.

"Tuoyun Mountain" was also very smooth. Under the leadership of Chen Xuanxin, Song Qingming, and Zhang Rong, they quickly defeated the demon beast army entrenched here, drove the demon beasts on the mountain out of "Tuoyun Mountain," and the human cultivators regained this place.

A Jin Dan early-stage demon king occupying this place had average strength. Under the siege of three Jin Dan cultivators, it died under Chen Xuanxin's sword without even a chance to escape.

After recovering "Tuoyun Mountain," Song Qingming immediately took the dozen or so second-grade formation masters he had specifically brought with him to repair the mountain-protecting formation that had been damaged by the demon beast army.

Compared to the Ma family breaking "Tuoyun Mountain" back then and only looting the many spiritual items in the workshop without causing too much damage, this time after the demon beast army broke the spiritual mountain, almost the entire spiritual mountain was damaged by the demon beasts everywhere, and the losses were far greater than the last time.

The third-grade mountain-protecting formation that Song Qingming had reinforced originally had several formation eyes that were also severely damaged. Everyone worked together for nearly a month and spent many high-tier materials from the sect before they barely repaired the mountain-protecting formation.

Looking at "Tuoyun Mountain," which had been severely damaged, Zhang Rong and others who had lived here for many years could not help but feel extremely sad, but they were helpless. They could only lead the "Jinyun Pavilion" cultivators to rebuild and repair the houses and residences on the spiritual mountain while looking for those low-tier cultivators and mortals who were scattered in the surrounding barren mountains.

It is a pity that of the hundreds of cultivators and mortal martial artists who stayed behind to break out with Lin Yutian, only a small number luckily rushed out of the demon beast encirclement and survived. Most of them basically died on the road of breaking out and did not have the opportunity to return to "Tuoyun Mountain."

Fortunately, the demon beast army did not occupy the nearby area for long. Those mortals who were transferred out in advance were not discovered by those ferocious demon beasts and survived tenaciously. They have begun to gradually return to "Tuoyun Mountain," where they have lived for many years, and started to rebuild their homes.

Compared to "Tuoyun Mountain," which was severely damaged by the demon beast army, the overall loss of "Mount Tiexian Fort" was even greater. This place had been developed by the "Xiaoyao Sect" and the Ma family for many years. The resources such as workshops and mineral veins in the territory were very rich, and the number of mortals was also much larger than the northeast of Wei State controlled by the Song family.

After being occupied by the demon beast army, "Mount Tiexian Fort" was now also full of broken walls and ruins. The many mineral veins, workshops, and spiritual mountains of hundreds of large and small cultivation families scattered around the territory had almost all been swept by the demon beast army. The overall loss had already exceeded that of Gao Yun County back then.

I am really sorry. Little Dream's computer suddenly broke yesterday. Today I wrote it on my mobile phone. I am not used to using this. There may be some problems with punctuation and sorting. I hope everyone can understand. After the new computer arrives in two days, I will immediately change and correct it.

Today is Qixi Festival. Little Dream wishes everyone a happy Qixi Festival here. PS: This is a sincere blessing to all book friends, not padding words. (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 698 =====