Chapter 753: Xiaoyao Sect

Fuyun Mountain Range, "Mount Jinyu."

The "Demon Emperor Molong," wearing a black robe, was sitting in a main hall on the mountaintop, looking at a letter in his hand with a solemn expression.

Below the main hall, more than a dozen demon kings, including the "Demon King Jinhu," stood together, carefully watching the "Demon Emperor Molong" at the head, not daring to make a sound.

After a good while, the "Demon Emperor Molong" raised his head and looked seriously at the "Demon King Jinhu," who was standing at the very front.

"Jinhu, when you went to Mount Huyang, was it really attacked by human cultivators?"

The "Demon King Jinhu" replied immediately, "Reporting to the Chen Chen Laozu, when I arrived there, I did not see human cultivators with my own eyes."

"However, Mount Huyang has indeed been mobilizing manpower, and I also saw several fellow daoists who were injured. It is certain that there is indeed a war happening nearby."

"It is strange. Why has the fighting been so intense everywhere in the west recently? Even Mount Huyang has a war. Could it be that they went south again and angered the people of the Wanling Sect?"

Having confirmed the doubts in his heart from the "Demon King Jinhu," the "Demon Emperor Molong" pondered for a moment in confusion, then put away the letter in his hand directly.

"Bai Long, how is the situation at Guiyun Market now? Does the Xiaoyao Sect have any unusual movements?"

"Reporting to the Chen Chen Laozu, Guiyun Market has been the same for the past half year. The Xiaoyao Sect has indeed been mobilizing supplies there, but human cultivators have not moved north on a large scale."

"It is estimated that they are still accumulating strength, waiting for an opportunity to move north to attack us. It is just that it is not yet clear when they will take action."

Hearing the inquiry of the "Demon Emperor Molong," the "Demon King Bai Long," who was standing beside the "Demon King Jinhu," immediately replied, his tone seemingly somewhat worried.

The "Demon Emperor Molong," who saw what the other party was thinking, replied softly with a calm expression, "No matter. Although we did not win reinforcements from Mount Huyang this time, I have already negotiated with Mount Chiyun and Mount Baibi."

"As long as the Xiaoyao Sect dares to move north, our three families can join forces to fight the enemy, and there is no need to fear the other party."

"For tens of thousands of years, the Fuyun Mountain Range has been the world of our demon race. Even if human cultivators can be proud for a while, they will not be able to get any benefits in our hands."

"Bai Long, you have been clamoring that there is insufficient manpower. I will send Jinhu to help you. With the Demon Wind Formation I personally set up inside, I think this time it will be foolproof!"

"Ah!... Brother Jinhu is the Chen Chen Laozu's capable general. How would I dare to snatch people from the Chen Chen Laozu? I hope the Chen Chen Laozu can withdraw the order."

Ever since the "Demon Emperor Molong" occupied Mount Jinyu, all the demon races here almost knew that the "Demon King Jinhu" was the capable general of this Nascent Soul Chen Chen Laozu.

The "Demon King Bai Long" was not very favored in Mount Jinyu and often had to look at the "Demon King Jinhu's" face, only being able to have some of his own thoughts when returning to the Bai Yun Valley he guarded.

Hearing that the "Demon Emperor Molong" wanted to send the "Demon King Jinhu" to help him, the "Demon King Bai Long" felt somewhat embarrassed and hurriedly wanted to decline the other party's kindness.

But the "Demon Emperor Molong," who had long had this intention, would not allow the other party to refuse. He waved his hand hurriedly, "Sigh! Bai Yun Valley is of great importance and must not be lost."

"You don't need to be in a hurry to refuse. Having Jinhu's help will certainly strengthen the defense line there. In the future, even if the Xiaoyao Sect comes out in full force, they will not be able to break through Bai Yun Valley in a short time."

"This time is different from the past. We are fighting at our own doorstep. We occupy the geographical advantage. As long as human cultivators dare to come, we will make sure they have no way to return."

"The Chen Chen Laozu is mighty! This time we must let those hateful human cultivators know our power!"

Seeing the "Demon Emperor Molong" full of confidence and showing a smile, the "Demon King Jinhu," who had followed him for many years, hurriedly took the lead and shouted a compliment.

The other demon kings in the main hall, seeing this, also immediately followed and echoed loudly, fearing that their voices would not be heard by the "Demon Emperor Molong."

"The Chen Chen Laozu is mighty!" — Wei Kingdom, Xiaoyao Sect "Mount Guyang."

Early this morning, outside the Xiaoyao Hall on "Mount Guyang," more than a dozen escape lights flew in one after another and entered the main hall.

As time reached noon, another white light flew from afar and landed outside the main hall, transforming into a middle-aged man in white clothes.

Although this man in white looked somewhat fat, he walked very nimbly. After landing, he soon walked with the wind and stepped directly into the main hall.

After the man in white entered the hall, he saw from afar that more than a dozen figures were already sitting on both sides of the main hall, and he hurriedly walked over quickly to bow and salute everyone.

"Fellow Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters have all arrived. Zhang pays his respects!"

"Hehe! Why is it Junior Brother Zhang who arrived last again today? Look at Junior Brother Song and the others who came from Mount Funiu; they are not closer than you, so why are you always the one falling behind."

"Junior Brother, you wouldn't be reluctant to leave your beautiful wife at home every time you go out, which is why you always set off a step later than others!"

"Senior Brother Jin is joking. The journey is indeed far, and the magic tool for traveling is far inferior to Senior Brother Song's Phantom Boat, which is why I am a step slower."

"If I can get an opportunity another day and change to a third-tier top-grade flying boat, I certainly won't be slower than Senior Brother Song."

Hearing Jin Ziyuan's ridicule to the side, Zhang Tieyang did not pay too much attention to it. After explaining with a smile, he sat directly on a chair beside him.

"Your opportunity is not bad, it's just that it wasn't used in a useful place; it all fell on beauties. If you had put all your ability to marry wives and take concubines into cultivation, I think your cultivation would not be worse than Junior Brother Song's now."

"Hehe! This..."

Just as Jin Ziyuan and Zhang Tieyang were laughing and talking, two figures suddenly flashed at the entrance of the main hall and walked in. They were the two Nascent Soul Supreme Elders of the "Xiaoyao Sect," Li Mufeng and Bai Yuxian.

"Welcome, Supreme Elders!"

Seeing Li Mufeng and the other, the more than a dozen Jin Dan elders of the sect hurriedly stood up and bowed to them together.

The two nodded slightly, walked directly to the head of the main hall, and sat down. Li Mufeng waved his hand at the crowd who were still saluting below, "No need for formalities, everyone sit down first!"

After everyone sat down, Li Mufeng put away the smile on his face and became a little more serious before continuing softly, "Sending a message to invite you all here today is for the grand plan of the sect's development. I think you all have guessed some of it in your hearts! The demon race has bullied our human cultivators for tens of thousands of years, and every hundred years they go south to slaughter our human cultivators and ordinary mortals."

"Now that Junior Sister Bai has broken through to Nascent Soul, the sect already has the ability to compete with the demon race. It is just the right time to take this opportunity to have a good contest with these wolf-hearted demon races and take back the territory we have lost over the years."

"Junior Sister Bai and I have already negotiated with other nearby sects such as the Tianji Sect and the Xingchen Sect, and are prepared to unite with the Wanling Sect and others to take advantage of the fact that the demon forces in the north have not yet reacted, and send troops together to catch them off guard and recover the spiritual veins lost in the north."

"Calling you all here today is to discuss the matter of sending troops next."

"Over the years, the sect has been at a disadvantage every time it faces the demon race, and can only passively defend and rely on formations to guard the markets. Now we finally have a chance to teach them a lesson."

"Senior Uncle Li, rest assured. No matter where you want us to fight, we will absolutely not take a step back. Please give your instructions directly, Senior Uncle."

"That is right! Now that Junior Uncle Bai has formed a Nascent Soul, the offense and defense between us and Mount Jinyu have begun to change. It is time for these demon races to be unlucky."

"Contributing to the sect is naturally an unshirkable duty. This time, I am willing to be the vanguard for the sect's northern expedition..."

Hearing that Li Mufeng was preparing to send troops for a northern expedition against the demon race, the many Jin Dan elders of the sect present were immediately somewhat excited and began to ask for battle one after another.

Ever since the northern border demon race invaded the Fuyun Mountain Range tens of thousands of years ago, human cultivators have been defeated repeatedly and have lost most of their territory.

In the few hundred years that Li Mufeng has been in charge of the "Xiaoyao Sect," facing the powerful "Mount Jinyu" in the north, they have always been in a disadvantageous position. Every hundred years of demon beast turmoil causes the loss of a large number of cultivators and mortals, making the entire Wei Kingdom cultivation world miserable.

Regarding the powerful demon enemy in the north, all cultivators in the entire "Xiaoyao Sect" want to change this passive situation.

Now that Bai Yuxian has successfully formed a Nascent Soul, the "Xiaoyao Sect's" strength has greatly increased, and on paper, it has already surpassed the "Mount Jinyu" demon race, and they have the confidence to counterattack the demon race. Everyone naturally looks forward to this day of the sect's counterattack to the north.

Before coming to the sect's summons for discussion, Song Qingming had actually guessed a few points in his heart. At this moment, he was also very happy and took the initiative to express his approval of the sect's northern expedition.

After the Song family occupied "Bai Shiling" for a few years, their own pressure had been very great over the years, and they were always worried about the demon race's counterattack. For this reason, Song Qingyu, this Jin Dan ancestor, could only stay in "Bai Shiling" to sit in town and was unable to move.

Now that the sect is sending troops for a northern expedition, it will naturally attract the attention of the northern demon race again. At that time, the pressure faced by the Song family will naturally be much smaller, which is undoubtedly very favorable for the current Song family.

More than three years have passed since Bai Yuxian broke through to the Nascent Soul realm. The entire "Xiaoyao Sect" has been of one mind for the northern expedition against the demon race over the years and has long been almost prepared. Not only have they collected many strategic materials from surrounding countries, but they have also sent all these spiritual objects to the northern front line, ready to mobilize cultivators for a northern expedition against the demon race at any time.

Seeing the high morale of the crowd, Li Mufeng and Bai Yuxian were also very gratified and immediately praised everyone a few words.

"Now that the Wanling Sect in the west has taken action in advance to contain most of the demon race's power, it is a great opportunity for us to send troops for a northern expedition. Junior Sister Bai and I have already negotiated to send troops north in half a month, first taking down the spiritual vein of Mount Youyun."

"Go to Mount Youyun? Senior Uncle Li, are we not attacking Bai Yun Valley first?"

Between the Wei Kingdom and "Mount Jinyu" in the north, there are more than a dozen spiritual veins of third-tier or higher. Among these spiritual veins, the best ones have reached the third-tier top-grade, not inferior to the "Guiyun Market" controlled by the Xiaoyao Sect.

Among them, the third-tier top-grade spiritual vein "Bai Yun Valley" is the lair of the Demon King Bai Long. This place is located directly north of "Guiyun Market," about five thousand miles away, and is an important throat place in the Fuyun Mountain Range.

As long as this place is controlled, the "Xiaoyao Sect" can directly occupy thousands of miles of territory in the north. Next, they can advance to attack and retreat to defend, constantly threatening the safety of "Mount Jinyu" further north.

And although "Mount Youyun" is also north of "Guiyun Market," the spiritual vein here is lower, only third-tier mid-grade, and its strategic position is far inferior to "Bai Yun Valley."

Hearing Li Mufeng say that the target this time was not "Bai Yun Valley" but "Mount Youyun," the crowd in the main hall suddenly showed a hint of surprise, looking at Li Mufeng and Bai Yuxian sitting at the head with some confusion.

Seeing this, Bai Yuxian, who had already expected this, hurriedly explained to everyone, "Bai Yun Valley is certainly the target of the sect's northern expedition this time, but what we can think of, the Demon Emperor Molong naturally knows too. Bai Yun Valley now not only has heavy troops from the Mount Jinyu demon race guarding it, but also has the demon race's miasma formation surrounding it, which is not something we can take down in a moment."

"Therefore, the sect decided to remove the several third-tier spiritual veins around Bai Yun Valley one by one, to see if we can use this to lure the demon race of Bai Yun Valley out."

"If we can successfully avoid the demon race's miasma formation and fight them in a decisive battle outside, we can minimize the losses of the cultivators below, and the chances of winning will be greater."

Just after Bai Yuxian finished speaking, Li Mufeng to the side nodded in agreement immediately:

"Junior Sister Bai is correct. This is the first time in so many years that we have counterattacked the demon race's territory, so we still need to be cautious and must not fall into the demon race's ambush."

"This time, it is not just our Wei Kingdom, but fellow daoists from the cultivation worlds of surrounding countries such as the Shangyang Kingdom, Zheng Kingdom, Xu Kingdom, and Pei Kingdom will also cooperate to send troops to the Fuyun Mountain Range to counterattack the demon race and recover the lost territory."

"I hope you all can work together with the sect this time to defeat the demon army in one fell swoop and seize these spiritual veins that have been occupied by the demon race for many years, and must not let fellow daoists from surrounding countries watch a joke."

"Chen Chen Laozu, rest assured, we will definitely do our best to serve the sect!"

Hearing the crowd below respond in unison, Li Mufeng and the other, sitting at the head, were also very satisfied, and smiles appeared on their faces at the same time.

After the sect's discussion, the entire "Xiaoyao Sect" was soon fully mobilized. Countless cultivators took teleportation arrays and the sect's large flying boats and began to gather at the northern front line, "Guiyun Market."

This northern expedition of the "Xiaoyao Sect" against the demon race also issued a conscription order to the many cultivation families under its command. The Song family also sent more than eight hundred cultivators, led by the two Jin Dan ancestors Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan, and came to "Guiyun Market" in a mighty manner.

Half a month later, under the sect's arrangement, a fleet composed of five large flying boats appeared above "Guiyun Market" and began to advance rapidly toward the northern Fuyun Mountain Range.

The five flying boats were loaded with more than seven thousand human cultivators, all of whom were the first batch of cultivators selected by the "Xiaoyao Sect" for the northern expedition. Most of them were elite forces who had experienced the bloody battle at "Guiyun Market" last time.

Standing at the very front of the flying boat, the leader of this northern expedition was the newest Nascent Soul cultivator in the Fuyun Mountain Range cultivation world, the "Xiaoyao Sect" Supreme Elder Bai Yuxian.

Besides this, there were also nine Jin Dan cultivators accompanying the fleet on several flying boats: Song Qingming, Huang Siyuan, Li Wutong, Chen Xuanxin, Zhao Mengling, Jin Ziyuan, Zhang Tieyang, Zhou Ziyang, and Fang Baixuan.

In addition to Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan, the Song family also had elders Song Yuanhao, Song Xuanting, and Song Xuanfeng, as well as Foundation Establishment families Li Chengyue and Gao Changjin, totaling more than a dozen Foundation Establishment cultivators, who also responded to the conscription to participate in this sect northern expedition.

Gathering ten Jin Dan elders, one Nascent Soul Chen Chen Laozu, and more than seven thousand elite cultivators at once was almost the majority of the power that the "Xiaoyao Sect" could mobilize.

The crowd standing on the flying boat, seeing such a huge force moving north rapidly, were all somewhat excited.

Many cultivators who were injured in the last "Guiyun Market" battle or had relatives and friends who died in battle felt even more angry at the northern demon race and wanted to vent the anger in their hearts on those demon beasts in the upcoming battle.

The distance of five thousand miles was not too far for large flying boats moving at full speed. In less than a day, the crowd arrived near "Bai Yun Valley," the lair of the Demon King Bai Long.

After arriving here, at Bai Yuxian's order, the "Xiaoyao Sect" fleet immediately began to divide its forces.

The main force stayed behind and followed Bai Yuxian to hide in a place several hundred miles away from "Bai Yun Valley," while a portion of the people, led by several Jin Dan elders including Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan, took two large flying boats and went straight to "Mount Youyun," which was not far away.

After another hour of traveling, Song Qingming and three thousand cultivators soon arrived at the foot of the towering "Mount Youyun."

Guarding this spiritual mountain was a "Savage Bull Demon King" at the mid-stage of Jin Dan. This demon's cultivation had already reached the peak of the sixth layer of Jin Dan, and it was also a capable general under the "Demon Emperor Molong," having also followed him to "Mount Guyang" to block Bai Yuxian's Nascent Soul formation last time.

Although the "Savage Bull Demon King's" name sounded somewhat dull and savage, the demon king itself was not stupid.

Knowing that the human cultivators in the south could move north to attack "Bai Yun Valley" at any time, it had long ago given orders to the low-tier demon races nearby, gathering them all at the foot of "Mount Youyun," ready to drive these demon beasts to support "Bai Yun Valley" at any time.

However, what the "Savage Bull Demon King" did not expect was that this time the human cultivators moved north and did not go straight to "Bai Yun Valley," but first came directly for its "Mount Youyun."

When the "Savage Bull Demon King" learned that a large number of human cultivator armies had appeared at the foot of the mountain, it immediately felt that something was wrong in its heart and hurriedly activated a secret technique to transmit sound to "Bai Yun Valley" to ask the Demon King Bai Long for help, then began to command the demon beasts on the mountain to fight the enemy.

This time, dividing forces to attack "Mount Youyun," apart from the Song Qingming couple, there were also Zhao Mengling and Zhou Ziyang, totaling four Jin Dan cultivators. The human cultivator side occupied an absolute advantage in high-tier cultivators.

However, because the "Savage Bull Demon King" had gathered the demon beast army in the surroundings in advance, the number of low-tier demon beasts on "Mount Youyun" at this time was not inferior to the human cultivator army.

The human cultivator army had just surrounded "Mount Youyun" when bursts of roaring sounds rang out on the mountain, and hundreds or thousands of demon beasts began to charge down actively and mix into a battle with the cultivator army.

Seeing that there were still so many low-tier demon beasts on the mountain, the several Jin Dan cultivators including Song Qingming standing in mid-air were also somewhat surprised.

Seeing that the number of demon beasts charging down was increasing, and the cultivator army below could not advance a step for a while, Song Qingming's brows also wrinkled slightly.

"With so many demon beast armies gathered here, there must be a demon king in unified command on the mountain."

"Senior Sister Zhao, you and Siyuan guard here. I will go with Fellow Daoist Zhou to help clear the demon beasts on the mountain and force the demon king out. As long as the demon king is discovered, everyone must stop him immediately and must not let him run away."

In the cultivation world, strength is always respected. As Song Qingming, who had the highest cultivation among the four, he was naturally entrusted with a heavy responsibility by Bai Yuxian before dividing forces, and was fully responsible for commanding the attack on "Mount Youyun" this time.

Hearing Song Qingming's arrangement, Zhao Mengling and Huang Siyuan nodded and flew to the high sky.

Zhou Ziyang followed Song Qingming to the battlefield below to help the human cultivator army deal with those low-tier demon beasts charging down from the mountain.

Knowing that the demon king on the mountain must have already transmitted a message for help, Song Qingming did not want to give the other party a chance to wait for reinforcements.

As soon as he arrived on the battlefield below, Song Qingming cast a spell to release the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror" and shot more than a dozen spiritual lights downward. Before long, bursts of miserable screams of demon beasts rang out below.

Afterward, Song Qingming summoned "Jin Feng" and the "Ice Fire Flood Dragon" and commanded them to join the battlefield to help clear the surrounding demon beasts rapidly.

Zhou Ziyang's situation was about the same. As soon as he arrived on the battlefield, the short sword magic treasure he controlled began to shuttle rapidly in the demon beast group. In just half a quarter of an hour, twenty or thirty low-tier demon beasts died miserably in his hands.

With the addition of two powerful Jin Dan experts, the human cultivator side immediately boosted its morale. Under the leadership of Song Qingming and the other, they soon broke through the blockade of the demon beast army and killed their way up the mountain rapidly.

Seeing that the demon beast army below had gradually been unable to support and began to retreat, the "Savage Bull Demon King" hiding on the mountain was also somewhat anxious in its heart.

At first, it still wanted to command the demon beast army to hold on and wait for reinforcements. However, when it saw four Jin Dan cultivators appear at the same time, the "Savage Bull Demon King" immediately dismissed this idea.

At this moment, it could no longer care about these demon beast armies on the mountain and only wanted to know how it should escape.

Seeing that Song Qingming and Zhou Ziyang had slowly killed their way up the mountain from both sides, knowing that it would be discovered by the other party sooner or later, the "Savage Bull Demon King" let out a roar, driving all the remaining demon beast armies on the mountain to rush toward the direction where Zhou Ziyang was.

It itself relied on a transformation technique it had cultivated, directly restraining its aura and turning into an ordinary low-tier demon bull at the Qi Condensation stage, following behind the beast herd, wanting to take advantage of the chaos to rush out of the human cultivator's encirclement.

Seeing that several hundred demon bulls suddenly rushed out, with red eyes and somewhat crazy, Zhou Ziyang immediately paused his steps and led the cultivator army behind him to block this wave of attacks from the demon beasts.

It is just that he did not discover that in this demon beast group, there was a pair of eyes, currently staring tightly at his every move. (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 754 =====