Chapter 753: Xiaoyao Sect's Northern Expedition, Great Battle at Mount Youyun (Seeking Monthly Votes)

Floating Cloud Mountain Range, "Mount Jinyu."

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

Below the hall, more than ten demon kings, including the "Golden Tiger Demon King," stood together, carefully watching the "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor" at the head, not daring to make a sound.

After a good while, the "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor" raised his head and looked at the "Golden Tiger Demon King" standing at the very front with a serious expression.

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

The "Golden Tiger Demon King" replied immediately upon hearing this: "Reporting to Old Ancestor, when I arrived there, I didn't see human cultivators with my own eyes."

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

"Strange, why has the fighting been so intense everywhere in the west recently, and even Mount Huyang has a war? Could it be that they went south again and angered the people of the Wanling Sect?"

After confirming the doubts in his heart from the "Golden Tiger Demon King," the "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor" pondered for a moment in confusion, then put away the letter in his hand.

"White Dragon, how is the situation at Guiyun Workshop now? Does the Xiaoyao Sect have any unusual movements?"

"Reporting to Old Ancestor, Guiyun Workshop 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, but it is not yet clear when they will take action."

Hearing the "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor's" inquiry, the "White Dragon Demon King" beside the "Golden Tiger Demon King" immediately replied, sounding a bit worried.

The "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor," who saw what the other party was thinking, immediately replied softly with a calm expression: "No matter, although we didn't win reinforcements from Mount Huyang this time, I have already negotiated with Mount Chiyun and White Wall Peak."

"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 Floating Cloud Mountain Range has been the world of our demon race. Even if human cultivators can be proud for a while, they won't get any benefits in our hands."

"White Dragon, haven't you been clamoring that there is insufficient manpower? I will send Golden Tiger to help you. With him helping you guard White Cloud Valley, and with the Demon Wind Array I personally set up inside, I think this time it should be foolproof!"

"Ah!... Brother Golden Tiger is the Old Ancestor's capable general. How dare I snatch people from the Old Ancestor? I hope the Old Ancestor can withdraw the order."

Ever since the "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor" occupied Mount Jinyu, almost all the demon race here knew that the "Golden Tiger Demon King" was the capable general of this Nascent Soul Old Ancestor.

The "White Dragon Demon King" was not very favored in Mount Jinyu and often had to look at the Golden Tiger Demon King's face, only being able to have his own ideas when returning to White Cloud Valley, which he guarded.

Hearing that the "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor" wanted to send the Golden Tiger Demon King to his side to help, the "White Dragon Demon King" immediately felt embarrassed and hurriedly opened his mouth to decline the other party's kindness.

But the "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor," who had this intention for a long time, would not allow the other party to refuse and hurriedly waved his hand: "Sigh! White Cloud Valley is of great importance and must not be lost."

"Don't be in a hurry to refuse. Having Golden Tiger's help will definitely strengthen the defense line there. In the future, even if the Xiaoyao Sect comes out in full force, they won't even think about breaking through White Cloud Valley in a short time."

"This time is not like the past. We are all fighting at our own doorstep, and we occupy the geographical advantage. As long as human cultivators dare to come, we will definitely make them go without return."

"Old Ancestor is mighty! This time we must let those hateful human cultivators know our power!"

Seeing the "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor" full of confidence and showing a smile, the "Golden Tiger Demon King," who had followed him for many years, hurriedly took the lead to flatter him loudly.

Other demon kings standing in the hall immediately echoed loudly, fearing that their voices would not be heard by the "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor."

"Old Ancestor is mighty!" — Song Guo, Xiaoyao Sect "Mount Guyang."

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

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

Although this man in white looked a bit fat, he walked very flexibly. After landing, he soon walked quickly and stepped directly into the hall.

After the man in white entered the hall, seeing more than ten figures already sitting on both sides of the hall from afar, he hurriedly walked over quickly and bowed to everyone.

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

"Hehe! Why is Junior Brother Zhang the last one to arrive again today? Look at Junior Brother Song, who rushed from Mount Funiu, which is not closer than you. Why are you always the one falling behind?"

"Junior Brother wouldn't be reluctant to part with his beautiful wife at home every time he goes out, which is why he sets off later than others every time!"

"Senior Brother Jin is joking. Junior Brother's journey is indeed long, and the magic treasure for the journey is far inferior to Senior Brother Song's Phantom Boat, which is why I was a little slower."

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

Hearing Jin Ziyuan's ridicule on the side, Zhang Tieyang didn't pay too much attention to it, explained with a smile, and sat directly on a chair beside him.

"Your opportunity is not bad, but it wasn't used in a useful place; it all fell on beauties. If you put all your skills of marrying wives and taking concubines into cultivation, I think your current cultivation wouldn't be worse than Junior Brother Song's."

"Hehe! This..."

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

"Welcome, Supreme Elders!"

After seeing Li Mufeng and the others, the more than ten Core Formation Elders of the sect hurriedly stood up and bowed to them together.

The two nodded slightly upon seeing this, walked directly to the head of the hall and sat down. Li Mufeng waved his hand at the crowd who were still bowing below: "No need for courtesy, 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 letter 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, our sect already has the ability to compete with the demon race. It is just the right time to take this opportunity to compete 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 Star Sect, and are prepared to join forces with the Wanling Sect and others to take advantage of the fact that the demon forces in the north have not yet reacted, and launch an attack 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 always been at a disadvantage when facing the demon race, and can only passively defend and rely on arrays to guard the workshops. Now there is finally a chance to teach them a lesson."

"Senior Uncle Li, rest assured, no matter where you want us to fight, we will definitely not take a step back. Please instruct us directly, Senior Uncle."

"Yes! Now that Senior Uncle Bai has condensed a Nascent Soul, the offensive and defensive situation between us and Mount Jinyu has begun to change. It is time for this group of 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 Core Formation Elders of the sect immediately became excited and began to ask for battle one after another.

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

Li Mufeng had been in charge of the "Xiaoyao Sect" for several hundred years, and had always been at a disadvantage when facing the powerful "Mount Jinyu" in the north. Every hundred years, the monster beast turmoil would cause the loss of a large number of cultivators and mortals, making the entire Wei Guo cultivation world miserable.

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

Now that Bai Yuxian had successfully condensed a Nascent Soul, the strength of the "Xiaoyao Sect" had greatly increased, and on paper, it had already surpassed the "Mount Jinyu" demon race, and they had the confidence to fight back against the demon race. Naturally, everyone was looking forward to the day when the sect would counterattack the north.

Before receiving the news of the sect's assembly, 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 support for the sect's northern expedition.

After the Song family occupied "White Lion Ridge" for a few years, they had been under great pressure over the years, always worried about the demon race's counterattack. For this reason, Song Qingyu, this Core Formation ancestor, could only stay in "White Lion Ridge" to sit in town over the years and could hardly move.

Now that the sect was going to send troops for a northern expedition, it would naturally attract the attention of the northern demon race again, and the pressure on the Song family would naturally be much smaller. This was undoubtedly very favorable for the current Song family.

It had been more than three years since Bai Yuxian broke through the Nascent Soul realm. The entire "Xiaoyao Sect" had been of one mind for the northern expedition against the demon race over the years and was already almost prepared. Not only had they collected a lot of strategic materials from surrounding countries, but they had also sent all these spiritual items to the northern front line, and could 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.

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

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

From Wei Guo to the north to "Mount Jinyu," there were more than ten spiritual veins of the third tier or above. The best of these spiritual veins had already reached the third-tier high-grade, which was no worse than the "Guiyun Workshop" controlled by the Xiaoyao Sect.

Among them, the third-tier high-grade spiritual vein "White Cloud Valley" was the lair of the White Dragon Demon King. This place was located directly north of "Guiyun Workshop," about five thousand miles away, and was an important throat of the Floating Cloud Mountain Range.

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

And although "Mount Youyun" was also north of "Guiyun Workshop," the spiritual vein there was lower, only third-tier mid-grade, and its strategic position was far inferior to "White Cloud Valley."

Hearing Li Mufeng say that the target this time was not "White Cloud Valley" but "Mount Youyun," the crowd in the hall suddenly showed a trace of surprise and looked at Li Mufeng and Bai Yuxian sitting at the head in confusion.

Seeing this, Bai Yuxian, who had expected this, immediately explained to everyone: "White Cloud Valley is definitely the target of the sect's northern expedition this time, but the Ink Dragon Demon Emperor naturally knows what we can think of. White Cloud Valley now not only has the heavy troops of the Mount Jinyu demon race guarding it, but also has the demon race's miasma array surrounding it, which is not something we can take down in a short time."

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

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

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

"Junior Sister Bai is right. 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 Guo, but fellow daoists from the cultivation worlds of surrounding countries such as Shangyang, Zheng, Xu, and Pei will also cooperate to send troops to the Floating Cloud 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 crush the demon race army in one fell swoop and seize these spiritual veins that have been occupied by the demon race for many years, and don't let fellow daoists from surrounding countries watch a joke."

"Old Ancestor, rest assured, we will definitely do our best to serve the sect!"

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

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

This northern expedition against the demon race by the "Xiaoyao Sect" 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 two Core Formation ancestors, Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan, and arrived at "Guiyun Workshop" in a mighty manner.

Half a month later, under the arrangement of the sect, a fleet composed of five large flying boats appeared above "Guiyun Workshop" and began to advance rapidly toward the Floating Cloud Mountain Range in the north.

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

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

In addition, there were nine Core Formation cultivators accompanying them 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 three elders, Song Yuanhao, Song Xuanting, and Song Xuanfeng, as well as more than ten Foundation Establishment cultivators from subordinate Foundation Establishment families Li Chengyue and Gao Changjin, who also responded to the conscription to participate in this sect northern expedition.

Gathering ten Core Formation Elders, one Nascent Soul Old Ancestor, and more than seven thousand elite cultivators at once was almost most of the power that the "Xiaoyao Sect" could mobilize.

Everyone standing on the flying boat was a little excited to see such a huge force moving north rapidly.

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

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

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

The main force stayed behind to hide with Bai Yuxian several hundred miles away from "White Cloud Valley," while a part of them, led by several Core Formation Elders including Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan, took two large flying boats and headed straight for "Mount Youyun," which was not far away.

After spending another hour on the road, three thousand cultivators including Song Qingming soon arrived at the foot of "Mount Youyun," which towered into the clouds.

Guarding this spiritual mountain was a "Savage Bull Demon King" at the mid-Core Formation stage. This demon's cultivation had already reached the peak of the sixth level of Core Formation, and it was also a fierce general under the "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor," who had followed him to "Mount Guyang" to block Bai Yuxian's Core Formation last time.

Although the "Savage Bull Demon King" sounded a bit dull, this demon king itself was not stupid.

Knowing that the human cultivators in the south might move north to attack "White Cloud Valley" at any time, it also gave orders to the low-tier demon race nearby early, gathering them all at the foot of "Mount Youyun," ready to drive these monster beasts to support "White Cloud Valley" at any time.

However, what the "Savage Bull Demon King" didn't expect was that this time the human cultivators didn't head straight for "White Cloud Valley" after moving north, but first headed straight for its "Mount Youyun."

When the "Savage Bull Demon King" learned that a large number of human cultivator armies appeared at the foot of the mountain, it immediately felt that something was wrong, hurriedly used a secret technique to transmit sound to "White Cloud Valley" to ask for help from the White Dragon Demon King, and then began to command the monster beasts on the mountain to fight the enemy.

This time, four Core Formation cultivators, including Song Qingming and his wife, as well as Zhao Mengling and Zhou Ziyang, were sent to attack "Mount Youyun." The human cultivator side occupied an absolute advantage in high-tier cultivators.

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

Just after the human cultivators surrounded "Mount Youyun," bursts of roaring sounds rang out on the mountain, and hundreds or thousands of monster beasts began to take the initiative to charge down and engage in a chaotic battle with the cultivator army.

Seeing that there were still so many low-tier monster beasts on the mountain, the several Core Formation cultivators standing in mid-air were also a little surprised.

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

"With so many monster beast armies gathered here, there must be a demon king commanding them uniformly on the mountain."

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

The cultivation world has always respected strength. As the person with the highest cultivation among the four, Song Qingming was naturally entrusted with important tasks by Bai Yuxian before dividing the 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 immediately and flew into the high sky.

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

Knowing that the demon king on the mountain must have already sent a letter for help, Song Qingming didn't 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 ten spiritual lights at the bottom. Soon, bursts of screams from monster beasts rang out below.

Subsequently, Song Qingming summoned "Golden Wind" and "Ice Fire Dragon" and commanded them to join the battlefield to help clear the surrounding monster beasts quickly.

The situation on Zhou Ziyang's side 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 monster beast group. In just a quarter of an hour, twenty or thirty low-tier monster beasts died tragically in his hands.

After two powerful Core Formation experts joined, the human cultivator side immediately boosted their morale. Under the leadership of Song Qingming and the other, they broke through the blockade of the monster beast army before long and killed their way up the mountain quickly.

Seeing that the monster beast army below was gradually unable to support and began to collapse, the "Savage Bull Demon King" hiding on the mountain also felt a little anxious.

At first, it wanted to command the monster beast army to hold on and wait for reinforcements, but when it saw Song Qingming and the other four Core Formation cultivators appear at the same time, the "Savage Bull Demon King" immediately dismissed this idea.

At this moment, it couldn't care about the monster beast army on the mountain at all, and only wanted to think about how to escape.

Seeing Song Qingming and Zhou Ziyang slowly killing their way up 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 directly, driving all the remaining monster beast armies on the mountain to charge toward the direction where Zhou Ziyang was.

It itself relied on a transformation technique it practiced, directly restrained its aura, turned into an ordinary low-tier monster bull at the Qi Refining stage, and followed behind the beast group, wanting to take advantage of the chaos to rush out of the human cultivator's encirclement.

Seeing several hundred monster bulls with red eyes and some madness suddenly rushing out from the mountain, Zhou Ziyang immediately paused and stopped his footsteps, leading the cultivator army behind him to block this wave of attacks from the monster beasts.

It's just that he didn't notice that there was a pair of eyes in this monster beast group at this time, which was staring tightly at his every move.