Chapter 817: Prepared, Attacking Nanyue Workshop

On the west side of the Queque Mountain Range, in a deep mountain in the south of the Yue Kingdom cultivation world.

Because it is adjacent to the Queque Mountain Range with its crisscrossing mountains and ridges, there are many demon beasts in the surrounding area, and human habitation is very rare. Only a small number of low-grade foreign cultivators will appear here to hunt demons.

On this afternoon, an old man in a black robe suddenly appeared in the mountain forest.

Unlike other cultivators who came here to hunt demons, this person was walking alone in this dangerous mountain forest, but there was no hint of tension or fear on his face.

Just as the black-robed old man passed through a mountain ridge, a rustling sound suddenly came from the woods not far ahead.

Before long, two "Three-Eyed Wind Wolves," large enough to be half a person tall, rushed out of the woods and blocked the black-robed old man's way, with a hint of ferocity in their eyes.

Seeing these two "Three-Eyed Wind Wolves" that suddenly appeared to block his way, the black-robed old man, who seemed to have a cultivation of only the sixth level of Qi Refining, did not show any panic on his face, but instead revealed a sneer at the other party.

Seeing that this black-robed old man didn't put them in his eyes, the two "Three-Eyed Wind Wolves" were immediately displeased and howled, and then one of the demon wolves jumped high and quickly rushed toward the black-robed old man.

And that black-robed old man stood in place with his expression unchanged, neither choosing to run away nor dodging the attack of the "Three-Eyed Wind Wolves."

Just as the "Three-Eyed Wind Wolf," which had already rushed into mid-air, was about to approach the black-robed old man, a purple spiritual light suddenly radiated from him, and soon formed a purple light shield three feet in front of the black-robed old man.

This purple light shield looked somewhat ordinary, but the moment it was touched by the wolf claws, it suddenly made a loud noise.

Immediately after, the large "Three-Eyed Wind Wolf" was like a fallen leaf rolled up by a strong wind, bounced away, and hit a giant tree not far away, breaking it into two pieces.

Seeing this somewhat shocking scene, the other "Three-Eyed Wind Wolf" that had just blocked the black-robed old man's back was immediately startled and hurriedly turned around to escape into the woods behind it.

"Hmph! Blind things, blocking my way and still want to run!"

The black-robed old man mocked in his mouth, and then a burst of black gas emerged from his body, which then turned into a sharp claw and quickly stepped forward to grab the "Three-Eyed Wind Wolf" that was fleeing into mid-air.

Only hearing a few miserable wolf howls, this somewhat unlucky "Three-Eyed Wind Wolf" was swallowed by the black smoke, and before long, it turned into a thin skeleton and fell from mid-air.

"Hehe! The essence blood of these low-grade demon beasts is of no great use, but it is better than

"Brother Wu and the others are truly timid; they only know how to hide in the cave dwelling, not even daring to hunt the low-level demonic beasts nearby, and still need me to come and clean up for them."

After the black-robed old man standing on the spot muttered a sentence with a look of satisfaction, he turned and walked toward the location of another "Three-Eyed Wind Wolf" corpse.

"Eh! Who are you?"

Just as the black-robed old man was searching around for the corpse of that "Three-Eyed Wind Wolf," his gaze suddenly caught sight of a man in white standing under a tree not far away, and he was so startled that he took a few steps back.

This man in white looked very young, and the aura on his body was as quiet as the grass and trees in this forest, making it completely impossible for anyone to sense.

Just standing there with a smile on his face and watching the other party quietly, it made that black-robed old man immediately feel danger, and he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart at this moment.

Seeing the black-robed old man staring at him nervously, the smiling man in white moved forward and slowly said: "Who I am is not that important to you, and I think there's no need for you to know! With such cultivation, hiding in these deep mountains is truly a waste of talent. Why don't you come with me, let's change to another place, and show off your skills properly?"

Facing the invitation of the man in white, the nervous black-robed old man did not think much and immediately shook his head at the other party: "Fellow Daoist is joking; my cultivation is low, and I'm afraid I don't have the skills you mentioned. Fellow Daoist should look for someone else to help!"

"Thank you for the compliment, I will take my leave now!"

After the black-robed old man finished speaking, he didn't want to care about the corpse of the "Three-Eyed Wind Wolf" on the ground anymore and turned to leave directly.

But before he had walked very far, a white light suddenly flashed in front of him, and then the figure of the man in white appeared in front of him again.

"Hehe! Whether you can or not is not for you to decide; you had better obediently come with me!"

After the man in white finished speaking, a white folding fan suddenly appeared in his hand, and then he rolled up several rays of spiritual light and flew toward the black-robed old man.

"This is a magic treasure... you are a Golden Core cultivator!"

Seeing the white folding fan magic treasure in the hand of the man in white, the black-robed old man was shocked. Without the slightest courage to resist, he quickly turned and fled desperately into the forest behind him, just like the "Three-Eyed Wind Wolf" he had just been hunting.

Like the fate of the "Three-Eyed Wind Wolf," in the face of absolute strength, the black-robed old man also had no chance to escape.

Half a quarter of an hour later, a white escape light flew into mid-air and landed on a large flying boat hidden in the clouds and mist.

"Take him down and search his soul first; just don't kill him!"

Throwing the black-robed old man who had long since fainted onto the flying boat, two Qi Refining disciples immediately stepped forward and carried the motionless black-robed old man into a cabin on the side.

"Thank you for your hard work, Junior Brother Fang!"

Just as the voice of the man in white fell, he heard another voice enter his ears from the side, and he hurriedly turned around and bowed slightly to the two people who were walking over! "It is just serving the sect, why mention the word hard work? Greetings, Senior Brother Li, Senior Brother Song!"

Li Wutong nodded slightly upon hearing this and said: "According to the intelligence obtained from the soul search earlier, the Golden Core demon controlling them is not nearby, and this guy should be the last fish that slipped through the net.

Senior Brother Song and I have just gone together to ask for instructions from Senior Uncle Li and Senior Uncle Bai, and we can almost start the operation."

Hearing what Li Wutong said, Fang Baixuan hurriedly responded: "Oh! Then we shall follow the instructions of the two Senior Brothers; acting sooner will also save the people of the Nine Origins Sect from noticing any clues if too much time passes."

After the three of them agreed, an order was quickly passed down, and this large flying boat entangled in clouds and mist immediately set off and flew toward the southwest.

Half an hour later, the flying boat finally crossed the heavy mountain ranges in the west and entered a flat land, and soon arrived outside a market backed by high mountains.

Standing on the flying boat, Song Qingming looked at the market not far below, and a look of excitement appeared on his face.

Before long, this market, which had been ruled by the "Nine Origins Sect" for hundreds of years, should belong to the "Carefree Sect" of the Wei State.

The market below the flying boat, named "Nanyue Market," is not as large as "Guiyun Market" in the north of the Wei State, but it is still much larger than the "White Lion Market" controlled by the Song family, and it can be considered the largest market in the southern part of the Yue State.

Not only that, there is also a "spirit stone vein" being mined next to "Nanyue Market," and its output is more than double that of the "Twin Peaks Mountain" vein that the Song family found back then.

This "spirit stone vein," together with "Nanyue Market" which is not far from Taiyue Lake, can provide the "Nine Origins Sect" with an income of tens of thousands of spirit stones every year, and it is one of the extremely important industries for the entire "Nine Origins Sect."

And the purpose of Song Qingming and the others coming here is to seize this industry from the hands of the "Nine Origins Sect."

Just as the people of the "Carefree Sect" on the flying boat were eyeing the people below like tigers, the "Nanyue Market" side was completely unaware of this matter, and the cultivators coming and going at the market entrance were still endless, and no one felt the danger hidden all around.

The dozen or so law enforcement cultivators guarding the market entrance were checking the identities of the cultivators entering and leaving one by one, collecting the spirit stones they had to submit to enter the market.

"You guys stand properly for me; does someone need to teach you how to queue? Who let you cut in line? If you don't want to go in, then get lost!"

One of the cultivators, whose cultivation was only at the sixth level of Qi Refining, saw that the queue behind was a bit messy, so he scolded sharply, and then walked forward to maintain order.

When he arrived at the back of the queue and was just about to pull a cultivator who had cut in line halfway out of the queue, a sharp flying sword suddenly pierced into this person's back, and then emerged from his chest.

"Ah! You... what do you want to do?"

This sixth-level Qi Refining cultivator only had time to turn around and look behind him before he quickly fell down, and blood immediately gushed out from his body, dyeing the nearby ground a blood-red color.

"Murder! ... Someone is murdering!"

"..."

This sudden scene also frightened the several cultivators queuing nearby, and before long, the scene was filled with shouting and fell into chaos.

"No one is allowed to move! What kind of person dares to cause trouble in my Nanyue Market!"

Just as the scene was in an uproar, the voice of a Foundation Establishment cultivator immediately scolded everyone, and then a dozen or so market law enforcement cultivators, led by a middle-aged man, quickly walked over from the entrance.

After seeing the corpse of the cultivator lying on the ground, a look of anger suddenly appeared on the faces of the law enforcement team.

But before they could figure out what had happened, several escape lights suddenly flashed in the crowd, and a dozen or so cultivators hidden in the crowd had already rushed directly toward the weakly defended market entrance.

"Not good! Someone wants to destroy the grand formation, stop them quickly!"

Seeing that someone was taking advantage of their departure to try to force their way into the market, the Foundation Establishment cultivator immediately reacted and hurriedly ordered the several cultivators still guarding the entrance to hold the formation eye of the market entrance grand formation.

At the same time, he also hurriedly led the cultivators around him to quickly return to support, wanting to intercept those strange cultivators who had suddenly rushed out.

As the most important market in the southern part of the Yue State, the "Nine Origins Sect" also attaches great importance to the protection of this place; not only is a Foundation Establishment cultivator arranged at the entrance, but there is also a second-level low-grade puppet beast assisting in the defense.

The law enforcement cultivator shouted a reminder, and the several Qi Refining cultivators still guarding the entrance immediately controlled a second-level low-grade rhinoceros puppet beast to block the front of the formation eye.

However, although his order was timely, the strength guarding the entrance at this time still appeared too weak compared to those cultivators who came to attack the formation eye.

Among the dozen or so people who came to attack the market, there were four or five who were at the Foundation Establishment level or above, and they didn't even take a second-level low-grade puppet seriously. Not long after, with a loud bang, the grand formation guarding the market entrance disappeared before everyone's eyes.

After breaking this grand formation, those people did not entangle too much with the law enforcement team at the entrance and quickly rushed into the market, blending into the crowd coming and going on the market streets.

"Damn it! These people are demonic cultivators; quickly activate the mountain-protecting grand formation to seal the market, and send a message to Senior Uncle Liu; we must find these demonic cultivators."

After the demonic cultivators who attacked them rushed into the market, the Foundation Establishment cultivator in the law enforcement team immediately turned pale and ordered the surrounding cultivators to fully activate the "mountain-protecting grand formation" to seal the market entrance.

Then he took out a sound-transmission talisman and urgently informed a Golden Core Elder of the "Nine Origins Sect" who was in closed-door cultivation in the back mountain about what had just happened at the entrance.

"Everyone, chase quickly; those demonic cultivators are hiding in the market ahead."

In addition to this, we will need to charge you an additional 3,000 spirit stones for storage fees. Please be aware of this, fellow Daoist; after all, we cannot work for nothing."

Just as the law enforcement cultivators of "Nanyue Market" were taking quick action, they suddenly saw hundreds of unfamiliar-looking cultivators appear in the distance, shouting while quickly chasing toward the market.

Seeing this somewhat strange scene, the Foundation Establishment cultivator guarding the market entrance immediately led people to block the market entrance, intercepting the many "Carefree Sect" cultivators who were chasing.

"This place is the territory of my Nine Origins Sect; what are you people from the Carefree Sect doing here?"

"What are we doing? We are naturally here to encircle and suppress demonic cultivators."

"A few days ago, this group of demonic cultivators raided the Cuihu Island market, slaughtering more than a dozen disciples of our sect and hundreds of mortals. Our sect has been tracking them for more than half a month, and only today did we discover that they have been hiding here all along.

You are blocking the way here; could it be that you are intentionally shielding these demonic cultivators?"

Facing the questioning of the "Nine Origins Sect" cultivator, an older "Carefree Sect" Foundation Establishment cultivator immediately stepped forward and asked the other party back.

Hearing the other party mention demonic cultivators, the "Nine Origins Sect" Foundation Establishment cultivator's expression suddenly changed, and he shook his head directly: "What demonic cultivators? I don't understand what you fellow Daoists are talking about.

This place is a market under our sect's governance; how could there be demonic cultivators? Did you fellow Daoists find the wrong place!"

"Hmph! So many pairs of eyes saw them enter the market, and you dare to tell lies with your eyes open in broad daylight.

Since you are so stubborn, let us all see if there are really demonic cultivators here."

After the "Carefree Sect" cultivator scolded the other party, a spiritual light moved in his hand and another bowl-shaped magic tool appeared. Then he cast a spell to illuminate the surroundings, and soon collected a wisp of demonic energy that had not yet dissipated at the market entrance.

Seeing this scene, even if the "Nine Origins Sect" Foundation Establishment cultivator was stupid, he knew that the other party had come prepared this time. While signaling the cultivators beside him with his eyes to go and report the news, he braced himself and replied: "Just based on this wisp of demonic energy at the entrance, it doesn't prove that there are really demonic cultivators hiding in the market. I think you fellow Daoists should wait here first and let us go and check.

If there are really demonic cultivators, we will definitely drag them out and hand them over to you, which can be considered giving you an explanation."

Hearing the explanation of the "Nine Origins Sect" cultivator, the Foundation Establishment elder of the "Carefree Sect" was immediately displeased:

"Hehe! You really have a good plan; by the time you slowly drag them out, I'm afraid we won't even be able to find the shadows of the demonic cultivators by then.

These demonic cultivators killed so many of our fellow disciples and have a blood feud with our sect. You are obstructing us like this; could it be that you are truly colluding with these demonic cultivators and intentionally directing them?"

Seeing that the people of the "Carefree Sect" tied them to the demonic cultivators in just a few words, the "Nine Origins Sect" cultivator was suddenly furious:

"Which eye of yours saw us colluding with demonic cultivators? I think your chasing of demonic cultivators is fake, and you are intentionally coming here to cause trouble!"

"Since you insist on covering up for these demonic cultivators, then don't blame us for being impolite. Everyone, attack for me and tear down this bird's nest of theirs."

"..."

The two sides disagreed and immediately started a fight.

Before long, the cultivators of the two sects were fighting in a group at the entrance.

Seeing that the other party had many people and great power, the "Nine Origins Sect" cultivators fled into the market after leaving behind several corpses and began to use the mountain-protecting grand formation to resist the other party's attack.

The fight here had just started, and it immediately alarmed the "Nine Origins Sect" Golden Core Elder who was in closed-door cultivation on the mountain. With a flash of white light, an old man in yellow with somewhat gray hair appeared above the market city wall.

Seeing the old man in yellow who had arrived, the many "Nine Origins Sect" cultivators who were guarding the market suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Who are you people, daring to attack my Nanyue Market?"

After stepping forward and casting a spell to repel several "Carefree Sect" Foundation Establishment cultivators who were attacking the market, the old man in yellow immediately questioned the crowd below.

However, before he could figure out the ins and outs of the matter, he suddenly felt a danger coming from mid-air, which frightened him into instinctively retreating, wanting to escape back into the mountain-protecting grand formation behind him.

Just as the old man in yellow made a move, a sword light hidden in mid-air had already appeared before his eyes, carrying a very fierce momentum and rushing quickly toward his back.

Seeing that the other party was coming too fast, the old man in yellow gritted his teeth and threw out the strongest spiritual talisman on his body.

The spiritual talisman changed in mid-air and instantly turned into a shield, blocking in front of him.

The old man in yellow was named Liu Jinhe.

Although this person was an elder of the "Nine Origins Sect," he was actually not a true Golden Core cultivator, but a fake Golden Core cultivator who succeeded in forming a core by relying on an external elixir.

Because of the limitations of a fake Golden Core cultivator, Liu Jinhe had only reached the second level of the Golden Core realm after more than two hundred years of forming his core, and his fighting strength was somewhat inferior to those who had just formed their cores not long ago.

It was precisely because Liu Jinhe's own strength was not strong that he was assigned by the sect to guard "Nanyue Market" all year round, and he rarely had contact with the core major events of the sect.

Even after forming his core for many years, the strongest defensive means on Liu Jinhe was only a third-level low-grade defensive spiritual talisman, which was simply vulnerable in the face of the sword that Song Qingyu had already been brewing and preparing for a long time.

The shield turned from the spiritual talisman only blocked Song Qingyu for a moment before it was cut into two halves by a sword of the "Mysterious Underworld Golden Light Sword."

"Ah! ..."

Then, accompanied by a scream, one of Liu Jinhe's arms was also cut off by this fierce sword of Song Qingyu, and it flew into mid-air accompanied by the sprayed blood.

Fortunately, the spiritual talisman just now still bought Liu Jinhe a little reaction time, allowing him to dodge the fatal blow.

After paying the price of an arm, Liu Jinhe still successfully escaped back into the "mountain-protecting grand formation" of the market.

Seeing that the other party still escaped with his life, Song Qingyu also sighed slightly. Before she could react, several more escape lights landed beside her; they were Li Wutong and others who had arrived a step late from the flying boat.

"Attack the grand formation with all your strength; strive to break the grand formation before their reinforcements arrive!"

Following Li Wutong's order in mid-air, the many "Carefree Sect" cultivators immediately began to cast spells to attack the "Nanyue Market" mountain-protecting grand formation, and the sky above the entire market suddenly emitted bursts of intense roaring sounds.

Liu Jinhe, who had just saved his life, fled back into the mountain-protecting grand formation and immediately ordered the many cultivators beside him: "Quick! Send a message to the sect, saying that someone is attacking the market, and tell them to send people to support quickly, be quick!"

Besides Liu Jinhe, the fake Golden Core cultivator, there were only eight "Nine Origins Sect" Foundation Establishment cultivators in "Nanyue Market," plus several hundred Qi Refining disciples stationed there.

Even adding those loose cultivators in the market and the surrounding family cultivators, there were fewer than twenty Foundation Establishment cultivators.

And the "Carefree Sect" cultivators who came to attack the market outside had more than a hundred Foundation Establishment or higher cultivators, as well as nearly a thousand carefully selected Qi Refining disciples.

Besides this, there were also six Golden Core cultivators with profound cultivation—Song Qingyu, Song Qingming, Li Wutong, Fang Baixuan, Shen Tongzhou, and Yun Nishang—who participated in attacking the grand formation.

In the face of such disparate strength, even if there was a third-level medium-grade mountain-protecting grand formation guarding "Nanyue Market," it was difficult to withstand such repeated sieges by the cultivators outside.

In just less than a quarter of an hour, the power of the mountain-protecting grand formation had already been weakened a lot, and it was already in jeopardy and difficult to hold on for long.

Seeing that the power of the "market grand formation" in front of him had been weakened a lot, Li Wutong, who was attacking the grand formation, immediately threw a golden ball into the grand formation in front of him.

"Not good! It's a third-level formation-breaking bead, everyone run!"

Seeing the "formation-breaking bead" thrown from Li Wutong's hand, Liu Jinhe, who was directing the cultivators to defend the city, also knew that he could not wait for the sect's reinforcements to arrive.

Seeing this, Liu Jinhe decisively abandoned the many low-level cultivators beside him and rushed first toward the teleportation array located in the middle of the market.

This teleportation array was a teleportation array in "Nanyue Market" that connected directly to a place not far from the mountain gate of the Nine Origins Sect. As long as the teleportation array was successfully activated, Liu Jinhe could quickly escape from here.

Facing the six Golden Core cultivators with profound cultivation outside, it would be impossible for Liu Jinhe to have a chance of survival if he chose to flee outside the market.

To survive, this was his only retreat! Just as Liu Jinhe entered the teleportation platform and was preparing to activate the only teleportation array in this market to escape, a sword light suddenly flew in from the sky above.

It was Song Qingyu, who had just fought with Liu Jinhe, chasing directly to the location of the teleportation array where he was.

(Suddenly remembered that tomorrow is my birthday. Unknowingly, Xiao Meng is a year older, and this book has been written for a full year and a half! Ancestor Song's cultivation has now broken through to the ninth level of the Golden Core, and he is not far from condensing the Nascent Soul. Please believe in me, everyone; Xiao Meng will work hard to update so that he can successfully form the Nascent Soul soon.) (End of chapter)