Chapter 817: Prepared and Ready, Attacking Nanyue Market

On the west side of the Yunque Mountain Range, deep within a mountain in the southern part of the Yue State cultivation world.

Because this place is adjacent to the rugged Yunque Mountain Range, there are many demonic beasts in the surrounding area, and human cultivators are extremely scarce. Only a small number of low-tier itinerant cultivators appear here to hunt for demons.

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

Unlike other cultivators who came here to hunt demons, this person walked alone through the dangerous mountain forest, yet there was not a trace of nervousness or fear on his face.

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

Before long, two "Three-Eyed Wind Wolves," each half a person tall, darted out from the woods and blocked the black-robed old man's path, their eyes revealing a hint of ferocity.

Seeing these two late-stage Qi Refining "Three-Eyed Wind Wolves" blocking his way, the black-robed old man, who appeared to have a cultivation base of only the sixth layer of Qi Refining, showed no panic on his face; instead, he revealed a sneer at them.

Seeing that the black-robed old man actually didn't take them seriously, the two "Three-Eyed Wind Wolves" immediately let out displeased howls, and then one of the demonic wolves leaped high into the air and pounced rapidly toward the black-robed old man.

The black-robed old man remained standing in place, his expression unchanged; he chose neither to flee nor to dodge the "Three-Eyed Wind Wolf's" attack.

Just as the "Three-Eyed Wind Wolf" pounced into mid-air and its sharp claws were about to reach the black-robed old man, a purple spiritual light suddenly radiated from his body, quickly forming a purple light shield three feet in front of him.

This purple light shield looked somewhat ordinary, but the moment it was touched by the wolf's claws, it suddenly emitted a loud bang.

Immediately following, the large-bodied "Three-Eyed Wind Wolf" was sent flying as if it were a fallen leaf caught in a gale, crashing into a giant tree not far away and snapping it in two.

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

"Hmph! You blind things, blocking this master's path and still wanting to run!"

After the black-robed old man mocked them, a burst of black Qi emerged from his body, which then transformed into a sharp claw that rapidly reached out and grabbed the fleeing "Three-Eyed Wind Wolf" into mid-air.

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

"Hehe! Although the essence blood of these low-tier demonic beasts isn't of much use, it's better than nothing; it's enough to save me a few days of cultivation effort.

Senior Brother Wu and the others are truly timid, knowing only how to hide in their cave dwelling, not even daring to hunt the nearby low-tier demonic beasts, and still needing me to come and clean them up."

After the black-robed old man, standing in place with a look of satisfaction, muttered to himself, he turned and walked toward the location of the other "Three-Eyed Wind Wolf's" corpse.

"Eh! Who are you?"

Just as the black-robed old man was searching around for the "Three-Eyed Wind Wolf's" corpse, his gaze suddenly caught a white-clothed man standing under a tree not far away, and he retreated a few steps in surprise.

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

Just standing there with a smile, quietly watching the other person, he immediately made the black-robed old man feel danger, and he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.

Seeing the black-robed old man staring at him nervously, the smiling white-clothed man moved forward and spoke slowly: "Who I am is not that important to you, and I think you don't need to know! With your cultivation, hiding in these deep mountains is truly a waste of talent. Why not come with me for a trip? We'll change to a different place and you can show off your skills properly, how about that?"

Facing the invitation from the man in white, the elderly man in black robes, with a nervous expression, did not think much and immediately shook his head at the other party, saying: "Fellow Daoist, you are joking. My cultivation is low and shallow; I fear I lack the abilities you speak of. Fellow Daoist should look for someone else to help!"

"Many thanks for the high regard, I shall take my leave now!"

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

But before he had gone far, a white light suddenly flashed in front of him, and then the white-clothed man's figure 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 white-clothed man finished speaking, a white folding fan suddenly appeared in his hand, and then he stirred up several rays of spiritual light and flew toward the black-robed old man.

"This is a magic treasure... You are a Jin Dan cultivator!"

Seeing the white folding fan magic treasure in the white-clothed man's hand, the black-robed old man was shocked and, without the courage to resist, quickly turned and fled desperately into the woods behind, 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.

"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 soon 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 white-clothed man's voice fell, he heard another voice enter his ears from the side, and he hurriedly turned around and bowed slightly to the two people walking over! "It is merely serving the sect, how can I speak of hard work? Greetings, Senior Brother Li and Senior Brother Song!"

Li Mu heard this and nodded slightly: "According to the intelligence obtained from the soul search earlier, the Jin Dan 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 Elder Li and Uncle Bai, and we can almost start our action."

Hearing what Li Mu said, Fang Baixuan hurriedly responded: "Oh! Then we shall follow the instructions of the two Senior Brothers. Acting early will also save time, lest the people of the Jiuyuan Sect notice any clues."

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

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

Standing on the flying boat, Song Qingming looked at the market not far below, his face also revealing a hint of excitement.

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

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

Not only that, but next to "Nanyue Market" there was also a "spirit stone vein" being mined, with an output more than double that of the "Shuangfeng Mountain" vein that the Song family had found back then.

This "spirit stone vein," together with "Nanyue Market" not far from Taiyue Lake, could provide the "Jiuyuan Sect" with an income of tens of thousands of spirit stones every year, making it one of the extremely important industries of the entire "Jiuyuan Sect."

And the purpose of Song Qingming and the others coming here was to seize this industry from the hands of the "Jiuyuan Sect."

Just as the crowd from the "Xiaoyao Sect" on the flying boat was eyeing the market below, "Nanyue Market" was completely unaware of this matter, and the cultivators coming and going at the market gate were still endless, with no one sensing the danger hidden all around.

The dozen or so law enforcement cultivators guarding the market gate 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 few, stand straight for me! Do you need someone else to teach you how to queue? Who let you cut in line? If you don't want to go in, then get lost!"

A cultivator among them with a cultivation base of only the sixth layer of Qi Refining, seeing that the queue behind was a bit messy, scolded sternly, and then walked forward to maintain order.

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

"Ah! You... what are you trying to do?"

This sixth-layer 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, staining the nearby ground a blood-red color.

"Murder!... Someone is murdering!"

"..."

This sudden scene also terrified the few cultivators queuing nearby, and before long, the scene was filled with screams 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 chaos, the voice of a Foundation Establishment cultivator scolded everyone, and immediately after, a dozen or so market law enforcement cultivators, led by a middle-aged man, quickly walked over from the gate.

Seeing the corpse of the cultivator lying on the ground, the law enforcement team members immediately showed a hint of anger on their faces.

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 gate.

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

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

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 killed their way out.

As the most important market in the southern part of the Yue State, the "Jiuyuan Sect" also attached great importance to the protection of this place. Not only was a Foundation Establishment cultivator arranged at the gate, but there was also a second-tier low-quality puppet beast assisting in the defense.

The law enforcement cultivator shouted a reminder, and the few Qi Refining cultivators still guarding the gate immediately controlled a second-tier low-quality rhinoceros puppet beast to block in front of the formation eye.

However, although his order was timely, the strength guarding the gate at this time still appeared too weak compared to those cultivators who had come 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 take the second-tier low-quality puppet seriously at all. Before long, with a loud bang, the formation guarding the market gate disappeared before everyone's eyes.

After breaking this formation, those people didn't entangle too much with the law enforcement team at the gate and quickly rushed into the market, blending into the crowd coming and going on the market streets.

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

After those 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 formation" to seal the market entrance.

Then he took out a sound-transmission talisman and urgently sent a message to a "Jiuyuan Sect" Jin Dan Elder who was in seclusion in the back mountain, informing him of what had just happened at the gate.

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

The Elder has ordered that we must not let them escape, we must avenge our dead fellow disciples!"

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

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

"This place is the territory of my Jiuyuan Sect, what are you people from the Xiaoyao 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, killing 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 us here, could it be that you are intentionally shielding these demonic cultivators?"

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

Hearing the other party mention demonic cultivators, the "Jiuyuan Sect" Foundation Establishment cultivator's face changed, and he shook his head directly: "What demonic cultivators? I don't understand what you fellow Daoists mean.

This place is a market under the rule of our sect, how could there be demonic cultivators? Have you fellow Daoists come to 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, then let us all see if there are really demonic cultivators here."

After the "Xiaoyao 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 Qi that had not yet disappeared at the market gate.

Seeing this scene, the "Jiuyuan Sect" Foundation Establishment cultivator knew that the other party was prepared this time, no matter how stupid he was. While hinting to the cultivators beside him to go and report, he bit the bullet and replied: "Just based on this wisp of demonic Qi at the gate, 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 ferret them out and hand them over to you, which can be considered an explanation to you."

Hearing the explanation of the "Jiuyuan Sect" cultivator, the Foundation Establishment old man of the "Xiaoyao Sect" looked displeased:

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

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

Seeing that the people of the "Xiaoyao Sect" had tied them to the demonic cultivators in a few words, the "Jiuyuan Sect" cultivator was furious:

"Which eye of yours saw us colluding with demonic cultivators? I think you are pretending to track down demonic cultivators and are intentionally here to cause trouble!"

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

"..."

The two sides disagreed and immediately started fighting.

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

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

The fight here immediately alarmed the "Jiuyuan Sect" Jin Dan Elder who was in seclusion on the mountain. With a flash of white light, an old man in yellow clothes with somewhat gray hair appeared above the market city wall.

Seeing the yellow-clothed old man coming, the many "Jiuyuan Sect" cultivators guarding the market breathed a sigh of relief.

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

After stepping forward to cast a spell to repel a few "Xiaoyao Sect" Foundation Establishment cultivators who were attacking the market, the yellow-clothed old man immediately questioned the crowd below.

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

Just as the yellow-clothed old man made a move, a sword light hidden in mid-air had already appeared before his eyes, rushing straight toward his back with a very sharp momentum.

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

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

The yellow-clothed old man's name was Liu Jinhe.

Although this person was an elder of the "Jiuyuan Sect," he was not actually a true Jin Dan cultivator, but a fake Jin Dan cultivator who had succeeded in forming a core by relying on an external core.

Because of the limitations of a fake Jin Dan cultivator, Liu Jinhe had formed his core for more than two hundred years, and his cultivation was only at the second layer of the Jin Dan stage, and his fighting strength was even 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, Liu Jinhe's strongest defensive means was only a third-tier low-quality defensive spirit talisman, which was simply vulnerable in the face of the sword that Song Qingyu had been brewing and preparing for a long time.

The shield transformed by the spirit talisman only blocked Song Qingyu for a moment before it was cut in half by the "Xuanming Golden Light Sword."

"Ah!..."

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

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

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

Seeing that the other party had escaped with his life, Song Qingyu sighed slightly, and before she could react, several more escape lights landed beside her, and it was Li Mu and the others who had arrived a step late from the flying boat.

"Attack the formation with all your strength, try to break the formation before their reinforcements arrive!"

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

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

In "Nanyue Market," besides Liu Jinhe, the fake Jin Dan cultivator, there were only eight "Jiuyuan Sect" Foundation Establishment cultivators, plus hundreds of Qi Refining disciples stationed there.

Even adding those itinerant cultivators in the market and the cultivators of the surrounding families, there were less than twenty Foundation Establishment cultivators.

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

Besides that, there were also six Jin Dan cultivators with profound cultivation, Song Qingyu, Song Qingming, Li Mu, Fang Baixuan, Shen Tongzhou, and Yun Nishang, participating in the attack on the formation.

In the face of such disparate strength, even with a third-tier mid-quality mountain-protecting 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 formation had already been weakened a lot, and it was already in jeopardy and difficult to hold for long.

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

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

Seeing the "formation-breaking bead" thrown from Li Mu's hand, Liu Jinhe, who was commanding 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-tier 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 directly connected to a place not far from the Jiuyuan Sect mountain gate. As long as the teleportation array was successfully activated, Liu Jinhe could quickly escape from here.

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

Wanting 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 into the sky above his head.

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

(I suddenly remembered that tomorrow is my birthday. Without knowing it, Xiao Meng has aged another year, and this book has been written for a full year and a half! Old Ancestor Song's cultivation has now broken through to the ninth layer of the Jin Dan stage, 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) ===== CHAPTER 818 =====