Chapter 818: The Final Journey, Jiuyuan Sect Counterattacks

Song Qingyu's cultivation had already reached the sixth layer of the Jin Dan stage, and she practiced the sword cultivation path that was good at fighting, so her strength was already rarely matched among cultivators below the late Jin Dan stage.

The fierce attack she had secretly prepared for a long time earlier failed to directly kill Liu Jinhe, who only had a second-layer Jin Dan cultivation, and she was already a bit angry in her heart.

Li Mu had just used a high-tier "formation-breaking bead" to forcibly open a corner of the formation, and Song Qingyu, who had long been eyeing Liu Jinhe, immediately killed her way into the formation, swearing to take the other party's life to relieve the unhappiness in her heart.

Liu Jinhe, who was activating the teleportation array, looked at the sharp sword light attacking from afar, and his heart was shocked. He hurriedly shouted to the few Foundation Establishment disciples guarding the teleportation platform: "I will go and block her, you quickly activate the magic array, otherwise once the teleportation array is destroyed by her, none of us will be able to leave."

In the cultivation world, whether it is a large teleportation array or a small teleportation array, they cannot be affected during teleportation.

If the teleportation array is attacked from the outside when it is activated, the light result is that the teleportation fails, causing everyone to be backlashed by the spiritual power generated by the teleportation array, and the serious result is falling into a space crack and being directly swallowed by a space storm.

Having witnessed Song Qingyu's power, Liu Jinhe also understood in his heart that the second-tier top-quality magic array at the teleportation platform location definitely couldn't block the other party, so he could only bite the bullet and go to intercept the other party.

Enduring the pain coming from his severed arm, Liu Jinhe waved his single arm, and a golden iron tower appeared in front of him. Under his spell, it rapidly magnified dozens of times and blocked in front of the teleportation platform.

Although he knew he was not the other party's opponent, at this moment Liu Jinhe had no other choice but to rely on this magic treasure on his body to desperately withstand Song Qingyu's powerful attack, trying his best to buy time for his side to escape.

A moment later, only a loud "bang" was heard, which shook the entire teleportation platform a few times.

At the same time, the iron tower magic treasure in Liu Jinhe's hand had already broken into two pieces, and his whole person was also knocked flying by Song Qingyu's fierce sword and fell beside the teleportation platform.

"Master!"

"Master, come over quickly, the teleportation array has been activated."

"..."

Seeing his master Liu Jinhe being seriously injured by Song Qingyu's sword, only able to barely stand up, the few disciples who had just activated the teleportation array were shocked and couldn't help but shout out.

Seeing the crowd on the teleportation platform full of anxiety, Liu Jinhe, who had just spat out a mouthful of blood, was not in a hurry to rush to join them, but said directly to his disciples with a solemn expression:

"You go first, don't worry about me!"

"I have practiced for a lifetime, and I am already a person whose path is broken. Since today is destined that I can't leave, then let me use this life of mine to escort you on your final journey!

Yuancheng, you take good care of these things. From now on, with me gone, the few of them will rely on you to look after them."

After Liu Jinhe finished speaking, a spiritual light moved in his hand, and a verdant jade pendant flew out directly and fell into the hands of a Foundation Establishment cultivator on the teleportation platform.

Subsequently, Liu Jinhe, holding a flying sword, no longer paid attention to the few disciples who were shouting anxiously, and resolutely rushed toward Song Qingyu, who had just broken the magic array.

"Master..."

After receiving the storage magic tool thrown by his master, before the few people on the teleportation platform could recover from their shock, a burst of white light flashed and wrapped the entire teleportation platform.

A moment later, on a stone platform on the top of a high mountain in the middle of the Yue State.

The few cultivators standing around the stone platform saw that the teleportation platform they were guarding was suddenly shrouded in white light, and hurriedly turned to look at the middle of the stone platform.

Before long, the white light dissipated, and the few cultivators who had just teleported from afar suddenly appeared before everyone's eyes.

"Eh! How did you few run back? How is Nanyue Market? Is Liu Yu okay!"

Before the few of them could walk down from the teleportation platform, two rays of white light flashed in the distance, and then an anxious voice fell into the ears of the few people.

Seeing the two Jin Dan cultivators who suddenly appeared not far away, these few people hurriedly knelt on the ground in excitement.

"Uncle Li, Uncle Wei, Nanyue Market has been broken by someone. Master told us to hurry back and report the news, please ask the Uncles to take action and help save Master and the others!"

"What! Nanyue Market was broken so quickly? How is this possible?"

Hearing the words from the person's mouth, the two "Jiuyuan Sect" Jin Dan Elders who had just arrived instantly showed a hint of shock on their faces, and asked again, somewhat unable to believe it.

"The Xiaoyao Sect has many people and great power, five or six Jin Dan experts came, they... they also used high-tier formation-breaking beads, and we were also just covered by Master and escaped."

"This... quick, get out of the way!"

Before the Jin Dan Elder could finish his words, a "bang" sound suddenly came from the teleportation platform, and then a burst of spiritual light exploded on the platform.

After the smoke dissipated, the "Jiuyuan Sect" Jin Dan Elder surnamed Wei immediately went up to check, only to find that the teleportation array had been destroyed by the other party's cultivators.

Seeing this, the two Jiuyuan Sect Jin Dan Elders, Li and Wei, who had originally intended to support "Nanyue Market," looked at each other, and their faces both revealed a hint of ugliness. —— Southeast of Yue State, in "Nanyue Market."

After taking a look at the teleportation array destroyed by her own sword, Song Qingyu, who was standing in mid-air, just landed, and three "Xiaoyao Sect" Foundation Establishment disciples surrounded her.

"Reporting to Uncle Song, the vicinity of the teleportation array has been controlled by us. Except for the few who escaped earlier, there are no fish that slipped through the net.

It has just been checked, the Jin Dan cultivator guarding this place is named Liu Jinhe, and he is the person who just died under the Uncle's sword."

Song Qingyu heard this and nodded slightly. Her gaze caught a corpse not far away, and then she led a few people to the side of Liu Jinhe, who had completely lost his breath.

"Uncle, do you want us to take this person's head back, so that we can hand it over to the sect's Merit Pavilion to request credit for you?"

Hearing the suggestion from the Foundation Establishment cultivator beside her, Song Qingyu, whose expression was very calm, shook her head directly at him, and then said softly:

"The magic treasure on this person is already in my hands, no need to be so troublesome.

At the last moment just now, he didn't hesitate to desperately block me in order to cover the escape of those few people. He can be considered a person who values love and righteousness. Don't let his corpse be exposed in the wilderness, move it to the mountain and find a clean place to bury it!"

Although Liu Jinhe was a hostile "Jiuyuan Sect" cultivator, the fact that he had just sacrificed himself to buy a chance for his disciples to escape still touched Song Qingyu's heart, making her feel a hint of respect for him.

"Disciple obeys!"

Seeing the few "Xiaoyao Sect" disciples beside her take Liu Jinhe's corpse away, Song Qingyu slowly turned around, and then transformed into an escape light and disappeared from where she was.

After a battle, the powerful "Xiaoyao Sect" side quickly occupied the entire market and cleared out the remaining enemies who were still lingering in the market.

Except for those stationed cultivators of the "Jiuyuan Sect" who all died in battle, most of the itinerant cultivators and some cultivators of surrounding cultivation families in the market chose to surrender after the "market formation" was broken.

Only a very small number of lucky people took advantage of the chaos during the battle between the two sides and escaped from the market.

By the time Song Qingyu returned to the sect's large flying boat in mid-air, the other Jin Dan Elders of the "Xiaoyao Sect" had also successively solved the enemies in the locations they were responsible for and returned to the flying boat.

When everyone was gathered, Li Mu, who was in charge of this operation, immediately smiled and said to the crowd in front of him: "Thank you for your hard work, fellow Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters."

Just as Li Mu's voice fell, a middle-aged man in a green robe among the crowd immediately bowed and replied: "We are also serving the sect, Senior Brother Li, please don't be polite. Now that the enemies in Nanyue Market have been completely cleared, please give orders on what to do next."

The person speaking was named Shen Tongzhou, a Jin Dan Elder who had newly joined the sect not long ago after the "Xiaoyao Sect" northern expedition.

Shen Tongzhou was a Jin Dan itinerant cultivator from Pei State in the south of Wei State. His cultivation had now reached the peak of the third layer of the Jin Dan stage, and he was only one step away from entering the mid-Jin Dan stage.

Long before joining the "Xiaoyao Sect," Shen Tongzhou was already familiar with several Jin Dan Elders of the sect, and it was under the strong solicitation of Chu Fengping that he gave up his itinerant cultivator status and joined the "Xiaoyao Sect."

Because his relationship with the sect had always been relatively good, and he was a person from a surrounding country who knew the bottom line.

After becoming a guest elder of the sect, Shen Tongzhou quickly gained the trust of the "Xiaoyao Sect," and now he had officially integrated into the sect and become an inner sect elder.

Hearing what Shen Tongzhou said, Li Mu nodded slightly and immediately ordered the crowd present: "Since the market has been cleared, then next we must quickly repair the market formation to prevent the Jiuyuan Sect from counterattacking.

Senior Brother Song and I will stay to repair the market formation, Junior Brother Fang and Junior Sister Song will lead people to clear the cultivation families around the market to prevent them from causing trouble behind our backs.

The spirit stone vein behind the mountain will be left to Junior Brother Shen and Junior Sister Yun.

Although there are no Jin Dan cultivators stationed there, such an important place, they may also have left behind hands.

You must be careful, don't let the people of the Jiuyuan Sect destroy the vein."

"Senior Brother, rest assured, this matter will be left to me and Senior Sister Yun. However, a group of rabble, what is there to fear? Whoever dares to have ideas about the vein, see if I don't peel their skin."

Shen Tongzhou's fiery temper was somewhat similar to Jin Ziyuan's. Although he hadn't joined the sect for long, he quickly got along with everyone, and just a few words brought a burst of laughter around him.

Seeing this, Li Mu also smiled and nodded slightly without saying more.

After everyone beside him left, he took out a sound-transmission spirit talisman and sent the victory report to the sect cultivators who were waiting for news in the rear.

In the previous battle, the market formation of "Nanyue Market" was only affected by the formation-breaking bead and destroyed a few formation eyes, and the overall damage was not very serious. Under the leadership of Song Qingming, a third-tier top-quality formation master, the "Xiaoyao Sect" crowd only spent less than two days to restore most of the entire market formation.

Song Qingyu and Fang Baixuan acted separately. Under the leadership of the two Jin Dan cultivators, the many cultivation families around "Nanyue Market" who were vassals of the "Jiuyuan Sect" also surrendered one after another.

Except for a few die-hard families who had a close relationship with the "Jiuyuan Sect," because they received news in advance and led the entire family's cultivators to flee desperately, Song Qingyu and the others almost didn't encounter any decent resistance.

There were even some cultivation families who had been oppressed by the "Jiuyuan Sect" who, upon learning that the "Xiaoyao Sect" had occupied Nanyue Market, took the initiative to act as guides, helping Song Qingyu and the others attack other nearby cultivation families.

In just a few days, Song Qingyu and the two cleared all the nearby cultivation families, making them change their faces and surrender to the "Xiaoyao Sect."

Shen Tongzhou and Yun Nishang were also as expected, only spending less than half a day to lead people to take down the "Jiuyuan Sect" spirit stone vein not far from "Nanyue Market."

However, what they didn't expect was that, just as Li Mu had said in advance, the people of the "Jiuyuan Sect" had left behind hands in the vein.

Upon learning that the "Xiaoyao Sect" was coming to attack the vein, the few "Jiuyuan Sect" Foundation Establishment cultivators guarding the spirit stone mine, before retreating, ordered the cultivators under their command to use pre-prepared second-tier spirit talismans to try to blow up the entire vein.

Fortunately, Shen Tongzhou and the others arrived in time to stop them, only killing a part of the "Jiuyuan Sect" cultivators who were blowing up the vein, and did not let their plan fully succeed.

But even so, nearly half of the mining area of the entire "spirit stone vein" was destroyed in the explosion. If they want to clean up these places and resume mining, I'm afraid it will take at least several years.

Shen Tongzhou, who saw with his own eyes that the "spirit stone vein" was blown up by the other party, was furious. Then, with nowhere to vent his anger, he vented his anger on the "Jiuyuan Sect" cultivators who were captured in those veins.

On the spot, he ordered the killing of those enemy cultivators who had already surrendered, and even hung their corpses at the entrance of the vein cave, which for a time made the nearby cultivators and mortals change color at the mention of it.

After controlling the entire vicinity of "Nanyue Market," the "Xiaoyao Sect" crowd gathered in the market again, starting to prepare for the counterattack that might come at any time.

In this battle, the "Xiaoyao Sect" fought under the banner of suppressing demonic cultivators and directly occupied "Nanyue Market" under the command of the Jiuyuan Sect.

Not only did they kill Liu Jinhe, a Jin Dan Elder of the "Jiuyuan Sect," but hundreds of Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining disciples all died in the hands of the "Xiaoyao Sect" crowd.

The territory within a radius of thousands of miles in the southeast of Yue State had therefore fallen into the control of the "Xiaoyao Sect."

As a Nascent Soul sect, the "Jiuyuan Sect" could not possibly swallow such a dark loss.

Song Qingming and the others didn't need to think to know that the other party would definitely not easily give up "Nanyue Market" and the surrounding territory.

Taking down "Nanyue Market" so smoothly was mainly because the "Xiaoyao Sect" side took advantage of their unpreparedness to succeed in a surprise attack. Next, wanting to hold this place would definitely not be so easy.

Just as Song Qingming and the others were preparing for battle with all their strength, in the high sky thousands of miles away, several large flying boats hanging the "Jiuyuan Sect" flag were also rushing toward "Nanyue Market" in a mighty manner.

On the flying boat, eight "Jiuyuan Sect" Jin Dan Elders looked ahead, each with a hint of solemnity on their faces.

Before long, a sword light flew from afar and landed directly on the flying boat.

The person bowed and saluted in front of an old man in a blue and white Daoist robe in front of him, before speaking slowly: "Reporting to the Sect Master, I have just been to the vicinity of Nanyue Market to inquire.

The situation is about the same as what Junior Brother Zhou and the others said. In the market, the Xiaoyao Sect has a total of six Jin Dan cultivators.

The leader is Li Mu of the eighth layer of the Jin Dan stage, and the remaining few are Song Qingming, Song Qingyu, Fang Baixuan, and Yun Nishang. There is also one person whose face is relatively unfamiliar, and I don't know his name yet. I only know that he is a Jin Dan initial-stage cultivator.

Besides that, there are more than a hundred Foundation Establishment and more than eight hundred Qi Refining cultivators stationed in the market.

Most of them are people from the Xiaoyao Sect, and some are sent by the surrounding cultivation families who have surrendered to them to help."

"Alright! You go down first."

After hearing the report, the expression on the face of Yue Wuji, the Sect Master of the "Jiuyuan Sect," still didn't change, and his eyes were still tightly fixed on the front.

Another Jin Dan Elder standing beside him, Wang Ziheng, asked with a somewhat solemn expression: "Sect Master Senior Brother, I heard that the supernatural powers of the Song siblings are already not weaker than late Jin Dan cultivators. I didn't expect that both of them actually came this time.

Plus Li Mu, this old rival, the other party has three late Jin Dan combat powers in the market. Although we have many people, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to take back the market!"

"Sigh! Junior Brother Wang's words are wrong. We have eight Jin Dan cultivators here this time, and we have these few high-tier treasure ships and thousands of disciples to help.

Even if we few can't take down the other party's Jin Dan combat power in a short time, the Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining disciples are several times theirs. The Xiaoyao Sect only has so few people and definitely can't hold the market."

Yue Wuji nodded slightly: "Junior Brother He's words are not bad. The great battle is imminent, everyone must not boost the morale of others and extinguish our own prestige.

Not to mention avenging Liu Yu and the fellow disciples who died in battle, you all know how important Nanyue Market is to the sect. No matter what, we cannot just give it to the people of the Xiaoyao Sect.

You all rest assured, the Supreme Elder has already come out of seclusion. If we can't take it down in this battle, he won't sit idly by."

Hearing the news that the sect's Supreme Elder had come out of seclusion, the "Jiuyuan Sect" crowd, who had some doubts on their faces just now, immediately revealed a hint of joy.

After half a day of sailing, the three large flying boats that the "Jiuyuan Sect" crowd were riding finally appeared in the sky north of "Nanyue Market."

"Fellow disciples, follow me to take back Nanyue Market and avenge Liu Yu!"

Following Sect Master Yue Wuji's order, thousands of cultivators jumped down from the flying boat, and then these people rushed toward "Nanyue Market" from all directions.

The many "Xiaoyao Sect" cultivators standing on the city wall, although they were prepared in their hearts, couldn't help but show a hint of nervousness on their faces when they saw the "Jiuyuan Sect" cultivators rushing over in groups in the distance.

"Activate the formation! Prepare to meet the enemy."

When the "Jiuyuan Sect" cultivators outside were about to approach the city wall, a somewhat inspiring voice suddenly resounded in the ears of the many "Xiaoyao Sect" disciples.

Subsequently, a purple light shield quickly rose outside the market, firmly guarding in front of the city wall, and immediately after, hundreds of sword lights flew out from the market and stood in front of the formation.

These people were all carefully selected Foundation Establishment cultivators of the "Xiaoyao Sect," and standing at the very front were the six Jin Dan Elders of the sect, including Song Qingming.

Seeing so many sect elders and Foundation Establishment cultivators blocking at the very front, the Qi Refining disciples on the city wall were also encouraged, and began to control the crossbow magic tools on the city wall to attack the enemies who had already arrived in front of them.

After the cultivators of both sides began to fight, the entire battlefield soon erupted with earth-shattering sounds, and spells of all colors were flying everywhere.

Although the "Xiaoyao Sect" side had fewer people, the ones who came this time were all elite cultivators selected by the sect, and relying on the market "mountain-protecting formation," they didn't lose to the other party in momentum for a time.

The Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining cultivators below were fighting fiercely, but because the battlefield was too large, it was difficult for both sides to decide the winner in a short time. The main thing deciding the trend of the battlefield was the Jin Dan cultivators like Song Qingming who were in the high sky.

The "Xiaoyao Sect" side only had six Jin Dan cultivators, two fewer than the other party.

However, after the battle started, Song Qingming and the others were not much worse than the "Jiuyuan Sect" side in terms of cultivation and supernatural powers, and overall they didn't occupy a disadvantage.

Song Qingming, who had the highest cultivation, faced Yue Wuji, the Sect Master of the "Jiuyuan Sect," who was also at the ninth layer of the Jin Dan stage. Li Mu fought with Linghu Jie, another late Jin Dan expert of the "Jiuyuan Sect."

Both were veteran Jin Dan cultivators who had broken through to the late Jin Dan stage for many years, and both sides had good magic treasures and trump cards, fighting back and forth.

Song Qingyu fought two mid-Jin Dan cultivators of the "Jiuyuan Sect" alone, and she didn't fall into a disadvantage either.

Fang Baixuan and Yun Nishang, although they were cultivators who formed their cores relatively late in the sect, after going to the battlefield, facing opponents with similar cultivation to themselves, they didn't let the other party take any advantage at all.

Shen Tongzhou faced two Jin Dan initial-stage cultivators of the "Jiuyuan Sect" whose strength was slightly weaker, and his performance also made everyone's eyes light up. Although he was a bit struggling, he managed to hold on and didn't open his mouth to ask for help from the fellow disciples around him.

This battle lasted from the afternoon until dusk.

As time passed, the "Xiaoyao Sect" side, which was at a disadvantage in numbers, gradually showed its disadvantage, and even the "mountain-protecting formation" was almost broken by the other party's large flying boat.

Fortunately, Song Qingming and the others above shook off their opponents in time to return to support, which blocked the other party's attack and barely held on until the moment when both sides sounded the retreat.

The cultivators of both sides fought for nearly a day and needed some time to recover their magic power in order to fight again.

When the dawn of the second day arrived, the "Jiuyuan Sect" cultivators, who had almost recovered, immediately launched an attack on "Nanyue Market."

At the same time, after a night of rest, the "Jiuyuan Sect" had also received quite a few reinforcements recruited from the cultivation families in the rear, and their strength had increased a bit again.

After the two sides fought again, the "Xiaoyao Sect" side, which had already suffered many casualties, gradually couldn't support it and could only temporarily retreat into the market "mountain-protecting formation."

Seeing this, the "Jiuyuan Sect" cultivators immediately began to besiege the market formation.

In order to speed up the pace of the attack, the "Jiuyuan Sect" side also threw out the high-tier "formation-breaking bead" that the Xiaoyao Sect cultivators had used before, directly forcibly opening a corner of the market formation and rushing in.

Just when the entire "Nanyue Market" was in jeopardy, many "Xiaoyao Sect" cultivators suddenly appeared behind the market and killed toward the location of the enemy.

(PS: Sorry, I went out to eat a cake for my birthday today and came back a little late. I wasn't lazy, don't worry, everyone!)

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