Chapter 820

One hour later, above "Nanyue Market."

This great battle has been fought until now; apart from the numerous Core Formation cultivators in the high sky, the low-rank Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining cultivators below have all suffered many casualties, and hundreds of cultivator corpses that have lost their breath have appeared on the battlefield again.

In mid-air, Linghu Jie and the Core Formation cultivator surnamed Gu, who were fighting with Song Qingming, were also somewhat unable to support themselves as they faced the fierce attacks of Song Qingming and "Jin Feng" and could only defend passively.

After a loud "Boom!" sound, the golden copper bell in front of Linghu Jie suddenly revealed a crack under Song Qingming's repeated attacks, and then the protective shield transformed by the copper bell immediately shattered in front of him.

Seeing that his strongest defensive magic treasure was broken by Song Qingming's attack, Linghu Jie was also surprised and could only take out a defensive spirit talisman to cast a spell and block in front of him, barely blocking the giant axe in "Jin Feng's" hand.

Then, before Song Qingming's next attack arrived, Linghu Jie immediately retreated to the side and hurriedly cast a spell to urge the black eagle puppet beast behind him to come forward and block the opponent.

Under the fierce strike of Song Qingming's "Golden Radiance Treasure Ring," unsurprisingly, this third-rank low-grade puppet beast only resisted for a moment before being directly destroyed by Song Qingming on the spot.

Then it turned back into a palm-sized black wooden block and fell directly from the high sky.

The third-rank low-grade puppet beast behind him was destroyed by Song Qingming with one strike, and the "Three Talents Array" cast by Linghu Jie and the Core Formation cultivator surnamed Lu immediately lost its effect, forcing them to deal with the attacks of Song Qingming and "Jin Feng" alone; whether it was Linghu Jie or the cultivator surnamed Lu, without the support of the "Three Talents Array," their fighting strength was clearly not the opponent of Song Qingming and "Jin Feng."

After fighting for only a few dozen rounds, the two felt somewhat unable to support themselves and began to send sound transmissions to the surroundings for help.

"Senior Brother Linghu, save me!"

Hearing the Core Formation cultivator surnamed Lu beside him asking for help, Linghu Jie, who was forced to retreat repeatedly by Song Qingming, also ignored the other party and could only send a sound transmission to Sect Master Yue Wuji not far away.

"Sect Master Senior Brother, I can't hold on anymore, make a decision quickly!"

Not long after Linghu Jie finished speaking, the Core Formation cultivator surnamed Lu was shaken away by an axe from "Jin Feng" manipulated by Song Qingming; unable to stand steadily, he screamed and almost fell from the sky.

Seeing that Linghu Jie and the two were somewhat unable to support themselves, and the numerous "Nine Yuan Sect" cultivators on the battlefield below also failed to open up the battlefield situation for a long time, Yue Wuji, as the Sect Master of the "Nine Yuan Sect," also felt a bit more anxious in his heart.

A moment later, there was a bit more determination in Yue Wuji's eyes; after his magic treasure blocked Chen Xuanxin's attack, he directly shook off the opponent and approached Linghu Jie and the two.

"Your opponent is me, where are you going, Your Excellency!"

Seeing that the opponent wanted to interfere in other people's battles while fighting with him, Chen Xuanxin showed a trace of displeasure on his face and manipulated the flying sword magic treasure in his hand to chase after the opponent.

Just as Chen Xuanxin's flying sword magic treasure chased behind him, after Yue Wuji turned around, he did not choose to use divine abilities to resist the danger close at hand, but instead took out a golden spirit talisman and cast a spell to transform it into a sharp sword, throwing it at Chen Xuanxin in mid-air.

"This is... a fourth-rank spirit talisman!"

The golden spirit talisman taken out by Yue Wuji was a fourth-rank low-grade spirit talisman bestowed upon him by "Nine Yuan Sect" Supreme Elder Wu Jiuyuan as a trump card, and its power exceeded that of ordinary magic treasures of the same rank.

Just after it appeared, the powerful momentum emitted from the golden spirit talisman had already attracted the attention of many cultivators around, who all showed a trace of surprise.

On this kind of Core Formation-level battlefield, spirit objects above the fourth rank were very rare; although Chen Xuanxin was prepared, he did not expect the opponent to suddenly take out such a powerful fourth-rank spirit talisman.

At this critical moment, Chen Xuanxin could only desperately urge his natal flying sword to block in front of him, instantly colliding with the spirit talisman released by the opponent.

The power of this attack was very great; just the aftermath emitted from the middle shook the few cultivators closest to the surroundings back several zhang away.

And Chen Xuanxin, who was at the center of the battlefield, although he forcibly took this strike from the opponent, his natal flying sword was also knocked away, appearing with several huge cracks.

His natal magic treasure was seriously damaged, and Chen Xuanxin was also not feeling well; he was also directly shaken away on the spot and spat out several mouthfuls of blood, clearly not lightly injured in the strike just now.

However, in order to launch this sudden attack, Yue Wuji also failed to completely dodge the sword that Chen Xuanxin had chased behind him, and three fingers of his right hand were cut off by the opponent's sword.

With blood flowing endlessly from his hand, he also hurriedly swallowed a healing elixir, which made his complexion look slightly better.

Seeing Chen Xuanxin not far away heavily injured by his strike, he, who had just swallowed the elixir to heal, also did not care about refining the elixir in his body and immediately manipulated the magic treasure in his hand to kill his way to Chen Xuanxin's location.

Seeing the opponent pressing in again, Chen Xuanxin could only grit his teeth and struggle to manipulate his flying sword to fight with him again.

However, Chen Xuanxin, whose strength was originally no less than the opponent's, was obviously greatly affected after being heavily injured by the opponent's strike and was forced to retreat repeatedly by Yue Wuji.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Chen Xuanxin could only send a sound transmission to Song Qingming on the side for help.

Seeing this, Song Qingming also immediately and decisively gave up suppressing his opponent and went to help Chen Xuanxin block Yue Wuji, swapping his original opponent Linghu Jie to him.

After Song Qingming and Chen Xuanxin swapped opponents, they barely maintained the balance of the battlefield and fought until the sky gradually turned dark before they each withdrew their troops and retreated.

This battle was much more intense than the previous two days, and both sides suffered not small losses.

On the "Carefree Sect" side, more than thirty Foundation Establishment and over two hundred Qi Refining cultivators were lost.

In terms of Core Formation cultivators, Shen Tongzhou, Jin Ziyuan, Yun Nishang, and Song Qingyu were all injured in the battle, but the impact on them was not that great at the moment.

The one who was more seriously injured was Chen Xuanxin, the person with the highest sect cultivation on the battlefield.

After suffering Yue Wuji's sneak attack, Chen Xuanxin's injuries were also somewhat serious; now, even if he could go to the battlefield after healing, he could only barely exert about half of his strength in his prime.

And the "Nine Yuan Sect" opposite, because they were the side taking the initiative to attack, although they had a numerical advantage, the losses of low-rank cultivators were actually more than those of the "Carefree Sect."

Most of the "Nine Yuan Sect" Core Formation cultivators, such as Yue Wuji and Linghu Jie, also had injuries on their bodies.

The most serious one, the Core Formation cultivator surnamed Lu, had his natal magic treasure almost destroyed on the spot by "Jin Feng," and in the end, he could only take the initiative to withdraw from the battlefield in advance.

Yue Wuji, who returned to the encampment, had just refined the healing elixir in his body when he immediately came out of seclusion and arrived at the tent where everyone was discussing matters.

"How is Junior Brother Lu's injury?"

Seeing that everyone present was there except for one person, Yue Wuji hurriedly asked Wang Ziheng, who was closest to him.

Seeing this, Wang Ziheng, whose complexion was somewhat bad, could only cup his hands and answer: "Junior Brother Lu's natal magic treasure is shattered, and his injury is somewhat serious; he is still in seclusion to recuperate.

However, Sect Master, rest assured, although Junior Brother Lu's injury is serious, his life is not in danger, and he can slowly recover after spending more time recuperating.

It's just... it's just that Junior Brother Lu is afraid he won't be able to participate in the battle tomorrow!"

"Junior Brother Lu just formed his core not long ago; if it weren't for the sect's current lack of manpower, I wouldn't want to easily transfer him to the front-line battlefield.

It's just that he was injured so seriously this time, and I'm afraid his future path will be affected; I can only wait to find a way to compensate him later.

It's a pity that I didn't successfully kill Chen Xuanxin today using the spirit talisman given by Uncle Wu; otherwise, we would definitely have been able to defeat the Carefree Sect and recapture Nanyue Market in today's battle."

After Yue Wuji finished speaking, he couldn't help but sigh slightly.

Linghu Jie, who still had a trace of blood on the corner of his mouth, asked again: "Sect Master Senior Brother, now that Junior Brother Lu is injured, we no longer have the advantage on the battlefield.

Should we continue to attack the market tomorrow, or wait for the reinforcements from the rear to arrive before making plans?"

Hearing Linghu Jie's inquiry, Yue Wuji hurriedly replied: "Hmph! We don't have an advantage, but the other side hasn't had it easy these past few days either.

Although Chen Xuanxin saved his life today, his injuries are no lighter than Junior Brother Lu's, and I'm afraid he is already unable to take action at will like Junior Brother Lu.

In any case, we must continue to attack the city tomorrow; this is also our last chance to recapture the market.

The Carefree Sect has developed so fast over the years, and its strength is no longer what it used to be; if we wait for them to stand their ground in Nanyue Market, I'm afraid our Nine Yuan Sect will no longer have a place to settle down in the future."

More than a hundred years ago, during the "Iron Immortal Castle" battle, the strength of the "Nine Yuan Sect" and the "Carefree Sect" was not much different, and both sides barely fought to a draw in that battle.

In the end, the "Nine Yuan Sect" still successfully retreated to the Yue Kingdom with some of the Ma family cultivators.

Unexpectedly, only a hundred years have passed, and not only has Bai Yuxian successfully broken through to the Nascent Soul realm, but the strength of late Core Formation cultivators like Song Qingming and Chen Xuanxin is also much stronger than the "Carefree Sect" of that year.

Now the "Nine Yuan Sect" on the battlefield can still rely on the large number of low-rank cultivators to have some advantage; if they cannot win a quick battle, they will have even less chance of winning this great battle when the "Carefree Sect" has more reinforcements arriving.

Just like Yue Wuji thought, the "Carefree Sect" side was indeed not having a good time, suffering from the heavy casualties of low-rank cultivators.

Knowing that their side had fallen into a disadvantage, the "Carefree Sect" crowd could only brace themselves against the night to hurry and install the several high-rank "Flying Cloud Crossbows" they brought on the market city wall, preparing for the next day's great battle. Besides Chen Xuanxin, who was seriously injured, Song Qingyu also suffered some minor injuries in the battle during the day.

Although she knew it wouldn't have much impact on her, Song Qingming still felt a trace of worry in his heart and gave her two more third-rank defensive spirit talismans he drew himself for self-protection.

On such a battlefield where many Core Formation cultivators were mixed in battle, Song Qingming couldn't spare much energy to look after others and could only patiently exhort Song Qingyu a few more times.

The next day early morning, as the horn sound that shook the battlefield rang out, both sides fought again on the battlefield.

This time, like the battles of the previous few days, although both sides fought very fiercely, they still couldn't reach a result, just adding hundreds more cultivator corpses to the battlefield.

Although they paid a not small price, the "Carefree Sect" crowd still struggled to hold on relying on their own strength, not letting the enemy break through the "Nanyue Market" they guarded.

Just like this, they fought for another five or six days in a row, and both sides lost many cultivators, and even Core Formation cultivators began to fall on the battlefield.

In the end, the "Nine Yuan Sect" side, which suffered not small losses on the battlefield, was the first to be unable to support itself and took the initiative to withdraw troops and retreat north to the interior of the Yue Kingdom to recuperate.

The "Carefree Sect" crowd, who had struggled to hold on, breathed a sigh of relief after learning that the enemy had withdrawn and hurriedly took time to reinforce the market great array to prepare for battle while transporting supplies and reinforcements to the front line.

In the previous ten-plus days of fighting, the "Carefree Sect" side not only lost over a thousand low-rank cultivators but even Jin Ziyuan, a sect Core Formation elder, unfortunately fell on the battlefield.

Although the "Nine Yuan Sect" side suffered even greater losses than the Carefree Sect, which was why they chose to take the initiative to retreat, their sect's strength was not heavily damaged.

If nothing unexpected happens, there will likely be even more cruel great battles in the future.

Just as everyone was nervously preparing for battle, ready to deal with the counterattack of the "Nine Yuan Sect" cultivators at any time, Bai Yuxian, who had not appeared for a long time, suddenly appeared in "Nanyue Market," bringing everyone some unexpected news.

When the "Nine Yuan Sect" and the "Carefree Sect" were fighting, the demon race in the north took advantage of the "Nine Yuan Sect's" empty northern garrison forces and began to gather on a large scale to go south, having already broken through several small markets in the north of the Yue Kingdom.

Now most of the "Nine Yuan Sect's" forces have been mobilized to the north to deal with the northern demon race that went south.

Hearing this good news, some "Carefree Sect" cultivators began to clamor to avenge Jin Ziyuan and the others who fell on the battlefield, continuing to fight north into the hinterland of the Yue Kingdom while the "Nine Yuan Sect's" power was empty.

But Bai Yuxian shook his head and stopped everyone immediately after hearing this.

"I know everyone's thoughts, but this time the northern demon race's invasion is not just invading the Yue Kingdom; I have already received news that the Golden Feather Mountain side has also begun to gather a large army to go south, and many demon beasts have also appeared outside White Cloud Valley.

If the Golden Feather Mountain demon race goes south on a large scale, the few people stationed in the north of the sect, Feng Ping and others, will definitely not be enough, and I am afraid we will have to mobilize forces to go back and help at any time.

Moreover, the Ten Thousand Spirits Sect side has also intervened to mediate this matter, and I estimate that it won't be long before Senior Brother Li reaches an agreement with the Nine Yuan Sect side; at this time, it is no longer appropriate for us to go deep into the Yue Kingdom's territory."

The struggle between the "Carefree Sect" and the "Nine Yuan Sect," fighting back and forth, is after all a contradiction within the human race.

When encountering a common enemy, the northern demon race, both sides must consider putting aside their grievances for the time being to fight the enemy together; otherwise, if the two sects fight and let the demon race reap the benefits, it will not be worth the loss.

Even if an enemy sect invades the territory, it will only be a struggle between cultivators and generally will not involve the mortals under their rule.

And once the demon race finds a loophole, there will be no people or livestock left in the places they pass, and the loss is absolutely something that any sect can hardly bear.

Hearing that the sect was already considering negotiating with the "Nine Yuan Sect" to stop the war and make peace, although everyone was unhappy, they did not dare to continue to say much and nodded in agreement one after another.

The later things were exactly as Bai Yuxian said.

Half a month later, the "Nine Yuan Sect," which already felt the pressure of the northern demon race, chose to take the initiative to make peace with the "Carefree Sect," giving up the idea of going south to recapture "Nanyue Market" and concentrating its main forces back to the north of the Yue Kingdom to deal with the demon race going south.

Compared to "Nanyue Market" in the south, the territories in the north of the Yue Kingdom that were just recaptured from the demon race are much larger, and naturally, they are more important to the "Nine Yuan Sect," so they cannot possibly return them to the demon race side easily.

The "Carefree Sect" side also knew when to stop; with the "Ten Thousand Spirits Sect" coming forward to mediate, they agreed to stop the war and make peace with the opponent for the time being and no longer continue to invade other places in the Yue Kingdom to the north.

And the territory thousands of miles southeast of "Nanyue Market" henceforth belonged to the "Carefree Sect," which was equivalent to adding another county of territory to the Wei Kingdom side.

Besides this, the spirit stone veins around "Nanyue Market," as well as other mineral and spirit vein resources, all fell into the hands of the "Carefree Sect."

At the request of the "Nine Yuan Sect," those immortal-cultivating families and cultivator mortals who were originally attached to its sect and were unwilling to defect to the "Carefree Sect" all migrated and left "Nanyue Market."

The "Carefree Sect" did not object to this; after all, most of these people were people who had followed the "Nine Yuan Sect" for many years, and forcing them to stay might still be a hidden danger to the sect.

It would be better to let them leave on their own and then migrate cultivators and mortals from within the Wei Kingdom to slowly manage "Nanyue Market."

As long as a few decades pass, all the cultivators in the entire "Nanyue Market" will become people from the Wei Kingdom side, and this place will have nothing to do with the "Nine Yuan Sect" anymore.

After the Yue Kingdom side suffered the demon race invasion, the "Golden Feather Mountain" demon race located in the north of the Wei Kingdom also began to stir after hearing the news.

Soon, at the suggestion of the "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor," "Golden Feather Mountain" gathered thousands of demon beast armies to go south, wanting to recapture the territory they had lost before.

Not only "White Cloud Valley," which was located on the front line, but also many adjacent markets, as well as the vicinity of "White Lion Market" north of the Song family, all appeared with demon beast armies, starting to besiege the markets.

For a time, the entire north of the Wei Kingdom began to reignite the flames of war, and countless cultivators and demon beasts started a fight to compete for territory.

After the two sects signed the ceasefire agreement, Song Qingming and the others also hurriedly returned to the Wei Kingdom and then went straight to "White Cloud Valley" in the north to participate in the battle to deal with the "Golden Feather Mountain" demon race going south.

The last sect northern expedition against the demon race caused "Golden Feather Mountain" to lose most of its demon beast vitality and suffer heavy damage; only twenty years have passed, and the northern demon race's strength has not completely recovered.

Facing the "Carefree Sect" side, which took action with all its strength, "Golden Feather Mountain," whether it was the Core Formation demon kings or the low-rank demon beasts below, was clearly at a disadvantage in strength.

Once they saw Song Qingming and the others appearing on the battlefield one by one, the White Dragon Demon King, who was responsible for besieging "White Cloud Valley," immediately chose to retreat and took the demon race army back to "Golden Feather Mountain."

The battle of "White Cloud Valley" also seemed somewhat anticlimactic because of the demon race's decisive retreat; both sides seemed to have a lot of movement, but almost no major conflict broke out, and the battle ended quickly.

The result of the "White Lion Market" on the Song family side was the same; under the guard of the Song family cultivators led by Huang Siyuan, after fighting a battle with the "Giant Elephant Demon King" army that came to commit the crime, the demon race side quickly chose to take the initiative to retreat.

Although both sides had some losses, there were no major casualties.

The north of the Wei Kingdom, which had already been surging with wind and clouds, also gradually calmed down as the "Golden Feather Mountain" demon race retreated across the board.

And on the Yue Kingdom "Nine Yuan Sect" side, the war was much more intense; the "Nine Yuan Sect" side, which was slightly underprepared, was once beaten back step by step by the demon race army, losing a large number of cultivators and the mortals under their rule.

In the end, it was only after the help of several small neighboring countries and the "Ten Thousand Spirits Sect" taking action to help that they recaptured some of the territory occupied by the demon race after paying a certain price and stabilized the northern front.

After two consecutive great battles with the "Carefree Sect" and the northern demon race, the Yue Kingdom "Nine Yuan Sect," which lost thousands of cultivators and several Core Formation elders at once, was also somewhat heavily damaged since then.

After this, the "Nine Yuan Sect" completely lost the strength to challenge the "Carefree Sect" and could only hold its own existing territory, barely maintaining the majesty of a Nascent Soul sect.

Although the losses of the "Carefree Sect" side in the "Nanyue Market" battle were smaller, they still lost over a thousand Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining cultivators, and even Jin Ziyuan, a Core Formation mid-stage sect elder, fell on the battlefield.

Although the "Carefree Sect" has developed very fast in recent years, and the sect's strength expanded rapidly after the northern expedition, the number of cultivators in the sect is also 20% to 30% more than a hundred years ago.

But losing so many cultivators at once also made the sect's two Nascent Soul ancestors, as well as Core Formation elders like Li Wu, feel heartbroken for this.

Besides this, there are many cultivators in the "Carefree Sect" who were seriously injured on the battlefield, including Chen Xuanxin, who is currently the most hopeful person in the sect to impact the Nascent Soul realm.

Chen Xuanxin, whose natal magic treasure was injured by the opponent's sneak attack, is estimated to need at least ten or twenty years of seclusion to have a possibility of recovery, which indeed will have a not small impact on him, who should have been preparing for seclusion to condense the Nascent Soul.

Among the other Core Formation cultivators who participated in the battle, Shen Tongzhou's injuries were also not light.

However, compared to Chen Xuanxin, who was more seriously injured, Shen Tongzhou's injuries were relatively better, and he could recover after at most five or six years of recuperation, which did not have that much impact on his future path.

The remaining injured Song Qingyu and the others also did not have much impact from their injuries; as long as they found suitable healing spirit objects, they could recover as before in about a year or two.

Since the great battle began, Song Qingming had always been somewhat worried about Song Qingyu's safety; fortunately, although Song Qingyu was accidentally injured in the battle, she still persisted to the end without any danger.

Although this battle paid a great price, it also brought out the majesty of the entire "Carefree Sect," letting other surrounding sects see the powerful strength of the "Carefree Sect," and all the cultivators in the Wei Kingdom became famous because of this.

After this, many of the small countries in the surrounding vicinity took the initiative to attach themselves to the Wei Kingdom "Carefree Sect," making the sect's influence in the Floating Cloud Mountain Range immortal cultivation world rise significantly. (End of chapter)