Chapter 823

After Song Qingming left, in the blink of an eye, another month passed.

This day, a sound transmission talisman hanging with request for help information flew into "Funiu Mountain" again; soon, this sound transmission spirit talisman that broke the peace on the mountain was sent to Song Yuanfang in the family "Discussion Hall."

After picking up the sound transmission talisman and scanning it, Song Yuanfang's complexion changed immediately; he dropped the affairs in his hand and walked quickly to the "Huixian Pavilion" located on the mountain top.

"Great Aunt, Yinfeng Ridge Xuan Yu sent a request for help letter, a Core Formation demon beast appeared there!"

"What, how could there be a Core Formation demon beast in Yinfeng Ridge? It's really strange!"

Song Qingyu, who was sitting opposite Huang Siyuan drinking tea, heard this and immediately took the sound transmission talisman from Song Yuanfang's hand; after looking at it carefully, a trace of heaviness also appeared on her face.

"Yinfeng Ridge" mineral vein was operated in cooperation between the Song family and the sect "General Affairs Hall," providing them with more than one thousand spirit stones of profit every year, and it was one of the Song family's relatively important industries.

Because the mineral vein is located deep in Cloud Mist Mountain, demon beasts often harass the vicinity, so arrangements were made for many cultivators to garrison there, with a total of three Foundation Establishment and over one hundred Qi Refining cultivators including Song Xuanyu garrisoning the mineral vein all year round.

In the past, "Yinfeng Ridge" would also be harassed by demon beasts from time to time, but generally, they were low-rank demon beasts of Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment realm; it was the first time a Core Formation demon beast appeared to attack the mineral vein, which was why Song Qingyu was so surprised.

"Great Aunt, the situation is not clear yet, but Cloud Mist Mountain has indeed been a bit strange recently, and many demon beasts have appeared for no reason in the vicinity; a few months ago, a peak Foundation Establishment demon beast suddenly came near the Qing River.

I originally wanted to organize manpower to enter the upper reaches of the Qing River to investigate after the family was free, but I didn't expect that a Core Formation demon king would appear in Yinfeng Ridge so soon."

Hearing Song Yuanfang's explanation, Song Qingyu nodded slightly: "Hmm! The situation at Yinfeng Ridge is tight, I'm afraid Xuanyu and the others can't hold on for long, don't worry about these, I'll go check the situation first."

"Qingyu, I will go with you!"

Seeing Song Qingyu wanting to go alone, Huang Siyuan, who was somewhat uneasy on the side, hurriedly stood up, wanting to go with her to help.

Faced with Huang Siyuan's active help, Song Qingyu smiled and shook her head gently: "Sister-in-law, rest assured, the Core Formation demon king harassing Yinfeng Ridge is just a Core Formation early-stage demon king, I can handle it alone.

Seventh Brother is not at home, if I can't even handle this little thing, I'm afraid he will laugh at me when he comes back!

You stay at home to sit in town, and I can go out with peace of mind; if there is anything, I will send you a sound transmission in advance."

"That's good, you must be careful, if you encounter anything that is not easy to solve, hurry up and send a sound transmission back!"

Seeing that Song Qingyu spoke very seriously, Huang Siyuan didn't insist anymore, just couldn't help but exhort a few more times.

Song Qingyu's cultivation had now reached the sixth level of Core Formation, plus she practiced the sword cultivation path and had extraordinary divine abilities; even if she encountered a late Core Formation demon king, she could fight with it.

As long as she didn't encounter a master above Nascent Soul, even if she couldn't beat the opponent, it wouldn't be a problem for her to get away.

After agreeing with Huang Siyuan and the two, not long after, Song Qingyu transformed into a green sword light and left "Funiu Mountain" quickly.

After receiving the storage artifact thrown by their master, before the group on the platform could recover from their shock, a flash of white light enveloped the entire teleportation platform.

A "White Sheep Demon King" with two sharp horns was leading over a hundred low-rank demon beasts of Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining stage, attacking the "Mountain-Protecting Great Array" outside "Yinfeng Ridge" together.

Song Xuanyu and the others, seeing the fierce demon beast army outside, did not dare to go out to fight with them at all, and could only hide in the great array and desperately borrow spirit stones and their own magic power to maintain the operation of the Mountain-Protecting Great Array.

Fortunately, on "Yinfeng Ridge," there was also a second-rank high-grade array that Song Qingming specially arranged more than ten years ago, firmly guarding the mineral vein.

The demon beast army led by the "White Sheep Demon King" looked very fierce in its attack, but it hadn't been able to break the "Mountain-Protecting Great Array" outside for a while; otherwise, these people would have been in trouble.

"Linyu, you hurry inside to notify, go and pull another batch of miners to help hold up the great array, tell them that no matter who makes a contribution, they can reduce the mining sentence in the future."

Watching the person beside him run quickly toward the depths of the mine, Song Xuanyu, whose face was still somewhat nervous, just turned around and saw a sword light flying from outside the great array, directly shaking the "White Sheep Demon King" who was attacking the great array back more than ten zhang away.

Immediately after, a green-clothed figure stepping on a flying sword appeared outside the great array, looking coldly at the "White Sheep Demon King" not far away; it was Song Qingyu who came to support.

"Elder, look quickly, there is someone outside, it seems to be the ancestor!"

Hearing the clansman beside him shout, Song Xuanyu felt a sigh of relief and also had a few more expressions of joy; he hurriedly opened his mouth:

"Quickly notify Fellow Daoist Liu and the others, prepare to open the great array and rush out to help the ancestor!"

The "White Sheep Demon King" attacking the great array was knocked back by Song Qingyu and immediately transferred the target of the attack to her, carrying two long horns on its head and rushing directly toward the location of Song Qingyu.

Seeing the demon king in front of him attacking aggressively, Song Qingyu did not have the slightest panic on her face, and her hands cast a spell to control the "Xuanming Golden Light Sword" beside her to divide into five sword lights, immediately taking the initiative to meet it.

At the same time, Song Xuanyu and others also led the numerous cultivators guarding the mineral vein to kill out from the Mountain-Protecting Great Array, entangled with the demon beast army outside.

I saw all kinds of shouting and killing and the roaring of demon beasts on the battlefield mixed together, and the battle between the two sides was also fought very fiercely.

Half a stick of incense later, as Song Qingyu swung her sword quickly, a huge sheep head fell from the sky.

The "White Sheep Demon King," which was majestic just now, became a corpse that lost its breath after fighting with Song Qingyu for only a hundred rounds.

The demon beasts below who were still fighting with human cultivators, after seeing the leading demon king fall, instantly lost their fighting spirit and soon turned into birds and beasts and fled the battlefield.

"Pay respects to the Senior, Ancestor!"

Seeing Song Qingyu's figure fall from mid-air, Song Xuanyu and others guarding "Yinfeng Ridge" hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to her, full of gratitude.

If Song Qingyu hadn't arrived in time to rescue them, they would have had no chance of winning against a Core Formation demon king.

Seeing this, Song Qingyu hurriedly waved her hand to signal everyone to get up.

"Where did this demon king come from, do you know?"

Hearing Song Qingyu's inquiry, a Foundation Establishment cultivator of the Carefree Sect hurriedly stepped forward and replied: "Report to Senior Uncle Song, for some reason in the past few months, many demon beasts have suddenly come nearby, and they are all running out from the depths of Cloud Mist Mountain.

Originally, they were just low-rank demon beasts of Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining stage; I didn't expect a Core Formation demon king to pop out today; if Senior Uncle hadn't come to help, I'm afraid we would have been unable to escape the demon beast's mouth today."

Hearing this, Song Qingyu nodded slightly and didn't say much, ordering everyone to deal with the demon beast corpses on the battlefield before taking out her flying sword and saying: "Demon beasts have been harassing frequently recently, and there is a Core Formation demon king appearing in this vicinity for no reason; I'm afraid there is some change in the depths of Cloud Mist Mountain.

I'll leave this side to you first, I'll investigate along the footprints of the demon beasts to see what happened."

Aside from the Nine Yuan Sect garrison cultivators who fought to the death, most of the rogue cultivators and local immortal families in the market chose to surrender once the market formation was breached.

After leaving "Yinfeng Ridge," Song Qingyu chased the footprints of the demon beasts that had just fled all the way east and soon went deep into the "Cloud Mist Mountain" where the mountains and ridges were located.

Along the way, Song Qingyu, who deliberately lowered her escape light, saw many low-rank demon beasts that were frightened by her and fled from the mountain forest, and there were gradually a few more expressions of doubt on her face.

These demon beasts originally lived in the depths of "Cloud Mist Mountain" every day, but now they don't know why they all ran to the edge of "Qing River County," causing the recent phenomenon of the Qing River cave dwelling and "Yinfeng Ridge" mineral vein being attacked.

Reasonably speaking, except for the demon beast chaos once every hundred years, demon beasts in "Cloud Mist Mountain" rarely migrate outward on such a large scale.

The "White Sheep Demon King" who died in Song Qingyu's hands before did not have high cultivation and was obviously a demon king who had just formed the core not long ago.

Such a demon king who had just broken through his cultivation should mostly be a local demon beast in "Cloud Mist Mountain" that successfully advanced.

Then it should live in the depths of "Cloud Mist Mountain" thousands of miles away; it couldn't have suddenly run to "Yinfeng Ridge," which is relatively on the edge; these doubts also made Song Qingyu very puzzled about what happened in the depths of "Cloud Mist Mountain."

Just as Song Qingyu flew for a full day with full of doubts and arrived in the depths of "Cloud Mist Mountain" thousands of miles away, the scene in front of her made her couldn't help but let out a burst of surprise.

I saw that in the range of dozens of miles under Song Qingyu's feet, the mountain forest that should have been lush and green had all turned into a desolate color, as if it had been scorched directly by some fierce flame.

Everywhere on the surrounding mountains and rivers were pits and bumps, with mud and rocks flying, as if they were scars left by high-rank magic spells.

What made Song Qingyu even more surprised was that on a high mountain of more than a hundred zhang not far in front of her, the entire mountain top had been cut off by someone and fell to the side, leaving a huge, smooth cut on it.

"Could it be that there is a Nascent Soul cultivator fighting here!"

Seeing this huge battlefield full of holes, Song Qingyu stood in place instantly, somewhat unable to believe everything she saw in front of her.

The battlefield here that can move mountains and rivers and change rivers is at least something that Nascent Soul or above cultivators could possibly create.

Song Qingyu's cultivation has now reached the sixth level of Core Formation, and she participated in several great battles of "Guiyun Market" and "Guyang Mountain" with the demon race back then, so she naturally had seen the divine ability means of those Nascent Soul cultivators.

No wonder so many low-rank demon beasts in the nearby mountains, as well as the "White Sheep Demon King," were all frightened and ran to "Yinfeng Ridge" thousands of miles away; knowing that a Nascent Soul cultivator might have come to "Cloud Mist Mountain," Song Qingyu's face instantly had a few more traces of nervousness, and her heart was even more fearful.

This place is not far from the Song family's territory; if some powerful Nascent Soul cultivator was hidden here, it would definitely be a very serious hidden danger to the family; she could only hope in her heart that these Nascent Soul experts happened to pass by and had already moved away from here.

After scanning the huge battlefield in front of her, Song Qingyu, knowing that what happened here was related to Nascent Soul cultivators, did not dare to stay here for long and soon transformed into a sword light and turned around to leave the place.

Just as Song Qingyu left, in a cave hundreds of miles away from the huge battlefield, a white-clothed woman in simple clothing suddenly opened her eyes.

Not far in front of the white-clothed woman, there was also a green copper mirror floating, and the figure appearing on it was Song Qingyu who had just left the battlefield. "Xuanming Sword Light Sword, I didn't expect to see someone practicing the Xuanming Sword Art here; could it be that this is also an arrangement of heaven?"

Looking at Song Qingyu in the copper mirror, a trace of surprise appeared on the white-clothed woman's face, and then she quickly calmed down again.

After waving her hand to put away the copper mirror in front of her, the white-clothed woman cast a spell to release a sound transmission; not long after, a woman in purple clothing walked in from outside.

The purple-clothed woman came to the white-clothed woman and bowed respectfully, asking slowly:

"Master, do you have any instructions?"

"I just discovered a person practicing the Xuanming Sword Art nearby; this person is about two hundred miles to the south and should be heading east; I am somewhat inconvenient to leave, you take the Hun Tian Rope and bring her here to see me!"

"Disciple obeys!"

After the purple-clothed woman took the red light magic treasure handed over by her master, she didn't say much, immediately bowed and retreated, and her figure soon disappeared in the cave.

After Song Qingyu left the battlefield, she always felt somewhat uneasy in her heart, so she accelerated her escape light, wanting to return to the family quickly.

Just as Song Qingyu was halfway there, unexpectedly, a purple escape light suddenly appeared not far behind her; before Song Qingyu could see the movement behind her clearly, a purple light suddenly flashed before her eyes and blocked her.

"Fellow Daoist, please stay!"

"This fellow Daoist, I don't know what you are doing?"

Seeing a strange purple-clothed woman suddenly block her way, Song Qingyu was surprised first, and then her expression stabilized slowly.

Although the purple-clothed woman's cultivation was slightly higher than Song Qingyu's, having reached the peak of the ninth level of Core Formation, she was not the Nascent Soul cultivator she thought, so the nervousness on Song Qingyu's face relaxed slightly.

The purple-clothed woman carefully scanned Song Qingyu, and her gaze soon fell on the natal flying sword under her feet.

"Fellow Daoist, my master wants to invite you to have a chat, please trouble you to come with me to see her!"

"This fellow Daoist, I met you by chance and don't know you, did you recognize the wrong person?"

Hearing the defensive tone in Song Qingyu's words, the purple-clothed woman smiled faintly and shook her head: "Fellow Daoist, rest assured, I have no malice toward you, it's just that my master has an invitation, so I specially came to bring you over; fellow Daoist, don't be nervous, just follow me for a trip."

"To tell you the truth, I am a disciple of the Wei Kingdom Carefree Sect; today I have important matters to handle under the sect's order, so it is really inconvenient to go with you, fellow Daoist.

If you or your master have anything to find me, please come to Guyang Mountain to be a guest another day, I will naturally come to see you!"

After Song Qingyu finished speaking, she bowed slightly to the purple-clothed woman, and then the escape light under her feet flashed and she was about to leave the place.

But before Song Qingyu flew far, a purple light blocked in front of her again, blocking Song Qingyu's path forward.

Seeing a few more traces of displeasure on Song Qingyu's face, the purple-clothed woman still smiled at her:

"This fellow Daoist, my master has an invitation today, whether to go or not is not something you or I can decide; I advise you to follow me for a trip, so as not to blame me if the master waits too long later."

"Hmph! Your Excellency really has a big tone, daring to not put my Carefree Sect in your eyes like this; today I don't want to fight with you, but if you don't let me go, don't blame me for offending you later."

After Song Qingyu finished speaking, the flying sword under her feet instantly divided into five, protecting her side, and then she changed direction and went straight around the location of the purple-clothed woman.

But just as Song Qingyu's figure moved for a moment, the purple-clothed woman's magic power also moved slightly, and more than a dozen red ropes were released from her side, weaving into a giant red net and blocking in front of Song Qingyu.

Faced with this giant red net, Song Qingyu did not have the slightest panic on her face, directly casting a spell to manipulate the several natal flying swords beside her to chop at the giant net with all her strength.

But when the "Xuanming Golden Light Sword" touched this giant red net, it was directly sucked by a strange force on it, and then it was tightly stuck to the giant red net.

Seeing this, Song Qingyu was slightly surprised in her heart and hurriedly cast a spell, wanting to manipulate her natal flying sword to return to her body.

What she didn't expect was that after her natal flying sword was stuck to the giant red net, it was firmly adsorbed on it and could no longer move a bit.

Seeing Song Qingyu cast spells several times and fail to take back the "Xuanming Golden Light Sword," the purple-clothed woman smiled slightly, controlled the giant red net to roll into a ball, and held Song Qingyu's natal magic treasure "Xuanming Golden Light Sword" directly in her hand.

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

Seeing that her natal magic treasure was so easily taken away by the opponent, Song Qingyu felt incomparably surprised and was somewhat unable to accept this reality for a while.

"Fellow Daoist, without the natal magic treasure, I think you should not be my opponent, right? Why not save some strength and go with me for a trip?"

"Don't even think about it!"

Faced with the "persuasion" of the purple-clothed woman, Song Qingyu was not moved; with a wave of her hand, she took out another flying sword magic treasure she carried with her.

Seeing this situation, the purple-clothed woman sighed slightly, and a flash of spiritual light appeared beside her, instantly appearing with more than a dozen identical flying sword magic treasures, each with the powerful pressure that only third-rank high-grade magic treasures have.

"You are also a sword cultivator!"

Seeing the numerous flying sword magic treasures beside the purple-clothed woman, a trace of shock appeared in Song Qingyu's eyes looking at the opponent; the opponent's strength was indeed somewhat beyond her original imagination.

After thinking for a long time in place, Song Qingyu's hands manipulating the flying sword slowly put down.

The opponent not only possessed strange treasures that could restrain her natal flying sword but was also a sword cultivator whose strength and divine abilities were much stronger than hers; in terms of strength, fighting alone, Song Qingyu had no chance of winning in front of the purple-clothed woman.

Wanting to escape directly meant giving up the natal magic treasure "Xuanming Golden Light Sword" that she had carefully cultivated for many years, and Song Qingyu could not just give up her path like this.

And the purple-clothed woman gave Song Qingyu a feeling that was too powerful; without the natal flying sword in hand, she had no confidence to escape the opponent's obstruction.

"Fellow Daoist, rest assured, as long as you see my master, I will naturally return your natal flying sword to you."

Seeing Song Qingyu give up fighting with her, the smile on the purple-clothed woman's face increased a bit; she picked up the "Xuanming Golden Light Sword" with one hand and turned to leave the place.

Looking at the direction the purple-clothed woman left, although Song Qingyu was unwilling, she still flashed and followed.

Not long after, the two came to a high mountain in "Cloud Mist Mountain."

After bringing Song Qingyu to the front of a cave, the purple-clothed woman waved her hand and sent the "Xuanming Golden Light Sword" in her hand back to Song Qingyu's side, then said to her: "My master is inside, you go in yourself!"

After putting away the "Xuanming Golden Light Sword" beside her, Song Qingyu did not have the slightest hesitation and strode into the somewhat dark cave.

After walking dozens of zhang into the cave, Song Qingyu only felt a flash in front of her eyes, and a white-clothed figure suddenly appeared in front of her.

"I didn't expect that after so many years, I could still see the Xuanming Golden Light Sword!"

"You are..." —— Two days later, Song family "Funiu Mountain" mountain top.

Above the originally calm high sky, a sword light suddenly flew from afar, landed outside the "Mountain-Protecting Great Array," and transformed into a green-clothed figure.

Just as the person passed through the "Mountain-Protecting Great Array," another white light flew from not far away and landed beside her.

"Qingyu, you are finally back; I heard from Xuan Yu two days ago that you went to Cloud Mist Mountain, why did you go for so long this time? Did something happen?"

Seeing Huang Siyuan, whose face was somewhat worried, Song Qingyu, who had just returned to "Funiu Mountain," immediately revealed a smile and replied: "Sister-in-law, rest assured, I am fine.

I went to Cloud Mist Mountain to investigate, but I didn't encounter anything; it's just that I spent more time on the road.

I wanted to find out where that demon king came from, but I didn't gain anything after turning around several times; it was a wasted trip!"

Seeing Song Qingyu finish speaking and sigh slightly, Huang Siyuan hurriedly comforted: "No matter what, it's always good not to encounter any trouble.

Besides, you have already killed that demon king, and there shouldn't be any major matters on the Yinfeng Ridge side for the time being."

Hearing Huang Siyuan mention that "White Sheep Demon King," Song Qingyu smiled slightly and cast a spell to take out the demon king inner core she obtained not long ago.

"Hmm! Sister-in-law is right!

However, I gained quite a bit this time by successfully killing that demon king; this inner core can just be taken by sister-in-law to refine elixirs."

"Then I won't be polite with you; after the elixirs are refined, I definitely won't treat you badly."

Seeing the demon king inner core taken out by Song Qingyu, Huang Siyuan did not refuse and took it directly into her hand.

Then, the two turned around and returned to the mountain top together.

After Huang Siyuan said goodbye and left, Song Qingyu, who turned back to her cave dwelling, slowly put away the smile on her face and waved her hand to take out a somewhat simple bamboo slip from the storage magic treasure. (End of chapter)