Chapter 9

Early the next morning, Song Qingming packed his luggage early and set foot on the road back to Mount Lingyuan.

Before returning, Song Qingming originally wanted to say hello to his eldest brother and fourth brother, but he didn't expect that the spiritual rice in the clan happened to be ripe these few days. Except for those who were away, everyone in the Qing generation was caught by the Third Elder to harvest spiritual rice in the spiritual fields. After Song Qingming made a wasted trip, he could only go down Mount Funiu alone.

Galloping quickly all the way, Song Qingming was soon less than ten miles away from Mount Lingyuan. Just at this moment, a sound of magic tool fighting suddenly came from a forest not far from the road ahead.

Song Qingming's face changed, and he hurriedly operated the "Concealment Technique" and hid on a big tree next to him, carefully listening to the movements ahead, but found that the sound of fighting seemed to be closer to his side, and he couldn't help but stomp his feet slightly.

If it were a fight between local cultivators nearby, he could still rely on the name of the Song family to protect himself. He was only afraid of encountering those fierce loose cultivator robbers. This type of person has always not easily let go of those who know the truth.

The sound of fighting was getting closer and closer. Song Qingming, hiding in the tree, also fell into a dilemma. Now that he rashly showed his head, eight or nine out of ten he would be discovered by the people fighting ahead. He could only hide in the tree first to see if he could muddle through.

Not long after, a hurried sound of footsteps ahead gradually approached from afar. An old man in yellow clothes happened to run under the big tree where Song Qingming was hiding. And not far behind him, three black figures with faster speeds were chasing closely. After a few steps, the two blocked the front of the old man.

Song Qingming, who saw all this, couldn't help but be a bit speechless. It really was a robber.

His luck today is really too bad.

What made him feel even more fatal was that this old man really knew how to choose a direction, and he just happened to run for his life towards where he was hiding.

The old man in yellow clothes is a cultivator at the sixth layer of Qi Refining, and the clothes he wears are also cheap magic clothes common in the market, looking like a loose cultivator. The three cultivators blocking him had fierce faces, and at a glance, they were a group of robbers specializing in robbing passing cultivators, all having the cultivation base of the mid-stage of Qi Refining.

"Old Daoist, I advise you not to waste time. Quickly hand over the storage bag. Our brothers can still give you a quick death."

The leading black-clothed robber, holding a black dagger about a foot long, slowly approached the old man in yellow clothes from the front, and the other two black-clothed people also quickly surrounded the old man in yellow clothes from the other two directions.

At this time, the old man in yellow clothes suddenly shouted at the big tree on the upper right side unhurriedly, almost making Song Qingming vomit a mouthful of blood on the spot.

"Fellow Daoist on the tree, Chen accidentally encountered danger today, please ask Fellow Daoist to help solve the siege. Afterwards, Chen will definitely thank you heavily."

Even the three black-clothed cultivators who had just surrounded him and were preparing to launch an attack couldn't help but shake their bodies when they heard the old man's shout, and looked towards the tree above the old man's head.

Song Qingming, hiding in the tree, almost shouted out the old man's eight generations of ancestors, and his face was still a bit unbelievable. Clearly, he had hidden very well. Even if this old man's cultivation was higher than his, it was impossible to find his hiding place so easily and accurately.

Seeing that the black-clothed people below had approached under the tree and were about to come up to search, Song Qingming sighed, gritted his teeth, and jumped down.

"Fourth layer of Qi Refining."

The three black-clothed people were stunned when they saw someone really come down, and then slowly showed a look of contempt.

And the old man in yellow clothes, seeing Song Qingming come down, had a slightly relaxed expression, but became a bit panicked again, secretly complaining in his heart. Having finally found a helper, he didn't expect it to be a hairy boy who had just broken through to the mid-stage of Qi Refining.

"Several Fellow Daoists, I am a cultivator of the Song family on Mount Funiu nearby. It's just that today I am performing a mission with the elders in the clan, and I happen to be waiting for the elders in the clan here. I have no intention of participating in the grievances between you. Please, everyone, don't misunderstand."

Song Qingming estimated in his heart that even if he joined forces with this old man, the two of them would be very difficult to resist these three black-clothed robbers. He could only try to move out the elders in the clan to scare them, so that he could successfully escape. As for the old man in yellow clothes who deliberately pulled him into this muddy water, his cultivation was too low, and he was really powerless.

"Oh, since that's the case, then it's none of your business. We have some personal grievances with this old Daoist. Please leave by yourself." The leader among the three black-clothed robbers nodded towards the other two, and pointed behind him to let Song Qingming leave.

The old man in yellow clothes seemed not to have heard the conversation between the three black-clothed robbers and Song Qingming. Seeing that Song Qingming did not want to help him, he was not surprised at all, just staring tightly at the three black-clothed robbers surrounding him, looking for an opportunity to break through the siege.

Hearing the leading robber tell him to leave, Song Qingming breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. It was just that he couldn't believe that he had escaped this unwarranted disaster so smoothly. Just as he carefully walked not far from this black-clothed robber, suddenly a strange black light from the hand behind another black-clothed robber instantly shot towards his chest.

Song Qingming, who had long been on guard, did not panic, rolled his body quickly backwards, and barely avoided this black light. Although he only had the cultivation base of the fourth layer of Qi Refining, his personality was cautious and careful. For the past half year on Mount Lingyuan, Song Changxin had also guided him with a lot of experience in fighting. Facing the sudden sneak attack of the black-clothed robber at this moment, he was also prepared.

The black light bypassed Song Qingming and flew several zhang away behind him, then turned a corner and quickly returned to the hand of this black-clothed robber, turning into a black short blade. It looked like a mid-grade magic tool good at sneak attacks.

The black-clothed robber was also a bit surprised to see Song Qingming dodge this blow. Since the three brothers started this business of robbing, there were really not many cultivators who could dodge this sneak attack within ten steps, so he couldn't help but look at Song Qingming with higher regard.

"Fellow Daoist Song, these three are robbers from Eagle Nest Ridge, specializing in killing people and seizing treasures. They are all fierce and cruel people, and they will not easily leave alive. Little friend, don't be too naive."

The old man in yellow clothes was also very surprised to see Song Qingming dodge the sneak attack, quickly leaned towards Song Qingming, and said loudly to him.

"Haha, well said. It's all meat in the mouth, how could we let it go? Kid, I didn't want to have ideas about you, but today you saw what you shouldn't have seen, so it can only be counted as your bad luck."

The black-clothed robber who had just sneak-attacked Song Qingming let out a vicious laugh, and while speaking, he approached Song Qingming and the other one.

Song Qingming, who had dodged the sneak attack, was now covered in cold sweat on his back. If he had been slightly closer just now, he should have been lying on the ground unable to move. Facing these unscrupulous villains, he didn't know how to escape at this moment.

The three black-clothed robbers in front of him, the one who had just sneak-attacked him, clearly had a cultivation base that had reached the peak of the sixth layer of Qi Refining, and the other two also had the cultivation base of the fifth layer of Qi Refining. Song Qingming and the old man in yellow clothes joined forces, and they would definitely not be able to hold on for long in a head-on confrontation.

Looking at the approaching black-clothed robbers, Song Qingming, who already didn't know what to do, heard the old man in yellow clothes whispering in his ear again.

"Fellow Daoist Song, I still have a top-grade spiritual talisman on me. Later, when they get close, I will activate it to hold them for a while. You look for a good opportunity to break through to the north. The spiritual talisman won't be able to hold them for long. If you want to survive, it depends on whether we run fast enough."

Song Qingming was also a bit panicked at this time. Hearing that the old man had a top-grade spiritual talisman that could let him break through, he didn't think much and nodded in agreement.

Sure enough, just as the three approached and launched an attack, the old man in yellow clothes quickly threw out a few low-tier red talismans. Several fireballs headed towards the three black-clothed robbers separately, but this kind of low-tier talisman could not cause any damage. The three of them used defensive magic tools to block in front of them without panic. After a few explosions, several people were unscathed.

Old Daoist Chen took this opportunity to hold a golden spiritual talisman in his hand, quickly injected spiritual power to activate this trump card that determined the fate of the two at this moment. The three black-clothed robbers saw the spiritual power fluctuation erupted by this spiritual talisman and were also a bit surprised. They didn't expect this old man to hide a top-grade spiritual talisman.

After the golden spiritual talisman was activated, it instantly turned into several iron chains and bound the leading robber. It looked like just a defensive spiritual talisman. No wonder this old man didn't take it out directly at the beginning. If it were an offensive top-grade spiritual talisman, it would definitely be able to instantly severely injure one of the opponents at this moment, and the chance of the two escaping would also be greatly improved.

Song Qingming didn't have time to think too much. This spiritual talisman definitely couldn't trap the opponent for long. Old Daoist Chen had already escaped to the south one step ahead of him. Seeing that the opponent's attention was all on Old Daoist Chen at this moment, Song Qingming quickly cast the Light Body Technique and quickly escaped to the west.

"Third, you go chase this kid. This kid is a family cultivator nearby. Do it cleanly, so as not to leave future troubles."

"Don't worry, Big Brother. It's just a hairy boy at the fourth layer of Qi Refining. Are you still afraid that I can't catch him?"

The robber leader, seeing the two escape, didn't think too much, ordered one of the black-clothed people to chase Song Qingming, and after he got out of trouble, led the other one to chase Old Daoist Chen in another direction.

(End of chapter)