Chapter 210

Over ten days later, on the south side of the Taiyue Lake Market, a spacious square was filled with people. At this moment, at least several hundred people had gathered here.

Some of them stood together in twos and threes, while others were gathered in groups of a dozen. Very few had come here alone. Almost all of these people were at the Foundation Establishment level or above. On ordinary days, they were existence revered by others on their own turf. With so many people gathered here at this moment, it could be said that nearly half of the Wei State's Foundation Establishment cultivators had come.

Everyone stood in the square, appearing very harmonious on the surface. When they met people they were familiar with, they would even take the initiative to greet them from afar. Of course, there were also those whose relationships were not so harmonious, who would stare fiercely at another person with murderous intent, as if they had seen an enemy they hadn't met for many years.

However, even if their hearts were burning with rage at this moment, no one dared to make a move in this place. The reason was that their gazes were focused from time to time on the square, where a man and a woman were sitting on chairs, looking at everyone with calm expressions.

Of these two, the man had a white beard and hair; he was a very benevolent-looking old man with a slight smile always on his face, his kind eyes sweeping over the people at the scene from time to time.

The young woman sitting to his right didn't look as benevolent; her eyes seemed to be covered with ice crystals, and when her cold gaze swept over, it could make people feel a chill in her eyes.

These two were dressed very ordinarily, just like everyone else, but the aura radiating from their bodies had already far exceeded that of Foundation Establishment cultivators; they were clearly two Golden Core True Persons with higher cultivation.

These two were the ones sent by the Xiaoyao Sect to be responsible for maintaining order at the scene when the secret realm opened this time. Not far behind the two, there was also a square array platform, with four disciples wearing Xiaoyao Sect attire standing beside it.

The hundreds of Foundation Establishment cultivators standing in the square were all very wary of the gazes that the two swept over from time to time, fearing that they would accidentally provoke the two.

Standing here, even if you saw your former mortal enemy, you could only grit your teeth and restrain your inner emotions for the time being.

Song Qingming, who had arrived here early in the morning, was currently standing beside the two Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Huang family. In addition to Huang Shengyue and Huang Shengxin, there was also a Foundation Establishment cultivator from Pingyang County named Hu Longhai who had come along this time.

This person was originally a rogue cultivator drifting in the Guiyun Market, with a cultivation of the sixth level of Foundation Establishment. Over a dozen years ago, he participated in resisting the demon beast turmoil and made many contributions. After the war, he used the military merits in his hands to apply for a second-tier spiritual vein from the Xiaoyao Sect, moved to Pingyang County, which had been severely damaged by the war, with his clansmen and over a dozen disciples, and established a small Foundation Establishment cultivation family.

Not long after a rogue cultivator like Hu Longhai arrived in Pingyang County, he began to be squeezed out by local Foundation Establishment families. Unable to find suitable allies in the vicinity for a time, he quickly turned his gaze outside Pingyang County and leaned on the Huang family of Qinghe County, which had stronger strength. This time, like Song Qingming, he could be considered to have been instigated by the Huang family with some benefits.

Not far from Song Qingming and the others, Gao Jinhe and the others from the Gao family also arrived here before long. After seeing each other, neither Gao Jinhe nor Huang Shengxin showed any surprise, and they even smiled and bowed to greet each other. Gao Yubai, who was standing beside Gao Jinhe, looked coldly at Huang Shengyue and Song Qingming with unkind expressions; he seemed to still have a grudge over the two of them joining forces to injure him back then.

There was another person following the two from the Gao family, but this person was not Lu Xingde, whom Song Qingming had expected, but a relatively unfamiliar cultivator. He should not be a Foundation Establishment cultivator from near Qinghe County, and his cultivation looked higher than Gao Yubai's.

Huang Shengyue looked around and didn't find the Lu family, saying with a smile, "That timid thing Lu Xingde really didn't dare to come, just as Ninth Brother predicted."

"Whether he comes or not won't affect the Gao family coming to join in the fun." After speaking, Huang Shengxin's eyes intentionally glanced at the stranger beside Gao Jinhe.

On the Gao family side, Gao Yubai looked at Song Qingming and said to Gao Jinhe, "Song Qingming actually dares to come here. We tried to persuade Lu Xingde for months, but that old thing didn't have the guts to come with us. Sixth Grand-uncle, it's truly infuriating to compare people."

Gao Jinhe sighed helplessly and said, "Lu Xingde is just a short-sighted person who cherishes his life while trying to do big things. The Lu family will certainly not amount to much in the future. We are just using each other temporarily with such people. I actually underestimated Song Qingming; I didn't expect this kid to have no memory at all after being nearly pitted by the Huang family last time, and still dare to follow them here. I really don't know what words the Huang family used to move him, making this kid work so desperately for them."

Just as everyone at the scene was whispering, a black dot that was getting larger and larger suddenly flew over the sky not far from the market. After getting closer, everyone realized that this was a huge yellow flying boat.

"What a huge flying boat. Which big figure has come?" A young Foundation Establishment cultivator, looking at the huge flying boat getting closer and closer, couldn't help but let out a sigh of emotion!

Hearing this young man's inquiry, a sound of disdain immediately came from the crowd.

"Why are you making such a fuss, kid? With so little knowledge, you still dare to come here to fish in troubled waters."

"This is the large flying boat of the Lingyin Sect. It looks like they have also brought quite a few people this time."

Song Qingming had only been at the Foundation Establishment stage for over a dozen years, and this was also his first time seeing such a huge flying boat. It wasn't until the yellow flying boat flew to the sky not far above the square that he finally saw the appearance of this flying boat clearly.

The yellow flying boat was estimated to be over ten feet long and three or four feet wide, with twenty or thirty cultivators in uniform attire standing on the bow, their Daoist robes printed with several golden patterns. When the flying boat reached above the square, about thirty-some cultivators jumped down directly from it and landed steadily in the center of the square.

"Fellow Daoist Jin, how come it's you who came for the Lingyin Sect this time."

The old man who had been sitting in the middle of the square had already taken the initiative to stand up at this moment, bowing his hands to a middle-aged woman who was the leader among the group of yellow-clothed cultivators who had just landed.

The woman smiled at the two Golden Core True Persons at the scene and returned the salute to the old man, saying, "Fellow Daoist Wang has been in seclusion since last year and hasn't come out yet, so the sect ordered me to take these useless juniors out to see the world."

"Oh! So that's how it is. It seems Fellow Daoist Wang has gained another opportunity. You young people all have extraordinary luck, which truly makes this old man envious."

The woman surnamed Jin hurriedly said modestly, "Fellow Daoist Wu is joking. At my age, there is no hope for the Dao path long ago; I can only come out to do some errand work for the sect. Where could I still find opportunities?" After speaking, the woman nodded slightly to the young woman who was standing on the side without speaking, took a light step, and sat directly on an empty chair next to the old man.

The dozens of Lingyin Sect disciples who had come with her also left the center of the square with the woman and stood on the open space not far behind her.

Song Qingming looked carefully at these disciples who had been selected and sent, discovering that their cultivation bases were basically all higher than his. When they looked toward the square, there was still a hint of arrogance on their faces; they should all be elite disciples within the Lingyin Sect.

Before Song Qingming could retract his gaze, someone else called out softly from the side.

"Over there, someone else is coming!"