Chapter 250: Trouble Arises Again

Just when Song Qingyu was still in seclusion to stabilize her cultivation, Sixth Uncle Song Changfeng sent another unexpected piece of news to Song Qingming: a letter sent by Lu Yuanfeng invited Song Qingming to go to Qinghe Marketplace urgently for a meeting.

For the past half year, because of Song Qingyu's Foundation Establishment, Song Qingming had almost not left Mount Funiu, and he did not know what had happened in Qinghe Marketplace that made Lu Yuanfeng send such a letter.

Song Qingming did not know yet, but since he received Lu Yuanfeng's letter, he naturally did not dare to delay. After explaining to Song Changfeng, he set off for Qinghe Marketplace alone. Now that Song Qingyu had successfully reached Foundation Establishment, just being in seclusion to stabilize her cultivation, there was no need to worry too much.

After arriving at the council hall of Qinghe Marketplace, Song Qingming discovered that this matter did not seem to be simple. Not only him, but Clan Head Lu Xingde of the Lu family and Huang Shengyue of the Huang family had arrived here one step ahead of him.

"Fellow Daoist Song, come and sit down. Fellow Daoist Lu just went out, we estimate we have to wait for him for a while." Seeing Song Qingming arrive here, Huang Shengyue, who had a closer relationship with him, hurriedly stepped forward and greeted him.

Song Qingming cupped his hands at the two and said: "Two fellow daoists, what exactly happened, why is Brother Lu in such a hurry to call us here?"

"A few days ago, two cultivators of the marketplace guard team were killed outside Qinghe Marketplace. After these few days of investigation, I guess Fellow Daoist Lu should have some clues, which is why he summoned us to discuss the matter."

The person speaking was Lu Xingde. I don't know if it was because the Gao family cultivators hadn't arrived yet, but this guy's attitude toward Song Qingming was much more enthusiastic this time.

"Who is so bold to take action against the marketplace guard team around Qinghe Marketplace? It's not the Carefree Sect's people who died, right?" Hearing the news of the marketplace guard being killed, Song Qingming's face also changed. He also did not expect that someone would dare to kill the people of the marketplace guard team.

"They are two people from rogue cultivator backgrounds who have been working as guard team captains for some years. We should really be glad that it wasn't the Carefree Sect's people who died. Otherwise, Fellow Daoist Lu wouldn't have just invited us to discuss the matter today."

Hearing Lu Xingde say this, Song Qingming nodded and breathed a sigh of relief. If it were really the Carefree Sect's people who died, I'm afraid this matter would have blown up, and the business of the entire Qinghe Marketplace might have been greatly affected for a period of time.

The guard team of Qinghe Marketplace mainly consists of three parts. One part is the sect disciples under Lu Yuanfeng. These people are authentic Carefree Sect disciples and can be considered to be stationed here by the Carefree Sect like Lu Yuanfeng.

The second part is the cultivators stationed in rotation by the four major Foundation Establishment families. Because it is the Lu family's turn to rotate these years, there are now many Lu family cultivators in the marketplace guard team.

The remaining last part, which is also the largest number, is the rogue cultivators temporarily hired when the marketplace guard team does not have enough manpower. These people are generally not very fixed, but their existence also represents the dignity of the marketplace. Being killed outside the marketplace for no reason can also be considered a slap in the face of Qinghe Marketplace. No matter what, as beneficiaries of the marketplace, the four major Foundation Establishment families of Qinghe County all have the obligation to seek justice for them.

Just as the few were talking, Gao Yubai of the Gao family also walked in. As soon as he entered the door and saw Song Qingming and Huang Shengyue, a trace of disgust flashed in Gao Yubai's eyes immediately.

Back in the battle of Duanliu Mountain, he was besieged by Song Qingming and Huang Shengyue and almost fell into their hands. Even now, seeing the two of them, he couldn't help but remember this matter.

After Gao Yubai entered, hearing Song Qingming and the others discussing this matter, he naturally knew the purpose of Lu Yuanfeng summoning everyone here immediately. It was just that this guy did not answer, his face was always cold, and it was impossible to see what his attitude was.

All four families had been here for a while, and only then did Lu Yuanfeng finally return to the council hall.

"Fellow daoists, I invited you here today actually for a major event that happened in Qinghe Marketplace recently. Someone killed two cultivators of the marketplace guard team outside the marketplace." After entering the door, Lu Yuanfeng did not exchange pleasantries with everyone and said the purpose of summoning everyone here with a heavy face.

"Brother Lu, has this matter been investigated clearly? Who did it?" Before everyone could speak, Huang Shengyue had already asked the most important question now.

Lu Yuanfeng nodded and said with a headache: "It's still the biggest scourge around our Qinghe Marketplace. It's been a few years since we beat them, it seems they are starting to be restless again."

"Is it the Eagle Nest Ridge that did it again?" Hearing Lu Yuanfeng say it was the scourge around Qinghe Marketplace, Lu Xingde immediately thought of the answer and blurted it out.

"That's right, it has been investigated clearly. The ones who did it are the Feng brothers who joined Eagle Nest Ridge a few years ago." Now these two people have no trace, it is possible that they have already hidden back in Eagle Nest Ridge.

"Last time, it could be considered letting them go. I didn't expect them to be so unmindful and dare to come to Qinghe Marketplace to make trouble again. This is really not taking us seriously at all."

"Fellow Daoist Lu is right. This time, Eagle Nest Ridge can be considered to have directly slapped our Qinghe Marketplace in the face. If we don't make a response, who will dare to come to our Qinghe Marketplace in the future." Huang Shengyue also echoed.

Song Qingming also nodded and said: "Brother Lu, you just make a decision on what to do, we will definitely cooperate."

Hearing the three words Eagle Nest Ridge, Song Qingming naturally had no good feelings. When he had just gone down the mountain back then, he almost died in their hands. Now that he had a chance to take revenge, he was naturally very happy in his heart.

The remaining Gao Yubai, although he had not spoken yet, was after all the representative of the Gao family. This matter concerned the entire Qinghe Marketplace and had already involved the common interests of the four major Foundation Establishment families in Qinghe County. No matter what conflicts the families had before, everyone must definitely be consistent with the outside world now.

Seeing that everyone's opinions had been unified and they intended to teach Eagle Nest Ridge a lesson, Lu Yuanfeng paused and said:

"I have already inquired about some useful news these days. The reason why Eagle Nest Ridge is so arrogant recently is precisely because their strength has expanded quite a bit in recent years. Now on Eagle Nest Ridge, there are already more than a hundred bandit cultivators, and two Foundation Establishment cultivators. Added to the fact that they have a Tier 2 mountain-protecting grand array, just the few of us Foundation Establishment cultivators going over, I'm afraid we won't be able to break their mountain-protecting grand array and will only be laboring in vain.

If we send too many cultivators, the movement will be too big, and I'm afraid that before we reach Eagle Nest Ridge, we might be discovered by them and they might withdraw in advance. I think this time we might as well concentrate the late-stage Qi Refining cultivators, organize a group of elite cultivators to follow us, and I can also borrow two sets of Tier 2 formations to hand over to them. As long as everyone is willing to spend some time, it will definitely be possible to break Eagle Nest Ridge and completely solve this scourge."