[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-qinghe-song-clan":3,"chapter-the-qinghe-song-clan-the-song-clan-of-qinghe-chapter-280":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Qinghe Immortal Clan",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1927535,2615,"Chapter 280: Bitter Battle","the-song-clan-of-qinghe-chapter-280",280,"\u003Cp>As a leader, Song Qingyu had always stood at the highest point in the center of the market, observing the changes in the situation on the entire battlefield. She stood in such a conspicuous position to let all the cultivators participating in the defense of the market see her and know that she, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, had always been here, which could also strengthen everyone’s confidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior Song, except for a few who were beheaded on the spot, the remaining bandit cultivators who infiltrated to make trouble have been controlled.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yuanfeng’s third disciple, Hu Maocai, led people through a battle and brought three terrified bandit cultivators to Song Qingyu, asking her how to deal with these people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Maocai was once used by Gao family cultivators because of his greed, and he was even reported to Lu Yuanfeng by Song Qingming. Over the years, he had actually had some grudges against Song family cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, fortunately, apart from some small problems of greed, he was quite reliable in doing things. After Song Qingyu’s order was passed down, he led the law enforcement team below through a bloody battle and soon solved all the bandit cultivators who took the opportunity to create chaos in the market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't kill them yet. Abolish their cultivation and let two people watch them. Others follow me to the small gate on the south side to see if we can find an opportunity to break through their blockade from there.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing Song Qingyu’s arrangement, Hu Maocai’s face was a bit puzzled, but he nodded immediately and commanded the law enforcement team cultivators below to follow Song Qingming to the south side of the market quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the east side of the market, dozens of cultivators wearing all kinds of clothes were desperately injecting their magic power into the formation, blocking the positions that were about to be damaged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Changxiong, standing in front, looked at these temporarily gathered cultivators and then looked at the fierce bandit cultivators outside the formation, his heart couldn't help but mutter. Maintaining the formation with cultivators’ magic power like this would certainly not last long. If no one came to support, it would be a matter of time before they were broken by the formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And once the formation was broken, these people’s magic power would be exhausted because of the great consumption when maintaining the formation, and they would be even less the opponents of these people outside. But facing this crisis at this moment, this was also the only choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After arriving at the south side of the market, Song Qingyu led Hu Maocai and twenty other law enforcement team cultivators to pass through the formation from a small gate on the side of the city wall, only to find that there were not many bandit cultivators arranged to surround this place, only seven or eight people. It should be that most of them had been transferred to the east side to attack the formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this situation, Song Qingyu didn't hesitate anymore, directly led everyone to rush towards that side, and directly cleaned up these unlucky ghosts who were left alone here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boss... Boss, someone ran out from the south side. It seems there is a woman who is a Foundation Establishment cultivator. The brothers on that side can't hold on anymore.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Qingyu had just killed a few people, and soon the movement here was discovered by bandit cultivators in other positions, who hurriedly reported the matter to the leader, Cheng Yilong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Yilong, who was attacking with all his strength, saw that he would break the formation frontally after a little more effort, but suddenly heard the news that Song Qingyu took the initiative to run out, and felt a bit strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another Foundation Establishment cultivator who cooperated with him, named Wu Xiang, heard this news, stopped attacking directly, came to Cheng Yilong, and said, \"Brother! That woman is the only Foundation Establishment cultivator in this market. She brought people out to escape now, it is estimated that she might want to take away most of the valuable spiritual items in the market. We must not let them escape.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Yilong looked at this partner of his and felt that what he said seemed to make sense. But letting him go to pursue Song Qingyu and the others alone, he was a bit uneasy, so he could only call another Foundation Establishment cultivator, Chen Zicong, and let the two of them go to pursue together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other party was only a second-level Foundation Establishment cultivator. With the two of them together, they would definitely be able to stop Song Qingyu and those people. It was just that in this way, the frontal battlefield would have two fewer Foundation Establishment cultivators and dozens of Qi Refining cultivators to help, and the time to break the formation would have to be delayed first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Song Qingyu led Hu Maocai and others to kill several bandit cultivators who blocked the way, the remaining ones saw that it was a Foundation Establishment cultivator who killed them, and immediately scattered and fled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These talismans, each of you take two for self-defense. It is estimated to be a bitter battle later. I don't ask everyone to resist desperately. As long as you can attract the other party’s attention and hold on for a stick of incense time, I won't blame you whether you return to the market formation or flee separately. Do you all understand?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After killing these people, just when Hu Maocai thought Song Qingyu was going to choose to flee immediately, she didn't seem to have this intention, but wanted to lead them directly to the east gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that the commander Song Qingyu was not cowardly and wanted to take the initiative to contain the bandit cultivators on the east side, Hu Maocai and these people naturally didn't want to be looked down upon by the people beside them, and all nodded firmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, it wasn't asking them to die. If they couldn't beat them, they would just hide back in the market formation. Song Qingyu’s purpose was just to help Song Changxiong’s side on the east side share some pressure. As long as the mountain-protecting formation held on and waited for reinforcements, they would naturally be saved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In comparison, if Song Qingyu chose to flee directly, these people would be in a dilemma. If they followed, they wouldn't have a high chance of survival under the other party’s pursuit as Qi Refining cultivators. If they hid back in the market formation, they would be in the same danger without Song Qingyu, the backbone, and it would be just as ominous once the formation was broken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like that, Song Qingyu led everyone and bumped into Wu Xiang and Chen Zicong, who came to pursue her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Truly bold, actually daring to come here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that Song Qingyu didn't choose to flee directly, Wu Xiang and the two were also surprised. They didn't know what she wanted to do with just these few people?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After meeting, Song Qingyu didn't say any nonsense, directly gathered magic power, and released an arrow rain spell towards them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that the other party had already taken action, Wu Xiang immediately released a barrier to block this attack, and Chen Zicong’s hand instantly had a short blade, which directly stabbed at Song Qingyu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to Song Qingyu’s second-level Foundation Establishment cultivation, Wu Xiang’s cultivation was already at the fourth level of Foundation Establishment, plus the second-level Foundation Establishment Chen Zicong. With the two joining forces to deal with one Song Qingyu, there would certainly be no big problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battle started here, and the Qi Refining cultivators below were also not idle, and both sides soon fell into a chaotic battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Hu Maocai’s side had fewer people than the other side, they were also elite cultivators selected from the market to enter the law enforcement team. Plus, Song Qingyu temporarily issued a batch of talismans to help them improve their combat power, and the two sides maintained an evenly matched situation for a time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Song Qingyu was courageous, she was actually fighting with cultivators of the same level for the first time. Facing the siege of Wu Xiang and the two, she fell into a disadvantage after only a moment. If she hadn't used a second-level talisman to temporarily force the two back, she would probably not be able to hold on.\u003C\u002Fp>",1419,"2026-06-14T03:09:35.509Z","2026-06-18T03:34:23.509Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","0525ac320f6ba06a3246db1af4e5bc4d988610cb86032f1f879a78a1d4e93fd7","the-song-clan-of-qinghe-chapter-281","the-song-clan-of-qinghe-chapter-279",846,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-qinghe-song-clan-cover.jpg"]