Chapter 335: Rescue Mount Baiyang

Two days after Song Qingming left Mount Funiu, a young Song family cultivator hurriedly found Song Qingshi, who was checking the spiritual plants planted by the family in the spiritual fields behind the mountain.

"Eldest Uncle, a letter for help has arrived from Mount Baiyang."

"Quick, bring it here for me to see!" After reading the letter, Song Qingshi frowned and solemnly instructed the young cultivator in front of him: "Yuanhao, go immediately and invite all the family elders on the mountain to the council hall to discuss this!"

"Eldest Brother! What major event has happened to make you so cautious?" The spiritual plant elder Song Qinghe, who was nearby, asked in confusion, seeing his eldest brother, who was usually calm, looking a bit off.

Mount Baiyang was eighty miles away from Mount Funiu and was a spiritual land that the Song family had seized from monsters six years ago. Located on the edge of Mount Yunwu, it was often harassed by monsters. In the past, whenever the Song family received such a letter for help, they usually just sent a few Qi Refining cultivators from the law enforcement team to support them. How could it make Song Qingshi so cautious?

Song Qingshi handed the letter he had just received directly to Song Qinghe, sighed, and said slowly, "A large group of monsters has appeared near Mount Baiyang, led by a Grade 2 Fire-Scaled Leopard. I estimate that the spiritual vein can no longer be defended."

"What? There's actually a Grade 2 monster? What should we do!"

In the council hall of Mount Funiu, several Song family elders on the mountain had gathered.

"Eldest Brother, regardless of whether Mount Baiyang can be defended, we must quickly find a way to drive this group of monsters out. Otherwise, if we let them cross Mount Baiyang, nearby spiritual veins like Mount Wutong and Mount Liufeng will surely face destruction once they are targeted by such a group of monsters."

"Qingming is not on the mountain. It is too dangerous for Qingyu alone to deal with a Grade 2 monster in the wild. It is better to wait for Qingming to return before acting together. That would be safer!"

"But if we don't drive these monsters out in time, we will inevitably suffer greater losses, and it will chill the hearts of the families that depend on us. The damage to the reputation the Song family has accumulated for decades will be too great."

After hearing the news of a Grade 2 monster appearing near Mount Baiyang, the many Song family elders in the council hall were suddenly panicked. Now that the family's backbone, Song Qingming, was not on the mountain and it was unknown when he would return, the family territory being invaded by a Grade 2 monster in this gap really gave everyone a headache.

"Monsters are invading the family territory. Regardless of whether we can drive them out immediately, we must try. I will take Xintang to Mount Baiyang to see the situation first. Thirteenth Uncle, your law enforcement team should quickly organize manpower to support us. Remember to bring a set of Grade 2 formations.

Also, hurry up and notify the other dependent families of the news of the monster invasion, so they can be prepared to deal with the monsters at any time." Just as everyone was having trouble reaching a consensus, a young woman with a delicate face walked slowly into the council hall.

Seeing that the family's Foundation Establishment ancestor, Song Qingyu, had made a decision, the family elders who were still arguing closed their mouths and focused their attention on her.

"Qingyu, do you think we should communicate with the Huang family? If they can send someone to help, our chances of winning will be greater." Seeing that everyone was silent, Song Qingshi thought for a moment and voiced his suggestion.

"It's just a Grade 2 monster; it's not time for that yet. I'll go check the situation first. Don't worry, I'm someone who has almost died before; I know my limits and won't put myself in danger easily." Song Qingyu scanned everyone with a firm gaze and confident expression, then took Song Xintang and flew on her sword toward Mount Baiyang.

The reason the Song family occupied Mount Baiyang was that a refined copper vein was discovered there a few years ago. They cleared out the low-level monsters that had been entrenched on the mountain and cultivated a mid-grade spiritual vein there, preparing to manage the mountain well in the future.

Since the black iron vein of Mount Lingyuan gradually dried up, the Song family had increased their manpower to search for other veins in the territory. However, searching for veins mostly depended on luck. The several spirit-seeking masters in the Song family had searched for so many years and only found one vein with decent reserves on Mount Baiyang, which showed that this was indeed not easy.

Families like the Wang family of Mount Fengtou, who were lucky enough to easily find a priceless Geng metal vein at the foot of their own mountain and live a life without worries, were after all just an exception. In the entire Qinghe County, only they were like that.

The refined copper vein on Mount Baiyang had larger reserves than Mount Lingyuan and was estimated to be mineable for one or two hundred years. Over the years, the Song family had already cultivated a mid-grade spiritual vein on the mountain and had moved hundreds of mortals from Mount Funiu to mine the vein.

The only downside was that it was too close to Mount Yunwu, and monsters would come to harass them from time to time. Therefore, the Song family had specially set up a high-grade mountain-protecting formation there, along with three mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators to guard against monsters that wandered into the area.

Generally speaking, as long as they didn't encounter a group of monsters, Mount Baiyang didn't need to send a letter for help to Mount Funiu. Unexpectedly, a Grade 2 monster had broken in this time, which was indeed beyond everyone's expectations in the Song family.

One must know that although there were still many monsters everywhere in Qinghe County, there had not been a Grade 2 monster invading the territory of any family for many years. The last time this happened was more than forty years ago in the Huang family's territory. However, the white lion that invaded that year had a miserable end and was finally besieged and killed by the Huang family at Chifeng Ridge.

Compared to those Grade 1 monsters, the destructive power of a Grade 2 monster was too great. Ordinary Qi Refining families simply couldn't stop this level of power. If the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the main family didn't support them in time, once the mountain-protecting formation was quickly broken, both cultivators and mortals would basically end up in the bellies of the monsters.

The three Song family Qi Refining cultivators on Mount Baiyang were currently nervously watching the low-level monsters that had already broken into the outer mist formation through the formation. Even though these monsters were getting closer and closer to them, they didn't dare to activate the formation to drive them away, fearing that they would disturb the red Fire-Scaled Leopard, which was clearly a circle larger than the other monsters and not far away. Once that Grade 2 monster discovered them, the three of them, including the hundreds of family mortals in the formation, would all leave their lives here.

But no matter how carefully they hid themselves, many monsters with sensitive noses had already noticed the unusual situation here. The mist outside could hide them for a while, but in the long run, it was only a matter of time before this place was discovered by the monsters. This was the first time the three of them had faced such a crisis in all their years of practicing the Dao.

Although they had already sent a letter for help to the family, this monster attack was too sudden. Whether the reinforcements sent by Mount Funiu could arrive in time, the few of them were very nervous but had no other way, so they could only pray silently in their hearts.

Just as they were extremely panicked, a white sword light from the sky flew quickly from far to near and landed on Mount Baiyang. After seeing who it was, they were immediately excited and hurriedly bowed to salute.

"Welcome, Supreme Elder!"