Chapter 388: Spirit Mine Battle

After the first wave of surprise attacks, the cultivators in Gufeng Mountain finally reacted and began to organize forces to resist the Minghe Sect's advance.

"Hmph! You rats of the Minghe Sect, you dare to come and die again." With a sharp shout, a black-clad man with a full beard, carrying a giant sword, killed his way out of the mountain and intercepted Tao Hede and the others who wanted to destroy the formation eyes.

This black-clad man's cultivation had reached the peak of Foundation Establishment, and his strength was also very extraordinary. He alone intercepted several Minghe Sect cultivators, including Tao Hede. The remaining Minghe Sect cultivators were also quickly blocked at the entrance of the formation by the companions who followed closely behind the black-clad man.

Seeing that the other party reacted so quickly, Tao Hede hurriedly shouted to Song Qingyu and the others behind him: "Everyone, the formation-breaking beads can only maintain the time of half a cup of tea. Please hurry up and destroy the formation eyes of this Five Elements Formation. Leave these people to us."

Since they had already accepted the benefits of the Minghe Sect, everyone naturally had to contribute when they arrived here. Mulong Shangren, with the highest cultivation, had already rushed to the forefront, came to a position shining with cyan light, and waved his hand to knock the several Qi Refining cultivators guarding this place five or six feet away.

Immediately after, Mulong Shangren's palm suddenly turned silver-white, as if it had become a silver iron hand, and he smashed the protective shield protecting the cyan light to pieces with one grab, destroying this formation eye.

This Mulong Shangren was a rogue cultivator with a very outstanding reputation in the State of Zheng. This person relied only on his own talent to cultivate to this point today, and could be considered a rare genius among the many rogue cultivators in the State of Zheng. It was just that this person's temperament was very casual and he did not like to be bound by sect rules. Otherwise, if he joined any large sect at will, he would also have a few hopes of forming a Golden Core.

Seeing that one formation eye had been damaged by the other party, the black-clad man's side was suddenly shocked and hurriedly ordered the Qi Refining cultivators below to blow a very dull horn, summoning the cultivators still in other parts of the mountain to rush here for support.

The black-clad cultivator side guarding Gufeng Mountain, although there were nearly a hundred cultivators, only six had reached the Foundation Establishment stage. Facing the attack of more than twenty Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Minghe Sect, under the leadership of the black-clad man, they still fought hard to resist, but after only the time of a cup of tea, four formation eyes had already been destroyed.

"Senior Brother Xu, let's withdraw first. The other party came with Foundation Establishment cultivators, and we have too few people. If we continue to fight, we won't be able to beat the other party." Seeing that the battlefield situation was becoming more and more unfavorable, a woman in the late stage of Foundation Establishment beside the black-clad man hurriedly persuaded.

This Tier 2 Five Elements Formation only had five formation eyes. Now that four had been destroyed, its power had been greatly reduced, and it could not pose much containment to the Foundation Establishment cultivators entering the formation. If they continued to fight like this, when the last formation eye was destroyed by the other party and the formation dissipated, everyone could only listen to fate.

Seeing that the last formation eye could not be kept, and the black-clad man was entangled by several Minghe Sect cultivators and could not get away, he could only grit his teeth and sigh. Just as he wanted to issue a retreat order, a gray flying boat suddenly floated over quickly from one side of the sky in the distance, and there were some blurry figures standing on the flying boat.

"It's Old Ancestor Qian who is here, everyone hold on, don't panic, reinforcements are coming right away." Seeing the figure of this flying boat, all the cultivators on the black-clad man's side were suddenly overjoyed and began to use various powerful magical powers to fight more vigorously.

Standing together on the gray flying boat were seven or eight figures, all of whom were cultivators at or above the Foundation Establishment stage. Standing at the very front was an old man with a crane-like appearance, childlike face, and a kind and benevolent appearance.

However, this flying boat had just flown to a position ten miles away from Gufeng Mountain. Before Song Qingyu and the others could see clearly, another huge white cloud rolled over from the other side of the sky, swallowing the gray flying boat in one bite.

"Old Ghost Qian, I knew you must be hiding nearby. Since I came here today, you should stay in the sky well. Let the things below be left to these juniors."

Old Ancestor Qian in the white cloud group looked at the white-clothed youth who suddenly appeared in front, and his face suddenly became somewhat heavy. He secretly transmitted his voice to the several Foundation Establishment cultivators on the flying boat: "You go help Qiu Long and them first, remember not to be entangled, destroy the mineral vein and retreat back to Nanyun Mountain."

Old Ancestor Qian's voice had just fallen, and he had quickly taken out a golden small sword from his storage bag. This golden sword grew with the wind and suddenly turned into a giant sword four or five feet high. Immediately after, the giant sword waved fiercely towards the side of Old Ancestor Qian, and this white cloud group that had already wrapped the flying boat was cut open a huge gap instantly.

"Hurry up!"

Hearing this voice enter his ears, the several people standing on the flying boat hurriedly jumped towards the gap, turned into several spiritual lights, and flew out of the white cloud group directly. After escaping from this prison, these people dared not stay too long and hurriedly stepped on their respective magic tools and went straight to Gufeng Mountain.

Everyone still fighting on the mountain only saw that white cloud group suddenly cover the flying boat that came to help, and did not know what happened over there. They only saw five or six figures passing through the cloud layer and flying towards this side quickly.

These several figures were all wearing black clothes, and at a glance, they were in the same group as the black-clad man and the others. After arriving at Gufeng Mountain, these people also quickly began to help them contain the Minghe Sect cultivators.

Song Qingyu and He Mengxin joined forces to deal with a black-clad cultivator and had already made the other party difficult to parry. Unexpectedly, at this time, a middle-aged man with a cultivation of the sixth level of Foundation Establishment suddenly stepped forward and intercepted the two of them.

This middle-aged man's supernatural power was obviously much more powerful than the previous one. Relying on a quite sharp big knife in his hand, he fought back and forth with He Mengxin and did not fall into the disadvantage.

Seeing that the other party's cultivation was quite high, He Mengxin hurriedly secretly transmitted her voice to Song Qingyu: "This person's cultivation is not low, Qingyu, you be careful, don't be careless."

He Mengxin was fighting with the middle-aged man while reminding Song Qingyu, but she didn't want Song Qingyu to seem not to hear what she said, and was staring blankly at a battlefield not far away in mid-air.

In that position, three Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Minghe Sect were besieging two people on the other side. One of them was an old man with a horse face whose cultivation was relatively high and had reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment, and was the main force on the battlefield. The other was a woman with a half-covered veil, who looked not old, and her cultivation was not high, only at the third level of Foundation Establishment. Obviously, she had not been in the Foundation Establishment stage for long.

After the horse-faced old man with a relatively old age forced back the several people of the Minghe Sect, he saw that the leader Xu Qiulong here was being besieged by several people of the Minghe Sect, and hurriedly came to his side to share part of the pressure for him.

"Junior Brother Wang, why don't you see the Old Ancestor coming?"

The black-clad man saw that there were only a few Foundation Establishment cultivators coming to help, and felt somewhat surprised. Just now, he had clearly seen the flying boat used by that Old Ancestor, but the people who came to help were just a few Foundation Establishment cultivators under his command.

The horse-faced old man did not answer the question asked by Xu Qiulong directly, but secretly transmitted his voice: "The Old Ancestor has an order for us to start the formation arranged in the spirit vein, blow up the spirit mine, and retreat back to Nanyun Mountain."

"What! Do you want to blow up this mineral vein now?"

Xu Qiulong, who was still very excited in the battle just now, heard the words spoken by this horse-faced old man after he approached him, and his face changed instantly, somewhat unable to believe the order he heard.

"Junior Brother Xu, the Old Ancestor has been entangled by the Golden Core ancestor of the Minghe Sect and cannot get away for the time being. Relying on us alone today, we cannot keep this place. It is better to make a decision early. If the mineral vein is lost to the Minghe Sect in the future, it will not be easy to explain if the Old Ancestor blames it."

Seeing that the black-clad man was still somewhat hesitant, the horse-faced old man's voice became heavier, and he hurriedly urged him to follow the order. Just between the two talking, several more Qi Refining cultivators and a Foundation Establishment companion fell into the hands of the other party.

"Alright! Notify everyone immediately, prepare to retreat."

After Xu Qiulong's giant sword quickly forced back the two Minghe Sect cultivators besieging him, he suddenly put away the giant sword in his hand, took out a golden talisman from his storage bag, and began to chant words in his mouth.

"Not good, this is the Zhenjin Talisman, hurry up and stop him!" As soon as he saw the golden talisman in Xu Qiulong's hand, everyone on the Minghe Sect side changed their faces instantly. Tao Hede, who had already recognized the power of this talisman, shouted loudly and ordered everyone to stop the other party from casting spells.

However, the black-clad cultivator side was naturally prepared. Very quickly, four or five Foundation Establishment cultivators closest to the black-clad man had already leaned towards him, and very quickly formed several defenses to protect him in the middle.

When this spirit stone mineral vein was snatched from the Minghe Sect by them a year ago, they had already arranged some backhands in the spirit vein below. As long as the black-clad man activated this Tier 3 talisman bestowed by the Old Ancestor, not to mention the spirit stone mineral vein below, even this Gufeng Mountain spirit vein would be seriously damaged, and the grade of the spirit vein would fall by at least one level.

Although the Minghe Sect side had many people and great power, it was also somewhat difficult to break through the defense of these people in a short time. Although everyone used all their means and supernatural powers, they still failed to stop the black-clad man from shooting the talisman in his hand directly into the ground.

Only hearing a loud noise that shook the sky, the whole Gufeng Mountain began to shake violently immediately. Those Qi Refining cultivators who had not had time to escape on the mountain could not stand still instantly. Song Qingyu and other Foundation Establishment cultivators also stopped fighting immediately and began to fly to the high sky far away.

The Zhenjin Talisman used by the black-clad man was a Tier 3 talisman with relatively average effect. This talisman did not have much power against ordinary cultivators, but it was very useful for destroying spirit veins.

Gufeng Mountain was originally a Tier 2 High-grade spirit vein. Under the action of that Zhenjin Talisman, the spiritual energy on the mountain had gradually become chaotic now. The spiritual energy in various spirit veins had begun to leak out of the ground violently, and the Qi Refining cultivators who fell on the ground were also washed down the mountain by this uncontrollable spiritual energy.

In a mine cave beside the Gufeng Mountain spirit vein, there were still thousands of mortals hiding, who were originally arranged by the Minghe Sect to mine spirit stones here. A year ago, after the black-clad man and the others drove away the Minghe Sect garrison cultivators and took the mineral vein, they did not make things difficult for these mortals and still let them mine spirit stones as before.

This time, these mortals hiding in the mine cave originally thought they could avoid the great battle between immortals outside. Unexpectedly, after a violent vibration in the cave, chaotic stones began to collapse from the top of the whole mine cave, falling into the mine cave like raindrops. This instantly caused heavy casualties to the mortals hiding inside.

In the struggle between cultivators, both sides generally would not take the initiative to anger mortals. But sometimes, it was just a decision of high-level cultivators, and unintentional actions would cause a large number of mortals to suffer innocently. This was also a thing that was very difficult to control in the cultivation world. After all, even for Foundation Establishment cultivators with low cultivation, thousands of mortals were too fragile in their eyes.

Seeing that the mineral vein that had just been obtained instantly became a ruin, Tao Hede and other Minghe Sect cultivators were instantly furious. Looking at those black-clad cultivators who were dispersing and fleeing, they said loudly:

"These scum of the Tianxing Sect dare to destroy the spirit stone mineral vein, they are really looking for death. I hope fellow Daoists can help take action. As long as you can capture the head of a Foundation Establishment cultivator of the other party, my Minghe Sect is willing to pay three thousand spirit stones as a reward, and will never break their promise."

Originally, they had helped the Minghe Sect take down this spirit stone mine, and everyone could be considered to have fulfilled the previous agreement. There was no obligation to help the Minghe Sect hunt down the fleeing cultivators. But after hearing Tao Hede say this, the Foundation Establishment cultivators who were invited by him were moved, and very quickly several spiritual lights followed the Minghe Sect cultivators and chased out.

He Mengxin came here this time originally just for the Yulong Pill. Since the elixir was already in hand and the agreement with the other party had been fulfilled, naturally she did not want to continue to wade into this muddy water. Just when she was looking for Song Qingyu in the crowd, she found that she had already targeted a cultivator of the other party and chased after him.

"Didn't we agree not to get deeply involved in this matter before? This girl, what is going on today? For the sake of spirit stones, she doesn't want her life. She didn't hear her say that she was short of spirit stones recently." Although there was some confusion on her face, He Mengxin was still worried about Song Qingyu's safety in her heart, so she hurriedly chased after her.

After Song Qingyu chased out for dozens of miles, she also slowly got closer and closer to the target she was chasing. The cultivator who was fleeing not far in front of her was exactly the woman with a half-covered veil she had been staring at tightly before.

The veiled woman looked back at Song Qingyu who was chasing closely, and there was a look of surprise in her eyes. After a while, a trace of emotion flashed in the woman's eyes, and finally she took the initiative to stop on a flat ground in front.

Not long after, Song Qingyu, who came galloping, also stood in front of her very quickly. Seeing that the other party seemed to have no intention of doing anything, Song Qingyu stared at the other party tightly and slowly said:

"This fellow Daoist, I don't know if you still recognize me?"

The veiled woman looked at Song Qingyu expressionlessly, and then slowly took off the veil on her face.

"Hmm! After many years of parting, I didn't expect to meet you here today. It's really fate."