Chapter 110: Reunion
On Huoyun Mountain, a few hundred miles south of Jinshanfang, more than a dozen foundation-building cultivators were sitting in a hall. Everyone had a tired look in their eyes and a trace of worry on their faces.
A tall and strong man with a thick waist and half naked said to a short old cultivator in the upper position: "Old Cao, the monsters are now powerful, and we have lost the defense line of Jinshanfang. Once the monsters go south again, I am afraid it will be difficult for us to defend here. I wonder how long it will take for the reinforcements of Xiaoyao Sect to arrive here. Can you send a voice transmission to ask?"
The old man's name is Cao Wanjiang, with a ninth-level foundation-building cultivation. He is a foundation-building cultivator of the Cao family in Pingyang County. He is over 190 years old this year and is also the most prestigious among the foundation-building cultivators on the scene.
In order to rescue people quickly and avoid being entangled by monsters outside, the monks of Jinshanfang mobilized most of the forces in the market. As soon as they left, the market was attacked by a large number of monsters that had been lurking nearby. Although the monks who stayed in the market tried their best to open the second-level upper-grade formation in the market, they were soon outnumbered and defeated.
After the monks who returned to defend the market learned that the market was breached by monsters, the monks of Pingyang County asked for a battle to take back Jinshanfang from the monsters. It was because of his rich experience that he saw that the monster that broke through the market this time was not an ordinary second-level monster, and decisively chose to let everyone retreat, which avoided losing more manpower.
When they thought of the white lion with snow-like hair that suddenly flew out of Jinshanfang not long after they retreated that day, everyone was still a little scared.
Unexpectedly, this time, these monks guarding the market were so "lucky" that they ran into Jinshanfang. It has been hundreds of years since it was established, and they have never seen a third-level monster king.
The third-level demon king has developed his intelligence and his wisdom can catch up with that of an adult. It is no wonder that they fell into the trap of the demon beast this time. Otherwise, if the main force was in Jinshanfang, even if the third-level demon king attacked, they could rely on the Fangshi Mountain Protection Formation to resist and wait for the reinforcements of Xiaoyao Sect.
Cao Wanjiang glanced at the middle-aged Taoist sitting opposite him. Seeing that he was still keeping his head down and not speaking, he seemed to have not heard what everyone had just said. He sighed and said to everyone who was expecting:
"Please rest assured, fellow Taoists. We have already sent out a letter for help yesterday. I believe the reinforcements sent by the sect are on the way. Moreover, I just received news that the reinforcements from Qinghe and Liuyang counties are not far from us. It is estimated that they will arrive later.
We still have more than a dozen foundation-building Taoists here. With the reinforcements from the two counties, even if the monsters are heading south now, it should not be a problem for us to stay here for three to five days. We will definitely retake Jinshanfang as long as Senior Guo arrives. Please be patient and wait, fellow Taoist Yuan, don't you agree?"
After Cao Wanjiang finished speaking, his eyes turned back to the middle-aged cultivator opposite him, and more than a dozen cultivators beside him looked at him.
The middle-aged Taoist priest is named Yuan Feng. He is the leading monk sent by Xiaoyao Sect to help guard Jinshanfang. He has been practicing in Xiaoyao Sect for many years. He is quiet and rarely walks down the mountain. Although his cultivation has reached the seventh level of foundation building, he has never had his own opinions. After arriving at Jinshanfang, Yuan Feng was basically a spectator every time he participated in the discussion. All matters in the market were based on the opinions of Cao Wanjiang, a local monk in Pingyang County.
Yuan Feng had always disliked this noisy scene. He came to Jinshanfang because his master had some connection with Pingyang County. Seeing that Cao Wanjiang had directed the conversation to him, he could only sit up straight and said with a smile:
"What Elder Cao said is right. My master has received news that the third-level demon king attacked Jinshanfang. I believe that it won't be long before the sect will appoint an elder to come here. Please rest assured that the cultivators who died or were injured in the demon beast riot will receive a pension afterwards, and the sect will not forget every hero who shed blood."
Hearing the comforting words of the Xiaoyao Sect cultivator, everyone felt a little relieved. However, the reinforcements had not arrived yet, and whether they could hold on, the more than a dozen cultivators at the scene, including Cao Wanjiang, were still unsure.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Yuan Feng finished speaking, a cultivator came to report that the cultivators coming to help from Qinghe County had arrived. For several days in a row, everyone had heard all kinds of bad news, and finally ushered in the first good news.
Most of the cultivators from Pingyang County that Song Qingming and his companions saw along the way had a depressed look on their faces, and they looked like they had just suffered a great defeat. When they saw the cultivators from other places who came to help, they just nodded at most, and did not show much smile.
When everyone reached the top of the mountain, Cao Wanjiang led a group of masters to greet them in person, giving them enough face. Huang Shengxin hurriedly stepped forward and smiled at everyone:
"Fellow Daoist Cao, I haven't seen you for many years. I didn't expect that you are getting more and more energetic. Huang is really far behind you in this aspect."
Cao Wanjiang nodded and said, "I have finally waited for you fellow Daoists. Now the situation has changed, and I cannot come out of the mountain to greet you. I hope you can understand."
"We just arrived, and we don't know what the current battlefield situation is. Can you tell me first?" After being polite, Huang Shengxin quickly raised the biggest question in his mind after entering Pingyang County in the past two days.
"That's fine! Please invite a few fellow Daoists to the hall to talk."
After Cao Wanjiang finished speaking, he invited Huang Shengxin and the other three foundation-building monks into the meeting hall where they had just been, and told them what had happened in Pingyang County in the past few days.
The situation in Pingyang County is now very bad. Jinshanfang, the strongest line of defense in the north, has been breached. Hundreds of monks and tens of thousands of mortals in the market have all fallen into the mouths of monsters. Fortunately, when the monster riots began, most of the mortals in Jinshanfang had moved to other places, otherwise these hundreds of thousands of mortals would not be left behind and would all become blood food for monsters.
Not only that, after the monsters broke through Jinshanfang, several surrounding Qi-refining families were also attacked. There were two Qi-refining families that were unlucky and had their mountain gates breached. They were instantly annihilated, and only a few people escaped.
Now that the monster army has occupied Jinshanfang, it is impossible to evacuate this place in a short time. Moreover, there is a third-level monster king behind them to drive these monsters. Huoyun Mountain will soon be attacked by monsters again.
Before they finished talking, good news soon came. The cultivators from Liuyang County, led by four foundation-building cultivators, had also arrived here.
Like the cultivators from Qinghe County, these leading foundation-building cultivators did not know what was happening in Pingyang County now. Cao Wanjiang quickly repeated it to them, and everyone knew what had happened here in the past few days.
The three parties joined forces on the Huoyun Mountain of the Cao family, which gave the cultivators who had withdrawn from Jinshanfang a little confidence. However, the sudden increase of thousands of cultivators made the second-level spiritual vein of Huoyun Mountain very crowded.
The spiritual energy supply on the mountain had long been overwhelmed. Faced with such a situation, Cao Wanjiang could only arrange for some of the weak family cultivators and some mortals to move to other spiritual mountains under the control of the Cao family.