Chapter 116: Shocking Change

Before the monks in the market could fully react, the roar of a large number of monsters attacking the north of Jinshanfang was heard. Dozens of second-level monsters flying in the air were not far from Jinshanfang, followed closely by first-level bird monsters with extremely fast speed.

Many monks who had not yet evacuated the market panicked when they saw the scene of millions of monsters galloping in front of them. They began to run out of the market in a panic, and the market was in chaos again.

Song Qingming and other monks who were repairing the formation around the market received the evacuation message late. Before they returned to the market to gather, the army of monsters had already appeared in their sight.

Seeing that the market was in chaos, several monks who were traveling with him had chosen to turn around and flee in other directions. Song Qingming did not think much about it and chose a direction to go away from Jinshanfang.

Now that the market is in such chaos, I can't go back to find the old patriarch and his men. Now everyone has received the order to retreat. The monster army has arrived outside the city. The old patriarch and his men will definitely not stay there waiting for me.

Before going down the mountain, the old patriarch had specifically told each of them that once it comes to this life-and-death moment, everyone must make their own choices decisively and not put everyone in danger because of one person.

I hope everyone can evacuate safely this time. Ignoring the roars coming from afar, Song Qingming sped up and ran towards a small hill on the west side of Jinshanfang.

After running more than half of the distance, several fist-sized fireballs suddenly fell from the sky behind him. After Song Qingming turned sideways to avoid them, he looked back and saw that a fire crow beast attacked him in the sky.

The Fire Crow Beast is not big and its attack ability is average. It can only use some simple fire spells, but this bird monster can fly directly in the sky, and its speed is much faster than they can run on the ground. Most of the monsters in the front have already killed in Jinshanfang, and some have begun to chase the monks who are fleeing to the sides of the market.

Song Qingming ran forward while carefully changing his body shape to avoid the attacks of the Fire Crow Beasts behind him. Although these Fire Crow Beasts have weak attack ability, they are really fast. It is difficult to get rid of them in this open space. Fortunately, he is not far from the destination hill. As long as he runs into the dense jungle under the hill in front, he can temporarily get rid of these annoying flying monsters.

Seeing that he is getting closer and closer to the jungle, Song Qingming is about to breathe a sigh of relief, and two more Fire Crow Beasts fly over, and several fierce fireballs suddenly block his forward direction.

Seeing that the situation is not good, Song Qingming gritted his teeth and raised his hand to release the Tianluo Umbrella. He directly opened the Tianluo Umbrella and took the attacks and jumped forward with all his strength.

After several loud noises, although Song Qingming was burned in several places and his clothes were burned with several big holes by the fireball, he still rushed through the blockade with a brute force, and rolled forward directly into the jungle with the smoke from the fire.

After circling above the jungle for several times, these fire crow beasts saw that they could not find Song Qingming's trace, so they had to leave reluctantly to look for other prey.

At the same time, the entire Jinshanfang was surrounded by monsters. The Huoyunshan monks lost many monks with great effort. Jinshanfang, which had just been recaptured, fell into the hands of monsters again.

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Two days later, Song Qingming sat on a huge rock by a small river more than 300 miles away from Jinshanfang, with a tired face, and a burst of yellow spiritual light emanated from his body from time to time.

After a while, he put away his spiritual power, carefully checked the wrong part of his body, got up and wiped his dirty cheeks in the water.

After escaping from Jinshanfang that day, he withstood several attacks from the Fire Crow Beast. Although the Tianluo Umbrella blocked most of the attacks, he was still burned in several places. After taking the elixir, the external injuries have been healed.

The reason why his face still looks a little haggard is that there is still some fire poison from the Fire Crow Beast in his body. It will take some time to slowly guide it with magic power to completely eliminate it from the body.

In order to avoid the monster beasts in the past two days, he did not choose to go directly south, but walked west for two days and arrived here.

Now the monster beasts are strong and have occupied Jinshanfang again. They will definitely attack south again. Going directly south is not to think about it. It is very likely to encounter the monster army again. In his current state, if he is entangled by the monster beast alone, it will be even more difficult to get away.

Song Qingming estimated in his mind that this place should be far enough away from the monster army. Next, he should be able to bypass the monster army by turning south and return to Huoyun Mountain to meet up with the old patriarch and others earlier.

After running around in the mountains for two consecutive days, he felt a little tired. After finding a relatively hidden tree by the river, he carefully set up a simple magic circle. Song Qingming planned to rest here for a night and set off to Huoyun Mountain after he had enough energy.

However, he had just closed his eyes for less than half an hour when he suddenly heard a slight movement from the river in the distance, which woke him up.

There were only wild mountains and wilderness nearby, and it was impossible for mortals to live here. Song Qingming thought that a monster had appeared nearby, so he quietly went out to check, but found a figure lying by the river.

When he got closer, he saw that he was right. There was indeed a cultivator lying by the river, but the person's aura was very weak, like a dead person, and his cultivation level could not be seen.

After a slight hesitation, Song Qingming released the Thunder Tiger Puppet Beast on his body and carried the person to his temporary residence.

After entering the formation he had arranged, Song Qingming carefully went forward to check the situation, and then stood in a daze in the distance. Just now, when he was by the river, it was already dark, and he didn't get too close. He thought that this person was also a cultivator who had just escaped from Jinshanfang, just like him.

It was only now that he realized that this person was wearing the gray Taoist robe unique to Xiaoyao Sect. Those who wear this style of clothing must be Xiaoyao Sect foundation-building cultivators. Song Qingming had known this as early as when he was in Guiyunfang. He didn't expect that this person was actually a Xiaoyao Sect senior who had already established his foundation. After understanding this, Song Qingming was stunned for a moment. This time, he really had a good intention and found himself in a big trouble.

A Xiaoyao Sect foundation-building cultivator died in front of him. Xiaoyao Sect would definitely send someone to investigate this matter. If he couldn't explain this matter clearly in the future, the entire Song family might suffer a catastrophe.

Just as Song Qingming was thinking hard about a good plan, the Xiaoyao Sect foundation-building cultivator lying beside him suddenly opened his eyes and woke up, looking around with some confusion.

Seeing that the senior suddenly woke up, Song Qingming was frightened and took a few steps back, and then said happily:

"It's great that the senior is fine. I am a cultivator from Qinghe County. I passed by here and happened to see the senior in trouble. I carried the senior from the river to here. I don't know if the senior's injury is serious. Do you need me to go to Xiaoyao Sect to pass on a message for you?"

After Song Qingming explained the matter of saving him, the Xiaoyao Sect foundation-building senior took out a small jade box from the storage bag very weakly. It was probably because his injury was too serious. He just raised his hand and fell down again, and the jade box in his hand fell to the side and onto the ground.

"Uh"

The man looked at Song Qingming in front of him weakly, and raised one hand with all his strength to point at the jade box. He just said a word, but he didn't want to say anything next.