Chapter 118 Return to Huoyun Mountain

Following Lu Demiao and his group, Song Qingming walked eastward for almost three days. Along the way, he encountered several small-scale monster attacks, and then he returned to Huoyun Mountain.

Seeing Song Qingming return safely, the Song family members who had returned to Huoyun Mountain a few days ago came forward to care about his experience in the past few days. The old patriarch Song Gushan also showed a long-lost smile on his face as if relieved.

After he escaped from Jinshanfang, he had been rushing on the road for several days. It was not until he returned to Huoyun Mountain that Song Qingming slowly learned about the series of events that happened after the evacuation of Jinshanfang.

When evacuating from Jinshanfang that day, due to the relatively hasty time, Huoyun Mountain lost a lot of cultivators. In the end, less than 70% of the cultivators returned to Huoyun Mountain in this battle, and even several foundation-building cultivators died in the battle.

Until now, there are still many cultivators who, like Song Qingming, were dispersed by monsters and took a long detour back to Huoyun Mountain.

Xiaoyao Sect's Jindan Patriarch Lü Boyang also suffered some damage after fighting with two demon kings. After returning to Huoyun Mountain, he quickly returned to Xiaoyao Sect to heal his wounds in seclusion. Now, the one who presided over the defense of this front line in Huoyun Mountain was another Xiaoyao Sect Jindan Elder, Chu Fengping, who came to support.

After Jinshanfang was defeated again, Xiaoyao Sect also began to pay attention to this line of defense in Pingyang County. In the past few days, many cultivators were dispatched from nearby to Huoyun Mountain for support. Chu Fengping also brought many foundation-building masters from Xiaoyao Sect.

This time, the demon beast riots near Weiguo were attacked by demon kings. In addition to Guiyunfang and Huoyun Mountain, there were also Tuoyun Mountain and Tiexian Valley to the west of Guiyunfang.

However, the main battlefield was still in Guiyunfang. There were a total of nine demon king armies attacking Guiyunfang, and Yao Qianshu, the head of Xiaoyao Sect, personally led five Jindan masters to sit here.

Although the monsters had more monster kings than Guiyunfang, they had Yao Qianshu, the ninth-level Jindan master of Weiguo. After several battles, the monsters did not gain an advantage, but Yao Qianshu seized the opportunity to kill a monster king, and it was difficult for them to pose a threat to Guiyunfang.

Tuoyun Mountain is the cave of Chen Jinliang, a Jindan cultivator of Weiguo. The monsters attacking there are relatively weak. There is only one Yunhe monster king in the early Jindan stage, which is far from Chen Jinliang's opponent. The monster army was repelled by Chen Jinliang before it reached Tuoyun Mountain, and even the Yunhe almost died in his hands.

Tiexian Valley is located in the northwest of Weiguo. It is ruled by a Jindan family of Weiguo, the Ma family. The Ma family has ruled Tiexian Valley for five or six hundred years, and there is also a Jindan ancestor in the family. Although they are also a vassal family of Xiaoyao Sect on the surface, Xiaoyao Sect basically does not interfere in their affairs, and has never issued a conscription order to them for so many years.

There were many monsters attacking Tiexian Valley, with a total of three monster kings. However, the Ma family and Chen Jinliang of Tuoyun Mountain had always had a good relationship. After Chen Jinliang defeated the monsters on Tuoyun Mountain, he immediately took his disciples to Tiexian Valley for support. The two sides were temporarily in a stalemate in Tiexian Valley.

Among the four battlefields, except Huoyun Mountain, the other three battlefields were considered to be settled and there would not be any major changes. On Huoyun Mountain, due to the loss of Jinshanfang, the cultivators suffered a lot of losses, and even Lv Boyang, the Jindan Zhenren, was injured. The monster army of Jinshanfang still had a great advantage and could launch another attack at any time.

When the Huoyun Mountain cultivators evacuated Jinshanfang that day, the biggest losses were the local cultivators in Pingyang County. Many of them were reluctant to leave the spiritual objects in Jinshanfang, so they evacuated a little late. Many cultivators were entangled by monsters and could not escape from the market. The cultivators from the three counties outside the city evacuated earlier after receiving the order, and most of them ran out safely.

The Song family was relatively okay. The old patriarch had practiced Taoism for a hundred years and was a decisive person. When he received the order to retreat, he decisively chose to follow the Huang family monks to evacuate immediately, and did not wait for Song Qingming to join him in the market. Although this was a bit inhumane, in the critical situation at that time, he could only make this difficult decision for the safety of most of the clan members.

It has been less than a month since they came to Huoyun Mountain. After two major battles, one of the fifteen people from the Song family who came down from Funiushan has died and four have been seriously injured. It can be seen that this war is cruel to low-level monks. The monster turmoil is far from over. Song Qingming doesn't know who among them can return to Funiushan safely.

For the convenience of carrying, the old patriarch has decided to cremate the body of the eleventh uncle, and take out his ashes for burial when they return to Funiushan.

After the monster army captured Jinshanfang again, it quickly went south again and now has reached a plain less than twenty miles away from Huoyun Mountain.

After the Nine-Pattern Dragon discovered that there were a large number of cultivators stationed at Huoyun Mountain, the cunning demon king did not attack here rashly, but directly concentrated the main force of the demon beasts near Huoyun Mountain, and then continuously sent out low-level demon beasts under his command to attack other spiritual veins around Huoyun Mountain, trying to besiege this place first.

Soon the entire northern part of Pingyang County basically fell into the hands of demon beasts, and many immortal cultivation families had to temporarily abandon their family spiritual land and move to the southern part of Huoyun Mountain, and most of the mortals in the family were sent to the mountains and forests.

The main attack of the monsters is also the spiritual veins on which the cultivators depend for survival. Mortals who have lost the protection of the cultivators and stay near the spiritual veins will undoubtedly become blood food for the monsters.

If they want to migrate them on a large scale, they will also be easily discovered and chased by the monsters. They can only be dispersed to hide in the mountains and forests far away from the spiritual veins. Although it is inevitable that some people will be discovered and devoured by the monsters over a long period of time, some mortals can still escape this disaster.

After Huoyun Mountain discovered the intention of the monsters, the tactic they chose was to fortify the walls and clear the fields. Basically, all the first-level spiritual veins that could be abandoned near Huoyun Mountain were evacuated, and only the two more important second-level spiritual veins of Longteng Mountain and Jiushan Mountain were defended.

In this way, Huoyun Mountain and the monster army have been in a stalemate for several months without a large-scale war. The two sides only fought a few small battles around the two second-level spiritual veins, and the Huoyun Mountain cultivator army also got a few months of rest time.

After several setbacks in attacking Longteng Mountain and Jiushan, the monsters finally couldn't help it. The two monster kings split into two groups. One group was led by the White Lion Monster King. Thousands of monsters marched towards Tenglong Mountain. The remaining monsters and the Nine-Pattern Dragon King stayed around Huoyun Mountain to block the defenders who came to support.

After Huoyun Mountain received the news that the monsters had attacked Longteng Mountain in large numbers, Chu Fengping immediately organized a large number of cultivators to rescue. He not only sent three ninth-level foundation-building masters, but also used the only third-level puppet beast of Xiaoyao Sect. He personally restrained the Nine-Pattern Dragon.

The two sides fought a fierce battle in Longteng Mountain. Both sides suffered heavy losses. Seven foundation-building cultivators from Huoyun Mountain died on the spot. The White Lion Monster King also lost more than a dozen second-level monsters, and even his tail was cut off. In the end, the White Lion Monster King still failed to break through this second-level spiritual vein.