Chapter 388: Spiritual Mine War

After the previous wave of surprise attacks, the cultivators in the Lonely Peak Mountain finally reacted and began to stop the attack of the Minghe Sect, which had the power of Minghe Sect.

"Hmph! You rats from Minghe Sect, dare to come and die again." With a loud shout, a black-clothed man with a full beard came out of the mountain with a huge sword and stopped Tao Hede and others who wanted to destroy the array eyes.

The black-clothed man had reached the peak of foundation building and his strength was also very good. He stopped several Minghe Sect cultivators including Tao Hede by himself. The remaining Minghe Sect cultivators were soon blocked at the entrance of the array by the companions who followed closely behind the black-clothed man.

Seeing that the other party reacted so quickly, Tao Hede quickly shouted to Song Qingyu and others behind him: "Everyone, the formation-breaking beads can only last for half an incense stick of time. Please go and destroy the five elements formation center. We will leave these people to us."

Since they have already accepted the benefits of Minghe Sect, they naturally have to contribute here. Master Mu Long, who has the highest cultivation, has already taken the lead and rushed to the front. He came to a place with shining green light and waved his hand to knock several Qi Refining cultivators who were guarding here away for five or six feet.

Then Master Mu Long's palm suddenly turned silver-white, as if it had become a silver iron hand. He smashed the shield protecting the green light directly into pieces, destroying this formation center.

This Master Mulong was originally a famous casual cultivator in Zheng State. He relied on his own talent to cultivate to this point. He was a rare person among the many casual cultivators in Zheng State. However, he was very casual and did not like to be bound by the rules of the sect. Otherwise, if he joined a large sect casually, he would have some hope of forming a pill.

Seeing that the center of the formation had been damaged by the other party, the black-clothed man was shocked and hurriedly ordered the Qi-refining cultivators below to blow a very dull horn to summon the cultivators who were still in other places on the mountain to come here for support.

Although there were nearly a hundred cultivators on the black-clothed cultivators guarding Gufeng Mountain, only six of them had reached the foundation-building stage. Facing the attack of more than 20 foundation-building cultivators from Minghe Sect, they were quickly defeated under the leadership of the black-clothed man. However, after only one stick of incense, the four center of the formation had been destroyed.

"Brother Xu, let's retreat first. The enemy is all foundation-building cultivators. We have too few people. We can't defeat them if we continue to fight." Seeing that the situation on the battlefield was becoming increasingly unfavorable, a woman in the late foundation-building stage beside the black-clothed man hurriedly persuaded him.

This second-level five-element formation has only five formation eyes. Now that four of them have been destroyed, their power has been greatly reduced. It can no longer have much of a restraint on the foundation-building cultivators who enter the formation. If they continue to fight like this, when the last formation eye is destroyed by the enemy, everyone will have to leave it to fate when the formation fades.

Seeing that the last formation eye was about to be lost, the black-clothed man was entangled by several Minghe Sect cultivators and could not get away. He could only sigh with gritted teeth. Just when he wanted to issue a retreat order, a gray flying boat suddenly floated quickly in the sky in the distance, and some confused figures were standing on the flying boat.

"It's the old man Qian who's here. Hold on, don't panic, the reinforcements will be here soon." Seeing the figure of this flying boat, all the cultivators on the side of the black-clothed man were immediately delighted, and began to use all kinds of powerful magical powers to fight the enemy more vigorously.

There were seven or eight figures standing on the gray flying boat, all of them were cultivators above the foundation-building stage, and the one standing in the front was an old man with white hair and a childlike face and kind eyes.

However, the flying boat had just flown to a position more than ten miles away from the lonely peak mountain. Before Song Qingyu and others could see it clearly, a huge white cloud quickly rolled over from the other side of the sky and swallowed the gray flying boat in one go.

"Old man Qian, I knew you must be hiding nearby. Since I'm here today, you should stay in the sky. Let's leave the following matters to these juniors."

The old man surnamed Qian in the white cloud looked at a young man in white who suddenly appeared in front of him, and his face instantly became a little solemn. He secretly sent a message to several foundation-building monks on the flying boat: "Go help Qiu Long and others first. Remember not to fight too long. After destroying the mine, return directly to Nanyun Mountain."

As soon as the old man surnamed Qian finished speaking, he quickly took out a small golden sword in his hand. The golden sword swelled with the wind and suddenly turned into a giant sword four or five feet high. Then the giant sword was swung towards the side of the old man surnamed Qian, and the white cloud that had already wrapped the flying boat was instantly cut open with a huge gap.

"Go!"

Hearing this voice, the people standing on the flying boat quickly jumped towards the gap, turned into several spiritual lights and flew directly out of the white cloud. After escaping the cage, these people did not dare to stay for long, and hurriedly stepped on their respective magic tools to head straight for Lonely Peak Mountain.

The people who were still fighting on the mountain only saw that the white cloud suddenly covered the flying boat. They did not know what happened over there. They only saw five or six figures flying quickly through the clouds.

These figures were all dressed in black, and they were in the same group as the black-clothed man. After arriving at Lonely Peak Mountain, these people quickly began to help them contain the cultivators of Minghe Sect.

Song Qingyu and He Mengxin teamed up to fight against a black-clothed monk, and the other party was already unable to resist. Unexpectedly, a middle-aged man with a sixth-level foundation-building cultivation suddenly came forward to stop them.

This middle-aged man was obviously much more powerful than the previous one. Relying on a sharp broadsword in his hand, he fought back and forth with He Mengxin and did not lose the upper hand.

Seeing that the other party had a high level of cultivation, He Mengxin hurriedly sent a message to Song Qingyu secretly: "This man's cultivation is not low, Qingyu, be careful, don't be careless."

He Mengxin fought with the middle-aged man while reminding Song Qingyu, but Song Qingyu seemed not to hear her words, and was just standing in the air staring blankly at a battlefield not far away.

At that location, three foundation-building monks from Minghe Sect were besieging two people from the other side. One of them was an old man with a horse face, who had reached the late stage of foundation-building and was the main force on the battlefield. The other was a woman with a half-veiled face. She looked young and had only reached the third level of foundation-building. It was obvious that she had not been building foundation for a long time.

After the old man with a horse face forced the Minghe Sect to retreat, he saw that the leader Xu Qiulong was being besieged by the Minghe Sect. He quickly came to his side and helped him share some of the pressure.

"Junior Brother Wang, why didn't the ancestor come?"

The big man in black was a little surprised when he saw that only a few foundation-building monks came to help. He had just seen the flying boat used by the ancestor, but it was only a few foundation-building monks under his command who didn't want to help.

The horse-faced old man did not directly answer Xu Qiulong's question, but secretly transmitted his voice: "The ancestor has ordered us to activate the formation arranged in the spirit vein before, blow up the spirit mine and retreat to Nanyun Mountain."

"What! Do we have to blow up this vein now?"

Xu Qiulong, who was very excited in the battle just now, heard the words of the horse-faced old man approaching him, and his face immediately changed. He couldn't believe the order he heard.

"Junior brother Xu, the ancestor has been entangled by the Jindan ancestor of Minghe Sect and can't get out for the time being. We can't defend here today. It's better to make a decision early. If we lose the vein to Minghe Sect in the future, it will be difficult to explain if the ancestor blames us."

Seeing that the black-clothed man was still hesitant, the horse-faced old man suddenly raised his voice a little, and quickly urged him to obey the order. While the two were talking, several more Qi-refining cultivators and a foundation-building companion fell into the hands of the other party.

"Okay! Notify everyone immediately and prepare to retreat."

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

"No, this is the Zhenjin Talisman, go and stop him!" When they saw the golden talisman in Xu Qiulong's hand, the faces of the people on the Minghe Sect suddenly changed. Tao Hede, who had recognized the power of this talisman, shouted and ordered everyone to stop the other party from casting spells.

However, the black-clothed monks were naturally prepared. Soon, the four or five foundation-building monks closest to the black-clothed man had approached him, and soon formed several defenses together to protect him.

When they seized this spiritual stone vein from Minghe Sect a year ago, they had already arranged some backup plans in the spiritual vein below. As long as the black-clothed man activated this third-level spiritual talisman given by the ancestor, not to mention the spiritual stone vein below, even the spiritual vein of Gufeng Mountain would be seriously damaged, and the spiritual vein grade would at least drop by one level.

Although the Minghe Sect had a large number of people, it was difficult to break through the defense of these people in a short time. Although everyone used all their means and magical powers, they still failed to stop the black-clothed man from shooting the spiritual talisman in his hand directly into the ground.

With a loud bang, the entire Gufeng Mountain began to shake violently. The Qi Refining cultivators who were still on the mountain and had not had time to escape suddenly began to be unable to stand steadily. Song Qingyu and other Foundation Establishment cultivators also immediately stopped fighting and began to fly far into the sky.

The Zhenjin Talisman used by the black-clothed man is a third-level spiritual talisman with a relatively ordinary effect. This talisman does not have much power against ordinary cultivators, but it is very useful for destroying spiritual veins.

Gufeng Mountain was originally a second-level upper-grade spiritual vein. Under the effect of the Zhenjin Talisman, the spiritual energy on the mountain has gradually become disordered. The spiritual energy in various spiritual veins has begun to leak violently out of the ground, and some of the Qi Refining cultivators who fell to the ground were washed down the mountain by this uncontrolled spiritual energy.

In a mine cave next to the spiritual vein of Gufeng Mountain, there are still thousands of mortals hiding who are mining spiritual stones. These people were originally arranged by Minghe Sect to mine spiritual stones here. A year ago, after the black-clothed man and his garrisoned cultivators of Minghe Sect took over the mine, they did not make things difficult for these mortals, and still let them help them mine spiritual stones as before.

This time, the mortals hiding in the mine thought they could avoid the great battle between the immortals outside, but they did not expect that after a sudden violent shaking in the cave, rocks began to collapse above the entire mine, falling into the mine like raindrops, and the mortals hiding inside suffered heavy casualties in an instant.

In the fights between cultivators, both sides generally do not take the initiative to vent their anger on mortals, but sometimes it is just a momentary decision by a high-level cultivator, and an unintentional action, which will cause a large number of mortals to suffer innocently. This is also something that is difficult to control in the world of immortal cultivation. After all, even for a cultivator in the foundation-building stage with a low level of cultivation, thousands of mortals are too fragile in his eyes.

Seeing that the mine they had just obtained had instantly turned into a ruin, Tao Hede and other Minghe Sect monks were instantly furious. Looking at the black-clothed monks who were fleeing, they shouted:

"These scums from the Tianxing Sect actually dared to destroy the spirit stone mine. They are really courting death. I hope you can help me. As long as we can capture the head of a foundation-building monk from the other side, Minghe Sect is willing to pay 3,000 spirit stones as a thank you gift. We will never break our promise."

Originally, we had helped Minghe Sect to take over the spirit stone mine, and everyone had fulfilled the previous agreement. They had no obligation to help Minghe Sect hunt down the monks who had escaped. But now, hearing what Tao Hede said, the foundation-building monks invited by him were suddenly moved, and soon several spiritual lights followed the Minghe Sect monks to chase out.

He Mengxin came here just for the Jade Dragon Pill. Now that she has the pill and has fulfilled her agreement with the other party, she naturally doesn't want to continue to wade in this muddy water. When she was looking for Song Qingyu in the crowd, she found that she had already spotted a cultivator from the other party and chased after her.

"Didn't we agree not to get involved in this matter? What happened to this girl today? She is so desperate for spiritual stones, and I didn't hear her say that she is short of spiritual stones recently." Although her face was a little puzzled, He Mengxin was still worried about Song Qingyu's safety and hurried to chase after her.

After Song Qingyu chased for dozens of miles, he was slowly getting closer and closer to the target she was chasing. The cultivator who was fleeing not far in front of him was the woman with a half-covered veil who she had been watching closely before.

The veiled woman turned around and looked at Song Qingyu who was chasing her closely, and there was a trace of surprise in her eyes. After a moment, the woman's eyes flashed with a trace of emotion, and finally stopped on the flat ground in front of her.

Not long after, Song Qingyu, who was galloping over, quickly stood in front of her. Seeing that the other party seemed to have no intention of taking action, Song Qingyu looked at the other party closely and slowly said:

"My fellow Taoist, do you still recognize me?"

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

"Well! After not seeing each other for many years, I didn't expect to meet you here today. It's really fate."