Chapter 478 Li Mufeng's Intention

After receiving the news of the great victory over the monsters from Huoyun Mountain, the hearts of the people in Jinshanfang finally settled down.

Although Huoyun Mountain temporarily blocked the vanguard of the monster army heading south, facing the six or seven hundred monsters that gathered south again, Cao Rongxue and his men on the mountain had less than three hundred cultivators in total, and most of them were the old, weak, and disabled who stayed behind. There was still a big gap in strength, and they could only rely on the Huoyun Mountain Mountain Protection Formation to resist.

Fortunately, Song Yuanfang had just brought dozens of cultivators from Qinghe County who were transporting supplies to the north to the nearby area, and rushed to Huoyun Mountain for support in time, which bought time for the Huoyun Mountain cultivators to summon the family cultivators in the south for support, helping Cao Rongxue and his men to slowly stabilize their position.

Compared with the small-scale fighting between the main forces of the two sides in Jinshanfang, the fighting on Huoyun Mountain became more and more intense. After several battles, both sides suffered a lot of losses. Even Song Yuanfang, who was originally responsible for transporting supplies, was very unlucky and was seriously injured in this battle.

There were only five foundation-building cultivators on Huoyun Mountain, including Song Yuanfang who came to support. Even though Cao Rongxue and his team had killed one of the monsters, there were still nine level-two monsters. Not only was the number of low-level cultivators on Huoyun Mountain far less than that on the monsters, but the high-level combat power of both sides was also very different.

After Song Yuanfang arrived at Huoyun Mountain for support, he was immediately forced to the battlefield by Cao Rongxue. Although Song Yuanfang had successfully built his foundation a few years ago and had two level-two magic weapons, he did not have much experience in fighting, and his strength was relatively weak among the foundation-building cultivators.

After several battles with the monsters, the weaker Song Yuanfang was soon targeted by a monster in the middle stage of foundation-building. In the melee, he was suddenly attacked from behind by the monster and slapped to the ground with a claw. Later, he was almost roasted on the spot by the real fire sprayed by the monster.

Fortunately, Song Yuanfang still had a second-level middle-grade defensive talisman given to him by Song Qingming, which helped him absorb most of the damage in time, so he didn't lose his life on the battlefield and escaped back to Huoyun Mountain in time.

Although he saved his life in time, this injury directly injured several important meridians in Song Yuanfang's body. Even if Song Yuanfang can slowly recover in the future, it will greatly affect the progress of his cultivation. If he is not careful, there will be no hope of forming a pill in this life.

Knowing that Song Yuanfang had just successfully built his foundation and had no experience in fighting, Song Qingming deliberately left him in the relatively safe rear family. Unexpectedly, Song Qingming's arrangement was intended to take care of Song Yuanfang, who was relatively weak, but by chance, he encountered the more dangerous Huoyun Mountain battle.

After receiving the news that Song Yuanfang was seriously injured and sent back to Funiushan, Song Qingming, who was in Jinshanfang, also showed a helpless look. They were in this world of cultivation full of crises, and there was almost no place that could have eternal peace.

Even someone as lucky as Song Yuanfang, who was born in the Song family, which was already powerful, and who successfully built his foundation under the care of Song Qingming, the family's Jindan ancestor, would still encounter these sudden crises. If they want to practice better, every cultivator must find a way to strengthen themselves as quickly as possible.

After several battles with the monsters under the leadership of Cao Rongxue, the Huoyun Mountain cultivators suffered some losses and heavy casualties, but they did not disappoint Song Qingming and others who were far away in Jinshanfang. They gritted their teeth and defended the important position of Huoyun Mountain to prevent the monsters from continuing to move south.

In this way, the two battlefields of Jinshanfang and Huoyun Mountain fell into anxiety again. The monster army led by the White Lion Demon King did not conquer the two strongholds of Jinshanfang and Huoyun Mountain, and they did not dare to continue to move south. Otherwise, once they penetrated into the human territory, they would be cut off by the Jinshanfang cultivators.

The low-level monsters with low IQs died, but the high-level monsters such as the White Lion Monster King were not brave enough to take this risk, so they could only confront Song Qingming and his men in Jinshanfang.

In this way, the two sides have been deadlocked near Jinshanfang for more than half a year. During this period, the human cultivators and the monster army fought several battles, but in the end, no one could do anything to the other. Song Qingming and the White Lion Monster King fought several times, and although they were able to gain some advantages, they could not do much to this cunning monster king.

After all, although the White Lion Monster King's fighting ability is not as good as Song Qingming's now, his cultivation is still a little higher than his. The gap in strength between the two sides is not that big. It is still a little unlikely for Song Qingming to kill it head-on by himself.

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Xiaoyao Sect, Xiaoyao Hall of Guyang Mountain.

Li Mufeng stood above the hall, listening to Guangling Zhenren, who was a little sad, reporting the battle situation in various places on the front line of Weiguo.

More than half a year has passed since the monster riots in the northern border began. Except for Jinshanfang, which is still in a stalemate with the White Lion Monster King, the situation in other battlefields is even worse.

In Guiyunfang, Bai Yuxian led the main cultivators of Xiaoyao Sect. Although they relied on the mountain protection formation to block the siege of many monster kings in Jinyu Mountain, they could only hide in the market and passively take the beating, without any power to fight back.

Although the third-level spiritual vein in Guiyunfang, which is very important to the sect, is still in the hands of Xiaoyao Sect, in order to defend this spiritual vein in the past six months, Xiaoyao Sect has not only lost thousands of Qi Refining disciples, but also lost forty or fifty foundation-building cultivators.

These low-level cultivators are extremely valuable fresh blood in Xiaoyao Sect. If the loss is too great in dealing with the monster beast chaos, the overall strength of Xiaoyao Sect in the future will inevitably be greatly affected.

What is more worrying is the Xiaoyao Sect. Two Jindan elders have been injured in the battle of Guiyunfang and temporarily lost their combat effectiveness and returned to the sect for recuperation. Although Chen Xuanxin, who is used as a backup force in Xiaoyao Sect, has already rushed to Guiyunfang to help, there is still a big gap in the combat power of the Jindan level on the battlefield between the two sides.

There are a total of ten Jinyushan monster kings who attacked Guiyunfang this time, which is more than the last monster beast chaos. There are three powerful monster kings in the late Jindan period. In contrast, there are only five Jindan cultivators in Xiaoyao Sect who can come out to fight in Guiyunfang now.

After the monster army surrounded Guiyunfang, several monster kings had already led some monsters across Guiyunfang and entered several counties south of Guiyunfang. Recently, Master Guangling has also been leading the important mobile forces left in the sect to put out fires in the north of Weiguo.

Although the Xiaoyao Sect has defended many important Lingshan strongholds with the efforts of Master Guangling and others, most of the Gaoyun County in the south of Guiyunfang has fallen into the hands of monsters. For a while, it was just like Pingyang County in the past, and it immediately turned into a tragic scene of devastation.

Although Feng Yangde on Tuoyun Mountain seemed to be in danger, it was unknown what powerful trump card Feng Yangde used. He actually managed to injure the cloud crane and temporarily resolved the crisis.

Although Tuoyun Mountain is still surrounded by monsters and the situation is very critical at any time, they have still firmly defended Lingshan and have not allowed the monsters there to cross Tuoyun Mountain on a large scale.

Although there has been no news from Tiexian Fort, Xiaoyao Sect has not seen a large number of monsters passing through Tiexian Fort, and can judge that the Ma family is still resisting. As for the specific situation in Tiexian Fort, they are not clear.

Now Xiaoyao Sect is a little overwhelmed just to deal with the main force of monsters from Guiyunfang, and there is no extra force to help them. Even if Xiaoyao Sect knows their difficulties now, it is helpless and has no way to help.

"Uncle Li, Junior Sister Bai and the others have suffered heavy losses, but they can still hold on for a while. However, our losses in Gaoyun County are too great now. Now two monster kings have appeared in Gaoyun County. It is really difficult for me to deal with it alone."

"Guangling, I understand what you mean. Are you planning to go to the treasury and take away the third-level puppet beast of the sect when you come back this time?" After hearing the complaints of Master Guangling, Li Mufeng said his thoughts calmly.

The third-level puppet beast mentioned by Li Mufeng is the only third-level puppet beast in Xiaoyao Sect. The grade of this puppet beast has reached the third-level middle grade. Under the control of two foundation-building cultivators, the strength it can exert in a short period of time can be comparable to that of an early Jindan cultivator.

Seeing that Li Mufeng directly pointed out his fault, Master Guangling nodded after a moment of embarrassment and said, "Although the disciple is willing to defend the sect's territory, he is also suffering from his own lack of strength. He really has no confidence in stopping the two demon kings."

After turning his head to think for a moment, Li Mufeng turned his face and slowly said to Master Guangling with a normal expression, "I know your difficulties, but I have planned to use this puppet beast for other purposes. Now I can't let you take it to Gaoyun County now. You still need to think of a solution for the situation there."

"Master Li, the situation in Gaoyun County is so critical now, and Junior Sister Bai of Guiyunfang can still hold on. I really don't understand why you still want to take this puppet beast. Where is Guiyunfang? "

Looking at the puzzled look on Guangling Zhenren's face, Li Mufeng quickly shook his head and said, "I am not going to take this puppet beast to Guiyunfang, but I plan to transfer it to Jinshanfang to help Qingming fight off the monsters in Jinshanfang first, so that they can withdraw and support Guiyunfang later."

"Support Jinshanfang? Didn't Junior Brother Song block the monster army in the east? Even if they can withdraw, Junior Brother Song and the few people in Jinshanfang will not be of much use when they go to Guiyunfang."

After hearing Li Mufeng's explanation, Guangling Zhenren's face seemed even more confused than before. He really couldn't guess what Li Mufeng's intention was.