Chapter 489 Conspiracy
Facing the Nine-Pattern Dragon that was determined to escape, Song Qingming chased it for more than ten miles, but found that his escape speed was not as fast as the other party. Looking at the Nine-Pattern Dragon that had disappeared in front of him, Song Qingming could only sigh slightly on the spot and turn back to the battlefield of Zixingfang.
When Song Qingming came back, the army of monsters that were still fighting in Zixingfang gradually lost their fighting spirit after learning the news of the defeat of the monster king. Under the leadership of some second-level monsters, the remaining army of monsters began to follow the direction of the Nine-Pattern Dragon and turned around to flee north. Xiaoyao Sect soon successfully recaptured Zixingfang, a market with a very critical geographical location.
Although this battle was a bit thrilling, fortunately, everyone in Xiaoyao Sect still achieved the original plan, and the two important tasks of killing the Fire Leopard Monster King and recaptured Zixingfang were finally successfully completed.
Song Qingming, who had just returned to Zixingfang, saw that the scene was still extremely messy everywhere, and hurriedly ordered the disciples of Xiaoyao Sect to stop chasing the fleeing monsters and return to the market to speed up the repair of the market mountain protection formation that had been destroyed.
Although Xiaoyao Sect has now recaptured the market, Zixingfang is located between Guiyunfang and Gaoyun County. There are still many monsters in these two places, and they may counterattack the market at any time. They must be prepared early to better meet the next battle.
After arranging the task of repairing the market formation, just when Song Qingming was about to find Yao Qianshu to discuss how to guard Zixingfang next, he happened to meet a foundation-building disciple of Yao Qianshu, who was specially ordered to come to invite him.
"Uncle Song, the master asked you to come over and said that there is something important to discuss with you!"
Under his guidance, Song Qingming came directly to a small hill outside the battlefield and saw Yao Qianshu, who had withdrawn from the battle and sat aside to adjust his condition.
The moment he saw Yao Qianshu's face, Song Qingming's steps forward suddenly froze in place, and a hint of surprise appeared on his face.
In Song Qingming's eyes, Yao Qianshu, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground at this moment, had completely lost the majestic look he had just had when he and Li Xianyun surrounded and killed the Fire Leopard Demon King.
His hair seemed to have suddenly turned gray, and his slightly sunken eyes and wrinkles on his face were closely attached to his skinny face, making Yao Qianshu look like a withered old man who had lost most of his vitality, as if a gust of wind could blow him down.
"Haha! Junior Brother Song, I'm not a little scared of you, am I?" Seeing Song Qingming standing there blankly, Yao Qianshu forced a smile on his face and reminded him.
Seeing Yao Qianshu suddenly become so weak after the battle, Song Qingming asked with a puzzled look: "Master, I just heard them say that you were fine, why are you so seriously injured again? Is it because you were just in the battle..." Before Song Qingming finished speaking, Yao Qianshu quickly waved his hand to interrupt him and explained directly: "Don't worry, Junior Brother Song, I am not injured in the battle with the demon king, but because I took the Deer Soul Pill before the battle. This pill can help me suppress my original injuries in a short period of time. Now the effect of the pill has passed. I am actually in this state because of excessive loss of blood and essence in my body. It is not a big problem. As long as I go back and recuperate for a while, I will slowly recover." "Master, you can make such a great sacrifice for the sect. Junior Brother really admires you." After Song Qingming finished speaking, he bowed to Yao Qianshu who was sitting on the ground with a solemn face. "Haha! Junior brother, don't say that. The sect has sacrificed countless disciples in this disaster. You are all risking your lives to kill the enemy on the front line. What is there for you to praise me for making a little sacrifice as the head of the sect?
It's a pity that the sect only has this one Deer Soul Pill now. I can't help you anymore. I will leave the Purple Star Square to you and Li Daoyou." Yao Qianshu sighed slightly.
"Master, you can go back and recuperate. With Li Daoyou's help and so many disciples of the sect, as long as we successfully repair the mountain protection formation in the market, we will definitely be able to defend this place."
Hearing Song Qingming's confident reply, Yao Qianshu nodded with a smile on his face.
"Then I'll leave it to you, junior brother!"
After Yao Qianshu and Song Qingming explained, he directly handed over the command of the army of cultivators in the market to Song Qingming, and then returned to Guyang Mountain under the escort of several trusted disciples.
After seeing off the head brother, Song Qingming immediately returned to Zixingfang and stood in the center of the market, urging the many cultivators who were repairing the mountain protection formation to speed up the repair.
Although he lost Yao Qianshu, a Jindan master, to help guard the market, Song Qingming did not lose much confidence in defending this place. As long as the mountain protection formation of the market can be repaired in time, with him and Li Xianyun, a late Jindan master, sitting here, as long as the monsters of Guiyunfang do not come in full force, they are still confident that they can defend this market.
However, the most urgent task for Xiaoyao Sect is to repair the market formation of Zixingfang as soon as possible. It has been so long, and it is estimated that the main force of the monsters of Guiyunfang has already received the request for help from the monsters of Zixingfang and sent reinforcements here.
In this battle just now, Xiaoyao Sect went all out and killed the Fire Leopard Demon King in a quick battle. The whole battle ended in less than an hour. Although they did not pursue too far and let most of the low-level monsters go, Xiaoyao Sect itself did not suffer much loss.
Except for the loss of Yao Qianshu, the golden elixir warrior, the other foundation building and Qi refining cultivators suffered less than 200 casualties, and the overall strength was basically intact.
Guiyunfang is nearly 3,000 miles away from Zixingfang. It will take about three or four days for the main force of monsters to come here for support. However, if those high-level monster kings abandon their low-level monsters and come alone to help, they can reach Zixingfang in half a day at most.
For this reason, Xiaoyao Sect must repair the market formation as soon as possible, otherwise if the opponent really comes with several monster kings at once to fight in the market, it will be difficult to repair the mountain protection formation at that time.
In order to recapture Zixingfang this time, Xiaoyao Sect also made a lot of preparations in advance. In order to quickly repair the market formation after recaptured the market, the sect also specially recruited a batch of materials for repairing the formation, and more than a dozen second-level formation masters accompanied them.
With the joint efforts of these formation masters, the Zixingfang mountain protection formation was repaired in less than half a day. After Song Qingming saw the mountain protection formation gradually brightening in front of him, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Until two days later, the market formation was completely repaired, and Zixingfang still did not encounter any monster kings coming to harass, which also made Song Qingming's face more unexpected and happy, and completely put down his worries.
In fact, just a few days ago, when the battle of Zixingfang took place, the White Dragon Monster King of Guiyunfang received a request for help and immediately sent two monster kings south to Zixingfang to support the Nine-Pattern Dragon and the Fire Leopard Monster King.
However, because the monsters on the Purple Star Square were defeated too quickly, the Fire Leopard Monster King lost his life in less than half an hour after the battle began. The two monster kings were still on the way, and the battle on the Purple Star Square was over.
After the Nine-Pattern Dragon, who had just escaped halfway, met the two monster kings, he told them what he had encountered in the Purple Star Square. After discussing on the spot, the three monster kings felt that they were not sure to take back the Purple Star Square by themselves, and finally decided to turn around and return to Guiyun Square together.
Although the three monster kings were all strong, according to the information provided by the Nine-Pattern Dragon, there were also three Jindan cultivators from the Xiaoyao Sect who came to attack the Purple Star Square, and there were also two late Jindan masters Yao Qianshu and Li Xianyun. Even if they only competed in Jindan combat power, the monsters were not sure of winning.
Moreover, there were still thousands of human cultivators in the Purple Star Square who could provide support, but the monster army under their command was still thousands of miles away and could not be used. Once the raid on the Purple Star Square failed, it would be difficult for the three of them to get out safely.
Although they didn't know much about Li Xianyun personally, Yao Qianshu, the head of Xiaoyao Sect, and several demon kings including Jiuwen Jiao had heard of his strength a long time ago, and naturally they were a little afraid of him.
After Yao Qianshu formed his elixir, he cultivated to the late stage of Jindan in less than a hundred years. Whether in terms of cultivation or fighting ability, he has always been at the forefront among the Jindan cultivators of Xiaoyao Sect. In the past few hundred years, three or four demon kings under Jinyushan alone have died tragically at his hands.
Jiuwen Jiao and the two demon kings knew that the current defense force of Zixingfang was very strong, and they did not have the courage to go south to Zixingfang to take risks. They could only turn around and return to Guiyunfang together and report the news to the White Dragon Demon King.
After hearing the news that Yao Qianshu appeared in Zixingfang, the White Dragon Demon King and other demon kings who besieged Guiyunfang were also very shocked. The head of Xiaoyao Sect had never shown up since the monster beast riots. The monsters who were confused about the situation thought that the head of Xiaoyao Sect might have died.
After all, the life span of human cultivators of the same level is far less than that of the demons. Yao Qianshu has been in the stage of forming the elixir for more than 400 years. His life span is indeed running out. It is normal for the demons to have this guess.
The battle in Guiyunfang lasted for more than half a year. Bai Yuxian led the Xiaoyao Sect to hold on for so long. Almost every battle ended with the demons having the upper hand. The Xiaoyao Sect had lost many cultivators in Guiyunfang. Even Zhao Fenglian, the sect's golden elixir elder, was seriously injured in the battle and almost died at the hands of the White Dragon Demon King.
Later, the demon army divided its troops and marched south. The weakly defended Zixingfang was quickly breached by the demon army. Most of Gaoyun County had fallen into the hands of the demons. The number of casualties among cultivators and mortals was countless. In the face of such a critical situation, Yao Qianshu did not show up.
According to common sense, if Yao Qianshu could participate in the war, as long as he, the head of Xiaoyao Sect, could take action in several battles in Guiyunfang, Xiaoyao Sect would not have fallen into such a big disadvantage at the beginning, and the demon army would not have dared to easily go south to attack Gaoyun County.
It was precisely because of this demon beast riot that Weiguo was in a state of emergency from the beginning, and many territories were successively occupied. The losses were incalculable. It was not like a show at all. This also made the many demon kings who went south gradually let go of their vigilance against the head of Xiaoyao Sect.
If it weren't for the powerful and difficult-to-conquer Grade 3 mountain protection formation in Guiyunfang, the demon army would have already flattened this market.
The White Dragon Demon King didn't expect that Yao Qianshu, who had not appeared before, would suddenly appear at this time to lead Xiaoyao Sect to attack Zixingfang. This really caught the demon beasts off guard.
"Is this really another conspiracy of the human cultivators? In order to let our demon army go deep into the territory of Weiguo, Xiaoyao Sect can actually wait until now to take out Yao Qianshu's trump card. These human cultivators are really willing to invest."
After hearing the news that Zixingfang was reoccupied by Xiaoyao Sect and the Fire Leopard Demon King had died in battle, the White Dragon Demon King, the leader of the demon beasts, felt something was wrong and hurriedly sent a long-distance voice transmission to the Fierce Wind Demon King and the Nine-headed Demon King in Gaoyun County of Weiguo, notifying them to find a way to bypass Zixingfang and withdraw from the south.
A few months ago, after the monsters went south and broke through Zixingfang, the two monster kings soon led thousands of monsters to invade Gaoyun County of Weiguo.
Up to now, the two monster armies have been wreaking havoc in Gaoyun County for several months, and during this period, they have swept most of the sacred mountains in several counties in the north of Gaoyun County, and have devoured nearly one million mortals and monks in Gaoyun County.
If it weren't for the timely support of Guangling Zhenren and Xiaoyao Sect monks to stop them in Cuiyunfang, the largest market in the south of Gaoyun County, I'm afraid that not only Gaoyun County, but also Guyang County in the south of Weiguo has fallen into the hands of monsters.
Although they were blocked outside Cuiyunfang by Guangling Zhenren, the number of low-level monsters in the monster army led by the Liefeng Monster King and the Nine-headed Monster King who went south was several times that of the Xiaoyao Sect guarding the market. At this moment, the monsters still have an absolute advantage. As long as they are given another month, it is only a matter of time before they break through this market.
At this moment, the Fierce Wind Demon King and the Nine-headed Demon King, who were still driving their demon beast army to desperately attack Cuiyunfang, were four or five thousand miles away from Guiyunfang. They were still unaware of the sudden changes that had occurred in the rear in the past few days.
After receiving the message from the White Dragon Demon King, the Fierce Wind Demon King and the Nine-headed Demon King learned that the Purple Star Square, a very important retreat for the demon beast army, had been occupied by the human race, and they immediately fell into panic.
The entire demon beast army's retreat was cut off, and it was surrounded by the Xiaoyao Sect from both the north and the south. The Fierce Wind Demon King and the Nine-headed Demon King had to immediately give up attacking Cuiyunfang and command the demon beast army to retreat to the north, preparing to bypass the Purple Star Square and retreat to Guiyunfang to join the White Dragon Demon King.