Chapter 518: No Matter What

In Tiexian Fort, Ma Qiudie, who had escaped by chance, looked at the old man who died tragically at the hands of Song Qingming outside the formation, and couldn't help revealing a trace of sadness in his eyes.

If it weren't for the elder of the Ma family who risked his life to appear outside the formation and help Ma Qiudie hold Song Qingming for a moment, she would have been in danger at this moment.

It's a pity that this man is only at the foundation-building stage after all. Although he successfully saved Ma Qiudie, he himself didn't have the opportunity to escape back and paid the price of a life.

The fights between high-level cultivators in the world of cultivation are often so cruel. The Ma family chose to betray Xiaoyao Sect, and they must be prepared to bear such terrible consequences at any time.

After Song Qingming rushed back to the battlefield, he immediately joined Jin Ziyuan's battlefield and besieged Ma Hongshan with him.

Seeing that Ma Qiudie had escaped safely, Ma Hongshan was relieved. Even though he was facing the combined forces of Song Qingming and Jin Ziyuan, the pressure on him was doubled. However, as a veteran Jindan cultivator, Ma Hongshan's experience in fighting was far beyond that of Ma Qiudie, who had just formed a Dan. Although he was temporarily at a disadvantage, he could still cope with it in a short period of time.

But the good times did not last long. Ma Qiudie had just escaped back to Tiexianbao, and within half an incense stick of time, another person from Jiuyuan Sect was soon forced to withdraw from the battlefield.

A Jiuyuan Sect Jindan elder who fought with Chen Xuanxin was only at the third level, and his personal strength was far inferior to that of his opponent, Chen Xuanxin, who practiced sword cultivation. After fighting for more than a hundred rounds, this Jiuyuan Sect elder was gradually defeated by Chen Xuanxin, and he seized the opportunity to cut off half of his left arm with a sword.

The Jiuyuan Sect elder, who had been severely injured and temporarily lost the ability to fight the enemy, hurriedly used an auxiliary talisman to turn around and retreat directly to the Tiexianbao Mountain Protection Array.

Seeing that many people on the battlefield had already fallen behind, Yue Wuji, the head of the Jiuyuan Sect who was fighting Bai Yuxian, was also a little anxious. He hurriedly sent a secret message to other Jiuyuan Sect cultivators who were fighting against the enemy, and they joined together and retreated to the mountain protection array.

Although the overall strength of the Jindan cultivators on the Jiuyuan Sect side was not as good as that of the Xiaoyao Sect side, they suffered a little loss shortly after the start of the war, but with the protection of the Tiexianbao Mountain Protection Array, they were still able to barely hold on, temporarily dragging the Xiaoyao Sect people outside the array, and did not give Song Qingming and others too many opportunities to directly attack the mountain protection array.

Although Xiaoyao Sect had the advantage on the battlefield and had injured several Jindan cultivators of the other side, they only brought Jindan cultivators to Tiexian Fort this time, and there were not many low-level cultivators accompanying them. Under the desperate containment of many Jindan cultivators of the other side, they could not do anything about the Tiexian Fort mountain protection formation for a while.

Just when the two sides were in a stalemate again, a sound of breaking through the air suddenly came from the sky, and a blue shield light suddenly flew from the sky in the distance. After a few flashes, it appeared in the middle of the battlefield and turned into a smiling middle-aged man.

The person who came was the Yuanying Grand Elder of Jiuyuan Sect, Wu Jiuyuan.

"Haha! Uncle Wu is back." After seeing Wu Jiuyuan appear, everyone in Jiuyuan Sect immediately showed great joy and hurried to him.

On the other side, everyone in Xiaoyao Sect felt the powerful momentum emanating from Wu Jiuyuan, and knew that the other party was a Yuanying cultivator. Their faces changed and they quickly stopped attacking.

Before Xiaoyao Zong and others could make any move, another green light flew over from a distance, and Li Mufeng, who was half a step behind Wu Jiuyuan, had already arrived on the battlefield.

After seeing Li Mufeng's figure, Song Qingming and others, who had just been a little flustered, immediately calmed down.

"Li Mufeng, I believe you have had a good fight today. Why don't you go back and recover your mana and fight again tomorrow?"

Faced with Wu Jiuyuan's challenge, Li Mufeng, with a cold face, ignored it. He looked at Yao Qianshu and others beside him, and directly spit out the word "go", and took everyone away from Tiexianbao.

After watching Li Mufeng and the people from Xiaoyao Sect leave, Wu Jiuyuan put away the relaxed look on his face and asked the people from Jiuyuan Sect with a heavy face: "Why are Ziheng and Qiudie not here?"

"We just had a fight with Yao Qianshu and the others, and the two junior brothers and sisters were accidentally injured by the people from Xiaoyao Sect." Seeing that Wu Jiuyuan's face seemed a little bad, Yue Wuji, the head of Jiuyuan Sect, carefully stepped forward and replied.

Wu Jiuyuan frowned slightly when he heard this, and after a moment, he waved to everyone and said: "Everyone go back first!"

In Tiexian Fort, Wu Jiuyuan went to check on the injured Ma Qiudie as soon as he returned to the fort.

In this battle, although Ma Qiudie was forced into a very embarrassing situation by Song Qingming, most of the injuries were flesh and blood injuries, and the mana was over-consumed in the battle, so she was not seriously injured. She only needed to retreat for one or two years to recover.

After seeing that Ma Qiudie was fine, Wu Jiuyuan generously gave her two healing pills, smiled and comforted her for a long time before slowly leaving and coming to another cave where Wang Ziheng was recuperating.

Compared to Ma Qiudie's injuries, Wang Ziheng, who lost half of his right hand, was more seriously injured. Although he could regenerate his limbs with some high-level spiritual medicines, it would take about 10 to 20 years to fully recover, and during this period, he could no longer rashly use his magic power to fight with others.

Although Wang Ziheng's cultivation is not high, only the third level of Jindan, he is also a cultivator from Jiuyuan Sect like Wu Jiuyuan, and is considered a core elder in Jiuyuan Sect.

Seeing Wang Ziheng, who has followed him for so many years and carried forward Jiuyuan Sect, injured like this, Wu Jiuyuan also showed a look of displeasure on his face.

"Didn't Ma Hongshan say before that Yao Qianshu was seriously injured and could no longer attack at will? Why did he come today? You have been in Weiguo for so long, why haven't you figured out such an important thing?"

"Uncle Master, calm down. It is true that Yao Qianshu was injured. Today, Junior Brother Linghu also saw something when he fought with him. This person's injuries have not fully recovered. Otherwise, with Junior Brother Linghu's cultivation, it would be impossible for him to deal with him for so long and still be able to retreat unscathed.

We also heard some news a few years ago. During the last monster rebellion, Yao Qianshu forced his way into Zixingfang. He took action and took a Deer Soul Pill. We were a little surprised that his injuries recovered so quickly. "

As soon as Yue Wuji finished speaking, Linghu Jie, who was standing beside him, echoed him and said, "Master Brother is right. Last time I went to Wu to attend the Star Conference, I also saw Yao Qianshu. His injuries were indeed quite serious at that time. I don't know how the old guy recovered so quickly."

After Linghu Jie finished speaking, he glanced at Wu Jiuyuan slightly. Seeing that he didn't keep his eyes on him, he slowly put his mind at ease.

Although Linghu Jie's cultivation has reached the late Jindan stage and ranks second among the many Jindan elders of Jiuyuan Sect, he originally came from another small sect and was merged into Jiuyuan Sect after Jiuyuan Sect unified the Yue Kingdom's cultivation world. His status in the sect is not higher than that of other elders.

When he went to Wu State to participate in the Star Conference that day, he actually saw Yao Qianshu take down a Mist and Snow Ice Lotus on the last day, but he didn't guess that Yao Qianshu's injuries would recover almost immediately after he got it, so he didn't tell Wu Jiuyuan and others about it.

Although Linghu Jie had some guesses in his mind after the battle with Yao Qianshu, that Yao Qianshu's recovery might be related to his getting the Mist and Snow Ice Lotus that day, he could only pretend not to know at this moment and didn't dare to say it directly.

Originally, he had never been trusted by Wu Jiuyuan in the sect. If he mentioned this matter again at this time, Wu Jiuyuan might be angry and put all the faults of today on his head.

"I didn't reach an agreement with Li Mufeng today. This guy will definitely come out in full force after he returns. Wuji, go and discuss with Ma Hongshan to see if they can withdraw in advance."

"Withdraw? Uncle, didn't we promise Ma Hongshan at the beginning that we should at least buy them a year?"

Wu Jiuyuan waved his hand and snorted coldly: "Hmph! Tell Ma Hongshan not to be too greedy. It's come to this juncture. What's there to be reluctant about? We helped him rob such a large amount of spiritual objects in Tuoyun Mountain last time. Doesn't he think he didn't earn enough?

Although Xiaoyao Sect has withdrawn today, we are already at a disadvantage after this battle. Tiexian Fort is too far away from the sect, and it is difficult for us to mobilize manpower. Once the army of Xiaoyao Sect arrives, we will definitely not be able to defend this place. We must make plans early."

Hearing Wu Jiuyuan's angry rebuke, Yue Wuji nodded hurriedly and walked out without saying anything more.

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Three days later, in the main hall of Guiyunfang.

Li Mufeng sat at the head with a calm expression, and Yao Qianshu and many other Jindan elders of Xiaoyao Sect sat down one by one.

In the battle of Tiexianbao, although Xiaoyao Sect had a slight advantage, it was unable to break through the protective formation of Tiexianbao with only a few Jindan monks, so it could only retreat to Guiyunfang and prepare to mobilize enough manpower to continue attacking Tiexianbao.

When the monsters rioted, Xiaoyao Sect did not send troops to support Tiexianbao at first. On the one hand, it was because Yao Qianshu was suddenly injured and Xiaoyao Sect itself was short of manpower. On the other hand, Li Mufeng also wanted to use this monster riot to hit the Ma family and weaken their strength.

Li Mufeng obviously did not expect that Ma Hongshan would choose to join Wu Jiuyuan and introduce Jiuyuan Sect's power into Weiguo.

A Jindan family in the territory under its command betrayed the sect and joined other forces. This is something that Xiaoyao Sect absolutely cannot tolerate. Even if it means going to war with Jiuyuan Sect, Li Mufeng is ready to do whatever it takes.

"Uncle Li, I received a message from Junior Brother Guangling yesterday. It will take at most ten days for the sect to prepare five flying boats and rush to Guiyunfang."