After repairing the "Tuoyun Mountain" mountain protection formation, Song Qingming and Chen Xuanxin stayed to help for another half a month. Seeing that the situation on the mountain gradually stabilized, they said goodbye to Zhang Rong and returned to "Guiyunfang". ".
Since the "Black Dragon Demon Emperor" was defeated and returned to Jinyu Mountain, although there are still small groups of monsters going south to harass Fang City from time to time, the entire northern part of the Wei Kingdom has gradually stabilized, and the "Xiaoyao Sect" has also Gradually, he began to use his strength to clean up the remaining monster power in the territory and restore the vitality of the entire north.
Not long after Song Qingming returned to "Guiyunfang", Xu Ziyan, who was in charge of the sect's general affairs hall, took the initiative to come to the door and watched as the other party handed him a book full of numbers of deaths and merits. Song Qingming also showed some confusion on his face despite his achievements.
Although the "Xiaoyao Sect" has temporarily repelled the monster army and regained the northern territory, the monster turmoil in the entire Fuyun Mountains usually lasts for two or three years. Less than a year has passed now. It's far from time to distribute meritorious service and receive rewards.
Seeing the doubtful look on Song Qingming's face, Xu Ziyan hurriedly explained: "Senior Brother Song, it stands to reason that it is not the time to discuss merits and receive rewards, but this time I also followed the order of Senior Sister Bai. Come.
Since the monster turmoil, the sect has suffered a lot of losses. Master Li and Senior Sister Bai discussed it and decided to take out some spiritual objects from the sect's treasury in advance to reward and support the disciples and subordinates who have made meritorious service to the sect. Cultivation family.
This list was sent by Qingyu not long ago. She insisted on waiting for you to read it before submitting it. You just came back today. If there is no problem on your side, I will submit it directly as follows. Give it to Shanggong Pavilion. "
After hearing Xu Ziyan's explanation, Song Qingming nodded hurriedly and said: "So that's it. Nowadays, the whole north of the sect is full of waste and waiting for development. It's difficult for Master Li and Senior Sister Bai to have good intentions.
You also know that I have spent most of my time in Guiyunfang in the past six months, and I am not as clear as Qingyu and others about the matters in Jinshanfang. Since this list was confirmed by her, naturally it is not If there is any big problem, just report it like this! ”
Seeing the merit book, which was full of names and numbers of the monks who died in fighting against the monster beasts, Song Qingming’s eyes also showed a trace of sadness and helplessness, and he quickly handed it back to Xu Ziyan
"In this case, I need to hand over this thing quickly and not stay here to disturb Senior Brother Song!" After receiving Song Qingming's confirmation, Xu Ziyan immediately put away the merit book, stood up and said goodbye and left the cave.
Although less than a year has passed since the monster turmoil, the losses suffered by the entire Wei Kingdom have far exceeded those before. Naturally, it is most necessary to appease people's hearts at this time. The "Xiaoyao Sect" decided to deal with its disciples in advance As well as the Immortal Cultivation Family's reward based on merit, this move is naturally very wise.
The Song family has experienced several battles at "Jinshanfang" and sent many monks to support "Guiyunfang". Many monks were also killed and injured in this monster turmoil. Even the family's foundation-building monks died on the battlefield, and the losses were also huge.
Although under the leadership of the Song family, many immortal cultivating families in the northeast of the Wei Kingdom guarded the most important line of defense, "Jinshanfang", and did not allow the army of monsters to invade the territory of the human monks, avoiding the conflict with the Wei Kingdom. The "Iron Fairy Castle" and "Tuoyun Mountain" in the northwest were severely damaged by monsters.
But in order to protect "Jinshanfang" against the unrest of monsters, the major cultivating families in the northeastern part of the Wei Kingdom also paid a huge price.
Just the many cultivating families in Pingyang and Qinghe counties under the Song family lost thousands of monks in this year. This number of casualties has exceeded the total of the previous two monster turmoils that Song Qingming experienced.
The Song family, which even won the "Jinshanfang" battle and defended its territory, suffered so many casualties, not to mention other positions in the northern part of the Wei Kingdom.
This time the demon beasts were in turmoil. Although the "Xiaoyao Sect" defeated the demon beast army and regained the lost territory in less than a year, the price paid was also extremely heavy.
Not only did they lose a large number of low-level monks and mortals, but even the elders of the sect's Golden Core also suffered considerable losses.
Guangling Zhenren, the oldest Jindan elder in the sect, died on the spot in order to stop the "Red Cloud Demon King" from destroying the Fangshi formation. Zhao Menngling and Hu Qingyun were injured in the battle with the opponent's demon king. It's also very serious.
Before the war ended, the two of them had withdrawn from the battle and retreated to heal their injuries. Now it was almost equivalent to losing their combat effectiveness, and it would take at least ten years to recover.
Other sect elders, including Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan, were more or less injured. After repelling the monster army in the battle of "Guiyunfang", the "Xiaoyao Sect" sect was still intact. Among the damage-free Jindan elders, only Song Qingyu, Xu Ziyan, and Chen Xuanxin, who were relatively lucky, were left.
When Song Qingming was fighting against the "Red Cloud Demon Emperor", his magic weapon "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror" was broken by the Demon Emperor's blow, and he suffered a backlash on the spot and spit out a mouthful of blood.
Although this kind of injury is not very serious compared to Zhao Mengling and others, and it does not affect Song Qingming's combat effectiveness too much, the damage to his natal magic weapon has also caused the golden elixir in his body to suffer backlash, causing a crack, and he needs to calmly recuperate. It will take about half a year to fully recover and return to the original condition.
However, during this time of monster turmoil, although the "Xiaoyao Sect" suffered huge losses, it also gained a large amount of monster resources.
It was precisely because of the rich trophies in the treasury that Li Mufeng and Bai Yuxian had the confidence to take out part of the supplies in advance to reward the many disciples and cultivating families below them.
Not counting the large number of low-level demon beasts, the "Xiaoyao Sect" killed fourteen demon kings at the Golden Core stage and above alone, which was something the sect had never done before. past achievements.
Of these dozen demon kings, four fell in "Jinshanfang". Among them, the Jiuwen Jiao who first led the army of demon beasts to attack "Jinshanfang" was killed by Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan together. The "Blue Ling Demon King" who came to contain him died in the hands of Huang Siyuan and Song Qingyu.
There were also two demon kings from "Chiyun Mountain", but they were killed outside "Jinshanfang" by Li Xuanyi, Huang Siyuan and Song Qingyu who dared to come to support.
Except for these four demon kings, nine of the remaining ten demon kings died in the most brutal battle of "Guiyunfang", and only one later recovered "Tuoyunshan" At that time, he died under Chen Xuanxin's sword.
Because not all of these dozen demon kings were killed by the "Xiaoyao Sect" monks, some died in the hands of Li Xuanyi and other monks who came to support the "Xiaoyao Sect", so the "Xiaoyao Sect" did not After getting all the materials from these demon kings, some of them were given to them according to the rules.
The demon kings who died in "Jinshanfang" were all killed by several members of the Song family and Li Xuanyi alone. Bai Yuxian did not intervene in the distribution and handed them all over directly as he did last time. After leaving the Song family, the remaining materials from the Demon King were rewarded to the many Jindan elders who participated in the war based on their merits.
This time, the Song family relied on the better performance of Song Qingming and other three Jindan ancestors on the battlefield to harvest the complete materials from the three demon kings, which indeed aroused the envy of other elders in the sect. .
In addition to rewarding these high-level monster materials, all the first- and second-level low-level monster materials captured on the battlefield, "Xiaoyao Sect" Shanggong Pavilion also directly rewards the disciples in the sect and the foundation building and above. The Immortal Cultivation Family is fully open.
As long as you have made great achievements on the battlefield and have been rewarded by the sect's meritorious deeds, you can go directly to Guyang Mountain's Shanggong Pavilion and exchange your merits for these monster materials.
Not only that, in order to help the sect and its Immortal Cultivation Family regain strength as soon as possible, Xiaoyao Sect also came up with many pills that can improve the level of cultivation, including "Foundation Building Pill" and "Obstacle Breaking Pill". In the Shanggong Pavilion, they can exchange it by themselves.
These relatively precious high-level elixirs were all stockpiled by the "Xiaoyao Sect" in advance to prepare important materials for reward after the war. In order to appease people's hearts this time, Li Mufeng and the others decisively purchased these in advance. All the spiritual objects were taken out.
Anyway, the sect has seized many monster materials this time, and their value has far exceeded those of these spiritual objects. The "Xiaoyao Sect" does not need to feel bad about this, as long as it sends a flying boat to transport these monster materials after a while Other countries in need can quickly exchange spiritual stones to purchase these elixirs and spiritual items, which will not have much impact on the sect.
After learning this very shocking news, all the immortal cultivating families in Weiguo, as well as those disciples within the sect who were eager to break through the cultivation realm, immediately took action and began to raise merits from all over to the sect's Shanggong Pavilion. Exchange the required spiritual items.
After staying in "Guiyunfang" for a few more days, seeing that there was nothing going on with the sect, Song Qingming said hello to the leader Bai Yuxian, then packed up his things and took Huang Siyuan and Li Xuan with him. The two of them returned directly to "Funiu Mountain".
Before Song Qingming came back, Song Qingyu had already withdrawn to "Jinshanfang" with many monks under the Song family, because before the monster turmoil was over, a war might break out at any time. At this time, there must be troops on the northern front. A large number of monks were guarding it, so Song Qingyu stayed in "Jinshanfang" to take charge.
Because Huang Siyuan had not fully recovered from her injuries, she immediately started retreating for healing after returning.
Because Song Qingming agreed to help Li Xuanyi learn the skills, he returned to "Funiu Mountain" to arrange family affairs, and also began to retreat to learn the "Taixu Sword Art".
This retreat lasted for nearly half a year before Song Qingming came out of the retreat cave.
Although it took a lot of time, the hard work paid off. After some careful study, Song Qingming successfully found out the problem with Li Xuanyi's practice and helped him solve the problem. on the problem.
After coming out of seclusion, Song Qingming was about to hand over the burned insights to Li Xuanyi, but she didn't see anyone in the cave where she lived. After calling Song Yuanfang for questioning, she learned that this young senior sister had to wait for a while. I was a little bored on the mountain, so I went to "Jinshanfang" to find Song Qingyu.
After sending a letter to Song Qingyu who was far away in "Jinshanfang", more than an hour later, a green light flew from the north and landed outside "Funiu Mountain". Li Xuanyi, who had just rushed back from "Jinshanfang", arrived at the "Huixian Pavilion" on the top of the mountain with an anxious look. He smelled the fragrant fragrance of tea from a distance, and soon found him on the third floor. Song Qingming enjoying tea with Huang Siyuan.
"Haha! I didn't expect fellow Taoist Siyuan to be released from seclusion today. It seems that I came by accident and disturbed you two!"
Huang Siyuan is in "Return" "Yunfang" was injured during a battle with the demon king. At that time, her opponent was a demon king whose cultivation was close to the peak of the middle stage of Jindan. Not only was this demon's cultivation much higher than that of Huang Siyuan, he also practiced a technique to counter Huang Siyuan. Some restrained supernatural powers.
Faced with such a powerful demon king, even though Song Qingming was watching over her, Huang Siyuan, who had relatively little fighting experience, suffered a lot of losses in the battle and was injured by the opponent's meridians.
Fortunately, Huang Siyuan's injury is not very serious. After half a year of retreat, her injuries have fully recovered and she is almost healed. After receiving the news that Song Qingming came out of retreat, Huang Siyuan simply ended her retreat and walked out of the cave.
Seeing Li Xuanyi walking forward, Huang Siyuan immediately stood up and poured her a cup of spiritual tea. She shook her head with a smile and said: "Senior Sister Li, don't say it's a joke. I only came here this time. Just to make tea, nothing else.
I promised to entertain you, this distinguished guest, but I ended up coming back to retreat to heal my wounds. I don’t care, you guys talk first, I’ll prepare some special dishes for you later.”
“Oh! With such a good meal, I didn’t come here in vain.” When Huang Siyuan was about to cook to entertain her, Li Xuanyi, who had long wanted to try the delicious spiritual food she cooked, suddenly showed a look of anticipation on his face.
After seeing Huang Siyuan leave, Li Xuanyi went directly to Song Qingming and sat down, taking a sip of the spiritual tea on the table.
“The spiritual tea brewed by Taoist fellow Taoist Siyuan has a refreshing fragrance and a creamy texture. Her control over the heat is really unique. Junior Brother Song, you are really lucky to find her as a Taoist fellow. Even I'm a little envious now Admired!"
"There are so many monks in the world of immortality. It is not difficult to find one or two people who are good at making tea. Senior Sister Li will always meet them in the future, so there is no need to envy me. ”
"So what if I meet you? I'm not as comfortable as you. As an ancestor of a family, I can do whatever I want. Although the world of immortal cultivation is large, we and other family monks always have concerns that are difficult to let go of. Sometimes It’s really not as happy as those who come here as casual cultivators.”
When he said this, Li Xuanyi’s originally very happy face suddenly showed a hint of worry, and he didn’t know what he was thinking of. Happy things.
Seeing something wrong with Li Xuanyi's face, Song Qingming, who was confused about the situation, didn't dare to ask any more questions. He quickly took out a roll of bamboo slips that he had prepared and put it on the table to divert Li Xuanyi's attention.
"Senior Sister Li, this is what I learned from the Taixu Sword Art. It should be able to help you solve the bottleneck in your cultivation. You can try it first. If it doesn't work, I will help you look it up." The reason."
"Haha! Junior Brother Song, you really didn't disappoint me. If it is useful, You have helped me a lot, senior sister, I have to thank you very much."
After picking up the bamboo slips on the table and checking them, Li Xuanyi immediately forgot about his worries just now, and his expression changed for a while. He lost his previous joy, smiled and cupped his hands to Song Qingming, and put the bamboo slips in his hands into the storage artifact.
"Senior sister has helped me save my life. These things that I can do are what I should do. I must not say any more words of thanks. On the contrary, I will alienate my junior brother."
Li Xuanyi nodded slightly and said with a smile: "Don't worry, junior brother, I will not meet you outside. If you encounter problems with the skills in the future, I'm afraid I will inevitably come to disturb you. Don't dislike me as a senior sister then. That’s the trouble.”
“Haha! This is just a small temple in the mountains. Senior Sister Li can come here as often as she likes. As for the problem of the exercises, I will do my best. There are many mysteries in the Master’s Taixu Sword Technique. Senior sister needs to consult with him more in the future, and don’t delay her cultivation because of me.”
I heard Li Xuanyi say that I would like to ask him for advice in the future. When he asked for advice on the skills, Song Qingming felt helpless on his face. The "Taixu Sword Art" practiced by Li Xuanyi was created by his master, Taoist Lingxu, the top god-transformation monk in the world of immortality. How can ordinary skills be compared with it? of.
Previously, Song Qingming helped Li Xuanyi understand a bottleneck of "Taixu Sword Technique", and it took him half a year to finally succeed. If Li Xuanyi really has any problems in the future, he will come to Song Qingming. , he really couldn't deal with it.
But fortunately, Li Xuanyi still had to go back after traveling, and he would definitely not come to Funiu Mountain to find him often. Song Qingming was not too worried about this.
In addition to the problems with the skills, Li Xuanyi is naturally welcome to come to Funiu Mountain as a guest at any time. After all, regardless of the friendship between the same disciples, she is now considered a noble person of the Song family and even the "Xiaoyao Sect". As long as there is a way to help her Song Qingming would definitely not refuse anything he could do.
After the two chatted for a while in the "Huixian Pavilion", Huang Siyuan came up with some fragrant spiritual food.
As soon as he smelled the aroma of the spiritual food that Huang Siyuan placed on the table next to him, Li Xuanyi's attention was immediately attracted. Before Song Qingming could ask for an invitation, Li Xuanyi had already stood up and came to the dining table. In front of him, he glanced at the spiritual food on the table with a happy expression.
Although Huang Siyuan has been busy refining elixirs these years, he has not neglected his spiritual food skills too much. Song Qingming is a gluttonous person. He has tasted many delicious spiritual foods in his travels over the years, but It is indeed rare to encounter restaurants that can compare with Huang Siyuan's cooking skills.
In order to entertain the "distinguished guest" Li Xuanyi this time, Huang Siyuan also put a lot of thought into preparations. Not only did she personally go to "Chiyanfang" to select the best materials for making spiritual food, He also asked them to send a message to the Huang family of "Taiyuan Mountain" and ask them to send someone to deliver the best quality fresh spiritual fish, and then they prepared such a delicious banquet for Li Xuanyi.
It has been almost two years since he returned from the "Eastern Phoenix Kingdom Cultivation World". As soon as he came back, he encountered a turmoil of monsters that broke out in advance. Song Qingming has been busy with various affairs in the past two years and has no chance to calm down. Come and have a banquet.
This time Song Qingming also completely let go of everything in his heart and had a good drink with Li Xuanyi and Huang Siyuan.
Not long after the three of them started having dinner, Song Qingyu, who had already heard the news, rushed back a little later after explaining the matters at hand. The few of them were drinking and chatting in the "Huixian Pavilion". They exchanged their cultivation experiences and chatted from the afternoon until late at night before they each returned to the cave.
After getting the enlightened skills from Song Qingming, Li Xuanyi simply stayed on "Funiu Mountain" and began to retreat to try to break through the bottleneck. Song Qingming went to "Jinshanfang" to replace Song Qingyu. After returning home, she and Huang Siyuan were allowed to stay on the mountain to practice in peace.
Nearly two years have passed since the monster turmoil. Like most countries around the Fuyun Mountains, the turmoil facing Weiguo is almost coming to an end.
During the six months since Song Qingming went into seclusion, in the Song family territory, only a small group of low-level monsters came south to harass "Jinshanfang" in the Fuyun Mountains in the north, and no large-scale monster army driven by the Jindan Demon King appeared again.
In the "Yunmist Mountain" to the east, groups of monster beasts appear from time to time, but they are also low-level monster beasts that are not strong.
Although the large number of these monsters will bring some threats to Qinghe and Pingyang counties, facing the strong defense of human monks, it is difficult for them to cause too much damage. In most cases, they invade The human territory was soon pushed back into the mountains by the army of monks who came to support them.
Nearly half a year passed like this. The Fuyun Mountain Monster Army, which had been attacking human territory for more than two years, finally began a full retreat, except for some places that had been captured by the monster army during the turmoil. In addition, the entire northern part of the Immortal Cultivation World in the Fuyun Mountains has gradually settled down.
The demonic beast turmoil that has lasted for more than two years and caused huge losses to the Immortal Cultivation World in Fuyun Mountains has finally come to an end.
After receiving the news from the sect confirming the end of the monster turmoil, Song Qingming, who had been in "Jinshanfang" for half a year, was relieved. He quickly gave the order to the monks gathered in the city to disband and led the guards to guard the city. The Song family monks withdrew to "Funiu Mountain" together.
After more than two years of demonic beast turmoil, the Song family also killed nearly a hundred monks on the battlefield in order to defend the family territory against the invasion of demonic beasts.
Because the monster turmoil has not yet ended, the family has focused all its energy on dealing with this matter. There is no way to give them a grand burial. They can only collect the bones of these family monks who died in the battle and cremate them. He brought back "Funiu Mountain" and placed it in the family ancestor hall.
Now that the turmoil is over, it is time to organize a decent funeral for the monks who sacrificed their lives for the family.
Under the personal arrangement of Song Qingming, the patriarch, flags were soon fluttered and white flags were hung everywhere on "Funiu Mountain". All the monks who died in battle were treated equally and buried in the family empress according to the highest standards of etiquette of the family. In the mountain cemetery.
For the relatives and descendants of these family monks who died in battle, Song Qingming also asked Song Yuanfang, who was in charge of the family's common belongings, to comfort and take care of them. (End of this chapter)