After the "Funiu Mountain" family discussed and decided on the strategy of expanding northward, the entire Song family immediately began to mobilize.
The monks who were away began to return to "Funiu Mountain" to wait for the family's dispatch. The family's "Golden Hidden Pavilion" also opened its treasury and distributed supplies needed on the battlefield to the monks who were confirmed to be going on an expedition.
Except for "Funiu Mountain", almost all the immortal cultivating families under the Song family have received recruitment orders from "Funiu Mountain", requiring them to send some monks to follow the Song family to expand their territory to the north. .
After receiving the recruitment order, the Zhuji families in Qinghe and Pingyang counties immediately followed the Song family and began to mobilize.
Not only that, "Chiyanfang", "Jinshanfang" and "Qinghefang", which are located in the territory of the Song family, have also begun to post notices to hire casual cultivators to participate in this territory expansion. action.
In order to invite many casual cultivators to participate, the Song family has offered very generous conditions this time. Anyone who has made a contribution in killing monsters will not only receive certain rewards.
Those with outstanding meritorious service can also freely choose a spiritual vein below the third level among these newly expanded spiritual veins for practice, or create a new cultivating family, and they can be vassalized under the Song family in the future. Protected by "Funiu Mountain".
As soon as this notice was posted, it immediately received responses from many casual cultivators in the Song family.
I heard that by following the Song family to expand their territory, they would have the opportunity to obtain spiritual veins and create a family of immortal cultivators. Even some veteran cultivators in the neighboring counties who had this idea came to Qinghe County to join in. This is hilarious.
Two months passed quickly. At this time, hundreds of casual cultivators who had heard the news from all over had gathered in the square to the west of "Chiyanfang".
Under the arrangement of the monks from the Song family, these people stood in several rows and were patiently being called by several monks from the city's law enforcement team.
On the other side of the square, there are also hundreds of monks gathered. However, compared with the scattered cultivators who are not in order, these people are organized into several groups, and their cultivation quality is obviously higher. Higher.
At this time, another group of monks in uniform uniforms came over from the east side of Fang City. The leader, a middle-aged man, had just brought the monks behind him to an open space. A somewhat familiar voice came from behind.
“I thought Xinyun would be leading the team at Lotus Mountain this time, but I didn’t expect it was Taoist Fellow Gao who came in person. Brother Gao has not seen us for a long time!”
Hearing this, Gao Changjin turned around immediately, Seeing Li Chengyue and Luo Daozhen walking towards him, he immediately stepped forward with a smile and bowed his hands in return.
"Fellow Daoist Li and Daoyou Luo are well. Xinyun was supposed to be here, but he just made some gains in his practice a few days ago and went into seclusion to practice, so I had to go down the mountain."
"Oh. ! Fellow Taoist Xinyun went into retreat again , this time we are preparing to break through the middle stage of foundation building. I have to congratulate fellow Taoist Gao in advance. When the time comes, fellow Taoist Xinyun will be out of seclusion, please tell us and let me go to Lianhua Mountain to ask for a drink when I have the opportunity. Drink.”
"Haha! It's easy to say, easy to say. Our Lotus Mountain has always welcomed friends from all over the world. The two fellow Taoists can come whenever they want. I also have several jars of fine wine that have been collected for many years, just enough to entertain the two of you."
"Fellow Taoist Gao Pride, then this It's settled,..."
The three of them, Gao Changjin, were chatting very happily. On the other side, several foundation-building monks led by the Huang family of "Taiyuan Mountain" were also standing. At this scene, there was a bit of disdain on his face.
"Hmph! I'm just telling you why the Gao family has been targeting Fangshi's business recently. These old guys have indeed gotten together a long time ago. Brother Huang, I have long said that the relationship between the Gao family and the Li family is not normal. You still don't believe it? You can finally see it this time!”
“Gao Changjin, before I really misjudged him. On the surface, this person looks honest and doesn't dare to do anything. But secretly, he is quite courageous. He actually dares to come together with the Li family openly.
Don't worry. Well, although Li Chengyue is very talented, he just wants to get married. The elixir is not that easy. As long as Funiu Shan doesn't come forward to help him, it would be unreasonable for him to break through the realm of the golden elixir."
The speaker's name is Huang Leping, who belongs to the Huang family of Taiyuan Mountain. An elder in the middle stage of foundation building, and the one who talked to him was Qing Another foundation-building family in He County, Chen Ziliang, the head of the Chen family of "Tie Xian Mountain"
Chen Yun'an, the previous head of the Chen family, brought his family from "Tuoyun Mountain" as a casual cultivator decades ago. "Qinghe County" created the "Tie Xian Mountain" Chen family
After the Chen family took root in "Qinghe County", it has been developing well. Chen Yun'an also behaves relatively low-key. Although he is a foreign monk, he has a good relationship with the major local immortal cultivating families.
But Chen Yun'an had some bad luck later. During the last monster turmoil, he was as unlucky as Huang Sibo and encountered a powerful monster, and died directly in "Jinshanfang".
Fortunately, the Chen family received pension after the war and used the Foundation Establishment Pill to re-train Chen Ziliang, a Foundation Establishment monk. This slowly eased the embarrassment of the family not having a Foundation Establishment monk.
Although Chen Ziliang successfully established the foundation and took charge of the Chen family, due to Chen Yunan's sudden departure, the status of the Chen family in "Qinghe County" suddenly dropped a lot, and the market business that the family relied on for survival also declined. He is often squeezed out by other families such as the Li family and the Luo family.
In order to get rid of the difficulties faced by the family, Chen Ziliang took the initiative to find "Taiyuan Mountain" to form an alliance with the Huang family to fight against the pressing pressure of the Li family and the Luo family.
After the monster turmoil, the Chen family and the Huang family secretly formed an alliance. The Li family and the Luo family also had a long time to wear the same pants. Several foundation-building families in Qinghe County gradually divided into two factions.
On one side is the Huang family of the old-school foundation-building family "Taiyuan Mountain", followed by the Chen family of "Tie Xian Mountain" and the Wang family of "Fengtou Mountain".
On one side is the alliance formed by the emerging foundation-building families, the Li family of Cuilong Mountain, the Gao family of Lotus Mountain, and the Luo family of Gaopingling. Their strength is also not weak.
Among them, the Li family has also developed very rapidly in just over a hundred years in the hands of Li Chengyue. The family not only has Li Chengyue, the patriarch of the ninth level of foundation building, but also two other new foundation building monks. and nearly two hundred monks in the Qi refining stage.
Today, the Li family of "Cuilong Mountain" has three foundation-building monks, and its strength has faintly surpassed that of the Gao family when Gao Yubai was still there. It has a slight challenge to the first foundation-building family in Qinghe County, "Taiyuan" "Mountain" Huang family's confidence.
Huang Mengde of the Huang family and Li Chengyue of the Li family have both reached the ninth level of foundation building. Both of them seem to have some hope of forming an elixir, but it is still unclear who among them will form an elixir. Dan's chances are better.
Although the two sides have not openly fought openly due to the "Funiu Mountain" Song family, they have already disliked each other secretly, and they are competing for power in the market.
After receiving the call from the "Funiu Mountain" Song Family, the six foundation-building families in "Qinghe County" all sent many monks to "Chiyanfang" to participate in the expansion of territory northward.
After the two sides arrived here, they naturally divided into two teams and stood in a group. Although they seemed to be chatting, their eyes were always staring at each other from a distance.
While many monks were bustling in the middle of the square, a huge figure suddenly flew into the air outside Fangshi, and then a huge flying boat passed through Fangshi’s mountain-protecting formation and arrived. Over the square.
Seeing this scene, many monks present immediately calmed down and fixed their eyes firmly on the large flying boat in front of them.
This huge flying boat stopped when it reached the sky above the square, and then slowly descended and landed directly on the open space in the middle of the square. After a while, three architects wearing Song family costumes Brother Ji got off the flying boat.
Liu Yuxin, who had been waiting below for a long time, saw Song Changze walking in front and immediately stepped forward to say hello with a happy face, and then turned to face the other leaders of the Foundation Establishment family. The team members waved and called them all over.
“Fellow Taoists, the ancestors are already up there. Please hurry up!”
Hearing Song Changze’s instructions, Li Chengyue and Huang Leping did not dare to go too far. After saying that, he hurriedly called the monks who had brought them to the side and all boarded the flying boat.
Liu Yuxin then arranged for the Fang City Law Enforcement Team to lead the team in batches and bring all the casual cultivators who were hired to take the task onto the flying boat. When everyone arrived, Song Changze and others returned to the flying boat and issued the order. Order to march north.
This large flying boat was rented by Song Qingming after he made a special trip to the sect's "Guyang Mountain" and found Xu Ziyan, the elder of the General Affairs Hall, to transport these low-level monks quickly.
Otherwise, it would take more than a month for them to walk from "Chiyanfang" to their destination just by relying on their legs.
And with such a large team moving vigorously, it is easy for the monsters to detect something wrong in advance. When the opponent escapes in advance, everyone's work will be in vain.
After all the monks from Qinghe County got on the flying boat, the flying boat traveled a long distance and arrived at "Jinshanfang" in the north. At this time, hundreds of monks from Pingyang County had already gathered in the city.
The flying boat had just stopped here, and under the arrangements of Song Changze and others, many monks from "Pingyang County" quickly boarded the flying boat together.
It wasn’t until the large flying boat was so full that it couldn’t fit anymore, and then under the command of the Song family, it began to take off and head north, heading straight for the biggest destination this time, "White Lion Ridge".
The third-level low-grade spiritual vein of "White Shiling" is located in the northeast of Pingyang County. It is about three thousand miles away from "Jinshanfang" and is already deep in the Fuyun Mountains.
"White Lion Ridge" was originally an unknown fairy mountain. It was changed to this name by the monks because it was occupied by a white lion demon king who had just formed an elixir.
Later, the "White Lion Demon King" was killed by Song Qingming and his sects together, and "White Lion Ridge" slowly turned into a paradise for a group of second-level monsters. In the past, foundation-building monks occasionally came here. Monsters are hunted here.
Song Qingyu chased the "White Rhino Demon King" who attacked "Jinshanfang" last time, and saw that the last direction the opponent fled was also towards "White Lion Ridge", so he suspected that the demon might be hiding here.
This is also one of the reasons why Song Qingming is determined to destroy this place. If this monster keeps hiding here, it will also pose a huge threat to the "Jinshanfang" closest there. We must find a way to kill it permanently. No future trouble.
Otherwise, the territory that the family has worked so hard to expand northward will always be under the eyes of the other party, and life will definitely be difficult in the future. After traveling north for most of a day, the flying boat, which had crossed thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, finally arrived at the foot of a huge mountain thousands of feet high.
Song Changze, who was standing in front of the flying boat, saw the mountain rising straight into the sky in front of him. He immediately turned around and came to the cabin in the middle, knocking on the door softly.
"Come in!"
Hearing an instruction from inside, Song Changze immediately opened the door and walked in slowly. When he saw Song Qingming and three people chatting not far away, he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed. A gift.
"Ancestor! We have arrived near Baishi Ridge, and there are still less than twenty miles ahead."
Hearing this, Song Qingming put down the teacup in his hand and nodded slightly: " Well! Tell Yuan Hao and the others to follow the previous decision. After encircling Baishi Ridge, you immediately split up to attack the mountain.
Warn them that no matter who encounters the White Rhino Demon King, they must immediately send the designated signal and must not let this demon. There is a chance to escape.
Anyone who dares to disobey orders on the battlefield will be severely punished according to family rules. "
"Don't worry, ancestor, I'll make arrangements right away. "
After Song Changze left, Song Qingming stood up and came to the side again, opened the window and glanced at the "White Lion Ridge" in the distance.
Because the Song family relied on the sect's large flying boat this time The one who suddenly came over was from the "White Lion Ridge" side. The monster beasts did not notice the arrival of the Song family monks in advance.
It was not until a large number of monks suddenly appeared at the foot of the mountain and surrounded the "White Lion Ridge" from all directions that the low-level monster beasts hiding at the foot of the mountain did so. He started running around in a panic
This time, in order to wipe out "White Lion Ridge" in one fell swoop, the Song family sent out all its elites. Together with the cultivators under their command and the casual cultivators recruited from Fangshi, a total of nearly 1,500 cultivators were dispatched.
The monks who came here were basically carefully selected, and their cultivation level was at least the fifth level of Qi Refining.
In addition, in front of these monks, there are nearly thirty foundation-building monks including Song Changze and others. At this time, they have led the army of monks that have been divided into four teams, from different The direction started to rush toward "White Lion Ridge" quickly.
“Leave a group of people to guard the intersection below, others rush up with me!”
Song Changze, who rushed at the front, killed the two low-level warriors who were escaping in front of him with one sword. After leveling the monster beast, he gave an order to the monk behind him, then took the lead in controlling the flying sword at his feet and continued chasing up the mountain.
Soon, many monsters on the mountain also reacted and began to organize themselves to resist the attacks of several monk armies. For a time, the entire "White Lion Ridge" was filled with loud killing noises, breaking the original peace on the mountain.
"White Lion Ridge" is a third-level low-grade spiritual vein, and there are many monsters on it. There are more than a dozen monsters above the second level alone, and the number of first-level monsters is not even as high as The army of human monks who came to attack was small.
However, the human side has a clear advantage in foundation building combat power, and there are six late-stage foundation building monks including Song Changze, Song Yuanhao, Liu Yuxin, and Li Chengyue, who are far more powerful than the monster side.
Under their leadership, the confrontation lasted less than half an hour before the army of monsters that came to resist them began to retreat and slowly fled towards the top of the mountain.
Just when Song Changze and others continued their pursuit and were almost halfway up the mountain, a powerful and deafening roar suddenly came from the top of the "White Lion Ridge" mountain top.
Immediately afterwards, Song Changze and others who were attacking upwards felt a pressure far exceeding that of the foundation-building monks coming towards them, causing them to stop in their tracks.
The "White Rhinoceros Demon King" is a demon king in the middle stage of the Golden Core. He is five or six feet tall. He rushes down from the top of the mountain, as if a giant mountain is pressing down on the top. Many monks below are watching. Suddenly I felt a little scared.
Some timid monks in the Qi Refining Stage were frightened by the pressure of the Demon King. Their hands and feet could not help but tremble, and they couldn't help but want to retreat.
"No! The third-level demon king is coming. Xuanyu quickly sends a signal to the ancestor. All fellow Taoists will form a formation to block the demon king. Others will first block the low-level demon beasts. If you dare Anyone who escapes from battle will be dealt with by the law enforcement team according to battlefield rules."
Seeing the "White Rhino Demon King" suddenly appear in front of him and heading towards him, Song Changze hurriedly shouted to the people around him who were still in a daze. With one sound, orders were quickly conveyed to stabilize the morale of the troops.
After reacting, Song Linfeng quickly took out a golden talisman from his body and cast a spell to turn it into a golden aura and quickly flew into the air.
Then he and six other foundation-building monks including Song Changze beside him each held a silver formation flag, and quickly formed a second-level top-grade "Seven-Star Green Dragon Formation".
This magic circle was refined by Song Qingming in his spare time. It only requires three or more foundation-building monks to jointly activate it. Even the seven of Song Changze's combined forces can resist the average Jindan Demon King for half a moment. clock time attack.
After the seven people activated the formation flag in their hands, a huge light and shadow of a green dragon soon appeared in front of Song Changze and others. At this time, the "White Rhino Demon King" had also quickly reached in front of them, with a single figure above his head. The horn directly released a fierce golden light.
Seeing the golden light coming, Song Changze and others immediately waved the formation flags in their hands quickly, injecting mana into it to control the light and shadow of the green dragon in front, opening their huge mouths and spitting out a ball of blue flames to directly attack the "White Rhino Demon King" Stopped.
Seeing that Song Changze and others were able to block his own vigorous blow, the "White Rhino Demon King" was also a little surprised. He raised his foot and kicked the ground heavily in anger, and then rushed directly towards the crowd.
As the huge figure of the "White Rhino Demon King" ran wildly, the ground nearby shook violently, making some monks with lower cultivation levels in the Qi Refining Stage unsteady at this moment.
Faced with this ferocious blow that shook the earth and the mountains, Song Changze and others did not show any panic on their faces. They changed the magic circle again so that the size of the green dragon in front also increased several times, and they actively stepped forward to resist it. The "White Rhino Demon King" wanted to stop him halfway.
However, the "White Rhino Demon King" is the demon king in the middle stage of the Golden Core after all, and his physical body is very powerful. Although the light and shadow of the green dragon controlled by Song Changze and others look equally huge, they are not as powerful as the physical body of the demon king.
After the two sides collided, Qinglong's light and shadow quickly showed some signs of decline. After only resisting the opponent for a moment, it was smashed into pieces in mid-air by the "White Rhino Demon King".
Seeing this scene, Song Changze and others were a little surprised. They didn't expect that the Azure Dragon Shadow they finally summoned would be defeated so quickly.
After seeing the "White Rhino Demon King" finish off his opponent, he let out a roar with some excitement, then gathered his strength again and rushed towards him.
Song Changze and the others could only bite the bullet and inject the remaining mana into the formation flag in their hands. With the help of the magic formation in their hands, they transformed into the last defensive shield to block the front.
This defense is already the last resort of the "Seven Star Blue Dragon Formation". If it is quickly broken through by the "White Rhino Demon King", then the next end for them will be death.
Therefore, everyone did not dare to hide their secrets at this moment, and desperately used the formation flags in their hands to cast spells to resist the next attack of the "White Rhino Demon King".
Song Changze, who was standing at the front, saw that everyone was already in a very dangerous situation. With a flash of inspiration in his hand, he threw out a blue second-grade high-grade spiritual talisman and turned it into a shield to block the front, adding an extra layer of defense for everyone. .
However, this second-level high-grade spiritual talisman was obviously unable to block the full blow of the "White Rhino Demon King" who was already in the middle stage of the golden elixir.
The "White Rhinoceros Demon King" rushed through the talisman shield and soon hit the last shield directly.
In this confrontation, both sides used their full strength, and only heard a loud "bang". The "White Rhino Demon King" was blocked by the shield and was unable to make a single attack. Instead, he was shocked and retreated a few steps. .
The situation of Song Changze and others was even worse. The formation was shattered by this huge impact. Song Xuanyu and several other foundation-building monks with lower cultivation levels had been knocked away. A distance of more than ten feet.
The formation flags in the hands of Song Changze and others had also been released and fell to the ground beside them. At this moment, the seven people spit out a mouthful of blood. It was obvious that they were all seriously injured by the "White Rhino Demon King".
The only formation that can resist it has been broken by the demon king. Song Changze and others no longer have the means to resist and resist the opponent. Seeing that the "White Rhino Demon King" is gathering strength and preparing to launch another attack, Everyone's faces suddenly showed a look of despair.
Just when Song Changze and others were about to separate and flee, a sharp sword light suddenly fell from the sky in front of the "White Rhino Demon King", directly forcing the demon king who was accumulating power back several times. Ten steps.
Feeling a familiar aura in this sword light, the "White Rhino Demon King" immediately raised his head and looked into the air, realizing that the person coming was none other than Song Qingyu, who had chased it for hundreds of miles a few months ago. , a bit of anger could not help but appear in his eyes.
“You guys retreat first and leave this place to me!”
Seeing Song Qingyu who came to the rescue in time, Song Changze and others who were still nervous instantly relaxed, with a bit of joy on their faces. They responded and hurriedly left the place together.
After Song Changze and others retreated, Song Qingyu turned to look at the "White Rhino Demon King", and then cast a spell to directly summon his own magic weapon "Xuanming Golden Light Sword"
"Last time I haven't beaten you enough to let you run away. Today you have no way to retreat. Come and test the power of my sword!" (End of Chapter)