Qinghe Immortal Clan.

Jiuyuan Sect's Linghu Jie and the other two did not care about the quiet departure of Song Qingyu, the foundation-building cultivator. They just glanced at her and turned their attention to Song Qingming and the other two in front of them.

Their main purpose was to snatch the spiritual objects that Song Qingming and his companions had just obtained. They had no interest in the things on a foundation-building cultivator.

When Linghu Jie participated in the battle of Tiexian Fort, his cultivation had already reached the seventh level of Jindan. Now, after several decades, his cultivation has further improved to the eighth level of Jindan.

Another elder of Jiuyuan Sect was a cultivator who had just broken through to the fourth level of Golden Core not long ago. During the last battle of Tiexian Fort, he had fought against Lu Boyang of Xiaoyao Sect.

At that time, his cultivation was only at the third level of the Golden Core. Although his cultivation was inferior to that of the opponent and he was at a disadvantage, he was able to successfully hold back Lu Boyang, a mid-stage Golden Core cultivator. This shows that his fighting ability is still quite strong.

Except for Xia Mo, who is a late Jindan cultivator, Song Qingming and He Mengxin are both early Jindan cultivators. Judging from their apparent strength, they do not have an advantage against Linghu Jie and the other two.

It was precisely because they confirmed after catching up with them that Song Qingming and his men were not strong as a whole that the two people from Jiuyuan Sect had the confidence to fight them right away.

As soon as the two sides came into contact, they quickly split into two battlefields. Xia Mo faced Linghu Jie alone, while Song Qingming and He Mengxin together besieged another Jiuyuan Sect elder who was at the fourth level of the Golden Core.

The battle had just begun, and the two people from Jiuyuan Sect, who were full of confidence at the beginning, soon felt something was wrong.

In order to prevent the other party from easily recognizing his identity, Song Qingming, who was wearing a mask that isolated his spiritual consciousness, did not choose to summon Jin Feng, the golden elixir corpse puppet, to help at the beginning.

Although his cultivation has not yet broken through to the middle stage of the Golden Core, Song Qingming's fighting ability is now no weaker than that of an ordinary fourth-level Golden Core cultivator.

With the help of He Mengxin, and relying only on a few magic weapons of their own, Song Qingming and the others quickly gained some advantages in the battle with the elder of Jiuyuan Sect.

The situation was the same for Xia Mo. Although her cultivation was one level lower than Linghu Jie's, this woman immediately used two top-grade magic weapons of no less than level three.

After fighting for a while, instead of falling into a disadvantage, he forced Linghu Jie, who had a higher level of cultivation, into a defensive position, and was unable to take the initiative to break the situation for a while.

Be it Xia Mo or Song Qingming, the magic weapons and supernatural powers they possess are not as easy to deal with as they appear to be.

At this moment, the two people from Jiuyuan Sect could not even think of defeating the opponent and forcing Song Qingming and the other two to hand over the spiritual objects. If the fight continued like this without any external intervention, I'm afraid that Linghu Jie and the others would be the ones who lost in the end.

Fortunately, before taking action, Linghu Jie and the other two had already sent a message to the sect for help. If things went well, other elders from the sect would come to help in an hour at most, so there was no need to worry too much about a long battle.

Next, even if they cannot defeat Song Qingming and his companions, as long as Linghu Jie and the others can delay them as much as possible and prevent them from escaping easily, once the sect's reinforcements arrive, victory will naturally belong to their Jiuyuan Sect.

It's a pity that Song Qingming and the other two were not successfully threatened by their words at the beginning and did not voluntarily hand over the things they had taken. This also made Linghu Jie and the other two a little disappointed.

If they could avoid taking action, they could save a lot of effort and there would be fewer people to share the spiritual object. This was the result that Linghu Jie and the others wanted to see the most.

On the contrary, this battle is also very crucial for Song Qingming and the other two. After all, this place is very close to the border of Vietnam. Song Qingming and his companions definitely do not want to be dragged here by them. They must find a way to repel the other side and get away as soon as possible.

Otherwise, once another Jindan cultivator from the Jiuyuan Sect comes to support, it will not be so easy for him to escape from here.

The two sides fought back and forth for almost a hundred rounds. Although the fight was very intense, it was still difficult to quickly determine the winner.

Seeing that they were trying their best but still unable to defeat the opponent, Song Qingming was considering whether to call out Jin Feng to help put some pressure on the opponent. However, to his surprise, the battle on Xia Mo's side ended before theirs.

Facing Xia Mo's fierce attack, Linghu Jie felt a lot of pressure from the beginning of the battle.

However, relying on his high level of cultivation and a decent grade three mid-range defensive magic weapon, Linghu Jie still managed to fight with Xia Mo until now.

Although his magical powers were no match for the opponent and he had no way to fight back, he still had the power to protect himself. After all, he was a veteran Jindan cultivator who had been in the Jindan stage for more than three hundred years, and his experience in fighting was far beyond that of ordinary Jindan cultivators.

Just as Linghu Jie was struggling and waiting for support, Xia Mo, who was eager to break the status quo, found a gap when the opponent was using defensive magic weapons to parry her attack, and suddenly used a powerful red talisman and poured her own magic power into it.

"A third-grade, top-grade spiritual talisman. How come you have something like this?"

Seeing the red talisman in Xia Mo's hand, Linghu Jie's heart was shocked. He quickly cast a spell to quickly take back the defensive magic weapon he had just used, quickly retreated, and took the initiative to distance himself from Xia Mo.

The two third-grade top-quality magic weapons in Xia Mo's hand had already shocked him greatly. He also didn't expect that the other party had a third-grade top-quality talisman with extremely powerful attack power against Jindan cultivators.

Linghu Jie flashed a light and quickly rushed back for dozens of feet. He frowned and put up several defensive shields, while immediately casting a spell and throwing out a third-grade low-grade defensive talisman.

By the time he was ready to respond and retreated a hundred feet away, the third-grade top-quality talisman in Xia Mo's hand had already transformed into a ray of flame and swept towards Linghu Jie's location.

Although it was blocked in mid-air by a third-grade low-grade defensive talisman thrown by Linghu Jie, the blocked flames quickly burned the protective shield formed by the talisman to ashes, and then chased towards Linghu Jie's feet not far away.

Fortunately, the talisman just now bought Linghu Jie a lot of time, allowing him to use his own defensive magic weapon to support a very thick shield, barely blocking the attack.

Top-grade third-level spiritual objects are extremely rare in the world of immortal cultivation in the Floating Cloud Mountains. Even in large-scale markets like the Seven Stars Market, spiritual objects of this level are basically impossible to find. They usually only appear in large-scale auctions.

As a spiritual object that can only be used once, the market price of a third-grade top-quality spiritual talisman is almost close to 20,000 spiritual stones.

Linghu Jie was somewhat surprised that Xia Mo activated the talisman so decisively. After all, she threw out tens of thousands of spirit stones at once. Unless it was a life-and-death situation, how could a Jindan cultivator have such courage?

Although he tried his best to block the attack, Linghu Jie also suffered heavy losses, which made him feel distressed.

Not only did he just discard a third-grade low-grade defensive talisman, but even Linghu Jie's best defensive magic weapon, the last third-grade high-grade talisman, was damaged and had several cracks.

Seeing that the defensive magic weapon on him had already suffered some damage and would probably be completely broken if he continued to use it, Linghu Jie sighed and put the defensive magic weapon into his own storage magic weapon.

Xia Mo had just used up a third-grade top-grade talisman, which had consumed a lot of her magic power. She quickly took out a pill that could quickly restore her magic power and swallowed it in one gulp.

Just a moment later, Xia Mo waved her hand, took the two magic weapons beside her, and rushed towards Linghu Jie who was not far away.

After the two sides started fighting again, Linghu Jie, who had lost the magic weapon to help him in the battle, immediately fell into a great disadvantage. After just over a dozen rounds, he gradually could not hold on any longer.

The remaining inferior third-grade defensive magic weapon in his hand was simply unable to withstand Xia Mo's continuous sharp attacks.

Not long after, Xia Mo activated the flower basket magic weapon and used a secret method to imprison the magic weapon in mid-air.

At this moment, Xia Mo suddenly had another third-level intermediate-grade talisman in her hand and was about to activate it.

Unexpectedly, after seeing this scene, Linghu Jie didn't even want the defensive magic weapon in the air. He suddenly took the initiative to retreat and left everyone behind, turning around and flying away on a cloud to the south.

Now his own defensive magic weapon was controlled by the opponent, and he knew that it would be difficult for him to hold on until the reinforcements of Linghu Jie arrived.

After seeing the third-level intermediate talisman in Xia Mo's hand, he lost the last bit of courage to continue resisting. He gritted his teeth and decided that saving his life was the most important thing, so he took the initiative to retreat.

"Junior Brother Feng, this is too tough and dangerous, retreat quickly!"

On the other side, the fourth-level Jindan elder of Jiuyuan Sect who was still entangled with Song Qingming and the other man was also slightly stunned after receiving the voice transmission from Linghu Jie.

After a closer look, he realized that Linghu Jie had abandoned him and ran away alone. He was so angry that he stomped his feet and quickly left Song Qingming behind and escaped quickly.

Unfortunately, he had just gotten rid of the entanglement of Song Qingming and the other man, and had not escaped for long when Xia Mo, who had come to support him, suddenly appeared in front of him, making his face turn pale and a little panicked.

Seeing that Xia Mo was actually able to force back an eighth-level Jindan cultivator like Linghu Jie by herself in the fight just now, the Jiuyuan Sect's elder surnamed Feng also understood that he could never be Xia Mo's opponent on his own.

However, in order to escape at this moment, Elder Feng of Jiuyuan Sect could not care about these things anymore. He decisively took out a third-level intermediate-grade talisman that he had treasured for many years and injected his own magic power into the talisman, hoping to use this talisman to force Xia Mo back and give himself a chance to escape.

However, as soon as he used this talisman, the flower basket magic weapon beside Xia Mo had already prepared for it in advance, shooting out hundreds of petals at once, directly hitting the third-level intermediate-grade talisman used by the other party.

After a loud noise, a cloud of white smoke gathered in the air. Although the talisman of Elder Feng of Jiuyuan Sect was quite powerful, the aftermath of the collision did not hurt Xia Mo. The remaining attacks were all blocked by a square jade defensive magic weapon in front of Xia Mo.

After taking the opponent's attack, Xia Mo looked at the elder surnamed Feng of the Jiuyuan Sect who was already some distance away from her, and did not rush forward to chase him. Instead, she took out a silver hairpin with a cold gaze and quickly injected the magic power in her hand into the magic weapon.

A moment later, a white light flashed, and Xia Mo and the silver hairpin magic weapon disappeared from the spot.

The elder surnamed Feng of the Jiuyuan Sect, who had already fled hundreds of feet away, looked back and saw that Xia Mo had not caught up with him yet. He guessed that the other party must have been forced back by his talisman and must be feeling uncomfortable.

Upon seeing this, Jiuyuan Sect's elder surnamed Feng was delighted. He immediately increased his speed and quickly chased in the direction where Linghu Jie fled.

However, this man did not feel happy for long as he suddenly saw a flash of white light in front of him. A woman in white appeared out of nowhere and stared at him coldly. It was Xia Mo, who had just been forced back by him.

"What's going on? Is it possible that I've fallen into her illusion?"

Seeing Xia Mo cross a distance of hundreds of feet in an instant and suddenly appear in front of him, the elder surnamed Feng of the Jiuyuan Sect was surprised and a little unbelievable. He thought he was the victim of some kind of illusion, so he quickly took out a green talisman and stuck it on his chest.

He quickly made hand gestures, and a cool spiritual energy quickly flowed through his body. A thin green light also began to emerge from the eyes of Elder Feng of the Jiuyuan Sect.

This talisman is exactly the "Green Light Barrier-Breaking Talisman" that Song Qingming used back then. It is an auxiliary talisman that is very effective in restraining illusions.

However, the "Green Light Barrier Breaking Talisman" that the elder surnamed Feng of the Jiuyuan Sect is currently using has reached the lower third grade, and is much more powerful than the one that Song Qingming used back then. When encountering a Jindan-level illusion, as long as it is not particularly powerful, it can basically be broken by this talisman.

After using the "Green Light Barrier Breaking Talisman", the elder surnamed Feng of the Jiuyuan Sect quickly glanced around. What made him even more confused was that the surrounding environment did not change at all, and Xia Mo's figure did not disappear from his sight as he expected.

Before he could figure out the problem, Xia Mo had already started controlling the flower basket magic weapon and launched a new round of attacks on it. Dozens of petals with colorful light were flying towards him quickly.

After feeling the astonishing aura emanating from a bunch of petals flying towards him, the Jiuyuan Sect's elder surnamed Feng quickly realized that the Xia Mo that appeared before him was not an illusion, but a genuine late Jindan cultivator.

"It's not an illusion. Could it be that this person has the ability to break through space? He is just a Jindan cultivator, how could he have such a magical power!"

Faced with this fact that was hard for him to accept, the elder surnamed Feng from the Jiuyuan Sect was extremely surprised for a moment and stood there in a daze.

Xia Mo was able to appear in front of him so quickly. If she didn't use some special magic weapon, then she must have practiced a technique that could break through space.

No matter which one it is, it is not something that an ordinary Jindan stage cultivator can do easily. In the world of immortal cultivation, those who can have such magical powers are generally powerful cultivators at the Yuanying level.

Even in a Nascent Soul sect like the Jiuyuan Sect, apart from the Grand Elder Wu Jiuyuan who is a Nascent Soul cultivator, none of the other Jindan elders have such powerful magical powers and escape techniques.

Even if you look at the entire world of immortal cultivation, only a very small number of Jindan cultivators with extraordinary talents who are trained with emphasis in the top sects will have the opportunity to practice this level of magical skills.

Although the elder surnamed Feng from the Jiuyuan Sect was blocked by Xia Mo, he still couldn't figure out the problem for a while.

However, dozens of extremely sharp petals in front of him were about to fly in front of him. Even though he was somewhat helpless at the moment, he could only quickly take out his magic weapon to deal with Xia Mo's attack.

The fighting had just started for a moment when two beams of light flew over and joined the battlefield. They were Song Qingming and He Mengxin who had caught up.

The elder surnamed Feng from the Jiuyuan Sect has only reached the fourth level of the Golden Core Realm, and his magical powers are no match for Xia Mo.

In addition, he had already lost his biggest trump card, the third-level medium-grade talisman. At this moment, it was difficult for him to cope with Xia Mo's attack.

After Song Qingming and He Mengxin joined the battle, under the full siege of the three, even though he fought desperately, he still couldn't hold on for long and soon died at the hands of Song Qingming and the other two.

"We can't stay here for long. Don't worry about his body. Let's get out of here quickly!"

After taking away the two magic weapons and the storage bag on the other party's waist, Xia Mo waved and quickly summoned her purple flying car, took Song Qingming and He Mengxin with her, and quickly left the place.

About half an hour after the three of them left, several rays of light flew quickly from the horizon, revealing four figures. They were all Jindan elders from Jiuyuan Sect who had come to support. One of them was Linghu Jie, who had escaped from Xia Mo not long ago.

Yue Wuji, the head of Jiuyuan Sect, who was wearing a blue and white Taoist robe, glanced at the battlefield in mid-air with his tiger eyes, frowned, and took out a golden token from his body.

Then Yue Wuji quickly made hand gestures to cast a spell with one hand, and injected the magic power in his hand into the golden token.

Driven by Yue Wuji's magic power, the golden token soon emitted bursts of spiritual light, then turned in the air and flew towards a mountain below the few people.

The four people from Jiuyuan Sect who followed the golden token soon found the body of the Jiuyuan Sect elder who was killed by Song Qingming and others at the foot of the mountain on one side.

"Brother Feng, we have already revealed the names of these three villains, yet they still dared to do such a cruel thing. Master, we must avenge Brother Feng!"

Upon seeing the body of his fellow junior brother, Linghu Jie, who had just abandoned his companions and escaped alone, immediately showed a look of great sorrow on his face.

Seeing Linghu Jie's sad expression, another elder of Jiuyuan Sect standing beside him looked at him strangely, then asked the Sect Leader Yue Wuji in front of him:
"Master, these three are so powerful, it seems that they really have some background. Should we inform Uncle Wu about this? As long as he takes action, no matter how powerful those people are, they will definitely not be able to escape from our hands."

Yue Wuji shook his head slightly when he heard this:
"No need to be so anxious. There are only three of them. Even if they have some powerful magical powers, the four of us are enough to take them down. They should have been away from here not long ago. As long as we can catch up with them, we will definitely be able to take them down.

The head master is currently in seclusion, so it’s better not to disturb him at this time.

Junior Brother Linghu, we still have to avenge Junior Brother Feng, so don't be too sad. Quickly pack up Junior Brother Feng's body and leave with us!"

Hearing Yue Wuji's words, Linghu Jie quickly put away the grief on his face and stood up.

A moment later, the four of them disappeared from the spot and quickly chased in the east direction.

According to what Linghu Jie said before, the other party only had one Jindan seventh-level cultivator, and the other three had low cultivation bases. Logically speaking, their escape speed could not be faster than the flying boat controlled by Yue Wuji and his four companions.

However, what disappointed Jiuyuan Zong and others was that the four of them chased them for nearly ten thousand miles until they entered the territory of Wei State, but they did not find any trace of Song Qingming and others.

Due to the tense relationship between Jiuyuan Sect and Xiaoyao Sect in recent years, Yue Wuji and his companions did not dare to go too deep into Wei State territory. They could only continue to pursue eastward along the Floating Cloud Mountains for thousands of miles, but they still gained nothing.

Yue Wuji, who was still unwilling to give up, circled around the area near Wei State for a few times. Finally, after being persuaded by Linghu Jie and others, he had to give up the idea of ​​continuing to pursue Song Qingming and others, and controlled the flying boat to turn around and return to Yue State.

One day later, Qinghe County, Songjia Funiu Mountain.

In the originally quiet and peaceful sky, a green light suddenly flew quickly from far away, directly passed through the Funiu Mountain protection formation and landed on the top of the mountain.

Looking at the familiar scenery in front of him, Song Qingyu, who already had a little more smile on his face, jumped off the flying boat first and spoke to everyone with a relaxed look:

"We're finally home. We should be safe now!"

"Don't think it's so simple. The man from Jiuyuan Sect who escaped last was someone I met several times before. He might have recognized our identities.

It's too early to say it's safe. Let's stay on the mountain for a few days and find out the situation first! "As soon as Song Qingyu finished speaking, Song Qingming, who had already landed from the "Phantom Boat", immediately refuted her seriously.

He Mengxin and Xia Mo, who got off the flying boat together, nodded and said, "Fellow Daoist Song is right. Regardless of whether the other party has discovered your identity or not, we must hide in the mountains first and wait until the storm has passed."

"Qingyu, go and tell Yuan Fang that from today onwards, no one on the mountain is allowed to leave the mountain at will, and no one is allowed to spread the news outside. If anyone comes to visit us, just say that we are still in seclusion in Tuoyun Mountain. Don't let outsiders know that we are back."

Song Qingyu nodded slightly, then asked, "Seventh Brother, do you want to send a message to your sister-in-law first?"

"Forget it, let's not send out any messages casually recently. Although the people of Jiuyuan Sect don't dare to go deep into the vicinity of Funiushan, we still have to be prepared for the worst."

After Song Qingyu responded and left, Xia Mo, who was standing beside him, said to Song Qingming: "Fellow Daoist Song, this trip has been quite fruitful. Now that we are back, we should share what we have gained!" (End of this chapter)