Qinghe Immortal Clan.

After a while, a sword light flew out from the hall, heading straight to a high mountain west of the market town, and came to a cave surrounded by a little mist.

After the sword light disappeared, a man in white clothes, about thirty years old, fell from mid-air. Then, with a flash of spiritual light in his hand, a green sound transmission note flew into the cave in front of him.

"Yuan Li, come in first!"

A moment later, a voice was heard from the cave, and then the white mist that was lingering around the cave automatically dispersed to both sides, revealing the cave door hidden inside. Seeing this, Song Yuanli hurriedly raised his leg and walked in.

After entering the cave, seeing Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan sitting in front of him, Song Yuanli hurriedly bowed and saluted, then handed a red sound transmission note in his hand to Song Qingming.

"Seventh Uncle, Yuan Hao just sent a message back from Wuyun Ridge. He has seen the vanguard army of monsters heading south. It is estimated that they are less than 500 miles away from Jinshanfang now."

After receiving the voice transmission and taking a quick glance at it, Song Qingming immediately stood up.

"Go and notify all the foundation-building cultivators in the market to gather in the meeting hall in half an hour. Also, have Xuanfeng bring a few people to help Yuanhao and the others evacuate in case anything unexpected happens over there."

After hearing Song Qingming's instructions, Song Yuanli hurriedly responded and then turned and left.

Half an hour later, in the meeting hall of Jinshanfang, more than forty foundation-building monks in different clothes were already standing in the hall.

Among these people, except for the four Xiaoyao Sect monks guarding Jinshanfang, most of them are from the foundation-building families in Pingyang and Qinghe counties.

In addition to Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan, the Song family also included five foundation-building elders, Song Yuanli, Song Yuanhao, Song Changlin, Song Xuanting, and Song Xuanqing, as well as nearly two hundred Qi-refining cultivators in the clan. More than half of the family's forces have arrived at the "Jinshanfang".

A hundred years have passed, and many of those who participated in the last monster riot are no longer among the crowd, replaced by many new faces that Song Qingming is not familiar with.

Over the past hundred years, Pingyang County has also undergone many changes. Since it has directly relied on the big tree of the Song family, the environment for cultivating immortals in Pingyang County has become much more stable than before, and many immortal cultivation families in the area have achieved considerable development.

Today, there is one more foundation-building family in Pingyang County than a hundred years ago, and there are already eight foundation-building immortal clans. However, the most powerful is the Cao family where Cao Rongxue belongs, with a total of five foundation-building cultivators.

After taking a quick look at all the foundation-building cultivators present, Song Qingming, who was sitting at the head of the hall, spoke to everyone:

"I'm sure you all know that the demon beast army has already moved south, and the vanguard is not far from here. It is estimated that it will arrive at our Jinshanfang in about two hours.

The sect has entrusted the defense of Jinshanfang to us. I hope that everyone here can work together with me to stop the army of monsters, avoid the massacre of our human life, and help the sect overcome this difficulty.

In this battle, those who fight bravely will be rewarded generously by me. Those who delay and miss the opportunity will be punished by the law enforcement team according to battlefield military law. "

"We will follow the orders of our ancestor!" As soon as Song Qingming finished speaking, the many foundation-building cultivators standing below hurriedly shouted in unison.

Compared to a hundred years ago, the strength of the human cultivators on the side of "Jinshanfang" during this monster riot was obviously much stronger. There were nearly two thousand cultivators from Pingyang and Qinghe counties who had already rushed to the market.

This time, because the strength of the monks guarding the market town was relatively sufficient, the Song family did not recruit a large number of independent monks from the beginning as they did last time to go to "Jinshanfang" to help guard the market town.

The first batch of cultivators gathered in the "Jinshanfang" were basically elite cultivators sent by various families. Both their combat effectiveness and battlefield quality were much stronger than those independent cultivators who came to participate in the war for spirit stones.

In addition, there are cultivators from nearby Jiangling and Liuyang counties on their way, totaling nearly a thousand people. The total number of cultivators guarding "Jinshanfang" has increased by more than 30% compared to a hundred years ago.

According to the information Song Yuanhao had gathered from the front lines, the vanguard of monsters that arrived outside "Jinshanfang" this time was not very large, with only less than three hundred monsters, and no trace of level three monsters was found among them.

In order to give more opportunities for training to those Qi Refining cultivators who had never participated in such large-scale battles with monsters, Song Qingming did not personally participate in this battle. He only sent a dozen Foundation Establishment cultivators to lead and command this first battle.

More than two hours later, clouds of dust suddenly rose from the north side of "Jinshanfang", and then an army of hundreds of monsters appeared in front of everyone.

There were many Qi-refining monks standing on the city wall ready to go into battle. Although they were people who often went out to hunt monsters, this was basically the first time they had seen such a large-scale tide of beasts. Seeing the deafening shouts, many of them couldn't help but show some fear in their hearts.

They did not have much time to adapt before the army of monsters rushed to the front of the market town and touched the mountain protection formation of "Jinshan Market".

"This time the monsters have invaded our human territory and destroyed the bloodline of our compatriots. How can we cultivators let them do what they want? Everyone, follow me and kill them and drive these monsters out of our territory!"

After the mountain protection formation defeated the first wave of attacks by the monsters, Song Yuanli, who was standing in front of the city wall, shouted angrily and rushed to the formation first. With one sword in his hand, he chopped the two low-level monsters in front of him into several pieces.

Seeing this, many monks who participated in the war were encouraged and immediately followed Song Yuanli to rush out of the formation and took the initiative to kill the army of monsters outside the market. The deafening shouts of killing instantly resounded throughout the battlefield.

The vanguard of monsters that came for this attack consisted of only three hundred monsters, and there were only six level two monsters leading them.

However, the human cultivators from "Jinshanfang" sent out a total of fourteen Foundation Establishment cultivators and more than seven hundred Qi Refining cultivators. The number of cultivators participating in the battle was more than twice that of the monster side, so naturally there would not be any major surprises in the outcome of the battle.

After more than an hour of fighting, the monster side lost nearly half of its strength, and the remaining monster army finally began to collapse. Led by several second-level monsters, they turned around and fled to the north.

"The monsters retreated. We defeated them. Hahahaha."

Seeing that the army of monsters had been defeated, the many human monks who were still left on the city wall watching the battle immediately burst into cheers.

The army of monks from the "Jinshanfang" who had already fought a bloody battle with monsters on the battlefield below would naturally not easily let go of the opportunity to make merit by hunting down the defeated monsters in front of them. They all cheered up and rushed to catch up.

The group chased for dozens of miles before they withdrew their troops and returned to "Jinshanfang" at the reminder of the law enforcement team. They began to count and harvest the materials from the monsters they had just killed in the battle.

According to the post-war statistics of the law enforcement team, in this battle, the monks of "Jinshanfang" killed a total of more than 200 low-level monsters and four second-level monsters. Only less than 20 Qi Refining monks on their side were killed in the battle, which can be regarded as a great victory.

Song Qingming, who was sitting in the cave, nodded with great satisfaction after seeing the battle report handed over by Song Xuanting, who was in charge of the battlefield law enforcement team.

He also instructed the market law enforcement team to quickly compile statistics on the merits of the monks who had made contributions on the battlefield, so that rewards could be given to those monks with outstanding contributions as soon as possible to encourage other monks.

The great victory in the first battle quickly inspired many Qi Refining monks in "Jinshanfang", helping them to quickly overcome the tremendous pressure in their hearts when facing the army of monsters.

Especially when they saw those monks who had made meritorious contributions in the battle and were rewarded, the people watching on the side all showed a bit of envy on their faces, and they all expected that they would be the next ones to come on stage to receive the awards.

However, just when many human cultivators in the "Jinshanfang" were gearing up to show their skills, the monsters that had invaded the market for more than ten days in a row were scattered groups of dozens or less than a hundred monsters.

These monsters were generally not very powerful. Not long after they approached the market town, they were immediately defeated by the elite monks sent by "Jinshanfang" and turned around and fled to the north.

During this period, the large-scale army of monsters like before has never appeared again, which made many monks of the "Jinshanfang" who were preparing for a big battle with the monsters feel a little disappointed.

It was not until one morning more than half a month later that the roaring sound of a large army of marching monsters was suddenly heard outside "Jinshanfang".

The monk who was guarding the market town on the top of the city wall saw the smoke and dust that suddenly rose up in the north and covered the sky. He hurriedly sent a message to inform the foundation-building monk who was on duty in the meeting hall of the market town.

Soon they learned that the main force of the monster army had arrived. Under the command of many foundation-building monks, many cultivators from the "Jinshanfang" came to the vicinity of the city wall, ready to resist the attack of the monster army.

Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan, two Jindan cultivators, have also left the cave and arrived above the "Jinshanfang" mountain protection formation, observing the surging army of monsters before them.

"Looking at the scale of these monsters, it seems that there are only two or three thousand monsters. The number of monsters this time is not large. I just don't know how many demon kings are hiding among them?" Huang Siyuan glanced at the monster army in front of him and said calmly.

"Hmm! It seems that the situation here is better than I thought before. I estimate that there will be only one or two demon kings at most. In this battle, we should have no problem defending Jinshanfang."

Now, more than 2,000 cultivators have gathered in "Jinshanfang". The cultivators from Jiangling and Liuyang will arrive here soon. In terms of the number of cultivators, "Jinshanfang" is no less inferior to the army of monsters in front of them.

As long as the number of demon kings in the opposing army of demon beasts is not large, "Jinshanfang" is definitely capable of blocking this wave of attack by the demon beast army.

Just as many monks in Jinshanfang were waiting anxiously, the army of monsters in the north finally rushed to the front of the Fangshi Mountain Protection Formation with a loud rumbling sound. "All Feiyun Crossbows, prepare and fire!"

When the ferocious army of monsters in front was less than a hundred feet away from the market formation, Song Yuanxue, who was in charge of command on the top of the city wall, suddenly gave an order.

Dozens of sharp arrows wrapped in golden light flew out instantly, directly piercing through dozens of low-level monsters rushing in front, and bounced more than ten feet away before falling to the ground. They were then trampled into meat paste by the monsters rushing from behind.

The "Feiyun Crossbows" arranged on the top of the city wall, except for four that were originally equipped by "Jinshanfang", most of the others were taken out by Song Qingyu from the sect's Good Deeds Pavilion a few months ago.

These "Flying Cloud Crossbows" above level two are very useful weapons for defending the city. They only require two Qi Refining cultivators to operate them, and they can unleash half the attack power of a Foundation Establishment cultivator. They are very useful for dealing with low-level monsters in the Qi Refining stage.

As soon as the "Feiyun Crossbow" launched its attack, the stronger second-level monsters in the monster army immediately rushed out of the herd, flew into the air and began to attack the mountain protection formation in front of them.

There was a surge of powerful high-level spells coming towards the market town in the front. Many "Jinshanfang" Qi-refining monks with lower cultivation levels standing near the city wall saw this large-scale attack that covered the sky for the first time, and they were so scared that they took a step back.

Even those monks who were in charge of controlling the "Feiyun Crossbow", some of the timid ones were so shocked that they stood still, forgetting to control the "Feiyun Crossbow" in front of them to fight the enemy.

"Why are you panicking? We have the mountain protection formation in place. Even if a level 3 demon king attacks, it will not be able to break through the formation in a short time. Everyone, stand still and do your job. If anyone dares to retreat, the law enforcement team will capture them immediately!"

Seeing the commotion ahead, Song Xuanting, who was in charge of leading the market law enforcement team, immediately flew into the air on his flying sword and shouted angrily at the many cultivators in front of him, thus stabilizing the situation on the scene.

The fact was just as Song Xuanting said. Those high-level spells that came from the sky seemed very ferocious, but after falling on the mountain protection formation in front of everyone, they were immediately absorbed and separated by the formation, only causing ripples.

Seeing that all the attacks were blocked by the city's mountain protection formation, the many "Jinshanfang" monks on the city wall felt much more at ease and the tension no longer appeared on their faces.

The "Thick Earth and Golden Light Array" magic array guarding the "Golden Mountain Square" was originally just a second-level, top-grade mountain protection array.

Before Song Qingming went to the "Donghuang Kingdom" to cultivate immortals, in order to improve the security of his family's territory, he deliberately spent some time and materials to upgrade it to the third lower grade. Now the power of this formation is no longer comparable to what it was a hundred years ago.

However, although the power of the mountain protection formation in the market town has been greatly enhanced, the spiritual vein of "Jinshanfang" is still only at the upper level of level two. If the formation above level three is forcibly operated, the spiritual energy is slightly insufficient, and "Jinshanfang" needs to provide a lot of extra spirit stones to make up for it.

The mountain protection formation of "Jinshanfang" had just been activated not long ago, and the low-level monsters in front had already rushed to the front of the mountain protection formation. In an instant, bursts of violent collisions were heard in front of the "Thick Earth and Golden Light Formation".

Seeing the ripples coming from the "Thick Earth Golden Light Array", the many "Golden Mountain Square" monks staying in the array were extremely nervous at this moment, fearing that this mountain protection array could not withstand the attack of thousands of ferocious monsters.

However, the power of the "Thick Earth and Golden Light Formation" in front of everyone was also considerable. Facing the simultaneous attacks of so many monsters, although it was constantly shaking, the light on the formation was still very bright, and there was no sign of being broken by the monsters.

Seeing that this great formation had withstood the impact of the army of monsters and was still as stable as a rock, the army of cultivators in the market place finally felt relieved and began to try to use spells and talismans to attack the monsters that were attacking the formation from a long distance through the formation.

Seeing that the army of monsters in front was blocked and unable to break through the city's mountain protection formation, the demon king who had been hiding behind and controlling these low-level monsters became a little impatient.

Following a fierce long roar, a green dragon several dozen feet long suddenly flew out from the army of monsters and headed straight for the Jinshanfang mountain protection formation.

"Oh no, the Golden Core Demon King is here!"

As soon as the green dragon appeared, the many "Jinshanfang" monks standing in the market immediately recognized that it was a Jindan Demon King and couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise.

"My dear, judging from the appearance of this dragon, it should be our sect's old rival, the demon king Nine-Striped Dragon. How about letting me go meet it first?"

Seeing the Nine-Pattern Dragon rushing over in front, Huang Siyuan's eyes showed a hint of fighting spirit. She took out the magic weapon on her body and wanted to go forward to fight it.

"Yes, this monster is good at using illusions to confuse the opponent's mind. You have to be careful of this trick of itss later." Seeing that Huang Siyuan wanted to go up and fight with the Nine-Pattern Dragon first, Song Qingming nodded and did not stop her, but just carefully reminded Huang Siyuan.

"Yes! I know how to deal with it." Huang Siyuan nodded in response, and the spiritual light on her body moved and turned into a red escape light, flying out of the market town's mountain protection formation.

The "Nine-Pattern Dragon" that had already approached the mountain protection formation opened its bloody mouth and spit out several powerful transparent water blades. Immediately in front of it, a golden cauldron appeared, which directly gathered a burst of red light and easily blocked the attack of the "Nine-Pattern Dragon".

“If you want to break through the formation, you’d better get past me first!” Before the Nine-Pattern Dragon went to find the owner of the golden cauldron, Huang Siyuan in white clothes had already appeared in front of it.

After seeing Huang Siyuan's figure, the "Nine-Patterned Dragon" suddenly became a little angry, and immediately danced its huge body to attack her.

Huang Siyuan had also summoned out her own magical weapon, the "Purple Gold Seal", to fight against him. A fierce battle of golden elixir broke out between the two sides above the battlefield.

In a Jindan level battle, the aftermath of the battle alone was enough to kill ordinary low-level monsters in seconds. After several unlucky monsters near the battlefield were killed, the surrounding monsters immediately took the initiative to make way for them.

"The demon beasts have lost their fighting spirit. It is time for us to take action. Everyone, follow me and help us to defeat the enemy!"

Huang Siyuan had just started fighting with the "Nine-Pattern Dragon". Song Yuanli and others who were standing in the mountain protection formation saw that there were many level 2 monsters nearby surrounding Huang Siyuan. They shouted loudly and rushed out of the mountain protection formation, and took the initiative to kill the monster army.

The monsters that were constantly attacking the formation, upon seeing the human monks rushing out, immediately shifted their targets and started a huge melee with the army of monks from "Jinshanfang".

Sparks were flying from the battle between the Jindan monks in the sky, and below, the human monks in the Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining stages and the army of monsters were also casting all kinds of spells everywhere.

The sounds of magic weapons colliding and miserable screams were endless. For a moment, the area outside Jinshanfang became a Shura battlefield. After just over half an hour, the ground was already littered with the corpses of various monsters and human monks.

"Nine-Pattern Dragon" is a demon king who has been enlightened for thousands of years. His cultivation has reached the middle stage of the Golden Core. His strength is much higher than Huang Siyuan, who is at the second level of the Golden Core.

However, among the many Jindan demon kings, this monster has average attacking ability except for its outstanding illusion skills. When Song Qingming had just formed his elixir and was at the first level of Jindan, he was able to hold it back for a long time in the battle at "Purple Star Square".

Huang Siyuan is now much stronger than Song Qingming at that time, both in terms of cultivation and the magic weapons she possesses. Although she was unable to gain the upper hand in the battle against the "Nine-Patterned Dragon", she also did not let the demon king gain too much advantage over her.

The two sides fought back and forth for nearly two hundred rounds. Although the scene was very intense, there was still no result.
Seeing that he had been fighting for such a long time and still could not defeat his opponent, "Nine-Patterned Dragon" also came up with a plan and began to use his own methods.

While Huang Siyuan was dealing with his magical attack, the "Nine-Patterned Dragon" suddenly spit out a transparent white mist from its mouth. Soon the white mist moved forward with the wind and came directly to Huang Siyuan not far away.

Seeing the white fog around her getting thicker and thicker, gradually blocking her vision, Huang Siyuan immediately realized that the other party was using the illusion that she was good at.

Huang Siyuan snorted coldly upon seeing this, and had already prepared to take out a third-level green talisman, which turned into a light shield to protect herself.

Then she controlled the golden cauldron beside her, blowing a gust of wind in front of her, directly blowing away the thick white fog in front of her.

A moment later, Huang Siyuan's eyes lit up, and a man in blue suddenly appeared in front of her with a smile.

"Husband, why are you here?"

When Huang Siyuan saw Song Qingming in front of her, her expression suddenly changed and she looked a little confused.

"Haha! Madam, why don't you retreat first and let me deal with this monster!"

After her attention was attracted by Song Qingming's chuckle in the distance, Huang Siyuan's spiritual sense scattered around suddenly felt several murderous intentions coming from the side, and she quickly turned sideways to avoid the attack.

However, just as she made a move, "Song Qingming" in front of her suddenly flashed in front of her, and with a cold face, he threw a heavy punch, knocking the unprepared Huang Siyuan away.

Huang Siyuan, who was defeated by a blow, realized that the "Song Qingming" just now was an illusion created by the other party, and a bit of anger appeared on her face.

Although Song Qingming had reminded her beforehand, Huang Siyuan still underestimated her opponent and his illusion.

"Siyuan! Find a way to lure it to the east, and we will work together to deal with it." (End of this chapter)