Qinghe Immortal Clan.

Qinghe County, "Chiyunfang".

Since the Song family founded this market town, in just a few decades, "Chiyunfang" has developed into the largest market town in the northeast of Wei State under the management of the Song family.

However, in the past six months, due to the attack of monsters from the northern border, most of the cultivators in Qinghe County have gone to the "Jinshanfang" front line to resist the monster army.

In addition, there were many independent cultivators who lived here and left "Chiyunfang" in advance to seek refuge in the southern part of Weiguo. At this time, there were only a few people on the streets of the market, which was several times quieter than the previous prosperity.

On this day, a young man dressed in black and with a handsome appearance walked slowly on the street of Fangshi. After walking on the street for a while, he came to the "Xianfeng Tower" run by the Song family.

"Hey! Sir, do you want to stay overnight or stay in the hotel?"

As soon as the man in black walked into the restaurant, a waiter who was wiping tables and chairs in the hall immediately came up to him with a smile and happily greeted him.

In recent days, as there are fewer and fewer monks in the market, the restaurant's business has become increasingly bleak. The waiter, who had only served two tables of guests in the morning, was very happy to see new customers coming in.

"Since we need to stay in the hotel and eat, you should help me prepare a banquet first and order your restaurant's signature dishes. The spiritual fish I had last time was quite good. Remember to order it. As for the rest, you can handle it on your own!"

After the man in black finished speaking, he looked somewhat happy and raised his hand to throw a spirit stone to the guy next to him.

"Haha! Thank you very much, sir. You are talking about our signature dish, Cuiyun Carp, right? Don't worry, I will take care of it. Please follow me to the second floor and find a seat to rest for a while. The dish will be served to you soon."

Seeing the black-clothed man being so generous and giving him a spirit stone as a reward, the guy, who was only in the middle stage of Qi Refining, was surprised and hurriedly took him respectfully to the best private room on the second floor.

Soon, the waiter entered the private room carrying seven or eight delicious and fragrant spiritual foods. He placed them one by one in front of the man in black and carefully introduced each dish on the table.

"Hmm! Not bad, it still tastes the same. It is indeed a little different from what we eat outside!" After tasting the restaurant's signature dish "Cuiyun Carp" that the waiter had just introduced, the man in black nodded with satisfaction.

"Sir, the dishes have been served. If you don't have any other instructions, I won't disturb you for now. If you need anything, please let me know and I'll be right over."

Seeing that the man in black was very satisfied with the restaurant's dishes, the waiter responded with a bit of pride and prepared to leave the private room.

"Please wait a moment! I have something to ask you." Just as the waiter turned around, the man in black who was tasting the delicious spiritual food suddenly spoke and called him again.

Seeing this, the waiter hurriedly approached and nodded with a smile, saying: "Haha! Sir, you have found the right person. I have been in Chiyanfang for more than ten years. I dare not say that I know everything about the market, but I know most of it.

Just tell me what you want to know, I will never intentionally lie."

"Well! I want to ask, do you know where Song Qingming, the patriarch of the Song family, is now?"

"Song Qingming? Sir, you are not talking about the Jindan Patriarch of the Song Family in Funiushan, Qinghe County!"

Hearing the name Song Qingming casually uttered by the man in black, the waiter was stunned for a moment before slowly reacting. Then he opened his mouth with a look of surprise and confirmed with the other party.

Seeing this, the man in black nodded calmly and said, "Yes! I'm talking about him. Hasn't your Weiguo been fighting against monsters recently? Is he also on the front line now?"

"Sir! Please don't ask around. The ancestor of the Song family in Funiushan is a Jindan-stage cultivator. It is impossible for ordinary cultivators like us to know his whereabouts.

You must be from another place. Let me tell you, Old Ancestor Song doesn't like people asking about him. So far, I will pretend that you didn't say anything.

Otherwise, if the people from the Fangshi Law Enforcement Team heard about this, it would be terrible, and they might catch us and take us to Yinfeng Ridge to mine."

Seeing that the man in black still looked nonchalant when he talked about Patriarch Song, the fellow who had just benefited from the other party hurriedly reminded him kindly.

"Oh! I'm just asking out of curiosity. I don't intend to do anything. Is it that serious?" Hearing the waiter's reminder, the man in black's face changed slightly and he slowly put down the chopsticks in his hand.

Seeing that the other party still didn't believe it, the innkeeper nodded and replied seriously: "Sir, how dare I lie to you? Fortunately, you met me today. If it were someone else with ulterior motives, they might report you to the law enforcement team."

"Oh! Are you sure you can't ask that?"

Seeing that the waiter was speaking so seriously, the man in black took out a low-grade spirit stone from his pocket and placed it on the table in front of the waiter.

"Sir! This won't do." Although the hotel clerk was very excited when he saw the glittering spirit stone in front of him, he still shook his head decisively when faced with the question from the man in black.

"Okay then! I'll ask you a different question. It's okay if I don't ask about him!"

Seeing this, the man in black sighed slightly and asked softly, "Tell me, how is the battle against the monsters going on the front line? Where are the monks from Qinghe County fighting against the monsters?"

"Uh! This. This."

"What this and that, don't tell me that you can't say these things, right? If you can't ask anything, then go out first and don't disturb me here."

Seeing that the waiter was still hesitant, the man in black suddenly looked displeased and stretched out his hand to take the spirit stone he had just placed on the table.

"Sir, I can tell you this. I just didn't know where to start, so I just thought about it for a while. Please don't misunderstand me." Seeing that the spirit stone in front of him was about to disappear, the hotel waiter immediately spoke up to interrupt the man in black.

"Okay then! Take your time talking. I'm in no hurry to leave."

After hearing this, the man in black nodded with satisfaction, put down the spirit stone in his hand, and picked up the dishes and chopsticks on the table.

The shop assistant immediately spoke up upon seeing this and continued, "This damned monster riot that only happens once in a hundred years has caused great suffering to ordinary cultivators like us.

Since the monster army moved south, the Song family has recruited many cultivators from Qinghe County to go to the front line of Jinshanfang to resist the monster army. It has been more than half a year. "

Although this young man in the "Chiyanfang" had never been to the frontline battlefield, he looked very excited and knowledgeable when talking about the war in the front, as if he was there himself.

From Song Qingming's first battle in which he killed the "Nine-Pattern Dragon", to Song Qingyu and Huang Siyuan's recent siege of the "Blue-Winged Demon King".

The "Xianfenglou" guy was able to tell him something about the several battles the "Jinshanfang" monks had with monsters in the past six months. It was obvious that he was well-informed.

"Sir, I have always been in the market and have never been to the front line. Some of the things I said were heard from the guests who came and went, so there may be some discrepancies. Please don't take it too seriously.

I can guarantee that I have told you everything I know. After all, Chiyanfang is still some distance away from the front line of Jinshanfang, and we have no way of knowing immediately what is happening over there."

After speaking passionately for a whole incense stick of time, the shop assistant told the man in black everything that had happened on the front line of "Jinshanfang" in the past six months.

However, what he said was just a general situation, without many detailed information. After all, as he was in the rear, the information he could know about the front line was relatively limited.

"Well! It's okay, you've said enough, you can take this spiritual stone!"

Hearing what the black-clothed man said, the shop assistant hurried forward and took the spiritual stone he had been longing for. He bowed to him with a smile, and then took the initiative to leave the private room.

After a while, the man in black had eaten and drunk his fill, and was about to get up and go to the private room when the waiter who had left not long ago walked in from outside with a somewhat anxious look.

"Sir, I am truly sorry. Someone from the Market Law Enforcement Team just told us that a lot of monsters have suddenly arrived from the Yunwu Mountain in the east and have reached the vicinity of the Market. We have to close our restaurant and go to resist the monsters' attack on the city, so we can no longer entertain you.

The shopkeeper said, "We are really sorry about this matter. This meal is treated to you by our restaurant. You don't need to pay any more spirit stones."

"Oh! There is such a good thing. You are really taking advantage of me. I won't stay here today." After hearing what the waiter said, the man in black smiled and responded, then stood up and prepared to leave.

"Sir, there are monsters attacking outside the market. You must not go out now. It would be safer to wait until we defeat the monsters before leaving.

Don't worry, there are still two foundation-building seniors in the market. Even if the monsters come, they will definitely not be able to break through the market's mountain protection formation. Once the reinforcements from Funiushan arrive, we will be able to drive those monsters back to the mountains immediately."

Seeing the man in black get up and walk out, the shop assistant couldn't help but open his mouth and give him a warning.

"No problem! I can't take advantage of you for nothing."

After hearing a pleasant voice, the shop assistant, who was still a little confused, looked out the door again. The man in black had already disappeared, as if he had suddenly disappeared. Seeing this, the shop assistant thought that he was too nervous about the monster attacking the city and his eyes were blurry. He quickly shook his head to clear his mind before closing the door and walking out.

The news that monsters were attacking the city had already spread throughout the entire market town. The man in black walking on the street took a look at the mountain protection formation that had been activated in the sky, and then followed many monks who were hurrying on their way to the vicinity of the city wall.

Ever since the monster riots began, not only the monsters from the northern border moved south, but also the monsters from all over the Floating Cloud Mountains will take the opportunity to come out and attack the human territory.

In addition to dealing with the army of monsters heading south from the "Jinshanfang" in the north, the monks in Qinghe County also have to deal with the monsters that may attack at any time from the "Yunwu Mountain" in the east.

Although there are no Jindan Demon Kings above level three in "Yunwu Mountain", there are still many low-level demon beasts of level one and level two. Every time there is a demon riot, they will come out from the deep mountains in the east and attack various places in Qinghe County.

Therefore, whenever there was a disturbance caused by monsters, the monks of Qinghe County would always leave a group of people to guard the east of Qinghe County to deal with the army of monsters in "Yunwu Mountain" that might invade Qinghe County at any time.

The "Chiyanfang" founded by the Song family is located deep in the "Yunwu Mountain".

Before the monster riot started, this place had already been frequently harassed by nearby monsters. This was also not the first time in the past six months that monsters had come to attack the market.

After all the cultivators in the market town gathered to the west of "Chiyanfang", two sword lights flew from the middle of the market town and landed directly on the city wall, revealing two figures, a man and a woman.

These two people, Song Changze and Liu Yuxin, were the foundation-building cultivators arranged by the Song family to guard the "Chiyanfang".

Song Changze, who had been in seclusion with Song Qingyu, came out a few months ago. His cultivation had successfully broken through to the seventh level of foundation building, and he became a cultivator in the late foundation building stage.

Liu Yuxin has been guarding the "Chiyanfang" for many years. She has a strong business acumen and has earned a lot of spirit stones from the market over the years, so she has never lacked resources for cultivation.

Now Liu Yuxin's cultivation has steadily reached the peak of the sixth level of foundation building, and he is not far from breaking through to the late stage of foundation building.

Song Changze, who was standing on the city wall, glanced at the huge army of nearly a thousand monsters rushing towards him from afar, frowned slightly, and said to Liu Yuxin beside him:
"Why are there so many monsters here, including five foundation-building monsters? We should not rush out rashly. Let's wait for Uncle Sixteen to send someone over, and then we can act together!"

Hearing Song Changze's words, Liu Yuxin shook her head lightly with a serious expression:
"Well! You have a good idea, but it will take at least an hour for Senior Yuan Fang and the others to arrive. So many low-level monsters attacking the formation will consume a lot of our spirit stones.

All the spiritual stones in the market were transported to the Jinshanfang front a few days ago. Now we don’t have many spiritual stones to support the operation of the formation. It may not be a long-term solution to hide in it. We still need to find a way to contain the monster army. "

"Do you have any good ideas?" After hearing Liu Yuxin's analysis, Song Changze was silent for a moment. He did not deny the other party's words and asked Liu Yuxin again.

"First, let all the monks go up to the city wall to help support the front mountain protection formation. We will lead the law enforcement team to go out from the east of the market town first. When the fighting starts here, we will take advantage of their unpreparedness and attack them from behind.

As long as we can interrupt their siege and distract the monster army, we will be able to hold out until Senior Yuan Fang and his men arrive." Liu Yuxin spoke of his plan calmly and seriously.

"Isn't it a bit too dangerous to ask everyone to go outside the market to contain the monster army?"

"We are weak now. It is impossible to stop the army of monsters without taking any risks. If you have a better idea, you might as well tell us. We can also refer to it." Liu Yuxin said with a chuckle.

"There's no time to think about it now. Let's just do as you say. In short, everyone must pay attention to safety!"

After making up his mind, Song Changze designated several Song family cultivators in the late Qi training stage beside him to help command the people who stayed behind to defend the city. He then organized the law enforcement team of more than a hundred cultivators responsible for protecting the safety of the market town, and left the market town from the east side first.

Song Changze and his men had just left the house when the army of monsters had already arrived at the city wall and began to desperately attack the "Chiyanfang" mountain protection formation.

The "Chiyanfang" mountain protection formation was only of the second-grade upper grade. Facing the constant siege of nearly a thousand monsters outside, it soon began to shake. Many low-level monks on the top of the city wall hurriedly injected their own magic power into the formation to help stabilize it.

At the same time, the monks from the law enforcement team sent by Song Changze and Liu Yuxin had quietly groped their way over from the side of the market town, and soon arrived at the rear of the army of monsters that were attacking the city with all their might.

Just as they were preparing to launch a sneak attack, a black light suddenly appeared in front of the monster army, and then a man in black with a very unfamiliar face appeared above the monster army.

"Hey! Who is this person?"

Before Song Changze and Liu Yuxin in the distance could figure out what was going on, the black-clothed man's hand flashed with a flash of light, and he swung out several powerful sword lights, which directly pierced through a late Foundation Establishment monster leading the monster army and cut it in half with one sword.

Seeing this shocking scene, the low-level monsters that were attacking the city were suddenly frightened and dodged to the side.

Before they could react, several sword lights shot out from the hands of the black-clothed man in mid-air, killing two level 2 monsters that were close to them directly on the battlefield.

This man in black could easily kill a level 2 monster with a high level of cultivation with just a casual strike. However, in just a few moments, dozens of monsters on the battlefield died tragically in his hands, including three leading foundation-building monsters.

"This is! A Jindan cultivator?" Seeing this shocking scene in front of him, Song Changze's open mouth could hardly close, with an expression of disbelief on his face.

Ever since he came out of seclusion and achieved a breakthrough a few months ago, Song Changze, who received the order from the family ancestor, has been guarding the "Chiyanfang".

Due to the recent unrest caused by monsters, there have been fewer and fewer cultivators in the market town. He couldn't understand why a Jindan cultivator would suddenly appear here at this time to help them deal with the invading army of monsters.

"What are you all standing there for? This is a great opportunity, why don't you go over and help!"

Just when Song Changze and others were still a little dazed, Liu Yuxin on the side hurriedly reminded them loudly, and then everyone reacted and killed towards the army of monsters that was already in some chaos below the market.

At the same time, many Qi-refining monks who stayed behind in the market also discovered the abnormal situation outside.

Seeing the army of monsters that had just attacked the market town with great momentum, now facing the powerful attack of a Jindan cultivator, they began to retreat in panic.

Not wanting to miss this rare opportunity to make merit, many "Chiyanfang" monks immediately rushed out of the formation and chased after the retreating army of monsters.

The waiter from the "Xianfeng Tower" who was mixed in with the army in the market town, felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity when he saw the man in black displaying his divine power in the sky. But when he remembered that the man who had eaten with him before was obviously just a cultivator in the Qi Refining Stage, he shook his head slightly.

"It can't be him, I must have seen it wrong!"

With the help of the black-robed monk, a powerful Jindan master, who suddenly appeared, the people in the "Chiyanfang" quickly repelled the attack of the army of monsters with almost no effort.

Until the remaining remnants of the monster army were chased back to the depths of "Yunwu Mountain" by many cultivators from "Chiyanfang", Song Changze and others still found it hard to believe that this originally dangerous battle ended so quickly and easily.

After repelling the army of monsters, Song Changze and Liu Yuxin immediately turned around and bowed respectfully to the man in black who had just helped them repel the army of monsters.

"Juniors Song Changze and Liu Yuxin greet you, seniors. Thank you for your help just now in helping us fight off the army of monsters."

The man in black calmly glanced at the two people in front of him, then slowly turned his gaze to Song Changze beside him, nodded slightly and asked:

"Are you from the Song family in Funiushan?"

"You are right, senior. I am a member of the Song family of Funiushan Mountain. I am stationed in Chiyanfang under the order of my ancestor. Today, I am honored by your kindness. If you don't mind, why don't you return to the market with us? I will do my best to show my hospitality as a host."

"No need! It's just a piece of cake!" Upon hearing Song Changze's invitation, the man in black immediately refused his kindness without even thinking.

Just when Song Changze looked a little embarrassed, the man in black whispered to him, "I already know your ancestor. I came to Qinghe County to find him for something. If you have time now, why don't you take me to the front line of Jinshanfang!"

"So you are acquainted with my ancestor. I hope you will forgive me for my impoliteness just now. Jinshanfang is only about 2,000 miles away. If you want to go there now, I am willing to help you!"

Upon hearing that the man in black was acquainted with his ancestor, the nervous expression on Song Changze's face suddenly relaxed, and he immediately smiled and agreed to the other party's request.

The three ancestors of the Song family all had experience of traveling after they formed the elixir.

Especially after Huang Siyuan joined the "Tian Dan League", she often went to the East China Sea to cultivate immortals and got to know many Jindan cultivators in the "Tian Dan League". Over the years, occasionally some Taoist friends who passed by Funiushan would visit her specially.

After hearing what the man in black said, Song Changze thought that the other party was here to find Huang Siyuan, so he didn't ask much. After saying something to Liu Yuxin beside him, he took the initiative to get on a third-level medium-grade flying boat that the man in black had just taken out.

This high-level flying boat, which looked quite exquisite, quickly left its original location under the control of the man in black, and turned into a beam of green light and flew quickly to the north. (End of this chapter)