Qinghe Immortal Clan.

After repairing the "Tuoyun Mountain" mountain protection formation, Song Qingming and Chen Xuanxin stayed to help for another half a month. When they saw that the situation on the mountain had gradually stabilized, they said goodbye to Zhang Rong and returned to "Guiyunfang".

Ever since the "Black Dragon Demon King" was defeated and retreated to Jinyu Mountain, although small groups of monsters still go south to harass the market town from time to time, the entire northern part of Wei State has gradually stabilized. The "Xiaoyao Sect" has also gradually begun to withdraw its forces to clean up the remaining monster forces in the territory and restore vitality to the entire north.

Song Qingming had just returned to "Guiyunfang" not long ago when Xu Ziyan, who was in charge of the sect's general affairs hall, came to him on his own initiative. Seeing the other party handing him a merit book full of casualties and meritorious service numbers, Song Qingming showed some confusion on his face.

Although the Xiaoyao Sect has temporarily repelled the monster army and recovered the northern territory, the monster turmoil in the entire Floating Cloud Mountains usually lasts for two to three years. Now that less than a year has passed, it is far from the time to distribute merits and rewards.

Seeing the puzzled look on Song Qingming's face, Xu Ziyan quickly explained, "Senior Brother Song, it's not time to discuss merits and receive rewards yet, but I'm here on the orders of Senior Sister Bai.

Since the monster riots, the sect has suffered great losses in various places. Uncle Li and Sister Bai discussed it and decided to take out some spiritual objects from the sect treasury in advance to reward and provide relief to the disciples who have made contributions to the sect and the immortal families under the sect.

This list was sent to me by Qingyu not long ago. She insisted on waiting for you to read it before reporting it. You just happened to be back today. If there is no problem on your side, I will hand it over to the Good Deeds Pavilion directly as follows. "

After hearing Xu Ziyan's explanation, Song Qingming nodded and said, "I see. Now the northern parts of the sect are all in ruins and need to be rebuilt. It's hard for Master Li and Sister Bai to work so hard.

You also know that I have been in Guiyunfang for most of the past six months, and I am not as clear about the affairs of Jinshanfang as Qingyu and the others. Since she has confirmed this list, there will naturally be no major problems. Just report it like this!"

Seeing the merit book filled with the names and numbers of monks who had died in the fight against the monster riots, Song Qingming's eyes showed a trace of sadness and helplessness, and he quickly returned it to Xu Ziyan.

"In that case, I need to hand this thing over quickly and won't stay here to disturb Senior Brother Song!" After getting Song Qingming's confirmation, Xu Ziyan immediately put away the merit book, stood up and said goodbye and left the cave.

Although it has been less than a year since the monster riot, the losses suffered by the entire Wei State have far exceeded those in the past. Naturally, it is most necessary at this time to appease the people's hearts. The "Xiaoyao Sect" has decided to reward its disciples and immortal cultivation families in advance, which is naturally a very wise move.

The Song family had experienced several battles in "Jinshanfang" and had sent many cultivators to support "Guiyunfang". Many cultivators were killed or injured in this monster riot, and even the family's foundation-building cultivators died on the battlefield. The losses were also very great.

Although under the leadership of the Song family, many immortal cultivation families in the northeast of Wei State defended the most important line of defense "Jinshanfang", preventing the army of monsters from invading the territory of human cultivators, thus avoiding serious damage from monsters to "Iron Immortal Fort" and "Tuoyun Mountain" in the northwest of Wei State.

However, in order to protect "Jinshanfang" against the turmoil of monsters and beasts, the major immortal cultivation families in the northeast of Weiguo also paid a huge price.

Just from the many immortal cultivation families in Pingyang and Qinghe counties under the command of the Song family, thousands of cultivators were killed in this year. This number of casualties has already exceeded the total number of casualties in the previous two monster rebellions that Song Qingming had experienced.

Even the Song family, who won the "Jinshanfang" battle and defended their territory, suffered such heavy casualties, not to mention other locations in the north of Wei State.

During this monster riot, although the "Xiaoyao Sect" defeated the monster army in less than a year and recovered the lost territory, the price it paid was extremely heavy.

Not only did a large number of low-level cultivators and mortals suffer losses, but even the sect's Jindan elders also suffered considerable losses.

Zhenren Guangling, the most senior Jindan elder in the sect, died on the spot while trying to stop the "Red Cloud Demon King" from destroying the market formation. Zhao Mengling and Hu Qingyun were also seriously injured in the battle with the other demon king.

The war wasn't over yet, but the two of them had already withdrawn from the battle and were in seclusion to recuperate. Now they have almost lost their combat effectiveness, and it will take them at least a dozen years to recover.

Other elders of the sect, including Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan, all had some injuries on their bodies. After the battle of "Guiyunfang" repelled the army of monsters, the only three Jindan elders of "Xiaoyao Sect" who were still intact were Song Qingyu, Xu Ziyan, and Chen Xuanxin, who were relatively lucky.

When Song Qingming was fighting against the "Red Cloud Demon King", his life-saving magic weapon "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror" was broken by the Demon King's attack, and he suffered the backlash and spit out blood on the spot.

Although this injury was not very serious compared to Zhao Mengling and the others, and did not affect Song Qingming's combat effectiveness too much, the damage to his life magic weapon also caused the golden elixir in his body to suffer a backlash and a crack appeared. He needs to recuperate for about half a year before he can fully recover.

However, although the "Xiaoyao Sect" suffered huge losses in this monster riot, it also gained a large amount of monster resources.

It was precisely because there were so many rich spoils of war in the treasury that Li Mufeng and Bai Yuxian had the confidence to take out some supplies in advance to reward and provide relief to the many disciples and immortal cultivation families under them.

Not counting the large number of low-level monsters, the Xiaoyao Sect killed fourteen monster kings above the Jindan stage alone, which is a record that the sect has never had before.

Among these dozen demon kings, four died in "Jinshanfang". Among them, the Nine-Pattern Dragon, who was the first to lead the demon army to attack "Jinshanfang", was killed by Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan. The "Blue-Winged Demon King" who came to contain them later died at the hands of Huang Siyuan and Song Qingyu.

There were also two demon kings from "Chiyun Mountain" who were killed outside "Jinshanfang" by Li Xuanyi, Huang Siyuan and Song Qingyu who dared to come to support them.

Except for these four demon kings, nine of the remaining ten demon kings died in the most tragic "Guiyunfang" battle, and only one died under Chen Xuanxin's sword when he later recaptured "Tuoyun Mountain".

Because these dozen or so demon kings were not all killed by the cultivators of "Xiaoyao Sect", some of them died at the hands of Li Xuanyi and other cultivators who came to support "Xiaoyao Sect". Therefore, "Xiaoyao Sect" did not get all the materials from these demon kings, but divided a part of them to them according to the rules.

As for the several demon kings that died in "Jinshanfang", they were all killed individually by several people from the Song family and Li Xuanyi. Bai Yuxian did not interfere in the distribution and directly handed them all over to the Song family as he did last time. The materials from the remaining demon kings were rewarded to the many Jindan elders who participated in the battle at that time according to their merits.

This time, relying on the good performance of Song Qingming and other three Jindan ancestors on the battlefield, the Song family obtained the complete materials from the three demon kings, which really aroused the envy of other elders in the sect.

In addition to rewarding these high-level monster materials, all the first and second level low-level monster materials captured on the battlefield are also directly open to the disciples of the "Xiaoyao Sect" and the immortal cultivation families above the foundation building stage.

As long as you have made great contributions on the battlefield and received merit rewards from the sect, you can go directly to the Good Merit Pavilion in Guyang Mountain and exchange your merits for these monster materials.

Not only that, in order to help the sect and its cultivating families recover their strength as quickly as possible, the Xiaoyao Sect also took out a number of elixirs that could improve the realm of cultivation, including the "Foundation Building Pill" and the "Barrier Breaking Pill", and placed them in the Good Deeds Pavilion for them to redeem themselves.

These relatively precious high-level elixirs were stockpiled in advance by the "Xiaoyao Sect" as important supplies to be used as rewards after the war. This time, in order to appease the people, Li Mufeng and his men decisively took out these spiritual objects in advance.

Anyway, the sect has seized a lot of monster materials this time, and the value of them has far exceeded these spiritual objects. The "Xiaoyao Sect" does not need to feel bad about it. As long as they send flying boats to transport these monster materials to other countries in need after a while, they can soon exchange them for spirit stones to purchase these elixirs and spiritual objects, which will not have much impact on the sect.

After learning of this shocking news, all the immortal cultivation families in Wei State, as well as those disciples in the sect who were eager to break through their cultivation, immediately took action and began to collect merits to exchange for the spiritual objects they needed in the sect's Good Deeds Pavilion.

After staying in "Guiyunfang" for a few more days, seeing that nothing was happening at the sect, Song Qingming said hello to the sect leader Bai Yuxian, then packed up his things and returned directly to "Funiu Mountain" with Huang Siyuan and Li Xuanyi.

Before Song Qingming came back, Song Qingyu had already withdrawn to "Jinshanfang" with many cultivators under the Song family. Because the monster turmoil had not yet ended and war could break out at any time, a large number of cultivators must be stationed on the northern front line. Therefore, Song Qingyu stayed in "Jinshanfang" to take charge.

Huang Siyuan's injuries had not yet fully recovered, so she immediately began to retreat and recuperate after returning.

Because Song Qingming promised to help Li Xuanyi comprehend the martial arts, after returning to "Funiu Mountain" to arrange some family affairs, he also began to retreat to comprehend the "Taixu Sword Art".

This retreat lasted for nearly half a year before Song Qingming came out of the cave.

Although it took a lot of time, hard work pays off. After some careful contemplation, Song Qingming successfully found out the problem Li Xuanyi had in practicing his martial arts and helped him solve this problem.

After coming out of seclusion, Song Qingming was about to give the recorded insights to Li Xuanyi, but he did not see anyone in the cave where she lived. After calling Song Yuanfang to ask about it, he learned that this junior sister was a little bored staying in the mountains, so she went to "Jinshanfang" to find Song Qingyu.

After sending a letter to Song Qingyu who was far away in "Jinshanfang", about an hour later, a green light flew from the north and landed outside "Funiu Mountain". Li Xuanyi, who had just rushed back from "Jinshanfang", came to the "Huixian Pavilion" on the top of the mountain with an anxious look on his face. He smelled a fragrant tea aroma from afar and soon found Song Qingming who was drinking tea with Huang Siyuan on the third floor.

"Haha! I didn't expect that Fellow Daoist Siyuan would also come out of retreat today. It seems that I really came at an untimely time and disturbed you two!"

Huang Siyuan was injured in the battle with the Demon King in "Guiyunfang". At that time, her opponent was a Demon King whose cultivation was close to the peak of the middle stage of Golden Core. Not only was his cultivation much higher than Huang Siyuan's, he also practiced a magical power that was somewhat restraining to Huang Siyuan's skills.

Faced with such a powerful demon king, although Song Qingming was looking after her, Huang Siyuan, who lacked experience in fighting, still suffered a lot in the battle and was injured in her meridians by the opponent.

Fortunately, Huang Siyuan's injuries were not very serious. After half a year of seclusion, her injuries have recovered almost completely and she is almost healed. After receiving the news that Song Qingming had come out of seclusion, Huang Siyuan simply ended her seclusion and walked out of the cave.

Seeing Li Xuanyi approaching, Huang Siyuan immediately stood up and poured her a cup of spiritual tea, then smiled and shook her head and said, "Sister Li, please stop joking. I came here just to make tea, nothing else.

I promised to treat you well, my distinguished guest, but I didn't have time to entertain you because I was in seclusion to recuperate. You guys chat first, I'll go prepare some of my specialties for you later."

"Oh! It's such a treat, then my trip here is not in vain." Hearing that Huang Siyuan was going to cook for him, Li Xuanyi, who had long wanted to taste the delicious spiritual food she made, immediately showed a look of anticipation on his face.

After seeing Huang Siyuan leave, Li Xuanyi went straight to Song Qingming and sat down, taking a sip of the spiritual tea on the table.

"The spiritual tea brewed by Daoist Fellow Siyuan has a refreshing fragrance and a mellow taste. Her control over the heat is truly extraordinary. Junior Brother Song, you are so lucky to have found a Daoist companion like her. Even I am a little envious now!"

"There are so many cultivators in the world of immortal cultivation. It's not difficult to find one or two people who are good at making tea. Senior Sister Li will meet them in the future. There's no need to envy me."

"So what if I encounter it? I am not as free as you. As the ancestor of a family, I can do whatever I want. Although the world of immortal cultivation is vast, cultivators like us from a family always have concerns that are hard to let go. Sometimes, we are not as free and happy as those independent cultivators."

When he said this, Li Xuanyi's originally very happy face suddenly showed a trace of worry, and no one knew what unhappy things he was thinking about.

Seeing that Li Xuanyi's face looked a little strange, Song Qingming, who was confused about the situation, did not dare to ask more questions. He hurriedly took out a roll of bamboo slips that he had prepared long ago and put it on the table to divert Li Xuanyi's attention.

"Senior Sister Li, this is what I learned from the Taixu Sword Art. It should be able to help you break through the bottleneck in your cultivation. Try it first. If it doesn't work, I'll help you find the reason."

"Haha! Junior Brother Song, you really didn't disappoint me. If it's really useful, it will be a great help to me. I, Senior Sister, must thank you very much."

After picking up the bamboo slips on the table and taking a look at them, Li Xuanyi immediately forgot his previous worries. His expression changed and he returned to his previous joy. He smiled and bowed to Song Qingming, then put the bamboo slips in his hand into the storage magic weapon.

"Sister, you saved my life. I should do what I can. Please don't say anything to express your gratitude. It will only make you look distant with me."

Li Xuanyi nodded slightly and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Junior Brother, I won't be distant with you. If you encounter any problems with your cultivation techniques in the future, I'm afraid I will inevitably come to bother you. Don't think I'm a troublesome senior sister then."

"Haha! My place is just a small temple in the mountains. Senior Sister Li, you can come as often as you like. As for the questions about the technique, I will do my best. However, Master's Taixu Sword Technique has many mysteries. Senior Sister will need to consult him more in the future. Don't let me delay your cultivation."

Hearing Li Xuanyi say that he would come to him for advice on martial arts in the future, Song Qingming felt helpless. The "Taixu Sword Art" that Li Xuanyi practiced was created by his master Lingxu Taoist, a top-level cultivator in the world of immortal cultivation. How could ordinary martial arts compare with it?

Previously, Song Qingming helped Li Xuanyi comprehend a bottleneck in the "Taixu Sword Art", and it took them nearly half a year to finally succeed. If Li Xuanyi really came to Song Qingming for any problems in the future, he really would not be able to deal with him.

Fortunately, Li Xuanyi would have to come back after traveling, and he would definitely not come to Funiushan to find him often. Song Qingming was not too worried about this.

Apart from the issues regarding martial arts, Song Qingming would naturally welcome Li Xuanyi to visit Funiushan at any time. After all, apart from the friendship between fellow disciples, she was now considered a noble person of the Song family and even of the "Xiaoyao Sect". As long as Song Qingming could find a way to help her, he would definitely not refuse.

After the two chatted for a while in the "Huixian Pavilion", Huang Siyuan came up with some fragrant spiritual food.

As soon as Li Xuanyi smelled the fragrance of the spiritual food that Huang Siyuan placed on the table next to her, her attention was immediately attracted. Before Song Qingming opened his mouth to invite her, Li Xuanyi had already stood up and walked to the dining table, glancing at the spiritual food on the table with joy.

Although Huang Siyuan has been busy refining pills in recent years, he has not neglected his spiritual food skills. Song Qingming is a gluttonous person and has tasted a lot of delicious spiritual food during his travels over the years, but it is rare to find a restaurant whose cooking skills can be compared with Huang Siyuan's.

In order to entertain Li Xuanyi, the "distinguished guest" this time, Huang Siyuan put a lot of thought and preparation into it. Not only did she go to "Chiyanfang" in person to select the best ingredients for making spiritual food, she also sent a message to the Huang family of "Taiyuan Mountain" to ask them to send someone to deliver the best quality fresh spiritual fish. Only then did she prepare such a delicious banquet for Li Xuanyi.

It has been almost two years since he returned from the "Donghuang Kingdom's Immortal Cultivation World". Because he encountered the premature outbreak of monster riots just after he came back, Song Qingming has been busy with various affairs in the past two years and has not had the opportunity to sit down and have a good banquet.

This time, Song Qingming completely put aside everything in his mind and had a good drink with Li Xuanyi and Huang Siyuan.

Not long after the three of them started feasting, Song Qingyu, who had already heard the news, rushed back a little later after explaining the matters at hand. The few of them drank and chatted in the "Huixian Pavilion" while exchanging their cultivation experiences. They chatted from the afternoon until late at night before returning to their respective caves.

After obtaining the comprehended martial arts from Song Qingming, Li Xuanyi simply stayed in "Funiu Mountain" and began to retreat to try to break through the bottleneck. Song Qingming went to "Jinshanfang" to replace Song Qingyu, allowing her and Huang Siyuan to stay in the mountain to practice with peace of mind.

Almost two years have passed since the monster turmoil. Like most countries around the Floating Cloud Mountains, the turmoil faced by Wei State is almost coming to an end.

During the six months that Song Qingming had been in seclusion, only a small group of low-level monsters from the Floating Cloud Mountains in the north of the Song family territory went south to harass the "Jinshanfang", and there was no large-scale army of monsters driven by the Jindan Demon King.

In the "Cloud Mountain" in the east, groups of monsters would appear from time to time, but they were all low-level monsters with weak strength.

Although the large number of these monsters posed some threats to Qinghe and Pingyang counties, it was difficult for them to cause much damage in the face of the strong defense of the human cultivators. In most cases, they were driven back into the mountains by the army of cultivators who came to support them shortly after invading the human territory.

In this way, nearly half a year passed, and the monster army of the Floating Cloud Mountains, which had been attacking the human territory for more than two years, finally began to retreat. Except for some places that had been occupied by the monster army during the turmoil, the entire northern part of the Floating Cloud Mountains' cultivation world gradually stabilized.

This monster riot that had lasted for more than two years and caused huge losses to the immortal cultivation world in the Floating Cloud Mountains has finally come to an end.

After receiving the news from the sect confirming the end of the monster riot, Song Qingming, who had stayed in "Jinshanfang" for half a year, felt relieved. He hurriedly gave the order to disband the army of cultivators gathered in the market, and led the Song family cultivators guarding the market to withdraw to "Funiu Mountain".

The monster rebellion lasted for more than two years. In order to defend the family territory and resist the invasion of monsters, the Song family also lost nearly a hundred cultivators on the battlefield.

Previously, because the monster riots had not yet ended, the family had put all their energy into dealing with this matter, and they were unable to give them a grand funeral. They could only collect and cremate the remains of these fallen family monks, and then bring them back to "Funiu Mountain" and place them in the family's ancestral hall.

Now that the turmoil is over, it is time to hold a proper funeral for these monks who sacrificed their lives for the family.

Under the personal arrangement of the clan leader Song Qingming, white banners were soon hung everywhere on "Funiu Mountain", and all the fallen monks were treated equally and buried in the family's cemetery in the back mountain according to the family's highest etiquette.

As for the relatives and descendants of the fallen monks, Song Qingming also asked Song Yuanfang, who was in charge of the family's secular affairs, to comfort and take good care of them. (End of this chapter)