Chapter 493 Soul-Eating Jue Breakthrough
After fighting the monsters for two years, the nearly a thousand monks that Song Qingming brought from Jianglingfang to support also suffered many casualties. Only a small half of the monks who returned were not seriously injured.
Although the Weiguo Cultivation World paid a lot of price, they finally completely repelled the monster army and did not allow the monsters to occupy much territory during this turmoil. As long as they can develop steadily for hundreds of years, they can still Recovering slowly.
Compared with the monster turmoil a hundred years ago, the Jiangling County monks defended Jinshanfang this time and killed the White Lion Demon King, the biggest threat. They repelled the monster army early and the overall losses were not great.
However, the situation in other parts of the Wei Kingdom is not so good, especially in Gaoyun County and Tiexian Fort south of Guiyunfang. The losses suffered by this monster turmoil are extremely heavy.
Gaoyun County is originally a county in Weiguo that is larger than Jiangling County. The population of Immortal Mountain Spirit Veins, Immortal Cultivation Families and mortals is much larger than that of Jiangling County.
This time, several demon kings and demon beast armies went south. After breaking through Zixingfang, the three counties in the north of Gaoyun County all fell into the hands of the demon beasts.
In just a few months, Gaoyun County lost millions of mortals and monks. After countless fairy mountains and spiritual veins were swept away by monsters, they turned into devastated battlefields. There was a desolate scene everywhere in the territory.
The situation at Iron Immortal Fort is not much better. Not only did the Ma family lose a lot of their peripheral territories, most of the many immortal cultivating families attached to Iron Immortal Fort also lost their spiritual mountains.
This is because the Ma family has been fighting against the monsters on the front line for many years, and has a little more experience in dealing with emergencies of monster unrest. They have made some preparations in advance. Not long after the monsters went south, they had already relocated some mortals in the territory in advance. Arriving at Iron Fairy Castle, greater losses were avoided.
Even with preparations, Iron Immortal Castle still suffered unprecedented huge losses in this monster turmoil. Not only did it lose almost all the peripheral spiritual lands, but at least nearly half of the mortals and monks in the entire Ma family territory of Iron Immortal Fort were lost. .
Of the nineteen foundation-building monks of the Ma family, only nine were left intact after the war. The immortal cultivating families under their command also lost more than half of their combat strength. After the monster turmoil, the strength of the Iron Immortal Castle was suddenly higher than before. It has also dropped by 40 to 50%, which can be said to be a serious injury.
Because Tuo Yun Mountain is located close to the Fuyun Mountains, and most of the people on the mountain are single cultivators, there are no mortals around the territory. The overall losses during the turmoil were very limited. Tuo Yun Mountain's post-war strength did not suffer much. Influence.
On the Jinshanfang side, including the subsequent battle to reinforce Guiyunfang, during the three years of the monster turmoil, the total number of monks killed in several counties in Jiangling County was only a few hundred, which was not as high as the early battle at Guiyunfang with the Xiaoyao Sect. losses suffered.
However, in addition to the losses of the monks who fought against the monsters, when the monster army that attacked Jinshanfang divided their forces and moved south, the spiritual mountains of some cultivating families in the north of Pingyang County were also attacked by the monsters. They also lost nearly 200,000 mortals who had no time to evacuate. These will also take some time to slowly recover from.
After returning to Qinghe County, due to the lack of spiritual energy in Funiu Mountain's spiritual veins, Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan did not stay on the mountain for a long time, but directly moved into Qinghefang where the spiritual energy was slightly better.
Before Huang Siyuan moved to Funiu Mountain, there was a cave house where she had lived for a long time in Qinghefang Zhong. After Song Qingming and his wife tidied it up a little, they moved directly into it.
During the monster turmoil in Qinghefang in the past few years, although Qinghefang was attacked by a small group of monsters from Yunwu Mountain in the east, they were quickly repelled by the monks guarding Fang City and were not greatly affected.
A few months after the monster beast turmoil in Northern Xinjiang ended, many casual cultivators in Qinghefang who had fled to the south of Weiguo have also returned here. As the number of monks in Qinghefang slowly recovered, the entire city was very The bustling and bustling scene of the past was quickly restored.
The turmoil of monsters not only brings disasters and crises, but also brings countless monster materials and various cultivation resources to the monks around the Fuyun Mountains. These spiritual objects also ushered in a ten-point crisis for all the cities in the north of Weiguo. Rare prosperity.
Including the Song family, the shops of the major cultivating families in Qinghefang are now prosperous and have swept away the decadence before. In just a few months, these cultivating families have made a lot of money.
On this day, Feng De, a foundation-building disciple stationed in Qinghefang, had just returned to his residence from a tour of the city. Not long after, a young monk wearing a blue robe of the Song family came directly to the door. .
"Senior Feng, my ancestor has something to ask you. Please come with me to the mountain."
Facing a young Qi-refining monk with a low cultivation level, Feng De, a foundation-building senior, uncharacteristically smiled and asked, "May I ask what Patriarch Song wants to do with me? Do you know, little friend?”
The visitor's delicate little face thought for a moment, and then shook his head slightly.
"The ancestor didn't say anything, and I don't know very well. Seeing that the old man is in a good mood, I guess it's not a bad thing. You will know it after you go there, senior."
"Well! Then please lead the way, little friend." After hearing what the young monk said, Feng De breathed a sigh of relief, and the smile on his face became a little stronger.
An ancestor of Jindan suddenly moved into the city he managed, which also made Feng De, the foundation-building monk who had been responsible for garrisoning and managing Qinghefang, feel a lot of pressure.
Ever since Song Qingming moved to Qinghefang, Feng De had been living with trepidation in the past few months. He hastily and secretly strengthened the management of the city. Even he himself often went out to inspect the city, for fear that something would suddenly happen in the city. The chaos alarmed the Jindan Patriarch on the mountain.
In a cave on the top of the mountain behind Qinghefang, Song Qingming was sitting cross-legged on a futon with his eyes closed, controlling his consciousness to scan every corner of the mountain.
After returning from Guiyunfang, Song Qingming, who had already refined the souls of two demon kings, finally successfully broke through the bottleneck of the "Soul-Eating Art" not long ago and successfully practiced this set of spiritual consciousness-enhancing techniques to the third level. .
After breaking through to the third level of the "Soul-Eating Art", Song Qingming's spiritual consciousness in his body can now spread as far as more than ten miles around, which is already comparable to ordinary late-stage Jindan monks.
At this time, if he had used the illusion technique on him before encountering the Nine Pattern Jiao, he would be absolutely sure to see through its trick in advance and would not give it a chance to sneak up on him.
Song Qingming, who was controlling his consciousness with his eyes closed, suddenly spotted two figures on the mountainside walking slowly towards the top of the mountain. After confirming their identities, Song Qingming put away his consciousness and stood up and sat on the stone on the side of the cave. At the table.
A moment later, Feng De followed the young monk into a cave full of spiritual energy with a respectful look. When he saw Song Qingming sitting aside drinking tea, he quickly stepped forward and bowed.
"Disciple has met Master Uncle Song!"
"Changze, you go down and do your work first. I have something to talk to fellow Taoist Feng!" Song Qingming looked back at Feng De and quickly waved his hand to let the young monk on the side retreat.
After Song Changze left, Song Qingming poured a cup of spiritual tea and waved to Feng De to come and sit opposite him.
"Recently, I heard that a group of law enforcement monks have been recruited in the city. Many people have been arranged to patrol the city at night. Even you, a foundation-building monk, seldom practices in seclusion and often wanders around the city. You don't know how to do it. It’s probably because I live here!
When I came to Fang City, I was actually just borrowing time for a while. I would leave when the spiritual veins at Funiu Mountain were improved. Don't put too much pressure on yourself. If this delays your own cultivation, then it's okay. The gain outweighs the loss. "
"What Uncle Song said is that disciples will pay attention. Recently, it is also because the monster beast turmoil has just ended, and everything is not peaceful yet. There are many strange faces in the city all of a sudden, and we have to take more precautions. , to avoid causing any trouble when the time comes.
The sect sent me to manage the city. These are things that we have no control over and are our responsibilities. They have nothing to do with Uncle Master being here. You must not misunderstand us. "Feng De replied slowly with a careful look on his face.
In the past few months, because the business of various shops in Qinghefang has been very booming, many strange monks and casual cultivators from outside have suddenly appeared in the market. Feng De, the foundation-building monk of the Xiaoyao Sect who is responsible for managing the market, It is actually normal to feel a little worried at this time.
Song Qingming nodded slightly, and then said: "I came to you today actually because of the Lu family's affairs. I promised to reconcile with the Li family for them after the monster beasts were in turmoil. After I came back, I was busy practicing and suddenly forgot about this. thing.
I received a message from Qingyu a few days ago. The Lu family was a little anxious and had already found Funiu Mountain. This matter has been delayed for so long. We should discuss it as soon as possible and make a proper arrangement for them. It will also save money. They were always uneasy.”
Since Lu Xingde died in Jinshanfang a few years ago and lost the only foundation-building patriarch in the clan, the Lu family monks suddenly fell into panic. However, Song Qingming and everyone else were busy dealing with the monster war at that time, and they also No one cares about them.
Fortunately, during the monster turmoil, the Xiaoyao Sect did not allow the vassal families below to start a private war. After the Lu family sent Lu Xingde back to Qinghe County for burial, no one, including the Li family, dared to cause trouble to them at this time.
After the demon beast turmoil ended, Song Qingming returned to Qinghe County and has been busy practicing the "Soul-Eating Art" in Qinghefang for the past few months. The monks of the Lu family also thought that Song Qingming, the ancestor, had forgotten what he said before and did not want to care about them. Then he had no choice but to go to Funiu Mountain and ask the Song family to come forward to protect the Lu family.
Song Qingming was not on the mountain, and Song Yuanli and others at Funiu Mountain couldn't answer them directly, so they could only help them convey the matter to Song Qingming.