Chapter 520 Leave a way out
To the west of Iron Fairy Castle is a huge mountain that stretches thousands of miles called the Skylark Mountains.
This high mountain, like the Yunwu Mountains to the east of Qinghe County, is an inaccessible place with no roads, and poisonous snakes and monsters are rampant. Not to mention those mortals without cultivation, even ordinary monks in the Qi Refining Period. It is also difficult to get through here.
This time coming to support Iron Immortal Castle, Jiuyuan Sect specially brought two large flying boats, just in case they were defeated by Xiaoyao Sect, their side could evacuate Iron Immortal Fort at any time.
The large flying boats that the Ma family and the Jiuyuan Sect ride on are specially used by large sects in the world of immortality to transport supplies. The flying speed is slightly faster than that of the Foundation Establishment monks. If you want to smoothly pass through the Yunque Mountains, it will take the fastest speed. In seven or eight days, the evacuation speed was far less than that of the small airship that Li Mufeng and others took.
Although the Jiuyuan Sect had made preparations in advance and used magic weapons to cover up the whereabouts of the two flying boats, less than three days after setting off from Iron Immortal Castle and entering the Yunque Mountains, they were quickly chased by Li Mufeng and others. Found.
Seeing a flash of green light from behind, he quickly chased after him. Knowing that he could no longer escape, Wu Jiuyuan immediately led all the Jindan monks under his command to rush forward, hoping to hold back the Xiaoyao Sect's pursuers and secure the evacuation of the two airships. time.
"Li Mufeng, I have returned the Iron Immortal Castle to you, so there is no need for you Xiaoyao Sect to get entangled in it anymore, right?"
"Hmph! If you take the initiative to hand over Ma Hongshan, I can give your Jiuyuan Sect a chance and no longer care about your involvement in the defense of the country. I am too lazy to give you nonsense today, Wu Jiuyuan, you have to think about it. !”
Wu Jiuyuan replied calmly: "Fellow Daoist Li, I still say the same thing. The Ma family has joined our Jiuyuan Sect. It is impossible for me to ignore their affairs. I hope that fellow Taoist will give Wu a good deal and don't bully him." Too many people!”
"It's too much to bully people. You have the nerve to say this, Friend Wu Dao. Your Excellency brought people to Weiguo to interfere in the affairs of my Xiaoyao Sect. Isn't it too much to bully people?"
"Wu Jiuyuan, if it weren't for the sake of Wanling Sect, I wouldn't have asked you to hand over the Ma family here today!"
The Wanling Sect mentioned by Li Mufeng is located in the Qin State to the west of the Fuyun Mountains. There are three Nascent Soul monks in the sect. Their strength is somewhat stronger than the Star Sect of the Wu State. It is also among the dozens of countries in the Fuyun Mountains in the immortal world. It is recognized as the most powerful sect.
The Yue Kingdom where the Jiuyuan Sect is located was originally a small country and did not have the Yuanying Sect. Wu Jiuyuan was able to break through the Yuanying Sect because of the support from the Wanling Sect.
After unifying the realm of cultivating immortals in the Yue Kingdom, although the Jiuyuan Sect has become the Nascent Soul Sect, it is still ostensibly surrendered to the Qin State and has not completely gotten rid of the influence of the Wanling Sect. This is what other Yuanying Sects in the Fuyun Mountains most appreciate. Nothing better than them.
Hearing Li Mufeng mention Wanling Sect, Wu Jiuyuan's face changed and he immediately looked a little uncomfortable.
Over the years, he has led the Jiuyuan Sect to expand its territory and enhance its own strength, in order to get rid of the influence of the Wanling Sect on them as soon as possible, so that the Jiuyuan Sect can truly become a first-class sect in the Fuyun Mountains.
It's just that the Jiuyuan Sect has only been a Nascent Soul Sect for a hundred years, and its background is still much worse than that of the established Nascent Soul Sect like Xiaoyao Sect.
The reason why they took the initiative to come to Weiguo Iron Fairy Castle was that the Jiuyuan Sect also wanted to merge with the Ma family, the Jindan family, to enhance its own strength.
After the monster turmoil, facing the Xiaoyao Sect, which had declined in strength, the Jiuyuan Sect was also somewhat ready to make a move. Faced with the Ma family's offer to surrender, Wu Jiuyuan directly agreed without much thought, not only promising the Ma family many benefits. , and also helped support the success of Ma Qiudie Dan.
I thought that this time the Ma family came to seek refuge, the Jiuyuan Sect would already have the strength to compete with the Xiaoyao Sect.
Wu Jiuyuan also did not expect that in the battle of Iron Immortal Castle, even after the two Jindan monks from the Ma family rebelled and joined their side, Jiuyuan Sect still failed to defeat the weakened Xiaoyao Sect. Wu Jiuyuan's Then he had no choice but to take the initiative to evacuate Iron Fairy Castle.
Although they failed to defend the territory of Iron Immortal Castle, Wu Jiuyuan could not give up on his own initiative. They had finally recruited the Ma family monks, otherwise Jiuyuan Sect would have paid such a high price this time and it would be completely in vain. Busy work.
"I'm holding Li Mufeng, and you are responsible for holding back the other Jindan monks of Xiaoyao Sect. Don't fight with them, just contain them. I have arranged for Yuhe to lead people to respond in front. As long as the flying boat passes through the Yunque Mountains, it should be safe. ”
Seeing that Wu Jiuyuan never replied to him, Li Mufeng stopped entangled with them. With a command, he led everyone from the Xiaoyao Sect to kill him directly.
The two Nascent Soul monks took the initiative to fly high into the sky, and soon there was an earth-shattering sound of fighting from the horizon. The Golden Core cultivators on both sides were on the verge of breaking out upon seeing this, and soon they were fighting each other.
Although this time the Jiuyuan Sect side returned to Yue Kingdom early because Wang Ziheng was injured and could not take action. There was one less Jindan cultivator. In a head-on fight, they obviously could not defeat the Xiaoyao Sect.
However, under the leadership of Yue Wuji, the Jiuyuan Sect learned the lesson from the last time and did not continue to fight alone. They chose to gather together to fight against the enemy. This way they could look after and support each other at any time without causing too many heavy losses to the other party and killing their companions. Chance.
The two sides fought for a long time. Although the Xiaoyao Sect had the upper hand, it did not gain much advantage. It was still unable to break through the defensive formation formed by the Jiuyuan Sect and was unable to break the deadlock on the battlefield.
At this moment, another golden light flew from the distant horizon. It was Zhao Mengli, a golden elixir elder who was in retreat in the sect not long ago.
Seeing that another Jindan monk came to his side, Yao Qianshu looked happy and immediately sent a message to Chen Xuanxin beside him: "Junior brother Chen, take Junior Sister Zhao to chase the two flying boats of the Nine Yuan Sect. Uncle Li has an order." , we must not let go of the Ma family, I’m afraid they will pass through the Yunque Mountains later.”
After receiving the order from the leader Yao Qianshu, Chen Xuanxin immediately withdrew from the battle, retreated to the side to join Zhao Mengli who rushed to the battlefield, and directly passed the crowd and chased to the west.
Seeing that Xiaoyao Sect divided its troops to pursue Feizhou in front, Ma Hongshan and Ma Qiudie also had bad intentions in their minds and left the battlefield to catch up and stop Chen Xuanxin and the others.
However, Ma Hongshan and the others had just left the battlefield, and before they had run far, they were quickly stopped by the joint action of Song Qingming and Jin Ziyuan.
The strength of the two Ma family members was no better than that of Song Qingming and Jin Ziyuan. They desperately used many magical powers to get rid of Song Qingming and Jin Ziyuan, but they were unable to do so. Instead, they were slowly forced back by Song Qingming and the others because they were too anxious. Come back.
"Fellow Taoist Song, the Ma family is in trouble today because they are forced to do so. We hope that fellow Taoist can be kind and helpful to us. The Ma family will definitely repay fellow Taoist in the future."
While several people were fighting, Song Qingming suddenly heard a secret message from Ma Hongshan, begging Song Qingming to let them pass.
Seeing that Song Qingming didn't pay attention to him and still had no intention of letting go, Ma Hongshan said sadly: "I think that the monks of my clan for hundreds of years and more than ten generations have paid so much blood for their Xiaoyao Sect, but they still can't get it. to their trust.
Fellow Taoist Song, your Song family is still weak now and cannot threaten Xiaoyao Sect. When the Song family becomes stronger in the future, you will definitely end up like our Ma family. I advise you, fellow Taoist, to leave a way out for yourself! "
Hearing Ma Hongshan's sincere words, Song Qingming was stunned for a moment, but did not choose to get out of the way for the Ma family. His face remained expressionless, as if he had not heard Ma Hongshan's message.
Regarding this long-planned rebellion of the Ma family, Song Qingming was very surprised at first, but after learning about some circumstances later, he gradually understood some of Ma Hongshan's motives.
The Ma family came into the hands of Ma Hongshan. Although it seemed to be developing very rapidly on the surface, the gap with the sect has also become wider and wider in recent years, and the Xiaoyao sect has long been interested in suppressing them.
After guarding the Iron Immortal Castle for hundreds of years, many people in the Ma family have become accustomed to it. In the days when the family was dominant, even the interests of the Shangzong Xiaoyao Sect dared to reach out to touch and bargain, and they have long since selectively forgotten about them. As a vassal cultivator family.
In the world of immortal cultivation, the strong will always be respected, and the weak will not have much choice. Even if the Ma family has guarded the northwest of the country for hundreds of years and made great contributions to the Xiaoyao Sect, in the eyes of the Xiaoyao Sect, they will always be A chess piece of the sect is not qualified to be a chess player.
When the chess piece of the Ma family has become more and more powerful and a little disobedient, then being suppressed by the sect is definitely an inevitable result. As long as Xiaoyao Sect still exists in the world of Weiguo's cultivation world, it will not matter whether there is a Ma family or not. Too big an impact.
What Xiaoyao Sect needs is a chess piece that can help them guard one side and deal with the invasion of monsters, not a Ma family who is out of control of the sect and wants to compete with Xiaoyao Sect for training resources.
Whether it is the Ma family today or the Song family tomorrow, as long as they are low-level monks in the world of immortality, they will be more or less oppressed by high-level monks. If you want to escape this fate, you can only be strong enough.
The Ma family chose to betray the Xiaoyao Sect out of helplessness, but also because they were a little too greedy.
If they choose to join a sect that is more powerful than the Xiaoyao Sect, and the Xiaoyao Sect can take the initiative to make concessions to them, maybe the Ma family can have a better result, but choosing a Jiuyuan Sect that is not as powerful as the Xiaoyao Sect will lead to Given today's situation, Ma Hongshan's original choice was indeed a bit too hasty.
Seeing that Song Qingming was unmoved, Ma Hongshan gritted his teeth and directly pulled out a yellow magic talisman. After the magic talisman was activated by its magic power, it turned into an earth-yellow half-moon sharp blade in Ma Hongshan's hand, and quickly rushed towards Song Qingming in front of him. .
"Junior Brother Song, be careful!"