Chapter 599: Retreat and practice, Chiyan Mountain (joint chapter)
Today's Tuoyunshan, after nearly twenty years of development, has already recovered from the Ma family's rebellion, and is even more prosperous than Feng Deyang at that time.
The business of Tuoyun Shanfang City has been getting better and better in recent years, and the costs have already been recovered. Every year, it can also bring a lot of spiritual stone income to the three parties running the market.
Among them, the Xiaoyao Sect, which holds the most shares in Fangshi, is naturally the party that makes the most money. They can earn nearly 10,000 spiritual stones from the many casual cultivators in Tuoyun Mountain almost every year.
On Tuoyun Mountain now, Jinyunge Lin Yutang and others are responsible for managing the entire Lingshan Mountain and the many casual cultivators on the mountain. The Xiaoyao Sect firmly controls the operation and control of Tuoyunshanfang City, and the Song family provides shelter for this Lingshan Mountain. , and then get a small share of the profits.
With the cooperation between the three parties now, Xiaoyao Sect is obviously the one taking advantage. They did not expend much effort here and got the benefits they wanted most.
Although Lin Yutang and others from Jinyun Pavilion gave up most of Fangshi's interests, the control of Tuoyun Mountain's spiritual veins was still in their hands.
In addition, Song Qingming, the ancestor of Jindan, is in charge inside, and Xiaoyao Sect can support it outside.
Although the lives of the two senior brothers are far less prosperous than before, they still live a stable and comfortable life, and there are not many things to worry about in a short period of time.
Although the Song family also received some benefits from Tuoyun Mountain, Song Qingming, a golden elixir monk, had to stay in Tuoyun Mountain most of the time, helping to guard this gateway in the northwest of the Weiguo. It is actually not high compared to the income.
Fortunately, in recent years, since Song Qingming taught Demon King Yunhe twice, Tuoyun Mountain has been relatively peaceful, and Song Qingming hasn't had to worry much. Most of the time he spent here was basically practicing in seclusion.
Otherwise, if there were high-level monsters coming to harass him every three days, Song Qingming would have been unable to tolerate the disturbance, and would have left his affairs behind and returned to Qinghe County.
This time Zhang Tieyang came to defend the country, it was actually a bit untimely. Now that the demonic beast turmoil has just ended, the area around Tuoyun Mountain is still relatively peaceful.
Moreover, the business in Tuoyunshanfang City is getting better and better day by day, and various benefits have already been distributed. A foreign golden elixir monk suddenly enters Tuoyunshan, which is bound to break the current balance. This is what Xiaoyao Sect does not want to see. .
Whether it is Xiaoyao Sect or Lin Yutang from Tuoyun Mountain, they are not in urgent need of a powerful golden elixir monk to help guard the spiritual vein of Tuoyun Mountain all year round. It is enough for Song Qingming to devote some energy to taking care of it. .
If in a few more decades, when the pressure from the monsters in the north increases and everyone needs help, as long as Zhang Tieyang opens his mouth, they will definitely not object.
However, generally speaking, people who can cultivate to the golden elixir realm are not fools. If the monster beasts are about to move south in turmoil, it is basically impossible for anyone to choose to come to Weiguo to take a trip into this muddy water.
Even the Golden Core cultivators would find it difficult to ensure their own safety in a battle like the monster turmoil. Without sufficiently attractive benefits, no one would be willing to risk their own death to help the Xiaoyao Sect. Dealing with monster turmoil.
Although a third-level low-grade spiritual vein is indeed very important to Golden Core cultivators, it is not worth the risk they take.
Sharing wealth is easy, but sharing adversity is always more difficult.
After learning the news that Xiaoyao Sect rejected Zhang Tieyang, Song Qingming, who was in Funiu Mountain, was a little surprised, but he could only sigh for Zhang Tieyang.
"Zhang Daoyou and I just met each other, and we don't have much to do with each other. You don't need to worry so much. Since it's the sect's intention, I won't have any objections. You just need to do your own thing well." .
Next, I will be in seclusion for a period of time. If there is any emergency at the foot of the mountain, just send me a message as before. "
"Senior, please rest assured, this junior knows what to do." Seeing Song Qingming's smile, and indeed having no intention of pursuing the matter, Lin Yutang breathed a sigh of relief, and nodded in response to Song Qingming.
After sending Lin Yutang and two others away, Song Qingming stayed outside the cave and watched the setting sun outside for a while.
After the sunset, Song Qingming reluctantly returned to his cave, opened the door bar, and prepared to start practicing in seclusion.
Spring passed and autumn came, and six years passed quickly.
On this day, in the northwest corner of Qinghe County, in the Yunwu Mountain, two sword lights suddenly flew over and stopped on a high mountain.
One of them, a man in Tsing Yi with a handsome face, pointed to the distance in front of the two of them with a smile on his face, and said to another man on the side:
"Uncle Sixteen, what do you think of this place? I checked around here last time. Except for a second-level medium-grade Fire Scale Leopard on this mountain, there are no other second-level monsters within a hundred miles.
Although this spiritual vein is only a second-grade low-grade one, it is less than a thousand miles away from Chifengling of the Huang family and Luoyun Mountain of the Zhao family in Pingyang County. I feel that the location is relatively in line with your requirements. "
Song Yuanfang looked at the other high mountain pointed by Song Changze, nodded after a moment and said: "Well! Changze, your vision is not bad this time. From all aspects, this location is indeed suitable for building a city.
Although the spiritual pulse is a little low, it is nothing serious. We can just think of ways to improve it later.
I will discuss it with the others after I go back. If everyone has no objections, we will immediately organize people to come over and clear this place. "
After saying a few more words on the spot, Song Yuanfang and Song Changze quickly turned into two sword lights and left the place directly.
A few days later, under the leadership of Song Yuanfang, an army of more than a hundred monks arrived at the foot of the mountain.
The army of monks brought by Song Yuanfang was composed of monks from the Song family and some nearby immortal cultivating families. They were basically monks with Qi refining level six or above, and their combat abilities were very good.
In addition to these more than a hundred monks in the Qi Refining Stage, five other foundation-building monks, Song Yuanfang, Song Changze, Song Yuanli, Liu Yuxin, and Wang Huaqing, followed.
Among the five people who came, Song Yuanli had the highest cultivation level. He had already reached the peak of the sixth level of Foundation Establishment. His cultivation might break through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment at any time. He was already considered to be the most powerful among the monks in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment. .
Next is Song Yuanfang, who has been building foundations for more than 40 years. He just broke through to the fourth level of foundation building two years ago. Although his cultivation speed is not very fast, he can still surpass about half of the foundation building monks in the immortal world of Weiguo. .
Except for the two monks who were in the middle stage of foundation building, the other three were still in the early stage of foundation building. Among them, Song Changze and Liu Yuxin had only broken through to the third level of foundation building in the past few years.
The remaining Wang Huaqing is only at the second level of Foundation Establishment. He is not a Foundation Establishment monk invited by the Song family from outside, but a member of the Fengtoushan Wang Family who successfully obtained the Foundation Establishment Pill from Song Qingming more than ten years ago. That one.
This time, the reason why Song Yuanfang and the others brought so many monks here was to eliminate the second-level spiritual vein in front of them that was occupied by a second-level mid-level monster and occupied the relatively flat terrain.
After taking over this spiritual vein, the Song family plans to build a city here that connects Qinghe and Pingyang counties and can go deep into Yunwu Mountain.
Since the Song family was promoted to the Jindan Immortal Clan, with more and more monks in Qinghe and Pingyang, even the expanded Qinghefang is now gradually becoming a little crowded.
The number of monks in Qinghe County continued to increase, and everyone in the Song family saw some business opportunities. Therefore, after some internal discussions within the family, the Song family decided to build a new market near the middle of Pingyang County.
The Song family now has control and management rights over the territories of Qinghe and Pingyang counties. If they want to build a new city within their own territory, the Xiaoyao Sect will naturally not interfere.
Except for several cities and some mineral industries that were already controlled and operated by the Xiaoyao Sect before the Song family was promoted to the Jindan family, the Xiaoyao Sect has basically not interfered with anything in the Song family's territory in recent years.
This is also a tacit understanding that has been reached between the two parties over the past few decades.
Although building a Xinfang City in one's own territory does not require having to deal with the Xiaoyao Sect, this move will still affect the business of the nearest Qinghefang to some extent.
For this reason, Song Yuanfang, who acted relatively steadily, wrote a handwritten letter to the Xiaoyao Sect's General Affairs Hall, directly explaining the matter and asking for their opinions.
Regarding the Song family's idea of building a new city in the northeast of Qinghe County, Xiaoyao Zong's General Affairs Hall did not pay too much attention to the matter. They quickly responded and agreed to their idea of building a city.
Compared with large-scale cities like Tuoyunshan City, Qinghefang is only a small city among the nearly 100 cities controlled by Xiaoyao Sect within the territory of Weiguo, and the revenue it can create for the sect every year is very limited.
Even if Qinghefang's business has a slight impact, it will only be a drop in the bucket for the entire sect. They are more concerned about Guiyunfang, Tuoyunshan, Yangshanfang and other large markets.
After resting on the spot for a while, Song Yuan announced the mission loudly to everyone and assigned their respective responsibilities on the spot.
Following Song Yuanfang's order, the five foundation-building monks present immediately set off with a team of Qi-refining monks, divided into five different directions, and headed towards the mountain in front of them.
There are not many monsters in this spiritual vein. There is only one second-level mid-level monster with average strength, and dozens of ordinary little monsters in the Qi refining stage.
Song Yuanfang and the others came this time with five foundation-building monks and hundreds of masters in the Qi refining stage. Everyone was already determined to win this battle, and everyone's face showed a bit of excitement.
A sword light flew to the top of the mountain. Song Yuanli, who was the fastest, quickly discovered the second-level "Fire Scale Leopard" hiding on the mountain.
Seeing a human monk running up to the spiritual mountain where he was entrenched, the "Fire Scale Leopard" immediately roared and rushed towards Song Yuanli. When the two sides met, they immediately wiped out some firelight.
Seeing the Fire Scale Leopard that was about to kill him, Song Yuanli showed a slight smile of disdain. With a flash of inspiration in his hand, a second-level flying sword immediately came out and he headed directly towards the opponent.
Although this fire-scaled leopard was also a second-level mid-level monster, its cultivation strength was still much lower than that of Song Yuanli, who was already a mid-stage foundation-building master. He could not fight for more than a moment, and soon fell into a disadvantage.
Several foundation-building monks who were searching for monsters in other directions heard the fighting at Song Yuanli's position on the side of the mountain. They quickly raised their swords and moved towards him.
This second-level mid-level "Fire Scale Leopard" was already somewhat unable to withstand Song Yuanli's attack. Not far away, two more foundation-building monks came quickly towards this side. He suddenly felt something bad and hurriedly threw it away. After getting off Song Yuanli, he turned around and wanted to slip away.
However, everyone in the Song family was obviously well prepared before attacking here.
Seeing this "Fire Scale Leopard" trying to escape to the northeast into the depths of Yunwu Mountain, Song Yuanli, who was following it, didn't show any signs of anxiety on his face.
Before the "Fire Scale Leopard" could escape far, another blue sword light appeared in front of it, blocking its path. It was Liu Yuxin who had been preparing here for a long time.
Seeing Liu Yuxin standing in front of him, her cultivation level was only at the third level of Foundation Establishment. The "Fire Scale Leopard" didn't take her seriously at first. After spitting out a ball of flames at Liu Yuxin, he wanted to bypass her. Escape quickly.
However, just when the "Fire Scale Leopard" passed Liu Yuxin and was about to breathe a sigh of relief, a silver ring suddenly appeared in the air in front of him. Then it quickly grew several times larger and got directly stuck on the "Fire Scale Leopard".
The person operating this silver ring magic weapon was Liu Yuxin, who had just escaped the attack of the "Fire Scale Leopard".
Looking at the "Fire Scale Leopard" not far away who was stuck in the air and struggling after being trapped by his own magic weapon, Liu Yuxin's face was filled with joy, and the magic power in his hand was strengthened a bit, and he quickly made this "Fire Scale Leopard" “It’s hard to take another step forward.
Liu Yuxin had just trapped the "Fire Scale Leopard" with a silver ring magic weapon, took out a blue flying sword, and stepped forward to continue attacking the opponent.
The trapped "Fire Scale Leopard" suddenly turned around, opened its mouth, and spit out a red ball wrapped in flames, heading straight towards Liu Yuxin.
Seeing this scene, Liu Yuxin looked a little surprised. She quickly stopped and took out a defensive weapon and blocked it in front of her.
However, when the black ball spit out by the "Fire Scale Leopard" flew into the air, a golden light suddenly appeared and stopped it, and a violent explosion soon sounded in the air.
"Are you OK!"
Before the smoke cleared, Song Changze's figure had appeared next to Liu Yuxin, and he asked the other party with some concern.
"I'm fine! Go and kill the Fire Scale Leopard first, don't let him escape." Liu Yuxin glanced at Song Changze, and immediately spoke to him.
In order to defend against the rapid attack of the "Fire Scale Leopard", Liu Yuxin had already loosened the control of the silver ring, and the opponent might have broken free of her magic weapon at this moment.
The two passed through the black smoke in front of them and were about to chase the "Fire Scale Leopard" forward, but found that the other party had just broken free from Liu Yuxin's silver ring magic weapon and was entangled by Song Yuanli who had already caught up.
Seeing this, Liu Yuxin and Song Changze also breathed a sigh of relief and hurried forward to join the battle.
This "Fire Scale Leopard" was not as powerful as Song Yuanli. After falling into the siege of the three men, he was immediately beaten back and had no power to resist.
By the time Song Yuanfang and Wang Huaqing, who were a little further away, arrived at the battlefield, the "Fire Scale Leopard" had been beaten to half of its life by the three of them, and was soon decapitated by Song Yuanli's sword.
Seeing that the fire-scaled leopard had been successfully killed, Song Yuanfang's face lit up with joy, and he immediately smiled and said to the people present:
"Changze and Liu Daoyou stayed behind to collect the materials on the monsters. Let's go together to help eliminate the remaining monsters on the mountain."
After Song Yuanfang finished speaking, he took the first step and stepped on the flying sword to the top of the mountain. Song Yuanli and Wang Huaqing didn't say anything after hearing this, and immediately turned into a sword light and left here.
After the three of them had left, Liu Yuxin glanced at Song Changze, who was handling the body of the "Fire Scale Leopard" in front of him, and asked with some displeasure:
"Song Changze! I could have blocked that blow just now, so why are you wasting a second-level defense talisman?"
Song Changze, who was concentrating on collecting monster materials, heard Liu Yuxin's words, turned around and replied calmly:
"I believe you can block it, but I feel that the fire-scaled leopard's magical power is indeed a bit powerful. I was a little impatient and used that talisman. It's just a second-level low-grade talisman, so you don't have to worry too much. "
"When I asked you to borrow a few hundred spiritual stones, it was like killing you. Why are you so indifferent now to even a second-grade low-grade defensive talisman? I asked you, have you secretly made a fortune? , There are too many spiritual stones to use up?”
Song Changze smiled and shook his head and said: "Haha! You think too much. If I have too many spiritual stones to use up, I won't give you any points.
Ancestor Qingyu specifically told me to take care of you. I was a little afraid that you would get hurt just now, so I used that magic talisman. If you really feel sorry for it, just give me one back next time. "
"Hmph! You insisted on wasting it yourself, and you still want me to pay it back. You are so thoughtful."
Although Liu Yuxin still sounded a little unconcerned about Song Changze's answer, she couldn't help but feel warm in her heart. Without saying anything more, she also stepped forward to help Song Changze collect monster materials.
After getting rid of the second-level mid-level "Fire Scale Leopard", the remaining monsters on the mountain no longer posed any threat to everyone. Except for a small part that escaped down the mountain, the rest were all killed.
After collecting all the monster materials, Song Yuanli and Song Changze led dozens of Song family monks to stay in place and guard this spiritual vein.
Song Yuanfang took the rest of the people back to Funiu Mountain and began to dispatch manpower to set up a mountain protection formation.
After the mountain protection formation began to operate, the Song family quickly gained a foothold here and named the newly acquired spiritual vein "Chiyan Mountain".
After occupying "Chiyan Mountain", the news that the Song family was going to build a new market here soon spread throughout the northeast of Weiguo.
Although Xiaoyao Sect did not care about this matter, many local immortal cultivation families in Qinghe County began to get excited after hearing the news that the Song family was going to build a new market immediately.
As Qinghe County became more and more prosperous, other foundation-building families in Qinghe County, led by the Huang family and the Gao family, could still get a lot of spiritual stones every year, although they did not have many shares in Qinghefang.
With the strength of the Song family's Jindan Immortal Clan, the market to be built in "Chiyan Mountain" in the future will definitely not be worse than the current Qinghefang and Jinshanfang.
Naturally, they also wanted to contribute to the Song family's new market, occupying some shares, or getting a few more shops.
As long as the market is running normally in the future, even if they can't eat meat, it's good for them to drink some soup after following the Song family.
Not long after the news spread, not only the foundation-building families in Qinghe County, but also several foundation-building families in Pingyang County, were a little restless.
Soon they sent people to Funiushan to meet Song Yuanfang, the manager of the Song family, and wanted to help the Song family and follow them to participate in the operation of this new market.
Regarding their plan to get a piece of the pie, Song Yuanfang's attitude towards them this time was relatively vague.
Although they verbally agreed to them, everyone could rent and open shops in the newly built market in the future, and occupy some shares.
However, regarding the specific details of the cooperative operation of the market, Song Yuanfang did not immediately agree to them, and also rejected their idea of wanting to participate now and build the market together.
Looking at the "Chiyan Mountain", the Song family has begun to vigorously improve the spiritual veins and build the market. Those foundation-building families who have not received an accurate reply from the Song family are also getting anxious day by day, and they keep sending people to Funiushan to inquire about the news.
Facing these people who came to the Song family to inquire about the news, Song Yuanfang, who was in charge of the matter, always greeted them with a smile, but he could not give them any answer they wanted.
He only claimed that the head of the Song family was still in seclusion, and he could not make the decision on his side, and had to wait for Song Qingming, the ancestor of the family, to come back.
After hearing Song Yuanfang's explanation, even if these people were anxious, they did not dare to disturb Song Qingming's practice because of this little thing, and could only leave Funiu Mountain with some disappointment.
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In the northwest of Yue State, on a mountain hundreds of feet high in the depths of the Floating Cloud Mountains.
On the steep mountain wall on one side, which was originally very quiet, a faint white light suddenly lit up.
Then two figures quickly flew out of the white light and stopped in the air next to the mountain wall.
A young lady in green looked at the lady in white beside her and said softly: "Senior Sister Xia, it seems that we can't get in with just the two of us. We must find some helpers." The lady in white looked around and sighed helplessly: "We have just opened the formation outside. The spiritual energy here has begun to leak out. It will soon attract the attention of those high-level demon kings. This place is too far from the sect. I'm afraid it will be too late for us to go back to find helpers."