Chapter 108 Support
Soon the news that the northern frontier monsters had gone south spread throughout the entire Wei State. For a time, the entire northern Wei State, as well as several nearby countries adjacent to the Floating Cloud Mountains, fell into an extremely tense atmosphere.
Qinghe County soon received the order from Xiaoyao Sect. After the major foundation-building families of Huang, Gao, Lu, and Qian discussed in Qinghefang, they immediately issued the largest call for the Qi-refining families in the past hundred years and began to organize people to go to the north for support.
In the Song Family Meeting Hall on the top of Funiu Mountain, two important figures of the Song Family were arguing about the candidates for this support mission.
"Fourth Uncle, this trip down the mountain is of great importance. You should let me go and let my ninth brother stay. Changxin has a calm personality and has participated in many clan affairs in recent years. Even if... even if I can't come back, the family can be safely handed over to him."
In the face of the second elder Song Changfeng's repeated requests to fight, the old clan leader Song Gushan never agreed to him. This time he also shook his head firmly at him.
"Or let Qingming stay, he..."
Song Changfeng still refused to give up, but Song Gushan suddenly interrupted him.
"Changfeng, Fourth Uncle knows your intention, but you still have to listen to me this time. You stay to take care of Funiushan Mountain. Just treat it as the last order from me as the clan leader. After I go down the mountain, whether I can come back or not, you will take over as the clan leader. These children on the mountain and tens of thousands of family bloodlines under the mountain, this heavy burden will be handed over to you." After Song Gushan finished speaking, he took out a green token from the storage bag and handed it to Song Changfeng, and then left here directly.
Song Changfeng, who looked puzzled, was also stunned when he saw the token in his hand. Just when he wanted to speak, he found that Song Gushan did not give him another chance to speak, and had already walked out of the door.
In the square outside the meeting hall, more than a dozen Song family cultivators, including Song Qingming, had packed their luggage and stood on the square outside.
Song Gushan looked at the people in the square with satisfaction, his eyes slowly flashed through them one by one, and after a long time, he showed a smile and said: "Since everyone is here, let's go down the mountain with me!"
Although they knew that the mission down the mountain was arduous, everyone's faces were fine, and they didn't show any fear. They even joked with each other when they gathered in the square.
Only Song Changfeng and other monks who were selected to stay at the mountain gate, who were standing aside, had a heavy face and could not calm down for a long time.
The news of the monster riot in the northern border had already spread to the mountain. They all knew that the mission down the mountain this time was dangerous, which was not comparable to the previous missions, but the Song family had no choice but to stand up to face these in Weiguo, which was close to the monster land.
Looking at the clan members who were leaving in the distance, Song Changfeng picked up the token that Song Gushan had given him before he left. This green token was a top-grade defensive magic weapon made by the ancestor of the Song family when he moved to Qinghe County. It was also the token of the clan leader that had been passed down from generation to generation in the Song family for two hundred years.
Song Changfeng held the token tightly in his hand, as if he gradually felt the extra responsibility on his shoulders. After a long time, he put it into his storage bag.
The order received by the Song family this time was to go to Wufeng Mountain to meet up with the Huang family first, and then follow the Huang family to the north for support.
Because this time the monster riot came several years earlier than before, the preparations of several markets in Weiguo were a bit hasty, and they fell into a passive position at the beginning. Xiaoyao Sect could only urge all parties to step up their support.
After the fifteen people of the Song family arrived at Wufeng Mountain, they stayed there for less than three days before they set off to the north under the leadership of the Huang family cultivators.
This time, both the foundation-building families and the Qi-refining families above have sent out at least half of their cultivators, and the team is much larger than the Huang family's extermination of Chifengling two years ago.
The Huang family also sent out two foundation-building cultivators, namely the clan leader Huang Shengxin, whose cultivation level is higher than two years ago, and the ninth level of foundation-building, and Huang Shengyue, who has just recovered from his injuries and is at the third level of foundation-building. The remaining Huang Chengliang stayed in the clan.
After everyone walked north for a day, Gao family leader Gao Jinhe brought more than a hundred cultivators to join them.
According to the instructions from Xiaoyao Sect, there are two locations that the cultivators in Qinghe County need to support this time. One is Jinshan Market in the north of Pingyang County. This market is located in the north of Pingyang County. Like Guiyun Market, it is also a connection between Weiguo and Fuyun Mountains. It is the first place for monsters to attack when they go south. The Huang and Gao families in the four foundation-building families are responsible for supporting this place.
The other place is a Liangshan Lingshi vein located at the junction of the Yunwu Mountains on the east side of Qinghe County.
This mineral vein was accidentally discovered by a cultivator from a Qi Refining family a hundred years ago. Unfortunately, a small Qi Refining family did not have the ability to mine this priceless spiritual stone mineral vein, so they could only report the matter to Xiaoyao Sect, for which they were rewarded with a foundation-building pill.
Decades later, a genius with excellent cultivation talent finally appeared in their family. He went to Xiaoyao Sect to receive this foundation-building pill, and finally successfully built the foundation to upgrade this small Qi Refining family to a foundation-building family. This is the story of another foundation-building family in Qinghe County, the Lu family.
The Lingshi mine has been mined for nearly a hundred years. Recently, perhaps affected by the turmoil of monsters in the northern border, many monsters in Yunwu Mountain have become restless and started to leave Yunwu Mountain to attack the surrounding counties.
Liangshan Lingshi Mine is very close to Qinghe County. This place is particularly important to Qinghe County. Once it is lost, a large number of Yunwu Mountain monsters will directly enter Qinghe County.
At that time, facing the direct attack of these ferocious monsters, the fate of these immortal families in Qinghe County is hard to say. Once the mountain gate is breached by monsters, it will be a disaster for the genocide. Whether it is cultivators or mortals, they will become blood food in the mouths of monsters.
Even if some cultivators are lucky enough to escape, they will lose the protection of their families and can only become lower-level casual cultivators in the future.
The monks of the Lu and Qian families who are responsible for supporting the Liangshan Lingshi Mine are the weaker ones. Although there are many monsters in Yunwu Mountain, their strength is much weaker than that of the monsters from Fuyun Mountain Range, so the pressure here is also smaller than that of Jinshanfang.
In order to make the monks in Qinghe County feel at ease at home, Xiaoyao Sect has increased the number of monks stationed in Qinghefang, and also added a foundation-building monk.
These Xiaoyao Sect monks have begun to close the market and recruit independent cultivators, ready to respond to emergencies in Qinghe County at any time. Once a cultivator takes advantage of the fire to rob the major immortal families in the county whose defense power has been greatly weakened, these Xiaoyao Sect monks in Qinghefang will decisively stop them.
The monks in Qinghe County went north to resist the monsters, and also to protect the survival place of the entire Weiguo people. During this period, if they find someone taking advantage of the fire to rob, Xiaoyao Sect will not ignore it. Even if they can't get out now, they will definitely settle accounts later.
Not only that, in addition to the two Xiaoyao Sect foundation-building monks in Qinghefang, the Huang family also left a foundation-building monk at home. In total, there are three foundation-building monks stationed in Qinghe County. The guarding force is not weak. Even if they encounter a ninth-level foundation-building master like Huang Shengxin, they can hold on for a few days with the advantage of the terrain.
Once the cultivators of the Xiaoyao Sect come to support, it will be difficult to escape. Normally, no independent cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage would dare to take this risk, unless they meet a master above the Golden Core Stage. There are only a few such people in the entire Wei State except for the Xiaoyao Sect. It is impossible for big figures like them to look down on a small place like Qinghe County.