Chapter 2 Qingzhu Mountain

Just as Song Qingming was thinking, the forbidden method he set at the entrance of the cave suddenly sent out a wave of spiritual energy fluctuations.

Song Qingming calmed down and quickly confirmed the location of the buried spiritual stone. He found nothing wrong and stood up and walked out of the cave.

As soon as he walked out of the cave gate, he saw a man standing not far away who was much taller than him. He was wearing a green long gown similar to his and had a square face.

Song Qingming was a little happy to see this man and said, "Fourth brother, you came to me so early, what's the good news?"

"Seventh brother, how can you be sure it's a good news? Don't worry that Third Uncle is looking for you to help draw the magic circle again."

The person who was talking to Song Qingming was the fourth among the "Qing" generation cultivators of the Song family. His name was Song Qingrui. His cultivation was higher than Song Qingming's, and he had already reached the fourth level of Qi Refining.

"Didn't I just go there a few days ago? I don't think I have to go again today." Song Qingming replied a little embarrassedly.

The third uncle mentioned by the fourth brother Song Qingrui is also the eldest elder of the Song family. Because Song Qingming is learning the art of formation, he usually likes to catch Song Qingming to help draw some small auxiliary spells on the robes he refines.

Although Song Qingming has some talent in the art of formation, he has only been a beginner for a short time and his level is barely enough. For this reason, he is often scolded by the irritable third uncle.

Song Qingrui smiled and said the purpose of his visit without saying anything more.

"Uncle Thirteen said that we will go to Qingzhu Mountain to roast snakes today. My eldest brother has already gone there and is waiting for us."

"Well, fourth brother, wait for me to pack up the magic tools and go down the mountain with you."

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Located in the northeast corner of Qinghe County, there is a green mountain that stretches for dozens of miles, named: Qingzhu Mountain. The mountain is full of green bamboos, like a sea of ​​bamboo.

In the dense forest at the foot of Qingzhu Mountain, there is an open area that has just been leveled by a magic weapon. Three monks are nervously hiding in a pile of dense weeds nearby. From time to time, they stick their necks out and anxiously stare at a small path leading to the mountain in front of them.

"Brother, do you think Uncle Thirteen will be okay? Why hasn't he come back for so long? Should we go to pick him up?"

One of the three young men asked the older young man in the middle anxiously.

"Don't talk nonsense. Uncle Thirteen is a cultivator of the sixth level of Qi Refining. As long as he doesn't go deep into the territory of those high-level monsters in the interior of Qingzhu Mountain, how can the monsters at the foot of the mountain hold him?

There are relatively few monsters nearby. It is estimated that he has not found a suitable prey for a while. Let's not go out first. If we alarm the monsters, we will be in vain." The older young man scolded the boy in a low voice.

The man's name is Song Qingshi. He is a fourth-generation cultivator of the Song family in nearby Funiu Mountain, with a fifth-level Qi Refining cultivation.

The two young men behind him are Song Qingrui and Song Qingming, who followed him down the mountain.

The cultivator who went to lure the monster mentioned by Song Qingshi is Song Changxiong, the thirteenth of the third generation of the Song family, who has reached the sixth level of Qi Refining. In recent years, he often takes these nephews of the Qing generation out to hunt monsters.

Song Qingshi looked at the empty ground not far away, and he was a little worried, but then he thought that he had followed his uncle Thirteen for so many years to hunt monsters, and his uncle Thirteen had a lot of experience in luring enemies.

In addition, he has a strong defensive skills and a mid-level defensive magic weapon for self-defense, so there shouldn't be any big problems.

Song Qingshi took a breath silently and exhaled slowly, calming down some of the tension in his heart.

After a few minutes, there was a sudden noise in the bamboo forest at the end of the path, and a burly man suddenly jumped out. It was Song Changxiong.

But at this moment, he seemed a little embarrassed, with green bamboo leaves all over his body, his clothes torn in several places, and even a section of his right sleeve was missing.

Song Changxiong jumped onto the path with a few steps to the left and right, and ran straight to the hiding place of the three people at the foot of the mountain without looking back. While running, he shouted loudly:

"Hurry up and start the formation. Damn, there are a lot of people coming this time."

The three people hiding in the grass breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that Song Changxiong was safe and sound.

After hearing the voice from Song Changxiong, Song Qingshi quickly turned around and told the two people behind him: "Prepare to start the formation. This time, there is probably a mid-level monster. Everyone be careful."

Until Song Changxiong ran to the front, the three heard a "hissing" sound from behind Song Changxiong, and seven or eight green snakes were chasing him relentlessly.

The two snakes in the front were bigger than the others, with thin white stripes on their bodies, looking quite ferocious.

"There are two mid-level green bamboo pythons. This is a bit tricky. You two should be smart later. If the formation can't trap the monsters, quickly retreat and run away separately."

"Don't worry, big brother, we know what to do."

The two nodded after hearing this. Obviously, this was not the first time they heard Song Qingshi's cautious words.

As soon as Song Qingshi finished speaking, Song Changxiong had already run to the empty ground several feet in front of the three people, then turned around and stopped immediately, releasing a silver sword and holding it across his body.

The two leading middle-level green bamboo pythons behind him were also fast. They caught up with him in a moment and opened their huge mouths to pounce on Song Changxiong.

The two green bamboo pythons happened to be on the left and the right, and their huge mouths were aimed at Song Changxiong's neck and thighs respectively.

Seeing this, Song Changxiong also responded quickly. He first turned his body to avoid the venom sprayed from the left neck, and at the same time, the magic weapon, the big ring knife in his hand, quickly chopped the giant python that pounced on the thigh on the other side, forcing the giant python that was about to succeed to change the direction of attack.

But unexpectedly, the giant python did not retreat immediately when it saw the big knife coming. The green big head just shrank slightly and opened its big mouth to spray out a stream of venom.

With a loud "bang", although Song Changxiong chopped the green bamboo python with all his strength, he did not cause much damage. When he turned around to avoid the venom, he was swept by the tail of another green bamboo python that had just missed and hit his waist. He retreated dozens of steps and quickly stabilized his body.

After several fierce collisions between the two snakes, Song Changxiong gradually fell into a disadvantage when facing two mid-level monsters, and several scars appeared on his body.

At this time, another five or six low-level green bamboo pythons had also arrived, and seven or eight green bamboo pythons surrounded Song Changxiong in a blink of an eye.

Song Changxiong was in a precarious state at the moment. His outer clothes had long been tattered, and a black soft armor was exposed in the exposed parts.

At this moment, three red fire walls suddenly jumped up from the empty ground, forming a triangle shape, and instantly surrounded Song Changxiong and the seven or eight green bamboo pythons in the fire wall.

It was Song Qingming and the other two who had been waiting for a long time who activated the formation they had set up here before, the Fiery Formation.

Seeing this, Song Changxiong was overjoyed and raised his sword and swung it forward with force. After forcing back the low-level green bamboo pythons, he quickly offered a fire-avoiding talisman and stuck it on his chest, turned around and passed through the fire wall behind him and came outside the fire wall.

Three red formation flags were inserted into the ground outside the fire wall, and a white formation disk was flying above. The three fire walls connected by the formation disk were emitting blazing flames. Song Qingshi and the other two were sitting cross-legged behind the red formation flags, injecting their own spiritual energy into the formation flags.

The green bamboo python was afraid of fire by nature, and this flame formation was a powerful weapon to deal with the green bamboo python.

The erected fire wall could easily block even the venom sprayed by the two mid-level demon pythons. The four people had used this formation many times to hunt monsters here, and now they were very skilled in activating this formation.

"I will recover my spiritual power first, you hold on for a while"

After Song Changxiong jumped out of the fire wall, he said to Song Qingshi and the other two, walked to the side, took out a few pills and stuffed them into his mouth. Then he sat cross-legged and slowly dissolved the medicinal power by practicing his skills.

Seeing this, the three of them just nodded, and did not distract him, but continued to increase their strength to activate the formation.

The fire in the sky fire array suddenly increased. The low-level monsters in the fire wall were frightened and panicked, and retreated again and again.

Seeing this, the two mid-level monsters roared at the low-level beasts behind them. The low-level green bamboo python was frightened and quickly stabilized.

Driven by the two mid-level monsters, they bounced up and hit the fire wall, but were bounced back by the fire wall, and there were burn marks on their bodies.

Although the low-level monsters could not drive spiritual energy, their physical fitness was several times that of ordinary beasts. The constant collision also consumed a lot of spiritual energy of the large array.

Seeing this, Song Qingshi and the other two used their spiritual energy and drove a small red array flag in their hands. Three fire dragons flew out of the fire wall and pounced on the monsters that jumped over. For a while, the fire dragons and monsters fought together.

Although there were many monsters, one of the three fire dragons was dispersed in a short while.

However, this fire dragon was formed by absorbing the spiritual energy of the formation. As long as there is a stable injection of spiritual energy, it can recover quickly.

Half an hour passed slowly, and most of the low-level monsters in the sky fire formation had been killed by the fire dragons, and the rest had lost their combat effectiveness.

Only the two mid-level green bamboo pythons had some injuries on their bodies, but it did not affect their combat effectiveness much, and they were still struggling with the three fire dragons.

At this time, Song Qingshi, who had the highest cultivation among the three, had sweat all over his forehead, and the speed of inputting spiritual energy into the formation had slowed down a lot.

On the other two sides, Song Qingming and Song Qingrui had lower cultivation. At this moment, the two of them seemed to have little spiritual energy left in their bodies, and they were gritting their teeth to hold on.

Song Qingming's cultivation was only the third level of Qi Refining. At this moment, the luster of the fire wall in front of him had become very dim. Seeing this, the two monsters attacked him desperately again.

Not long after, Song Qingming was attacked by the formation, and a trace of blood suddenly flowed out of his mouth. His face was as pale as paper, and his expression was a little depressed.

At this moment, a broad hand supported his back, and Song Qingming immediately felt a strong spiritual energy flowing into his body, and the crumbling fire wall in front of him quickly restored its original brightness.

Song Qingming was pleasantly surprised, "Uncle Thirteen, if you don't come, I'm afraid I will fall down first."

"That won't do. If we let them out, our work will be in vain. After I go in, you will use all your strength to activate the formation and help me kill these two beasts."