Chapter 496: The Passage (Patreon)

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Last time, the leakage of the Ten Thousand Years Fo-Ti Root caused a powerful surge of Spirit Qi, drawing the attention of many.

At that time, Sloppy Old Daoist stepped forward to help cover up the matter, and since he had aided in this regard, he naturally deserved some recognition.

Furthermore, with a major battle looming, any increase in strength was welcome.

Sloppy Old Daoist accepted the pill bottle and cupped his hands, saying, "Thank you, Junior Brother. I won't be overly polite."

"Senior Brother Chu, there's no need for courtesy. This is well-deserved."

Neither of them mentioned the Spirit Qi disturbance of that day again. After a few polite exchanges, they both went their separate ways.

He Qing had been dispatched to the Mortal village over thirty years ago to instruct and organize Mortals.

When he arrived, he had only a small team of a few people under his command. After more than thirty years of development, the number of people under his leadership had grown to over five hundred.

These individuals were selected from the Mortal population, and most of them lacked Spiritual Roots. Only two of them had four Spiritual Roots, and three had five Spiritual Roots, which were still considered rather mediocre.

Through his efforts over the past thirty-plus years, every one of these over five hundred people could now contend with a first-tier Demonic Beast on their own.

If they formed a formation and cooperated with each other, they could even face one or two opponents at the same time, or possibly three.

On this day, He Qing had just led his five hundred-person team through a practice session when he suddenly received a message, instructing them all to go into hiding.

"Assemble! Assemble!" He Qing shouted loudly, and on the training ground, the people who had just dispersed quickly returned without hesitation, forming neat rows.

"We've just received news that the Demon Clan is launching a massive attack. Everyone, organize the villagers and quickly retreat into the concealed mountain cave."

With He Qing's command, everyone sprang into action, spreading out to the various villages to notify the villagers.

The so-called concealed mountain cave had been constructed by them over thirty years ago. Located beneath a large mountain range, they had dug out a spacious artificial cave.

Inside, there was an underground river, and they had prepared a large amount of food and supplies, all stored here.

Once they took refuge here, these provisions should sustain them for a long time.

In just one day, they had transferred all the nearby villagers to this location.

To evade the Demon Clan's hunt, this was not their first time coming here, and they were very familiar with the process.

After they had hidden in the mountain cave and stayed there for seven or eight days, a large number of Demonic Beasts passed through their area.

They had a scout stationed outside, and when he saw the vast sea of Demonic Beasts stretching endlessly in all directions, he was so frightened that he dared not even take a breath. He buried himself deep in the ground and didn't move a muscle.

It wasn't until a day later, when there was no longer any movement outside, that he slowly crawled out of the earth. After cautiously surveying his surroundings, he silently returned to the mountain cave to report.

This time, the Demonic Beasts had launched a large-scale siege. Within a radius of over a thousand miles around Yunxia Mountain, the small villages scattered throughout this area had all fallen under the control of Wang Hong.

Before the Demonic Beasts arrived, they had all hidden inside the mountain cave, and most of the villages had escaped the slaughter by the Demonic Beasts.

However, two unfortunate villages were discovered by the Demon Clan, and all their hiding places, including the Foundation Building cultivator leading them, were eventually exposed. None of them survived the onslaught of the horde.

Meanwhile, sixty Golden Core Cultivators had already made their way through the Demon Clan's encirclement undetected.

The Demon Clan remained oblivious and continued to advance toward Yunxia Mountain.

On an inconspicuous small hill, Wang Hong sat leaning against a large tree. Around him, sixty people had gathered.

This sneak attack on the Qingxu Sect's headquarters was led by Wang Hong and Sloppy Old Daoist. Both of them were experts in formations and were familiar with the Qingxu Sect.

Qing Fox Clan occupied the former site of the Qingxu Sect and continued to use the original Qingxu Sect's mountain protection Large Formation.

They had considered setting up a new formation, but they lacked the expertise to do so, making it impossible to create a better one. Therefore, they could only continue using Qingxu Sect's original mountain protection Large Formation.

"Everyone seems to have recovered. Let's continue our journey."

They now had to race against time to raid the Qing Fox Clan's stronghold and then return to join the battle.

On this day, the group finally arrived at Qingxu Mountain Range.

At this moment, they were blocked by a transparent Light Screen, unable to make any progress.

Sloppy Old Daoist sighed in disappointment, "It looks like Demon Clan has found this place and sealed it off."

On the Qingxu Sect's mountain protection Large Formation, there were a few very concealed passages that only the top sect members knew about.

Given Sloppy Old Daoist's status in Qingxu Sect, he naturally knew about them.

"Damn it! It must have been the work of those traitors."

This passage was extremely well-hidden, and given the Demon Clan's formation skills, they would never have found it on their own. It was likely that only the traitors had revealed this possibility.

When Qingxu Sect broke through, while others were risking self-destruction to escape, the Black Tortoise Hall Master had chosen to surrender on the spot.

Naturally, the Black Tortoise Hall Master knew about this passage and had used it to gain favor with the Demon Clan.

"Senior Brother Chu, besides this one, are there any other passages?" Wang Hong felt that if there was one, there might be others.

"There is one more. Follow me," he said, leading the way in a certain direction.

The others followed quietly, concealing their presence as they avoided several patrols of Demonic Beasts along the way.

Since they hadn't even entered the Large Formation yet, they couldn't afford to alert the enemy. If the Demon Clan became vigilant, it would take considerable effort for their group of sixty to break through the Large Formation.

When Sloppy Old Daoist reached a massive boulder, he conjured several Runes and aimed them at the Light Screen of the Large Formation.

As these Runes landed on the Large Formation's Light Screen, the Light Screen gradually turned into a white mist.

"We found it!" Sloppy Old Daoist exclaimed with delight.

Wang Hong gave a few quiet instructions to the cultivators behind him, telling them to continue hiding while he moved toward the boulder.

As Wang Hong approached, he and Sloppy Old Daoist exchanged glances without speaking, and then the two of them quietly proceeded toward the passage within the White Mist.

Due to the mountain protection Large Formation, those inside could see the outside, but they couldn't know what was happening inside the Large Formation.

As Wang Hong advanced, he discreetly released two Poisonous Bees.

The two of them crossed through the misty door of the White Mist, just stepping outside the Large Formation, when suddenly, a radiant light of seven colors surrounded them.

These seven-colored radiant lights gradually immobilized them, rendering them unable to move.

Unexpectedly, right after exiting the Large Formation, they were trapped by another formation.

It was only at this moment that they noticed their surroundings.

On the opposite side, there stood a cultivator who was gazing at them with a delighted expression.

"Fang Yao!"

Wang Hong recognized him; the cultivator opposite them was none other than Fang Yao, the successor of the Black Tortoise Hall Master.

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