Family Cultivation: Evergreen of the Song Family

Seeing this scene, Song Youfu froze on the spot, swallowing back the curse that was about to spill out. Saying it out loud would ruin the atmosphere.

"Goodness, could it be that the Dharma Protector Elder has come in person?"

He could annihilate more than a dozen second-tier sea monsters in one strike without any hesitation. Apart from Golden Core cultivators and experts like Song Qingxing who stood at the peak of the Purple Mansion stage, he couldn't think of anyone else in the Twin Islands who could do such a thing.

"This is the Night Fiend of the Sea, a subordinate race of the Sea Yaksha clan. Its sudden appearance must be guarded by a third-tier great demon."

"Have everyone in the port evacuate immediately. I will clear the way for you." A slightly cold voice fell above Song Youfu's head and then drifted away.

Song Youfu looked up and saw only a figure dressed in white, his back to him. He couldn't help but feel relieved, thinking to himself, "Luckily I didn't say anything out of line. How could I have forgotten about this gentleman?"

The visitor was none other than Song Yuqing, who was being held hostage by the Song family.

However, there should be no freer proton in the world than him. Not only does no one restrict his freedom of movement, but his monthly cultivation resources are also distributed on time without any deductions.

Aside from cultivating and challenging Song Qingxing, nothing else bothered him.

It's no exaggeration to say that the time I spent as a hostage was much more comfortable and pleasant than the time I spent as a guardian elder in the family.

Song Yuqing flew to the center of the Spirit Island, casually swatting the Night Fiend that had been rampaging across the land to death, and then began searching for traces of the third-tier great demon beneath the sea.

This spiritual island is located on the edge of the Twin Islands. Because of its superior geographical location, the Song family built a port here and plans to build a market town here in the future to facilitate the settlement of wandering cultivators and centralized trading.

Fortunately, the port had just been completed, so there weren't many ships docked there, and there were relatively few people, all of whom were concentrated near the port. Otherwise, if these sea monsters were allowed to run rampant, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

However, if we go any further and cross the outer island chain, the safety of the miners who are mining spiritual materials will be directly threatened.

These spirit islands only have second-tier defensive formations, which are simply unable to withstand the invasion of so many second-tier or even third-tier sea monsters.

"So this is it." Song Yuqing murmured softly, a folding fan appearing in his hand at some point. With a gentle wave, countless wind blades fell into the sea like raindrops, instantly causing the once calm sea to churn violently.

"Wow"

The waves surged, and a Night Fury, hundreds of feet long, burst out of the sea, its gaping maw spewing a nauseating stench.

On its head stood a sea yaksha wielding a trident of lightning.

Song Yuqing covered her face with her fan and subtly stepped back a few paces. She looked up at the hideous and grotesque sea demon and said in a cold tone, "It really is you. It seems that the east is also your doing."

"Enough nonsense!" Hai Yacha stomped his foot, and the Night Fiend beneath his feet roared and pounced towards Song Yuqing.

Song Yuqing's robes fluttered, and his handsome face showed no fear whatsoever.

The combination of a Tier 3 high-grade Night Fiend and a Tier 3 top-grade Sea Yaksha posed no threat to him. What worried him more was whether reinforcements could intercept the Night Fiends before they crossed the island chain.

If production on the island is disrupted, then even if he stops the sea demon, it will be meaningless.

"scoff"

The trident transformed into a bolt of lightning, hurtling towards him with a piercing sonic boom. Song Yuqing flipped her folding fan to block it in front of her. With a surge of magical power, the trident that the sea yaksha had thrown with all its might was directly blocked and could not advance an inch.

He didn't move an inch from beginning to end, not even the hem of his clothes.

In one exchange, the difference in skill was immediately apparent.

When Song Yuqing won fifth place at the Great Qian Cultivation World Exchange Conference, she was only in the second tier, far from being considered a genius in the first tier.

But after years of experience and repeated defeats at the hands of Song Qingxing, he has made great progress and now has one foot in the first tier.

Looking at the entire cultivation world of the Great Qian Dynasty, even including the Myriad Manifestations Palace, the number of beings that could pose a threat to him is probably very small.

If this sea monster weren't some exceptionally talented individual, it would have come in upright and left lying down today.

The sea monster also clearly sensed the difference between the two, and its heart skipped a beat as an ominous premonition began to grow.

The Yaksha clan was new to the area and not very familiar with the situation. A patrolling Yaksha discovered traces of human activity in the area, and the flags they were flying were unfamiliar. They assumed it was some unknown small force pioneering the land and decided to launch a surprise attack to plunder their resources.

They split into two groups, recruiting and controlling sea monsters as cannon fodder, deliberately making a big fuss to attract the attention of the human race's powerful warriors, while they took advantage of the situation to strike at the heart of the enemy.

He initially encountered very little resistance, and he was secretly pleased, thinking he had landed an easy and lucrative job. Little did he expect to run into a tough opponent.

He was quite straightforward; seeing that he was no match for the Night Fury, he simply abandoned the Night Fury and ran away.

Song Yuqing wasn't in a hurry to give chase. Among those at the Purple Mansion stage, only a handful of enemies could escape his grasp. He calmly dealt with Ye Sha and then rode the wind to pursue the sea yaksha.

"Hey, why did they chase after them?" Song Youfu slapped his thigh suddenly, feeling a headache coming on as he looked at the Night Furies still swarming towards the inner island.

"Why hasn't Ping come back yet?"

At this moment, Song Youfu heard a loud explosion. Looking up, he saw more than a dozen warships bearing the banner of the Wanlong Chamber of Commerce rumbling out of the island. With a salvo of [Crystal Cannons], the Night Fiends underwater suffered heavy losses.

"Phew...so reinforcements have arrived." Song Youfu breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the Wanlong Chamber of Commerce are businessmen, their military strength is not lacking. The strength of this fleet is no weaker than that of the [Jinxiuqi] fleet. With more than a dozen ships in formation, it is no problem to take down some weaker great demons. It is also relatively easy to wipe out some second-tier sea demons that have lost their leadership.

"Brother, are you alright?" Song Youping and Song Jingyuan rushed over in a hurry, and only breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that Song Youfu was unharmed.

"Hey, you've brought me quite a big shot here, kid. This guy never leaves the house," Song Youfu said with a chuckle.

Song Youping looked around, paused for a moment on the corpse of the third-tier Night Fiend, and then asked in a low voice, "Brother, where did that one go?"

"Just say what you have to say, why are you being so cautious?"

"I heard that he's the hostage from the [Splendid Banner] side. The Protector Elder isn't here right now; if he escapes, we..."

Song Youfu glanced at him sideways and shook his head, saying, "You've been spending too much time in those dark little rooms, and your brain isn't working properly anymore."

Since the clan leader returned to the clan, we haven't restricted him at all. The guardian elders can't keep an eye on him all the time. If he wants to run away, do you think we can stop him? See that sea monster? It's a third-tier high-grade monster. It didn't even last a quarter of an hour in his hands.

Even the clan chief instructed before his departure that if Song Yuqing wanted to leave, we wouldn't stop her.

"If that's the case, then why did he..."

"Why aren't you leaving? You'll have plenty of time to think about it later. Now, help me get the wounded back."

"Damn it, we've lost over twenty and injured more than a hundred. If we'd arrived any later, I would have had to fight to the death!" Song Youfu cursed.

Just as the great battle within the Twin Islands was drawing to a close, another great battle was just beginning on the boundless ocean.

Because the attacking enemy included many third-tier demons, Song Qingxing was concerned for Song Youlin's safety and did not lead the main force. Instead, he rushed to the battlefield with a few Purple Mansion cultivators from Luoxia City and Muyun City.

When they arrived, Song Youlin was in a rather disheveled situation, struggling to hold on against the siege of four powerful demons.

Song Qingxing scanned the seabed with his divine sense and found that the sea monster horde had stopped moving. Moreover, there were two powerful auras hidden among them, both of which were great monsters at the third-tier top-grade level.

"Fellow Daoist Song, this is probably a case of waiting for a rabbit to run into a tree stump," an elder from Muyun City said in a deep voice.

They could have easily taken down or driven away Song Youlin, but instead they chose to stop and entangle with him. Anyone with eyes could see that something was wrong.

"I suspect they're not just waiting for us to run into their trap; they definitely have other tricks up their sleeves," a hoarse old cultivator from Luoxia City said, a cold glint in his eyes. The tricks of the Sea Yaksha were far too naive for him.

"It's nothing more than luring the snake out of its hole or using a feint attack. As long as no demon king-level expert makes a move, we are already in an invincible position," the elder from Muyun City who spoke earlier sneered.

His confidence naturally stemmed from Song Qingxing. Over the years, they had long been impressed by his personal martial prowess, and some even vaguely compared him to Song Changsheng back then.

Besides him, the others from Luoxia City were all experts at the mid-stage of the Purple Mansion realm or above. With their lineup, unless a Demon King-level expert made a move, the others would be truly formidable.

"Whatever tricks he has up his sleeve, he's already here, let's fight first." Niu Dazhuang said in a muffled voice. He had been holding back for the past few years, and he had hardly ever found a time when he needed to take action. He felt restless all over.

He originally wanted to take on the mission of intercepting the swarm of sea monsters, but at the time he thought it was just an ordinary swarm of sea monsters. Based on the principle of not using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, the Alliance Elders gave the mission to Song Youlin, mainly to train him. They never expected that the mission would be so difficult.

Niu Dazhuang had been itching to get started for a long time. At this moment, all he wanted was to have a good fight and he didn't want to listen to any of the schemes or plots.

Anyway, the Twin Dragon Islands are guarded by the Wanlong Merchant Guild's fleet and Golden Core cultivators, so he doesn't need to worry at all.

He heard everything everyone was saying, and his response was... a sword strike!
The [Traceless Sword] is as fast as lightning. With a single strike, the surface of the sea remains unaffected, but the underwater world is turned upside down.

Many sirens were slashed open by the invisible sword energy before they even understood what was happening. When the excruciating pain reached their brains, and their flesh and internal organs were separated from them, they were enveloped in blood mixed with seawater, only then did they realize with horror that death was imminent.

But by then it was too late.

Those who died directly at least did not experience pain, while those who survived were in a much more miserable situation.

The murderous sword intent attached to Song Qingxing's sword energy had invaded the lungs and internal organs of these sword-wielding sea monsters. Not only could the wounds not heal, but if it was not removed in time, they would also be tormented to death by the sword intent.

With a single sword strike, nearly a thousand sea monsters were killed. The sea demons and great demons hiding among them could no longer sit still and emerged from the seabed.

"Roar……"

Besides the four sea yakshas besieging Song Youlin, there were also two top-grade third-tier sea yakshas and three strangely shaped third-tier great demons.

With such a massive force, if a Golden Core cultivator didn't emerge, they could truly roam freely in the East Sea.

However, the East China Sea Alliance's lineup this time is no weaker than theirs.

The Sea Yaksha clan was used to being domineering and didn't take the suddenly emerging East Sea Alliance seriously at all.

If they had known their strength, they wouldn't have sent just this many people.

Without any unnecessary words, the two powerful figures immediately engaged in battle, greatly reducing the pressure on Song Youlin. He was now only entangled with a mid-grade third-tier sea yaksha, making it much easier to deal with.

On the battlefield, Song Qingxing fought two top-tier third-order sea yakshas alone, while the others fought in pairs. With Niu Dazhuang, a battle maniac, on the scene, the battle quickly reached a fever pitch.

However, besides Song Qingxing, Luoxia City also had a cultivator at the Great Perfection of the Purple Mansion realm stationed there. The two third-tier top-grade demons were completely suppressed, and no one among the sea demons could stop him.

Less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn before the battle began, a third-tier low-grade sea monster was killed.

From this moment on, the fate of the Sea Demon clan was almost certain.

"With your strength, you can't be unknown. Who exactly are you?" A sea demon, who was completely suppressed by Song Qingxing, shouted fiercely.

His response was a dazzling sword light. As his head separated from his body, a cold voice rang in his ears: "The one who killed you is Song Qingxing!"

"So...you're from the Embroidered Banner..."

He uttered those words with all his might, then slumped limply into the sea. The sea monsters, who had been trembling with fear from the aura of the battle, suddenly swarmed him like sharks smelling blood, devouring him in an instant.

Then, the great rout began, and the gathered sirens scattered and fled.

When the last Tier 3 top-grade sea monster became a victim of Song Qingxing's sword, the Purple Mansion Battlefield came to a complete end. All Tier 3 sea creatures and sea monsters were killed, leaving no survivors.

They didn't let the low-level sea monsters who had escaped earlier go either, and chased them in all directions until sunset when they finally reunited, each of them carrying an indelible smell of blood.

The sea was completely dyed red, and the corpses of sea monsters floated everywhere.

Half of these were done by Song Qingxing.

Calmly sheathing his sword, Song Qingxing said, "If we clean up the battlefield in half an hour and return to the island to prepare for battle, they certainly won't let it go."

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P.S.: A bit dry, so let's quickly go through the plot. (End of Chapter)