Qinghe Immortal Clan.

Chapter 1216 The Turmoil Ends, Guest Elder Reaching Nascent Soul

Meanwhile, the human cultivators...

Although the Demon-Slaying Palace had successfully repelled the demons of the "Falling Star Sea" in the south.

However, due to the injury of "Ancestor Jin Yuan", the major sects of "Donghuang Kingdom" faced the "Northern Frontier Demon Clan" army, whose strength had not been weakened much.

We still don't have much of an advantage, nor are we able to completely defeat them.

This great war has been going on for more than two years, and both sides have suffered heavy losses. The three continents north of the "Eastern Phoenix Kingdom" have also been reduced to ruins due to the numerous battles.

Not only cultivators, but also mortals across several continents affected by the disaster suffered heavy casualties, with hundreds of millions already lost.

If the fighting continues, the cost to human cultivators will also increase.

Moreover, the demon race of the "Falling Star Sea" to the south is also eyeing us covetously.

If they were to return, the entire "Eastern Phoenix Kingdom" would once again face the disadvantage of being attacked from both the north and south, and the human race would also have to consider this.

Faced with the demon race's initiative to negotiate peace, Chen Qingxuan and "Ancestor Jin Yuan" discussed it and quickly agreed.

After some discussion, the demon army finally agreed to withdraw from Pingzhou in the north, but the large swathes of territory they occupied in the east of Dongzhou would be entirely ceded to the "Northern Frontier Demon Clan".

As a result, the "Eastern Phoenix Kingdom" reached a temporary ceasefire agreement with the "Northern Frontier Demon Clan" after losing most of its territory in the Eastern Continent.

Apart from the once-in-a-century "monster uprising," neither side should initiate a border war.

As a result, after losing a small portion of its territory, the "Eastern Phoenix Kingdom" temporarily gained more than a hundred years of peace.

Upon learning of the peace talks between the two clans of the "Eastern Phoenix Kingdom," the demon army that had been guarding the north side of "Boyun Mountain" quickly became divided.

Because the main force of the "Heavenly Fox Clan" had already been wiped out by human cultivators.

Although the demon race that marched south this time numbered over 100,000, most of them were not demon beasts under the command of the "Heavenly Fox Clan," but rather came from the "Ancient Crane" and "Teng Snake" clans, which were also among the top ten demon clans.

The territory in the "Floating Cloud Mountains" originally belonged to the "Heavenly Fox Clan".

The other two races sent troops south to participate in the war mainly to contain the human cultivators of "Boyun Mountain" and prevent them from having the opportunity to go north again to harass the rear of the northern demon race.

For this reason, after the armies of the two races marched south, they remained far away near "Boyun Mountain" and were reluctant to launch a full-scale attack on the human cultivators.

Now that they have learned that the demon race in the "Eastern Phoenix Kingdom" has made peace with the human race, the "Ancient Crane" and "Teng Snake" races immediately proposed to withdraw to the northern frontier.

The "Heavenly Fox" clan, led by Tianwei and Qianyun Demon Emperor, was unwilling to give up and still wanted to reclaim the territory of the "Floating Cloud Mountain Range" in the south.

To avenge the destruction of the "Ten Thousand Fox Valley" sacred land by the human cultivator army.

However, without the assistance of the "Ancient Crane" and "Teng Snake" clans, their tens of thousands of demonic beasts alone were simply not enough to contend with the army of cultivators from the southern human race.

Not to mention, they had no intention of conquering "Boyun Mountain" and reclaiming the northern territory of the Fuyun Mountain Range.

After the other two clans withdrew their troops, the remaining "Sky Fox Clan" soon led its army to retreat north.

This allowed Song Qingming and the others, who had been tense for a long time, to finally breathe a sigh of relief.

This extremely dangerous "monster turmoil" ultimately ended in victory for the "Free and Unfettered Sect" and many other sects, thanks to the combined efforts of various human forces.

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Once the demon army retreated to the north, the area around "Boyun Mountain" gradually quieted down.

Except for a portion of the territory in the northwest that is still under the control of the demon race, the vast eastern part of the "Floating Cloud Mountain Range" is basically controlled by human cultivators.

In contrast to the "Eastern Phoenix Kingdom" losing most of its territory in the Eastern Continent, the cultivation world of the "Floating Cloud Mountains" not only did not lose any territory in this turmoil, but also reclaimed a large area of ​​spiritual mountains from the demon race.

This result has also greatly excited everyone.

Since the "Northern Frontier Demon Clan" migrated south tens of thousands of years ago, the human cultivators of the Floating Cloud Mountains have always been strongly suppressed by the demon clan, constantly losing territory and retreating to the south.

Under the leadership of the "Xiaoyao Sect", human cultivators have, for the first time in this "monster turmoil", reclaimed "Boyun Mountain" and a large area of ​​surrounding territory.

This truly surprised everyone.

Seeing that the great battle was over, Song Qingming held a banquet on "Boyun Mountain" to celebrate the human cultivators' survival of this great calamity.

He specially rewarded the many cultivators who came from other places to participate in the battle, including the "Heavenly Pill Alliance" of the East Sea.

In addition, Song Qingming distributed the many spoils of war seized from the "Valley of Ten Thousand Foxes" by the northern demons to various factions in public, according to the established rules.

Soon, "Master Xuantong" and his subordinates, including the Heavenly Pill Alliance and the "Black and White Twin Fiends" brothers, returned to the cultivation world of the East Sea with a great deal of spiritual treasures.

Although they contributed a lot of effort to help this time, in less than two years, they each brought back so many spiritual items, making a fortune.

Before leaving, "Master Xuantong" made sure to have a private chat with Song Qingming for a while.

After several major battles during this upheaval, the group of "Xiaoyao Sect" led by Song Qingming obtained the most spiritual items, including more than a dozen spiritual herbs, elixirs, and demon cores of level four or above.

The number of spiritual objects below grade three is immeasurable.

These are all the main ingredients for refining high-level elixirs, and the "Heavenly Elixir Alliance" certainly cannot afford to miss them.

The "Master Xuantong" specifically sought out Song Qingming for this purpose, the purpose of which was self-evident: he wanted to cooperate with him in refining spiritual pills.

With the strength of the "Heavenly Pill Alliance", as long as it can establish a long-term cooperation with the "Free and Unfettered Sect", it can certainly make huge profits from it.

Song Qingming, Bai Yuxian, and the others were well aware of the "Xuantong Taoist's" thoughts.

Regarding the cooperation between the two parties, Song Qingming did not rush to reply immediately, but instead made an excuse to delay the matter.

Although the other party came from afar to help the cultivation world of "Floating Cloud Mountain Range" resist the northern demon army, it was a great help to them.

The "Master Xuantong" proposed a collaboration, which could be considered a mutually beneficial arrangement, making it difficult for Song Qingming and his group to refuse outright.

However, the "Heavenly Pill Alliance" wanted to take on such a large deal in one go, and the profits were indeed considerable. According to their previous rules, it was not very cost-effective for the "Free and Unfettered Sect".

To secure this deal, the "Tian Dan Alliance" will have to concede some profits.

However, there was no rush at this time. Song Qingming had also promised that he would arrange for sect cultivators to go to the East Sea to discuss cooperation with the "Heavenly Pill Alliance".

After seeing off the East Sea cultivators, including "Master Xuantong," Lü Yue, Zhao Mengzhen, Zhou Daoping, and the others soon came to bid farewell to Song Qingming.

Although the war in the "Eastern Phoenix Kingdom" had long ended, the situation there was still somewhat tense, with many cultivators and mortals fleeing to the Eastern Continent pouring in from several continents nearby.

Lu Yue was eager to return to assist the sect in handling this matter, and Zhao Mengzhen and the other had been away from the sect for a long time, and were also somewhat concerned about the "Five Thunder Sect".

Zhou Daoping, on the other hand, remained quite carefree and was not in a hurry to return to Nanzhou.

I also want to take this opportunity to travel around the cultivation world of the "Floating Cloud Mountains" and explore the surrounding area.

Song Qingming was very pleased with this and even specially arranged for his eldest disciple, Bai Jingyun, to accompany Zhou Daoping and introduce him to some scenic spots in the surrounding area.

After seeing off many allies, Song Qingming and the others also began to get busy.

The first step is to clear out the remaining demonic beasts around "Boyun Mountain" so that this newly acquired territory can be completely integrated into the hands of human cultivators.

Secondly, a solid defense line was established around "Boyun Mountain".

To prevent the "Northern Frontier" demons from attacking the territory from the south at any time.

After the great battle, in order to protect the "Boyun Mountain" fourth-grade superior spiritual vein and the safety of the northern territory,

The great cultivator Song Qingming moved his cave dwelling directly to "Boyun Mountain" and chose to personally oversee the area.

Besides him, Li Xuanyi and Song Qingyu also moved their cave dwellings here.

On the other side of "Red Cloud Mountain", only "Ice and Fire Dragon" remained on the mountain to guard it.

The management of Shanmen Market was entirely entrusted to Song Linrui, Song Siqing, and a few others.

In addition to Song Qingming and the other two, Zhou Ziyang, a newly promoted Nascent Soul elder of the sect, also came with the sect's cultivators to stay here and oversee the defenses of "Boyun Mountain" in order to strengthen the defenses.

There are also several fourth-level spiritual veins in the surrounding area belonging to the "Tianji Sect", "Xingchen Sect" and "Yuxiao Sect", and they have also sent their disciples to guard the spiritual mountain.

However, apart from Ye Linyuan of the "Starry Sky Sect", the "Heavenly Extreme Sect" and the "Jade Cloud Sect" each only have one Nascent Soul cultivator, so they cannot come in person.

The cultivators sent to guard Mount Ling were all Golden Core disciples of the sect.

With the addition of the Wind Ape stationed at "Golden Feather Mountain" and the Ice-Fire Dragon at "Red Cloud Mountain", there are now six Nascent Soul warriors around "Cloud-Clearing Mountain".

In addition to Nascent Soul cultivators like Song Qingming, the "Xiaoyao Sect" also stationed an army of over 20,000 cultivators around "Boyun Mountain".

In addition, there were 10,000 cultivators that Song Qingming transferred from "Red Cloud Mountain".

There are also the surrounding "Star Gate", "Heavenly Pole Sect" and "Jade Cloud Sect", which together have more than 20,000 cultivators, and they can support each other at any time.

As a result, there are already as many as 50,000 to 60,000 human cultivators stationed around "Boyun Mountain" year-round, which is enough to protect the safety of the northern territory.

Following the "Monster Uprising," the major sects east of the "Floating Cloud Mountains" actually suffered considerable losses.

The reason why we can still spare so many cultivators to defend the northern front is because...

This is also closely related to Song Qingming's previous act of forcing the demons of Taiyue Lake to sign a humiliating treaty.

In previous years, many countries on the south bank, led by the Wu Kingdom's "Star Gate," could hardly spare any resources to go north to provide assistance in order to defend against the demons of "Taiyue Lake."

Even the "Xiaoyao Sect" of Wei Kingdom had to amassed heavy troops in "Taiyue Ward" and the northern border of Pei Kingdom to guard the monsters in the lake.

With the Taiyue Lake demons voluntarily surrendering, the "Iron Wall Demon Emperor" made a heavenly oath to never again invade the territories of human cultivators along the shore. Now, the Taiyue Lake demons have mostly retreated to the core area of ​​the lake and no longer pose a significant threat to human cultivators.

In this way, many countries, led by the "Star Gate", can spare a lot of troops to go north to the Floating Cloud Mountains.

Not only the demons of Taiyue Lake, but also the Tianhai Alliance in the south of Lu State suffered considerable losses during the demon beast turmoil, which was besieged by the demons of Luoxinghai.

For the time being, the cultivation world of the "Floating Cloud Mountains" will not have to worry about threats from the south.

After the war in the cultivation world of the "Floating Cloud Mountains" ended, the cultivation world of the East Sea, led by the "Hundred Flowers Palace", quickly repelled the demon army from the north.

Compared to other places, the cultivation world in the East Sea was not affected by the monster turmoil too much this time.

The human cultivators' alliance, led by the "Hundred Flowers Palace," only held a stalemate with the demon race in the northern seas for two years.

Although several major battles broke out between the two sides, the losses after the battles were not significant.

So much so that while they were dealing with their own enemies, some cultivators led by the "Heavenly Pill Alliance" still had the spare capacity to send troops to support the human race in the "Floating Cloud Mountains".

Apart from "Donghuang Kingdom", "Floating Cloud Mountain Range", "East Sea" and "Tianhai Immortal Cultivation World".

The turmoil in the Qiyun Immortal Cultivation World, located west of the Donghuang Kingdom, is also quite large and has not yet completely ended.

The Qiyun Immortal Cultivation World suffered a demonic calamity more than a hundred years ago, losing many cultivators and having many sects destroyed by demons, and has not yet recovered.

This time, they were attacked by demons from the "Northern Frontier" and the "Falling Star Sea" in the south, and the turmoil was far greater than before.

Under the fierce attack of the demon armies from the north and south, the Qiyun cultivation world, led by the "Jade Spirit Sect," was no match for its opponents and suffered repeated defeats.

They could only retreat into the heart of the territory and rely on the high-level "mountain-protecting formations" of several major sects, such as the "Jade Spirit Sect," to defend themselves.

The "monster turmoil" that lasted for more than two years caused large swathes of territory in the "Qiyun Immortal Cultivation World" to fall, resulting in countless losses of cultivators and mortals within its borders, making it resemble a living hell.

It wasn't until after the "Eastern Phoenix Kingdom" made peace that the "Heavenly Imperial Sect" and the "Demon-Slaying Palace" dispatched a large army of cultivators to the west to aid the "Qiyun Immortal Cultivation World".

With the help of the "Eastern Phoenix Kingdom" army, the "Qiyun Immortal Cultivation World" finally stabilized the situation and began to shift from defense to offense, recovering the lost territories in the north and south.

Even after the turmoil in other cultivation worlds had ended, more than 30% of the territory of the "Qiyun Cultivation World" was still occupied by the demon race.

It's still unknown when this unrest will be completely quelled.

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Unlike the hellish "Qiyun Immortal Cultivation World," Boyun Mountain, which had been occupied by the "Beast Army" for tens of thousands of years, ushered in a new life after the war.

The previous great battle between human cultivators and demons had devastated the entire Spirit Mountain.

However, the spiritual veins on "Boyun Mountain" were not affected in the slightest.

"Boyun Mountain" was originally the gate of the Nanyue Sect, and it is also the place with the most abundant spiritual energy in the entire "Fuyun Mountain Range".

Even though the great battle ten thousand years ago shattered the core of the spiritual vein, causing its grade to drop to the fourth-grade upper level.

However, the spiritual energy of this mountain still far surpasses that of other places in the "Floating Clouds Mountain Range," and is even higher than the "Wanxiu Mountain" of the Qin State to the west.

Since Li Xuanyi, Song Qingyu, "Ice and Fire Dragon", Song Yuanhao and others successively formed their Nascent Souls, coupled with their own cultivation breaking through to the late Nascent Soul stage.

Song Qingming, who lived on "Red Cloud Mountain", had already felt that the spiritual energy on the mountain was somewhat insufficient, and wanted to try to advance his spiritual veins.

Now that they have obtained the "Boyun Mountain," a fourth-grade superior spiritual vein, it has solved their immediate problem and saved Song Qingming and the others a lot of spirit stones.

However, "Boyun Mountain" was originally occupied by the demon race.

Compared to "Chiyun Mountain," which they have managed for hundreds of years, it looks rather simple and requires time to gradually improve the living environment.

All that's left is for Song Qingming and the other elders to move their cave dwellings to the back of "Boyun Mountain".

Bai Jingyun, Song Linyu, Wei Yunlong, and other Golden Core cultivators from their sects immediately began directing their subordinates to open up cave dwellings, build markets, and equip the mountain with all the necessary living facilities for the cultivators.

After all, tens of thousands of cultivators will be stationed here year-round, and without a market, it will be inconvenient for them to do anything.

To support "Boyun Mountain", Bai Yuxian, Xu Ziyan and others also transferred a large number of craftsmen, materials and spiritual items from the rear of "Guyang Mountain" to the north.

In addition, to fill the various job vacancies in the "Boyun Mountain" market, Xu Ziyan also recruited tens of thousands of ordinary people from the rear and sent them to the mountain using sect flying boats.

Many mortals and cultivators who were rescued from the Valley of Ten Thousand Foxes by Song Qingming and his group also remained on Mount Boyun.

With the combined efforts of numerous cultivators and mortals, a brand-new market town appeared before everyone's eyes in just a few months.

The size of this market is comparable to that of the "Chiyun Mountain" market that Song Qingming has been running for many years.

In order to give this mountain a new look, it also represents the complete end of the era in which the demon race ruled the "Floating Cloud Mountain Range".

After the market town at the foot of the mountain was completed, Song Qingming, at the suggestion of Li Xuanyi, Song Qingyu, and others, officially renamed the original "Boyun Mountain" to "Qingyun Mountain".

The newly built market town at the foot of the mountain was also named "Qingyun Market Town" and a grand opening ceremony was held for it.

This is the first time the "Free and Unfettered Sect" has held a celebration since the "Monster Uprising".

Upon learning of the completion of "Qingyunfang", various sects and forces around Qingyun Mountain sent cultivators to offer their congratulations.

Even Bai Yuxian, who was still stationed at the rear mountain gate, personally led Xu Ziyan and other sect disciples to Qingyun Mountain to participate in the opening ceremony of the market.

For a time, the entire "Qingyun Mountain" was bustling with activity.

At the banquet, apart from Li Mufeng, who was still in seclusion at "Guyang Mountain" to heal his injuries, the five supreme elders of the sect, Song Qingming, Song Qingyu, Bai Yuxian, Li Xuanyi, and Zhou Ziyang, all sat in the head seats.

Besides the members of the "Free and Unfettered Sect," there was also Li Xianyun, who had been specially invited by Song Qingming.

Ye Linyuan, the Supreme Elder of the Star Gate stationed at the nearby "Wild Wind Ridge", also came to "Green Cloud Mountain" to offer his congratulations.

In addition to announcing the successful completion of the "Qingyun Mountain" market, Song Qingming also announced a major piece of news that surprised everyone at the banquet on behalf of the sect.

Originally a rogue cultivator, Li Xianyun officially joined the "Xiaoyao Sect" today and will serve as a guest elder of the sect.

After escaping from the "Black Wind Sea" with Song Qingming's help, Li Xianyun returned to the "Eastern Phoenix Immortal Continent" at the urging of others.

During this "monster disturbance," Li Xianyun came as invited and became a great help to the "Xiaoyao Sect." He made several great contributions and even saved the life of the sect's Grand Elder, Li Mufeng.

After the battle, when Song Qingming and Bai Yuxian personally presented him with a token of gratitude, Li Xianyun refused to accept it because he owed Song Qingming a debt of gratitude for saving his life.

He simply asked the other party for a cave on the mountain to recuperate.

Although Li Xianyun acted unconventionally and even became a bandit in the "Black Wind Sea" to survive, he could hardly be considered a gentleman.

However, for the "Free and Unfettered Sect," Li Xianyun had helped them overcome difficulties on several occasions, making him a reliable partner.

The decision to invite the other party to join the sect was made after discussions between Bai Yuxian, Song Qingming, and a few others, and no one in the sect raised any objections.

Originally, Song Qingming intended to formally invite the other party to join the sect and serve as its Supreme Elder.

However, Li Xianyun was a free-spirited cultivator who was used to being independent and unrestrained. He was still somewhat unaccustomed to staying in one place for many years and being bound by a sect.

Ultimately, at Bai Yuxian's suggestion, Li Xianyun decided to first serve as a guest elder of the sect.

In this way, even if he wanted to leave the sect to travel in the future, he would not be subject to too many restrictions, which was acceptable to Li Xianyun.

Li Xianyun's cultivation has reached the sixth level of the Nascent Soul realm. As a sword cultivator, he is superior to Bai Yuxian, Li Mufeng, and Song Qingyu in terms of combat skills alone.

Among all the Nascent Soul cultivators in the entire "Free and Unfettered Sect," only Song Qingming, a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, was absolutely certain of defeating Li Xianyun.

Although the other party is currently only a guest elder and has not yet fully joined the sect.

However, with Li Xianyun's great help, the strength of the "Xiaoyao Sect" has increased significantly, which has made many surrounding sects envious.

To celebrate Li Xianyun joining the sect, led by Nascent Soul elders such as Song Qingming and Bai Yuxian, everyone stepped forward to offer him a toast.

Li Xianyun was quite carefree, accepting almost every congratulations from those who came forward, and even got drunk for a while, which was quite unusual for him.

Even when the moon was high in the sky, the banquet was still very lively.

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Several days later, in a stone pavilion atop Qingyun Mountain.

Song Qingming, Li Xuanyi, Song Qingyu, and Bai Yuxian sat together around the stone table.

As soon as Song Linyu brought a large pot of brewed spiritual tea to the table, Li Xuanyi immediately waved to him and dismissed everyone around her.

"Senior Sister Bai made a special trip up the mountain to visit me today, is it because you've been having some problems with your cultivation lately?"

"I am indeed preparing to go into seclusion to break through my cultivation level, but I came to see you today not for that matter."

After letting out a soft sigh, Bai Yuxian continued, "A few days ago, Ziyan proposed to me that she would voluntarily hand over the position of sect leader, saying that she wanted to leave the sect and travel around."

Senior Brother Li's injuries have not yet healed. Junior brothers, you must stay at Qingyun Mountain to oversee things. I will also be going into seclusion in a few days to try to break through my cultivation level.

The sect's affairs are indeed inseparable from people.

I came here today specifically to ask you, junior brothers, how should we arrange the position of sect leader after Ziyan leaves?

"Does my junior brother have a suitable candidate in mind right now?"

"Junior Nephew Xu, why did you suddenly decide to travel? Could it be related to the matter of forming your Nascent Soul?"

(End of this chapter)