Qinghe Immortal Clan.

At this moment, due to the sudden retreat of the "Red Cloud Demon King", the morale of the monster army was obviously greatly affected.

Be it those high-level demon kings or the low-level demon beasts that are in the foundation-building and Qi-refining stages, their offensive momentum has been frustrated and they are no longer as crazy as before.

After Song Qingming joined the battlefield, he did not immediately go to assist Song Qingyu and others, but flew straight into the sky, wanting to help Bai Yuxian and others escape.

However, just as he flew halfway into the air, a huge diamond shadow appeared in the white clouds above his head and fell straight down from the sky and landed not far in front of him.

"Junior Brother Song, where is the Scarlet Cloud Demon King?"

Bai Yuxian and his companions, who had just escaped from the predicament, were controlling the "Vajra Sky Net Formation" and were trying to find the figure of the "Red Cloud Demon King". Unexpectedly, they ran into Song Qingming who came to look for them as soon as they landed, and hurriedly asked him a question.

"Senior Sister Bai, you are finally here. We have defeated the Scarlet Cloud Demon King, and now I don't know where he has fled to!"

"The Scarlet Cloud Demon King escaped? What on earth is going on?"

After hearing Song Qingming's answer, the people in the "Vajra Sky Net Formation" were all surprised and doubted the truthfulness of what Song Qingming said.

However, when they glanced at the entire battlefield below, they found that the mountain protection formation of "Guiyunfang" was still intact, and the human race was not at a great disadvantage on the battlefield. The only thing was that there was no sign of the "Red Cloud Demon Emperor". Only then did they gradually believe it in their hearts.

"Senior Sister Bai, this matter is a bit complicated. Right now, the market formation is still in danger. It is better to wait until the army of monsters is repelled, and then I will explain it to you in detail!"

After hearing Song Qingming's answer, Bai Yuxian hurriedly nodded and said, "Yes! Junior Brother Song is right. The most urgent task now is to repel the monster army as soon as possible. Otherwise, once the market formation is lost, all our previous efforts will be wasted."

After Bai Yuxian finished speaking, he immediately controlled the Vajra Shadow and led Song Qingming and others to charge towards the battlefield.

It was only because the "Canglong Demon King" and several other demon kings of Chiyun Mountain suddenly followed the "Chiyun Demon Emperor" to evacuate the battlefield. At this time, the golden elixir combat power of the demon clan on the battlefield did not have much advantage over the human clan.

After Bai Yuxian and his companions joined the battlefield with the "Vajra Sky Net Formation", their strength as controllers of the formation was almost close to that of a Nascent Soul cultivator. Just to deal with Bai Yuxian and his four companions, the demon clan would need the combined strength of several demon kings who were twice as powerful as them.

With the help of the "Vajra Sky Net Formation" to contain many demon kings, the human race finally surpassed the demon race in terms of the combat power of the Jindan cultivators. They began to suppress the other side in turn, and instantly exerted tremendous pressure on the demon race.

The two sides fought fiercely for about half an hour. With the Vajra phantom controlled by Bai Yuxian and others, they killed three demon kings one after another. The demon kings were finally defeated and began to retreat from the battlefield.

As soon as the demon king above retreated, the low-level demon beasts in the foundation-building and Qi-refining stages below seemed to have lost their backbone, and scrambled to turn around and flee the battlefield to the north.

"The monster army is retreating, everyone hurry up and chase them, don't let them go!"

Seeing that the army of monsters finally began to retreat, the human monks who had fought hard on the battlefield for a long time were finally able to let out a sigh of relief and took the initiative to chase the army of monsters in front of them.

Song Qingming and other Jindan cultivators above saw the monsters retreating, and many of them were also ready to chase after the retreating demon king.

However, just as everyone was preparing to act, Bai Yuxian took the lead and blocked the way.

"The monsters still have some strength left. Fellow Daoists, please do not fall for their evil plan. It is better to defend the market first! Let's go and help Master Li deal with the Black Dragon Monster King. Junior Sister Xu, Junior Brother Song, and Fellow Daoist Wei, I'll trouble you to take charge here!"

Although they had just repelled the army of monsters on the front battlefield, the losses of the monster clan were not that great, and their overall strength on paper still surpassed that of the human race.

Moreover, no one knew the exact extent of the injuries of the escaped "Red Cloud Demon King". If they rashly pursued him, it would be extremely dangerous. After hearing Bai Yuxian's reminder, everyone stopped and nodded.

Afterwards, Bai Yuxian and a few others controlled the Vajra phantom and flew high into the sky, while Song Qingming and others went to various battlefields and began to command the army of cultivators that had already gotten somewhat out of control.

"Everyone listen up, do not chase the monster army, clean up the battlefield and retreat to the market as soon as possible!"

As orders were passed down one after another, the low-level cultivators who were chasing the army of monsters gradually stopped their pursuit and began to retreat towards the market town.

Seeing that the army of monks outside the market town gradually stabilized and began to clean up the battlefield and retreat to the market town in an orderly manner, Song Qingming said hello to Xu Ziyan and then returned to the market town first.

When Song Qingming rushed to the cave where Li Xuanyi was, he found that she had completely refined the elixir in her body, recovered a lot of her magic power, and her complexion had returned to normal. Only then did he put down his worry.

"Junior Brother Song, have you already repelled the army of monsters outside?"

Seeing Song Qingming return here, Li Xuanyi immediately asked a question. Seeing Song Qingming nod slightly with a smile on his face, a hint of joy immediately appeared on her face.

"I have no way to repay you for saving my life today. Senior Sister Li, please accept my greetings first!" After Song Qingming walked in front of Li Xuanyi, he bowed to her and bowed solemnly.

At that time, facing the pursuit of the "Red Cloud Demon King", Song Qingming almost lost his life. He was deeply moved by Li Xuanyi's initiative to rescue him.

Although Li Xuanyi and he are fellow disciples, but facing this life-and-death crisis, Li Xuanyi dared to step forward and help Song Qingming deal with a Nascent Soul Demon King. This kind of friendship is not possessed by every fellow cultivator in the world of immortal cultivation.

When Song Qingming escorted her back, he did not mention this matter much, because the war outside was urgent at that time. Now that the attack of the army of monsters has been repelled, he should naturally come to thank the other party first.

Seeing this, Li Xuanyi hurried forward to help him up, smiled and waved his hand, saying: "Junior Brother Song, you and I should help each other as fellow disciples, you don't have to be so reserved.

Before leaving, Master specifically told us to take care of each other when we are out there. How could I, as his senior sister, stand by and watch the Demon King bully you?

If he really kills you, who here can help me solve the problem of my martial arts? Then my trip would be in vain.

"After all, I have received the great favor of my senior sister who saved my life today, so it is only right for me. Please rest assured, Senior Sister Li, after we defeat the army of monsters, I will definitely help you comprehend the martial arts." Upon hearing this, Song Qingming immediately made a promise to her.

Song Qingming sometimes felt a little headache when facing his junior sister Li Xuanyi in the sect, but Li Xuanyi had indeed taken good care of him over the years.

The two who had experienced life and death in the outside world, after their unexpected encounter in the sect, their relationship was better than that of other brothers. When Song Qingming occasionally asked him some questions, Li Xuanyi would also patiently answer them.

Even though the two of them had a good relationship to begin with, Song Qingming was still deeply touched by Li Xuanyi's risky act to rescue him.

Li Xuanyi nodded slightly and said, "Yes! If I didn't trust Junior Brother Song, I wouldn't have come all the way here to ask you for help.

The life-saving magic power that Master gave me was meant to be used at critical moments like this. It's a pity that I was unable to kill the demon king with one sword this time, and he still escaped. Otherwise, we might have been able to share a lot of precious spiritual objects."

Seeing Li Xuanyi sighing slightly when he said this, Song Qingming immediately shook his head and said:

"That Scarlet Cloud Demon King has been famous for many years, how could he not have some means of survival? It is a great fortune for us that Senior Sister was able to repel him with one strike this time, otherwise we would have found it difficult to defend the market in this battle.

Senior Sister, you are not only my benefactor this time, but also the benefactor of hundreds of millions of people in our country. After the war is over, the sect will definitely give you a lot of spiritual objects to repay you, so you don’t need to regret it too much. "

"Haha! If that's the case, then I'd like to thank you for your good wishes!" Hearing what Song Qingming said, Li Xuanyi's mood immediately improved a bit, and he responded with a smile.

After the two sat down in the cave, they chatted alone for a long time until a voice transmission flew in from the cave entrance, interrupting their conversation.

"Qingyu came to ask me to go to the conference room. Senior Sister Bai and the others should have returned. Senior Sister, you stay here to recuperate first. I will go to meet Uncle Li and the others, and then come back to see you!" After opening the voice transmission and taking a look, Song Qingming quickly stood up and explained.

Seeing this, Li Xuanyi immediately smiled and nodded, saying, "I'm fine here. I'll be fully recovered in a few days at most. You can go about your business without worry. I'll come to you if there's anything."

"Well then! I won't bother you any more. I got these pills from the treasury of the market town for you. I hope you can recover soon."

After bowing slightly to Li Xuanyi, Song Qingming took out a bottle of elixir from his body and placed it in her hand, then stood up and left Li Xuanyi's cave.

After asking Song Qingyu who was waiting outside the door, the two of them quickly turned into a beam of light and arrived outside the meeting room of "Guiyunfang".

By the time Song Qingming walked into the hall, more than a dozen Jindan cultivators had gathered in the hall.

Except for Li Xuanyi and Zhao Menglian who were recuperating in seclusion, and Guangling Zhenren who had died in battle outside the market town, all the Jindan cultivators in "Guiyunfang" had now gathered in the hall.

Li Mufeng's battle with the "Black Dragon Demon King" this time ended as expected, just like before, the two ended up in a draw and neither of them could defeat the other.

Later, when Bai Yuxian and others came to reinforce, seeing that the situation was not good, the "Black Dragon Demon King" immediately chose to withdraw and retreat. Although Li Mufeng chased him all the way, he was ultimately unable to stop him, allowing the "Black Dragon Demon King" to successfully escape back into the army of monsters.

"Junior Brother Song, how is Fellow Daoist Li doing? Does he need any healing pills?" Seeing Song Qingming coming in, the head of the sect, Bai Yuxian, immediately stepped forward and asked with concern. After such a long time back, Bai Yuxian and Li Mufeng and others had already learned from other elders of the "Xiaoyao Sect" that Li Xuanyi had previously fought off the "Red Cloud Demon King". They also knew that she was injured and was now in seclusion to heal her injuries.

As a person who almost single-handedly helped the "Xiaoyao Sect" turn the entire unfavorable situation around, the sect leader Bai Yuxian was naturally very concerned about Li Xuanyi's condition at this moment.

"Don't worry, Senior Sister Bai. Fellow Daoist Li only suffered some minor injuries and is fine. I have already gone to the treasury to get some elixirs for her. I think she will recover after a few days of rest."

Hearing Song Qingming say that Li Xuanyi was fine, Bai Yuxian finally felt relieved and nodded with a smile:
"Oh! That's good. Thanks to Fellow Daoist Li who defeated the Scarlet Cloud Demon King, we were able to defend the market and turn defeat into victory. When her injuries get better someday, I will come to her house in person to thank her."

"Yuxian is absolutely right. For someone like Li Xiaoyou who has made great contributions to the sect, we should reward her well and never treat her unfairly." As soon as Bai Yuxian finished speaking, Li Mufeng, who was sitting at the top, also stood up and said.

Upon hearing that Li Mufeng, the sect elder, expressed his intention to reward Li Xuanyi in person, many Jindan cultivators present immediately showed envy on their faces.

Although everyone in this battle was meritorious, it was far from Li Xuanyi's achievement in defeating the Yuanying Demon King and thus turning the tide of the battle. Therefore, apart from showing envy on their faces, everyone did not dare to have too many thoughts in their hearts.

After praising Li Xuanyi's contribution in public, Li Mufeng turned to face everyone in the hall and said comfortingly:

"Don't worry, fellow Taoists. You all have made contributions in this battle. Regardless of whether you are a disciple of our sect or not, I will reward you according to your merits after the war. I hope that all fellow Taoists can work together with our sect to defend this place."

"We would like to thank the senior for the reward!" Upon hearing that they could also receive a reward, the people who had been envious just now now had a look of joy on their faces and hurriedly bowed to Li Mufeng to express their gratitude.

Although "Guiyunfang" was lucky enough to repel the army of monsters today because of Li Xuanyi's action of repelling the "Red Cloud Demon King".

However, the demon beast armies led by the two demon kings did not suffer too much loss. They are still gathering not far to the north of "Guiyunfang" and have not retreated. They still pose a great threat to the market. Now is not the time for everyone to celebrate and relax.

After encouraging everyone, Li Mufeng and Bai Yuxian kept Song Qingming alone and asked him about Li Xuanyi's current condition and how she had repelled the "Red Cloud Demon Emperor" at that time.

After all, Li Xuanyi was only a cultivator at the fifth level of the Golden Core Realm, yet she was able to head-on defeat a Nascent Soul Demon King who had been famous for a thousand years.

Li Mufeng and Bai Yuxian, who had just returned to the market town, found it unbelievable after hearing this, and naturally became more curious about Li Xuanyi's identity.

Seeing the two people mentioned this matter, Song Qingming immediately responded to Li Mufeng and the others in detail about the situation at that time.

However, in order not to expose anything related to the "Taixu Sect", Song Qingming did not mention his master Taoist Lingxu, but instead attributed the sword energy and spiritual light that was placed on Li Xuanyi to the work of his own elders.

This was also the excuse that Song Qingming had already discussed with Li Xuanyi to deal with this matter before he came.

After hearing Song Qingming's patient explanation, Li Mufeng and Bai Yuxian looked a little surprised, but they did not ask any more questions and just nodded to Song Qingming.

When Bai Yuxian tried to persuade Li Xuanyi to stay and help guard "Guiyunfang", Song Qingming had already mentioned to Bai Yuxian that Li Xuanyi was from a Yuanying immortal clan in the "Donghuang Kingdom" and came to travel in the Floating Cloud Mountains.

There are many talented people in the world of cultivating immortals, and it is not uncommon for masters in the Nascent Soul stage to arrange a means of protection for their younger generations.

However, the protective measures put in place by a fourth-level Nascent Soul cultivator like Li Mufeng obviously cannot have the power to directly force back the "Red Cloud Demon King".

According to their speculation, the Nascent Soul elder behind Li Xuanyi's family must be a powerful late Nascent Soul cultivator who could display such powerful magical powers.

Thinking of this, Li Mufeng and Bai Yuxian became more concerned about Li Xuanyi's identity.

Upon hearing that Li Xuanyi had injured his own meridians in order to perform this magical power, Li Mufeng took out a high-quality level three healing pill on the spot and handed it to Song Qingming, asking him to take good care of Li Xuanyi, the nobleman of the "Xiaoyao Sect".

Seeing that the two men didn't ask any more questions, Song Qingming quickly took the pill, nodded and left.

After Song Qingming left, Li Mufeng put away the smile on his face and said to Bai Yuxian beside him: "Have you asked other people? Is this Li Xuanyi's technique the same as the one Qingming practiced before he formed his elixir?"

"I've already asked. The cultivation methods that Li Xuanyi and Junior Brother Song practice in the Jindan stage are indeed somewhat similar, but not exactly the same. There are still some differences. Uncle Li, do you think Li Xuanyi is related to the master behind Junior Brother Song?"

Hearing Li Mufeng suddenly asking about the martial arts that Li Xuanyi was practicing, Bai Yuxian immediately guessed what he really wanted to ask.

Li Mufeng nodded slightly and said, "Qingming had traveled alone to Donghuang Country for a long time before, and this girl happened to meet him there. I do have some guesses in my mind, but I'm not sure yet.

However, if Li Xuanyi hadn't suddenly taken action to repel the old guy Chi Yun today, we would have been driven out of "Guiyunfang" by the army of monsters. We have to say that she helped us a lot this time.

You just need to continue investigating this matter secretly, and don't act too hastily, lest you be discovered by others.

No matter what the relationship between Li Xuanyi and Qingming is, someone with a strong background like her should still make efforts to make friends and maintain a good relationship with her. She must not offend the other party, otherwise it may be detrimental to the sect in the future.

"Uncle Li, don't worry. I know how to handle this!"
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On a high mountain dozens of miles north of "Guiyunfang".

The "Black Dragon Demon King", who had just withdrawn from the front battlefield not long ago, now looked at the dozen or so demon kings standing below with an extremely ugly expression.

For this battle, he lent the precious "Liang Yi Tian Xing Zhu" to "Chi Yun Demon King" in advance to use against Bai Yuxian and others.

They thought they had already won the battle, but they never expected that the "Red Cloud Demon King" would be defeated by a Jindan cultivator like Li Xuanyi, causing the demon beast side to ultimately fail and return in defeat.

"He is just a mid-stage Jindan cultivator, how could he have been so badly injured by old Chi Yun? What on earth happened?"

Hearing the question from the "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor", the "Flame Tiger Demon King" standing nearby hurriedly lowered his head, walked forward and reported to the "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor" in detail what had happened on the battlefield before, as well as the details of how Li Xuanyi used the green sword light to seriously injure the Red Cloud Demon Emperor.

“Ancestor, this woman’s cultivation is only at the fifth level of the Golden Core, but the magical powers she displays far exceed those of us Golden Core cultivators. She has at least reached the Nascent Soul level, otherwise she would never have been able to hurt Ancestor Chi Yun.”

"Humph! How could a mere Jindan cultivator easily display the magical powers that only Yuanying cultivators have? There must be a fellow master who used some tricks on her, and old ghost Chi Yun was careless for a moment and fell into the other party's trap."

After listening to the detailed explanation of the "Flame Tiger Demon King", the "Black Dragon Demon Emperor" said something with disdain. He was still angry about the defeat of the "Red Cloud Demon Emperor" at the hands of Li Xuanyi.

Just when the "Black Dragon Demon King" was feeling angry, a letter suddenly flew in from the door and landed directly in his hands.

Seeing this, the slightly surprised "Black Dragon Demon King" hurriedly picked up the letter and opened it to check, but after a while, a layer of frost suddenly covered his already ugly face.

"Ancestor! What happened?"

Seeing that the expression of the "Black Dragon Demon King" was becoming increasingly strange, the "Flame Tiger Demon King" standing beside him couldn't help but ask carefully.

He just opened his mouth, and the letter in the hand of the "Black Dragon Demon King" was instantly crushed into powder by him who was so furious!
"Old Chiyun and his men have already left this place and retreated north to Chiyun Mountain!"

"What! The demons of Chiyun Mountain have all fled. Why did they retreat without consulting us? What should we do now, Ancestor?"

Upon hearing the news that "Red Cloud Demon King" suddenly led his people to evacuate, not only the "Flame Tiger Demon King" but also the other demon kings standing below showed expressions of shock.

Although today's battle ended in failure due to an accident on the side of "Red Cloud Demon King", they were unable to capture "Guiyunfang" and retreated.

But now the monster army still has strength and has not suffered too much loss. It still has many advantages over the human race. The "Red Cloud Monster King" left the battlefield without saying goodbye, which really surprised all the monster kings present.

This situation would suddenly occur, and the biggest possibility they could think of was that the "Red Cloud Demon King" was really seriously injured this time and could no longer continue fighting.

Thousands of low-level monsters and even several Jindan monster kings died on the battlefield, but it had little impact on the overall battle situation.

However, the "Red Cloud Demon King" suddenly took his men away, causing heavy losses to the army of monsters besieging "Guiyunfang", which almost reduced their strength by 30% to 40%.

In this situation, even if their strength is not weaker than that of the human cultivators, it is obviously unlikely for them to capture "Guiyunfang".

"Humph! Old Chi Yun is such a shameless villain. He has only known how to follow others to get benefits and retreat immediately when faced with difficulties. How can such a short-sighted and treacherous person achieve great things? No wonder Jin Yu refused to cooperate with him back then."

Faced with this situation, the "Black Dragon Demon King" could not help but angrily scold the "Red Cloud Demon King" who had withdrawn without authorization. (End of this chapter)