The Confucian and Taoist Sages of Mortal Cultivation

Chapter 93 The Demonic Path Arrives

When he arrived in the crowd, he saw that Xuan Le, Lü Tianmeng, Han Li, Chen Qiaoqian, and a newly arrived Foundation Establishment elder had already arrived.

The old man had white hair and a hunched back. He wore a gray robe from Tianque Fortress and was at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage. He was one of the four Foundation Establishment cultivators who had come to support the mine not long ago.

The crowd gathered in the center of the open space, examining a piece of bloodstained iron that resembled the tip of a sword.

A young man from Spirit Beast Mountain, who was at the Qi Refining stage, pointed to the fragment and introduced it, "Dear senior uncles and masters, this fragment of a magic weapon was found this morning deep in mine tunnel number 159."

"I was originally going to the mine tunnels to take over from Senior Brother Hao of the Giant Sword Sect."

"But they didn't find anyone else; they only found this blood-stained piece of iron deep in the mine."

Xuan Le picked up the iron piece, examined it carefully, and murmured, "Judging from the quality of this sword tip, it must have come from a high-grade magic weapon."

"The break is jagged, as if it was bitten off by a monster."

Lu Tianmeng also seemed to be deep in thought, muttering, "A beast that can bite through a high-grade flying sword must be at least a level two demon beast."

"I never expected that there would be an unclaimed level-two demon beast within the territory of Yue Kingdom."

Upon hearing that there was a level-two demonic beast, the miners in the Qi Refining stage at the mine looked at each other in bewilderment, and a commotion immediately broke out.

Yang Qingyuan then took out the mine's route map, found the location of mine tunnel number 159, and secretly memorized it.

The demonic beast that killed the Qi Refining stage cultivator of the Giant Sword Sect was most likely a level four demonic beast, the Blood Jade Spider.

The teleportation array is located inside the Blood Jade Spider's lair.

Just as everyone was worried about the monster, a sharp sound of air being torn apart suddenly came from outside the array light screen above their heads.

Immediately following was a deafening roar.

Everyone looked up and saw that the four-colored array light screen above them was flickering and swaying.

Outside the light barrier, more than thirty Foundation Establishment cultivators stood on the cliffs on both sides of the canyon.

Half of the monks were dressed in pink robes, and they were all handsome men and beautiful women, always in pairs.

The other half of the cultivators wore fiery red robes with the words "Demon Flame Gate" embroidered on the cuffs.

"broken!"

"These cultivators are from the Joyful Union Sect and the Demon Flame Sect, two of the six major sects of the demonic path!"

Xuan Le recognized the person's identity at a glance after seeing their clothes and appearance, and her face turned so gloomy it was almost dripping with water.

Lu Tianmeng's face was also ashen as he said, "These thirty-odd demonic cultivators are all at the Foundation Establishment stage, and most of them are at the late Foundation Establishment stage."

"We only have nine Foundation Establishment cultivators on our side, and only Lü, Fellow Daoist Xuan, and Fellow Daoist Yang are in the late Foundation Establishment stage."

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"I'm afraid it won't last long."

Just then, the cultivators stationed in the mine were also alerted and rushed to the square to gather, including the Foundation Establishment cultivators who had provided support not long ago.

Nine Foundation Establishment cultivators, including Yang Qingyuan, Xuan Le, and Han Li, gathered together to discuss countermeasures.

"Senior Brother Xuan, how long can this Four Fiends Formation hold off the enemy?" Chen Qiaoqian's pretty face was ashen, her heart pounding with anxiety.

Xuan Le shook his head and sighed, "The Four Fiends Formation is not a high-level formation. It's just that it has a wide range, which is why it's used in mines."

"They couldn't stop more than thirty Foundation Establishment cultivators at all."

"We must stop them from destroying the formation, otherwise, once the formation is broken, we will definitely be in grave danger."

As soon as he finished speaking, the demonic cultivators on both sides of the canyon stopped probing and began to launch a strong attack on the Four Fiends Formation.

More than ten Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Hehuan Sect descended from the sky on silk magic artifacts, flying to the outside of the Four Fiends Formation's protective barrier. They unleashed various magic artifacts such as flying swords and knives, launching a fierce attack on the formation's light screen.

The dozen or so red-robed cultivators from the Demon Flame Sect did not come down. They remained standing on the cliff of the canyon, forming a strange formation. They all took out a large, fiery red flag, planted it beside them, and then made hand seals while chanting incantations.

The bright red flag, embroidered with a pattern of a golden crow and a blazing sun, was clearly no ordinary object.

"We can't let the Hehuan Sect cultivators continue attacking the formation." Seeing that the formation's light barrier was about to collapse, Xuan Le stepped on the white silk magic artifact under her feet and flew out of the formation first. She then summoned a white jade flying sword to block a flying knife and a circular magic artifact.

Meanwhile, the Qi Refining stage cultivators who were with Xuan Le's team also released all sorts of magical artifacts and rushed out of the formation to help Xuan Le withstand the enemy's attack.

Seeing this, Han Li, Chen Qiaoqian, and Lü Tianmeng also led their respective teams out of the formation to intercept the enemy.

Han Li released several golden blades, forming a golden net that directly trapped a long, cyan-colored, spear-shaped magical artifact, which was the complete set of magical artifacts, the "Golden Cicada Mother-Child Blade".

Lu Meng then released several winged centipedes, which pounced on the cultivators of the Hehuan Sect.

These centipedes spewed yellow poisonous smoke, forcing a male disciple of the Hehuan Sect to retreat repeatedly.

Chen Qiaoqian, on the other hand, wielded a golden calligraphy brush and a jade book-shaped magical artifact.

Once activated, this golden pen and jade calligraphy artifact scattered a large number of golden runes, deterring a couple from the Hehuan Sect from approaching.

Upon seeing this, Yang Qingyuan took a closer look at the set of magical artifacts and discovered that it was the same golden pen and jade book that Chen Qiaotian had used in the Blood Forbidden Land.

It had been seven years since they last met, and for some reason, this set of magical artifacts had ended up in Chen Qiaoqian's hands, and its power had been enhanced, making it much stronger than Han Li's Golden Cicada Mother-Child Blade.

Meanwhile, the remaining four Foundation Establishment cultivators stationed at the mine also unleashed their magical artifacts to block the Hehuan Sect cultivators.

Yang Qingyuan observed carefully and found that the situation was not bad.

Although most of the cultivators on the mining side are at the Qi Refining stage, their magical artifacts are far inferior to those of others. It takes about five or six people working together to barely withstand the attack of a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator.

However, thanks to the protection of the Four Fiends Formation, these Qi Refining stage cultivators can hide in the formation at any time to temporarily avoid the enemy's attacks when they fall into a disadvantageous position.

Therefore, no casualties have occurred yet.

Upon seeing this, Yang Qingyuan, carrying a yellow sword box on his back and riding a pair of Crimson Fire Wheels magic weapons, rushed out of the array barrier.

"It's you!"

"The cultivator from Yellow Maple Valley I encountered at Yan Family Fortress last time!"

Yang Qingyuan had just broken out of the formation when he heard a familiar voice.

He looked closely and saw that in the Hehuan Sect's group, there was a cultivator with an androgynous appearance staring at him fiercely.

This cultivator's cultivation level was at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, but judging from his position in the center of the Hehuan Sect's group, he seemed to be the leader of the Hehuan Sect.

"Tian Buque." Yang Qingyuan recognized the other person's appearance immediately. It was Tian Buque, the one who had clashed with him at the Fengyue Inn in Yanjiabao.

As the saying goes, enemies are especially hostile when they meet.

Without saying a word, Tian Buque flicked his sleeve, scattering seven red flying needles that pierced Yang Qingyuan's face.

These seven flying needles were extremely fast, leaving seven thin red streaks in the air, and in the blink of an eye, they arrived in front of Yang Qingyuan.

At the same time, the sword box on Yang Qingyuan's back also emitted a clear sword hum.

Seven beams of sword light shot into the sky from the sword box, meeting the seven flying needles and easily knocking them away.

"Huh? You've broken through to the late Foundation Establishment stage!" Tian Buque's expression changed drastically when he saw that Yang Qingyuan's aura was incredibly powerful and could easily knock away his flying needles.