Chapter 405
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Chapter 405: The Sky Is Falling
"Qingming Cave Small World?"
Qiao Mu looked up.
The sky above his head suddenly darkened.
A huge mountain peak emerged from the clouds, casting a shadow over everything.
The descent of the giant mountain was not fast.
For martial arts experts like Qiao Mu, it could even be considered slow.
However, the giant mountain was extremely massive. As it slowly descended, it seemed like a towering building coming down bit by bit towards him in Qiao Mu’s eyes, causing a terrifying sense of pressure that was almost suffocating.
It was as if the sky had collapsed, casting a huge shadow over the land in an instant.
At this moment, upon closer look, they realized that this giant mountain was very special. The mountain appeared as one solid entity, like an extremely large rock with no visible cracks, blending seamlessly into the Cave Heaven Small World.
"What are these things?"
"Did the sky fall?"
In Qingming Valley, there were already many Spiritual Farmers working between the spiritual fields.
Suddenly, the sky darkened, and as they looked up, their eyes widened.
Even the Qi Refining Stage outer disciples who were still in the valley were shocked at this moment.
"Who dares to attack the sacred grounds of my Xuantian Sect?!"
"This is clearly not an opponent we can handle. We must quickly report to the deacon overseeing the valley…"
The outer disciples with the Qi Refining Stage were shocked, they quickly controlled their magic treasures and prepared to report.
But as soon as he flew up, a nearby cultivator angrily scolded him:
"Fool, have you lost your senses? Can the elders in the valley not see such a big mountain that we can see?"
"What should we do then?"
"When the sky falls, someone taller will hold it up. We are at the Qi Refining Stage, just entering the path of immortality. What else can we do? Just wait." a cultivator at the Foundation Building Stage said.
"Don’t panic, Qingming Valley is right under our Xuantian Sect’s gate."
"Such a major event will be known by the elders of the sect immediately, maybe even the sect leader will be alarmed."
"Whoever dares to cause trouble in front of our Xuantian Sect will not be disregarding our sect leader," a foundation building cultivator shouted.
"Don’t worry, our Xuantian Sect is one of the Nine Immortal Gates, with the Soul Changing Taoist Lord presiding. Even if other Immortal Gates dare to act recklessly here, they will regret it!"
Farmers each had a reaction.
Some people looked frightened, while some deacons at the Foundation Building Stage ran around comforting other disciples.
These reactions were already noticed by the leader of Xuantian Sect who had left the array.
"sect leader, do you really want to do this?"
Beside him, Xuantian Sect Elder Yao Yin asked quietly, with a hint of hesitation in his eyes.
Elder Yao Yin is the elder who oversees Qingming Medicine Valley.
However, when the Xuantian Sect’s leader came in person, this elder of the valley naturally became the second in command.
"Qingming Valley is the important place for the sect’s Medicinal Valley, it would be a pity if it is destroyed like this."
"There are still some Foundation Building disciples in the valley who remain calm in times of crisis, their natures are not bad… it is indeed a pity to die here." Elder Yao Yin said slowly.
The leader of Xuantian Sect made Qingming Valley into a trap to lure Qiao Mu.
Since it’s a trap, they couldn’t risk scaring away the target too early.
The Nascent Soul Elder who usually stayed in the valley and most of the golden core cultivators had left one after the other, leaving only a few to maintain the appearance.
"We are at this point, there’s no use in saying more." The leader of Xuantian Sect’s eyes showed a hint of seriousness.
"Qiao Shuangxin, a person of his caliber, has fallen into the trap. Are you suggesting that at this juncture, we should give him a way out to escape with the others in the valley?"
"Don’t forget how many losses Xuantian Sect suffered at the hands of Qiao family members before and after this."
In just a short period, half of the elders in this sect were slaughtered by the Qiao family members.
Moreover, he was not even a cultivator of the immortal path, but a mortal martial artist that the leader of Xuantian Sect found hard to understand.
Whether the immortal path or the martial path is stronger is not the issue. But he definitely wouldn’t risk worsening his injuries by engaging with Qiao Shuangxin again.
When the two people were talking.
Suddenly, a dazzling sword light, like a streak of lightning, appeared. The sword energy rose from the ground, piercing through the swirling clouds.
Boom, boom, boom.
In an instant, a faint light shone around the valley, followed by clear cracks appearing, then bursting open with a loud bang.
Elder Yao Yin’s face immediately changed.
As an elder who had guarded this place for many years, he naturally knew what had just happened…
"The large formation covering Qingming Valley… has been broken?"
"Don’t be anxious." The leader of Xuantian Sect remained relatively calm, showing only a hint of surprise on his face, which quickly disappeared:
"This person, Qiao Shuangxin, has killed many elders from our Immortal Gate, even Elder Jiuyang died at his hands."
"It seems difficult for Qingming Valley’s formation to trap him… It’s surprising that he can escape so quickly."
"But… what does that matter?"
Xuantian Sect’s leader still did not intend to directly fight Qiao Mu, but controlled the Qingming Cave Small World from afar, slowly pressing down.
"Sect leader… why are you so calm?" Elder Yao Yin was puzzled this time as well.
The formation has been broken, no one in the valley can stop them anymore.
And Qiao Shuangxin in the valley was indeed a martial arts expert that took them by surprise.
Controlling the Qingming Cave’s manifestation and pressing down is not a typical attack method, this process is not fast. Therefore, with Qiao Shuangxin’s strength, it must have been a piece of cake to escape once the formation was broken.
So…
Elder Yao Yin was completely puzzled.
……………………………………………….
At the same time.
Running to the valley entrance, Qiao Mu who broke the grand formation suddenly stopped in his tracks.
A rainbow light flew in from outside the valley, and Lingling Taoist Priest walked out from it.
"Mr. Qiao," she nodded towards Qiao Mu, looking remorseful.
Before this, Lingling Taoist Priest made a three-day agreement with Qiao Mu, asking him to endure for three days as she tried to break the Qingming Valley formation…
It seems Lingling Taoist Priest’s earlier words were just a delay tactic.
Although she was skilled in formations, breaking the grand formation in such a short time was too difficult.
"Mr. Qiao is truly formidable, making me feel inadequate," Lingling Taoist Priest sincerely sighed.
She was surprised by Qiao Mu’s display of strength, but she didn’t agree with his straightforward way of doing things.
If it were her, even if she had strength similar to Qiao Shuangxin’s, she wouldn’t act rashly and offend the Xuantian Sect.
Turning her head, Lingling Taoist Priest also saw Qiao Canxue and Yuanyuan beside her.
"Yuanyuan, what are you standing there for?" Lingling Taoist Priest quickly urged with a frown.
"The Qingming Cave of the Xuantian Sect has now appeared, which is a disaster for the entire Qingming Valley."
"Why are you standing there like a fool? Hurry up and leave, are you waiting there to die?"
Taoist Yuanyuan, upon seeing his master, naturally didn’t dare to say a word, keeping silent.
However, at this moment, Qiao Mu suddenly interrupted.
"Wait." Qiao Mu spoke up:
"Don’t forget, why did we work hard to find the Medicine Man and come to this Qingming Valley?"
Lingling Taoist Priest suddenly understood something.
"Mr. Qiao, you don’t want to just leave, you want to save the Medicine Man named Wang Songhe, right?"
"That’s not difficult."
Feeling guilty for not achieving anything outside the big formation for three days before, Lingling Taoist Priest took the responsibility:
"I didn’t tell you before, but when I was chasing the runaway Medicine Man’s soul, I cast a tracking spell on that Medicine Man’s soul."
"I couldn’t sense where those Medicine Man’s souls were before because of the influence of the Medicinal Valley formation."
"But now that the formation is broken, it should be possible to find Wang Songhe and the others before Qingming Cave collapses on Medicinal Valley."
With that, Lingling Taoist Priest didn’t say much more.
A magical compass appeared in her hand, then she immediately headed towards the valley.
"He is even more reliable than I expected, after all, he is a Nascent Soul cultivator and a small leader of the Immortal Gate," Qiao Mu thought to himself.
However…
"But I have always been a greedy person," Qiao Mu said.
He turned around and looked towards the Qingming Valley behind him.
The Qingming Valley is a Medicinal Valley where the Xuantian Sect grows spiritual herbs. Apart from cultivators, the valley is mostly filled with Spiritual Farmers.
Spiritual Farmers are not valued in this Medicinal Valley because every day, common people from Nan Province come to seek refuge in the Xuantian Sect due to wars, taxes, or purely out of faith.
Even Taoist Yuanyuan, a Qi Refining cultivator, has thousands of Spiritual Farmers under him.
The number of Spiritual Farmers in the entire Medicinal Valley is quite large.
Although just a valley with medicinal plants, there were probably not too many Spiritual Farmers working here compared to a regular human city.
Just now.
When Qiao Mu slashed through the barrier in the valley with his sword, the swirling clouds that surrounded him disappeared. To ordinary people, he looked like a god or immortal.
At this moment, the huge mountain above slowly pressed down, becoming more solid bit by bit, and the terrifying pressure increased with each passing moment.
Consequently, the Spiritual Farmers naturally turned their gaze towards Qiao Mu standing at the mouth of the valley.
"Great Immortal, please save us!"
"Please save us, honorable Immortal. In the future, I will pray and offer incense to you…"
"Save us!"
The chaotic voices merged into a cacophony, and the desperate gazes were intense and fiery.
At this difficult moment, they naturally looked to Qiao Shuangxin, who had just shown incredible strength by breaking through the barrier.
"I am a very greedy person," said Qiao Mu casually.
"Travelling all this way just to barely rescue Wang Songhe doesn’t seem like a good deal to me," he thought.
"There are many Spiritual Farmers here. It would be a shame to die in this place," Lingling Taoist Priest frowned.
Lingling Taoist Priest furrowed her brow as she was about to fly towards the valley.
Qiao Canxue also turned her head and closed her eyes to look over.
They all understood what Qiao Mu meant, making it even more difficult for them to comprehend.
"In this Medicinal Valley, there are tens of thousands of Spiritual Farmers. With Qingming Cave pressing down, staying here could be dangerous," Lingling Taoist Priest frowned, her voice turning cold.
"I can help you save Wang Songhe. After all, you brought my incompetent disciple out, so we’re even," Lingling Taoist Priest offered.
"But I can’t obey if it means risking my life to save these ordinary people."
Lingling Taoist Priest’s practice of magic could be considered an ancient way that doesn’t involve interacting with ordinary people.
Compared to the Nine Immortal Gates, they are a bit friendlier towards ordinary people… but that doesn’t mean they are like compassionate bodhisattvas.
"Lingling Taoist Priest, you’re overthinking it," Qiao Mu said slowly.
"I may be greedy, but I’m not asking you to risk your life."
As he said this, a small smile formed on his lips.
"We, as members of the Qiao family, don’t use grand principles to push others to risk their lives."
"What I mean is…"
Qiao Mu tightly gripped the King Qin Sword in his hand and looked up at the sky.
"Since you are willing to find Wang Songhe, then I must make sure you leave alive."
Just as he finished speaking, a vast and powerful aura emanated from his hand, gathering on the King Qin Sword he held.
Before the sword was unsheathed, an invisible pressure spread in all directions, causing Qiao Mu’s robe to flutter along with the aura, creating a menacing aura.
The gazes of the crowd involuntarily gathered towards him.
From surprised Lingling Taoist Priest to the numerous Spiritual Farmers present.
Beyond the valley, there was Xuantian Sect’s leader, Elder Yao Yin, watching this scene with a cold gaze.
"Is he trying to… split open this massive mountain?"
"Can he really do that? Is it possible?"
Even without knowing the outcome, just the fact that Qiao Mu lifted the King Qin Sword and didn’t try to escape, but instead raised his sword to block, left them all astonished.
Like a big truck approaching slowly towards you, most people would think to quickly move out of the way.
But this person was standing in the middle of the big road holding a sword.
Setting aside success or failure, just this action alone was crazy enough.
"Like a mantis trying to stop a car," the leader of Xuantian Sect commented lightly.
Although he said that, his gaze never left Qiao Mu.
Even though he thought it was impossible, but if by chance this incredible ordinary martial artist could really affect that Qingming Cave Small World… then he would not fight Qiao Mu but run away instead.
This sword, in the eyes of the Spiritual Farmers, symbolized the life path for many people.
From the perspective of the leader of Xuantian Sect and others, it was a sword that could change the future course of Xuantian Sect.
With all eyes watching, this sword finally gathered its strength to the utmost, and then it was swung.
A shining sword rose from the ground and shot straight into the sky.
Boom!
Amidst a heavy sound, a visible ripple spread out, smoke engulfed the surroundings, and the sound echoed through the entire valley.
Countless people watched the sky eagerly and nervously.
Through the rolling dust, they saw the towering mountain still standing there, gradually pressing down with a new long crack at its base.
The mountain continued to slowly press down, calm yet firm, unstoppable. The suffocating feeling intensified for the onlookers.
