Qinghe Immortal Clan.

The last time Song Yuanli and Li Chengyue were escorting supplies and were chased by the monks of the "Tianhai League", although they lost the escorted supplies and lost more than a dozen Qi-refining monks, the two foundation-building monks, including Wang Jingde from the Lingyin Sect, managed to escape back successfully.

In the battle of "Tianhai League", the focus was initially on the front-line Fengguyuan battlefield, and they did not attack their rear-line markets.

Therefore, it also gave the monks stationed in the rear market some time to retreat. As soon as the news of the defeat on the Fengguyuan front line came, Song Yuanli and others who fled back to the market promptly withdrew to Baimeng Mountain with the monks and supplies in the market.

In the past two months, although the "Tianhai League" also tried to attack Baimeng Mountain many times, the cultivators on the mountain, with the support of this fourth-level mountain protection formation, fought bloody battles several times and still blocked the opponent's fierce attack, and held out until the arrival of reinforcements from Xiaoyao Sect and other groups.

During the past two months, Song Yuanli and his companions, as well as the monks from the Song family they brought with them, participated in several bloody battles and suffered many casualties. Li Chengyue from the Li family also had his arm injured by an enemy monk in a battle and is now in seclusion recovering from his injuries.

After seeing that Song Yuanli was safe and sound, Song Qingming, who had been very worried about him in recent days, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

There are not many foundation-building cultivators in the Song family now, and Song Yuanli is a talented person with good talent. He will have the opportunity to reach the Golden Core realm in the future. If something really happens to him outside, Song Qingming, the patriarch, will definitely regret it extremely.

In addition to Song Yuanli, six of the twenty cultivators who came with the Song family had been killed, and several others had suffered serious injuries. Song Qingming felt heartbroken when he learned the news.

These younger clan members were all cultivators that the family had cultivated with great difficulty. Seeing them fall one by one on the front battlefield, how could he, as an elder, not feel sad? However, in front of Song Yuanli, Song Qingming did not show too much pain.

"Seventh Uncle, it's all my fault that I didn't take good care of Changshi and the others."

Seeing that Song Yuanli still had a hint of deep guilt in his words, Song Qingming patted him on the shoulder and spoke to comfort him:

"The situation on the front line changes rapidly, and even Jindan cultivators are not immune. It is impossible for you, a foundation-building cultivator, to change that. You have done very well, so there is no need to blame yourself.

War is ruthless. These are things we expected. Even if I were here, these things would still be hard to avoid. Things are unpredictable. Maybe this is their fate!"

After comforting Song Yuanli with a few words, Song Qingming went to discuss with Li Wutong and others, and asked Chen Xuanxin, who was also injured on the battlefield, to send all the patriotic monks left in Baimengshan back to Xiaoyao Sect.

Song Qingming originally wanted Song Yuanli to return to Wei State with him, but he chose to stay on his own initiative. After careful consideration, Song Qingming nodded in agreement.

After Song Qingming and his companions arrived at Baimeng Mountain, under the leadership of Lingyin Sect, the monks of Baimeng Mountain fought several battles with the "Tianhai Alliance" at the foot of the mountain. After receiving reinforcements from monks from several neighboring countries, they finally managed to stabilize the situation.

The "Tianhai League" sent out tens of thousands of cultivators to besiege Baimeng Mountain, including more than forty Jindan cultivators.

On Baimeng Mountain, even with the reinforcements coming from all directions, the number of low-level cultivators is still half less than that of the other side. The total number of Jindan cultivators is less than thirty. In comparison, Baimeng Mountain is at a very obvious disadvantage.

Although there are Nascent Soul cultivators on both the Lingyin Sect and the Tianhai Alliance, because the fighting power of Nascent Soul cultivators is too great, the Nascent Soul ancestors of both sides had agreed before the war that they would not directly participate in the fight.

The key to victory in this war still depends on the Jindan cultivators like Song Qingming, and the tens of thousands of foundation-building and Qi-refining cultivators below.

After Song Qingming and others had been guarding Baimeng Mountain for nearly half a year, they finally waited for a force that would decide the outcome of the war. After a long period of preparation, the army of monks organized by the "Wanling Sect" to come to support them finally arrived in Lu State in time to join the battlefield.

On the side of the Wanling Sect, thirty Jindan cultivators came at once, bringing with them a dozen large flying boats carrying tens of thousands of low-level cultivators, and instantly reversed the entire battlefield situation.

In just less than a month, the "Tianhai Alliance", which had lost a large number of low-level cultivators in several battles, voluntarily retreated from the foot of Baimeng Mountain and withdrew to the Fengguyuan line.

The Floating Cloud Mountain side pursued the victory and went straight to Fengguyuan. Just when everyone thought that the "Tianhai League" was about to be completely driven out of Lu, the Nascent Soul cultivators on both sides reached an agreement and suddenly ended the war.

According to the agreement reached by both parties, the "Tianhai League" voluntarily withdrew from Fengguyuan and returned this important stronghold in the south of Lu State to the Lingyin Sect. The Zipeng Mountain to the east of Fengguyuan and several nearby spiritual veins continued to be occupied by the "Tianhai League".

The two sides agreed not to continue waging war within a hundred years.

According to the agreement reached by both parties, although the power of "Tianhai League" basically withdrew from Lu State, it also drove a nail into Zipeng Mountain in the south of Lu State, which was equivalent to hanging a sharp knife over the head of Lingyin Sect at all times.

Although Song Qingming and others were somewhat puzzled as to why the battle ended so abruptly when their side had already gained the upper hand, they also guessed a little bit that the Lingyin Sect would accept this result, which must be due to the influence of the Wanling Sect behind the scenes.

The many sects in the western part of the Floating Cloud Mountains, led by the Wanling Sect, have always had some conflicts with the many sects in the eastern part of the Floating Cloud Mountains, such as the Xingchen Sect, Lingyin Sect, and Xiaoyao Sect.

The reason they took the initiative to help this time was because they did not want the powerful force of the "Tianhai League" to invade the immortal cultivation world of the Floating Cloud Mountains and affect the status of the Wanling Sect here.

Naturally, they did not want to lose their own strength for the Lingyin Sect and fight to the death with the monks of the "Tianhai League". Being able to reach a 100-year ceasefire agreement with the "Tianhai League" to quickly end the war would definitely be in the best interests of the Wanling Sect at the moment.

Although the Lingyin Sect was very reluctant to accept this result, without the help of so many sects behind them, they were simply unable to fight against the powerful "Tianhai Alliance" alone, nor did they have the ability to take back Fengguyuan. They were forced to compromise and give up some territory to the "Tianhai Alliance".

Although a 100-year armistice agreement had been reached, both the Tianhai League and the numerous sects in the Floating Cloud Mountains knew that this war, which had lasted for hundreds of years, was not over yet.

Regardless of whether it is a temporary ceasefire of one hundred years or two hundred years, this war has already involved too many grievances and interests. Sooner or later, the two sides will have to continue fighting until one side is completely defeated and unable to resist.

Regarding this sudden end to the war, Song Qingming and other cultivators who came from far away were naturally happy to see this result.

Over the past six months, the two sides have fought more than a dozen battles in Baimeng Mountain. No one knows how many low-level Qi-refining and foundation-building cultivators were killed in the battles, and even several Jindan cultivators on both sides suffered casualties.

On the Xiaoyao Sect's side, Jin Ziyuan was injured in the battle with the monks of the "Tianhai League" and has returned to Weiguo to recuperate.

Although the remaining three, Song Qingming, Li Wutong and Chen Xuanxin, did not suffer serious injuries, they had all experienced many dangerous situations and had long wanted to end this war.

After all, everyone is fighting here just to stop the army of monks from the "Tianhai League" and prevent them from invading their territory in the future, not simply to regain lost territory for the Lingyin Sect.
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Three months later, Song Qingming and others, who had rested in Baimeng Mountain for a while, returned to Wei State in batches on the sect's large flying boat.

This time, in addition to Song Qingming and Song Yuanli, the family sent out twenty Qi Refining cultivators. A total of nine of them died in the battle in Lu State, and only two or three of them with better luck returned intact.

However, Song Qingming and Song Yuanli, two important high-level cultivators of the family, did not suffer any serious injuries. This was the best news for the Song family.

As soon as Song Qingming and his companions returned to Funiu Mountain, the Song family members who had been waiting for a long time came out to greet them and gave them a warm welcome.

Ever since Song Qingming received the message from the sect and was specifically named by Li Mufeng to be sent to the State of Lu, Song Qingyu, Huang Siyuan and other members of the Song family who knew about this have been worried about them all the time.

In a large battlefield like the one on the front line of Lu State, even Jindan cultivators could not avoid death, let alone foundation-building cultivators like Song Yuanli. The slightest carelessness could mean a catastrophe for them.

Seeing Song Qingming and the other man return safely, Song Qingyu and the others finally let go of the worry that had been in their hearts for half a year.
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One year later, in Song Qingming’s cave on the top of Funiu Mountain.

Song Qingming, with beads of sweat on his forehead, slowly withdrew the magic power in his hands, slowly exhaled, then slowly opened his eyes and stood up.

After the Battle of Baimeng Mountain, the smoke of war gradually dissipated in the entire Floating Cloud Mountain range of immortal cultivation. Song Qingming was finally able to stay in Funiushan Mountain and spent a few days of comfortable life.

During the more than half a year in Lu, Song Qingming was always worried about what would happen tomorrow. He did not practice well at all. The few skills he practiced, including the somewhat special "Tongtian Wanling Jue", had no progress.

However, because he has accumulated a lot of combat experience in fighting against others on the battlefield, Song Qingming now has some different insights into the skills he practices.

Before, Song Qingming had never been able to enter the stage of practicing the "Tongtian Wanling Jue", and his progress in practice was very slow.

After returning from Lu State, Song Qingming was somewhat pleasantly surprised to find that the set of skills he practiced suddenly became much more handy. He thought it would take another four or five years to have a chance to enter the late stage of Qi Refining, but he did not expect to successfully achieve this goal in less than a year after returning.

After putting away the technique, Song Qingming walked to the entrance of the cave and picked up a white sound transmission note that had been floating there for a long time. After opening the sound transmission note sent by Song Yuanfang and taking a look, Song Qingming slowly smiled, then waved his hand to remove the forbidden magic circle at the entrance of the cave and strode out.

A moment later, Song Qingming came to the cave where Song Qingyu was in seclusion on the top of the mountain. After sending a message inside, Song Qingyu's figure soon appeared in front of him.

"Qingyu, Yuan Fang has almost prepared everything. If you have nothing else to do, I plan to take you to the East China Sea to buy elixirs and spiritual items tomorrow."

Song Qingyu smiled and nodded when she heard this: "I've been waiting for you to come here. Does sister-in-law want to come with us?"

"Yes! She is still refining the elixir in Tuoyun Mountain. Please help me go and pick her up. I will go down the mountain to greet Yuan Fang and the others and check the spiritual objects they need."

After explaining this to Song Qingyu, Song Qingming turned around and went to the meeting room at the foot of the mountain and called over Song Yuanfang and Song Yuanqian, who were in charge of family affairs.

This time, when going to the East China Sea to purchase spiritual objects needed by the family, Song Qingming had already asked Song Yuanfang and others to start preparing a few years ago. They had to exchange all the spiritual objects stored in the family's treasury for spirit stones or high-level spiritual objects that were easy to trade.

Adding the original accumulation in the treasury over the years, the Song family’s treasury has collected nearly 60,000 spirit stones.

After hearing the accounts reported by Song Yuanqian, Song Qingming showed a look of satisfaction on his face.

The Song family has developed rapidly in recent years. They have invested a lot of spirit stones in their external industries, such as Yinfengling and Tuoyunshan Market. In addition to upgrading the family spiritual veins, they also took the lead in investing in the construction of "Chiyanfang" in the past few years.

Each of these items required an investment of at least tens of thousands of spirit stones, and the entire family's expenditure on spirit stones in all aspects was also very large. The fact that Song Yuanfang and his team could now gather so many spirit stones was already somewhat beyond Song Qingming's expectations.

"Seventh Uncle, Yuan Qian and I have discussed this. We, the elders in our clan who have built our foundation, were able to build our foundation successfully with the support of our family. We should give back to our family.

These spirit stones were collected by the seven of us foundation-building elders. Each of us has one thousand spirit stones. Uncle Seven, you should take some with you as well!"

Seeing the spiritual stones that Song Yuanfang took out, Song Qingming nodded with satisfaction and said, "You now know how to repay the family, which is also a rare thing. Since it is your kindness, I will record it in the book and return it to you when the family treasury is richer in the future."

Seeing this, Song Yuanqian glanced at Song Yuanfang, then bowed to Song Qingming and said:

“Seventh Uncle, every time the family supports a foundation-building cultivator, the Treasury of Gold has to invest a lot of resources. Now most of the resources in the family treasury are used to purchase foundation-building pills to support the foundation-building of the clan members. It will be difficult to maintain after a long time, and it is inevitable that other clan members will be worried about this matter.

I think the family should set up some rules in the future to let everyone know that the family cannot support them in building their foundations for nothing. This will not only help to quickly replenish the deficit of the Treasury Gold Pavilion, but also make it easier for other cultivators in the family who were not selected to build their foundations to accept it. "

After hearing Song Yuanqian's reminder, Song Qingming thought for a moment and nodded:

"Well! In the past, there were too few cultivators in the family, and not many people could build a foundation, so I didn't consider this point. Now the situation is different, and we, as elders, should act more fairly.

From now on, all those who are supported by the family to build their foundation will need to take out a sum of spirit stones to compensate the family treasury after they successfully build their foundation. The specific amount should be discussed between the two of you first, and then confirmed after I come back!"

Most of the cultivators of the Song family who had built their foundation in the past were supported by Song Qingming. At that time, the Song family’s treasury was still a little poor, and most of the spiritual objects and spirit stones exchanged for the foundation-building pills were paid out of Song Qingming’s own pocket.

The family is now a little wealthier, and has been able to accumulate a lot of spirit stones in the Treasury of the Gold Pavilion every year over the years. It is almost self-sufficient, and naturally there is no need for the ancestor of the Song Qingming family to pay out of his own pocket to subsidize the family's needs.

However, since the spiritual stones are shared by the entire family in the family treasury, they cannot be invested in any one of the family members without asking for anything in return. This would be too unfair to the other people in the family who were not selected to build the foundation.

After talking to Song Yuanfang and the other two, Song Qingming, Song Qingyu and Huang Siyuan took the spiritual stones and spiritual objects prepared by the family and boarded the "Phantom Boat" to leave Funiu Mountain early the next morning.

The spiritual resources around the Weiguo immortal cultivation world are relatively scarce, and the spiritual objects related to foundation building and elixir formation are basically firmly controlled by large sects such as the Xiaoyao Sect.

If ordinary immortal cultivation families and individual cultivators want to obtain spiritual objects such as the Foundation Establishment Pill, they usually have to exchange them for more precious spiritual objects from the Xiaoyao Sect, or go to the black market such as the "Tian Dan League" auction to have a chance to get it.

If the Song family wants to develop steadily in an environment like Weiguo, they must find more channels to obtain resources for themselves. This trip to the East China Sea to cultivate immortals was also planned by Song Qingming more than two years ago.

To reach the East China Sea immortal cultivation world from Wei State, one needs to cross several countries over a distance of tens of thousands of miles. Even for a Jindan cultivator like Song Qingming, a round trip would take at least two or three months.

To be on the safe side, Song Qingming specially rushed to Guyang Mountain before setting off, and spent some spiritual objects to ask Xu Ziyan to come forward and help to take charge of the formation at Tuoyun Mountain for a while.

Although Xu Ziyan's cultivation is only at the second level of the Golden Core, with the cooperation of Tuoyun Mountain's third-level mountain protection formation, she is able to handle it alone even if the Yunhe Demon King suddenly attacks.

There is no need to worry too much about Funiushan. There are no demon kings above the Jindan stage around Qinghe County. Even if there are some level 2 demon beasts in Yunwu Mountain who dare to attack "Chiyanfang", they will not be a match for Song Yuanli and his men who have the support of the market formation.

After the "Phantom Boat" sailed eastward through the Yunwu Mountain that stretched for nearly thousands of miles, Song Qingming and the other two soon entered the territory of Zheng State.

Zheng was a country slightly smaller than Wei. There were two equally powerful Jindan sects in its territory, the Tianxing Sect and the Minghe Sect, with a total of seven or eight Jindan cultivators.

However, the relationship between these two Jindan sects has always been incompatible. They have fought countless battles over the past few hundred years, and the entire Zheng State's immortal cultivation world has been severely damaged.

In order to avoid the war, many independent cultivators and immortal cultivation families in Zheng State chose to flee to other neighboring countries such as Wei State. In Qinghe and Pingyang counties in Song Family's territory, there were many cultivators who came to seek refuge from Zheng State.

Huang Siyuan was not unfamiliar with the country of Zheng. In order to successfully build her foundation, she had stayed here for decades. Although it had been nearly a hundred years, Huang Siyuan still remembered it vividly.

Knowing that the territory of Zheng was quite chaotic, Song Qingming and his two companions did not choose to stay here for too long. It only took them two days to cross the entire Zheng State.

After passing through two small countries, Song Qingming and his two companions came to a huge mountain. The mountain was ten thousand feet high and towered into the clouds. It was the highest mountain Song Qingming had ever seen in his more than a hundred years of practicing Taoism.

Seeing Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan beside him showing some surprise after seeing this high mountain, Song Qingyu quickly explained to them:
"This mountain is called Broken Cloud Mountain. It is the border between the Floating Cloud Mountain Range and the East Sea Cultivation World. After passing through here, we can enter the East Sea Cultivation World."

"This mountain is so high that it would be difficult for ordinary Qi-refining and foundation-building cultivators to climb over it. Qingyu, how did you get through here when you went to the East China Sea?" Huang Siyuan asked curiously.

"Sister-in-law, you don't know that there are several markets to the south of here, and there are large flying boats that are specially used to transport monks between the two places. Each person only needs to pay thirty spirit stones to take the flying boat through Duanyun Mountain.

However, this large flying boat is very slow, and it will take at least a month to cross Broken Cloud Mountain. If we drive the flying boat directly over, it should be able to shorten the time by more than half."

Song Qingming looked at the high mountain in front of him and sighed slightly, "It's a pity that the two places are too far apart to build a teleportation array, otherwise we wouldn't have to spend so much time here."

"Seventh Brother, you think things are too simple. If you want to teleport such a long distance, you must at least build a large teleportation array. This is not something that ordinary sects can do.

Otherwise, the Yuanying Sect in the East China Sea would never let go of such a large profit. "Song Qingyu shook his head slightly and replied.

After that, Song Qingming and the other two drove the "Phantom Boat" directly into the sky and flew to a lower peak of Duanyun Mountain.
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Ten days later, outside a small market town near Duanyun Mountain in the East China Sea's immortal cultivation world, a white flying boat suddenly flew across the sky from far to near, and soon stopped not far from the market town entrance, and three figures jumped out of it.

Song Qingyu, who was walking in front, took a closer look at the market in front of him, then smiled and said to Song Qingming and the others beside him: "This is Meishan Market. It has not changed much in the past few decades."

"Well, let's rest here today, and we'll set off for Tiandan City tomorrow."

Song Qingming and others took turns driving the "Phantom Boat" to cross Duanyun Mountain. They hadn't had a good rest for more than ten days and were now a little tired.

In order to recover and travel more conveniently, after passing through Duanyun Mountain, the group decided to rest in the nearby market at Song Qingyu's suggestion before heading to the main medicine destination "Tian Dan City" in the East China Sea Xiuxian World. (End of this chapter)