Qinghe Immortal Clan.

He Mengxin came in from the hall door and looked at Song Qingyu walking towards her, and she couldn't hide the joy on her face.

"When I heard someone say you were here to see me, I couldn't believe it. I didn't expect that after ten years, you would finally become a Jindan cultivator like me!"

Song Qingyu nodded slightly with a happy look on her face and said, "Sister He! You underestimated me this time. I had already successfully formed a golden elixir and broke through the golden elixir realm a few years ago.

It's just because Brother Qi said he was coming to the East China Sea, and I wanted to give you a surprise in person, so I didn't send a letter to inform you in advance."

"Oh! I see. No wonder your aura is so stable. You formed your core a few years earlier than I did. It seems that your talent for cultivation is better than mine. It won't be long before you surpass me in cultivation."

"Sister He, please stop laughing at me. I am lucky to be able to form a pill. How can my future in Taoism be compared with that of a disciple from a big sect like you?"

Seeing He Mengxin and Song Qingyu talking and laughing not far away, Wu Xiang glanced at Song Qingming and stood up and said:

"Junior Sister He, since you are here, I will leave Brother Song and the others to you to entertain. I still have to go to the port for inspection, so I will take my leave first!"

Hearing this, He Mengxin smiled and bowed, saying, "Thank you, Senior Brother Wu, for helping me to entertain some friends!"

After Wu Xiang left, He Mengxin pulled Song Qingyu to sit down together and had a good chat with Song Qingming and others.

It has been almost ten years since the last time the few of them explored the Nascent Soul Cave and He Mengxin and Xia Mo left Qinghe County.

During these ten years, the cultivation of several people has undergone significant changes. Song Qingming successfully broke through to the fourth level of Golden Core, and He Mengxin's cultivation also further advanced to the second level of Golden Core.

The one who made the most progress among them was naturally Song Qingyu, who had just successfully formed a pill a few years ago.

Although there is only one realm difference between a ninth-level Foundation Establishment cultivator and a first-level Golden Core cultivator, the difference in status between the two is huge. With such an achievement, Song Qingyu has truly entered the middle and high levels of the cultivation world.

After a few people chatted in the hall for a while, He Mengxin took the initiative to ask about the recent situation of her most concerned disciple Liu Yuxin and the Liu family of Jingyuan Mountain.

Liu Yuxin still has some business acumen. In recent years, she has invested in the "Chiyanfang" on behalf of the Liu family. She can get some spirit stones from it every year. In addition, when He Mengxin left, she left her a lot of spiritual objects.

Although Liu Yuxin has been staying alone in Qinghe County these years, he has not lacked spirit stones and spiritual objects needed for cultivation. He has successfully cultivated to the peak of the third level of foundation building and is about to break through to the middle level of foundation building.

Over the past decade or so, with Liu Yuxin's careful management, the Liu family of "Jingyuan Mountain" now has nearly 10,000 mortals and seven cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage. If they continue to develop like this for another 10 to 20 years, they will almost be able to become a normal immortal cultivation family.

After learning that Liu Yuxin's practice had not fallen behind and that Jingyuan Mountain was developing smoothly, He Mengxin also showed a look of relief.

"Fellow Daoist Song, are you coming to our East China Sea Immortal Cultivation World this time to buy spiritual objects?" After talking about what happened on Jingyuan Mountain, He Mengxin turned the topic back to Song Qingming and the others.

Song Qingming nodded and said, "Fellow Daoist He guessed correctly. We came to the East China Sea to buy elixirs and spiritual objects.

You also know that there is a relative shortage of spiritual objects around our Wei country. Siyuan has not found any spiritual objects for forming a pill yet. There are a few younger generations in my family who are about to build a foundation, so I heard what fellow Taoist said and came to the East China Sea to try my luck."

"Oh! You came at the right time. Recently, a trade fair for Jindan cultivators will be held on an island west of Wanhu Island. Perhaps we can find the five elements spiritual objects that can assist in forming the elixir.

In two days, I will take you two along. Although I cannot guarantee that you will encounter a Five Elements Dan Spiritual Item, it should not be difficult to find something like a Foundation Building Pill, and I am sure you will gain something."

Hearing He Mengxin say this, Song Qingming's face suddenly lit up and said, "With such a good thing, we naturally cannot waste Daoist Fellow He's kindness. Then Song will thank Daoist Fellow here in advance."

Although Song Qingming and others had obtained a five-element pill-forming spiritual object and four foundation-building pills in "Tian Dan City" a few days ago, Song Qingming would naturally not think it was too much if he had the chance to exchange for some more.

There is no need to explain in detail the importance of the Five Elements Dan spiritual object to them. Even if Huang Siyuan can successfully form a Dan in the next try, the extra Song Qingming can stay in the clan and help other family members to reach the Golden Core realm in the future.

As for Foundation Building Pills, the more the better. After all, this kind of pill will not go bad even if stored for decades after you bring it back. Even if you can't use it now, you will definitely be able to use it sooner or later in the future.

These important spiritual objects can enhance the family's foundation. Even if they have to pay a premium with more spirit stones, they are worth it for Song Qingming and others.

Seeing Song Qingming stand up and salute, He Mengxin waved her hands and said, "You and I have known each other for many years, and we can be considered close friends. It's just a matter of helping to introduce each other. Brother Song, there is no need to be so polite.

How about this! I will arrange for you to stay in the market at the foot of the mountain first, and then I will take you there when the trade fair is held in two days."

After making an agreement with He Mengxin about this matter, Song Qingming and the other two did not stay long. Under the guidance of one of He Mengxin's disciples, they found an inn in the market at the foot of the mountain and stayed there.

When Song Qingyu came to the East China Sea to cultivate immortals with He Mengxin, they also stayed on "Wanhu Island" for a short period of time. After resting for a night, they soon asked He Mengxin to bring Huang Siyuan to travel around "Wanhu Island" together.

The three girls were having a great time playing together, and Song Qingming didn't want to force himself to join in, so he wandered alone in several markets on "Wanhu Island".

Since he began practicing Taoism, whenever Song Qingming had some free time in an unfamiliar market, he would always like to go to places selling sundries to look for some books and notes that he had not read, and find something that interested him.

After arriving in the East China Sea immortal cultivation world this time, Song Qingming had been quite busy in the previous several markets including "Tian Dan City". Now that he had the opportunity, Song Qingming simply concealed his aura and disguised himself as a Qi Refining cultivator and stepped into a grocery store.

Compared with the Floating Cloud Mountains, the East China Sea cultivation world not only has more abundant cultivation resources, but also has significantly more types of monsters and spiritual creatures recorded in the books.

After just searching in a shop for a while, Song Qingming saw many monsters and elixirs that he had never seen before, as well as many monks' notes recording various strange stories in the deep sea, which really opened his eyes for a while.

The shop owner saw that Song Qingming bought a lot of books and notes of this kind, and knew that he must be a person who liked strange stories. He took the initiative to talk to him and told Song Qingming about the many legends left by the senior cultivators in the East China Sea.

After strolling around the market for a while, Song Qingming returned to the inn where he was staying. Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the door, he ran into Wu Xiang, the elder of the "Hundred Flowers Palace" whom he met yesterday.

"Fellow Daoist Wu, what a coincidence!"

Wu Xiang bowed slightly to Song Qingming, then said with a smile, "Haha! I came here today specifically to look for Fellow Daoist Song. You happened to be away, so I stayed here and waited for a while."

"Find me?"

Song Qingming showed a bit of surprise on his face, and then quickly asked: "I don't know why Brother Wu came here to see me, please teach me something."

"Fellow Daoist Song, it's not convenient to talk here with so many people around. How about we go upstairs and talk?"

"Okay! Then please come in!" Song Qingming nodded slightly and made a gesture of invitation to him. Then he and Wu Xiang walked towards the second floor of the inn and soon arrived at a relatively quiet private room.

As soon as they entered the door, the two exchanged a few polite words, and then Wu Xiang took out several special spiritual objects unique to the "Baihua Palace" from his body and introduced them to Song Qingming very enthusiastically.

Previously, because he had been in the immortal cultivation world of the Floating Cloud Mountains, Song Qingming had not known much about the "Bai Hua Palace" sect. He only knew indirectly through Song Qingyu, He Mengxin and others that this was a Nascent Soul sect dominated by female cultivators.

It was only after arriving at "Wanhu Island" yesterday and chatting with He Mengxin and the others for a while that Song Qingming gained a more detailed understanding of "Baihua Palace".

Because the sect's main skills are biased towards women, the "Hundred Flowers Palace" basically prefers to recruit female disciples. Among the high-level cultivators in the sect, there are two Nascent Soul stage supreme elders and more than twenty Golden Core stage elders, most of them are female cultivators.

There are only a few male cultivators who can cultivate to the Golden Core stage and become sect elders. Among them, the one with the highest cultivation level is Elder Wu Xiang who is in front of Song Qingming and has reached the seventh level of the Golden Core stage.

Although Wu Xiang looks like a middle-aged man and seems quite old, his actual age is less than 300 years old, which is not very old among Jindan cultivators. It is just because he wasted a lot of time on building his foundation that he looks older now.

Being in a sect like "Bai Hua Palace" that mainly relies on female cultivation techniques, Wu Xiang was able to cultivate to the late Golden Core stage before the age of 300. This shows that his personal talent is definitely very high.

Someone like Wu Xiang who can stand out among the Jindan cultivators, if nothing unexpected happens, will definitely be able to directly impact the Nascent Soul realm like Bai Yuxian and Yao Qianshu in the future. "Fellow Daoist Song has previously helped to save several of our nephews and nephews, and can be considered a meritorious person for the sect. These spiritual objects are used by our sect's General Affairs Hall to thank fellow Daoists. I hope that fellow Daoist Song will not despise them!"

Looking at the several high-quality second-grade spiritual objects in Wu Xiang's hands, Song Qingming was slightly surprised.

This "Hundred Flowers Palace" is worthy of being the Nascent Soul sect in the East China Sea's immortal cultivation world. It spends two to three thousand spirit stones at a time. It is indeed much more generous than the Xiaoyao Sect, which is also a Nascent Soul sect.

"Fellow Daoist Wu, you are too polite. What happened yesterday was just a small favor. How can I accept such a great gift!"

"Alas! If it weren't for you willing to help, our sect would have lost several foundation-building disciples for no reason. This is not something that can be exchanged for these spiritual objects. Please don't refuse, otherwise I will have a hard time explaining this to the sect when I return."

"Haha! In that case, please help me thank your sect!" Seeing that the other party's attitude was indeed very enthusiastic, Song Qingming said a few polite words and did not continue to refuse.

After Song Qingming put away all the spiritual objects on the table, Wu Xiang took a sip of the spiritual tea in his hand, then stared at Song Qingming and pretended to be indifferent and continued to ask:
"Fellow Daoist Song, you are familiar with Junior Sister He, and you came from the Floating Cloud Mountains. Have you also seen the Saint Girl of our sect?"

"Saint?"

Hearing Wu Xiang mention this name, Song Qingming was slightly stunned, then shook his head in confusion and replied: "I have never heard of any saint girl in your sect, why do you ask this question, Brother Wu!"

After hearing this, Wu Xiang thought for a moment, then smiled and explained, "Oh! I'm a bit abrupt. When Junior Sister Xia and Junior Sister He went out to travel together, she may not have told you that she was the Saint of our sect. It's normal that you didn't hear about it!"

"Could it be that Fellow Daoist Wu is talking about Fairy Xia Mo?" Song Qingming asked again with some uncertainty, and the image of the fairy in white with outstanding temperament immediately emerged in his mind.

Wu Xiang nodded calmly and said, "That's right! Junior Sister Xia is the direct disciple of the Grand Elder and has succeeded the position of the Saintess of the sect. She will be in charge of the sect in the future. I thought Fellow Daoist Song already knew about this, so I asked one more question!"

"Oh! I don't know about this. I did have the honor of meeting Fairy Xia back then, but I wasn't very familiar with her, and I haven't heard about these things about her from Fellow Daoist He." Song Qingming explained to Wu Xiang with a hint of surprise.

Just over fifty years after Xia Mo formed her Golden Core, her cultivation had already broken through to the seventh level of the Golden Core. Her cultivation talent was the highest among all the Golden Core cultivators Song Qingming had ever seen.

When she traveled to the Floating Cloud Mountains with He Mengxin, Song Qingming had dealt with her several times and had long since realized that this woman was not a simple person. When he learned that she was the Saint of the "Hundred Flowers Palace", Song Qingming was not too surprised.

However, these did not matter much to Song Qingming. Even during the past two days on "Wanhu Island", he did not specifically inquire about Xia Mo. It was only through Wu Xiang that he learned that the other party was already the Holy Maiden of "Baihua Palace".

Wu Xiang in front of him suddenly asked about Xia Mo in front of him. Song Qingming guessed that it was possible that Wu Xiang thought he was familiar with Xia Mo and wanted to see if he could get through to him to get closer to Xia Mo.

After all, Xia Mo is now the designated heir of the "Hundred Flowers Palace". Sooner or later, she will break through to the Nascent Soul stage and take charge of the sect. Now she should build good relationships with the people around her. For the Jindan elders of the sect, it may come in handy in the future.

After hearing Song Qingming's explanation, Wu Xiang showed a hint of disappointment on his face, but then he immediately recovered and turned the topic elsewhere.

The two chatted in the private room for quite a while before Wu Xiang stood up and said goodbye.

After seeing Wu Xiang off, Song Qingming returned to his room. Thinking of Wu Xiang's behavior of coming to him specifically to ask about Xia Mo, he couldn't help but smile and shook his head slightly.

It stands to reason that they are all cultivators from the same sect, so even if their relationship is not that good, there is no need for an outsider like me to improve the situation. However, many interpersonal relationships in large sects are sometimes indeed so complicated.

Song Qingming has been a guest elder of Xiaoyao Sect for many years. Although he has not directly participated in the factional struggles within the sect, he also has some understanding of it.

There are more than a dozen Jindan elders in the Xiaoyao Sect, including guest elders like Song Qingming. Although they seem to be harmonious on the surface, they often fight openly or covertly for power and cultivation resources in the sect.

Among them, the law enforcement elder Li Wutong and the elder of the general affairs hall Guangling Zhenren were the two who fought the most fiercely. Every time the elders of the sect met for a meeting, there were always some disagreements between the two of them, which often gave the head of the sect Yao Qianshu a headache.

However, as Master Guangling is drawing to a close and has gradually withdrawn from the core power of the sect, the two of them have finally become more quiet in recent years.

It can be seen that the larger the sect is, the more complicated the relationship between the cultivators inside will be. I don’t know if the Song family will become like this one day as it grows stronger.

"But it's useless to think too much about these things now! If I can't cultivate to the Nascent Soul stage in the future, I will just sit in the back mountain and turn into a pile of dirt in a few hundred years at most, and I may not have the chance to see it."

Looking at the sky outside the window that was gradually darkening, Song Qingming put aside the messy thoughts in his mind, took out a notebook he had bought today, flipped through a few pages, and soon immersed himself in it with great interest.

As night fell, pedestrians on the streets slowly returned home and the entire market gradually became quiet.

At this time, a graceful figure suddenly flew over a small hill dozens of miles away from the market and landed directly on the top of the hill.

After the visitor took a glance around the top of the mountain, she took out a talisman and was about to cast a spell when a middle-aged man suddenly appeared out of nowhere not far in front of her and walked slowly towards her.

"How are things going?"

The middle-aged man replied calmly, "I have already tried it today and spent a lot of spiritual objects. Although the man surnamed Song knows Junior Sister Xia, he is not very close to her. If we want to rely on them for this matter, there is not much hope!"

A trace of disappointment immediately appeared on the woman's face when she heard this. After thinking for a moment, she said, "It seems that the timing is not right yet, so we can't rush. We need to find another opportunity.

However, these people seem to have a good relationship with Junior Sister He. Even if they are useless now, they may have a chance to be useful in the future. We still need to find a way to get closer to them, but we must be careful not to let them see any clues."

"I know this, don't worry!"

After the middle-aged man finished speaking, the woman next to him nodded slightly, then she moved and quickly disappeared from the spot.

After the woman left for a while, the middle-aged man took out a golden flying boat and jumped on it. He soon turned into a golden light and disappeared. The deserted hill also completely returned to peace.

Two days later, two beams of light suddenly flew over a small island thousands of miles west of "Wanhu Island" and landed on the port on the island side below.

Some low-level monks standing near the port were immediately attracted to the sight of several people coming down from the flying boat. They then hurriedly bowed with a respectful look on their faces.

After glancing around, He Mengxin turned around and introduced Song Qingming and the others beside him, "This place is the spiritual land of two casual cultivators. They often hold exchange conferences that only Jindan cultivators can participate in, but the time is a little irregular.

The last time I came here, I happened to meet a fellow Taoist who took out a five-element spiritual item to assist in forming a pill. Unfortunately, I didn’t have anything good on me at the time, so I missed this item. I don’t know if we can have such good luck this time.”

"Haha! It's a rare opportunity to have the opportunity to participate in this level of bartering. Even if we don't get any spiritual objects, at least we can broaden our horizons."

"Seventh brother is right. Anyway, it's good for us to get to know more fellow Taoists and broaden our horizons. Sister He, don't worry about it." Song Qingyu smiled and echoed.

After Song Qingming stayed alone in the market for two days, Song Qingyu and the other two, who had been playing outside for a long time, reluctantly returned to the market to find him just as the trade fair was about to begin.

Afterwards, the four of them, together with two other Jindan elders from the "Baihua Palace" who were also going to attend the trade fair, took a flying boat to the island thousands of miles away.

While they were talking, two young and beautiful women came over. The one in pink palace dress led by them spoke softly to He Mengxin who was beside Song Qingming:
"Junior Sister He, I think it's getting late. Let's go in first and don't let Fellow Daoist Long and the others wait too long!"

The two Jindan elders who traveled with Song Qingming and his companions were led by a woman in pink palace dress named Chen Yurong, who was the person with the highest cultivation level in the "Baihua Palace" except for the two Yuanying supreme elders.

Chen Yurong had already cultivated to the ninth level of the Golden Core a hundred years ago, and had attempted to reach the Nascent Soul stage once. Although she failed to break through, her current status in the "Hundred Flowers Palace" is already the highest among the many Golden Core elders.

The other woman in green was named Liu Cuiyun. Although she had not been in the Golden Core stage for long like He Mengxin and her cultivation was only at the third level of the Golden Core stage, she was a very rare third-level beastmaster, which made Song Qingming look up to her along the way.

Hearing Chen Yurong's urging, He Mengxin nodded slightly in response, and then followed behind her with Song Qingming and others. (End of this chapter)