Qinghe Immortal Clan.

One day later, in the largest restaurant in Linggui Island Market.

As soon as Song Qingming entered the door, a mortal waiter immediately came up to greet him. After learning that he had an appointment with someone, the waiter immediately and enthusiastically invited him to a private room on the second floor.

"Friend Song! You're finally here. It's great to see that you're alright."

Seeing Li Xianyun and Fairy Longyue bowing to him with joy, Song Qingming hurriedly bowed in return and explained, "I was unfortunately chased by the demon king that day, and I managed to escape with my life at the cost of my life.

Later, because of my serious injuries, I was too afraid to cross the open sea alone, so I stayed on a deserted island for more than a month to recuperate. I returned to Linggui Island yesterday. I made you two Taoist friends worry about me for a long time. I am really ashamed of myself!"

"Haha! I'm glad that Brother Song can return safely. We have encountered a disaster but survived, so we can be considered as close friends for life and death. Brother Song, please don't be so polite in front of us in the future.

Daoist Song invited you here today, not only to confirm that Daoist you are okay, but also to take this opportunity to calm you down. Daoist you are welcome to sit down first so that we can eat and chat!"

Seeing Fairy Long Yue coming forward to invite them, Song Qingming did not hesitate and immediately sat down in front of the two of them.

The reason why Song Qingming came here was because yesterday he asked Luo Li to send a letter to Li Xianyun to report his safety. When this girl came back from him, she brought Song Qingming the news that Li Xianyun was going to host a banquet for her here.

When Song Qingming received the news, he agreed without much thought. In fact, he also wanted to know how everyone except himself escaped after encountering the "Sky Wind Beast Tide" that day.

After chatting with Li Xianyun in the private room for a while, Song Qingming quickly learned about the current situation of the others from Fairy Long Yue.

After encountering the "Sky Wind Beast Tide" that day, everyone dispersed and fled for their lives. The first one to return to Linggui Island was the oldest person among the group, Master Liuyun.

Song Qingming did not expect that Taoist Master Liuyun, who had always behaved mediocrely in front of everyone, actually escaped safely and was the first to escape after separating from everyone that day. It can be seen that this old Taoist still has some skills.

The next people to return here were Li Xianyun and Fairy Long Yue. They had a special secret method of communicating with each other. After escaping the danger separately, they returned to Linggui Island together.

Song Qingming was not too surprised that Li Xianyun and the other two were able to escape the monster's pursuit. After all, they were both late Jindan cultivators with high cultivation levels, and their magical powers and magic weapons were definitely not comparable to those of the others.

Apart from the three of them who returned safely, the remaining two were not so lucky.

The scholar with the lowest cultivation level, Wang Linchun, has not appeared on Linggui Island yet. In addition, Song Qingming and others had already seen him being chased by several demon kings that day, so he was probably in great danger.

Luo Yulong did run back, but in order to escape the pursuit of the monsters, he fought several bloody battles and was seriously injured before he managed to survive. After returning, he immediately went into seclusion to heal his wounds.

If Song Qingming had not been lucky that day and had been hidden in the underground cave on the deserted island, he would probably have found it difficult to escape unscathed. Naturally, he had a deep understanding of this.

During this monster hunting trip, the six people in the group were usually Jindan cultivators with great cultivation and looked superior in front of others. However, they ended up in such a situation. This really made Song Qingming realize the dangers of the outer sea.

After Song Qingming encountered danger that day, he had not returned for more than a month. Li Xianyun and Fairy Long Yue had actually felt that Song Qingming was in great danger.

Yesterday, they learned from Luo Li that Song Qingming had returned safely. They were both very surprised, so out of curiosity they hurriedly asked Song Qingming out.

After the three of them chatted for a while in the private room, Fairy Long Yue took out a bag of spirit stones and handed it to Song Qingming, saying that these were the proceeds from selling the monster materials they had obtained before after they came back.

When Song Qingming opened it, he found eighty medium-grade spirit stones neatly placed inside. He immediately nodded with satisfaction and thanked the other party, then put the spirit stones into his own storage magic tool.

"My two fellow Taoists, I will stay on Linggui Island for the near future. If you ever organize a group of monks to go out to hunt monsters in the open sea, please remember to bring me along."

"Of course, Brother Song and I have a friendship that has been through thick and thin together, so we can be trusted."

Hearing what Song Qingming said, Fairy Long Yue's face immediately showed a hint of surprise, and she nodded politely in response.

After all, Song Qingming had just arrived in the open sea. He had already witnessed such a severe natural disaster as the "Sky Wind Beast Tide" during his first monster hunting. He actually took the initiative to propose to go to the open sea with them so quickly. This really made Long Yue and Li Xianyun think highly of him.

However, the reason why Song Qingming was so anxious was because he knew that he did not have much time left to stay here for training.

Now, it has been almost three years since Huang Siyuan went into seclusion to reach the Golden Core realm. In about a year at most, she should be able to successfully form a golden core. At that time, Song Qingming will definitely return to "Tian Dan City" in advance to welcome her out of seclusion.

I came to Linggui Island to experience the high seas. I can't just back off when I encounter a little difficulty.

After all, a natural disaster like the "Sky Wind Beast Tide" would only occur with a very small probability, and it was impossible for him to encounter it every time he went out. If he was really so unlucky, even if Song Qingming hid near the sea every day, he might still encounter other disasters when he went out.

After practicing Taoism for so many years, Song Qingming has long known that if he wants to have a smoother path, it is not enough to just sit at home and practice hard. He also needs to go out occasionally to gain some experience so that he can have a little more personal insights in his practice.

After chatting with Li Xianyun for a few more words in the private room, Song Qingming got up, said goodbye and left, returning to his cave.

More than half a month later, Song Qingming, who was practicing in the cave, soon received a letter from Fairy Longyue inviting him to go out to sea, and he set out on the journey to the open sea with them.

In this way, Song Qingming lived on Linggui Island for more than a year.

During this period, Song Qingming also followed Li Xianyun and the others to the open sea to hunt monsters many times. Although they experienced many dangerous things, fortunately, they never encountered such a powerful natural disaster as the "Sky Wind Beast Tide" again.

Through nearly two years of contact, the relationship between Song Qingming and Li Xianyun and Fairy Long Yue has become closer, and he has a better understanding of them.

Compared to Li Xianyun's background as a casual cultivator, Fairy Long Yue's identity is much more respected. Song Qingming only learned about this girl's true background after he became familiar with the two of them and chatted with them.

The master of Fairy Long Yue is a well-known Nascent Soul cultivator in the East China Sea. When Li Xianyun was yet to form his Dan, he had received some favors and guidance from this person. Although he did not formally become his disciple, he was actually half his nominal master.

After Li Xianyun formed the elixir, he left Wei State not long after. He went to the East China Sea to find the master of Fairy Long Yue.

The reason why the two of them came to Linggui Island to hunt monsters was because Fairy Longyue’s master gave her a test to go out and gain experience, and Li Xianyun took the initiative to follow her because he was worried about her being alone.

On this day, upon hearing that Song Qingming was leaving Linggui Island and preparing to return to Floating Cloud Mountains, Li Xianyun, Fairy Longyue and several familiar Jindan cultivators on the island also rushed to his cave to say goodbye to him.

After chatting with everyone for a while, and waiting until they all left on their own initiative, Song Qingming returned to the cave to pack up his things, then went down the mountain to the market and directly gave up the cave he had rented.

When Song Qingming walked through the streets of the market alone and arrived at the port to leave Linggui Island, a pretty woman in yellow clothes suddenly followed not far behind him.

After Song Qingming sent out his spiritual sense to investigate, he found that the person who had been following him was Luo Li, who had often helped him to inquire about information and run errands in the past two years. He smiled and turned to look at her.

"I sent you a message yesterday, asking you to come to my place to get something. Why are you here only now?"

Luo Li stood there, and after hesitating for a while, he took the initiative to walk up to Song Qingming and bowed.

"Senior! I know you will never come back after you leave this time. I want to leave here with you and practice in other places. Can you take me with you?"

After hearing what the little girl said, Song Qingming immediately understood what she wanted to express, and couldn't help but sigh slightly.

"I'm going to a very far place, it's not suitable to take you with me!"

After gently shaking his head to reject Luo Li, Song Qingming took out a storage bag that he had prepared long ago and continued to speak to her:
"There are some elixirs and spirit stones in here. Although they are not valuable, it should not be difficult to help you cultivate to the late stage of Qi Refining. Then you can go out to sea with others to hunt monsters, and you will have some opportunities to build your foundation in the future."

Song Qingming had originally intended to give these things to her yesterday, but because she did not go to him after receiving his message, they were kept with Song Qingming.
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Let me break the chapter for a moment!
After staying on this island for such a long time, Song Qingming has also been dealing with this little girl for two years. Naturally, he has some understanding of her personal situation.

Luo Li was not actually a cultivator from Linggui Island. She came here with her parents more than ten years ago.

More than ten years ago, Luo Li's father, who was a casual cultivator, brought young Luo Li and her mother to settle on Linggui Island in order to facilitate their sea hunting of monsters.

When Luo Li was twelve years old, her spiritual roots were detected. In order to help her raise resources, her father joined a nearby immortal cultivation sect and chose to venture out to explore the cave of a senior cultivator. As a result, he never came back. After her father disappeared, Luo Li's mortal mother died of a serious illness a few years later, leaving her alone on the Linggui Island.

Although the successive departures of her parents left the young Luo Li without support, fortunately this girl was quite smart and soon learned some skills to make a living like the independent cultivators who were having a hard time surviving on the island.

Although life has been a little difficult these years, we have managed to survive in this relatively difficult environment.

Especially after meeting Song Qingming, a stable big customer, in the past two years, Luo Li, who earned a lot of spirit stones from him, has improved his cultivation very quickly in the past two years. He has recently broken through to the fifth level of Qi Refining.

Looking at the storage bag in Song Qingming's hand, Luo Li thought for a moment, then shook his head firmly and bowed to Song Qingming again.

"Senior! You have given me a lot of spirit stones in the past few years. How dare Luo Li Wugong accept these things?"

“I don’t want to rely on others’ help. I want to practice step by step through my own efforts. Senior, you have such a high level of cultivation, you must know some cultivators from other sects. I would like to ask you to take me away from here and introduce me to a sect that is easier to join.

You just need to take me there, and I will figure out the rest myself. I won't cause you too much trouble."

"You still want to join the sect!" After hearing Luo Li's request, Song Qingming's face showed a hint of understanding.

This was not the first time he had heard this girl express her desire to join the sect, but her tone in the past had not been as resolute as it was today.

When Luo Li's father learned that his child had spiritual roots, he wanted her to join a large sect, but he died in an accident and was unable to fulfill this wish.

This also made her mother obsessed with this matter before she died. She didn't want her daughter to be a helpless cultivator all her life, so she told her to find a way to join a sect in the future.

However, although Luo Li's spiritual root aptitude was not too bad and he was a cultivator with three spiritual roots, because he was an outsider cultivator and had no elders to help him, he failed several times when he tried to join a nearby large sect.

This time, after seeing Song Qingming, the Jindan senior, leave, the girl seemed to have made up her mind to go out and see the world and no longer wanted to stay on Linggui Island and continue her life as a casual cultivator.

Seeing Luo Li nodded again with a determined look on his face, Song Qingming thought for a moment, then asked calmly, "Have you really decided to leave here and never come back?"

"Don't worry, senior. Luo Li will never regret his choice!" As soon as Song Qingming finished speaking, Luo Li gave the answer he had already thought of without hesitation.

Seeing this, Song Qingming smiled and nodded, saying, "I can take you away from here, but I don't know many sects in the East China Sea, so I can't guarantee that I can help you.

I'll wait for you here for an incense stick of time. If you really want to go with me, then go back and pack your things and come here. If you haven't made up your mind, you can think about it again now."

"Don't worry about it, Senior! I've already packed my things."

After Luo Li finished speaking, he pointed to a red storage bag hanging around his waist, then ran quickly to Song Qingming with a happy look on his face and stood beside him very obediently.

Seeing that she had already prepared to leave with him, Song Qingming didn't say anything more. He simply waved his hand and released the "Phantom Boat" on his body, then jumped on it with her.

After practicing Taoism for so many years, even though he has become a Jindan cultivator, Song Qingming rarely chooses to take the initiative to interfere in other people's affairs when he is out.

The reason why he was willing to take the initiative to help this little girl this time, in addition to the fate of knowing Luo Li for the past two years, the most important reason was because Song Qingming saw some qualities in her that he liked very much.

Although in order to survive, Luo Li was no different from other casual cultivators on Linggui Island. He racked his brains every day to earn more spirit stones.

However, no matter when or how deep she was, this girl always firmly adhered to her bottom line in dealing with people and things, and would never be greedy and take advantage of others.

Even if Song Qingming occasionally asked her to do something and wanted to give her more spirit stones, she would often refuse.

It is indeed not easy for a 20-year-old girl like her who lives alone and is struggling for survival to always adhere to these fine virtues among the mixed crowd of casual cultivators on Linggui Island.

Song Qingming has been behaving in the same way since he entered the Tao. He often reminds himself that when dealing with others, he must know when to advance and retreat, and not be too greedy.
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More than half a month later, on a small island located near the sea with a radius of only twenty or thirty miles.

Song Qingming sat in a teahouse on the west side of an island called "Baisha Island", sipping tea while listening to several mortal storytellers below, who were loudly telling stories about how the newcomers on the island fought against monsters to save everyone.

After a while, a very young woman suddenly walked in to the teahouse and quickly came to Song Qingming.

Seeing Luo Li's figure, Song Qingming turned around and nodded slightly at her with a smile, then put some silver coins used by mortals on the table, then stood up and walked out of the teahouse with her.

"Have you seen them?" After arriving at a slightly secluded place on the street, Song Qingming turned around and asked Luo Li beside him.

Luo Li nodded slightly and said, "Yes! I showed the item given by the senior to the people of Tianxuan Sect, and they recognized it on the spot. It must be from this sect."

"Well! Then come with me to take a look." After Song Qingming said this, he took Luo Li with him and walked towards the high mountain in the middle of the island.

After leaving Linggui Island, Song Qingming did not rush back to "Tiandan City", but first came to the "Tianxuan Sect" near the sea, intending to fulfill Zhao Jibai's last wish and send his remains back to his sect.

Because he was not very clear about the current situation of the "Tianxuan Sect", Song Qingming did not want to have too much connection with them. He originally planned to go to the vicinity of this sect, find a suitable place to secretly bury Zhao Jibai's body and then leave.

As a result, after Song Qingming found the island where the "Tianxuan Sect" was originally located according to Zhao Jibai's will, he discovered that this sect had declined a thousand years ago, and even the original mountain gate spiritual veins had now been occupied by other Jindan sects.

After some careful inquiries, Song Qingming learned that the "Tianxuan Sect" had already become a weak foundation-building sect and moved to the nearby "Baisha Island" which had only one second-level medium-grade spiritual vein.

Seeing that the "Tianxuan Sect" had now fallen to this point, with not only few Jindan cultivators but even few foundation-building cultivators left in the sect, Song Qingming no longer had too many concerns and brought Luo Li directly to this sect.

Upon hearing that someone had brought back the relics of the sect's predecessors, the two only remaining foundation-building elders of the "Tianxuan Sect" were soon alarmed.

After seeing the several sect-related relics left by Zhao Jibai in Song Qingming's hands, the sect leader Chen Jianghai hurriedly and respectfully invited him into the sect.

After asking in person, Song Qingming quickly confirmed that the declining small sect in front of him was indeed the "Tianxuan Sect" he was looking for.

When Zhao Jibai was still around, the "Tianxuan Sect" was still the overlord of this sea area. In addition to Zhao Jibai, the leader who was at the peak of the Jindan realm, there were also two other Jindan elders who were also quite powerful, and the number of disciples under the sect was as many as thousands.

As a result, after Zhao Jibai's sudden death in the open sea, the two Jindan elders in the sect started an internal fight to compete for the position of the head of the sect, which caused great damage to the "Tianxuan Sect". In addition, the sect lost the secret realm in the open sea, and the entire sect quickly began to decline.

Just a few hundred years later, the "Tianxuan Sect" lost its last Jindan cultivator and was forcibly taken away from Lingshan by other Jindan sects. During this period, they wandered in the nearby sea for nearly a thousand years before finally settling on this "Baisha Island".

Today, there are only two foundation-building monks left in the "Tianxuan Sect", and there are no more than a hundred disciples. It can only barely maintain the dignity of a foundation-building sect.

After confirming that the two people in front of him were the descendants of "Tianxuan Sect" he was looking for, Song Qingming took out Zhao Jibai's remains and some relics in his storage magic tools and handed them to the two "Tianxuan Sect" foundation-building elders in front of him.

In addition to the martial arts manuals that Song Qingming had already engraved in copies, Song Qingming also took out a few second-level magic weapons and talismans and gave them to the two of them.

These things are of no use to Song Qingming now, but for the declining foundation-building sect "Tianxuan Sect" in front of them, they can still help them more or less.

Since I have received help from my seniors, it is only natural for me to lend a helping hand when I am here.

"I found Senior Zhao's remains in the open sea. Although I found more than these things on him at the time, most of them are useless. You keep these things. I have fulfilled Senior Zhao's last wish."

“Senior Song! You have come thousands of miles to send back the remains and belongings of our leader. You are truly a great benefactor to our sect. Please accept our greetings first!”

After seeing the many spiritual objects that Song Qingming brought out, Chen Jianghai, the head of the Tianxuan Sect, and another foundation-building elder stood up and saluted him. (End of this chapter)