Qinghe Immortal Clan.

After traveling westwards from Wei State through several countries, Song Qingming and Feng He had arrived at the territory of Song State east of Taiyue Lake.

The State of Song was also a country of similar size to the State of Wei. Its territory was ruled by a Nascent Soul Sect called the Hunyuan Sect, whose strength was not much different from that of the current Xiaoyao Sect.

After crossing the border of Song State and heading west, you will reach the territory of Qin State, the largest country in the Floating Cloud Mountains. After reaching the border of Song State, Feng He suddenly changed direction and flew the flying boat all the way south, bypassing the entire border of Qin State before continuing forward.

Seeing that Feng He intended to do this, Song Qingming could guess that the other party might be afraid of the power of the "Wanling Sect" and was afraid of being in trouble by them.

The Qin State's "Wanling Sect" is not only the strongest sect in the Floating Cloud Mountains, but also has a great cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage in charge. Once they are provoked, even a master like Feng He who has reached the peak of the Golden Core stage will probably have a hard time getting away.

Song Qingming naturally agreed with Feng He's cautious and low-key approach. The big sects to the west of Taiyue Lake had always been at odds with the "Xiaoyao Sect" and other sects to the east.

As a guest elder of the Xiaoyao Sect, Song Qingming had to keep a low profile when he arrived at someone else's territory and it would be best if he didn't show up.

After bypassing the Qin State and passing through two small countries, Song Qingming and Feng He finally arrived at the edge of the "Fantasy Sea Desert" west of the Floating Cloud Mountains a month after their departure.

The entire "Fantasy Sea Desert" stretches nearly 100,000 miles from east to west, and lies across the only way from the Floating Cloud Mountains' cultivation world to the "Eastern Phoenix Kingdom".

In the desert, except for a few oases suitable for mortals to live in, there is endless yellow sand. There are also many powerful monsters and very difficult sandworms in the desert. The living environment is extremely harsh.

Because no one would come here on their own initiative, this place has become an excellent hiding place for some demon cultivators or bandits who want to avoid being tracked. It is said that there are even powerful demon cultivators at the Nascent Soul level hiding here.

Low-level cultivators in the foundation-building and Qi-refining stages below the Golden Core stage simply do not have the ability to cross the "Fantasy Sea Desert" alone. If they want to cross this place and go to the "East Phoenix Country" immortal cultivation world, they can only rely on large flying boats and spend more than half a year.

As soon as the flying boat entered the "Fantasy Sea Desert", Feng He took out a red talisman from his body and handed it to Song Qingming behind him, and said:
"Take this talisman for self-defense. Once you enter the depths of the Fantasy Sea Desert, if you encounter any danger that I can't handle, just take care of yourself and don't worry about me!"

"Thank you, senior, for the treasure!"

Seeing that what Feng He took out was actually a very precious third-grade top-grade talisman, Song Qingming showed a hint of surprise on his face. He didn't bother to be polite with him and just put it away.
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Half a year later, outside a market town in the southeast corner of the immortal cultivation world of the "Donghuang Kingdom", just before the sun set, a beam of green light flew in and stopped a few miles outside the market town.

After landing, the green light directly transformed into two figures. They were Song Qingming and Feng He who had just crossed the "Fantasy Sea Desert".

"Senior! We are not far from Donghuang Country. We can take a break and rest for a night before continuing on our journey!"

Feng He, who was standing by, nodded slightly and reminded, "Now that we are here, don't call me senior anymore, lest someone finds out and becomes suspicious. From now on, let's just call each other fellow Taoists!"

"You are so thoughtful, Senior. Please come in, Brother Feng!" Song Qingming said, smiling and raising his hand to Feng He! The two of them soon walked towards the market with a happy look on their faces.

Song Qingming and Feng He had a relatively smooth journey. Although they were attacked by monsters and sandworms many times when crossing the "Fantasy Sea Desert", these did not cause too much trouble to their journey as they were mostly repelled quickly.

The most dangerous time was when they encountered a sandworm whose strength was comparable to that of a late Jindan. Relying on the advantageous terrain, the sandworm wanted to use its many low-level sandworms to block the flying car driven by Song Qingming and the others.

However, even with Feng He and Song Qingming both taking action, this sandworm in the late Jindan stage was still defeated after fighting with them for a long time. It could only leave behind the corpses of hundreds of low-level sandworms and escape alone by hiding in the deep sand.

If Song Qingming and Feng He hadn't been disdainful of the fact that there weren't many valuable materials on the sandworm, and hadn't wanted to waste time on it, that high-level sandworm in the late Jindan stage probably wouldn't have been so lucky as to escape with its life.

The two concealed their own cultivation level and disguised themselves as two foundation-building monks. After entering the market, they walked around and quickly found a relatively large inn.

Feng He had also been to the "Donghuang Kingdom" immortal cultivation world in his early years and was very familiar with the accents of the cultivators here. After entering the inn, under the leadership of Feng He, Song Qingming did not say a word. The two of them stayed there as foreign cultivators who came to the desert to search for treasure.

Unlike the Floating Cloud Mountains, the desert near the "East Phoenix Country" immortal cultivation world is relatively lively. Low-level cultivators often come from all directions and enter the desert to look for treasures or caves left behind by their predecessors.

On the way here, Song Qingming and his companions had already met a group of monks in the desert who had entered the desert from the "Donghuang Kingdom" to explore and search for treasures.

This small market on the edge of the desert was opened to facilitate the monks here to enter and exit the desert to search for treasures. Those who come and go are all low-level monks in the Qi Refining or Foundation Building stages.

After resting for a night in this small market, the two left the market early the next morning and continued to head northwest. It took them more than three days of journey before they officially entered the Liangzhou area of ​​the "Donghuang Kingdom" immortal cultivation world.

Liangzhou can only be regarded as a small, lower-middle-sized continent among the thirteen states of the "Donghuang Kingdom", but its territory is almost half the size of the entire Floating Cloud Mountain Range's immortal cultivation world.

The two of them used their full strength to drive the flying boat forward, and it took them a full month to cross the entire Liangzhou and enter the territory of Ningzhou, Feng He's destination.

Ningzhou is a large province located in the core area of ​​the immortal cultivation world of "Donghuang Country". It is almost the size of two Liangzhous, and is very close to the size of the immortal cultivation world in the Floating Cloud Mountains.

The entire Ningzhou area is the sphere of influence of the "Xianyuan Sect", the top immortal cultivation sect in the "Donghuang Kingdom".

No matter who the high-level foreign cultivators are, once they enter the Ningzhou territory, if they want to stay here for a long time, they must find a way to go to the nearby "Xianyuan Sect"-controlled market first to register their identity and whereabouts before they can move around here conveniently.

Otherwise, if something happens here and you encounter the law enforcement monks of the "Xianyuan Sect" who are patrolling outside, if they find that you have not registered your identity in advance and cannot explain it clearly, you may be directly arrested and interrogated and then expelled from the country.

However, Feng He had already prepared for this matter. Not only had he prepared a very suitable identity for himself as a casual cultivator, he had also prepared for Song Qingming, wanting him to hide his identity with him.

After thinking it over again and again, Song Qingming declined Feng He's kindness and directly used his real identity to make a detailed registration for the other party.

This time he came to the immortal cultivation world of "Donghuang Country", not only to help Feng He overcome the tribulation and become a Nascent Soul, but also to travel here and look for news about "Yuxuan Mountain and Taixu Palace".

Therefore, when Song Qingming is alone in the future, he will definitely have to move around in Ningzhou. In order to prevent others from finding out his identity and causing unnecessary trouble, Song Qingming chose to register his origin and name in this way.

After finishing these things, Feng He brought Song Qingming to the largest city in Ningzhou, "Xianyuan City".

This "Xianyuan City" is located on the east side of Ningzhou and is built on a fourth-grade superior spiritual vein. It is the largest fairy city under the control of the "Xianyuan Sect" except for the mountain gate. There are nearly 100,000 cultivators in the city alone, and there are countless mortals living nearby.

Although the "Xianyuan Sect" is the leading sect in the East Phoenix Immortal State, compared with other major sects in the "East Phoenix Country"'s immortal cultivation world, the Xianyuan Sect has always been relatively friendly towards independent cultivators from all over the world.

As long as a person with a clean background comes to "Xianyuan City", whether you want to travel here or settle down here for a long time to practice, as long as you do not violate the rules of "Xianyuan City", you can choose to rent a cave here to live.

Moreover, "Xianyuan City" does not exclude outside cultivators. As long as you are willing to spend more spirit stones, you can go into seclusion here to form an elixir or to reach the Nascent Soul stage. "Xianyuan City" will also provide you with some necessary protection.

Therefore, in the "Donghuang Country" and even the entire Donghuang Xianzhou Continent, many independent cultivators who cannot find a suitable place to retreat and break through, or cultivators who come from small sects and immortal cultivation families and have no backing, will choose to come here to retreat and break through.

Not only does he not have to worry about not having enough spiritual energy to break through in seclusion, but he can also get the protection of the "Xianyuan Sect" to prevent his opponents and enemies from getting to know the news and coming to block his way.

Seeing Feng He brought him here, Song Qingming initially thought that he was preparing to retreat in "Xianyuan City" to form a baby.

Unexpectedly, when they arrived at a mortal town dozens of miles away from "Xianyuan City", Feng He stopped on his own initiative, took out a letter and a white jade tablet and handed them to Song Qingming.

"Brother Song, please help me take these two things and hand them over to the owner of Tianbao Chamber of Commerce in the north of Xianyuan City. Just hand them over to him and don't ask any other questions or answer any other questions.

After you enter the city, don't rush to go anywhere immediately. Walk around the city first to see if there is anything you like, and then go after two hours.

You must remember to hand it over to the shopkeeper of Tianbao Chamber of Commerce in person. You cannot use someone else's hand to do it, otherwise you will make a big mistake."

Seeing Feng He's serious look, Song Qingming did not ask any more questions. He put away the two things in his hands, nodded slightly, and left the town and walked quickly towards the "Xianyuan City" in front.
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During this period, Song Qingming followed Feng He. Although they had been in the "Eastern Phoenix Country" cultivation world for almost two months, they were in a hurry to get on the road, so they did not stop to stroll around when passing by some large markets and immortal cities. In order not to attract attention and save some trouble, they chose to rest and restore their mana on the way, basically choosing the nearest mortal town or small market. This was the first time Song Qingming came to a large immortal city in the "Eastern Phoenix Country" cultivation world.

Although he had seen the prosperity of "Tian Dan City" in the East China Sea, when Song Qingming arrived at the foot of Xianyuan City, he was still shocked by the fairy city in front of him, which was several times larger than "Tian Dan City".

The entire "Xianyuan City" was built along the mountains and beside the water, with a length and width of one hundred miles. It was backed by a majestic mountain that was ten thousand feet high, and there was a river about ten miles wide in front.

Not only is the place larger, the number of cultivators in Xianyuan City is also much greater than in all the immortal cities and markets Song Qingming has visited. Just looking at the cultivators queuing up waiting to enter the city, Song Qingming only took a quick glance and estimated that there were at least thousands of them.

Unlike the fairy cities and markets that Song Qingming had visited in the past, such as the Floating Cloud Mountains and the East China Sea, the "Xianyuan City" was not so strict in screening and controlling foreign cultivators. It only required a simple identity verification, and even ordinary mortals could enter and leave the city at will.

The only difference is that there is a giant "magic circle" set up at the gate of "Xianyuan City" to deter demon cultivators. All cultivators and mortals entering and leaving the city need to pass through the circle before they can enter and leave the city smoothly.

This high-level "magic array" is very convenient. You just need to walk through it and there is no need to stop in it to wait for detection.

Moreover, the effect is much more powerful than the low-level magic arrays used to deal with demon cultivators that Song Qingming had seen before. Even if a demon cultivator at the Nascent Soul level came here, it would be difficult for him to successfully pass the detection of this fourth-level "Magic Subduing Array".

Just like the immortal world in the Floating Cloud Mountains, there are also many demonic cultivators in the vast immortal world of the "Donghuang Kingdom". However, the righteous sects in this immortal world are very powerful, so these demonic cultivators are not so arrogant here.

As a Jindan cultivator, Song Qingming still received some respect when entering the city. He did not queue up with those low-level cultivators and mortals to enter the city, but took a special passage that was only open to high-level cultivators above the Jindan stage.

After verifying his identity at the city gate, Song Qingming quickly obtained a silver ring that could represent his identity in the city, and then directly passed through the "Magic Subduing Formation" and entered Xianyuan City.

According to Feng He, Song Qingming did not rush to find the "Tianbao Chamber of Commerce" first, but wandered around the city for a long time before slowly coming to a street in the north of the city.

After walking only a few dozen steps forward, a very busy shop came into view. Song Qingming looked around carefully and confirmed that there was only one shop nearby called "Tianbao Chamber of Commerce". Then he immediately walked in.

"Hey! Senior, please come in. Are you looking for elixirs or spiritual items? Our good stuff is all on the second floor. How about I take you upstairs to have a look?"

"No, I'm here to sell a spiritual item. Can I meet your shopkeeper first?"

Although this was Song Qingming's first time coming to the "Donghuang Country" world of immortal cultivation, he had almost learned the accent of the local cultivators after following Feng He for some time and could communicate with them normally.

Hearing that Song Qingming wanted to sell spiritual objects, the guy who was only in the Qi Refining Stage looked a little disappointed, then he immediately nodded and said:
"Oh! Senior, please go inside and sit for a while. I will immediately notify the shopkeeper to come and see you."

After saying that, the waiter took Song Qingming to a small room next to the hall for guests to rest. Less than half a quarter of an hour later, a woman with a charming figure and appearance walked in with a smile on her face.

"I'm Gan Ruting, the shopkeeper of Tianbao Chamber of Commerce. I'm honored to be your honor, senior!" Although the woman who spoke did not look very stunning, her voice was very pleasant.

Song Qingming, who was sitting in the room drinking tea, immediately put down the tea bowl in his hand when he heard the words and nodded slightly to greet him.

Gan Ruting walked over to Song Qingming and sat down, then asked enthusiastically, "I just heard the guys downstairs say that you want to sell spiritual objects. I don't know what it is, so please tell me directly."

Hearing the other party's question, Song Qingming did not rush to answer. He first glanced around the room, then waved his hand and set up a soundproof barrier next to the two of them.

Seeing Song Qingming being so careful, Gan Ruting did not show much surprise on her face. It was obvious that she had encountered such a cautious guest more than once.

"Don't worry, senior. We have set up barriers outside the rooms to isolate the spiritual consciousness of cultivators. Even a Jindan cultivator cannot send his spiritual consciousness inside."

Song Qingming nodded slightly and said, "I was also entrusted by someone to come here, so I have to be careful. I hope you don't mind."

After saying that, Song Qingming waved his right hand, and a flash of light appeared around the table in front of him, and a letter and a white jade plate instantly appeared. These were the two things that Feng He had given him before.

"This is the White Feather Jade. Where did this come from, fellow Daoist?" Gan Ruting's face suddenly changed when she saw the white round jade plate on the table, and she asked Song Qingming softly.

"I'm just a messenger. Now that the stuff has been delivered, I'll leave first!"

After Song Qingming replied to the other party calmly, he waved his hand and put away the soundproof barrier he had just set up. He ignored Gan Ruting who was looking at him strangely and walked away from her.

Seeing that Song Qingming refused to say anything more, Gan Ruting did not ask any more questions. After watching him leave, she carefully picked up the two things on the table.

After carefully examining the white jade plate for a while, Gan Ruting put it and the unsigned letter away, walked out of the room and into the hall outside.

"Go to the second floor and tell Shopkeeper Hu that I have to go out for something. Let him take charge of the matters here."

Gan Ruting came to the hall, calmly called a waiter over and gave him some instructions, then turned around and walked out of Tianbao Chamber of Commerce.

After completing the letter delivery task assigned by Feng He, Song Qingming was not in a hurry to leave "Xianyuan City". He found a good-looking restaurant in the city and patiently tasted some delicious spiritual food. Only then did he return to the mortal town where he had agreed to meet with Feng He with a reluctant look on his face.

Seeing Song Qingming coming back, Feng He immediately asked him about it in detail. After learning that everything went well and there were no unexpected situations, he slowly felt relieved.

"Senior Feng He, if you want to retreat and form a baby, why don't you just go directly to Xianyuan City? Why do you have to go through so much trouble to ask others for help?" Seeing that Feng He looked somewhat happy at the moment, Song Qingming took the opportunity to ask about the doubts in his heart.

"Haha! You underestimated the Xianyuan Sect too much. The methods used by these large sects are not as simple as you think. In the past few thousand years, the number of people who have fallen into the hands of the Xianyuan Sect and had their bodies taken over should be no less than a thousand.

Even if we enter the territory of Xianyuan Sect, I have to be very careful and dare not show up casually. You asked me to go to Xianyuan City to meditate and break through the Nascent Soul realm. Are you not afraid that I will reveal my identity, or do you think your life is too long?

If this trip is really that simple, why would I bring you here?"

"Oh! This junior really didn't know. Please don't blame me, senior. You said that the Xianyuan Sect was able to find out so many people who possessed other people's bodies. Do they have any special methods?" After hearing Feng He's explanation of the matter, Song Qingming showed a trace of confusion on his face.

Feng He shook his head slightly and sighed, "Xianyuan Sect has caught so many monks who have taken over other people's bodies. I heard many people talking about this when I came to Donghuang Country last time. It should be true.

As for how they found out, we don't know. It is not something we can easily guess what methods a sect like the Xianyuan Sect has.

But you don't have to worry too much. I have already planned everything here. You just need to help me do some things that I can't do. As long as you are a little careful, there won't be any big danger. "

Seeing that Feng He still had a helpless look on his face when he talked about this, Song Qingming was slightly surprised.

The cultivators who can take over other people's bodies are at least those who have reached the Jindan stage or above. Unfortunately, their knowledge, experience and magical powers are definitely not comparable to those of ordinary cultivators of the same level, so it is not so easy for others to discover their identities.

Just like Feng He who was standing in front of him, although his current cultivation level was still that of a ninth-level Jindan cultivator, he was once a Yuanying cultivator, and his personal magical powers were far more powerful than any ninth-level Jindan cultivator Song Qingming had seen.

Even if Yao Qianshu, the former top master of Xiaoyao Sect, was at the peak of his powers, he would not have much chance of winning against Feng He now. His strength is almost that of the top master below the Nascent Soul stage.

Even Feng He, who is so powerful, is so cautious here. He doesn't even have the courage to enter "Xianyuan City". No wonder he would choose to ask me for help.

Song Qingming and Feng He waited patiently for a few more days in this mortal town, and finally a Jindan cultivator came to them.

After Feng He talked to the other party alone, the two followed each other and left the town again, and came to a small Taoist temple called "Jinyun Temple" thousands of miles away. (End of this chapter)