Qinghe Immortal Clan.

This Taoist temple is located deep in the mountains. There is no human habitation within dozens of miles around it. Only a few mortal Taoists with no cultivation live here.

However, what surprised Song Qingming was that these Taoists did not show any signs of panic when they saw the three Jindan cultivators falling from the sky.

One of the older Taoists stepped forward and greeted the leading Jindan cultivator, then turned around and led them into a very ordinary tile-roofed house at the back of the Taoist temple.

As soon as he entered the door, Song Qingming immediately felt a powerful aura that was no weaker than Feng He's. When he looked closely, he found that it was an old man with white hair and a youthful face, wearing a gray Taoist robe, who was walking towards them.

The old man had a smile on his face and looked amiable and kind, but his cultivation was unfathomable and he was also a master who had cultivated to the peak of the Golden Elixir realm.

When the Jindan cultivator brought by the famous general Song Qingming and the other two saw the white-haired old man, he immediately whispered a message to him, then took the initiative to leave the house, and turned into a white light and quickly left the place.

"My two fellow Taoists, I am an elder of the Juxian League, Luo Tongzhou." After the guide left, the white-haired old man bowed slightly towards Song Qingming and the others, and directly stated his identity.

"Feng He, Song Qingming!"

When he saw this person, Feng He changed his previous arrogant attitude in front of Song Qingming, and took the initiative to bow to the other party with a smile on his face.

After greeting the two, Luo Tongzhou took out the white jade pendant that Song Qingming had sent to "Xianyuan City" a few days ago, and asked Feng He who was standing beside him:
"If I'm not mistaken, this white feather jade should be sent by this fellow Daoist Feng. Do you want to retreat and reach the Nascent Soul stage?"

Feng He nodded immediately upon hearing this and said, "Fellow Daoist, you are right. I did bring this thing. It was given to me by a close friend of mine. He had dealt with an elder of your alliance before, and that's why he was lucky enough to get this thing.

This time I came to Donghuang Country and just happened to need it, so my friend and I borrowed this item to use. This should not violate your rules!"

Luo Tongzhou waved his hand slightly and smiled: "The rules of this business alliance are that we only recognize tokens and do not ask about their origins. You don't have to worry about this. Even if you got this jade pendant by killing someone, it has nothing to do with us. As long as it doesn't hinder our business, it's fine.

Since you have brought this token to Tianbao Chamber of Commerce, you should be aware of our rules. May I ask you, have you prepared enough spiritual objects?"

"Of course I understand this. I have already prepared the spiritual objects for forming a baby. I just need your alliance to help me find a safe place for retreat and shelter to prevent others from disturbing my retreat and breakthrough."

After Feng He finished speaking, he took out a silver storage bag from his body and threw it to Luo Tongzhou.

After taking the storage bag and opening it to take a look, a hint of joy suddenly appeared on Luo Tongzhou's face, and he nodded slightly at Feng He with a smile.

“I already know what you are asking for, but I still want to remind you that our alliance can only provide you with a retreat cave and shelter. No one will help you deal with the Nascent Soul Lightning Tribulation. I hope you know this in advance.

If you haven't made up your mind yet, you can still take back your things and leave here. If there is no problem, then come with me!"

"I understand this matter. Thank you for your help, fellow Daoist!" Feng He responded to the other party with a firm face.

Seeing that Feng He had made up his mind, Luo Tongzhou said no more. After returning the white jade pendant in his hand to Feng He, he led the two of them into the house.

The two followed Luo Tongzhou to a wall in the inner room of the house. Facing this ordinary-looking stone wall, Luo Tongzhou waved his hand and threw out a golden token, then began to cast spells quickly with both hands.

A moment later, a burst of white light suddenly burst out above the golden token, and then a pitch-black square hole slowly appeared in front of the wall.

"My two Taoist friends, please follow me!"

After Luo Tongzhou finished speaking, he put away the golden token in the air and led the way into the black cave. Feng He glanced around and followed without much hesitation.

The three of them quickly passed through the entrance and came to a cave that was extremely dark without a trace of light.

Being in this pitch-black environment where you can't see your hand in front of you, people immediately feel a little depressed. Just when Song Qingming stretched out his hand to condense a ball of fire to illuminate the surroundings, a ball of white light suddenly appeared in front of him, and soon illuminated the entire cave.

Under the illumination of a high-level night-shining pearl released by Luo Tongzhou, Song Qingming was able to see clearly where the three people were. It was a fully enclosed cave embedded in the interior of the mountain. There were no entrances or exits around it, and not even a breeze could be felt.

There was nothing extra in the cave, except for a teleportation array with a radius of about five or six meters placed in the middle.

"Intermediate Teleportation Array". When Song Qingming saw this array, a hint of surprise appeared on his face. He did not expect that in this inconspicuous Taoist temple in the mountains, there was actually an "intermediate teleportation array" that could teleport tens of thousands of miles away.

You know, the cost of setting up an "intermediate teleportation array" is at least more than 100,000 spirit stones. Ordinary sects simply cannot afford such a huge expense.

In the world of immortal cultivation in the Floating Cloud Mountains, those who can set up and use this kind of "intermediate teleportation array" are basically forces above the Nascent Soul stage. The Xiaoyao Sect, which has been passed down for thousands of years, has only set up an "intermediate teleportation array" in the most important Guiyunfang in the north of the sect.

Although he had heard of Feng He in the past few days and roughly knew that the "Gathering Immortals Alliance" behind Luo Tongzhou was not an ordinary force, but when he saw with his own eyes that they set up an "intermediate teleportation array" in such a place, Song Qingming couldn't help but sigh at the other party's wealth.

Just as Song Qingming was feeling emotional, Luo Tongzhou had already taken out two mid-grade spirit stones and placed them on the side of the teleportation array.

After making preparations, Luo Tongzhou reminded Feng He and Song Qingming to walk onto the teleportation array. He, who was standing aside, immediately cast a spell to start the teleportation array. After the array started running, Luo Tongzhou quickly walked into the array.

Soon there was a flash of white light, and after a dizzying moment, Song Qingming and the other two reappeared in a very empty hall.

"Please come in, fellow Taoists!" After looking at Song Qingming who was still in a daze, Luo Tongzhou spoke up to remind the two of them, and immediately took the lead and walked down the teleportation array here.

Under the leadership of Luo Tongzhou, Song Qingming and the others came to another place deep in the mountains that looked similar. However, compared to the previous Taoist temple which was relatively desolate, this place was very lively and there were people everywhere. There were also many cultivators and mortals living in the town.

In addition, Song Qingming also clearly felt that the spiritual energy of the floating clouds was very rich, no different from the "Xianyuan City" he had visited before. Obviously, there should be a spiritual vein of level four or above nearby.

After arriving here, Luo Tongzhou and Shouxian greeted a Jindan cultivator near the teleportation array, and then brought Feng He and Song Qingming to the highest mountain nearby.

"You two fellow Taoists, please wait here for a moment. I will first inform the Supreme Elder of the alliance about this matter, and then arrange for your retreat in the cave."

"Fellow Daoist, just go and do your work. We two will be waiting for you here!" After responding to the other party, Feng He immediately found a clean stone and sat down on the spot.

The two waited here for about an incense stick of time, and Luo Tongzhou returned here again, exhausted, bringing another Jindan cultivator with him. Then the two of them brought Feng He and Song Qingming to a cave with relatively sufficient spiritual energy, which was enough for them to retreat and break through to the Nascent Soul realm.

"Fellow Daoist Feng, this is the location of our alliance's headquarters. You can rest assured to retreat here. As long as our Juxian League is still here, no one will be able to come here to disturb you.

I have something else to do, so I will leave first. If you two Taoist friends need anything in the future, you can talk to Junior Brother Hu. "After Luo Tongzhou finished speaking, he bowed to the two of them, and then stepped on the light and left here directly.

For more than a year, Feng He and Song Qingming lived in the headquarters of the "Gathering Immortals Alliance" to prepare for his next retreat to form a baby.

During this period, Song Qingming also went out several times and went to larger fairy cities and markets such as "Xianyuan City" to help Feng He collect some spiritual objects needed for the breakthrough of the Nascent Soul stage.

The location of the headquarters of the "Gathering Immortals Alliance" is very mysterious. After Song Qingming and Feng He arrived here, they discovered that there were powerful restrictions within a hundred miles around the mountain. Without the guidance of their own people, others had no way to leave here alone.

Every time Song Qingming went out, he basically had to go through the teleportation array inside the "Juxian League" to go outside.

He could only judge from the effective distance of the teleportation array that the location of their headquarters should still be within Ningzhou, but he had no idea where exactly the places he had been to were.

After staying in the "Juxian League" for a period of time, Song Qingming gradually came to understand something about this somewhat mysterious business alliance, and also learned why Feng He chose to seek protection from them to condense his Nascent Soul.

The "Gathering Immortals Alliance" is a very mysterious force in the world of immortal cultivation in Donghuang Country.

On the surface, they seem to be just an ordinary chamber of commerce organization. There are commercial shops that they secretly control or directly operate in many places in the Donghuang Kingdom's cultivation world. The Tianbao Chamber of Commerce that Song Qingming visited is one of them.

But what many people don’t know is that behind these shops there is a very powerful immortal cultivation organization called the “Juxian League”, and the projects they run are far more complicated than what appears on the surface.

Organizing underground auctions, hiring assassins, buying and selling intelligence, selling stolen spiritual objects, protecting cultivators with questionable identities from breaking through realms, etc. These things are difficult to do outside, but as long as you can afford the spiritual stones, the "Juxian League" will accept them all. The "Juxian League" can be regarded as one of the most famous underground forces in the Donghuang Kingdom's immortal world.

Because of this, Feng He chose to find them during his retreat to break through the Nascent Soul stage. Although the spirit stones required in the "Juxian League" are much more than in the "Xianyuan City", at least there is no need to worry about too many security issues.

Different from the immortal cultivation forces like the "Tian Dan League" that Song Qingming had seen before, the "Juxian League" was mainly engaged in things that were shady.

Although these people in their organization look no different from ordinary monks, they only care about their own interests and will not talk to you about the bottom line of morality.

Therefore, underground immortal cultivation forces like the "Gathering Immortals Alliance" are extremely disliked by all the major orthodox immortal cultivation sects in the immortal cultivation world of Donghuang Country. When they travel outside, they are also very cautious and dare not easily reveal their identities in front of others.

Even the people in many shops that are secretly controlled by them are unaware of the existence of this organization. Only when the organization needs them will they send core monks from the alliance to take over the management.

The "Tianbao Chamber of Commerce" is an important stronghold of the Juxian League that has been operating in Xianyuan City for thousands of years. Although all the foundation-building cultivators above the level of shopkeeper are internal members of the Juxian League, the shop assistants in the Qi Refining stage actually do not know the true identity of this store.

After more than a year of careful preparation, Feng He, who had adjusted his state and prepared everything, finally activated the restriction at the entrance of the cave and began to retreat to the Nascent Soul realm.

After Feng He went into seclusion, Song Qingming was not in a hurry to leave. He found a cave on a nearby mountain and lived there directly. After practicing in seclusion for a while and seeing that the situation on Feng He's side had stabilized, Song Qingming took the initiative to leave.
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Let me break the chapter for a moment.

Ten years later, beside a high mountain west of the headquarters of the "Juxian League", the sky that was originally clear suddenly changed color and a group of black clouds gathered, directly covering the entire area near the top of the mountain, instantly covering the original daytime into night.

The mortals and low-level cultivators who were near the mountains were instantly attracted by the shocking phenomenon of heaven and earth. Just as everyone started to discuss, several beams of light suddenly flew from the sky and stopped above their heads.

"Everyone, enter the mountain protection formation immediately. Do not stay outside at will, otherwise you will be severely punished!"

After hearing the speeches of several high-ranking monks in the sky, the crowd below began to stir, and soon all moved away from the vicinity of the mountain.

After these people finished talking, they glanced down and saw that no one was lingering there, then turned around and flew quickly to the side of the mountain.

Soon, these people arrived at a place more than ten miles away from the distant mountains. Seeing two figures standing in the air in front of them, they hurriedly bowed with a respectful look on their faces.

"Meet the Supreme Elder!"

The two people in front, one man and one woman, are both people with cultivation above the Nascent Soul stage. The young man in white is a cultivator at the third level of the Nascent Soul stage, and the other slightly older woman in yellow has a higher cultivation level, having reached the fifth level of the Nascent Soul stage.

Seeing the several Jindan cultivators who had just arrived, the young man among the two turned around and nodded slightly to greet them, but the other woman ignored them, her eyes still fixed on the top of the mountain.

"It seems that the friend who is in seclusion on the mountain will soon start to deal with the Nascent Soul Thunder Tribulation. This is a rare opportunity for you, but don't miss it easily!"

Hearing the young man say this, Luo Tongzhou, who was standing in front, was slightly startled and quickly asked, "Uncle Zhang, do you think this Taoist friend Feng can survive this thunder tribulation?"

“Haha! It’s hard to say, but a cultivator who can get to this point must be someone with some ability. I estimate that he should have a 50% chance of success.

The cultivators who come here to retreat and overcome their tribulations are basically people of shady origins. Although we can provide them with shelter, we must not interfere in their affairs of overcoming their tribulations.

If he really died in the thunderbolt, then it can only be considered that he was unlucky! "

After the man in white finished speaking, he greeted the woman in yellow beside him, then turned into a streak of white light and disappeared on the spot. The woman in yellow stood there and watched for a while, then also turned into a streak of light and disappeared, leaving only Luo Tongzhou and a few others standing there.

After the two Nascent Soul cultivators left, soon more than a dozen Golden Core cultivators flew over from all around. Among them was Song Qingming, who happened to be practicing in seclusion nearby and suddenly sensed some changes in the spiritual energy outside, so he came out to check the situation.

Although Feng He did not ask Song Qingming to stay in the "Juxian League" to help protect him after he went into seclusion.

However, in case something went wrong on his side, Song Qingming did not dare to leave too far after Feng He went into seclusion. He only traveled around Ningzhou for a few years before returning to the "Juxian League" and stayed there to practice in seclusion.

Fortunately, because Feng He spent spirit stones, the people from the "Juxian League" did not intentionally make things difficult for Song Qingming. Not only did they agree to let him stay, they also allowed him to go out and buy spiritual items when he needed to.

However, if he wanted to leave here and use the teleportation array in the "Gathering Immortals Alliance", he still had to pay extra spirit stones, and the fee they charged Song Qingming for each teleportation was not low, which made Song Qingming spend a lot of spirit stones on it.

"Fellow Daoist Luo, was this strange phenomenon in heaven and earth caused by Fellow Daoist Feng?" After seeing Luo Tongzhou, Song Qingming hurriedly bowed and asked the other party.

Seeing this, Luo Tongzhou nodded slightly and said, "Don't worry, Fellow Daoist Song. It seems that Fellow Daoist Feng has already successfully formed a Nascent Soul. As long as he successfully survives the thunder tribulation, he will be able to enter the Nascent Soul stage."

"Oh! Thank you, Brother Luo, for your guidance." After Song Qingming bowed in response, he also turned his gaze to the sky like everyone else.

Upon hearing the news that Feng He was about to begin to endure the thunder tribulation, Song Qingming was excited, but still a little worried about him.

Unlike breaking through the Jindan realm, every cultivator who breaks through the Yuanying realm and above will encounter a thunder tribulation sent down by heaven because they have gathered and absorbed too much of the heaven and earth's vital energy at once.

This Nascent Soul cultivator faced a total of six thunder tribulations. The first three were not very powerful, only equivalent to a full-strength attack from an average late Jindan cultivator. Any cultivator who could normally undergo the tribulation could handle them.

The next three thunder tribulations are much more powerful, their power has reached the Nascent Soul level, and the power of each thunder tribulation will be several points stronger than the previous one.

Most cultivators who want to overcome tribulation will seek help from cultivators above the Nascent Soul stage, as this will be safer.

However, the impact of this kind of thunder tribulation sent down by heaven is limited if outsiders help. It can only slightly alleviate the pressure of dealing with the thunder tribulation on your own, but it cannot completely help you to pass the thunder tribulation 100%. If you want to pass the thunder tribulation successfully, you still have to rely mainly on yourself.

After Song Qingming and others waited at the foot of the mountain for four or five days, as the black clouds gathering in the sky rolled louder and louder, a loud thunder finally came down from the sky and instantly landed on the top of the mountain.

Seeing this lightning bolt with astonishing speed and power that was no less than a full-strength attack from a late Jindan cultivator, the Jindan cultivators with slightly lower cultivation levels present all had a look of horror on their faces.

Only a small number of late Jindan cultivators with higher cultivation levels like Luo Tongzhou remained calm and did not show any change in their expressions.

After this blow fell from the sky, a golden light suddenly lit up on the top of the mountain, and then a wind crane with a golden jade seal on its head flew into the air towards the lightning.

The lightning fell on the golden shield beside Feng He, and sparks flew violently at first, but it did not cause much damage to the golden shield and disappeared in the air after a while.

However, before everyone could relax, rumbling thunder sounded again in the sky. Soon another bolt of lightning with stronger power fell, but it still failed to penetrate the golden shield beside Feng He.

Until the third thunder fell, the golden jade seal on Feng He's head was suddenly shattered into two halves by the lightning, and the protective shield beside him quickly disappeared.

Fortunately, inside the golden shield, there was also a white shield that Feng He used another defensive magic weapon to set up, which blocked the remaining lightning attacks.

Seeing that his golden jade seal magic weapon had been destroyed by the third thunder tribulation, Feng He had no time to feel sad about the magic weapon. He waved his hand and immediately took out a green array plate and threw it directly into the air.

As Feng He performed a set of spells, five golden lights appeared on the formation plate and instantly connected to the five formation flags that had already been arranged around it, forming a semicircular white shield that protected Feng He in it.

"It's actually the Tiangang Five Elements Formation. No wonder this person has such confidence to deal with the Nascent Soul Thunder Tribulation alone!" After seeing the formation on the top of the mountain light up, a late Jindan cultivator in the crowd immediately exclaimed.

When Song Qingming, who was standing by, saw the "Tiangang Five Elements Formation" in front of him, a hint of excitement also appeared on his face.

This third-grade superior defense formation was what he helped to set up before Feng He went into seclusion, but this formation was not something he had on him, but something Feng He had prepared long ago.

Because there was no help from others, it took the two of them more than half a year to barely set up the formation.

Seeing this formation light up, Song Qingming was also looking forward to seeing how powerful this formation was and whether it could help Feng He deal with the next few thunder tribulations. (End of this chapter)