Qinghe Immortal Clan.

Hearing Li Mengchen's reminder, Song Qingming also knew the other party's good intentions. He immediately bowed to thank the other party before getting up and saying goodbye.

Although he spent a lot of spirit stones in the "Tianji Pavilion", he finally got what he wanted.

After leaving "Fengyuan City", Song Qingming immediately stopped on an uninhabited hill nearby, took out the scroll he had just obtained, opened it and began to read it carefully.

After his eyes swept across the seven locations above the scroll one by one, the specific locations of these places slowly emerged in Song Qingming's mind.

Except for one place that is not within the "Immortal Cultivation World" of Donghuang Country, although the other six are located far apart, ten years is enough for Song Qingming to visit all these places.

Standing on the hillside, Song Qingming thought for a long time before deciding on the first place to start. He put away the scroll in his hand, turned into a beam of light and disappeared on the spot.

Three years later, on a fairy-like mountain in Qingzhou, west of the "Donghuang Kingdom".

A young Taoist priest of about fifteen or sixteen years old, holding a book on Qi Refining techniques in his hand, came to a courtyard at the foot of the mountain with a cautious look on his face.

"Ouch!"

As soon as he opened the door, the little Taoist priest bumped head-on into a white ban, was bounced back and fell to the ground, letting out a scream.

"Haha! It's you who's here. Why didn't you knock on the door first?"

Before the young Taoist priest could get up, a man in green appeared beside him and said something to him with a smile.

"Senior Song, I am honored to meet you!" Upon seeing the newcomer, the young Taoist priest quickly stood up and bowed respectfully.
Song Qingming nodded slightly and asked, "Your master asked you to come here, right? What's the matter?"

"Master asked me to tell you that the Tiangui Sect Conference will be held on the first day of next month."

After the young Taoist priest finished explaining his purpose, he placed the martial arts technique he had been holding in front of Song Qingming and continued, "And I have already memorized the martial arts technique you lent me. Please take it back!"

Seeing this, Song Qingming waved his hand and said, "No need. This thing is of no use to me, so I'll just give it to you. You can also take this as a thank you for helping me lead the way in the mountains last month."

When the little Taoist saw Song Qingming take out a very exquisite storage bag, his eyes lit up instantly. He looked at the storage bag in Song Qingming's hand with surprise, but did not dare to reach out to take it, as if he still could not believe it was real.

Being from a small and declining sect, and with his cultivation level only at the third level of Qi Refining, he was not eligible to obtain such a precious spiritual object as a storage bag from the sect.

Every time he saw other brothers using storage bags, his eyes were always filled with envy. Now that he saw an exquisite storage bag right in front of him, how could he not be excited.

"I'm leaving here today. Thank you for taking care of me over the past few months. Keep the things. Remember to thank me and your master when you return!"

After Song Qingming finished speaking, he took the initiative to put the storage bag in his hand into the little Taoist priest's hand, then turned and walked into the courtyard.

After a while, a white light flew out from the courtyard and quickly disappeared from the eyes of the young Taoist priest who had just left not far from here.

Standing on the "Phantom Boat", Song Qingming looked back at the mountain behind him and couldn't help but sigh. This was the fourth place called "Yuxuan Mountain" he had found, but the result still left him clueless.

During these three years, Song Qingming has traveled across the four continents of the "Donghuang Kingdom", searching for several places on the scroll he carried with him.

It’s a pity that although the place we found is called “Yuxuan Mountain”, there is no information related to “Taixu Palace” on it.

The place where Song Qingming just left was already the fourth position on the scroll.

Although there was a declining foundation-building sect on the "Yuxuan Mountain", Song Qingming had been wandering around the mountain for more than a month but still could not find the place he was looking for, so he could only leave with a little disappointment.

After leaving "Yuxuan Mountain" where he had stayed for almost two months, Song Qingming flew south for half a day and came to a tall market town called "Tiankuifang".

Seeing that there were already many cultivators queuing up at the entrance of the market town to enter the city, Song Qingming ignored them and walked around the queue, striding towards the city gate.

The low-level cultivators who were queuing looked at Song Qingming with some surprise when they saw someone breaking the rules and trying to cut in line to enter the market.

However, when they felt an unfathomable pressure coming from Song Qingming, these people immediately put away their curious looks and replaced them with a respectful look.

"Another Jindan senior has come. He must be here to attend the Tiangui Sect Conference!"

"I didn't expect to see two Jindan seniors just after arriving here today. It seems that this conference should be more attractive than the last one!"

"Haha! Fellow Daoist, you may not know this, but I have heard about it a long time ago. The Tiangui Sect has even prepared several level 3 corpse puppets for this conference. These are spiritual objects that even Jindan cultivators are attracted to. This time will definitely be more lively than the last time!"

"Oh! I see. It looks like the Tiangui Sect has really invested a lot of money this time!"

".."

Song Qingming ignored the gazes of the people around him and went straight to the entrance of the city gate!

Seeing that the person who came was a Jindan cultivator, the foundation-building cultivator of the "Tiangui Sect" who was guarding the door hurriedly bowed to Song Qingming.

"Excuse me, Senior, are you here to attend our sect's five-day conference?"

"That's right! I just passed by here. I heard that your sect was holding a conference, so I came here to take a look. Are there any requirements for participating in this conference?" Song Qingming nodded slightly in response to the other party.

Upon hearing this, the foundation-building cultivator from the Tiangui Sect immediately shook his head and said, "Our sect's congress does not prohibit outsiders from participating. Senior, you only need to bring this item with you, and you can directly enter the auction."

After the man finished speaking, he respectfully handed Song Qingming a gold medal representing his identity, and immediately ordered his men to make way for Song Qingming and send him into the market.

Seeing that he walked in so easily, Song Qingming's face was slightly surprised.

"It seems that this 'Tiangui Sect' is really as they said. It does not exclude foreign cultivators and does not have so many rules. It is really convenient."

After thinking to himself, Song Qingming walked into the market with a happy look on his face, and soon found an inn to stay in temporarily.

Although most of the orthodox sects in the world of immortal cultivation are rather averse to the art of refining corpse puppets, there are still a few sects that specialize in studying this art.

The "Tiangui Sect" is a Nascent Soul Sect famous for refining various corpse puppets. Although their strength is not very strong in the "Donghuang Country" immortal cultivation world, it is not ranked among the top ten Nascent Soul Sects.

But when it comes to the skill of refining corpse puppets, the "Tiangui Sect" is one of the best sects in this area of ​​immortal cultivation and even in the entire Donghuang Immortal State, and its foundation is not to be underestimated.

Two months ago, after Song Qingming came to the not-so-distant "Yuxuan Mountain", he learned from a cultivator from a foundation-building sect on the mountain that the "Tiangui Sect" was about to hold an auction nearby.

After hearing about this, Song Qingming also became interested in the conference held by the "Tian Kui Sect", so he stayed there for a while. It was not until today when he learned the specific time of the conference that he came here alone.

After living in "Tian Kui Fang" for a few days, the market place gradually became lively, and the streets were crowded with monks coming from all directions.

Some of these people are small vassal sects and family forces near the "Tian Kui Sect". There are also many out-of-town independent cultivators who, like Song Qingming, rushed over to join in the fun after hearing the news. Some are disciples from nearby Nascent Soul Sects who are on good terms with the "Tian Kui Sect".

After traveling in the immortal cultivation world of "Donghuang Country" for so many years, Song Qingming has participated in many such trading conferences, but the scale of the trading conferences he participated in before was relatively small.

This was Song Qingming’s first time to truly participate in a large-scale trade fair held by a Nascent Soul Sect like the Tian Kui Sect.

Similar to the large-scale trade fair in the Floating Cloud Mountains, the trade fair held by the "Tian Kui Sect" also separated the time and place for the trading of spiritual objects needed by high-level cultivators and low-level cultivators.

A few days before the trade fair, most of the spiritual objects taken out were relatively low-level ones, level one or two. There were very few spiritual objects above level three, and there was no need for auction bidding. As long as you had enough spirit stones, you could basically buy them.

On the fourth day, the auction venue in the middle of the market town officially began bidding on those high-level spiritual objects. Those cultivators with cultivation levels above the foundation building stage in the market town also quickly gathered here.

As a Jindan cultivator, Song Qingming had just entered the venue when he was immediately arranged by the cultivators of the "Tian Kui Sect" to the VIP area on the second floor of the auction, which only Jindan cultivators were qualified to enter.

The Tiangui Sect was quite generous to these high-level monks who came to participate in the auction. Not only did they arrange a maid to serve in a separate private room, but they also thoughtfully prepared some spiritual tea and spiritual fruits. After Song Qingming sat down, the maid next to him immediately took the initiative to come forward and briefly introduce the rules of the auction to him, as well as some spiritual objects that might appear next.

After patiently listening to the other party for a while, Song Qingming picked up the two low-level spiritual fruits on the table and handed them to her, and asked softly:
"You just said that there will be a Jindan-level corpse puppet appearing at this auction. Do you know about the other spiritual creatures that will appear?"

Seeing the spiritual fruit in Song Qingming's hand, the maid, whose cultivation level was only at the Qi Refining stage, although a hint of surprise inadvertently flashed in her eyes, still resisted the temptation in her heart and waved her hand to Song Qingming to decline his kindness.

"Senior! These spiritual objects are provided by the sect for distinguished guests like you. People like us are not qualified to enjoy them. If the elders of the sect knew about it, Qing Ling would probably have a hard time explaining it.

If you have any questions, please tell me directly. Qing Ling will definitely not dare to lie to you if she knows something!"

"Haha! This spiritual fruit is of no use to me. It can only satisfy my appetite. Don't be nervous. I will definitely not mention this to anyone else when I go out. Just be careful!"

The low-level spiritual fruit in Song Qingming's hand is indeed of little use to a Jindan cultivator like him, but it is different for a low-level cultivator in the Qi Refining stage like Qingling.

Even if you don't refine it and take it yourself, you can exchange it for some spirit stones to speed up your own cultivation.

"Then thank you very much, senior!" After hesitating for a long time, seeing that Song Qingming looked serious and did not seem to be teasing her, Qingling happily accepted the spiritual fruit handed to her by him and carefully put it into her storage bag.

"In the auction held by your sect this time, besides what you just mentioned, are there any spiritual objects that can improve the cultivation of these corpse puppets?"

Hearing Song Qingming's question, Qing Ling immediately nodded and replied: "Don't worry, senior, this will definitely happen. Our Tiangui Sect is the sect that is most proficient in the art of refining corpse puppets in the entire Donghuang Xianzhou. In terms of cultivating corpse puppets, we naturally have many unique methods.

No matter what level of corpse puppet you want to cultivate, we can find the corresponding spiritual objects here. Don't worry, I will remind you later."

"Well! Thank you for your help then."

Unlike puppet beasts, corpse puppets can continue to improve their cultivation after being successfully refined, but because they have lost their spiritual intelligence, they have lost the ability to practice independently.

Therefore, they can only rely on external forces or elixirs and spiritual objects to continue to improve the cultivation of the refined corpse puppets. This is much more difficult than for cultivators who can practice normally.

Ever since he refined the "Golden Wind" that year, Song Qingming has become wealthier in recent years, and he is occasionally fed some elixirs and spiritual objects, but his cultivation level is increasing too slowly, and he is still only at the peak of the first level of the Golden Core.

This time, Song Qingming came to the "Tian Kui Sect" auction, not only wanted to see if he could buy some spiritual objects that were useful to him.

He also wanted to try his luck at the auction and see if he could find a way in such a place to help "Jinfeng" break through his own cultivation and increase his strength.

After all, this guy has been following him for so many years and has put in a lot of effort. Being able to help him improve his cultivation would naturally be a very beneficial thing for Song Qingming.

This time, Song Qingming came out, in addition to looking for follow-up clues to the "Yuxuan Sutra" technique, he also wanted to travel and was not in a hurry. He naturally did not want to miss this rare large-scale trade fair.

As the two were talking, the auction venue below was slowly filling up with people. Even the private rooms on the second floor that were prepared for Jindan cultivators were mostly occupied by cultivators.

Song Qingming took a quick glance and found that there were probably nearly a hundred Jindan cultivators who had just come to participate in the auction. The excitement was no less than the "Star Conference" held by the Wu Kingdom's Star Sect when he participated in it.

The time for the auction has arrived. A ruddy-faced old man in the late Jindan stage came directly to the stage and said a few words of welcome in front of everyone. Then he announced the official start of the first auction.

As a powerful Nascent Soul sect, the Tiangui Sect had naturally been preparing for a long time to hold this auction which was only held once every few decades.

The first spiritual item taken out for auction was a third-grade lower-grade alchemy furnace of good quality, which instantly ignited the atmosphere of the entire auction site.

This kind of high-level alchemy furnace has always been the favorite treasure of alchemists. It can not only be used for daily alchemy, but also can be used as a magic weapon for sacrifice. Its value is far beyond the comparison of ordinary magic weapons of the same level.

The auctioneer from the "Tian Kui Sect" had just finished introducing the treasure in his hands and announced the start of bidding, when the price of this alchemy furnace immediately soared from eight thousand spirit stones to more than twenty thousand.

Finally, after a fight among more than a dozen cultivators at the scene, the item was successfully won by a white-clothed man at the sixth level of the Golden Core for a high price of 26,000 spirit stones.

Taking advantage of the enthusiasm generated by the first item, the "Tian Kui Sect" immediately took out two third-level talismans that they had prepared long ago, continuing to boost the atmosphere of the auction venue.

However, looking at the extremely heated scene, Song Qingming, who was sitting in the private room, just looked around calmly and did not speak up to participate in the bidding.

Although the spiritual objects brought out by the "Tian Kui Sect" are indeed high-level spiritual objects that are difficult to find outside, for Song Qingming now, they are not something he urgently needs, so he does not have much interest in competing with others for them.

This continued until the end of the first day of the auction. Apart from buying a bottle of level three elixir required for cultivation, Song Qingming did not obtain any other spiritual objects.

When the auction started the next day, the "Tian Kui Sect" finally took out the sect's unique spiritual creature, the "Corpse Puppet", which reignited the passion of the monks participating in the auction.

“My fellow Taoists have come from far away, and I believe that many of you have come here for the unique skills of our Tiangui Sect. So, don’t miss out on these second-level corpse puppets.

These corpse puppets are all made from the corpses of the evil cultivators or bandits killed by our sect. We can guarantee the origin of each one of them, and they will definitely not cause you any trouble.

But let me make it clear in advance, our sect only guarantees that there is no problem with the origin of this corpse puppet. If you encounter those self-proclaimed righteous and unreasonable people who use this to embarrass you after you obtain the corpse puppet, we will not be responsible for this. I hope everyone will think carefully before taking action. "

In the world of cultivating immortals, there are some disciples of righteous sects with more extreme personalities. They despise cultivators who use the corpses of the dead to refine "corpse puppets". Once they encounter such a situation, many of them will start fighting if they disagree with them.

This situation is okay in the Floating Cloud Mountain Immortal Cultivation World, a small place with relatively scarce resources. However, in a large Immortal Cultivation World like the "Donghuang Kingdom" where there are many large sects and the flow of cultivators is relatively frequent, it is easy to encounter such people if you are unlucky.

Because Bai Yuxian had reminded Song Qingming of this before he set out that year, and when he traveled in the immortal cultivation world of "Donghuang Country" over the years, he also did not dare to easily reveal his identity as "Jinfeng" in front of others.

Although the "Tiangui Sect" has reminded everyone of this matter in person, there are still many cultivators present who came specifically for the "corpse puppet" on the stage, and naturally do not care about this matter in their hearts.

As the monk from the Tiangui Sect who hosted the auction announced the start of the bidding, the foundation-building monks below were instantly ignited, and bids came to the stage one after another.

Seeing that the auction masters were already standing in a row, each of them a "corpse puppet" with a cultivation level no less than that of the Foundation Establishment Stage, a hint of interest emerged in Song Qingming's eyes.

Seeing this, Qing Ling, who was waiting on the side, immediately took the initiative to introduce to Song Qingming some of the special features of the corpse puppets refined by the "Tian Gui Sect".

The "Tian Kui Sect" is a Nascent Soul sect that has been passed down for nearly ten thousand years. It has many secret methods of refining and cultivating corpse puppets. They can use some low-level monster spirits or ghost cultivators' spirits to refine a large number of low-level corpse puppets.

Then, using some special secret methods of the sect, these corpse puppets are slowly cultivated to a high level step by step, providing the sect with a steady supply of high-level corpse puppets.

After a "corpse puppet" recognizes its master, it cannot be traded or transferred to other cultivators like a puppet. However, the "Tiangui Sect" has its own unique secret method, which can cultivate a "corpse puppet" to the foundation-building or even golden elixir realm without it recognizing its master.

Therefore, they can treat these things as ordinary spiritual objects and put them up for auction at the auction site. The sale of these corpse puppets can also bring a lot of income to the "Tian Kui Sect", the Nascent Soul Sect, every year.

A "corpse puppet" in the foundation-building stage, if used properly, can be as powerful as an ordinary cultivator of the same level, and is much more powerful than a puppet beast of the same level.

An ordinary cultivator in the early stage of foundation building can increase his combat power by at least 30% by bringing a "corpse puppet" of the same level to help him. Sometimes he can even use it to compete with a cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building. How can this not make the cultivators who come here excited?

Soon, the first "corpse puppet" in the early stage of foundation building was auctioned in front of Song Qingming for a price of six thousand spirit stones.

Although he was mentally prepared and knew that the price of these "corpse puppets" would definitely not be cheap, Song Qingming was still a little surprised after seeing such a high price with his own eyes.

After thinking about it, he still felt that it was not worth it, and slowly gave up the idea of ​​buying one or two foundation-building "corpse puppets".

After all, things like "corpse puppets" can only improve personal strength. They are more suitable for those independent cultivators who are eager to improve their fighting skills. They are far less helpful to the family than puppet beasts.

Instead of spending more than 7,000 spirit stones to buy a "corpse puppet" in the foundation-building period, it would be better to add some more spirit stones and directly exchange them for a foundation-building pill. Maybe you can even cultivate another foundation-building cultivator for the family.

Not only Song Qingming, but almost all the Jindan cultivators sitting on the second floor looked down upon these "corpse puppets" whose cultivation level was only at the Foundation Establishment stage. Few of them made offers, and almost all those who participated in the competition for these items were the Foundation Establishment stage cultivators in the audience.

Song Qingming also knew that the Jindan cultivators sitting upstairs were mostly here because of the news released by the Tiangui Sect about the Jindan-stage "corpse puppets". (End of this chapter)