Qinghe Immortal Clan.

Although this middle-aged man seemed to be speaking for the monks present on the surface, his words still contained some sarcasm towards those who overestimated their own abilities, fully displaying his superiority.

"Hmph! Although my words may sound a bit harsh, Brother Liu, you don't have to pretend to be nice in front of me. Since both you and I are here for this corpse puppet, then just rely on your own abilities!"

"Well, my Lu Lin Sect offers 62,000 spirit stones." The middle-aged man bowed slightly and immediately announced his price to the audience.

"Sixty-three thousand spirit stones!"

".."

As the two men started bidding, two more people around them joined in and began to compete for the item.

However, whether it was the gray-robed old man, the middle-aged cultivator, or the other cultivators who opened their mouths to continue competing for the late Jindan "corpse puppet" on the stage, these people, without exception, were all people representing the Yuanying sect.

The other cultivators who had just participated in the bidding looked at these people bidding to compete for spiritual objects. Although they were still eager to try, they did not dare to bid easily and became spectators like Song Qingming.

Regarding this situation, the "Tian Kui Sect", as the organizer of the auction, did not want to say much except symbolically urging everyone to bid, and allowed these Yuanying sect monks to control the bidding for the last item.

It seemed that this finale "corpse puppet" of the late Jindan stage had nothing to do with Song Qingming and other ordinary Jindan cultivators who came to participate in the conference.

Seeing the strange atmosphere at the scene, Song Qingming did not feel too much in his heart.

Although he was also very interested in the late Jindan "corpse puppet" on the stage, Song Qingming knew very well in his heart that even if there were no people from the Yuanying sects participating in the competition, it would not be an easy task for him to seize this item with only the spirit stones left on him.

After all, among the hundreds of Jindan cultivators present, there are many powerful ones in the late Jindan stage and above, and there are five or six cultivators who have reached the ninth level of Jindan. Song Qingming's hope of winning the competition with them is also very slim.

Seeing that the remaining matters had nothing to do with him, Song Qingming didn't want to stay at the auction any longer, so he said something to Qing Ling beside him, stood up and walked out of the auction room on the second floor.

However, Song Qingming had just reached the stairs when a maid from the "Tian Kui Sect" who was dressed similarly to Qing Ling suddenly came up from behind and called out to him.

"Senior, please wait a moment!"

Song Qingming heard this and turned around to look at the other person. After confirming that she was calling him, he asked in surprise, "Can't we leave early? Do you have anything else to do?"

"Senior, you misunderstood. We can leave the auction at any time. I came to see you because another senior asked me to bring you a letter."

The well-behaved maid from the Tiangui Sect took out a letter with a hint of restriction on it and handed it to Song Qingming.

Seeing this! Song Qingming nodded slightly, took the letter and directly erased the restriction on it. After opening it and glancing at the contents, he stood there thinking for a moment before putting it away calmly.

"Did the fellow Taoist who asked you to deliver the letter say anything else? Has he left here?"

"That senior just left the second floor. He didn't say anything else. He just asked me to help deliver this letter to you." The maid from the "Tian Kui Sect" replied quickly.

Hearing the other party's answer, Song Qingming smiled and waved his hand and said, "Yes! Thank you for your help."

After leaving the "Tian Kui Sect" auction venue, Song Qingming first returned to the inn where he was staying to rest for a while.

After packing up his things, he did not leave the market directly, but went to a restaurant not far from the inn.

Under the guidance of the restaurant waiter, Song Qingming soon arrived at a private room upstairs.

As soon as he opened the door, Song Qingming saw a black-robed monk standing not far away. He smiled and bowed to him, saying, "Fellow Daoist, you really didn't make me wait in vain! I'm Li Xuan, please come in and talk first!"

Seeing this, Song Qingming bowed slightly in return. After entering the private room, Song Qingming asked, "I am Song San. Fellow Daoist Li invited me here to discuss something. I don't know what it is, so please just speak frankly."

This black-robed monk was the one who had competed with Song Qingming for the "Golden Puppet Pill" before.

Just when Song Qingming left the "Tian Kui Sect" auction venue early, this person suddenly asked a maid to deliver a letter to him, wanting to ask Song Qingming to meet to discuss something.

Although it felt a little strange, this was still a market town after all, so Song Qingming didn't have to worry about any adverse events during the date. After thinking about it, he decided to come over and meet the other party.

The black-robed monk standing aside saw that Song Qingming seemed a little anxious, so he did not exchange pleasantries with him and spoke directly:
"Fellow Daoist Song bought a Golden Puppet Pill at the auction today. I think he should use it to cultivate a corpse puppet. I wonder how your corpse puppet is doing now. Can you tell me something first?"

"I have only had this corpse puppet for a short time. It is still at the peak of the first level of the Golden Core. I came here today to buy elixirs to help it break through its cultivation level."

Seeing that the other party asked about the "golden wind" in his body, Song Qingming did not think much about it and answered the other party truthfully.

Although Li Xuan has not yet revealed his purpose, it is not difficult for Song Qingming to guess that he must have asked him to come here today because of the matter related to "corpse puppet". There is no need for Song Qingming to deliberately hide this from the other party.

After hearing Song Qingming's answer, Li Xuan's face lightened up, and he said, "I see that Fellow Daoist Song seems to be very interested in cultivating corpse puppets.

I have a secret method here that can help you quickly improve the cultivation of this corpse puppet in your body. I wonder if you are interested in listening to it."

"Oh! What secret method is that? Please teach me something, Brother Li."

Hearing the other party say that there is a way to speed up the practice of "Golden Wind", Song Qingming was slightly surprised, instantly became interested, and asked the other party to continue.

Ever since he obtained the golden elixir corpse puppet "Golden Wind", when he was still in the early golden elixir stage, "Golden Wind" did help Song Qingming in many battles with others.

However, with the rapid improvement of Song Qingming's cultivation, "Jinfeng", whose cultivation had been stagnant, gradually could not keep up with Song Qingming's strength, which made Song Qingming feel helpless.

After all, in the world of cultivating immortals, some secret methods of cultivating high-level "corpse puppets" are generally only available in large sects such as the "Tian Gui Sect", and are difficult to find outside.

If there was a way to help him quickly improve his "Golden Wind" cultivation, Song Qingming would definitely be very happy about it.

After all, "Jinfeng" has been with him for so many years and has experienced many battles with him. Song Qingming also has some feelings for him. Of course, he doesn't want to discard him casually in the future like a magic weapon or talisman.

Seeing that Song Qingming had shown interest, Li Xuan nodded slightly and continued, "Fellow Daoist Song also knows that corpse puppets cannot rely on their own cultivation to improve their cultivation speed. If you want to help them improve their cultivation, you must refine enough elixirs and spiritual objects.

But even if you are willing to invest so many elixirs in him, under normal circumstances, the speed at which he can refine these spiritual objects will not be too fast.

Under normal circumstances, it would take at least thirty years for a corpse puppet in the early stage of the Golden Core to improve its cultivation level.

However, I know a secret method that can use a kind of spiritual water to cleanse the corpse puppet's body, so that it can speed up its ability to absorb and refine spiritual objects. This can almost shorten the speed of their cultivation by half."

"What kind of spiritual water are you talking about, fellow Daoist, that has such an effect? ​​Can we find it?"

Li Xuan paused for a moment, then continued, "This thing is called Flame Spirit Water, and it can be found in a place not far from here in the Demon Sealing Valley.

However, this Demon Sealing Valley is not an ordinary place. Even for Jindan cultivators like us, it would be quite dangerous if we rashly enter it. In order to increase the probability of success of this trip, I have already asked a few fellow Taoists to go with us. I wonder if Fellow Taoist Song is interested in joining us on the trip.

Don't worry, we are here to cleanse the corpses in our bodies. We have no other purpose in entering the valley. If you are worried, we can sign a soul contract in advance before taking action."

"How could the Demon Sealing Valley be in a place like this?"

When Song Qingming heard Li Xuan mention that the "Flame Spirit Water" could greatly improve the speed of corpse puppet cultivation, his face was full of anticipation.

However, when he uttered the three words "Demon Sealing Valley", Song Qingming, who had been very calm, suddenly changed his expression and frowned.

Song Qingming had heard Bai Yuxian mention the place called "Demon Sealing Valley" before he set out for Weiguo. Bai Yuxian had also warned Song Qingming that the place was somewhat dangerous and told him to stay away from it.

When Bai Yuxian came to the "Donghuang Kingdom" to travel around the immortal world, although he did not come near the "Demon Sealing Valley", he had long heard of its reputation as one of the ten forbidden areas of the "Donghuang Kingdom", so he specifically reminded Song Qingming.

After traveling to the "Eastern Phoenix Country" cultivation world, Song Qingming has heard of the reputation of the "Demon Sealing Valley" from many people over the years, and naturally remembers this place name. In ancient times, because the interface power of this world was relatively weak when it was first opened, many demons from the upper world took the opportunity to enter this world. At that time, in the five continents and four seas of the Huayang Realm, there were powerful demon cultivators and high-level demon beasts from the upper world everywhere.

One hundred thousand years ago, a group of wise monks came to Donghuang Xianzhou. They spent tens of thousands of years slaying demons and clearing a piece of pure land, and then they created the "Donghuang Kingdom", the holy land of the human race in this state, and the world of immortal cultivation.

Among the demon cultivators who came from the lower realm at that time, some were more difficult to deal with. They still carried a lot of true demonic energy from the upper realm. Even if they were killed, it was impossible to completely expel the demonic energy from their bodies.

In order to seal and suppress the true demonic energy and prevent it from spreading out and being used by other demon cultivators to continue to harm the world of immortal cultivation, many senior cultivators in the world of immortal cultivation of the "Donghuang Kingdom" at that time gathered all the corpses of the ancient demons from the upper realm in one place, and then set up an ancient formation to suppress the true demonic energy in their bodies.

This is also the origin of the famous "Demon Sealing Valley".

Since the establishment of the "Demon Sealing Valley", the area within tens of thousands of miles has become desolate and no longer suitable for ordinary mortals to live in due to the influence of the true demonic energy. Therefore, it has also been designated as a forbidden area by the "Donghuang Kingdom" immortal cultivation world, and cultivators and mortals are prohibited from approaching there.

However, with the passage of time, most of the true demonic energy in the "Demon Sealing Valley" has been refined by the ancient formation, and the valley has slowly begun to come alive, giving birth to many precious spiritual objects that are hard to find outside, as well as many powerful high-level monsters.

Therefore, many high-level monks began to bravely enter the valley to search for treasures and spiritual objects.

However, after these people went in, some found precious spiritual objects and returned home with a lot of them, while many disappeared and no one knew where they fell. There were also some unlucky people who accidentally touched the seal of the ancient monks and were contaminated by the leaked demonic energy and fell into the path of evil.

Not only the righteous cultivators, but also those evil cultivators hiding everywhere in the world of immortal cultivation, also many of them came into the "Demon Sealing Valley" after hearing the news, hoping to search for the true demon energy from the upper realm here to enhance their own strength.

Therefore, the "Demon Sealing Valley" today has long become a famous dangerous place in the immortal cultivation world of the "East Phoenix Country". Although there are indeed many precious spiritual objects hidden in it, usually few cultivators dare to approach and step into it.

Seeing that Song Qingming's face had changed when he heard the word "Demon Sealing Valley", Li Xuan had expected this and quickly explained:

“Since Fellow Daoist Song also knows about the Demon Sealing Valley, I won’t need to explain it in detail. After all, it is not a peaceful place. If I say that there is no danger at all, you will definitely not believe it even if I dare to say it.

But please rest assured, Fellow Daoist Song, this time we are only going to the outer area of ​​the Demon Sealing Valley and will not go deep into the core area of ​​the valley. Moreover, including you, there are four Jindan cultivators traveling together, so the probability of success of this trip is still very high.

Since you are a successful Jindan cultivator, you should also know how difficult it is for us to practice. If you want to find opportunities in the world of immortal cultivation and cannot bear any risks, I am afraid that is impossible. Please consider this carefully."

After hearing Li Xuan's words, Song Qingming was silent for a moment, then he asked, "Excuse me, fellow Taoist, besides you and me, how are the cultivation levels of the other fellow Taoists?"

"There is another Daoist Cui who has the same cultivation level as you, and another Daoist Liang who is a cultivator at the third level of the Golden Core Stage. These two Daoists, like you and me, have corpse puppets of the Golden Core Stage on their bodies. Compared to ordinary cultivators of the same level, their strength is three times stronger."

"Fellow Daoist Li, this matter is a bit hasty. Please allow me to think about it. How about your reply in a few days?"

Li Xuan nodded slightly, waved his hand and smiled, "Of course, I have agreed with several other Taoist friends to set off in a month. If you have made up your mind, you can come to the other party's inn to find me at any time.

If you don't want to go, please keep this a secret and don't mention it to others. I would like to thank you in advance. " After saying this, Li Xuan bowed to Song Qingming again.

"Don't worry, Fellow Daoist Li. I am definitely not a talkative person. I understand that!"
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A month later, on a small hill dozens of miles away from Tiankuifang.

Song Qingming and Li Xuan were each sitting on a stone, closing their eyes and meditating patiently when two rays of light suddenly flew in from the horizon and landed directly beside them, transforming into a middle-aged man and an old man in a white robe.

Seeing the two figures, Li Xuan, who was sitting beside them, immediately smiled and stepped forward to greet them, and introduced Song Qingming who was walking over, "Fellow Daoist Song, these two are the two Daoists Cui Ping and Liang Daosheng who are traveling with us!"

"My name is Song San, nice to meet you two fellow Taoists!" Upon seeing this, Song Qingming immediately bowed to the two of them and introduced himself.

A month ago, after Song Qingming was invited by Li Xuan to go to the "Demon Sealing Valley", he went back and thought about it, and finally decided to agree to the other party and venture in with them to find the "Flame Spirit Water" that could cleanse the corpse puppets.

Song Qingming now has no shortage of spiritual stones to cultivate "Golden Wind", but he has not been able to quickly improve his cultivation over the years because the speed of refining spiritual objects is too slow.

When he learned from Li Xuan about the method to change and refine the "Golden Wind" physique, he was very excited. However, the "Demon Sealing Valley" the other party mentioned was indeed not a good place, which made Song Qingming hesitate for a long time.

But what Li Xuan said was right. The path of cultivation is one where opportunities and risks coexist. If you want to get what you want, sometimes you need to take some risks.

Song Qingming has been practicing Taoism for so many years, and although he rarely takes the initiative to put himself in danger, if he encounters an opportunity worth taking a risk, he will not back down easily.

The other two people invited by Li Xuan were also cultivators who came from the casual cultivation background. Among them was the middle-aged man named Liang Daosheng who was at the third level of the Golden Core Realm. Song Qingming had met him once before.

Liang Daosheng was the cultivator who had recently bought the first golden elixir corpse puppet from the "Tian Kui Sect" for more than 40,000 spirit stones at the "Tian Kui Sect" auction.

Not only that, before Liang Daosheng bought the golden elixir "corpse puppet", he had already frequently made moves to win several valuable high-level spiritual objects. His generosity was far beyond that of ordinary casual cultivators, and also left a deep impression on Song Qingming.

The other long-bearded old man named Cuiping was a well-known old-fashioned Jindan cultivator in the vicinity. His cultivation level was the same as Song Qingming's, also at the fifth level of Jindan.

However, although the old man's cultivation is average, he is obviously a very shrewd person. Song Qingming has been practicing Taoism for so many years, and he has never dared to underestimate these veteran cultivators who are experienced in fighting.

Compared with these two people, Li Xuan, the fourth-level Jindan cultivator who took the initiative to invite him to participate in the operation, gave Song Qingming a slightly more mysterious feeling. Without guessing, Song Qingming knew that the other party's name should be a pseudonym like his own.

Even the expression on his face, Song Qingming always felt that there was something wrong since the first time he saw him. He probably used some special disguise method to change it.

However, in the world of immortal cultivation, many cultivators will deliberately conceal their original identities for the sake of convenience when traveling outside, which is not a strange thing.

Including Song Qingming's dealings with them this time, he also did not use his real name. Everyone was used to this kind of thing, and unless it was necessary, they would not deliberately expose each other.

The three people present, including Song Qingming, were actually invited by Li Xuan separately. Although they had met each other before, they were not familiar with each other.

The group of four got to know each other on the spot and exchanged a few words. Then, under Li Xuan's arrangement, they boarded the flying boat he had brought out and left the spot and headed straight north.

"Demon Sealing Valley" is located in a large canyon in the north of Qingzhou.

The entire canyon is surrounded by an area of ​​20,000 to 30,000 miles, which is twice the size of the entire Wei State, and is completely uninhabited. This is absolutely worthy of its reputation as one of the ten forbidden areas in the immortal cultivation world of "Donghuang State".

As a golden light flew over and stopped in mid-air, several figures appeared. After flying north for about half a month, Song Qingming and his three companions finally arrived at the edge of the "Demon Sealing Valley".

"My fellow Taoists, to prevent any danger, we can no longer use the flying boat to travel directly from now on."

After Li Xuan finished speaking, he put away the flying boat under his feet, then took out a talisman and stuck it on himself. Then his entire figure disappeared in mid-air.

After hiding his figure, Li Xuan said hello to everyone, then took the lead and flew directly into the valley.

Seeing this, Liang Daosheng on the side immediately took out a red cloak and put it on himself. After he quickly cast a spell, his figure immediately turned into an invisible breeze and quickly followed.

Song Qingming and Cui Ping also took out a magical tool to conceal their bodies, and followed closely behind.

Unlike other places around them that they had walked through, this "Demon Sealing Valley" was filled with high mountains, clear waters, singing birds and fragrant flowers. It was completely devoid of the dangerous appearance that its name suggested.

Although the scenery below was lush and seemed like a rare paradise on earth, everyone knew very well that this seemingly peaceful surrounding could be hiding dangers that they could hardly imagine.

Unable to use the flying boat, and having to conceal their bodies, their flying speed had dropped by more than half compared to before.

However, for people like Song Qingming who come here to hunt for treasure, as long as they can achieve their goal safely, it doesn't matter even if they are slower.

Except for Li Xuan, the other three were entering the "Demon Sealing Valley" for the first time, so everyone followed him closely along the way and no one spoke up to offer any opinions.

After flying in the "Demon Sealing Valley" for another three days, Li Xuan finally brought everyone to the foot of a high mountain with a waterfall hundreds of meters high.

"Friend Li, is the place you are talking about right here?"

Seeing that Li Xuan, who was leading the way, suddenly stopped, Liang Daosheng, who was following behind him, quickly asked. (End of this chapter)