Qinghe Immortal Clan.

Seeing that Song Qingming was anxious to leave, Li Xuan also echoed: "Fellow Daoists, this secret method and spiritual objects have been handed over to you. If there is no problem, let's leave here early!
I just checked, it will take at least a hundred years for another bottle of Flame Spirit Water to be produced. We won't get anything if we stay here."

"Well! Since Fellow Daoist Song is so anxious, let's listen to him and leave here first. I'm just asking out of curiosity. I hope Fellow Daoist Li doesn't mind!" Liang Daosheng smiled and nodded slightly when he heard this, and bowed to agree with Li Xuan's opinion.

Cui Ping, who was standing aside, was still staring at the bamboo slips in his hand with some reluctance to let go. The old man spoke very little along the way. When he saw that Song Qingming and the other two had agreed to leave first, he immediately smiled and agreed.

After the four of them finished talking, they quickly left the cave and came to the outside of the waterfall.

Just as everyone was hiding their bodies again and preparing to fly away in the direction they were heading, Song Qingming, who was in the middle of the team, suddenly felt something was wrong with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the air ahead, and hurriedly shouted to Liang Daosheng who had already flown more than ten feet away.

"My fellow Taoists, wait a minute!"

"Fellow Daoist Song! Is there anything else?"

Seeing Song Qingming, who was in a hurry to leave just now, suddenly stopped after coming out of the waterfall, Li Xuan, Cui Ping and Liang Daosheng, who were walking in front of him, all showed a look of confusion on their faces.

Song Qingming, who had a serious look on his face at this time, did not answer their questions immediately. Instead, he glanced at the empty air not far away, cast a spell with one hand to gather a huge fireball one foot high, and threw it quickly in front of the crowd.

After the fireball flew to a place several dozen feet in front of Liang Daosheng, it seemed to have hit several sharp blades and was quickly cut into several flame fragments.

Seeing this scene, Li Xuan, Cui Ping and the other two realized that someone had set up a large formation ahead of them. Their faces changed immediately, and they took out their magic weapons and looked ahead with a serious look.

"Which Taoist friend are you? Why did you set a trap here to stop us?"

As Li Xuan finished speaking, a burst of laughter suddenly came from the air in front of the crowd, and then four figures in different clothes suddenly appeared in front of everyone out of thin air.

"Haha! I didn't expect there to be a high-level formation master among you. This really made me miscalculate!"

Although the four people who appeared were also Jindan cultivators, their overall cultivation was much higher than that of Song Qingming and his team. The lowest one was at the fifth level of Jindan, and the leader was a Jindan ninth level cultivator whose cultivation had reached the peak of Jindan.

"It's you! Duan Longshan, fellow Taoists from the Tiangui Sect, we are only here to hunt monsters and treasures, and we have never offended you. Why do you want to set a trap to harm us?

Your Tiangui Sect is a famous and upright sect in Qingzhou after all. Could it be that you also want to follow the path of banditry today and kill people and steal treasures in broad daylight? "

As soon as they saw the figures of these four people, Cui Ping, one of the people on Song Qingming's side, immediately recognized the identity of one of them and questioned the other person directly in front of everyone.

Upon hearing that the other party was a cultivator from the "Tian Kui Sect", a hint of doubt immediately appeared on Song Qingming's face, and he couldn't help but glance at Li Xuan who was nearby.

All of them came here to refine the golden elixir "corpse puppet" in their bodies, but they happened to run into a cultivator from the "Tiangui Sect" who was studying this. It shouldn't be such a coincidence.

The "Demon Sealing Valley" is a dangerous forbidden area, and it is tens of thousands of miles away from the "Tian Kui Sect" territory. The other party just happened to appear here at this time to ambush them, and it was obvious that they had been prepared to target them.

However, when Song Qingming looked at Li Xuan, the other party also gave him a suspicious look, and kept a distance from Song Qingming with some vigilance.

As soon as Cui Ping finished speaking, a middle-aged man with a short beard from the four people from the "Tiangui Sect" opposite him looked at Song Qingming and the other three with a smirk on his face, and said with a mocking smile:
"Master Cui, you are really going backwards as you grow older. There are so many self-proclaimed noble and upright sects in this world of immortal cultivation. When it comes to killing people and stealing treasures, it has never been the strong who have the final say."

Listen carefully, if you cooperate and hand over the Flame Spirit Water and the formula, we may consider letting you live. Otherwise, don't blame us for not giving you a chance!"

"How did you know we had Flame Spirit Water?"

Seeing that Duan Longshan came straight to the point and directly pointed out the purpose of Song Qingming and others' trip, it was tantamount to confirming that there was a traitor among them who tipped off the other party. Song Qingming and Li Xuan couldn't help but glance at the few people again.

"But who could this traitor be?"

Combining what Duan Longshan had just said, Song Qingming quickly searched his mind for the various anomalies they had encountered along the way, and gradually locked his eyes on Liang Daosheng who was standing in front of them.

"Fellow Daoist Liang, I was wondering why you have been deliberately asking Fellow Daoist Li about the Flame Spirit Water. It turns out that you have been in league with the Tiangui Sect for a long time. You have done this to harm us today. Aren't you afraid that the people from the Tiangui Sect will kill you to silence you?"

Since Duan Longshan and his men came for the "Flame Spirit Water" and the secret recipe for refining "Corpse Puppet", first of all, Li Xuan should not be a traitor.

Otherwise, he had the secret method in his hands and knew the specific location of the "Flame Spirit Water". He could have just handed it over to the "Tian Kui Sect". There was no reason to trick Song Qingming and others here to perform this drama.

Just now, Cui Ping immediately pointed out the identities of Duan Longshan and his group of cultivators from the "Tian Kui Sect". It was obvious that he was definitely unaware of this, otherwise he would not have reacted like this.

Among the few people, only Liang Daosheng pretended to be curious and asked about the "Yanling Water" in various ways along the way, which seemed a little strange.

Moreover, when the few people came out of the waterfall just now, Liang Daosheng, who always liked to walk at the end of the team, suddenly took the initiative to run in front of everyone, as if he wanted to lead Song Qingming and others into the trap that Duan Longshan and others had already set up.

"Liang Daosheng, we all signed a soul contract before we set out. You betrayed us and colluded with the Tiangui Sect. What exactly do you want to do?"

Seeing Song Qingming speak directly and direct his criticism at Liang Daosheng who had been silent in front, Li Xuan and Cui Ping also reacted quickly. They noticed something wrong with the opponent along the way, and while looking at him with suspicion, they also kept a certain distance from him.

Liang Daosheng, who was standing in front of the few people, saw that his identity had been exposed, and he did not want to hide it any longer. He nodded and generously admitted that he was in collusion with Duan Longshan and others.

"Haha! Since I have signed a soul contract with you all, I will naturally not attack you. You can rest assured about this, fellow Taoists.

But if you want to say it is collusion, then it can't be considered. The reason why I told Brother Duan about this matter is just for the sake of my own sect."

"What do you mean by our own sect? Have you secretly defected to the Tiankui Sect a long time ago?" After hearing Liang Daosheng's answer, Song Qingming and others present all looked puzzled.

“Master Cui, you may not have thought that Junior Brother Liang had already joined our sect 20 years ago and became a guest elder of our Tiangui Sect. However, this matter has always been kept secret from the outside world, and you outsiders are unaware of it.

This time Junior Brother Liang came back to participate in the auction, which was specially arranged by the sect leader. However, he did not expect that Junior Brother Liang would meet this Daoist Fellow Li and be invited to come to the Demon Sealing Valley to find spiritual water to wash and refine the corpse puppets!

This is all a matter of chance. You can't blame others, fellow Taoists. You can only blame your own bad luck. It happened on your own initiative.

Then my Tiangui Sect can only accept these Flame Spirit Water and the secret method of refining corpse puppets with a smile, ah. Hahaha."

As soon as Duan Longshan finished speaking, several "Tian Kui Sect" cultivators standing around him immediately followed suit and laughed loudly at Song Qingming and the others, not taking them seriously at all.

After hearing Duan Longshan's explanation, Song Qingming and his friends finally understood what had happened.

Liang Daosheng had always been a casual cultivator in front of others. Even Cui Ping, a veteran casual cultivator who had been hanging around Qingzhou for many years, could not have imagined that he had already secretly defected to the "Tian Kui Sect", not to mention Li Xuan and Song Qingming who had not been here for long.

The reason why Li Xuan invited Liang Daosheng was because he saw him, as a casual cultivator, obtain a golden elixir "corpse puppet" at the "Tiangui Sect" auction not long ago.

But he never expected that Liang Daosheng's generosity at the auction was actually secretly arranged in advance by the "Tian Kui Sect", which accidentally invited the other party to come, putting everyone in danger.

The other side has a powerful Jindan peak-level cultivator Duan Tianlong, and the other three are Jindan middle-level cultivators who have reached the fifth or sixth Jindan level.

Even though Liang Daosheng could not attack Song Qingming and the other two because of the soul contract, there was still a huge gap in strength between the two sides.

Fortunately, Song Qingming was quite alert and discovered the formation set by the other party in advance, so that everyone did not fall into the trap as soon as they came out. Otherwise, Song Qingming and the other two would have been fish on the other side's chopping board.

The reason why he was able to discover the trap set by the other party in advance was because in order to practice the second level of "Tongtian Wanling Jue" in recent years, Song Qingming often needed to absorb the five elements of heaven and earth spiritual energy from outside. His own sensitivity to the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was much more acute than that of ordinary cultivators of the same level.

In addition, he happened to be a third-level formation master. Before, Song Qingming had only slightly sensed that there was something wrong with the spiritual energy of the heaven and earth ahead, and he immediately determined that someone had set up a formation there.

"Everyone! What have you thought about? Do you plan to hand over the Flame Spirit Water and the secret recipe yourself, or do you want us to take them ourselves?

You only have one chance, don't make the wrong calculation! " Seeing that Song Qingming and the other two had fallen into silence, Duan Longshan tempted them again.

"My two Taoist friends, don't listen to their instigation. Since so many of them have come today, they have no intention of letting us leave. We will certainly die if we kneel down and beg for surrender. It is better to fight with them and perhaps we can win a chance of survival."

Hearing the other party's temptation, Li Xuan's face darkened and he decisively chose to refuse. He waved his hand and summoned his golden elixir "corpse puppet" and his life magic weapon, as if he had already determined to fight the other party to the end. However, Li Xuan had just made a choice, and the old Taoist Cuiping beside him looked a little ugly in the face of this situation.

Judging from the strength on paper, the four opponents are all strong. For Song Qingming and the other two, the hope of defeating their opponents is indeed not high if they choose to fight hard.

After some thought, Cui Ping decided to throw the two spiritual objects he had just obtained directly to Duan Longshan who was not far away.

"Fellow Daoist Duan, I can give you this secret recipe and the spiritual water. I promise that after I leave here, I will never mention what happened today to anyone else. I hope you can keep your promise and let me go."

Seeing that Cui Ping had surrendered and handed over the spiritual objects, Duan Longshan glanced at the two things he had obtained, and his face, which had just looked a little ugly, instantly lit up with joy.

"Okay! Don't worry, fellow Daoist Cui. You just wait here for a moment. We will deal with the issues of these two Daoists and then sign a soul contract with you. Then we will naturally let you go."

"Well, then let's do as Daoist Fellow Duan said. I'll wait for you guys on the side. Daoist Fellow, don't worry, I won't get involved in your affairs. I just hope you can leave in peace!"

After Cui Ping finished speaking, he really did as Duan Longshan said. He calmly left the place where Song Qingming and the others were and stood aside as a spectator.

And Liang Daosheng, who betrayed Song Qingming and others, immediately came to Cui Ping's side at the instruction of Duan Longshan and stared at him.

"Haha! I still urge you to be aware of the current situation."

Seeing this, Duan Longshan nodded in satisfaction, then turned his gaze to Song Qingming on the side and asked softly, "Fellow Daoist Song, have you considered it?"

"Humph! Since you have no intention of letting us go, there is no need to pretend. I have been cultivating for so many years, if I could be fooled by a few words like this, I would probably not be alive today.

Although Song's cultivation is low, I am not a coward. If you want to take things from me, just talking is not enough!"

The words have been said so bluntly, Song Qingming is naturally very clear in his mind that no matter whether he chooses to hand over the spiritual water and formula in his hand like Cui Ping or not, the other party will definitely not let them go easily.

After all, a Nascent Soul Sect like the Tian Kui Sect still needs to maintain a bit of face. Since they have chosen to do such a thing of killing people and stealing treasures, they will certainly not want to leave any hidden dangers for themselves.

Moreover, new Flame Spirit Water is produced every hundred years in the Demon Sealing Valley. As long as the formula in Li Xuan's hands is obtained, it will be an important place for the "Tiangui Sect" to continuously refine and improve the "Corpse Puppets".

In this regard alone, the "Tian Kui Sect" naturally cannot tolerate other outsiders knowing about this place.

Even though the other side had four powerful Jindan cultivators and Duan Longshan, a ninth-level Jindan master, it would be impossible for Song Qingming and Li Xuan alone to defeat the other side.

But now he still has several powerful life-saving means. As long as the other party does not have a Nascent Soul cultivator present, Song Qingming only needs to escape and there will always be a chance.

Seeing that Song Qingming also decisively rejected the other party's temptation, Li Xuan, who had been watching him nervously, finally felt a little relieved.

If Song Qingming also chose to do the same as Cui Ping and gave up the spiritual object and compromised directly with Duan Longshan and the others, and he was left alone to face the four people from the "Tian Kui Sect", he would definitely have no chance of winning.

No matter how strong Song Qingming is, he can only help share some of the pressure. For Li Xuan, his hope of escaping will be more or less increased.

Seeing that Song Qingming was unwilling to compromise, Duan Longshan's face changed instantly. He quickly condensed several very sharp ice spikes in his hand and then threw them out.

However, what surprised Song Qingming and Li Xuan was that these ice spikes were not directed at them, but flew towards the old Taoist Cuiping who was standing not far away watching the battle.

Duan Longshan's action not only puzzled Song Qingming and Li Xuan, but also several of his "Tian Kui Sect" companions standing next to him and Liang Daosheng who was staring at Cui Laodao not far away were stunned.

Cui Ping, who had been standing aside, faced the sudden ice spike attack without dodging or evading, and continued to stand aside with a calm face.

It was not until the three ice spikes pierced his body that Cui Ping's body suddenly exploded with a "bang", emitting a burst of black smoke in the air and then turned into a somewhat damaged green talisman.

At the same time, a figure jumped out of nowhere in the air a hundred feet away from the green talisman, then quickly took out a flying boat magic weapon, turned into a beam of light and fled into the distance.

Seeing this scene, Liang Daosheng, who was staring at Cui Laodao, also changed his expression.

"High-level substitute talisman!"

Seeing the figure of Cui Laodao running away not far away, Duan Longshan snorted with sharp eyes:

"Hmph! You old man don't know how to show respect. I'll leave this man to you, my two junior brothers. After you deal with him, come back here and join me! Junior Brother Liang, you can come along too. Junior Brother Chen and I will be able to take care of it here!"

Liang Daosheng, who was responsible for instructing Cuiping, had been paying attention to Song Qingming and the others. He did not notice that Cuiping had used a high-level substitute talisman to replace his original body while he was negligent.

If Duan Longshan had not had a high level of cultivation and had not spotted the opponent's flaw in time, they might have been deceived by Cui Laodao's substitute talisman and escaped from here today.

Hearing the reproachful tone from Duan Longshan's mouth, Liang Daosheng nodded immediately, and used his flying boat and two Jindan cultivators from the "Tian Kui Sect" to quickly chase in the direction where Cui Laodao had left with an angry look on his face.

Although he had signed a soul contract with Song Qingming and the other two and could not attack them directly, Liang Daosheng could still help control the flying boat in this pursuit and save the mana of the other two companions, so he could still be of some help.

The three people from the "Tian Kui Sect" had just left. Song Qingming and Li Xuan, who were standing there, exchanged glances with each other. Knowing that this was a rare opportunity for them to escape, they immediately turned into two beams of light and changed direction, trying to escape into the distance.

However, the remaining Duan Longshan and another Jindan cultivator Chen Zifeng showed contempt in their eyes when they saw Song Qingming and the other two escape.

"My two fellow Taoists! It won't be easy to escape from us today!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a big man in black armor appeared in front of Song Qingming and punched him head-on, stopping him in mid-air.

"A corpse puppet in the late Jindan stage!" Seeing the big man in black armor, Song Qingming frowned and his face looked a little ugly.

But before he could make any move, Chen Zifeng appeared beside him again, controlling a huge gold brick magic weapon and smashing it towards Song Qingming.

"Jinfeng, help me stop him!"

Seeing this, Song Qingming hurriedly cast a spell and released the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror" in his body, which emitted a burst of five-colored spiritual light, blocking Chen Zifeng's gold brick magic weapon. At the same time, he summoned "Golden Wind" who was holding a flying knife magic weapon, and stepped forward to help stop the black-armored man who was attacking.

Song Qingming had just started fighting with Chen Zifeng, and Li Xuan on the other side had not run far before he was blocked by Duan Longshan who followed closely.

Duan Longshan's cultivation was far superior to Li Xuan's, so naturally the fight between them soon became one-sided.

However, although Duan Longlongshan easily gained the upper hand, he always left room for Li Xuan in the battle and did not intend to kill him, so he gave the opponent many opportunities to resist.

The reason for this is that Li Xuan still has something he wants, and Duan Longshan does not dare to force him too hard to prevent the other party from fighting to the death with him.

In fact, the outcome of the battle on their side had already been determined, and the initiative was firmly in the hands of Duan Longshan. As long as he was willing to use all his strength, Li Xuan would not be able to hold on for long.

A loud "bang" sounded again not far away.

Song Qingming had just gotten rid of Chen Zifeng and was about to escape in another direction, but he was blocked by the "Black-armored Corpse Puppet" in the late Jindan stage and was knocked back with a punch.

"Haha! Fellow Daoist, you may have some skills, but when you meet me today, don't just think about running away. You should stay and have a good fight with me!"

Hearing Chen Zifeng's mocking expression, Song Qingming, who had just stabilized his body, felt a little unhappy, but he still resisted the urge to pay attention to the other party and observed the situation around him very calmly.

Although Chen Zifeng's cultivation was slightly higher than Song Qingming's, Song Qingming did not suffer much loss after fighting with him for dozens of rounds.

The key is that the "corpse puppet" used by the opponent has reached the late Jindan stage of cultivation. It is really difficult to deal with. Not only is its physical body very strong, but its escape speed is also amazing. Song Qingming tried to get rid of it several times and escape, but was stopped by it. (End of this chapter)