Qinghe Immortal Clan.

Hearing Li Xuanyi's request, Song Qingming was slightly stunned. He thought that the other party knew that he was in a desperate situation and wanted to entrust something to him. After thinking about it for a while, he nodded to her calmly.

"Friend Li, neither you nor I may have a chance to escape from here today. Just tell me what you want to say. I will do my best to fulfill my promise!"

"Then I'd like to ask you to keep this for me first, and remember to return it to me later!"

Seeing that Song Qingming agreed to his request immediately, Li Xuanyi showed a slight relief on his face, and then handed a square jade pendant that he had already prepared in his hand to Song Qingming.

Looking at the jade pendant in his hand, Song Qingming still had some doubts on his face, but before he could ask, Li Xuanyi had already jumped down from the "Phantom Boat" and rushed directly towards Duan Longshan who was chasing from behind.

Seeing this scene, Song Qingming was also shocked. He didn't understand why she didn't choose to escape, but instead took the initiative to fight the enemy.

You know, although Li Xuanyi's injuries have stabilized, it is still not easy for her to fight with others. At this moment, the strength she can exert is estimated to be only 50% at most.

Even in her prime, Li Xuanyi was no match for Duan Longshan, not to mention that she was now seriously injured and her strength was greatly reduced.

In Song Qingming's eyes, Li Xuanyi's action seemed more like he wanted to commit suicide in order to buy time for himself. How could Song Qingming not be shocked?

In the world of immortal cultivation, cultivators who are willing to sacrifice themselves for the sake of others are all doing so for their sect or family members. Li Xuanyi and Song Qingming have only just shared a hardship together, and there is absolutely no motive that could make her make this choice.

If it were Song Qingming himself, even if he was in such a desperate situation, he would never make such a choice until the last moment.

Not only Song Qingming did not expect this, even Duan Longshan, who was running over from a distance, was surprised.

Although Li Xuanyi had relied on the Black Demon Crow's help to escape his pursuit, he was also seriously injured, and there was still a lot of Xuanbing Qi left by Duan Longshan in his body.

The reason why they were able to catch up with Song Qingming and the others so quickly and accurately this time was precisely because of this reason.

Just as Song Qingming thought, in Duan Longshan's eyes, Li Xuanyi's choice was no different from committing suicide.

If Li Xuanyi was determined to escape, Duan Longshan would probably have to use some skills and means to get rid of her. Now that she took the initiative to come to him for a head-on confrontation, this saved him a lot of effort.

"Hehe! You have courage. Since you are so eager to die, I will have no choice but to oblige you!"

Looking at Li Xuanyi who was getting closer and closer to him, Duan Longshan let out a hearty laugh, then immediately cast a spell and emitted two rays of light.

Immediately afterwards, a "Silver-Armored Corpse Puppet" whose cultivation had reached the late Jindan stage appeared beside him. Not only was its strength not inferior to the "Black-Armored Corpse Puppet" of Chen Zifeng that Song Qingming had dealt with before, but it seemed to be even better.

As soon as this "Silver-Armored Corpse Puppet" in the late Jindan stage appeared, it turned into a ray of silver light under the command of Duan Longshan, and rushed towards Li Xuanyi with great momentum.

While commanding the "Silver Armored Corpse Puppet" to launch an attack, Duan Longshan had in his hand a jade gourd magic weapon of the third-grade upper quality.

This powerful third-grade top-grade magic weapon, also under Duan Longshan's control, instantly became dozens of times larger, and transparent ice arrows spewed out from it, heading straight towards Li Xuanyi's location.

In order to avoid any accidents and to win the battle quickly, Duan Longshan did not plan to hold back any more this time. He immediately used his most powerful "corpse puppet" and magic weapon, not wanting to give Li Xuanyi any chance to escape.

Seeing Duan Longshan use such a powerful method at the first move, Song Qingming and Chen Zifeng, who were not far away, both showed a hint of understanding on their faces. In their eyes, Li Xuanyi's fate seemed to have been determined.

However, facing such a sharp attack from Duan Longshan, Li Xuanyi's expression surprisingly did not change much. Instead, he shot a cold look at Duan Longshan who was about to kill him.

Just when the "Silver Armored Corpse Puppet" was less than a hundred feet away from her, Li Xuanyi finally stopped moving forward. Standing in mid-air, she gently raised her jade hand and pointed at Duan Longshan in the distance.

A moment later, a white light with astonishing power suddenly appeared on Li Xuanyi's finger, and then the white light turned into a sharp arrow and flew straight towards Duan Longshan in front of Li Xuanyi.

This sudden scene also caught Duan Longshan off guard. While he was still thinking, the "Silver Armored Corpse Puppet" in the late Jindan stage that was rushing in the front had been hit by the white sword light used by Li Xuanyi.

It was pierced through in an instant, leaving a hole the size of a bowl. It was knocked out and fell from mid-air. However, the white sword light continued to move forward, shattering several transparent ice arrows that followed and heading straight for Duan Longshan.

Seeing that the white sword light was so powerful that it could instantly break through the defense of the "Silver Armor Corpse Puppet" he controlled, Duan Longshan's face changed drastically. He hurriedly summoned a defensive magic weapon, protected himself in front of him, and formed two protective shields.

However, what he didn't expect was that these two defenses, which he thought were very good, were like paper in the face of the white sword light. They were penetrated in an instant and flew straight into the sky.

"You, how is it possible?"

Duan Longshan stood there, staring at the big hole on his chest with eyes wide open in disbelief. After uttering a few words with a trembling mouth, he became completely silent and fell from mid-air.

Song Qingming, who was trying to escape not far away, and Chen Zifeng, who had just arrived near the battlefield, were both stunned when they saw this shocking scene, and could not believe what had just happened.

Under normal circumstances, even if they are both Jindan cultivators and have the ability to kill each other, it cannot be done with just one move.

No one could have imagined that Duan Longshan, a powerful ninth-level Jindan master, was easily killed instantly by a sudden and strange attack from Li Xuanyi, who was already seriously injured, at just a glance!
If Song Qingming had not seen with his own eyes Duan Longshan's body, which was already lifeless and motionless, falling from the air not far away, he would definitely have thought that he was dreaming or had fallen into an illusion.

"How is it possible? Could it be that she is a Nascent Soul cultivator who has hidden her cultivation level?"

Chen Zifeng, who was closer to Li Xuanyi, also acted as if he had seen a ghost after he realized what was happening. He looked at Li Xuanyi, who was still standing in mid-air, with great fear, and immediately turned around and ran away desperately, as if he no longer cared about anything else.

In his eyes, Li Xuanyi, with his cold face, had obviously become a terrifying existence like a Nascent Soul cultivator.

It’s just a little strange that after seeing Chen Zifeng running away from him, Li Xuanyi just stood there without any movement, and had no intention of chasing after him at all.

Seeing this, Song Qingming, who had come to a place not far from Li Xuanyi, hurriedly spoke up to remind him: "Daoyou Li, should we still chase him?"

The flying boat under Chen Zifeng's feet originally belonged to Duan Longshan. Its quality and speed were no less than the "Phantom Boat" on Song Qingming. Song Qingming alone had no chance of catching up with the other party, so he could only rely on Li Xuanyi to find other ways.

However, just as Song Qingming was waiting for the other party's reply with anticipation, Li Xuanyi, who was standing in mid-air, suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, and then the whole person fell from mid-air and fell straight to the ground.

"Fellow Daoist Li, what's wrong with you!" This sudden situation was beyond the expectations of Song Qingming, who was already looking very happy. He quickly turned the flying boat around and went forward to pick her up.

After seeing Li Xuanyi up close, Song Qingming realized that the other party was unconscious again. He was in a coma, and his condition seemed to be worse this time. His aura was now very weak.

"No way! This is troublesome."

After Song Qingming sighed helplessly, he immediately stepped forward to cast a spell and carefully checked Li Xuanyi's condition. He felt that the spiritual energy in her body was very chaotic.

It seemed that the amazing attack that had just killed Duan Longshan had consumed too much of his magic power, which backfired on his own vitality and caused him to suddenly fall into a coma.

After thinking for a while, Song Qingming hurriedly flew forward and grabbed the storage bag on Duan Longshan's body in mid-air, and the jade gourd magic weapon that fell to the side, and then quickly turned into a beam of light and fled from here.

After flying forward at full speed for half a day, Song Qingming, who was standing on the flying boat, finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the flying boat had finally passed through the territory of the "Demon Sealing Valley".

Fortunately, Chen Zifeng had been frightened and did not dare to continue chasing. Otherwise, it would not be easy for him to escape the other party's pursuit with a seriously injured and unconscious person.

After taking a look at Li Xuanyi, who was still pale and unconscious lying on the flying boat behind him, Song Qingming gritted his teeth and took out a green porcelain bottle from his body, from which he poured out a blue pill full of spiritual energy.

This third-grade lower-grade "Qingyuan Pill" used for healing was obtained by Song Qingming at a trading conference when he was traveling in the East China Sea immortal cultivation world decades ago. He has kept it with him for a long time.

Seeing that Li Xuanyi's breath was getting weaker and weaker, Song Qingming no longer cared about these material things at the moment, and immediately cast a spell and sent the "Qingyuan Pill" into Li Xuanyi's mouth.

After the pill entered his body, as the medicinal power of the "Qingyuan Pill" was slowly refined, Li Xuanyi's aura finally began to stabilize and he was no longer as weak as before.

Seeing that the elixir had taken effect, Song Qingming slowly put his mind at ease and showed a look of relief. After all, it cost him more than 7,000 spirit stones to get it, and these spirit stones were not wasted at last.

After controlling the flying boat to move away from the "Demon Sealing Valley", Song Qingming did not dare to stop. He continued to move northward with Li Xuanyi, who was still unconscious, trying to stay away from the Demon Sealing Valley as much as possible in case the people from the "Tian Kui Sect" had some secret method to track them down.
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Half a month later, in a large market town in the northern part of Qingzhou.

Song Qingming, who was sitting on the second floor of a medicine shop, took a sip of the spiritual tea on the table, then took out a red spiritual fruit from his body and threw it to the "Ice and Fire Dragon" that was moving on his shoulder.

The "Ice and Fire Dragon" who had followed Song Qingming for many years had broken through to the foundation-building realm for nearly twenty years. Although its cultivation speed had obviously slowed down after advancing to the second level, and it was not as abnormal as before, but after the careful cultivation of Song Qingming over the past twenty years, its cultivation level had improved very quickly, and it was not far from the peak of the initial stage of foundation-building.

Just as Song Qingming was sipping tea and teasing the "Ice and Fire Dragon" on his shoulder, he suddenly heard footsteps outside the door. He quickly waved his hand and put the "Ice and Fire Dragon" directly into the spirit beast bag around his waist.

A moment later, there was a knock on the door. Song Qingming answered it, and then a shorter middle-aged man pushed the door open and walked in with a smile on his face.

"Senior, I am Zhang Yuan, the manager of Yufeng Hall. I am a third-level lower-grade alchemist. I just heard from the shopkeeper that you have some high-level pills to sell. I came here to help you check the quality of the pills."

"Well! I looted these pills from a bandit two years ago. Take a look at them first. If the price is right, I'll give them all to you. This way I don't have to go to a second store to get them!"

After Song Qingming finished speaking, a light flashed in his hand, and four small jade bottles of different colors appeared immediately. He casually placed them on the table beside him.

"Haha! Please rest assured, senior. The price of elixirs purchased by our store has always been the most fair in the market. We would never dare to intentionally deceive you."

After Zhang Yuan finished speaking, he immediately smiled and walked forward to pick up the jade bottles on the table, opening them one by one and taking a closer look.

After a while, Zhang Yuan took out one of the jade bottles, put it aside, and said to Song Qingming respectfully:

"Senior, this bottle of elixir seems to be used to cultivate corpses and corpse puppets. It is not easy to sell on the market. Our store has rules and cannot accept it. I hope you can forgive me.

"I have checked the other three bottles of elixirs and there are no major problems. I estimate their price to be 15,000 spirit stones. Are you satisfied with this, senior?"

Song Qingming was silent for a moment after hearing this, then he smiled softly and said, "Well, let's do as you say, but I don't want those scattered low-grade spirit stones. You must exchange them all for medium-grade spirit stones. I think you can do this!"

"Uh, I'm afraid I don't have that many middle-grade spirit stones in my store right now. Can you please help me?"

"If it's not convenient today, it doesn't matter. I'll come another day!" Seeing that the other party was a little embarrassed and seemed to be unable to make a decision, Song Qingming's face turned cold. He picked up the porcelain bottle on the table and stood up to leave.

"Senior, you are a little slow. Could you give me a little more time? I will discuss it with the shopkeeper and will give you an answer immediately." Seeing that Song Qingming was about to leave suddenly, Zhang Yuan hurriedly stepped forward to stop him and said another sentence with an anxious look on his face.

Seeing this, Song Qingming looked at the other person calmly, nodded slightly and said, "Okay then! I'll wait for you for another cup of tea."

After an incense stick of time, Song Qingming finally walked out of "Yufengtang" with a satisfied look on his face.

"These pills have been successfully sold, and now it's time to leave here!"

After walking around the street again, Song Qingming came to an inn on the east side of the market and strode straight in.

"Sir, you're back." As soon as he entered the door, the innkeeper saw Song Qingming and immediately stepped forward to greet him.

Song Qingming nodded slightly and asked again: "I just left, no one came upstairs to look for me, right?"

"No, don't worry, I was in the store all day today, and no one has been to your place."

"Well! I'm going to check out and leave later. Please count the spirit stones first. I'll be down in a moment!" After saying that, Song Qingming went straight to the second floor.

After arriving at the innermost guest room of the inn, Song Qingming first carefully checked the restrictions he had set up at the door. Only after seeing nothing unusual did he push the door and walk in.

After taking a look at Li Xuanyi who was still unconscious on the bed, Song Qingming turned around and tidied up the things in the room before coming to her side.

"It's been more than ten days, why can't he wake up?"

Song Qingming, who was standing beside the bed, muttered to himself, then took out the square jade pendant that Li Xuanyi had given him, and fell into deep thought.

After escaping from the "Demon Sealing Valley" with Li Xuanyi that day, Song Qingming headed north until he entered the territory of another sect that was not on good terms with the "Tian Kui Sect". Only then did he stop and hide in this market town.

These days, Song Qingming went out many times and bought a lot of high-level healing pills in the market to treat Li Xuanyi's injuries.

Although her weak aura has been stabilized and she has been helped to recover a lot of her vitality, for some reason, Li Xuanyi still shows no signs of waking up. This makes Song Qingming, who has been taking care of her for more than ten days, look quite helpless.

No matter what, he had promised her before that he would return the item to her in person. But now Li Xuanyi had not woken up yet, and Song Qingming had no choice but to patiently treat her and wait for her to wake up.

After waving his hand and taking out a jade bottle from his body, Song Qingming poured out two golden pills from it and put them directly into Li Xuanyi's mouth. He began to transfer magic power into her body to help her refine the elixir in her body.

Fortunately, because Li Xuanyi had previously displayed his supernatural powers and killed Duan Longshan, Song Qingming, who had obtained the storage magic weapon from him, unexpectedly made a fortune and had enough spirit stones to help Li Xuanyi buy these elixirs to treat his injuries.

The pills he had just used in the "Yufengtang" were actually all found by Song Qingming from Duan Longshan's storage magic tool.

These pills were not used by Jindan cultivators for normal cultivation, and Song Qingming had no use for them at all, so he took them all to the market to exchange for spirit stones, and happened to exchange them for some healing pills.

As Duan Longshan is an elder of a large Nascent Soul sect like the Tiangui Sect, his storage magic tools certainly contain more than just these things.

When Song Qingming opened Duan Longshan’s storage magic device two days ago, he was immediately surprised by the piles of spirit stones and various high-level spiritual objects in front of him.

Duan Longshan had almost 60,000 spirit stones on him, as well as various high-level elixirs, talismans, magic weapons, and manuals on martial arts that were too numerous to count, which really shocked Song Qingming for a while.

After just a rough estimate, Song Qingming felt that the total would be at least around 200,000 spirit stones, which was much more than the relics he found from Zhao Jibai in the Tianyuan Sea that year. It was definitely in line with the wealth of a peak Jindan cultivator from a large sect like him.

In addition, Song Qingming also found a very familiar "Flame Spirit Water" and the secret method that Li Xuanyi had originally given them, as well as a white floating dust magic weapon from Duan Longshan.

These were the things that Song Qingming had seen before, and they belonged to the Taoist Cuiping.

Seeing these things appear on Duan Longshan's body, it was not difficult for Song Qingming to guess that after Cui Laodao separated from them, he was ultimately unable to escape and fell into the hands of the "Tian Kui Sect" cultivators. If nothing unexpected happened, he should have died long ago.

In the world of immortal cultivation, it is very common for cultivators who go out on adventures to search for treasure to encounter people being killed and robbed of their treasures. This is nothing strange. Song Qingming himself has encountered this more than once in his many years of cultivation.

Who will benefit and survive in the end depends solely on one's luck and ability.

This time, if Li Xuanyi had not killed Duan Longshan directly at the last moment, it would still be unknown whether Song Qingming could escape the pursuit of the "Tian Kui Sect" cultivators.

When seeing the relics left by Taoist Cui, Song Qingming felt nothing too moved except that he secretly sighed that the other party was really unlucky.

Even though Song Qingming and his men have temporarily escaped danger, since they have killed a ninth-level Jindan elder of the Tiangui Sect, it is impossible for the other party not to take action. Song Qingming still needs to get away from Qingzhou before the other party finds this place.

After a cup of tea, Song Qingming finally helped Li Xuanyi refine the two healing pills in his body, and raised his hand to take back his magic power.

Just after he rested for a while and was about to help Li Xuanyi up and take her away, he didn't expect that Li Xuanyi, who had been motionless for more than half a month, suddenly had a burst of emerald green light on her body, covering her body to form a protective shield.

"Hey! Could this be the Xuan Guang Armor?"

Seeing this somewhat familiar emerald green light, Song Qingming immediately felt a sense of déjà vu.

But just as he stood there with frowned brows and a look of confusion on his face, Li Xuanyi, who was lying on the bed, suddenly let out a moan, and then slowly opened her closed eyes.

Seeing that Li Xuanyi finally woke up, Song Qingming was suddenly very happy. He didn't care about other things and hurriedly raised his hand to release several formation flags and inserted them around the room.

After quickly casting a spell to set up a relatively low-level secret magic circle to isolate the sounds and sights in the room, Song Qingming walked quickly to the bed with a happy look on his face.

Seeing Li Xuanyi open her eyes and looking at him with a smile, Song Qingming finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Fairy Xuanyi, that's great, you finally woke up!" (End of this chapter)