Qinghe Immortal Clan.

After all, in the previous battle, in order to lure out these evil cultivators, Song Qingyu not only damaged her own magic weapon, but also lost a valuable third-level defensive talisman. Li Wutong did this to compensate her for some of the losses in this battle.

"Thank you, Senior Brother Li!"

Song Qingyu understood the other party's intention and did not argue too much with Li Wutong. After taking the storage bags, he bowed to the other party and put them directly into his bag.

After Li Wutong and his men left, Fang Baixuan, who was standing nearby, bowed to Song Qingyu and said goodbye, then returned to "Guiyunfang".

After taking the elixir given by Song Qingyu, Gao Yubai did not hold on for too long. After talking to Gao Changjin about his last affairs, he breathed his last.

As the patriarch of the Gao family, Gao Yubai was considered to be the person with the highest cultivation level in the Gao family in the past few hundred years. His sudden departure was a huge blow to the Gao family.

After losing Gao Yubai, the patriarch who was at the peak of the foundation building stage, the Gao family was left with only Gao Changjin, a cultivator at the third level of the foundation building stage. Moreover, Gao Changjin was only a cultivator with three spiritual roots, and his cultivation talent was far inferior to Gao Yubai. It would probably be difficult for him to break through to the late stage of the foundation building stage in this lifetime.

If there are no other changes, the overall strength of the Gao family is no longer able to bear the position of the second largest foundation-building family in Qinghe County, and it will definitely have to give up some interests to other foundation-building families in the future.

After taking a look at Gao Changjin, who still had a sad face, Song Qingyu felt a little bit reluctant. He stepped forward and gave Song Yuanfang a few instructions, asking him to lead others to help send the bodies of Gao Yubai and other Gao family monks back to "Lotus Mountain" first.

In this battle, because all the cultivators who came were at the Foundation Establishment stage or above, except for the Gao family who lost the patriarch Gao Yubai and dozens of Qi Refining cultivators, no other cultivators died in the battle with the demon cultivators. Only Song Yuanxue and a few others suffered minor injuries.

After instructing the Gao family's affairs to be handled, Song Qingyu took the lead and left "Bailin Mountain" and returned to his family.

After returning to Funiu Mountain, Song Qingyu went straight back to the cave and took out the storage bags of those demon cultivators he had obtained on the battlefield.

It took Song Qingyu a whole day to open all the storage bags one by one and pour out the contents.

Because they often have to avoid being hunted down by righteous cultivators, it is difficult for the demon cultivators to have absolute trust even between master and disciple. Generally, the foundation-building demon cultivators who follow the golden elixir demon cultivators are basically forced to be controlled by others under restrictions.

Therefore, it is naturally difficult to hide good things on them.

When Song Qingyu opened the storage bags of those foundation-building demon cultivators, he found that they were filled with useless spiritual objects that had been contaminated by demonic energy, just as he had expected.

There were four storage bags in total, and Song Qingyu only took out three thousand spirit stones and several second-level magic tools needed to expel evil spirits. The rest were some strange elixirs, spiritual objects, and secret manuals of martial arts that were of little value or that only magic practitioners dared to use.

The reason why these magic weapons contaminated with demonic energy are not of high value is that ordinary foundation-building cultivators dare not expel the demonic energy from them at will. Generally, only cultivators above the Golden Core stage can control the scale in the process of expelling demonic energy and prevent the demonic energy from infecting their bodies.

However, it is unlikely for a Jindan cultivator to spend a lot of time and energy on such low-value things. Therefore, after obtaining such magical instruments, most cultivators can only destroy them directly and melt them into raw materials.

Only for a small number of higher quality ones would people be willing to spend a large amount of money to ask a Jindan monk to expel the evil spirit.

Song Qingyu only picked out a second-grade top-quality flying sword and kept it, waiting for the time to come when he had time to slowly expel the evil spirit from it.

She threw the rest aside, planning to hand them over to the family refining pavilion in the future to be smelted and exchanged for refining materials.

After looking through the things on the bodies of those foundation-building demon cultivators, Song Qingyu turned his attention to the large pile of spiritual objects in the storage bag of the woman in purple.

Compared to those foundation-building demon cultivators who were controlled by others, the purple-clothed woman who was a golden elixir demon leader seemed much wealthier.

After patiently sorting it out, Song Qingyu dug out nearly seven thousand spirit stones and a magic weapon tainted with demonic energy. The value of these things alone almost added up to more than ten thousand spirit stones.

In addition, Song Qingyu also found some magical weapons and spiritual objects that were not contaminated by evil spirits. It seemed that they were obtained by the purple-clothed women from the monks who were harmed by them not long ago.

There were two magical weapons among them, which Song Qingyu recognized at a glance. They were the magical weapons that Gao Yubai had used in front of her in the past.

Song Qingyu picked up the two magical weapons, pondered for a moment, and then put them aside, planning to have someone return them to the Gao family in two days.

Although Gao Yubai is dead, the Gao family is still alive. These things should have belonged to them, so it is better to return them.

After sorting out these scattered low-level spiritual objects, Song Qingyu separated those magic objects that were contaminated with demonic energy and put them aside. There were only two spiritual objects left on the table that she could hardly identify.

One of these two things is a golden crystal ball, which looks like a high-quality second-grade magic weapon.

But when Song Qingyu cast a spell to activate it, he found that the crystal ball had no reaction, which was quite different from ordinary magic weapons.

This also made Song Qingyu unable to see through this thing for a moment, so he could only put it away first and wait until he had time to go to Xiaoyao Sect and ask other elders in the sect about it.

There was another spiritual object, which was a talisman with three flying swords painted on it. It looked like a third-grade low-grade talisman, but the power contained in it was slightly weaker, and it seemed like a relatively rare talisman.

Spiritual objects such as talismans are very rare in the world of immortal cultivation. Song Qingyu has only seen one in all his years of cultivation, which was the "Green Leaf Three Star Ruler" that Song Qingming had snatched from the Ma family of "Iron Immortal Castle".

After this talisman came into Song Qingming's hands, it was briefly handed over to Song Qingyu. It was not until Song Qingyu formed his elixir that it was handed over to Huang Siyuan.

Now, after several twists and turns, the "Green Leaf Three Star Ruler" has fallen into the hands of Song Yuanfang, who is in charge of all the family's mundane things. It is considered to be his most powerful trump card.

However, although many people in the Song family have held the "Green Leaf Three Star Ruler" talisman over the years, no one has actually used it. This is also due to the relatively peaceful situation within the family in recent years.

Although he didn't find any valuable spiritual objects, it was still a small gain, making up for the losses in his previous battle. After finding these spiritual objects from the demon cultivator, Song Qingyu was quite satisfied.

After putting away these two spiritual objects and all the useful things he had sorted out, Song Qingyu cast a spell to burn all the magic techniques and a bunch of useless elixirs and spiritual objects, only then did he feel relieved.
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On a high mountain thousands of miles away from Qinghe County, a black fog suddenly flew in quickly from the north one day. After reaching the top of the mountain, the black fog slowly stopped and then plunged into a very hidden cave on the north side of the mountain top.

Two foundation-building monks who were meditating in the cave were startled when they saw a black fog suddenly appear in front of them.

Before they could react, the black mist penetrated into the body of a young man in white standing in front of them. Then his whole body went limp and he fell to the ground.

"Brother Chen! What's wrong with you?"

Seeing the man in white suddenly fainted, a woman in green, who didn't know what had happened, shouted at him.

A moment later, just as the woman in green plucked up the courage to move closer to check on the other person's condition, the man in white suddenly opened his tightly closed eyes, and bursts of strange black air emerged from his body.

"Damn Xiaoyao Sect cultivator, how dare you destroy my body? How abominable!"

Hearing the completely different voice coming out of the white-clothed man's mouth, the green-clothed woman beside him was also startled, and asked tremblingly: "You are not Brother Chen, you are the Master?"

The man in white raised his eyes and glanced at the woman in green beside him. He did not directly answer her question, but took out a talisman from his body and began to cast a spell with his eyes closed.

However, just a moment after the spell was cast, the talisman in the white-clothed man's hand suddenly ignited without wind and turned into ashes.

"It's useless. Even his soul couldn't escape!"

After the man in white finished speaking, he stood up and adjusted his body, then suddenly turned around and threw out a "blood-colored jade plate", casting a spell at the man in green beside him, trapping him in a blood-colored cage.

"Master, spare my life. I am so loyal to you, why do you still want to do such a cruel thing!"

After feeling all the blood and essence in her body being slowly drained out, the woman in green suddenly showed a look of horror and kept begging for mercy to the man in white in front of her.

However, her miserable cry for mercy did not move the man in white. Soon, the "Blood Jade Plate" drained all the blood from her body, and she turned into a lifeless, withered corpse.

"Haha! My power has dropped significantly due to my soul taking over another body. It may take decades to recover. I can't rest assured if you stay by my side.

Since you are so loyal to me, I will accept your blood and essence as your final gift to me, hahahaha!"

The man in white laughed wildly for a few times while standing in the cave. He ignored the woman in green who still had her eyes wide open and refused to close. He took the storage bag from her and left the secret cave directly.
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A few days later, a white flag was hung on the "Lotus Mountain" in Qinghe County, and the Gao family began to hold a funeral for the monks who died in the "White Forest Mountain". After hearing about this, Song Qingyu personally went to the "Lotus Mountain" to pay tribute to Gao Yubai, a good friend who had fought side by side for many years.

After Song Qingyu paid tribute to Gao Yubai, he publicly promised in front of many monks from Qinghe County who came to attend the funeral that he would provide the Gao family with a Foundation Establishment Pill within three years in accordance with the sect's pension benefits.

This move also made the Gao family members who were deeply in grief on "Lotus Mountain" feel a little better.

No matter what, Gao Yubai eventually died in the battle between the cultivators and the demon cultivators in Qinghe County. It is reasonable and justifiable for Song Qingyu to compensate the Gao family according to the treatment given to those who died in the battle with the demon cultivators.

A few days after the funeral held by the Gao family, Huang Siyuan, who went to the East China Sea Xiuxian World to participate in the "Tian Dan League" meeting, finally returned to her family with a lot of spiritual objects.

The monster rebellion is imminent. Although the Song family is actively preparing for war, many types of supplies needed for the battlefield are becoming increasingly scarce and difficult to collect in Weiguo and even the entire Floating Cloud Mountains.

Before going to the East China Sea to cultivate immortals this time, Song Qingyu discussed with Huang Siyuan, took out a lot of spirit stones from the family's treasury and gave them to her, asking Huang Siyuan to help purchase some necessary spiritual objects from the East China Sea.

Seeing Huang Siyuan return safely and bring a lot of spiritual objects needed by the family, everyone in the Song family suddenly relieved a lot of pressure on their shoulders.

Huang Siyuan's alchemy skills have been upgraded to the lower third level. She can refine golden elixirs and elixirs required for the daily practice of foundation-building cultivators. This time, she also bought a lot of second- and third-level high-level elixirs, and plans to try to refine a large number of such elixirs in the clan in the future.

This will not only help improve the alchemy level of the family's cultivators, but also save the entire family a lot of spirit stones needed to purchase elixirs. Song Qingyu, Song Yuanfang and others are also very supportive of this.

In addition to Huang Siyuan, two other people in the Song family have successfully advanced to become second-level alchemists in recent years. One of them is Song Yuanqian, the family's foundation-building elder who successfully advanced to the second-level lower-grade alchemist twenty years ago.

The other one is a cultivator from the "Xuan" generation of the Song family who had just established his foundation a few years ago, named Song Xuanqing.

Song Xuanqing is the second cultivator in the Song family's "Xuan" generation to successfully build a foundation. He is also a cultivator with three spiritual roots and good talent.

Among the many foundation-building cultivators of the Song family, Song Xuanqing's cultivation talent can be ranked among the top. He was less than 40 years old when he built his foundation, which was only slightly worse than Song Yuanli and Song Yuanhao. His cultivation speed was still faster than that of the foundation-building elders of other families.

Because Song Xuanqing had a stronger fire spirit root in his body, he majored in the family's fire-attributed skills and chose to learn alchemy techniques.

Because he happened to catch up with the good time when his family rebuilt the Alchemy Pavilion, although Song Xuanqing was not very talented in alchemy, relying on his own efforts and the cultivation of his family, he still improved his alchemy skills step by step to the first-class top level.

After successfully building his foundation, with the personal instruction of the family ancestor Huang Siyuan, Song Xuanqing, as expected, finally raised his alchemy level to the lower level of level two in two years, becoming the third alchemist in the Song family to have alchemy skills above level two.

Huang Siyuan went to the "Tian Dan League" in the East China Sea this time and brought back two foundation-building pills for her family. These were all made by herself after she collected materials in the "Tian Dan League".

Although Huang Siyuan's alchemy skills have just been upgraded to the lower third level, the success rate of refining the "Foundation Building Pill" is already close to 30%.

Now that she can refine the "Foundation Building Pill" by herself, she will not lose any spiritual medicine. If she is luckier, Huang Siyuan can refine one or two more "Foundation Building Pills" and make a small profit of spiritual stones.

These two "Foundation Building Pills" were originally intended to be reserved for the family's cultivators to use, but Song Qingyu had already promised to give one to the Gao family, so he directly asked Song Yuanfang to send a message to notify Gao Changjin to come and collect it.

After the other "Foundation Building Pill" was passed at the family meeting, Song Qingyu handed it to Song Xuanfeng, who was ready to build the foundation at any time, and arranged for him to go into seclusion immediately to reach the foundation building stage.

Now that the monster rebellion is imminent, every bit of improvement in the family's strength is crucial to the Song family. Having one more foundation-building cultivator will definitely be of great help in the upcoming war.

Not only the Song family, but all the cultivators in the entire Wei State, including the Xiaoyao Sect, have already sensed that this war may happen at any time, and have all begun to step up efforts to improve their own strength and collect various strategic materials.

In this way, more than four years passed while everyone was preparing for war, and the monsters in the northern border finally began to move southward on a large scale.

On this day, a green sword light suddenly flew out from a cave on the top of Funiu Mountain and landed on the top of a mountain not far away, transforming into a woman in green with a somewhat heroic look.

The green-clothed woman standing on the top of the mountain raised her hands and the three green flying swords surrounding her merged into one, becoming a giant green sword about ten feet high.

Then, the giant green sword, under the control of the woman in green, was gently swung, releasing dozens of green sword lights, heading straight for a small hill hundreds of feet away.

A moment later, a loud "boom" sound was heard. When the smoke and dust cleared, the small hill in the distance had been cut down a lot by the attack.

Song Qingyu, who had been in seclusion for almost a year, showed a look of satisfaction on his face after seeing the power of his own attack.

"After refining the Mysterious Crystal Spirit Pearl, the power of my life treasure has indeed increased a lot. It seems that my efforts were not in vain."

The "Xuan Jing Lingzhu" that Song Qingyu mentioned was the golden sphere that she found in the storage bag of the purple-clothed woman after the battle to wipe out the demon cultivators a few years ago.

Song Qingyu didn't recognize this object at first and thought it was a special magical weapon. It was not until a year later when he went to Xiaoyao Sect and inquired with the knowledgeable Chu Fengping that he realized that this object was a special crystal stone for smelting magic weapons.

"Xuan Jing Lingzhu" is a relatively rare high-level refining material. It can be used directly to refine ordinary magic weapons, and can also be smelted to enhance the power of the natal magic weapons in the bodies of Jindan cultivators.

Following Chu Fengping's suggestion, Song Qingyu thought about it again and again, and finally spent a year to integrate the "Xuan Jing Lingzhu" into his own natal magic weapon "Xuan Ming Jin Guang Sword", thereby improving his fighting ability.

After the smelting was successful and after the test just now, Song Qingyu discovered that the power of the "Xuanming Golden Light Sword" had increased by about 20% compared to before. Seeing this effect which was better than she expected, Song Qingyu felt a little more relieved.

Just as Song Qingyu put away the "Xuanming Golden Light Sword" and fell from the sky, Huang Siyuan and Song Yuanfang, who had already noticed the movement here and were waiting on the side, hurried over with a smile.

"Congratulations to my great-aunt for coming out of confinement!"

"I didn't expect that Qingyu, your natal flying sword is now so powerful. It seems that after more than a year of seclusion, your strength has increased a lot!"

"Sister-in-law, please stop praising me like that. Without your help in finding ways to provide me with elixirs over the years, my current cultivation level might still be at the second level of the Golden Core, so how can I even talk about improving my strength?

Oh, right! You sent me a letter a few days ago asking about something urgent. Is there anything urgent? Nothing major has happened in the clan during my one year of seclusion, right? "

Huang Siwen nodded slightly and continued to explain:

"There's nothing major happening in the clan. We just received a message from the sect a few days ago saying that the monsters from the northern border have begun to move south. Senior Sister Xu asked us to go to the sect to discuss matters, so she sent a message to ask when you will come out of seclusion."

"What! The monsters from the northern border have already moved south. As expected, the monster riot happened so early this time just as the sect expected.

Since the sect has sent a message, let's go there now, so that Senior Sister Xu and the others won't have to wait too long." After hearing the news that the monsters from the northern border were heading south, Song Qingyu's face suddenly showed a bit of anxiety.

"Qingyu, don't be too anxious. It will take at least two months for the monsters from the northern border to reach our Wei Kingdom. I have already sent a letter to Senior Sister Xu to explain everything. When you come out of your retreat these few days, we will go there together."

"Well! Yuan Fang, you first send a message to Yuan Li, and ask the cultivators of the immortal cultivation families in Pingyang County to meet up at Jinshanfang first, and notify all the foundation-building families in Qinghe County to come to Chiyanfang to discuss matters in three days.

Remember, we must block the news of the monsters heading south, and tell them that if anyone leaks this information in advance, we will not forgive them easily when we find out about it in Funiushan."

After hearing Huang Siyuan's reminder, Song Qingyu's face quickly calmed down, and he quickly issued a few orders to Song Yuanfang on the side. After he responded and left, he turned around and said to Huang Siyuan:
"Sister-in-law, this monster riot seems to be a little different from the past. We should go to the sect as soon as possible to investigate the situation so that we can deal with it better!"

Zhao Menglian had already reminded Song Qingyu that some changes had occurred in Jinyu Mountain in the north. Over the years, Song Qingyu had also heard some bad news, and he was still a little worried about the monster riot.

"Okay! Then I'll listen to you. Let's go to Guyang Mountain first to see the situation." Seeing that Song Qingyu's expression was still a little solemn, Huang Siyuan didn't say much and directly nodded to agree.

During the years when Song Qingming was away, Huang Siyuan, in addition to her daily practice, was devoted to improving her alchemy skills.

Occasionally, she would go to the "Tian Dan City" in the East China Sea to collect some rare alchemy materials from the Floating Cloud Mountains. As she was busy with personal affairs, she did not interfere too much in family affairs.

After agreeing with Huang Siyuan, Song Qingyu took out his own flying sword, took Huang Siyuan with him and turned into a beam of light, leaving Funiu Mountain and heading southwest.

Not long after Song Qingyu and Huang Siyuan left, another white light flew over from the east side of Funiu Mountain and landed directly on a barren mountain not far away. Then, two figures, a man and a woman, appeared. (End of this chapter)