Qinghe Immortal Clan.

As soon as Song Qingming finished speaking, Huang Siyuan immediately nodded and agreed. She had just been in seclusion for more than half a year, and she also wanted to go out for a walk.

Song Yuanfang, who was standing aside, was also a little excited when he heard that Song Qingming wanted to go to Wu State to participate in the "Star Conference". After hesitating for a moment, he still asked carefully:
"Seventh Uncle, can I accompany you to Wu this time?"

Over the years, whenever Song Qingming and the other two were away for some reason, Song Yuanfang helped to manage family affairs, so he rarely left "Funiu Mountain".

This time, when Song Yuanfang heard that Song Qingming wanted to bring a few elders of the family with him, he didn't want to miss this rare opportunity to go out and gain experience, so he tried to ask.

"Well! You can go if you want, but you have to arrange things at home properly. Otherwise, if we are not here, it will be troublesome if something urgent happens and no one takes care of it."

Seeing that Song Yuanfang also wanted to go out with him to see the world, Song Qingming thought for a moment and nodded in agreement, but also asked him to hand over the household affairs to other people.

Many elders of the family have become accustomed to Song Yuanfang managing affairs over the years. Compared with him, the prestige of others is indeed a little lower. Song Qingming couldn't think of who to replace him for a while, so he directly left the choice to Song Yuanfang himself.

Fortunately, after a trip to Wu State, it should take more than a month to return to my family. The area around Wei State has also been peaceful recently, so I don’t think anything serious will happen.

After getting Song Qingming's consent, Song Yuanfang showed a bit of joy on his face. He hurriedly bowed to express his gratitude, then took Song Linrui beside him and took the initiative to retreat.

After discussing with Huang Siyuan, Song Qingming immediately wrote a letter back to Xu Ziyan, agreeing to go to Wu State together to participate in the "Star Conference".

Time passed quickly, and soon a month had passed. In order not to delay their participation in the "Star Conference", Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan rushed to the sect a few days in advance to meet up with Xu Ziyan and others.

This time, in addition to the couple, there were also Song Yuanfang, Huang Leqing, Song Yuanhao and Song Xuanting traveling together. The group quickly arrived at Guyang Mountain on Song Qingming's "Phantom Boat".

After the few of them settled down on the mountain, Song Qingming came to Xu Ziyan's sacred mountain alone. He wanted to say hello to her, but unfortunately he found that she was out and not in her cave.

"Uncle Song, Master has gone to the cemetery in the back mountain to visit Uncle Gao. If you are not in a hurry, you may rest in the pavilion for a while. Master should be back soon."

The young woman who came out to greet Song Qingming was a foundation-building disciple under Xu Ziyan. Seeing that Song Qingming had come to see her master for something, she hurriedly explained to him, and then led Song Qingming to a stone pavilion nearby to wait for a while.

"Who is the Uncle Master Gao you were talking about just now?" Song Qingming, who had just started to move his feet, stopped before taking two steps and asked the other party again with a calm expression.

Suddenly hearing Song Qingming asking, the disciple Xu Ziyan who was walking in front was also a little surprised, and quickly turned around and replied:

"Reporting to Master Song, Master Gao is my master's fellow apprentice sister, her name is Gao Yuyao. She unfortunately passed away half a month ago in the mountains due to illness. Master has been visiting her at the cemetery in the back mountain frequently recently."

"Fellow Daoist Gao has passed away due to illness?" Song Qingming was slightly stunned when he heard the words from Xu Ziyan's disciple, and Gao Yuyao's former appearance instantly appeared in his mind.

The last time Song Qingming saw Gao Yuyao was also at Xu Ziyan's place. At that time, the other party was still working hard to reach the Golden Core realm.

The two have known each other for many years and can be considered friends. Song Qingming originally wanted to help her, but because Xu Ziyan later obtained the spiritual object for her to form the core, he no longer paid attention to the matter.

However, although she obtained another spiritual object for forming the elixir, Gao Yuyao still failed to form the elixir for the third time. Her cultivation finally stopped at the foundation-building stage and she could not go any further.

It was only after Song Qingming came back from the immortal cultivation world of "Donghuang Country" that he heard the news of Gao Yuyao's failure to form an elixir from Song Yuanfang and others.

Gao Yuyao was about the same age as Song Qingming. If we only counted the lifespan of a foundation-building cultivator, she should have at least a dozen years left. It was not possible for her to pass away so early. When Song Qingming heard the news of her death, he felt a little bit unbelievable.

After asking Xu Ziyan's disciples, Song Qingming first went to the sect's Good Deeds Pavilion to exchange some spiritual objects for worship, and then came to the sacred mountain where Gao Yuyao was buried.

Song Qingming had just arrived at the mountain when he saw Xu Ziyan standing alone next to a new grave from afar, with a pile of paper money burning in front of the tombstone.

"Brother Song, why are you here?"

Seeing a beam of light falling not far from her, and Song Qingming's figure appearing again, Xu Ziyan's face showed some surprise, and she quickly turned around and bowed to greet Song Qingming.

Seeing this, Song Qingming immediately returned the greeting, walked forward and slowly said, "I came here two days in advance because I was afraid of wasting your time. I was going to look for you just now, but I heard the sad news of Fellow Daoist Gao's death, so I came here to pay my respects to her.

Daoist Gao and I have known each other since childhood and we are close friends. It has only been a few decades since we last saw each other. I didn't expect that Daoist Gao would leave so suddenly. I didn't even get to see her again before she passed away.

The path of cultivation is ultimately merciless. We lucky ones have the opportunity to go further, but we also have to endure more pain of separation and death than them. Junior Sister Xu, please don't be too sad about this."

After saying that, Song Qingming took out the spiritual objects he had prepared one by one and placed them in front of the tombstone. Then he paid homage in front of Gao Yuyao's tombstone with a solemn expression.

Hearing what Song Qingming said, Xu Ziyan smiled bitterly in her heart, and sighed with regret, "Junior Sister Gao's path was cut short after she failed in her attempt to reach the Golden Core realm, and she has been depressed ever since.

She was slightly injured during the last monster riot in Tiexian Castle. It was nothing serious. I didn’t expect that she would be in a hurry to recuperate during her retreat and something went wrong. She injured her Dantian and died in the cave not long after.

Back then, Master told me to take good care of her, but unfortunately, despite my best efforts, I still couldn't help Senior Sister Gao to successfully complete her Dan formation. A hundred years from now, when I see her again, I'm afraid she will blame me."

Xu Ziyan's tone of voice was very calm, but it revealed a hint of helplessness, as if she was lamenting the trick of fate.

After successfully achieving Jindan and becoming the sect's Jindan elder, Xu Ziyan helped Gao Yuyao obtain Jindan spiritual objects twice in the sect, which attracted a lot of criticism from other disciples.

As a senior sister in the same school, Xu Ziyan has done her best for her junior sister Gao Yuyao.

Unexpectedly, despite her efforts and support, Gao Yuyao still failed to break through to the Golden Core realm. Not only did all her previous efforts go to waste, but Gao Yuyao also died of illness more than ten years earlier because of the knot in her heart about not being able to successfully form a golden core.

Thinking of this, Xu Ziyan couldn't help but shake her head slightly, wondering if she had lived up to her master Liu Xingfeng's last words to her.

"Junior sister, you have done your best to help Fellow Daoist Gao. This is something that everyone can see. I think if Senior Liu knew about this in the afterlife, he would definitely not blame you for it.

Personal opportunities are determined by heaven. Even if we cultivators have extraordinary magical powers, we cannot force them. Fellow Daoist Gao has no hope of achieving success in this life, but he may be able to go further than us in the next life. Junior Sister Xu, you don’t have to worry too much about this matter.”

While burning the paper money in his hand, Song Qingming spoke to comfort Xu Ziyan who was standing beside him.

Although Song Qingming had not met Gao Yuyao much in recent years, he had heard about the personal care Xu Ziyan had given her after she reached the Dan stage. He believed that Xu Ziyan had done her best for her junior sister Gao Yuyao.

However, things in this world are unpredictable. In addition to the necessary auxiliary spiritual objects, personal opportunities and efforts are also very important for cultivators to break through the realm of cultivation.

There are many foundation-building cultivators in the "Xiaoyao Sect" who are striving to reach the Golden Core Realm. Among them are disciples and younger relatives supported by the sect elders, but only a few can finally form a pill and successfully break through to the Golden Core Realm.

More than a hundred years have passed since Song Qingming formed the Golden Core Realm. Among the hundreds of cultivators in the "Xiaoyao Sect" who have attempted to reach the Golden Core Realm, only Xu Ziyan and Fang Baixuan have succeeded. The probability of their advancement is not low.

Because there are so many disciples in the sect, the spiritual objects that the sect can provide them with for forming a pill are also limited. Except for a very small number of people with strong backing, other disciples can only get a chance to form a pill through fierce competition within the sect.

Even so, not everyone can prepare five-element elixir-forming spiritual objects for their disciples like Song Qingming did, supporting Huang Siyuan and the others with all his might. When many foundation-building disciples of the "Xiaoyao Sect" were trying to break through to the Golden Core realm, they could only use the second-rate spiritual object "Yuchen Dan".

After Xu Ziyan failed in her first attempt to form a pill, it would have been difficult for her to successfully reach this step if Song Qingming had not helped her exchange it for a five-element pill-forming spiritual item in time.

Because of this, it is really not easy for those of them to advance successfully. It is impossible for everyone to be so lucky to embark on the golden elixir road.

After the two talked for a while in front of Gao Yuyao's grave, the paper money that Song Qingming brought was almost burned, so he returned to her Lingshan Cave with Xu Ziyan.

After knowing that Song Qingming and his friends had arrived at Guyang Mountain in advance in order to attend the "Star Conference" of Wu State, Xu Ziyan was very happy and talked to him about many issues related to the trading conference.

Like Huang Siyuan, this was also Xu Ziyan's first time attending such a large-scale trade fair and she was very much looking forward to it.

Xu Ziyan's cultivation level is the same as Song Qingyu's, both are only at the fourth level of the Golden Core realm, but Song Qingyu formed the Golden Core realm much later than Xu Ziyan. Seeing that her cultivation level was overtaken by the latecomer, Xu Ziyan felt a little anxious.

This time when going to the Wu Kingdom "Star Conference", Xu Ziyan also wanted to get one or two useful spiritual objects from it, so as to speed up her own cultivation. After the two sat down and chatted for a while, Song Qingming took a sip of spiritual tea and asked again: "Junior Sister Xu, besides us, I wonder which other brothers will go to Wu Kingdom with us this time? Can you tell me first?"

Xu Ziyan nodded slightly and replied, "In addition to Senior Brother Song and Junior Sister Huang, Senior Brother Li, Senior Brother Chu, Senior Sister Zhao, Junior Brother Fang, and Junior Brother Zhang will also go with us.

The sect has already prepared everything, and all the goods to be taken have been loaded onto the flying boat. When Junior Brother Zhang arrives in two days, we can set off first."

"Oh! Senior Sister Bai isn't going this time?"

In the past, the Xiaoyao Sect would send their leader to lead the team to participate in the "Star Conference". When Song Qingming heard Xu Ziyan name all the candidates who were going to Wu State and Bai Yuxian's name was not on the list, he was a little surprised.

Seeing the doubt on Song Qingming's face, Xu Ziyan hesitated for a moment, then said softly: "Uncle Li has said that Senior Sister Bai needs to concentrate on her cultivation recently and cannot go out, so Senior Brother Li will lead the team to Wu this time.

Senior Sister Bai has been in seclusion recently, and most of the sect affairs are now handled by Senior Brother Xuanxin and I. Senior Brother Song, if you have any problems in the future, just come to me."

"Oh! So that's the case. Then Junior Sister Xu will have to work hard in the future." Upon hearing this, Song Qingming smiled and nodded to Xu Ziyan thoughtfully.

Although Xu Ziyan did not say it directly, Song Qingming immediately understood that Bai Yuxian was practicing in seclusion at this time, probably to prepare for his own breakthrough to the Nascent Soul realm again.

Bai Yuxian has been practicing to the ninth level of the Golden Core for many years. Her cultivation has long been honed to perfection. She has also had the experience of breaking through the bottleneck of the Nascent Soul once before. As long as she can find one or two high-level spiritual objects to assist in condensing the Nascent Soul, she can retreat again at any time to try to break through the Nascent Soul realm.

During this monster riot, although the "Xiaoyao Sect" suffered heavy losses in several battles, it also obtained a lot of high-level monster materials. If nothing unexpected happens, it will definitely be able to exchange them for a spiritual object for Bai Yuxian to form a baby.

Although it is not easy for cultivators to break through the Nascent Soul stage, countless geniuses in the cultivation world have been blocked outside the Nascent Soul stage. Even though Bai Yuxian possesses the most top-level spiritual roots in the world of cultivation, she is not absolutely sure that she can successfully condense the Nascent Soul.

But if Bai Yuxian can successfully break through to the Nascent Soul realm next time, the sect will have one more Nascent Soul ancestor, and the entire "Xiaoyao Sect" will inevitably become much stronger. When facing the unrest of monsters and beasts again in the future, the immortal cultivation world in Weiguo may not have to be as passive as before.

Thinking of this, Song Qingming was secretly excited in his heart. He sincerely hoped that Bai Yuxian could successfully break through this time and change the current unfavorable situation of Wei State.

“Senior Brother Song, you don’t have to be too envious. You are only over 200 years old, but you have already broken through to the seventh level of the Golden Core. You will definitely have the opportunity to break through the bottleneck of the Nascent Soul in the future.

People like us have mediocre talents, and it may be difficult for us to even break through the late Jindan stage in this life, let alone dream of reaching the Yuanying stage. "Seeing the excitement on Song Qingming's face, Xu Ziyan also smiled and joked.

Seeing this, Song Qingming hurriedly shook his head and said:

"Junior Sister Xu, what you said is wrong. To reach the Golden Core Realm, it all depends on one's luck. As long as the luck comes, the path of cultivation will naturally be smooth. It is not possible to tell at a glance who among us will have the opportunity to break through the Nascent Soul bottleneck in the future.

Senior Brother Chen was stuck at the ninth level of foundation building for many years, and he formed the golden elixir much later than the rest of us. But unexpectedly, after he entered the golden elixir realm, his cultivation level immediately improved by leaps and bounds, and now he is ahead of us."

"Haha! Senior Brother Song is right. I don't know when I will be able to have the same luck as Senior Brother Chen and encounter my own opportunity as soon as possible." Xu Ziyan smiled lightly, but couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

Personal opportunities do have a great impact on the practice of Jindan cultivators, but not everyone is lucky enough to find their own opportunity.

Over the thousands of years since the establishment of the "Xiaoyao Sect", there have been at least hundreds of elders in the sect who have not cultivated to the ninth level of the Golden Elixir and passed away. Without exception, these people are the top geniuses in the world of immortal cultivation in Wei State, but they still find it difficult to find opportunities to make further progress on the road to the Golden Elixir.

Xu Ziyan was able to successfully build her foundation without using the foundation-building pill, which meant she was a person with some luck. However, she still had a hard time walking on the golden elixir path, and she didn't know whether this upcoming trip to the State of Wu could bring her some good luck.

After the two chatted for a while, seeing that it was getting late, Song Qingming, who had found out the news he wanted to know, stood up and said goodbye and left Xu Ziyan.

Song Qingming had just returned to his residence. Before he even walked into the door, he saw Song Yuanfang coming out to greet him and bowing to him respectfully.

"Seventh Uncle, Yuan Hao and I just went to the General Affairs Palace to inquire. Eighth Uncle started his retreat two months ago after he had made all the preparations, and he is now on Yulin Peak.

However, the sect's law enforcement team is very strict over there and won't let us get close. We just asked at the foot of the mountain and found out that Uncle Ba's retreat in the cave seems to be going smoothly and there is nothing unusual. "

"Well! It will take at least a few years for Xinyu to form his elixir through seclusion. Don't be too anxious now. Pay more attention to his situation and let me know any news immediately."

Upon learning that Song Xinyu had successfully completed his retreat and formed a golden core, Song Qingming no longer had any worries about him and nodded slowly.

"Yulin Peak" is a place with relatively rich spiritual energy on Guyang Mountain. Most of the sect's foundation-building disciples are arranged to stay there when they go into seclusion to form their elixirs. Xu Ziyan and Chen Xuanxin, who are familiar with Song Qingming, also successfully formed their elixirs on "Yulin Peak" back then.

Song Xinyu was in seclusion this time to form the elixir. Both the spiritual veins and the spiritual objects to assist in forming the elixir had been prepared long ago, and were not much different from those of others. The family had already done their best to support him, and as for whether he could succeed, that depended on his personal luck.

On the second day, while there was still some time, Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan went to "Muyun Peak" again to pay homage to the deceased Guangling Zhenren and the old leader Yao Qianshu.

After Yao Qianshu attended the funeral of Guangling Zhenren last time, as Huang Siyuan said, his condition quickly worsened, and in less than half a year he passed away in his own cave.

Afterwards, the "Xiaoyao Sect" also held a very grand funeral for the former leader and buried him next to his old friend Guangling Zhenren.

Both of them were meritorious people who had devoted their entire lives to the sect for hundreds of years. Naturally, their tombs were much more exquisite and magnificent than those of ordinary people.

Even though several years have passed, the incense burning in front of the two people's tombstones has never stopped, and from time to time, disciples of the sect and their younger generations will come to pay homage.

Just as Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan were about to leave, a young figure walked up from the foot of the mountain in the distance. The other person looked familiar, and Song Qingming immediately remembered his identity.

"Junior Yao Muling greets the two uncles!"

After taking a look at Yao Muling in front of him with his spiritual sense, Song Qingming nodded slightly and asked calmly, "Are you here to visit Senior Brother Yao as well?"

"The old man took good care of me when he was alive. Although he is gone now, I still think of his voice and appearance in my heart, so I often come here to visit him in my spare time."

Seeing that Yao Muling's answer was very straightforward, and it didn't seem like he had just heard the news and deliberately rushed over to show off, Song Qingming nodded with great satisfaction.

"In just a few years since we last met, your cultivation has improved a lot. I guess you are still very hardworking in your cultivation.

It is fate that we meet here today. This pill will be of some help to you in breaking through the middle stage of foundation building. Just consider it as an opportunity bestowed upon you.

Your talent and aptitude are pretty good. As long as you are willing to practice hard, you will definitely have the opportunity to form a pill in the future. Don't neglect it."

"Thank you, uncle masters, for the treasure. I will never forget your teachings today. Please rest assured, uncle masters!" Seeing a small jade bottle in Song Qingming's hand, Yao Muling was surprised and hurriedly stepped forward to kowtow and express his gratitude.

As a descendant of the clan of the old leader Yao Qianshu, Yao Muling's luck is a little bad. When he started practicing, he did not catch up with the good time when Yao Qianshu, the ancestor of the family, was the leader.

Yao Muling had just successfully established his foundation not long ago when his ancestor Yao Qianshu began to be bedridden. The prestige of his clan in the sect also began to decline sharply.

When Yao Qianshu was still alive, the surrounding cultivators and even the Jindan elders in the sect would look up to him. Ever since the ancestor passed away a few years ago, Yao Muling gradually felt the change in the attitude of the people around him towards him.

However, although Yao Muling was not very old, he had been with Yao Qianshu for a long time, so his character matured quickly. He adapted quickly and was not too disappointed.

When he encountered some grievances outside of his practice, he did not complain too much, but just came here alone to talk to his ancestor.

"No need to be so polite, you can get up first! Senior Brother Yao asked me to take care of you back then, and I agreed. If you encounter any difficulties in the future, you can also ask someone to pass a message to me.

Although I am not in the sect, I am also a guest elder, so I can always say a few words for you."

Seeing Yao Muling so excited, Song Qingming hurried forward to help him up. After leaving him a few words, he walked down the mountain with Huang Siyuan.

Yao Muling stood there, watching Song Qingming and the other man walking down the mountain. It was not until their backs disappeared from his sight that he came back to his senses, a smile appeared on his face, and he carefully put away the jade bottle he had just obtained. (End of this chapter)