Qinghe Immortal Clan.

Chapter 705: Power Change, Live Transparently (Subscription Request)
Two days later, outside the Shangong Pavilion on Guyang Mountain.

After receiving a letter from Xu Ziyan in the morning about leaving for Wu State, Song Qingming led Huang Siyuan and others here to meet up with Xu Ziyan and others, and boarded the sect's large flying boat that was used to transport supplies.

This time when going to Wu State, Shangong Pavilion just happened to need to transport a batch of supplies to "Qixingfang", so Xu Ziyan arranged for everyone to take the sect's large flying boat together.

Although traveling this way is slower than controlling the flying boat themselves, it is safer. It only wastes a few more days.

Not long after Song Qingming and his companions boarded the flying boat, Li Wutong, Chu Fengping, Zhao Mengling and Fang Baixuan also arrived here one after another.

Seeing that Song Qingming’s cultivation had broken through to the seventh level of Golden Core so quickly, everyone showed some surprise on their faces and came forward to congratulate him.

Song Qingming had only been in Golden Core Formation for over a hundred years, but he had already broken through to the seventh level of Golden Core so quickly. In the Xiaoyao Sect, only Bai Yuxian and Chen Xuanxin could do that.

Although the law enforcement elder Li Wutong had also reached the seventh level of the Golden Core, it took him two hundred years to reach this level, so he was still far behind Song Qingming.

Seeing that Song Qingming had caught up with him in cultivation, Li Wutong felt a sense of emotion and was shocked at Song Qingming's cultivation speed.

When he first met Song Qingming, the other party was just a young cultivator in the Qi Refining Stage who was standing trembling in front of him. In just less than two hundred years, Song Qingming had actually cultivated to a level that was on par with him.

Compared to Li Wutong's shock, Chu Fengping and Zhao Mengling's faces showed a bit more envy.

Both of them have been in the Jindan stage for more than two hundred years, and they are considered to be veteran Jindan cultivators in the Xiaoyao Sect.

It’s just that their cultivation is still at the sixth level of the Golden Core realm, and they are stuck in the middle stage of the Golden Core and have not been able to make any further progress.

Now seeing that Song Qingming had actually broken through to the seventh level of the Golden Core earlier than them, Chu Fengping and Zhao Mengling were very envious of Song Qingming's cultivation speed. After getting on the flying boat, they immediately took the initiative to step forward and exchanged ideas with Song Qingming about his experience in breaking through to the late Golden Core stage.

Fang Baixuan, who was the last to form a golden elixir, although his current cultivation level was only the second level of the golden elixir, when he saw Song Qingming and the other two discussing about breaking through the realm of cultivation, he took the initiative to come over, and humbly stood aside to listen to Song Qingming's explanation of his own experience of breaking through the realm of cultivation.

Several people chatted on the flying boat for half an hour, and suddenly a beam of light flew over and landed under the flying boat. Not long after, a slightly fat middle-aged man, accompanied by several gorgeously dressed women, walked onto the flying boat with a smile.

Seeing Zhang Tieyang walking in front, Song Qingming and others hurriedly stopped talking and turned their attention to him.

Zhang Tieyang, who had just arrived on the flying boat, saw that everyone was already there, and it seemed that he was the only one missing. He, who was always smooth in his dealings, quickly took the initiative to step forward and bow to apologize to everyone:
"I'm sorry! I'm a little late and have kept you waiting for so long. I feel really ashamed. I hope you guys won't blame me!"

Zhao Mengling, who was standing in front, immediately waved her hands upon hearing this and said, "Haha! We are all fellow disciples, how can we care about such a small matter? Junior Brother Zhang, your words are too polite."

After Zhang Tieyang greeted Song Qingming and others, he signaled the three women behind him to come forward and greet everyone one by one.

During Zhang Tieyang's active introduction, everyone realized that the young and beautiful women he brought were actually his Taoist companions who had been with him for many years. They couldn't help but give him meaningful looks.

In the world of immortal cultivation, it is not uncommon for some high-ranking cultivators to marry a few beautiful female cultivators of lower rank. Zhang Tieyang was not the only one present. When Song Qingming was working with Chu Fengping on alchemy, he often went to his cave and saw several Taoist companions around Chu Fengping.

However, it is somewhat unusual for someone like Zhang Tieyang to bring his many wives and concubines with him when he goes on a long journey. This shows that he really likes his fellow Taoists.

"Now that everyone is here, I'll have someone go and inform Junior Sister Xu that we should be able to set off right away."

Seeing that Zhang Tieyang had arrived, Zhao Mengling turned around and sent a message to the disciples behind him. Soon someone went forward to inform Xu Ziyan, who was counting the spiritual objects in the warehouse under the flying boat.

Not long after, at Xu Ziyan's command, the flying boat slowly rose from the ground to the sky, then passed through the "Guyang Mountain" mountain protection formation and flew quickly to the southwest.

After the flying boat started moving, everyone did not stay outside for too long. After saying hello to each other, they quickly returned to the room that Xu Ziyan had arranged for everyone on the flying boat to rest.

It was the first time for Song Yuanhao and his companions to leave Wei State. They were excited looking at the fresh scenery outside the window and gathered together to discuss the new things outside that they had heard about before.

After leaving Wei State, the flying boat headed south and soon entered the vast "Taiyue Lake".

The "Taiyue Lake", located in the middle of the immortal cultivation world of the Floating Cloud Mountains, is also a dangerous place where monsters and beasts are rampant. Deep in the lake there is a cave built by the Nascent Soul Demon King, and few cultivators dare to approach there.

Whenever there is a riot among monsters, the monsters in "Taiyue Lake" will be driven by high-level monsters to attack nearby countries and sects. Neighboring countries such as Wu and Pei are also deeply affected.

However, the number of monsters here is much smaller than that of the monster army moving south from the northern border, and the pressure is much smaller. Generally, the riots will end completely after about a year.

When Song Qingming went to the State of Wu for the first time, he and Yao Qianshu and others went directly through the lake. Taking this route, they would definitely encounter some monsters and beasts, and even the Golden Core Demon King was likely to be encountered, which was relatively dangerous.

However, this time, because the people of the "Xiaoyao Sect" set out early, they were not in a hurry to travel. Xu Ziyan did not let the flying boat directly cross the "Taiyue Lake", but chose to move along a safer route closer to the lakeshore.

The flying boat had just moved forward for a few days when Song Yuanfang, who had been taking turns guarding the door, suddenly knocked on the door of the room where Song Qingming was practicing alone. After going out to inquire, he found out that it was Zhang Tieyang, whom he knew, who came to visit him on his own initiative.

Seeing this, Song Qingming hurriedly asked Song Yuanfang to prepare tea and went to the door to greet them in person.

Zhang Tieyang was originally a casual cultivator. After he reached the stage of Dan, he had many Taoist companions and descendants. He had no fixed place to live, so he came up with the idea of ​​finding a third-level sacred mountain to establish a cultivation family.

However, in the world of immortal cultivation, spiritual veins above level three that are located in the human territory are basically controlled by major sects and immortal cultivation families above the Jindan level without exception.

It was obviously not easy for Zhang Tieyang to obtain a spiritual vein from them, but if he wanted to cultivate a third-level spiritual vein directly outside, he would need at least hundreds of thousands of spiritual stones, which were difficult for him, a Jindan cultivator who came from a casual cultivator, to come up with.

Over the years, Zhang Tieyang had been searching for the sacred mountain nearby but to no avail. Finally, during the monster riots a few years ago, he got a rare opportunity. After agreeing to help deal with the monsters, he successfully joined the "Xiaoyao Sect" and became a guest elder of the sect.

Later, after the "Xiaoyao Sect" defeated the army of monsters and regained the lost territory, Zhang Tieyang was ordered to go directly to the "Iron Immortal Castle" to help the Hu family guard the place.

Therefore, Zhang Tieyang soon brought his Taoist partner and relatives to Weiguo, and they completely took root in the "Iron Immortal Castle", creating a new immortal cultivation family here.

This was also the promise that the "Xiaoyao Sect" made to Zhang Tieyang in order to ask him to help deal with the army of monsters.

After Zhang Tieyang went to "Iron Immortal Castle", with the cooperation of the sect, he quickly began to repair the damaged sacred mountain and market town, reorganized the immortal cultivation families under his command, and soon took control of the entire "Iron Immortal Castle".

With this Jindan cultivator in charge, the defense line of "Iron Immortal Castle" against the monsters was immediately restored. Even the nearby "Tuoyun Mountain" took the initiative to improve its relationship with Zhang Tieyang, and has not sent any letters to the Song family for help in the past few years.

The Hu family, which originally controlled the "Iron Immortal Castle", has only the foundation-building cultivators left to speak out since the fake Dan ancestor Hu Qingyun was seriously injured in the "Guiyunfang" and had to retreat to recuperate. Their prestige in the "Iron Immortal Castle" has plummeted and they can only stand aside.

Now, the people in charge of all affairs of "Iron Immortal Castle" have gradually become Zhang Tieyang, who has just moved in there, and the Zhang family he just founded.

After Hu Qingyun successfully formed the elixir, the Hu family took control of the "Iron Immortal Castle", the most important spiritual vein in the northwest of Wei State, and became extremely powerful for a time. They even overshadowed the Zhao family of Donglin County, which also had a fake elixir cultivator, and were able to compete with the Qinghe Song family in the northeast.

The Hu family had only been in charge of the "Iron Immortal Castle" for a few short decades before a riot involving monsters and beasts broke out and the "Iron Immortal Castle" was conquered by the monster army. Not only did the family lose a large number of cultivators and mortals, but even the ancestor Hu Qingyun was seriously injured.

Even if Hu Qingyun recovers from his injuries in the future, they will still face suppression from Zhang Tieyang, a fourth-level Jindan cultivator, in the "Iron Immortal Castle". The Hu family's future will definitely not be the same as before, and they will inevitably begin to decline.

Fortunately, the power transition in "Iron Immortal Castle" was not too bloody. As long as the Hu family was willing to make concessions, Zhang Tieyang would not dare to make things too difficult for them due to the influence of the sect.

Song Qingming had just opened the door when he found that not only Zhang Tieyang had come, but also his three Taoist companions were standing outside the door. He was a little surprised and wondered whether he had come to see him for something.

"Haha! Senior Brother Song, I came to visit you when I had nothing to do. I wonder if you have time to let us bother you!" Zhang Tieyang, who always had a smile on his face when they met, immediately bowed and saluted.

"Junior Brother Zhang, what are you talking about? You and I have known each other for many years and now we are brothers from the same sect. There is no need to be so unfamiliar. Please come in and take a seat!" Seeing this, Song Qingming hurriedly reached out his hand and invited Zhang Tieyang and others into the house.

As soon as he entered the door and sat down, Zhang Tieyang immediately asked the three Taoist companions who followed him to step forward and greet Song Qingming one by one.

Although Zhang Tieyang himself looked ordinary, his Taoist companions were quite outstanding in appearance, and their cultivation had already reached the foundation-building stage. It was the first time for Song Qingming to come as a guest, and he was also the other party's Taoist companion, so he felt a little embarrassed, and quickly took out a few second-level talismans from his body and gave them to the other party as a meeting gift.

After several people drank tea and exchanged a few words in the hall, Zhang Tieyang looked around and suddenly asked, "Senior Brother Song, why don't I see Senior Sister Huang?"

"Siyuan is meditating in the inner room, does Junior Brother Zhang have anything to ask her?"

Zhang Tieyang smiled and nodded when he heard this, saying, "During the last monster riot, Senior Brother Jin and I were lucky enough to kill a monster king, and afterwards the sect rewarded me with a monster king's inner elixir.

I came here to ask Senior Sister Huang if she could use this to help me refine a furnace of elixirs to improve my cultivation."

Seeing that Zhang Tieyang came to Huang Siyuan for help in refining pills, Song Qingming was slightly stunned for a moment, and then immediately replied: "Junior Brother Zhang helped the sect to kill the demon king, so he deserves these rewards.

However, regarding the alchemy, Junior Brother should go to Senior Brother Chu first. His alchemy skills have already broken through the third-level intermediate level, so he will have a better chance of success. Siyuan has just advanced to the third-level alchemist not long ago, and if things go wrong, I'm afraid the demon pill in your hand will be wasted."

"Haha! Junior Brother Song, you don't know that during this monster riot, the sect gained a large amount of alchemy materials. Senior Brother Chu has been busy refining pills in recent years and has no free time at all.

I have looked for him several times, but I have not been able to get an accurate answer. To be honest, I came to you to find Senior Sister Huang because Senior Brother Chu personally introduced me to you." Zhang Tieyang said, with an awkward smile on his face.

During this monster riot, the "Xiaoyao Sect" killed more than a dozen monster kings, and the sect's treasury was filled with various high-level monster materials, which was indeed enough to keep the alchemist Chu Fengping busy for a while.

After hearing Zhang Tieyang's explanation, Song Qingming immediately understood and nodded, "Oh! So that's how it is. Since Junior Brother has come to me on his own initiative, I definitely can't let you make a wasted trip.

However, I don't know the art of alchemy, so I need to ask Siyuan if I can help you with this matter. Junior Brother Zhang, please wait a moment, I will ask them to invite her over right away."

After Song Qingming finished speaking, he immediately winked at Song Yuanfang who was standing beside him and asked him to ask Huang Siyuan who was in seclusion for cultivation to come out.

"Haha! With Senior Brother Song's words, I feel relieved. I have already collected the other auxiliary materials for alchemy this time. I also have a copy of the recipe. The only thing missing is a third-level alchemist.

Speaking of which, Zhang is a little envious of Senior Brother Song. With Senior Sister Huang, a third-level alchemist, as his good wife, Funiushan will surely prosper. In the future, he may need Senior Brother Song and Senior Sister Huang to take care of him."

"Junior Brother Zhang, you are wrong. Now that you have joined the sect and are in charge of Iron Immortal Fort, the benefits you can get are much greater than those of this barren land of Funiushan. You will definitely be able to achieve something in the future."

"Alas! Senior Brother Song, you don't know that the Iron Immortal Castle was previously ravaged by monster cholera and has long been in ruins. I have already spent a lot of spirit stones just to repair those markets and mines.

The sect is urging me to speed up the restoration of the Iron Immortal Castle, and the people from the Upper Hu family are deliberately not cooperating with me. I am now sitting on pins and needles and in a dilemma." Zhang Tieyang finished speaking, and sighed slightly.

Seeing this, Song Qingming smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Haha! Junior Brother, you have just taken over the Iron Immortal Castle not long ago, don't be so impatient, some things still need to be done slowly.

Junior Brother Zhang was able to successfully form the elixir, and he has so many good partners to accompany him, and he lives a carefree life. Why should he envy someone like me who practices hard?"

After hearing what Song Qingming said, Zhang Tieyang looked at the Taoist companions sitting next to him, and nodded with a smile:
“Senior Brother Song is right. As a casual cultivator, I am naturally not as talented as the disciples of the great sects. It is a great honor for me to have achieved what I have today.

Since ancient times, few people have been able to achieve immortality. I am a dull person, and I don't want to waste my life on such boring practice. It is better to be free and easy, so as not to regret it in the future."

In the world of immortal cultivation, although most cultivators are devoted to the Tao, they will not be too greedy for material things such as wine, sex, money and power, so as not to shake their determination to cultivate the Tao.

However, there are also many high-level cultivators like Zhang Tieyang who, after gaining a certain status, begin to live transparently in their hearts and love to marry wives and concubines and enjoy life.

Although Song Qingming himself was determined to seek the truth, he did not object to Zhang Tieyang's idea.

After all, the path of cultivation is too difficult. Not to mention cultivating to the point of ascending to the upper realms, even the Nascent Soul realm can block most of the Jindan cultivators like them. After a lifetime of cultivation, one can't just practice for the illusory immortality!
While the two were talking, Huang Siyuan, who had received the message from Song Yuanfang, had also come to the living room outside. Seeing her coming over, Zhang Tieyang, who was sitting on a chair, hurriedly stood up and stepped forward to salute her.

"Meet Senior Sister Huang!"

Huang Siyuan immediately returned the greeting upon seeing this, and then said softly: "Yuan Fang just told me, I don't know what kind of elixir Junior Brother Zhang is going to refine, can you show me the elixir formula first!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Tieyang's hand suddenly flashed with inspiration and a bamboo scroll appeared. He then handed it directly to Huang Siyuan.

“I got this recipe for the elixir when I was traveling in the Southern Tianhai League 20 years ago. I have also collected all the auxiliary spiritual medicines needed to refine the elixir.

However, because I don't have a demon pill in my hand, I haven't asked anyone to try to refine this kind of medicine. Senior Sister Huang, please see if you can start refining this pill."

Huang Siyuan placed the bamboo slips in front of her and carefully examined them with her spiritual sense before nodding to Zhang Tieyang and saying, "There is nothing wrong with this recipe. As long as the alchemy materials are fully prepared, we should be able to refine it with 70% to 80% certainty.

If Junior Brother Zhang is at ease, you can leave the recipe with me so that I can study it first, and then I can start refining the elixir when I return."

"Oh! Thank you very much, Senior Sister Huang. If you can refine more than two of these pills, I am willing to give you one as a reward. I hope you won't despise me."

Seeing that Huang Siyuan agreed to help with refining the elixir, Zhang Tieyang was very happy. He stepped forward and bowed to express his gratitude, then left with satisfaction with several fellow Taoists.

During the next month or so of the flying boat's journey, Song Qingming seldom took the initiative to go out. However, Zhao Mengling and Chu Fengping, who were eager to learn something from him, came to him several times and exchanged their cultivation experiences with Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan.

Although Chu Fengping's cultivation had just broken through to the sixth level of the Golden Core not long ago, he still had some distance to go before he could complete his cultivation and reach the late Golden Core stage.

However, Chu Fengping's life span is only over 300 years old, which is quite sufficient. He is also a third-level intermediate alchemist and is considered to be the Jindan elder who has the most elixirs in the sect. If nothing unexpected happens, it should not be difficult for him to break through to the late Jindan stage.

However, it is hard to say how long it will take for him to successfully break through, and whether his cultivation can further advance to reach the bottleneck of condensing the Nascent Soul.

Although Zhao Mengling's cultivation has reached the peak of the sixth level of the Golden Core, her life span has exceeded 400 years. She was injured in the monster riot a few years ago and has not recovered yet.

This time, Zhao Mengling went to the State of Wu to participate in the "Star Conference". Like the former head Yao Qianshu, his biggest goal was to find out if there were any high-level elixirs for healing, so that his injuries could recover faster and not delay his path too much.

Although both of them are at the sixth level of the Golden Core, theoretically they both still have hope of cultivating to the peak of the ninth level of the Golden Core and impacting the Nascent Soul realm.

But from the perspective of personal career prospects, Zhao Mengling is actually not as good as Chu Fengping, who has a lower cultivation level. Even if she is facing the bottleneck of the late Jindan stage right in front of her, she may not have a chance to break through it.

Song Qingming finally solved their doubts and made Chu Fengping and Zhao Mengling return with satisfaction. Unexpectedly, Zhang Tieyang also
One day, Song Qingming, who was meditating in the room, suddenly heard a voice coming in from the door. He quickly opened his eyes, ended his meditation and walked out.

"Seventh Uncle, Uncle Xu just sent someone to tell us that we have arrived in the territory of Wu."

After hearing Song Yuanhao's report, Song Qingming immediately walked to the window and took a look. Although he had not been to Wu for decades, Song Qingming still recognized the unique scenery outside at a glance.

"Since we have entered Wu, it should take us one or two days to reach Qixingfang. Go and inform Yuan Fang and the others to pack up and be ready to disembark at any time."

Although the trip to Wu State took several days longer, the journey was very smooth and they did not encounter any attacks from monsters or beasts. This made everyone feel that their luck on this trip was quite good.

A day later, the flying boat arrived safely outside the "Seven Stars Market". After Xu Ziyan handed over the invitation sent by the "Star Gate", everyone quickly entered the market.

Just like before, everyone from the Xiaoyao Sect first lived in the "Guyang Pavilion" arranged by the sect, waiting for the next "Star Conference" to begin.

Although there is still more than half a month before the "Star Conference", the "Seven Star Square" has already become lively.

After settling down in a place to live, Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan, along with several members of the Song family, quickly followed the crowd to the market to see if there were any spiritual objects they needed to buy.

　Thanks to MessiahSama, Feichong, 9145, The End of Prosperity is Where People Return, Double-Edged Sword, You Can't Use My Name, Showing Off to the Point of Breathing for the tips
　　
　
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