Qinghe Immortal Clan.

Looking at the "Chiyanfang" not far away, a young lady in purple turned around and said respectfully:
"This should be the Song Family Chiyanfang they mentioned. Senior sister, let me go to the market to ask around and see if I can find someone to ask about the situation first!"

After hearing what the purple-dressed woman said, the other veiled woman in white who was traveling with her did not speak, but just nodded slightly with a calm expression, agreeing to the other party's proposal.

Afterwards, the purple-clothed woman restrained her cultivation, disguised herself as an ordinary Qi-refining cultivator, and walked alone towards the "Chiyanfang" in the distance.

Although the Song family's "Chiyanfang" will check the information of cultivators who register to enter and leave, this move is only aimed at those notorious bandits and demon cultivators outside. They will not turn away unfamiliar cultivators from outside.

After the purple-clothed woman reported her name at the door, she was brought to a second-level magic circle at the door. Only after passing through it was she allowed to enter the market.

This magic array was refined by Song Qingming after he returned from the immortal cultivation world of "Donghuang Country". It can detect the evil spirit hidden in the body of a cultivator and distinguish some people who practice magic techniques.

This is a method that Song Qingming learned in "Xianyuan City" back then. Although it cannot completely identify those demon cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage with higher cultivation, it is still useful for demon cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage.

Since this formation was set up in the "Chiyanfang", in less than five years, the Fangshi Law Enforcement Team has captured more than a dozen monks who had secretly learned the magic techniques.

This also made the low-level demon cultivators hiding near Qinghe County terrified. They dared not approach the place guarded by the Song family cultivators and moved their caves away from the vicinity of the Song family's territory.

"The Song family is quite knowledgeable. They actually knew how to set up a magic exorcism array in the market. It seems that what Senior Sister said is right. They are indeed not like ordinary Jindan immortals."

The purple-clothed woman who entered the market talked to herself, then asked around in the market, and then came to a shop called "Yuxin Pavilion" in the middle of the street in the market.

This shop is located in the central and prosperous area of ​​the entire market town, and its business is surprisingly good. There are many monks coming and going in the shop, and there are five or six waiters just to serve the customers.

"Haha! Sir, what spiritual items do you want to buy? Our store has elixirs, talismans, magic tools, and everything else. The quality and price are absolutely guaranteed."

Before the purple-clothed woman could see the situation inside the store clearly, an old man in the late Qi Refining stage came up to her and greeted her warmly as if she were a new customer.

The purple-clothed woman saw the shop owner and said softly, "I want to buy some high-quality pills. Can you take me to a quieter place?"

"Oh! Sir, please follow me to the second floor. If you have any needs, please feel free to tell me."

After a while, the purple-clothed woman, led by the shopkeeper, came to a secret room on the second floor.

"Sir, we are the only two here. If you want some kind of medicine, just tell us directly. Don't worry, we only do business and will never ask you anything else."

Seeing that the purple-clothed woman was unable to speak, the shopkeeper thought that what she needed was too valuable. He was afraid that if others knew it, it would bring danger to him, so he took the initiative to suggest finding a place to talk alone.

Hearing the shopkeeper's question, the woman in purple did not rush to talk about the elixir, but looked up at the other party.

At this moment, the purple-clothed woman's originally normal eyes suddenly turned into a strange purple color. The shopkeeper of "Yuxin Pavilion" was a little surprised to see this scene.

But before he could react, a strange force made him stand still and unable to move. He couldn't even speak. He seemed to be suddenly controlled by someone. He just stared at the woman in purple in front of him with lifeless eyes.

Seeing the shopkeeper's look, the purple-clothed woman smiled with satisfaction and asked softly, "Is the owner of your shop surnamed Liu?"

"Yes!"

"Where is she now? Take me to find her?"

".."

Half an hour later, on the barren mountain outside "Chiyanfang".

Seeing that the purple-clothed woman who had just gone to the market had turned back, the white-clothed woman who stayed behind hurriedly asked, "How is it? Did you find out anything?"

Hearing this, the purple-clothed woman shook her head and said, "That girl went out to travel a few months ago, and I didn't find her. Later, I made some noise outside the market and brought back some things.

I guess someone will come to me in a while. These Qi Refining cultivators don’t know much. I will catch a Foundation Establishment cultivator and ask him. I should be able to get something.”

"Now that things are not clear, there is no need to make it so complicated. Since we can't find that girl, we can only go and ask her in person. I have just sent a message to Senior Brother Wu. When he comes, we will go to Funiu Mountain together!"

Hearing this, the purple-robed woman smiled and cupped her hands, saying, "Don't worry, Senior Sister, they are just a few juniors, I know the severity of the situation and there won't be any trouble.

We are still unsure whether the Song family has anything to do with this matter. It would be dangerous if we go there rashly. It would be safer to get some information first and then go find them."

Just as the two women were talking on the mountain, a sword light suddenly flew out of the "Chiyanfang" and flew directly towards the hill.

"The prey is coming! Senior sister, please wait a moment, I will catch it right away."

Seeing the sword light not far away, it was obvious that a cultivator from the foundation-building sect was coming. The purple-clothed woman revealed an evil smile at the corner of her mouth, and then disappeared from the spot in a flash of light.

Seeing this, the woman in white did not stop him, but just stood there and shook her head slightly.
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"Funiu Mountain", in the Song family's alchemy pavilion.

Huang Siyuan, who was sorting out the spiritual medicines needed for alchemy, suddenly received a voice transmission from outside. She frowned and walked directly out of her alchemy room.

"Yuan Fang, what happened at Chiyanfang?"

Seeing Huang Siyuan in front of him, Song Yuanfang, who was holding a sound transmission note in his hand, quickly replied: "Reporting to the ancestor, I just received a letter from Yuan Xu, Xuanyu suddenly disappeared outside the market.

Earlier, someone was causing trouble outside the market town, and Xuanyu took people to deal with it, but she didn't come back for half an hour. Yuanxue sent people to look for her outside the market town for several rounds, but she was nowhere to be found, so she sent a message to inform me.

I just checked Xuanyu's fate card and there was nothing wrong with it. I don't know what's going on."

After hearing Song Yuanfang's explanation, Huang Siyuan said with a serious expression: "Could it be that another demon cultivator is causing trouble?
My husband has gone to Guyang Mountain and hasn't come back yet, so we'd better not go there rashly to avoid being ambushed by those demon cubs. Yuan Fang, you send a message to Yuan Xue and ask her to activate the formation and guard the market first.

I will go to Guyang Mountain in person and will be back in two hours at most. Yuan Fang, you activate the formation and guard your home well. Don't let anyone take advantage of you."

When Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan were both away, Song Qingyu, who was left alone at the family's sacred mountain, was almost ambushed by a Jindan demon cultivator.

Upon hearing that Song Xuanyu had suddenly disappeared, Huang Siyuan thought of similar things for no reason. After thinking about it, she decided not to take the risk and chose a safer approach.

After talking to Song Yuanfang for a few words, Huang Siyuan immediately came to the outside of the "Alchemy Pavilion" and summoned her flying boat. In just a moment, she turned into a beam of light and left "Funiu Mountain".

Before Huang Siyuan walked out of Qinghe County, she saw a beam of light flying towards her. When she saw who was coming, her face suddenly lit up with joy, and she controlled the flying boat to move towards the person.

"Siyuan! Why are you here? Did something happen at home?"

Song Qingming, who had just rushed back from "Guyang Mountain", was surprised to see Huang Siyuan appear halfway and asked hurriedly.

When she saw Song Qingming, Huang Siyuan immediately told him what had happened in "Chiyanfang" and her worries.

"So, Xuanyu might have been restrained by someone. The person who could restrain him so easily must have a high level of cultivation, at least a cultivator in the late foundation building stage. It is also possible that the Jindan cultivator has come here, so we must go and meet him."

"My husband, this is a bit strange. If we go there rashly, it might be very dangerous. Why don't we go to the sect and ask for some help? It will be safer."

Seeing that Song Qingming was about to control the flying boat to turn around and head directly to "Chiyanfang" while speaking, Huang Siyuan immediately spoke up to stop him.

"It's just that a foundation-building cultivator is missing. We haven't figured out the situation yet. How can we rashly go to the sect to ask for help? We will be laughed at later.

Don't worry, I am now a late Jindan cultivator. There are not many Jindan cultivators who can defeat me. Even if I can't beat them, it won't be difficult to retreat to "Funiu Mountain" since it's not far away."

"Okay then! I'll go with you. I can take care of you if you need any help."

"Well! Come with me." Seeing that Huang Siyuan was a little worried about him, Song Qingming immediately agreed and took her to "Chiyanfang" to investigate the matter.

Qinghe County is less than a thousand miles away from "Chiyanfang". The two of them rode the "Phantom Boat" at full speed for just a quarter of an hour and arrived outside the gate of the market.

At this time, "Chiyanfang" had already been closed and under martial law because of Song Xuanyu's disappearance, and even the market's mountain protection formation had been fully activated, as if facing a powerful enemy, ready for battle.

As soon as Song Qingming and his companion arrived at the gate of the market town, the gate was immediately opened from the inside. Then Song Yuanxue, who looked a little nervous, walked out with dozens of monks from the market town law enforcement team.

"Seventh Uncle, meet the ancestor!"

Song Qingming looked at everyone, nodded slightly and asked, "Where did Xuanyu disappear? Have you looked for him everywhere?"

"Reporting to Seventh Uncle, earlier someone caused trouble outside the market and robbed a law enforcement monk of his magic weapon. Xuanyu heard about it and led people to chase the man in the direction he fled, to the hill in the east. Unexpectedly, after Xuanyu went there, there was no news of her for a while. The law enforcement monks who followed her only saw her go over a hill and then suddenly disappeared. They searched for a long time but could not find any trace of Xuanyu.

Later I sent people to search the area twice, but still found no news, so I sent a message home!"

Hearing Song Qingming's question, Song Yuanxue quickly told him everything that had happened before, and there seemed to be some worry about Song Xuanyu on her face.

Song Qingming nodded slightly upon hearing this, and immediately instructed everyone: "Xuan Yu's life plate is fine now, I'm afraid there are high-level demon cultivators nearby.

Yuan Xue, you must immediately organize all the members of the law enforcement team and go to the place where Xuan Yu disappeared to check again. Ask them to be more careful.

Siyuan, follow them and go over there. I will try the blood soul-seeking technique to see if Xuanyu is still nearby."

After hearing Song Qingming's arrangement, Song Yuanxue and everyone immediately set out and went to the small hill where Song Xuanyu disappeared, searching for her whereabouts bit by bit.

Song Qingming found a cultivator in the market town who had a similar bloodline to Song Xuanyu. He took some of his blood and began to cast a spell to try to find Song Xuanyu using the "Bloodline Soul-Seeking Technique" he had learned that year.

The "Bloodline Soul-Seeking Technique" will consume the cultivator's blood and essence, and will have some impact on ordinary Qi Refining cultivators.

However, the Song family member in front of him was just a cultivator with average talent and four spiritual roots. After hearing his ancestor say that the family would compensate him with one hundred spirit stones, the tension on his face immediately disappeared, and he directly cast a spell to force out a large drop of essence and blood from his body.

Seeing this, Song Qingming immediately raised his hand and released a yellow talisman to wrap it. Then, with a flash of spiritual light in Song Qingming's hand, the talisman was instantly ignited and turned into a ball of ashes.

Looking at the green smoke emanating from the ashes in front of him and drifting towards the hill where Song Yuanxue and the others had just searched, Song Qingming's face suddenly became serious.

"You actually dared to hide nearby. You seem to be quite courageous!"

Song Qingming had just finished speaking and was about to follow Qingyan to find Song Xuanyu's location. Unexpectedly, he had not walked far when he heard the sound of fierce fighting from the other side of the hill.

Seeing this, Song Qingming's face changed and he quickly took out the "Phantom Boat", turned into a beam of light and rushed over.

As soon as he arrived near the battlefield, Song Qingming saw Huang Siyuan in mid-air holding the "Purple Gold Seal" and a green Ruyi magic weapon, fighting with a strange woman in purple who was surrounded by several ribbons.

Not far from her, a rat that was trying to spit fire was struggling with a python that was also red all over.

Song Yuanxue and others below could only stand far away and watch the battle between the golden elixirs, not daring to get too close.

After Huang Siyuan’s cultivation broke through the third level of the Golden Core, she obtained a third-grade intermediate-quality defensive magic weapon, the “Yuqing Ruyi”, at the Wu Kingdom’s “Star Conference” auction.

Her current fighting ability is not much weaker than the average fourth-level Jindan cultivator out there.

However, her opponent, the woman in purple, has already reached the peak of the fifth level of the Golden Core, and her magical powers are much stronger than Huang Siyuan's.

Even when facing the fierce attack of Huang Siyuan's "Purple Gold Seal" magic weapon, the woman in purple still looked calm. The magic ribbon in her hand seemed to be able to deal with Huang Siyuan's attack with ease and blocked it easily.

Although Huang Siyuan used all her skills without holding back from the beginning, she was still at a disadvantage after fighting with the woman in purple for dozens of rounds.

The spiritual beast "Chi Yan" at the side also did not gain any advantage against the red python. It wanted to go over to help Huang Siyuan, but was tightly entangled by the python and could not get away.

Seeing this, Song Qingming, who had just arrived at the battlefield, suddenly had an inspiration and immediately summoned out his innate magic weapon, the "Five-Star Divine Light Mirror", and joined the battlefield to help Huang Siyuan.

Under Song Qingming's control, the "Five-Star Divine Light Mirror" turned into five huge bronze mirrors of different colors, which shot towards the purple-clothed woman from five directions.
The purple-clothed woman who was facing Huang Siyuan frowned slightly when she saw the "Five-Star Divine Light Mirror" suddenly appearing around her, and her previous relaxed look immediately disappeared.

He quickly took out a green flag magic weapon from his body, cast a spell to release a gust of wind to block one of the bronze mirrors. Taking advantage of this gap, the woman in purple instantly moved dozens of feet away and escaped from the encirclement of the "Five-Star Divine Light Mirror".

Seeing that this woman had such a powerful magic weapon, Song Qingming's face showed a hint of surprise. He immediately controlled the "Five-Star Divine Light Mirror" to change direction and chased the woman in purple again.

Huang Siyuan, who was standing by, was delighted when she saw Song Qingming coming to help. She hurriedly took her magic weapon and chased after him, wanting to help tie up the woman in purple.

Just as the three were fighting fiercely, a black light suddenly flew in from the air, landed beside the woman in purple, and turned into a middle-aged man with a haggard look on his face.

After the middle-aged man arrived, he stretched out one hand and released a huge black brick, which hit Song Qingming's natal magic weapon, the "Five-Star Divine Light Mirror", and directly knocked him back.

"A ninth-level Jindan cultivator!"

Seeing the man in black suddenly appear in front of him, Song Qingming immediately frowned. Just when he wanted to see the other person's face clearly, a somewhat familiar voice had already entered Song Qingming's ears.

"Fellow Daoist Song, I am Wu Xiang from Baihua Palace. I haven't seen you for many years, so I think you still remember me!"

After hearing this voice, Song Qingming looked at the other party carefully again before casting a spell to call back the "Five-Star Divine Light Mirror" not far away.

Upon seeing this, Huang Siyuan took back her magic weapon and called back "Chi Yan" who was still fighting with the red python not far away.

The man in black named Wu Xiang was the Jindan elder of Baihua Palace whom Song Qingming met on the way when he went to the East China Sea to visit He Mengxin.

Because it had been more than fifty years since they met, the other party's cultivation and appearance had changed a little, so Song Qingming failed to recognize him at first.

However, although he recognized the other party, Wu Xiang, as an elder of Baihua Palace, suddenly appeared in "Chiyanfang" and might be related to Song Xuanyu's disappearance. Song Qingming did not dare to let down his guard.

The "Five-Star Divine Light Mirror" was still surrounding him and he was not in a hurry to retract it into his body.

"Fellow Daoist Wu, why are you here? Did this fellow Daoist come here with you?" After Song Qingming replied to Wu Xiang, he looked at the purple-clothed woman beside him with some confusion.

Seeing this, Wu Xiang nodded slightly to acknowledge his relationship with the purple-clothed woman, and then said with a smile: "Fellow Daoist Song, please don't misunderstand. Junior Sister Han is also an elder of our sect and came with me this time.

Junior Sister Han was just impulsive just now and had no ill intentions. I hope that Brother Song will be magnanimous and not misunderstand us because of this."

Seeing Song Qingming staring at her with unfriendly eyes, the purple-clothed woman smiled and cupped her hands, saying:
"Haha! I just fought with your wife because I wanted to show off my skills. I will apologize to you. Brother Song, please don't bother with a weak woman like me!"

Seeing that Wu Xiang and the purple-clothed woman sang the same tune and in a few words explained what had just happened as a small misunderstanding, Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan both looked a little unhappy and did not believe each other's words.

“Whether it is a misunderstanding or not, I can naturally judge it in my heart. There is no need for you to say more. You two sneaked into my Song family and kidnapped my younger generation. What is your intention?

Although your Baihua Palace is a large Yuanying sect, this is not the East China Sea cultivation world. If you don’t give me a satisfactory explanation today, this matter will never be let go!"

Facing Wu Xiang and the woman in purple, although Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan were slightly inferior to the other in cultivation, they were not afraid of each other.

Although the Song family is only a Jindan immortal clan, they have the support of the Yuanying sect "Xiaoyao Sect" behind them. As long as Song Qingming sends a sound transmission note to Guyang Mountain, he can immediately call for reinforcements from the sect.

Seeing that Song Qingming did not let down his guard because of his appearance, Wu Xiang looked helpless and hurriedly cast a spell to privately transmit a secret message to Song Qingming.

After hearing the message from Wu Xiang, Song Qingming, who was standing in place, suddenly had a complicated expression on his face.

After thinking for a moment, Song Qingming said something to Huang Siyuan beside him, asking her to take people back to "Chiyanfang" first, while he stayed where they were.

When Huang Siyuan heard Song Qingming asking her to go back first, she was still a little worried. It was not until Song Qingming explained to her that she nodded and took Song Yuanxue and the others to leave first.

After the rest of the Song family had left, Wu Xiang, who was standing in front, smiled and said to Song Qingming: "Fellow Daoist Song, the Saint is now at the foot of the mountain. When you see her later, you will understand what is going on!"

After Wu Xiang finished speaking, he nodded slightly to Song Qingming, then took the purple-clothed woman and flew down the mountain first. Seeing this, Song Qingming immediately followed behind.

After a while, Song Qingming followed Wu Xiang and the others to a meadow at the foot of the mountain and met a woman in white who had been waiting there.

The woman in white had a veil on her face and her features could not be seen clearly. Not far away standing next to her was a young woman in a green dress. She was none other than Song Xuanyu, the foundation-building elder of the Song family who had disappeared before.

Seeing Song Qingming coming, the woman in white nodded slightly, then took the initiative to smile and bowed to him.

"Fellow Daoist Song, I haven't seen you for many years. I hope you are doing well."

The voice was ethereal and very moving. Although he couldn't see the other person's face under the veil, Song Qingming recognized it at a glance.

The woman in white was Xia Mo, the "Holy Maiden of Baihua Palace", who had come to "Funiu Mountain" with He Mengxin and went to Yue State with him and Song Qingyu to explore the Nascent Soul Cave.

"Song has met Fairy Xia Mo!" (End of this chapter)