Qinghe Immortal Clan.

After leaving the "Taixu Gate", Song Qingming did not return directly to the immortal cultivation world of the Floating Cloud Mountains, but chose to travel around Nanzhou and the two nearby large states.

Since the monster riot, Song Qingming not only harvested a lot of monster materials during the riot, but also obtained a lot of high-level spiritual medicines in the secret realm of "Tianyuan Sect" with Huang Siyuan.

Not long ago, when he visited Luo Li in the East China Sea's immortal cultivation world, he found the cave of "Tianshi Taoist" and made a small fortune.

Song Qingming, who had no shortage of spirit stones and high-level materials, had finally come to the immortal cultivation world of "Donghuang Country", so it was naturally impossible for him to go back empty-handed.

It took Song Qingming more than half a year to visit many large markets that were no less important than "Tian Dan City", and he used the spiritual objects in his hands to exchange for many elixirs and other spiritual objects he needed for cultivation.

Unfortunately, the only thing that disappointed him was that he wanted to find a high-level material with fire attribute to repair the "Yin Yang Baji Formation" in his hand, but he failed to do so after more than half a year.

In the world of immortal cultivation in the "Donghuang Kingdom", materials of the third-grade superior quality are not particularly rare spiritual objects, but they are not found everywhere in the market.

Song Qingming searched so many large markets, but only saw a few low-quality third-grade medium-quality fire-attribute materials.

If this inferior material is used to repair the "Yin Yang Baji Formation", the power of the formation will definitely be damaged and it will not be possible to restore it to its original level. Song Qingming thought about it and decided not to compromise.

After arriving at Liangzhou, the storage device on Song Qingming's waist was already filled with many spiritual objects, and he did not bring many spiritual stones with him. So he took the initiative to embark on the return journey back to the immortal cultivation world of the Floating Cloud Mountains.

Although he came back alone, Song Qingming was very familiar with the route after having traveled there several times. He crossed the "Fantasy Sea Desert" and returned to Wei State without encountering any danger.

Song Qingming returned safely to "Funiu Mountain" and brought back a lot of high-level cultivation elixirs, and also shared a lot of them with Song Qingyu, Huang Siyuan and others.

The three of them soon went into seclusion to practice, and then returned to their normal days of hard practice.

Time flies and the years pass by.

In a blink of an eye, another ten years of peaceful days passed.
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Ten years later, in a cave in the border of Wu State in the southern part of Floating Cloud Mountains.

A young man in green clothes, with a focused look on his face, was concentrating on gathering his magical power. A faint golden light was emanating from his body. It was obvious that he was trying to reach the Golden Core realm.

A moment later, the young man who was trying hard to control his magic power to condense the golden elixir suddenly felt his magic power dissipate and he spat out a mouthful of blood. Then the golden light covering his body gradually dissipated.

Feeling that the golden elixir that had just condensed in his body had slowly dispersed and melted into elixir liquid again, the man in green who failed to form the elixir couldn't help but sigh with regret.

"What Uncle Seventh said is true. It is indeed not that easy to get through the stage of forming a pill. Even though I have better spiritual roots, I was not able to go further than them in this first stage of forming a pill."

The man in green sat there thinking for a long time. After recalling his failure, he wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.

Then he picked up a healing pill that had been prepared aside, threw it directly into his mouth, and began to refine the pill to heal his injuries.

Half a month later, feeling that his injuries had improved a lot, the man in green walked out of the cave gate. After taking a look at the long-lost sunshine outside, he turned and came to another cave not far away.

"Your injuries haven't been healed yet, how come you came out so soon? Don't you want to form a pill again?"

Before the man in green could release the sound transmission talisman he had just held in his hand, a voice suddenly came from the cave, and then a figure in a green robe with most of his face covered appeared in front of him out of thin air.

Seeing the green-robed man in front of him, the man in blue hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, saying, "I am incompetent and failed to form a pill. I have disappointed you."

Hearing this, the green-robed man waved his hand nonchalantly and said, "I've already told you that it's not easy to form a pill. I expected you to fail.

Don't worry, I said I would help you form the elixir successfully, and I will definitely be able to do it.

But don’t forget what you promised me before, otherwise even if you succeed in forming a pill in the future, I will still have a way to get you back to the foundation-building stage.”

"Don't worry, senior. Although my cultivation is low, I am not an ungrateful person. You saved my life, otherwise I would have died long ago. Even if you let me sacrifice my life to repay you, I will not frown."

Seeing the blue-robed man in front of him speaking with a firm face, the green-robed man was unmoved and chuckled, "Haha! There are many ungrateful people in this world. I won't believe a few words from you kid.

If you want to repay me, you must first have the qualifications.

"Okay! I have something else to do. You should go back to the cave to recuperate first. Take these pills. When you are almost healed, come back to see me!"

After the green-robed man finished speaking, he threw two white porcelain bottles to the green-robed man. Then he ignored him and turned around and walked back to his cave.

The man in green who got the porcelain bottle looked at the man in green robe walking away without saying anything. He just bowed to the other person's back and then turned and left.
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Wei State, Qinghe County, Funiu Mountains.

On this day, a scarlet sound transmission note representing an urgent message flew directly to the towering "Funiu Mountain" and landed in the hands of a cultivator from the Song family who was guarding the Law Enforcement Hall.

The Song family disciple who got the communication talisman saw that it was an emergency communication talisman, so he hurriedly dropped what he was doing and ran straight to the inner room where the family elders were.

Soon, this sound transmission note came into the hands of Song Yuanfang, who was busy in the family's "meeting room".

"Husband, what happened? Why did you suddenly send such an urgent talisman for help?"

Huang Leqing, who was sitting nearby helping Song Yuanfang with his affairs, saw the red sound transmission talisman in her husband's hand and immediately asked curiously.

After the Song family became the Jindan Immortal Clan, they have dominated the northeast of Wei State for more than a hundred years. Since the monster riot, the family territory has been very peaceful and nothing major has happened. In recent years, such urgent sound transmission talismans have rarely been seen.

Song Yuanfang opened the sound transmission note, glanced at the contents, and replied with a slightly serious expression: "It is a letter for help from Jinshanfang. A level 3 demon king suddenly appeared near the market and is attacking the mountain protection formation.

The situation is somewhat urgent. I have to hurry and inform the ancestor. I'm going to trouble Madam with the matter here!" Song Yuanfang said, and then he left the "meeting room" and walked quickly to the top of the mountain.

After a while, Song Yuanfang arrived at the cave of Song Qingming on the top of the mountain. He took a look at the cave where he was in retreat and found that there seemed to be no changes. Song Yuanfang thought about it and turned around and came to the cave of Song Qingyu not far away and sent the sound transmission note in his hand into it.

Half an hour later, outside the "Jinshanfang" in Pingyang County.

A white rhinoceros several meters tall and covered with hard armor was leading hundreds of low-level monsters outside the market town, constantly attacking the market town formation that was blocking their advance.

The pressure emanating from the leading white rhino had reached the middle stage of the Golden Core Realm. Every attack it made caused a violent vibration in the "Jinshanfang" mountain protection formation.

Hundreds of "Jinshanfang" monks hiding in the market saw the "White Rhino Demon King" leading the group outside. All of them had a look of fear on their faces. They did not dare to go out to stop him and could only hide in the formation and organize the monks to operate the formation to resist.

Because "Jinshanfang" is located in the relatively remote northeast direction, since its establishment, except for the monster riots once a hundred years, it has rarely been attacked by monster kings above level three.

No one knew where this "White Rhino Demon King" had suddenly appeared from. A few days ago, he had killed several teams of wandering cultivators who were out hunting demons nearby. Now, he was leading his army of demon beasts directly south to attack "Jinshanfang".

On the city wall of Fangshi, several foundation-building monks stationed here were looking at everything happening in front of them with deep worry, but they were helpless.

"Brother Cao, this demon king is so powerful, I'm afraid we can't hold out for long. If the formation is broken, you and I will be doomed. Should we use the talisman to stop the demon king first and buy some more time?"

"No! This talisman can only be used when absolutely necessary. Now is not the time. Let's hold on to the formation first. When the ancestor from Funiushan arrives, we will be safe."

The middle-aged man standing in the front, named Cao Linglong, is the current head of the Cao family in Pingyang County. He is also the cultivator with the highest cultivation level in "Jinshanfang" and has already cultivated to the ninth level of foundation building.

When Cao Linglong heard a foundation-building cultivator beside him propose to use the third-grade low-quality talismans stored in the market, he just thought about it for a moment and immediately shook his head to reject the other party's proposal.

This third-level talisman stored in the market town was a spiritual object bestowed by the Jindan ancestor of "Funiu Mountain" in the past, and it was instructed that it could only be used at critical moments.

Even though he knew that the mountain protection formation outside was already somewhat dangerous, Cao Linglong still gritted his teeth and shook his head, not hastily choosing to use this important trump card immediately.

"Fellow Daoist Cao, now is not the time to act on impulse. I hope you can think more about the other cultivators in the market and stop hesitating."

Just when the other party was trying desperately to persuade him, a sword light suddenly appeared from the south of "Jinshanfang" and flew towards this side quickly. Seeing this, Cao Linglong immediately showed a look of joy on his face.

"Haha! Reinforcements are coming. I wonder if the one coming this time is the Jindan Patriarch from Funiushan Mountain?"

Seeing that the speed of this golden light was obviously beyond the scope of a foundation-building cultivator, it was definitely a Jindan ancestor. Before Cao Linglong could speak, a foundation-building cultivator next to him shouted with joy. Hearing the other party's words, Cao Linglong reached out and touched the beard at the corner of his mouth, and replied confidently: "This sword light is so sharp, it must be a master who practices the way of sword cultivation. The person who came should be the Qingyu ancestor of Funiushan.

It is rumored that Grandmother Qingyu's cultivation has reached the peak of the fifth level of the Golden Core, and she is only one step away from breaking through to the sixth level of the Golden Core. Moreover, as she has practiced the art of swordsmanship, she can hold her own even when facing a great demon king in the late Golden Core stage.

Today, the ancestor has come to help in person. This demon king is probably seeking his own death. Fellow Taoists, please do not miss this good opportunity. Get ready for the fight. We can also take this opportunity to show off in front of the ancestor."

Hearing Cao Linglong's encouragement, the several Foundation Establishment cultivators standing beside him were all energized, and they hurriedly ordered the many Qi Refining cultivators stationed in the market town below to prepare to counterattack the army of monsters outside.

Seeing Song Qingyu riding on a flying sword and coming towards him from a distance with a sharp sword light, the "White Rhino Demon King" who had not been able to break through the "Jinshanfang" mountain protection formation immediately changed direction and blocked the opponent's sword light with the extremely hard horn on his head.

"Evil beast! How dare you invade the Song family's territory?"

Song Qingyu, who had just arrived holding the "Xuanming Golden Light Sword", glanced at the "White Rhino Demon King" in front of him, shouted angrily, and the flying sword in his hand was split into five again, and slashed at the opponent again from five different directions.

Facing Song Qingyu's sharp attack, the "White Rhino Demon King" was not in a hurry. A colorful light shot out from the top of the horn on his head, which turned into a protective shield to block his body, trying to forcibly take on Song Qingyu's attack.

However, what it did not expect was that Song Qingyu's cultivation was obviously higher than its own, and the five-colored shield did not completely block the opponent's attack. After the sword light penetrated the shield, it left several scars on the "White Rhino Demon King".

Seeing that the opponent's flying sword was so sharp and could easily break through the defensive shield that he was so proud of, the "White Rhino Demon King" was immediately shocked. He immediately abandoned the army of monsters behind him, turned around and fled quickly to the north.

Seeing that the opponent retreated after just a few rounds of fighting with him was a bit beyond Song Qingyu's expectations, he hurriedly rode on his flying sword to chase after him.

The two of them ran and fought for nearly a hundred miles. Seeing that they were almost deep into the Floating Cloud Mountains, Song Qingyu reluctantly stopped chasing.

Although the magical powers of this "White Rhino Demon King" are ordinary, he has a very powerful defensive magic weapon hidden on his body.

In addition, the demon king's body was also very strong. Even after being hit by dozens of swords from Song Qingyu, he only suffered some non-fatal injuries. In the end, he successfully escaped.

Having failed to kill his opponent, Song Qingyu showed a slight regret on his face. Without staying for too long, he immediately controlled the flying sword under his feet and returned to "Jinshanfang".

By the time Song Qingyu returned, Cao Linglong and others stationed in the market town had already led the cultivators to repel the attacks of those low-level monsters and drove them all back to the Floating Cloud Mountains in the north.

Seeing Song Qingyu returning alone on the flying sword, several people hurried forward and bowed to him.

"Junior greets the ancestor!"

After Song Qingyu took a quick look at the battlefield below, he directly asked Cao Linglong, "You should be from the Cao family, right? What are the casualties this time?"

Upon hearing this, Cao Linglong immediately replied:

“Reporting to the senior, the demon king came a little suddenly this time. Although we activated the mountain protection formation in time, there were still many cultivators and mortals nearby who failed to retreat to the market in time and died tragically at the hands of the demon beast.

Including the battle with the monsters later, a total of 79 monks were killed or injured, and more than 260 mortals. The injured have been sent to the rear treasury for treatment. "

“All cultivators who died in battle, whether they were from nearby families or independent cultivators living in the market town, will be compensated according to the market town rules, and those who were injured will also be given healing pills in a timely manner.

After you have dealt with it, please remember to submit a copy of the list and account to Funiu Mountain as a backup file. This matter cannot be delayed.

After all, Jinshanfang is still the front line of the Floating Cloud Mountains. In the future, you should send more monks to investigate the movements of monsters and be prepared in time. Don't be careless like you were this time."

As Song Qingyu spoke, he looked at Cao Linglong with a hint of coldness, which made the head of the Cao family feel an invisible pressure from behind. He nodded repeatedly and said:
"Don't worry, ancestor. We will definitely strengthen our vigilance in the future and will not let the monsters succeed so easily again."

Upon seeing this, Song Qingyu glanced at a few people and said nothing more. He moved his magic power, turned into a beam of light and disappeared directly on the spot.

After Song Qingyu left, Cao Linglong and his companions, whose foreheads were already slightly sweaty, immediately breathed a sigh of relief, looked at each other, and hurriedly turned around and walked towards the treasury in the market town.

After leaving "Jinshanfang", Song Qingyu rushed directly back to Qinghe County. She had just passed through the "Funiu Mountain" mountain protection formation when she suddenly saw a burst of colorful light rising from the top of the mountain.

"Could this be Seventh Brother's breakthrough in cultivation?" Seeing the unusual celestial phenomenon on the top of the mountain, Song Qingyu hurriedly controlled the flying sword under his feet to move closer to the location of the glow.

After returning from the immortal world of "Donghuang Country", Song Qingming brought back a lot of elixirs and spiritual objects needed for cultivation. The three Jindan ancestors of the Song family also made considerable progress in their cultivation in the past ten years.

Among them, Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan's cultivation levels have both successfully reached the peak bottleneck. As early as a year ago, they had gone into seclusion one after another to try to break through their own cultivation levels.

Although both of them were in seclusion to break through their cultivation, Song Qingming only broke through a small realm in his cultivation, from the seventh level of Golden Core to the eighth level of Golden Core. It was much easier than Huang Siyuan's breakthrough from the third level of Golden Core to the fourth level of Golden Core and directly leaped to the middle stage of Golden Core.

Therefore, after seeing the colorful rays of light on the top of the mountain, Song Qingyu's first reaction was that the one who caused this strange phenomenon in heaven and earth should be Song Qingming, who had chosen to go into seclusion earlier.

However, when she came under the rosy glow, Song Qingyu discovered that her previous guess was somewhat wrong. The rosy glow did not come from the cave where Song Qingming was in retreat, but from another cave not far away.

Seeing a figure in green standing not far in front of the cave, Song Qingyu, who had just arrived here, immediately smiled and walked over quickly.

"Seventh Brother! I just thought you were the one causing the noise, but it turned out to be my sister-in-law who broke through first. It seems that we both need to work harder on our cultivation, otherwise my sister-in-law will catch up with us sooner or later."

Song Qingming, who was looking at the rosy clouds in the sky, smiled and shook his head when he heard this, saying: "When you reach the Golden Core Realm, many times, to break through your cultivation, you still need to understand your own cultivation.

Otherwise, even if you practice hard, it will be impossible to be one step ahead of others if the opportunity has not yet arrived.

You may think that I am not far from a breakthrough in my cultivation, but a slight mistake can lead to a huge mistake. If I can't find the opportunity to break through my cultivation, it will be difficult to achieve anything even if I retreat for ten years.

However, we were not optimistic about Siyuan's retreat at first, but we didn't expect that she would get the opportunity and realize the opportunity to break through the bottleneck and succeed in one go.

You are right. If the opportunity comes in the future, it would not be surprising for Siyuan to surpass you and me in cultivation."

After Song Qingming finished speaking, seeing that nothing happened here, he turned around and patted the shoulder of Song Qingyu who was still in deep thought. The two of them quickly walked towards the "Huixian Pavilion" not far away.

"Yuan Fang came up just now and I heard him say that you went to Jinshanfang. How is the situation there?"

When Song Qingming asked about the "Jinshanfang" incident, Song Qingyu's face changed slightly and he slowly said, "A demon king in the middle stage of the golden elixir came from somewhere and besieged the market, scaring the Cao family members.

I didn't want to take action against him, but that guy was so cunning that he immediately fled to the Floating Cloud Mountains as soon as we fought. I chased him all the way but couldn't do anything to him.

Although this demon king is average in strength, his intelligence is no less than that of the Yunhe demon king back then. He knew he couldn't win and would flee decisively. Although I chased him away this time, I'm afraid he will come again next time."

After Song Qingming thought for a moment, he said directly: "This monster has never appeared before, it should be an external monster king with no background.

After Siyuan comes out of confinement, we will find a chance to go to the north together to see if we can find its lair and kill the monster. Otherwise, with this hidden danger, it will be difficult for us to feel at ease at home next time we go out for something.

Although Jinshanfang is a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is still too close to Pingyang County. Every time it is attacked by monsters, it will affect the cultivators and mortals nearby.

Now that we have enough manpower, we should find a way to set up a few more lines of defense to block the monster army in the north and solve this problem. Otherwise, the next time the monsters cause unrest, Pingyang County will be in crisis again. "

"Seventh Brother, do you mean that we should take the initiative to attack northward?" After hearing what Song Qingming said, Song Qingyu on the side asked with some surprise.

Ever since the Wei Kingdom's immortal cultivation world was unified by the Xiaoyao Sect, it has faced the threat of northern monsters for thousands of years. Except for a few brief periods of time when it had some advantages, it has been clearly at a disadvantage most of the time.

Under the leadership of the "Xiao Yao Sect", the patriotic monks have basically been able to passively defend over the years, and rarely take the initiative to go deep into the Floating Cloud Mountains to compete with monsters for territory.

Seeing that Song Qingyu understood what he meant, Song Qingming nodded and said, "During the last monster riot, the sect dealt a heavy blow to the monster forces of Jinyu Mountain. Now their strength has not fully recovered. It is the best time for us to develop northward.

Senior Sister Bai has been in seclusion for so long, it is estimated that she is not far from breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage. If she can successfully advance to the Nascent Soul stage this time, the sect will certainly begin to expand its territory, and we must also prepare in advance. "

Song Qingyu was a little puzzled when he heard this: "Seventh Brother, Senior Sister Bai has been in seclusion for so long, is she really trying to break through the Nascent Soul Realm?

Last time I went to the sect, I specifically asked Brother Fang about this, but he was hesitant and didn't explain clearly, so I thought I guessed wrong." (End of this chapter)