Qinghe Immortal Clan.

Qinghe County, in Huixian Pavilion on the top of Funiu Mountain.

Song Qingming, who was sitting by the window on the third floor, was reading a bamboo slip with great interest.

Huang Siyuan, who had just come out of seclusion after refining medicine, walked towards him with a cup of freshly brewed spiritual tea and gently placed it in front of Song Qingming.

"My dear husband, what kind of skills are recorded in these bamboo slips? Why are you so interested in them?"

Seeing that Song Qingming was so engrossed in watching that he didn't even notice the fragrant spiritual tea placed in front of him, Huang Siyuan couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.

Hearing Huang Siyuan's question, Song Qingming immediately came back to his senses, put down the bamboo slips in his hand, smiled and waved his hand, saying: "It's not a powerful technique, it's just a volume of the senior's cultivation experience.

My practice has not been going smoothly recently, so I wanted to find something that could help me, and that’s when I became a little absorbed.”

After saying that, Song Qingming picked up the spiritual tea brewed by Huang Si and took a sip, then a look of satisfaction appeared on his face.

Since the Song family expanded its territory to the north, although they have not gone out much in the past two years, Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan each have a lot of things to do and rarely have time to get together.

It was not until recently that the two of them had more free time and had time to spend some leisure time on the top of the mountain. Song Qingming naturally cherished this very much.

Hearing Song Qingming's answer, Huang Siyuan's face showed a little more interest and said, "When did my husband get the cultivation experience of the Yuanying senior? Why haven't I heard you mention it before?

I have encountered some puzzles in my recent cultivation. Can you lend me this item to take a look?"

"Of course you can have it if you want. I have already copied this thing. I'll give it to you directly!" Seeing that Huang Siyuan was also very interested in this, Song Qingming immediately handed her the bamboo slips on the table.

"Siyuan, I got this cultivation experience accidentally back then. The identity of its owner has not been confirmed yet. Just keep it safe and don't let anyone else see it, so as to avoid causing unnecessary trouble to us."

Huang Siyuan took the bamboo slips and nodded in response to Song Qingming's instructions: "Don't worry, my husband. I'll take note of it."

The two have been Taoist companions for many years, and Huang Siyuan naturally knows her husband very well. Since Song Qingming specifically reminded her of this, the origin of the bamboo slips must be somewhat unusual, so she did not ask too many questions.

After putting away the bamboo slips, Huang Siyuan was about to turn around and refill Song Qingming's cup of spiritual tea, and then smiled and said, "Some time ago, I heard that Xuanfeng wanted to go out for training, but you rejected him.

"Other family members have reached a certain level of cultivation and can go out to gain experience. Why don't you let him go out alone? Are you worried about him going out to gain experience?"

Song Xuanfeng is the descendant of Song Qingming's direct bloodline. After his cultivation level broke through to the fourth level of foundation building last year, he immediately applied to his family for permission to go out and travel.

However, when the matter came to Song Qingming, he directly rejected it, saying that the family was currently short of manpower and asked him to go out for training again in five years.

Song Xuanfeng was unhappy about this and approached Song Yuanfang several times over the past year to ask for help, but Song Qingming never agreed.

"This kid is the same as Yuan Hao. Although he has some talent in cultivation and is faster than others, his character is far less stable than Xuan Yu and the others. I did this just to temper his character!
You just came out of confinement, how do you know about this? Didn't that guy find you again? "Hearing Huang Siyuan suddenly mention Song Xuanfeng's matter, Song Qingming asked back in confusion.

Huang Siyuan smiled and shook her head slightly when she heard this, saying, "I heard it from Yuan Fang, don't think too much about it and use it to talk about him later.

I was thinking that since Xuanfeng wants to go out and gain experience, why don't you give him a chance and let him go to a safer place nearby. This will not only satisfy his wish, but we won't have to worry too much."

Hearing Huang Siyuan's suggestion, Song Qingming smiled and sighed, "I know what you mean, but if we let Xuanfeng go, many things won't be what we want him to be.

The last time Yuan Hao went to explore the secret realm, he would have never come back if he hadn't been lucky. Yuan Li also went out and hasn't been seen since. These young people think differently from us.

In all these years, Xuanfeng is the only one who has embarked on the path of immortality and he has quite good talent. As an elder, I really don't want to see him go out and encounter any danger.
But since you have spoken up for him, I will think about it again and discuss with Yuan Fang where it would be most appropriate for him to go."

As soon as Song Qingming finished speaking, footsteps were heard downstairs, and then a cultivator of the "Lin" generation who was guarding the door below walked up quickly.

"Report to the ancestor! The great elder wants to see you for something."

"Hey! What a coincidence! How come Yuan Fang is here right after we mentioned him? Let him come up!"

Hearing the visitor say that it was Song Yuanfang who wanted to see him, Song Qingming hurriedly waved his hand to signal him to come up. Soon, Song Yuanfang appeared in front of Song Qingming with a sound transmission note in his hand.

"Seventh Uncle, I just received an urgent letter from Guyang Mountain. I haven't had time to open it yet. It seems that the sect has something urgent to discuss with you." After Song Yuanfang finished speaking, he immediately handed the sound transmission note in his hand to Song Qingming in front of him.

Upon hearing that there was an emergency in the sect, Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan immediately focused their attention on the communication talisman in his hand.

However, after Song Qingming opened the talisman and took a look at it, the expression on his face did not change much, and he gave the talisman directly to Huang Siyuan who was standing beside him.

Huang Siyuan took the sound transmission note and opened it, but she was a little puzzled and asked, "Junior Sister Xu sent a message asking us to go to the sect, but why didn't she say what the specific matter was?"

Hearing this, Song Qingming calmly replied, "Since he didn't say it, it must be because it's inconvenient to mention it in the letter. We'll know when we get there."

"It's something that is inconvenient for us to tell, could it be."

After hearing Song Qingming's answer, Huang Siyuan seemed to have thought of something, but she stopped talking halfway and shifted her gaze to Song Qingming's face beside her.

Seeing this, Song Qingming smiled and nodded slightly, then he spoke to Song Yuanfang in front of him and said, "Siyuan and I are going to Guyang Mountain soon. It may take some time and we won't be back too soon. I'll leave the house to you.

Another thing is to immediately send a message to Yuan Hao, Xuan Feng and Yuan Xue, asking them to return to the family and bring people to help garrison Baishiling.

Tell Qingyu to send more people to keep an eye on the movements of the monsters in the north from now on. We must not let the monsters take advantage of this opportunity."

"Seventh Uncle, do you want to tell my great-aunt about your trip to Guyang Mountain?" After listening to this, Song Yuanfang nodded in response and asked again.

Song Qingming nodded slightly and replied: "You can talk to her directly about this matter, but other than you and Qingyu, don't let anyone else know.
Tell all the elders in the family that no matter what happens in Guyang Mountain, you are not allowed to make any comments. Anyone who talks too much will be punished according to the family rules. "

Knowing the urgency of the matter, Song Qingming did not delay too much. After talking to Song Yuanfang for a while, he immediately took Huang Siyuan on the "Phantom Boat" to the sect.

The two of them flew all the way and soon arrived outside of "Guyang Mountain". Seeing that the mountain protection formation had been activated on the mountain, Song Qingming did not show much surprise on his face and flew directly to the entrance of the mountain gate.

Before the two of them got close, three foundation-building disciples of the "Xiaoyao Sect" immediately flew out from the mountain protection formation, stepped forward and bowed to Song Qingming and the others.

"Second Master, the mountain protection formation has now been taken over by Master Li and you can no longer enter or exit at will. Please wait for a moment. I have sent someone to notify Master Li to open the formation."

After hearing what the three said, Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan stopped immediately and waited for a long time before following these foundation-building disciples through the formation and into Guyang Mountain.

As soon as they passed through the mountain protection formation, Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan immediately saw a large group of rolling white clouds gathered on the top of the "Guyang Peak", which seemed to have formed a huge vortex of spiritual energy in the air.

Song Qingming, who had personally witnessed the birth of Fenghe's infant, immediately confirmed his guess when he saw a similar phenomenon in heaven and earth. He spoke to Huang Siyuan beside him:
"It has caused strange phenomena in heaven and earth. It seems that Senior Sister Bai has reached the last step of transformation from fetus to Nascent Soul. It will only take a month at most for us to see the results."

“I didn’t expect that after so many years of cultivation, I would have the honor to witness Senior Sister Bai condense her Nascent Soul with my own eyes today. This trip was really not in vain.”

Huang Siyuan's eyes showed some excitement when she heard Song Qingming confirm that the one who caused the strange phenomena in heaven and earth was Bai Yuxian who had been in seclusion for many years and was in the process of breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage.

Having the opportunity to witness a cultivator breaking through the Nascent Soul stage with your own eyes is not an easy thing to come across in the world of immortal cultivation. Regardless of whether he succeeds in the end or not, those who observe closely can gain some valuable experience from it.

After Song Qingming and the other person entered the mountain protection formation, they immediately headed straight for the "Guyang Peak". Along the way, they also saw many disciples of the "Xiaoyao Sect" rushing towards here.

Song Qingming, who controlled the flying boat to the nearby area, saw a dozen cultivators standing next to an open space on the west side of the mountain, staring at the sky not far away, and immediately moved over there.

"Haha! Junior Brother Song is here so quickly."

The dozen or so people standing here were none of the Jindan elders in the Xiaoyao Sect. No matter whether they were practicing in seclusion or out on business, none of them appeared here.

Seeing Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan coming, Zhao Mengling and Chu Fengping, who were the first to discover them in the crowd, immediately took the initiative to step forward and say hello.

"Senior Sister Zhao, Senior Brother Chu, Junior Sister Xu."

After greeting Zhao Mengling and the others one by one, Song Qingming unexpectedly found a familiar person in the crowd whom he had not seen for a long time, Li Xianyun.

Song Qingming had not heard from him since they parted ways in the East China Sea Xiuxian World. He did not expect to see Li Xianyun in Guyang Mountain today. However, Li Xianyun was standing there alone, staring at the strange phenomenon in the sky, and seemed to be fascinated by Song Qingming's arrival.

"Junior Sister Xu, when did Fellow Daoist Li come?"

Seeing Song Qingming asking, Xu Ziyan on the side hurriedly explained: "This time, Senior Sister Bai was in seclusion to break through the Nascent Soul stage, and Uncle Li was afraid that something might happen, so he asked me and Senior Brother Chen to go to the East China Sea to invite Fellow Daoist Li to help.

Fellow Daoist Li arrived just a few days ago, and he hadn't had time to tell Senior Brother Song about this matter yet, but he didn't expect that Senior Sister Bai had already caused a strange phenomenon in the world."

"Oh! I see. The sect has made such thorough preparations this time. It seems that Uncle Master is quite confident that Senior Sister Bai will be able to break through to the Nascent Soul stage this time." After hearing Xu Ziyan's explanation, Song Qingming nodded slightly.

When a cultivator breaks through the Nascent Soul stage, not only will it cause strange phenomena in heaven and earth, but it will also eventually bring down a heavenly thunder disaster. With such a big commotion, even the mountain protection formation cannot cover it up, and the news certainly cannot be completely concealed.

Although the "Xiaoyao Sect" is a Nascent Soul Sect and is not afraid of ordinary cultivators coming to cause trouble, there are also many powerful opponents near the Wei State who do not want to see another Nascent Soul cultivator appear in the current "Xiaoyao Sect".

What worries Xiaoyao Sect the most is the demon tribe located in the north of the sect. If the Black Dragon Demon King of Jinyu Mountain gets to know the news, he will definitely come to block the way.

If the demon clan succeeds and Bai Yuxian fails to conceive a fetus, not only will the Xiaoyao Sect be unable to increase its own strength, it will also suffer heavy damage and it will probably be difficult to recover for hundreds of years.

Regardless of whether anyone comes to block the way at that time, in order to be on the safe side, Li Mufeng, the sect's supreme elder, cannot help but take it seriously. For this reason, he sent people to the East China Sea a year in advance to ask Li Xianyun for help.

Seeing that Li Xianyun's attention was focused on the strange phenomena in the sky and earth in mid-air, Song Qingming took Huang Siyuan forward and took the initiative to greet him.

"I hope you are well, Fellow Daoist Li. I haven't seen you for many years. I never expected to see you here again today."

"Thank you, Brother Song. Who is this?"

Hearing Song Qingming's proactive greeting, Li Xianyun turned his head and came to his senses. After returning the greeting to Song Qingming, he saw Huang Siyuan standing beside him and asked with some confusion.

When Song Qingming and Li Xianyun separated, Huang Siyuan had not yet reached the Jindan stage, so Li Xianyun did not know that Song Qingming had a Taoist partner who had reached the Jindan stage. When he saw Huang Siyuan and Song Qingming standing together, he could not figure out their relationship for a while.

Seeing the confusion on Li Xianyun's face, Xu Ziyan, who was standing beside him, immediately took the initiative to introduce: "Junior Sister Huang is Senior Brother Song's Taoist partner. She formed the Dan later than me. Now, like Senior Brother Song, she is also a guest elder of the sect."

"I have long heard of Fellow Daoist Li's reputation as the best independent cultivator in the Wei State. Today I see that he is truly a man of extraordinary bearing. I am honored to meet you."

"I haven't been here for a long time. It's just an empty title. Don't be polite, fellow Taoist."

Just as Song Qingming and the other were chatting with Li Xianyun, two beams of light flew over from a distance, attracting everyone's attention.

One of them was Zhang Tieyang from "Iron Immortal Castle" who arrived a little later, and the other was a thin scholar who was also a Jindan cultivator. However, Song Qingming found this man unfamiliar, as if he had never seen him before.

Without waiting for Song Qingming to ask, Xu Ziyan explained directly:
"Brother Song, the one who came with Junior Brother Zhang is Zhou Ziyang, who formed a golden elixir in Wu State a few years ago. After returning to Wei State last year, he has been living in Tiexian Fort.

This time the sect needed help, and after Master Li agreed, I asked Junior Brother Zhang to invite him over as well."

"Oh! It turns out to be him. Uncle Li is willing to accept him. It seems that the sect will have another talented person soon." After hearing Xu Ziyan's explanation, Song Qingming immediately remembered this person and nodded with a smile.

Zhou Ziyang was a casual cultivator from the Wei State. He had a very good aptitude for cultivation and was a dual-spiritual-root cultivator. Soon after he entered the Tao, he became a disciple of a veteran casual cultivator in the late foundation-building stage, and cultivated smoothly all the way to the ninth level of Qi Refining.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Ziyang's fate was full of twists and turns. Just when he was about to build his foundation, his master was attacked outside, and even the spiritual objects prepared for him to build his foundation were taken away.

Since then, Zhou Ziyang lost his only support and became an ordinary cultivator wandering in "Tuyun Mountain", living a very difficult life.

However, the misfortune did not affect Zhou Ziyang's determination to cultivate himself. He worked hard to improve his cultivation and succeeded in building his foundation without the "Foundation Building Pill", which caused a sensation on "Tuoyun Mountain" at the time.

After building his foundation, Zhou Ziyang, faced with Lin Yutang's initiative to invite him to join the "Golden Cloud Pavilion", did not choose to agree to stay in "Tuoyun Mountain", but left there and began to travel around.

After that, Zhou Ziyang traveled abroad for many years. He not only traveled all over Wei State, but also visited other countries. He was lucky enough to get many opportunities abroad. After building the foundation for a hundred years, he succeeded in forming the elixir with a stunning success.

Although the Xiaoyao Sect was well aware that this Jindan cultivator who came from a casual cultivator background and had traveled abroad for many years had suddenly returned to Wei State, it was not in a hurry to win him over and only now showed a hint of friendliness towards him.

Song Qingming had heard something about Zhou Ziyang over the years, but he was not familiar with him before, and Song Qingming did not take the initiative to inquire about him. He only knew that he had taken the initiative to return to Weiguo a few years ago.

After Zhang Tieyang brought Zhou Ziyang to the crowd, he immediately took the initiative to introduce them to everyone. Song Qingming and many other elders of the "Xiaoyao Sect" also took the initiative to step forward and greet them.

Only Li Xianyun had a relatively cold attitude. Facing Zhang Tieyang and Zhou Ziyang's initiative to show goodwill, he just nodded slightly and shifted his gaze to the sky, seemingly not having much interest in them.

Seeing that the other party was indifferent to them, Zhang Tieyang and the other man felt a little embarrassed. Fortunately, Xu Ziyan and others quickly came up to smooth things over and eased the atmosphere.

Song Qingming, knowing that Li Xianyun was an aloof person, was not surprised by this.

Li Xianyun, a talented independent cultivator who has been famous in the Weiguo cultivation world for many years, has never been very interested in making friends except for cultivation.

If Song Qingming had not happened to have had a friendship with him when he was traveling in the East China Sea's immortal cultivation world, I'm afraid the other party would not have treated him too well.

Li Xianyun's cultivation had already reached the peak of the Golden Core stage, and the aura emanating from his body was clearly not that of an ordinary ninth-level Golden Core cultivator. It was obvious that he had also attempted to reach the Nascent Soul stage once before.

For him, nothing is more important than breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage.

Seeing the strange phenomena in heaven and earth caused by the White Jade Immortal in the sky, Li Xianyun seemed to have entered a state of selflessness at this moment, and had already regarded the person who was condensing his Nascent Soul in the distance as himself.

After Zhang Tieyang and the other arrived, not long after, a beam of light flew from above the "Guyang Peak" and landed directly in front of everyone, revealing Li Mufeng's figure.

"Uncle Li!" Seeing the sect's supreme elder appear, Song Qingming and others hurriedly stepped forward and bowed.

After glancing at everyone, Li Mufeng nodded calmly and said, "I invited all of you here because Yu Xian's retreat has reached a critical moment.

Now the prosperity and decline of the sect falls on her shoulders alone. We must protect Guyang Peak and never let anyone disturb her retreat.

From today on, no matter what happens outside, none of you are allowed to leave without my permission.

I will personally be on top of the mountain, and you must guard every corner. Anyone who dares to approach Guyang Peak without reason will be killed on the spot."

"We will follow the orders of our uncle and seniors!" Hearing Li Mufeng's serious instructions, Song Qingming and others hurriedly responded.

Afterwards, more than a dozen Jindan cultivators, under Xu Ziyan's arrangement, found a place to sit down, surrounding the entire "Guyang Peak".

In addition, Song Qingming, Li Wutong and Chen Xuanxin were secretly called to the top of the mountain by Li Mufeng, and the "Vajra Sky Net Formation" that had been prepared long ago was handed to them.

"Qingming, you have the highest level of formation skills here. If a Nascent Soul cultivator really comes to cause trouble, you will be responsible for controlling the formation to fight the enemy. I have already made an agreement with the Wind Ape, and it will show up to help when the time comes."

Seeing the fourth-level formation in front of him, Song Qingming was a little surprised, but he did not ask any more questions. He simply nodded and accepted the formation flag handed over by Li Mufeng.

At present, the "Xiaoyao Sect" has concentrated almost all the elite forces of the sect, and has also invited a lot of external aid. There is also a fourth-level formation that can contain the Nascent Soul cultivators. In Song Qingming's opinion, it should be foolproof.

However, when he took the formation flag from Li Mufeng, he saw a trace of worry on the face of the sect's supreme elder, which made Song Qingming suddenly have a bad premonition.

"No one would dare to come to Guyang Mountain to block the way, would they?"

Apart from those demon cultivators who were hiding, the human cultivators were facing tremendous pressure from the northern demon tribe. Even if they had some discords behind the scenes, they would never dare to come so blatantly to block the way.

Not to mention that going deep into someone else's territory like this would be extremely dangerous. If you are not careful, you might be ambushed and not only fail to block your way, but you might also lose your life.

Moreover, if such a thing that would make his relatives sad and his enemies happy were discovered, it would inevitably cause dissatisfaction from other sects. At that time, he would not only not gain any benefits, but would also be excluded from the entire immortal cultivation world in the Floating Cloud Mountains.

The only thing we need to worry about is the demon tribe in the north. (End of this chapter)