Qinghe Immortal Clan.

Seeing the embarrassment on Bai Yunhua's face, Song Qingming was a little confused for a moment, wondering what was bothering him so much.

Just as he was about to continue speaking, Huang Siyuan stood up and said with a smile, "Since Fellow Daoist Bai has something important to tell you, you can go inside and talk to him. I'll just make another pot of tea for you."

Upon hearing this, Song Qingming nodded slightly, and without saying anything else, he took the initiative to walk to a cubicle next to him.

Seeing this, Bai Yunhua instructed his grandson beside him to sit there and wait, and then immediately followed Song Qingming, and the two of them soon arrived at a private room inside.

After motioning Bai Yunhua to sit aside, Song Qingming raised his hand and gently waved to set up a soundproof barrier between the two of them, then he asked:
"It's just you and me here, Brother Bai, please tell me what you want to say. If you really encounter any difficulties or someone makes things difficult for you, just tell me.

My Song family has been established for so many years, and although we can't say that our reputation is very good, we still have rules. If someone really puts sand in my eyes, I will definitely not tolerate him. "

Seeing that Song Qingming still thought he was wronged and couldn't speak out, Bai Yunhua shook his head and said, "Senior Song, you misunderstood. What I just said was the truth, and I didn't mean to be polite with you.

The reason why I want to meet you alone is that I have something very important to discuss with you. I hope you won’t blame me.”

After saying that, Bai Yunhua reached out and gently tapped the storage bag on his waist, took out a set of second-level top-grade magic array, and then placed it in front of Song Qingming.

"I wonder if Senior Song still remembers this formation?"

"This formation is not the ancient formation that Daoist Fellow Hu and I helped you repair. What is Daoist Fellow Bai's intention in showing it to me?"

Although more than a hundred years had passed, Song Qingming still recognized the formation that Bai Yunhua took out at a glance. This second-grade superior formation was the ancient formation that Bai Yunhua invited him and several other people to help repair.

Back then, Song Qingming asked Bai Yunhua for help in exchanging for a Foundation Establishment Pill. Later, in order to thank the other party, he agreed to help repair the formation.

At that time, Song Qingming's formation level was only at the middle level of the second grade. It took several people two months to restore the power of this ancient formation to the upper level of the second grade. Song Qingming also remembered this vividly.

Seeing that Song Qingming recognized the ancient formation in his hand, Bai Yunhua nodded quickly and said, "Senior, you are right. This is exactly the ancient formation that we restored together back then.

When I got this formation, I thought it was just an ancient formation. After repairing it, it has helped me escape danger many times.

Until forty years ago, I was lucky enough to buy a piece of third-grade low-grade water-attribute ore in Yangshanfang, and I wanted to refine the ore into the array disk to enhance its power.

Unexpectedly, when I was refining the array plate, I accidentally discovered a secret inside it. The array plate actually contained the runes of an ancient monk's cave."

"Ancient cultivators' caves, there is such a thing. Could this cave be in the Floating Cloud Mountains?" When Song Qingming heard Bai Yunhua say that the formation plate in his hand contained a secret about the ancient cultivators' caves, a look of shock immediately appeared on his face.

This world of immortal cultivation has gone through 100,000 years. The caves of the so-called ancient cultivators have gradually disappeared in the world of immortal cultivation as time passed and were explored by the new cultivators.

In today's world of cultivating immortals, it is not uncommon to find a spiritual object handed down from ancient times like the one in Bai Yunhua's hands, but to find a cave of an ancient cultivator is not something that can be encountered with ordinary luck.

Song Qingming has practiced Taoism for more than two hundred years and has also explored many secret caves.

But apart from the Tower of Babel, a secret place outside the sky with an unknown age, the cave dwellings of other senior monks are only a few thousand years old at most. They cannot be considered as the cave dwellings of ancient monks that are tens of thousands of years old.

Song Qingming didn't expect that Bai Yunhua, who was not good-looking, could have such good luck. While he was shocked, there was also a bit of envy in his eyes when he looked at him.

Bai Yunhua nodded immediately upon hearing this and said, "That's right! Senior, you only need to probe your spiritual sense into the tortoise shell in the middle of the array, and you will naturally be able to see the runes depicting the cave."

After hearing Bai Yunhua's explanation, Song Qingming immediately closed his eyes and covered his spiritual sense on the array plate. After a while, under the tortoise shell described by Bai Yunhua, he found a group of runes that only ancient cultivators would write.

"It is indeed the work of an ancient monk. However, I don't quite understand what is written on this rune. Have you figured it out?"

The styles of these runes are very ancient, and they do seem to describe some kind of status. Although Song Qingming is a formation master and can roughly see some of the clues, he has not taken the time to study these runes in detail, and for a moment he cannot be sure where the places described above are.

Bai Yunhua in front of Song Qingming is also a formation master. When he was repairing the formation, he had already done a lot of research on the ancient runes on the formation. In terms of understanding of these runes, Song Qingming is probably not as good as him now.

Hearing this, Bai Yunhua immediately smiled and nodded, saying: "Senior, your guess is correct. As a formation master, I have been studying these ancient runes.

When I first discovered the secret in the array, I didn’t take it too seriously at first. I didn’t expect that after spending several years, I would actually find the cave.

It’s just a pity that I entered a little late as I was a junior, and someone had already got in, so I didn’t find anything good.

It was also extremely dangerous in there, with powerful formations and restrictions everywhere. If I had not been more cautious the first time I went in, I would have almost died in there.

Senior Song, please look at these things. These are the things I brought out from that cave. They are all very exquisite ancient spiritual objects, but they have been there for too long and no longer have any spiritual energy."

After Bai Yunhua finished speaking, he took out a few broken pieces of magic weapon from his storage bag and placed them in front of Song Qingming.

After picking up the magic weapon fragment that Bai Yunhua had brought out and looking at it for a while, Song Qingming slowly put it down and then asked directly:
"Since you only found an empty cave with few spiritual objects, why are you telling me all this?"

At first, Song Qingming thought that Bai Yunhua had found the cave and got some good stuff from it, so he came to him to exchange something. However, he found that what he took out were just some useless fragments of magic weapons, and he couldn't help feeling disappointed.

Bai Yunhua, who was sitting next to him, seemed a little uninterested when Song Qingming suddenly asked this question. He quickly explained anxiously:

“Senior Song, you may not know that although this ancient cultivator’s cave has been visited by someone before, the space inside is very large, and some places are guarded by very powerful prohibitions.

After searching for a long time over the years, I found a place covered by restrictions. From the outside, it seems that no one has ever entered. I guess there must be some spiritual objects hidden in it.

It’s a pity that the restriction there is very strong, and my ability is limited. Although I have tried to break the restriction many times over the years, I have never succeeded. Maybe I am not destined to have this opportunity! "

When he said this, Bai Yunhua sighed with some regret, as if he felt sorry for not being able to get this unknown opportunity.

After a pause, Bai Yunhua continued, "I have tried hard for decades but have not been able to achieve my goal. Now my life span is short and I am no longer able to enter.

I came here today to pass on this secret to you, and to ask for a favor. When I pass away in the future, I hope you can take care of my relatives and descendants in Baishiling."

After saying this, Bai Yunhua knelt down directly in front of Song Qingming, his eyes and tone full of sincerity, as if he was intentionally entrusting his final affairs to him.

Seeing this, Song Qingming hurried forward to help him up, sighed slightly and said: "Brother Bai, you are too kind. Now that you and the Bai family are a family of immortal cultivators under the command of our "Funiu Mountain", you should be taken care of.

Regardless of whether there is any human connection between us, as long as they can practice peacefully and not cross the line, I can assure you that I will never intentionally suppress the Bai family in the future. Please rest assured about this."

"Senior Song, I naturally believe what you said, but you also know that my death is not far away, so I just want to find some ways out for them before I die, and also to seek peace of mind for myself.

If you can agree to one of my requests, I will tell you the location of this ancient cave and take you inside personally."

"Tell me what you want first. If it's convenient for me to agree to it, I won't be unkind."

Upon hearing this, Bai Yunhua immediately stood up and said, "Besides me, there are only seven or eight people in my family who can practice cultivation. All of them are of mediocre talent and I'm afraid it's hopeless for them to build a foundation in this lifetime.

Only one grandson has decent aptitude, and he is a rare person with dual spiritual roots.

It's a pity that he is still young and I don't have much time left, so I won't be able to see him build his foundation. I want him to become a disciple of Senior Song in the future, and I hope that Senior can take care of him, so that my Bai family can have hope in the future."

"Become my disciple? This.

To be honest, although I have practiced Taoism for many years, I have never accepted a disciple, and I am not good at teaching others. I am afraid that I will fail to live up to your trust. I hope you can change your request."

After hearing the request made by Bai Yunhua, Song Qingming immediately understood that the grandson with dual spiritual roots he was talking about should be the young man he brought with him sitting outside.

Bai Yunhua came to me with such great effort today, probably to pave the way for his descendant.

If a person with the talent of dual spiritual roots can be cared for by a teacher who is a Jindan cultivator, and as long as his luck is not too bad, it will definitely not be difficult for him to successfully build a foundation.

If I have better luck in the future, I might have a chance to successfully form a pill and get ahead of Bai Yunhua.

However, Song Qingming has so many younger generations in his family that he rarely has time to teach them, and he really has no interest in taking in disciples. After knowing Bai Yunhua's purpose, he thought for a moment and shook his head slightly.

“I know that you are too busy to teach him cultivation in person, so I naturally don’t dare to expect anything from you. I only hope that you can support him when he builds his foundation in the future. That will be the fulfillment of my wish.

Otherwise, once I pass away, the Bai family will have difficulty maintaining this small foundation, let alone building a foundation in the future. It will be difficult for me to feel at ease even if I go down there."

"This child has the talent of dual spiritual roots. If he can directly join the sect, his achievements will definitely not be worse than yours." Hearing Song Qingming's suggestion, Bai Yunhua shook his head and said, "I have joined the sect since I was young. In this life, I have seen through the intrigues and infighting in the big sects.

That's why he thought of setting up a business in Baishiling and bringing them all out, just to keep them away from troubles and spend a few days of peace.

I really don’t want this child to go through the same path I did, so I brought him here to ask Senior Song for help today. I hope you can help me fulfill this wish.”

Although joining a sect can provide more resources for cultivation, the chance of achieving enlightenment is also greater than that of family cultivators or independent cultivators.

However, there are too many geniuses in the sect. Even if you are a gifted double-spiritual-root cultivator, it is nothing in a large Nascent Soul sect like the "Xiaoyao Sect".

If you want to build a foundation and form a pill in the future, you will need to face fierce competition with fellow cultivators, and there will naturally be open and secret struggles among them.

Seeing that Bai Yunhua, who already had a deep understanding of this, spoke so sincerely, Song Qingming slowly nodded in agreement.

“Although joining a sect will give you a better future, conflicts are inevitable in places with many people. It is rare for a fellow Taoist to think so clearly.

I can agree to this matter and help you take care of the child in the future, but before that I have some questions to ask you.

Fellow Daoist, it has been so many years since you discovered the secret of this cave, why didn't you think of informing the sect about it and asking other elders to help break the restriction you mentioned.

If there is something inside, I think they will not treat you unfairly!" Song Qingming said, staring at the other party seriously, waiting for Bai Yunhua's answer.

Bai Yunhua sighed and replied, "To be honest, I have considered what you said.

However, not only had this cave been entered long ago by senior monks, but there were also many dangerous restrictions inside. It was indeed not an easy task to persuade other elders of the sect to help.

If there is nothing inside and something bad happens, it will be difficult for me to explain myself. After thinking it over, I finally gave up this idea. "

Ever since discovering the secret in the array, Bai Yunhua has indeed thought about finding someone to help break the restrictions inside.

However, that restriction also involves ancient formation runes, and even a top-notch second-level upper-grade formation master like him cannot break it. Ordinary cultivators can't help at all. At least it requires a Jindan cultivator or a formation master of level three or above to be able to do it.

There are not many level three formation masters in the Xiaoyao Sect. They are all the focus of training and will not easily go out for adventure.

Not to mention the Jindan elders, if Bai Yunhua wants to invite these people, it is definitely not enough to just rely on his mouth. At least it will cost a lot.

Otherwise, if people spend a lot of effort but end up not finding anything good in it, who would be willing to accompany you on this risky trip? Unless you can first take out a spiritual object that will make them excited, you may be able to convince them.

Although the secret of the ancient cultivator's cave on Bai Yunhua sounds exciting, to put it bluntly, it is an unknown. No one knows whether it will be a blessing or a curse to go there.

Moreover, this kind of place may have been visited by countless cultivators, and it is very likely that there will be no good things left there. It is precisely because of this understanding that Bai Yunhua wants to use this unknown opportunity to exchange a favor for Song Qingming in the future.

Although Bai Yunhua took this matter very seriously, Song Qingming did not care too much about it.

The reason why Song Qingming asked Bai Yunhua why he didn't ask for help from others in the sect was actually because he wanted to confirm whether the other party had told this secret to others.

If other people in the sect knew about this, in order to prevent the matter from being unclear in the future, Song Qingming would definitely not be willing to take the risk of getting involved in this muddy water.

Today, Bai Yunhua came to him for help simply because he wanted Song Qingming to take care of his descendants in the future. This was just a matter of convenience for Song Qingming and was not a difficult matter.

As long as the other party practices diligently in the future and doesn't cause any trouble for himself, it won't have much impact on Song Qingming to accept him as a nominal disciple.

After getting confirmation from Bai Yunhua, Song Qingming nodded slightly and said, "Fellow Daoist Bai is right. This kind of place is too dangerous, and we are not sure whether we can find anything useful. It may not be a good thing to rashly take other people there.

Since I have already promised you today, I will accept this gift first.

As for the kid outside, I give you two choices. If you want to take me as your master, then we can only be nominal master and disciple. It is impossible for me to spend too much energy teaching him.

If you feel that this is inappropriate, I can choose a suitable person from among the many elders of the Song family to accept him. In this way, he will have someone to teach him and can stay in Funiu Mountain to practice in the future.

No matter which one you choose, my previous promise to support you when he builds his foundation in the future will still count.

After we go out, Fellow Daoist Bai, you take the child back first. I'll give you three days to think about it. I'll ask Yuan Fang to prepare in a few days, and then I'll notify you to come over. Then you can tell me your decision. Fellow Daoist, do you think this is okay?"

"That's great! Thank you very much, Senior."

After agreeing with the other party, Song Qingming put away Bai Yunhua's second-level top-grade formation plate.

There is the mark of the cave on this thing, so Song Qingming would naturally not let others see it easily. Bai Yunhua had no objection to this and nodded in agreement.

The purpose of his coming today was to get a promise from Song Qingming to pave the way for his descendants. Compared with this, the value of this set of second-level top-grade magic array seemed less important.

After the two of them had talked, Song Qingming directly removed the soundproof barrier and then walked out with Bai Yunhua.

At this time in the hall, Huang Siyuan was talking to the young man with a smile. In order to ease the other party's nervousness, she even asked someone to bring him a plate of spiritual fruits.

Seeing Song Qingming and Bai Yunhua coming over, the young man hurriedly stood up and walked over, carefully following behind Bai Yunhua.

"Two seniors, Fellow Daoist Song, if you have nothing else to say, I will take my leave now!"

After coming out, Bai Yunhua sat for a while, then bowed and greeted everyone, then, under the guidance of Song Yuanfang, he said goodbye and left with the young man beside him.

After the other party left, Huang Siyuan asked curiously, "Could this Daoist friend Bai come to see you for the sake of this child's path?"

"Oh! How did you figure that out?"

Seeing that she had guessed it, Huang Siyuan smiled and explained, "This child is only fifteen years old, and his cultivation has already reached the fourth level of Qi Refining. I think he has at least three spiritual roots, if not two.

Fellow Daoist Bai has not much time left to live and his path to the Dao is hopeless. The purpose of bringing him here today is very clear.

Seeing how relieved he looked when he left, it's probably because your husband agreed. Could it be that you have already accepted the child?"

Facing the doubt on Huang Siyuan's face, Song Qingming nodded and admitted, "Brother Bai just wants peace of mind. I agreed to it, but it's up to them to choose.

After all, I often practice in seclusion for a long time, so I don't have time to teach my disciples. If he insists, we can only be master and disciple in name only."

After Song Qingming answered, he told Huang Siyuan about the agreement he had just reached with Bai Yunhua.

Huang Siyuan was a little surprised at first when she heard that Bai Yunhua failed to achieve his goal and even presented Song Qingming with an ancient cultivator's cave.

But when she heard that someone had already gotten in, Huang Siyuan showed some disappointment and said, "It's just a restriction that we don't know if there is anything inside, so it's likely that we won't get anything good.

So, my husband has made a loss in this deal!"

"Friend Bai and I had some friendship back then. The reason I agreed to this was mainly because we knew each other back then. This is just a piece of cake for me, so it doesn't matter if I suffer any loss or not.

I just promised to take care of this child in the future. As for how far he can go in the future, it depends on him. "

Three days passed quickly. Bai Yunhua, who received the message from "Funiu Mountain", also came to the Song family again with his grandson Bai Jingyun as agreed.

In the end, he insisted on letting Bai Jingyun become Song Qingming's disciple and become his first disciple in his spiritual career.

Song Qingming had expected this, so without saying much he asked Song Yuanfang to arrange a simple apprenticeship ceremony and accepted Bai Jingyun as his disciple.

After waiting for Bai Jingyun to kowtow, Song Qingming, who was sitting at the top, stood up and took out a low-level magical weapon and gave it to his apprentice as a gift.

The apprenticeship ceremony had just ended, and while there was no one around Song Qingming, Bai Yunhua took the initiative to walk towards him.

"Senior Song, this is the map of the location of the cave that I drew." (End of this chapter)