Qinghe Immortal Clan.

Three days later, in a hall on the top of the mountain in "Baiyun Valley".

This was originally the lair of the demon king "White Dragon", but now the hall is filled with dozens of high-level human cultivators. Everyone is toasting each other and having a great time, celebrating the great victory over the demons not long ago.

After capturing "Baiyun Valley", under the arrangement of Li Mufeng, the "Xiaoyao Sect" transported a lot of supplies from the rear to celebrate this great victory and held a banquet directly in "Baiyun Valley".

The three Nascent Soul cultivators at the top looked at the people sitting below, all with happy looks on their faces. They drank and chatted about the recent counterattack by the human race against the demon race.

Ever since the "Wanling Sect" took the lead a few years ago, many sects in the Floating Cloud Mountains have formed an alliance and joined hands to counterattack the demon clan. In just over a year, the war has reignited throughout the entire Floating Cloud Mountains.

After being fully prepared, more than a dozen countries including Weiguo in the north began to send troops to the north to counterattack the demon tribe in order to regain the territory they had lost for thousands of years.

As for the demon clan, they were not prepared enough to anticipate that the human cultivators would organize such a large-scale counterattack, and suffered many defeats at the beginning. Over the past year or so, a lot of their territory has been recaptured by the human cultivators.

After Wei State captured "Baiyun Valley", its territory expanded northward by nearly 5,000 miles, which is equivalent to more than a dozen Qinghe counties.

With the help of the "Xingchen Gate", the neighboring Zheng State also defeated the army led by the "Red Cloud Demon Emperor", recovered several third-level spirit veins that were lost during the last monster riot, and drove the monsters out of the original border of Zheng State.

Most of the other neighboring countries also achieved some results. Some recovered their lost territories, while others expanded their territories to the north. For a time, the morale of the human cultivators in the entire Floating Cloud Mountain range was greatly boosted.

After three rounds of drinks, Li Mufeng asked Xu Ziyan to take out the merit list of this battlefield and rewarded everyone present who had made contributions on the spot.

Among the many Jindan cultivators, the one who made the greatest contribution after several battles with the demon clan was Chen Xuanxin, who killed the "Golden Tiger Demon King" with the last sword.

He debuted as a sword cultivator and his cultivation had reached the peak of the eighth level of the Golden Core. In the final battle, he displayed his prowess and killed two Golden Core Demon Kings one after another.

Not only did it bring great shock to the demon clan, but even the many Jindan cultivators present were convinced by Chen Xuanxin, the sect's top Jindan master.

In order to reward Chen Xuanxin for his contribution in this battle, the sect's Nascent Soul Grand Elder Li Mufeng bestowed him with a third-grade top-quality magic weapon on the spot, which made everyone present show some envy.

In addition to Chen Xuanxin, other participants in the war included the "Xingchen Gate" and the "Zhenyang Sect". These Jindan cultivators who came to support also received spiritual objects as rewards from the "Xiaoyao Sect".

Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan both made significant contributions in several major battles, and they also received tens of thousands of merits from the sect and a third-level mid-grade talisman as a reward.

Everyone who received the reward was very happy at this moment. They came forward to toast and express their gratitude. Several Nascent Soul cultivators also kept drinking from the glasses in their hands.

After the banquet, the next day Zheng Zitong took several Jindan elders of the "Xingchen Gate" and said goodbye to Li Mufeng and the others, and directly returned to Wu State on their large flying boat for rest.

This time, the "Xiaoyao Sect" has defeated the Jinyu Mountain demon clan and occupied the "Baiyun Valley", achieving the original planned goals. Next, they need to find a way to defend the captured territories to prevent the demon beasts from counterattacking.

Although the human cultivators have launched a full-scale counterattack against the demon clan this time, in the entire Floating Cloud Mountain range of immortal cultivation, the northern demon beast forces are still generally much stronger than the human cultivators.

The reason why the human cultivators were able to achieve so many results this time was mainly because they were well prepared. Their joint counterattack caught the demon clan off guard for a while.

By the time the northern demon tribe reacts and unites together, they will be able to slowly stabilize the situation. By then, once the demon tribe has slowly recovered its strength, they will inevitably go south again to take revenge on the human race.

However, as long as the human race can work together and advance steadily, hold on to the existing territory and slowly develop and strengthen their own strength, they may be able to slowly reverse their disadvantage against the demon race in the future.

After seeing off the monks from other countries such as the "Xingchen Gate" who came to support, the "Xiaoyao Sect" also immediately began to take action.

First, monks were sent out to disperse the miasma surrounding the valley, and then a high-level mountain protection formation was set up in the valley. Construction and transformation of this third-grade superior spiritual vein began, transforming it into a new front line for defending the country against the northern demon tribe.

But for the demon clan of "Jinyu Mountain", life is not so easy.

After the great battle, the "Black Dragon Demon King" returned to "Golden Feather Mountain" and learned that the army of demon beasts he brought was almost wiped out and even the "Golden Tiger Demon King" died at the hands of human cultivators. He was so angry that he almost slapped to death with one claw the other demon kings who had escaped back.

In this battle with the human monks, not only was the whole army defeated and lost the strategic location of "Baiyun Valley", but also the "Golden Tiger Demon King", his right-hand man who had followed him for many years. The "Black Dragon Demon King" was angry and regretful.

Because of the defeat on the front line and the loss of nearly ten thousand monsters in an ambush by human monks, the strength of the "Jinyu Mountain" monster clan was suddenly hit hard.

Of the dozen demon kings originally under the command of the "Black Dragon Demon Emperor", five died after several battles in the "White Cloud Valley", leaving only nine demon kings headed by the "White Dragon Demon King".

Although the "Black Dragon Demon King" was dissatisfied with the many demon kings headed by the "White Dragon Demon King", the demon clan was in need of manpower at this time, so in the end he just reprimanded them severely and did not punish them too harshly.

However, because of the severe damage they suffered, "Jinyu Mountain" can no longer confront their old rival "Xiaoyao Sect" head-on, and can only retreat to the vicinity of "Jinyu Mountain" in the north, and for a while they dare not move south again.

Fortunately, on the spiritual vein of "Golden Feather Mountain" there is still a level 4 formation left by the Golden Feather Demon King, and there are demon allies around who can provide support at any time.

With the current strength of "Xiaoyao Sect", it does not pose much threat to "Jinyu Mountain", so they do not need to worry about "Xiaoyao Sect" continuing to move north in the short term.

The Xiaoyao Sect was naturally very clear about these things, so after they captured the Baiyun Valley, they stopped immediately and had no intention of continuing to attack northwards.

After the sect gradually gained a foothold in "Baiyun Valley", Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan, together with the cultivators of Qinghe County, returned to Qinghe County from the front line on the sect's flying boat a few months later.

The Song family recruited a total of 800 cultivators to accompany the sect in the northern expedition against the demon tribe. However, when they returned, there were less than 600 people left. Excluding those who were seriously injured and returned early, nearly 200 people died on the front battlefield.

Among the more than 160 cultivators sent by the "Funiu Mountain" family, nearly 30% were killed, and many returned injured, including Huang Siyuan, the Jindan ancestor, who also injured his meridians in the final battle.

Looking at the jars of monks' ashes being carried down from the flying boat, the hearts of the Song family members who came to greet them were filled with grief.

It had been less than a year since these tribesmen left the family, and everyone's voice and appearance seemed to still be in front of everyone's eyes. Unexpectedly, when they met again, they were separated by the Yin and Yang.

Many young monks who had just come up the mountain to learn Taoism only truly understood the cruelty of the world of immortal cultivation when they saw the ashes of their clansmen being brought back.

The reason why they had the opportunity to stay in the mountains and practice in peace was simply because their ancestors were outside to shelter them from the wind and rain, which gave them a little peace in the mountains.

Fortunately, after this war, the "Xiaoyao Sect" has severely damaged the northern demon tribe, and the entire Wei State should be able to have a period of peace.

After returning to the family, Song Qingming first asked the family to arrange compensation for the family members who died in the battle or were injured, and then held a unified funeral for them, and buried those family members who died outside in the cemetery in the back mountain.

In order to bid farewell to those family members who died fighting for the family, many cultivators of the Song family returned to the family to attend their funerals.

After finishing this matter, Song Qingming asked Song Yuanfang to arrange a banquet for all the family monks who went on the expedition. He, Huang Siyuan and Song Qingyu also attended the banquet in person and publicly rewarded those who had made contributions on the battlefield.

Ever since the defeat of "Baiyun Valley", the "White Lion Ridge" on the Song family's side, which was often harassed by monsters, immediately became quiet because the monster clan quickly withdrew its strength.

Song Qingyu, who recently discovered that the nearby monsters were gradually retreating to the north, also returned directly to the family's sacred place "Funiu Mountain" and handed over the task of guarding "White Lion Ridge" directly to Song Changze and Liu Yuxin.

Nowadays, "White Lion Ridge" is not only guarded by a third-level formation, but also stationed with hundreds of law enforcement teams led by a dozen foundation-building cultivators such as Song Changze. In addition, a lot of city defense weapons have been added to the city walls, so there is nothing to fear if a Jindan Demon King attacks.

Even if they encounter a powerful monster like the "Giant Elephant Demon King" in the late Jindan stage, they can hold out for a while until reinforcements arrive. Normally, there won't be any big problems.

After the war, due to the peace on the northern border, the entire Wei State also ushered in a relatively peaceful time.

Song Qingming, Huang Siyuan, and Song Qingyu, in addition to often getting together to enjoy and chat, also began their own secluded practice.

Huang Siyuan and Song Qingyu both chose "Funiu Mountain" as the place for their retreat and practice, while Song Qingming quietly came to "Qinghe Cave Mansion" alone, and continued to practice while studying the mural in the cave.

On this day, Song Qingming, dressed in a green robe, was sitting cross-legged on top of a huge mountain in the middle of the river, meditating with his eyes closed.

It is late autumn now. Although the sun is shining brightly, the weather is not as hot as in summer. The autumn breeze on the river makes people feel the coolness of the weather change at all times.

However, Song Qingming, who was sitting on top of the boulder at this moment, had beads of sweat on his forehead, which kept flowing down his face slowly, not only wetting his clothes, but also making the boulder under him wet.

The reason why beads of sweat kept appearing on Song Qingming's forehead was actually because he was practicing the "Tongtian Wanling Jue", desperately absorbing the water-attributed spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the Qinghe River, refining it and then expelling it from his body.

In recent years, in addition to daily practice, Song Qingming has not slacked off in his practice of "Tong Tian Wan Ling Jue", and often seeks out places with pure five elements of spiritual energy to practice outdoors. After so many years of hard work, he has finally practiced "Tong Tian Wan Ling Jue" to the peak of the middle stage of foundation building, and is only one step away from entering the late stage of foundation building.

Although there is still a long way to go before he can practice this set of skills to the Nascent Soul stage, Song Qingming is not too disappointed that he can make some progress slowly.

Regardless of whether he could fulfill the agreement with Senior "Xuantian" in the future, as long as this technique could help him to break through his cultivation level, it would be worth his time to practice it seriously.

Anyway, he has the help of the incomplete map, and his speed of absorbing spiritual energy is much faster than that of ordinary people. Practicing one more technique will not have much impact on him.

Just as Song Qingming was still absorbing the spiritual energy from the water, a green light suddenly flew over from the horizon.

The escaping light suddenly stopped above Qinghe River, then made a big circle in the sky, and soon turned around and headed straight for Song Qingming's location.

"Seventh Brother! What kind of skills are you practicing this time?"

When he opened his eyes and saw Song Qingyu coming to his side on a flying sword, Song Qingming immediately put away his own magic power and stood up calmly.

"Qingyu, why are you here? If you have something to ask me, why don't you let Yuan Fang and the others send a sound transmission note directly? What happened at home that requires you to come here in person?"

Hearing Song Qingming's question, Song Qingyu chuckled and replied, "I just came out of retreat, and I have nothing to do, so I just came out for a walk. There is nothing urgent.

By the way, Brother Qi, you haven’t answered my question just now.

Why does this technique have to absorb the five elements of spiritual energy outside all the time? Even if there is no high-level water attribute spiritual vein near the family, is it impossible for Brother Qi to practice directly with spiritual stones?"

In recent years, Song Qingming practiced the "Tongtian Wanling Jue" and because he needed to go out to practice, Huang Siyuan, Song Qingyu and several elders of the Song family who were close to him had all seen Song Qingming practice this technique.

However, Song Qingming had never taken the initiative to mention anything about the "Tongtian Wanling Jue" to anyone. Although Huang Siyuan and others had seen it, no one knew what specific technique he was practicing.

Song Qingyu had been curious about the "Tongtian Wanling Jue" that Song Qingming was practicing over the years, but this was the first time she asked Song Qingming about this strange technique in person.

Hearing this, Song Qingming immediately shook his head and said, "This technique requires the absorption of the pure five elements of spiritual energy between heaven and earth, so it cannot be aided by spiritual veins or other external objects. There is no rush. You come to me, I don't think you are interested in this technique too!"

Hearing that Song Qingming thought he was interested in the "Tongtian Wanling Jue", Song Qingyu quickly waved his hands and said: "No, no, no, this technique is so slow even for you, Seventh Brother, so I'll just give up!
There are so many techniques in the world, and not all of them are suitable for me. I'd better practice my sword cultivation heritage first."

"Haha! It's right for you to have this understanding. There are thousands of cultivation methods in this world of immortal cultivation. It's good enough for everyone to be proficient in one or two. Learning a lot but not being proficient in it is not necessarily a good thing."

"Yes! Seventh Brother, I came to you because of Changze's matter. Didn't you say before that you would inform you immediately if there was any news about Changze? The family just received news that Changze has come out of seclusion."

"Oh, has he successfully broken through his cultivation?" Upon hearing the news that Song Changze had come out of seclusion, a hint of joy suddenly appeared on Song Qingming's originally calm face.

A few years ago, when Bai Yuxian broke through the Nascent Soul realm, he gave two bottles of "Earth Spirit Dew" to the many Jindan cultivators who helped protect the Dharma. One of the bottles eventually fell into Song Qingming's hands.

After obtaining this spiritual object, Song Qingming placed it directly in the family's good deeds pavilion.

Because the family merit required to exchange for this item is not low, no one has successfully exchanged for it in the past few years. It was not until half a year ago that Song Changze gathered enough merit to exchange it with the help of his wife Liu Yuxin.

After obtaining the "Earth Spirit Dew", Song Changze quickly began to retreat to refine the spiritual water, and now he has finally come out.

Facing Song Qingming's inquiry, Song Qingyu smiled and nodded, saying, "Don't worry, Seventh Brother, Changze successfully broke through to the ninth level of foundation building a month ago, and just came out of retreat yesterday after stabilizing his cultivation."

Hearing this, Song Qingming nodded with satisfaction and said, "That's good. Changze is less than 120 years old, but he has already broken through to the ninth level of foundation building. His talent is indeed no worse than yours and mine.

Since he has cultivated to the ninth level of foundation building, the next step is to prepare for Dan, and it is time to pass on the Guiyuan Technique to him.

Qingyu, go back first and tell Changze to come back immediately. I will prepare and return to Funiu Mountain in a moment."

The secret method "Guiyuan Shu" which is helpful for forming the elixir was found by Song Qingming from the "Yuxuan Sutra" given by his master Lingxu Taoist. It was also a great help for Song Qingming and others to successfully form the elixir.

After confirming that Song Changze had successfully broken through to the ninth level of foundation building, Song Qingming had already decided to pass on the "Return to Origin Technique" to him in order to prepare for Song Changze's future cultivation of Dan.

Most Yuanying sects have similar secret methods of forming elixir like "Guiyuanshu", and people will not pay too much attention to it. Only those rare forces of the second-rate Jindan level will be interested in this secret method.

Now the Song family has three Jindan cultivators, and behind them is the powerful Yuanying sect "Xiaoyao Sect". They only need to pass on a secret method that helps with forming a golden elixir, so they don't have to worry as much as before.

After Song Qingming finished speaking, he waved his hand to create a breeze that dried his clothes. When he was about to turn around and leave, he found Song Qingyu standing there in silence, with no intention of leaving in a hurry.

Seeing that Song Qingyu looked unhappy, Song Qingming turned to her and asked, "What's wrong with you, girl? Have you not had enough fun and don't want to go back, or do you have something to say?"

"I've come all the way here, and you're so anxious to send me away, Brother Qi. Is there something going on here that you've been hiding from me and my sister-in-law?" Song Qingyu said as he rolled his eyes and gave a meaningful look.

Seeing this, Song Qingming immediately understood her thoughts and sighed slightly, saying, "I have been practicing here recently, and I have nothing to hide from you.

But since you already know it, come with me!"

After saying that, Song Qingming brought Song Qingyu with him to the "Qinghe Cave Mansion" hidden in the water below.

As soon as he entered the underwater cave and looked at the tall and ancient hall, Song Qingyu's originally curious face suddenly showed a bit of excitement.

"Seventh Brother, this is the ancient cultivator's cave that Fellow Daoist Bai found! It's so big, it's really not something that ordinary cultivators can build."

Upon hearing this, Song Qingming nodded and said, "Yes, this cave was indeed built by an ancient cultivator, but it has already been taken by a senior cultivator."

Song Qingming had told Huang Siyuan about Bai Yunhua presenting the "Qinghe Cave Mansion" to him.

Later, Song Qingming did not choose to hide the fact that he explored the cave with Huang Siyuan and obtained a fourth-level magic weapon, but he chose not to tell her about the incomplete map.

Song Qingyu would know about this, and Song Qingming knew without much thought that it must be Huang Siyuan who told her.

Seeing that Song Qingyu was somewhat interested in this cave, Song Qingming thought for a moment and decided not to hide it from her deliberately, and simply brought Song Qingyu in directly.

The cave is now empty, and Song Qingming has been studying the runes on the murals for a long time but has not been able to open them.

After Song Qingyu came in, he found that it was just as Song Qingming said, this was already an empty cave. The excitement on his face soon turned into disappointment.

"This cave has been emptied a long time ago. Why are you still so interested in staying here to practice?"

Song Qingming pointed to the ancient runes on the wall and said, "I am mainly interested in the ancient runes here, which can be of some help to me in practicing the art of formation.

Qingyu, the ancient runes in this cave are very important to me. From now on, no information about this cave is allowed to be leaked to the outside world. You must remember this."

"Seventh brother, don't worry. My sister-in-law only told me about this matter. No one else in the family knows about it. If you don't want to talk about something, we two will never tell it to others even if we know it.

Over the years, I know that you have always had us and the entire family in your heart. No matter what decision you make, my sister-in-law and I will definitely support you."

Hearing Song Qingyu's serious words, Song Qingming nodded slightly without saying anything more. After packing up, he took her back to "Funiu Mountain".

After receiving the message from his family, Song Changze, who had just come out of seclusion, quickly returned to "Funiu Mountain" and went to the "Huixian Pavilion" on the top of the mountain to meet the three family ancestors who had summoned him.

In addition to Song Changze, Song Qingming also summoned Song Yuanhao and Liu Yuxin back this time, and passed the "Guiyunshu" spell engraved on his body directly to the three of them.

"The secret method I'm passing on to you today is the foundation of our family. You can only practice it on your own. You must not tell anyone else about this secret method without the permission of the three of us." (End of this chapter)