Qinghe Immortal Clan.

Hearing the sound, Song Qingming and the shop owner hurriedly turned around and found that three more people were walking towards the stall.

The three of them, like Song Qingming, were all Jindan cultivators. The one walking in front and talking was a woman in black with a charming face. Her cultivation had reached the seventh level of Jindan, and every move she made exuded a heart-beating charm.

Song Qingming just glanced at the other party, and immediately felt an inexplicable restlessness in his heart. Feeling something was wrong, he immediately activated the "Soul-Devouring Technique" in his body to slowly calm his inner restlessness.

The shop owner next to him was only at the Foundation Establishment stage. At this moment, he stared blankly at the woman in black, and a hint of obsession gradually appeared on his face.

"What a profound charm technique!"

After practicing Taoism for so many years, Song Qingming has also met some cultivators who are good at practicing the art of charm. However, the black-clothed woman in front of him is obviously more proficient in this art than other people Song Qingming has met before.

Fortunately, after practicing the "Soul-Devouring Art" for many years, Song Qingming's spiritual awareness had already surpassed that of ordinary cultivators of the same level. Facing the black-clothed woman's very confident charm technique, although he was affected to some extent, he soon recovered his composure.

"I have already paid for this array. It is not a rare item. If you want a second-level top-grade array, you can go to other places to have a look. I think it should not be difficult to find."

After Song Qingming turned his eyes away, he responded to the other party with a trace of magic power in his voice that repelled the woman's charm. The shopkeeper standing next to him finally came to his senses.

Knowing that the black-clothed woman had just used a charm on him, the shopkeeper looked at her with some displeasure and explained directly:

"My dear senior, fighting among cultivators is prohibited on Fenglei Island. Please don't make things difficult for me. All these items have been sold to the senior just now. If you want them, you can discuss it with him."

Normally, this formation plate has been placed on the stall for half a month, and few people have taken a second look at it. Today it was strange that there was actually a Jindan cultivator who wanted to fight for it.

However, the two people in front of him were Jindan cultivators whose cultivation levels were beyond his comprehension, and the shop owner did not want to offend them easily, so he could only try his best to distance himself from them and let them discuss the matter on their own.

When the woman in black heard Song Qingming's refusal, a look of surprise instantly appeared on her face.

She was not surprised because Song Qingming rejected her, but because she saw that Song Qingming broke through her charm so quickly, which made the woman in black find it hard to believe for a moment and she couldn't help but frowned slightly.

Not only the woman in black, but also a hunchbacked old man and a woman in white standing not far behind him, both of them had looks of surprise on their faces, and there was a hint of profound meaning in their eyes when they looked at Song Qingming.

Hearing that the store owner had no objection to the transaction, Song Qingming put away the formation plate in his hand, ignored the woman in black in front of him, and turned around and left the stall.

After Song Qingming left, the woman in white standing beside her walked over to the woman in black with a smile on her face and asked, "Is there something wrong with the formation plate just now? Why did Senior Sister suddenly want this thing?"

“The array disk contains some high-level black crystals. If this is refined into my life magic weapon, it can enhance the magic weapon’s ability to resist fire-attribute spells.

The person just now must also be a high-level formation master, because he was able to see the mystery of the formation plate.

This isn't a very valuable item, it's just a pity that he got this bargain a step too late."

As the black-clothed woman finished speaking, the hunchbacked old man beside her looked at the direction where Song Qingming left and asked with some curiosity:
"This person's spiritual power is not inferior to mine. I didn't expect that he is also a high-level formation master. This Fenglei Island is really full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers. It is more interesting than the last time I came here."

"Oh! This person's spiritual awareness is not inferior to that of Elder Qi. No wonder he was able to break my charm so quickly. I was indeed a little reckless just now. I need to be more careful next time I meet this person."

The hunchbacked old man known as Old Qi was a cultivator who had reached the peak of the Golden Core stage. Not long ago, he had attempted to break through to the Nascent Soul stage. His spiritual awareness was far beyond that of an ordinary Golden Core cultivator.

When the woman in black heard the hunchbacked old man praising Song Qingming's spiritual awareness as not inferior to his, although she had expected it in her heart, a hint of surprise still appeared on her face.

"Since it's not something important, I think we should just forget about it. We've been out for so long today and we're a little tired. Let's go back first!"

After the woman in white finished speaking, she turned and left. Seeing this, the hunchbacked old man and the woman in black didn't say much and soon followed the woman in white.

When the three women in white were talking just now, they were communicating privately, and the shop owner standing nearby did not hear what they were talking about.

However, when the three of them left, the woman in white who was walking in front was obviously not as powerful as the other two. However, the other two took the initiative to follow her and always maintained a respectful look, which made him curious and looked at them a few more times.

After buying those formation plates, Song Qingming, who was still worried that those people might target him, lost interest in continuing to wander around and immediately returned to his tent.

When purchasing the formation plate just now, Song Qingming also realized that the three people on the other side were of considerable background and did not seem like ordinary cultivators from outside.

Especially the hunchbacked old man, whose cultivation had reached the peak of the Golden Core, and whose strength even Song Qingming could not fathom. If it were not for the fact that the formation plate was somewhat important to him, Song Qingming would not have wanted to cause trouble and provoke them.

Fortunately, fighting among cultivators is prohibited on this "Wind and Thunder Island", so Song Qingming is not worried about them coming to attack him for the time being.

He was just afraid that these people had already set their sights on him. When he entered the secret realm, if Song Qingming was unlucky enough to run into them inside, it might bring him some considerable trouble.

But since this is the case, Song Qingming did not regret his decision about what had just happened.

After returning to his residence, Song Qingming directly took out one of the formation plates he had just bought.

After looking at it carefully for a moment, Song Qingming moved the magic power in his hand, and a burst of fire suddenly emerged and began to melt the formation plate in front of him.

Although there was no help from the earth fire specifically used for refining equipment, the quality of the array plate in Song Qingming's hand was only top-grade level two. Song Qingming could directly melt it with his own elixir fire.

After spending a whole day and continuously tempering it with his innate elixir fire, Song Qingming finally succeeded in completely melting the array plate in his hand into a ball of flowing liquid.

Then Song Qingming cast a spell and searched inside, and soon he found a group of white crystals that had shrunk together.

Feeling a special cool air coming from the white crystal, Song Qingming's face suddenly showed a bit more joy.

"I'm not mistaken, there really is a high-level black crystal in here!"

Before, Song Qingming spent thousands of spirit stones to purchase these array plates, but in fact, it was not because he really wanted to study these array plates as he said.

What interested him were actually the white mysterious crystals hidden inside the array plate, which were much more valuable than the original array plate.

This white mysterious crystal is a rare refining material in the world of immortal cultivation. It is only born in the deep sea, so it is very rare.

The reason why it was refined into this array plate was probably because the person who refined it had a low level of cultivation and did not know the origin of this thing.

Song Qingming could tell the difference of this formation plate because he had seen this white mysterious crystal in a book before. In addition, he happened to be a high-level formation master, so his understanding of formation plates was much better than that of ordinary cultivators.

At that time, the woman in black suddenly wanted to take a formation plate from Song Qingming's hand. In fact, it was because of this reason. It was just that Song Qingming was luckier and discovered the secret inside the formation plate before her.

After melting the white mysterious crystal, Song Qingming immediately took out two medium-grade spirit stones from his body and began to recover his magic power.

Because he had the help of the incomplete map, it only took Song Qingming half an incense stick of time for his magic power to recover to its full state.

Immediately afterwards, Song Qingming cast a spell to summon out the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror", his natal magic weapon, and then began to integrate the white mysterious crystal into the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror".

Although Song Qingming did not focus on the art of refining weapons and was only a second-level low-grade weapon refiner, smelting materials to improve his own magic weapon, this relatively simple refining method was not difficult for him.

After spending nearly three more days, Song Qingming finally refined all the white black crystals into his life-defining magic weapon in an instant. At this time, a layer of faint white light appeared on the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror".

In order to test the effect of the white mysterious crystal, Song Qingming directly summoned the "Ice and Fire Dragon" and commanded it to spit out a ball of fierce flames at the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror" in front of him.

The "Ice and Fire Dragon" is already a demon beast in the late foundation building stage. Its fighting ability is not much different from those demon beasts at the peak of the foundation building stage. The power of the flames it spits out is not something that ordinary foundation building cultivators can withstand head-on.

But this time, before the flames could get close, a burst of cold air immediately came out in front of the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror", freezing the flames in front of it directly in mid-air.

"Finally all my hard work has not been in vain."

Seeing the power of the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror" in the face of the flames, which was no worse than that of ordinary ice-attribute magic weapons, Song Qingming, who had been smelting magic weapons non-stop for days, finally showed a look of satisfaction on his face.

My natal magic weapon has been successfully refined into white mysterious crystal. If I encounter an opponent who practices fire-attributed skills in the future, I will have more means of restraint.

After muttering to himself, Song Qingming put away the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror" in front of him, then took out a sound transmission talisman and cast a spell to teleport out.

Not long after, several figures walked in from outside the tent. They were Du Fangling and the other two who had not been seen for a few days. When they saw Song Qingming, they hurried forward and bowed.

"I haven't seen you summon me these past few days, so I was just about to come and inform you. I didn't expect to receive a message from you at this very moment. What a coincidence."

"I was in seclusion before and forgot the time. What's the situation outside now? When will the secret realm open? Has the time been decided?"

Hearing Song Qingming asking about the time when the secret realm outside would be opened, Du Fangling quickly explained: "Yesterday, disciples from several major sects including Tianxu Sect, Shenhuo Sect, Luofeng Valley, and Yujian Sect had already arrived.

It is estimated that the remaining monks from other sects should have almost all arrived. There are already rumors among the monks on the island that the secret realm will be opened in these two days.

I would like to ask you, Senior, are you going to enter the inner hall to fight for the spiritual objects this time?"

The ancient secret realm of "Fenglei Island" is somewhat similar to the secret realm of "Taiyue Lake" that Song Qingming entered in the past. It is also divided into two layers, inner and outer.

However, both the inner hall and the outer hall are open secrets here. Unlike the ordinary cultivators who enter the "Taiyue Lake" secret realm, they can only search for spiritual objects in the outer valley. Only a small number of disciples sent by large sects know about the existence of the inner valley.

Like most secret realms, the ancient secret realm of "Wind and Thunder Island" is also very dangerous. If a cultivator is not careful, he can easily lose his life there.

Generally, after entering the secret realm, foundation-building cultivators like Du Fangling can only move around in the slightly safer outer hall. If they want to enter the inner hall without a Jindan cultivator to lead them, with their strength, they will only lose their lives if they enter.

The reason why Du Fangling asked this question was definitely because he wanted to see whether Song Qingming, the Jindan cultivator, was willing to take them into the inner hall to search for treasure.

After understanding the other party's thoughts, Song Qingming nodded and admitted that he would enter the inner hall, and then he explained to them:
“I came here this time because I really wanted to visit the inner hall, but I am alone this time and I am weak, so I am afraid it will be difficult for me to compete with the disciples of the big sects for spiritual objects.

It's not easy for you to get to this point through practice. It's too dangerous to enter the inner hall with me. I think you guys should not rush into the inner hall.

Of course, this is just my personal opinion to you. It is up to you to decide what to do.

I came here this time because I was destined to meet you. I have some techniques and elixirs here, which may be useful for your future practice. Keep them for now! Just consider it as a reward for your hard work in helping me find out the news these days."

After Song Qingming finished speaking, he took out a green jade bottle and several volumes of exercises that could be practiced during the Foundation Establishment Period from his body and handed them to Du Fangling and the other two in front of him.

Seeing that Song Qingming had no intention of taking them with him, Du Fangling's face suddenly showed a hint of disappointment, but the next moment when they saw the spiritual object Song Qingming took out, a glimmer of enlightenment suddenly flashed across the faces of the three of them.

"Senior, you are absolutely right. We were a little presumptuous. Your guidance in our cultivation these days has been a great help to us. We dare not accept this spiritual object."

"This stuff is of no use to me. You may take it and it may help you in your future. It's good to make the best use of it. Don't be polite to me."

Seeing that Du Fangling and the other two still wanted to be polite to him, Song Qingming did not argue with them too much. After waving his hand to signal them to accept the spiritual objects, he took the initiative to send them out of the tent.

In order to improve his natal magic weapon before the secret realm opens, Song Qingming has not stopped for several days in a row and has been tempering the magic weapon in the tent.

Fortunately, with the help of the incomplete map, the time he used to refine the magic weapon was shortened several times compared to ordinary people. Otherwise, it would be impossible for Song Qingming to refine the white mysterious crystal into the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror" so quickly.

After seeing off Du Fangling and the other two, Song Qingming also left the tent and walked alone towards the west side of the island.

Facing the sea breeze on the island and looking at the blue sky outside, Song Qingming's mood suddenly became much better, and all the hard work of tempering the magic weapon in recent days was swept away.

From time to time, there were flashes of light from high-level cultivators flying across the sky. Just as Du Fangling and the other two had said, a lot of new cultivators had appeared on the island in the past few days, making it much more lively than before Song Qingming went into seclusion.

As the ancient secret realm was about to open, all the cultivators on the entire "Wind and Thunder Island" showed a bit of excitement on their faces.

After walking around the island, Song Qingming felt that his condition had recovered a lot. He had just walked back a short distance when a fifth-level Jindan man in a red robe took the initiative to walk towards him.

"My fellow Taoist, I am Zhao Tianji. I see that you are alone and have not found a companion to travel with you!"

Hearing that the other party wanted to invite him to join, Song Qingming decisively bowed and shook his head and said: "Thank you for your kindness, Brother Zhao, but I am a casual cultivator who is used to being alone, and I have no intention of going with others."

"Haha! This should be your first time to Fenglei Island, fellow Daoist. Although cultivators are forbidden to attack each other on this island, it is not the case once you enter the secret realm.

It would be fine if you only search for spiritual objects in the outer hall. However, once you enter the inner hall, it would be dangerous if you run into those unreasonable disciples of large sects alone.

I have already made an appointment with several independent cultivators to travel with us. Your Excellency has such a high level of cultivation, why don't you travel with us? Even if we can't find anything good, we can still have more protection and won't be bullied by the disciples of the big sects."

Seeing that the other party still had some hope in him, Song Qingming could only say modestly: "Fellow Daoist Zhao, you don't know, I came from the East China Sea Immortal Cultivation World, and I heard that there is a secret realm here, so I came here to broaden my horizons.

I am not familiar with this secret realm, and I have no intention of taking risks in the inner hall. I am really sorry for your kindness."

Hearing that Song Qingming had no intention of going to the inner hall, Zhao Tianji's face was immediately disappointed, and he smiled and nodded and said, "Oh! I see, that's why, I was a little abrupt, please don't blame me!
I and a few fellow Taoists live in the cave house in the back mountain. If you ever want to go to the inner hall, you can come find us at any time."

"Thank you for your kindness, fellow Daoist!" Song Qingming bowed slightly to the other party, and then went straight back to where he lived.

After Song Qingming left, two beams of light suddenly flew over from not far away, and soon a man and a woman came to Zhao Tianji.

"Friend Zhao, did he just refuse?"

One of the two people, the purple-clothed woman, saw the disappointment on Zhao Tianji's face and immediately guessed what had just happened, so she took the initiative to ask.

Zhao Tianji heard this, sighed and nodded, saying: "Although this person has a high level of cultivation, he doesn't seem to have the intention of entering the inner hall. Let's look for someone else!"

“I said before that after he came to the island, he didn’t dare to ask for the cave, so he lived in the western tent with those youngsters. He must be a timid person.

You didn't believe me at first, but you've given up now!" The purple-clothed woman looked at the direction where Song Qingming left, with a look of disdain on her face.

Another white-haired old man standing next to him stroked his beard and said with a smile:

"Friend Li, don't be angry. There should still be one or two days before the secret realm opens. We will search carefully on the island and we will find the right person to go with us.

This person has such a high level of cultivation, it is possible that he looked down on us and refused us. Next, we should look for those whose cultivation level we cannot find, so we should not think of targeting these late Jindan cultivators."

"Humph! What's wrong with a late Jindan cultivator? It would be fine if this guy just wandered around the outer hall, but if he really dares to enter the inner hall alone, he will be in trouble."

"Haha, Brother Li is right. Let's not waste time here. Let's go find other brothers!"

After the three of them chatted for a while, they quickly turned into rays of light and left the place together.

What they didn't know was that not far away from where they had just spoken, a transparent butterfly lying in the grass and blending into it was quietly watching everything that had just happened.

It was not until the three people had left for a while that the transparent butterfly spread its wings and flew out from the grass. Then it followed the direction Song Qingming left and soon landed on his shoulder as he walked back to his residence.

Song Qingming stretched out a finger, placed it on the "Golden Fantasy Butterfly" and used his spiritual sense to explore it. After a while, a smile appeared on his face and he collected the spiritual insect on his body.
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At noon two days later, Song Qingming was meditating in the tent when he suddenly heard a commotion outside the tent. He quickly got up and went outside to check.

Song Qingming walked out of the tent and saw rays of light flying quickly in the sky. They were all rushing towards the east side of the island. They were vying with excitement on their faces.

"Could it be that the secret realm has been opened?"

Before Song Qingming could ask what happened, Du Fangling and the other two came running over and shouted to Song Qingming:
"Senior Song, someone just came to inform us that the secret realm will be opened soon, let's go over there quickly!"

"Well! Wait a moment, I'll take you there!"

After confirming that the ancient secret realm was about to open, Song Qingming immediately nodded with a smile, then returned to the tent to pack up, took out the "Phantom Boat" and took Du Fangling and others, and followed the team of monks to a beach on the south side of the island.

By the time Song Qingming and his companions arrived here, at least a thousand cultivators had gathered on the beach, standing densely together, and there were also many cultivators rushing over from all directions in the air.

The crowd on the beach formed a large circle outside, all eyes focused on a small magic circle in the center of the circle.

"Is this the entrance to the secret realm?" (End of this chapter)