Qinghe Immortal Clan.

Looking at the monks around him rushing to the distant hall, Song Qingming, who was standing in the distance wearing a bamboo hat, was unmoved and not in a hurry at this time. He just looked up and looked at everyone quietly.

The black-clothed female cultivator who had dealt with Song Qingming flew into the air with her two companions. She turned around and happened to see Song Qingming still standing there. She couldn't help but reveal a look of ridicule on her face.

In her opinion, Song Qingming was most likely frightened by the divine power displayed by Xiao Haoran. He was already alone and did not have the courage to continue forward into the "Wind and Thunder Palace" to compete for the spiritual object.

It was not just Song Qingming. Among the hundred Jindan cultivators present, seven or eight others besides him also began to retreat at this moment, including the late Jindan man who was knocked back by Xiao Haoran's punch.

At this moment, although his injuries were not too serious, he was already shocked by Xiao Haoran's powerful strength.

You have to know that he is also a cultivator in the late Jindan period. Although his strength is not that great, he has cultivated all the way to the late Jindan period as a casual cultivator. He has also experienced life and death battles and his experience in fighting with others many times is no less than that of the cultivators who came from big sects.

Since he entered the late Jindan stage, with his experience in fighting, there are very few cultivators of the same level who can pose a substantial threat to him.

But in the fight with Xiao Haoran just now, the opponent broke his body's protective qi with just one punch and knocked him hundreds of feet away. This had never happened before.

Moreover, through the attack just now, he had clearly felt that his life was under great threat. If Xiao Haoran had not been in a hurry to go to the "Wind and Thunder Palace" just now, but chose to continue attacking him, he would definitely not be able to leave here alive today.

For the first time, he felt such a huge gap between himself and the monks of the same level. He felt a little disheartened and didn't want to continue to move forward and enter the hall to take the risk.

After hundreds of years of practice, one has finally achieved today's level of cultivation. No one wants to lose his life here easily. Compared to the many high-level spiritual creatures that may appear in the "Wind and Thunder Palace", one's own life is definitely more important.

Thinking of this, he sighed softly, and ignored his companions' attempts to keep him. He turned around and left, wanting to try his luck somewhere else in the inner hall.

Although most of the inner hall has been explored by many cultivators, the Jindan cultivators who have entered the inner hall are basically concentrated here.

If there are still remaining opportunities in other places, it will be an extremely rare opportunity for them. There is no need to stay here and compete for spiritual objects with the masters of the six major sects.

After seeing this man leave, the two people who came with him looked at each other. Even though they didn't want to give up easily, they no longer had the courage to stay. After hesitating for a moment, they chose to transform into light and escape away from here with their companions.

Some people went to the "Wind and Thunder Palace" to hunt for treasure with excitement, while others chose to leave with disappointment. None of this affected Song Qingming who was standing there.

He waited until most of the surrounding monks had left and was the only one left there before he cast a spell to take out the "Phantom Boat" and jumped on it. Then, with a determined look in his eyes, he flew directly to the location of the "Wind and Thunder Palace".

The entire "Wind and Thunder Palace" is a huge palace site left over from ancient times.

After so many years, although the palace still maintains its main shape, its detailed appearance is no longer what it used to be. The hall is littered with broken bricks and tiles, and there is basically no intact building to be seen.

As soon as he arrived at the entrance of the hall, Song Qingming saw a huge stone of more than ten meters in height standing in front of him, on which were engraved three clear large characters "Fenglei Hall" in ancient characters.

The whole stone looks natural, and flashes of white lightning appear above the large characters from time to time, as if it were covered by lightning.

"Could this stone be a lightning-absorbing stone? There is actually such a big lightning-absorbing stone!"

Seeing the huge rock in front of him, Song Qingming couldn't help but sigh, and finally slowly withdrew his gaze.

This stone would be worth a lot of spirit stones if it were placed outside. Unfortunately, the entire stone is too big to fit into an ordinary storage device. Song Qingming, who passed by here, could only look at it with his eyes.

After entering the hall, I saw that many monks in front of me chose to act separately and began to search for spiritual objects around the hall.

Seeing this, Song Qingming ignored it and directly chose the direction in the middle where there were more people. He flew forward for another half an hour and finally arrived at a deserted "Spiritual Medicine Garden".

This "spiritual medicine garden" located deep in the hall does not seem to be anything special, although it looks like it has been abandoned and unattended.

But Song Qingming, who had already learned the details of the entire "Wind and Thunder Palace" from Feng He, knew that this was the most important place in the entire palace.

Because this seemingly ordinary "spiritual medicine garden" also hides a spiritual tree that has survived for nearly ten thousand years, on which one can find the fourth-level Jindan spiritual object that all Jindan cultivators dream of.

This is also the biggest goal of the six major sects and even all the monks who come to the "Wind and Thunder Palace".

As soon as he arrived outside the "Spiritual Medicine Garden", Song Qingming heard several deafening noises coming from the front. When he got closer, he found that it was Xiao Haoran and other people from the six major sects who had already arrived here, fighting with five or six giant black bears guarding the door.

These black bears have thick skin and tough flesh, and their sharp claws can force even Jindan cultivators to retreat three feet away. Their cultivation strength is not inferior to that of Jindan late stage cultivators.

However, facing the all-out siege by numerous Jindan monks from the six major sects headed by the Qingyang Sect, these black bears, despite their strength, quickly fell into a disadvantage and were beaten back.

In addition to the cultivators from the six major sects, there were also quite a few independent cultivators with considerable strength who stepped forward to join in the siege of the black bears, including the black-clad woman and the hunchbacked old man that Song Qingming knew.

These two people are also late Jindan cultivators, especially the hunchbacked old man, whose strength is even above that of ordinary late Jindan cultivators.

Even Xiao Haoran, who seldom looked directly at the cultivators around him, noticed the hunchbacked old man at this moment, and his gaze inadvertently lingered on him for a long time.

The woman in white who was traveling with them was slightly weaker, with only the sixth level of Golden Core cultivation.

At this moment, she was standing not far behind the battlefield with dozens of weaker Jindan cultivators, carefully watching the fight in front of them, and did not directly step forward to join the battle.

After arriving here, Song Qingming took a careful look at the battlefield ahead and decisively chose to join the crowd watching the battle. He also did not rashly step forward to join the battlefield.

The several mid-stage Jindan cultivators standing around him happened to be the three people who had wanted to invite Song Qingming to join them. When they saw Song Qingming coming alone, they all showed some surprise on their faces.

However, when they saw that Song Qingming just like them chose to stand aside and watch the battle and did not step forward to enter the battlefield, the three of them looked at him for a few seconds and then immediately turned their eyes away.

They thought that Song Qingming must be some hidden master since he dared to come here alone. It turned out that he was just like them and did not dare to step forward and compete with those Jindan masters on the battlefield.

Most of the masters above the late Jindan stage present were fighting with the black bear in the front. As long as they could get rid of their opponents, they could be the first to enter the "Spiritual Medicine Garden" to compete for the spiritual objects.

Those who chose to stand aside and watch the battle were basically cultivators with weaker cultivation bases. Seeing that Song Qingming, an eighth-level Jindan cultivator, chose to stand with them, many people around him cast strange glances at him.

But Song Qingming didn't care about it at all. He just stood in the distance and carefully watched the battlefield ahead, his eyes fixed on those monks who were fighting with the black bear.

After about a quarter of an hour, the black bears blocking the entrance of the "Spiritual Medicine Garden" finally couldn't hold on anymore. One of them was knocked unconscious by Xiao Haoran's punch and fell directly from mid-air.

Before the black bear fell to the ground, there was a "puff" sound, and the black bear's body turned into white mist in mid-air and disappeared without a trace.

The crowd watching then discovered that these lifelike black bears were not living creatures, but illusions created by the mechanical restrictions at the entrance of the "Spiritual Medicine Garden".

During the entire battle, Xiao Haoran hardly used any magic weapon, but he was the most outstanding person among everyone. After first dealing with the opponent in front of him, he took several "Qingyang Sect" monks beside him and entered the "Spiritual Medicine Garden" first.

Seeing this, the others who were still fighting were afraid that the spiritual objects inside had been taken away by the people from the Qingyang Sect, so they quickly cast spells and intensified their attacks, hoping to end the battle quickly.

Soon, the remaining black bears fell from the air one by one, and then turned into bursts of white mist and disappeared between heaven and earth.

What Song Qingming and others did not expect was that the second person who defeated his opponent and entered the "Spiritual Medicine Garden" was not a cultivator from the six major sects, but the hunchbacked old man who had dealt with Song Qingming before.

Not only did the onlookers look surprised by this, even Song Qingming seemed a little frightened at this moment. He did not expect that this hunchbacked old man was so powerful.

Fortunately, just now outside the "Wind and Thunder Palace", the three opponents did not choose to cause trouble for him, otherwise Song Qingming would not be able to gain any advantage if he faced them alone.

After the hunchbacked old man and the woman in black entered the "Spiritual Medicine Garden", the remaining six major sects and other cultivators also dealt with their opponents and quickly rushed into the "Spiritual Medicine Garden".

Seeing this, the cultivators who were standing outside and watching the battle with Song Qingming also turned into rays of light and followed closely behind, scrambling to enter the "Spiritual Medicine Garden".

Song Qingming followed the team slowly and at a low profile, not attracting the attention of anyone around him.

After entering the "Spiritual Medicine Garden", everyone discovered that it was lush and green and full of spiritual energy, which was completely different from the desolate and dilapidated scene outside.

"It's the third-level Moon-gazing Grass. Haha, there really is something good in it."

"Humph! We were the first to discover this elixir, get out of here now!"

"The spiritual objects in the secret realm do not belong to whoever sees them first. Everyone has to rely on their own abilities to get the spiritual medicine." As soon as they entered, everyone's attention was attracted by several third-level spiritual medicines around. At least seven or eight cultivators immediately rushed to the location where the spiritual medicines were.

So many cultivators came in, but there were only three spiritual medicines in front of them. They all wanted to monopolize the spiritual objects, so naturally they soon started fighting each other.

In response, Song Qingming just shook his head slightly, then took out the "Phantom Boat" to hide his figure, and then slowly moved towards the depths of the "Spiritual Medicine Garden".

At this time, next to a huge spiritual tree several dozen feet high located deep in the "Spiritual Medicine Garden", Xiao Haoran and more than twenty other late Jindan cultivators who had entered earlier were desperately casting spells around this huge black spiritual tree.

The aura emanating from this giant black spiritual tree has far exceeded the scope of a third-level spiritual plant. It is obviously a fourth-level spiritual tree that has been alive for thousands of years.

A ball of black lightning was wrapped around the black spiritual wood, flowing quickly above the spiritual wood like running water, and from time to time it emitted bursts of crackling sounds of lightning.

Xiao Haoran and the others who were surrounding this level 4 spiritual tree were quickly struck by the electric current as soon as they approached the spiritual tree. They were desperately casting spells to resist the lightning while slowly approaching the center of the spiritual tree.

There, there were five green spiritual fruits as big as babies distributed around the tree trunk, emitting bursts of green spiritual light from time to time. They were the "Thunder Infant Fruits" that Feng He had mentioned to Song Qingming.

This "Thunder Infant Fruit" is a rare fourth-level spiritual object that can assist cultivators in forming an infant. Any one of them is a precious spiritual object that can cause a sensation in the outside world.

Compared with the priceless high-level spiritual object "Thunder Infant Fruit", the other third-level spiritual medicines around the "Spiritual Medicine Garden" are obviously not as good as expected.

Therefore, even though they saw other spiritual objects nearby, the people present had no intention of fighting for them. All their attention was focused on the "Thunder Infant Fruit Tree".

With the help of two fellow monks from the Qingyang Sect, Xiao Haoran was the first to approach the "Thunder Infant Fruit" as expected. With a sword wave in his hand, he cut off the connection between a "Thunder Infant Fruit" and the spiritual wood, causing it to fall from the tree.

Just as he was about to reach out to catch the "Thunder Infant Fruit", a black lightning suddenly flashed from the spiritual fruit and headed straight for Xiao Haoran's location.

Seeing this, he was already prepared. He clenched his fists and crossed them in front of his chest, and immediately released a golden shield in front of him, forcibly blocking the fierce black lightning.

After the black lightning completely disappeared, Xiao Haoran, who had already retreated several steps, suddenly had a flash of light on his body. Then he took a step forward and took the "Thunder Infant Fruit" that was still in the air directly in his hand.

However, although this spiritual fruit fell into Xiao Haoran's hands, the lightning on it still kept flashing, trying to break free from his restraints.

"Sure enough, just like what was rumored outside, this thing is really dishonest!"

Seeing this situation, Xiao Haoran was well prepared. He gently waved his waist and a golden ball appeared in his hand.

Then, more than a dozen golden rays shot out from the sphere, tightly entangling the "Thunder Infant Fruit" that wanted to break free from control, and quickly stabilized the extremely restless fruit.

Seeing that the "Thunder Infant Fruit" in his hand had been subdued by him, Xiao Haoran tied it around his waist, and then continued forward to pick the second spiritual fruit on the tree.

However, this time, before it could get close to the location of the spiritual fruit, a white sword light flew into the air and directly picked up the "Thunder Infant Fruit" on it.

The person who took action this time was Han Feng, the top master of "Jade Sword Sect".

After cutting off a "Thunder Infant Fruit" with the help of the flying sword in his hand, Han Feng immediately waved his hand and took out a black cloth bag that had been prepared long ago, and directly put the whole spiritual fruit into it, then turned to Xiao Haoran who was standing beside him and smiled:
"Haha! Brother Xiao, you've already got a spiritual fruit, so don't continue to fight with us for it!

Otherwise, if you provoke public anger, there are still so many masters here, they will definitely not let you off easily. Even if you can get all the spiritual fruits, it will not be so easy to get away. "

"Humph! I don't care what you think. There are thousands of rules in this world of immortal cultivation, but there is only one rule that everyone must abide by.

That is, no matter what spiritual object it is, it belongs to the one who is capable. If you want to take this spiritual fruit, you must prove that you have the ability to do so."

After Xiao Haoran uttered a few words with a smile, he gathered a ball of energy in his right hand and quickly smashed it towards where Han Feng was.

"It's been a long time since I've heard of Brother Xiao, the number one Jindan cultivator. It's a pity that I've never had the chance to fight with you. Today is a good opportunity for me to learn from you!"

Seeing that Xiao Haoran was ready to attack without saying a word, Han Feng showed no fear at all. As he spoke, the flying sword in his hand had already broken through the air, and he soon started fighting with Xiao Haoran.

Just because they were too close to the spiritual tree, the two of them had to use some of their magic power to resist the lightning that kept invading from all directions.

But even so, the fight between Xiao Haoran and Han Feng still shocked everyone around them. Even the few companions in the late Jindan stage who were originally beside them had to take the initiative to stay away from the spiritual wood in order to avoid disaster.

While Xiao Haoran was fighting with Han Feng, cultivators from other sects also approached the location of the remaining few "Thunder Infant Fruits" and began to fight for the spiritual fruits.

In one of the places, Qiu Wuxin, who arrived under the tree first, excitedly cast a spell and cut down the spiritual fruit above.

Just as he had resisted the lightning attack of the spiritual fruit and was about to step forward to put the spiritual fruit into his pocket, he did not expect that a giant green net suddenly flew out from his side and directly caught the spiritual fruit in mid-air.

"Who?"

Seeing this scene, Qiu Wuxin suddenly became furious. He turned around and found that the cultivator who snatched his spiritual fruit was the hunchbacked old man who had performed so outstandingly outside the "Spiritual Medicine Garden" before.

"Fellow Daoist, this spiritual object belongs to those who are capable. I would like to thank you very much!"

The hunchbacked old man smiled and bowed to Qiu Wuxin. He was about to put the "Thunder Infant Fruit" in the magic weapon away, but he didn't expect that because of the constant flashing of lightning on the spiritual fruit, he couldn't put it directly into the storage magic weapon. His face suddenly changed.

"Humph! This spiritual fruit was just picked not long ago and cannot be put into the storage bag now. It won't be that easy for you to take it from me."

As Qiu Wuxin spoke, he waved his hand and took out a golden bronze tower magic weapon. After casting a spell that amplified it dozens of times, he pressed towards the location where the hunchbacked old man was.

Seeing this, the hunchbacked old man tied the spiritual fruit in his hand to his waist, hurriedly took out a colorful flag magic weapon, waved it out, and a colorful golden dragon came forward to hold up the bronze tower that Qiu Wuxin had dropped.

Not long after the two men started fighting, Luo Liangshan and another "Luomagnet Valley" Jindan late Jindan elder, as well as the black-clothed woman who came with the hunchbacked old man, also arrived nearby and joined the battlefield.

While the five late Jindan masters were fighting here, members of the "Tianxu Sect", "Shenhuo Sect", "Jinxia Palace" and another five or six late Jindan masters were also fighting for the remaining two "Thunder Infant Fruits".

The entire "Thunder Infant Fruit Tree" was surrounded by the magical powers and magic weapons of the Jindan cultivators, and it soon became a very chaotic battlefield.

The other cultivators who arrived here a step later, seeing such a chaotic and dangerous scene, immediately stopped in their tracks and dared not approach the "Thunder Infant Fruit Tree" anymore.

The basic cultivation base of these people is around the middle stage of the Golden Core. Both in terms of cultivation base and personal fighting strength, they are much weaker than those late stage Golden Core cultivators who are fighting for spiritual objects under the "Thunder Infant Fruit Tree".

However, although they knew that there were dangers ahead, because they were worried about the safety of their companions inside, several middle-stage Jindan cultivators still ignored the danger and forced their way to the location of the "Thunder Infant Fruit Tree".

But when these people got closer, they found that it was difficult for them to just resist the electric light near the "Thunder Infant Fruit Tree". It was impossible for them to intervene in the battle between these masters. They could only retreat helplessly.

Seeing that they could not enter the battlefield of the "Thunder Infant Fruit Tree" to compete for the spiritual object, these people quickly shifted their attention to other places around the "Spiritual Medicine Garden" and began to fight for other third-level spiritual objects nearby.

For them, they have already come here, and no matter what, the trip cannot be in vain.

Not only the independent cultivators, but even those cultivators from the six major sects who were unable to join the battlefield to help, also began to disperse and rush towards the locations of other third-level spiritual objects in the "Spiritual Medicine Garden".

"Junior Sister Chen, let's go join in the fun. Your cultivation is still low, so you should stay here and wait for Senior Brother Qiu and the others to come out. If you can grab one or two spiritual objects, we will definitely not treat you unfairly."

After hearing the suggestions from the two fellow disciples beside her, Chen Shutian hesitated for a moment with a calm expression, then nodded slightly and said, "Thank you, senior brothers!"

At this time, in an unknown corner of the "Spiritual Medicine Garden".

Song Qingming had just picked a third-level spiritual medicine and was about to head to the next target when he suddenly saw several Jindan cultivators approaching him.

Seeing this, Song Qingming hurriedly stopped and used the secret method of "Phantom Boat" to hide his figure in time.

It was not until those people had fought for the spiritual object in front of him and left the scene with the spiritual object that Song Qingming slowly revealed his figure.

"Hey! Didn't these people just go to grab the Thunder Infant Fruit? Why are they running back so quickly?"

Just when Song Qingming was somewhat puzzled, he suddenly felt something unusual happen to his body. His expression changed slightly and he looked at his waist. (End of this chapter)