Qinghe Immortal Clan.

Two quarters of an hour later, on the west side of the deserted island of "Taiyue Lake", the huge corpse of the demon king was surrounded by schools of fish and low-level monsters that came because of the smell of blood.

However, after these fish and water monsters came here, they never dared to get too close to compete for the delicious food in front of them.

After all, the "Eight-legged Demon King" in front of them was an extremely powerful Golden Core Demon King when he was alive. Even though he was dead, there was still an aura of pressure from a powerful man left on his corpse, which made them dare not approach him, and they could only circle around him underwater.

However, although most monsters still have a trace of fear towards the fallen demon king before them, there will always be some brave ones who dare to show up.

A fish monster, which was only in the middle stage of Qi training, dived under the body of the "Eight-legged Demon King" and circled around for a few times. Then it suddenly jumped out of the water and opened its mouth wide to pounce on a long leg of the Demon King.

Just when the fish monster was about to approach the demon king's body, a green sword light suddenly fell from the sky and pierced directly into the anxious monster, leaving a big hole in its body in just a moment.

Immediately afterwards, a stream of blood gushed out from mid-air and fell directly onto the lake below, dyeing the surrounding area blood red.

When the body of the fish monster, with a hint of unwillingness in its eyes, fell into the water, other monsters and fish around that smelled the scent immediately swarmed over and quickly ate it up.

After killing the fish monster, the green sword light quickly returned to the sky and stopped beside a woman in purple who was standing in mid-air with a flying sword.

The purple-clothed woman killed the fish monster with one sword, which immediately frightened the other monsters nearby, so that they could only watch from afar and dared not approach the monster king's body at will.

Seeing this scene, Li Xiuning, who was dressed in purple, showed a look of satisfaction on her face, and continued to patrol the water below on her flying sword.

On the corpse of the "Eight-legged Demon King" below, Song Qingming, holding a flying sword, was busy and focused, classifying and collecting all the useful materials on the demon king's body.

Just as the two were busy in the lake, a beam of light suddenly flew in the sky far to the east of the deserted island and quickly approached where Song Qingming and the others were.

"Senior Song, someone seems to be coming over there!"

Seeing this scene from afar, Li Xiuning, who didn't know whether the other party was an enemy or a friend, immediately became nervous and shouted to remind Song Qingming below.

A moment later, a green light flashed and Song Qingming's figure appeared in mid-air.

After seeing the familiar light approaching from a distance, Song Qingming slowly revealed a smile on his face. He threw the pair of eyes he had just cut off from the monster directly to Li Xiuning beside him.

"It's okay! It should be Qingyu who came. Thank you for your hard work!"

"Thank you for your generous gift, senior!"

After receiving the monster materials from Song Qingming, Li Xiuning suddenly felt a hint of joy in his heart, and he happily put the Monster King's eyes into his storage bag.

Although there are not many monster materials, they are still the things of the Monster King. They can be easily exchanged for two or three hundred spirit stones in the market.

Li Xiuning didn't contribute much in the battle just now. She just helped Song Qingming drive away some low-level monsters from the back. She was very happy to get these rewards.

As the two were talking, the green light quickly arrived over the deserted island.

Soon, Song Qingyu, wearing a green shirt and smiling, flashed to their side.

"Hey! I didn't expect that Brother Seven was so lucky that he could capture a Golden Core Demon King here. It seems that we are destined not to return empty-handed today."

“Whether we have gained anything or not, we should not be too happy too soon. This place is not a safe place as there are demon kings lurking around. We should hurry up and search for the Heaven and Earth Divine Thunder and return early!”

Seeing that Song Qingyu had arrived, Song Qingming took a look at some monster materials still remaining below and decided not to waste too much time here. He went to look for the "divine thunder of heaven and earth" that Li Xiuning mentioned first.

Not only are there demon kings lurking around this deserted island, but there are even shadows of evil cultivators. This makes Song Qingming feel a little uneasy and he doesn't want to stay here for too long.

After saying hello to Song Qingyu, Song Qingming brought Li Xiuning back to the "Phantom Boat". Then, under her guidance, the three of them quickly turned into light and disappeared on the spot.

A moment later, at the foot of a cliff in the middle of the deserted island, a few figures suddenly appeared as if by a flash of light.

Glancing down, Li Xiuning quickly found a dark cave in the weeds in the middle of the cliff. He turned around and bowed to Song Qingming and the others, saying:

"Senior, this is it. This cave is quite large and has many forked paths. The white light is at the deepest part of the cave, probably about five or six hundred feet away!"

"Well! Just find the place."

Seeing that Li Xiuning had determined the location of the cave, Song Qingming showed a slight look of satisfaction on his face.

After taking a quick look around the cave, Song Qingming first cast a spell and released several "Golden Fantasy Butterflies" to guard the door, then nodded to the two people beside him and walked into the cave first.

Seeing this, Li Xiuning and Song Qingyu immediately followed one after the other, and the three of them soon walked into the dark cave.

As soon as he entered the cave, Song Qingming felt a gust of cool breeze blowing out from inside. From this point alone, he could tell that what Li Xiuning said was true. Although this cave looked inconspicuous from the outside, the space inside must be quite large.

Taking out the night pearl to illuminate the surroundings, the three of them walked forward about a hundred feet. At this time, Song Qingming, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped.

"Senior, what's wrong?"

"Something seems to be flying out ahead, and there are quite a lot of them. Let's wait here and see what's going on!"

As soon as Song Qingming finished speaking, he immediately put away the night pearl in his hand.

Then, a flash of spiritual light appeared on his body, and his life-saving magic weapon, the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror", immediately flew out, transforming into a dimmer spiritual light shield, protecting the three of them.

Li Xiuning almost lost her life in this cave.
When Li Xiuning heard Song Qingming say that something flew out, a look of nervousness suddenly appeared on her face. She didn't dare to say much and could only look carefully towards the depths of the cave ahead.

Although Song Qingyu, who was standing aside, had a very calm face without any worry, the three flying swords in her body had been summoned out by a spell and were quietly circling around Song Qingyu.

Not long after the three of them hid aside, a very noisy "squeaking" sound came from deep in the cave. It entered their ears and made Song Qingming and the other two feel uncomfortable.

"Be careful! Those are ice-blood bats. As long as we don't make any noise, they won't be able to spot us."

As soon as Song Qingming finished speaking, a large number of black birds appeared in front of them and flew out of the cave. Then, a large number of "Ice Blood Bats" flew in groups to the sides and above the heads of Song Qingming and others.

These "Ice-Blood Bats" are just ordinary low-level monsters. Most of them are still in the Qi Refining stage, and only a small number of larger ones have advanced to the Foundation Establishment stage.

"Ice-blood bats" generally only know some low-level spells and spit out ice arrows from their mouths to attack the enemy. They are not considered powerful characters among monsters and do not pose much threat to Jindan cultivators like Song Qingming.

However, there were hundreds and thousands of "Ice Blood Bats" in front of him, which was really too many and quite troublesome to deal with. Song Qingming did not want to waste time on these monsters, so he chose to avoid them directly.

After waiting for a long time, after the last "Ice Blood Bat" flew out of the cave, the somewhat uncomfortable sound gradually disappeared, and Song Qingming and the other two stood up.

"Hey! I didn't encounter these ice-blood bats when I came here last time. Could it be that they came here later?"

Seeing the flocks of "Ice Blood Bats" flying by, Li Xiuning's face suddenly showed some doubts, and he spoke with lingering fear.

Although these "Ice Blood Bats" are nothing in front of Jindan cultivators like Song Qingming and Song Qingyu, they are definitely not something that a mid-stage foundation building cultivator like Li Xiuning can deal with easily.

Li Xiuning, who was already seriously injured at the time, was hiding from the demon king in the cave. If he had encountered the situation just now, it would have been difficult for him to escape easily.

With her strength, once she was discovered by these bloodthirsty "ice-blood bats", the fate would be unimaginable. There would be no chance for her to escape from this deserted island.

Hearing the doubts in Li Xiuning's mouth, Song Qingming also knew what she was thinking. He nodded with a smile on his face and said, "There is no shortage of coincidences in the world. This may be your chance!"

"You are right, Senior. If it weren't for God's will that I should not die, I wouldn't have met you in the end!"

Hearing this, Song Qingming nodded slightly without saying anything more. He took out the night pearl again and continued to explore carefully into the depths of the cave.

The sudden appearance of the "Ice Blood Bat" just now has proved that there are many dangers hidden in this cave. Song Qingming and the other two did not dare to be careless at this moment, so they deliberately slowed down their pace.

The three of them passed through several forks in the road and walked forward for several hundred feet. Suddenly, a huge cave appeared in front of them. Then a scent of medicine came from a distance and directly entered the noses of Song Qingming and the others.

Arriving here, Li Xiuning hurried forward and said:
"Senior, this is it! It was inside that I saw the white light and was attacked by the tree demon."

"Well! You stay here first, let's go in and take a look!"

After taking a quick look at the pitch-black cave ahead, Song Qingming nodded slightly and asked Li Xiuning to stay where they were and wait, while he and Song Qingyu walked slowly forward.

Li Xiuning, standing at the entrance of the cave, saw that it was pitch black in front of him. Apart from the little light emitted by some spiritual medicines, there was no other light, and he couldn't help but feel worried.

It has been at least seven or eight years since Li Xiuning first came here.

After such a long time, even the nearby demon king has been replaced. Li Xiuning is a little unsure whether the "Heaven and Earth Divine Thunder" that he saw with his own eyes is still here. If he can help Song Qingming find the "Heaven and Earth Divine Thunder" he wants during this treasure hunt, then Li Xiuning, who has made great contributions, will definitely leave a good impression in the eyes of the Song family's several Jindan ancestors.

As long as they can catch the eyes of several ancestors of the Song family, their lives will definitely be better in the Song family and even in the entire northeast of Weiguo.

But what if Song Qingming and the others made this trip in vain and found nothing?

Although Song Qingming had said before that he would not blame him for this, it would be difficult to ask for help if he needed help in the future.

Just as Li Xiuning was staring straight ahead, Song Qingming and Song Qingyu had already arrived at the location of the elixir deep in the cave.

After a quick glance, he saw that the scene in front of him was similar to what Li Xiuning had described. The entire deep cave was filled with densely packed spiritual herbs of all kinds.

The qualities of these spiritual medicines vary greatly, some of which even Song Qingming has never seen before. However, the age of the medicines is generally not high, and they are basically all level one or two spiritual medicines. There are no high-level spiritual medicines above level three.

The spiritual energy deep in the cave is much richer than that outside, at least at the level of upper grade two, which is why so many spiritual medicines can be cultivated.

“I really can’t believe that so many magical herbs can grow in this inconspicuous cave. It seems that no one has been here for a long time.

Brother Qi, it would be a waste to leave these spiritual medicines here. Since we are here, please don’t be polite.”

Seeing the many spiritual medicines in front of her, a hint of joy suddenly appeared on Song Qingyu's face. With a wave of her hand, she put all the spiritual medicines closest to her into the storage magic device on her waist.

Seeing this, Song Qingming smiled slightly, patted his waist lightly, and summoned out the "Golden Wind" hidden in the spirit beast bag, and ordered it to come forward to help collect the spiritual medicine.

He himself stood in the middle, carefully staring at the medicinal field in front of him, searching for the white lightning that Li Xiuning mentioned.

Just as Song Qingyu and "Golden Wind" were harvesting the medicinal herbs field in front of them as quickly as a whirlwind, suddenly a very slight "hissing" sound came from deep in the medicinal field ahead.

A moment later, "Jinfeng", who was picking elixirs in front, was suddenly entangled by something under his feet, and then he was pulled deep into the medicine field by a great force.

At the same time, Song Qingyu, who was not far from the "Golden Wind" deep inside, also discovered the abnormality on the ground in front of him, and immediately flew into the air on tiptoe.

As Song Qingyu was just getting away from the ground, three or four black vines under her feet also jumped into the air and rolled directly towards her.

Seeing this, Song Qingyu's face suddenly turned cold, and then he raised his right hand slightly, and his natal flying sword "Xuanming Jinguan Sword" shot out several sword lights, directly cutting those black vines into several pieces.

What surprised Song Qingyu was that after the black vine was cut off, red liquid actually flowed out from it, like the blood of a living person, which looked quite creepy.

After Song Qingyu cut off those black vines, they shrank back suddenly as if they knew the person coming was powerful, and disappeared after a while.

At this time, "Jinfeng", who had been pulled deep into the medicinal field not far away, also struggled to tear off the black vines under his feet under Song Qingming's command, and flew back to Song Qingming's side.

It took only a moment from the time "Jinfeng" and Song Qingyu were ambushed to the time they escaped from the predicament. The spiritual medicine field, which had been a little noisy, instantly returned to calm.

Song Qingming, who was standing not far away and saw this scene, smiled at this moment. He took the initiative to walk towards the depths of the spiritual medicine field.

"Seventh Brother, that guy should be hiding under the medicinal field. We have to think of a way to force it out first!"

"Don't worry. No matter where it hides, its roots must be at the spiritual eye of this spiritual vein. As long as we find the spiritual eye, it will naturally show up."

Unlike living creatures like monsters, after a spiritual tree becomes a spirit, its main body still finds it difficult to break away from the spiritual energy supply of the earth veins and has no way to move too far.

Even if some high-level spiritual trees have cultivated to the Nascent Soul stage, they still need to protect and hide their true bodies. Otherwise, once their true bodies are found by someone with ulterior motives and their spiritual energy supply is cut off, their cultivation will quickly be lost and they will have to be controlled by others.

Although Song Qingming didn't see the specific cultivation level of the tree monster just now, judging from the spiritual energy of the earth veins here, he could still infer that the cultivation level of the tree monster in front of him should be at most the Golden Core Realm.

Therefore, he no longer had too many worries in his mind, and he stepped forward to take the initiative and try to find it first.

Although this tree monster's fighting abilities are not very strong, its hiding and escaping skills are still very powerful. When it encounters danger, it will escape deep underground.

If they can't find its true body, no matter how powerful Song Qingming and the others are, they won't be able to do anything about it for the time being.

After walking around the depths of the spiritual medicine field, Song Qingming suddenly flew into the air, then cast a spell and threw out several formation flags that fell into the spiritual medicine field. A small "Spirit Gathering Formation" was quickly set up in the spiritual medicine field.

Afterwards, Song Qingming cast a spell to activate the "Spirit Gathering Array" in front of him, and began to gather spiritual energy around the spiritual medicine field. Soon, he locked the location of the spiritual eye of the earth vein through the flow rate of the spiritual energy.

"That's it. Qingyu, try going down. As long as we find the spiritual eye, we're not afraid that guy won't come out!"

As soon as Song Qingming finished speaking, Song Qingyu, who was in mid-air, moved his magic power, and the five "Xuanming Golden Light Swords" beside him merged into one, transforming into a giant flying sword more than ten feet high.

"Sword cuts in all directions!"

Then, under the command of Song Qingyu, the "Xuanming Golden Light Sword" fell quickly to the ground where Song Qingming pointed with a powerful momentum.

The next moment, a loud "boom" was heard from the ground below, and rocks flew everywhere, raising a huge cloud of dust.

Li Xiuning, who was standing near the cave entrance in the distance, had just steadied himself when he saw the aftermath coming towards him with smoke and dust. He quickly cast a spell and released a protective shield to block himself.

After the smoke and dust cleared, a huge pit about four or five meters deep was revealed on the ground.

Feeling that the spiritual energy in the deep pit in front of him was becoming increasingly strong, Song Qingming once again looked for Song Qingyu in the air and nodded slightly. The latter then cast a spell again to control the "Xuanming Golden Light Sword" beside him to fall down.

After using his natal flying sword to cut it three or four times in succession, the deep hole had become more than ten feet deep. Soon a large ball of golden light appeared in front of Song Qingming and the others.

"Haha! I finally found you."

Seeing the small piece of black spiritual wood covered under the golden light ball, Song Qingming immediately guessed that it should be the real body of the demon tree, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

Just when Song Qingming wanted to move forward and approach the golden light ball, dozens of black vines suddenly emerged from the ground and blocked Song Qingming.

Not long after, a black tree more than ten feet tall and covered with vines quickly appeared from the ground. With a hint of white lightning, it began to attack Song Qingming and Song Qingyu who was still in the air.

"This is it! The high-level divine thunder is really on you."

Seeing a ball of white lightning at the trunk of the black tree, which was the main purpose of his trip, the high-level divine thunder of heaven and earth, Song Qingming was suddenly extremely happy.

This trip was not in vain!

The white lightning in front of him was much more powerful than the low-level divine thunder that Song Qingming had found before. It was at least a high-level divine thunder that could only be cultivated by a Jindan cultivator.

As long as he could absorb and refine this level of divine thunder, the "Heaven-Devouring Thunder-Controlling Art" that Song Qingming practiced in his body would definitely be greatly improved, and he might even have the chance to directly enter the middle stage of the Golden Core realm.

The only thing that made Song Qingming a little strange was that the tree monster in front of him was clearly practicing wood-attributed magical skills, and he didn't know why it could produce such a high-level divine thunder of heaven and earth.

Although he still had some doubts in his heart, Song Qingming had no time to think about them when he saw the high-level divine thunder of heaven and earth that he had been longing for right in front of him.

After casting the spell and releasing his life-saving magic weapon "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror", Song Qingming and Song Qingyu who were still in mid-air launched an attack on the black tree monster together.

The lifespan of spiritual trees in the world of immortal cultivation is much longer than that of human cultivators or monsters. As long as there is a sufficient supply of spiritual energy, some high-level spiritual trees can even grow and survive for tens of thousands of years.

Since the spiritual wood has a long lifespan, of course its cultivation speed is much slower than that of human cultivators. Although the black tree monster in front of him has survived for at least a thousand years, its cultivation level is currently only at the peak of the early Golden Core stage.

Moreover, compared with humans and monsters, the black tree monster, which is a spirit of plants and trees, has slightly inferior magical powers.

Faced with the siege of Song Qingming and Song Qingyu, two late Jindan-stage fighters, the black tree demon was simply unable to resist, but in order to protect its body from harm, it had no choice but to retreat and escape.

Even the black vines wrapped in white lightning could not withstand the sharp sword light controlled by Song Qingyu. Before the fight lasted long, most of them were cut off by her, and the ground was already flowing with blood.

Song Qingming controlled the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror" to shoot out the Xuanyang Flame, which continuously burned the opponent's body hidden in the spiritual eye. This also made it difficult for the wounds on the black tree monster to heal quickly, and its breath became weaker and weaker.

In just less than half a quarter of an hour, the black tree demon was dying under the siege of the two members of the Song family. It completely lost the ability to resist and fell to the ground.

"Hey! Brother Qi, why is there a corpse of a monk here?"

After knocking down the tree monster, Song Qingyu was about to go forward to check the divine thunder above the tree trunk when he suddenly saw a figure next to the white light. When he walked over to take a look, he found that it was actually a dried corpse.

Hearing what Song Qingyu said, Song Qingming immediately followed and glanced at the body of the monk who had been entangled on the tree trunk by black vines for who knows how many years, and a look of confusion appeared on his face.

"This corpse has not yet completely decayed. Could it be that this person was a Jindan cultivator when he was alive?" (End of this chapter)