Qinghe Immortal Clan.

Hearing Ma Wuchen's begging for mercy coming from the "Zuoyuan Soul-Calming Talisman", Song Qingming remained calm and unmoved, and directly took out a bowl-shaped magical instrument that was specially used to imprison the souls of cultivators.

He then cast a spell to retrieve the talisman in the distance, and ignoring Ma Wuchen's cry for mercy, threw the "Zuoyuan Soul-Calming Talisman" into the magic weapon.

Demon cultivators above the Jindan stage usually leave themselves a backup plan. If their spirit and soul are not completely destroyed, it will still be easy for them to escape and take over another body to cultivate again.

After capturing Ma Wuchen's soul that escaped from his body, Song Qingming finally breathed a sigh of relief and was completely relieved.

Faced with a high-level demon cultivator like Ma Wuchen who had reached the peak of the Golden Core realm, Song Qingming was not very confident at first that he could kill him, and did not want to fight him to the death.

However, Ma Wuchen's greed for the "Tian Tong Ling" made Song Qingming lose the last bit of hope in his heart. He had no choice but to risk exposing his identity and decisively kill him here.

If Ma Wuchen escapes from this battle, the secret of "Tian Tong Ling" will be spread by him, or his master "Red Blood Demon" will know about it.

This is undoubtedly a huge hidden danger for Song Qingming and the entire Song family. After all, the Song family is just a small Jindan immortal clan and it is impossible for them to be able to compete with a Yuanying cultivator like the "Red Blood Demon".

Fortunately, after a fierce battle, Ma Wuchen was ultimately unable to escape and was successfully killed and suppressed by Song Qingming. This allowed Song Qingming to put his worries to rest.

After capturing Ma Wuchen's soul, Song Qingming released his own powerful spiritual sense to scan the surroundings to prevent any negligence or omissions.

After making sure that nothing was missed in the surrounding area, Song Qingming burned all traces of Ma Wuchen on the battlefield and the several "blood corpse puppets" with real fire, and then quickly returned to the sky above the deserted island.

These "blood corpse puppets" are made by extracting the souls of living people. Although Song Qingming is not clear about their specific identities when they were alive, he knows that they should all be righteous monks who have unfortunately died at the hands of Ma Wuchen in recent years.

Unfortunately, he died at the hands of an evil cultivator during his lifetime, and after his death his body was refined into a "blood corpse puppet". Even his soul could not escape the control of the other party and could not be reincarnated. It was indeed a sad and lamentable situation!
However, all these were wiped out with the fire set by Song Qingming. From then on, they were freed from the shackles of the evil cultivators and could be reincarnated as humans.

After returning to the deserted island battlefield, Song Qingming looked around and did not see Song Qingyu, so he hurried to the cave below and saw Li Xiuning and Song Qingyu inside.

As for Song Qingyu, he was finally injured by the self-explosion of a "blood corpse puppet". In addition, due to excessive consumption of mana, the blood poison in his body was no longer suppressed. Not long after he fell from mid-air, he fell into a coma.

Li Xiuning, who had been hiding in the cave, saw this and hurried forward to bring Song Qingyu back to the cave and helped him take some healing pills.

However, Li Xiuning didn't have any high-level elixirs on her, so the help to Song Qingyu's injuries was very limited, so her condition has not improved until now.

Seeing this, Song Qingming hurried forward to check and found that Song Qingyu had a blood poison attack that invaded her heart meridian. He immediately took out a third-level detoxification pill from his body and put it into her mouth.

Most of the high-level detoxification pills on Song Qingming's body were refined by Huang Siyuan.

Thanks to her, a third-level alchemist, almost all the cultivators in the Song family have more elixirs than other cultivators in the surrounding areas over the years. Occasionally, there are even disciples from the "Xiaoyao Sect" who come to Funiu Mountain to ask for elixirs.

After helping Song Qingyu take a third-level detoxification pill, Song Qingming breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his complexion gradually improving.

After instructing Li Xiuning to take care of Song Qingyu who was still in a coma, Song Qingming got up and went outside the cave to retrieve the "Golden Wind" that had been embedded in a mountain wall.

In the battle just now, "Jinfeng" was severely injured by Ma Wuchen's blow. His entire chest collapsed, revealing a huge hole, and one of his legs was broken into two.

Although this degree of injury is not fatal to a corpse puppet, Song Qingming can still slowly repair it as long as he collects the materials.

But seeing the miserable state of "Jinfeng", who had followed him for many years, Song Qingming felt a little bit reluctant. He sighed and quickly put it back into the spirit beast bag.

By the time Song Qingming had dealt with the traces of the battlefield and returned to the cave, Song Qingyu had already woken up. After refining the detoxifying pill, his face slowly returned to normal.

Seeing Song Qingming return to the cave, Song Qingyu quickly stood up and asked:
"Seventh Brother, has that old devil escaped? Should we leave here quickly?"

"Don't worry! He won't appear again, but the noise just now was too loud. I'm afraid it has alarmed the monks nearby. This place is not safe for us either. Let's find another place to help you heal!"

Seeing that Song Qingyu's injuries had improved a lot, Song Qingming gradually felt relieved. After nodding in response to her, he took her and Li Xiuning out of the cave.

A moment later, the three people who were already standing on the "Phantom Boat" turned into a beam of white light and left the deserted island to the south.

About an hour later, two beams of light, one blue and one white, flew over the sky above the deserted island, which had been very quiet. They turned into two figures standing in mid-air.

One of the women in blue looked at the battlefield below the deserted island, which had been reduced to ruins, frowned slightly and said:

"Brother Chen, there is such a commotion here, could it be that someone is hunting the demon king?"

The man in white on the side heard this, but shook his head slightly with a serious expression and said:

"Hunting the Demon King! I don't think so. If they were hunting an ordinary Demon King, they wouldn't be beaten like this. The one who appeared here must be a master above the late Jindan stage."

"A cultivator in the late Jindan period? Who on earth dares to cause trouble here so blatantly? Could he be a casual cultivator from outside the area?

Senior Brother Chen, should we inform the sect about this in advance? "

Upon hearing that a late Jindan cultivator might appear nearby, a hint of surprise appeared on the face of the woman in blue, and then she asked another question.

The man in white looked around solemnly, and did not directly answer the question of the woman in blue. Instead, he cast a spell, took out a golden talisman and threw it into the air.

This talisman instantly turned into a ball of golden light in the air, and then the golden ball automatically flew to the battlefield below.

After the golden sphere made a circle on the battlefield and returned to the hands of the man in white, there were several thin black lights on it.

"This is demonic energy. Could it be that the one here is a Jindan demon cultivator?"

When the woman in blue saw the black light emerging from the golden sphere in the white-clothed man's hand, she was suddenly surprised and couldn't help but shout out.

The man in white sighed and said, "Alas! I have heard that some monks have disappeared inexplicably in this area, and I always thought it was caused by monsters.

Just when I arrived here, I felt a faint demonic energy. It seems that a golden elixir demon has appeared nearby.

It's probably difficult for us to find out the truth since we are the only ones dealing with this matter. We need to go back and discuss it with our uncle and the others before making a decision!"

After the two of them agreed in mid-air, they quickly turned into two beams of light and disappeared over the deserted island.

At the same time, in the air thousands of miles away from the deserted island.

Song Qingming, Song Qingyu and the other two were standing on the "Phantom Boat", looking at an island in the distance that was getting closer and closer, and there was a look of relief on their faces.

After more than an hour of rapid travel, Song Qingming and the other two had successfully moved away from the deserted island and entered the territory controlled by a small country surrounding the State of Song.

Because this country was affiliated with the Wu State in the south, its relationship with the "Hunyuan Sect" of the Song State was relatively ordinary. Under normal circumstances, it was impossible for the monks of the "Hunyuan Sect" to easily enter here.

Having left the Song State's sphere of influence, the few of them no longer had to worry about running into the monks of the Hunyuan Sect. They landed confidently on this island not far from the lakeshore.

On this island called "Xufeng Island", there is a second-level medium-grade spiritual vein, and a small market town about the same size as Qinghefang has been built on it.

Because there are many monsters in "Taiyue Lake", many cultivators from surrounding countries like to go deep into the lake to hunt monsters. This place is not far from the lakeshore, and many cultivators who come and go to hunt monsters like to stop here to rest.

When Li Xiuning was in the State of Song, he had come here several times with his friends and was quite familiar with the situation here.

When Li Xiuning heard Song Qingming asking about finding a small market to recuperate so that Song Qingyu could heal his wounds, she immediately thought of this place.

After the flying boat arrived not far from "Xufeng Island", Song Qingming deliberately slowed down his speed, and then used the illusion technique that "Longfeng" gave him that year to disguise his appearance and cultivation level.

Although the technique Song Qingming practiced was not as powerful as "Dragon Wind", which could deceive cultivators of the same level as him, it should not be a big problem for him to deal with the low-level cultivators at the foundation-building and Qi-refining levels on the "Xufeng Island" in front of him.

After the flying boat landed at the port on the west side of the island, Li Xiuning, who was familiar with the situation here, immediately jumped down first and threw a wooden sign proving his identity document to the market guard who came up quickly to greet him.

Seeing the familiar wooden sign in front of him, the young cultivator who was only at the seventh level of Qi Refining hurriedly stepped forward and bowed and nodded to Li Xiuning.

After asking Li Xiuning about the identities of Song Qingming and the other person behind him, he quickly returned the wooden sign to them and respectfully invited the three of them into the market.

This small market on "Xufeng Island" is similar to "Qinghefang".

However, because those who live near "Taiyue Lake" are all monks who travel back and forth to hunt monsters, their cultivation is obviously higher than that of the monks in "Qinghefang".

Not long after entering the market, Song Qingming saw several foundation-building cultivators whose cultivation base was similar to that of Li Xiuning. This was rare in a "Qinghefang" of the same size.

The monks who were walking on the street only looked a little curious when they saw Song Qingming and the other two unfamiliar foundation-building monks coming in, but they were not too surprised. With the help of Li Xiuning, who was familiar with the situation, Song Qingming and the other two did not spend much effort and soon successfully rented a few caves with good spiritual energy in the market.

After taking the third-level detoxification pill, Song Qingyu's injuries were suppressed, but the blood poison in her body has not yet been eliminated.

If this goes on for too long, once the blood poison seeps into the monk's internal organs, it will be difficult to eliminate it, and it may also leave some hidden dangers in the body.

It was precisely because of his concern about this matter that Song Qingming did not choose to rush back to Weiguo, but first looked for a place nearby where he could safely retreat and let Song Qingyu clear the blood poison in his body.

After handing all the healing pills on his body to Song Qingyu, Song Qingming gave him some careful instructions before leaving the cave where Song Qingyu was in seclusion.

Afterwards, Song Qingming personally set up a set of protective magic array outside, and instructed Li Xiuning to look after the cave where Song Qingyu was in seclusion.

Li Xiuning came this time to help find the "Divine Thunder of Heaven and Earth". In addition to the "Barrier Breaking Pill" that Song Qingming had promised her before, she also received some extra rewards from Song Qingming. She had already been grateful to Song Qingming in her heart.

Moreover, after experiencing the battle on the deserted island, she had witnessed the powerful magical powers of these Jindan cultivators. At this moment, she didn't dare to have any thoughts about Song Qingming's orders.

After taking these precautions, Song Qingming returned to his cave with peace of mind and took out the storage magic tool he had found from Ma Wuchen.

This time, in order to deal with the big devil Ma Wuchen, Song Qingming and Song Qingyu suffered huge losses.

In order to desperately hold back Ma Wuchen and buy time for Song Qingming to refine the "Divine Thunder of Heaven and Earth" in his body, Song Qingyu was not only poisoned by the opponent's blood, but also injured his meridians in the battle.

Even if she could successfully eliminate the blood poison in her body this time, it would probably take at least several years for her to fully recover.

In addition, during the battle, several third-level talismans and a defensive magic weapon on Song Qingyu's body were lost in the battle.

Afterwards, Song Qingming fought with Ma Wuchen, and the white scroll magic weapon that had just been repaired was forcibly broken by Ma Wuchen, damaging this third-grade top-quality magic weapon again.

The worst thing was the corpse puppet "Jinfeng" that had followed Song Qingming for many years. It was seriously damaged in this battle, and it was not known how much time and materials it would take to repair it.

Adding all these things together, Song Qingming and his companion lost at least nearly 100,000 spirit stones in this battle.

Although Song Qingming's wealth has become increasingly wealthy over the years since he formed the Dan, he has many high-level magical weapons and spiritual objects on him, even more than one fourth-level magical weapon.

However, he had been accustomed to frugality since he was a child, as he had experienced the struggle for a few spirit stones. The loss of so many spirit stones at once made Song Qingming feel painful for a long time after the war.

I don’t know if the storage magic weapon that I finally got from Ma Wuchen can give him some surprises to compensate for some of Song Qingming’s losses in the previous battle.

The storage magic weapon on Ma Wuchen had very complicated restrictions. Even for Song Qingming, a third-level intermediate-grade formation master, it took him three full days to remove all the restrictions.

After opening Ma Wuchen's storage magic device, Song Qingming, with some nervousness, slowly probed his spiritual sense into it and took out all the spiritual objects in the storage magic device.

"No way! After all, he is a great demon at the peak of the Golden Core Stage, how could he be so poor!"

Before opening Ma Wuchen's storage magic tool, Song Qingming also thought that the other party was a demon cultivator after all, and he would not have many good things that he could have.

But after seeing the few pitiful things on the table that he had just taken out from the storage magic tool, Song Qingming couldn't help but reveal a very disappointed expression on his face.

Apart from the "black gourd" that Song Qingming had seen before, the rest were only two low-quality third-grade magic weapons and several low-level talismans of even lower quality.

There were also a few manuals and elixirs for magic cultivation that Song Qingming was too lazy to even look at, and that was all.

Most of the magic weapons used by demon cultivators have been contaminated with demonic energy and are far less valuable than normal magic weapons in the market.

The combined value of those two third-level magic weapons might not even be worth ten thousand spirit stones.

The best of the magic weapons, the "Black Gourd", although its magical power is not weak and its grade has reached the fourth level, it is also a high-level magic weapon that is tainted with demonic energy.

Moreover, this fourth-level magic weapon was damaged by Song Qingming's spell in the previous battle, and the spirit of the monster inside was lost. It is unknown how many spirit stones it will take to repair it.

If Song Qingming took it directly to the market to sell, the value would definitely not be too high. It would be considered good luck if he could exchange it for twenty or thirty thousand spirit stones.

The things on Ma Wuchen's body, added together, did not even amount to 50,000 spirit stones, which really disappointed Song Qingming. He couldn't help but think of Du Yucheng, who was as poor as he was.

“I thought that Du Yucheng, as an apprentice, was poor enough, but I didn’t expect that his master Ma Wuchen was not much better than him.

He is so poor, and I don’t know how he dares to say that he has a chance to condense his Nascent Soul.

These demon cultivators can really say any nonsense. "

After putting away everything on the table with a look of disappointment, Song Qingming set up a soul-locking formation in the cave and took out the bowl magic weapon that sealed Ma Wuchen's soul.

Ever since he killed Du Yucheng and formed a feud with him, Song Qingming has often worried that Ma Wuchen and the "Red Blood Demon" behind him would come looking for him.

After killing his opponent a few days ago, the reason why Song Qingming did not directly kill Ma Wuchen's soul was that he also wanted to try searching his soul to see how much this guy knew about him.

In addition, these high-level demon cultivators are always cunning and have three burrows. After capturing the opponent's soul, they can also find the hideout behind him by searching his soul.

Maybe I can find some extra treasures from it to make up for my losses.

After opening the magic weapon that sealed the soul, the talisman that imprisoned the soul of "Ma Wuchen" immediately floated out automatically. Then Song Qingming cast a spell to open the talisman and release his soul.

Ma Wuchen, who had just escaped, immediately turned into a ball of black smoke and tried to escape when he saw this. However, before he could run far, the surroundings of the cave suddenly emitted spiritual light, which formed into a golden light and trapped his soul in mid-air.

"My fellow Daoist! Please be kind enough to let me go. I really know a technique that can help cultivators condense their Nascent Soul. As long as you can let me go, I will definitely give you this technique.

From now on, I am willing to stay and be your servant. With my skills and abilities, I will definitely be of great help to you.

As long as you agree, I can worship you as my master, or worship you as my righteousness. "

"So much nonsense!"

Song Qingming, who had not found anything good from him just now, was already somewhat displeased with him. When he heard Ma Wuchen chattering non-stop, he became even more impatient and immediately cast a spell using the secret technique of searching his soul.

As the secret technique was performed, Ma Wuchen's unfinished words came to an abrupt end.

Because Song Qingming had already used the secret soul-searching technique when he killed the ghost cultivator Wen Tianyang in Yunwu Mountain that year, and now he is already familiar with it when he uses it again.

However, compared to the ghost cultivator Wen Tianyang who had lost some of his memories back then, Ma Wuchen's soul was obviously much stronger, which made it much more difficult for Song Qingming to perform the secret soul-searching technique.

It took more than half an hour before Song Qingming's spiritual sense was able to slowly penetrate into Ma Wuchen's sea of ​​consciousness and began to try to search his memory.

Watching the numerous memory fragments flying quickly through the other party's sea of ​​consciousness, Song Qingming immediately began searching for those memory fragments closest to the present, hoping to find useful information from them.

Soon, figures that Song Qingming was more familiar with appeared in front of him.

Among them were Ma Wuchen's master, the "Red Blood Demon", Du Yucheng, whom Song Qingming had dealt with many times before, as well as Ma Wuchen's other disciples and fellow brothers.

By searching Ma Wuchen's memory, Song Qingming thought he had discovered a secret that he didn't know back then.

The "Red Blood Demon" and the Jindan Demon Chief Xiao Huang who was suppressed in the "Demon Sealing Valley" back then are actually brothers.

After Song Qingming and Feng He joined forces to kill Xiao Huang, Ma Wuchen and his junior brother went to the Floating Cloud Mountains to look for Song Qingming.

But in the end he was stopped by Long Feng and Huo Feng, which inadvertently helped Song Qingming to avoid the disaster.

After knowing these secrets, Song Qingming felt a little scared. If he had not been lucky and had just gone to Huo Feng, he might have fallen into this person's hands.

As Ma Wuchen's memory fragments continued to flow, some secrets about him continued to emerge in front of Song Qingming.

It took a full stick of incense time for Song Qingming to complete his soul search, and his spiritual consciousness slowly withdrew from Ma Wuchen's sea of ​​consciousness.

At this moment, although Song Qingming was still digesting the information in his mind, his complexion looked much better than before.

"There really is a cave hidden nearby. I hope you won't let me down again this time!" (End of this chapter)