Qinghe Immortal Clan.

When I first met Ma Wuchen on the deserted island, because this place was very close to the territory of Song State, most Jindan demon cultivators would not choose to hide in such a dangerous place.

Song Qingming thought that Ma Wuchen just happened to pass by and bumped into them by chance, and he was not sure whether the cave where the other party was hiding was near the "deserted island".

It was only through the soul-searching just now that Song Qingming dug out all the secrets of Ma Wuchen.

Only then did he realize that this demon had actually betrayed his master, the "Red Blood Demon", and had been hiding near the State of Song for more than 20 years.

Most of the demon cultivators who are willing to degenerate into practicing the magic arts are people who will do anything to achieve their goals. Most of the disciples of the "Red Blood Demon" are also treacherous, insidious and cunning.

In order to prevent his disciples from rebelling and to control them for his own use throughout their lives, the "Red Blood Demon" planted some restrictions on them.

Not only can we monitor their location at all times, but we can also control their life and death at critical moments, so that they dare not rebel.

Ma Wuchen, who has followed the "Red Blood Demon" for many years, has already cultivated to the ninth level of the Golden Core for many years, and is ready to break through to the Nascent Soul realm at any time.

However, Ma Wuchen, who already yearned for the Nascent Soul Realm, also knew very well that his master, the "Red Blood Demon", would never sit idly by and watch him break through the Nascent Soul Realm and escape his control.

Although he appeared to be respectful to his master "Red Blood Demon", Ma Wuchen had already harbored a rebellious heart.

Therefore, while he was collecting methods to break through the Nascent Soul stage over the years, he was also thinking hard in his heart how to eliminate the harmful restrictions planted by the "Red Blood Demon" in his body that could threaten his life at any time.

Finally, more than 20 years ago, Ma Wuchen found a technique that could temporarily seal the restrictions in his body. While the "Red Blood Demon" was in seclusion practicing, he escaped from his control and hid near the State of Song.

After Ma Wuchen had been hiding in Song State for many years, he finally felt relieved when he saw that the "Red Blood Demon" had not been able to find him nearby.

So Song Qingming found a more secluded cave in Taiyue Lake near the "deserted island" where he fought with him, and hid there, where he painstakingly planned his breakthrough to the Nascent Soul stage.

In order to prevent others from disturbing his retreat to break through his cultivation level, Ma Wuchen also used his magical powers to control some nearby monsters, which patrolled the waters around his retreat cave and attacked and drove away the human monks passing by.

The "Eight-legged Demon King" that Song Qingming accidentally killed when he found the deserted island that day was one of the monsters controlled by Ma Wuchen.

It was because this monster was suddenly killed that Ma Wuchen realized that there were high-level cultivators nearby.

Sensing danger, he came out to investigate, and ended up meeting Song Qingyu and others on the "deserted island". After a fierce battle, he finally died at the hands of Song Qingming.

Through the soul search of Ma Wuchen just now, Song Qingming successfully found the cave where he was hiding, which was on another small island less than a thousand miles away from the "deserted island".

This cave is located close to the depths of "Taiyue Lake". Not only are there many monsters around it, but it is also very hidden. Normally, it is difficult for cultivators to dare to approach there.

Not finding anything good on Ma Wuchen, Song Qingming placed his last hope on his cave. Naturally, he would go there next.

After completing the soul search, Song Qingming moved the magic power in his hand, and his life-saving magic weapon "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror" immediately flew out and landed in the air.

Then, several white flames shot out from the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror" and directly enveloped Ma Wuchen's soul.

"Please spare my life, my friend!"

Only a very piercing scream was heard, and Ma Wuchen's soul was directly burned into a ball of light white smoke by the Xuanyang flames released by the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror".

And at the moment when Ma Wuchen's soul was destroyed, in a cave deep in the mountains, far away from "Xufeng Island", an old man wearing a loose black robe and meditating with his eyes closed suddenly opened his eyes.

"Hey! You hid for so long, and you died just like that. You are such a loser!

Your master is in need of a Nascent Soul puppet. I wanted to wait until you break through the Nascent Soul stage before going to deal with you. This really disappoints me.

Let me see who has the ability to kill you!"

After the "Red Blood Demon" whispered something, a powerful blood light suddenly emerged from his body. Then he took out a talisman and covered the blood light beside him with it.

At this time, on Song Qingming's side, just when he breathed a sigh of relief for completely killing Ma Wuchen, a strange black gas suddenly emerged from the white smoke, and then a creepy human face suddenly appeared in the air.

"This is the Red Blood Demon!"

When Song Qingming saw the human face transformed by the black air, he was surprised and found that it was the "Red Blood Demon" whom he had seen in the "Tower of Babel" that year.

Could it be that this was the restriction left by the "Red Blood Demon" in Ma Wuchen's body, and it was actually hidden in his soul? He was really careless.

"Boy, you are really capable of killing my disciple. I wonder which Taoist disciple you are. Do you dare to tell me your name?"

Back then in the "Tower of Babel", although Song Qingming had seen the battle between this demon and the Fire Phoenix with the help of "Senior Xuantian", the "Old Demon Red Blood" had never seen Song Qingming.

Therefore, when seeing the somewhat unfamiliar man in green in front of him, the "Red Blood Demon" did not recognize Song Qingming's identity, and thought that he was a Jindan disciple from some Yuanying sect in the Floating Cloud Mountains' immortal cultivation world.

Seeing the human face transformed by the "Red Blood Demon" suddenly appear, Song Qingming was surprised, but he had no intention of talking to the other party. He directly controlled the "Xuan Yang Flame" to move forward and wrap around the human face transformed by black gas.

Soon, this human face that had just been conjured up was burned to ashes by the "Xuan Yang Flame" just like Ma Wuchen's soul, and directly dissipated between heaven and earth.

At the same time as the black gas disappeared, the talisman in the hand of the "Red Blood Demon" who was in seclusion in the cave also burned into ashes without fire in an instant, and gradually disappeared in front of him.

"Huh! That's quite interesting. Although he looks young and energetic, he is actually too cautious and has no manners at all."

"No matter who you are, if you dare to destroy my plan that I have been planning for many years and kill my disciples, I will find you sooner or later!"

After the "Red Blood Demon" muttered to himself, he recalled Song Qingming's figure and appearance in his mind, and then a very fierce look appeared in his eyes again.

At this time, Song Qingming, who had just killed the "Red Blood Demon" with a human face, saw the black gas gradually dissipate and there was no trace of it, and he breathed a sigh of relief on his face.

However, although he had successfully erased the person's face, Song Qingming couldn't help feeling a little scared at this moment, wondering if he had been targeted by the other party.

The "Red Blood Demon" is a great demon at the peak of the middle Nascent Soul stage. Even the Fire Phoenix could not deal with him back then, let alone Song Qingming, a small Jindan cultivator.

Once targeted by this Nascent Soul level demon cultivator, Song Qingming and the Song family, which only has a few Golden Core cultivators, would find it absolutely difficult to contend with him.

However, although he was very worried, Song Qingming had already confirmed that the "Red Blood Demon" had not recognized his identity just now, and he would definitely not be able to find him in a short period of time.

Although I know that the other party will not be able to find me for a while, the hidden danger has now been planted!
If Song Qingming cannot break through to the Nascent Soul stage in the future, once the "Red Blood Demon" comes knocking on his door one day, no one will be able to contend with him, and he and the entire Song family might suffer.

After standing there thinking for a long time, Song Qingming sighed slightly, and his face gradually returned to normal.

Since this grudge has already been formed, no matter what happens in the future, I cannot avoid it, and I can only face it calmly.

I hope this day will come later, so that I can give myself more time to prepare.

After he had calmed down a little, Song Qingming put away all the magic arrays around the cave, and then strode out of his cave.

After enjoying the cool breeze outside the cave for a while and calming himself down, Song Qingming turned around and came to the cave where Song Qingyu was in seclusion.

Li Xiuning, who received the order from Song Qingming, has been guarding outside the cave where Song Qingyu was in seclusion for the past few days and did not dare to leave without permission!

Seeing Song Qingming coming, he hurried forward and reported to him the situation around the cave in the past few days.

Using his spiritual sense to check around Song Qingyu's cave, he saw nothing unusual. The spiritual energy in the cave was very calm, and it was estimated that it would not be long before she came out of seclusion.

Seeing this, Song Qingming gradually felt relieved, and then gave Li Xiuning a few words of advice before leaving the cave with peace of mind.

After a stick of incense had passed, a white light flashed across the sky above the west side of "Xufeng Island".

Then a figure in green appeared in the air, riding a flying boat. It was Song Qingming who had just left the cave.

Although it had only been a few days since the "Desert Island" war, Song Qingming was still a little worried that if he rushed over now, he might run into someone from the "Hunyuan Sect".

But now the fact that he had killed Ma Wuchen here had already alarmed the "Red Blood Demon". Song Qingming was even more worried that this demon would come here in advance.

Therefore, he decided to take some risks and search Ma Wuchen's cave first, so as to avoid going there too late and letting the things inside fall into the hands of others.

The cave where Ma Wuchen was hiding was only two thousand miles away from the "Xufeng Island" where the bridegrooms were being escorted. Half a day would be enough for a Jindan cultivator to go back and forth.

In order not to attract attention, Song Qingming not only changed his clothes in advance, but also put on a hat to cover his face. After leaving "Xufeng Island", the flying boat, under his control, first went to the territory of the monster in the east.

After entering the depths of "Taiyue Lake", they turned northwest and quickly headed towards the location of Ma Wuchen's cave.

Although this will take a detour and take a little more time, most of the places passed through are the territories of monsters and beasts, so the probability of encountering cultivators on the road will be much smaller, and it will also be safer for Song Qingming.

However, after the flying boat entered the monster's territory, Song Qingming still encountered many monster attacks along the way.

Fortunately, his cultivation level and supernatural powers are not low. As long as he does not encounter those great demon kings in the late Jindan stage, it would be difficult for any demon beast to stop Song Qingming as he is now.

After walking carefully for more than an hour, a small island full of reefs suddenly came into view. This made Song Qingming, who had been traveling for a long time, smile slightly.

This small island, located deep in Taiyue Lake, is only three or four miles in radius and is covered with various large and small reefs. Not only is there no spiritual energy, there are hardly any flowers, plants or trees to be seen.

A "reef island" like this one, which is full of rocks and barren vegetation, is indeed a good place to hide, not to mention cultivators, even the monsters nearby don't like to come near to look for food.

After the flying boat arrived above the "Reef Island", Song Qingming stopped immediately, waved his hand and put the "Phantom Boat" under his feet back into the storage magic weapon.

Then Song Qingming glanced around and saw that there was no movement around, so he carefully landed on a huge rock on the west side of the "Reef Island".

Relying on the memory in his mind, Song Qingming quickly found a cave hidden by a formation under the connection between this huge rock and another huge rock next to it.

Because he had searched Ma Wuchen's memory, Song Qingming also indirectly knew the method to break the formation. He forcibly opened the formation that covered this place without much effort.

After entering the cave, a damp air instantly rushed towards him. Song Qingming waved his hand and released a shield to protect himself, then carefully walked into the cave.

Because of its low terrain, the stone cave is full of water, and there are a lot of algae extending all the way to the walls of the stone cave. Compared with the caves of other cultivators, the environment inside the cave does look a bit worse.

Being able to live in such a place for such a long time, it is obvious that Ma Wuchen has made good efforts to avoid being hunted down by the "Red Blood Demon" and the surrounding righteous monks.

After walking not far inside, Song Qingming's eyes suddenly became wider and he soon entered a cave that was about five or six meters long and wide.

Compared to the darkness, dampness and bad smell outside, the environment inside this cave is much better. In the middle, a high-level "Spirit Gathering Array" is constantly operating to isolate the outside air outside a transparent light shield.

After entering the cave, Song Qingming saw many spiritual objects in front of him, but did not rush forward. Instead, he stopped and cast a spell to summon out his own magic weapon, the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror".

After the magic weapon protected his body, Song Qingming took out an ordinary stone that he had prepared long ago, and then threw it directly to the opposite side.

As soon as the stone flew out of his hand into the air, there was an immediate movement in the nearby stone wall and bursts of spiritual light appeared. Then dozens of flying swords broke through the air and immediately cut the stone in the air into powder.

After these sword lights cut the stones into pieces, they did not stop there, but continued to break through the air until they had cut through almost all the air in front of the cave, and then they slowly stopped.

After seeing the sword light in front of him dissipate automatically, Song Qingming immediately controlled the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror" in front of him to emit a sword light, and then a sound of explosion was heard from the mountain wall not far away.

Seeing that a mechanism hidden on the wall next to him had been destroyed by the sword light, Song Qingming felt relieved with a look of satisfaction and walked forward quickly.

The golden sword light just now was a very powerful trap that Ma Wuchen deliberately set up in his cave.

If an ordinary cultivator is unaware of the situation and rushes forward to take the treasure after entering this place, he will most likely face a catastrophic disaster and lose his life in vain.

Even for a Jindan cultivator with great cultivation like Song Qingming, it would be very risky if he tried to force his way through this restriction.

Fortunately, Song Qingming knew all this in advance and broke the restriction without much effort.

Otherwise, if it were an ordinary Jindan cultivator, even if there was a way to break these restrictions, it would take a lot of time to study before they could get in.

After successfully entering Ma Wuchen's cave, Song Qingming's eyes were quickly attracted by a flashing light.

Seeing the mountain of spirit stones piled up in a corner not far in front of him, as well as various spiritual objects placed on the stone table nearby, Song Qingming gradually revealed a satisfied smile on his face.

After all, Ma Wuchen is a demon cultivator at the peak of the Golden Core stage who has been in the Golden Core stage for many years. Over the years, no less than five or six cultivators of the same level have died at his hands. Even though many of the spiritual objects among them have been exchanged for cultivation resources, the wealth he has accumulated is still extremely considerable.

Just by walking forward and taking a casual glance, Song Qingming discovered at least five or six third-level magic weapons of different qualities, as well as various low-level talismans and elixirs, and a total of about 100,000 spirit stones.

If all these things were added together, they would be worth at least 200,000 or 300,000 spirit stones in the market outside, which was roughly in line with the worth of a cultivator at the peak of the Golden Core stage.

After a rough glance, he immediately took out a spare storage bag from his body, stepped forward and put all the spirit stones and various spiritual objects, as long as they were useful to him, into it.

The remaining manuals on martial arts, elixirs and spiritual objects that were only used by demon cultivators were thrown aside and burned completely to prevent any younger cultivators from finding them and going astray.

Not long after, all the various spiritual objects left in Ma Wuchen's cave and the mountains of spiritual stones basically fell into Song Qingming's storage bag.

Most of these magical instruments, talismans and spiritual stones were seized from other cultivators after Ma Wuchen killed them in the past. Except for a small number, most of them have not been contaminated by demonic energy.

However, these things seemed to be basically Ma Wuchen’s spoils of war. Apart from the more common spirit stones, it was difficult to get rid of the other spiritual objects for the time being.

If he took it out rashly and it was recognized by monks from other sects, Song Qingming would have a hard time explaining the matter.

I have to wait until I have the opportunity to go out in the future and find a place far away from the immortal cultivation world of the Floating Cloud Mountains, and then think of a way to slowly process these spiritual objects and exchange them for the required spiritual stones.

After scanning all the spiritual objects he could see in the cave, Song Qingming came to the middle of the "Spirit Gathering Array" and took down all the array flags and array plates floating in the air.

As the "Spirit Gathering Array" was dismantled, the light shield protecting the outside of the cave immediately disappeared, and the originally very rich spiritual energy in the entire cave gradually began to thin.

After dismantling the third-level "Spirit Gathering Array", Song Qingming did not leave in a hurry, but carefully pushed a huge stone placed under the Spirit Gathering Array aside.

The boulder had just moved a short distance when a dark cave entrance soon appeared below.

After taking a quick look, Song Qingming jumped down directly and soon fell into an extremely dark cave.

After casting a spell and releasing a "night pearl", Song Qingming quickly saw the surrounding scene clearly and walked forward to a circular magic circle arranged on the ground.

“Could this be the formation that Ma Wuchen carefully prepared to help him break through to the Nascent Soul stage?”

When sealing Ma Wuchen's soul before, Song Qingming kept hearing him say that he had a technique to help people break through the Nascent Soul realm. Song Qingming thought that he was just talking nonsense to set a trap for him in order to save his life.

It was not until later, when Song Qingming was searching his mind for the spiritual objects hidden in the cave by Ma Wuchen, that he accidentally saw from his memory a magic array that he had prepared to assist in breaking through the Nascent Soul stage.

Whether it is a righteous cultivator or a demon cultivator who practices magic techniques, if they want to break through the Nascent Soul realm, they must gather and refine enough spiritual energy in the golden elixir in their body.

Only then can the embryonic form of the Nascent Soul be nurtured in the Golden Core, and eventually the Nascent Soul will be transformed from the fetus and survive the thunder tribulation, reaching the highest realm that all Golden Core cultivators yearn for in one step.

The first and most critical step is to refine the spiritual energy in one's own golden elixir.

This step takes an extremely long time. Some monks may need to spend more than ten years to complete it. It is a great test of the monk's own state of mind and endurance.

In the entire cultivation world, almost 50% of cultivators who attempt to break through the Nascent Soul stage for the first time will eventually fail at this step.

The reason why Yao Qianshu, the former leader of the "Xiaoyao Sect", and Bai Yuxian failed when they first broke through the Nascent Soul stage was that they could not persist in the step of tempering the golden elixir spiritual energy.

The magic formation in front of Song Qingming was the one that Ma Wuchen accidentally found in the cave of a senior Nascent Soul cultivator when he was looking for a way to break through the Nascent Soul realm all these years.

A piece of extremely rare top-grade spiritual stone in the world of immortal cultivation has been refined into this array plate. When it is in operation, it can help cultivators save a lot of time in refining the golden elixir spiritual energy.

It can help improve the probability of eventually condensing the Nascent Soul for some cultivators like Song Qingming who are breaking through the Nascent Soul realm for the first time.

However, the core top-grade spirit stone in this array disk will have its spiritual energy consumed after one use, and it cannot be replenished by external objects. It will take at least a hundred years for it to recover automatically.

In other words, the formation found by Ma Wuchen can only be used once within a hundred years, no matter who has it.

For some older Jindan cultivators, if they fail to break through, they may not be able to use this set of formations the next time they condense their Nascent Soul.

Although Ma Wuchen has had this magic formation over the years, he has not had time to use this formation because he has not yet prepared the spiritual objects needed to overcome the tribulation and is not very confident that he can survive the Nascent Soul Thunder Tribulation.

He didn't expect that he had worked hard for decades to break through the Nascent Soul Realm, but in the end, Song Qingming accidentally took advantage of him. (End of this chapter)