Qinghe Immortal Clan.

Ever since the Zhang family settled in "Iron Immortal Castle", Zhang Tieyang has always wanted to make friends with the Song family, which has become the number one immortal cultivation family in Wei State.

Over the years, the Zhang family has not only had a lot of business dealings with the Song family, but because the Song family has the high-level alchemist Huang Siyuan, Zhang Tieyang would occasionally go to "Funiu Mountain" in person to cooperate with the Song family to purchase some high-level elixirs that are hard to find on the market.

Zhang Yurong was able to successfully build her foundation, and the foundation-building pill she used was most likely from the Song family's "Funiu Mountain".

However, in response to Zhang Tieyang's goodwill gesture, Song Qingming always adhered to the principle of reciprocity, neither trying to win him over nor deliberately distancing himself from him.

After all, the Zhang family and the Song family are both members of the Jindan Immortal Clan that have dominated the "Xiaoyao Sect". The two families are too close, and Song Qingming is afraid that the sect will have some misunderstandings about this.

When Song Qingming suddenly heard that Zhang Tieyang was going to marry into the Song family, he was a little surprised, and was also quite surprised in his heart.

He also didn't expect that in order to further improve the relationship between "Funiu Mountain" and the Song family, Zhang Tieyang was even willing to send away his most proud foundation-building descendant.

However, although Song Qingming was not very interested in the marriage proposed by Zhang Tieyang.

But in front of the other party, Song Qingming did not directly refuse to offend Zhang Tieyang. Instead, he chose to negotiate with him first and then find a suitable excuse to refuse.

Zhang Tieyang is also an old fox who has been in the Jindan stage for many years. His understanding of the ways of the world is definitely no worse than Song Qingming's. He will naturally understand his intentions when the time comes.

After hearing what Song Qingming said, Zhang Tieyang paused for a moment before speaking to him, "The last time I was drinking tea with Senior Brother Song, I saw that the young man next to you had good conduct and good looks.

I wonder if Senior Brother Song thinks my girl is a good match for him!"

"Junior Brother Zhang, are you talking about Yuan Hao?"

Song Qingming looked at Zhang Tieyang with some embarrassment when he heard this, and then he slowly explained to him:

"There's nothing wrong with Yuan Hao's character, and he's not much different from this young man in your family.

However, Yuan Hao already has someone in his heart, and they will probably form a dual cultivation partnership soon. I'm afraid this will disappoint Junior Brother Zhang."

Seeing that Zhang Tieyang was interested in Song Yuanhao who came with him, Song Qingming was not too surprised.

Song Yuanhao's cultivation has now reached the peak of the eighth level of foundation building, and he is also a rare cultivator with extraordinary spiritual roots in the world of immortal cultivation. With the support of Song Qingming and others in the future, there is a high probability that he will be able to step into the Golden Core realm.

If Zhang Yurong and Song Yuanhao could become a Taoist couple, it would definitely be a very beneficial thing for the Zhang family who have already planned to take root in the world of immortal cultivation in Weiguo.

Perhaps in the future, after Song Qingming and other older generation Jindan cultivators pass away, Song Yuanhao may take over the family and become the new generation patriarch of the Song family.

However, what Zhang Tieyang didn't know was that Song Yuanhao already had someone he liked, and it would be difficult for him and Zhang Yurong to get together.

The fact that Song Yuanhao and Xu Qingyin admired each other was no longer a big secret within the Song family. Zhang Tieyang would basically be able to find out the truth if he sent someone to inquire about it.

Therefore, as soon as Zhang Tieyang finished speaking, Song Qingming directly explained that Song Yuanhao already had a lover in his heart, hoping to dispel the other party's idea.

However, Zhang Tieyang had a look of regret on his face after hearing that Song Yuanhao already had someone in his heart, but he did not give up completely. He smiled and replied to Song Qingming:
"Haha! Senior Brother Song is wrong. Since young friend Yuan Hao has not yet decided on a dual cultivation partner, the matter has not yet been completely finalized. Perhaps if the two of them get in touch, the matter will turn around.

Moreover, for cultivators like us, as long as we don't neglect our own practice, it is not strange to have three wives and four concubines.

Senior Brother Song, rest assured, as long as he doesn’t wrong my Yurong in the future, I, as an elder, will definitely not say anything more.”

Zhang Tieyang has been practicing Buddhism all his life. He has many wives and concubines and knows how to enjoy life. Naturally, he is very open-minded about external things such as wine, sex, money and anger.

When he heard Song Qingming using Xu Qingyin to evade the matter, he immediately waved his hand and showed a magnanimous look, but in his heart he still tried his best to match Song Yuanhao and Zhang Yurong.

Seeing that Zhang Tieyang had not given up, Song Qingming could only shake his head and smile:

“It’s right for Junior Brother to think so, but after all, this matter is a lifelong matter between these young people, so it would be great if we, the elders, could help bring them together.

But there is no need to force it, otherwise if they don't live well in the future, they will inevitably blame you and me. I think it's better to let fate take its course. Let them get in touch with each other first and see how it goes!"

"That's great! Junior Brother, I also think so. As long as Senior Brother Song doesn't object, I think this matter still has great hope."

Seeing that Song Qingming had no objection to their contact, Zhang Tieyang smiled slightly, feeling a little more happy in his heart, and bowed to Song Qingming.

After the two of them finished talking, they walked out of the private room together and went straight to the lobby downstairs.

At this time, Zhang Yurong, who was standing at the restaurant counter to pay the bill, had just received two jugs of spirit wine prepared by the store. When she saw Zhang Tieyang and Song Qingming coming down, she hurried forward and took the initiative to greet them.

"Brother Song, this wine tastes good. Please keep it and bring it back to the two sisters to taste. It will be a token of my appreciation."

"Then I will thank Junior Brother Zhang on their behalf!"

Seeing the spiritual wine that Zhang Yurong handed to him, Song Qingming did not bother to be polite and took it directly.

Just as the three were about to turn around and leave the restaurant, two young women suddenly walked in.

As soon as the figure of one of the women in purple entered Song Qingming's sight, his eyes moved slightly. He couldn't help feeling surprised. He didn't expect that he would meet her here.

This woman in purple was none other than Liu Qingyin, the Jindan elder of the Hunyuan Sect, whom Song Qingming had met in the Taiyue Lake near the State of Song a few years ago.

When Song Qingming looted Ma Wuchen's cave, he ran into this woman when he was trying to escape. Fortunately, Song Qingming concealed his identity in advance and was not recognized by the other party.

Now that he met Liu Qingyin again, Song Qingming instinctively felt a little surprised, but he recovered in the blink of an eye and walked forward with Zhang Tieyang with a calm face.

However, Liu Qingyin was a cultivator at the peak of the Golden Core stage after all. The slightest movement on Song Qingming's face at such a close distance did not escape her eyes, so her gaze quickly fell on Song Qingming and the other two.

Just when the two sides were about to pass each other, Liu Qingyin, who had walked into the restaurant, suddenly stopped and stepped aside to stop Song Qingming and others.

"My fellow Taoist, do you have any advice for me?"

Seeing Liu Qingyin suddenly blocking their way, Song Qingming and Zhang Tieyang both showed some confusion on their faces, and asked each other with a puzzled look on their faces.

Upon hearing this, Liu Qingyin immediately put on a smiling face, bowed slightly to the two of them and explained: "I am Liu Qingyin from Hunyuan Sect, and this is my junior sister Gu Xiaoling.

Just now, I heard the accents of the two Taoist friends speaking at the door, and it seems that they are also monks from the Floating Cloud Mountain Range, and they came here specifically to get to know each other.

I wonder which sect you two fellow Taoists are from, could you please introduce them to me, so that I can make some friends.”

Hearing that the other party was a cultivator from the Song State's "Hunyuan Sect", before Song Qingming could speak, Zhang Tieyang, who was standing beside him, smiled and bowed and replied:
"Haha! I'm Zhang Tieyang, fellow Daoist Liu and fellow Daoist Gu are here to greet you.

My two brothers and I are indeed from the immortal cultivation world of the Floating Cloud Mountains, but we are cultivators from the Weiguo Xiaoyao Sect.

It's okay to get to know the two fairies outside, but it may be inappropriate to make friends with them, so I hope the two fairies can forgive me."

"Oh! So you two are fellow Taoists from Xiaoyao Sect. It's our fault that we were a little rude."

The "Hunyuan Sect" of Song State and the "Xiaoyao Sect" of Wei State belong to the east and west camps of the Floating Cloud Mountains respectively. Therefore, the relationship between the two sects has always been rather ordinary, and they rarely take the initiative to interact with each other.

When Liu Qingyin heard Zhang Tieyang claiming to be from the "Xiaoyao Sect", her expression suddenly changed and she smiled and nodded to the two of them.

Just as Song Qingming and the other two were about to turn around and say goodbye, Liu Qingyin turned around and bowed to Song Qingming and asked, "I don't know what this fellow Taoist's name is. Please teach me something."

"Xiaoyao Sect, Song Qingming! My two fellow Taoists are honored."

Seeing that Liu Qingyin's eyes were fixed on him, Song Qingming's expression did not change much. He smiled and took the initiative to bow to Liu Qingyin and the other person.

Afterwards, Song Qingming ignored the other party and turned around and left the restaurant with Zhang Tieyang.

Even after the three of them left, Liu Qingyin still stood there, with a thoughtful look on her face.

The other woman in yellow standing next to her also noticed something unusual, and asked Liu Qingyin curiously:
"Senior Sister Liu, what's wrong with you? Is there anything strange about these two people?"

After hearing his companion's voice transmission, Liu Qingyin finally came back to his senses and sighed solemnly:
“For some reason, Song Qingming just now always made me feel familiar, and his figure and cultivation level are also somewhat similar to the East China Sea cultivator who passed by that day.

But the voice of this person is completely different from his. I don’t know if I am mistaken.”

"Oh! Senior Sister Liu means that this person is the casual cultivator who called himself Luo Yulong that you met when we were encircling the demon cultivator Ma Wuchen in Taiyue Lake.

Senior Sister, you are not still doubting that he was the one who killed the devil Ma Wuchen!"

"Yes, this person not only has the eighth level of Jindan cultivation, but is also a disciple of a Yuanying sect like Xiaoyao Sect. His strength is definitely not comparable to that of an ordinary Jindan cultivator. It is not impossible for him to be able to kill Ma Wuchen. I even suspect that he got to Ma Wuchen's cave that day first."

After the battle between Song Qingming and Ma Wuchen, the nearby Song State cultivators were soon alarmed.

In order to eliminate the hidden dangers of demon cultivators hiding near the sect, the "Hunyuan Sect" sent several Jindan elders including Liu Qingyin to search for the traces of demon cultivators in the "Taiyue Lake".

They searched around the "deserted island" for more than half a month, and finally found the cave where Ma Wuchen was hiding. They confirmed Ma Wuchen's identity from some relics left inside.

However, the things in Ma Wuchen's cave had already been moved away by Song Qingming, who had found the place earlier, and not even a magic formation was left behind.

Liu Qingyin and others were not sure whether Ma Wuchen fled the cave in a panic after the battle on the deserted island, or his opponent who killed him got there first and took away the things inside.

Originally, Liu Qingyin had almost forgotten about this matter, but when she met Song Qingming this time, she couldn't help but recall it, and she couldn't help but feel more confused.

The place where Song Qingming was blocked by her that day was just not far from Ma Wuchen's cave residence. In addition, Song Qingming was wearing a hat at the time to deliberately conceal his identity.

All these coincidental phenomena always made her suspicious about this matter. Later, she specially sent people to the vicinity of Song State to inquire about the golden elixir of the independent cultivator who called himself "Luo Yulong".

What surprised her was that this person seemed to have never been to the Floating Cloud Mountains. No one had ever heard of the name "Luo Yulong". This once again deepened Liu Qingyin's doubts.

"Haha! Senior Sister, they are from Xiaoyao Sect, and they usually won't go to our Song Country. Are you overthinking it?

Moreover, I have heard of this Song Qingming before. It seems that he is not an inner sect elder of Xiaoyao Sect, but a guest official from a vassal immortal cultivation family under its command.

If this person can break through to the late Golden Core stage, he must have some talent for cultivation.

I don’t quite believe that he could kill a Jindan-level demon like Ma Wuchen by himself, unless it was not only Song Qingming who took action, but also other elders of Xiaoyao Sect participated in the battle.

Xiaoyao Sect is tens of thousands of miles away from us, Song State. The chaos caused by demonic cultivation in our country will not affect them. How could they send people to Taiyue Lake for no reason to help us deal with the demon Ma Wuchen?"

"Oh! Is that so? Then it seems that I may be a little too suspicious."

After hearing the explanation from his fellow disciple beside him, Liu Qingyin nodded as if he suddenly understood something, then smiled, turned around and walked into the restaurant with him.

After leaving the restaurant and returning to his residence, Song Qingming kept recalling what happened during the day.

Although he knew that the other party should not have discovered his identity, through the contact during the day, Song Qingming clearly felt that Liu Qingyin was somewhat suspicious of him.

Fortunately, when Song Qingming killed the demon cultivator Ma Wuchen that day, he did not do anything that would harm the interests of the "Hunyuan Sect". Instead, he helped them solve a potential hidden danger.

Logically speaking, even if Liu Qingyin had some doubts, she would not keep staring at him and chase him all the way to "Windless Island".

It should be just a coincidence that the other party would appear here. It is likely that they are also preparing to go to "Leiyuan Sea" to participate in the trade fair like Song Qingming.

After running into Liu Qingyin in the restaurant, in order not to attract the other party's attention and bring trouble to himself, Song Qingming did not go out for the next few days.

It was not until the monks from the "Star Gate" arrived and Chu Fengping and his companions had found a treasure ship to cross the sea that Song Qingming took Song Yuanhao and others to board the high-level treasure ship bound for the "Thunder Yuan Sea".

Liu Qingyin and the others did not come to visit again afterwards. It was just as Song Qingming expected. They appeared on the island and were preparing to represent the sect to participate in the "Lei Yuan Hai" trade fair.

After boarding the treasure ship and setting sail, Song Qingming finally felt relieved and slowly focused his attention on the high-level treasure ship he was on.

From the East China Sea cultivation world to the "Thunder Yuan Sea" cultivation world hundreds of thousands of miles away, the outer sea that one has to pass through is very dangerous, with all kinds of high-level monsters and even Nascent Soul Demon Kings.

Even if the safest route is found, the treasure ship cannot avoid being attacked by monsters.

In such a boundless ocean, if the treasure ship is not strong enough and is destroyed by monsters, the monks on it who have nowhere to hide will inevitably fall into the sea and be eaten by the monsters.

Therefore, only high-level treasure ships that can fight against the powerful monsters in the outer sea can provide a certain degree of security for the cultivators crossing the outer sea and help them reach the "Leiyuan Sea" cultivation world on the other side of the sea.

This is also an important way for the East China Sea's immortal cultivation world to connect with the "Leiyuan Sea" immortal cultivation world. Almost every year, several large high-level treasure ships travel between the two places, transporting the necessary materials and cultivators to both places.

The high-level treasure ship that Song Qingming and others were riding on, which was about a hundred feet long, was controlled by a Nascent Soul sect in the East China Sea's immortal cultivation world. Its quality had reached the fourth-grade lower level.

This kind of high-level treasure ship above level four, when sailing at full speed, is not much slower than that of an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator, and can withstand attacks from Nascent Soul-level demon kings.

But even so, if the luck is too bad and the treasure ship is besieged by many high-level monsters at the same time, it will still be at risk of capsizing.

At this time, the cultivators on the ship are needed to help fight against the monsters in order to rescue the treasure ship. When Song Qingming was traveling in the immortal world of the East China Sea, he had already heard of some similar things.

However, this time, Song Qingming and others went to the "Leiyuanhai" immortal world to participate in the trade fair on a large treasure ship. The number of cultivators on board was several times more than when they usually transported supplies.

In addition, there are Bai Yuxian, Zheng Zitong and the supreme elder of another Yuanying sect in the East China Sea cultivation world. There are a total of three Yuanyings traveling together, so the safety aspect is much better than usual.

Because the two journeys are so far apart, even if one takes a high-level treasure ship of level four or above, it will take about half a year for a round trip.

During this period, everyone on the treasure ship also experienced a rather boring period. Apart from daily meditation and practice, everyone could only stay on the ship and could not leave the treasure ship at will.

For a Jindan cultivator like Song Qingming who could go into seclusion for several years, he was relatively adaptable to this.

As time went on, Song Yuanqian and the other foundation-building cultivators seemed a little bored. They could not stand the boredom often and went out to visit other cultivators of the same generation in the Xiaoyao Sect.

During this period, Zhang Yurong, at Zhang Tieyang's deliberate suggestion, came to Song Yuanhao to drink tea and chat, hoping to improve the relationship between the two.

Compared to Song Changze, who has a somewhat dull personality, Song Yuanhao is more sensitive when it comes to personal feelings. After just one contact, he saw through Zhang Yurong's thoughts and went straight to Song Qingming to ask about this matter.

In this regard, Song Qingming did not choose to hide it from him and directly told Song Yuanhao about Zhang Tieyang's idea of ​​marrying into the Song family.

From the very beginning, Song Qingming knew that this was unlikely, but in order not to embarrass Zhang Tieyang, he did not refuse in person.

When Song Yuanhao came to him, Song Qingming immediately told him what he meant.

He only made one request to Song Yuanhao, which was to take care of the relationship between the two families no matter what, try to reject the other party in a tactful way, and not to hurt Zhang Yurong with words.

Now everyone is on the boat and they see each other every day, so they have to consider each other's face. Otherwise, it would be embarrassing if Zhang Tieyang came to them and said that Song Yuanhao bullied the younger generation.

After returning to Weiguo in the future, Song Qingming will find a reason to slowly reject this matter.

Although Song Yuanhao felt a little helpless about this, he didn't say much and just nodded in agreement.

After the treasure ship sailed for more than a month, it soon entered the extremely dangerous open sea. Song Yuanqian and others on the ship also saw for the first time the powerful high-level monsters in the open sea.

Almost every few days, the treasure ship would be besieged by various sea monsters.

This treasure ship is equipped with more than a dozen giant "spiritual light cannons" of level three or above. Ordinary small-scale low-level monster groups will be directly dispersed by a single shot.

However, those large groups of monsters with Golden Core Demon Kings mixed in are much more difficult to deal with.

Sometimes, it would even take more than a dozen giant "spiritual cannons" on the treasure ship to attack together to repel them and free the treasure ship from the siege of these monsters.

The most dangerous time was when the treasure ship was sailing and was suddenly besieged by a Nascent Soul Demon King with tens of thousands of demon beasts. Many low-level cultivators on the ship were all frightened by this scene.

In order to escape from the predicament, not only Song Qingming and many other Jindan cultivators, but even several Yuanying ancestors on the ship had to take action themselves, leaving the treasure ship and fighting a fierce battle with the Demon King in the sea.

It was not until hundreds of corpses of monsters were floating on the sea that the Nascent Soul Demon King, who knew he could not take the treasure ship, decisively chose to retreat back into the sea, allowing everyone to survive the crisis.

After sailing on the sea for half a year, one day the treasure ship suddenly sailed into a relatively calm blue sea.

Seeing the somewhat familiar color of the sea below, the monks on the boat who frequently traveled here suddenly cheered.

Only then did everyone realize that they had successfully entered the "Thunder Yuan Sea" world of immortal cultivation.

After entering this sea area, just as those monks said, the treasure ship never encountered large-scale sieges by high-level monsters again.

After sailing forward for about another half a month, a blue island came into view in the distance ahead. Rays of light began to appear around the treasure ship, as well as flying boats and low-level treasure ships driven by human monks.

After sailing on the sea for half a year, the many monks on the ship finally saw a large island where human monks were active.

Therefore, everyone couldn't help but show a hint of excitement in their eyes. (End of this chapter)