Qinghe Immortal Clan.

Below Chiyun Mountain, on the west side of the market town, a circular high-rise building, hundreds of feet in circumference, rises from the ground.

As dawn broke, thousands of cultivators had already gathered in a spacious plaza west of the high-rise building, patiently waiting in front of a gate guarded by cultivators.

The reason why so many cultivators have gathered here is because today is the opening day of the trade fair that "Red Cloud Mountain" has been preparing for for several years.

The cultivation world of the Floating Cloud Mountains is resource-poor, so the arrival of such a large-scale "trade fair" has greatly excited the surrounding cultivators, who have been waiting for it for a long time.

"Everyone, please line up and come forward one by one. Each time you enter the venue, you need to hand over two spirit stones. Those who are Golden Core cultivators or above, or those who have an invitation to the conference, can enter and exit freely for free."

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As soon as the “enforcement team” cultivators at the entrance gave the order, many cultivators standing around the square rushed over, and soon countless cultivators poured into the venue.

This circular building, consisting of two layers, was built by Song Qingming based on the original "Lei Yuanhai" trade fair.

The outer layer houses the shops of various merchants participating in the conference, including major business alliances, as well as numerous sects and families such as the Song family, the "Xiaoyao Sect," and the "Tianji Sect."

These shops, large and small, numbered five or six hundred in total. They had been preparing for the "Trade Fair" for a long time, and their shops were already filled with all kinds of goods and spiritual items.

As soon as the numerous cultivators entered the venue, the shopkeepers' eyes lit up, and they began to greet the throngs of customers.

Besides the numerous merchants on the outer layer, the inner layer is a three-story pavilion about ten feet high, which will be the auction venue for many high-level spiritual items.

This "trade fair" was prepared for a total of six days. The first three days were open only to shops located on the outer floor, while the most important "auction fair" was held on the last three days of the fair.

The "Trade Conference" had just begun when, almost simultaneously, a window on the top floor of the inner building opened, revealing several figures standing inside.

Upon learning that the "Trade Conference" was about to begin, not only Song Qingyu and her senior sister Li Xuanyi arrived at the foot of the mountain early, but even Huang Siyuan, who had been in seclusion to heal her injuries for a long time, did not miss the opportunity to join in the fun.

"Husband, there seem to be many more people this time than last time. It looks like we should be able to earn a lot more spirit stones!"

"Yes! It's a pity that the number of cultivators in our Floating Cloud Mountain Range is still too small compared to those outside, so it's really not easy to hold a trade fair like this."

Otherwise, I wouldn't mind holding more events; it would benefit these people and allow us to earn more spirit stones in the process.

Upon hearing what Song Qingming said, Li Xuanyi, the senior sister standing to the side, immediately shook her head and said, "Junior Brother Song, you're being a bit greedy."

"Considering that Crimson Cloud Mountain has only been under your control for a little over a hundred years, it's already quite remarkable that it has attracted so many cultivators to participate in the trade fair."

"Senior Sister Li is right. If it were really as Seventh Brother thinks, and a trade fair could be held every year, wouldn't all of us be able to count spirit stones just by standing here?"

However, I believe that as the area around Crimson Cloud Mountain develops, such opportunities will definitely increase, and perhaps one day we'll truly be able to stand around counting spirit stones.

"Oh! Then I'll take your kind words, Qingyu. I hope we can all have the opportunity to witness this day soon!"

Upon hearing Song Qingyu's bold words, Song Qingming and the others all wore smiles and no one dared to refute him.

A hundred years ago, when they first occupied "Red Cloud Mountain", there was only Song Qingming, a person who had just formed his Nascent Soul, guarding the mountain. Facing the powerful enemy from the north, all the cultivators on the mountain lived in fear and trembling.

Under these disadvantageous circumstances, Song Qingming joined forces with many human cultivators from the south and defeated the invading northern demon race several times, finally managing to gain a foothold on the mountain.

Now, "Ice and Fire Dragon" and Senior Sister Li Xuanyi have both successfully formed their Nascent Souls on the mountain. In addition, Song Qingyu, who has returned from her travels and formed her Nascent Soul, has four Nascent Soul cultivators stationed on the entire Crimson Cloud Mountain.

When people first came here, no one could have imagined that "Red Cloud Mountain" would undergo such a great change a century later.

Looking down at the numerous cultivators who had come from all over to participate in the trade fair, Song Qingming was filled with emotion.

It is believed that in the future, "Red Cloud Mountain" will gradually get rid of the threat of the northern demon race, just as Song Qingyu said, and become a paradise for human cultivators in "Floating Cloud Mountain Range".

By then, it won't be surprising to hold such a "trade conference" again.

Perhaps all they need to do is stand atop the mountain and give a few instructions, and the people below will take care of these matters and deliver the spirit stones they've earned to him.

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Compared to the last "trade fair", this year's fair had 30-40% more participating merchants, and the number of cultivators gathered at the venue was more than double.

Not only the many cultivators near "Red Cloud Mountain", but also most of the sects far away on the west side and south of "Floating Cloud Mountain Range" came to participate in the conference as invited.

In addition, there were even rogue cultivators who, like Song Changze and others, had traveled from the East Sea cultivation world after hearing the news, and also thought of coming to "Red Cloud Mountain" to try their luck and find the spiritual items they needed.

On the first day of the "Trade Conference" alone, the number of spirit stones flowing through the entire conference area reached a staggering one million. Not only was Song Qingming, who was in charge of organizing the conference, very satisfied, but the merchants in the various shops below also made a fortune.

Knowing that several of their ancestors were located above the meeting place, Song Linrui and others, who were in charge of the "enforcement team" of the market, also dared not slack off, and there were people patrolling the meeting place day and night.

Although some conflicts arose among the cultivators, they were quickly dealt with by the arriving "enforcement team" and did not have a significant impact on the "trade conference".

With the enthusiastic participation of many cultivators, the "Trade Conference" quickly reached its fourth day. As the inner gate of the conference slowly opened, the most anticipated "auction" also began.

As with the rules of the last conference, everything that can be put into the "auction conference" is, without exception, a high-level spiritual item of level three or above.

Therefore, cultivators who are qualified to enter the inner area to participate in the "auction" must have at least the cultivation level of Foundation Establishment and be able to take out more than five thousand spirit stones or spiritual items of equivalent value.

Although a considerable number of spirit stones were traded during the first three days of the "trade fair," most of these spirit stones ended up in the hands of the many merchants who participated in the fair, and very few actually reached Song Qingming.

Only during the three-day "auction," where all procedures were arranged by Song Qingming, was their main source of spirit stones.

When the "auction" started, Song Qingming, Song Qingyu and others arrived at the rooftop early.

Besides them, there was also Long Ziyun, a Nascent Soul cultivator who had come to participate in the conference, who was also specially arranged by Song Qingming to be on the other side of the top floor.

After all, Long Ziyun is now a Nascent Soul cultivator, and her status is completely different from before. It would not be appropriate for her to sit with those Golden Core cultivators below.

After most of the cultivators had entered the venue and taken their seats, everyone suddenly felt a powerful divine sense descend from the upper pavilion, and the bustling chatter immediately stopped.

Such powerful divine sense, coming from above, made everyone guess without much thought that it must have been released by the elders on the mountaintop, so they quickly stood up and bowed.

"I'll wait to see my ancestor!"

"I am deeply grateful to all of you fellow Daoists for attending this grand gathering at Chiyun Mountain today!"

The auction is fair and impartial, so please feel free to participate in the auction of spiritual items. If you have any doubts or questions, you can directly contact the enforcement team. We hope everyone gets what they want today.

As soon as he finished speaking, the powerful divine sense that had been covering the venue dissipated, and the surrounding area quickly returned to normal.

Upon seeing this, everyone quickly clasped their hands in thanks!
"Thank you, ancestor!"

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"Fellow Daoists, I am Song Siqing. I will be hosting this auction. If there is any negligence or inappropriate wording, I hope you senior Daoists will forgive me."

I hereby declare the auction officially open. Now, please welcome our first item for today's auction.

After everyone was seated, Song Siqing, who was in charge of hosting the "auction", immediately led several cultivators holding spiritual items onto the auction stage and announced the official start of the "auction".

After Song Siqing established her foundation, she was sent by her family to "Red Cloud Mountain" to follow Huang Siyuan and help manage the family's many shops in the market. She was one of the earliest cultivators from the family to come here.

Having spent nearly a century at Chiyun Mountain, Song Siqing was not only very familiar with the many merchants in the market, but also extremely shrewd in dealing with people.

Despite being a Foundation Establishment cultivator, he showed no fear when facing the many Golden Core cultivators upstairs after going on stage. After briefly introducing the items in his hand, he drew cheers from the audience.

Seeing that Song Siqing performed very well on stage, Song Qingming and the others sitting above also showed some relief on their faces.

"How long has it been since Siqing last formed her core? Her merit points should be quite high, right?"

Upon hearing Song Qingming's question, Huang Siyuan, who was sitting next to him, immediately replied, "Siqing returned to her family for seclusion after we left, and it has been almost thirty years since then."

My husband, rest assured, this child's alchemy skills have already reached the second-level high grade, and the merit points he has accumulated for exchanging for Core Formation spiritual items should be quite substantial.

I'll ask her again later, and if she needs anything else, I'll make up the difference.

"Hmm! Siqing has good talent for cultivation and is a second-level high-grade alchemist. If she can successfully form her core in the future, she will definitely inherit her sister-in-law's alchemy skills and become a third-level alchemist."

As soon as Song Qingyu finished speaking, Huang Siyuan nodded slightly in agreement.

Upstairs in the pavilion, a few people leisurely sipped tea and chatted, while below, on the "auction stage," a storm was brewing and sparks were flying. Song Qingming had already briefly scanned the venue with his divine sense and discovered that there were at least seven hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators participating in the auction at "Red Cloud Mountain" this time, twice the number of the last auction.

Besides the numerous Foundation Establishment cultivators downstairs, there were also as many as sixty Golden Core cultivators sitting in the private rooms on the second floor, a number exceeding the number of those Song Qingming participated in for the first time at the "Star Conference".

Faced with so many cultivators showing their support, "Red Cloud Mountain" naturally did not disappoint them, displaying a variety of rich spiritual items that they had prepared.

Compared to the fourth-level spirit talisman he used as the grand finale last time, Song Qingming directly brought out two fourth-level spirit items at this "auction".

They were a low-grade fourth-level spirit talisman and a valuable low-grade fourth-level magic array. These two fourth-level spirit items, which were used as the finale, were both crafted by Song Qingming himself.

In addition, the "auction" also featured many high-level rare spiritual pills refined by Huang Siyuan, as well as various precious spiritual items transported from the cultivation world by major merchant alliances.

As for the most popular "Foundation Building Pill" among cultivators, and spiritual items such as "Jade Dust Pill" that assist in breaking through realms, needless to say.

"Red Cloud Mountain" alone produced more than twenty "Foundation Building Pills" and "Jade Dust Pills" respectively, and three other Five Elements spiritual items that assist in the formation of the core also appeared at the auction.

These rare spiritual items, which are seldom seen in normal times, naturally attracted cultivators from all walks of life to fight for them, and for a time the entire "auction" was filled with murderous intent.

Fortunately, everyone already knew that a Nascent Soul Elder was sitting on the rooftop above, so no one dared to break the rules in public, no matter how fierce the competition was below.

Ultimately, over 90% of the spiritual items at the "auction" were successfully sold, and the entire "trading event" came to a successful conclusion.

Afterwards, statistics showed that, after deducting the various costs of holding the event, the "auction" earned Song Qingming a total of 800,000 spirit stones.

In addition, the revenue sharing from the outer venue and many merchants amounted to nearly 300,000 spirit stones. This "Red Cloud Mountain" trade fair earned Song Qingming and others a total of 1.1 million spirit stones, with profits roughly double that of the last one.

Upon seeing the astonishing figures tallied in the accounts, Song Qingyu, who was organizing an "auction" for the first time, had her eyes light up and shared her joy with everyone in disbelief.

To celebrate his windfall, Song Qingyu held a celebratory banquet in the market town at the foot of the mountain.

This was intended to reward the many merchants who helped support the "Trade Conference" and to reward those who contributed significantly to the conference, such as Song Linrui and Song Siqing.

After taking care of these matters, Song Qingyu, along with Huang Siyuan, her senior sisters Li Xuanyi and Liu Yuxin, and others, spent several days frantically exploring the market town at the foot of the mountain, only stopping when everyone was completely satisfied.

Compared to Song Qingyu, who was overjoyed after earning spirit stones, Song Qingming didn't seem too interested in sharing his happiness after the "Trading Conference" ended.

Immediately after the conference ended, Song Qingming went to the sect's "Guyang Mountain" and invited his senior sister Bai Yuxian, who was in seclusion for cultivation.

With their combined efforts, a new teleportation array was quickly built in less than half a month.

Song Qingming then returned to "Red Cloud Mountain" and placed the magic array directly on the market teleportation platform. Soon, a magic array that could be used to teleport spiritual objects remotely appeared before his eyes.

After Song Qingming prepared the "teleportation array", Long Ziyun, who had been staying at "Red Cloud Mountain", took out a blue dragon-patterned token from her body and placed it in the "teleportation platform" with a spell.

After Long Ziyun cast the spell and released the token, the entire "teleportation platform" immediately emitted bursts of spiritual light, and the spiritual energy around the platform quickly gathered at the location of the token in mid-air.

A moment later, Long Ziyun, who was communicating with the other party with her eyes closed, suddenly opened her eyes and looked at Song Qingming beside her.

"Fellow Daoist Song, everything is ready over there. Quickly activate the teleportation array!"

This "teleportation array," which was modified by Song Qingming and Bai Yuxian, is not a true large-scale teleportation array that can directly teleport cultivators.

Instead, it is a temporary "teleportation array" that can only be used to transport spiritual objects. Its function is limited to transporting one or two small spiritual objects and cannot be used to directly transport living people.

Therefore, Song Qingming was able to refine this "teleportation array" in less than a month.

Otherwise, if he were to refine a "large-scale teleportation array" that could actually teleport cultivators, even if Song Qingming could invite one or two high-level "array masters" to help, it would still take at least several years to set it up, assuming there was no shortage of materials.

Upon hearing Long Ziyun's reminder, Song Qingming immediately cast a spell and threw out a high-grade cyan spirit stone, placing it directly on the "teleportation platform" in front of him.

As the light in front of him flickered, the entire "teleportation platform" immediately emitted bursts of dazzling white light and then began to spin rapidly.

Seeing that the "teleportation platform" ahead had been activated, Song Qingming and Long Ziyun, who were standing to the side, both stared intently ahead, their eyes revealing a hint of solemnity.

Although I had checked it several times beforehand, there were no problems with the "teleportation array" and its setup.

However, the items being transported this time are far too precious. What if something goes wrong during the transport process and the spiritual objects are damaged or fall into the void?

Then Song Qingming's losses would be huge.

Under their expectant gazes, the white light on the "teleportation platform" slowly dissipated, and then a palm-sized black jade box appeared before them.

Upon seeing the familiar object before her, Long Ziyun, who was standing to the side, was overjoyed and quickly took it into her hands.

Upon opening it, a familiar, radiant pill immediately appeared before their eyes, and Long Ziyun and Song Qingming finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Fellow Daoist Song, this time all our efforts have finally paid off. We've succeeded. If there are no problems, this pill will be yours."

Upon hearing this, Song Qingming immediately nodded, then took the jade box handed to him and examined it carefully.

Seeing that the item was perfect and had no quality issues, Song Qingming put the jade box away and then took out a "spirit stone bag" that he had prepared beforehand.

"There's nothing wrong with the pills, but please accept these spirit stones, Fellow Daoist Long."

"I was able to find the elixir this time thanks to Fellow Daoist Long's help, and I owe you a favor. If Fellow Daoist Long needs any help in the future, please don't hesitate to ask, and I will do my best."

Upon receiving the "spirit stone bag," Long Ziyun first opened it to check the spirit stones stored inside, then immediately put it away and nodded to Song Qingming.

"Fellow Daoist Song, you are too kind."

"Our Four Seas Merchant Alliance deals in these spiritual items. Since you happen to need them, it's certainly a good deal for us."

Moreover, Fellow Daoist Song has a good relationship with our alliance and has taken care of our business in the Floating Cloud Mountains. He can be considered half a friend of Zi Yun, so how could we dare to talk about favors?

After exchanging polite greetings with Song Qingming, Long Ziyun looked at the "teleportation platform" in front of her and asked:

"I see that Fellow Daoist Song seems to have quite a bit of knowledge about teleportation arrays. I wonder if you are able to set up a complete large-scale teleportation array now?"

Still basking in the glory of successfully obtaining the "Nurture Pill," Song Qingming paused for a moment upon hearing the question before smiling and replying.

"Hehe! To be honest, I had the honor of visiting the Heavenly Dao Sect in Yunzhou many years ago and helped them repair the intercontinental teleportation array in Xihua Continent. During that time, I learned some secret techniques for setting up teleportation arrays."

If it were a regular large-scale teleportation array, it should be possible to set it up with sufficient materials. However, if it were an intercontinental teleportation array, I'm afraid I would be powerless to do so.

"Why does Fellow Daoist Long ask this? Does your alliance intend to build a large-scale teleportation array in Donghuang Continent?"

The "Four Seas Business Alliance" is not only powerful, but its business also spans multiple cultivation worlds across the five continents and four seas. When Song Qingming suddenly heard Long Ziyun ask about the teleportation array, he instinctively felt that she seemed to be implying something.

After hesitating for a moment when Song Qingming asked her the question, Long Ziyun nodded in agreement.

"To be honest, Fellow Daoist Song, our alliance does indeed have the idea of ​​building a super-large teleportation array that connects Donghuang Immortal Continent directly to Leiyuan Sea."

My trip to the Floating Cloud Mountains was not only to participate in the trade fair, but also to take the opportunity to scout out suitable locations for constructing teleportation arrays.

"Is it true that you want to build an intercontinental teleportation array here to Lei Yuan Sea?" Upon hearing Long Ziyun's words, Song Qingming was immediately surprised and asked again.

Upon seeing this, Long Ziyun immediately nodded slightly.

"What I have said is the truth. How could I possibly deceive you? However, this matter involves a wide range of issues, and the alliance has not yet made a decision. It is still uncertain whether it will succeed."

If you need Fellow Daoist Song's help in the future, Zi Yun will come to your door.

I hope you won't turn me away then.

"I, Song, will certainly not refuse to help you with anything, so Fellow Daoist Long can rest assured about that."

However, my cultivation is only average, and the only thing I can offer is my knowledge of formations. I'm afraid I won't be of much help to your alliance, so please forgive me."

Upon hearing from Long Ziyun that the "Four Seas Business Alliance" wanted to establish an intercontinental teleportation array, Song Qingming was quite surprised and secretly considered the potential impact of this matter.

If it were just a matter of helping out to set up a "teleportation array" like with the "Heavenly Dao Sect" before, Song Qingming certainly wouldn't refuse.

I fear this matter might be as Long Ziyun said, involving far-reaching implications and not as simple as I think. (End of Chapter)