Qinghe Immortal Clan.

Previously, Song Qingming had not received any news about Huang Siyuan, and he was very worried that it was because Huang Siyuan had failed to form a Nascent Soul and therefore did not want him to know her whereabouts.

Unexpectedly, the other party had already successfully formed a Nascent Soul decades ago, but I had never known this news.

Although he was still somewhat puzzled as to why Huang Siyuan had not sent any message to inform him of the formation of his nascent soul over the years, nor had she chosen to return to the "Floating Cloud Mountain Range".

But thinking that she has finally achieved her own path, Song Qingming was also very happy for her.

Compared to Golden Core cultivators, Nascent Soul cultivators can live up to 1,500 years.

Even though he was already eager to see the other person, Song Qingming quickly calmed himself down.

As long as Huang Siyuan is safe and sound, I will eventually be able to find her.

In the world of cultivation, opportunities are unpredictable.

Huang Siyuan was determined to leave and pursue her own opportunity to form a nascent soul. In the end, she did not disappoint and received the reward she deserved.

If she chooses to stay, she may miss this opportunity and find it difficult to enter the Nascent Soul stage in this lifetime.

".."

The three Snow Moon Fairies had all met Huang Siyuan in the past and regarded her as their fellow disciple.

However, none of them had heard of Huang Siyuan having a Daoist partner before.

It wasn't until Song Qingming came to their door that the three of them realized he had a Nascent Soul Daoist partner, and a powerful late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator at that.

Hearing that Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan had supported each other all the way from the Foundation Establishment stage, Fairy Xueyue was even more shocked.

To everyone's surprise, Song Qingming, at such a young age, was already a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

It should be noted that as the direct disciple of "Granny Jin Yue", Fairy Xue Yue's cultivation has already broken through to the late Nascent Soul stage.

However, she is now over nine hundred years old, having reached the Nascent Soul stage several hundred years earlier than Song Qingming.

Although Fairy Xueyue still has five or six hundred years of lifespan left, there is still hope that she can further cultivate to the half-step Nascent Soul realm.

However, judging from her path, she is clearly far inferior to Song Qingming in front of her.

The two Fairy Jiyue and Fairy Huayue sitting to the side are currently at the mid-Nascent Soul stage, far behind him.

Looking at the "extraordinarily talented" Song Qingming, the three couldn't help but feel envious and curiously inquired about his lineage.

They learned that Song Qingming came from a low-level cultivation family and that the "Xiaoyao Sect" he belonged to was an extremely ordinary sect.

The three Snow Moon Fairies were even more shocked. They never expected that Song Qingming had relied on himself to cultivate all these years.

Song Qingming did not offer much explanation for this.

Although since entering the Taoist path, his master "Lingxu Daoren", Fenghe, Huofeng, Qubai and others have all given him a lot of help.

However, due to the rules and oaths of the sect, as well as other reasons that cannot be spoken of.

Song Qingming had no way to explain these things to others, so he could only take the blame upon himself.

".."

After chatting with the three Fairies of Snow and Moon on the mountain for a while, Song Qingming left them a letter to pass on to Huang Siyuan.

He then bowed and took his leave of the main hall.

Seeing Song Qingming walk out with a relaxed expression, Song Qingyu and Li Xuanyi, who had been waiting outside the main hall, hurriedly stepped forward and asked anxiously:
"Seventh Brother, how is it? Any news about Sister-in-law?"

Previously, when Song Qingming inquired about information from the other party, Song Qingyu and the other party had also learned that Huang Siyuan might have been here.

Having just heard Song Qingming specifically instruct them, the two did not follow him into the hall, but waited outside.

Faced with the two women's somewhat anxious gazes, Song Qingming smiled and nodded.

“Siyuan did come to Golden Moon Island back then, and she successfully formed her Nascent Soul several decades ago. However, she has now gone on a journey with Senior Golden Moon and is not on the island.”

"Seventh Brother, are you telling the truth? My sister-in-law has already achieved Nascent Soul stage!"

"I didn't expect Siyuan to actually be here. We really have to thank Fellow Daoist Xiao for guiding us here."

Upon learning that Huang Siyuan had indeed been here and had successfully formed her nascent soul, Song Qingyu and the other person were equally excited.

Throughout the journey, they had also been filled with worry, fearing that they might not be able to find each other successfully.

Unexpectedly, the three of them had only been out for a little over half a year when they successfully found Huang Siyuan's whereabouts, which was quite surprising.

To be honest, they have to thank Old Ghost Xiao.

If it weren't for his reminder, Song Qingming and the other two would probably have had to expend much more effort to find "Golden Moon Island".

After finding Huang Siyuan's whereabouts, Song Qingming and his group had accomplished the most important goal of their trip, and they were naturally very happy.

After returning to the inn at the foot of the mountain, the group even went to a restaurant to celebrate.

".."

A month later, on an open space to the west of "Golden Moon Island".

"I am deeply grateful for your personal visit, Fairy. If Senior Jin Yue returns at any time, please inform me. I would be extremely thankful!"

Facing the Snow Moon Fairy who had come to see him off, Song Qingming bowed and gave her a reminder before leaving.

They stayed on the island for nearly a month. During this time, the three fairies, Xueyue and her companions, specially sent someone to invite them to a banquet at the "Illusory Moon Pavilion" to exchange cultivation experiences.

Although they haven't known each other for very long, they've become quite familiar with each other now.

Originally, Fairy Xueyue and her companions wanted Song Qingming and the others to stay on the island for a few more days.

After hearing that Song Qingming and the other two were going to Zhongyuan Immortal Continent to attend a trade fair, they did not insist on going and even came to see them off.

After saying goodbye to the other party, Song Qingming and Song Qingyu, who were beside him, quickly got into the flying car.

It quickly transformed into a streak of light and disappeared into the distant horizon.

From "Lei Yuan Hai" to "Zhong Yuan Xian Zhou", there is a long distance in between, which requires passing through the "Black Wind Sea" where monsters roam.

Although Song Qingming and the other two are all Nascent Soul cultivators, it will still take them about one or two years to arrive smoothly.

The "Zhongyuan Immortal Continent" trade fair is less than three years away, leaving them with very little time to travel.

To prevent any unexpected delays on the way, after leaving "Golden Moon Island", Song Qingming went directly to Yanglong Island, which was teleported to "Black Wind Sea".

".."

One year later, in a certain sea area of ​​the cultivation world of "Black Wind Sea".

The black sea was turbulent, and a large treasure ship, over a hundred feet long, sailed on the sea, cutting through the waves.

Although this treasure ship was of high quality, it was quite unusual that it did not have any flags or banners belonging to any sect on it. Instead, it was decorated with several black and white sword symbols.

From a distance, it looks a bit creepy.

In a guest room atop the treasure ship, Song Qingming held a scroll of bamboo slips in his hand, with an exquisitely designed silver array plate beside him, patiently studying the object in his hand.

Although the "Black Wind Sea" is adjacent to the "Thunder Origin Sea", the situations in these two cultivation worlds are different.

In the cultivation world of "Lei Yuan Hai," there are numerous cultivation sects, and the human race is thriving. Its overall strength even surpasses that of Donghuang Immortal Continent.

Apart from the remote outer seas controlled by the demon race, most of the inner seas are controlled by human sects.

Therefore, human cultivators can basically move freely in the "Thunder Origin Sea" without much worry about encountering any high-level demonic beasts.

On the other hand, the situation in the "Black Wind Sea" is much worse.

The Black Wind Sea is relatively turbulent and dangerous, and the demon race here is far more powerful than the human race, occupying most of the territory in the entire sea area.

Tens of thousands of years ago, the cultivation world of the "Black Wind Sea" still had Nascent Soul sects, which were able to lead human cultivators to resist the invasion of the demon race and maintain the stability of some territories within its borders.

However, in the past ten thousand years, there have been no Nascent Soul cultivators in the cultivation world of the "Black Wind Sea".

Just like the "Floating Cloud Mountain Range" back then, facing the relentless advance of the demon race, human cultivators could only passively defend themselves and had already lost large swathes of territory.

To date, there are fewer than forty sects in the entire Black Wind Sea cultivation world that belong to the human race and are at the Nascent Soul stage or above.

The number of cultivators is less than 30% of the number in the "Thunder Origin Sea" cultivation world.

As a result, this sea area is relatively chaotic.

Not only are there monsters roaming the seas, but on some remote islands, powerful demonic cultivators have also secretly established numerous demonic sects.

Moreover, the "Black Wind Sea" is adjacent to the "Zhongyuan Immortal Continent" to the east, and many bandit cultivators wanted by Zhongyuan Continent also like to hide here.

This vast "Black Wind Sea" is actually quite similar to the Illusionary Sea Desert west of the "Floating Cloud Mountains".

The presence of numerous demonic beasts, evil cultivators, and bandit cultivators has made the living conditions of righteous cultivators and mortals in this area increasingly difficult.

If it weren't for its proximity to the "Zhongyuan Immortal Continent," the sects here wouldn't have been able to seek some assistance from Zhongyuan Continent during times of crisis.

It's likely that human sects have long since disappeared from the entire cultivation world of the "Black Wind Sea".

Just like the "Falling Star Sea", it has completely fallen into the control of the demon race.

Although the Zhongyuan Immortal Continent lies to the east of the "Black Wind Sea".

However, crossing this place requires facing various dangers along the way, and it is not an easy task.

Since it was their first time attempting to cross the "Black Wind Sea," they were afraid that if they acted alone, they might encounter those powerful sea monsters.

To be on the safe side, Song Qingming chose to board a nearby treasure ship.

Having drifted at sea for more than half a year, besides his daily cultivation, Song Qingming spent most of his time studying the array formation manual he had obtained in the Immortal Mansion.

After a long while, he finally put down the bamboo slip in his hand.

He then waved his hand and cast a spell, quickly throwing out seven array flags radiating spiritual light, which landed in different positions on the ground.

As soon as he cast the spell with both hands, the circular array plate on the table automatically flew into the air.

A circular magic circle appeared in front of him, and the spiritual energy in the entire private room instantly gathered in front of the magic circle.

"Although your Spirit Gathering Array is still somewhat rough, it has barely reached the upper-level fourth grade. With a little more time to familiarize yourself with it, you should be able to try setting up other arrays. Although your spiritual root aptitude is average, you still have some talent in the Dao of Arrays."

"If you study this art diligently in the future, and with my guidance, you might actually have a chance to advance to a level five array master."

Just after Song Qingming finished setting up the magic array, a voice suddenly rang out from the other side of the private room.

Immediately afterward, Qu Bai, who was possessing the puppet, walked over to Song Qingming, holding a cup of spiritual tea that he was savoring.

"It's rare to receive such praise from Senior Qu, but in the cultivation world, level five array masters are as rare as phoenix feathers and horns. Even with your guidance, I, Song, still dare not be so confident."

Since Qu Bai helped him refine a high-grade level four array plate, Song Qingming, having prepared everything, focused on breaking through to become a high-grade level four array master.

In addition to focusing on his own research, Song Qingming also took the initiative to humbly seek advice from Qu Bai, thus avoiding many detours.

After nearly two years of hard work, he finally saw some results and was able to set up a fourth-grade high-quality "Spirit Gathering Array".

If he dedicates another 10 or 20 years to diligent study, he should be able to become a truly qualified fourth-grade high-level array master.

Seeing Song Qingming's humble words, "Qu Bai" waved his hand and said:

"I'm not trying to flatter you, fellow Daoist. I'm just saying this because I can see your talent. There's no need for us to be so polite."

Smuggling across spatial nodes is no easy task. If I can help you break through to the fifth level of array master, it will be of some help.

Don't underestimate the matter of smuggling yourself to the upper realm.

If we're not careful, and something unexpected happens, we'll both be reduced to ashes.

Although I am but a remnant soul, I do not wish to lose hope of returning to the upper realm.

"As long as I can go back and find Lady Ziyu, with her help, I can restore my physical body and resume normal cultivation."

"Oh! Senior can restore his physical body? There are actually ways to restore the primordial spirit in the Upper Realm?"

Qu Bai's original primordial spirit was injured and was on the verge of collapse. It was only after Song Qingming forcibly refined it into a weapon spirit that it was able to survive as a weapon spirit.

The natal spirit of a high-level cultivator is the source of their divine soul and spiritual power; once damaged, it is very difficult to recover.

Hearing Qu Bai's confident tone, Song Qingming couldn't help but ask a question out of curiosity.

Upon hearing this, Qu Bai laughed and said, "Hehe! You're too ignorant, kid."

The secret techniques of the upper realm are far more powerful than you think. Restoring one's original primordial spirit is a troublesome matter, but it is not impossible.

"As long as the life essence can be found, even a wisp of a soul can be brought back to life and restored."

"The Elixir of Life, such a heaven-defying substance!"

Upon hearing Qu Bai mention that the Life Elixir could restore a cultivator's shame, Song Qingming couldn't help but recall Feng He, who had helped him greatly back then.

Seeing Song Qingming's curious expression, Qu Bai explained again: "I did not lie to you. The life elixir I mentioned can indeed do this."

However, this kind of thing is not something that ordinary people can find.

Even in the Upper Realm, those treasures are reserved for the powerful ancestors of various families, and are not something we can easily see.

You wouldn't understand what I'm saying now.

"You'll know when you truly have the chance to ascend to the spirit realm."

"Senior Qu Bai, is the spirit realm you mentioned the same as the upper realm? Could you tell me about the spirit realm?"

Hearing the curiosity in Song Qingming's voice, Qu Bai gently shook his head.

"When we descended to the mortal realm, our primordial spirits were specially restricted to prevent the leakage of information about the spirit world. I have no way of telling you the things you want to know."

But don't worry, I won't deliberately hide anything from you that I can tell you!

"I see, this junior understands."

Ever since Song Qingming learned that Qu Bai was a cultivator from the Upper Realm, Qu Bai had deliberately avoided mentioning anything about the Upper Realm whenever Song Qingming brought it up.

At first, Song Qingming thought that the other party did not trust him enough, which was why they acted this way.

Only after hearing Qu Bai's explanation did he finally understand. It turned out that when these cultivators from the upper realm came down, their primordial spirits had already been sealed and restricted.

It's embarrassing that over the years, although I've seen many cultivators and demons from the upper realm, I've never heard anyone mention anything about the upper realm.

Once he understood, Song Qingming nodded slightly and said nothing more.

".."

After the two chatted for a while, there were suddenly a few knocks on the door, and then a telepathic message flew into Song Qingming's hand.

"I'm going back now. Call me if you need anything!"

Before Song Qingming could speak, Qu Bai transformed into a beam of light and entered the "Sacred Star Disc" on his chest.

Seeing this, Song Qingming gently waved his hand, putting the puppet in front of him back into the spirit beast pouch, and then put away all the "spirit gathering arrays" that had been set up on the ground.

As soon as Song Qingming opened the door, Li Xuanyi walked in quickly with a smile.

“My lord, I just heard the crew on the ship say that we will reach Longyun Island in about a month at most.”

After being on the ship for so long, we're finally almost there. I'll have to find a good place to rest for a few days then.

"Well! Fortunately, we didn't encounter any trouble along the way, so it was quite smooth."

Once we arrive at Longyun Island, we can use the teleportation array to travel directly to Zhongyuan Prefecture, which should ensure we don't miss the trade fair.

Seeing that Li Xuanyi had been on the treasure ship for more than half a year and seemed a little bored, Song Qingming smiled slightly and quickly invited her to sit down beside him.

The two had just finished sipping tea and chatting for a few moments when Song Qingming suddenly sensed a chaotic shouting coming from the treasure ship, and he couldn't help but stand up.

"Husband, has something happened?"

Just as Li Xuanyi asked a question, before Song Qingming could answer, the entire treasure ship suddenly shook violently as if it had been hit by something, and even the teacups on the table almost shattered.

"Someone is attacking the treasure ship. I'll go up and check it out first. You go and meet up with Qingyu!"

After realizing what was happening, Song Qingming gave Li Xuanyi a few words of advice and then quickly slipped out of the cabin.

As soon as Song Qingming arrived above the cabin, he saw a huge phantom appear in front of the treasure ship, with streaks of white spiritual light rapidly rushing towards him.

"The Spirit Light Cannon is a bandit cultivator!"

Seeing the enormous phantom attacking the treasure ship, Song Qingming quickly deduced that it was likely a bandit cultivator from the vicinity, and his brows furrowed slightly.

I never expected that I would encounter a bandit attack so soon after I told Li Xuanyi that I would have a safe journey.

That mouth of hers really does have a way of saying what comes true.

The treasure ship that Song Qingming was on was also a level four treasure ship. It was equipped with high-level defensive formations and had thousands of cultivators on guard.

Immediately after being ambushed, the cultivators on the ship had already reacted and activated the defensive array.

A beam of transparent light appeared and quickly blocked the incoming giant cannon of light.

Immediately afterwards, the cultivators on the ship also activated their giant cannons to retaliate, attempting to directly repel the invading bandits.

After exchanging fire several times, neither side managed to repel the other. Unexpectedly, several more phantoms suddenly appeared behind the treasure ship, followed by five or six more treasure ships surrounding it from all sides.

Although the treasure ship where the bandits were located was only of the third grade, there were quite a few of them. They kept attacking the fourth-grade treasure ship, forcing them to stop on their own initiative.

Once the treasure ship was forced to stop, hundreds of figures flew out from all sides and headed straight for the middle of the treasure ship, trying to open a gap from the location of the array's core.

Seeing that a large number of bandits were surrounding them, the many guards on the ship also took out their magical artifacts and stepped forward to fight back.

Besides Song Qingming and the other two, there was also a Nascent Soul cultivator sitting atop the flying boat, named Qin Zhenshan.

Like Li Xuanyi, he was also at the fourth level of the Nascent Soul stage.

Just as Qin Zhenshan led his men out of the formation, another figure emerged from the enemy ranks and charged towards him. The two quickly clashed.

Meanwhile, another masked man hidden among the bandit cultivators took advantage of Qin Zhenshan being entangled with his companions to quickly eliminate the cultivators in front of him and head straight for the location of the treasure ship's array eye.

"Not good! This person is also a Nascent Soul cultivator! Stop him quickly!"

"Hmph! Fellow Daoist, you've realized this a little too late."

Upon seeing that there was actually a Nascent Soul cultivator hidden among the bandits, Qin Zhenshan's expression changed slightly, and he called out.

Before he could stop him, he was entangled by a spell cast by another Nascent Soul cultivator beside him, and for a time he was unable to break free.

Just as the masked man was defeating several low-level cultivators who came to stop him and was about to reach the location of the treasure ship,

Unexpectedly, a flash of inspiration appeared ahead, and another figure in white suddenly appeared, blocking the masked man's path.

"A Nascent Soul cultivator!"

Seeing that the person in front of him was no less powerful than himself, he realized that he was also a Nascent Soul cultivator.

The masked man was immediately surprised and quickly cast a spell to control his flying sword to rush towards his opponent.

Before the flying sword could arrive, a bronze mirror blocked the attack from the white-robed man.

Then the bronze mirror split into five, and several golden chains flew out, instantly locking the masked man's limbs.

But just as the masked man was trapped, the other party also used magic to fly his sword and slash at the golden chains.

With a single sword strike, he severed the two chains binding him, successfully freeing himself.

"He's a sword cultivator!"

Seeing how powerful the opponent's natal flying sword was, Song Qingming, who was not far away, looked somewhat surprised, but a strange feeling flashed through his heart.

I have a strange sense of familiarity with the aura and moves of the masked man in front of me, as if I have seen someone similar somewhere before.

Just as Song Qingming was about to continue casting the spell, two more streaks of light flew out from behind him, namely Song Qingyu and Li Xuanyi.

"Seventh Brother, I'm here to help you!" (End of Chapter)