Qinghe Immortal Clan.

The moment Song Qingyu and her companion appeared, the masked man not far away was also taken aback.

Knowing he was no match for Song Qingming and his two companions, he decisively chose to quickly retreat and flee towards the edge of the battlefield.

Meanwhile, Song Qingming also used his magic weapon to quickly catch up.

"Damn it, these guys are too tough! Everyone, get out of here!"

Another Nascent Soul cultivator who was fighting Qin Zhenshan sensed something was wrong after receiving a telepathic message from the masked man. He immediately issued a retreat order and led his subordinates to retreat quickly.

It comes quickly and goes just as fast.

In just a short while, these well-trained bandits quickly withdrew from the battlefield and scattered across the sea to escape.

Dozens of miles away from the treasure ship, the masked man had just crossed a stretch of sea when a golden light suddenly appeared in front of him, blocking his path.

Immediately afterwards, a golden bronze mirror appeared in front of the other party, and inside it was a figure in white robes, none other than Song Qingming who had come in pursuit.

Although the masked man's cultivation had reached the sixth level of the Nascent Soul realm, his escape speed was still significantly slower than that of Song Qingming, a great cultivator.

"Fellow Daoist, may I ask how I should address you?"

Looking at Song Qingming, whose gaze was fixed on him, the masked man did not rush to make a move. Instead, he took the initiative to put away his natal flying sword.

Just as Song Qingming was looking at him with a hint of doubt, the man unexpectedly took off his mask, revealing a face that surprised him.

"Fellow Daoist Song, it's been many years since we last met. I never expected that you would have already advanced to the late Nascent Soul stage."

"Fellow Daoist Li, it really is you!"

When Song Qingming fought the masked man before, he sensed that the man's supernatural abilities and techniques were strangely familiar.

Suspecting the other party's identity, he deliberately sent a telepathic message to Song Qingyu and the other person not to interfere, choosing to go and chase after the other party alone.

Only when he finally saw the other person's face did Song Qingming realize that he had not made a mistake.

The masked man practicing sword cultivation before me was none other than Li Xianyun, the number one genius rogue cultivator of the Wei Kingdom hundreds of years ago.

Li Xianyun entered the Dao several decades earlier than Song Qingming. He was a rare genius in the cultivation world of Wei Kingdom in the past few hundred years, and one of the few cultivators who could successfully form a core as a rogue cultivator.

After he formed his core, he left the State of Wei and traveled around, his whereabouts always being unpredictable.

Back when Song Qingming had just formed his core, it coincided with a once-in-a-century monster turmoil. Li Xianyun was invited back to Wei Kingdom to help the "Xiaoyao Sect" fight against the monsters invading from the south.

It was at that time that Song Qingming had the good fortune to meet the other party, and the two even fought side by side to repel the demon army.

Decades later, Song Qingming traveled alone to the cultivation world of the East Sea, where he encountered Li Xianyun again on "Xuan Turtle Island". At that time, Li Xianyun's cultivation had reached the peak of the Golden Core realm.

Song Qingming and the other party had a very pleasant conversation and even agreed to go to the outer sea to hunt demons together.

However, after that parting, Song Qingming never saw Li Xianyun again, nor did he hear any news about him.

Unexpectedly, after hundreds of years, Li Xianyun not only successfully formed his Nascent Soul, but also appeared in the cultivation world of "Black Wind Sea" and started engaging in banditry and robbery.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Song Qingming would have found it hard to believe that he would have run into the other person by such a coincidence.

Not only Song Qingming, but Li Xianyun, standing opposite him, also showed a hint of surprise in his eyes at this moment.

He clearly didn't expect to run into Song Qingming here.

Some people could hardly believe that Song Qingming, who was once unremarkable in appearance and not particularly outstanding in talent, was now a stranger to the world.

Now, not only has he successfully formed his Nascent Soul, but his cultivation level has even surpassed his own, making him a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

"May I ask, Fellow Daoist Song, why have you suddenly come to the Black Wind Sea? Are you perhaps heading to the Central Yuan Immortal Continent?"

Although the Black Wind Sea is a chaotic place in the cultivation world, with monsters and demonic cultivators running rampant, few cultivators would like to travel here.

However, this place is the only way to connect the "Thunder Origin Sea" and the "Central Origin Immortal Continent", and cultivators from both places often pass through here on treasure ships.

Seeing that Li Xianyun had seen through his purpose at a glance, Song Qingming did not hide it and nodded directly.

"What Fellow Daoist Li said is correct. I heard that Xuantian City in Zhongyuan Prefecture is about to hold a trade fair, so I went out to travel and planned to go and join in the fun."

I wonder when you came here, and why you haven't returned to the Floating Cloud Mountains all these years.
By the way, is Fellow Daoist Long alright?

Upon hearing Song Qingming's question, Li Xianyun's expression changed slightly, and he suddenly fell silent.

Just then, another communication talisman suddenly flew from the distant sea and landed directly in Li Xianyun's hand.

"Fellow Daoist Song, this is a long story. I am a little unavailable today. How about we reschedule for another day?"

Seeing that Li Xianyun's companion seemed to have come looking for him, Song Qingming didn't say much, but nodded slightly to him.

Seeing this, Li Xianyun raised his hand and threw out a talisman to Song Qingming, then put his mask back on and transformed into a streak of light, flying away into the distance.

He glanced at the talisman in his hand and at the figure that had disappeared into the distance.

Song Qingming did not stay in the same place for long. He quickly transformed into a beam of light and returned in the direction he had come from.

".."

They had only chased after them for a few dozen miles when the battle had just ended by the time Song Qingming returned to the vicinity of the treasure ship.

The group was still on the sea, searching for the cultivators who had just fallen into the sea during the battle.

On Qin Zhenshan's side, since the other side took the initiative to retreat, he didn't really intend to stop them.

He only led his men to chase for a symbolic distance of a dozen miles before voluntarily retreating back to the vicinity of the treasure ship, thus returning a little earlier than Song Qingming.

He was still wondering whether to go and meet the other party when he didn't expect that Song Qingming had also retreated. He quickly stepped forward to meet him.

"Fellow Daoist Song, are you alright? Has that person already escaped?"

When Song Qingming boarded the ship earlier, he deliberately concealed his aura, so Qin Zhentian did not know his true cultivation level and always thought that Song Qingming was only at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

It wasn't until they saw Song Qingming make a move that they realized the person in front of them was quite powerful, actually a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

At this moment, the way he looked at Song Qingming couldn't help but show more respect.

Faced with Qin Zhentian's question, Song Qingming sighed with a hint of regret.

"I never expected this kid to have some life-saving abilities. I chased him all the way but didn't dare to go deep into the sea, and in the end, he still managed to escape!"

"Alas! These bandit cultivators of the Black Wind Sea spend their days robbing and pillaging at sea, and their supernatural abilities are indeed no less than those of ordinary cultivators from the outside world."

Since everyone is safe and sound, there's no need for you to worry too much.

Unexpectedly, there were two Nascent Soul cultivators among this group of bandits, who were quite troublesome and almost fell into their trap.

Fortunately, Fellow Daoist Song was here; otherwise, we would have been in real danger today. On their behalf, I thank you, Fellow Daoist.

Bandits roam the "Black Wind Sea" and often rob passing treasure ships. This is clearly not the first time Qin Zhentian has encountered these bandits.

In the past, the bandits he encountered were usually led by only one Nascent Soul cultivator, and he had almost fallen into their trap just now.

If Song Qingming hadn't intervened in time, and the enemy had breached the treasure ship's array core, he, as a Nascent Soul cultivator, might have been able to save his life, but the fate of the others would have been uncertain.

Facing Qin Zhentian's grateful expression, Song Qingming waved his hand dismissively.

"Since we've met on the same path, how could I, Song, stand idly by? Fellow Daoist Qin, there's no need to be so polite."

".."

After exchanging a few polite words with Qin Zhentian, Song Qingming turned and returned to the cabin of the treasure ship, where Li Xuanyi and Song Qingyu were already waiting.

Upon seeing Song Qingming return, Song Qingyu quickly stepped forward and asked:
"Seventh Brother, who was that person just now? Why didn't you let us chase after him?"

Faced with Song Qingyu's question, Song Qingming paused for a moment before slowly speaking:

"This person is an old acquaintance, but I never expected that I would run into him here today after not seeing him for hundreds of years."

After letting out a slight sigh, Song Qingming told the two women about his recent encounter with Li Xianyun.

"Seventh Brother, you said he's Fellow Daoist Li, and he's already reached the Nascent Soul stage, so how come he's become a bandit cultivator?"

Back when Li Xianyun helped the cultivators defending the country resist the invasion of the demon race, Song Qingyu had not yet successfully formed her core and was only at the Foundation Establishment stage. She had never had any direct contact with Li Xianyun.

However, as a cultivator from the Wei Kingdom, Song Qingyu had already heard about the other party's legendary stories and had some understanding of him.

Upon hearing that the masked man who had escaped was actually Li Xianyun, the genius rogue cultivator from Wei Kingdom back then, Song Qingyu was equally surprised.

It should be noted that after Li Xianyun achieved the Core Formation, his reputation resounded throughout the entire cultivation world of Wei Kingdom.

Countless young cultivators who have just entered the path regard him as an idol on their life's journey.

Learning that the other party had actually become a bandit cultivator who robbed and plundered, Song Qingyu's original good impression of him was indeed greatly damaged.

Faced with Song Qingyu's doubts, Song Qingming calmly shook his head.

As a genius whose talent was no less than that of Bai Yuxian and the old sect leader Yao Qianshu, Song Qingming was not too surprised that Li Xianyun was able to successfully form a Nascent Soul.

As for why the other party would become a bandit cultivator in the "Black Wind Sea," Song Qingming still hasn't figured it out.

Although most independent cultivators struggle to survive, in order to better obtain cultivation resources, some will inevitably choose to secretly engage in robbery and plunder.

It's not surprising that over 80% of the bandit cultivators in the cultivation world are originally rogue cultivators.

However, Li Xianyun had dealt with Song Qingming before. Given his extraordinary talent and his proud nature, he didn't seem like the type of person who would willingly become a bandit for some spiritual objects.

No one knows what the other person went through after they parted ways back then, which led them to the "Black Wind Sea".

".."

Hundreds of miles away from the treasure ship, a streak of light flew swiftly across the sea and stopped in mid-air.

A man in a yellow robe, also wearing a mask, looked at Li Xianyun, who had returned safely, and immediately showed a hint of surprise.

"Fellow Daoist Li, are you alright?"

"Don't worry, this person didn't actually catch up with me."

Faced with the yellow-robed man's concerned words, Li Xianyun didn't stand on ceremony, only responding with a lukewarm tone. Hearing this, the yellow-robed man nodded slightly, then added with a hint of apology:

"Fellow Daoist Li, this was my mistake. I didn't expect that there was a late-stage Nascent Soul expert hidden on the other side's ship."

This effort has come to nothing, but thankfully you are safe and sound, otherwise we would have suffered a great loss.

This treasure ship has a powerful cultivator on board; it must contain many valuable items.

They probably haven't gone far yet.

Fellow Daoist Li, do you think we should send a message to Fellow Daoist Wang and the others, and try to see if we can cooperate with them to seize this treasure ship?

"I had only agreed to help you, but I did not agree to attack a great cultivator."

If you are interested, you are welcome to go; I will not participate.

"I'll be leaving for a while after I return. Please return the things you promised me as soon as possible!"

"Well, hehe, that's a bit of a pity!"

"Rest assured, Fellow Daoist Li, we will definitely keep our promise to you. That item has already been prepared for you."

Seeing that they couldn't persuade Li Xianyun, a Nascent Soul Level 6 expert, to participate, the yellow-robed cultivator knew that they couldn't possibly defeat a powerful cultivator on their own, so he could only nod in disappointment.

".."

After the battle with the bandits, fearing a comeback, the treasure ship set sail again soon at Qin Zhenshan's urging.

After another half month of cautious sailing, the treasure ship carrying Song Qingming and his companions finally entered a relatively calm sea area.

Seeing that they were not far from their destination, "Longyun Island," the passengers on the treasure ship gradually relaxed.

Two more days passed, and a massive island stretching tens of thousands of miles east to west gradually appeared before everyone's eyes ahead of the treasure ship.

"finally reached!"

"Longyun Island" is the mountain gate of the Nascent Soul Grand Sect, Shuiyun Sect.

This sect is also the strongest sect in the cultivation world of the "Black Wind Sea". It has been passed down for tens of thousands of years and currently has seventeen Nascent Soul cultivators.

In terms of sect strength alone, although the "Water Cloud Sect" is not as good as those top Nascent Soul sects, it can still rank among the top five sects in the Eastern Phoenix Kingdom.

The reason why the "Water Cloud Sect" has been able to continue its lineage for tens of thousands of years and maintain such great strength is that

The main reason is that this sect controls the only intercontinental teleportation array in the "Black Wind Sea" that leads to the Central Yuan Immortal Continent.

This intercontinental teleportation array alone can bring them a huge income of seven or eight hundred thousand spirit stones every year.

It is precisely because of the inexhaustible gold mine of the intercontinental teleportation array that the "Water Cloud Sect" has been able to prosper for tens of thousands of years and easily cultivate more than a dozen Nascent Soul cultivators.

To protect the "intercontinental teleportation array," the "Water Cloud Sect" also set up a level-five array on the island.

Even if a Nascent Soul cultivator were to attack, it would be impossible to easily break through the protective formation of "Longyun Island" in a short period of time.

This place is also the safest place for human cultivators in the entire "Black Wind Sea" cultivation world.

In contrast, the intercontinental teleportation array controlled by the "Hundred Flowers Palace" in the East China Sea struggles to gather even a hundred people for simultaneous teleportation every month.

The area around "Longyun Island" is significantly more prosperous, with cultivators coming and going in a constant stream through the market.

There were also many Golden Core cultivators, and even Nascent Soul cultivators like Song Qingming, who were basically just passing through this place on their way to Zhongyuan Immortal Continent.

At most, it will only take half a month for the "Water Cloud Sect" to easily gather one hundred cultivators and activate the intercontinental teleportation array.

Moreover, the teleportation fee on their side is much higher than that on the Hundred Flowers Palace side.

For each cultivator teleported, 10,000 spirit stones must be handed over.

Ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators would find it difficult to afford the round-trip cost; those who come to use the teleportation array are mostly Golden Core cultivators or above.

Although tens of thousands of spirit stones are a lot, they are no longer that valuable to Song Qingming, who can easily take out millions of spirit stones now.

But it's just a drop in the ocean!
After finally getting off the boat, Li Xuanyi and Song Qingyu were both incredibly bored.

Upon arriving at the market, the two women abandoned Song Qingming and began to wander around aimlessly.

Song Qingming, naturally not wanting to disturb them, went to a restaurant by himself and enjoyed a delicious meal to reward himself.

After finding a restaurant to stay in, Song Qingming took out the talisman that Li Xianyun had given him.

He had assumed that since Li Xianyun had made a promise with him, he had probably already arrived on the island.

However, after Song Qingming tried to activate the talisman, he received no response for a long time, and couldn't help but show some disappointment.

The group had been staying on "Longyun Island" for more than half a month, but Li Xianyun still hadn't come to find them, nor had they received any response from him.

With the "Trade Conference" fast approaching and Song Qingming still unable to meet the other party, he decided not to continue waiting aimlessly.

With Li Xuanyi and Song Qingyu by his side, they directly stepped onto the intercontinental teleportation array heading towards "Zhongyuan Immortal Continent".

As the teleportation array flashed with spiritual light, Song Qingming and his two companions, along with hundreds of cultivators around them, all vanished from their original spot.

A moment later, once the familiar dizziness in their minds subsided, they found themselves in an unfamiliar hall.

Looking down at the cultivators guarding the teleportation array not far away, their clothing was noticeably different.

Song Qingming immediately realized that they had arrived at "Zhongyuan Immortal Continent" and couldn't help but show a hint of joy.

It took nearly two and a half years to get here, and we've finally arrived.

After exiting the teleportation array, Song Qingming and his two companions quickly arrived at a large market town.

Since it was their first time visiting "Zhongyuan Immortal Continent," and they were unfamiliar with the place, the three of them did not leave immediately, but instead chose to stroll around the market for a while.

In addition to purchasing the necessary map of "Zhongyuan Xianzhou", the group also spent some time learning the local dialect, just in case.

In the world of cultivation, no matter where you are, any outsider cultivator is easily targeted by those with ulterior motives.

Over the years, when traveling, Song Qingming would always set aside time to familiarize himself with the local situation whenever he arrived at an unfamiliar place, trying his best to disguise himself beforehand.

Not only do they learn the local language, but they also purchase some of the clothing commonly worn by local monks.

Try your best not to distinguish yourself from the local cultivators, so that you won't be spotted by those with ulterior motives.

With the Nascent Soul cultivator's photographic memory, as long as they are willing to spend some time, although they may not be able to learn it perfectly, it is not difficult to learn seven or eight parts of it.

"Zhongyuan Immortal Continent" is the largest cultivation world in Huayang Realm with the largest number of human cultivators.

This place is not only larger than the "Eastern Phoenix Immortal Continent", but more than 90% of the territory of the entire continent is under the control of human cultivators.

Moreover, the overall number of cultivators in "Zhongyuan Immortal Continent" is significantly greater.

It already surpasses the combined total of the two major cultivation worlds, "Eastern Phoenix Immortal Continent" and "Thunder Origin Sea".

Throughout the entire "Zhongyuan Immortal Continent," the human race is extremely prosperous, with as many as three or four hundred sects at the Nascent Soul stage or above, as well as many long-established Divine Transformation sects.

Neither demons nor demonic cultivators have any space to survive in the "Zhongyuan Immortal Continent" and can only hide in remote corners.

The six most powerful Nascent Soul cultivators in the entire "Zhongyuan Immortal Continent" are in charge of the cultivation world.

They are "Qingyun Sect", "Yuheng Sect", "Xianfu Sect", "Tianyang Valley", "Taizhen Sect" and "Yinyang Sword Pavilion".

Of these six major Nascent Soul sects, only the Jade Balance Sect has risen to prominence in the last few hundred years; the others have been established for over ten thousand years, and each has a Nascent Soul patriarch overseeing it.

The "Qingyun Sect" and "Taizhen Sect" at the top of the list even have more than one Nascent Soul cultivator.

The "Xuantian City" that Song Qingming and his group were going to was a super-large market town under the "Taizhen Sect".

They were still hundreds of thousands of miles away, which wasn't too far.

Given their speed as Nascent Soul cultivators, traveling by flying vehicle would take them approximately two months to reach their destination.

After spending five or six days in the market, I noticed that everyone had become quite familiar with the local language.

Song Qingming then led Li Xuanyi and the other person away from the market and boarded a flying car to head directly to "Xuantian City".

Although there were still six months until the "Trade Conference," Song Qingming did not stop to rest in case of any unexpected delays on the way, and basically traveled at full speed.

Fortunately, they had external avatars to help them, and the group took turns controlling the flying car to get around, so there wasn't too much pressure.

In less than two months, they traveled hundreds of thousands of miles and successfully arrived outside "Xuantian City".

The journey was very smooth; not only did they encounter no trouble, but they didn't even see a single low-level demonic beast in the air.

This made Song Qingming marvel at the prosperity of the cultivation world in "Zhongyuan Immortal Continent," which was far more powerful than "Donghuang Immortal Continent."

As expected, it is a sacred place that all human cultivators in the entire "Huayang Realm" yearn for.

Upon arriving at their destination, a massive city built against the mountain came into view in the distance, right before Song Qingming and his companions.

The massive city wall, hundreds of feet high, stretched as far as the eye could see. Whether it was the flying boats carried by low-level cultivators or the flying chariots of Nascent Soul cultivators, they all appeared extremely small when they got close.

When they arrived at the city gate entrance, they saw a huge crowd of people, with tens of thousands of cultivators queuing up.

Song Qingming and his companions, who were visiting this place for the first time, couldn't help but show some surprise.

"Why are there so many people in line? How long will it take us to get our turn?"

Just as Song Qingyu looked helpless, Song Qingming's eyes flashed across the crowd, and his face quickly lit up with joy.

A Nascent Soul cultivator with considerable cultivation level bypassed the crowd and arrived at a magic array location on the right side of the city gate. Soon, someone came forward to greet him.

Not long after, the person quickly disappeared into the magic circle.

Upon seeing this, Song Qingming immediately understood and smiled at the two people beside him, saying:

"We are Nascent Soul cultivators, after all. How can we stand in line with these juniors!" (End of Chapter)