Qinghe Immortal Clan.

When Xu Gu Zi ambushed Song Qingming and the others, he mainly relied on the "blue light sphere" in his body, which resembled a demon core, to unleash powerful supernatural abilities and threaten them.

Now that the "blue orb" is under Song Qingming's control, his supernatural powers have been weakened by more than half.

At this moment, "Xu Gu Zi" also seemed to have lost the confidence to continue fighting Song Qing Ming.

He could only hope to use the spiritual objects on his body to persuade Song Qingming to let him leave.

Looking at the half-human, half-demon, monster-like "Xu Gu Zi" in front of him, Song Qingming replied in a very indifferent tone, as if he did not care about the conditions he proposed at all.

Seeing this, "Xu Gu Zi" remained silent for a moment, still unwilling to give up.

"Fellow Daoist Song, I also have a secret technique that can help you break through to the Nascent Soul realm. It is specifically designed to be used in conjunction with Jade Purity Elixir."

This secret technique is unique to me and cannot be easily found outside. I can pass it on to you, fellow Daoist.

If you still insist on not letting me leave, then even if it means destroying the secret technique and these spiritual liquids, I will not let you get away with it.

"Hehe! What you've said, fellow Daoist, is indeed quite tempting."

However, how could you possibly persuade me to have reached this point through mere words? I advise you not to waste your energy and to focus on your journey!

Although the conditions offered by the other party were tempting enough, Song Qingming still had no intention of letting his opponent go.

After all, an old monster like "Xu Gu Zi," who possesses the bodies of others and is skilled in scheming, is indeed quite troublesome.

If you are not careful, the other party can easily turn the tables and you could lose your life.

Even if it meant losing some spiritual treasures and secret techniques, Song Qingming didn't want to risk giving such people a chance.

Having said that, the golden flying sword in his hand emitted bursts of golden light, directly locking onto the person in front of him.

Seeing that Song Qingming was about to attack him, "Xu Gu Zi" changed his expression and spat out a blue ball of light from his mouth again, heading straight for "Qu Bai" who was blocking his way.

Seeing this, "Qu Bai" immediately used magic to counter it and prepare to block the opponent's attack.

At this moment, "Xu Gu Zi" did not launch an attack, but instead enveloped himself in the blue light.

The next moment, a flash of spiritual light appeared on "Xu Gu Zi" and he immediately disappeared from the spot.

"It's this trick again!"

Upon seeing this familiar scene, both Song Qingming and "Qu Bai" had slight changes in expression, and their divine senses quickly locked onto what was in front of them.

Soon, a blue light appeared several hundred feet away from the two, and "Xu Gu Zi" once again flashed out from the void.

Before he could even regain his footing, several golden sword lights in the distance locked onto his position and rushed straight toward "Xu Gu Zi".

Faced with the powerful sword light of the "Golden Palace Cloud Light Sword", the heavily injured "Xu Gu Zi" was powerless to fight back and could only dodge to the side.

While dodging the attack, "Qu Bai" had already caught up with the opponent, and a transparent barrier instantly appeared in front of Xu Gu Zi.

Just as Song Qingming and the other person had thought, the teleportation ability that "Xu Gu Zi" had just used was somewhat strange, but it could not be continuously activated.

Now that the road ahead is blocked and "Xu Gu Zi" is unable to break through the barrier, he can only try to bypass the obstruction from below.

But just as he was casting the spell, a strange bell sound suddenly came from behind him, causing "Xu Gu Zi" to shudder.

"It's an illusion!"

Having witnessed Song Qingming use the "Illusionary Heart Bell" before, "Xu Gu Zi" was clearly wary of this magical artifact.

At the same time as the bell rang, a burst of blue light erupted from his body, instantly freeing him from the illusion's entanglement.

But just as he looked up, a smiling figure had already appeared there, forcing "Xu Gu Zi" to turn around again.

Before he could get around it, he was suddenly struck hard and fell against the wall next to him again.

In an instant, Song Qingming and Qu Bai reunited and headed straight for Xu Gu Zi's location.

"Since you are pressuring me so hard, I cannot leave today, and neither can you expect to leave peacefully."

Just as Song Qingming and "Qu Bai" approached their opponent, a powerful blue light suddenly shone from "Xu Gu Zi".

"careful!"

Seeing that the opponent's natal nascent soul was unleashing an astonishing aura, seemingly intending to self-destruct on the spot, Qu Bai and Song Qingming immediately stopped their attack and cast spells to create a protective shield.

But at the very moment they were preparing to retreat, "Xu Gu Zi" suddenly lunged at Song Qingming, who was closest to him.

"Hahaha, let's all die together!"

"Xu Gu Zi" let out a wild laugh, followed by an explosion that illuminated the entire area around the cave.

The next moment, the surroundings began to shake violently, and countless rocks fell from the cave, forcing Song Qingming and Qu Bai to retreat.

Taking advantage of the chaos around them, a dark figure silently shot out from the center of the explosion and headed straight for the bottom of the underground river.

The dark figure was incredibly fast, and in the blink of an eye, it had already flown thousands of feet away.

Just as he was about to escape the underground river and enter the cave where everyone had come from, a golden net suddenly appeared out of thin air in front of him, blocking his way.

"Damn it, there's a magic array set up here!"

Seeing that the golden net was about to envelop him, the dark figure became ruthless and threw out a high-level spirit talisman, which transformed into a giant sword and slashed at the golden net in front of him.

But just as the shadowy figure was casting a spell, a powerful aura suddenly emanated from one side of it.

Before the black figure could react, a black thunder tiger had already appeared several feet to his side.

The black thunder tiger opened its mouth wide and swallowed the shadowy figure whole.

The next moment, a flash of lightning appeared, and a tiny phantom, about three inches in size and seven or eight parts similar to "Xu Gu Zi," immediately appeared in the shadow.

It was the natal primordial spirit of "Xu Gu Zi".

At this moment, he was enveloped in a black lightning bolt and was instantly paralyzed by the electricity, only able to watch helplessly as two streaks of light caught up with him from behind.

Looking at Song Qingming and the other person not far in front of him, a trace of despair immediately flashed across "Xu Gu Zi's" natal nascent soul.

"Fellow Daoist Song, please don't make a move. Please spare me."

I have been cultivating for ten thousand years and know many secrets of the cultivation world, as well as several secret methods for breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm, which will definitely be useful to you in the future.

"If you, fellow Daoist, will spare my life, I am willing to swear an oath to be your slave and servant, and to serve you alone for the rest of my life."

"Wait a minute, Fellow Daoist Song, I also know a great secret in the cultivation world."

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"what."

"I will find a way to get what I want, so there's no need for you to worry about it, fellow Daoist."

Despite the desperate pleas for mercy from Xu Gu Zi's natal nascent soul, Song Qingming's expression remained unwavering. He unleashed a pair of giant white hands and grabbed the opponent.

The next moment, two streaks of lightning, one black and one white, flashed by, and "Xu Gu Zi's" natal nascent soul immediately let out a shrill scream.

After a while, as the lightning disappeared, there was no more movement in mid-air.

After the nascent soul of "Xu Gu Zi" was destroyed by the lightning, his primordial spirit directly turned into a wisp of black smoke.

Seeing that Song Qingming did not continue to attack, the black smoke immediately disappeared into the mountain wall.

Although "Xu Gu Zi" possessed others and committed many evils, he ultimately perished at the hands of Song Qingming and no longer had any possibility of possessing others and being resurrected.

After killing his opponent, Song Qingming didn't go too far by letting the soul be scattered. He still let "Xu Gu Zi's" primordial spirit enter the cycle of reincarnation.

Only after the "Xu Gu Zi" primordial spirit disappeared did Song Qingming, who was standing in place, take the initiative to reach out and put away a "storage bag" that was floating in mid-air.

Qu Bai, standing to the side, also looked somewhat excited when he saw the storage bag in Song Qingming's hand.

Before he could ask, Song Qingming immediately put away his "storage bag" and said:

"I didn't expect that what this guy just said was true. This person has actually survived for nearly ten thousand years in the form of a Nascent Soul cultivator. That's really a strange thing."

Just before Song Qingming annihilated the opponent's natal nascent soul, he had already forcibly searched the soul of "Xu Gu Zi's" natal nascent soul.

Although the other party was a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator with a very powerful Nascent Soul soul, Song Qingming did not obtain much useful information even after forcibly searching the soul.

However, he still learned an extremely shocking fact: "Xu Gu Zi" was indeed, as he had said before, an old monster who had lived for ten thousand years.

In the world of cultivation, the lifespan of a Nascent Soul cultivator is generally around 1,500 years.

Even if one cultivates a wood-attribute technique that prolongs life, and has the great opportunity to consume a rare high-level longevity spiritual item in the cultivation world, one will not live past two thousand years at most.

The fact that "Xuguzi" could survive for ten thousand years is itself an extremely illogical thing, so how could it not surprise people?

Upon hearing Song Qingming's words, Qu Bai smiled dismissively and said:
"Hehe! This fellow possesses the Mysterious Jade Ice Silkworm, which can be used to freeze his natal nascent soul and extend his lifespan. Don't find it strange, young friend."

In ancient times, there were also many true spirits and extraordinary beings in your mortal realm, possessing various special and powerful supernatural abilities.

However, the spiritual energy in this realm is now extremely thin, and these true spirit bloodlines have gradually declined, making them very difficult to find now.

"Oh! No wonder when I searched his soul just now, I found that he spent most of his time in seclusion and frozen."

Seeing that Song Qingming seemed to understand, "Qu Bai" spoke again to explain: "By using the Xuan Yu Ice Silkworm to forcibly seal the Nascent Soul, the cultivator can only fall into a long sleep and cannot cultivate or walk normally. In fact, it can't be considered that he has truly lived for ten thousand years."

The reason this guy sealed his own nascent soul was probably because he wanted to use an external avatar to help him search for spiritual objects.

This person is not only capable of cultivating Xuan Yu Ice Silkworms, but also possesses the method of spirit fusion, making him quite difficult to deal with. Fortunately, he ran into you, kid.

Otherwise, if it were anyone else, they would most likely have perished here today.

"I see. I never imagined that the Xuan Yu Ice Silkworm had such a wonderful use. This is the first time I've heard of it."

Upon hearing what "Qu Bai" said, Song Qingming immediately understood and cleared up the last remaining doubt in his mind. He nodded slightly to him.

The person who possessed "Xu Gu Zi" was named Xu Sheng Yang, a Nascent Soul cultivator from "Zhongyuan Immortal Continent" ten thousand years ago.

Back then, Xu Shengyang's cultivation reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, but he was never able to advance to the Divine Transformation stage.

Seeing that his lifespan was nearing its end, he manipulated his spirit pet "Mysterious Jade Ice Silkworm" to forcibly freeze his natal nascent soul in a cave.

He wanted to extend his lifespan by doing this, and then control his avatar to continue searching for ways to advance to the level of a god.

Later, Xu Shengyang's avatar found the news of "Jade Purity Elixir" and lured "Xu Guzi" into his cave.

Then, it possessed his physical body, which led to what happened next.

Although these were all images pieced together by Song Qingming through soul searching and Qu Bai's reminders, they were basically not much different from the actual situation.

Unfortunately, despite his meticulous planning over nearly ten thousand years, Xu Shengyang ultimately fell victim to Song Qingming due to a single oversight.

Perhaps this was fate; he could never escape this calamity.

".."

After putting away the "storage bag" left by Xu Shengyang, Song Qingming immediately returned to the pool with "Qu Bai".

At this moment, the area around the pool was already covered with rubble, leaving behind a mess.

The "Mysterious Jade Ice Silkworm" lying on the ground not far away, after its flesh was blown apart by Xu Shengyang, only half of its body remained lying on the ground, motionless.

Seeing that the corpse of the "Mysterious Jade Ice Silkworm" still seemed to have some breath left, Qu Bai immediately stepped forward and examined it.

"He's really lucky; he didn't die completely even after all that."

"Young friend Song, I've heard of this Mysterious Jade Ice Silkworm before but never seen it. I'd like to take it back and study it. Why don't you leave it to me?"

"If you are interested, please feel free to take it back with you."

Seeing that Qu Bai was staring intently at the Xuan Yu Ice Silkworm on the ground, Song Qingming took out a jade box from his person and tossed it to him.

Qu Bai quickly put away the "Mysterious Jade Ice Silkworm" and put it back into the "Sacred Star Disc".

Meanwhile, Song Qingming used his divine sense to investigate, then cleared away the rocks on the ground and quickly found Yang Kaishan, who was seriously injured, under a piece of transparent ice.

"Fellow Daoist Song, are you two alright?"
Where is that old devil? Has he already run away?

In the previous battle, Yang Kaishan first had half of his arm shattered by "Xu Gu Zi", and then was frozen in the pool by the blue light.

Having successfully escaped with Song Qingming's help, he immediately asked a question.

"Fellow Daoist Yang, rest assured, he has been killed by me and will not appear again."

"Fellow Daoist has slain this villain, that's wonderful!"

Upon hearing the news of Xu Gu Zi's demise from Song Qingming, Yang Kaishan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The two quickly searched the ice surface and found Wang Zhixing and Han Yu trapped in the pool below.

Although Wang Zhixing had been frozen for a long time, fortunately his injuries were not too serious, and his condition was better than Yang Kaishan's.

As for Han Yu, who was the first to be ambushed by the "Mysterious Jade Ice Silkworm," by the time Song Qing and the other found him, he had already become a corpse and perished in the pool.

Even the natal nascent soul couldn't escape.

"I never expected that old monster to be so well hidden. We were all deceived by him, so much so that Fellow Daoist Han and Fellow Daoist Xu were caught off guard and were tricked by this thief and perished here."

If it weren't for Fellow Daoist Song's extraordinary abilities, we probably wouldn't be able to get back today.

Not long ago, the six people who successfully broke the seal were still excited, but unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, only Song Qingming and two others remained.

Looking at Han Yu's corpse on the ground, Wang Zhixing and Yang Kaishan also showed a hint of regret.

It must be said that "Xu Gu Zi" had previously relied on the help of the Xuan Yu Ice Silkworm to launch two successful sneak attacks, and his supernatural abilities were difficult for even a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator to defend against.

If they hadn't just happened to run into Song Qingming, and instead were any other Nascent Soul cultivator with similar supernatural abilities, they probably would have already been successfully outmaneuvered by him.

"We came here to search for treasures, but the opportunities and even life and death are unpredictable. It is not something we want to see Fellow Daoist Han and his companion perish here. Fellow Daoists, you don't need to think too much about it."

"It's best to bury Fellow Daoist Han as soon as possible; that would be a way of giving him some closure."

Han Yu was originally a rogue cultivator from the cultivation world of "Dragon Abyss Sea". He was specially invited by "Xu Gu Zi" and was not familiar with the others.

They had no information about his origins and were unable to return his body.

At Yang Kaishan's suggestion, Song Qingming personally cast a spell to dig a pit by the pool and buried Han Yu there.

After offering their prayers, the three quickly turned and left the pool along the underground river.

Along the way, seeing that the "Qu Bai" who had just appeared had suddenly disappeared, Yang Kaishan and his companion couldn't help but ask.

Before long, Song Qingming and the other two emerged from the magic array and arrived at the entrance of the cave.

"Fellow Daoists, although we have already taken all of the Jade Purity Elixir, the Azure Jade Tree should still be able to produce new elixir."

We might as well seal this place away for now, and perhaps we'll have another chance to come back in the future.

Otherwise, if those demons discover this place, these spiritual liquids will become theirs for the taking. What do you two think?

“Fellow Daoist Wang is right. It’s just a pity that we can’t take that Azure Jade Tree with us. Otherwise, if we could transplant such a treasure back, we wouldn’t have to worry about these things.”

Although he had just experienced a life-or-death situation, he was still a Nascent Soul cultivator who had cultivated for hundreds of years.

Now that Wang Zhixing and Yang Kaishan had left the cave, their faces were no longer etched with sorrow. Instead, they were now eyeing the "Azure Jade Tree" in the pool.

Seeing this, Song Qingming was not surprised and did not say anything.

Although the "Azure Jade Tree" here can indeed produce new Jade Pure Spirit Liquid, the birth of such a spiritual treasure probably takes at least a thousand years.

Given the lifespans of Song Qingming and the other two, unless they can advance to the Nascent Soul realm in this lifetime...

Otherwise, it's unlikely that I'll have another chance to come here.

Song Qingming didn't pay much attention to Wang Zhixing and the other's idea of ​​sealing this place. While sitting aside to recover his magic power, he used magic to control the "Golden Illusion Butterfly" left outside to check the situation in the valley.

From the time the group entered to retrieve the treasure to their battle with "Xu Gu Zi" and their return to the cave, half a day had passed.

At this moment, the sky outside was just beginning to lighten, the sun had not yet risen, and the valley was shrouded in mist.

Just as Song Qingming was controlling the "Golden Illusion Butterfly" to search around, several birds suddenly flew towards its location from the clouds.

Seeing that a demon beast had its eyes on the "Golden Illusion Butterfly" that had transformed into a bird, Song Qingming originally wanted to control the beast to transform and escape.

Unexpectedly, after approaching the "Golden Illusion Butterfly" not far away, the demonic beasts suddenly turned around and flew to other places, seemingly uninterested in it at all.

"Huh!..."

Upon seeing this scene, Song Qingming was immediately filled with some doubts.

A moment later, Song Qingming's expression changed slightly, and he immediately stood up, saying to Wang Zhixing and the other person who were still busy, "Fellow Daoists, many more demonic beasts have arrived outside, and it may be somewhat unsafe."

We should leave this place as soon as possible and not waste any more time here.

"What? Another monster has come outside?"

Upon hearing what Song Qingming said, Yang Kaishan immediately asked a question.

Wang Zhixing, who was standing to the side, also changed his expression slightly upon seeing this, stopped his spellcasting, and turned to look at Song Qingming.

"Even so, let's leave here as soon as possible."

After discussing it for a while, the three of them immediately flew out of the cave and headed straight for the outside of the valley.

Just as Song Qingming and his two companions were about to reach the entrance of the valley, more than a dozen streaks of light suddenly appeared in front of them, heading straight for their location.

"Haha, I've been waiting for you for so long, you've finally come out."

Before anyone could be seen, a joyful voice reached the ears of Song Qingming and his companions. The person who came was none other than the "Golden Armored Demon Emperor" who had escaped that day.

"Oh no, there's an ambush."

Seeing so many Nascent Soul experts from the demon race in the distance, it seemed they had been lying in ambush waiting for them.

Three figures in mid-air were immediately startled. (End of Chapter)