Qinghe Immortal Clan.

Chapter 867: The celebration begins, and all parties present gifts (asking for monthly tickets)

For thousands of years, the large and small sects and immortal cultivation forces on the east and west sides of the "Floating Cloud Mountains" immortal cultivation world have been somewhat at odds with each other due to competition for some cultivation resources, and there was not much interaction between them.

There are many sects on both sides like the "Jiuyuan Sect" and the "Xiaoyao Sect" that have grudges against each other and have a hostile relationship like water and fire, attacking each other.

However, because of the aggressive demon forces in the north in the past few hundred years, and the huge force of "Tianhai League" in the south wants to invade the north.

The major sects in the immortal cultivation world of the "Floating Cloud Mountains" also felt tremendous pressure and lost a lot of cultivators and territories.

Faced with such an unfavorable situation, the human cultivators can only temporarily put aside their internal grievances and unite to resist the invasion of external forces.

Several decades ago, the "Wanling Sect" took the initiative to take the lead, and nearly a hundred sects and forces in the "Floating Cloud Mountain Range" immortal cultivation world agreed to take joint action.

Then, taking advantage of the fact that the northern demon tribe was caught off guard, the northern human cultivators launched an all-out counterattack against the demon tribe and finally regained some of the territory they had lost over hundreds of years.

As the recognized number one sect in the immortal cultivation world of the "Floating Cloud Mountains", the "Wanling Sect" has indeed put a lot of thought into promoting this alliance.

Because of this, the relationship between the sects on the east and west sides of the "Floating Cloud Mountains" has temporarily eased a lot.

Compared to when Bai Yuxian was forming her infant, Chu Lingyun and the others came uninvited.

This time, the cultivators from the "Wanling Sect" and other sects came specially to congratulate Song Qingming on his "Nascent Soul Celebration" after receiving the invitation from the "Xiaoyao Sect".

However, among the many cultivators who came to congratulate, no one else attracted the attention of Song Qingming and others.

Only the powerful aura emanating from the middle-aged monk in black who was walking in front made the several Nascent Soul monks on the high platform couldn't help but reveal a bit of solemnity in their hearts.

The middle-aged monk in black, named Zhao Wuling!

He is the grand elder of the "Wanling Sect" of the Qin State, and also the only great cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage among the human cultivators in the entire "Floating Cloud Mountain Range" cultivation world.

Zhao Wuling advanced to the Nascent Soul stage at the age of 200. His cultivation had reached the peak of the eighth level of the Nascent Soul stage, and he was only one step away from breaking through to the ninth level of the Nascent Soul stage.

Moreover, his life span is still at least several hundred years, so there is a glimmer of hope that he can break through to the ninth level of the Nascent Soul Realm in the future, or even reach the legendary supreme realm of Divine Transformation.

As the Grand Elder of the Wanling Sect, Zhao Wuling is devoted to Taoism. Except for occasionally going out to search for spiritual objects needed for his own cultivation, he spends most of his time practicing in seclusion in the sect.

Unless something big happened, he would rarely go out on his own initiative.

This time, they saw that the person who came was not Chu Lingyun as everyone thought, but Zhao Wuling whom no one expected. Li Mufeng and others couldn't help but start to guess secretly in their hearts.

Does the other party have any other purpose for coming here this time?

"Friends Zhao and Han, I am honored to meet you!"

Li Mufeng stepped forward and saluted. Another yellow-clothed female cultivator standing not far from Zhao Wuling immediately stepped forward and saluted in return:
“Fellow Daoist Li is so polite!
We have come a long way, and despite all our haste, we are still a step late. I hope you fellow Taoists will not be offended!"

The female cultivator in yellow who was speaking was named Han Yu. She was one of the two supreme elders of the Huoyang Sect in Lieshan Country. Like Zhao Wuling beside her, she was also a cultivator who had reached the Nascent Soul stage.

However, Han Yu had only been in the Nascent Soul stage for less than two hundred years, and his cultivation level was far behind Zhao Wuling who was beside him. He was only a Nascent Soul stage two cultivator.

As soon as Han Yu finished speaking, Zhao Wuling looked at Li Mufeng calmly, bowed slightly and said with a smile:

“This time, it was Daoist Fellow Han who led the team.

I just happened to come out of retreat and heard the news, so I came here to join in the fun. Fellow Daoist Li and everyone else, please don't be offended!"

"Haha! Fellow Daoist Zhao is the pillar of our Floating Cloud Mountain Range. We are all honored that you have condescended to come to our Guyang Mountain. How dare we be surprised?

You two fellow Taoists have come from afar, please take your seats, the celebration is about to begin."

"Then I'll bother you!"

".."

As the members of the Wanling Sect and others took their seats one after another, all the cultivators who were supposed to come had also arrived.

Xu Ziyan, who was standing below, immediately arranged for her disciples to remove the spiritual fruits and tea for everyone and replace them with fine wine and spiritual food.

Afterwards, Li Mufeng, Bai Yuxian and Song Qingming personally stepped forward, raised their glasses to the cultivators present and announced the official start of the "Nascent Soul Celebration".

There were a lot more cultivators coming to participate in the celebration this time than the last time when Bai Yuxian formed a baby.

There were eight Nascent Soul cultivators sitting on the stage alone: ​​Zhao Wuling, He Wuyou, Yang Fengyu, Li Mufeng, Situ Yan, Han Yu, Bai Yuxian, and Song Qingming.

Almost half of the Nascent Soul cultivators in the entire "Floating Cloud Mountains" have gathered here.

There were also nearly a hundred Jindan cultivators coming to congratulate from below. A gathering of high-level cultivators on this scale was a rare event that only happened once in the entire "Floating Cloud Mountains" in hundreds of years.

Among them, the happiest person was naturally Li Mufeng, the sect's supreme elder.

When Li Mufeng just took over the sect hundreds of years ago, the "Xiaoyao Sect" was in the process of the previous Nascent Soul cultivator Daoxuan Zhenren passing away, and the sect's strength suddenly weakened a lot.

Later, facing the continuous invasion of powerful demon tribes in the north, the "Xiaoyao Sect" lost a lot of territory and could only gradually retreat to the vicinity of "Guiyunfang".

During this period, while Li Mufeng was fully committed to managing and protecting the sect, he was also accumulating resources to train the next generation of Nascent Soul cultivators for the sect.

Including Yao Qianshu, Li Mufeng spent hundreds of years cultivating four Nascent Soul seeds.

Except for one of them who unfortunately died at the hands of a monster before forming a baby, the other three, although they successfully cultivated to the ninth level of the Golden Core, ultimately failed to break through and were unable to successfully form a baby.

It was not until the sect's fortunes turned around and they discovered Bai Yuxian, a cultivator with "natural spiritual roots", that he finally succeeded in advancing to the Nascent Soul stage under Li Mufeng's dedicated training.

Li Mufeng is now nearly a thousand years old, and his cultivation is only at the fourth level of the Nascent Soul. If nothing unexpected happens, his cultivation can only remain at the middle level of the Nascent Soul in this lifetime.

After seeing Bai Yuxian forming a Nascent Soul, Li Mufeng felt relieved that there would be a successor to the sect's Nascent Soul cultivators. He thought that he had lived up to the trust of his ancestors and had preserved the sect's Taoist tradition.

As for the future development prospects of the sect, it depends on what Bai Yuxian and other new generation cultivators do. Li Mufeng is afraid that it will be difficult to see that far.

What Li Mufeng could never have imagined was that, less than fifty years after Bai Yuxian, Song Qingming succeeded in forming a Nascent Soul, making the "Xiaoyao Sect" have the third Nascent Soul cultivator.

Bai Yuxian’s formation of the Nascent Soul stage was within expectations, but Song Qingming’s breakthrough to the Nascent Soul stage was beyond everyone’s expectations.

The "Xiaoyao Sect", which originally had only one Nascent Soul ancestor, suddenly had two such young Nascent Soul cultivators. This gave Li Mufeng, the sect's supreme elder, a glimmer of hope for revitalizing the sect.

Both Bai Yuxian and Song Qingming's lifespans are less than three hundred years old, so they both still have at least a thousand years to live.

If nothing unexpected happens, in the next thousand years or so, the "Xiaoyao Sect" will have at least two Nascent Soul cultivators who can jointly guard the sect for a long time.

In the entire "Floating Cloud Mountain Range" world of immortal cultivation, many Nascent Soul sects have only one Nascent Soul cultivator in charge most of the time.

In the past thousand years, the only two sects that could have more than two Nascent Soul cultivators coexisting at the same time for a long period of time were the "Wanling Sect" of the Qin State and the "Xingchen Sect" of the Wu State.

They are also recognized as the two most powerful sects in the "Floating Cloud Mountain Range" immortal cultivation world.

If the "Xiaoyao Sect" develops smoothly in the future, and the "Xingchen Sect" is still unable to cultivate new Nascent Soul cultivators, its strength can only stagnate.

It is estimated that it is only a matter of time before the "Xiaoyao Sect" replaces the other party and becomes the number one sect on the east side of the Floating Cloud Mountains.

With Bai Yuxian and Song Qingming's talent of advancing to the Nascent Soul stage at such a young age, their future prospects are still limitless. If one of them is lucky enough to break through to the late Nascent Soul stage in the future.

It is not impossible for the "Xiaoyao Sect" to even replace the "Wanling Sect" and dominate the entire "Floating Cloud Mountain Range" cultivation world.

Thinking about the sect's bright future prospects, Li Mufeng, who has worked hard for the "Xiaoyao Sect" for most of his life, could not help but be excited at this moment.

The other Nascent Soul cultivators present had their own thoughts in their minds.

Sects like Situ Yan of the Lingyin Sect, which have already declined, were naturally extremely envious when they saw this scene, and sighed that they did not have such good luck.

If the "Lingyin Sect" could be like this and suddenly have two more Nascent Soul cultivators, I'm afraid the "Tianhai Alliance" in the south would not dare to rashly advance northward and invade the territory of Lu.

Moreover, Situ Yan is much older than Li Mufeng. If the "Lingyin Sect" is unable to cultivate new Nascent Soul cultivators within one or two hundred years.

Next, the entire sect might decline due to the lack of Nascent Soul cultivators.

Both the "Xingchen Sect" and the "Huoyang Sect" currently have two Nascent Soul cultivators in their sects. Originally, their strength was second only to the "Wanling Sect".

However, with the rise of the "Xiaoyao Sect", the status of these two sects in the "Floating Cloud Mountains" will probably have to be moved back a little in the future.

Therefore, He Wuyou and Han Yu, who were at the banquet, did not show anything unusual on their faces.

But every time he looked at Li Mufeng who was toasting happily not far away, a hint of helplessness would occasionally flash across his eyes.

Only Zhao Wuling, who had been sitting quietly opposite Li Mufeng since entering the venue, had a very calm expression on his face from beginning to end.

During the banquet, everyone was naturally very respectful to the only great cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage present, and they kept raising their glasses to toast Zhao Wuling.

Zhao Wuling also behaved very calmly about this and did not say anything extra.

It seemed that he didn't care too much about the sudden rise of the "Xiaoyao Sect".

It was not until Song Qingming, the protagonist of the "Nascent Soul Celebration", came forward to toast that Zhao Wuling suddenly took the initiative to ask Song Qingming:

"Fellow Daoist Song, before I came here, I heard that you killed two capable disciples under the Blood Demon Old Ghost in Weiguo. I wonder if this is true or not?"

Song Qingming, who had just put down his wine glass, suddenly heard the other party asking about the disciples of the "Blood Demon Ancestor".

Song Qingming immediately understood that Zhao Wuling was referring to the two Jindan demon cultivators who died in his hands at the "Chiyanfang" more than a year ago, and nodded in response:

"It is true. I had just returned from abroad after my baby was born, and I happened to see these two people doing evil nearby, so I killed them both."

"Oh! I see. After killing these two, did you search their souls to find out the whereabouts of the old Blood Demon?"

As the most righteous sect in the world of immortal cultivation in the "Floating Cloud Mountains", the "Wanling Sect" has been at odds with many high-level demon cultivators and has joined forces with other major sects to launch large-scale operations to encircle and suppress the demon cultivators several times.

When Song Qingming heard Zhao Wuling asking about the whereabouts of the Blood Demon Ancestor, he naturally knew that the other party wanted to completely eradicate this demon.

However, high-level demon cultivators like the Blood Demon Ancestor are also cunning and have many hiding places.

From the memories that Song Qingming had previously searched out from the "original souls" of the two demon cultivators, he had seen five or six places where the Blood Demon Ancestor had stayed, and he was unable to determine where the other party's lair was.

But now Song Qingming was worried that he might be targeted by the Blood Demon Ancestor. When he heard Zhao Wuling asking about the other party, he hurriedly wrote down all the locations he knew on paper and handed them directly to the other party.

Regardless of whether these are useful to Zhao Wuling or not, Song Qingming will not lose anything by telling them.

If there really was someone who could help restrain the Blood Demon Ancestor and prevent this demon from having time to cause trouble for him, Song Qingming would certainly be happy to do it.

After receiving the message from Song Qingming, Zhao Wuling glanced at it, nodded in thanks, and put it away. He was startled for a moment, and then smiled and asked Song Qingming:
“Fellow Daoist Song had just formed his infant, yet he was able to kill two late Jindan demon cultivators at once and captured their original spirits.

I guess there must be some high-level magical powers specifically designed to deal with the demonic monks.

Nowadays, these demon cultivators are doing evil everywhere, and it is difficult to completely eradicate them. We have always been troubled by them. I wonder if you have any means to deal with the demon cultivators' Nascent Souls."

Facing the humble request from Zhao Wuling, a late Nascent Soul cultivator, Song Qingming was slightly startled when he heard the words, and quickly waved his hand with a serious look on his face and said:
"Fellow Daoist Zhao, you are too polite. I don't have any high-level magical powers to deal with the devil.

He had only learned a skill in talisman making and was able to refine some third-level talismans to deal with the spirits of demon cultivators. He used this to capture the spirits of the two demon cultivators.

As for the method of dealing with the demonic Yuanying, it is not that I intentionally hide it, but I am really powerless to do anything about it. I hope you can understand and don’t blame me. "

Li Mufeng, who was sitting nearby, was somewhat surprised when he heard Zhao Wuling and Song Qingming asking for advice on how to deal with the demon cultivator's Nascent Soul. He wondered if the other party had asked this intentionally, so he quickly spoke up to help explain:

"Brother Zhao is determined to eliminate the demons and is thinking about the people of the world, so how can we not do our best?

However, Junior Brother Song has just broken through to the Nascent Soul stage, so dealing with those ordinary Golden Core demon cultivators is no problem at all.

But the Blood Demon Ancestor has been enlightened for more than a thousand years. Even if I met him, I would not be sure, let alone Junior Brother Song."

"Well! Don't mind me, fellow Taoists. I was just asking casually."

Seeing Li Mufeng raising his glass and looking at him with a complicated expression, Zhao Wuling didn't say much, just nodded, picked up the glass in his hand, poured it directly into his mouth and drank it all.

After three rounds of drinks, it was soon time for the "celebration" and gift-giving session.

At Li Mufeng's signal, Bai Yuxian, the sect's supreme elder, took the lead in taking out a piece of soft armor emitting golden light, which instantly attracted the attention of all the cultivators present.

"Junior Brother Song, this piece of precious golden armor was made by Senior Brother Li himself, and it also contains several defensive formations that I drew.

I am sending this to you today to show my appreciation and congratulate you on your Nascent Soul achievement!"

After saying this, Bai Yuxian took the initiative to cast a spell in front of all the cultivators present and sent the robe called "Baoguang Golden Armor" directly to Song Qingming.

This golden robe had just appeared for a short time when many monks present had already noticed its unusualness and could not help but exclaim in surprise.

A white-haired old man in the middle stage of the Jindan who was sitting at the bottom, saw the "Golden Armor of Treasure Light" in front of him, and immediately asked Xu Ziyan who was sitting next to him with a cautious expression:

"Fellow Daoist Xu, the aura of this object seems extraordinary. It doesn't look like the third-level spiritual objects we have seen. Could it be a fourth-level robe?"

Hearing this, Xu Ziyan, who had already guessed something in her mind, did not answer directly, but just smiled and nodded slightly.

Seeing this, the white-haired old man understood what the other party meant and said in shock, "I really got it right.

I never thought that you Xiaoyao Sect would even bring out something like this. This really opened our eyes."

"It really is a fourth-level vestment. I thought I saw it wrong just now!"

"Yes! Although the fourth-level robe is not as valuable as other magic weapons of the same level, it is also a spiritual object above the fourth level. It is a high-level spiritual object worth 70,000 to 80,000 spiritual stones."

"Brother Luo! It's true that it's worth 70,000 or 80,000 Spiritual Stones, but a Level 4 Spiritual Item isn't that easy to buy. If you really come across it outside, you may not be able to get it even with 100,000 Spiritual Stones."

"Haha, that's it."

Compared to the Jindan cultivators below who reacted more slowly, Song Qingming, who was sitting above, had already seen the preciousness of this item at a glance, and couldn't help but reveal a hint of surprise in his heart.

When Bai Yuxian was forming her infant, Song Qingming still remembered that Li Mufeng had only given her a third-grade top-quality magic weapon.

This time when it was his turn for the "Nascent Soul Celebration", Li Mufeng and Bai Yuxian took out a fourth-level lower-grade robe as a gift to him, which was far more valuable than a third-level upper-grade magic weapon. This was indeed a bit unusual.

Seeing that Song Qingming was standing there and had not accepted his gift, Li Mufeng, who was sitting next to him, hurriedly urged him:

"Junior Brother Song, this robe was jointly given by Junior Sister Bai and I on behalf of the sect. Don't think too much about it, just accept it."

Li Mufeng was naturally well aware of Song Qingming's hesitation.

Although a fourth-level lower-grade robe is very valuable, Li Mufeng still feels that it is worth paying for for the long-term development of the sect.

Unlike Bai Yuxian, Song Qingming had just officially joined the sect, so his feelings were not that deep.

At this time, what is most necessary is to make Song Qingming understand that the sect values ​​him, so that Song Qingming can feel recognition for the sect.

Hearing Li Mufeng's urging not far away, Song Qingming, with the reminder from Huang Siyuan's eyes, immediately reacted, smiled and nodded slightly, and directly accepted the "Golden Armor" in front of him.

Although this gift was quite expensive, Song Qingming couldn't say anything more under such circumstances. He could only accept it to save face for his family members.

"Thank you, Senior Brother Li and Senior Sister Bai!"

After Bai Yuxian presented the gift, Situ Yan, who was sitting next to her, immediately stood up with a smile, waved his hand lightly and handed over a green jade bottle.

“This is a bottle of blue flower dew that I obtained in the East China Sea a hundred years ago. It has the magical effect of increasing the physical strength of cultivators.

I see that Fellow Daoist Song has not practiced any physical exercises, so this thing should have a better effect on you.

Consider this my Lingyin Sect's Nascent Soul gift to fellow Taoists, so please don't despise it!"

"Thank you, fellow Taoist!"

Seeing the bottle of third-grade intermediate spiritual water presented by Situ Yan, Song Qingming was not surprised at all. He accepted it with a smile.

Next, He Wuyou from the "Xingchen Sect", Yang Fengyu from the "Tianji Sect", and Han Yu from the "Huoyang Sect" who were sitting nearby also presented their gifts.

They were a third-grade top-quality spiritual medicine, a bottle of third-grade mid-quality elixir, and a third-grade top-quality refining material. Their quality was not much different from what Situ Yan had just taken out, and they were all valuable high-level spiritual objects.

Finally, it was the turn of Zhao Wuling, who came to congratulate on behalf of the "Wanling Sect". Zhao Wuling just moved his magic power slightly and a golden porcelain bottle appeared directly.

“Since I just got the information provided by fellow Taoist, I can’t appear too stingy.

The elixir inside was made by me personally, so I'll give it to you as a gift."

After Zhao Wuling finished speaking, the golden porcelain bottle in his hand flew towards Song Qingming.

"Thank you, fellow Taoist!"

After Song Qingming took the porcelain bottle, he did not open it to check it directly. He bowed slightly, thanked it, and put it away.

Zhao Wuling was a fourth-level alchemist. The cultivators present knew without a doubt that the elixir he made personally was definitely not an ordinary thing.

Seeing that Song Qingming did not check the pills he handed over, Zhao Wuling smiled slightly, not caring at all, and sat back down.

After all the Yuanying cultivators above had presented their gifts, the Jindan cultivators below, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately came on stage one by one.

He came before Song Qingming, the Nascent Soul ancestor, and presented him with the gift he had prepared.

Except for Xu Ziyan and other cultivators from the sect and independent cultivators, the rest of these Jindan cultivators basically came here representing their own immortal cultivation forces.

Although everyone's identities and status are different, the gifts they present are all spiritual objects of level three or above without exception.

However, compared with the gifts personally delivered by the Nascent Soul cultivators above, the things brought out by these Golden Core cultivators were obviously of inferior quality.

Most of the people who came to congratulate the Jindan cultivators brought out third-grade low-quality spiritual objects. Only the disciples of the sect and a few families who came with representatives of the Yuanying forces behind them brought gifts of higher quality.

After everyone took turns to go on stage, soon the last monk was left.

And this person is also someone Song Qingming is quite familiar with.

(End of this chapter)