Qinghe Immortal Clan.

Compared with the "Funiu Mountain" which has been operated by the family for many years, Song Qingming and others have only occupied the "Chiyun Mountain" for ten years.

Huang Siyuan's cave on the mountain is not much different from the cave where Song Qingming lives. Except that it has a larger space and is more filled with spiritual energy, its exterior decoration is far less exquisite than the cave in "Funiu Mountain".

After the few people entered the cave, Song Qingyu took the initiative to help Huang Siyuan make tea.

Li Xuanyi smiled and sat and chatted with Song Qingming, talking about some interesting things they had experienced when they traveled together over the years.

When Li Xuanyi and Song Qingyu left, they first went to Pei State and Wu State in the south, and later traveled west along "Taiyue Lake" to the vicinity of Song State and Lieshan State.

In recent years, because many sects in the "Floating Cloud Mountains" formed an alliance to fight against the northern monsters, the surface relationship between Wei State and the countries west of "Taiyue Lake" has eased a lot.

Therefore, Song Qingyu and Li Xuanyi did not encounter any major trouble when traveling nearby.

Over the years, the two have traveled to many countries around the world and participated in several auctions, which has indeed broadened their horizons.

Not only that, when Li Xuanyi and Song Qingyu attended an auction near Song State, they were invited by the local immortal cultivation forces to fight demons together.

The two of them teamed up to kill an unlucky Jindan demon cultivator and obtained a lot of treasures from him. For a while, their reputation spread in the surrounding area.

As he spoke, Li Xuanyi took out a palm-sized "puppet beast" from his body and placed it in front of Song Qingming with a smile.

"Senior Sister Li, this thing is very exquisitely made. Where did you get it from?"

Seeing Senior Sister Li Xuanyi suddenly take out a "puppet beast", Song Qingming took a careful look at it and asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"Haha! I said that Brother Qi couldn't tell. You definitely wouldn't have thought that this was made by Senior Sister Li herself!"

"This thing was actually made by Senior Sister. I never thought that Senior Sister could actually make such a high-level puppet beast!"

Hearing this, before Li Xuanyi could open his mouth to answer, Song Qingyu's voice came from behind him, making Song Qingming exclaim in surprise with a puzzled look on his face.

The "puppet beast" in his hand was not only exquisitely crafted, but also had the grade of the second-level upper grade.

Although Song Qingming already had some guesses in his mind when he first saw Li Xuanyi take it out, he still couldn't believe that the thing in front of him was really made by senior sister Li Xuanyi.

You know, even with the help of the incomplete map, Song Qingming still spent several years to improve his "puppet skills" to the second-level upper level.

If converted to an ordinary cultivator, it would take at least four or five times more time to achieve this.

Senior sister Li Xuanyi began to learn the art of puppet making from Song Qingming only after she obtained the secret puppet technique hidden in the "Green Jade Plate".

In less than ten years, Li Xuanyi was able to improve his "puppet skills" to the second-level upper grade, and to refine such an exquisite "puppet beast", which was indeed beyond his expectations.

Even though Song Qingming felt somewhat helpless, he had to admit that Li Xuanyi's talent in "puppetry skills" was indeed higher than his own.

Seeing Song Qingming looking at him in surprise, Li Xuanyi quickly smiled and nodded, admitting: "Qingyu is right, this thing was indeed made by me by chance some time ago.

However, my puppetry skills have improved so quickly, thanks to Junior Brother Song for giving me the secret method and guidance.

If it weren't for your help, even if I had some talent, I wouldn't have been able to progress so quickly."

"Haha! Even if others are willing to give me advice, their help is limited. Practicing puppetry skills mainly depends on one's own understanding. Senior sister, you are praising me a bit.

I have been practicing puppetry for many years, but I have always lacked someone to learn from. It seems that I may need to ask Senior Sister for advice in the future."

Previously, when senior sister Li Xuanyi asked him for advice on learning "puppet skills", Song Qingming had never thought that she had such outstanding talent.

Upon learning that Li Xuanyi had advanced to become a second-level top-grade "puppet master", he immediately began to exchange his experience in puppet making with him.

Both of them were rare to meet "puppet masters" of similar skill level, and during the conversation they quickly forgot about time and entered a state of ecstasy.

It was not until Huang Siyuan and the other person came forward with a pot of fragrant spiritual tea that Song Qingming and Li Xuanyi temporarily turned their eyes away.

Huang Siyuan took out a few tea bowls and poured a cup of spiritual tea for Song Qingming and the other two. Then Song Qingyu, who had just picked up the spiritual tea, smelled the fragrance and immediately praised it.

"This tea is so delicious just by smelling it. I haven't seen you for a few years. I didn't expect that your tea art has improved a lot!"

"Whether the tea art is good or not, you have to taste it to know. Are you a little too eager to praise me?"

Huang Siyuan, who had benefited from her improvement in tea art, was very happy to hear Song Qingyu's praise.

However, at this moment in front of everyone, she still responded with a somewhat humble look, and then turned her gaze to Li Xuanyi who was sipping tea.

At this time, Li Xuanyi, who had already poured a mouthful of spiritual tea into his mouth, immediately closed his eyes and savored it carefully.

After a while, Li Xuanyi opened his eyes somewhat unexpectedly, nodded to Huang Siyuan who was looking expectant, and slowly said:

"Qingyu was right to praise me this time. I also think that Siyuan, your tea art is different from before, and the taste of the spiritual tea is much more mellow!"

"Haha! Thank you for your praise. Senior Sister Li, please have a few more cups!"

".."

Huang Siyuan, who received praise from her senior sister Li Xuanyi, immediately showed a look of satisfaction on her face. She took out another white tea bowl and filled it for herself.

Just as Huang Siyuan picked up the teacup to sip the tea, Li Xuanyi, who was sitting opposite her, glanced at her but suddenly stopped, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"Siyuan, where did this cup come from?"

Hearing Senior Sister Li Xuanyi's puzzled question, not only did Huang Siyuan look a little surprised, but even Song Qingming, who was sitting next to her, also looked over with some surprise.

Seeing Li Xuanyi staring at a white tea bowl in Huang Siyuan's hand, Song Qingming remembered that this thing seemed to be a gift from her master "Taoist Lingxu" before he left.

However, when Song Qingming saw this object at that time, apart from its exquisite appearance, he didn't see anything special about it, so he never paid attention to it.

Unexpectedly, this white tea bowl was recognized by senior sister Li Xuanyi at a glance.

"Senior Sister Li, are you talking about this thing?

I got this thing in the market at the foot of the mountain. It was really a matter of fate."

Huang Siyuan, who knew the reason, faced with the curious questioning of her senior sister Li Xuanyi, could only patiently explain the reason why she got the white tea bowl.

Li Xuanyi, who was sitting opposite her, gradually became serious after hearing the story of how Huang Siyuan got the tea bowl.

"Senior Sister Li, what's wrong with you? Is there something wrong with this tea bowl?"

"Oh! Nothing, just looks familiar."

It was not until Song Qingyu noticed that her face looked a little strange and asked her a question that Li Xuanyi slowly withdrew her gaze, changed her expression, smiled and explained to her.

Seeing that nothing was wrong with Li Xuanyi, they returned to normal and started drinking tea and chatting together again.

It was not until sunset that Song Qingming took the initiative to stand up and escort Li Xuanyi and Song Qingyu out.

When she came back with Song Qingyu a few days ago, Li Xuanyi also built a cave for herself next to her cave for living.

The three of them walked forward a short distance and soon arrived outside a brand new cave.

"Qingyu, Senior Sister Li and I still have something to talk about. You go back first. I will make arrangements for her!"

As soon as he heard Song Qingming's reminder, Song Qingyu, who had long been aware of the relationship between the two, immediately understood that there was something they were talking about that was not convenient for him to hear.

So he smiled, bowed to the two of them, then turned and left.

After seeing Song Qingyu go away, Li Xuanyi turned to Song Qingming beside him with a serious look and asked softly:
"Junior Brother Song, has Master been here before? Is he still here?"

Hearing this, Song Qingming nodded slightly, then took out the things that his master "Taoist Lingxu" had given him and put them directly into the hands of his senior sister Li Xuanyi.

"The master left a few years ago. He wanted to see you, but unfortunately you were not there at that time.

He told me to give these to you, hoping that you can practice well and deduce and pass on the Taixu Sword Art in the future."

Looking at the storage bag in his hand, Li Xuanyi was silent for a long time, then raised his head and asked again:
"Besides these things, does Master have anything else to tell you?"

"No! I had just come back from outside and I only met him once.

These are what he asked me to pass on to you before he left. He just told me to take good care of you!"

After thinking for a moment, Song Qingming responded again.

Hearing this, Li Xuanyi stayed there for a moment.

Not until her eyes became blurry did she pick up the storage bag that Song Qingming had just given her, turned around and walked into her own cave.

Looking at Li Xuanyi's leaving back, Song Qingming stood there and sighed slightly, then turned around and walked back.
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Time flies, and after returning to "Chiyun Mountain", several months passed quickly.

During this period, the "strange phenomenon of heaven and earth" above the retreat cave of the "Ice and Fire Dragon" on the top of the mountain remained unchanged. Song Qingming, Huang Siyuan and others took turns to patiently guard the top of the mountain in addition to practicing.

Just as the days passed, a figure in white came from the market at the foot of the mountain and walked directly to the outside of the "Xianfeng Tower" opened by the Song family.

The woman in white first looked up at the plaque above, and after confirming that she was not in the wrong place, she strode into the store.

"Sir, what would you like to eat?"

Hearing the shop clerk's question, the woman in white nodded slightly, then followed the clerk to a private room on the second floor.

"Sir, you have come to the right place. Our restaurant's food and wine are the best in the market, and some of the ingredients are shipped thousands of miles from Wei State!

. "

The woman in white had just sat down and heard the waiter beside her desperately introducing the delicious food in the restaurant, but she did not rush to answer him. Instead, she took out a few spirit stones from her body and placed them on the table.

"Sir, what are you doing?"

"There's no rush for dinner. I want to ask you something first!"

Facing the spiritual stone that the other party took out and placed on the table, the waiter of "Xianfenglou" was obviously a little excited, but he still forced himself to calm down. "Sir, if you have any questions, please feel free to ask. I will definitely not be vague with you about what I can tell you!"

"I just want to ask you, is there any way to go to the top of the mountain to pay homage to your ancestor?"

"Meet the ancestor!"

Hearing the question from the woman in white, the clerk at the "Xianfeng Building" was startled and quickly waved his hand:
"Sir, you can't just ask about this kind of thing.

Besides, this restaurant is just a place to eat. There is no way for us to pay homage to the ancestor!
There are many ancestors in Chiyun Mountain. If you want to meet an ancestor, why don’t you go directly to the meeting hall of the market and ask the monk on duty? "

Seeing the waiter's reaction, the woman in white was slightly surprised and said with a smile:

"Haha! You misunderstood, fellow Daoist. I actually came from Qinghe County of Wei State, and I wanted to find a job to settle down near Chiyun Mountain.

I just want to ask around and see if I can meet any of the ancestors of the Song family to take care of me."

After hearing the explanation of the woman in white, the waiter did not say anything. After thinking for a while, he shook his head.

Seeing that the waiter was still hesitant, the woman in white took out a few spirit stones from her pocket and placed them directly on the table.

“It’s not easy for me to come all the way to Chiyun Mountain, so I hope you can help me and give me a chance to meet your ancestor.

Anyone will do!"

"Sir, you are really making things difficult for me."

Not long after, the woman in white left Xianfeng Tower with a look of satisfaction on her face.

A few days later, on a peak northeast of "Chiyun Mountain".

This mountain, located not far behind the market town, is not very noticeable in the entire "Chiyun Mountain" and there are not many cultivators coming and going here.

However, this mountain is surrounded by clouds and mist, and there are many monks guarding the foot of the mountain. It is obviously an extremely important place.

When they captured "Chiyun Mountain", Song Qingming and others found a fire vein of high grade on this mountain.

Afterwards, Song Qingming took action personally, and together with several Jindan cultivators, they opened up the earth veins here to draw in the underground fire below, and then set up a magic array to successfully imprison it on the mountain.

Only then was a high-grade alchemy pavilion built on it to provide the cultivators on "Chiyun Mountain" with the ability to make alchemy and refine equipment.

That afternoon, Huang Siyuan, dressed in purple, had just arrived at the foot of the mountain when she saw several guarding monks coming out from the magic circle.

"Greetings to the ancestor!"

With a slight nod, Huang Siyuan walked directly into the formation and came to a large hall with a radius of one hundred feet. Three large golden characters were hung high on the hall.

"Alchemy Pavilion"

Walking into the "Alchemy Pavilion", many nearby cultivators saw Huang Siyuan coming and hurried forward to bow and salute.

The "Alchemy Pavilion" of Chiyun Mountain is open to all cultivators on the mountain, so many cultivators come here every day to rent the alchemy room to make pills or refine weapons.

The person with the highest alchemy level in the entire "Chiyun Mountain" is Huang Siyuan, who has become a third-level top-grade "alchemist" before everyone's eyes.

In addition to refining pills herself, Huang Siyuan would occasionally teach the younger generations some alchemy techniques in the "Alchemy Pavilion" during her spare time.

Seeing her coming today, everyone's faces showed some excitement, eager for the opportunity to receive guidance from this senior.

But Huang Siyuan didn't seem to be in that mood today. She glanced at everyone and walked straight through the crowd towards the alchemy room where she usually made pills.

At the same time, a pretty woman in green walked quickly towards Huang Siyuan and bowed to her.

"Siqing, meet the ancestor!"

The woman in green, named Song Siqing, is a foundation-building elder of the Song family's "Si" generation.

It has been less than 30 years since he started building his foundation, but his cultivation has already broken through to the fourth level of foundation building. He is also one of the second-level "alchemists" in the family.

Ever since Huang Siyuan broke through to become a third-level alchemist, the Song family has trained several second-level alchemists including Song Yuanqian and Song Xuanqing over the years.

However, the best "alchemy skills" among them are only at the middle level of the second level, and their life span is short and their future is hopeless. They have no hope of breaking through to the third level to become an alchemist.

Compared to the others, although Song Siqing established his foundation later, his talent was much better. At a young age, he had already broken through to the second-level intermediate level in his "alchemy skills".

She is also the one among the many foundation-building cultivators of the Song family who has the greatest hope of advancing to the third-level alchemist.

Song Siqing, who was sent to the family ancestor to cultivate his "alchemy skills" since he was a child, moved here with Huang Siyuan after she moved to "Chiyun Mountain" and helped manage the "Alchemy Pavilion" together.

"Siqing, is there anything going on in the Alchemy Pavilion recently?"

"Reporting to the ancestor, a man came a few days ago and wanted to ask the ancestor to help him refine a furnace of foundation-building pills!"

"Foundation Pill?"

Since coming to "Chiyun Mountain", cultivators from the surrounding area have often come to the "Alchemy Pavilion" for help in recent years.

They spent a huge amount of money to ask Huang Siyuan, a third-level top-grade alchemist, to help them refine high-level pills.

However, generally speaking, the pills that people ask her for help are ordinary pills of level three or above.

Huang Siyuan was slightly startled when she heard the relatively rare words "foundation building pill", then she turned around and continued to ask: "Where did this person come from? Did he bring the main medicine needed for alchemy?"

"Reporting to the ancestor, this person claims to be from Zheng State. I have confirmed that she indeed has a Five Elements Spiritual Fruit on her body and lives in the market at the foot of the mountain."

"In that case, let's meet her!"

After saying that, Huang Siyuan walked into the alchemy room next door.

Not long after, a woman in white came to her under the guidance of Song Siqing.

Seeing that the person who came had actually reached the Golden Core Stage, Huang Siyuan was slightly surprised and quickly asked Song Siqing to retreat first.

It was not until there were only two people left in the room that Huang Siyuan asked:

"You want to refine the foundation-building pill?"

"Yes, I would like to ask you to help me refine a furnace of foundation-building pills. I hope you can help me.

After the matter is done, no matter what the result is, I am willing to give you a foundation-building pill as a reward!"

After saying that, the woman in white took out a storage bag from her body and threw it directly to Huang Siyuan in front of her.

Seeing that the woman in white answered very readily, Huang Siyuan nodded slightly, then picked up the storage bag and carefully checked the elixir inside.

"Since you have understood the rules, I won't say anything more!

But there is one thing I must ask you first. You don't look like a cultivator from Zheng State. Why do you want to hide your identity from them?"

Seeing that Huang Siyuan had discovered her identity with just one sentence, the woman in white did not look too surprised.

After a moment's silence, she took out a white letter from her body and handed it to Huang Siyuan in front of her.

Looking at the few words written on the letter in front of her, Huang Siyuan's face immediately changed, and she turned to the other party with some surprise again.

"Who are you,."

“My name is Situ Jing, and I am a cultivator from the Lingyin Sect of Lu State. I came here today to ask fellow Taoists for help in refining pills.

There is one more matter. I would like to ask to see Senior Song, my benefactor. I hope you can help to inform him."

After the battle of "Baimeng Mountain", Huang Siyuan also knew that Song Qingming had rescued some disciples of "Lingyin Sect" on the mountain at that time.

However, he did not expect that the Situ Jing who was bowing to him in front of him was actually the monk from Lingyin Sect who escaped from "Baimeng Mountain".

Seeing Situ Jing looking at her expectantly, Huang Siyuan thought about it and walked out of the alchemy room with the letter in her hand.

As a letter flew to the top of the mountain, Song Qingming, who was protecting the "Ice and Fire Dragon", soon came to the "Alchemy Pavilion".

After rescuing Situ Jing and others that day, Song Qingming returned directly to Wei State and never heard any news about them again. He thought that Situ Jing had already left the "Floating Cloud Mountains" cultivation world and hid somewhere else.

Unexpectedly, after only a few months, she actually found "Chiyun Mountain" directly, which really surprised Song Qingming.

When Situ Jing saw Song Qingming, the man who saved her that day, again, she immediately bowed her head and paid him a deep respect.

"Lingyin Sect Situ Jing, I pay my respects to Senior Song, my benefactor!"

Seeing this, Song Qingming hurriedly waved his hand at him and used a gentler magic power to help him up.

“That day, I went to support your sect on the orders of the sect, so I should do my best.

There is no need to be so polite."

After Situ Jing stood up, Song Qingming took the letter written by Situ Yan to Li Mufeng and asked:
"This letter should be written by Fellow Daoist Situ to Senior Brother Li. Why did you come to me instead of going to Guyang Mountain?
Did you encounter any difficulties on the road? "

Seeing Situ Jing holding a letter looking for Li Mufeng, but suddenly running to "Chiyun Mountain", Song Qingming thought that she had encountered danger on the way to Weiguo, so he asked her.

But in the face of Song Qingming's question, Situ Jing did not hesitate too much, and immediately shook his head and replied:

“After I left Lu State, I never went to Guyang Mountain.

I have come to Chiyun Mountain today to see you, Senior, because I want to ask you a favor in person.

If you are willing to help me, I will definitely reward you handsomely! "(End of this chapter)