Qinghe Immortal Clan.

After Situ Jing finished speaking, she immediately took out a long wooden box from her body, opened it and placed it in front of Song Qingming.

In the wooden box was a three-foot-long green spiritual bamboo, which was covered with a layer of faint spiritual light.

"This is the fourth-level Green Thunder Bamboo!"

Huang Siyuan, who was standing nearby, saw the green spiritual bamboo in Situ Jing's hand and recognized its origin at a glance. She couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise.

Song Qingming, who also felt that the green spiritual bamboo had an extraordinary origin, also showed a look of surprise on his face after hearing Huang Siyuan confirm this item.

In the world of cultivating immortals, spiritual objects above level four are extremely rare, and the "Green Thunder Bamboo" in Situ Jing's hand is an extremely precious high-level refining material.

Its value is probably no less than the "Soul-Nourishing Tree" that Song Qingming and his team found in the East China Sea.

If it were taken to an auction outside, it could at least fetch a high price of hundreds of thousands of spirit stones, which would be enough to attract a Nascent Soul cultivator like Song Qingming.

However, at this moment, Song Qingming still didn’t know the other party’s purpose in coming to see him.

Although he was somewhat tempted, he was not in a hurry to accept the treasure offered by the other party. He asked him seriously:
"Why did you come to see me? Why don't you tell me first?"

Hearing this, Situ Jing's face suddenly dimmed, and then he responded softly:
“When the sect was destroyed, I fled Lu State with the remaining disciples, hoping to find a place to stay somewhere else.

However, in the past few months, I have traveled to many places but have not been able to find a suitable sacred mountain.

So I had no choice but to come to Chiyun Mountain, hoping to ask for a spiritual vein from the seniors. I hope Senior Song can help me.

If you can agree to this, then this item will be a gift from me to you. I can pay for the spiritual stones needed to purchase the spiritual veins separately."

After the "Baimeng Mountain" battle, the news of the demise of the "Lingyin Sect" quickly spread throughout the Floating Cloud Mountains.

At the same time, the Yuxiao Sect, a new Nascent Soul Sect occupying the State of Lu, has also become one of the top sects in the world of immortal cultivation in the Floating Cloud Mountains.

The countries and sects surrounding Lu State also did not dare to take in Situ Jing and others for fear of offending the "Yuxiao Sect". They could only go all the way north to the vicinity of Zheng State.

Originally, holding the letter written by Situ Yan to Li Mufeng, she could have gone directly to the "Xiaoyao Sect" of Wei State.

But after some inquiries, Situ Jing learned about the situation of "Chiyun Mountain" where Song Qingming was stationed, and suddenly changed his mind and came directly north here.

"You mean, you want to stay in Chiyun Mountain and rebuild Lingyin Sect?"

Although Song Qingming was somewhat surprised by Situ Jing's arrival, he did not seem too surprised when he heard the other party's true purpose.

Even if Situ Jing had a letter to Li Mufeng, the "Xiaoyao Sect" would definitely not turn them away.

However, the world of immortal cultivation in Wei State has been run by the "Xiaoyao Sect" for many years, and all high-level spiritual veins above level three have been occupied by the sect or major forces.

Freeing up a third-level spiritual vein to provide for Situ Jing and the others is not something that can be accomplished all at once.

In contrast, because "Chiyun Mountain" was a territory that had just been conquered by human cultivators, there were still many vacant third-level spirit veins nearby with no one stationed there.

It was indeed not a wrong choice for Situ Jing to come here directly to ask Song Qingming for help.

After all, on the "Chiyun Mountain" side, there is still the Nascent Soul ancestor Song Qingming to take care of her. Even if the "Yuxiao Sect" knows about this in the future, they will not dare to come here to cause trouble for her.

“Senior, you are worrying too much. I just want to find a place to settle down and have no intention of rebuilding the sect.

As long as the senior is willing to take us in, I am willing to keep my name secret and not mention anything related to the Lingyin Sect in front of outsiders."

In response to Song Qingming's question, Situ Jing also heard a hint of worry in his tone, and quickly responded with a firm face.

Hearing this, Song Qingming stood there in silence for a moment before turning around and nodded slightly.

“When I went to Lu State, it was not because I wanted to intervene in the fight between your two sects. I saved you only because I couldn’t bear to see what they were doing.

If you really want to live a peaceful and secluded life, it is not impossible to find a place for you to live and settle down.

However, Chiyun Mountain is not my personal territory after all, so I still need to inform the sect about this matter.

You stay in the market first, and I'll have someone inform you when I figure out how to settle you."

With the support of the more powerful "Xiaoyao Sect", Song Qingming was naturally not afraid of sects like the "Yuxiao Sect" and did not take them seriously.

Faced with Situ Jing's request, he was just a little worried.

After I leave Situ Jing in "Chiyun Mountain", they will be unwilling to give up and rashly go to Lu State for revenge in the future, which will bring some trouble to myself and "Chiyun Mountain".

Seeing that Situ Jing understood what he meant very well and agreed without hesitation, Song Qingming finally agreed to it.

Upon hearing this, a hint of joy suddenly appeared on Situ Jing's face, and she stepped forward and took the initiative to extend the "Green Thunder Bamboo" in her hand to Song Qingming.

"Thank you, senior!"

Since he had promised to protect them, Song Qingming did not hesitate to be polite and directly accepted the spiritual object that Situ Jing gave him.

After agreeing to Situ Jing's request, Song Qingming immediately arranged for a monk to send a message to "Guyang Mountain" to inform his senior brother Li Mufeng that Situ Jing and others wanted to settle in "Chiyun Mountain".

As Song Qingming expected, Li Mufeng, who already had a very good relationship with Situ Yan, did not object to this matter when he heard the news that Situ Jing and others were coming to join him.

Not only that, in his reply letter to "Chiyun Mountain", Li Mufeng also specifically instructed him to relieve Situ Jing and others and purchase some of the spirit stones needed for the spirit veins.

This can be regarded as Li Mufeng's special care for the descendants of his old friend Situ Yan.

Under Song Qingming's personal arrangement, it took less than a few months for Situ Jing and others to move to a third-level medium-grade spiritual vein in the southeast of "Chiyun Mountain" and settle down there.

There were more than a hundred people who had followed Situ Jing to escape from "Bai Meng Mountain" and some disciples of the Lingyin Sect who had just escaped the disaster.

Under the leadership of Situ Jing, they hid their identities and re-established a Jindan force called "Bai Ling Mountain".

After settling Situ Jing and others, "Chiyun Mountain" became stable again.

In addition to taking turns to protect the "Ice and Fire Dragon" who was in seclusion, Song Qingming, Huang Siyuan and others also began to busy themselves with their own cultivation.
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Time flies, and soon five years have passed.

On this day, above the top of the originally peaceful "Chiyun Mountain", there was a sudden change in the wind and clouds, and a large mass of white mist gathered.

As soon as this "strange phenomenon of heaven and earth" appeared in the sky, many cultivators in the market below saw the abnormality on the top of the mountain and began to stop and watch the scene.

"This strange phenomenon in the world, could it be that another Taoist friend on the mountain is striving to reach the Golden Core realm?"

Hearing a woman muttering something, another young man standing nearby looked at the strange thing in the sky and shook his head and said:

“Last time when Fellow Daoist Chen from Tianji Sect was in seclusion to form the elixir, I happened to have the opportunity to see it, and it didn’t seem to make such a big noise.

It doesn't look like anyone has formed a pill, I guess it must be an old ancestor on the top of the mountain who has made a breakthrough."

"Oh! I wonder which ancestor it is,"

When the people at the foot of the mountain began to discuss this matter, a white mist suddenly rose from the top of "Chiyun Mountain", covering the entire sky above the top of the mountain.

Soon, the "strange phenomenon of heaven and earth" in the sky was also covered by the white fog and disappeared from everyone's sight.

Seeing this scene, the many monks who were watching could only retract their envious gazes and get busy again.

At this time, on the top of "Chiyun Mountain", two figures had arrived outside a cave one after another.

"Sister-in-law, I thought you wouldn't come out so soon, but I didn't expect you to come so soon!"

Seeing Huang Siyuan who arrived later than him, Song Qingyu quickly greeted her with a smile.

Hearing this, Huang Siyuan nodded quickly and turned her gaze to the sky not far away. At this time, the white mist gathered above the cave had begun to roll continuously.

“It seems that my husband is trying to reach a bottleneck in his realm.

I hope he succeeds this time!"

Hearing Huang Siyuan's whispered wish, Song Qingyu quickly followed up and said:

"Don't worry, sister-in-law. Brother Seven has already overcome the bottleneck once before, and this time he has the help of the spiritual objects you found for him.

I believe that this time it will be successful!"

"Yeah! You're right."

".."

Just outside the cave, when Huang Siyuan and Song Qingyu were talking, Song Qingming in the cave looked very nervous. It was a critical moment for him to break through the bottleneck of his cultivation.

Eight years ago, after taking the "Fragrant Wood Spirit Tea" given by his master "Taoist Lingxu", Song Qingming's magic power reached the bottleneck of his own cultivation, so he tried to break through the realm.

However, the first time he tried to break through the bottleneck of the third level of Nascent Soul, he failed because he was not well prepared.

Afterwards, Song Qingming spent several more years re-grinding his own bottlenecks, and only two years ago did he begin his retreat again to break through to the third level of the Nascent Soul realm.

After several years of honing his magic power, Huang Siyuan also spent a great deal of money to obtain a fourth-grade lower-grade elixir for him from the "Tian Dan League" in the East China Sea.

Song Qingming, who was in seclusion this time to break through the bottleneck, had been fully prepared. As expected, he finally reached the most critical step after two years of seclusion.

As the magic power in the body continued to accumulate, the bottleneck in the body that had already loosened a little was finally broken through at this moment.

A "boom" sound suddenly flashed past his ears. Song Qingming, who noticed the changes in his body, immediately discovered that countless spiritual energy around him began to flow into his body frantically through the remaining picture on his chest.

Seeing this, Song Qingming immediately took out two high-grade spirit stones from his body and held them directly in his hands. It was not until the two high-grade spirit stones in his hands turned into powder that Song Qingming's speed of absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy slowly stabilized.

At this time, as expected, he had already broken through the bottleneck of his own cultivation and successfully advanced to the third level of Nascent Soul.

"After such a long period of seclusion, this time I finally lived up to my expectations!"

After feeling the changes in himself after his realm was improved, as well as the increase in magic power in his body, Song Qingming now revealed a satisfied smile on his face.

After standing up and stretching his hands and feet, Song Qingming walked forward to remove the restrictions at the door, opened the door and walked out.

As soon as he arrived at the cave hall, a red figure ran over quickly from the side and landed directly next to Song Qingming.

"Master, you are finally out.

Congratulations to the master for his great accomplishments!"

Seeing the "Ice and Fire Dragon" looking respectful and congratulating him, Song Qingming immediately smiled and nodded, then took out a few bottles of elixirs from a storage bag beside him and threw them to it.

Several years ago, the dormant "Ice and Fire Dragon" suddenly caused strange phenomena in heaven and earth and began to impact the Nascent Soul realm.

At that time, Song Qingming was surprised, but he was also secretly happy for him, and he personally protected him on the top of the mountain.

Unfortunately, things did not turn out as Song Qingming wished.

Just over a year after the strange phenomenon occurred, the "strange phenomenon of heaven and earth" above the top of the mountain slowly dissipated and returned to its original state, and it did not last long.

Fortunately, after the "Ice and Fire Dragon" failed to break through the realm, it quickly woke up from its deep sleep.

Although it has not yet successfully advanced to the Nascent Soul stage, its cultivation has reached the peak of the Golden Core realm, and it is not too far from breaking through.

Moreover, after waking up this time, the "Ice and Fire Dragon" was just as Fire Phoenix had said. It was affected by the "True Spirit Essence and Blood", and its blood had unknowingly undergone a slight change.

Not only did the horns on its head become much larger, but it also had a lot more green scales and four claws on its body.

This also made the "Ice and Fire Dragon" in front of them seem to have transformed from a dragon in advance.

Although there are many types of monsters, after their cultivation reaches a certain level, many monsters will gradually awaken the blood left by the ancient true spirits in their bodies.

Once the ancient true spirit blood in their bodies is awakened, not only will the speed of their cultivation increase significantly, but their body shape and appearance will also begin to show ancestral changes.

Although he failed to successfully break through the Nascent Soul realm, Song Qingming was also very happy when he saw the huge changes in the "Ice and Fire Dragon" in front of him.

I never expected that the spiritual beast that I cultivated accidentally would one day turn into a real dragon.

You know, almost all dragon monsters in the world of immortal cultivation have extremely powerful bloodlines.

If the "Ice and Fire Dragon" can really return to its ancestral form and become a dragon, not to mention forming a Nascent Soul in the future, it may even be able to go one step further and cultivate to the Spirit Transformation realm.

But after all, these are things that may happen in the future, and it is too early for the "Ice and Fire Dragon" now.

After sending away the "Ice and Fire Dragon" in front of him, Song Qingming turned around and came to the entrance of the cave, and directly opened the door that had been closed for a long time.

At this time, the strange phenomenon in the sky had disappeared.

Song Qingyu and Huang Siyuan, who were standing not far away, saw Song Qingming coming out and immediately walked over quickly.

"Congratulations, Seventh Brother! Congratulations to your husband."

"No need to be so polite, come in and sit down!"

Seeing the two women coming forward to pay their respects, Song Qingming hurriedly waved to them with a smile and led them into his cave.

After the three of them sat down, Song Qingyu immediately took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to Song Qingming in front of him.

"Seventh Brother! This is the letter Uncle Bai sent half a year ago, asking you if you want to go with her to participate in the Donghuang Kingdom Sword Competition.

I have already sent a letter to Master Bai in advance, informing her of your retreat!"

"Oh! Is the Donghuang Kingdom's sword-fighting competition going to be held again so soon?"

After hearing Song Qingyu's explanation, Song Qingming looked a little nervous. He hurriedly picked up the letter in his hand, opened it and read it carefully.

The so-called Donghuang Kingdom Sword Contest is also called the "Donghuang Sword Contest". It is a sword contest involving all the sects in the entire "Donghuang Fairyland".

Approximately every two hundred years or so, it will be held in the immortal cultivation world of "Donghuang Kingdom". All the sects and forces above the Nascent Soul stage in the entire "Donghuang Fairyland" can go and participate in the competition.

The main purpose, in addition to following convention, is to compete for the ranking of the top ten sects in the immortal cultivation world of "Donghuang Xianzhou" in the next two hundred years.

Another way is to use the name of sword fighting competition to gather all the Nascent Soul cultivators from all the large sects in the entire "Donghuang Xianzhou" and hold a trading conference for cultivators of the same level.

Among them, in addition to the local cultivators of "Donghuang Xianzhou", it naturally also attracted cultivators from other immortal cultivation continents in the outside world.

The scale of a trade fair of this level is no less than the "Lei Yuanhai" trade fair that Song Qingming had participated in.

As a Nascent Soul sect with thousands of years of heritage, every time the "Donghuang Sword Conference" is held, the "Xiaoyao Sect" will also receive invitations and send people to participate.

However, compared with the hundreds of Nascent Soul sects participating in the "Donghuang Sword Conference", the strength of the "Xiaoyao Sect" is really not enough.

Even if they went, they would not show much at the sword meeting. They would basically just go there to see the world and go through the motions.

The main purpose of Bai Yuxian inviting Song Qingming to go with him this time was to participate in the trade fair held after the sword meeting, in order to purchase some spiritual objects needed by himself and the sect.

Seeing what Bai Yuxian wrote in the letter, that there were still several years before the "Donghuang Sword Conference" was held, Song Qingming, who was worried that he would miss the conference, gradually relaxed a little.

"Seventh Brother, are you planning to go to the East Phoenix Sword Conference with Senior Sister Bai?"

Seeing a smile gradually appear on Song Qingming's face after reading the letter, Song Qingyu, who was sitting next to him, quickly asked a question.

Hearing this, Song Qingming immediately nodded and said, "It's a rare opportunity to attend this kind of conference where Nascent Soul cultivators gather, so I naturally want to go and broaden my horizons.

Although we are not up to the level of sword fighting, being able to make some good friends there will be helpful for our future practice.

Also, Qingyu, you are not far from forming a baby, so this time I can go and see if I can find one or two spiritual objects for you to form a baby."

"Well! Since Brother Qi is planning to attend the conference, I will inform Yuan Fang and Yuan Hao later and ask them to raise more spirit stones for you in case of emergency!"

When Song Qingyu heard that Song Qingming wanted to search for spiritual objects for him, a hint of excitement flashed in his eyes and he nodded slightly.

As soon as Song Qingyu finished speaking, Song Qingming opened his mouth and asked the two girls about the situation of "Chiyun Mountain" and his family during his retreat.

Ever since Song Qingyu killed the "Silver-Armored Demon King" last time, it seems that many nearby demon tribes have been frightened, and there have been no large-scale demon beasts from the north attacking from the south.

Even the area around "Chiyun Mountain" has become much calmer in recent years, which has saved Song Qingyu and others a lot of worries.

As more and more human cultivators come to the vicinity, many of the originally barren low-level spiritual mountains around "Chiyun Mountain" are now occupied by cultivators, which also reduces the pressure on some of the cultivators guarding nearby.

Most of those who occupy the low-level spiritual veins are cultivators who came from independent cultivation backgrounds.

They have no spiritual veins to practice in the outside world, even though they know that there are many monsters around "Chiyun Mountain" and it is very dangerous.

However, there are still many monks who dare to muster up the courage to come to the nearby area to practice, hoping to take root here for a long time.

Song Qingming and others did not stop them. After all, the value of these low-level spirit veins was not high.

Being able to attract a large number of cultivators to help share some of the defensive pressure will also be beneficial to "Chiyun Mountain".

Only those spiritual veins of higher value and above level 2 will be registered by "Chiyun Mountain" and all of them will be controlled in advance.

It is not so easy for cultivators outside to obtain these spiritual veins. Not only do they have to spend spirit stones to purchase the spiritual mountain from "Chiyun Mountain", but they also have to voluntarily hand over a portion of the spirit stones every year in exchange for protection.

After briefly learning about the situation on the mountain and at the family side from the two girls, Song Qingming put away the letter in his hand.

"Qingyu, how is Senior Sister Li doing recently? Is she in seclusion again?"

"Senior Sister Li."

Suddenly hearing Song Qingming asking about his senior sister Li Xuanyi, Song Qingyu was slightly stunned, and then continued to speak softly:
"Seventh Brother, Senior Sister Li has been in seclusion for a year to prepare for the birth of a baby!

My sister-in-law and I wanted to persuade her to wait until you come out of retreat before making a decision, but Senior Sister Li insisted on retreating immediately, and we really couldn't persuade her."

"You mean, Senior Sister Li has already gone into seclusion to prepare for the birth of a baby?"

After hearing Song Qingyu's answer, Song Qingming's face suddenly showed a bit of surprise.

He then stood up and walked out of the cave quickly with the two people beside him.

Soon the three of them arrived at a peak on the north side of the mountain top.

Looking at the cave with its door closed in front of him, Song Qingming immediately closed his eyes and released his spiritual sense to begin exploring the surroundings of the cave.

Since practicing the "Tianxin Divine Art" given to him by Qu Bai, Song Qingming's spiritual awareness has been greatly strengthened over the years.

Although his cultivation has just broken through to the third level of the Nascent Soul, he has practiced the "Soul-Devouring Art" and the "Heavenly Heart Divine Art", and now his spiritual awareness is no weaker than that of an ordinary Nascent Soul sixth-level cultivator.

After just a moment, Song Qingming had carefully scanned the surroundings of the cave where his senior sister Li Xuanyi was in seclusion.

"Seventh Brother, how is it? Is Senior Sister Li doing okay?" (End of this chapter)