Qinghe Immortal Clan.

Chapter 952: Mountain Closure and Martial Law, Ascending People (asking for monthly tickets)
Seeing this scene, Song Qingming immediately took out a red flying sword without hesitation, and then a layer of green light appeared in his hand.

After the green light completely covered the sword, Song Qingming cast a spell with all his might, aiming a sharp sword light at the shield in front.

"boom!"

At the point where the two sides came into contact, spiritual light splashed in the cave, and suddenly a powerful spiritual energy wave rose and turned into a strong wind that spread out.

However, not long after these strong winds flew out, more than a dozen rays of spiritual light suddenly shot out from the edge of the cave and formed a transparent protective shield around the few people.

With the shield blocking them, these extremely sharp spiritual sword energies quickly dissipated, without causing any damage to the surroundings of the cave.

When the spiritual light beside him disappeared, Song Qingming put away the "Lihuo Chixin Sword" in his hand with great satisfaction.

The "Lihuo Chixin Sword" in his hand is only a fourth-grade low-grade magic weapon.

However, after being blessed by Song Qingming using the "Green Jade Treasure Refining Technique", the power it displayed was not much worse than that of an ordinary fourth-grade mid-grade magic weapon.

The "Black Tortoise Spirit Armor Shield" in front of him has not been refined yet, but it can block his attack so easily.

It can be seen that its defensive ability is indeed as Li Boying said, which is not comparable to the ordinary fourth-level intermediate magic weapon. Song Qingming is also very satisfied with this.

With the "Black Tortoise Spirit Armor Shield" and the "White Crane Jade Ring" obtained from the Fire Phoenix before, Song Qingming now has two level four intermediate-grade magic weapons, one for attack and one for defense.

With such a fortune, even without relying on the "Ten Thousand Spirit Puppet Array", Song Qingming should be hard to beat in a battle against cultivators of the same level.

Seeing that Song Qingming was very satisfied with taking over the "Xuanwu Spirit Armor Shield", Li Boying waved his hand to cast a spell to put away the transparent shield beside him, and then spoke to him and reminded him:

"If there is no problem with Fellow Daoist Song, then I will have successfully delivered this Black Tortoise Spirit Armor Shield.

But there is something I still need to remind you of.

Although the Black Tortoise Spirit Armor Shield is more powerful than other magic weapons of the same level, the mana required to activate it will also be more than other magic weapons of the same level.

With Fellow Daoist Song's current cultivation level of the early Nascent Soul stage, it would certainly be more difficult for him to use this magic weapon than for the rest of us.

Fellow Daoist, when you use this treasure in the future, you must be more cautious and don’t suffer losses without realizing it.”

"Thank you for the reminder, senior. I understand now."

Hearing Li Boying's kind reminder, Song Qingming hurriedly bowed to him, and then put the "Xuanwu Spirit Armor Shield" in his hand into the storage bag.

Ever since practicing the "Tongtian Wanling Jue", Song Qingming's mana has become much stronger than that of other cultivators of the same level.

In addition, he still has the remaining map on him to speed up the absorption of mana, so he has an advantage over others in recovering mana.

This is also the fundamental reason why Song Qingming can control many magic weapons and puppets at the same time when fighting against the enemy.

The shortcoming of the "Black Tortoise Spirit Armor Shield" that it consumes mana may need to be taken seriously by other people, but he doesn't need to worry too much about it now.

“Thank you two seniors for helping me refine the magic weapon. It’s really hard work.

I didn't bring any goodies with me on this trip. This little bit of spiritual tea and spiritual fruit is just a small token of my appreciation. I hope you two seniors won't despise me."

Although the cost of refining the magic weapon had already been agreed upon with Li Boying, no additional payment was required.

But after all, it was his first official visit to "Yunlong Mountain", so Song Qingming felt embarrassed to come empty-handed, so he prepared a lot of spiritual objects in advance.

After receiving his magic weapon, he took out a bunch of spiritual objects that he had specially brought with him.

Seeing this, Li Mengliang on the side hurried forward to take the spiritual object brought by Song Qingming, and responded to him with a smile:
"Haha! Brother Song, you are too polite.

Since you don't have any other questions, please follow me to my house and sit for a while. I will also show my hospitality as a good host."

Seeing Li Mengliang's enthusiastic invitation, Song Qingming did not refuse.

He nodded with a smile, then followed Li Mengliang and the other two to the attic not far away.

All three of them were cultivators in the Nascent Soul stage. Besides drinking tea and chatting, they would naturally share their cultivation experiences with each other.

Unlike Song Qingming who had just broken through to the Nascent Soul realm not long ago, the two Nascent Soul ancestors of the Li family were both veteran Nascent Soul cultivators who had advanced to the Nascent Soul stage for many years in the world of immortal cultivation.

Among them, Li Boying had already broken through the Nascent Soul realm a thousand years ago. Both his cultivation level and experience in practice were far beyond the reach of emerging Nascent Soul cultivators like Song Qingming.

Moreover, Li Boying seemed a little impolite when he spoke to Song Qingming before.

But at this moment, facing Song Qingming's humble request, he was not stingy at all, and basically did not hold back on anything he could say.

After chatting with the two elders of the Li family in the attic for a while, Song Qingming also gained a lot of insights from them.

Seeing that Song Qingming seemed to be more relaxed towards the two, Li Mengliang picked up another cup of spiritual tea and asked Song Qingming with a flickering look:

"Fellow Daoist Song came to Donghuang Country this time. Besides refining magic weapons, do you have anything else to do?

If there is nothing else, you might as well stay in Yunlong Mountain for a few more days.

Fellow Daoist is also a person who loves spiritual tea. I happen to have some precious spiritual tea in my collection. I would like to take this opportunity to taste it with you."

Facing Li Mengliang's attempt to keep him, Song Qingming quickly stood up and bowed to him, saying:
“Thank you for the hospitality, senior.

This time I came to Nanzhou, in addition to visiting the two seniors at Yunlong Mountain, I also wanted to return to the sect, so I won’t bother you too much here.

If Song has anything else to ask for in the future, I will inevitably have to bother you two seniors. It won’t be too late to have a cup of tea and chat with you then.”

Although Song Qingming had been to "Yunlong Mountain" once before, he didn't know much about the Li family.

Until this visit, Song Qingming not only witnessed Li Boying's superb weapon refining skills.

Moreover, he also learned that the Li family was a weapon-refining family that had been famous in Nanzhou for thousands of years, and that the family had a very advanced weapon-refining heritage that was far beyond the reach of ordinary sects in the immortal cultivation world of the "Floating Cloud Mountains".

Not only Li Boying, but even Li Mengliang who was sitting next to him was also a fourth-level weapon refiner with a fairly high level of skill.

This time of refining the magic weapon, Song Qingming's relationship with the Li family has eased a lot, and he also has some more ideas in his mind.

Next time, if he has the chance to get high-level materials that can be used for refining equipment, he can try to ask Li Boying for help, and he won’t have to look for help from others anymore.

Seeing Song Qingming stand up and want to leave, Li Mengliang smiled and did not try to persuade him to stay, but simply nodded to him.

“Since Fellow Daoist Song still has things to do, I won’t keep you here any longer.

But there is one thing I would like to ask of you, fellow Taoist."

After Li Mengliang finished speaking, he paused and then continued with a serious face: "I hope Brother Song can help convey a message to Xuanyi.

What happened back then was due to the lack of consideration by us old guys.

But now that things have passed, let her stop hating us and come back quickly!"

Seeing that Li Mengliang and Li Boying were both looking at him, Song Qingming immediately nodded to them calmly.

"Don't worry, senior. If I can meet Senior Sister Li in the sect, I will definitely help you two seniors convey this matter."

As a ray of spiritual light quickly flew down the mountain, Li Mengliang, who had been standing outside the attic to see the other party off, turned around and went back inside to sit down.

"Meng Liang, do you think Xuan Yi was abducted by this kid?"

Suddenly hearing Li Boying's serious question, Li Mengliang was slightly stunned before he replied:

"Didn't Third Uncle personally send a letter to Yuxuan Island to inquire about it? Song Qingming didn't even know about Xuanyi's disappearance.

It's been so many years, why don't you believe it?"

“Back then, I did believe what Taixu Sect said, and I didn’t send anyone to the Floating Cloud Mountains to inquire.

However, after I learned that this kid suddenly formed a baby in Tianyu Sect last time, I felt that something was not right.

You also know that with Xuanyi's personality, she would not fall in love with ordinary people.

In just a few decades, this kid successfully cultivated to the third level of Nascent Soul.

With such talent, even you and I might not have been able to possess it at the beginning.

If Xuan Yi wasn't in Taixu Sect, I think it's possible that he went to look for him."

Although Li Boying has a somewhat bad temper, he is, after all, a veteran Nascent Soul cultivator who has lived for over a thousand years. His perspective on things is not comparable to that of ordinary cultivators.

After hearing the other party's analysis, Li Mengliang paused, then smiled softly as if thinking about something.

“What Third Uncle said is right. Back then, Song Qingming’s cultivation had just broken through to the ninth level of the Golden Core, but now that we meet again, he is no worse than me.

In terms of talent for cultivation, no one in our Li family can compare to him except our third uncle.

If Xuan Yi really likes Song Qingming, I think she has a good taste, at least much better than us.

Now that Daoping has decided to stay, Third Uncle doesn't have to worry about it anymore.

Let Xuan Yi take her own course as she sees fit."

"Yeah! I know what you mean.

But if this is true, I can't let this kid off so easily."

Seeing that Li Boying still had an indignant look on his face after he finished speaking, Li Mengliang, who was sitting next to him, could only smile and shake his head.
-
A few days later, on a sea area in the southwest of Nanzhou.

In the sky, several seabirds circled several times, then suddenly swooped down towards the sea, instantly turning into sharp swords and plunging into the sea.

Soon, waves appeared on the sea again, and the seabirds spread their wings and flew out of the water, holding the fish they had just caught from the sea in their long pointed beaks.

Just as these seabirds had just flown out of the water and were about to enjoy the delicious food in their mouths, they suddenly saw a black figure quietly approaching them from the deep sea.

They were unaware of the approaching danger and were still hovering above the sea.

The next moment, a "boom" sound suddenly sounded above the water.

Immediately afterwards, a huge strange fish, about ten feet tall, rushed out of the water and quickly attacked the air, swallowing two nearby seabirds in one gulp.

Just when the strange fish wanted to continue chasing other nearby seabirds, it didn't expect that a green light suddenly appeared in the distant sky and approached this side.

After just one glance at the green light, the strange fish seemed to have sensed something, so it quickly stopped and dived into the sea below.

Before the surrounding seabirds could react, the strange fish sank directly into the deep sea and disappeared nearby. At the same time, the green light in the distance had already come from far to near over the sea, and there was an ordinary-looking green figure in the light.

After leaving "Yunlong Mountain", Song Qingming headed south and soon arrived at the "Luoxing Sea".

Originally, he wanted to take a treasure ship from "Baili Island" to the sect as he did before.

But when he arrived at the island, he found that it was empty and even the treasure ship parked on the beach was nowhere to be seen.

It seems that I don't know when I left the island.

Seeing this situation, Song Qingming didn't want to wait on the island as before, so he took a flying boat and went out to sea alone.

Although the "Falling Star Sea" is very dangerous, it is no safer than the "Floating Cloud Mountains" where monsters live.

However, Song Qingming is now a Nascent Soul cultivator after all, so he naturally would not take ordinary monsters seriously.

As long as he doesn't encounter a Nascent Soul level Demon King, Song Qingming now doesn't have to worry about encountering any danger.

Riding the flying boat quickly all the way, Song Qingming soon arrived near "Yuxuan Island" based on his previous sailing experience.

However, just when he was approaching within a few dozen miles of "Yuxuan Island", Song Qingming saw a beam of light flying from the direction of the island from afar, approaching him directly.

When the escaping light came nearby, Song Qingming heard a familiar voice and then stopped the flying boat.

"Hey! I was wondering who is coming, it turns out to be Junior Brother Song.

I didn't expect that after not seeing you for so many years, you have already broken through to the Nascent Soul stage."

"Greetings, Fourth Brother!"

After not seeing each other for decades, Fourth Senior Brother Zheng Xingyun’s cultivation has advanced to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul.

However, compared to Song Qingming's somewhat indifferent expression, fourth senior brother Zheng Xingyun looked at him with a hint of obvious surprise in his eyes.

Apparently, Master "Taoist Lingxu" did not tell Zheng Xingyun about this matter, and he was not aware of Song Qingming's breakthrough to the Nascent Soul realm a few years ago.

After the two met and exchanged a few pleasantries, Zheng Xingyun asked Song Qingming.

"Junior Brother Song, Master has already told you that you don't need to return to the sect for training anymore.

What's the matter with you coming back this time?"

"Fourth Brother, I just happened to be passing by this time, so I came back to see Master.

But for some reason, there seemed to be no one stationed on Liuli Island, and no treasure ships were seen nearby.

I then drove the flying boat and came here alone."

More than ten years ago, when his master "Taoist Lingxu" went to Chiyun Mountain to entrust the inheritance, he had already told Song Qingming that he would not have to return to the sect for training in the future.

He had already known this, so he had never returned to the sect over the years.

However, this time he happened to be in the vicinity of Nanzhou, and seeing that the "Taixu Sect" was within reach, Song Qingming thought about coming over to see his master.

After all, "Taoist Lingxu" is already preparing to try to break through the realm and ascend, and the two may not have the chance to meet again in the future.

Moreover, since the formation of his infant, Song Qingming has never returned to "Taixu Gate". If he has the chance to be nearby, he should come back to take a look.

After hearing what Song Qingming said, Zheng Xingyun sighed and immediately answered:

"Junior Brother Song, you don't know that Master is not on the island now.

When he left, he had already instructed that Yuxuan Island would be closed for at least three hundred years.

Without the sect's order, no one is allowed to get near.

We have already called back the people from Liuli Island. In recent times, no one has come here except you."

"I was wondering why I couldn't find anyone on Liuli Island. I see."

Hearing the reply from his fourth senior brother Zheng Xingyun, Song Qingming's face was suddenly filled with surprise, and he gradually figured out all the anomalies that occurred when he came here before.

As a disciple of the "Taixu Sect", Song Qingming was naturally clear about the situation on the island, and also knew why the "Taixu Sect" had to stay away from the world for so many years.

Master "Lingxu Taoist" is the only god-transforming cultivator in the sect, and is also the main force guarding the seal of the "ancient demon god" on the island.

Now that "Taoist Lingxu" is about to ascend to heaven, once the news gets out, those evil cultivators from the outside world will surely become restless.

At this critical juncture, it is extremely necessary for the sect to choose to close the mountain and avoid the world for a period of time.

Previously at the "Donghuang Sword Meeting", Song Qingming did not see anyone from the "Taixu Sect" and thought that he had not noticed them. He did not expect that the sect had already closed its mountains and secluded itself from the world.

After hearing the explanation from his senior brother Zheng Xingyun, Song Qingming, who knew it was not convenient for him to go up the mountain at this time, could only bow to him.

"Fourth Brother, since Master is not here, I will go back.

If the sect needs me for anything in the future, please let me know by letter, Senior Brother."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Xingyun also bowed solemnly in return.

"Don't worry, Junior Brother Song. Master had already made arrangements before he left. There won't be any problems in the sect for the time being."

After greeting his two fellow disciples, Song Qingming took another look at the "Yuxuan Island" in the distance, then turned the flying boat around and left the place directly in the direction they came from.

After Song Qingming left, Zheng Xingyun stopped where he was and looked at the sea around him. Soon he turned into a beam of light and disappeared into the air.
-
It was thousands of miles above the sky away from "Yuxuan Island".

This place has already arrived at the edge of the interface. Not only are there dark clouds and rolling mines and fires all around, but there are also strong winds from outside the interface accompanied by whistling sounds.

The so-called extraterrestrial strong wind can easily penetrate the fetal membrane of the interface, and any cultivator below the Nascent Soul stage who encounters the soul will be blown away instantly.

Even a cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage could only barely resist a few attacks by relying on the protective light, and could not stay in such a harsh environment for a long time.

Therefore, this place is also a place without any spiritual beings. Apart from thunder, fire and strong winds, no living creature can be seen.

But in this desperate place thousands of miles above the sky, there is a very tall round stone platform floating in it.

This "circular stone platform" is relatively intact except for the middle part, but many places around it are full of potholes, and the edge is even missing a small half.

However, even with such an incomplete stone platform, the strong wind, thunder and fire that could easily destroy a Nascent Soul cultivator continued to strike the stone platform but failed to destroy it in the slightest.

I don’t know what high-level material this stone platform is made of, but it can actually exist for so many years in such a dangerous and soulless place.

Not far away from the "circular stone platform", there were seven or eight figures standing aside with their feet on the void.

These people all stood separately, and it seemed that they were not traveling together.

But all eyes were focused on the stone platform below, where an old man was sitting cross-legged.

If Song Qingming stood here, he would naturally be able to recognize at a glance that the old man on the stone platform was none other than his master, "Taoist Lingxu".

The many monks standing around the stone platform, staring at it intently, had different expressions.

Some of them had a hint of anticipation in their eyes, some had a calm expression, and a few looked around at the void with a wary look from time to time.

It seems that there are other figures hidden near this circular stone platform.

Just as everyone was staring at the "Taoist Lingxu" on the stone platform, a golden light suddenly shone from the sky and landed directly on the "round stone platform".

Immediately afterwards, the "Taoist Lingxu" who was originally sitting cross-legged suddenly floated in the air and slowly went higher towards the golden light.

Seeing this scene, the attention of many monks standing around was immediately attracted to it.

At the same time, a subtle sound suddenly rang out from the void not far from the "circular stone platform".

"Is this about to start?"

“Haha! It seems like I haven’t seen anyone who has successfully ascended to heaven in ten thousand years. I didn’t expect that I would have the opportunity to see this scene again in my lifetime.”

After hearing the reply from the person next to him, the voice continued:

"Senior, do you mean he can succeed this time?"

"Haha! That's hard to say.

Ever since the invasion of demons tens of thousands of years ago, the spiritual energy of this world has long been inferior to that of ancient times. Even this "ascension platform" has been severely damaged and difficult to use normally.

Even if we can cultivate to the late stage of Spirit Transformation, it is not so easy to sneak into the upper realm now.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be the case that in the past ten thousand years, no one who came here succeeded in ascending."

The tone of this somewhat old voice was clearly uncertain about the scene below, and it did not dare to clearly state what it was thinking.

Hearing this, the voice also sighed slightly and said with some regret:

“That’s true, Senior. Lingxuzi is indeed a genius in our Huayang Realm in ten thousand years. It’s a pity that he was born in the wrong era.

If it was placed tens of thousands of years ago and the ascension platform had not been damaged and could still be used normally, with his qualifications he would definitely be able to ascend directly to the upper realm.

Why would you want to follow the example of your predecessors and risk using the method of sneaking out of this world?"

As the two were talking, the golden light in the sky suddenly began to move, causing the "round stone platform" below to shake as well.

At this time, "Taoist Lingxu", who was standing cross-legged, immediately opened his eyes and began to cast spells and make hand gestures quickly with his hands.

Suddenly, seven or eight rays of light shot out from his body and gathered together above his head, forming a rapidly rotating Tai Chi pattern.

Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen black and white sword lights shot out from the Tai Chi halo and landed on the "round stone platform" below.

After these sword lights landed on the ground, they immediately connected and penetrated into one place, and soon combined into a circular magic circle on the stone platform.

"Taoism follows Yin and Yang, it is settled!"

As "Taoist Lingxu" cast a spell in his hand, the magic circle completely covered the entire "circular stone platform" and quickly stabilized it.

(End of this chapter)