Qinghe Immortal Clan.

Chapter 954 Mysterious Green Beans, Level Spiritual Vein

When I first entered the treasure chamber of the mural.

Song Qingming not only found a fourth-grade lower-grade magic weapon "Green Jade Bottle" in the hall, but also found a fragment of a map hidden in it.

This also made him realize that this cave seemed to have some connection with the incomplete map he had obtained that year.

Now that he has broken through the restriction and entered the secret room again, what Song Qingming is most looking forward to at this moment is naturally the things hidden in the stone chamber in front of him.

Walking quickly forward, in just a moment Song Qingming had arrived at the middle stone table.

For fear that there might be some powerful restrictions hidden nearby, Song Qingming used his spiritual sense to explore the surroundings before taking the treasure, and then he felt at ease to cast a spell to take the wooden box into his hand.

Just like the last time, there were no other restrictions left on the black wooden box.

With just a slight raise of his hand, Song Qingming easily opened the wooden box in his hand and saw what was inside.

But when he saw the spiritual object clearly, a strange look appeared on his face the next moment.

Unlike the magic weapon "Green Jade Bottle" that Song Qingming found last time, this time the black wooden box did not contain any magic weapons or talismans or other high-level spiritual objects that could be seen at a glance.

Instead, there was an ordinary white porcelain bowl the size of a palm, with a half-inch green bean in it.

Picking up the green beans in the bowl and taking a look, Song Qingming found that they looked very ordinary, a bit like the green beans that he had seen his mother grow when he was a child at the foot of the mountain.

However, the bean in front of him was much larger than the green beans Song Qingming had eaten as a child, and its surface was extremely hard like stone. It was obviously not an ordinary thing in the mortal world.

Even though Song Qingming has been practicing for many years, he has seen a lot of spiritual creatures in the world of immortal cultivation.

But when he saw the green beans in front of him, he still couldn't help but frown. For a moment, he couldn't tell where these things came from.

Seeing that he could not recognize it, Song Qingming tried to cast a spell to activate the green beans in his hand.

But even though Song Qingming had pushed his magic power to the extreme, the green beans in his hand still did not react at all, and not even a trace of spiritual energy was revealed.

After a long while, seeing that his guess seemed to be wrong, Song Qingming with a look of disappointment put away his magic power.

“It’s strange. This thing cannot be activated by mana. It should not be a spiritual object like a magic weapon, but it does not have any spiritual energy at all, and it does not look like a high-level elixir or spiritual plant!
Could it be that it has been left here for too long and has become damaged?"

After thinking about the green beans in his hand for a long time, Song Qingming still had no clue. He could only put them back into the white porcelain bowl and put the black wooden box outside into the storage bag.

I plan to find time to look up relevant information after I return.

After taking the black wooden box from the stone table, Song Qingming released his spiritual sense to continue searching the stone chamber.

After finally venturing here, Song Qingming found a green bean of unknown use. Naturally, he was a little disappointed.

Unfortunately, after searching the stone chamber carefully, he even turned over the stone table where something might be hidden.

Song Qingming spent a long time but failed to find any spiritual objects in the stone chamber.

In the end, he still didn't give up, so he took out the incomplete map he had hidden on his body and tried to see if he could sense the other incomplete maps.

However, after a series of attempts, nothing was achieved and I had to give up the idea in disappointment.

The last time I entered the hall, the incomplete picture on my chest reacted immediately.

This time, he had been here for such a long time, but the remaining map on his body had not moved at all from beginning to end. Song Qingming was mentally prepared for this and just sighed softly.

Although he was somewhat disappointed with the results of this cave exploration, Song Qingming quickly adjusted his mentality.

After taking a deep breath, he took out the black wooden box he had obtained earlier and looked at the green beans inside carefully again.

"Such a large secret room, with such powerful prohibitions and guards, could it really be for this thing?

It seems that I am not always so lucky, this time my efforts must have been in vain."

After muttering something to himself, Song Qingming put away the wooden box, turned around and walked directly to the door of the stone chamber.

Half a minute later, a white light flashed on the stone platform, and Song Qingming's figure returned to the hall outside the cave again.

Turning around and looking at the mural behind him, Song Qingming's gaze rested on another rune on it. He cast a spell again and released a ray of spiritual light to try to activate the second rune on the mural.

But this time, the mural's reaction was very calm and its appearance did not change because of Song Qingming's spell.

The results were the same as his previous tests, the three runes on the mural in front of him hid the passage.

Except for the first channel that Song Qingming can open now, the other two runes require obviously higher mana to activate, and they are not something that he can open with his current level of cultivation.

If you want to try to enter the second rune channel, you must at least wait until you break through to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul in the future, and then you will have some confidence.

As for the last rune channel on the mural, it would probably take a cultivation level of the late Nascent Soul stage or above to open it.

After trying it, seeing that the result was not surprising, Song Qingming immediately withdrew his magic power and turned to leave the platform.

Since there is no time to rush, I can only wait until my cultivation level improves before trying to open the next mural passage.

After returning to the entrance of the cave, Song Qingming carefully checked the formation restrictions outside and cast a spell to replace several loose flags.

In order to prevent other people or monsters from accidentally entering this place, he took out a set of refined third-grade top-grade magic array from his body and set it up at the entrance.

With this set of formations protecting them, in the future, unless a Nascent Soul cultivator takes action, even if a Jindan cultivator discovers something unusual at the bottom of the river, it will be difficult for them to break in within a short period of time.

After staying in the water for a few more days and setting up the magic circle, Song Qingming left the "Qinghe Cave Mansion" with a look of satisfaction on his face.

Seeing Song Qingming jump out of the water, Song Yuping, who had been waiting on the river bank for several days, immediately reacted and prepared to step forward to salute.

However, Song Qingming in mid-air saw Song Yuping's figure not far away, and just smiled and nodded slightly at him, then he flashed away and left the place.

Seeing that Song Qingming's figure had disappeared in the distance, Song Yuping glanced at the turbulent river below, and flew away directly with the sword light.
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Half a day later, at the top of "Chiyun Mountain".

Huang Siyuan, who was practicing in seclusion in a cave on the top of the mountain, suddenly felt a strange fluctuation of spiritual energy coming from outside the "cave" and hurriedly stood up and ended her meditation.

When Huang Siyuan opened the door of the cave, she saw a huge red figure blocking the entrance. It was the "Ice and Fire Dragon" that Song Qingming left on the mountain to help guard it.

"Why are you here again? Are you trying to slack off again instead of guarding the cave properly?"

Seeing the "Ice and Fire Dragon" suddenly coming towards her, before Huang Siyuan could speak, a somewhat sharp voice suddenly came from behind her.

Immediately afterwards, a figure covered in flames jumped out from behind and landed on Huang Siyuan's shoulder.

When the "Ice and Fire Dragon" had just formed its elixir, Huang Siyuan's "Red Flame Rat" had a much higher level of cultivation than the other, so they bullied the other a lot in the mountains.

However, ever since following Song Qingming back from the "Northern Frontier", the cultivation of "Ice and Fire Dragon" has advanced by leaps and bounds and has reached the peak of the Golden Core realm.

The "Red Flame Rat" following Huang Siyuan, although living a good life, its cultivation is still at the sixth level of the Golden Core realm.

Today, it is no match for the "Ice and Fire Dragon" and can only hide behind its owner Huang Siyuan to find an opportunity to take advantage of the power of the other.

Seeing the hostess Huang Siyuan in front of him, although the "Ice and Fire Dragon" was a little unhappy, he still didn't care too much about it and quickly explained:

"What nonsense are you talking about? How could I be lazy?

I came to the mistress to report something. Who is like you, sleeping and stealing food all day long?"

"Humph! What did you say? Whoever steals food will..."

"Okay! Stop arguing."

Seeing the two monsters in front of him quarreling like before, Huang Siyuan quickly scolded the "Red Flame" beside him, then turned around and asked the "Ice and Fire Dragon":
"Xiao Jin, what exactly do you want to talk to me about? Is it because you have run out of elixirs to feed the Golden Illusion Butterfly?"

"It's not the elixir, it's the master who has returned, and asked me to invite the mistress over!"

"My husband is back?"

After hearing the explanation of "Ice and Fire Dragon", Huang Siyuan immediately showed a hint of joy on her face and walked out of the cave.

Not long after, Huang Siyuan brought the two spirit beasts to Song Qingming's cave and saw Song Qingming, who had just returned to "Chiyun Mountain" and was fiddling with raising spirit insects.

"My dear, has the trip gone smoothly?"

"Well! There were no accidents during this trip to Yunlong Mountain. I have already obtained the magic weapon I needed."

Seeing Huang Siyuan coming, Song Qingming hurriedly responded and released the "Golden Fantasy Butterfly" in his hand, then took her to sit down at the stone table beside him.

Although he had reached the Nascent Soul stage, it still took Song Qingming nearly half a year to go to the Donghuang Kingdom's immortal cultivation world and back.

The two had been apart for a long time, so naturally they had to have some time to enjoy the meal and chat.

During the time he was away, "Chiyun Mountain" remained as stable as before, without many changes.

Senior sister Li Xuanyi is still in seclusion recuperating from her injuries, and only Huang Siyuan has gone on a long journey to the "East China Sea Immortal Cultivation World".

Song Qingming also took the initiative to tell Huang Siyuan about his trip to "Yunlong Mountain" and the magic weapon "Xuanwu Spirit Armor Shield" he obtained.

Seeing the precious magic weapon that Song Qingming took out, Huang Siyuan was naturally a little envious, and she quickly congratulated him with a smile.

After Song Qingming put away the magic weapon in his hand, Huang Siyuan also smiled and took out a storage bag from her body and handed it to Song Qingming. "Husband, these spirit stones were exchanged for the elixirs in my hand when I went to Tiandan City some time ago, and I also borrowed some from the sect.

Adding the spiritual stones from the family Yuan Fang, it should be enough to upgrade the family's spiritual veins."

Opening the storage bag in his hand and taking a look, Song Qingming saw that it was filled with nearly 200,000 spirit stones. He couldn't help but reveal some doubts in his eyes.

"I asked the sect last time I went to Donghuang Country. Almost all the spirit stones in the Good Deeds Pavilion were given to Senior Sister Bai. How did you borrow so many spirit stones from there?"

"My dear husband, you don't know that I couldn't bear to sell the puppet beasts you gave me last time.

So he went to the sect to find Senior Sister Xu, and used her and Junior Sister Yun as collateral to borrow some spirit stones.

Don't worry, I have already made an agreement with Senior Sister Xu that I will return them as soon as I have accumulated enough spirit stones in the future.

If these puppet beasts were sold outside, it would be a bargain for others. But giving them to Senior Sister Xu and the others is still our family after all, and they might come in handy in the future!

Anyway, we are here, so Senior Sister Xu doesn't worry about where we will run away."

Xu Ziyan has been the sect leader for many years. She has been in charge of all the sect's mundane matters, big and small, over the years, and has accumulated a lot of spirit stones through these efforts.

In terms of personal wealth, among the many Jindan elders in the sect, few can compare to her.

When Song Qingming heard that Huang Siyuan had borrowed 100,000 spirit stones from her, she did not look surprised at all and nodded with a smile.

He had been busy practicing these years and hadn't thought of asking Xu Ziyan for help. Fortunately, Huang Siyuan thought of this for him.

"Hmm! You are very thoughtful.

However, owing things to others is not a good thing after all. After I have saved up enough spirit stones, I must return them to Junior Sister Xu and the others as soon as possible.

As for those puppet beasts, just give them to them if they want them.

After all, we are all family members, and they have helped us so much, so we shouldn’t care about these things.”

"Don't worry, my husband. I know all this."

Previously, when Huang Siyuan and Xu Ziyan and others mortgaged the "puppet beast" to borrow spirit stones, she made the decision on her own and did not discuss it with Song Qingming.

I'm also a little worried that he will have some opinions about this when he comes back.

Seeing that Song Qingming did not object to her approach, the tension on Huang Siyuan's face eased a little, and she smiled and nodded in agreement.

After gathering enough spirit stones, Song Qingming did not delay and directly sent a message to Song Yuanfang and Song Yuanhao to come to "Chiyun Mountain" and asked the family to prepare for the upgrading of the spirit veins.

In order to upgrade the family spiritual vein as soon as possible, Song Yuanfang and others have also been working hard to accumulate spirit stones in recent years.

However, they have been busy for several years and although they have worked very hard, they are still far from the 300,000 spirit stones required to upgrade their spirit veins.

When they suddenly heard that Song Qingming had already saved up enough spirit stones, Song Yuanfang and Song Yuanhao both looked a little ashamed.

Now both of them have reached the Golden Core Realm and have been promoted to become family ancestors.

But after all, Song Yuanfang and the other two had just achieved Dan formation not long ago and were not wealthy.

When it comes to upgrading the family's spiritual veins, they couldn't come up with too many spirit stones even if they wanted to contribute, and they mainly relied on Song Qingming for help.

"Seventh Uncle, you have made great efforts to upgrade our family's spiritual veins. Yuan Fang is really ashamed of his incompetence.

We will definitely return these spiritual stones to you when our family has enough."

"Sixteenth brother is right. The spiritual stones for upgrading the spiritual veins should be paid by the family. We, the younger generation, cannot always take advantage of you."

Seeing that Song Yuanfang and the other two said that they would return their spirit stones in the future, Song Qingming smiled and waved his hand, saying:

“Although I have joined the sect, I also hold the title of clan leader, so I should also contribute to family affairs. You don’t have to worry too much about these.

I borrowed half of these spirit stones from others. If you have enough money in the future, you can return some to me.

Life is tight for everyone right now, so remember, don’t be too anxious about this matter, and don’t let it affect the cultivation of the tribe members.”

"Don't worry, Uncle Seventh. We understand!"

".."

Hearing Song Qingming's patient instructions, Song Yuanfang and Song Yuanhao hurriedly opened their mouths and responded solemnly, then got up and returned to their family.

Because the "Spirit Gathering Array" and "Earth Vein Beads" had already been prepared, after Song Yuanfang was ready, Song Qingming quickly set off in person to the family's spiritual place, "Funiu Mountain".

In order to set up the "Spirit Gathering Formation" on the mountain as quickly as possible, Song Qingming not only summoned all the formation masters in the family, but also specially invited several third-level formation masters including Situ Jing to help.

It took everyone nearly two years to successfully set up this high-level "Spirit Gathering Array".

Afterwards, Song Qingming buried the high-level "Earth Vein Bead" in his hand directly into the spiritual eye position in the middle of "Funiu Mountain" and activated the "Spirit Gathering Formation" arranged on the top of the mountain.

As the spiritual energy around it quickly gathered, the "Spirit Gathering Array" on the top of the mountain immediately began to refine the mountain of medium-grade spirit stones inside.

To advance to level four or above, the spirit stones required to refine the "Spirit Gathering Array" are far more than those required for level three spirit veins.

Just by activating the magic circle, the rich spiritual energy gathered at the top of the mountain made everyone present feel that the surrounding spiritual energy had more than doubled compared to before.

But this is just the beginning. After the spiritual vein is successfully advanced, its spiritual energy will be greatly improved.

At this moment, even Situ Jing and others who came to help showed some envy in their eyes.

Although there were still many members of the clan who complained about the forced suspension of part of their salary because the family was accumulating spirit stones.

But at this moment, as they gathered on the top of the mountain, they felt the increase in the concentration of spiritual energy around them, and without exception, they all showed some excitement on their faces.

After all, after the spiritual veins were successfully upgraded, there would be more or less some benefit to the cultivation of each of them in the future, which was enough to make them temporarily forget the previous unhappiness.

Next, as long as the "Spirit Gathering Array" on the mountain can operate smoothly, after refining the spirit stones in the array, the spiritual energy of "Funiu Mountain" will slowly stabilize at the fourth-level lower grade realm.

However, this process is still a long one, and it will take nearly ten years to achieve it.

Seeing that the "Spirit Gathering Array" on the top of the mountain was operating stably, Song Qingming gave some instructions to Song Yuanfang and others, and then quickly led them back to "Chiyun Mountain".

In the following period of time, Song Qingming went into seclusion again.

In addition to daily practice, Song Qingming also spent a lot of time on his old profession of making talismans and refining magic arrays.

Relying on the many high-level materials collected with the help of Song Yuanfang, Huang Siyuan and others, a batch of third-level talismans and magic arrays were made in exchange for spirit stones.

Thinking that he, a Nascent Soul cultivator, still owed spirit stones to Jindan cultivators like Xu Ziyan, Song Qingming naturally felt a little embarrassed and wanted to clear his debt as soon as possible.

Now that he had some free time and with the help of the incomplete map in his hand, refining these third-level talismans and magic arrays had become an easy task for Song Qingming.

However, this time Song Qingming did not choose to secretly take these third-level talismans and magic arrays outside to exchange for spirit stones, but instead planned to leave them directly in the "Chiyun Mountain" market to sell them.

Under Song Qingming's arrangement, the "Chiyun Mountain" market began to spread the news. Next, they planned to imitate other large markets around the Floating Cloud Mountains and hold a trading event in the market.

Since the construction of the "Chiyun Mountain" market, it has been difficult for cultivators from other places to come here because of the frequent attacks from nearby monsters and beasts in the past few years, so there are not many cultivators in the market.

But in the past ten years or so, after continuous cleaning by the monks guarding "Chiyun Mountain", the number of monsters in the surrounding area is much less than before.

Therefore, in recent years, the number of cultivators in "Chiyun Mountain" has also increased significantly, and independent cultivators from many nearby countries also choose to come here to hunt monsters or purchase spiritual objects.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Song Qingming also planned to hold a large-scale trade fair in the market to spread the reputation of the "Chiyun Mountain" market and attract more cultivators.

In this way, the number of cultivators coming and going here will continue to increase, which will not only allow the market to earn more spirit stones, but Song Qingming, who manages the market, will also be able to gain a lot of benefits from it.

When Song Qingming's idea of ​​holding a trade fair in the "Chiyun Mountain" market was heard by the "Xiaoyao Sect" and the "Tianji Sect", the two major sects also expressed their support.

In order to help them organize this "trade fair", the "Xiaoyao Sect" and the "Tianji Sect" also sent people with many spiritual objects to "Chiyun Mountain" and helped to publicize it.

Soon, cultivators from most countries in the east of the Floating Cloud Mountains received news that the Chiyun Mountain was about to hold a trade fair, and they all prepared to send people to participate in the trade fair.

Time flies, and five years have passed quickly.

As the carefully prepared trade fair at the foot of the mountain is about to begin, the entire "Chiyun Mountain" has also begun to become lively in recent times.

At this time, Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan, who were sitting in the cave on the top of the mountain, were also very busy. They were each holding the name cards of the major sects who came to participate in the trade conference and carefully looking through them one by one.

What they didn't expect was that the "trading conference" they were planning not only attracted many sects on the east side of the Floating Cloud Mountains.

Even many sects west of Taiyue Lake sent monks to participate.

Together with some forces from other places like the "Tian Dan League" that came to participate in the conference, at one time, more than 30 Jindan cultivators had gathered in the entire "Chiyun Mountain" market.

In addition, there were nearly 20,000 Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining cultivators from nearby areas who came to participate in the "Trading Conference".

Not only were the rented caves in the back mountain filled with cultivators, but even the large restaurants in the market town were packed with people.

Seeing that this "trading conference" actually attracted so many cultivators, Song Qingming was also a little surprised when he saw the business card.

(End of this chapter)