Qinghe Immortal Clan.

Chapter 977 A strange thing, refining Xuanyudan
The man in front of him with two horns on his head and a somewhat unfamiliar face was none other than the "Ice and Fire Dragon" who successfully conceived a fetus several years ago.

After three years of absence, not only has the cultivation of "Ice and Fire Dragon" stabilized, but its control over the demon clan's transformation technique has also improved a lot.

At this moment, except for a pair of golden horns on his head, his whole appearance is no different from the human monks outside.

If Song Qingming had not sensed the extremely familiar aura from the other person, he would have almost failed to recognize him for a moment.

Seeing that the "Ice and Fire Dragon" in front of him was also bowing to him like the human cultivators, Song Qingming quickly smiled and waved his hand at it, saying:
"Okay, there's no need to be so polite between you and me in the future. Let's go back first."

After the "Ice and Fire Dragon" got up, Song Qingming took it to the "Mountain Protection Array". Soon they returned to the cave on the top of the mountain which they had been away from for a long time.

“Master, in the past few years when you were away, Xiao Jin has been guarding the mountain.

In addition to cultivation, I help look after the spirit insects every day, and I also pour the spirit liquid you asked me to into it on time.

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As soon as he entered the door, before Song Qingming had a chance to rest, he heard the "Ice and Fire Dragon" following behind him start talking nonstop.

Knowing that "Chiyun Mountain" had been safe and sound in the past few years, he nodded quickly and took out a bottle of elixir from his body and threw it to the other party as a reward.

"I've been away for the past few years, and you've been taking care of the house. Go see if Siyuan is in the cave, and tell her that I'm back."

"Thank you, Master. I will go and inform the mistress right away."

After opening it and looking at the elixir handed over by Song Qingming, the "Ice and Fire Dragon" suddenly looked delighted, and then quickly left the cave.

After three years away, there haven't been many changes in the cave.

After Song Qingming tidied himself up a little, a figure in yellow clothes walked in quickly from the entrance of the cave with a look of joy.

"My dear husband, you are back safely. Did your trip go well?"

"Well! It took some effort, but it has been successfully completed."

Seeing Huang Siyuan walk in with a concerned look on her face, Song Qingming hurriedly nodded and pulled her to sit at the stone table beside him.

The "Ice and Fire Dragon" following behind them was very tactful and retreated with the "Red Flame", leaving the two who had been separated for a long time with space to talk alone.

After the two spirit beasts left, Song Qingming briefly explained this trip to the open sea to Huang Siyuan.

Upon learning that the two had successfully obtained the "Xuanyou Flower", Huang Siyuan was very happy for them. She brewed some spiritual tea and congratulated Song Qingming on the spot.

"Siyuan, to refine the Xuanyu Pill, we need to ask a fourth-level mid-grade alchemist to help us, so that we can have some confidence.

I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you to go to the Tiandan League to ask if you can ask them to help refine the elixir, and what other auxiliary spiritual medicines are needed, so that Senior Sister Bai and I can prepare in advance."

"Don't worry, my husband. Our Alchemy Alliance has always been open to all cultivators from the outside world. As long as you can provide the main ingredients for refining elixirs, we can issue tasks and ask the masters in the alliance to help you refine the elixirs.

When I went to Tiandan City half a year ago, I heard that the Grand Elder had come out of retreat. Tomorrow I will send a message to the alliance to inquire about it, and I will let you know as soon as I get the news."

Since joining the "Tian Dan League", as Huang Siyuan's "alchemy skills" have continued to improve over the years, her status in the "Tian Dan League" has also risen.

You have to know that a third-level top-grade "alchemist" like her can easily rank among the top ten in alchemy skills among the thousands of alchemists in the entire "Tian Dan League".

Although Huang Siyuan is still only an outer sect guest elder, her reputation in the "Tian Dan League" is even inferior to that of some inner sect elders.

Even several high-ranking Yuanying supreme elders, including "Xuan Tong Taoist", looked at Huang Siyuan differently and often instructed her in the art of alchemy.

If it weren't for the fact that he knew about the relationship between Huang Siyuan and Song Qingming, "Master Xuantong" would probably have already thought of formally recruiting Huang Siyuan to serve as an inner sect elder of the "Tian Dan League".

Relying on her influence over several supreme elders in the alliance, Huang Siyuan agreed without giving it much thought when Song Qingming proposed the idea of ​​refining the elixir, with a look of confidence on her face.

Seeing Huang Siyuan's response, Song Qingming also smiled and nodded, and the last bit of worry in his heart about this matter slowly subsided.

Now, he and Bai Yuxian have both cultivated to the third level of the Nascent Soul stage, and are not far from the middle stage of the Nascent Soul stage.

However, it is not easy to break through the realm of cultivation in the Nascent Soul Stage. If they practice normally, they will not be able to have much confidence in breaking through the bottleneck of the realm without decades.

If they want to advance to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul quickly, the only shortcut they have now is to refine the "Xuan Yu Dan" as soon as possible.

"Siyuan, has Yuan Fang sent any message recently? Is everything fine at home?"

After drinking tea and chatting with Huang Siyuan for a while, Song Qingming asked about the situation in "Funiu Mountain" with some concern.

Hearing this, Huang Siyuan thought for a moment before slowly shaking her head and saying, "Don't worry, my husband, nothing has happened at home.

Only two years ago, when Siqing went back, Yuan Fang asked her to bring us a message, saying that something strange had happened in the ancestral hall of our family. "

"What's weird?"

Hearing what Huang Siyuan said, Song Qingming couldn't help but put down the tea bowl in his hand and looked at the other party with some confusion.

“According to Yuan Fang, the incident happened about three years ago.

At that time, when a younger generation of the family was guarding the ancestral hall, he accidentally discovered that Xuanfeng's name left in the family tree flashed a light.

And it was not just one person who saw this. Several family elders also discovered the abnormality in the family tree, but Yuan Fang happened to not be on the mountain at that time.

When he came back the next day and took everyone to the ancestral hall to check, he found that Xuanfeng's name in the family tree had disappeared again.

The genealogies used by the family are all old items from the past. They are sometimes effective and sometimes not. Occasionally, similar strange things happen. They are far less accurate than the sect's soul lamps.

But this matter is related to the possibility that Xuanfeng is still alive, and Yuan Fang and others are not sure whether there is a problem with the family tree, so they asked Siqing to tell me about this matter. "

"You said Xuanfeng is still alive, so why didn't he contact us?"

When Song Qingming heard Huang Siyuan say that Song Xuanfeng, who had been missing for many years, might still be alive, a look of surprise flashed across his face, and a glimmer of hope ignited in his heart.

But in the face of Song Qingming's doubts, Huang Siyuan shook her head calmly: "This matter is indeed a bit strange.

But so much time has passed. If Xuanfeng is still alive, he would not have failed to contact us.

But there has been no news of him for so many years, I still can't believe that Xuanfeng is still alive."

"You are right, the possibility of this happening is indeed not high.

But if Xuanfeng is really still alive, no matter what happens, I believe he will contact us one day."

After sitting there in silence for a moment, Song Qingming nodded slightly and said nothing more.

After regaining his composure a little, Song Qingming took out the elixir and monster materials he had found in the open sea before and handed them to Huang Siyuan who was standing beside him.

In addition to the "Xuanyou Flower", Song Qingming also received several valuable third-level spiritual medicines and two demon king materials on this trip.

Except for some monster materials that Song Qingming kept for making talismans, the rest were given to Huang Siyuan, asking her to use them to refine elixirs or pills for feeding spirit beasts.

Seeing that Song Qingming had brought back a lot of alchemy materials, Huang Siyuan's face lit up with joy and she hurriedly took them.

For a high-level alchemist like her, these high-level alchemy materials in front of her are undoubtedly more attractive than other spiritual objects. For a moment, Huang Siyuan's eyes were filled with joy.

In recent years, because of the "Chiyun Mountain" market, Huang Siyuan's reputation for alchemy has spread to many nearby countries.

Every year, many high-level monks come here to ask her for help in refining high-level elixirs.

Huang Siyuan has also earned a lot of spirit stones over the years by relying on her "alchemy skills". Not only has her own cultivation not fallen behind, but even the "Chi Yan" who follows her is also living a very comfortable life.

Not only Huang Siyuan, the alchemy skills of other members of the Song family have also improved rapidly in recent years.

The family has now trained eight alchemists above level two. Song Siqing, who has the best alchemy skills, has successfully advanced to the upper level of level two a few years ago.

Relying on the inheritance of this most profitable skill in the world of immortal cultivation, the family can earn a lot of spirit stone income every year.

It was not until Huang Siyuan put away the spiritual objects in her hands one by one that she changed the topic and talked to Song Qingming about what had happened in "Chiyun Mountain" in recent years.

During the three years since Song Qingming left, the "Floating Cloud Mountains" in the north were as peaceful as before.

Except for some small-scale monsters that occasionally migrate south to harass the surrounding small spiritual veins, there are very few monsters seen in the "Chiyun Mountain" which is guarded by many cultivators in recent years.

However, although there are fewer monsters now, the number of monks traveling in the surrounding area has increased in recent years, and suddenly a lot of bandits have appeared to harass the passing monks.

In recent years, there have often been independent cultivators coming from the south to "Chiyun Mountain" who inexplicably disappeared along the way.

In response to this, Huang Siyuan and others also dispatched a number of monks to clear out the rebellion.

However, the distance from the towns and villages of Zheng State in the south to "Chiyun Mountain" is long, and the nearly ten thousand miles of uninhabited area in between are high mountains and dense forests, which are ideal for bandits to hide.

As soon as those bandit cultivators saw the cultivators from "Chiyun Mountain" coming to encircle and suppress them, they immediately scattered and hid in the mountains and forests, making it difficult to find any trace of them.

After the monks' army withdraws and there is a period of peace, they will come out and cause trouble again.

Even though Huang Siyuan and others have taken this very seriously and often sent monks to clear out the bandits, the results of the suppression are also very limited, which makes everyone a little headache about this matter. "Husband, now the bandit problem in the south is rampant, we still have to quickly find a way to solve this problem.

Otherwise, if this continues, it will affect the reputation of Chiyun Mountain sooner or later."

Hearing Huang Siyuan's helpless tone, Song Qingming thought for a moment and then spoke to her:
"The south is currently covered with high mountains and dense forests. It is unlikely that we can completely wipe out these bandits. There is really no good way to deal with them.

But since this road is not safe, we should try to avoid those dangerous places.

I have calculated that the distance from Chiyun Mountain to Baishiling is only about 10,000 miles, so installing a slightly larger "teleportation array" should be enough to cover the distance.

Tomorrow I will go down the mountain to ask the people from the "Four Seas Merchant Alliance" to see if they have a suitable teleportation array.

As long as we can connect the two places directly, the cultivators from the south will no longer have to take the dangerous path through the mountains and forests when they come to "Chiyun Mountain" in the future.

"Haha! I actually discussed this method with Junior Brother Fang and the others some time ago, but I don't know where to buy the teleportation array for the time being.

If my husband hadn't mentioned the Four Seas Merchant Alliance, I would have almost forgotten about them.

With their abilities, it is possible to solve this problem, which can save us a lot of trouble. "After hearing Song Qingming's proposal, Huang Siyuan immediately nodded in agreement.

In the world of immortal cultivation, the "teleportation array" is extremely difficult to refine, and the required materials are also very rare.

In the entire "Floating Cloud Mountain Range" cultivation world, there are currently only a few sects that can refine some small "teleportation arrays".

If Song Qingming and his friends want to connect a "medium-sized teleportation array" that is about ten thousand miles away, they usually have to look for it in other immortal cultivation worlds before they have a chance to buy it.

However, they couldn't find it here for the time being. After all, the "Four Seas Business Alliance" was a large intercontinental business alliance. If they asked them, there should be a good chance that they could buy a suitable "Teleportation Array".

Things turned out to be exactly as Song Qingming had expected.

The next day, when he called the cultivator in Chiyun Mountain who was in charge of the "Four Seas Merchant Alliance" shop management to ask about it, the other party immediately agreed and said he could find a suitable "teleportation array" for them.

However, the cost of setting up a medium-sized "teleportation array" that can transmit over tens of thousands of miles is also not low.

According to their preliminary calculations, building such a medium-sized "teleportation array" would require approximately 150,000 spirit stones.

Fortunately, after more than ten years of recovery, the "Chiyun Mountain" market can now generate a lot of income every year, and it is not difficult for Song Qingming and others to take out more than 100,000 spirit stones.

"Xiaoyao Sect" and "Tianji Sect" did not object to Song Qingming's idea of ​​building a teleportation array in "Chiyun Mountain".

After all, Song Qingming took charge of the entire matter and did not ask them to help with the spirit stones, so naturally they had no objection.

After some negotiations with the "Four Seas Merchant Alliance", the matter was quickly settled, and Song Qingming also entrusted them with the task of building the "teleportation array".

On Huang Siyuan's side, after sending a message to "Tiandan City" to inquire, she soon received an accurate reply from the other party.

Hearing that someone wanted to refine a fourth-grade intermediate elixir, Master Xuantong, the supreme elder of the "Tian Dan League" who had just come out of seclusion, readily took on the task from Song Qingming and his team.

With the help and guidance of Huang Siyuan, Song Qingming and Bai Yuxian went to "Tiandan City" in person to discuss the matter of alchemy with each other in person.

As the number one alchemist in the East China Sea's immortal cultivation world, fellow Xuantong's "alchemy level" has reached the fourth-grade upper realm, and he also has the recipe for refining the "Xuan Yu Dan".

It was not a difficult task for him to refine a furnace of "Xuan Yu Dan".

However, according to the rules of the immortal cultivation world, while "Master Xuantong" agreed to help refine the elixir, he also had to charge a finished pill as his fee.

However, the probability of successfully refining a fourth-level elixir is generally not high. Even if a top-grade alchemist like him takes action, the final chance of a successful pill is only about two or three.

Song Qingming and the other man were worried that the other party might fail, so they wanted to negotiate with them to ensure that they would get the two elixirs first.

If there is one extra pill left, it can be handed over to the "Tian Dan League". If the pill refining fails, the two will reward each other with spirit stones of equivalent value.

However, facing the proposals of Song Qingming and Bai Yuxian, "Tong Taoist" was very determined and insisted on receiving a "Xuan Yu Dan" as a reward before agreeing to help refine the elixir.

It turned out that after learning that someone needed to refine the "Xuan Yu Dan", another Nascent Soul Grand Elder of the "Tian Dan League" also came to plead with "Master Xuan Tong" to leave him an elixir.

This supreme elder of the "Tian Dan League" has the same cultivation level as Song Qingming and the others, and is also stuck at the peak of the early Nascent Soul stage.

In order to help his good friend get the elixir from Song Qingming and the others, "Master Xuantong" also put a lot of thought into it.

Not only did they agree to provide them with the remaining auxiliary elixirs, but they also made an agreement that if the final number of pills was less than three, the "Tian Dan League" would be able to refine another batch of elixirs for them free of charge as compensation.

After some negotiations, Song Qingming and Bai Yuxian finally chose to agree to each other's request and give each other a "Xuan Yu Dan".

The reason why the two of them chose to agree to each other was actually because they had no choice.

In the entire "Floating Cloud Mountains" cultivation world, only Zhao Wuling of the "Wanling Sect" has reached the fourth-level intermediate level of alchemy. Others do not have the ability to refine the "Xuanyu Pill".

However, Zhao Wuling was currently in seclusion trying to break through to the Spirit Transformation Realm, and had no time to help.

As for other high-level alchemists in the immortal cultivation world, Song Qingming and Bai Yuxian were not familiar with any of them.

Apart from the "Tian Dan League", Song Qingming and his team could not find anyone to cooperate with for a while, and finally had no choice but to agree to the other party.

Song Qingming needs the "Xuan Yu Dan" more than Bai Yuxian. His current cultivation level is still a little short of a breakthrough, so he doesn't need to be too anxious about it.

In the end, it was only after he took the initiative to make concessions that Bai Yuxian finally agreed to the other party's request.

After taking on the task of refining the elixir, "Xuan Tong Taoist" acted very quickly. It took him less than a year to gather the other auxiliary elixirs needed to refine the "Xuan Yu Dan" and start refining the elixir.

Finally, half a year later, "Master Xuantong" walked out of the alchemy room with a happy face and refined the "Xuanyu Pill" that Bai Yuxian and Song Qingming had been dreaming of.

This time, "Master Xuantong" lived up to everyone's expectations and successfully made three pills. His alchemy level was beyond everyone's expectations.

Song Qingming and the other person were also very satisfied with the result after learning it. It finally allowed them to put aside the worries that had been in their hearts for a long time.

After getting the two elixirs, Bai Yuxian and Song Qingming each took one as agreed.

After returning to the "Floating Cloud Mountains", Bai Yuxian, who obtained the "Xuan Yu Dan", immediately prepared to go into seclusion and try to reach the middle Nascent Soul realm.

Because Song Qingming's internal magic power was still a little short of the peak of the third level of the Nascent Soul, he did not choose to retreat in a hurry after returning to "Chiyun Mountain", but put away the "Xuan Yu Dan" in his hand first.

I plan to practice in the mountains for a while, and wait until my own magic power is more perfect, and then try to go into seclusion to break through the bottleneck. This way, the chance of success will be greatly increased.

While Song Qingming was practicing, the "Four Seas Merchant Alliance" also helped them find a suitable "teleportation array" and sent cultivators to "Chiyun Mountain" to help build the array platform.

With the help of many monks, after several years, the teleportation array connecting "Chiyun Mountain" and "Baishiling" of Weiguo was finally completed.

The Weiguo territory and the northern "Chiyun Mountain" were successfully connected, greatly shortening the journey for cultivators in the south to travel to the northern Fuyun Mountains.

It is different from the "small teleportation array" that Song Qingming had originally set up in "White Lion Ridge" and "Red Flame Square".

This medium-sized teleportation array in "Chiyun Mountain" can not only teleport over a distance of tens of thousands of miles at a time, but also increase the number of cultivators that can be teleported several times at a time.

However, each time the "medium-sized teleportation array" is opened, the amount of spirit stones required for teleportation is more than ten times that of the "small teleportation array".

Generally speaking, low-level cultivators who don't have any wealth cannot frequently ride on this kind of "teleportation array".

After the "Chiyun Mountain" teleportation array was opened, it also had a great impact on the entire northern part of Wei State.

The number of cultivators in the already bustling "White Lion Square" doubled in a short period of time, and most of the cultivators around Wei State who wanted to go to "Red Cloud Mountain" rushed here.

Although riding the "teleportation array" requires a considerable amount of spirit stones.

However, compared to taking the risk of directly crossing the thousands of miles of mountains and forests in the north, the safety factor of going to Chiyun Mountain through the "teleportation array" is definitely increased a lot.

In addition, in order to attract everyone to take the "teleportation array" at the beginning, Song Qingming also deliberately set the teleportation fee for the first half of the year lower, which naturally attracted many cultivators at once.

Although doing so would cause them to lose part of the teleportation fees, it also allowed many monks to experience the convenience and safety of the "teleportation array".

Even though they raised the price back later, it did not lead to a significant decrease in the number of people teleporting.

Compared to the convenient "Chiyun Mountain", the market town of "White Lion Square" obviously made more profit after the construction of the teleportation array.

The original scale of "White Lion Market" was already ranked among the top three medium-sized markets in the entire Wei State.

With so many monks coming and going on a daily basis, the entire market town was overwhelmed, and the business of the surrounding restaurants and shops suddenly increased several times.

Less than a few months after the "teleportation array" was opened, not only did the merchants in the market make a lot of money, but even the vacant caves on the mountain were now filled with monks.

Seeing that the entire "White Lion Market" could no longer bear so many cultivators, Song Yuanfang hurriedly contacted the "Xiaoyao Sect" to discuss the expansion of the market.

Eventually, the two sides joined together to expand the size of the entire "White Lion Market" by another 50%, which barely alleviated the bloated phenomenon of the market.

After the expansion, the scale of "Bai Shi Fang" has gradually surpassed that of "Gui Yun Fang", becoming the second largest market town in Wei State after "Yang Shan Fang".

(End of this chapter)