Qinghe Immortal Clan.

Chapter 981: Hitting the wall, returning with great success
Before fighting with Song Qingming, Yuan Yushan relied on his own powerful magic weapon and several magical powers and did not take his opponent seriously.

He thought that the gap between his cultivation level and that of his opponent was so huge that even if Song Qingming had one or two powerful magical powers, it should not be difficult for him to defeat his opponent.

But what Yuan Yushan never expected was that this sword fighting, which he thought was a sure win, hit a wall.

As soon as he started, Song Qingming used a magic weapon with extremely strong defensive capabilities, the "Xuanwu Lingguang Shield", to dissolve all the attacks he launched.

Seeing that he couldn't defeat his opponent head-on, Yuan Yushan wanted to use his secret technique to launch a sneak attack, but he didn't expect that Song Qingming's consciousness was very alert and he discovered his attack in advance.

In the end, when he saw Song Qingming use the "Ten Thousand Spirit Puppet Array" to break free from control in an instant, Yuan Yushan had actually already seen the gap between his own strength and his opponent's, and he had obviously lost the will to defeat his opponent.

However, as a cultivator in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, he actually lost to Song Qingming, an early stage Nascent Soul cultivator, in public. He was so embarrassed for the moment that he wanted to continue dealing with his opponent.

However, he didn't expect that facing Song Qingming who was blessed by the "Ten Thousand Spirits Puppet Array", he had little ability to resist.

In just half a quarter of an hour, he was directly suppressed by the "White Jade Halo" and was unable to escape.

At this moment, Yuan Yushan realized the huge gap in strength between himself and Song Qingming. There was a hint of fear in his eyes as he looked at the person in front of him.

As a Nascent Soul cultivator who has practiced for many years, although Yuan Yushan has a somewhat rash temper on weekdays, he is not someone who cannot see the situation clearly.

At the moment, Song Qingming’s strength is beyond his ability to deal with. If he continues fighting, he will lose even more miserably.

If the other party attacks you, you may even lose your life.

Yuan Yushan was fully aware of his unfavorable situation. At this moment, he no longer had the intention to compete with Song Qingming and others for the spiritual object. He directly and decisively sent a message to admit defeat and wanted to end the competition.

Bai Yuxian and Wang Lingji, who were standing below at this time, saw Song Qingming break through the opponent's golden cage, and immediately took control and suppressed his opponent. Both of them showed some joy on their faces.

Ye Xinquan and others, the leader of the "Huayuan Sect", looked anxious when they saw that their leader was suddenly at a disadvantage.

However, because there were two Nascent Soul cultivators standing opposite, even though they looked extremely anxious, they did not dare to act rashly and step forward to help.

"Fellow Daoist, I admit defeat. Please show some mercy and don't take it."

High in the sky, Song Qingming received repeated messages from his opponent begging for mercy, but he was not in a hurry to put away the "white jade halo" above Yuan Yushan's head.

Pretending not to hear what the other party said, he stood there studying the magic weapon for a long time. Only until Yuan Yushan begged for mercy several times did he slowly look up at the other party.

Seeing that Song Qingming finally responded, Yuan Yushan, who was still struggling to resist the "White Jade Aura", hurriedly continued to speak:

"My fellow Taoist, I don't know your magical powers. I may have offended you just now. Please don't take it to heart.

This time I accept defeat wholeheartedly and am willing to leave here immediately. That immortal Ganoderma will belong to you two Taoist friends."

However, facing Yuan Yushan's sincere surrender, Song Qingming did not respond to him, but asked him calmly:

"Fellow Daoist Yuan, I still have a doubt in my mind.

What secret method did you use to hide from my consciousness and suddenly appear behind me? Can you explain this to me first?"

Hearing Song Qingming's question, Yuan Yushan was a little surprised at first, then his eyes moved slightly and he immediately replied through voice transmission:

"Fellow Daoist, you may not know that I have practiced a relatively advanced secret method of concealing my body. I used this magical power just now when you were not paying attention, so I was able to get close to you."

"Oh! I am quite interested in your secret method. I wonder if you are willing to show it to me?"

"Ah! This..."

When Yuan Yushan heard Song Qingming's request to see the secret technique, he suddenly looked a little embarrassed.

But the next moment, when he saw the other party's eyes suddenly change and seemed a little unhappy, Yuan Yushan, who had just said half of his words, quickly put on a smiling face.

“Fellow Daoist, this secret method was obtained when I explored a cave of an ancestor, and it is not something important.

If you like this item, feel free to take it. It will be considered as a gift from me to you today."

After saying that, Yuan Yushan used all his magic power to take out a roll of khaki bamboo slips from his body, and then threw it to Song Qingming who was not far away.

Song Qingming took the bamboo slips, looked down at them, and immediately put them on his forehead.

After a moment, Song Qingming put down the bamboo slips in his hand, and a look of satisfaction appeared on his face.

"Since Fellow Daoist Yuan is giving me this gift sincerely, I will not be polite to him."

After responding with a smile, Song Qingming put away the bamboo slips in his hand and the "Green Jade Tower" next to it in front of the other party.

"I was the first to be disrespectful in today's matter, and I should make amends to you, fellow Taoist.

These spiritual objects are just a token of my appreciation. I hope you don’t mind.”

Seeing that Song Qingming not only took away his secret method by force, but also took away his most powerful magic weapon "Qingyu Linglong Tower", Yuan Yushan's heart felt like bleeding.

But people under the eaves have to bow their heads.

Facing the powerful Song Qingming, he could be killed by him at any time. Yuan Yushan could only consider himself unlucky and pretend that he didn't see it. He forced a smile and nodded to the person in front of him.

Seeing this, Song Qingming smiled slightly, then gently raised his hand and took the "white jade ring" covering the other person's head back into his own hand.

After the magic weapon above his head disappeared, Yuan Yushan in mid-air suddenly felt the pressure on his body disappear, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The next moment, Yuan Yushan, who had just saved his life, immediately bowed to Song Qingming in front of him with a nervous expression.

"Thank you for your guidance, my skills are inferior to yours, so I am willing to admit defeat."

"In that case, I will not keep you here, fellow Taoist!
But I have to remind you, Fellow Daoist Yuan, that we have made a soul contract during the sword fighting contest, so please do not forget this."

"Don't worry, I wouldn't dare!"

Seeing Song Qingming nod slightly, Yuan Yushan turned around and left the place, returning to the people of "Hua Yuan Sect".

"Ancestor, are you okay?"

Seeing that Yuan Yushan had lost the fight and had a grim look on his face, Ye Xinquan, the head of the "Hua Yuan Sect" and others standing not far away looked at him carefully and did not dare to say much.

Yuan Yushan gently waved his hand to indicate that he was fine, and then immediately said to everyone: "Let's go!"

Just say it, and leave with the monks of "Hua Yuan Sect".

But just as the other party turned around and prepared to leave, Bai Yuxian walked forward and interrupted them easily.

"Wait! Fellow Daoist Yuan, have you forgotten one thing? The 50,000 spirit stones agreed upon earlier, are you planning to default on your debt?"

After hearing this, Yuan Yushan turned around and his expression turned ugly again.

But the next moment, he quickly recovered from his original position, immediately took out a bag of spirit stones from his body, and threw it to Bai Yuxian not far away.

Then Yuan Yushan led his men away quickly without looking back.

"Thank you, fellow Taoist!"

Seeing that his opponent had lost the competition and not only got nothing, but also gave him so many spirit stones, Bai Yuxian couldn't help but hide the hint of joy that appeared on his face.

Song Qingming, who had already returned from the battlefield, couldn't help but shook his head slightly when he saw this scene.

"Congratulations, Junior Brother Song, for helping us solve the big problem of Huayuan Sect. Junior Brother has made such a great contribution this time. Please accept these spirit stones they gave you."

After hearing what Bai Yuxian said, Wang Lingji, who was standing beside him, immediately stepped forward and nodded in response:

"Brother Bai is right. We were able to force Yuan Yushan back this time thanks to Brother Song's great fighting power. These spirit stones should be accepted by Brother Daoist."

After not seeing each other for decades, Wang Lingji did not expect that Song Qingming's strength had improved so quickly that he could easily defeat Yuan Yushan, who was at the fifth level of the Nascent Soul Realm.

At this moment, when Wang Lingji looked at the other party, in addition to surprise, there was also a bit of admiration in his eyes.

He was secretly glad in his heart that his decision to ask Song Qingming and others for help on "Windless Island" was really the right person.

You should know that Song Qingming's cultivation is only at the third level of the Nascent Soul Realm, but he can display a strength that is enough to rival that of a sixth-level Nascent Soul cultivator.

In time, when Song Qingming's cultivation reaches the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, I am afraid that except for the great cultivators in the late Nascent Soul stage, basically few people will be able to be his opponent.

For a Yuanying master like him who has such great potential, choosing to make friends with him will definitely be a very good thing for his future.

Song Qingming had just received two spiritual objects from Yuan Yushan. Seeing the tens of thousands of spirit stones in front of him, he didn't have too many thoughts and returned them to Bai Yuxian beside him.

"These spirit stones were obtained by my sister from the other party. How can I keep them all by myself? Sister, please take them back and share them with me!"

"Well! Since Junior Brother is so sincere, let's divide it. It's a free spiritual stone anyway."

Seeing that Song Qingming insisted on not accepting it alone, Bai Yuxian smiled and nodded in agreement, and finally divided it into three parts.

After dividing the spirit stones, Bai Yuxian took out the "Soul Contract" that he had signed with the other party not long ago and handed it to Wang Lingji who was standing aside.

"Friend Wang, Yuan Yushan has already made an agreement that they will not cause trouble to the Zhou family again. We have now given an explanation to the Zhou family on this matter.

The two of us cannot stay in the East China Sea for long, so why not give this contract to you for safekeeping?

If someone from Huayuan Sect breaks their promise in the future, you can use them."

Seeing this, Wang Lingji nodded slightly and generously took the "Soul Contract" sent by Bai Yuxian.

“Don’t worry, my two Taoist friends. Although Yuan Yushan is a bit overbearing, he still values ​​his life and property very much.

Now that he has signed the Soul Contract, we are not afraid that he will not keep his promise."

"So good!"

After the three of them exchanged a few words, they turned around and returned to the "mountain protection formation" below.

Seeing that the crisis just now was easily resolved by the three seniors in front of him without any effort, Zhou Baocheng, the head of the Zhou family, finally led his people to greet them with a smile. "I have no way to repay the grace of the seniors for saving my life. Please accept my greetings."

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A month later, a beam of light shot out from the sky above "White Jade Island".

High in the sky, looking at the "White Jade Island" that was gradually disappearing behind him, Song Qingming quickly turned his gaze to a book in his hand that contained pictures of various "spiritual plants".

After Song Qingming forced Yuan Yushan to retreat, "Hua Yuan Sect" immediately withdrew its troops and returned to the mountain gate.

In the following time, just as they expected, the entire "Haoyuan Sea" was surprisingly calm, and no one came to cause trouble.

After a month, the Zhou family's "Fairy Ganoderma Lucidum" finally matured and finally fell into the hands of Song Qingming and the others.

According to the prior agreement, Bai Yuxian took out the fourth-level spiritual medicine that he had obtained from the outer sea several years ago and handed it to Wang Lingji.

The Zhou family received 200,000 spirit stones collected by three people to exchange for the magical medicine "Xian Lingzhi".

In this transaction, the three parties basically got what they needed and no one suffered any loss.

In addition, in order to thank Song Qingming and the others for their rescue, the Zhou family also gave them a lot of high-level spiritual medicine seeds and fine books on cultivating spiritual plants.

The Zhou family is also a family of immortal cultivation that has been passed down in the immortal cultivation world for thousands of years. Its ancestors started out with the "spiritual plant skills" and were very proficient in this art.

The Nascent Soul ancestor who found the "Fairy Ganoderma" in the outer sea back then was a high-level "spiritual plant master" who had reached the fourth-level intermediate level. The spiritual plant skills he inherited were not much weaker than those of the "Xiaoyao Sect".

The "Spiritual Plant Classic" in Song Qingming's hand is the experience of cultivating spiritual plants written by their ancestor himself.

This item has been the foundation of the Zhou family and has never been easily passed on to outsiders for many years.

But facing the fact that Song Qingming, the senior who saved his life, came to him personally to ask for advice on spiritual plants, Zhou Baocheng did not hesitate too much and made an exception to copy a copy of the book for him.

Song Qingming, who had originally come only to ask for advice on "spiritual plant skills", was also somewhat surprised to receive this book.

At this moment, before he had time to rush back to the "Floating Cloud Mountains", he couldn't help but start to comprehend.

Song Qingming majored in "Array Formation" and didn't know much about "Spiritual Plant Skills".

In the entire Song family, the best "Spiritual Plant Skills" is currently only at the second-level upper level.

With this high-level "Spiritual Plant Book", it will be of great help to those monks in the family who practice the "Way of Spiritual Plants" in the future.

Before leaving, Song Qingming also obtained a lot of seeds of high-level spiritual objects from the Zhou family.

Not only various third-level spiritual medicines, but also the "Fairy Ganoderma" seeds in front of them, the Zhou family also generously gave them a lot this time.

In the world of cultivating immortals, cultivating high-level spiritual medicines not only takes a long time, but when the spiritual medicines mature, they will easily attract other high-level cultivators to covet the spiritual objects.

If one's own strength is insufficient, it will be easy to encounter the situation of the Zhou family.

If you are not careful, you will become a stepping stone for others, and the family’s hundreds of years of hard work will be wasted in one day, and it will also bring disaster to the family.

Therefore, the generally insufficiently powerful immortal cultivation forces dare not easily cultivate high-level spiritual medicines that they are unable to protect.

These seeds of "Fairy Ganoderma Lucidum" are kept by the Zhou family, and I'm afraid they dare not cultivate them easily.

After all, even though they were able to find Wang Lingji, Song Qingming and others to help them escape this time, it doesn’t mean that the Zhou family will have such good luck next time.

The "Xiaoyao Sect" now has three Nascent Soul cultivators, and its sect's strength in cultivating the "Fairy Ganoderma Lucidum" is no longer afraid of outsiders' coveting.

Therefore, when the Zhou family offered to give them these spiritual objects, Song Qingming and Bai Yuxian accepted them generously.

The flying boat traveled quickly westward and soon passed through several sea areas and returned to the mainland.

Ten days later, Song Qingming and Bai Yuxian, who had returned with a full load, had already arrived near "Chiyun Mountain".

"Senior Sister Bai, if you are not in a hurry to go back this time, why don't you come with me to Chiyun Mountain?"

Hearing Song Qingming's invitation, Bai Yuxian, who was controlling the flying boat, thought for a moment and immediately nodded slightly at him.

"Anyway, there is no rush to refine the Nurturing Pill. Since Junior Brother Song has invited me personally, I will just go to Chiyunfang for a stroll."

After the two of them made an appointment, Bai Yuxian turned the direction of the flying boat, rushed directly north, and soon arrived at the foot of "Chiyun Mountain".

This time when they went to the East China Sea to cultivate the immortal world, Song Qingming and his companions only told a few close people, and not many people knew about their departure.

From the time Song Qingming went to attend Yao Muling's "Golden Elixir Celebration" to the time the two returned to the "Floating Cloud Mountains" to cultivate the immortal world, it was less than three months in total.

From a high vantage point, today's "Chiyun Mountain" looks no different than it did a few months ago.

But when Song Qingming and Bai Yuxian arrived at the entrance of the "market" at the foot of the mountain, they saw that there were obviously a lot more monks patrolling the front door than usual, and there was also an additional set of defensive magic formations.

A look of doubt suddenly appeared on the two's faces.

"Strange, why is the security so tight? Did something happen in Chiyun Mountain again?"

"It looks like something is wrong. Could it be that those bandit cultivators are causing trouble again?"

Hearing Bai Yuxian's question, Song Qingming, who had just returned with her, was unable to answer and could only shake his head slightly.

Seeing this, the two of them walked forward quickly together.

As soon as they arrived at the door, a sharp-eyed Foundation Establishment cultivator immediately recognized Song Qingming and the others, and hurriedly stepped forward with a nervous look on his face, bowed and saluted.

"Greetings to the ancestor!"

"No need to be polite. Why are there so many of you patrolling here today? Who gave the order? What happened?"

Hearing Song Qingming's question, the foundation-building disciple wearing the "Xiaoyao Sect" uniform hurriedly cupped his hands and said:

"Reporting to the ancestor, five days ago, the disciples and others received an order from Elder Luo, saying that we should strengthen the defense of the market to prevent any bad guys from causing trouble."

"The disciples and others don't know what exactly happened yet, they just follow orders!"

"Well! Keep busy!"

After nodding slightly to the person in front of him, Song Qingming and Bai Yuxian entered the market together, and soon arrived outside the "meeting hall" in the middle of the market.

What Song Qingming didn't expect was that not only Luo Qingyun and several other elders guarding "Chiyun Mountain" had all arrived here.

Zheng Zongxun and Yun Nishang, two Jindan elders of the sect, who were not supposed to be stationed in "Chiyun Mountain", suddenly appeared here for some reason.

Even Huang Siyuan, who rarely came down the mountain to take care of things, appeared in the "meeting hall".

"Husband, Senior Sister Bai, you are finally back!"

Seeing Song Qingming and Bai Yuxian who suddenly returned and walked out of the hall with everyone, Huang Siyuan immediately showed joy and hurried to greet them.

Luo Qingyun, Zheng Zongxun and others behind him were also a little surprised to see Song Qingming and the others appear, and they all stepped forward to salute.

"Greetings to Uncle Master and Grandmaster!"

Hearing this, Song Qingming nodded slightly to everyone, and then calmly asked Huang Siyuan:

"When my sister and I came back, we saw that the security outside the market was tight, but has anything happened recently?"

Hearing Song Qingming's question, Huang Siyuan's expression suddenly changed slightly and she nodded at the two of them.

"Husband, Senior Sister Bai, it's not convenient to talk here, let's go inside and talk slowly!"

A moment later, under the guidance of Huang Siyuan, the three of them came to a side hall, and Huang Siyuan began to explain the whole story.

It turned out that a few days ago, "Chiyun Mountain" suddenly received a message from the sect, saying that many powerful demon cultivators had appeared in the neighboring Zheng State, and asked them to be on high alert.

This time, not only the "Xiaoyao Sect", but even the "Tianji Sect" which had always been very cautious also sent them a message asking them to be careful and alert to the evil cultivators.

Places like "Chiyun Mountain", which are very close to the demon clan's territory, are places where dragons and snakes mix.

In the surrounding mountains, there are not only various monsters and bandits hiding, but also various evil cultivators.

Seeing that something seemed to be wrong, Huang Siyuan immediately strengthened the "market alert" and sent back all the monks from the law enforcement team who were responsible for suppressing the bandits.

Just yesterday, Li Mufeng felt a little empty in "Chiyun Mountain" knowing that Song Qingming was not there.

In order to prevent any trouble here, Zheng Zongxun and Yun Nishang who were stationed in "White Dragon Valley" were specially sent to help.

According to what the two said, it seemed that something big happened in Zheng State, but when they came, Li Mufeng did not say much, and the two did not know much about it.

After hearing Huang Siyuan's explanation, Song Qingming and Bai Yuxian were confused and had a bad premonition in their hearts.

After a moment, Bai Yuxian, who looked a little solemn, immediately stood up and said, "Junior Brother Song, since the sect has something to do, I'd better go back to Guyang Mountain first.

When I have time in the future, I will come to Chiyun Mountain to visit Junior Brother and Junior Sister Huang."

Facing Bai Yuxian's farewell, Song Qingming, who had urgent matters on his mind, nodded slightly and did not stop her.

"Well! In that case, I won't keep you any longer, Senior Sister.

Senior Sister Bai, if there are any changes or bad developments, please send a message to Chiyun Mountain to let me know immediately."

"Don't worry, Junior Brother Song! Now that Chiyun Mountain is safe, there shouldn't be any major problems at the sect either.

I will let you know any news as soon as I get back."

After saying hello to Song Qingming, Bai Yuxian immediately took the "teleportation array" in the market town and returned to Wei State.

On the third day after Bai Yuxian left, Song Qingming, who was still feeling uneasy in "Chiyun Mountain", soon received a piece of news that shocked him greatly.

(End of this chapter)