Qinghe Immortal Clan.

In the eastern part of the "Floating Cloud Mountains", near a high mountain called "Jinye Ridge" in the southeast direction of Zheng State.

This spiritual vein is of the lower grade of the second level. Originally, a small market was built here, which often attracted nearby monks to come here to purchase spiritual objects. It is also a relatively famous place in the southeast of Zheng State.

But what is unexpected is that this market town was originally home to nearly a thousand monks and hundreds of thousands of ordinary people.

Not long ago, it suddenly became a ruin overnight.

Not only was the entire market destroyed by the huge destructive force, but even the thousands of monks and many mortals living in "Golden Leaf Ridge" were all killed, and no one survived.

At this time, above the "Golden Leaf Ridge", more than a dozen high-level monks in different clothes stood in the air, looking at the tragic situation in the market below and talking about something.

Just as everyone was gathered in mid-air talking, suddenly a white light came quickly from the northwest, directly attracting their attention.

The next moment, under everyone's gaze, a man in blue walked out of the white light, and then flashed in front of everyone.

Seeing Song Qingming in front of him, Li Mufeng, who was talking to Yang Fengyu, hurriedly took everyone to step forward to greet him.

"Fellow Daoist Song, Senior Song!..."

"Junior Brother Song, it's you who's here."

"Senior Brother Li, Fellow Daoist Yang, and Fellow Daoist Chen!" Seeing Li Mufeng and others in front of him who took the initiative to greet him, Song Qingming immediately bowed and returned the greeting.

Yang Fengyu, who was standing by, saw Song Qingming and said with a smile:

“Fellow Daoist Song, I haven’t seen you for a long time. I am here to show my respect.

When I heard that you were not in Chiyun Mountain, I was worried about your safety. Now that I see that you are safe, I feel relieved that God is blessing me. "

Although Yang Fengyu was not aware of the fact that Song Qingming and Bai Yuxian had previously gone to the East China Sea Immortal Cultivation World to exchange for the "Fairy Ganoderma Lucidum".

But because the "Tianji Sect" has many monks stationed in Chiyun Mountain, he naturally knows more or less about the situation on the mountain, and can still guess from some details that Song Qingming has not been in "Chiyun Mountain" recently.

Hearing this, Song Qingming nodded slightly.

"Thank you for your concern, Brother Yang. I was indeed out for some business before, and I didn't expect to hear about this incident when I came back, so I rushed over immediately."

"Junior Brother Song is thoughtful. The monks from Jiuyuan Sect haven't arrived yet. Please wait with us for a while. We will talk about it after they arrive!"

Seeing that Yang Fengyu seemed to want to inquire indirectly about Song Qingming's going out, he quickly interrupted and diverted the topic elsewhere.

Song Qingming, who was standing aside, nodded quickly upon seeing this and turned to Li Mufeng's side.

In addition to Li Mufeng and Yang Fengyu, Chen Yunxiao, the supreme elder of the "Yuxiao Sect" who guards the State of Lu, also came here.

Twenty years have passed since they parted at the "Donghuang Sword Meeting", and Chen Yunxiao's cultivation has successfully broken through to the third level of the Nascent Soul realm.

Following the three Nascent Soul cultivators were a dozen or so Golden Core cultivators including Hu Xuanjing, all of whom were leaders of the major Golden Core forces near the State of Zheng.

At this time, most of the sect forces above the Jindan level on the east side of the "Floating Cloud Mountains" have gathered on this small "Golden Leaf Ridge".

There are at least hundreds of small markets like "Jinyeling" on the east side of the "Floating Cloud Mountains", which are not eye-catching at all.

Logically speaking, even if this market town suddenly disappeared, it would at most attract the attention of Zheng State's "Tianxing Sect", and it would not be worth it for so many high-level cultivators present to come here to investigate in person.

The real reason why Song Qingming and the others came here was because the mastermind behind the destruction of the "Golden Leaf Workshop" was a notorious Nascent Soul demon leader, Gu Daoyun, from the "Floating Cloud Mountain Range" cultivation world.

The incident happened more than half a month ago. At that time, Song Qingming and Bai Yuxian were still on their way back from the East China Sea cultivation world.

The "Tianxing Sect", which controls most of the territory of Zheng State, suddenly received a message from several foundation-building families near the "Jinyefang", and learned that a battle between high-level cultivators had broken out there.

Knowing that this war would most likely involve high-level cultivators above the Jindan level, the cultivators of the Tianxing Sect did not dare to delay and immediately sent a Jindan elder to investigate.

But when the Jindan elder arrived nearby, he found that the war was over and the "Golden Leaf Square" in front of him had been completely reduced to ruins.

Seeing the tragic situation at the "Golden Leaf Shop" and the huge destructive force that only Nascent Soul cultivators could create near the battlefield, the cultivators from the "Tianxing Sect" were also shocked.

Not knowing whether they were capable of handling the matter, they hurriedly informed the nearby Nascent Soul Sect.

After learning the news, the Xiaoyao Sect and the Tianji Sect sent cultivators to investigate, and only then did they determine that there was a battle between Nascent Soul cultivators, which led to the sudden destruction of the Jinyefang.

Moreover, they also found some traces left by demonic cultivators at the scene, and suspected that one of the participants in the fight was Gu Daoyun, a Nascent Soul master of the demonic realm who had disappeared for many years.

Because the market town below was severely damaged, everyone was unable to identify the other cultivator who fought against him, except Gu Daoyun.

They could only strengthen their own vigilance and send messages to other sects to come and investigate the matter together.

A few days ago, Song Qingming, who had just returned from the "East China Sea Immortal Cultivation World", received a letter from Bai Yuxian from the sect and learned about the matter clearly.

In addition, through communication and investigation with other sects in the Floating Cloud Mountains, the identity of the Nascent Soul cultivator who fought against Gu Daoyun has now been confirmed.

This person is most likely the supreme elder Wu Jiuyuan of the Jiuyuan Sect of Yue State who has some grievances with the Xiaoyao Sect.

Today, Li Mufeng, Yang Fengyu and others gathered here to investigate and confirm this matter.

However, the monks from Jiuyuan Sect have not arrived yet, so those who arrived at the "Golden Leaf Square" first can only wait here patiently.

Ever since he showed up in the "Tower of Babel" two hundred years ago to fight for spiritual objects, Gu Daoyun has disappeared for a long time, so much so that everyone thought that this demon had left the "Floating Cloud Mountains" world of immortal cultivation.

Unexpectedly, after so many years, this demon would appear again, so that Li Mufeng and others looked at the battlefield below with solemn expressions.

When Song Qingming learned the news, he was also extremely shocked.

You must know that Gu Daoyun is the number one master of the magic world in the "Floating Cloud Mountains", and his cultivation strength is even higher than that of the "Red Blood Demon" who was besieged by everyone back then.

If Wu Jiuyuan really ran into this demon here, with his cultivation level only at the early Nascent Soul stage, he would never be a match for Gu Daoyun.

It is very likely that the outcome will be disastrous.

However, these are just speculations at the moment, and we have to wait until the monks of Jiuyuan Sect arrive at "Golden Leaf Square" to confirm the truth of this matter.

While everyone was waiting patiently here, Song Qingming also turned his gaze to the battlefield below which had been destroyed beyond recognition and began to observe carefully.

As Song Qingming's gaze moved, several huge sword marks dozens of feet wide and bottomless on the battlefield below appeared before his eyes.

To have such destructive power is definitely not something an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator can do.

Although Song Qingming had never fought with the other party, he had heard of some of Gu Daoyun's magical powers during his years in the immortal cultivation world of the "Floating Cloud Mountains" and knew that he had an extremely powerful high-level magic weapon, the "Black Scale Sword".

There was a hint of demonic energy emerging from the bottomless sword marks before him, which did look about 50% like the traces left by this demon.

After waiting at the scene for more than half an hour, several beams of light finally flew over from the west again.

After a while, six cultivators led by Wang Yan, the supreme elder of the "Wanling Sect", arrived in front of Song Qingming and others on a flying boat.

Just like decades ago, Wang Yan was still wearing the same gorgeous white clothes, and his cultivation was still at the peak of the sixth level of the Nascent Soul, without much change.

The few people following behind Wang Yan were all at the Jindan stage.

Three of them were wearing "Wanling Sect" clothes and followed Wang Yan closely. The other two who were a little further away were monks from the "Jiuyuan Sect" who came specifically to follow them.

Among these two "Jiuyuan Sect" monks, Song Qingming was very familiar with one of them. He was Ma Qiudie, who had defected from Wei State and joined the "Jiuyuan Sect".

Since the battle of "Taiyuefang", Song Qingming and his opponent have not seen each other for nearly a hundred years. As expected, Ma Qiudie's cultivation level has advanced from the seventh level of Jindan to the ninth level of Jindan.

As the other party is less than 400 years old, there is still some hope for him to reach the Nascent Soul stage.

Following Ma Qiudie was a middle-aged man in yellow clothes whose cultivation level was only at the Golden Core level.

Although this person's cultivation has reached the Golden Core realm, his cultivation aura is obviously weaker than that of a normal Golden Core cultivator. He should be a person who has condensed a fake elixir.

When the two sects fought each other, Song Qingming had seen most of the Jindan cultivators of the Jiuyuan Sect, but this person seemed a little unfamiliar to him.

After arriving in front of the crowd, Wang Yan, who was walking in front, first bowed and greeted Song Qingming and the others, and then said with a heavy face:

“Greetings to all Daoists. I heard that Daoist Wu’s traces were found here, so I brought two nephews from Jiuyuan Sect to investigate.

I am sorry to bother you all to wait here for so long. I would like to thank all of you fellow Taoists in advance."

After saying that, Wang Yan bowed to the people in front of him to express his gratitude.

"Fellow Daoist Wang, what are you talking about? It is our duty as righteous cultivators to eliminate demons and defend the Way. Why do you need to be so polite?"

Facing Wang Yan's rare polite words, Li Mufeng quickly waved his hand, and then continued to ask Wang Yan: "Fellow Daoist He from Xingchen Sect and others have not arrived yet.

Fellow Daoist Wang, do you think we should wait for them first and then investigate the movements of the demon cultivators together?"

After hearing Li Mufeng's question, Wang Yan thought for a moment and nodded slightly.

"Since the fellow Taoists from Xingchen Sect haven't arrived yet, let's wait for them."

After saying that, Wang Yan stood aside with a few people beside him, closed his eyes and rested patiently.

Ma Qiudie and the other person following behind him could not stop looking at the tragic battlefield below which had been completely distorted, their faces seeming to be extremely worried.

Especially the man in yellow who had cultivated into a fake elixir next to her. I wonder if it was because it was the first time for him to see so many Nascent Soul cultivators.

Ever since arriving here, the tension on his face has never relaxed.

According to the news Song Qingming had heard before, the great elder of the Jiuyuan Sect, Wu Jiuyuan, had not yet recovered from the injuries he received in the last battle when the monsters moved south. He had come out of seclusion a few months ago and wanted to buy some healing spiritual items.

Unexpectedly, he never returned to the sect, and the soul lamp he left in the ancestral hall was suddenly extinguished not long ago.

Upon hearing the news, the Wanling Sect, combined with previous reports from other sects about a major battle between Nascent Soul cultivators at the Jinyefang, speculated that Wu Jiuyuan was very likely to have died here.

After all, except for Wu Jiuyuan who had gone out and had not returned, most of the Nascent Soul cultivators from other sects in the "Floating Cloud Mountains" had basically confirmed that they were not aware of the matter.

In addition, his natal soul lamp suddenly went out a few days ago, which made it very likely that he had met with a disaster.

After Wang Yan and others arrived, not long after, a ray of light appeared again in the western sky, and then a silver flying boat appeared in the air where everyone was.

"My fellow Taoists, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for so long. I was a little late!"

Just after putting away the flying boat, the white-haired He Wuyou walked over quickly with a few people, with an apologetic look on his face.

In addition to several "Xingchenmen" Jindan cultivators, following He Wuyou was also a handsome man in black, who seemed to have reached the Yuanying stage.

When they saw that the person who followed He Wuyou was not Zheng Zitong but a strange-looking Nascent Soul cultivator, everyone, who did not know the other party's identity for a moment, showed some doubts on their faces.

After He Wuyou approached, Li Mufeng stepped forward and asked curiously:
"It's been a long time since we last met, Fellow Daoist He. May I ask who this fellow Daoist is?"

Seeing that everyone in front of him turned their eyes to the man in black, He Wuyou smiled slightly and hurried forward to introduce:

“My fellow Taoists, this is Junior Brother Ye, who just recently successfully joined our sect after forming his infant son. He is now a guest elder of our sect.

Although Junior Brother Ye was also born in the Floating Cloud Mountains, he went to other places to practice in his early years and only returned to the State of Wu not long ago.

From now on, I hope you can give me some face and take care of me.”

Hearing He Wuyou introducing his identity to everyone, the black-robed monk hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to Li Mufeng and others.

"My name is Ye Linyuan. It's the first time we meet. I'm honored to meet you, fellow Taoists."

"Oh! It's Brother Daoist Ye. I am honored to meet you."

"Fellow Daoist Ye is polite."

After hearing He Wuyou's introduction, Li Mufeng, Song Qingming and others were surprised, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet Ye Linyuan one by one.

In addition to being somewhat surprised that the "Xingchen Gate" suddenly had a Nascent Soul guest elder, Li Mufeng and others also looked at Ye Linyuan with a bit more scrutiny in their eyes.

As the few Nascent Soul cultivators in the "Floating Cloud Mountains", everyone naturally wanted to investigate the other party's background when a cultivator of the same level suddenly appeared nearby.

When it was Yang Fengyu's turn, the old man greeted him and looked at Ye Linyuan in front of him, then turned his gaze to He Wuyou who was smiling not far away.

“Fellow Daoist Congratulations, Xingchen Sect has gained such a young and promising Nascent Soul cultivator.

How come you didn't even say hello to us on such a happy occasion? Are you worried that I will compete with your Xingchen Sect for this person?"

Facing Yang Fengyu's doubts, He Wuyou responded with a smile: "Haha! Daoyou Yang, you have misunderstood.

The reason why I haven't informed you fellow Taoists is because Junior Brother Ye has just returned and is still only a guest elder in the sect. He has not officially joined the Xingchen Sect, so it is not appropriate to make a big fuss about it.

When Junior Brother Ye officially joins the sect in the future, I will personally send someone to deliver the invitation to you all.

I hope you will show me your kindness then."

"Don't worry, Fellow Daoist He. I will definitely attend this great event on time. Then I will discuss the Dao with Fellow Daoist Ye in person."

"Fellow Daoist Yang is so thoughtful. I would like to thank you on behalf of Junior Brother Ye."

".."

After talking to Yang Fengyu, He Wuyou brought Ye Linyuan to Song Qingming and introduced him:

"Junior Brother Ye, this is Fellow Daoist Song from the Xiaoyao Sect, and he is also a new generation of young talent from our Floating Cloud Mountain Range."

"It's been a long time since I last saw you, Brother Song. I am honored to meet you."

While greeting everyone, Ye Linyuan, who was following He Wuyou, looked at Song Qingming and a barely perceptible smile appeared on his face.

Song Qingming, who was standing opposite, also raised his hand slightly when he saw this, as a response to the other party.

Unlike many other cultivators present, when Song Qingming saw Ye Linyuan appear, he was not only surprised but also more unexpected to see this acquaintance here.

Ye Linyuan, who had just joined the "Xingchen Gate", was none other than the late Jindan cultivator who had gone to the "Tianhai Cultivation World" with Song Qingming to help Feng He with his revenge.

It has been over a hundred years since they parted ways in the "Tianhai Immortal Realm".

Unexpectedly, Ye Linyuan has also successfully formed a Nascent Soul like him and has become a Nascent Soul cultivator standing at the top of the world of immortal cultivation.

When Song Qingming went to the "Tianhai Immortal Realm" with Feng He, he had heard that Ye Linyuan's ancestor was a cultivator from the Wu Kingdom.

Song Qingming was not too surprised that the other party chose to join the "Xingchen Gate" of Wu Kingdom after forming an infant.

Because their acquaintance was related to Feng He, it was not good for outsiders to know about it.

Seeing that Ye Linyuan, who was standing next to He Wuyou, had no intention of recognizing him directly, Song Qingming also cooperated and stood quietly aside, pretending that it was the first time he met the other party.

Li Mufeng, who was unaware of the relationship between Song Qingming and the other party, looked at Ye Linyuan with a more intriguing look in his eyes.

In recent years, the "Xiaoyao Sect" has greatly increased its strength because Song Qingming and Bai Yuxian have successively formed their Nascent Souls. Their reputation has surpassed that of the "Xingchen Sect" of the Wu State.

This time, the "Xingchen Gate" suddenly recruited a Nascent Soul cultivator, and He Wuyou also specially brought Ye Linyuan to such an occasion. His intention was somewhat obvious.

Li Mufeng, who was feeling a little unhappy, saw that everyone had already greeted Ye Linyuan, so he quickly stood up and said to Wang Yan:

"Fellow Daoist Wang, since everyone is here, please quickly cast a spell to confirm whether this place has any connection with Fellow Daoist Wu.

This time I have brought so many fellow Taoists here, if we can find the devil Gu Daoyun, we will have hope of eradicating this scourge."

When Li Mufeng mentioned the matter of exorcising demons, the faces of those who had been smiling just now became very serious.

Wang Yan nodded slightly, then stretched out his hand to summon Ma Qiudie and the other person who were standing not far away.

"I've met all the seniors!"

"My two junior brothers, everyone is here, you should start now!"

Hearing Wang Yan's instructions, Ma Qiudie and the man in yellow immediately nodded in response, and then took out a high-level talisman from their bodies.

Ma Qiudie quickly cast a spell to activate the talisman in her hand, and soon a ball of red light emerged from the talisman like a flame and appeared in front of everyone.

"Brother Wu, hurry up."

Hearing Ma Qiudie's reminder, the middle-aged man in yellow was slightly stunned, then quickly cast a spell to force a drop of blood from his body and send it into the red flame in front.

The secret method used by Ma Qiudie is not much different from the blood-searching method used by Song Qingming back then. It also uses the essence and blood of Wu Jiuyuan's direct descendants to find the other party's whereabouts.

After the yellow-clothed man's blood essence merged into the talisman, the red flame quickly changed and turned into a palm-sized red spiritual bird.

After the spirit bird circled around Ma Qiudie's hand for a few times, it soon took Ma Qiudie directly to the battlefield below which had become a ruin.

Li Mufeng and others who were standing high in the sky immediately used their escape skills to follow when they saw this.

After the "Red Spirit Bird" flew over the ruins, it continued to circle for a while, then suddenly turned around and flew to the west of the ruins.

Soon, everyone followed the guidance of the "Red Spirit Bird" and came to a small river about ten miles away from the "Golden Leaf Square".

When the spirit bird reached the river, it suddenly stopped and continued circling in the air.

After a long time, there was still no movement from the other side, so everyone immediately fell down from the sky.

He Wuyou, who fell first, took out a "golden bronze mirror" with a flash of inspiration in his hand. Then the bronze mirror quickly grew larger in mid-air, emitting a burst of golden light that covered the river below.

After a careful search, He Wuyou soon found a broken green dagger in the grass not far from the river.

"This is Master's magic weapon, the Azure Sun Mysterious Fire Sword!"

Seeing the broken sword magic weapon found by He Wuyou, Ma Qiudie, with a trace of sadness on her face, immediately shouted out.

After hearing the other party confirm that this thing was Wu Jiuyuan's magic weapon, Song Qingming and others who were standing in the air at this time also had a heavy look on their faces.

Although Song Qingming and others had anticipated from the beginning that Wu Jiuyuan might encounter an accident, they still retained some doubt in their hearts before that, thinking that they might have guessed wrong.

It was not until now that they found the magical relics left by the other party that they confirmed the fact that Wu Jiuyuan had fallen.

When everyone present saw this scene, even Li Mufeng and Song Qingming, who had some old grudges against the "Jiuyuan Sect", could not help but feel a bit of regret in their hearts.

And Wang Yan, who came on behalf of the "Wanling Sect", had a look of even more anger on his face.

"How dare you, evil thief, be so rampant! I will make you pay the price!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a golden sword light shot out from Wang Yan's hand, and the sword energy instantly cut the river next to him into two sections. (End of this chapter)