Qinghe Immortal Clan.

After confirming that the released "Red Yuan Holy Demon" was a true demon from the upper realm, He Wuyou, Wang Yan and others immediately organized all the major sects in the "Floating Cloud Mountains" to search for the traces of this demon.

Less than three months later, Song Qingming, who had just returned to "Chiyun Mountain", received news that the devil had appeared again to cause trouble.

On that day, after the "Red Yuan Holy Demon" was severely injured by Song Qingming and others and fled from Taiyue Lake, he hid in a small country to the east of "Taiyue Lake" to heal his wounds.

Not long after, he was accidentally discovered while hiding in the mountains, so he directly slaughtered several Jindan forces in the surrounding area, which completely exposed his whereabouts.

Upon hearing the news, Song Qingming and Li Mufeng immediately responded to the call for joint demon-annihilation launched by the "Wanling Sect" and rushed to the Qin State on the west side of the "Floating Cloud Mountains" with Li Mufeng.

When Song Qingming and the other two reunited with the others, they discovered that quite a few Nascent Soul cultivators had already arrived at the scene.

Among the Nascent Soul cultivators who took action to destroy the demons this time were He Wuyou, Song Qingming, and Ye Linyuan who participated in the last battle.

They also joined Wang Yan, Yang Fengyu, Li Mufeng, Chu Lingyun, and Fu Yungui, the supreme elder of the "Huoyang Sect" who came from Lieshan Kingdom, a total of eight human Nascent Soul cultivators.

In addition, the leader of the "Taiyue Lake" demon clan, the "Iron Wall Demon King", also brought another relatively unfamiliar middle-Nascent Soul Demon King to help in the battle.

Although the place where the "Red Yuan Holy Demon" attacked this time was not in the "Taiyue Lake" in the demon clan's territory.

But this matter involves the real demon from the upper realm after all. As a cultivator of the demon clan, the "Iron Wall Demon King" naturally does not want to see the immortal cultivation world of the "Floating Cloud Mountains" fall into the hands of the real demon in the future.

Moreover, the place where the "Red Yuan Holy Demon" was sealed was right under its nose in the "Taiyue Lake", and it had also participated in the battle to besiege and kill the demon that day.

The "Iron Wall Demon King" was also worried that the demon would recover its strength in the future and come back to cause trouble for it.

A group of ten Nascent Soul cultivators traveled light and quickly found the hiding place of the "Red Yuan Holy Demon" and trapped the demon in a cave.

Everyone thought they would have a chance to kill this demon this time, but after fighting with him, they still failed.

Although the "Red Yuan Holy Demon" is not as powerful as the legendary true demon from the upper realm, its strength is only at the late Nascent Soul stage.

However, this demon possessed many powerful secret skills and magical powers. When Song Qingming and others fought with it, they were able to suppress it by relying on their numbers.

However, faced with the bizarre magical powers of these true demons from the upper realm, everyone seemed a little inexperienced in dealing with them.

Finally, after Song Qingming and his companions severely damaged his body which had not yet recovered, the seriously injured "Chiyuan Holy Demon" used a secret method of substitution to escape and hid in the vast "Fantasy Sea Desert" in the west.

Although the people who were besieging the demon wanted to chase him, they seemed to be powerless when faced with the vast uninhabited desert of hundreds of thousands of miles.

After searching for a while, they could only withdraw to their own sects.

Fortunately, for a long period of time afterwards, the "Red Yuan Holy Demon" disappeared and never appeared again in the immortal world of "Floating Cloud Mountains".

This chaos caused by the demonic cultivators that lasted for more than half a year has finally come to a temporary end.

Although everyone worked together to successfully inflict heavy damage on the demonic cultivators, the entire "Floating Cloud Mountain Range" cultivation world also suffered heavy losses after experiencing this turmoil.

Not counting the demon race, nearly ten thousand human cultivators alone died tragically in this turmoil.

Among the Jindan sects that were targeted by the "Red Yuan Holy Demon", except for a few people who were lucky enough to escape the disaster, almost all the entire sects were slaughtered by this demon. The scene was extremely tragic.

In addition, the "Floating Cloud Mountains" had few Nascent Soul cultivators, and lost two of them after the disaster.

Wu Jiuyuan and Qiu Pingshan were the only Nascent Soul ancestors in the sect, and they unfortunately died at the hands of evil cultivators one after another.

After learning of the death of their ancestors, the monks in the "Jiuyuan Sect" of Yue State and the "Hunyuan Sect" of Song State suddenly lost their backbone and chaos immediately ensued.

Fortunately, after Wang Yan and others from the "Wanling Sect" learned of this, they promptly sent monks to help them stabilize the situation.

After all, both Wu Jiuyuan and Qiu Pingshan died at the hands of the evil cultivators, and everyone cannot ignore the sects behind them.

After driving away the "Red Yuan Holy Demon", Wang Yan not only took the initiative to return their relics, but also discussed it with He Wuyou, Li Mufeng and others.

Finally, everyone unanimously agreed to make a promise to the two sects and agreed to protect them for a hundred years.

Within a hundred years, as long as the "Jiuyuan Sect" and the "Hunyuan Sect" do not actively invade others, no one else can have any ideas about attacking these two sects.

This is equivalent to giving the "Jiuyuan Sect" and the "Hunyuan Sect" the next hundred years of stable development time.

If the two families could seize this opportunity within a hundred years and train another Nascent Soul cultivator, they could naturally continue the sect and restore its former glory.

But if after a hundred years, the sect still has not cultivated a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Without the protection of other Nascent Soul sects in the Floating Cloud Mountains, neither the Jiuyuan Sect nor the Hunyuan Sect would be able to defend their current territories.

By then, what awaits them is only the decline of their sect, and their complete degeneration into an ordinary Jindan force in the immortal cultivation world of the "Floating Cloud Mountains".

This is also the eternal law in the world of immortal cultivation. Only the strong can stand at the top of the world of immortal cultivation.

".."

After encircling and suppressing the "Chiyuan Holy Demon", Song Qingming and Li Mufeng quickly returned to the "Guyang Mountain" of Wei State.

Compared with the "Jiuyuan Sect" and the "Hunyuan Sect", the "Xiaoyao Sect" did not lose many cultivators, but the sect's Nascent Soul ancestor Bai Yuxian was also seriously injured in this disaster of demon cultivators.

After returning to "Guyang Mountain", Song Qingming originally wanted to visit Bai Yuxian who was in seclusion to recuperate.

But the other party was still at the critical moment of recuperating from his injuries, and it was not convenient for him to come out to meet us temporarily.

Seeing this, Song Qingming had no choice but to give up. After leaving a message, he set off to return to "Chiyun Mountain".

After passing through the two teleportation arrays of "Chiyun Mountain" and "Baishiling Ridge", Song Qingming's figure soon appeared in the "Chiyun Mountain" market.

Huang Siyuan and Li Xuanyi, who had already learned in advance that he had returned safely, rushed to the "teleportation array" hall in the market town to greet him.

Seeing the two girls who had been waiting here for a long time, Song Qingming immediately washed away his tiredness and walked over with a smile on his face.

"Siyuan, Senior Sister Li, how is everyone doing recently!"

"Don't worry, my dear husband. The mountain has been peaceful and smooth recently, and there has been no trace of any demonic cultivators.

Yuan Fang and his family also wrote back regularly to report that they were safe, and nothing major happened in Qinghe County."

"Well! I hope everyone is safe." Song Qingming nodded slightly when he heard that, and then took the initiative to step forward and gently stroked Huang Siyuan's jade hand.

Every time he went out for an adventure over the years, Song Qingming couldn't help but feel relieved when he thought that there was someone at home waiting for him to return safely.

When Li Xuanyi saw the two of them standing together, he seemed to have something else to say, so he quickly interrupted them:

"Junior Brother Song, we have prepared a welcoming banquet for you. If you have anything to say, why don't you talk slowly after we get back.

If we keep blocking here, the people who are being teleported outside will probably get impatient.”

"Yes! Thank you, Senior Sister."

Hearing Li Xuanyi's reminder, Song Qingming immediately turned around, then he remembered that he was now outside the "transmission platform", and responded hurriedly with some apology.

Seeing this, Huang Siyuan, who was standing by, nodded slightly and followed him.

The three of them quickly left the "Teleportation Hall" together and came to the teahouse opened by Li Xuanyi at the corner of the street.

After more than ten years of operation by senior sister Li Xuanyi, the "Li's Teahouse" now not only has better business, but its appearance has also changed a lot.

In recent years, while Li Xuanyi was busy running the teahouse, he also spent a lot of time studying "puppetry skills".

With the help of the classics given by Song Qingming, Li Xuanyi also successfully refined a third-level lower-grade "puppet beast", and improved his "puppet skills" to the third-level lower-grade realm.

Nowadays, some low-level puppets are placed for sale in "Li's Teahouse", which has attracted many independent cultivators in the market to come and purchase spiritual objects.

It was precisely because of the attraction of these low-level "puppet beasts" that the business of "Li's Teahouse" run by Li Xuanyi became booming.

As soon as the three of them arrived at the entrance of the teahouse, they saw Song Linyu and another person coming out to greet them, and they bowed to Song Qingming and the others.

"Ancestor, Master!"

“Jingyun, when did you come to Chiyun Mountain? What’s the problem with your cultivation?”

As Li Xuanyi's disciple, Song Linyu's appearance in the teahouse to help was within Song Qingming's expectations.

However, when Song Qingming saw that his disciple Bai Jingyun also appeared here, a hint of surprise appeared on his face, and he asked him with some confusion.

Hearing this, Bai Jingyun quickly bowed and replied: “Master, don’t worry, there is nothing abnormal in my cultivation, but I have felt that my state of mind has been a little insufficient in recent times.

Only then did he listen to Yu'er's suggestion and come to Chiyun Mountain to train with his uncle.

Please rest assured, Master, I have not slacked off in my practice in recent years."

After hearing Bai Jingyun's serious answer, Song Qingming nodded slightly and said, "Well! It's good that you understand this.

If there is anything you don’t understand in your practice in the future, you can come to Chiyun Mountain to find me or your master’s wife.”

After marrying Song Linyu, Bai Jingyun and her have been in love for many years. His cultivation has not fallen behind, and he has now reached the peak of the eighth level of foundation building.

With Bai Jingyun's two spiritual roots, although his cultivation speed is not as fast as those elite disciples in the "Xiaoyao Sect", it is still much faster than most foundation-building cultivators in the outside world. His life span is less than 140 years old now. If he has time, he will be able to advance to the ninth level of foundation-building, or even impact the golden elixir realm.

It was precisely because he saw that Bai Jingyun still had a great chance of reaching the Golden Core realm that Song Qingming paid more attention to his nominal disciple.

Otherwise, if the other party has no hope of forming a pill, his path can only stop at the foundation-building stage. After fulfilling his promise to his old friend Bai Yunhua, Song Qingming will no longer pay too much attention to Bai Jinghua.

"Thank you, Master. I will obey your orders!"

Although Bai Jingyun has not spent much time with his master in these years since he started practicing, he is still very grateful to Song Qingming for taking care of him over the years.

If the ancestor of the family had not found such a backer for them, given the dangerous situation the Bai family was in at the time, they would have probably been devoured by the surrounding family forces without leaving anything behind.

At that time, Bai Jingyun's cultivation was only in the middle stage of Qi training. Not to mention reviving his family, he might even have difficulty in building his own foundation.

It is thanks to his mentor Song Qingming and the Song family's care for him that Bai Jingyun and the Bai family were able to turn danger into safety and achieve today's success.

Bai Jingyun naturally had already deeply engraved in his heart the favor of saving him and the entire Bai family.

After greeting his disciple, Song Qingming did not say much and followed Li Xuanyi's lead to the backyard of the teahouse.

Because Li Xuanyi had already set up a soundproof barrier in the courtyard, even though there were many monks drinking tea in front, the noisy sounds of people talking around them immediately disappeared and became quiet after they entered the courtyard.

As Huang Siyuan cast a spell to open the steamer covering the table, a fresh fragrance wafted into the air, followed by more than a dozen colorful spiritual dishes that appeared in front of Song Qingming.

"My dear, you are in for a treat this time. These spiritual dishes were prepared by Senior Sister Li herself to welcome you. They are much better than my cooking skills."

"Oh! Senior Sister Li did it..."

After hearing Huang Siyuan's introduction, Song Qingming looked at the spiritual food on the table with some surprise, only to find that some of the dishes seemed to be a little different from what she had made before.

Although Song Qingming had heard that his senior sister Li Xuanyi was also a "spiritual chef" when he was training in the "Taixu Sect" a long time ago.

However, in the entire sect, except for the master "Taoist Lingxu", no one else has tasted the cooking skills of this senior sister.

This was also the first time that Song Qingming saw the spiritual food made by Li Xuanyi, and a hint of curiosity appeared on his face.

Seeing Song Qingming staring at the spiritual food on the table, Li Xuanyi on the side quickly waved his hand and said, "Junior Brother Song, don't listen to Siyuan's nonsense.

In fact, most of these spiritual meals are her own creations. I just helped out and made a few dishes by the way."

"You also know that I haven't made any for a long time, so don't complain that the spiritual food I made is not tasty!"

After Li Xuanyi finished speaking, he brought over a pot of hot spirit wine from the side, filled a cup, and slowly handed it to Song Qingming.

"Haha! What are you saying, Senior Sister? How dare I say that?

It's a rare opportunity for us to get together today, so please don't be polite and sit together!"

Song Qingming took the spirit wine, smiled and nodded in response, then asked the two girls beside him to sit down together.

After raising his glass to take a sip of the spiritual wine with the two of them, Song Qingming, who had already been salivating over the delicious spiritual food in front of him, picked up his chopsticks and reached for the plate beside him.

Seeing that Song Qingming was very sharp-eyed and picked the spirit fish he made first, Li Xuanyi put down his wine glass and immediately locked his eyes on him.

After taking the spiritual meal, Song Qingming immediately felt a refreshing and delicious taste on the tip of his tongue. A look of satisfaction instantly appeared on his face, and he began to savor it patiently and quietly.

"The meat is fresh, tender, juicy and delicious. It is a rare and top-quality product. I am really blessed to have it today."

It was not until Song Qingming tasted the wine and expressed his sincere admiration that Li Xuanyi let go of the tension in her heart and smiled as she stepped forward to fill his glass.

"Since Junior Brother Song praised me so much, it seems that my cooking skills have not deteriorated much over the years. It's a pity that Master is not here, so it's unlikely that my cooking skills will improve any further."

"Master is not here, but I am still here. As long as Senior Sister doesn't mind the trouble, I wish I could come here every day to enjoy it."

"you."

Song Qingming, who was still savoring the delicious spiritual meal in his mouth, heard Li Xuanyi's words and responded without thinking too much.

However, just after he finished speaking, he saw Li Xuanyi suddenly stopped pouring the wine and turned his eyes to him. Song Qingming felt that what he had just said seemed to be wrong.

Just when he was about to open his mouth to explain, Li Xuanyi didn't give Song Qingming a chance and just smiled and shook her head: "Junior brother, you are wishful thinking.

When my master was still around, he often taught me how to cook. You only know how to eat but can't cook, so how can you teach me?"

"Senior sister, you underestimate my husband. Although he doesn't know how to use his hands, his mouth is different.

Whether it is salty or bland, or lacks those flavors, my husband can tell the difference after just one taste, and I have received some guidance in my cooking skills over the years."

"Oh! In that case, I really need to ask more questions from you in the future."

Seeing Li Xuanyi looking at him with some disbelief, Song Qingming quickly waved his hands and explained, "I just ate a little too much, it's not as serious as Siyuan said.

By the way, Senior Sister, I see that you seem to be in good condition recently, do you have any plans to go into seclusion to form a baby?"

Seeing Song Qingming suddenly change the subject, Li Xuanyi thought for a moment before responding softly, "Regarding the matter of forming a baby, I have actually already made some preparations.

However, I have always felt that I am missing something, and if I were to retreat hastily to form a baby, I am afraid I would fail at the last moment. "

"What is missing, Senior Sister?"

"I don't know what I'm missing, but I feel like there's something missing. Brother, don't worry about me. I'll go into seclusion when I feel it.

Junior brother, now that you are back, what are your thoughts? Do you plan to practice in seclusion for a while?"

"Well! This is a rare opportunity to fight with a master of magic. I have gained a lot of experience. I plan to stay in seclusion for a while.

If I'm not here, and there's something urgent, Senior Sister can send a message to the top of the mountain to find me."

During this time of turmoil caused by the demons, Song Qingming was lucky enough not to get hurt and survived the disaster safely.

However, the two battles with the "Red Yuan Holy Demon" also allowed him to witness the strange magical powers of the masters of the magic path in the world of immortal cultivation, and he gained a new understanding of his own strength.

Before this, Song Qingming, relying on the blessing of the "Ten Thousand Spirits Puppet Array" and several powerful magic weapons on his body, was able to display the strength equivalent to that of a sixth-level Nascent Soul cultivator.

I thought that even if my fighting ability was not as good as that of a late Nascent Soul cultivator, the gap should not be that big.

But in the battle with the "Red Yuan Holy Demon", Song Qingming found that his offensive methods were used on the opponent.

Although it can pose a certain threat to the opponent, it does not really have the ability to hurt this powerful opponent.

The reason why Song Qingming and his team were able to successfully defeat their opponents in the end was actually more due to the powerful strength displayed on the battlefield by He Wuyou and "Iron Wall Demon King", two peak masters in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul.

He Wuyou has reached the peak of the middle stage of the Nascent Soul Realm. With the Star Sect's most precious treasure, the "Canglang Ruler", his fighting ability is close to that of an average late stage Nascent Soul Realm cultivator.

He is also the most powerful Nascent Soul cultivator in the middle stage among the many Nascent Soul cultivators of both the human and demon races around the "Floating Cloud Mountains", except for the few late stage Nascent Soul cultivators.

Although the "Iron Wall Demon King" is not good at fighting, the water-attributed skills he practiced, combined with his natal magic weapon, and his defensive supernatural powers are also top-notch among the cultivators in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul.

Moreover, compared to He Wuyou, who has a short lifespan, the old turtle "Iron Wall Demon King" is far from running out of energy.

It has been thousands of years since it advanced to the Nascent Soul stage, and its cultivation is only one step away from breaking through to the late Nascent Soul stage. If nothing unexpected happens, it may still be possible for it to advance to the late Nascent Soul stage in the future.

Not to mention the "Red Yuan Holy Demon" whose strength far exceeds that of everyone else.

Even compared with He Wuyou and "Iron Wall Demon King", two top masters in the middle Nascent Soul stage, Song Qingming's current fighting ability obviously still has a certain gap.

After returning safely to "Chiyun Mountain" after the war, he began to think about going into seclusion to improve his cultivation, and he was eager to improve his strength.

Although there are no powerful demon masters around "Chiyun Mountain" now, the demon cultivators have also suffered heavy losses and do not pose much danger to him.

In the short term, everything should be peaceful.

However, after seeing the power of the "Red Yuan Holy Demon", Song Qingming still felt a little worried in his heart, wondering when such a powerful opponent would suddenly appear in front of him again.

No matter what, I must plan ahead, seize the time to improve my strength, and strive to advance to the middle Nascent Soul stage as soon as possible.

Now his cultivation level is only at the peak of the third level of the Nascent Soul Realm, but with the help of the puppet formation on his body, his strength has reached the level of an ordinary sixth-level Nascent Soul Realm cultivator.

As long as his cultivation can further break through to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, then with the help of the "Ten Thousand Spirits Puppet Array", his own strength will at least reach the peak level of the sixth level of the Nascent Soul.

With the help of several magic weapons on him, Song Qingming's fighting level should be close to that of the current "Iron Wall Demon King" or He Wuyou.

By then, if Song Qingming encountered a great cultivator of average strength in the late Nascent Soul stage, even if he could not defeat the other party, it should not be too difficult for him to escape.

Hearing the news that Song Qingming wanted to go into seclusion as soon as he returned, Li Xuanyi and Huang Siyuan, who knew that he had a firm heart in Taoism, did not look surprised at all and nodded to him.

After having a hearty meal in Li Xuanyi's teahouse, Song Qingming chatted with the two girls for a while before returning to the cave on the top of the mountain.

After tidying himself up a bit, Song Qingming quickly arrived at the cave he had prepared for his retreat.

Next, he planned to retreat here to break through his cultivation and directly reach the middle stage of the Nascent Soul. (End of this chapter)