Qinghe Immortal Clan.

Three years later, in a small market on the west side of the Floating Cloud Mountains.

A young man in a green robe came to a teahouse on the east side of the market town. After taking a look at the sign above the door, he immediately walked in quickly.

Seeing a customer coming outside the door, a shop assistant immediately came forward with a smile.

"Sir, may I ask if you would like to have a quick meal or stay overnight?"

"No need, I'm here to look for someone!"

Seeing that the man in green robe only glanced at him lightly, and then began to search around, the waiter thought for a moment and smiled and asked carefully:

"Are you looking for two women?"

"How do you know that the people I'm looking for are two women?" After hearing the waiter's question, the man in green robe suddenly changed his expression and looked at the other party strangely.

Upon seeing this, the waiter quickly explained, "Sir, please don't misunderstand me. I just heard your accent and it sounds like you are a monk from another place.

There happened to be two guests from out of town visiting our shop today, so I asked this question, and I hope you won’t mind.”

As the waiter looked cautious, the green-robed man's expression gradually relaxed from the initial displeasure, and then he stretched out his hand and threw a sparkling spirit stone directly at the other party.

"You have a nice eye, I'll give you a reward!"

"Thank you very much, sir. Thank you very much, sir. Please go upstairs to the east!"

Seeing the spirit stone in his hand, the guy hurriedly bowed to the green-robed man who was walking away, and watched him go up to the second floor.

"These foreign monks are really generous, but it's a pity that we can only meet them a few times a month!"

After putting away the spirit stone in his hand with a smile, the shop assistant saw another customer coming outside the door and hurried over to greet him.

As soon as the man in green robe walked up to the second floor and glanced around, he saw a woman in yellow standing up and waving at him from the window in the distance. His face lit up with joy and he walked over quickly.

"Meet Aunt Siyue, Yuqin!"

"Yu An, please sit down. Have you finished your work?"

Hearing Song Siyue's question, Song Yu'an, who had just sat down, quickly replied: "Don't worry, Aunt Siyue, everything has been done.

The people from the Fire Sword Sect said that as long as we are willing to help, each of us can get 800 spirit stones plus a bottle of Qing Sui Dan. This is the deposit they gave us!"

After Song Yu'an finished speaking, he took out a storage bag from his body and placed it carefully on the table.

Song Yuqin, who was sitting nearby, quickly opened the storage bag and saw that it was filled with nearly a thousand spirit stones. She immediately showed a hint of joy on her face.

"Hahaha, I didn't expect the people from the Fire Sword Sect to be so generous after giving so many spirit stones. Brother Yu An, you have received a good business now. You have finally made a fortune."

"You are such a money-grubber, after all, you come from a great immortal cultivation family, are you so happy with just these few spirit stones?
Besides, the other party hasn't agreed to the deal yet. It's too early to think that these spirit stones are yours.

Be careful, the Heart Stone is too hot to handle, and you won’t be able to enjoy it when the time comes.”

Seeing that Song Yuqin was staring at the spirit stones in the bag and couldn't take her eyes off it, Song Siyue, who was the oldest among the three, glared at her and quickly put away the "spiritual stone bag".

"Aunt Siyue, they are willing to pay so many spirit stones, so they must be sincere. Do you think we should take this deal?"

Seeing that Song Yu'an was also a little excited, the experienced Song Siyue thought for a moment, then waved her hand at the two of them and said, "Don't worry about this matter, let me think about it first!

The Fire Sword Sect is willing to offer so many spirit stones to hire us, which means that this matter must be somewhat dangerous and not as simple as they say. Let's find out more before making a decision!

Yu An, you should return these spiritual stones to them first, and it won’t be too late to discuss it with them later when you have made a decision.”

"What? Give it back to them, Aunt Siyue. It's not easy to get such a big order. Why are you still worrying so much?
Besides, we left the family to gain experience, if we don’t dare to go to such a dangerous place, it would be a waste of our trip.”

"The Great Elder asked me to bring you two out for training, not to let you take risks. Since you two have come out with me, you must listen to my arrangements.

Otherwise, I don't want to stay here with you. When we go back, if the elder blames you, you can explain it to him yourself!"

After saying that, Song Siyue stood up and walked downstairs, leaving the two of them behind.

Seeing that Song Siyue seemed to really not want to care about them, Song Yu'an on the side sighed helplessly, and hurriedly pulled Song Yuqin to chase after them.

"Aunt Siyue, I know I was wrong. Please don't really abandon us."

"Alright, quickly take the spirit stones and return them to the people from the Fire Sword Sect. Tell them that I will be in seclusion for half a month and will reply to them when I come out."

Seeing that Song Yu'an and Song Yuqin admitted their mistakes repeatedly and dared not say anything more, Song Siyue's expression relaxed and she smiled and nodded to them.

After watching the two younger generations of the family leave, Song Siyue, who was walking on the street, couldn't help but sigh slightly.

"I finally have a chance to go out for a walk, but the Great Elder is really giving me trouble."

A year ago, Song Siyue, who had just broken through the realm of cultivation, and her family applied to go out for training. However, the great elder Song Yuanfang made the decision and asked her to bring along two "Yu" generation cultivators from the family who had recently established their foundation.

Song Yu'an and Song Yuqin, one is the only genius with extraordinary spiritual roots in the family, and the other is the youngest second-level lower-grade "alchemist" in the family.

Facing these two most important treasures of the younger generation of their family, Song Siyue did not dare to be careless along the way and racked her brains to protect them carefully.

After finally getting rid of Song Yu'an and the other two, Song Siyue slowly strolled along the streets of the market.

Just as Song Siyue was about to reach the city gate at the corner of the street, a figure suddenly walked out of a shop not far ahead and caught her sight.

Although she only glanced at the other person, the next moment Song Siyue stood still in a daze, with an expression of unbelievable shock on her face.

"This,...Is it possible that I saw it wrong?"

Looking at the figure in front of her gradually going away, Song Siyue stood there in a daze for a moment, but still chose to quickly catch up.

After a while, Song Siyue followed the other party to the entrance of the market.

After leaving the market gate, seeing that there were fewer cultivators around, Song Siyue no longer concealed her identity as a foundation-building cultivator and directly cast a spell and stepped forward to stop the other party.

At this time, the black shadow walking in front seemed to have sensed Song Siyue behind him, and his pace involuntarily quickened.

Seeing this, Song Siyue's hand flashed with inspiration, and she took out her flying sword and flew directly into the air.

"My fellow Taoist, please stay!"

But just as Song Siyue was flying with the sword, rocks suddenly flew everywhere and a strange wind blew from the side in front of her, blocking her view.

When Song Siyue cast a spell to pass through the strange wind and continue chasing forward, she didn't expect that the black-robed figure in front of her had already disappeared.

Even the strange wind that suddenly blew up for no apparent reason disappeared in an instant, as if it had never appeared.

Seeing this, Song Siyue hurriedly stepped on the flying sword and quickly searched the surroundings.

However, after she searched the entire surrounding area, she still could not find any trace of the man in black robe, as if he had disappeared out of thin air.

Just when Song Siyue was still looking for the man in black, two sword lights suddenly flew over from the direction of the distant market town. They were Song Yu'an and the other man who had just separated from her.

"Aunt Siyue, why did you just leave us without telling us?"

"What are you two thinking? I just saw a familiar-looking man in the market and chased him out. How could I ignore you?"

Seeing Song Yu'an and the other man who thought she had abandoned them on purpose, Song Siyue smiled helplessly and quickly stopped to explain.

"A familiar face, who is Aunt Siyue talking about? Do we know him too?"

Seeing Song Yu'an and the other two looking at her curiously, Song Siyue sighed slightly and immediately shook her head.

"Alas, this person looks a lot like an old friend of mine. I chased him all the way here but lost him. Maybe I was dazzled and recognized the wrong person."

“This, haha.

Aunt Siyue is here for the first time too, how could there be an old friend here? It seems like you are always thinking of someone at home!"

"You dare to joke with me, girl? You are becoming more and more unruly.

Okay, I must have recognized the wrong person, let’s go back first!”

With a look of helplessness on her face and shaking her head slightly, Song Siyue took the two people beside her and left the place and returned directly to the market.

As the three sword lights in the air disappeared, a figure in a black robe suddenly appeared slowly from the void on a low mountain several miles away.

"That's weird. Those three people are only at the Foundation Establishment stage. How did they find out your identity just now? Do you know them?"

The man in black robe who was standing there did not open his mouth, but suddenly a rather strange sound came out of his body.

The black-robed man's expression changed slightly when he heard this, and he immediately replied:

"Don't worry, it was just a coincidence. No one knows my identity, and no one will discover your existence."

"Hahaha! If I were worried, I would have killed them a long time ago. Why would I need you to explain all this to me?

The Floating Cloud Mountains are not safe for me now, so I should leave as soon as possible!"

"Leave here, are you saying you won't go back?"

Hearing what the other party said, the man in black robe was surprised and asked again.

"You've really talked too much today. I asked you to come with me, but are you reluctant to leave this place?

This world of immortal cultivation is much larger than you know. There is no need to be trapped in this barren land.

The skills I teach you are different from those useless ones. As long as you are obedient, it is only a matter of time before you break through to the Nascent Soul stage. "The next moment, the strange voice came out from the black-robed man again, with a hint of displeasure in his tone.

However, this time, when he heard the threat from the other party, the black-robed man's expression changed uncharacteristically and showed a bit of determination.

“Whether I can break through to the Nascent Soul stage, I don’t dare to think about it.

But I am still a little worried. Once I leave here, I will be completely useless to you."

"Haha! You are quite thoughtful. You still worry about your own safety at this time.

Don't worry! If I wanted to kill you, I wouldn't have let you live until now.

You will be of great use to me in the future, otherwise I would not have specially taught you the skills.

But there is one thing I can tell you right now.

If you still can't break through to the Nascent Soul stage after practicing my technique, then you may be of no use to me at that time."

"Okay! I'll go with you. If I can't form a baby, I'll let you do whatever you want to me without any complaints." Faced with the threatening words from the other party, the man in black robe answered very firmly this time, without any hesitation.

"You are quite courageous. It's worth it that I liked you in the first place. Let's go."

".."

Hearing the other party's urging, the man in black robe turned around and looked behind him, then turned into a black light and disappeared into the void.
-
On the east side of the "Floating Cloud Mountains", in the cave on the top of the "Chiyun Mountain".

Song Qingming, who had been in seclusion for three years, now had green rays of light flashing on his body. He had reached the critical moment of breaking through his cultivation.

Since he began his retreat three years ago, Song Qingming has spent a full two years trying to hone his magic power.

Not until the magic power in his body had reached the level where he was ready to break through his cultivation did Song Qingming swallow the "Xuan Yu Dan" that he had prepared long ago.

"Xuan Yu Dan" is indeed a fourth-level intermediate-grade elixir that can assist Nascent Soul cultivators in breaking through their cultivation level. The spiritual energy contained in it far exceeds any elixir Song Qingming has taken before.

Driven by this huge spiritual energy, Song Qingming began to constantly try to break through the bottleneck in his body.

Until now, after spending nearly a year, he finally felt the bottleneck in his body begin to loosen a little, and immediately took out two more high-quality spirit stones from his body.

As the spirit stone in his hand was slowly refined by himself, a very pure spiritual energy rushed into Song Qingming's dantian again.

The next moment, a crisp sound suddenly came from his body, and a crack suddenly appeared in the bottleneck of the middle Nascent Soul stage that had hindered him for several years.

Seeing this, Song Qingming was delighted and immediately frantically urged the magic power in his body to rush towards the bottleneck.

"Break it for me!"

".."

Outside the cave on the top of the mountain, Huang Siyuan and Li Xuanyi, who had already noticed the abnormality, also came here. They all looked at the strange phenomenon of heaven and earth that was mostly obscured in the air.

Seeing that Huang Siyuan beside him still had a trace of worry on her face, Li Xuanyi quickly spoke to comfort her:

"Don't worry, Sister Siyuan. I have seen other brothers break through in the sect. It looks like Junior Brother Song should be able to succeed this time."

"Yes! My husband's talent in cultivation is not much inferior to Senior Sister Bai. Even if he fails this time, I believe he will succeed next time.

Unfortunately, I am too dull to keep up with him, so I can only sit here and worry about him, but I can't do much to help."

In recent years, in addition to spending some time on alchemy, Huang Siyuan has not neglected her own practice.

Now, at the age of only 350, he has already cultivated to the ninth level of the Golden Core Realm. His cultivation speed is considered very fast in the Xiaoyao Sect.

But compared with Song Qingming's terrifying cultivation speed of forming a Nascent Soul before the age of 300, Huang Siyuan's cultivation talent is indeed quite a gap. At this moment, he couldn't help but sigh softly.

Hearing this, Li Xuanyi also nodded and said, "It is indeed beyond my expectation that Junior Brother Song can achieve what he has today."

“Thinking back to when my junior brother and I first met in Donghuang Country, we were both at the Jindan stage, and there wasn’t much difference between us.

I didn't expect that only a hundred years had passed and Junior Brother Song was about to break through to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, but I was still stuck in the Golden Core realm.

To be honest, I really have let down my master's expectations.

However, my master once said that personal opportunities are sometimes difficult to predict. Perhaps the gap between you and me is simply because the opportunity has not yet arrived.

But as long as we work hard at cultivation, we may be able to catch up with Junior Brother Song again when the opportunity arises."

"Yeah! Senior Sister Li is right. I was worrying too much."

After hearing Li Xuanyi's comfort, Huang Siyuan thought about it and a smile appeared on her face. She raised her head again and looked up at the sky not far away.

At this time, the strange phenomena in the sky were getting louder and louder. Countless white clouds gathered and rolled continuously in the air, illuminating the nearby ground with a snow-white color.

This continued for several days, and then the white clouds in the sky gradually began to disperse, and then several rays of light emerged.

When Huang Siyuan and Li Xuanyi saw this scene, a look of joy suddenly appeared on their faces.

"Haha! I said Junior Brother Song would definitely succeed, and he has indeed succeeded in breaking through!
Junior Brother Song is less than 400 years old now, but he has already successfully advanced to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul realm. This speed of cultivation is probably faster than more than 80% of the Nascent Soul cultivators in the world of immortal cultivation.

If he practices normally, there will be a good chance that he will be able to advance to the late Nascent Soul stage and become a great cultivator in the future.

Such talent is really enviable. "

Seeing that Song Qingming had successfully broken through to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, Li Xuanyi, who was very happy, couldn't help but express envy.

Huang Siyuan, who was standing nearby, immediately joked upon hearing this: "Haha, Senior Sister Li just comforted me not to envy others, why are you saying something like this again now?"

"People who practice cultivation will naturally have their own opportunities, but not all opportunities are available at any time. We can support each other in cultivation, which is also an opportunity."

Just as Huang Siyuan and the other person were talking, a very familiar voice suddenly came from the entrance of the cave in front of them and interrupted them.

But what was a little strange was that even though they heard the voice right in front of them, Huang Siyuan and Li Xuanyi did not notice Song Qingming's figure, and couldn't help but show some doubts.

The next moment, not long after, a figure appeared several feet in front of the two women.

Seeing this scene, Huang Siyuan and Li Xuanyi were so surprised that they took a step back. It was not until they saw the very familiar face of the person in front of them that they immediately reacted and smiled with some relief.

The person standing in front of the two women was Song Qingming, who had just broken through his cultivation and came out of seclusion. His aura had changed significantly compared to before the seclusion, and he had successfully advanced to the middle Nascent Soul stage.

"Congratulations husband!"

"Congratulations, Junior Brother Song, your cultivation has made great progress!"

After bowing and greeting Song Qingming, Huang Siyuan and Li Xuanyi walked quickly towards where he was.

"Thank you for waiting for me, please come in and take a seat!"

Seeing this, Song Qingming immediately stretched out his hand to the two of them and led Huang Siyuan and Li Xuanyi into his cave.

As soon as he sat down, Li Xuanyi asked curiously:

"Junior Brother Song, what magic weapon did you use to conceal your figure just now? Why didn't I sense any aura from you at all?

Tell me quickly, have you got any good treasures recently? "

Seeing Senior Sister Li Xuanyi looking at him curiously, Song Qingming smiled and quickly explained, "Senior Sister, you misunderstood. What I just saw was not a magic weapon, but a secret method I accidentally obtained a few years ago.

I was just itching to show off my skills before, but I didn't expect that it would actually work and scare you guys."

The reason why Song Qingming was able to approach the two people silently just now was because he used a magical power called "Invisible Art".

This secret method was obtained by Song Qingming from Yuan Yushan when they were fighting with each other for the "Fairy Ganoderma" in the East China Sea.

At that time, Yuan Yushan used this magical power and suddenly hid his figure and appeared beside Song Qingming.

If Song Qingming had not practiced a technique to increase his spiritual power, his awareness would have far surpassed that of ordinary cultivators of the same level, and he would have almost suffered serious damage from his opponent.

Afterwards, Song Qingming was quite afraid of this magical power, so he took advantage of the situation to put pressure on Yuan Yushan and obtained this secret method from him.

In his spare time in the past few years, Song Qingming tried to practice it. Although the "Invisible Art" has not yet been fully perfected, it can easily be concealed from peak Jindan cultivators like Huang Siyuan and Li Xuanyi.

With time and more practice, he should be able to hide from the consciousness of ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators. It would be an extremely useful skill for him.

"Oh! What kind of secret method is that? Junior brother, can you show it to me?"

After hearing Song Qingming's explanation, Li Xuanyi nodded slightly, but the curious look on his face did not disappear.

Seeing that she was so interested in the "Invisible Art", Song Qingming thought for a moment, then took out a scroll and nodded to it.

"This thing was added by a good friend. It's not a rare thing. If you are interested, I will copy it for you later."

"Junior Brother Song just said that we could have an opportunity if we knew each other, but I didn't expect that this opportunity would come so soon.

It's rare for Junior Brother to be so generous, so I won't be polite with you."

Seeing that Song Qingming agreed immediately, Li Xuanyi took the scroll of martial arts from his hand with a happy face.

After handing the "Invisible Art" to Li Xuanyi, Song Qingming saw Huang Siyuan's envy in her eyes, and he smiled and said to her:

"Since it is an opportunity, naturally everyone who sees it will get a share. If you are interested, just come over and make an extra copy."

"This secret technique seems to be more powerful than the shapeshifting technique I practiced before, so I will benefit from it." (End of this chapter)