Yunmeng Immortal Clan

The moment Duan Shao and Pei Qin, the two cultivators, froze.

Song Daoxuan's figure transformed into a phantom and appeared in front of the two Qi Refining cultivators, his eyes filled with icy coldness.

"Senior, we were so wrong to offend you. If you can spare us, we'll serve you like slaves..."

Duan Shao and Pei Qin waited for Song Daoxuan on the outskirts of Yunmeng Market for half a year, which can be described as extremely patient. In fact, their purpose was very clear.

That was to kill him to silence him and seize the Xuanbing Flower that Song Daoxuan had risked his life to obtain in the Yunling Mountains. The Xuanbing Flower is an extremely important second-tier medicinal material in the cultivation world for refining Foundation Establishment Pills.

Duan Shao and Pei Qin each had one plant in their hands, but they were still greedy for the one in Song Daoxuan's hand.

The two of them thought they had Song Daoxuan completely under their control.

But no matter how much he planned, he never expected that Song Daoxuan would actually refine a second-tier Foundation Establishment pill right here in Yunmeng Market and successfully establish his Foundation, transforming himself from a Qi Refining cultivator into a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

The tenth level of Qi Refining is just one step away from Foundation Establishment.

But this very step is an insurmountable chasm that many cultivators in the cultivation world can never cross in their entire lives.

"Serve me like a slave? You're unworthy! You're nothing but two treacherous villains. You might as well go down and keep each other company!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Song Daoxuan flicked his sleeve, and a cyan longsword in his hand slashed down in an arc. With lightning speed, the two Qi Refining cultivators in front of him were instantly turned into a pool of blood mist.

After easily killing the two, Song Daoxuan discovered that there was still one survivor, so he secretly activated the Ink Poison Flying Blade.

With a flash of inspiration, the dark green throwing knife hidden in the sleeve instantly killed the last Qi Refining cultivator in the distance.

Song Daoxuan raised his hand and cast a spell, and the storage bag on the corpse flew into Song Daoxuan's hand.

He instantly unleashed a fireball spell, engulfing the corpses and burning them completely, leaving not a trace behind.

"It's not that I'm heartless; that's just how the cultivation world is—the strong prey on the weak. If you don't kill, someone else will kill you..."

After collecting the storage bags from these people, Song Daoxuan left the place.

Halfway there, Song Daoxuan realized that he was no longer a Qi Refining cultivator, but a Foundation Establishment cultivator. He no longer needed to use the common escape methods of the Qi Refining stage and could now use a flying sword to travel.

Song Daoxuan, dressed in a green robe and standing on a magic sword, was somewhat clumsy in trying out the sword control technique.

Although he fell to the ground from mid-air many times, after dozens of attempts, Song Daoxuan was able to steadily stand on his flying sword, put his hands behind his back, and ride the sword into the air.

Riding on his flying sword, Song Daoxuan did not return to the Azure Lotus Islands first, but instead went to the famous Yuan Magnetic Mist Valley, one of the ten most dangerous places in the Great Li Dynasty.

Upon arriving at the place where the "One Leaf Blocks the Eyes" formation had been set up, they retrieved Du Ziruo's storage bag.

He took out all the items from the storage bag.

"A damaged but still usable Five Thunder Dao Talisman, the Three Corpse Puppet Refining Technique, six second-tier talismans, countless first-tier talismans, ten mid-grade spirit stones, two high-grade magic artifacts, and a top-tier magic artifact, the Soul-Stabilizing Bell!"

Song Daoxuan's gaze lingered on the small black bell.

"No! This isn't an ordinary top-tier magic weapon, but a semi-spiritual weapon specifically designed for the soul. Unfortunately, its forging lacks the most crucial step: tempering it with the essence of a demonic beast. Therefore, this semi-spiritual weapon remains within the category of a top-tier magic weapon, not reaching the level of a low-grade spiritual weapon. The difference between a spiritual weapon and a magic weapon lies in whether or not it has been tempered with the essence of a demonic beast. A spiritual weapon can automatically protect its master because it contains a trace of spirituality!"

However, this small black bell was originally a magical artifact designed for the soul. In the cultivation world, such magical artifacts are called primordial spirit artifacts, and such artifacts are extremely rare even among top-tier magical artifacts.

"As expected of one of the core direct descendants of the three great Core Formation Immortal Clans of Yunmeng, Du Ziruo actually possesses such a rare item as a Nascent Soul artifact!"

Song Daoxuan refined the Soul-Stabilizing Bell in front of him.

He completely imprinted his own divine sense on the Soul-Stabilizing Bell, erasing the original divine sense aura belonging to Du Ziruo.

With a thought, Song Daoxuan tried out the Soul-Stabilizing Bell and quickly mastered it.

"When fighting against cultivators, once this Soul-Stabilizing Bell is summoned, it can attack the opponent's spiritual sense, causing them to be dizzy for a while. The duration of this dizziness depends on the strength of the opponent's spiritual sense. However, if you encounter a cultivator whose spiritual sense is stronger than your own, you can certainly ignore this attack by relying on your own powerful spiritual sense."

After Song Daoxuan collected all the items in Du Ziruo's storage bag.

Song Daoxuan then mounted his flying sword and fled towards the Qinglian Islands.

The speed of a Foundation Establishment cultivator's sword is incredibly fast. From the Yuan Magnetic Mist Valley to the Azure Lotus Islands, Song Daoxuan only spent less than a day.

Upon arriving on the island, he first went to Tiandu Peak to meet the clan chief, Song Zhichu.

Facing the clan leader, Song Daoxuan made no attempt to conceal his cultivation level. Although he had removed the Turtle Breath Technique, a method of concealing his breath, his early Foundation Establishment cultivation immediately spread out.

A slight smile finally appeared on the old man in black robes' otherwise serious face.

"That lad from Honghu is quite something! He married that Jiang woman and actually gave birth to a Foundation Establishment cultivator for my Song family. Very good! Lad, you've just reached Foundation Establishment, your realm isn't stable yet, so you can't use your magic power too frequently. You're lucky! I have two bottles of pills here to help early Foundation Establishment cultivators stabilize their cultivation realm and solidify their foundation. You can take them!"

"Thank you, clan leader!" Song Daoxuan accepted the two bottles of pills without any hesitation.

"Now that you have reached the Foundation Establishment stage, join the elders' council of my clan. We will choose an auspicious day to hold a Foundation Establishment ceremony within the clan. From now on, you will be the fifth Foundation Establishment cultivator of the Song clan of Qinglian Island. I will arrange some tasks for you."

Although Song Daoxuan wanted to keep a low profile, he could not hide the fact that he had reached the Foundation Establishment stage from his family, so he tacitly approved of it.

"Hmm! You're not young anymore, it won't do if you don't have an heir! I heard that your parents have arranged a marriage for you. The Mu family's daughter has remained celibate for so many years because of the marriage contract. I heard that recently the Mu family's border has been attacked by many demonic beasts, and they have asked our Song family for help. You should use this as an excuse to lead a few clan cultivators to go there and see what kind of woman she is. If she's acceptable, try to arrange the marriage as soon as possible..." Song Zhichu said sincerely.

Song Daoxuan nodded. He was going to visit the Mu family. If he was satisfied with the Mu family woman, he wouldn't mind marrying her as his Daoist partner.

If he is not satisfied, with his current early Foundation Establishment stage cultivation, even the entire family cannot force him to marry into the Mu family.