Yunmeng Immortal Clan

Yun Sushu's introduction to this top-tier magic weapon, the Azure Lotus Sword, immediately piqued Song Daoxuan's interest. He still had over a thousand low-grade spirit stones, so purchasing this top-tier magic weapon might not be a problem.

The magical artifacts used by cultivators are classified according to their grade, namely, magical tools, spiritual tools, magical treasures, ancient treasures, heaven-reaching spiritual treasures, immortal treasures, and innate supreme treasures.

These magical artifacts are further divided into four grades: low-grade, medium-grade, high-grade, and top-grade. Although magical artifacts are the most suitable treasures for cultivators in the Qi Refining stage, the cultivation world at present seems to be extremely lacking in cultivation resources, with spirit stones being very scarce and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth depleted.

Therefore, even if a cultivator has reached the Foundation Establishment stage, most cultivators do not have a decent spiritual weapon. Most Foundation Establishment cultivators use top-tier magical artifacts as their magic treasures.

"Miss Yun, I am indeed quite interested in this top-tier magic artifact. However, could you please quote a price so that I can be prepared?"

Upon hearing Song Daoxuan's words, Yun Sushu assumed he was joking, but she still gave him a minimum price.

"This top-tier magic artifact is priced at four hundred and fifty low-grade spirit stones. If you can afford this price, why not sell this masterpiece forged by my grandfather to you?"

Upon hearing Yun Sushu's words, Song Daoxuan was immediately dumbfounded with surprise, for four hundred and fifty spirit stones were no small sum.

If an ordinary Qi Refining cultivator possessed such a large sum of spirit stones, it would be enough to purchase nine Qi Gathering Pills. As long as they found a superior cave dwelling to cultivate in seclusion, they could easily break through to the Great Perfection of the tenth level of the Qi Refining stage before the age of fifty.

Song Daoxuan thought for a moment and realized that the number of Qi Gathering Pills he had consumed to reach the eighth level of Qi Refining at such a young age, converted into spirit stones, would probably be over a thousand. There were probably very few people in the world with such wealth as Song Daoxuan.

Seeing Song Daoxuan's thoughtful expression, Yun Sushu assumed her quoted price was too high and changed her tune, saying, "Fellow Daoist, this Azure Lotus Sword is among the finest of top-tier magical artifacts. If you find the price too high, we have other top-tier magical artifacts here, all much cheaper than this Azure Lotus Sword. You might want to take a look before making a decision!"

"I'll take this Azure Lotus Sword. Besides it, I'd also like to buy a high-grade defensive magic weapon. Fellow Daoist Yun, could you recommend some more? I'll consider them!"

Upon hearing this, Yun Sushu looked surprised. Seeing this, she realized that the other party was not joking and might actually be able to come up with so many spirit stones to buy top-tier magic artifacts. However, she still looked incredulous.

Song Daoxuan wandered around the Su Shu Refining Pavilion for a while, and finally spent one hundred low-grade spirit stones to complete the packaging of a weapon called Xunfeng Shield.

Yun Sushu saw Song Daoxuan take out a low-grade storage bag and pour out a cascading amount of spirit stones. The five elements spirit stones of various colors were dazzling and countless.

Yun Sushu was stunned for a moment before she came to her senses and finished arranging the spirit stones.

"Fellow Daoist Song, here are some spirit stones for you. Welcome to visit our shop again!"

After confirming that everything was correct, Song Daoxuan put the two magical artifacts into his storage bag. He did not take them out in crowded places, since people are diverse and one should not flaunt one's wealth. Although he had cultivated to the eighth level of Qi Refining and had a certain ability to protect himself, he was still an ant and nothing in the cultivation world.

He didn't go to Baiyun Manor, which Old Ge had mentioned, right away, since the Yunmeng Immortal Gathering was still some time away.

Instead, he returned to Qinglian Island and Qingsui Peak, secretly refining the two magical artifacts for his own use.

In a deserted place, he held a long, emerald-green sword and unleashed an arc of light that pierced through the mountains and forests. In an instant, a piece of hard granite was shattered into dust by the sword's arc.

As expected of a top-tier magic weapon, the Azure Lotus Sword, with this sword in hand, one can rule the world. According to Song Daoxuan's damage estimate for this sword, it is unlikely that any low-level Qi Refining cultivator would survive this strike.

However, when it comes to a real battle, the cultivators on the other side are unlikely to stand still like a rock and let you fight them.

The Xunfeng Shield can envelop Song Daoxuan in a vortex-like invisible shield light. Even a cultivator at the Great Perfection of the Tenth Level of Qi Refining would find it difficult to easily break through this shield light.

Besides these two magical artifacts, Song Daoxuan also possessed a low-grade magical artifact bestowed upon him by his family, a wood-attribute artifact called the Qinghe Sword, but it was clearly too weak to be of any use to him now.

Song Daoxuan went to the family to receive a mid-grade magic weapon. According to the family rules, as long as a family cultivator's cultivation reaches the mid-stage of Qi Refining, they can go to the family to receive a mid-grade magic weapon.

Although the Song family of Qinglian Island is only a Foundation Establishment cultivation family, they can still afford to give a mid-grade magic weapon to any rising star of the family.

As for high-grade and top-grade magic artifacts, which are even higher than mid-grade magic artifacts, these family Qi Refining cultivators still have to rely on their own efforts to afford them. Most cultivators of the same level do not have such a rich reserve of spirit stones as Song Daoxuan.

The place to receive mid-grade magic artifacts is called the Treasure Pavilion, located on Luoxia Peak, one of the eight famous peaks of Qinglian Island, nestled between the two immortal peaks, Tian Shu and Yu Que.

The Treasure Pavilion is where the entire Song family of cultivators stores their cultivation resources, so the task of guarding the Treasure Pavilion is extremely important.

The guardian of the Treasure Pavilion was a middle-aged cultivator in the early Foundation Establishment stage named Song Zhiming, who was a contemporary of Song Zhichu, the patriarch of the Song clan.

Song Zhiming is quite inspiring. He successfully established his foundation twice, but he only had the aptitude of four spiritual roots, and his cultivation could not advance even a step.

In a Foundation Establishment cultivation family like the Song family, successfully establishing one's foundation is the greatest aspiration. If one can establish one's foundation, it is as good as the auspicious smoke rising from one's ancestral grave.

However, Song Zhiming knew that this was the nature of the four spiritual roots. He diligently handled family affairs. He had some research on formations, but the way of formations relied on talent and consumed a lot of spirit stones. Therefore, Song Zhiming had only managed to draw a few mid-grade first-order formations, and his achievements were ultimately limited.

The existing formations on Qinglian Island were left behind by generations of cultivators in the family, and most of them have even reached the top level of the first rank. Some cultivators at the tenth level of Qi Refining would have to spend countless efforts to easily break through these formations.

The massive protective array that covers the entire Qinglian Island is called the Nine Palaces Profound Thunder Shield Array. It has even reached the level of a mid-grade second rank. Once activated, even a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator would find it difficult to venture even half a step into the Qinglian Islands.