Yunmeng Immortal Clan

In the Yunling Mountains, along the Qingjiang River, in the entire Great Li cultivation world, Song Zhiya, known as the "Armor-Piercing Divine Bow," has passed away.

This is also the first Foundation Establishment cultivator of the Song family of Qinglian Island in this era to die without dying of old age.

Song Daoxuan could understand why Song Hongshu was so heartbroken. Among Song Zhiya's many children, Song Hongshu was the only one who was favored, although this was partly due to her spiritual root talent.

However, Song Zhiya did not hesitate at all when his father risked his life to save her, and took the blow of the third-level mid-grade demon beast Qingyun Jiao for his daughter.

If a Foundation Establishment Immortal were to withstand an attack from a mid-level third-tier demonic beast, there would be absolutely no chance of survival.

Song Daoxuan's ability to kill the Azure Cloud Flood Dragon involved an element of luck to some extent.

Song Daoxuan stood guard beside Song Hongshu. At first, Song Daoxuan's strength was enough to barely deal with the ever-emerging monsters.

However, as time went by, many powerful monsters appeared.

Song Daoxuan could only comfort his Aunt Hong Shu, saying that the current situation with the demons and beasts was not the time to act on emotion.

Upon hearing this, Song Hongshu wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, transforming her grief into boundless hatred for these demonic beasts. She became extremely passionate and courageous, and her speed in slaying the demonic beasts indeed increased somewhat.

The complete slaying of the third-tier mid-level demonic beast, the Azure Cloud Flood Dragon, practically signified the end of the entire beast tide.

However, the remaining demonic beasts were exceptionally loyal. After their ancestor of all beasts was slaughtered, they had no intention of living alone and even wanted to mobilize all their forces to launch a decisive battle against the cultivation forces of Zhuxi Sect.

However, due to the death of the Azure Cloud Dragon, the two early-stage Core Formation cultivators, Master Liu and Master Zuo, also had the opportunity to free up their hands to help the cultivators present suppress this originally raging and terrifying beast tide.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the demonic beasts along the entire Qingjiang River were completely wiped out by the two Core Formation cultivators and the rest of the cultivators.

All that remained was some finishing touches. Since Song Zhiya was dead, there was no reason for Song Hongshu and Song Daoxuan to stay here. The two collected Song Zhiya's remains and, using their swordsmanship, flew south across Yunmeng Marsh and headed towards the Qinglian Islands.

Upon returning to the Qinglian Islands, the two of them informed the family head, Song Zhiya, of Song Zhiya's death.

Song Hongshu brought her father's belongings and the armor-piercing longbow to Tian Shu Peak.

The patriarch remained silent at the table for a long time before slowly speaking:

"Our Song clan has lost a celestial descendant. Ever since Zhiya entered the Foundation Establishment stage, he has been working tirelessly for our Qinglian Song clan. There have been many instances of rampant demonic beasts around our clan, and it is mostly Zhiya who uses his immortal bow and arrows to suppress them, scattering these demonic beasts. The mere mention of the name of the Armor-Piercing Divine Bow terrifies everyone!"

"I will instruct my servants to hold the most solemn funeral for Zhiya within the clan, to incorporate Zhiya into the ancestral hall so that he may enjoy the incense offerings of future generations, and to record this event in the clan history!"

"Since Zhiya has a Foundation Establishment descendant, you may dispose of these relics on his person. As for this Armor-Piercing Divine Bow, if any descendant of Hong Shu is skilled in archery, bestow this bow and the archery technique upon him. Do not disgrace the prestige of Zhiya!"

Song Hongshu repeatedly agreed. Several days later, the entire Qinglian Islands were covered in white, and countless cultivators came to Song Zhiya's funeral to pay their respects.

After Song Zhiya's funeral, for the next three years, Song Daoxuan was assigned by the family to help with various miscellaneous matters around the family.

During his arduous journey, Song Daoxuan constantly shuttled between the outside world and his family.

He gradually accomplished several things, namely, continuously refining the second-tier Spirit Feeding Pills to feed the Ink Poison Wolf Spiders.

The four black venomous wolf spiders grew quite well in the petri dish, with the larvae already growing into creatures comparable to high-level first-tier demonic beasts.

Compared to other first-tier high-level demonic beasts of the same level, the Ink Poison Wolf Spiders are not physically superior. However, they are agile and have already begun to use a type of poison magic. Under Song Daoxuan's divine sense restriction, these Ink Poison Wolf Spiders can also help Song Daoxuan quickly clean up the battlefield.

As for the Azure Moon Wolf King, Song Daoxuan also used no less than the amount of Spirit Feeding Pills that were equivalent to those used by four Ink Poison Wolf Spiders on this demon. However, the Azure Moon Wolf King's cultivation level only remained at the peak of the first-tier demon beast stage, and it made no further progress.

Song Daoxuan thought to himself with delight that if he could raise the Azure Moon Wolf King in front of him to the level of a second-tier spirit beast, then this demon would undoubtedly be a great help to him.

As for Bai Xuan, this incredibly intelligent monkey, ever since Song Daoxuan brought it back to Qing Sui Peak and entrusted it with the important task of guarding the Ten Longevity Peach Tree, it has been dutifully fulfilling its duties.

Then Song Daoxuan discovered that countless figures from his family were lingering on the Ten Longevity Peach Tree.

So Song Daoxuan bought a Thousand-Jin Talisman from the market. This talisman can grant cultivators immense strength, but it has a time limit.

When Song Daoxuan used this talisman, he moved it from outside the cave back into the cave, which was protected by an array.

A cultivator's cave dwelling is a world unto itself. Song Daoxuan's cave dwelling, though simple, contains a stone table, stone benches, stone chairs, a stone bed, and a gurgling spring.

Crystal-clear spring water flows from the rock wall into the depression, gathering into a small pool where several small fish swim and play.

The cave dwelling is spacious enough that even if the peach trees grow wildly in the future, Song Daoxuan estimates that the cave dwelling will not feel too crowded.

Then Song Daoxuan began to comprehend several magical arts.

One is the escape technique that Song Linyu brought back from the sect, the Wood-type Escape Technique.

The Wood Element Escape Technique is naturally inferior to the Bloodlight Escape Technique, but compared to the cost of burning one's essence blood, the Wood Element Escape Technique has almost no side effects.

Furthermore, the Wood Element Escape Technique has remarkable effects in places with abundant wood elemental energy. After seeing this escape technique, Song Daoxuan...

He immediately abandoned the original Dangqiu Technique of his family and adopted the Wood Element Escape Technique as his primary escape technique, with the Blood Light Escape Technique as an auxiliary spell.

As for the Blood Demon Heartless Slash, a demonic spell, Song Daoxuan managed to master it, but its power seemed less than satisfactory.

It seems that this technique does indeed require a large amount of blood energy to refine; otherwise, its power seems to be no different from that of an ordinary intermediate-level spell.

With Song Daoxuan's astonishing comprehension at the Foundation Establishment stage, it seems that quickly mastering these spells to a high level of proficiency is not as difficult as imagined.

However, Song Daoxuan's greatest achievement over the past three years was successfully comprehending the Thousand Threads Binding Technique, a control spell that can greatly restrict enemies.

He also thoroughly studied and mastered all the intermediate-level spells he had collected from the family's library.