Chapter 1059
Sisters' Strife, Fire Spirit Orb
"A Nascent Soul cultivator!"
In his panic, the "Azure Flame Demon King" tried to dodge the incoming sword light, but found himself unable to avoid the attack due to the powerful pressure of the sword light. He could only grit his teeth and cast a spell to release a shield to defend against it.
"what."
A miserable scream of despair rang out as the "Azure Flame Demon King's" massive body was pierced directly by the sword light, and its voice abruptly ceased.
The next moment, the huge body lay back and never moved again.
As Qingluan watched Song Qingming put the corpse of the "Azure Flame Demon King" into her storage bag, she gradually recovered from her surprise and a hint of unfamiliar apprehension appeared in her eyes when she looked at Song Qingming.
"Senior Song Song".
“This guy has already discovered me. If I don’t kill him, I’m afraid you won’t be able to explain this matter later. When you meet His Highness later, just tell him directly.”
Song Qingming's main purpose in coming here was to deliver the "Precious Flame Pill" and to meet the Fire Phoenix. He did not want to cause any more trouble in the demon territory.
He hadn't intended to attack the "Azure Flame Demon King" in the first place, but he hadn't expected the other party to suddenly become enraged and vent his anger on him, a Foundation Establishment demon.
Having cultivated for so many years, Song Qingming is now a Nascent Soul Ancestor whom everyone respects. How could he be bullied by such a junior from the demon race for no reason?
Faced with this provocative Golden Core Demon King, Song Qingming naturally wouldn't take him seriously. Killing him with a single sword strike was already considered a show of leniency.
Hearing Song Qingming's explanation, Qingluan nodded slightly and said nothing more, then led Song Qingming forward.
About a hundred feet inside the cave, a white light barrier blocked their path.
Upon arriving here, the Azure Phoenix immediately flapped its wings, and a beam of crimson light shot out, directly disappearing into the restriction.
Before long, a crimson light emerged from in front, which then coalesced into a phantom of a phoenix in mid-air.
"Transforming into a spiritual form, could it be that the Fire Phoenix has already cultivated to the late Nascent Soul stage!"
Seeing that the fiery red "phoenix" carried a very familiar aura, Song Qingming immediately realized that it was something that it had created by dividing its own spiritual energy.
In the cultivation world, most of those who can use such supernatural abilities are late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.
When Song Qingming parted ways with Huo Feng in the "Northern Frontier", Huo Feng had just broken through to the sixth level of the Nascent Soul realm with the help of "True Spirit Essence Blood".
Unexpectedly, only a hundred years have passed, and the other party's cultivation has already reached the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm. Considering the cultivation speed of the demon race, this is truly astonishing.
"Qingluan, what just happened outside?"
The fire phoenix, which had just manifested, had obviously noticed the movement at the cave entrance and immediately asked the blue luan standing beside it a question.
Seeing this, Qingluan had no choice but to explain what had just happened.
"Your Highness, we don't know if anyone else knows that Qingyan came here looking for me. What should we do if someone from the Enforcement Hall comes looking for us later?"
"It's alright. The protective barrier on the mountain can block divine sense detection, so they shouldn't discover this matter for a while."
Go back now, and remember, no matter who asks, tell them you didn't see him today. Even if they're bold, they wouldn't dare trespass into my secluded place.
"As you command, Your Highness!"
After nodding in agreement, Qingluan turned and left. Only after she left did Huofeng turn her gaze to Song Qingming, who was standing to the side.
"I heard from Long Feng that your cultivation has improved rapidly. I didn't expect it to be much better than I anticipated. You've come to see me, is there any news about that thing?"
"After years of searching, I have successfully found one in the Eastern Phoenix Kingdom. Take a look and see if this is the pill you are looking for."
After speaking, Song Qingming presented the "Precious Flame Pill" he had prepared to the "Fire Phoenix" in front of him.
"That's right, this is it. Please wait here for a while while I refine this pill. I will then come out of seclusion to see you."
Upon seeing the elixir that Song Qingming had taken out, "Fire Phoenix" immediately nodded, then opened its mouth, picked up the item, and burrowed directly into the restriction behind it.
Meanwhile, Song Qingming found a spot nearby, set up a concealment array, and began meditating and cultivating.
It must be said that this place truly lives up to its reputation as the territory of the "Heavenly Phoenix Clan," the most prestigious clan among the demon races. The concentration of spiritual energy on the mountain far surpasses that of "Red Cloud Mountain," where Song Qingming previously cultivated.
After arriving here, Song Qingming found his daily cultivation much smoother, and he couldn't help but feel a little envious.
After waiting in the cave for several days, one day there was a sudden commotion outside, followed by several very powerful auras slowly approaching the cave.
"It's a Nascent Soul cultivator!"
Sensing the powerful aura emanating from the newcomer, Song Qingming, who was hiding within the magic array, immediately tensed up. Just as he was about to take out his magic weapon, a crimson light suddenly appeared beside him.
Immediately afterwards, a familiar figure dressed in red appeared in front of Song Qingming; it was none other than the Fire Phoenix in its true form, whom he had not seen for many years.
"you."
"Don't move, go inside and hide, I'll handle them!"
Before Song Qingming could finish his question, a voice entered his ears, interrupting his actions.
Upon hearing Huo Feng's reminder, Song Qingming quickly nodded, then put away the magic array beside him and retreated into the "restriction" behind him.
After Song Qingming left, several figures quickly arrived in front of the barrier. One of them was the purple-robed woman that Song Qingming had seen in the True Spirit Tomb.
Accompanying the woman in purple robes were three other demon cultivators, one of whom was also a Nascent Soul cultivator.
"What are you doing here?"
Upon hearing Huo Feng's question, the leading woman in purple robes immediately put on a smiling face and said:
"Hehe! Sister, don't misunderstand. In the past few days, the Law Enforcement Hall discovered that someone had gone missing near Jinwu Mountain. We came here to investigate this matter because we are worried that other alien races may have infiltrated the mountain."
"During your recent seclusion, did you notice any unusual people sneaking into the vicinity?" the woman in purple asked, glancing around as if searching for something.
Upon hearing this, Fire Phoenix immediately waved her hand and said, "I've been in seclusion recently and haven't sensed anything unusual that you mentioned. If you're looking for any intruders, you should look elsewhere!"
"Since Your Highness has nothing else to do, we will take our leave now!"
Upon hearing the Fire Phoenix's reply, the other Nascent Soul demon cultivator quickly nodded in agreement, intending to lead the two behind him away.
But at that moment, the woman in purple noticed something was amiss nearby and turned to walk over there.
"Sister, how come there are remnants of a human magic array here? Could it be that someone else besides you has been here?"
Although Song Qingming had removed the magic array in time before leaving, there was still a lot of residual aura on the ground, which allowed the highly skilled woman in purple to quickly detect this anomaly.
Seeing that the other party had discovered the spot where Song Qingming had just been, Huo Feng showed no panic and calmly replied:
"In recent years, besides going into seclusion, I have also been studying human race formations. These are the ones I set up before. What's so strange about this?"
"It's not surprising that you're studying human formations, but the formations here probably aren't so easy to set up!"
"This place doesn't seem very safe. For your sake, sister, so you can focus on your cultivation, it would be best if we went in and checked it out."
After the woman in purple finished speaking, she turned around and was about to walk forward quickly, but was immediately stopped by the fire phoenix dressed in red.
"No matter who you're looking for, you can go outside, but don't try to cause trouble in my secluded place. If you don't leave now, don't blame me for being impolite."
"Hehe! My sister has been in seclusion for so many years, and she really has a big temper. We are only thinking about your safety, so why don't you appreciate it?"
Or is there something shady going on behind the scenes that you don't want us to see?
Despite the fire phoenix's threatening words, the woman in purple did not back down in the slightest. She immediately transformed into a streak of purple light, intending to bypass the fire phoenix and rush towards the barrier behind her.
Before the purple light could get close to the barrier, a red light flashed and blocked it. Then, the fire phoenix struck the opponent's head with a palm, forcing it to block the attack head-on.
With a loud "boom!", the two streaks of light instantly entangled in mid-air, neither giving way to the other.
This immediately made the others around them tense.
"Your Highnesses, please don't do this..."
Another Nascent Soul demon cultivator originally wanted to step forward and offer some advice.
To his surprise, just as he approached Huo Feng and the other two, he was stopped by an extremely powerful spiritual energy, leaving him helpless as he watched the two fighting.
On the battlefield, the woman in purple, facing the forceful obstruction of the fire phoenix, now showed a somewhat solemn expression on her face.
"After so many years, I never expected that you had already broken through to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm. It really surprised me. No wonder Father thinks so highly of you."
I can let you off the hook for what happened today, but remember to be careful in the future.
Don't think that just because you've advanced to the late Nascent Soul stage, I can't do anything to you. If you dare to secretly harm my people again, I will not let you off so easily."
After speaking, the woman in purple swayed and withdrew her magic, retreating and leaving the battlefield. Meanwhile, Fire Phoenix kept her eyes fixed on her opponent.
As the group disappeared from her sight, her expression began to turn grim, and a trickle of blood unknowingly seeped from the corner of her mouth.
When the Fire Phoenix turned around and returned to the barrier, Song Qingming, who was hiding inside, immediately went to greet it.
"what happened to you?"
Upon hearing Song Qingming's question, Huo Feng was about to answer when she suddenly spat out another mouthful of blood, and her body swayed, making her unsteady on her feet.
"Huh!..."
This sudden scene really startled Song Qingming, who quickly tried to step forward to support Huo Feng.
But before he could get close, Huo Feng waved his hand and said seriously, "Don't worry about me, I'm fine. It's just that I used my magic power too much just now, which caused my spiritual energy to get a little out of control."
You can stay here and behave yourself. I need some time to adjust my internal energy. This place is probably being watched, so don't leave for the time being.
"Once Long Feng returns, I'll have him find a way to get you out."
After replying to Song Qingming, Huo Feng transformed into a beam of light and arrived at a piece of crimson jade in front of her, where she immediately entered a meditative state.
Before long, billowing hot spiritual energy emanated from the Fire Phoenix, and the temperature around it rose significantly.
Hearing Huo Feng say that she was alright, Song Qingming felt a little relieved, but his gaze remained fixed on her, as if he had also noticed that something was wrong with Huo Feng.
Previously, Song Qingming had no idea why Huo Feng needed his help to find the "Precious Flame Pill," a pill used to help regulate the spiritual energy within a cultivator's body.
Only now, seeing the abnormal state of the Fire Phoenix, did he finally understand something.
Although Huo Feng has successfully broken through to the late Nascent Soul stage, the spiritual energy within her body is clearly very unstable. It seems that a lot of fire-attribute spiritual energy has suddenly appeared in her body, causing it to be incompatible with the original magic power within her body.
Just like cultivators using elixirs to enhance their cultivation, the magical power obtained by relying on external forces must be refined and integrated with the original magical power within the cultivator's body before the caster can perfectly control it.
If a cultivator tries to forcefully activate these magical powers before the spiritual energy has fully integrated, a backlash of spiritual energy will occur, causing damage to their meridians and dantian. This is the case with the Fire Phoenix's current injury.
It seems that the Fire Phoenix's cultivation level suddenly and rapidly increased to the late Nascent Soul stage because she somehow obtained a large amount of powerful fire-attribute spiritual energy.
However, even after breaking through her cultivation level, the fire-attribute spiritual energy within the Fire Phoenix's body was not completely tamed and refined. That's why she sought Song Qingming's help to find the "Precious Flame Pill."
Unexpectedly, after obtaining the "Precious Flame Pill," she hadn't even had time to regulate her internal spiritual energy before being devoured by it, a truly unfortunate turn of events.
Thinking that she had forced herself to fight the woman in purple to save him, Song Qingming felt a surge of gratitude.
Fortunately, the injuries to Huo Feng's body do not seem to be as serious as they were in the Tower of Babel. It is estimated that she should be able to recover slowly after a period of recuperation.
Seeing the Fire Phoenix meditating and healing with all its might, Song Qingming thought for a moment and took out several bottles of healing pills from his body, placing them in front of the Fire Phoenix.
He then turned around and found a relatively far spot next to the cave to continue his meditation and cultivation.
This time, Song Qingming and Huo Feng were both busy with their own affairs, one in seclusion to heal his injuries and the other in seclusion to cultivate.
Fortunately, after refining the "Precious Flame Pill" and some other healing pills given by Song Qingming, Huo Feng's injuries quickly improved. Before long, Song Qingming noticed that the violent fire-attribute spiritual energy on her body gradually calmed down.
Meanwhile, he himself had been meditating and cultivating.
To Song Qingming's surprise, after entering the Fire Phoenix's cave, he found that cultivating the "Heaven-Reaching Myriad Spirits Technique" on "Golden Wutong Mountain" was much smoother than when he was on "Red Cloud Mountain".
With the help of the rich spiritual energy in the cave, Song Qingming's cultivation speed of the "Heavenly Myriad Spirits Technique" was greatly improved, and his own soul was also strengthened.
Having studied this "Nascent Soul Stage" cultivation technique for so long, Song Qingming had finally found a place where he could save himself some effort. He was now even more eager to cultivate here for a longer period of time.
After waiting for more than three months, a voice finally flew in from outside the cave. It was Long Feng, who had just returned from outside, coming to request an audience.
Huo Feng, who had been in seclusion to heal her injuries for more than three months, looked much better than before. As soon as she opened her eyes, she stood up and looked at Song Qingming beside her.
"You've done me a great favor by bringing this pill. Now, tell me, what kind of spiritual item do you need as a reward for coming here?"
"Hehe! Your Highness has already given me many rewards before, how dare I ask you for more now? You are being too kind."
"If you don't want to speak, I'll have Long Feng take you back. I'm a little short on cash lately, so you've saved me a lot of trouble."
Hearing Song Qingming's polite tone, Huo Feng smiled slightly, seemingly wanting to take it seriously, and teased him.
Upon hearing this, Song Qingming quickly waved his hand, took out a bamboo slip that he had prepared in advance, and tossed it to the fire phoenix in front of him.
"I did come here this time because there are some things that Your Highness needs to help me exchange, and they are all written here."
"I dare not trouble Your Highness for nothing. I hope you will not find this small token of my appreciation offensive." After saying this, Song Qingming took out a "storage bag" from his person and placed it aside.
Huo Feng picked up the bamboo slip in her hand, pressed it to her forehead to look at it, and only put it down after a long while.
"If you want Heavenly Fire Spirit Liquid, I have some more here, but not as much as before."
As for the other spiritual items, I haven't seen most of them, except for this bottle of spiritual water, which I think is what you want. As for the others, we'll have to wait until next time!
After Huo Feng finished speaking, she took out six or seven small jade bottles with a flash of light in her hand. Inside were the "Heavenly Fire Spirit Liquid" that Song Qingming had been longing for.
In addition, there was a bottle of mid-grade level four spiritual water, which Song Qingming wanted to take back to see if he could cultivate "green mung beans".
Upon seeing the "Heavenly Fire Elixir," which he had wanted most on this trip, Song Qingming's face immediately lit up with joy.
Although the amount of spiritual liquid given by the Fire Phoenix was significantly less than last time, obtaining so much "Heavenly Fire Spiritual Liquid" was still enough for him to help him upgrade the "Silver Armor" to the Nascent Soul realm.
Leaving aside the other fourth-grade mid-level spiritual water, the "Heavenly Fire Spiritual Liquid" alone is enough to make Song Qingming's trip worthwhile.
However, Song Qingming did not obtain so many good things from Huo Feng for free. The "storage bag" he had taken out earlier also contained many spiritual items that Huo Feng liked.
Although these items were not particularly valuable to him, they were all rare finds in the "Northern Frontier" demon territory.
As before, this exchange between the two was a mutually beneficial arrangement.
After Song Qingming put away these things, Huo Feng continued to ask, "By the way, how did your Ice-Fire Dragon go back last time? Did it break through to the Nascent Soul realm?"
Upon hearing Huo Feng ask about the "Ice-Fire Dragon," Song Qingming remembered the silly creature in his spirit beast pouch and quickly released it from his waist.
Perhaps because of the bloodline connection they received back then, apart from its master Song Qingming, the "Ice and Fire Dragon" respected the Fire Phoenix in front of it the most.
Having just emerged from the "Spirit Beast Bag," it transformed into a crimson dragon and came directly to the Fire Phoenix, displaying an extremely respectful demeanor.
"I have met His Highness!"
"Not bad, not only did you successfully form a Nascent Soul, but you also broke through to the second level of the Nascent Soul realm. It seems that it won't be long before even Long Feng will have a hard time catching up with you."
He first offered a word of praise, and then with a flick of his magic, he took out a crimson bead radiating spiritual light from his body.
As soon as the "crimson bead" appeared, the "Ice-Fire Dragon" seemed to sense a powerful fire-attribute spiritual energy, and its eyes were firmly drawn to it.
"I obtained this Fire Spirit Pearl by chance last time. Now that I have broken through to the late Nascent Soul stage, it is of no use to me anymore. I might as well give it to you as a reward for helping me retrieve the treasure last time."
With its help, your cultivation speed should improve significantly in the future. I hope your cultivation will have progressed further when we meet next time!
"Thank you, Your Highness, for your generous gift!"
Seeing that the Fire Phoenix was about to bestow the "Fire Spirit Pearl" upon him, the "Ice Fire Dragon" was overjoyed and quickly stepped forward to nod and kowtow in gratitude.
The obsequious and respectful manner of the person expressing gratitude felt strangely familiar to Song Qingming, who was standing to the side. He wondered where the other person had learned it from.
Having received such a generous reward, the "Ice-Fire Flood Dragon" naturally wanted to continue flattering the Fire Phoenix, but just then, a fluctuation of spiritual energy outside interrupted them, as Long Feng had already received the news and rushed here.
Seeing this, Song Qingming quickly put away the "Ice and Fire Dragon" in front of him, and then followed the Fire Phoenix to the restricted area in front.
"I'll have Long Feng take you away from here first. If I find anything else in here later, I'll try to contact you slowly!"
But let me warn you beforehand, don't get your hopes up too high. After all, I have my own things to do and don't have time to find these things for you every day.
"Besides these, is there anything else?"
Upon hearing Huo Feng's question, Song Qingming pondered for a moment before slowly replying, "There's nothing else."
Anyway, we have a way to stay in touch now, and we can help each other out anytime.
If you need any help, feel free to come find me in the Floating Cloud Mountains. Whether I can help you or not, I will do my best.
"Hmm! Although your cultivation has improved a lot, it won't be so easy for you to help me. You still need to work hard to cultivate."
After replying calmly, Huo Feng led Song Qingming through the barrier to Long Feng outside, and then watched them leave together.
After Song Qingming and Long Feng had left the cave, Huo Feng, who had been standing at the cave entrance for a long time, turned around and returned to her secluded cultivation cave.
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