Chapter 1292
Preparations for Seclusion, Distribution of Spiritual Items
Although he hadn't returned for decades, the cave was kept relatively clean thanks to the help of the "Ice and Fire Dragon."
Upon seeing its master Song Qingming return, the "Ice and Fire Dragon" was so excited that it covered its face and wept.
It's nothing compared to how Li Xuanyi and Huang Siyuan performed just now.
While constantly professing his loyalty and longing for him, he also made sure to show Song Qingming the injuries he had sustained.
The Ice-Fire Flood Dragon, who had been cultivating in his cave during the previous battle at Qingyun Mountain, was the one who had been fighting there.
Under Bai Yuxian's intimidation, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and go to the battlefield, where he was also injured.
Compared to Song Qingyu and the others, the "Icefire Dragon's" injuries were not serious, and it has almost fully recovered.
Although they had long been used to the other party's somewhat excessive acting skills, they still considered that "Ice and Fire Dragon" had helped guard the cave for many years and had also helped Bai Yuxian and others repel the enemy.
Song Qingming not only comforted the "Ice-Fire Dragon," but also bestowed upon it many elixirs and spiritual items that could help improve its cultivation, thus turning its sorrow into joy.
A hundred years ago, the "Ice and Fire Dragon" had already broken through to the fourth level of the Nascent Soul realm. Having refined the True Spirit Bloodline, its cultivation speed was not much slower than that of Song Yuanhao and the others.
The "Ice-Fire Dragon" is not far from the fifth level of the Nascent Soul stage.
With these high-grade pills and spiritual items given by Song Qingming, all that's left is to go into seclusion for a while.
Breaking through to a higher realm is not too difficult for it.
After dealing with the "Ice and Fire Dragon," Song Qingming went to check on his avatar that he had placed in the cave.
Previously, Song Qingming's avatar had also participated in the "Qingyun Mountain" battle, and its injuries were much more serious than those of the Ice and Fire Dragon.
After a brief examination, Song Qingming left the other party with some healing pills, estimating that it would take at least several more years for this avatar to slowly recover.
After tidying up the cave dwelling a bit, Song Qingming took out the "Sacred Star Disc," and immediately a figure appeared in front of him.
"Hey, I'm finally back!"
Looking at the familiar cave before him, "Qu Bai" immediately showed a relaxed smile.
Over the years, Qu Bai has been trapped in the "Tower of Babel" with Song Qingming. He often talks about the many spiritual things he left behind on Qingyun Mountain.
The two finally returned safely, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Senior Qu, there's nothing urgent on the mountain right now. I plan to go into seclusion for a while to see if I can attempt to break through to the Nascent Soul realm."
If you need anything, senior, you can ask Xiao Jin to go find Xuan Yi and Si Yuan.
"You only have one Purple Cloud Jade in your hand. Although it can help you break through your cultivation level, you have already consumed one, so the effect probably won't be as good as before."
"Don't worry, senior. I know this is not easy, but I don't have anything better at the moment, so I can only go into seclusion and try it out first."
"That's true! Spiritual objects that can break through to the Nascent Soul realm are mostly rare and hard to come by in this world."
Since you've made up your mind, I won't say anything more.
Back when we were in the Tower of Babel, I had already decided that I would help you refine a magical artifact when I returned.
"If you trust me, brother, you can simply hand over that world-breaking ancestral tree to me!"
Previously trapped in the "Tower of Babel," Xuan Tian and Qu Bai, both being spirits of artifacts, got along quite well.
When Song Qingming and Xia Mo were enjoying tea and chatting, they would often exchange ideas on the art of weapon crafting.
Compared to Qu Bai, Xuan Tian had a high level of expertise in weapon crafting and alchemy.
Previously, the many high-level magic treasures and elixirs hidden in the "Myriad Treasures Map of Xuantian" were basically all crafted by Xuantian himself in his spare time.
This includes the incredibly precious "Mysterious Spirit Pill," which is fiercely contested by numerous cultivators.
During his time in the Tower of Babel, after exchanging ideas with the weapon-refining master Xuan Tian, Qu Bai gained many insights into the art of weapon refining.
They wanted to use the Boundary-Breaking Ancestral Wood in Song Qingming's possession to forge a special spiritual treasure that could deal with spatial storms.
Having known "Qu Bai" for so many years, Song Qingming had long trusted him completely.
Upon hearing the other person's thoughts, he nodded in agreement.
"I have been through thick and thin with you, senior. What is there to worry about? Please take this. If you need anything else, please let me know."
After Song Qingming finished speaking, he raised his hand and took out a wooden box and a jade bottle, which he then presented directly to Qu Bai.
"It's alright, I only need this item. I'll figure out the rest."
After greeting Song Qingming, Qu Bai, who had obtained the Ancestral Wood of the Breaking Boundary, quickly abandoned him and returned directly to his weapon-refining room, where he usually studied spiritual objects.
Song Qingming quickly dealt with the spirit insects on his body and then returned to his secluded cultivation place.
After opening the "storage bag", a purple crystal quickly appeared in front of Song Qingming.
Upon seeing the "Purple Cloud Jade" before him, a white-clad figure immediately appeared in Song Qingming's mind, and a hint of helplessness appeared on his face.
The process of escaping from the "Tower of Babel" was full of twists and turns.
Although he managed to escape by hiding in the "Heavenly Sword Pavilion," the Nascent Soul woman from the True Dragon Clan, having not obtained what she wanted, would clearly not let him go easily.
The thought of a powerful enemy who could appear at any moment still made Song Qingming feel somewhat uneasy.
Therefore, the first thing that came to his mind after returning was how to break through to the Nascent Soul realm.
In the world of cultivation, the law of the jungle always prevails.
No matter how powerful the True Dragon Clan's supernatural abilities are, as long as he can successfully break through to the Nascent Soul realm, Song Qingming will be able to protect himself even when facing this person in the future, and will not need to fear him.
Otherwise, if the woman in white were to come knocking again, Song Qingming, in his current state, would be no match for such a formidable enemy.
Let alone protecting the entire "Qingyun Mountain", he himself is probably in dire need of protection.
Although spiritual objects that can help one break through to the Nascent Soul realm are extremely rare, Song Qingming currently has a "Purple Cloud Jade" and four portions of Jade Purity Spiritual Liquid.
In addition, Song Qingming also has a spiritual object that can help him, namely the "Mysterious Jade Bed" that he found in the outer sea.
This treasure is only effective for cultivating Yin-attribute techniques.
However, this item is very useful for helping to gather earth and water attribute spiritual energy, and it will still be of some help to Song Qingming in his upcoming seclusion to break through his cultivation level.
However, the "Mysterious Jade Bed" is currently being used by Song Qingyu for seclusion to heal his injuries.
It will probably take some time before Song Qingming can use it.
Taking this opportunity, Song Qingming also planned to take good care of his condition and prepare for the upcoming seclusion.
Besides that, I need to spend some time with Li Xuanyi and Huang Siyuan.
I don't know how long I'll be in seclusion next. I've only just returned to "Qingyun Mountain," how can I neglect them so soon?
Upon arriving at Huang Siyuan's cave, they found that Li Xuanyi had already arrived.
Upon seeing Song Qingming, Li Xuanyi immediately greeted him with a broad smile.
"My husband, Siyuan and I have waited so long, but you have finally arrived."
How did you know I would come here?
"Hehe! Senior Sister Bai has returned to Guyang Mountain, and I don't need your help to treat my injuries, so my husband will naturally come to Sister Siyuan's place."
Xuan Yi is just here to join in the fun. If my husband finds it objectionable, then I will take my leave.
Seeing Li Xuanyi turn to leave, Song Qingming quickly grabbed her arm and said with a smile:
"Wait a minute, I have something on me that I need to give you."
After bringing Li Xuanyi back to the hall, Song Qingming took out two more jade boxes and placed them in front of the two women.
"One for each of you, consider it a small compensation from your husband for all these years."
"Oh! I'd like to see what kind of good thing it is that can compensate me and Sister Siyuan."
Li Xuanyi couldn't wait any longer and stepped forward to open the jade box. Her gaze was immediately drawn to the elixir lying inside, and she looked at Song Qingming with a puzzled expression.
"Mysterious Spirit Pill, didn't you already give that one to Senior Sister Bai?"
Previously, Song Qingming had two "Mysterious Spirit Pills", which he obtained from the "Four Seas Merchant Alliance" and the "Qingyang Holy Sect".
One of them was given to Song Qingyu by Song Qingming before he left, and she used it to break through to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm.
The other one was given to Bai Yuxian by Song Qingming after his return, to be used to repay "Dan Yuan Valley" and exchange for the "Nan Zhou" shares that the sect had previously mortgaged.
After all, half of the shares in "Nanzhou" would be a considerable income for them, and in the long run, its value would be far more than a single Xuanling Pill.
Upon learning of this, Song Qingming immediately took out the "Mysterious Spirit Pill" he had on him and handed it to Bai Yuxian.
Seeing Song Qingming take out another "Mysterious Spirit Pill", not only Li Xuanyi, but also Huang Siyuan looked quite puzzled and hurriedly opened the jade box in front of her.
But inside was another identical "Mysterious Spirit Pill," of the same quality.
"Husband, where did you get this Mystic Spirit Pill from?"
"This is what I got from the Tower of Babel. Now that Qingyu has broken through to the late Nascent Soul stage, she doesn't need it anymore. One for each of you is just right."
Having spent a considerable amount of time in the Tower of Babel, Song Qingming had personally witnessed Xuan Tian refining high-level spiritual pills.
The two "Mysterious Spirit Pills" in his hand were obtained by exchanging several high-grade spiritual herbs and materials from the other party.
Unfortunately, "Xuantian" also needs to prepare a lot of materials and spiritual items to refine the elixir, and he only had two, so he gave them both to Song Qingming.
Song Qingyu's cultivation has already advanced to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, while Li Xuanyi and Huang Siyuan have both broken through to the sixth level of the Nascent Soul realm and are facing the bottleneck of the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm.
At this moment, the two of them could use this "Mysterious Spirit Pill".
Knowing that Song Qingming obtained the Xuanling Pill from the "Tower of Heaven," Li Xuanyi and Huang Siyuan were somewhat surprised, but they quickly understood.
After all, almost every time the "Tongtian Pavilion" opens, one or two Xuanling Pills will fall out.
Since Song Qingming could even meet Xuan Tian, it's not hard to understand why he would exchange "Xuan Ling Dan" for it.
The elixir had arrived just in time, and Li Xuanyi and Huang Siyuan could hardly contain their excitement.
“Husband, you went through so much trouble to get the Xuanling Pill, how can you just give it to us? I don’t have enough spirit stones on me, so how about we exchange it with our sect’s merit points?” “I spent a lot of spirit stones making the puppets before, and I don’t have many merit points on me. I’ll have to owe you the rest for now.”
"I said it was compensation for you, why are you being so polite with me? I don't need this little bit of good deed now, take it back."
Seeing Huang Siyuan and Li Xuanyi take out their sect tokens, wanting to exchange their merits for the "Mysterious Spirit Pill" in his hands, Song Qingming quickly pushed them back.
Although the "Mysterious Spirit Pill" is extremely precious, Song Qingming already possesses more than enough spiritual items and merits.
It's only right that we give the two women some spiritual items to compensate them for all the worries they've caused them over the years.
Seeing Song Qingming's insistence, Li Xuanyi and Huang Siyuan, unable to refuse, could only happily accept the spiritual objects in their hands.
In addition to the two "Mysterious Spirit Pills", Song Qingming also took out two high-grade level four magic treasures of considerable quality and handed them to Li Xuanyi and Huang Siyuan respectively.
One of the magical artifacts is called the "Thunderbolt Fire Sword," which Song Qingming obtained from Xuan Tian when he was in the Tower of Babel. It is a high-grade level four magical artifact that can control the power of thunder and fire.
This treasure is perfectly suited to Li Xuanyi's "Tai Xu Sword Technique," and it was a magic weapon specially prepared for her by Song Qingming.
Meanwhile, Song Qingming handed Huang Siyuan the "Ice Scale Pearl," a fourth-grade superior-quality pearl that he had refined in Zhongyuan Immortal Continent.
Previously, he was suddenly trapped outside the Nine Heavens, and "Qingyun Mountain" was in danger of being attacked by the demon race. This also proved that the fighting skills of the sect members needed to be improved.
Now, both Li Xuanyi and Huang Siyuan have reached the sixth level of the Nascent Soul realm.
They wield fourth-grade high-quality magic weapons and can unleash their full power, posing a certain threat to late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.
In particular, Li Xuanyi also has a late-stage Nascent Soul puppet assisting her.
Now that she possesses the "Thunderbolt Fire Sword," she should be able to hold her own against ordinary late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators with weak supernatural abilities.
In addition to the "Ice Scale Pearl," Huang Siyuan also possesses the "Purple Gold Furnace," a magical alchemy tool that can be used to fight enemies.
With these two magical treasures in her hands, Huang Siyuan is now equivalent to almost half a Nascent Soul cultivator, no less than He Wuyou of the "Star Gate" back then.
Each person receives one "Mysterious Spirit Pill" plus a high-grade level four magic weapon.
Song Qingming's generous gesture instantly filled Li Xuanyi and Huang Siyuan with excitement.
Although it was a gift from a fellow Daoist, not all dual cultivation couples in the cultivation world receive such treatment and such dedicated support from their Daoist partner.
The two women were completely impressed by Song Qingming's generosity, and they instantly forgot about their displeasure at his long-term disappearance.
Just moments before turning to leave, Li Xuanyi leaned against Song Qingming, pouring him a cup of her long-treasured spirit wine.
"My husband has given me so many wonderful things, so Siyuan also has a gift to show you."
"Oh! What kind of spirit are you talking about?"
Song Qingming, who was busy tasting wine, suddenly became interested when he heard Huang Siyuan say this and looked at her.
Then Huang Siyuan took out a wooden box from her person and placed it in front of Song Qingming.
As soon as Huang Siyuan opened the wooden box, she saw a five-colored spirit flower inside, emitting a fragrant aroma.
"This looks like... a Spirit Flower."
Sister Siyuan, where did you find it?
Before Song Qingming could speak, Li Xuanyi, who was leaning against him, exclaimed in surprise when she saw the five-colored spirit flower that he had taken out.
Seeing this, Huang Siyuan nodded slightly and replied, "I had been searching for information about this thing for decades before I finally learned that there was such a thing in the northeast of the Duanyun Mountains."
After much effort, I finally found one.
"In truth, we owe a great deal to Mengde and his companions for obtaining this medicinal herb."
The "Spirit Nurturing Flower" in Huang Siyuan's hand is a rare high-level spiritual object in the cultivation world that can enhance the spiritual roots and physique of cultivators who can conceive offspring.
When Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan first participated in the "Donghuang Sword Gathering", they saw one at the auction.
Unfortunately, the two of them were not wealthy at the time and missed out on this opportunity.
Later, Song Qingming attended other "trade fairs" but never saw the Spirit Nourishing Flower again, leaving him with some regret.
After Huang Siyuan returned from her Nascent Soul practice, she spread the word that she wanted to find this item.
However, the "Floating Cloud Mountains" are inherently resource-poor, and no one has ever seen the "Spirit Nurturing Flower," so they have been unable to obtain any useful information.
The Huang family, to which Huang Mengde belonged, took this matter to heart in order to please their ancestor from "Qingyun Mountain," and spent a lot of effort searching for the Spirit-Nourishing Flower for Huang Siyuan.
In the end, their hard work paid off, and Huang Mengde and his group actually found out that someone had seen the "Nurturing Spirit Flower" near the Duanyun Mountains.
However, this spiritual herb is located in the territory of a ferocious late-stage Golden Core demon king, making it impossible for ordinary cultivators to approach and search for it.
Upon learning this news, Huang Siyuan, a Nascent Soul cultivator, personally led a group to exterminate the demon and successfully found the "Spirit Nurturing Flower" near its lair.
Huang Siyuan has kept this item hidden all these years and has never taken it out.
Only now that Song Qingming has returned did he take out the "Nurturing Spirit Flower" in front of everyone, causing Li Xuanyi to look on with envy.
“My husband, we have not conceived any children all these years, and there have been many rumors in the household. This flower has come at just the right time.”
My injuries haven't fully healed yet, so I probably won't need this. I'd better give it to Senior Sister Li.
"Give me!"
Seeing Huang Siyuan offer her the "Spirit Nourishing Flower," Li Xuanyi was surprised but did not accept the spiritual object.
“Sister Siyuan’s injuries are not serious. With her husband’s help, she will recover in six months at most. How can I compete with you for this Spirit Nourishing Flower?”
Sister, please don't think like that. Let's take it back first!
"Even if my injuries are not serious, I still have many alchemy matters to attend to, so there is no need to rush this matter."
Besides, while the Spirit-Nourishing Flower is rare, it's not particularly valuable. Consider it a gift from me.
"No, this Spirit Nourishing Flower was something my sister went through a lot of trouble to find. How can I accept it?"
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"I think you should stop arguing. Let me keep this Spirit Nourishing Flower for now!"
"You can come to me when you need it first."
Seeing Huang Siyuan and Li Xuanyi refusing each other's offers, Song Qingming quickly stepped in to smooth things over and took the "Nurturing Spirit Flower" directly from the two women's hands.
In the world of cultivation, the higher a cultivator's cultivation level, the lower their chances of conceiving and having children.
Now that all three of them are Nascent Soul cultivators, in Song Qingming's eyes, such a thing is naturally impossible to have immediately.
Let's wait until one of the two women becomes pregnant first, then discuss the ownership of this "Spirit-Nourishing Flower," so as to avoid arguing about it here.
Li Xuanyi and Huang Siyuan had no objection to what Song Qingming said, but they did have some thoughts of their own.
"Husband, what if we both have one, but there's only one Spirit-Nourishing Flower?"
"Then I will go look for more. I don't believe that this is the only one of its kind in the world!"
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Two years have passed in the blink of an eye.
During this time, Song Qingming stayed in the cave to accompany Li Xuanyi and the other woman, and also took them on a tour of the "Floating Cloud Mountain Range".
After breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm, the three of them either went into seclusion to cultivate or were busy with other matters.
Now that we all have some free time, it's a good opportunity to take a good look around at the scenery of the "Floating Clouds Mountain Range".
As time goes by, the "Floating Clouds Mountains" have undergone great changes in recent centuries.
In addition to the major sects such as the "Xiaoyao Sect" expanding their territories, the human territory in the entire Fuyun Mountain Range has directly increased by two-thirds.
Those places that were once located on the border and threatened by the demon race, where mortals and cultivators could not live in peace, have recently become more stable.
Especially Taiyue Lake, located in the south.
Since the "Iron Wall Demon Emperor" signed a non-aggression pact with Song Qingming, the aquatic creatures of Taiyue Lake have been confined to the deep waters of the lake, while the shores have become human territory.
Countless cultivators and mortals can now sail safely on the lake, without having to worry about encountering high-level demonic beasts as they used to.
Two years passed quickly, and when Song Qingming and the other two returned to "Qingyun Mountain".
After a long period of seclusion to heal his injuries, Song Qingyu finally emerged from the cave.
Upon seeing Song Qingming who had come to greet her, Song Qingyu could not hide her excitement and stepped forward to hug him tightly.
Having just learned of her brother's return, Song Qingyu was at a critical stage of healing and could not leave seclusion early.
Although she was eager to see him, she could only wait patiently until now, and finally she was able to see Song Qingming who had returned safely.
They were just waiting for Song Qingyu to vent her frustrations over the past few days and then let go of his hands.
Song Qingming then took out a round "storage magic item" from his person and solemnly handed it to the other party.
"Qingyu, I have some good news to tell you."
On my way back, I happened to pass through Xihua Immortal Continent and encountered Senior Ling emerging from seclusion. This is something he asked me to bring back for you.
"Oh! It was given to me by my master!"
Upon seeing the storage artifact that Song Qingming had taken out, Song Qingyu quickly took it.
A short while later, a letter was found inside.
Only after Song Qingyu finished reading did she learn some news that greatly surprised her.
"Seventh Brother! Master has really advanced to the Nascent Soul stage!"
“Yes! I happened to be near the Heavenly Sword Pavilion when Senior Ling broke through to the Nascent Soul realm. I saw it with my own eyes, so it can’t be fake.”
Faced with Song Qingyu's still somewhat incredulous gaze, Song Qingming quickly nodded to her.
He then recounted to her in detail what he had seen at the Heavenly Sword Pavilion. (End of Chapter)