Chapter 171: Meeting

After being away for a month, Song Qingming, who returned to his cave dwelling, finally felt somewhat relaxed for the time being.

Taking out a green spirit pill from his storage bag and taking it, Song Qingming immediately operated the Jade Profound Scripture cultivation art in his body.

Running around outside for a month in a row, he didn't have much time to cultivate properly. Song Qingming, who returned to Qinghefang, finally had some time to cultivate properly.

"In the future, I still have to go to a large market to buy pills. The effect of this True Essence Pill is much better than those pills I bought in Jianglingfang before."

After cultivating for three hours in a row, Song Qingming finally refined most of the pills in his body. This also caused the magic power in his body to rise by a small section, saving him at least a year of bitter cultivation.

It was just a pity that although the effect of this True Essence Pill was good, a Foundation Establishment cultivator could only take one pill a year, and during this period, he could not take other pills to improve his cultivation. If it weren't for this reason, as long as Song Qingming took another one, he should be able to break through to the second layer of Foundation Establishment immediately.

In the cultivation world, almost all pills that improve cultivation have more pill poison than other types of pills. The better the effect of the pill, the more time a cultivator needs to resolve the pill poison after taking it, and the interval between taking them will also become longer.

It is precisely because of this reason that no matter how many pills you have on you, the speed of cultivation that can be improved is limited. Even if an ordinary five-spiritual-root cultivator has a Nascent Soul ancestor to take care of him and is not short of pills for cultivation, it is impossible for him to cultivate faster than a heavenly-spiritual-root cultivator from an ordinary background.

After ending his cultivation, Song Qingming got up and was about to go out for a walk, only to discover that someone had left a voice transmission for him at the entrance of the cave dwelling at some point. He should have been too focused when he was cultivating just now, which was why he didn't notice it.

A few days later, in the Xianfeng Tower of Qinghefang.

Li Hongyu, in green clothes, carefully carried a very delicious spirit fish and walked into a private room.

"Senior Song, this dish was made by me personally. Please taste it and see how this junior's craftsmanship is."

Song Qingming looked at the dish that had just been served and glanced at Li Hongyu somewhat unexpectedly. He didn't expect that this girl had only been in the Xianfeng Tower for more than a month and could already cook, and the dish she served looked quite good.

Gently picking up a piece of fish meat and putting it into his mouth, Song Qingming closed his eyes and tasted it carefully.

Afterward, under Li Hongyu's expectant gaze, Song Qingming opened his eyes with a smile and said, "Fresh, smooth, and tender, juicy and delicious. Smelling its fragrance makes one feel relaxed and happy; tasting its meat leaves a lingering aftertaste. Your landlady's craftsmanship has improved again."

"Senior, I helped the landlady with the ingredients anyway. You didn't taste it at all." Seeing that Song Qingming knew at a glance that this dish was made by Huang Siyuan personally, Li Hongyu could only lower her head and mutter somewhat awkwardly.

Song Qingming nodded and smiled, "Don't be discouraged. Spirit cooking is, after all, a cultivation skill; how can it be mastered overnight? Even your landlady studied hard in Qinghefang for ten years to have today's achievements. As long as you can endure the loneliness, sooner or later, I will say the same evaluation I just made to you."

"Thank you, Senior, for your guidance. Hongyu will definitely work hard in the future to make a spirit food that can catch your eye as soon as possible, to repay your kindness of knowing and meeting."

On the day he gave Gao Yufu a lesson, Song Qingming was also somewhat worried about the safety of Li Quan and Li Hongyu, which was why he brought them to the Xianfeng Tower to avoid the limelight temporarily.

He didn't expect that the grandfather and granddaughter would get used to staying in the Xianfeng Tower. Li Quan's honest personality soon gained Huang Siyuan's trust, and he had almost become the manager of the Xianfeng Tower. He was someone who had been mixing in the cultivation world for many years, and he was very handy in dealing with people.

Li Hongyu, this little girl, although her cultivation base was not high, her ambition was very big. Seeing that Huang Siyuan could earn a lot of spirit stones every day relying on her spirit cooking skills, she soon pestered Huang Siyuan to teach her the way of spirit cooking and was already considered a small apprentice of hers.

After Song Qingming was full of food and drink, Huang Siyuan finally appeared before his eyes.

"The ancestor has already arrived at the Huixian Tower. Let's go over now!"

Song Qingming nodded, followed Huang Siyuan out of the Xianfeng Tower, and came to the Huixian Tower of the Huang family.

A few days ago, just after Song Qingming returned, he suddenly received news from Huang Siyuan that the Huang family Patriarch, Huang Shengxin, had something to discuss with him.

It just so happened that he also had some things he wanted to ask the Huang family for help with. After the two sides agreed on a time, they soon met in the secret chamber of the Huixian Tower.

Just after walking in, Song Qingming discovered that the person who came from the Huang family was not the Patriarch, Huang Shengxin, but Huang Shengyue, who had been relatively active in Qinghe County in recent years.

The three Foundation Establishment ancestors of the Huang family, the Patriarch Huang Shengxin, was devoted to seeking the Dao and was a bitter cultivator with a ninth-layer Foundation Establishment cultivation base. In these few years, he had put all his energy into Core Formation, often going into seclusion and rarely coming out to show his face.

One of the two Supreme Elders, Huang Chengliang, was already over two hundred years old and rarely came out to walk around, basically sitting on the family's spirit vein. All the external affairs of the Huang family basically fell on the other Supreme Elder, Huang Shengyue.

"Fellow Daoist Song, I heard that this time you cooperated with the Xiaoyao Sect cultivators to behead Yang Wuqi, the demon. I really have to congratulate Fellow Daoist Song for removing a great scourge for Qinghe County and the entire State of Wei and doing a meritorious deed."

The matter of beheading Yang Wuqi, the demon, had spread throughout most of the State of Wei in this month. It was not surprising that Huang Shengyue knew about this matter now.

"Fellow Daoist Huang is over-praising. My cultivation base is low, and I am no match for that demon. The one who beheaded Yang Wuqi this time was actually Fellow Daoist Chen of the Xiaoyao Sect. Fellow Daoist Lu and I went there, but we only helped to eradicate the low-tier demonic cultivators below."

After the two exchanged pleasantries, Song Qingming directly took out the Soul-Gathering Banner seized from the demonic cultivators this time and said, "I seized two second-tier demonic tools from the demonic cultivators this time. Fellow Daoist Huang, please help me see if you can extract the materials from inside."

Huang Shengyue was the only second-tier refiner in Qinghe County. Since she came in person this time, it was just right to show her the Soul-Gathering Banner face-to-face to see if she could refine some materials out of these two demonic tools, which would also save him from going to the Huang family to find her.

"The foundation of this magic tool is still quite good. The two together should be able to directly refine a second-tier magic tool. However, refining demonic tools is also my first time making a move, and I don't know if it will fail. If you want to know the result, I ask Fellow Daoist Song to wait patiently for a period of time." After Huang Shengyue finished speaking, she picked up the Soul-Gathering Banner and looked at it carefully again.

"This is no problem. Regardless of whether it succeeds or not, after the magic tool is refined, how many spirit stones are needed, Fellow Daoist Huang, just speak up, and I will definitely offer them to you then!"

Hearing Huang Shengyue say that she could refine these two Soul-Gathering Banners into a second-tier magic tool, Song Qingming was also somewhat surprised. He didn't expect that this meeting would really give him a bit of unexpected surprise. These two demonic tools were of no use in his hands, and being able to exchange them for a new magic tool was truly a very lucky thing for him.

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