Chapter 245: Going with the Flow

Seeing a Foundation Establishment expert suddenly coming this way, both sides of the fight stopped immediately. One side, which had the upper hand, didn't even wait for Song Qingming to get close before scattering in a guilty panic.

Song Qingming felt a bit surprised at this situation, but he didn't take the initiative to stop them, letting these people disappear into the dense forest.

"Many thanks to the senior for your righteous help!" Seeing Song Qingming walking towards this side, the other group of people who remained in place hurriedly stepped forward to kowtow and thank him.

A middle-aged man who looked a bit older felt very familiar when he saw Song Qingming's appearance. He couldn't help but ask tremblingly: "Senior, are you Brother Song?"

"It's been many years. I didn't expect to meet you here. It's truly a stroke of fate." Song Qingming nodded with a smile and admitted his identity.

This middle-aged man was named Hu Daozhen, a friend of Song Qingming when he was training in Guiyun Market. After Song Qingming left Guiyun Market that year, Hu Daozhen also left the Tianfeng Building a few years later, not knowing where he went.

Song Qingming and Hu Daozhen hadn't seen each other for nearly thirty years. The green young man who was captured by demonic cultivators back then had not only grown up quite a bit, but his cultivation had also broken through to the late stage of Qi Refining. If Song Qingming hadn't always remembered the few signature dishes he made at the Tianfeng Building back then, he might not have recognized him just now.

"Brother Song, I really didn't expect you to have successfully reached Foundation Establishment. If I hadn't met you, my great benefactor, today, the lives of us few would probably have been lost here."

Hu Daozhen said he was going to kowtow and salute Song Qingming again, but was stopped by Song Qingming stepping forward.

"Just a small effort, Brother Hu, don't take it too much to heart. What are you few doing here?"

Hu Daozhen sighed and said: "I heard that a grand event is about to be held on Mount Bai Long, and I and a few good friends came here to try our luck to see if we could find some spiritual items. I didn't expect to encounter a group of robbers just now. Fortunately, Brother Song appeared in time, and we few managed to escape."

"This group of ruthless robbers doesn't have the guts to hunt demonic beasts, only knowing how to hide here and bully others. As soon as they saw a high-level person like you, Senior, they were immediately scared out of their wits." The other few cultivators beside them saw that Hu Daozhen knew this Foundation Establishment senior, gradually put down a hint of worry in their hearts, and also followed up with a few words, wanting to get closer to Song Qingming, this Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Song Qingming nodded, then spoke up: "I am also heading that way, so it's on my path. I might as well take you along for a stretch!"

Learning that Hu Daozhen and the others were also going to Mount Bai Long, Song Qingming thought that since he had already saved them, he might as well be a good person to the end and escort them for a part of the dangerous road.

"Then many thanks to Brother Song!" Hearing that Song Qingming was willing to protect them out of this dangerous deep mountain, the eyes of Hu Daozhen and the others lit up, and they hurriedly stepped forward to cup their hands and thank him.

"Senior Song is truly a rare person of chivalry."

"Thanks to the senior for your help, the junior will definitely remember this kindness in his heart forever."

Among the three cultivators who followed Hu Daozhen, one had already suffered some minor injuries after the life-and-death struggle just now. If they encountered that group of robbers again, it would definitely be more ominous than auspicious. Now that Song Qingming was willing to take care of them, it was truly a timely help for them.

Song Qingming didn't think too much about their flattery. Although he was not an evil-natured person, he couldn't be considered the chivalrous person they spoke of who loved to help others. It was just going with the flow. If it weren't for the sake of having known Hu Daozhen back then, he wouldn't have taken the initiative to care about the life or death of these few people according to his temperament.

After the few set off together, Song Qingming and Hu Daozhen chatted about some trivial matters in Guiyun Market back then.

Hu Daozhen also got to know many loose cultivator peers in the Tianfeng Building back then. Later, he was a bit tired of looking at others' faces in Guiyun Market, so under the invitation of several good friends, he left the Tianfeng Building and found a spiritual vein near Mount Tuoyun to live in, finally living a free and easy life for a while.

It's just that without the income of a spiritual chef, his life was a bit tighter than before, and occasionally he had to take risks to hunt demonic beasts to exchange for some spirit stones.

"It's another two hundred miles to Mount Bai Long. Take care, you few. Song will go ahead!" While chatting and walking, unknowingly, everyone had walked out of that dangerous deep mountain. Song Qingming took the initiative to say goodbye to Hu Daozhen and prepared to rush to Mount Bai Long quickly.

"Brother Song, go well. Let's meet again on Mount Bai Long!" Hu Daozhen cupped his hands and said goodbye to Song Qingming. He seemed to want to say something else, but hesitated and didn't say it directly.

Although he felt that Hu Daozhen was a bit strange, Song Qingming didn't care too much. To him, the most important thing now was to go to Mount Bai Long to find the Foundation Establishment Pill. After saying goodbye to the few, Song Qingming took out his flying sword and directly turned into a cyan light and soared into the sky.

After Song Qingming left, a white-clad cultivator who had been walking at the very end stepped forward and said to Hu Daozhen: "Brother Hu, were you just wanting to hand that thing to Senior Song?"

"That's right. This place is too dangerous compared to Mount Tuoyun. We almost lost our lives along the way. I just feel that once this thing is taken out on Mount Bai Long, we might be even more dangerous. If there is a reliable person willing to accept this thing, it would be better to just exchange it for some spirit stones with him. What do you say, fellow daoists?"

After Hu Daozhen finished speaking, he turned his head and looked at the few people behind him seriously, finding that these people, like him, were still having lingering fears about the life-and-death crisis they had just encountered.

After saying goodbye to Hu Daozhen, Song Qingming flew on his sword for less than an hour before arriving at the foot of Mount Bai Long.

Looking at this familiar high mountain, Song Qingming couldn't help but recall some past events.

When he first came here, he was entrusted by Xu Ziyan to help her purchase spiritual elixirs and inquire about the Foundation Establishment Pill along the way.

It's just a pity that he was too weak decades ago. Even after arriving here, he didn't have the qualifications to participate in the White Dragon Pavilion's exchange meeting and could only leave regretfully.

Times have changed. Song Qingming has now become a Foundation Establishment cultivator. Those difficulties back then are no longer problems for him.

Just as he walked to the entrance of the Mount Bai Long market, the few Qi Refining cultivators guarding here, seeing the powerful aura emitted by Song Qingming, hurriedly took the initiative to welcome him.

This time entering Mount Bai Long, as a Foundation Establishment cultivator with a transcendent status, Song Qingming not only didn't have to hand over spirit stones, but even renting a cave dwelling became free. It can be seen that Mount Bai Long, like other markets, has a very different treatment for Foundation Establishment cultivators.

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