Chapter 271

Hearing this news, Song Qingming could not help but be stunned. After a while, he took the note that Song Qingyu had brought back.

I saw that on that white paper, a line of elegant large characters was written: "This journey is only to seek the Dao; do not look for me."

On a high mountain several hundred miles away from Qinghe County, Huang Siyuan, dressed in black, was standing on a giant rock on the mountain peak, blankly looking at the sunset that was no longer dazzling in the twilight on the distant horizon.

Not far behind her, there was also a black-clothed cultivator wearing a bamboo hat. This person was tightly gripping several spirit stones in his hand, slowly recovering the spiritual power in his body.

A moment later, the sun had already set below the ground, and the sky gradually turned dark. The black-clothed cultivator sitting on the ground slowly put away his spiritual power and stood up.

Seeing Huang Siyuan still blankly looking at the sky that had already darkened, the black-clothed cultivator gently shook his head, walked over, and said: "It's already late. You should rest well for a while, and we'll continue on our way tomorrow!"

Hearing the voice coming from behind, Huang Siyuan finally came back to her senses, squeezed out a smile, nodded, and slowly walked down.

Half a month later, in the Xianfeng Tower of Qinghe Market.

After Huang Siyuan left, Second Sister Song Qingwan had no choice but to immediately call someone to take over here. Fortunately, under Huang Siyuan's guidance over the years, the Li family father and daughter who stayed in the Xianfeng Tower were already very familiar with the business situation here, and they quickly helped the Song family cultivators who had newly come to operate here to gradually stabilize.

In the private room on the second floor, Song Qingming was the same as usual when he came here, eating spiritual food in large mouthfuls while tasting the spiritual wine on the table. He soon enjoyed most of the delicacies on the table, as if nothing had happened during this period of time.

Song Qingyu, who was sitting on the side and hadn't moved her chopsticks much, said with some displeasure: "The Huang family has already sent someone over to ask. How should we answer about Sister-in-law's matter?"

"She left on her own initiative suddenly. We don't know where she went either. How else can we answer? Just tell the truth."

"Seventh Brother, it's been so many days. You have time to come here to enjoy delicacies, why don't you go out and look for her!" Song Qingyu sighed with some hatred for iron not becoming steel!

She had always hoped in her heart that Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan could become a true Daoist couple soon. She didn't expect that even though their relationship had reached this point, such a thing would suddenly happen, which could not help but make her feel a hint of regret in her heart.

"Qingyu, pursuing the path of the Dao is her own choice. Even if it were me, I have no reason to stop her. Moreover, she has been gone for so many days and has long since left Qinghe County. The world is so vast, and no one has pointed out a direction for me. Where can I go to look for her?" Song Qingming smiled and replied to Song Qingyu, then got up and slowly walked out of the Xianfeng Tower.

With the tipsiness of the wine, Song Qingming stepped on his flying sword and arrived at the high mountain where he often came with Huang Siyuan, looking alone at the beautiful sunset on the horizon of the market.

After seeing the note Huang Siyuan left behind that day, Song Qingming instantly recalled all the strange feelings she had shown the last time he saw her. It seemed that Huang Siyuan's departure this time was not a temporary decision; she should have already thought about it when she saw him that time.

At that time, he had only said one sentence, and she had directly said so many things about the restaurant handover. Logically speaking, such things should have been said when Second Sister brought people to take over, but Huang Siyuan had suddenly told him all about it in one go. She should have been ready to leave at any time.

If he had been more careful at that time and felt that something was wrong with her, perhaps he would still have had a chance to stop her. It's just a pity that he missed it after all.

Recalling the gaze she had tightly fixed on him in the Xianfeng Tower at that time, Song Qingming could still feel in his heart that Huang Siyuan would return in the future.

The sunset will eventually fall, but as long as one survives the night, the sun will rise again.

As for why Huang Siyuan left at this time, Song Qingming knew without guessing that she must have gone out to look for the opportunity for Foundation Establishment.

Huang Siyuan's cultivation had already reached the ninth layer of Qi Condensation. For her, naturally, nothing was more important than Foundation Establishment. But if she wanted to establish her Foundation, there was no way to find a Foundation Establishment Pill in Qinghe Market, so leaving here became an understandable choice.

As a Daoist couple, although Song Qingming had treated her quite well over the years, when it came to spiritual items like the Foundation Establishment Pill, Huang Siyuan could not possibly think of easily obtaining it by relying on Song Qingming.

This was also the truth. Song Qingming hadn't gone out much in recent years, and he really didn't have any way to exchange for a Foundation Establishment Pill immediately. This was also the biggest reason why he hadn't chosen to actively look for her these days after Huang Siyuan left. After all, he couldn't give her any promises for the time being, so he could only respect her choice.

It's just that Song Qingming had experienced the hardships of being outside and knew that the cultivation world was full of all kinds of dangers. These days, he was also very worried about Huang Siyuan in his heart, but there was nothing he could do or say. No matter what, she was doing it for her own path of the Dao. Having the courage to go out and walk around might not be a bad thing for her.

Just like that, Huang Siyuan temporarily disappeared from Song Qingming's side, and life returned to its usual appearance.

After receiving the Song family's reply, the Huang family indeed didn't say anything more. Only Huang Siyuan's father came to the Xianfeng Tower alone to inquire a few times.

In recent years, due to the rapid improvement of Song Qingming's talisman-making skills, the talismans he made had already gained some reputation in Qinghe County. Not only the small Qi Condensation families below, but even people from the Huang and Gao families had sent people to the Song family to purchase talismans.

Making second-tier talismans was no longer a difficult task for him now. As long as he had the materials, his efficiency in doing it could at least match that of four or five second-tier talisman makers. But what was difficult to handle was that Qinghe Market was, after all, just a small market, and not everyone could afford second-tier talismans. Many Qi Condensation cultivation families purchased one or two second-tier talismans just to add some foundation to the family and would not take them out to use casually.

In recent years, the second-tier talismans he had hoarded had become more and more numerous. He had invested a lot of spirit stones, but because the market in Qinghe Market had gradually become saturated, it had become increasingly difficult to sell them. He still had to find a way to find a place to dispose of some of them first, so that he could be a little more well-off.

Regarding the best place to dispose of these talismans, after thinking about it, Song Qingming decided to come to Guiyun Market.

Although Guiyun Market was not as big as Yangshan Market, it relied on the Fuyun Mountain Range and attracted many cultivators to come here to hunt demonic beasts. Therefore, although Guiyun Market was not the largest market in Wei, the consumption of items like talismans and magic tools here was much higher than in other markets.

(End of chapter)