Chapter 330: Returning to Wei State

During the few months when this battlefield was the most intense, except for occasionally receiving tasks to go out to escort materials, Song Qingming basically stayed on the front line of Fenggu Plain.

In this kind of chaotic battle where there were dozens or hundreds of Foundation Establishment cultivators of the same tier at every turn, cultivators with lower cultivation and strength were the easiest to be targeted. After all, everyone likes to pick soft persimmons. However, even if you are a peak Foundation Establishment expert with excellent magic tools, once you perform too impressively and make people jealous, it is very easy to be specially targeted by the opponent. As soon as you come up, they will send many people to beat you. Both sides have quite a few experts who accidentally fell on the battlefield like this.

The reason why Song Qingming could successfully survive in this very dangerous battlefield was, first, his own magic tools were still considered relatively excellent. With top-tier second-tier top-quality magic tools like the Clear Water Bell and the Alphabet Black Saber, he would not be defeated so easily when facing ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators. Even if he could not beat the opponent, as long as he did not encounter top experts of the Foundation Establishment stage like Sun Jingya before, he could still manage to save his life if he wanted to.

Secondly, Song Qingming also performed very low-key on the battlefield. In the battles of more than half a year, Song Qingming only found a chance to kill two opponents of the same tier with lower cultivation. This battle record could not be ranked at all on his side; otherwise, he would not have taken so long to gather enough merits to exchange for a second-tier puppet beast.

In this dangerous more than half a year, the Senior Wind Crane who had been following him was actually also helping him quite a bit in secret. Although this guy did not directly help him fight the enemy, his powerful divine soul could easily help Song Qingming quickly distinguish which people on the battlefield were not easy to deal with.

It was precisely by relying on the occasional guidance of this old senior that Song Qingming had been able to successfully avoid the most formidable experts hidden among the Foundation Establishment cultivators sent out by the Tianhai Alliance, surviving with what appeared to others to be good luck.

The continuous fighting with the cultivators of the same tier on the opponent's side also greatly increased Song Qingming's own battle experience, and his own strength also had a not-small improvement. Now Song Qingming could fight back and forth with ordinary late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators in a short time without falling into a disadvantage.

In this kind of environment of continuous fighting, it was actually of great help to the self-cultivation and realization of some cultivators. Song Qingming had seen quite a few cultivators who had been trapped by their own cultivation bottlenecks for many years in this more than half a year, and they successfully broke through their cultivation not long after the battle.

It was just a pity that the magic power accumulated in his body was still far from breaking through to the seventh layer of Foundation Establishment, and he did not bump into such a good chance.

Just like this, after mixing on the relatively dangerous front line of Fenggu Plain for more than half a year, he finally gathered enough merits and exchanged for a second-tier puppet beast he had been longing for in the Lingyin Sect's Merit Pavilion.

This was the first time Song Qingming controlled and used this puppet beast after coming out to collect the monster beast divine soul, and its combat ability still made Song Qingming very satisfied.

The reason why he chose to exchange for this Wind-Chasing Beast was that Song Qingming took a fancy to its extremely fast speed in battle. Under Song Qingming's control, this second-tier low-quality puppet beast could be three parts faster than an ordinary cultivator who had just established their foundation, and it was very easy to achieve an unexpected effect in fighting the enemy.

Song Qingming, who had collected the giant python's divine soul, had just returned to the front-line camp when he received a piece of news that made him somewhat happy: the transfer order he had applied for to return to the Wei State a few days ago had finally received a reply today.

A few days later, Song Qingming stepped on the spirit boat that transferred cultivators back to Mount Baimeng, returned to the Lingyin Sect first, and then waited there for more than half a month before catching a large flying boat returning to the Wei State.

Along the way from Fenggu Plain to Mount Baimeng, all spirit boats transporting materials and cultivators were inspected very strictly. Front-line cultivators could not return to the rear of the Lingyin Sect at will without receiving a transfer order; otherwise, if they were caught fleeing in the face of battle and shaking the morale of the army, not only would they be dealt with seriously, but even the related relatives and disciples would also be implicated.

It was not just that the battle on the front line was fought intensely; in the last more than half a year, the cultivators transporting materials behind both sides were also often attacked by cultivators sent by the opponent to infiltrate.

The cultivators of the Lingyin Sect market strongholds stationed on the front line of Fenggu Plain also had to run around to rescue these convoys transporting materials and cultivators from time to time. Quite a few of them also could not escape the fate of falling outside.

Fortunately, after the Huanglong Market incident occurred, the Lingyin Sect also strengthened the defense of these strongholds in time. In order to avoid the recurrence of betrayal of the sect like Liu Wenguan, the Lingyin Sect not only issued a heavy reward order for him but also ruthlessly executed all his relatives and disciples. This also deterred quite a few people who had been slacking off in the great battle, making the combat power of the cultivators on the battlefield of the Lingyin Sect significantly improved in the last half a year.

It was not until Song Qingming caught the large flying boat returning to the Wei State that the tense atmosphere on the battlefield finally slowly faded away.

This time, the flying boat returning to the Wei State was relatively empty. Except for some cultivators returning to the Wei State like Song Qingming, it did not carry many goods, only carrying some spirit items unique to the Lu State side to be sold in the Wei State market.

The Jin Dan cultivator sitting on the flying boat had been changed to Chu Fengping. He was a relatively young Jin Dan elder in the Xiaoyao Sect. He had broken through to the Jin Dan realm for less than sixty years, and his lifespan was now just over two hundred years.

Although this person's cultivation base ranked toward the back within the Xiaoyao Sect, he was also a rare third-grade alchemist, and his alchemy level was second only to Elder Wu Tong, who ranked third in the Xiaoyao Sect. This elder's lifespan was already over five hundred years, and he had at most a few decades of life left. After he passes away, Chu Fengping will be the only third-grade alchemist left in the Xiaoyao Sect, which also dictates that his status in the future should be no worse than that of any other elder.

The flying boat returned along the original route and sailed for more than a month before returning to Guyang Mountain of the Xiaoyao Sect. After Song Qingming walked off the flying boat, he did not rush to return to Qinghe County, but took the opportunity to visit Song Xinyu, who had joined the Xiaoyao Sect.

In these few years, after experiencing the miserable passing of Third Uncle Song Qingze, Song Xinyu had obviously grown up quite a bit. Not only was his own conduct much more steady, but his cultivation had also gone a step further and finally entered the late stage of Qi Refining. Song Qingming estimated that in about ten years, he should also begin to plan for Foundation Establishment.

Among all the cultivators of the "Xin" generation of the Song family, Song Xinyu's talent and aptitude were the best, and he was also the one with the most hope for Foundation Establishment among the cultivators of his generation. Song Xinyu had been highly valued by his teachers in the Xiaoyao Sect all these years. With his situation, as long as the Song family could help a little in the future, obtaining a Foundation Establishment Pill would not be a difficult thing for him.

Regarding this point, Song Qingming had long been mentally prepared. In the future, when Song Xinyu established his foundation, even if the clan could not take out spirit stones, he would definitely support him even if he had to pay out of his own pocket.

After carefully exhorting Song Xinyu, Song Qingming left him some spirit stones, and only then set off to return to Qinghe County and returned to Funiu Mountain, which he had been away from for more than a year.

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