Chapter 369

After hearing Gao Yuyao's answer, Song Qingming nodded with a smile.

"Fairy Gao, you are too polite. That you would tell me this matter directly shows that you already trust me. It's just a pity that I have only just broken through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment, and my foundation has not yet been fully stabilized. I am also a bit worried that if I go, I won't be able to help you much and might even distract you instead."

"Since there is still a month, I think Fairy Gao might as well look for others. This is a rare opportunity. I think there are still plenty of people interested in a Core Formation cultivator's cave dwelling."

"This!"

Seeing Song Qingming directly refuse her, Gao Yuyao hadn't expected it, and her jade face was filled with disappointment.

Although Song Qingming had also gone out for training many times when he was young, ever since he was tricked by the Huang family in the Fuyun Mountain Range back then, he hadn't taken the initiative to go out and explore opportunities with others for decades.

He now had the residual map that could help him quickly draw spirit talismans and refine formations to exchange for spirit stones; he didn't lack cultivation resources at all, and he truly didn't have much interest in such invitations to go out on adventures.

Although he and Gao Yuyao had some friendship from knowing each other in their youth, Gao Yuyao wanting to persuade Song Qingming to go on a trip with her based on this and the treasure that he didn't even know if he could obtain was truly thinking too much.

Seeing that Song Qingming didn't look like he was pretending, Gao Yuyao gritted her teeth and continued: "Fellow Daoist Song, don't be in a hurry to refuse. If you are truly willing to help with this favor, regardless of the outcome, I am willing to transfer five hundred sect merit points to you."

"I will be staying in Qinghe County for five or six days after I return this time. Think about it again, Fellow Daoist. If you change your mind, you can have someone send a letter to Jin Baotang in Qinghe Market, or come directly to Mount Lianhua to find me."

This time, Song Qingming didn't refuse directly. He bowed and nodded: "Then I will trouble Fairy to give me a few more days. I will go back and think about it carefully, and I will definitely give you a reply within three days."

After agreeing with Gao Yuyao, Song Qingming quickly took Song Xinhe and left Mount Lianhua.

On the way, Song Qingming piloted his flying sword with a calm expression, his mind still pondering what Gao Yuyao said at the end.

The reason he didn't refuse directly at the end was precisely because of the sect merit points Gao Yuyao mentioned.

In the Xiaoyao Sect's Merit Pavilion, as long as you have sufficient merit points, you can exchange for the vast majority of spirit items that can be found within the State of Wei. Naturally, this also includes the precious spirit item that every immortal cultivation family wants to obtain: the Foundation Establishment Pill.

But compared to the disciples within the Xiaoyao Sect who find it relatively easy to earn merit points, it is very difficult for these Foundation Establishment families outside to exchange for even a little bit of merit points. Since the Song family advanced to a Foundation Establishment family, they had only accumulated a little over a thousand merit points in over fifty years.

Song Qingming had also been to the Xiaoyao Sect's Merit Pavilion several times over the years. He knew very well in his heart that wanting to rely on the Song family to slowly earn merit points to exchange for a Foundation Establishment Pill would take at least several decades, which could be said to be a very difficult thing.

And now, if Gao Yuyao was willing to take the initiative to transfer five hundred merit points to Song Qingming, then the Song family would be very close to the goal of exchanging for a Foundation Establishment Pill. This was also the point that moved Song Qingming the most.

Immortal cultivation families like the Huang family and the Gao family, which had more than one Foundation Establishment cultivator within the Xiaoyao Sect, had always been able to use this method of transferring merit points to exchange for Foundation Establishment Pills in the past. This was also the biggest reason they could fix a Foundation Establishment Pill every few decades.

Of course, the merit points of disciples within the Xiaoyao Sect could not be transferred casually; they would also be restricted by the Merit Pavilion. Gao Yuyao didn't transfer the merit points to the Gao family but took them out as a bargaining chip to attract Song Qingming, which showed that she was truly going all out for this exploration of the Core Formation cave dwelling.

Three days later, in an open space on the back mountain of the Song family, Song Qingming was controlling a huge green wolf puppet to battle a giant eagle with a body of fiery red.

The spells released by this wolf and eagle were colorful, shaking the ground and creating huge craters everywhere.

Although the Wind-Chasing Beast was also a second-tier puppet beast, compared to a second-tier demon beast like the Skyfire Roc, its strength was still inferior. Even with a master like Song Qingming, who had very rich experience in fighting, controlling it, it slowly fell into a disadvantage after fighting for a while.

Seeing the Skyfire Roc in mid-air spit out another ball of flames, and the Wind-Chasing Beast below was unable to dodge in time, Song Qingming hurriedly raised his hand and used the Azure Water Bell to block in front, which prevented the Wind-Chasing Beast from suffering this blow. Otherwise, if this puppet beast he had obtained with such difficulty were damaged, Song Qingming would have suffered a loss that outweighed the gain.

Seeing Song Qingming block his attack and put the annoying green wolf into his storage bag, the Skyfire Roc landed from the air somewhat depressed, muttering unhappily at Song Qingming, as if it hadn't vented its anger yet.

"Good! I know you are more powerful than before! You've already won against it, so don't be relentless. This is your reward!"

As Song Qingming tossed out a few pills it liked, the Skyfire Roc hurriedly swallowed them all in one gulp, happily flapping its wings at Song Qingming, completely forgetting its previous unhappiness.

Just as Song Qingming was playing with the Skyfire Roc, a middle-aged man walked quickly into the bamboo forest and bowed respectfully to Song Qingming: "Xintang pays respects to the Patriarch!"

Song Qingming turned around to look at Song Xintang, then immediately smiled and beckoned him to come to his side.

Song Xintang carefully glanced at the Skyfire Roc, which was still happily swallowing spirit pills, and seeing that it didn't seem to care about his presence, he slowly walked to Song Qingming's side.

As the Song family's town-clan spirit beast, although the Skyfire Roc rarely appeared on the mountain, most of the Song family members knew of its existence and were also very clear about this spirit beast's temper.

If it weren't for the fact that Song Qingming, the patriarch, was present today, Song Xintang wouldn't have dared to walk to a position so close to it.

"You help me make a trip to Qinghe Market and hand this letter to the shopkeeper of Jin Baotang. After you arrive, no matter what the other party asks you, you don't need to answer; just hand the letter to him."

After taking the letter Song Qingming handed over, Song Xintang looked at the letter in his hand with some confusion, discovering that besides a name written on it, there was nothing else.

"Patriarch! Are you talking about the Gao family's Jin Baotang?"

"There shouldn't be two Jinbao Halls in Qinghe Market, right?" Song Qingming asked Song Xintang back with a smile.

Hearing this, Song Xintang slowly regained his calm and nodded: "Xintang understands! Patriarch, rest assured, I will set off for Qinghe Market immediately."

"Be careful on the road. After arriving at the market, try not to reveal your identity. Do not mention this matter to anyone in the future."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 370 =====