Chapter 382: Longevity Fruit

After scanning it roughly, besides seeing a pile of unknown techniques and magic tools, what attracted Song Qingming's eyes the most were those colorful spirit stones emitting spiritual light. These spirit stones were all mid-grade spirit stones, numbering seventy or eighty.

Song Qingming really didn't expect that in this jade pendant magic tool, the number of spirit stones alone was already higher in value than the sum of the things in the storage bags he obtained yesterday.

Looking at these mid-grade spirit stones, a smile slowly and unconsciously appeared on the corner of Song Qingming's mouth. These spirit stones alone were enough to make Song Qingming feel fortunate in his heart that his coming to the Fuyun Mountain Range to find Long Feng and the others this time was truly the right choice.

When he first obtained this jade pendant, Song Qingming didn't know there would be so many spiritual items inside. Suffering from only having Foundation Establishment cultivation, Song Qingming had no way to open this spatial magic tool at all, nor did he dare to easily ask other high-tier cultivators for help.

According to what Huo Feng said yesterday, if it weren't for Song Qingming's good luck this time in happening to run into her coming out of seclusion, Long Feng and the others might not necessarily have been able to break the restriction on the jade pendant, and Song Qingming might also have had to make a wasted trip.

Having cultivated for so many years, Song Qingming felt more and more that the individual's fortune in this world was sometimes truly unfathomable.

At the time when Song Qingming encountered the pursuit of the red-clad man and his two companions, he once sighed that his luck was truly too poor; just as he acted alone, he ran into this gang of fierce demonic cultivators.

But when he passed this tribulation, the bad fortune passed, and now the good fortune on Song Qingming followed. It could be considered that there must be blessings after surviving a great disaster.

"Many of the things inside have already been invaded by demonic Qi. Could it be that the owner of this jade pendant was a demonic path cultivator? Wouldn't it have some relationship with the demonic cultivators who were pursuing you yesterday?"

After carefully looking at these spiritual items, Huo Feng quickly felt a trace of abnormality, turned around, and asked Song Qingming nonchalantly.

Song Qingming, who was still attracted by those mid-grade spirit stones, heard Huo Feng say this, only then turned his gaze and carefully looked at the few magic tools Huo Feng was holding in her hand.

Very quickly, Song Qingming also felt a trace of familiar demonic Qi from those magic tools. And it wasn't just these few magic tools; many of the spiritual items taken out from the jade pendant on the ground were the same as those things Song Qingming obtained from the storage bags of the red-clad man and his two companions—most had already been tainted by demonic Qi.

Looking at these things tainted by demonic Qi, Song Qingming pondered for a moment, then replied with a serious face: "This one is also not very clear. The corpse of the Qi Refining cultivator from whom I found this magic tool was not a demonic cultivator. As for what is going on inside this jade pendant, this one is indeed also not very clear."

Song Qingming's answer could actually be considered the truth. He had obtained this jade pendant from Gao Sihai that day and was not very clear about who the original owner of this item was.

As for how Gao Sihai obtained this item, or whether someone put it on him after he was captured by that mysterious demonic cultivator, Song Qingming had had some guesses before but had never been able to verify them. Moreover, Gao Sihai had long since been possessed by Lei Guang, so it was somewhat impossible to ask him.

Just as Song Qingming finished saying this, before Huo Feng could respond, he suddenly felt a trace of abnormality coming from his waist. He hurriedly turned to the side to look and discovered that it was a storage bag at his waist that suddenly lit up with a trace of white light.

What was contained in this storage bag were some spiritual items that Song Qingming had specially picked out yesterday when tidying up the things on the red-clad man and his two companions that had not been tainted by demonic Qi.

"What is going on?" After Song Qingming proactively opened the storage bag, he took out the green bead obtained yesterday and held it carefully in his hand, discovering that this bead had completely changed from its original green color to a very dazzling white.

Just after taking out this bead, before Song Qingming could think of an answer, on the other side, not far from Huo Feng, a cyan jade box also suddenly lit up with a trace of white spiritual light. This scene did not escape Huo Feng's eyes, and she immediately reached out and took it into her hand to examine it carefully for a few glances.

The white light in this jade box had a much smaller range than the white light emitted by the bead in Song Qingming's hand. If it weren't for Huo Feng's higher cultivation allowing her to see the abnormality in this jade box at once, Song Qingming, who had already been attracted by the bead, would truly not have noticed this point.

Huo Feng picked up the jade box, opened it, and discovered that what was contained inside was a crystal-clear, round little fruit. This fruit was glowing with spiritual light and looked very heart-stirring.

"This is, Longevity Fruit?" Seeing this somewhat transparent round spiritual fruit, Song Qingming immediately remembered a kind of longevity-extending spiritual item he had once seen recorded in a book.

Longevity Fruit is a very rare second-tier top-quality spiritual fruit in the cultivation world. After being consumed by cultivators above the Foundation Establishment cultivation, it can immediately increase longevity by about ten years.

In the entire cultivation world, spiritual items that can extend a cultivator's longevity are very rare. This Longevity Fruit is one of them. This item can also be considered a rare second-tier spiritual item that even Golden Core ancestors would be moved by when seeing it.

In the State of Wei, besides the Merit Pavilion of the Xiaoyao Sect, Song Qingming had not heard of this kind of thing appearing anywhere else. When the Taiyue Lake Secret Realm opened that year, the Huang family pulled Song Qingming to enter the secret realm together, actually also wanting to try to see if they could find a Longevity Fruit inside to add more longevity for Huang Shengxin so he would have a chance to form a core again.

It's a pity that although the Huang family thought well, their fortune was still somewhat insufficient, and they hadn't seen the trace of a Longevity Fruit until they left the secret realm. It was only after coming out of the secret realm that Song Qingming heard rumors that a Foundation Establishment loose cultivator had a heaven-sent opportunity and brought out three Longevity Fruits from the secret realm alone, causing quite a stir in the entire State of Wei cultivation world.

Now that this Longevity Fruit was placed directly before his eyes, Song Qingming was also quite excited in his heart. Whether he consumed it himself in the future or took it to exchange for other core-formation spiritual items, it was a very useful spiritual item for Song Qingming.

Just when Song Qingming's attention was still on this Longevity Fruit, Huo Feng, who had opened the jade box, suddenly moved the magic power on her two fingers, using magic power to condense two thin long threads, and slowly hooked out a very tiny white insect from the yellow velvet cloth under the spiritual fruit.

This white little insect had just left the cyan jade box, and the white light inside the jade box also followed it and slowly left, slowly recovering to its original deep cyan color.

"What kind of insect is this? Could it have some relationship with this bead?" Song Qingming looked at the white little insect in Huo Feng's hand, then looked at the green bead in his own hand, and asked with some confusion.

"This is a Phaseless Insect. This insect likes to hide beside spiritual items rich in spiritual energy very much, and it is good at concealing its own figure and aura. Generally, a Foundation Establishment cultivator like you would find it very difficult to discover its existence.

This Phaseless Insect looks like it has already been planted with a restriction by someone. If this thing hadn't been found today, I'm afraid that no matter where you went in the future, you would be followed by it. For the person who planted the restriction to find you, that would be an easy task. The bead in your hand should be the magic tool used by the other party for tracking."

After Huo Feng finished speaking, she smiled and shook the transparent little insect on her finger before Song Qingming's eyes, and then a flame lit up, and this Phaseless Insect quickly turned into a thin wisp of black smoke.

Hearing Huo Feng say this, Song Qingming also immediately reacted. He had been very careful on his way to find Long Feng this time, and had also intentionally hidden his figure and appearance.

The reason why the red-clad man and those demonic cultivators were able to catch up to him so accurately was because there was this Phaseless Insect thing in the jade pendant he was carrying. Their target this time was also not aimed at him, but at this jade pendant spatial magic tool on him.

It seems that when those demonic cultivators went to Black Stone Valley that year, the red-clad man and that yellow-clad old man were also aiming for this jade pendant. At that time, the jade pendant was still on Gao Sihai. Later, in the midst of a chaotic battle, they were driven away by people from the Xiaoyao Sect, allowing him to eventually obtain this thing. It was truly a coincidence of fortune.

In this jade pendant, besides spiritual items like spirit stones, there were also quite a few things like magic tools used by demonic cultivators. This was no wonder they would pursue him so relentlessly yesterday.

After thinking these things through clearly, Song Qingming hurriedly bowed and saluted Huo Feng: "Many thanks to Your Highness for helping me remove this great hidden danger today."

Seeing that Huo Feng had already found the Phaseless Insect and also helped him figure out the reason why he was targeted by those demonic cultivators like the red-clad man, Song Qingming felt much more comforted in his heart. Otherwise, if this Phaseless Insect had always been on him, it would sooner or later be a hidden danger. If any of the red-clad man's other companions had this kind of green bead, Song Qingming would sooner or later be targeted by them again in the future.

After solving this little insect, Huo Feng scanned the spiritual items on the ground carefully again, and then suddenly said:

"Since there are quite a few hidden dangers in the things inside, and most have already been tainted by demonic Qi, they are of no use to you now. I think it's better to leave them all with me for now. When your core-formation cultivation is sufficient in the future, I should also have almost removed these demonic Qi. At that time, I will return them to you. How about it?"

Hearing these words, Song Qingming was immediately surprised in his heart. Although Huo Feng saying this sounded like she was helping him, it was also wanting to temporarily obtain these things. Song Qingming also didn't expect that she would actually have ideas about the things on these demonic cultivators.

The reason Huo Feng said this was naturally because she didn't want Song Qingming to take all these things away now. Although she said she would return them to him after Song Qingming formed a core, this was actually just drawing a big cake. If Song Qingming could never form a core in his life, then it meant these things could only be left with her forever.

Looking at the spiritual items on the ground with some reluctance, Song Qingming hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Highness doing this is also for my sake, so let's do as Your Highness says. These things will be temporarily stored with you.

It's just that this junior is truly somewhat strapped for cash now. Coming to ask you for help to open this spatial magic tool this time was actually wanting to find some spiritual items from here to exchange for cultivation resources. Could Your Highness let me first pick some spiritual items from inside that have no hidden dangers, so that I can take them to exchange for some spirit stone resources?"

"That's also fine! You just pick them yourself first, and when you're done, I'll take another look. If there are no problems, you can naturally take them first. After all, these are all your things, and I am only keeping them for your safety!" Huo Feng sat to the side and answered with a thoughtful smile.

Seeing Huo Feng agree to his request, Song Qingming finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. There were indeed quite a few good things in this jade pendant, and it was not strange that Huo Feng would be moved by some things inside. Moreover, before, in order to ask her to take action, he had also promised to gift her half of the spiritual items inside. If Huo Feng really took away something she liked directly, Song Qingming would definitely not dare to have any opinions.

Song Qingming stepped forward, first took out all those mid-grade spirit stones, and then found a few second-tier spiritual items from that pile of spiritual items that looked like they hadn't been tainted by demonic Qi, among which included that Longevity Fruit that had been placed in the cyan jade box before.

After Huo Feng scanned the things Song Qingming picked out for a few glances, she quickly nodded, signaling there was no problem. Seeing this, Song Qingming hurriedly waved his hand and quickly put these spiritual items into his storage bag.

Although most of the things in the jade pendant, including that spatial magic tool of not low value, fell into Huo Feng's hands, Song Qingming being able to take away these spirit stones and the Longevity Fruit was already a fruitful harvest.

Compared to what Huo Feng could share with him, if Song Qingming had taken this jade pendant to find other Core Formation cultivators, it was estimated that the final result would very likely be that he would not only not get a single spiritual item, but might also lose his life because of this thing.

Although there was some helplessness on Song Qingming's face, there was still a trace of small comfort.

"You can rest assured and cultivate well. As long as you have the heart to do things for me in the future, I naturally will not treat you unfairly. Although I have no way to support you in successfully forming a core, I still have some spiritual items here that are useful for core formation. However, you human cultivators forming a core is different from us demon clans after all. How much certainty you have in successfully forming a core mainly depends on yourself in the future."

"Then many thanks to Your Highness! Since the purpose of coming here has been achieved, if Your Highness has no other instructions, then this one will return first."

After Song Qingming walked out of the cavern, Huo Feng waved her hand and quickly took an iron plate from the pile of spiritual items on the ground into her own hand.

"I really didn't expect this kid to have such good luck to be able to find this thing." Huo Feng said while gently shaking her head, staring tightly at the iron plate in her hand.

This iron plate looked very ordinary and didn't look like any precious object. Placed in that pile of spiritual items, it was also not eye-catching. Besides two jade dragons carved on it, there were only two big words "Tongtian".

If Song Qingming were still here to see this scene, it was estimated that he might also be unexpected that the iron plate Huo Feng was holding, Song Qingming actually had an identical one on him. It was just that although he had obtained this thing for many years, he still didn't know the origin and use of this item until now, and had long since forgotten this thing behind his head.

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