Chapter 389: Qingyu Returns

A moment later, a pink spiritual light flew over in mid-air, and He Mengxin stepped on a flying sword and landed. Seeing that Song Qingyu was not in any danger, she finally felt relieved.

"Why, didn't catch this person? Is it because you are heartbroken over losing a few thousand spirit stones!" Seeing Song Qingyu standing on the spot alone, looking thoughtful, He Mengxin thought she was unhappy because she lost the target, and hurriedly stepped forward to comfort her a few words.

Song Qingyu finally came back to her senses, waved her hand and smiled: "Sister He, don't make fun of me. Who doesn't like spirit stones? It's just a pity that my skills are not as good as others and I couldn't catch up with her. It made Sister worry."

Seeing that Song Qingyu had recovered to her usual smiling appearance, He Mengxin didn't think much more and calmed down: "The mission this time is completed. Let's go back and say hello to the Minghe Sect, then leave first.

The Minghe Sect made such a big move this time, I'm afraid the State of Zheng will not be peaceful recently. I thought about it, and I don't plan to go into seclusion here anymore. I'm going south to the State of Shangyang to find a safer place to make other plans."

"Sister wants to find a stable place for seclusion. I think it's better to go to the State of Wei with me. The distance from here to the State of Shangyang and to the State of Wei is not much different. I have also been out for some days, just right to go back and take a look."

Hearing Song Qingyu suddenly say this, a trace of surprise flashed on He Mengxin's face, and she smiled with narrowed eyes: "A few days ago, you were still pestering me to go to the East Sea to take a look. How come you started thinking about home after only a few days? You girl, why are you always thinking of one thing and another."

"I haven't remembered to send a letter home for several years after leaving home. Qingyu is also afraid that Seventh Brother will always be worried in his heart. This also happens to be Sister wanting to find a stable place for seclusion. I also thought that going to other places is not as stable as my home, so I gave Sister an idea."

He Mengxin heard this, pondered for a moment, and nodded: "Fine! Then listen to you! However, returning to the State of Wei from here still needs to cross the territory of the Star Gate. This time we took action to help the Minghe Sect, which can be considered offending them. You must listen to me on the road and not cause trouble."

After the two agreed, they quickly returned to Gufeng Mountain. At this time, the two Core Formation powerhouses who were still fighting in the sky had long since disappeared, and only the cultivators of the Minghe Sect side remained on the scene.

Seeing Song Qingyu and the other two return empty-handed, there was no surprise on the faces of the many cultivators on the scene. After all, they were all Foundation Establishment cultivators of the same tier, and it was indeed difficult to stop the other party if they wanted to escape wholeheartedly.

Among the more than ten Foundation Establishment cultivators who went to pursue the other party, only Mulong Shangren and another late-stage Foundation Establishment woman had gains. Others, like the two of them, automatically gave up after chasing for a distance.

"Fellow daoists, our Minghe Sect being able to take back this mineral vein this time is all thanks to everyone's help. A small gift is not a sign of respect. Hope fellow daoists don't dislike it." Tao Hede of the Minghe Sect waved his hand, and more than a dozen cloth bags flew in all directions, falling into the hands of everyone.

Song Qingyu opened it and took a look, discovering that what was placed inside were colorful spirit stones, numbering more than a hundred. She couldn't help but reveal a trace of joy on her face.

Others saw that the Minghe Sect was so generous, and their favor for them also increased immediately. Originally, the other party destroyed the mineral vein before leaving, which could be considered that this mission was not fully completed. Didn't expect that the Minghe Sect didn't say anything this time and gave everyone another one hundred spirit stones. This was truly beyond the expectations of all the cultivators present.

After getting the spirit stones honored by the Minghe Sect on the spot, the more than ten cultivators who were invited began to bid farewell one after another, preparing to leave here.

"Fellow Daoist Tao, Fellow Daoist Liu, since the matter has been handled today, the two of us will bid farewell first."

"Fellow Daoist He, wait a moment. The two fellow daoists are young and have such supernatural powers. Don't know if you have any intention to settle in our Xianhe Market for a long time? As long as the two agree, this one can make the decision that from now on in Xianhe Market, as long as the treatment that our sect disciples can enjoy, the two can get the same. Don't know if the two are still satisfied?" Seeing He Mengxin and Song Qingyu were about to leave immediately, Tao Hede hurriedly asked a sentence.

After looking at Tao Hede, He Mengxin quickly saw his true thoughts from his smiling face.

Now, although the Minghe Sect recaptured the Gufeng Mountain spirit mine, it was still the weaker side, urgently needing more Foundation Establishment or higher cultivators to help them guard the existing territory and deal with the revenge that would sooner or later come from the Star Gate.

If He Mengxin and Song Qingyu agreed to Tao Hede and lived directly in Xianhe Market, that would be equal to tying their own lives to the Minghe Sect. In the future, once the Star Gate started to attack Xianhe Market, in order to protect themselves, they would have to take action to help the Minghe Sect retreat from the enemy.

"Many thanks to Fellow Daoist Tao for your kindness. This time the two of us came to Xianhe Market, just to purchase some materials needed for cultivation, and have no intention of living here for a long time. Hope Fellow Daoist will forgive me."

Seeing He Mengxin refuse his kindness so decisively, Tao Hede smiled awkwardly, didn't say anything more, and turned to start recruiting another cultivator.

However, loose cultivators who could cultivate to the Foundation Establishment stage were mostly not people with mediocre abilities, and naturally, they all understood the Minghe Sect's plan. However, saying so, there would always be people who really didn't care about these. By the time everyone left here, there were still three cultivators who were moved by Tao Hede and intended to stay and stand with the Minghe Sect cultivators.

This time, Song Qingyu and He Mengxin didn't choose the road they came, but went directly east, crossed some territory of the Star Gate, and went deep into the Yunwu Mountain, until more than two months later, they entered the territory of the State of Wei.

Outside Qinghe Market, on a giant rock on the top of a high mountain, two figures suddenly appeared in the sunlight.

Song Qingming looked at a Foundation Establishment cultivator standing before his eyes and hurriedly stepped forward to bow and salute with a smile.

"Junior congratulates Senior on successfully establishing your foundation!"

Lei Guang, with a calm face, waved his hand and walked directly to the top of the giant rock, stood with his hands behind his back and said: "Only just successfully established your foundation, what is there to congratulate? You kid coming to find me this time wouldn't be for such a boring matter, right!"

"Senior has successfully established your foundation. No matter what, I should come to congratulate you. Now that Senior has the power of self-protection, I can also feel more at ease in the future."

"What kind of words are you saying? I have only just established my foundation, where did the power of self-protection come from? You kid wouldn't be wanting to ignore me, right?" Lei Guang shook his head and looked sideways at Song Qingming, who was still flattering him.

Seeing that this old fellow was impervious to reason, Song Qingming could only sigh somewhat awkwardly and comforted him repeatedly: "Senior misunderstood. The agreement between Junior and you is still effective. How can I say the word 'ignore'? If Senior has anything, how can I stay out of it?"

"Hmm! This sounds like words. Speak, what is the matter that you proactively came to find me this time."

Song Qingming smiled, untied the storage bag hanging at his waist, threw it directly into Lei Guang's hand, and slowly said: "Does Senior still remember when we went to Black Stone Valley, we encountered those two demonic cultivators who suddenly appeared?"

Lei Guang first nodded slightly, then took the storage bag Song Qingming gave him, looked carefully at the things hidden inside, and revealed a very confused look.

"These were obtained from the red-clad demonic cultivator and his companion. Senior, please help me see if there is anything usable inside. If you need anything, just send a letter to Xianfeng Tower, and they will find a way to send it to you directly."

"Little Brother Song, it's not that this old brother looks down on you. Relying on you, how could it be possible to kill those two? Even the descendant of the Blood Demon Ancestor, you might not be able to take him down, let alone kill them both at the same time. What method did you use to take them down? Tell me the truth first." After Lei Guang finished speaking, his eyeballs stared tightly at Song Qingming, fearing that he wouldn't tell the truth.

Seeing Lei Guang so suspicious, Song Qingming smiled bitterly and said: "Senior guessed right. These two people were indeed not killed by my hands. At that time, I was in the depths of the Fuyun Mountain Range and suddenly ran into these two.

Finally, I fled to a place and just hid. Didn't want to, a Core Formation demon king happened to pass by nearby. These two unlucky eggs were unlucky enough to be targeted by that demon king, and just died in the hands of the demon king. Finally, after the demon king left, the things on them just cheapened me like this."

Song Qingming's words were half-true and half-false. Although some places were indeed unbelievable even to himself, this was indeed the fate that the red-clad man and his companion finally encountered. They also didn't expect until they died that Song Qingming would have the ability to summon a Core Formation demon king to help him.

"So, you really just had good luck. However, this is not just your good luck. If you really fell into the hands of those demonic cultivators, this old man would also not have a good end. You should pay more attention to your own life in the future. Cultivators will not have such good luck for a lifetime. As for these messy things, just leave them with me first. When they are ready, I will notify you."

Hearing Lei Guang say this, Song Qingming didn't know if he believed what he just said, and could only nod with a smile on his face.

After Lei Guang finished speaking, he stepped on a white lotus and flew down the mountain. After arriving at a position ten miles away from Qinghe Market, he stopped his figure and immediately hid his cultivation back to the Qi Refining stage.

By the time Lei Guang was about to walk to the city gate, Song Qingming then got up and turned into a sword light, heading straight for the gate of Qinghe Market. The two Qi Refining stage cultivators guarding the gate saw a Foundation Establishment ancestor coming from afar and hurriedly greeted him with a flattering smile.

"Senior Song, you are here. Master said last month that he wanted to see you when he had time. Didn't expect you to come so quickly."

Song Qingming smiled, didn't say much to these two, and walked in with big strides.

Not long after, Lei Guang, who had already become a Qi Refining stage cultivator, also successfully muddled through and entered the market, and parted ways with Song Qingming directly from west to east.

Song Qingming, who arrived at the entrance of Xianfeng Tower, originally wanted to eat a meal here and enjoy it well. Didn't expect that not long after sitting down, Song Xinhu ran up in a hurry and said urgently to Song Qingming:

"Seventh Uncle, a letter came from home, saying that Aunt Qingyu is back and is waiting for you on the mountain."

"When did this happen? Is it really Qingyu who is back?" Song Qingming heard this news, was stunned for a moment, and it took a long while before he asked slowly.

Song Xinhu nodded heavily and said: "It is indeed Aunt Qingyu who is back. It's just that home didn't say when she came back, just mentioned it and urged you to go back quickly."

"Fine! Then I will go back today. If you don't understand anything here, you must go to ask Shi Chun for advice more."

Learning the news of Song Qingyu's return, Song Qingming was also somewhat anxious. On the way from Qinghe Market to Mount Funiu, spiritual light flashed and shone on the road, and not long after, he landed outside the door of the council hall on the mountain.

Song Qingshi and the others, who had been waiting here for a long time, saw Song Qingming return, stepped forward quickly, pointed to the top of the mountain, and said to Song Qingming: "She has already returned to her cave dwelling. Heard that Qingyu brought a guest back this time."

"Guest! What is the background? Did Qingyu say?" Song Qingming frowned slightly and asked.

Song Qingshi sighed and said: "This girl didn't say her background, just brought the person directly to the cave dwelling. You will know when you go over directly."

By the time Song Qingming walked quickly to the top of the mountain, Song Qingyu already knew he was back and stood outside the cave dwelling to welcome him first.

"Seventh Brother!"

Seeing the figure she had been thinking about day and night in the outside world finally appear before her eyes, Song Qingyu still couldn't hold back, ran forward, hugged Song Qingming, and made a wailing sound.

"Sigh! You girl, there is still a guest here. Isn't this shameful? If you turn back, people will laugh at you again."

Song Qingyu only then remembered that she seemed to have brought a friend back with her, hurriedly wiped her tears, pulled Song Qingming to He Mengxin not far away, and introduced:

"Sister He, this is my Seventh Brother, and also the one who loves me the most in the family. You rest assured to go into seclusion here. With me and Seventh Brother here, absolutely no one will disturb you."

Song Qingming looked at He Mengxin with a smile and said: "This one is Song Qingming, the clan leader of the Song family on Mount Funiu. Since Fellow Daoist is Qingyu's good friend, then naturally you are also a distinguished guest of my Song family. If you have any needs here, just say it, no need to be polite."

He Mengxin heard this, nodded and smiled: "Fellow Daoist Song is polite. I have long heard your great name from Sister Qingyu. Coming to your mountain this time is also wanting to borrow a precious place to go into seclusion and break through cultivation. Hope Fellow Daoist will not dislike my disturbance."

"Seventh Brother, Sister He is not just Qingyu's friend, she is also Qingyu's life-saving benefactor. Back then, if it weren't for her righteous action, I'm afraid I would have already fallen outside and wouldn't be able to come back."

From the first glance Song Qingming saw He Mengxin, he already felt that this woman was somewhat unusual. Whether it was cultivation or spiritual sense, it was not inferior to a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, and it didn't feel much like an ordinary loose cultivator.

Until he finished listening to Song Qingyu's detailed narration of encountering danger back then and finally being righteously helped by He Mengxin, Song Qingming's heart finally gradually let go of some of his guard against this woman.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 390 =====