Chapter 457: Green Willow Sword

Back when Huo Feng helped open this space magic treasure, Song Qingming clearly saw all kinds of good things piled up like a mountain inside. But now, the cyan jade pendant that had returned to Song Qingming's hands was empty, with only a short sword floating lonely inside.

Seeing this scene, Song Qingming felt extremely disappointed in his heart. The surging feeling of gratitude toward Huo Feng that had just welled up in his heart vanished in an instant.

Huo Feng had also said back then that she would return this jade pendant to him after he achieved Core Formation. To think she truly kept her word and was not at all polite with Song Qingming.

Thinking of this, Song Qingming shook his head helplessly. Although he very much wanted to go to her door to reason with Huo Feng about this matter, thinking that he had only just achieved Core Formation and the other party was a temperamental Nascent Soul demon emperor, Song Qingming sighed and quickly dismissed this thought in his heart.

After a flash of white light, a cyan short sword about a foot long appeared in Song Qingming's hand. After picking up the short sword and examining it carefully, Song Qingming soon saw the two small characters "Green Willow" engraved on one side of the short sword.

Although this "Green Willow" sword looked very ordinary, the bursts of aura emitted from within far exceeded a second-tier magic treasure. It was clearly a "magic treasure" whose grade had reached the third tier.

Song Qingming had just achieved Core Formation and had not yet had time to possess a handy magic treasure. Huo Feng leaving this sword in the cyan jade pendant seemed to show she had already thought of this point for him long ago.

"Since you already have a name, then from now on, I will call you the Green Willow Sword!" After speaking, Song Qingming directly injected his own magic power into the Green Willow Sword in his hand and immediately began to refine this magic treasure.

Magic treasures above the third tier are also called magic treasures in the cultivation world. After a cultivator breaks through to the Jin Dan realm, besides being able to use ordinary magic treasures like the "Green Willow Sword" that Song Qingming was currently refining, they can also refine a natal magic treasure themselves.

A natal magic treasure not only has power a few points stronger than ordinary magic treasures, but it can also be placed in the cultivator's dantian to be nurtured. As the cultivator's own cultivation base improves, the power and grade of the natal magic treasure will also become stronger and stronger.

However, Song Qingming, who had just broken through to the Jin Dan realm, had not yet refined his own natal magic treasure and could only refine the "Green Willow Sword" before him first.

Besides the natal magic treasure, Song Qingming, who had just successfully achieved Core Formation, also had many imminent problems that needed to be resolved.

The first is that after breaking through to the Jin Dan realm, the Jade Profound Scripture Song Qingming cultivated no longer had subsequent cultivation methods. To continue normal cultivation next, he must hurry to switch to a suitable cultivation method.

In the Wei State, most of the cultivation methods above the Jin Dan stage are in the hands of the Xiaoyao Sect. Apart from forces like Tuoyun Mountain and Tiexian Valley that possess Jin Dan ancestors, only those old-established cultivation families with powerful strength might possess them.

The cultivation method a cultivator practices is basically the biggest secret on their person. Unless facing a crisis of death or family destruction, ordinary people would not possibly hand over their own cultivation method to other cultivators. Once someone else studies it and finds the flaws in the cultivation method, it might be equivalent to being controlled by others for a lifetime.

Although Song Qingming had obtained many Foundation Establishment cultivation methods over these years, he had never obtained a single cultivation method above the Jin Dan stage. Even at the Tiandan Alliance auction, Song Qingming had never seen anyone take out a Jin Dan stage cultivation method for auction.

After returning to the Wei State, Song Qingming planned to go to Mount Guyang first to think of a way to see if he could directly exchange for a Jin Dan stage cultivation method from within the Xiaoyao Sect. If not, then Song Qingming could only leave the Wei State to find a suitable cultivation method elsewhere.

Song Qingming being able to cultivate to the Jin Dan realm had a large part of the credit due to the "Jade Profound Scripture" he obtained from the Grand Void Sword back then. Song Qingming actually very much hoped to obtain the subsequent cultivation methods of the "Jade Profound Scripture."

After breaking through to the Jin Dan realm, Song Qingming, who was somewhat unwilling to give up, also tried to search the Jade Profound Scripture hidden in his body again. It was a pity that there truly were no subsequent Jin Dan stage cultivation methods inside.

The only gain for Song Qingming was that this time, at the very end of the Jade Profound Scripture cultivation method, he unexpectedly saw a line of text. These characters had not been seen when he flipped through the cultivation method before and should have appeared on it suddenly because Song Qingming had broken through to the Jin Dan realm.

"Jade Profound Mountain, Grand Void Palace."

This line of text that appeared at the end of the Jade Profound Scripture looked like a place name, but in the impression of Song Qingming, who had cultivated for so many years, he had never heard of these two places. Now, he also did not know whether this sentence had any relationship with the subsequent cultivation methods of the Jade Profound Scripture and could only wait until he had a chance in the future to inquire about this matter.

Now that Song Qingming had broken through to the Jin Dan realm, the spirit vein of Funiu Mountain was only second-tier mid-quality, which was certainly not enough for his daily cultivation next. After returning to the Wei State, Song Qingming also had to think of a way to temporarily find a place with sufficient spiritual energy for his own cultivation.

Actually, the pool-bottom cave dwelling where Song Qingming was located was also very suitable for his daily cultivation now. It was just that this place had already penetrated deep into the Fuyun Mountain Range, and added to the fact that the Northern Frontier demon beast turmoil was drawing near, Song Qingming alone did not dare to hide here to cultivate.

After spending nearly a month in the pool-bottom cave dwelling, Song Qingming finally successfully refined his first magic treasure, the "Red Willow Sword." Looking at the cyan short sword before him that he could control as he pleased, a satisfied smile also overflowed on Song Qingming's face.

After putting away the "Green Willow Sword" floating in mid-air, Song Qingming walked out of the pool-bottom cave dwelling in large strides and arrived at the open space above the pool.

After arriving outside, Song Qingming closed his eyes and urged his own spiritual sense. Soon, all movements within a few miles around the pool fell into Song Qingming's eyes.

Following his cultivation base rising to the Jin Dan realm, the spiritual sense in Song Qingming's body also increased several times. Moreover, next, after he cultivated the "Soul-Devouring Art" to the third layer, Song Qingming's spiritual sense could continue to improve.

After Song Qingming broke through to the Jin Dan realm, his lifespan had also increased to over five hundred years. Now, Song Qingming already had enough time to cultivate these powerful cultivation methods. For Song Qingming, who had already cultivated the "Soul-Devouring Art" to the peak of the second layer, breaking through to the third layer next should be considered a matter of ease.

After putting away his own spiritual sense, Song Qingming stepped directly into the void and flew into mid-air. After glancing at the entrance of the pool-bottom cave dwelling, he turned and flew south.

After a cultivator achieves Core Formation, they can directly absorb the spiritual energy between heaven and earth to step into the air and travel, no longer needing to rely on magic treasures to fly. Moreover, the flying speed of a Jin Dan cultivator will also far exceed that of a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

After flying south for several thousand miles, Song Qingming had already entered the territory controlled by human cultivators in the Wei State cultivation world. Seeing that the cultivators below were gradually increasing, Song Qingming's heart also gradually settled down.

It had been nearly six years since he went to the Fuyun Mountain Range for seclusion and Core Formation. He was truly somewhat worried about what was happening outside, especially on the way back from the pool-bottom cave dwelling at the beginning, when he did not even see a single cultivator's shadow, which made Song Qingming nervous for a long time.

What Song Qingming never expected was that he hid in the depths of the Fuyun Mountain Range for Core Formation, only to have it rumored that a demon beast had advanced to a demon king, which even affected the demon beasts near the White Water River to migrate south.

Having caused such a big influence on himself, Song Qingming also felt somewhat helpless in his heart. He had hidden in the pool-bottom cave dwelling for six years of seclusion. Song Qingming was completely unaware of what had happened outside over these years and only learned some situations after asking Hu Yu and the others just now.

Fortunately, as Song Qingming expected, the Northern Frontier demon beast turmoil had not yet arrived. He did not need to worry about the safety of the Song family. Now that Song Qingming had broken through to the Jin Dan realm, he also had enough strength to protect the family to safely pass through this demon beast turmoil.

Funiu Mountain, in the Song family's council hall.

A headache-stricken Song Qingyu was patiently listening to several Song family elders below reporting the family's income from various places this year in turn.

Because the Northern Frontier demon beasts were approaching again, the entire north of the Wei State also began to become turbulent. Added to the fact that the two major Foundation Establishment families, the Lu family and the Li family, had been making a scene without stopping, the Song family's income from outside had shrunk quite a bit compared to the past.

Especially in Qinghe Square, apart from the new wine workshop opened by the family, all shops had appeared in varying degrees of loss. Now, the entire Song family's finance had instantly fallen into a state of exceeding income.

Fortunately, over the past few years, Song Qingming had greatly reduced the family's investment outside and spent most of the spirit stones on cultivating spirit veins and opening up spirit fields within the family. Although the spirit stone salaries of all cultivators in the Song family had decreased somewhat, they were more generous in the distribution of other cultivation resources than in the past, which did not affect everyone's daily cultivation.

After the family council ended, Song Qingyu, with a trace of worry on her face, came to the top of the mountain alone.

Since Song Qingming went out for Core Formation, six years had passed. Although the Song family had not encountered any major crises over these years besides a little financial problem, as the day of the Northern Frontier demon beast turmoil drew closer, Song Qingyu would often feel a trace of hidden unease in her heart.

Before long, a white-clad figure came quietly to Song Qingyu's side.

"I have just received a reply from Brother Sibai. He has already persuaded Ancestor Shengyue and has also communicated with Qinghe Square. In a few days, he will invite our families to come forward together to Qinghe Square to negotiate and see if we can thoroughly resolve the matters of the Lu and Li families."

Song Qingyu squeezed out a smile, looked at Huang Siyuan, who had come to her side, and said slowly:

"Sister-in-law, I have troubled you again. I hope the Huang family truly has a way to resolve this matter this time. Now that the demon beast turmoil is approaching, if the Lu and Li families continue to make such a scene, they will certainly be at odds with each other. How can they work together with us to deal with this once-in-a-century catastrophe?"

Huang Siyuan nodded and said, "This time, Sibai took the initiative to send me a letter. Now that it has reached this point, if Qinghe County continues to be so chaotic, I am afraid it will also provoke the displeasure of the Xiaoyao Sect. Whether it is us or the Huang and Gao families, we will certainly be implicated to some extent by then."