Chapter 464

Ten-odd miles south of Mount Funiu, two streaks of spiritual light suddenly shot over. A moment later, two figures came to a halt in mid-air; they were none other than Chu Fengping and Zhao Fenglian, who had left the Song family not long ago.

"Senior Sister Zhao, for Song Qingming to successfully reach Core Formation, there must indeed be a high-level expert supporting him from behind. It is just a pity that we were unable to find out the specific identity of this senior this time." After glancing at Zhao Fenglian beside him, Chu Fengping sighed softly.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Fenglian immediately waved her hand and said, "There are many people with extraordinary abilities in the cultivation world. Although our Wei Guo is not considered a wealthy land, it is truly not strange for a high-level senior hiding their identity to be wandering here occasionally.

Since this matter involves a high-level senior who does not wish to reveal their identity, it does not matter if we know a little less. We can just report truthfully after returning. Even if Senior Uncle Li were here today, he would likely not want to provoke a Nascent Soul senior for no reason."

"Senior Sister Zhao is right. Junior Brother Song also said just now that he has already taken a Dao Heart oath, so it is truly not easy for us to ask more. When I first met this Junior Brother Song, I secretly felt that this person had quite good fortune. I did not expect that I would actually be right; it really is heaven's will in the dark."

After Chu Fengping finished speaking, he shook his head with a faint smile, and then he and Zhao Fenglian quickly left the place.

At the summit of Mount Funiu, Song Qingming stood alone on the peak, looking in the direction where Chu Fengping and the other had left, lost in deep thought.

Facing Chu Fengping's inquiry about his place of Core Formation this time, Song Qingming had actually thought that the Carefree Sect would ask about this matter sooner or later before he even returned from his Core Formation, and he had long since thought of a strategy to deal with it.

Saying that he used a formation restriction to cover up the Core Formation celestial phenomenon—Song Qingming could fool Huang Siyuan and Song Qingyu with such things, but facing Golden Core cultivators like Chu Fengping and Zhao Fenglian who had cultivated for many years, Song Qingming knew it was impossible to deceive them with such words.

Regardless of whether he formed his core in Wei Guo or other surrounding countries, as long as a major sect that dominates a region like the Carefree Sect is willing, they can always find some clues.

After thinking for a long time in the cave dwelling at the bottom of the pool, Song Qingming still decided to tell the truth and could not deliberately hide the location of his Core Formation this time. Otherwise, once the Carefree Sect noticed something wrong, it would be even harder for him to explain the matter then.

Therefore, Song Qingming ultimately chose this half-true, half-false explanation, only secretly describing the Fire Phoenix that supported him as a high-level human senior.

Now that Song Qingming is already a Golden Core cultivator, a second-tier Soul-Questioning Talisman can no longer be used on him. To judge whether Song Qingming is lying, the Carefree Sect would have to use those soul-searching secret techniques that affect a cultivator's soul and memory.

Such soul-searching secret techniques are not rare in the cultivation world, but once used on a cultivator, it will at best damage their soul and affect their cultivation path, and at worst cause a normal cultivator to have confused memories and lose their cultivation base. Generally speaking, unless there is a deep hatred, no one will easily use such means on others.

After all, Song Qingming is now also a Golden Core cultivator, and he just agreed to join the Carefree Sect as an guest elder; no matter what, they have no reason to use such a desperate measure to deal with him.

Moreover, Song Qingming just told Chu Fengping that he also had a high-level senior supporting him to successfully reach Core Formation, which also set up a protective barrier for himself first. In case the Carefree Sect really wanted to turn against him, they would also have to slightly worry about whether this senior behind him would come out to pursue this matter in the future.

"Husband, I just heard that two elders from the Carefree Sect came to the mountain. Is there some major event looking for you?" Just as Song Qingming was still lost in blank thought, Huang Siyuan, dressed in plain clothes, quietly came to his side and asked softly.

Just now on the mountain, Huang Siyuan heard that two Golden Core elders from the Carefree Sect had come to find Song Qingming, and she was also very surprised in her heart, feeling a bit worried for Song Qingming, fearing that the other party coming to the door was to make things difficult for Song Qingming.

Although Song Qingming had already successfully reached Core Formation, in front of the Carefree Sect, a behemoth that had dominated Wei Guo for thousands of years, a small Song family still seemed too weak.

Song Qingming looked back at Huang Siyuan, who had a worried look on her face, and hurriedly smiled to comfort her: "It is a good thing that they came to find me. Do not think too much."

Seeing that Huang Siyuan still did not quite believe it, Song Qingming could only tell Huang Siyuan directly about Chu Fengping and the other inviting him to serve as a guest elder of the Carefree Sect.

Hearing that the Carefree Sect actually valued Song Qingming so much that they came to the door to invite him to join the sect, Huang Siyuan did not quite believe it at first, until Song Qingming took out the jade bracelet magic tool that Zhao Fenglian had given him, and Huang Siyuan's expression finally eased, and she happily accepted this gift.

Three days later, in the Carefree Hall on Mount Guyang, amidst the congratulations of everyone in the hall, Song Qingming, dressed in a green Daoist robe, slowly walked forward and received a silver jade token from the hands of the Carefree Sect's Supreme Elder, Li Mufeng.

Although Song Qingming had been to Mount Guyang many times before and had already seen many Golden Core elders of the Carefree Sect, this was the first time Song Qingming had seen the true helmsman of the Carefree Sect, the sect's Nascent Soul Supreme Elder Li Mufeng, and he felt inexplicably nervous.

As a Nascent Soul cultivator, although Li Mufeng is already eight hundred years old, his entire appearance looks much younger than most of the Golden Core cultivators present, but his face still gives people a somewhat cold feeling.

"Qingming, three thousand points of merit have already been transferred into the elder token in your hand. In addition to the five hundred points of merit you should receive every year, I have also taken the liberty to reward you with an extra two thousand five hundred points of merit to congratulate you on joining the sect."

"Many thanks to Senior Uncle Li for the reward!"

Li Mufeng nodded with satisfaction and said to Chu Fengping on the side: "Fengping, you have been in charge of the Merit Pavilion recently. Why don't you take Qingming there first and let him choose a suitable Golden Core stage cultivation technique inside.

There are also other high-level spiritual items in the Merit Pavilion; as long as Qingming has enough merit in his hand to exchange for them in the future, they can also be exchanged for him directly."

After Chu Fengping and Zhao Fenglian returned to the Carefree Sect, just as Song Qingming expected, no one in the Carefree Sect pursued the matter of his Core Formation anymore. Until the entrance ceremony for Song Qingming joining the Carefree Sect ended, Li Mufeng did not mention this matter.

After obtaining the jade token symbolizing the sect elder, under the guidance of Chu Fengping, Song Qingming quickly followed him to the Carefree Sect's Merit Pavilion.

"Junior Brother Song, the sect's Merit Pavilion has four floors in total. Except for the fourth floor, which you cannot go up to alone for the time being, you can enter and exit the other three floors at will in the future. But after finding the spiritual items you want from inside, you still need to go to the duty cultivator on the first floor to deduct the sect merit before you can take them away.

You have been here before, so you should understand some of these rules. I will not say these useless words to you anymore. Let us go to the fourth floor together to help you pick a cultivation technique first!"

The Carefree Sect's Merit Pavilion has formation restrictions separating each floor. Whether it is ordinary disciples or high-level elders like them, they must use the sect token to pass through safely.

It is just that the Golden Core elders above and the ordinary disciples on the lower floors have different permissions for the tokens in their hands.

The first floor of the Carefree Sect's Merit Pavilion is very spacious, and inside are all kinds of the lowest-level first-tier spiritual items. Qi Refining stage disciples can enter it if they hold a token proving their identity.

The second floor contains some relatively rare first-tier spiritual items and some more ordinary second-tier spiritual items. Only those inner sect disciples or disciples who have already reached Foundation Establishment can come up here.

The third floor is for disciples above the Foundation Establishment stage or guest elders of the sect like Song Qingming to enter. Inside are placed some relatively rare second-tier spiritual items and a small number of low-value third-tier spiritual items.

After the two arrived at the fourth floor of the Merit Pavilion, under Chu Fengping's introduction, Song Qingming learned that everything placed on the fourth floor of the Merit Pavilion was third-tier or higher spiritual items, which was also the accumulation of the Carefree Sect over thousands of years since its founding.

And this fourth floor of the Merit Pavilion requires at least the token in the hands of a Carefree Sect Golden Core elder to have the permission to enter it.

Chu Fengping took Song Qingming to a row of places where various cultivation technique scrolls were stored and directly introduced: "Junior Brother Song, since the sect was founded, more than twenty cultivation techniques above the Golden Core stage have been collected, and they are all here. Junior Brother, whichever cultivation technique you choose, just take it down later and use a blank sect scroll to record a copy."

"In addition to this, when Junior Brother leaves in a while, you still need to sign a contract that you cannot pass the cultivation techniques obtained from the sect to others, not even your relatives or Dao companions. This is also a rule established by the sect's Merit Pavilion for hundreds of years. Junior Brother still needs to understand."

Song Qingming nodded slightly and asked with a smile: "Senior Brother Chu, I do not yet understand the types of these high-level cultivation techniques. Can you help me introduce one or two first?"

"Among these twenty sets of cultivation techniques, most have spiritual root requirements. Junior Brother Song, first tell me what attribute cultivation technique you originally practiced, and I will help you pick it out first, and then you can make a decision."

"Before forming my core, I practiced two cultivation techniques, one is earth-attribute, and the other is one that can be practiced with all five elements," Song Qingming replied directly.

Upon hearing this, Chu Fengping pulled out three scrolls from those scrolls and said slowly: "There are not many earth-attribute cultivation techniques collected by the sect. Only this scroll can be practiced to the sixth level of Golden Core, and you will have to switch to other cultivation techniques later.

In addition, these two scrolls can be practiced with all five elements, and both can be practiced directly to the ninth level of Golden Core. I suggest that Junior Brother Song should just choose these two cultivation techniques."

After Song Qingming nodded in agreement, Chu Fengping picked up one of the scrolls and continued to introduce:

"This cultivation technique is called the Five Elements Profound Gang Art. It is a cultivation technique practiced by many disciples in the sect. The several spells contained within it are very powerful, and there is also a secret technique for refining a life-bound magic treasure."

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