Chapter 469: Five Elements Divine Light Mirror

Inside the Jin Shan Market discussion hall, Song Qingyu, who had been here for more than four years, was chatting and drinking tea with three other Foundation Establishment cultivators in the discussion hall.

Except for Zhao Chuancheng, a Xiaoyao Sect cultivator stationed in the market, the other two were Foundation Establishment loose cultivators who had only moved into Jin Shan Market not long ago.

Zhao Chuancheng had been stationed in Jin Shan Market for many years, and his way of handling affairs was relatively smooth. He liked to make friends with cultivators of the same tier everywhere. These two loose cultivators were precisely two good friends he had known before, invited by him to come and help guard Jin Shan Market.

Of course, if you want people to agree to help you resist the dangerous matter of beast invasion, Jin Shan Market must pay a lot of rewards. Without enough benefits to move them, these loose cultivators would not come to help for no reason.

Zhao Chuancheng and Song Qingyu's cultivation levels were not much different; both had already cultivated to the late stage of Foundation Establishment. In the past few years in Jin Shan Market, the two would often exchange cultivation insights in their spare time.

Just as the few were talking, a Qi Refining cultivator wearing the uniform of the market's law enforcement team suddenly broke into the discussion hall and reported loudly to Zhao Chuancheng in front of him: "Master, just now our third team received news that many cultivators saw a golden light suddenly appear in the sky southeast of the market, but it disappeared very quickly not long after!"

"You mean a golden light appeared in the sky at the southeast corner of the market? Could it be that something happened near the market below? Have you sent anyone to check?" Hearing the report, Zhao Chuancheng, with a look of surprise, immediately stood up and asked with a cautious tone.

The person showed a look of embarrassment and shook his head, saying, "Senior Brother Wu just took us to check it out. There doesn't seem to be any abnormal situation in the market, but we didn't dare to go to the place on the mountain near the Chen Chen Laozu Song's cave dwelling."

"Oh! This." Hearing the matter reported by the disciple below, which might be related to that Jin Dan senior in the market, Zhao Chuancheng also showed a look of embarrassment, not knowing how to reply for a moment.

After a flash of spiritual light, a golden bronze mirror emitting five-colored light soon appeared in Song Qingming's hand.

Seeing that the few people present had all turned their eyes to him, Song Qingyu hurriedly stood up with a smile and ordered the law enforcement disciple below, "You all withdraw for now and busy yourselves with other things. I will go over and check the situation first."

After Song Qingyu checked slightly outside the cave dwelling and saw that there was nothing abnormal outside, she reached out and took a sound-transmission talisman from her storage bag, recited a few words softly, and sent it into the cave dwelling.

"Refining a magic treasure?"

It was not just Zhao Chuancheng; even the two Foundation Establishment loose cultivators sitting on the side, after hearing the three words "Chen Chen Laozu Song" from the mouth of this Qi Refining disciple, their expressions also changed slightly. Like Zhao Chuancheng, they could not help but look at Song Qingyu sitting on the side.

"Seventh Brother, you have been in seclusion for so long this time, so it was because of this. I was wondering why you hadn't come out of seclusion even after two years?" Song Qingyu said, showing an "I see" expression.

This cave dwelling was located at the highest point of Jin Shan Market. Compared to the bustling market below, this area was very quiet, and the spiritual energy around it was also significantly more abundant than in other parts of the market.

After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the formation restrictions at the entrance of the cave dwelling suddenly dissipated slowly, and Song Qingming, dressed in a green Daoist robe, walked out of the cave dwelling with big strides.

"Hmm! Fellow Daoist Zhao, rest assured, I have noted it!" Song Qingyu and Zhao Chuancheng nodded in response, then immediately walked out of the discussion hall with big strides.

Seeing Song Qingyu take the initiative to take on this matter, Zhao Chuancheng showed a look of joy, bowed to Song Qingyu, and said, "Then I will have to trouble Fellow Daoist Song. Senior Song seems to have been in seclusion for two years. If he has truly come out of seclusion, I hope Fellow Daoist Song can inform me in time."

Seeing Song Qingyu standing outside the cave dwelling, Song Qingming walked up with a smile and said, "I didn't expect that when refining the magic treasure just now, a golden light would appear outside the cave dwelling, causing such a big commotion. Had I known, I would have laid down an extra restriction in advance to avoid disturbing you all!"

A moment later, Song Qingyu's figure appeared outside a cave dwelling hidden on the mountain top southeast of the market.

As Song Qingming's magic power moved, this golden bronze mirror flew quickly to the top of Song Qingming's head, then suddenly split into five, transforming into five mirrors of different colors, and began to move slowly around Song Qingming.

After seeing this bronze mirror appear, a look of surprise immediately appeared on Song Qingyu's face, and she asked Song Qingming with a smile, "Seventh Brother, is this the life-bound magic treasure you just refined?"

Song Qingming nodded lightly and said, "Not bad. This Five Elements Divine Light Mirror cost me several years of time and consumed quite a few materials and spirit stones. Today, hard work finally paid off, and it was successfully refined."

Since switching to the cultivation manual "Five Elements Profound Gang Art," Song Qingming also obtained from it the secret method for refining the life-bound magic treasure "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror." Subsequently, Song Qingming immediately began to collect materials and finally refined this life-bound magic treasure now.

Once a Jin Dan cultivator has a life-bound magic treasure that is connected to their cultivation manual, their own strength will also be greatly improved. This is why Song Qingming was so anxious to refine this "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror."

Although the materials required to refine a life-bound magic treasure were numerous, and it also required several precious third-tier spirit items, after Song Qingming became a guest elder of the Xiaoyao Sect, he could not only enter the sect's Merit Pavilion to exchange for some high-tier spirit items, but could also borrow the power of the Xiaoyao Sect to spread news throughout Wei Guo to collect the materials he needed.

With the help of the sect's power, Song Qingming only spent less than two years collecting all the materials needed to refine the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror" and spent another two years in seclusion, finally refining this life-bound magic treasure.

The "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror" was a magic treasure that combined offense and defense. The five-colored divine light contained within also had a trace of Profound Yang Qi, which had a slight restraining ability against those demonic manuals that cultivated Yin Qi.

With this life-bound magic treasure by his side, Song Qingming's overall strength now had already surpassed those Jin Dan cultivators who had just advanced and fake-core cultivators like Feng Yangde by a large margin. Song Qingming, who was now walking out of the cave dwelling, also felt a bit more confident in his heart compared to before he went into seclusion.

After putting the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror" in front of him into his body, Song Qingming asked again, "Qingyu, how is the situation in the Fuyun Mountain Range now? Have the formations outside the market that I ordered before been laid down?"

Hearing Song Qingming ask about this matter, Song Qingyu hurriedly put away the smile on her face and replied softly, "According to the investigation over the past two months and some news from the sect, quite a few beasts have already gathered in the Fuyun Mountain Range. However, although small groups of beasts have already wandered into the border, there has been no movement of large-scale beasts moving south."

"Half a year after you went into seclusion, Fellow Daoist Cao and the others had already laid down the other two great formations. According to your orders, we have recruited quite a few loose cultivators in Jin Shan Market over these two years. Fellow Daoist Zhao and the others also introduced two Foundation Establishment loose cultivator fellow Daoists from Mount Tuoyun not long ago. Now the defensive strength here at Jin Shan Market has been strengthened much more than two years ago."

"Hmm! You all have done well. You have worked hard these past few years!" Hearing Song Qingyu's reply, Song Qingming nodded with satisfaction.

To deal with the upcoming beast turmoil, ever since Song Qingming took charge of Jin Shan Market, he had put a lot of thought into strengthening the defensive power of Jin Shan Market over these years.

Not only did he personally come forward to invite several formation masters from the Xiaoyao Sect to help lay down two more second-tier formations for Jin Shan Market, but he also found a way to rent more than a dozen second-tier Flying Cloud Crossbows from the sect and installed them around the market.

These second-tier low-grade Flying Cloud Crossbows only need a few cultivators above the mid-stage of Qi Refining to operate. After installing spirit stones, the spiritual light arrows fired can also have about half the power of an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator.

However, the shortcomings of large magic tools like the Flying Cloud Crossbow are also very obvious. Because their size is too huge, it is very troublesome for ordinary Qi Refining cultivators to transport them. They can generally only be fixed in one place for defense, far less useful than puppet beasts of the same tier that can be flexibly carried.

In addition to strengthening the daily defensive configuration in Jin Shan Market, Song Qingming also asked Song Qingyu and others to post notices around the market, spread news, and recruit those loose cultivators with relatively reliable character to enter Jin Shan Market to help resist the upcoming beast invasion.

It is extremely difficult for low-tier loose cultivators at the Qi Refining stage to cultivate. To earn spirit stones, these people are capable of doing anything. Even if they know that Jin Shan Market is issuing this task and recruiting them to resist the upcoming very dangerous beast invasion, many people still squeeze their heads to want to take on this task.

However, these loose cultivators generally have a relatively low background. Because the cultivation environment is too poor, most of them are profit-seeking people, and sometimes they have no morality or shame when doing things.

Relying on these people to occasionally support the scene is fine, but once they are on a great battlefield like the beast turmoil, once they face the scene of hundreds of beasts attacking in groups, they are also very easy to collapse and affect the morale of the army.

In the past, for great battles like this to deal with beast invasions, whether it was the Xiaoyao Sect or the Foundation Establishment families below, they generally rarely recruited loose cultivators to participate in such battles.

Regarding this order to recruit loose cultivators, although Song Qingming had emphasized strict screening of people with better character, some pretentious people still mixed in during this period.

These loose cultivators now live in the market for free, do not lack spiritual energy to cultivate, and can receive a little spirit stone every month. The treatment they receive can be described as very generous, which also aroused the jealousy and incomprehension of many people in Jin Shan Market.

As there are more and more loose cultivators in the market during this period, the major Foundation Establishment families in Pingyang County below and some Xiaoyao Sect disciples guarding Jin Shan Market have all started to have some opinions in their hearts. But due to the fact that this was an order from Song Qingming, this Jin Dan ancestor, these people currently only dare to talk about it in private.

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