Chapter 504: The Great Dao of Longevity, Star Assembly (Long Chapter)

Seeing Song Qingming also looking at him, Chu Fengping revealed a look of regret and spoke softly: "Brother Song does not know, I only have third-tier low-quality pills on me now. The only Bai Ludan you know of was already refined by me two years ago."

"If I am not mistaken, you should still have one left. This Mo Laoguai Mo is taking out so many good things to exchange for this item; this is a good opportunity. Brother, you should hurry and send a voice transmission to try; don't let others get there first."

Seeing this, Song Qingming nodded slightly and immediately used his magic to send a secret voice transmission to Mo Laoguai Mo on the stage that only he could hear.

Song Qingming had already taken one "Bai Ludan" before, and the remaining one was no longer of much use to him. The reason he carried this pill with him when he came to the Wu Kingdom this time was actually because he had long intended to see if he could exchange it for other spiritual items here.

Besides Song Qingming, five or six other people at the scene had already sent voice transmissions to Mo Laoguai Mo. After hearing these transmissions, Mo Laoguai Mo's face remained unchanged until the transmission sent by Song Qingming entered his ears. Only then did he slowly raise his head and look at the location of the Xiaoyao Sect group.

"Which fellow Daoist is Brother Song? Please come up and talk to me in detail."

Hearing Mo Laoguai Mo's words, Song Qingming also felt a burst of joy in his heart. He hurriedly stood up and walked quickly to Mo Laoguai Mo's side amidst the gazes of everyone.

"Fellow Daoist Mo, greetings!"

After glancing at Song Qingming lightly, Mo Laoguai Mo waved his large hand and directly used his magic to release a circular barrier, isolating Song Qingming and himself from the people sitting outside.

Seeing Song Qingming nod to confirm his choice, Mo Laoguai Mo's expression slowly returned to calm, and he beckoned to put away the other spiritual items in front of him.

At this kind of exchange, although most are people they know, in order to prevent being targeted by others after going out, most cultivators try to be as discreet as possible when trading valuable spiritual items.

In previous years, because the Xiaoyao Sect was dealing with monster riots, the Merit Pavilion had long since run out of such spiritual items. It was not until the monster riots ended that Song Qingming exchanged some spiritual items with Li Mu for a third-tier low-quality defensive spiritual talisman to use for self-defense.

A third-tier mid-grade defensive spiritual talisman is worth about eight thousand spirit stones. Although its value is slightly worse than a third-tier low-quality defensive magic treasure, it can help one easily block a powerful blow from a mid-stage Jin Dan cultivator at any time. This use is still relatively important for Song Qingming at present.

As Mo Laoguai Mo expected, after Song Qingming walked up, he decisively picked out the flying sword magic treasure with the highest value among the many spiritual items first.

Seeing Mo Laoguai Mo misunderstand, Song Qingming hurriedly cupped his hands and smiled: "Fellow Daoist Mo misunderstood. I just learned that you had traveled to other cultivation worlds before, so I have something I want to ask you. It has nothing to do with this transaction just now. Please do not worry."

Hearing Mo Laoguai Mo's words, Song Qingming gently swiped his left hand on the jade pendant at his waist, took out a purple wooden box, and threw it directly to Mo Laoguai Mo in front of him.

The value of this third-tier mid-grade flying sword alone is already close to twenty thousand spirit stones, which is no lower than the "Bai Ludan" Song Qingming took out. Regardless of which spiritual item he chooses next, for Song Qingming, this transaction is definitely not a loss.

Song Qingming, who had been carefully observing Mo Laoguai Mo, saw that he had confirmed that his spiritual item had no problems, and only then did he feel at ease to cast his gaze on the seven or eight spiritual items beside him.

A moment later, Mo Laoguai Mo, having confirmed that there was no problem with the pill in the box, nodded slightly at Song Qingming, put the "Bai Ludan" into his pocket, and then pointed to the many spiritual items in front of him and smiled lightly: "Fellow Daoist, just say what you want. I will remind you in advance: once you have chosen, you cannot go back on it!"

Being able to exchange for a third-tier mid-grade defensive spiritual talisman this time, even if he suffered a little loss on the spirit stones, Song Qingming was willing in his heart.

"In view of the fact that you didn't try to take advantage of me just now, you can say what you want to ask first. As for whether I can answer you, hehe, that depends on whether I actually know what you are asking about."

"Fellow Daoist Song, let me see the Bai Ludan you mentioned in your voice transmission just now! As long as the pill quality is fine, you can choose any two of these spiritual items to take away."

Subsequently, after hesitating for a moment, Song Qingming did not directly choose the third-tier low-quality defensive magic treasure, which had a higher value, but directly picked a third-tier mid-grade defensive spiritual talisman that seemed to have a good effect.

"Fellow Daoist Song, you have already inspected the items just now. Could it be that there is still a problem?" Hearing that Song Qingming still had questions, Mo Laoguai Mo frowned and turned to reply.

The natal magic treasure "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror" that Song Qingming cultivates already has a defensive capability exceeding that of an ordinary third-tier low-quality defensive magic treasure. Having one more defensive magic treasure for Song Qingming would not increase his defensive capability much in combat.

Among the seven or eight spiritual items Mo Laoguai Mo took out, the quality was all third-tier mid or low grade. The one with the highest value was a third-tier mid-grade flying sword magic treasure.

"That's right, I only want these two spiritual items. Fellow Daoist Mo can put away the other spiritual items."

Seeing that Song Qingming actually chose a lower-grade third-tier mid-grade defensive spiritual talisman later, Mo Laoguai Mo revealed a hint of surprise in his eyes, and then asked: "Has Fellow Daoist already chosen?"

Since forming his core, Song Qingming had always wanted to equip himself with two high-tier defensive spiritual talismans for emergencies, but he was troubled by the fact that his talisman-making level had not broken through to the third tier, so he had no way to draw such spiritual talismans.

"Fellow Daoist Mo, wait! I have one more thing I want to ask you." Just as Mo Laoguai Mo was about to remove the barrier around the two, Song Qingming suddenly spoke up and interrupted him.

"This is natural. I just want to ask you about a place. This place might be located in another cultivation world. I don't know if you have heard of it when you were traveling outside."

A moment later, as Mo Laoguai Mo removed the barrier between the two, Song Qingming cupped his hands at him, retreated, and sat back in his seat.

After Mo Laoguai Mo completed the transaction with Song Qingming, he did not choose to stay and continue to participate in the Dao-discussion exchange activities that followed. After directly greeting Cheng Bufan beside him, he left the hall and walked down the Dengyun Building.

"Brother Song, how is it? What good things did you exchange for just now?" As soon as Song Qingming sat back in his place, a voice transmission came to his ears. It was Chu Fengping, who had advised him to go and trade with Mo Laoguai Mo at the beginning.

Seeing the curious gazes of several senior brothers, Song Qingming directly informed everyone of the spiritual items he had chosen inside.

Hearing his choice, the Xiaoyao Sect group was not very surprised. They also knew the art Song Qingming cultivated and naturally knew the role of his natal magic treasure, the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror."

Choosing a higher-tier defensive spiritual talisman, for Song Qingming, a Jin Dan cultivator who had been cultivating for over a hundred years, although he would lose some spirit stones, having an extra powerful life-saving means is something that is very difficult to fully measure with spirit stones.

The reason why high-tier spiritual talismans above the third tier are not as easily bought in the market as second-tier spiritual talismans is mainly because the materials required to draw such high-tier spiritual talismans are very difficult to obtain. They need to use the fur of third-tier monster kings and spiritual herbs over a thousand years old as the main materials. These spiritual items are not something a sect can easily find in a short time.

Even if the Xiaoyao Sect has a third-tier mid-grade talisman master like Li Mu, he does not always have materials to use for drawing high-tier spiritual talismans. In the more than two hundred years since Li Mu's talisman-making technique broke through to the third tier, the third-tier spiritual talismans he has drawn total no more than twenty. Among the many Jin Dan elders in the Xiaoyao Sect, each can only be allocated two at most on average.

This is not only the case in the Wei Kingdom, where spiritual resources are relatively scarce, but also in the dozens of countries of various sizes around the Fuyun Mountain Range. Even in a large country with relatively abundant resources like the Wu Kingdom, the situation is not much better. In the Seven Star Market, third-tier or higher spiritual talismans, except for individual auxiliary spiritual talismans with limited effects that can be bought in the market, other spiritual talismans with greater effects are very difficult to exchange for with spirit stones here.

After the exchange ended, under the organization of Cheng Bufan, the many Jin Dan cultivators present began to communicate and discuss the Dao in groups of three or five.

During this period, Song Qingming not only got to know many cultivators of the same tier outside the Wei Kingdom but also gained many different cultivation insights while communicating with everyone. Participating in this kind of Dao-discussion gathering of cultivators of the same tier was also of no small help to Song Qingming, who was accustomed to practicing alone.

This Dao-discussion exchange lasted from the evening until the end of the next morning. Only then did the many Jin Dan cultivators who came to participate reluctantly disperse and leave.

Returning to his residence, Song Qingming first took out the flying sword magic treasure he had exchanged from Mo Laoguai Mo and looked at it carefully. This flying sword magic treasure was named "Mo Bai" and was refined by someone Mo Laoguai Mo had asked to refine it using materials he had searched for in his early years.

The quality of the "Mo Bai Sword" was even higher than the "Qingliu Sword" that Song Qingming was currently refining; it was already a third-tier mid-grade magic treasure. After obtaining this magic treasure, Song Qingming's combat ability in the future would also be able to improve by a notch.

Because he practiced the "Five Elements Shield Light Needle," Song Qingming could also use this divine ability to enhance the power of the magic treasure in his hand at any time during battle. With the help of the "Mo Bai Sword," Song Qingming, who had already broken through to the second layer of Jin Dan, should be able to easily win if he faced an opponent like the White Lion Monster King, a Jin Dan early-stage opponent without any powerful divine abilities.

After putting away the "Mo Bai Sword," Song Qingming sat down to rest for a while and then took out a piece of paper with the two characters "Mo Xuan" written on it. This was the real name of Mo Laoguai Mo, who traded with Song Qingming at the exchange, and it was also written by him personally for Song Qingming.

Hearing Li Mu say at the exchange that this Mo Laoguai Mo had left the Fuyun Mountain Range cultivation world to travel for two hundred years, Song Qingming immediately thought that this person must be knowledgeable and know many places in the cultivation world.

When completing the transaction with Mo Laoguai Mo at the end, Song Qingming casually asked him about the two place names he had obtained in the "Jade Profound Scripture" before.

"Jade Profound Mountain, Grand Void Palace."

However, it was a pity that although Mo Laoguai Mo had also traveled to many places in the Donghuang Immortal Continent over the years, he had also never heard of the two place names Song Qingming mentioned. At the last moment, perhaps because he still had a good impression of Song Qingming, Mo Laoguai Mo still picked up a pen and wrote him a note.

He claimed that there was a place in the Donghuang Kingdom cultivation world where one might be able to inquire about the news Song Qingming wanted to know. If Song Qingming really wanted to go there to see in the future, he could bring the note in his hand, which might be of some help to Song Qingming at that time.

Song Qingming was very grateful for Mo Laoguai Mo's kindness. Since obtaining these two place names in the "Jade Profound Scripture," Song Qingming had also inquired about them from the side from several Jin Dan elders of the Xiaoyao Sect who were more familiar with them over the years. Without exception, they had never heard of this place.

Even Chen Xuan, who liked to travel and get to know friends from all walks of life, had no impression of the two place names given by Song Qingming. According to them, it is estimated that these two places either do not exist at all or may not be in the Donghuang Immortal Continent, but far away in the cultivation worlds of other large continents.

The cultivation world where Song Qingming is located is called the Jade Star World.

Besides the continent where the Fuyun Mountain Range is located, the Donghuang Immortal Continent, there are other large landmasses and islands in the Jade Star World. There are a total of nine relatively large cultivation worlds. Because the distance between them is very far, the cultivation worlds of each continent are almost difficult to contact directly and can only rely on giant cross-continent teleportation arrays to connect with each other.

There are several cross-continent teleportation arrays that can directly connect the Donghuang Immortal Continent with the nearest Fengling Sea Area and Nanyue Immortal Continent. Cultivators from other cultivation worlds also often take teleportation arrays to come to the Donghuang Immortal Continent to travel.

However, such large-scale long-distance teleportation arrays within the Donghuang Immortal Continent are basically controlled by several major sects of the Donghuang Kingdom. Wanting to use them once also requires a lot of spirit stones. Generally, cultivators in the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stages cannot afford it. Only high-tier cultivators above the Jin Dan stage have the ability to take teleportation arrays to travel between several cultivation worlds.

The reason why Song Qingming is so interested in these two places is mainly because of the incomplete art in his hand, the "Jade Profound Scripture." Since he accidentally obtained this art in the Guiyun Market more than a hundred years ago, as Song Qingming's cultivation gradually increased, he also felt more and more the mysterious aspects of this art.

He was able to reach today and become a Jin Dan cultivator, excluding the personal opportunities he encountered in his practice over the years, the greatest help to Song Qingming was the "Jade Profound Scripture" art.

Even if he no longer has the follow-up art of the "Jade Profound Scripture" for the Jin Dan stage, Song Qingming has now switched to practicing the "Five Elements Profound Gang Art," but the several divine abilities of the "Jade Profound Scripture" that he has practiced for many years in his body can still be of help to him now.

It is just that without the follow-up art for the Jin Dan stage, the current role of the "Jade Profound Scripture" will definitely become more and more limited as Song Qingming's cultivation increases. This also makes the current Song Qingming urgently want to go out and find the answer to the few words left to him in the Jade Profound Scripture.

Cultivating for a hundred years, Song Qingming has risen step by step from a small Qi Refining cultivator with ordinary aptitude to successfully establishing his foundation, and even now entering the Jin Dan Great Dao. In these hundred-plus years, the goals pursued in Song Qingming's heart have also changed not insignificantly.

When he was still in the Qi Refining stage, any small Qi Refining bandit cultivator in Eagle Nest Ridge almost took Song Qingming's life. At that time, what Song Qingming sought in his cultivation was nothing more than having a little more self-preservation power, allowing himself to walk in this dangerous cultivation world.

After establishing his foundation, because he suddenly became the person carrying all the hopes for the development of the entire family, his goal was no longer limited to preserving himself, but to find ways to protect the entire family to develop and grow. Even though Song Qingming was struggling and encountered many strange dangers for this, the goal in his heart has always been very firm over the years.

After more than a hundred years of hard work by several generations of cultivators on Mount Funiu, the Song family has now been promoted to a Jin Dan Immortal Clan. There are five Foundation Establishment cultivators in the clan alone, and it is still developing steadily step by step. It is no longer the weak cultivation family that could only rely on Song Qingming alone.

Now that Song Qingming has become a Jin Dan ancestor in the mouths of others, if his gaze were only placed on a small place like Jiangling County in the Wei Kingdom, then Song Qingming's current cultivation would have been enough for him to safely enjoy a few hundred years of comfortable days. There is no need to go out and take risks to find opportunities for the Great Dao.

But with the improvement of his cultivation realm, the Dao heart and goals in Song Qingming's heart have gradually begun to shift to his own Dao path.

Since he was tested for spiritual roots by the family when he was a child and brought to Mount Funiu to practice, Song Qingming, like most children who have just stepped onto the path of cultivation, also yearned for the colorful world outside, dreaming that he could become an immortal who could fly and escape, walking carefree between heaven and earth.

Even though Song Qingming is now a Jin Dan cultivator, his lifespan is only a mere five or six hundred years. How vast is the cultivation world, and how many good sceneries in the world does Song Qingming want to see? He does not want to practice for a lifetime, only to end up huddled in this small place in the Wei Kingdom.

Even if he is still far from this step now, unknowingly, the Dao heart in Song Qingming's heart has begun to turn toward the legendary Great Dao of Longevity.

Since his spiritual root talent was far inferior to others in the beginning, he could still surpass those genius cultivators and succeed in forming his core. Then, no matter how difficult the Great Dao of Longevity is, he must definitely have a chance to touch it.

All living beings have spirits. Whether it is human cultivators or monster race monsters, even those demon cultivators who practice evil arts, as long as they can finally practice and attain the Dao, they all have a chance to ascend to the upper realm. In the 100,000-year history of the Jade Star World, the cultivators who can ascend to the upper realm and enjoy longevity are not all geniuses.

After participating in the exchange at Dengyun Building, Song Qingming used the "Bai Ludan" in his hand to exchange for two spiritual items that were very useful to him at once, and his heart was also very happy.

It is a pity that Song Qingming did not encounter such a good opportunity in the next ten days. Participating in the exchange of cultivators of the same tier, he could only go to the Seven Star Market alone to stroll around and buy some spiritual items unique to the Wu Kingdom.

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More than half a month later, with a few crisp bell sounds ringing in the market, the mountain-protecting formation in the Seven Star Market immediately began to start. The Star Assembly that everyone in the market had been waiting for finally began to proceed.

This Star Assembly was an exchange organized by the Star Sect of the Wu Kingdom as the host, inviting sect cultivators from more than a dozen surrounding countries to come to the Seven Star Market to participate. During this period, many rogue cultivators who mixed around the Wu Kingdom would also come here for its reputation.

The Star Assembly was held for a total of ten days. The first seven days were the time for free trading in the market. In order to attract those cultivators participating in the Star Assembly, all shops in the Seven Star Market would specially release some rare and precious materials that were rarely seen in the market, as well as many special spiritual items they transported from other surrounding countries.

From the time the Star Sect released the news of the assembly a few months ago to now, tens of thousands of cultivators have come to the Seven Star Market. With the appearance of many rare and precious spiritual items, the entire market immediately became lively.

Whether it is a rogue cultivator or an outsider cultivator from other countries, as long as they hand over ten spirit stones at the entrance of the market, they can enter to buy and sell the spiritual items they need. During this period, all spiritual items sold in shops and stalls in the Seven Star Market will be supervised by law-enforcement cultivators arranged by the Star Sect to prevent all acts of cheating and deception in the assembly.

During the Star Assembly, a Nascent Soul Supreme Elder of the Star Sect will also sit in the Seven Star Market. Anyone who dares to come out and make trouble during this period, no matter who they are, will be directly expelled from the market. Serious ones will even face severe punishment from the Star Sect.

Holding such a Star Assembly, the Star Sect alone collects the fees for these cultivators to enter the market to participate, and can have an income of tens of thousands of spirit stones a day. Plus the earnings of these shops in the market, if it goes smoothly, the Star Sect can easily earn hundreds of thousands of spirit stones by holding such an assembly.

However, the Star Sect invited so many cultivators from major sects around to come and support, naturally, it also had to take out many good things. Otherwise, if so many high-tier cultivators came here and could only return empty-handed, the next Star Assembly would definitely not have such a good effect.

In the first few days of the exchange, the "Guyang Pavilion" opened by the Xiaoyao Sect was also very busy. Most of those low-tier disciples of the Xiaoyao Sect were arranged to go out to purchase low-tier spiritual items needed by the sect, preparing to transport them back to the sect after the assembly ended.

Jin Dan elders of the Xiaoyao Sect like Yao Ganshu were not interested in such low-tier spiritual items and stayed in Guyang Pavilion the whole time, basically not going out to show their faces. Only Song Qingming was unlucky and was grabbed by Bai Yuxian to go out and stroll around together.

Fortunately, Song Qingming had some experience this time. Facing this Senior Sister Bai with an active mind, he was already able to deal with it at any time. After the two strolled around the market, they did not expect that Bai Yuxian, who was extremely lucky, picked up a third-tier formation disk that had been buried by someone at a small stall.

The person selling this item was an elderly Qi Refining rogue cultivator. Because this third-tier formation disk was already somewhat old and damaged in part, its spiritual energy had long since flowed away, making it look like an inconspicuous high-tier material.

Even a Foundation Establishment cultivator with successful cultivation, as long as they are not a high-tier formation master, would find it difficult to identify the value of this item in their hands at once. A Qi Refining cultivator with low cultivation like the stall owner could not possibly know the true value of this formation disk.

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