Chapter 506: Getting His Wish, Changze Missing (Combined Chapter)

Among the Xiaoyao Sect group, except for Song Qingming and Chen Xuan who formed their cores later, the other veteran Jin Dan cultivators all had third-tier flying magic tools. Although they might not all be comparable to the "Phantom Boat" on the stage, they were definitely enough for daily use, so they certainly didn't want to participate in the competition for the spiritual boat on the stage.

The remaining Song Qingming and Chen Xuan, because they formed their cores later, their family wealth was inevitably not as good as these veteran Jin Dan cultivators. Wanting to compete with so many Jin Dan cultivators at the auction for the "Phantom Boat" was indeed somewhat difficult. It was precisely because he considered this point that Yao Ganshu took the initiative to lend them ten thousand spirit stones each.

"Thank you, Sect Master Brother!" Hearing Yao Ganshu take the initiative to lend a helping hand, Chen Xuan and Song Qingming were also happy. With the help of the sect, their hope of winning this spiritual item naturally increased a bit.

"Thirty thousand spirit stones."

"Thirty-one thousand spirit stones."

By the time Song Qingming and Chen Xuan started bidding, the price of the "Phantom Boat" had already climbed rapidly past thirty thousand spirit stones. The market price for a flying boat of this quality generally would not be lower than this price. Song Qingming had long expected this in his heart.

Having practiced for so many years, Song Qingming had always wanted to possess a handy flying spiritual item. After forming his core, although he managed to get a second-tier top-quality flying boat from the Xiaoyao Sect's Merit Pavilion, because the level of this boat was too low, it was not of much help to him. Song Qingming had also been looking for an opportunity to replace it all these years. Now, the "Phantom Boat" in front of him was a good choice.

However, it was not just Song Qingming who had his eyes on this "Phantom Boat" at the auction venue. To successfully obtain this spiritual item, it still depended on who reported more spirit stones.

"Thirty-four thousand spirit stones."

He originally thought that his late-stage Jin Dan cultivation, plus being from a Nascent Soul sect, was enough to not fear any opponents competing for spiritual items with him at this kind of auction, so he quietly pressured Song Qingming and several other opponents, wanting to use his momentum to force them to retreat.

Seeing that the price of the "Phantom Boat" was already somewhat difficult to control, the blue-robed old man at the seventh layer of Jin Dan seemed to be unable to sit still. He secretly sent a voice transmission to Song Qingming and two other opponents competing for this item, wanting them to give up on this item.

"Junior Brother Song, don't worry about what that Feng Laogui Linghu says. You don't need to worry. His Jiuyuan Sect is just a sect that has just advanced to Nascent Soul. We don't need to fear him. If you don't have enough spirit stones, I can lend you some more. Don't lose the prestige of our Xiaoyao Sect in front of everyone."

"Junior Brother Song, I don't have many spirit stones left on me. I won't participate in this item anymore. You can rest assured and bid!"

The blue-robed old man, whose cultivation had reached the late stage of Jin Dan, naturally reacted quickly that he had been watched by the Nascent Soul ancestor of the Star Sect sitting above. This also made him immediately feel a huge pressure, scaring him into hurriedly changing his attitude.

Although the other party's cultivation was profound, Song Qingming had now joined the Xiaoyao Sect and also had a Nascent Soul sect as a backer. With the support of Sect Master Yao Ganshu, Song Qingming also had the confidence in his heart not to fear the threat of the blue-robed old man.

"I offer thirty-eight thousand spirit stones. Hehe! Fellow Daoists, I see that you don't have many spirit stones left on you either. It's better not to compete so hard for this item. Why don't we all make friends and let this item be given to me, how about that?"

Seeing that the price of the "Phantom Boat" had reached thirty-five thousand spirit stones, Chen Xuan sighed and was the first to take the initiative to withdraw from this competition. Although he had brought many spirit stones this time, he had spent a lot to win the magic treasure earlier, which forced him to choose to give up this spiritual item now.

However, this small action of the blue-robed old man had long been in the eyes of the Nascent Soul ancestor of the Star Sect above. Seeing that he was not honest and was making small moves at the auction, and was still relentless, the Nascent Soul ancestor was also somewhat annoyed and immediately warned him with his spiritual sense.

"Hmph! Young man, you really don't know what's good for you, daring not to give even this little face of mine!" Hearing Song Qingming's bid, the blue-robed old man immediately stood up and glared fiercely at Song Qingming's location.

If Song Qingming were to retreat directly because of the other party's words now, if it spread out in the future, others would definitely feel that their Xiaoyao Sect feared the power of the Jiuyuan Sect, and the prestige of the sect would inevitably be hit. Yao Ganshu, the Xiaoyao Sect Sect Master, naturally could not tolerate this.

Seeing that Song Qingming's expression changed somewhat after receiving a voice transmission, Yao Ganshu beside him immediately guessed that the blue-robed old man opposite had said something to influence him, and hurriedly reminded Song Qingming.

In this auction held by the Star Sect, although nearly a hundred Jin Dan cultivators came, most of them were from Jin Dan sects of small countries nearby or were rogue cultivators. Relying on the strength of the Xiaoyao Sect as a Nascent Soul sect, except for the Star Sect as the host, they really didn't need to fear others here.

"Feng Laogui Linghu, if you still want to bid, just say it directly. Don't use your power to pressure others here, otherwise, the Star Assembly will not welcome you in the future!"

After the blue-robed old man finished speaking, he sat back in his original position with a smile, and then secretly raised his hand to quietly wipe a trace of cold sweat from his forehead.

"Thirty-nine thousand spirit stones!" Seeing that the other two Jin Dan cultivators were hesitant and did not bid again, Song Qingming was not affected by the blue-robed old man and still shouted calmly.

Receiving the voice transmission from the blue-robed old man with a threatening tone, Song Qingming's expression changed immediately and he frowned slightly. He also didn't expect that this old fellow would rely on his cultivation to pressure others at this kind of auction.

Hearing the Star Sect cultivator hosting the auction scold him, the blue-robed old man, who was originally fierce, stayed in place for a while, then his expression changed and he smiled and cupped his hands below: "Fellow Daoist, don't blame me. Just now I also wanted to take the opportunity to make more friends, and it was a bit abrupt. If this friend from the Xiaoyao Sect likes this item, let it be given to him!"

When he stood up just now, the blue-robed old man immediately felt a powerful spiritual sense shining on him from above his head, making him feel as if his whole body was being tightly watched, and he didn't dare to move at all while standing in place.

This blue-robed old man was also an elder of a Nascent Soul sect. After seeing the appearance of the "Phantom Boat," the blue-robed old man took a fancy to this item at a glance. As a result, he encountered strong opponents like Song Qingming and the others during the bidding, raising the price of the "Phantom Boat" to a level he could not accept.

After Chen Xuan took the initiative to withdraw from the competition, there were three other people competing with Song Qingming for this item. Two of them had cultivation levels similar to Song Qingming and looked like cultivators who had formed their cores not long ago. The remaining one was a blue-robed old man. Although this person's cultivation had reached the seventh layer of Jin Dan, he was still very interested in this third-tier low-quality flying boat and had never shown any intention of giving up even after the price climbed so high.

Although he didn't take Jin Dan early-stage cultivators like Song Qingming seriously, in front of a Nascent Soul cultivator, the blue-robed old man still didn't dare to be presumptuous and could only apologize somewhat depressedly and sit back in his seat honestly.

After the blue-robed old man withdrew from the competition, the two people who had just withdrawn from the competition also felt that the price of the "Phantom Boat" was a bit high and did not continue to bid. Soon, Song Qingming also got his wish and obtained this spiritual item.

Before coming to the Wu Kingdom this time, Song Qingming emptied the family's Hidden Gold Pavilion and borrowed some spirit stones from several elders of the family, and he had managed to gather about forty thousand spirit stones on him.

Before, he had bought some spiritual items in the market and auctioned the "Jade Dust Pill" yesterday, and Song Qingming had already spent five thousand spirit stones. The spirit stones left on him were originally somewhat insufficient. Fortunately, Yao Ganshu agreed to lend him ten thousand spirit stones at the beginning, so Song Qingming still got his wish and obtained this spiritual item he wanted in his heart.

"Finally, congratulations to Fellow Daoist Song of the Xiaoyao Sect for successfully winning today's finale spiritual item, the 'Phantom Boat.' Today's auction has ended successfully. Please go back and rest early. Tomorrow, at the final auction, our sect will take out many precious spiritual items. I hope everyone will not miss it!"

After exchanging for the "Phantom Boat" at the backstage of the auction, Song Qingming only had a few thousand spirit stones left. Even if Song Qingming saw other spiritual items he wanted at the auction tomorrow, he would probably only be able to feast his eyes on them.

After retrieving the spiritual items he won, Song Qingming had just returned to the second floor, and several Xiaoyao Sect fellow disciples also happily took turns to congratulate him.

"Junior Brother Song, I just looked at it carefully. The materials used for this flying boat are indeed good. It was refined using the skeleton of a third-tier mid-grade water-attribute monster. If you have a chance in the future, find a third-tier mid-grade or higher water-attribute crystal and ask Senior Uncle Li to take action. Maybe there is still a chance to re-refine it to third-tier mid-grade."

Hearing Yao Ganshu say this beside him, Song Qingming was first somewhat surprised and happy, and then could only nod helplessly.

Although Song Qingming has joined the Xiaoyao Sect and become a guest elder of the sect, as long as he is willing to take out some spiritual items and ask Supreme Elder Li Mu to take action to help with a small favor, it should not be a difficult thing.

It is just that the third-tier mid-grade or higher water-attribute crystal needed to upgrade the "Phantom Boat" mentioned by Yao Ganshu is not a spiritual item that is so easy to find. In the entire Fuyun Mountain Range cultivation world, it has only appeared in the depths of Taiyuehu. Even if Song Qingming could know the exact location, he would not have the courage to go to such a place where monster kings are rampant now.

However, Song Qingming didn't care too much about this in his heart. His biggest purpose this time was to have a handy third-tier flying magic tool. Although the "Phantom Boat" in front of him was only third-tier low-quality, it was enough to meet his current needs.

After returning to Guyang Pavilion, Song Qingming, who had just obtained the "Phantom Boat," was in a very good mood. He played with the spiritual item he had just obtained all night and didn't even care about his daily practice.

Although he knew that he had no spirit stones on him, Song Qingming still did not miss the final day of the auction. Regardless of whether there was a chance to obtain any spiritual items, in such a large-scale auction, he could always gain some knowledge.

On the final day of the auction, the spiritual items taken out by the Star Sect were indeed more precious and rare. Many of them were high-tier spiritual items cultivated by the Star Sect itself, which shows that they are worthy of being a sect that is good at cultivating spiritual items.

In addition, all kinds of pills and even Foundation Establishment Pills were actively taken out by the Star Sect on the last day. Originally, Song Qingming also wanted to bring a few Foundation Establishment Pills back when he came to the Wu Kingdom this time. As a result, because he auctioned the "Phantom Boat" yesterday, he really had no spirit stones on him, so he had to give up.

On this last day, Sect Master Yao Ganshu also decisively took action and won many good things for the sect, and even took down several Foundation Establishment Pills at once.

After the auction process was halfway through, the "Mist Snow Ice Lotus," Yao Ganshu's biggest goal for this trip to the Wu Kingdom, finally came out. Although this spiritual item was not as precious as the "Phantom Boat" that Song Qingming won yesterday, for Yao Ganshu, this item was something whose value could not be measured by spirit stones.

After some competition among many cultivators, Yao Ganshu gritted his teeth and reported a high price of nearly thirty thousand spirit stones before successfully obtaining this item, allowing his trip to the Wu Kingdom to finally get his wish and not make this trip in vain.

Besides Sect Master Yao Ganshu, Bai Yuxian, Li Mu, Chu Fengping, and others at the final auction also frequently took action. Each of them finally won one or two spiritual items useful to themselves. Only Song Qingming, because he had no spirit stones left, finally only got a few bottles of daily practice pills with low value.

On the last day of the auction, there were no more small episodes like yesterday. Even the finale spiritual item that appeared at the end was a third-tier top-quality spiritual item that made all the cultivators at the scene jealous, but no one dared to make small moves when competing for spiritual items. After some fair competition, Cheng Bufan of the Lingyin Sect finally obtained this item.

A few days later, as the Star Assembly ended successfully, the many cultivators who came to the Seven Star Market gradually began to leave. After the spiritual boats transporting goods for the sect were filled with spiritual items, Song Qingming and several other Jin Dan elders also took the flying boat together and set off to return to the Wei Kingdom.

On this trip to the Wu Kingdom, in addition to selecting useful spiritual items for themselves, Yao Ganshu also signaled the "Guyang Pavilion" to purchase many spiritual items urgently needed by the sect during the Star Assembly.

Because they switched to the flying boat transporting materials for the sect, the speed of the return journey was much slower than when they came. This time, the Xiaoyao Sect group did not choose the shortcut to pass directly through Taiyuehu, but took a safer long way, so it would take two more months on the road.

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Wei Kingdom, Qinghe County, Mount Yunwu.

Song Changze, dressed in tight military attire, was leading three law-enforcement team cultivators of the Song family to fight two monsters in a mountain col.

Since joining the family law-enforcement team, Song Changze's combat ability has also grown a lot in the past few years. He has been able to lead a monster-hunting team deep into Mount Yunwu to capture prey alone.

Song Changze's cultivation has reached the eighth layer of Qi Refining, and he has two good top-quality magic tools on him. Dealing with a top-quality monster alone is already not at a disadvantage.

Besides his entanglement with a monster, another top-quality monster had already fallen into the trap set by the three Song family cultivators for a long time, was firmly trapped in place by the formation, and was suppressed to the point of being unable to parry.

As long as Song Changze drags this monster for a moment, and the other clansmen are free, this monster will inevitably be their bag.

After the time it takes for half a stick of incense, the monster that had been trapped by the Song family group using the formation for a long time finally couldn't hold on, screamed, and died in their hands. The three Song family members who were free hurriedly surrounded Song Changze.

Seeing that several clansmen had joined the battlefield, Song Changze immediately turned from defense to offense, and the flying sword in his hand soon left many scars on this monster.

Seeing that the other side had many people and there was no chance of winning, this somewhat cunning wolf-shaped monster, taking advantage of everyone's momentary carelessness, ignored the attack behind it and rushed directly toward a Song family cultivator with the weakest cultivation on the side.

This "Chang" generation cultivator had a cultivation of only the fifth layer of Qi Refining. Facing this fierce top-quality monster rushing straight at him, he panicked for a moment and instinctively took a few steps back, giving the other party a position to break out of the encirclement.

Seeing this, the wolf monster was happy and immediately turned around and ran directly down the mountain.

"Changping, what are you doing? Everyone, hurry up and chase! It's already injured and can't run far!"

Seeing the wolf monster suddenly break out of the encirclement, Song Changze's sharp eyes swept over the clansman who had just missed the opportunity, and then hurriedly led several people to chase after it.

Although this wolf monster had already suffered not light injuries, its speed of escape was very fast. After chasing over several mountain peaks, among the Song family group, only Song Changze, who had the highest cultivation, could keep up with its speed, and the others were soon thrown away without a trace.

Just after jumping over a mountain stream, Song Changze finally caught up with this wolf monster and jumped to the front to stop it.

Looking at the wolf monster with somewhat red eyes in front of him, Song Changze took out the flying sword in his hand, stared at the other party, and walked toward it slowly.

"Hmph! You wasted most of our day, and you still want to run? That's not so easy."

Seeing that Song Changze was still chasing it relentlessly and refused to let it go, this wolf monster also became fierce and could only fight for its life. In an instant, both sides fought for more than a dozen rounds again.

Although the injuries on the wolf monster's body would not affect its combat effectiveness too much, even if it exerted all its strength, it still couldn't gain the upper hand and couldn't do anything about Song Changze.

Just as Song Changze was fighting with the wolf monster, the Song family group following behind finally caught up.

Seeing that he was about to fall into encirclement again, the wolf monster spat out a powerful spell to force Song Changze back, then turned around and jumped into the bottomless mountain stream.

"Hmph! Still want to run? Let's see where else you can run." Seeing this, Song Changze also sneered, jumped up, and followed the wolf monster down.

"Changze...!"

The Song family group who had just arrived above the mountain stream were also startled to see Song Changze follow the wolf monster and jump down the mountain stream. After shouting a few times above without response, several people hurriedly found a shortcut from the cliffs on both sides and searched down.

Cultivators who have reached the late stage of Qi Refining have basically practiced the "Light Body Technique." As long as they can stabilize their figure in time after jumping down from a cliff hundreds of meters high, there is generally no danger.

The reason why these Song family clansmen were so anxious was not that they were worried that Song Changze would fall and hurt himself, but that they were a little afraid that Song Changze would be alone after going down, and that the wolf monster would cause any danger to him.

When they searched all the way to the bottom of the mountain stream and searched all the way along a stream, what surprised them was that the figures of Song Changze and the wolf monster seemed to have disappeared into thin air, and there was not even a trace to be found along the way.

These people searched for a long time at the bottom of the mountain stream, and finally, they even used low-tier sound-transmission talismans to send messages to Song Changze, but they still gained nothing, and they didn't see Song Changze reply to their messages.

After a long time, these Song family members also found that something seemed wrong, and hurriedly ran back to Mount Funiu to inform the family law-enforcement team of this news.

Knowing that Song Changze, who was highly valued by their ancestor, had an accident, Song Yuantong, who was responsible for managing the family law-enforcement team, immediately changed his expression. He didn't dare to be vague and hurriedly took people to Mount Yunwu to find Song Changze himself.

Half a month later, a giant flying boat about twenty zhang long quickly passed through the Xiaoyao Sect's mountain-protecting formation and docked in an open space on Mount Guyang. Sect Master Yao Ganshu of the Xiaoyao Sect led everyone to walk down from the flying boat first.

Just after getting off the flying boat, Chu Fengping immediately leaned toward Song Qingming. "Junior Brother Song, it's been a long and tiring journey. Why don't you go to my place to sit for a while and rest for a few days before going back?"

"Hehe! Thank you, Brother Chu, for your concern. Brother probably has many things to be busy with after not returning for a few months, so I won't bother you anymore. When Brother Chu has time to visit Mount Funiu another day, I still have some top-quality spiritual tea there, and we can communicate our cultivation insights properly."

"That's good! It's a deal. I will definitely visit another day." Smiling and cupping his hands at Song Qingming, Chu Fengping soon turned into a spiritual light and disappeared in place.

After Chu Fengping left, Song Qingming said goodbye to several other Jin Dan elders. Just as he was about to leave, Bai Yuxian walked to his side quietly.

"Junior Brother Song, that Feng Laogui Linghu has formed his core for many years and has always been narrow-minded. Junior Brother, you obtained what he wanted at the auction this time. You need to pay more attention in the future if you go near the Yue Kingdom, so as not to be targeted by this old ghost."

"Thank you, Senior Sister Bai, for the reminder. My temperament is relatively indifferent, and I rarely go out. I think it is also very difficult to have a chance to encounter him!" Hearing Bai Yuxian's kind reminder, Song Qingming hurriedly cupped his hands and bowed to her.

Bai Yuxian nodded slightly and didn't say anything more. She turned around, stepped on a white shuttle, and returned to her cave.

After saying goodbye to everyone, Song Qingming didn't delay any longer. He directly flipped his hand and took out the "Phantom Boat," turned into a white light, and left Mount Guyang.

With the blessing of the "Phantom Boat," Song Qingming's escape speed improved a lot compared to before. In less than half a day, he quickly traveled thousands of miles and returned to Qinghe County.

Just after arriving at the family spiritual land, Mount Funiu, Song Qingming hadn't had time to return to his cave to rest for a while when he heard a piece of news that surprised him somewhat.

Song Changze, who had joined the family law-enforcement team, had been missing for more than half a month while hunting monsters in Mount Yunwu.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 507 =====