Chapter 541: Song Qingyu in Seclusion, Demon King Invades (Combined Chapter)

After the Li family swallowed Mount Mount Tiexian, they quickly took all the territory of the original Lu family into their pockets. The family's strength was also immediately enhanced quite a bit. Although it could not catch up with old Foundation Establishment families like the Huang and Gao families, it already had the foundation that a Foundation Establishment family should have.

Moreover, the Li family head, Li Chengyue, has excellent cultivation talent, and his path after Foundation Establishment has been very smooth. In just a few decades, his cultivation has already broken through to the fifth layer of Foundation Establishment. His cultivation speed is no longer much worse than that of a dual-spirit-root cultivator like Song Song Yuanli. From a long-term perspective, the Li family's development prospects are far better than those of the Lu family back in the day.

The Gao family of Mount Mount Lianhua was still the same, without any major changes. Gao Gao Yubai's age was about the same as Song Song Qingming's, and his cultivation speed was also very fast. He was already impacting the ninth layer of Foundation Establishment. Barring any accidents, he would definitely be able to reach the step of Core Formation, and there was still a chance for Core Formation.

The Gao family also earned quite a bit of merit in this spirit beast turmoil. However, they did not choose to cultivate another Foundation Establishment cultivator, but concentrated all the family's resources on Gao Gao Yubai alone, which also had the intention of letting him impact the Golden Core realm.

The Huang family of Mount Taiyuan also developed quite well over these years. After the spirit beast turmoil, they cultivated another Foundation Establishment cultivator, and the family already had four Foundation Establishment cultivators.

However, the lifespan of the Huang family patriarch, Huang Huang Shengyue, was not much left. She would pass away in at most ten or twenty years. Having already begun to decline in vitality, her cultivation base in this life would eventually stop at the seventh layer of Foundation Establishment.

Huang Huang Siyuan smiled and replied, "I tried for so long before without success, and I didn't expect that the spirit fruit you gave me would suddenly help me regain my good luck. Come to think of it, I'm still basking in a bit of my husband's glory!"

After running the "Five Elements Profound Gang Art" cultivation art in his body, Song Song Qingming took out a second-tier clear heart talisman, stuck it on his arm, and began to calm his mind and adjust his magic power.

Seeing the two spirit items handed over by Song Song Qingming, Song Song Qingyu waved her hand: "Seventh Brother, Millennium Spirit Milk is a precious spirit item that is very hard to find. You should keep it for Sister-in-law when she forms her core."

Even if she cannot successfully form her core at once, as long as she can cultivate to the ninth layer of Foundation Establishment early, she will always have more opportunities for Core Formation than others.

After adjusting his cultivation state to a very excellent state, Song Song Qingming opened his eyes and looked at the "Golden Marrow Spirit Fruit" in his hand, then swallowed it without hesitation.

Before he formed his core, Song Song Qingming had consumed and refined quite a few spirit items containing massive spiritual energy. Compared to the "Red Green Fruit" that the Fire Phoenix gave him when he was still in the Foundation Establishment stage, this "Golden Marrow Spirit Fruit" could no longer be counted as a spirit item that was difficult for Song Song Qingming to refine now.

After Song Song Qingyu closed the cave and activated the formation restrictions at the entrance, Song Song Qingming came to a slightly smaller cave nearby with peace of mind and also began his own seclusion cultivation.

Seeing the sound transmission talisman in Song Song Qingming's hand, Huang Huang Siyuan said with a solemn face: "Lin Lin Yutang has always been steady in handling affairs over these years. Seeing him send a sound transmission so anxiously, I am afraid that a trouble they cannot solve has really come. Husband, you should open it and see first!"

Last time in the Seven Stars Pavilion in the State of Wu, in order to repay the favor of Song Song Qingming and Chu Chu Fengping's rescue, Liu Liu Zongping gave them each a second-tier spirit fruit unique to the Star Sect.

After sitting cross-legged in the cave, Song Song Qingming took out a square wooden box from the jade pendant at his waist and carefully took the "Golden Marrow Spirit Fruit" he had obtained not long ago into his hand.

Breaking through the first three layers of the Golden Core stage is relatively easy. Even for those with relatively average cultivation talent, after advancing to the Golden Core stage, as long as they cultivate patiently for twenty or thirty years, they can basically break through one layer of cultivation base.

Besides Song Song Qingyu, Huang Huang Siyuan had also begun seclusion two months ago to break through to the ninth layer of Foundation Establishment.

If Song Song Qingyu's Core Formation process attracted a powerful demon king, it would not only make the Core Formation process fall short, but the two might also have life-threatening dangers. For the sake of entrustment, Song Song Qingming also dispelled this idea in his heart.

"What is going on with these people, Lin Lin Yutang? Can't they handle a few spirit beasts with so many people?" Seeing the sound transmission talisman before him, Song Song Qingming frowned and put down the teacup in his hand again.

After Song Song Qingyu's cave restrictions were not touched, Song Song Qingming felt slightly relieved and came to the outside of Huang Huang Siyuan's cave nearby, sending a sound transmission talisman inside.

According to what he said, there is indeed a third-tier elixir recipe in the Xiaoyao Sect that can use the "Golden Marrow Spirit Fruit" in Song Song Qingming's hand as the main medicine to refine a third-tier elixir that can improve the cultivation base of Golden Core cultivators, enhancing the effective value of this spirit fruit in Song Song Qingming's hand.

Mount Mount Tuoyun is located on the edge of the Floating Cloud Mountain Range after all, and it is too close to the territory of spirit beasts. Occasionally, one or two low-tier spirit beasts breaking into here is no longer a strange thing. Even when Chen Chen Jinliang was still there, the powerful Mount Mount Tuoyun could not avoid such a situation.

Seeing Song Song Qingming say this, Song Song Qingyu hesitated for a moment, then took the two spirit items handed over by Song Song Qingming and turned into the cave for seclusion.

Li Li Wutong and Zhao Zhao Mengling, who broke through to the mid-Golden Core stage relatively quickly, as long as there are no accidents, still have hope of advancing to the late Golden Core stage before they pass away.

Huang Mengde's cultivation talent is much better than Huang Huang Sipo's. Although he established his foundation decades later, his cultivation base has reached the sixth layer of Foundation Establishment, surpassing his elder Huang Huang Sipo. Next, as long as his cultivation is smooth, Huang Mengde will definitely be able to break through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment. However, whether he can walk to the step of impacting Core Formation like Huang Huang Shengxin back then is hard to say.

Huang Huang Siyuan asked with a worried face: "Is it the Cloud Crane Demon King? Didn't you teach him a lesson once before, husband? How dare he come to invade our territory again!"

Among the many Golden Core cultivators of the Xiaoyao Sect, the Golden Core elders who cultivated relatively slowly, such as Jin Wu Ziyuan, Lu Lu Boyang, and Daoist Guangling True Person, all stayed at the third layer of Golden Core for nearly a hundred years before successfully breaking through to the mid-Golden Core stage. With their cultivation speed, basically, they have no chance to cultivate to the late Golden Core stage in this life.

After rushing to Mount Mount Tuoyun, Song Song Qingming carefully exhorted Song Song Qingyu again before letting her cave be used for her seclusion and Core Formation.

"Since that is the case, then please come in! I will brew a pot of good tea for you, my great benefactor, how about that?"

"Eh! You actually broke through successfully. This is truly a joyous and congratulatory matter." Seeing that the aura on Huang Huang Siyuan's body had advanced to the ninth layer of Foundation Establishment, Song Song Qingming immediately revealed a hint of a smile.

Hearing this, Huang Huang Siyuan was slightly stunned for a moment, then slowly said, "Hmm! But husband, the way you keep talking about it, it seems like it's still your credit after all."

If it weren't for the sudden rise of the Song family, the Huang family would definitely still be able to sit on the chair of the first cultivation family in Qinghe County. But now, with Song Song Qingming forming his core, the Huang family has already become a subordinate family under the Song family.

Song Song Qingming shook his head and said: "Don't worry, I still have some on me. Huang Siyuan will definitely have some when she forms her core. Although these spirit items are precious, as long as they can help you take this step of Core Formation, I am willing to spend more. Don't worry about these, just focus on Core Formation."

As long as she can break through to the ninth layer of Foundation Establishment early and polish her magic power for a period of time, Huang Huang Siyuan will also be able to start attempting Core Formation.

Although the cave at the bottom of the pool where he closed his seclusion and formed his core back then would be better for Core Formation, Song Song Qingming's cultivation base is only at the second layer of Golden Core now, and he himself does not have much confidence that he can protect Song Song Qingyu's Core Formation in the depths of the Floating Cloud Mountain Range, which is full of spirit beasts.

Seeing that Song Song Qingming did not want her to leave, Huang Huang Siyuan did not insist and sat down with a smile.

After the Song family gained power, they did not intentionally suppress the Huang family over these years. The Huang family also had the relationship of Huang Huang Siyuan on Mount Mount Funiu. Besides being somewhat envious of the Song family's sudden rise, they did not need to worry too much about any major changes in their own family.

Although this spirit fruit is not high in grade, it can be of some help to Foundation Establishment cultivators breaking through their cultivation base. After Song Song Qingming obtained the spirit fruit, he directly gave it to Huang Huang Siyuan.

At the same time, Huang Huang Siyuan, who was sitting on the side, also felt the abnormality of this spiritual energy fluctuation and immediately stood up and said: "It seems that some blind spirit beasts have come to attack the protective formation again. Should I go and see first?"

Since Song Song Qingyu obtained a "Jade True Water" that assists Core Formation from the State of Wu, she had also polished it for more than a year. Whether it was her own cultivation base or her cultivation state, she had adjusted it to the best state and could go into seclusion and form her core at any time.

"It really is a demon king who has come. It seems that I can't drink today." Song Song Qingming said and immediately stood up.

"Taking you out for a walk last time seems to have been of quite a bit of benefit to you. Your cultivation base has already come naturally. Even without the spirit fruit I gave you, you would definitely have been able to break through successfully after a period of time."

It's just that in this elixir recipe, the auxiliary spirit medicine still needs a third-tier low-quality spirit herb. Currently, there is none in the Xiaoyao Sect's elixir pavilion, and it will need to wait for at least a few years before the Xiaoyao Sect's spirit medicine garden can provide it.

Song Song Qingming waved his hand and said, "This can't be called basking in my glory; it is nothing more than the fruit of your own diligent cultivation. Your cultivation base had already been polished enough long ago, and the reason you hadn't broken through successfully until now was simply that your state of mind was still lacking a little, and you were somewhat too eager for quick success."

It is just that in just over a hundred years, the identities of the Huang family and the Song family have directly reversed. This is also something that all cultivation families in Qinghe County did not expect.

Even the Qinghe Market is now overcrowded. More and more loose cultivators are crowding in, and even the caves that can be rented in the back mountain of the market are in short supply.

"Song Qingyu, there are a few drops of Millennium Spirit Milk in this jade bottle, which I obtained from a senior many years ago. It will be useful when you condense your Golden Core. You take it first."

"It doesn't matter! Even if a few second-tier spirit beasts come, Lin Lin Yutang and the others are enough to deal with them now. It is rare that you are so happy today, so there is no need to worry about these trivial matters." Seeing that Huang Huang Siyuan wanted to go out and see, Song Song Qingming hurriedly reached out to stop her.

After less than half a year of seclusion, Song Song Qingming successfully refined the "Golden Marrow Spirit Fruit" in his body, and his own cultivation base also improved by a large margin, reaching the peak of the second layer of Golden Core.

After solving the Wang family's affairs, Song Song Qingming stayed on Mount Mount Funiu for another month and finally received the letter that Song Song Qingyu was ready to go into seclusion and form her core, which was when he left the family and returned directly to Mount Mount Tuoyun.

"I have already obtained the Jade Dust Pill and Jade True Water, but I don't have much confidence that I can successfully form my core at once. It is better not to waste these useful spirit items."

Regarding the expanded Qinghe Market, the Song family has always attached great importance to it. Relying on the dozen or so shops in the market, the Song family can get a profit of at least a thousand spirit stones every year, which can be counted as a not-insignificant income for the family.

Refining the "Golden Marrow Spirit Fruit" into elixir, as long as Chu Chu Fengping does not make a mistake, can indeed earn a few thousand more spirit stones. However, hearing that it would take so long, Song Song Qingming was somewhat unwilling to wait.

Song Song Qingming's cave is still the one left by Chen Chen Jinliang back then, and it is also the place with the most abundant spiritual energy on Mount Mount Tuoyun's spiritual vein. It is enough to be used for seclusion and impacting the Golden Core realm.

Breaking through the Golden Core realm, the difficulty will immediately begin to increase rapidly. Once one's cultivation talent is relatively average and one cannot find too many spirit items to assist cultivation, it is possible to stay in this realm for a long time, and even some people with bad luck may find it difficult to break through their cultivation base and advance to the mid-Golden Core stage for a lifetime.

With the support of the sect, perhaps Chen Chen Xuanxin will also have a few chances to condense a Nascent Soul in the future.

Although he failed to break through his cultivation base in one go with the help of this "Golden Marrow Spirit Fruit," Song Song Qingming is not far from the third layer of Golden Core now. He only needs to work hard and polish it for a few more years, and he should be able to advance to the third layer of Golden Core.

Within the cultivation world of the State of Wei, besides the four major Foundation Establishment families of Wang, Gao, Li, and Huang, over these years, because the Song family was promoted to a Golden Core family, it also attracted quite a few outside Qi Condensation cultivation families and loose cultivators wandering everywhere. The overall number of cultivators has more than doubled compared to a few decades ago.

Since Huang Huang Siyuan went into seclusion half a year ago, the two had not seen each other for a long time. Huang Huang Siyuan was brewing spirit tea while listening to Song Song Qingming talk about some things that happened on Mount Mount Funiu a few months ago, and from time to time, the corners of her mouth also followed with a few laughs.

Just as the two were talking and somewhat forgetting the time, Song Song Qingming suddenly felt a somewhat strange fluctuation in the spiritual energy around him, and his face changed slightly, slowly putting down the teacup in his hand.

Compared to these old Golden Core cultivators in the sect, Chen Chen Xuanxin, who formed his core later, clearly had a faster cultivation speed. His path is currently the one with the greatest potential among the many Golden Core elders besides Bai Bai Yuxian. In the future, there is a great hope that he will be able to cultivate to the ninth layer of Golden Core and compare with the two Golden Core cultivators with the highest cultivation bases in the sect now.

After the reconstruction of the Qinghe Market, the shares occupied by everyone were redistributed. The Xiaoyao Sect and the Song family each occupied 30% of the shares, and the remaining 40% were divided by other cultivation families together. The management rights of the market were still the same as before, managed by the Xiaoyao Sect and everyone together.

Taking the "Golden Marrow Spirit Fruit" to refine elixir, as long as Chu Chu Fengping does not make a mistake, can indeed earn a few thousand more spirit stones. However, hearing that it would take so long, Song Song Qingming was somewhat unwilling to wait.

Song Song Qingming's cave is still the one left by Chen Chen Jinliang back then, and it is also the place with the most abundant spiritual energy on Mount Mount Tuoyun's spiritual vein. It is enough to be used for seclusion and impacting the Golden Core realm.

"Hehe! He has raised so many people under his hand, and there is still trouble he cannot solve. Could it be that a third-tier demon king has come!" Song Song Qingming smiled and opened the sound transmission in his hand, and not long after, his face slowly turned gloomy.

Song Song Qingming's current cultivation speed, although not particularly fast, can barely keep up with Chen Chen Xuanxin's pace back then. As for whether he can have as much potential as Chen Chen Xuanxin, it still depends on when Song Song Qingming can break through to the fourth layer of Golden Core in the future.

In the cultivation world, those who can successfully form their core at once are basically cultivation geniuses with excellent talent. Among the more than a dozen Golden Core cultivators in the Xiaoyao Sect, except for Sect Master Yao Yao Qianshu and Bai Bai Yuxian, the others, like Song Song Qingming, also took at least two times to finally form their cores.

Not long after, the restrictions at the cave entrance dissipated, and Huang Huang Siyuan, dressed in white, walked out of the cave with a smile.

Before going to the Xiaoyao Sect's Merit Pavilion to exchange for a Foundation Establishment Pill this time, Song Song Qingming also specifically went to find Chu Chu Fengping to ask if the "Golden Marrow Spirit Fruit" in his hand could be used to refine elixir. As a result, it was a coincidence that Chu Chu Fengping had just started seclusion to refine elixir a few days ago, and he did not know when he would come out.

Song Song Qingming, having been turned away, inquired with an alchemist disciple under Chu Chu Fengping's tutelage. Although this person's alchemy had not yet broken through to the third tier, he had followed Chu Chu Fengping for many years and obtained his true teachings, and he was already well-versed in some of the third-tier pill formulas within the sect.

After several years of joint reconstruction by many families led by the Song family, the expansion of the Qinghe Market was now nearing its end. Compared to the original market, the overall scale had expanded by about one time, and it was already about the same size as the Jinshan Market in Pingyang County, at least capable of accommodating over a thousand cultivators and several hundred million mortals to live.

During the spirit beast turmoil, the Huang family also lost more than twenty cultivators in battle and suffered no small losses. However, compared to other Foundation Establishment families, their family foundation was much more solid, and they had basically recovered in just twenty or thirty years.

After refining the "Golden Marrow Spirit Fruit," Song Song Qingming, who had been in seclusion for a few months, took the initiative to open the cave's formation restrictions, walked out from inside, and came directly to the outside of the cave where Song Song Qingyu was in seclusion.

Since Song Song Qingming sat in Mount Mount Tuoyun for ten years, although he had cleared out the spirit beasts around Mount Mount Tuoyun under his leadership, Mount Mount Tuoyun is located on the edge of the Floating Cloud Mountain Range, and occasionally there would still be some spirit beasts coming to harass it.

This time Song Song Qingyu went into seclusion, Song Song Qingming also knew in his heart that she did not have much certainty of success. However, as long as Song Song Qingming could go a little further in his first Core Formation, he could lay more groundwork for her next Core Formation, so that the probability of her success in the next Core Formation could also increase quite a bit.

A few years ago, Feng De, who was in charge of the Qinghe Market, also specifically went to Mount Mount Tuoyun to consult Song Song Qingming's opinion, wanting to expand the Qinghe Market. Regarding this, after the Song family and the Huang family and others discussed it, they also agreed to his request one after another.

The spirit fruit entered his abdomen, and Song Song Qingming quickly felt a steady stream of pure spiritual energy begin to enter his eight extraordinary meridians and four limbs and bones, and finally gathered fiercely in his dantian.

Among the three other Huang family cultivators, Huang Sibao's potential is not high. His cultivation base is only at the fifth layer of Foundation Establishment until now. Last time during the spirit beast turmoil, Huang Sibao was also accidentally severely injured by a spirit beast in the Great War of Jinshan Market, which delayed quite a bit of time for healing. Barring any accidents, his cultivation base is also very difficult to exceed that of his family elder Huang Huang Shengyue.

"Hehe! Then I will be disrespectful." Song Song Qingming revealed a hint of a smile at the corner of his mouth and walked into the cave with Huang Huang Siyuan.

Whether a cultivator's seclusion and Core Formation is successful or not, it takes at least a few years. In order to prevent any unexpected situations during Song Song Qingyu's seclusion, Song Song Qingming still intended to sit in Mount Mount Tuoyun during her seclusion to protect her.

After all, Song Song Qingyu's age had not yet reached the point where she was very anxious. Even if she would not succeed in Core Formation this time, she would still have the opportunity for the next Core Formation. With the support of Song Song Qingming, her Golden Core elder brother, finding one or two Core Formation spirit items for Song Song Qingyu in the future would not be too difficult.

The three other Huang family cultivators, Huang Sibao's potential is not high. His cultivation base is only at the fifth layer of Foundation Establishment until now. Last time during the spirit beast turmoil, Huang Sibao was also accidentally severely injured by a spirit beast in the Great War of Jinshan Market, which delayed quite a bit of time for healing. Barring any accidents, his cultivation base is also very difficult to exceed that of his family elder Huang Huang Shengyue.

Whether it was Song Song Qingyu or Huang Huang Siyuan, although they could both successfully succeed at once during Foundation Establishment, Core Formation was not an easy matter for them. If they wanted to step onto the Golden Core path like Song Song Qingming, they must be prepared for Core Formation at any time early on.

The caves of Song Song Qingming, Song Song Qingyu, and Huang Huang Siyuan are not far from each other and are all on the top of Mount Mount Tuoyun. There will be Song family and Mount Mount Tuoyun cultivators on duty day and night, and ordinary people cannot come to the top of the mountain to disturb them without permission.

"Also, this spirit talisman was given to me by Senior Brother Chu back then. It can be used to stabilize the state of mind when facing the inner demon in the last step. Although your Soul-Devouring Art has broken through to the second layer and you are not afraid of general inner demon interference, just in case, you should still bring this talisman."

But before the two could taste a few sips of spirit tea, a crimson sound transmission talisman suddenly flew directly into the cave and fell into Song Song Qingming's hand.

Huang Huang Siyuan's cultivation base had also been raised to the peak of the eighth layer of Foundation Establishment long ago. Like Song Song Xinyu, she had also tried several times to break through to the ninth layer of Foundation Establishment but had never succeeded. This time, after returning from the State of Wu and obtaining this spirit fruit from Song Song Qingming, Huang Huang Siyuan also quickly moved the idea of breaking through in seclusion.

"It seems it is not this time! Even Lin Lin Yutang and the others cannot recognize it. It is estimated that it came from the depths of the Floating Cloud Mountain Range. I will go out and see first. You stay here to protect Song Qingyu. Unless it is a last resort, do not disturb her seclusion and Core Formation."

Song Song Qingming shook his head, gave a few instructions to Huang Huang Siyuan, and a hint of solemnity slowly revealed in his eyes as he turned and walked out of the cave directly.

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