Chapter 550: Nascent Soul Duel

Hearing Jin Ziyuan suddenly say this, although Song Qingming and Zhao Menglian were slightly embarrassed, they didn't show much surprise.

After all, this cultivation world respects the strong. An important point to win others' respect is to look at the cultivator's own cultivation strength.

Although fake Jin Dan cultivators are also people who have barely succeeded in forming a Jin Dan, because they cannot refine their natal magic treasures, their own strength is far inferior to real Jin Dan cultivators. It is not surprising in the cultivation world that Jin Ziyuan looks down on fake Jin Dan cultivators like Hu Tianren.

Many Xiaoyao Sect Jin Dan elders, including Song Qingming himself, are willing to sit on an equal footing with fake Jin Dan cultivators like Hu Tianren on weekdays, nothing more than looking at the face that everyone belongs to the same sect.

"Junior Brother Song, don't worry. I have already directly rejected Junior Brother Hu yesterday. Even Junior Sister Xu wanted to go, I didn't dare to agree. It is of no use for someone with Junior Brother Hu's cultivation base to go. If something happens to him inside, I am afraid that Sect Master Senior Brother will have some complaints about us in the future."

Seeing Song Qingming ask about Hu Tianren as soon as he came in, knowing that he might be worried that she would agree to the other party, Zhao Menglian also hurriedly explained to Song Qingming.

"Senior Sister Zhao is right. I also heard before that Junior Brother Hu seems to have some relationship with Sect Master Senior Brother, so I was a bit worried about this. We are all going to the Heaven-Reaching Tower for the first time, and we are still struggling to protect ourselves. It is indeed difficult to take care of him." Confirming that Zhao Menglian had already rejected the other party, Song Qingming also let go of a trace of worry in his heart.

The reason why Hu Tianren was able to be selected and supported by the Xiaoyao Sect to form a fake Jin Dan is partly because he is a direct descendant of the dao companion of the Xiaoyao Sect Sect Master Yao Ganshu.

Yao Ganshu was very affectionate with his dao companion back then. When he successfully formed the Jin Dan, the other party also contributed a lot to him. It is a pity that shortly after, his dao companion unfortunately died outside while performing a sect mission and failed to form the Jin Dan.

After the dao companion who supported each other fell, Yao Ganshu has not looked for a new dao companion for so many years, and has always taken good care of her family, the Hu family, and later supported Hu Tianren to form a fake Jin Dan.

Although Song Qingming and the others look down on Hu Tianren a bit, they are still very respectful to Sect Master Yao Ganshu who has managed the sect for many years. They must still take care of his face. If they really take this person in and have an accident, it will indeed be difficult to explain to Yao Ganshu when they come back.

Moreover, Song Qingming belongs to the same sect as them. For Zhao Menglian and Jin Ziyuan, Song Qingming can be considered half of their own people, and naturally he is much more trustworthy than those ordinary rogue cultivator friends they found outside.

"With the two of us plus Senior Sister Zhao, even if we face ordinary late-stage Jin Dan cultivators, we have the strength to fight. As long as we don't take the initiative to enter the fourth layer, we shouldn't encounter any danger."

Although in these years, Zhao Menglian and Jin Ziyuan have each found a rogue cultivator friend who is willing to follow, the "Heaven-Reaching Tower" is not like other places after all. Being able to find another companion with similar strength to go in naturally provides a few more guarantees.

In the battle of Iron Immortal Castle last time, although Song Qingming's performance among the many Jin Dan cultivators was not very eye-catching, his own strength had already been recognized by Jin Ziyuan and others.

Because Lu Boyang happened to have a realization in his cultivation recently, he has basically been in seclusion for these years and has no intention of going to the "Heaven-Reaching Tower".

Zhao Menglian and Jin Ziyuan invited Lu Boyang several times but failed. Even if Song Qingming didn't take the initiative to come to the door, they actually already had the idea of going to Mount Tuoyun to try Song Qingming.

Except for Chu Fengping and the others who were ordered by Li Mufeng to stay behind to guard the sect, among the remaining Jin Dan elders of the Xiaoyao Sect, only Lu Boyang and Song Qingming had the strength to enter the Heaven-Reaching Tower.

Especially after seeing the "Golden Wind" summoned by Song Qingming, except for Chen Xuanfeng who had known about it for a long time, Jin Ziyuan and the others were also slightly surprised at the time, not expecting that Song Qingming still had such a powerful trump card hidden on him.

After nearly a month, the seven-colored glow in the high sky is much more dazzling than before. If it is a Jin Dan cultivator with extraordinary eyes, he can already see a faint shadow from it, as if something huge is about to come out of it.

"Sigh! Junior Brother Song is too modest. Your cultivation base has now reached the third layer of Jin Dan, plus a Jin Dan corpse puppet, and your fighting strength is no less than an ordinary mid-stage Jin Dan cultivator."

Precisely because of this, when Song Qingming took the initiative to come to the door a year ago to go to the "Heaven-Reaching Tower" together, Zhao Menglian and Jin Ziyuan were also very happy after knowing his intentions, and soon agreed to this matter.

Five days later, a place illuminated by seven-colored glow in the north of Liang State.

Since the news of the "Heaven-Reaching Tower" spread, one can see shield lights flying from all over the place every day. Not only has it attracted many high-level cultivators, but even many low-level cultivators at the Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining stages in Liang State have gathered here.

However, these cultivators also have a very clear regional division here according to their cultivation base. Those who can stand on several mountain heads not far from the direct bottom of the glow are basically cultivators with Jin Dan cultivation base or above.

Those low-level cultivators who only have Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining cultivation bases can only stand on the outer circle, looking at the high-level cultivators in the middle from a distance with envy.

On this day, a blue light flew quickly from the high sky in the east and fell directly into a mountain peak near the middle position.

A moment later, a small blue flying boat appeared on an open space on the mountain summit, slowly revealing seven figures, which were the Xiaoyao Sect group who had just rushed from tens of thousands of miles away from Liang State.

Occupying this open space were originally several Jin Dan rogue cultivators. After seeing Li Mufeng, a Nascent Soul cultivator, appear with the Xiaoyao Sect group, these people immediately changed their faces, arched their hands at the crowd, and very sensibly stayed away from here, leaving this open space to Li Mufeng and the others.

Song Qingming and the others who had just stepped off the flying boat were shocked for the first time when they saw the huge seven-colored glow constantly flashing in the sky. The huge movement of the secret realm appearing was indeed somewhat beyond their original imagination.

Only Li Mufeng, who had entered the "Heaven-Reaching Tower", looked at it slightly as usual, and soon turned his eyes to other places, checking other high-level cultivators on the mountain peak.

"Fellow Daoist Li, haven't seen you for many years, this Daoist priest here pays his respects."

Not long after the Xiaoyao Sect group arrived here, an old man wearing a Daoist robe with white hair and long beard suddenly flashed in front of them and arched his hands slightly at Li Mufeng who was standing in front.

This old man looked like a kind-hearted old man, but the powerful aura he emitted was no less than Li Mufeng standing in front of the crowd, and he was clearly also a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Behind this old man, there were three Jin Dan cultivators with not low cultivation bases, one of whom was Cheng Bufan, a Lingyin Sect cultivator whom Song Qingming had seen in the Wu State before.

Since the Star Assembly, nearly twenty years have passed. Cheng Bufan's cultivation base has gone a step further than that year and has reached the ninth layer of Jin Dan, just one step away from the Nascent Soul realm respected by ten thousand people.

Seeing Cheng Bufan standing respectfully behind the old Daoist, Song Qingming also immediately guessed that this Nascent Soul cultivator with not low cultivation base should be the only Nascent Soul Supreme Elder of the Lingyin Sect, Situ Yan.

Sure enough, Li Mufeng smiled and came to him after seeing the white-haired old Daoist, arched his hands and returned the salute: "Fellow Daoist Situ's journey is further than mine. I didn't expect your Lingyin Sect to arrive here one step ahead of me. It seems that you are also very well prepared this time."

"Haha! Fellow Daoist Li is joking. Fellow Daoist Zheng and the others haven't come yet. It seems that the opening of this Heaven-Reaching Tower will take some time. If Fellow Daoist Li is free, why not play a game of chess with me."

"It's nothing to do anyway, then I will be disrespectful!"

Just after Li Mufeng nodded and agreed, Cheng Bufan, who was standing behind Situ Yan, immediately took out a chessboard carved from a whole piece of jade from the storage magic treasure, placed it in the middle of the two, and respectfully placed a set of very exquisite chess boxes to the side.

Afterward, the other two Jin Dan cultivators of the Lingyin Sect beside Situ Yan also took out the futons, sandalwood, etc. needed for playing chess, and they were clearly well prepared.

"Fellow Daoist Li, please!" After Cheng Bufan and the others were ready, Situ Yan stepped forward and made a gesture of invitation, sat down by the chessboard, grabbed a handful of white chess pieces and placed them on the table.

The game of chess between two Nascent Soul experts naturally attracted many Jin Dan cultivators who followed them, and even those Jin Dan rogue cultivators who had originally stayed away from here couldn't help but lean over after seeing this scene.

Although these people didn't dare to get as close as Song Qingming and the others, facing this rare chess game of Nascent Soul cultivators, they really didn't want to miss it. Even if they stood slightly further away, they had a trace of excitement on their faces, hoping to realize and understand some things useful to themselves from these Nascent Soul cultivators.

Li Mufeng and Situ Yan, the two of them played a game of chess that was considered normal at the beginning, but after only a dozen steps, the speed of the two falling pieces dropped quickly and became slower and slower.

This game of chess soon made Song Qingming, who was watching the game, realize something and detect a trace of strangeness in it.

From this game of chess, Song Qingming seemed to see his own cultivation path. He practiced very fiercely when he entered the Dao, but the further he went, the more difficult it would become, and his own cultivation speed would slowly slow down.

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