Chapter 647

After traveling west from Wei Guo and passing through several countries, Song Qingming and Feng He had arrived at the border of Song Guo, east of Taiyuehu.

Song Guo was also a country about the same size as Wei Guo, ruled by a Nascent Soul sect named "Hunyuan Sect," and its strength was not much different from the current Xiaoyao Sect.

Crossing the border of Song Guo and heading west was the territory of Qin Guo, the largest country in the Fuyun Mountain Range. After reaching the border of Song Guo, Feng He suddenly changed direction, drove the flying boat south, and bypassed the entire border of Qin Guo before continuing forward.

Seeing Feng He intentionally doing this, Song Qingming could also guess that the other party might be wary of the power of the "Wanling Sect" and was afraid of being troubled by them.

The "Wanling Sect" of Qin Guo was not only the strongest sect in the Fuyun Mountain Range but also had late-stage Nascent Soul great cultivators sitting in command. Once provoked, even an expert like Feng He, whose cultivation had reached the peak of the Jin Dan, would likely find it difficult to have a chance to escape.

Song Qingming naturally agreed with Feng He's cautious and low-key actions. These major sects west of Taiyuehu were not on good terms with sects like the "Xiaoyao Sect" in the east to begin with.

As a guest Elder of the Xiaoyao Sect, Song Qingming naturally had to be low-key when arriving on someone else's territory; it would be best not to show his face if possible.

After bypassing Qin Guo and passing through two small countries, Song Qingming and Feng He finally arrived at the edge of the "Huanhai Desert" west of the Fuyun Mountain Range one month after setting off.

The entire "Huanhai Desert" stretched for nearly one hundred thousand miles from east to west, lying on the only way for the Fuyun Mountain Range cultivation world to reach the "Donghuang Kingdom."

Within the desert, except for a few places with oases suitable for mortals to live, it was all boundless yellow sand for ten thousand miles. There were also many dangerous demonic beasts and very troublesome sand worms in the desert, and the living environment was extremely harsh.

Because few people would come here voluntarily, it had become an excellent hiding place for some demonic cultivators or bandit cultivators avoiding tracking. It was said that even powerful Nascent Soul-level demonic cultivators were hiding here.

Low-tier cultivators below the Jin Dan stage, such as those in the Foundation Establishment and Qi Condensation stages, simply did not have the ability to cross the "Huanhai Desert" alone. To cross this place to reach the "Donghuang Kingdom" cultivation world, they could only rely on large flying boats and spend more than half a year.

Just as the flying boat entered the "Huanhai Desert," Feng He took out a crimson spirit talisman from his body and handed it to Song Qingming behind him, urging him:

"Take this talisman for self-defense first. After entering the depths of the Huanhai Desert, if you encounter any danger that even I cannot solve, you must take care of yourself and do not worry about me!"

"Many thanks for the treasure, Senior!"

Seeing that what Feng He took out was actually a very precious third-tier top-quality spirit talisman, Song Qingming showed a hint of surprise on his face, but he did not stand on ceremony and took it directly.

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Half a year later, outside a market in the southeast corner of the "Donghuang Kingdom" cultivation world, just before the setting sun was about to go down, a green light flew over and stopped a few miles outside the market.

After landing, the green light turned into two figures; they were Song Qingming and Feng He, who had just crossed the "Huanhai Desert."

"Senior! This place is not far from the Donghuang Kingdom. We can just take a break and rest for the night before continuing our journey!"

Feng He at his side nodded slightly upon hearing this and then reminded him, "Once we reach here, don't call me Senior anymore, so as not to be discovered by those with ulterior motives and arouse suspicion. From now on, let's address each other as fellow Daoists!"

"Senior's consideration is still thoughtful. Then, please, Fellow Daoist Feng!" Song Qingming said with a smile and raised his hand to Feng He! The two soon walked toward the market happily.

Song Qingming and Feng He's journey was considered relatively smooth. Although they were harassed by demonic beasts and sand worms many times while crossing the "Huanhai Desert," these did not cause much trouble for their journey and were mostly repelled by the two quickly.

The most dangerous time was encountering a sand worm with strength comparable to a late-stage Jin Dan cultivator, which relied on the terrain and wanted to lead its numerous low-tier sand worms to block the flying carriage driven by Song Qingming and the other.

However, with both Feng He and Song Qingming taking action, after fighting with them for half a day, the late-stage Jin Dan sand worm was still no match and could only leave behind the corpses of hundreds of low-tier sand worms and hide alone in the depths of the sand to escape.

If it weren't for the fact that they disliked that there were not many valuable materials on the sand worm and Song Qingming and Feng He did not want to waste time on it, that high-tier late-stage Jin Dan sand worm would likely not have had such good luck to escape with its life.

After the two hid their cultivation and disguised themselves as two Foundation Establishment cultivators to enter the market, they wandered around inside and soon found a relatively large inn.

Feng He had also been to the "Donghuang Kingdom" cultivation world in his early years and was very familiar with the accent of the cultivators here. After entering the inn, under Feng He's lead, Song Qingming did not say a word, and the two were treated as foreign cultivators who had entered the desert to search for treasures and stayed there.

Unlike the Fuyun Mountain Range, the desert near the "Donghuang Kingdom" cultivation world was relatively lively. Low-tier cultivators from all directions would often enter the desert to search for treasures or cave dwellings left by senior cultivators.

On the way, Song Qingming and the other had already encountered a team of cultivators from the "Donghuang Kingdom" side who had entered the desert to explore and search for treasures.

And this small market opened on the edge of the desert was for the convenience of cultivators here to enter and exit the desert to search for treasures. Those coming and going were all low-tier cultivators in the Qi Condensation or Foundation Establishment stages.

After the two rested for a night in this small market, they left the market early the next morning and continued toward the northwest. After traveling for more than three more days, they officially entered the Liangzhou region of the "Donghuang Kingdom" cultivation world.

Liangzhou could only be considered a small state in the middle-to-lower range among the thirteen states of the "Donghuang Kingdom," but its territory was about half the size of the entire Fuyun Mountain Range cultivation world.

Under the full drive of the flying boat, it took them a full month to cross the entire Liangzhou and enter Ningzhou, the destination of Feng He's trip.

Ningzhou was a large state located in the core area of the "Donghuang Kingdom" cultivation world, about twice the size of Liangzhou, and its size was already very close to that of the Fuyun Mountain Range cultivation world.

The entire Ningzhou territory was the sphere of influence of the "Xianyuan Sect," a top-tier cultivation sect in the "Donghuang Kingdom" cultivation world.

No matter who the foreign high-tier cultivator was, after entering the Ningzhou territory, if they wanted to stay here for a long time, they had to find a way to go to a nearby market controlled by the "Xianyuan Sect" to register their identity and origin so that they could walk around here conveniently.

Otherwise, if something happened here and they encountered law-enforcement cultivators from the "Xianyuan Sect" patrolling outside, and it was discovered that they had not registered their identity in advance and could not explain it clearly, it was possible that they would be directly captured for interrogation and then expelled from the territory.

However, Feng He had long been prepared for this. Not only did he prepare a very suitable identity as a loose cultivator for himself, but he had also long been prepared for Song Qingming, wanting him to hide his identity with him.

Regarding Feng He's arrangement, after thinking it over, Song Qingming declined Feng He's kindness and used his real identity to make a detailed registration for the other party.

This time he came to the "Donghuang Kingdom" cultivation world, not only to help Feng He cross the Tribulation and form the Nascent Soul, but also to travel around here and search for news of "Mount Yuxuan and Taixu Palace."

Therefore, when Song Qingming was alone in the future, he would certainly have to walk around the Ningzhou territory. To prevent others from finding out his identity and bringing unnecessary trouble, Song Qingming chose to register his origin and name in this way.

After doing these things, Feng He brought Song Qingming to the vicinity of "Xianyuan City," the largest city in Ningzhou.

This "Xianyuan City" was located on the east side of Ningzhou, built on a fourth-tier top-quality spiritual vein. It was the largest immortal city under the control of the "Xianyuan Sect" besides the sect gate. There were nearly one hundred thousand cultivators in the city alone, and countless mortals lived nearby.

Although the "Xianyuan Sect" was a premier Soul Transformation sect in the Donghuangxian Continent, compared to other major sects in the "Donghuang Kingdom" cultivation world, the Xianyuan Sect had always been relatively friendly to loose cultivators from all over.

As long as you were a person with a clean background who arrived in "Xianyuan City," whether you wanted to travel around here or wanted to come here to settle down and practice for a long time, as long as you did not violate the rules of "Xianyuan City," you could choose to rent a cave dwelling here to live.

Moreover, "Xianyuan City" did not exclude foreign loose cultivators. As long as you were willing to spend more spirit stones, you could directly practice in seclusion to form a Core or impact the Nascent Soul realm here, and "Xianyuan City" would also provide you with some necessary protection.

Therefore, many loose cultivators in the "Donghuang Kingdom" and even the entire Donghuangxian Continent who could not find a suitable place to practice in seclusion to break through their realm, or cultivators from small sects and cultivation families without any backing, would choose to come here to break through their realm in seclusion.

Not only did they not have to worry about not having enough spiritual energy to break through in seclusion, but they could also get the protection of the "Xianyuan Sect" to prevent their opponents or enemies from knowing the news and coming to block their path.

Seeing Feng He bring him here, Song Qingming initially thought that he was prepared to practice in seclusion to form the Nascent Soul in "Xianyuan City."

Unexpectedly, when they arrived at a mortal town a few dozen miles outside "Xianyuan City," Feng He took the initiative to stop his steps and took out a letter and a white jade token to hand to Song Qingming.

"Little Brother Song, please trouble yourself to run this errand for me and hand these two things to the Shopkeeper of the Tianbao Chamber of Commerce north of Xianyuan City. You just need to hand the things to him; don't ask anything else and don't answer anything either.

After you enter the city, don't be in a hurry to go there immediately. First, wander around the city and see if there is anything you like, then go there after two hours.

You must remember, you must hand it to the Shopkeeper of the Tianbao Chamber of Commerce personally and cannot borrow the hands of others, otherwise, it will ruin the big matter."

Seeing Feng He's cautious appearance, Song Qingming did not ask any more questions, put away the two things in his hand, nodded slightly, and left the small town, walking quickly toward "Xianyuan City."

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During this period, Song Qingming followed Feng He. Although they had entered the "Donghuang Kingdom" cultivation world for nearly two months, the two were in a hurry to travel and had not stopped to wander around when passing through some large markets or immortal cities.

To avoid attracting attention and save some trouble, the places they chose to rest and recover their magic power along the way were basically nearby mortal towns or small markets. This was the first time Song Qingming had come to a large immortal city in the "Donghuang Kingdom" cultivation world.

Although he had already seen the prosperity of "Tiandancheng" in the East Sea, when Song Qingming arrived under Xianyuan City, he was still shocked by the immortal city before him, which was several times larger than "Tiandancheng."

The entire "Xianyuan City" was built against the mountain and by the water, with a length and width of a hundred miles. It was backed by a majestic mountain ten thousand feet high, and there was a large river about a dozen miles wide in front.

Not only was the place larger, but the number of cultivators in Xianyuan City was also far more than all the immortal cities and markets Song Qingming had been to. Just looking at the cultivators queuing to enter the city, Song Qingming only took a rough glance and estimated that there were at least a thousand people.

Unlike the immortal cities and markets Song Qingming had been to in the Fuyun Mountain Range and the East Sea cultivation world, "Xianyuan City" did not have such strict screening and control for foreign cultivators. It only required a simple verification of identity, and even ordinary mortals could enter and exit the city at will.

The only difference was that a giant "Demon-Subduing Formation" was set up at the gate of "Xianyuan City" to deter demonic cultivators. All cultivators and mortals entering and exiting needed to pass through the formation before they could successfully enter and exit the city.

This high-tier "Demon-Subduing Formation" was very convenient; you only needed to walk through it and did not need to stay in it to wait for detection.

Moreover, the effect was far more powerful than the low-tier formations against demonic cultivators that Song Qingming had seen in the past. Even Nascent Soul-level demonic cultivators would find it difficult to pass through the detection of this fourth-tier "Demon-Subduing Formation" smoothly.

Like the Fuyun Mountain Range cultivation world, there were also many demonic cultivators in the vast "Donghuang Kingdom" cultivation world, but the righteous sects in this cultivation world were very powerful, so these demonic cultivators were not so arrogant here.

As a Jin Dan cultivator, Song Qingming still received some respect when entering the city. He did not queue with those low-tier cultivators and mortals to enter the city but took the special passage that only high-tier cultivators above the Jin Dan stage could enter and exit.

After verifying his identity at the city gate, Song Qingming soon obtained a silver ring that could represent his identity in the city, and then passed directly through the "Demon-Subduing Formation" and entered Xianyuan City.

According to Feng He's words, Song Qingming did not rush to find the "Tianbao Chamber of Commerce" first but wandered around the city for a large circle before slowly coming to a street in the north of the city.

After walking a few dozen steps forward, a very lively shop came into view. Song Qingming looked carefully at the surroundings and confirmed that there was only this shop named "Tianbao Chamber of Commerce" nearby, so Song Qingming immediately lifted his legs and walked in.

"Yo! Senior, please come in. Are you here to buy elixirs or spiritual items? We have good things on the second floor. Why don't I take you up to take a look first?"

"No need. I am here because I want to sell a spiritual item. Can I see your Shopkeeper first?"

Although this was Song Qingming's first time in the "Donghuang Kingdom" cultivation world, he had followed Feng He for a period of time recently and had already learned the local accent of the cultivators, so he could communicate with them normally.

Hearing that Song Qingming wanted to sell a spiritual item, the shop assistant, whose cultivation was only in the Qi Condensation stage, felt a little disappointed, but he immediately nodded and replied:

"Oh! Senior, please sit inside for a moment. I will go and notify the Shopkeeper to come and see you immediately."

After speaking, the shop assistant took Song Qingming to a small room next to the hall for guests to rest. Then, less than half a quarter of an hour later, a woman with a charming figure and appearance walked in with a smiling face.

"I am Gan Ruting, the Shopkeeper of the Tianbao Chamber of Commerce. Greetings, Senior!" Although the woman who spoke did not look stunning, her voice was very pleasant.

Song Qingming, who was sitting in the room tasting tea, immediately put down the teacup in his hand upon hearing this and nodded slightly to greet her.

After Gan Ruting sat down beside Song Qingming, she asked enthusiastically, "I just heard the shop assistant below say that Senior wants to sell a spiritual item. I wonder what it is? Senior might as well tell me directly."

Hearing the other party's question, Song Qingming did not rush to answer. He first scanned the surroundings of the room before waving his hand to set up a sound-insulation barrier beside the two.

Seeing Song Qingming so careful, Gan Ruting did not show much strangeness on her face. Apparently, she had encountered such cautious guests more than once.

"Senior, please rest assured. We have set up restrictions outside the room to isolate the spiritual sense of cultivators. Even Jin Dan cultivators cannot release their spiritual sense into this room."

Song Qingming nodded slightly and said, "I am also here entrusted by someone, so I have to be careful. I hope Little Friend does not mind."

After speaking, Song Qingming waved his right hand, and a flash of spiritual light appeared on the table in front of him. Suddenly, a letter and a white jade token appeared, which were the two things Feng He had given him before.

"This is White Feather Jade. Fellow Daoist, where did this item come from?" As soon as her eyes saw the white circular jade token on the table, Gan Ruting's expression changed instantly, and she asked Song Qingming softly.

"I am just a messenger. Since the things have been delivered, I will leave first!"

After Song Qingming replied to the other party calmly, he waved his hand and put away the sound-insulation barrier he had just set up. Without paying any more attention to Gan Ruting, who was looking at him strangely, he walked out directly from her side.

Seeing that Song Qingming refused to say anything more, Gan Ruting did not pursue the questioning. After watching the other party leave, she carefully picked up the two things on the table.

After carefully examining the white jade token for a while, Gan Ruting put away this item and the unsigned letter together, walked out of the room, and came to the hall outside.

"Go to the second floor and tell Shopkeeper Hu that I have something to go out for. Let him make the decisions for the affairs here."

Gan Ruting, who came to the hall, calmly summoned a shop assistant to give instructions before turning and walking out of the Tianbao Chamber of Commerce directly.

After completing the letter-delivery task entrusted by Feng He, Song Qingming did not rush to leave "Xianyuan City." He found another restaurant in the city that looked quite good, patiently tasted a few delicious spiritual foods, and then returned to the mortal town agreed upon with Feng He with some reluctance.

Seeing Song Qingming return, Feng He immediately asked carefully. After learning that everything went smoothly and there were no unexpected situations, he slowly felt relieved.

"Senior Feng He, wouldn't it be fine for you to go to Xianyuan City to practice in seclusion to form the Nascent Soul? Why go to such trouble to ask others for help?" Seeing that Feng He was a bit happy at the moment, Song Qingming took the opportunity to ask the doubt in his heart.

"Haha! You also look at the Xianyuan Sect too simply. The means of these major sects are not as simple as you think. In the past few thousand years, the number of people who have been seized by the Xianyuan Sect is probably no less than a thousand.

Even if I enter the territory of the Xianyuan Sect, I have to be three points careful and dare not show my face at will. You kid, are you not afraid that I will reveal my identity, or do you think your life is too long, to let me go to Xianyuan City to practice in seclusion to break through the Nascent Soul realm?

If this trip were really that simple, why would I need to bring you here specifically!"

"Oh! This junior really didn't know. I hope Senior does not blame me. You said that the Xianyuan Sect could actually find out so many people who seized others. Could it be that they have some special means?" After hearing Feng He's explanation of this matter, a hint of confusion appeared on Song Qingming's face.

Feng He shook his head slightly and sighed, "I have heard many people say that the Xianyuan Sect has caught so many demonic cultivators who seized others when I came to the Donghuang Kingdom last time. It should be true.

As for how they found out, I don't know. What means can a Soul Transformation sect like the Xianyuan Sect have? How can we guess it casually?

However, you don't have to worry too much. I have already planned the affairs here. You only need to help me do some things that are inconvenient for me to show my face. As long as you are slightly careful, there will be no great danger."

Seeing the helplessness on Feng He's face when he mentioned this, Song Qingming was also slightly surprised.

Cultivators who can seize others are at least people who once possessed cultivation above the Jin Dan stage. Regardless of their knowledge, experience, or supernatural means, they are certainly not comparable to ordinary cultivators of the same tier. How could it be so easy for their identity to be discovered easily?

Just like Feng He standing in front of him, although his cultivation is still a Jin Dan ninth-layer cultivator now, as a former Nascent Soul cultivator, his personal supernatural means are far more powerful than the Jin Dan ninth-layer cultivators Song Qingming has seen.

Even if it were the former number one expert of the Xiaoyao Sect, Yao Ganshu, in his peak state, he would not have much chance of winning against the current Feng He. His strength could almost be considered the top expert below the Nascent Soul stage.

Even such a powerful Feng He had to be so cautious here, not even having the courage to enter "Xianyuan City." No wonder he would choose to take the initiative to find him for help.

Song Qingming and Feng He waited patiently in this mortal town for a few more days, and finally, a Jin Dan cultivator took the initiative to come to the door.

After Feng He talked to the other party alone, the two followed the other party and left the small town, coming to a small Daoist temple named "Jinyun Temple" thousands of miles away. (End of chapter)