Chapter 710: Change of Power, Living Transparently (Please Subscribe)

Two days later, outside the Merit Pavilion of Mount Guyang.

After receiving the letter sent by Xu Ziyan early in the morning about departing for the Wu Kingdom, Song Qingming led Huang Siyuan and the others to gather here with Xu Ziyan and the others, and boarded the sect's large flying boat for transporting supplies.

This time traveling to the Wu Kingdom, the Merit Pavilion happened to need to transport a batch of supplies to "Seven Star Workshop," so Xu Ziyan arranged for everyone to take the sect's large flying boat together.

Traveling this way, although slower than controlling their own flying boat, it was safer, and it was nothing more than wasting a few more days.

Not long after Song Qingming and the others boarded the flying boat, Li Wutong, Chu Fengping, Zhao Mengling, and Fang Baixuan also arrived here one after another.

Seeing that Song Qingming's cultivation had broken through to the seventh level of Core Formation so quickly, everyone showed a look of surprise and stepped forward to congratulate him one after another.

Song Qingming had only achieved Core Formation for a little over a hundred years, and for his cultivation to break through to the seventh level of Core Formation so quickly, only Bai Yuxian and Chen Xuanxin could do it in the Carefree Sect.

Although Law Enforcement Elder Li Wutong's cultivation had also reached the seventh level of Core Formation, it took him two hundred years to reach this realm, which was still much worse than Song Qingming.

Seeing that Song Qingming had caught up with him in cultivation, Li Wutong was also filled with emotion and could not help but be shocked by Song Qingming's cultivation speed.

When he first met Song Qingming, the other party was just a small Qi Refining cultivator standing in front of him trembling. In less than two hundred years, Song Qingming had actually cultivated to a realm on par with him.

Compared to Li Wutong's shock, Chu Fengping and Zhao Mengling showed a bit more envy.

Both of them had achieved Core Formation for more than two hundred years and could be considered veteran Core Formation cultivators who had achieved Core Formation for many years in the "Carefree Sect."

It was just that both of their cultivations were still stuck at the sixth level of Core Formation, stuck in the middle stage of Core Formation and unable to advance further.

Now seeing that Song Qingming had broken through to the seventh level of Core Formation ahead of them, Chu Fengping and Zhao Mengling were also very envious of Song Qingming's cultivation speed. After boarding the flying boat, they immediately stepped forward to exchange cultivation insights on breaking through to the late stage of Core Formation with Song Qingming.

Fang Baixuan, who achieved Core Formation the latest, although his current cultivation was only at the second level of Core Formation, seeing the three of them discussing breaking through cultivation realms, also took the initiative to join in, humbly standing by and listening to Song Qingming explain his experience in breaking through cultivation.

After the group chatted on the flying boat for half an hour, a streak of light suddenly flew over and landed under the flying boat. Not long after, a middle-aged man with a slightly fat figure walked onto the flying boat with a smile, accompanied by several women in gorgeous clothes.

Seeing Zhang Tieyang walking in front, Song Qingming and the others hurriedly stopped their conversation and turned their attention to him.

Zhang Tieyang, who had just arrived on the flying boat, seeing that everyone was already there and it seemed like only he was missing, being a person who always acted relatively smoothly, hurriedly stepped forward to apologize to everyone: "Sorry! Zhang came a step late and kept everyone waiting for a long time. I am truly ashamed and hope that all Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters will not blame me!"

Zhao Mengling, standing in front, waved her hand immediately upon hearing this: "Hehe! We are all fellow apprentices, how can we care about such small matters? Junior Brother Zhang, your words are too distant."

After Zhang Tieyang greeted Song Qingming and the others, he signaled the three women behind him to step forward and greet everyone one by one.

In Zhang Tieyang's active introduction, everyone learned that these young and beautiful women he brought were all his Dao companions who had been with him for many years, and they could not help but give him a meaningful look one after another.

In the cultivation world, it is not strange for high-level cultivators with some status to marry a few low-level beautiful female cultivators. Present were not only Zhang Tieyang; when Song Qingming cooperated with Chu Fengping to refine pills, he often went to his cave dwelling and had seen several Dao companions beside Chu Fengping.

However, it was somewhat uncommon for someone like Zhang Tieyang to like to bring many wives and concubines with him when going on a long journey, which showed that he really liked these Dao companions of his.

"Since everyone is here, I will send someone to inform Junior Sister Xu, and we should be able to set off immediately."

Seeing that Zhang Tieyang had arrived, Zhao Mengling turned and sent a sound transmission to the disciple behind her. Soon, someone went to inform Xu Ziyan, who was counting spirit items in the cargo hold under the flying boat.

Not long after, at Xu Ziyan's order, the flying boat slowly rose from the ground to the high sky, then passed through the protective array of "Mount Guyang" and flew rapidly towards the southwest.

After the flying boat started moving, everyone did not stay outside too much. After greeting each other, they soon returned to the rooms Xu Ziyan had arranged for everyone on the flying boat to rest.

Song Yuanhao and the others, who were leaving the Wei Kingdom for the first time, were all excited looking at the fresh scenery outside the window, gathering together to discuss the fresh things outside they had heard about before.

After the flying boat left the Wei Kingdom, it headed south all the way and soon entered the vast "Taiyue Lake."

Located in the middle of the Fuyun Mountain Range cultivation world, "Taiyue Lake" is also a dangerous place where monsters run rampant. Deep in the lake, there are cave dwellings built by Nascent Soul monster emperors, and few cultivators dare to approach there.

Whenever there is a beast riot, the monsters in "Taiyue Lake" will also attack nearby countries and sects under the drive of high-level monsters. The Wu Kingdom, Pei Kingdom, and other surrounding countries are also deeply harmed.

However, the number of monsters here is much smaller compared to the monster army coming south from the northern border, and the riot will generally end completely in about a year.

When Song Qingming first went to the Wu Kingdom, he traveled directly through the lake with Yao Ganshu and others. Walking this road would definitely run into some monsters, and even Core Formation monster kings were very likely to be encountered, which was relatively more dangerous.

However, this time because the "Carefree Sect" group set off early and was not in a hurry, Xu Ziyan did not let the flying boat travel directly through "Taiyue Lake," but chose a safer route along the lake shore.

The flying boat had only been moving for a few days when Song Yuanfang, who had been guarding the door in turns, suddenly knocked on the door of the room where Song Qingming was practicing alone. After going out and asking, he learned that it was Zhang Tieyang, who was acquainted with him, who had come to visit.

Seeing this, Song Qingming hurriedly asked Song Yuanfang to arrange tea and went to the door to greet him personally.

Zhang Tieyang was originally a loose cultivator. After achieving Core Formation, because he had many Dao companions and descendants, he had been living without a fixed place, so he had the idea of finding a third-level spirit mountain to create a cultivation family.

However, in the cultivation world, spiritual veins above the third level located in the human territory are, without exception, basically controlled by major sects and cultivation families above the Core Formation level.

It was obviously not easy for Zhang Tieyang to obtain a spiritual vein from them, but cultivating a third-level spiritual vein outside by himself would require at least a hundred thousand spirit stones, which was something he, a Core Formation cultivator of loose cultivator origin, could not easily take out.

Over the years, Zhang Tieyang had been searching for spirit mountains nearby without success. Finally, during the beast riot a few years ago, he got a rare opportunity. After agreeing to help deal with the monsters, he successfully joined the "Carefree Sect" and became a guest elder of the sect.

Later, after the "Carefree Sect" defeated the monster army and recovered the lost territory, Zhang Tieyang was ordered to go directly to "Iron Immortal Fort" to help the Hu family guard this place.

Therefore, Zhang Tieyang soon brought his Dao companions and clan descendants to the Wei Kingdom and completely took root in "Iron Immortal Fort," creating a new cultivation family here.

This was also the promise the "Carefree Sect" made to Zhang Tieyang when they invited him to help deal with the monster army.

After Zhang Tieyang went to "Iron Immortal Fort," with the cooperation of the sect, he quickly began to repair the damaged spirit mountains and workshops, reorganized the cultivation families under his command, and soon controlled the entire "Iron Immortal Fort."

With him, a Core Formation cultivator, sitting in town, the defense line of "Iron Immortal Fort" against monsters immediately recovered, and even "Mount Tuoyun" nearby took the initiative to get closer to Zhang Tieyang. In the past few years, they had not sent letters to the Song family for help again.

The Hu family, who originally controlled "Iron Immortal Fort," had only Foundation Establishment cultivators left who could speak after Hu Qingyun, the fake Core Formation ancestor, was seriously injured in "Guiyun Workshop" and went into seclusion to heal. Their prestige in "Iron Immortal Fort" had plummeted and they could only stand aside.

Now, the person who manages the big and small affairs of "Iron Immortal Fort" has gradually become Zhang Tieyang, who just moved in not long ago, and the Zhang family he just created.

After Hu Qingyun successfully achieved Core Formation, the Hu family was in charge of the most important spiritual vein in the northwest of the Wei Kingdom, "Iron Immortal Fort," for the sect, and was infinitely glorious for a time, even surpassing the Zhao family of Donglin County, which also had fake Core Formation cultivators, and had a momentum of being on par with the Qinghe Song family in the northeast.

I didn't expect that the Hu family had only been in charge of "Iron Immortal Fort" for a few decades when the beast riot arrived and "Iron Immortal Fort" was captured by the monster army. The family not only lost a large number of cultivators and mortals, but even their ancestor, Hu Qingyun, was seriously injured.

Even if Hu Qingyun's injuries heal in the future, they will face the suppression of Zhang Tieyang, a fourth-level Core Formation cultivator, in "Iron Immortal Fort." The Hu family's days will certainly not be the same as before, and they will inevitably begin to decline.

Fortunately, the change of power in "Iron Immortal Fort" this time was not too bloody. As long as the Hu family is willing to take the initiative to make concessions, Zhang Tieyang dare not make things too difficult for them due to the influence of the sect.

Song Qingming just opened the door and found that it was not only Zhang Tieyang who came, but even his three Dao companions were standing outside the door with him. He was also somewhat surprised and didn't know if he had anything to do when he came to find him.

"Hehe! Senior Brother Song, I came to visit because I had nothing to do. I wonder if Senior Brother has time to let us bother you for a while!" As soon as they met, Zhang Tieyang, who always had a smile on his face, immediately bowed and saluted.

"Junior Brother Zhang, what are you talking about? You and I have known each other for many years and are now fellow apprentices. There is no need to be so distant. Come in and sit down, everyone!" Seeing this, Song Qingming hurriedly reached out and invited Zhang Tieyang and the others into the house.

As soon as they entered the door and sat down, Zhang Tieyang immediately asked the three Dao companions who followed him to step forward and greet Song Qingming one by one. Although Zhang Tieyang himself looked average, his Dao companions were somewhat outstanding in appearance, and their cultivation had all reached the Foundation Establishment realm.

Coming to visit for the first time, and being the other party's Dao companions, Song Qingming was also somewhat embarrassed, so he hurriedly took out a few second-level spirit talismans from his body as a meeting gift for the other party.

After the group chatted in the hall for a few words, Zhang Tieyang looked around and suddenly asked: "Senior Brother Song, why don't I see Senior Sister Huang?"

"Siyuan is meditating and practicing in the inner room. Junior Brother Zhang, do you have anything to find her for?"

Zhang Tieyang smiled and nodded directly: "During the last beast riot, I was lucky enough to kill a monster king with Senior Brother Jin. Afterwards, the sect rewarded me with a monster king inner core.

I came here to ask Senior Sister Huang if she could use this item to help me refine a furnace of pills to increase some cultivation."

Seeing that Zhang Tieyang came to ask Huang Siyuan for help in refining pills, Song Qingming was slightly stunned for a moment before replying immediately: "Junior Brother Zhang contributed to the sect and killed the monster king, so it is only natural to receive these rewards.

However, for this pill refining matter, Junior Brother should go to Senior Brother Chu first. His pill refining technique has broken through to the third-level middle grade, and the chance of success will be greater. Siyuan has only just advanced to a third-level pill refiner not long ago, and I am afraid that if she doesn't do it well, she will waste the monster core in your hand."

"Hehe! Junior Brother Song doesn't know. During this beast riot, the sect harvested a large number of pill refining materials, and Senior Brother Chu has been busy refining pills for the past few years and has no time at all.

I have already looked for him several times, but I haven't been able to get a definite answer. To tell you the truth, I came to you to find Senior Sister Huang because Senior Brother Chu personally opened his mouth to introduce me." After Zhang Tieyang finished speaking, he also smiled somewhat awkwardly.

During this beast riot, the "Carefree Sect" killed more than a dozen monster kings, and the sect's treasury was also piled up with various high-level monster materials, which was indeed enough to keep Chu Fengping, the pill refiner, busy for a while.

Hearing Zhang Tieyang's explanation, Song Qingming immediately understood and nodded: "Oh! So that's how it is. Since Junior Brother came to the door, I certainly can't let you run for nothing.

However, I don't understand the art of pill refining, so whether I can help with this matter depends on Siyuan. Junior Brother Zhang, wait a moment, I will ask them to invite her over immediately."

After Song Qingming finished speaking, he immediately gave a wink to Song Yuanfang, who was standing by, and asked him to invite Huang Siyuan, who was meditating and practicing, to come out.

"Hehe! With Senior Brother Song's words, I can rest assured. This time for pill refining, I have already collected all other auxiliary materials, and I also have a copy of the pill formula here. I just need a third-level pill refiner.

Speaking of which, I envy Senior Brother Song for having Senior Sister Huang, a third-level pill refiner, as a virtuous helper. Mount Funiu will definitely continue to flourish, and I may have to rely on Senior Brother Song and Senior Sister Huang for care in the future."

"Junior Brother Zhang, your words are wrong. Now that you have joined the sect and are in charge of Iron Immortal Fort, the benefits you can get are much more than this barren place of my Mount Funiu, and you will definitely be able to make some achievements in the future."

"Sigh! Senior Brother Song doesn't know. Iron Immortal Fort was ravaged by monsters before and is already a ruin. Just repairing those workshops and mines has cost me a lot of spirit stones.

The sect is urging me every day to speed up the restoration of Iron Immortal Fort's operation, and those people from the Hu family are deliberately not cooperating with me. I am now like sitting on pins and needles, caught in a dilemma." After Zhang Tieyang finished speaking, he sighed slightly at the corner of his mouth.

Seeing this, Song Qingming smiled and waved his hand: "Hehe! Junior Brother has only just taken charge of Iron Immortal Fort, don't be so anxious. Some things still need to be done slowly.

Junior Brother Zhang can successfully achieve Core Formation and has so many good companions, living such a carefree life, why envy me, a person who practices hard?"

Hearing what Song Qingming said, Zhang Tieyang looked at the Dao companions sitting beside him and nodded with a smile: "Senior Brother Song's words are right. Thinking of me, a person of loose cultivator origin, my aptitude is naturally not comparable to those direct disciples of major sects. Being able to have today's achievements is already not a wasted life.

Since ancient times, how many people can walk the path of longevity? A person like me with dull aptitude doesn't want to waste his life on such boring cultivation. It's better to be carefree, so as not to regret it in the future."

In the cultivation world, although most cultivators are dedicated to the Dao and will not be too greedy for external things like wine, lust, wealth, and anger, so as not to shake their hearts of seeking the Dao.

However, there are also many high-level cultivators like Zhang Tieyang who, after having a certain status, begin to live transparently and love to marry wives and take concubines to enjoy life.

Although Song Qingming's heart for seeking the Dao is very firm, he does not oppose Zhang Tieyang's idea.

After all, the path of cultivation is too difficult. Let alone cultivating to ascend to the upper world, even the Nascent Soul realm can block most of the Core Formation cultivators like them. Cultivating for a lifetime, everyone cannot just be for the illusory longevity! Just as the two were talking, Huang Siyuan, who received Song Yuanfang's message, had already arrived at the outer living room. Seeing her walking over, Zhang Tieyang, who was sitting in the chair, hurriedly got up and stepped forward to salute.

"Seen Senior Sister Huang!"

Huang Siyuan immediately returned the salute upon seeing this, and then said softly: "Yuanfang told me just now. I don't know what kind of pill Junior Brother Zhang wants to refine. Can you show me the pill formula first!"

Hearing this, Zhang Tieyang had a flash of spiritual light in his hand, and a bamboo slip appeared, which he then sent directly to Huang Siyuan's hand.

"I obtained this pill formula twenty years ago when I was traveling in the Southern Heaven Sea Alliance. I have also collected all the auxiliary medicinal materials needed to refine the pill.

However, because I didn't have a monster core in my hand before, I haven't found anyone to try refining this pill. Senior Sister Huang, please see if you can open the furnace to refine this pill."

Huang Siyuan placed the Foundation Establishment pill in front of her and carefully probed it with her spiritual sense before nodding to Zhang Tieyang: "There is no problem with this pill formula. As long as the pill refining materials are fully prepared, there should be a 70-80% chance of refining it.

If Junior Brother Zhang is at ease, you can leave this pill formula with me first, let me study it, and I can open the furnace to refine the pill after I go back."

"Oh! Then thank you, Senior Sister Huang. If this pill can be refined into two or more, I am willing to take one out as a reward. I hope Senior Sister will not dislike it."

Seeing that Huang Siyuan agreed to help refine the pill, Zhang Tieyang was also very happy, stepped forward to bow and thank her again, and then left with his Dao companions with satisfaction.

In the next month or so of the flying boat's journey, Song Qingming did not take the initiative to go out much. Instead, Zhao Mengling and Chu Fengping, who wanted to ask him for advice, came to the door several times one after another to exchange cultivation insights with Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan.

Although Chu Fengping's cultivation had just broken through to the sixth level of Core Formation and it had not been long, there was still a distance from cultivating to perfection and attempting to break through to the late stage of Core Formation.

However, Chu Fengping was only three hundred years old and still had plenty of lifespan, and he was a third-level middle-grade pill refiner himself, which could be considered the Core Formation elder in the sect who was least short of cultivation pills. Without any accidents, it should not be difficult for him to break through to the late stage of Core Formation.

But how long it would take for him to successfully break through, and whether his cultivation could go further to touch the bottleneck of condensing the Nascent Soul, this was hard to say.

Although Zhao Mengling's cultivation had reached the peak of the sixth level of Core Formation, her lifespan had already exceeded four hundred years, and she was injured in the beast riot a few years ago and had not fully recovered yet.

This time traveling to the Wu Kingdom to attend the "Star Assembly," Zhao Mengling, like the former Sect Master Yao Ganshu, had the biggest goal of looking for high-level pills for healing, so that her injuries could recover faster and not delay her path too much.

Although both were at the sixth level of Core Formation, theoretically both had hope of cultivating to the peak of the ninth level of Core Formation to attempt the Nascent Soul bottleneck.

But from the perspective of personal path prospects, Zhao Mengling was not as good as Chu Fengping, who had lower cultivation. Even the bottleneck of the late stage of Core Formation, which was right in front of her, she might not have the opportunity to break through.

Song Qingming finally solved the puzzles for the two of them, making Chu Fengping and Zhao Mengling return satisfied. I didn't expect that on the second day, Zhang Tieyang also came. On this day, Song Qingming, who was meditating and practicing in the room, suddenly heard a sound transmission fly in, so he hurriedly opened his eyes, ended his meditation, and walked out.

"Seventh Great-Uncle, Senior Sister Xu just sent someone to pass a message that we have already arrived in the Wu Kingdom."

Hearing Song Yuanhao's report, Song Qingming immediately walked to the window and took a look. Although he hadn't been to the Wu Kingdom for decades, Song Qingming recognized the unique scenery of the Wu Kingdom outside at a glance.

"Since we have already entered the Wu Kingdom, we should arrive at Seven Star Workshop in at most a day or two. You go and inform Yuanfang and the others, let everyone pack their things and be ready to get off the boat at any time."

Although this trip to the Wu Kingdom took a few more days, it went very smoothly all the way, and they didn't encounter many monsters, which also made everyone feel that their luck on this trip was really quite good.

A day later, the flying boat successfully arrived outside "Seven Star Workshop." After Xu Ziyan handed over the invitation sent by the "Star Gate," everyone soon entered the workshop.

Still the same as before, the Carefree Sect group first stayed in the "Guyang Pavilion" arranged by the sect, waiting for the upcoming "Star Assembly" to open.

Although there was still more than half a month before the "Star Assembly" was held, "Seven Star Workshop" had already become lively.

After settling down, Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan took the Song family group and soon followed the crowd to the workshop to see if there were any spirit items they needed to buy.