Chapter 711

Still the same as a hundred years ago, the "Star Sect" also invited many cultivators from nearby sects to come here this time. Song Qingming and the others just walked casually on the streets of the workshop and saw more than a dozen Jin Dan cultivators who were also here to participate in the Assembly.

In order to prepare for this once-in-a-century "Star Assembly," the Star Sect also made full preparations. The shops in the workshop also took out many precious spiritual items that were hard to see in normal times, attracting many cultivators who arrived here in advance to go out and purchase them.

Song Yuanfang and the others who followed were coming to a large-scale workshop like "Seven Star Workshop" for the first time. For a time, they were also firmly attracted by the many rare spiritual items in the workshop.

Before the "Star Assembly" even opened, the always impatient Song Yuanhao had already spent most of the spirit stones he brought with him.

Song Yuanfang and Huang Leqing's couple also went out early and returned late every day, gaining quite a bit of knowledge in the workshop. They were lucky and also bought a second-tier top-quality elixir that could assist in breaking through the Foundation Establishment late-stage cheaply in a shop.

Except for Zhao Mengling, who had been in seclusion to heal her injuries after arriving at "Guyang Pavilion," the other Jin Dan cultivators who came together also went out to stroll around.

Zhang Tieyang was even more reluctant to leave the workshop all day, spending quite a few spirit stones on his few Dao companions. Such generous behavior also drew a burst of praise from Song Qingming, Chu Fengping, and the others.

On the night before the "Star Assembly" opened, not beyond Song Qingming's expectation, Chu Fengping took the initiative to come to the door again, inviting him to go to "Dengyun Tower" together to participate in the Jin Dan cultivator exchange society.

Having a rare opportunity to get along with many cultivators of the same tier, Song Qingming also didn't refuse, taking Huang Siyuan to go to the appointment, accompanied by Fang Baixuan and Xu Ziyuan.

Zhao Mengling's main purpose for coming to the Wu Guo this time was to find healing spiritual items at the auction, and she was not very interested in such small exchange societies.

Zhang Tieyang happened not to be in the room, having been entangled by his few Dao companions to go out to play somewhere. Chu Fengping couldn't notify him all at once and had to give up.

After the group arrived at the top floor of "Dengyun Tower," they found that there were already more than twenty Jin Dan cultivators sitting inside, among whom there were quite a few familiar people Song Qingming knew.

A few years ago at "Guiyun Workshop," the Great Elder Wei Xuanping of the "Zhenyang Sect," who had fought side by side with Song Qingming and the others, saw Song Qingming and the others walking over and immediately took the initiative to greet them with the two fellow apprentice brothers behind him.

The person responsible for organizing this exchange society was a Jin Dan late-stage cultivator of the "Star Sect." Seeing Chu Fengping bringing Song Qingming and the others, he also immediately came up to greet them and arranged for Song Qingming and the others to sit on the side.

I don't know if it was because it was organized by the Star Sect, but compared to the exchange society Song Qingming participated in a hundred years ago, there were quite a few more Jin Dan cultivators who came this time, a full fifty or more, and just Jin Dan late-stage cultivators came seven or eight.

Because basically all were cultivators and loose cultivators from sects near the east side of the Floating Yunshan Range, many people present knew each other or had heard of each other's reputation.

As soon as the exchange society began, the many Jin Dan cultivators sitting in the hall immediately started to chat with each other, exchanging some cultivation insights.

On Song Qingming's side, just as he wanted to take Huang Siyuan to greet a few Jin Dan cultivators he knew, a man in black walked toward him.

"Fellow Daoist Song, Fellow Daoist Chu, it has been many years since we last met, and the cultivation bases of the two Senior Brothers have improved again. I didn't expect that Fellow Daoist Huang had also successfully formed her Jin Dan. This is truly a matter for congratulations."

The man in black who spoke was Liu Zongping, a Jin Dan Elder of the Star Sect who had received the life-saving grace of Song Qingming and Chu Fengping back then.

After decades of not seeing each other, Liu Zongping's cultivation base had also advanced by leaps and bounds from the Jin Dan second layer to the Jin Dan sixth layer realm, catching up with Chu Fengping, who had formed his Jin Dan a hundred years earlier than him, which also surprised Song Qingming and the others for a while.

Seeing Liu Zongping take the initiative to come over, Chu Fengping hurriedly introduced Xu Ziyuan and Fang Baixuan behind him to the other party. The group chatted for a long time before separating.

"I really didn't expect that in less than a hundred years since forming his Jin Dan, his cultivation base would improve so quickly, and he has already caught up with Junior Brother Chen. It seems that the Star Sect has added another talent who can impact the Nascent Soul bottleneck."

Just after Liu Zongping left, Chu Fengping on the side sighed immediately, seemingly very optimistic about Liu Zongping's future Dao path.

Xu Ziyuan, who was on the side, couldn't help but say after hearing this: "Senior Brother Chu doesn't know. This Liu Zongping is the personal disciple of Senior Elder He of the Star Sect. He can cultivate so fast, mostly because of Senior Elder He's support."

"Oh! He is Senior Elder He's personal disciple. No wonder we could get courteous treatment from the Star Sect when we saved him last time. So that's how it is. We haven't heard of this matter. How did Junior Sister Xu know about it?"

Xu Ziyuan hurriedly smiled and replied: "I hadn't seen him before either. It was when I came to the Wu Guo with Senior Sister Bai last time that I inadvertently learned about this from an Elder of the Star Sect."

"This Liu Zongping acts very low-key in the Star Sect and likes to travel outside often. It's actually normal that you, Senior Brother Chu, haven't heard of his affairs."

Hearing Xu Ziyuan's explanation, Song Qingming paid a bit more attention to Liu Zongping in his heart. This guy's cultivation speed was so fast, and he had a Nascent Soul teacher supporting him behind his back. Most likely, he would also impact the Nascent Soul bottleneck like Bai Yuxian in the future.

For such a person who had the opportunity to step into the Nascent Soul realm in the future, Song Qingming naturally had to pay more attention. Maybe he would have times when he needed people's help in the future.

After the group exchanged with each other in the hall for about half an hour, the exchange society also entered the next stage, and cultivators began to go on stage to exchange spiritual items with each other.

This time, because there were many people, the spiritual items everyone took out were relatively better than last time, and some even directly took out precious spiritual items of the level of beast king inner cores, wanting to exchange for a handy magic treasure, which caused a burst of commotion among the cultivators present.

However, although the cultivators present took out many good things, they were basically third-tier mid-to-low-grade spiritual items. There were not many that were useful to Song Qingming, this Jin Dan late-stage cultivator.

After an exchange society, Song Qingming himself didn't exchange for any good things, just used a few high-tier spiritual herbs in his hand to exchange for a relatively handy third-tier mid-grade magic treasure for Huang Siyuan.

After the exchange society ended, Song Qingming and the others just walked down from upstairs, intending to leave "Dengyun Tower."

Unexpectedly, just as his steps were about to step out of the door, a sound transmission suddenly flew into Song Qingming's ear, making him stop his steps all of a sudden.

"Siyuan! I still want to stroll around here. You and Senior Brother Chu go back first."

Seeing the words spoken by Song Qingming with a smile beside her, Huang Siyuan was also a bit confused. Just as she was about to ask, Song Qingming gave her a reassuring look, making the words in Huang Siyuan's mouth fall back without being spoken.

"Junior Brother Song, what's good to stroll around here? You wouldn't be greedy again after smelling something good, would you!" Chu Fengping, who was walking in front, heard Song Qingming's words and teased with a smile.

Having known Song Qingming for many years, Chu Fengping and Xu Ziyuan both knew that he was a greedy person. Seeing that Song Qingming still wanted to stroll around, they first thought that he might have smelled some delicious food in "Dengyun Tower."

Seeing this, Song Qingming smiled and didn't deny it. After waiting for Chu Fengping and the others to leave first, he turned back alone!

Returning to the hall of "Dengyun Tower," Song Qingming asked a waiter, and soon under his guidance, he arrived outside a private room on the second floor of the building.

After knocking on the door, a response soon appeared inside. Song Qingming opened the door and walked in upon hearing this.

Seeing a familiar figure sitting in front drinking alone, Song Qingming carefully closed the door and hurriedly walked up to bow respectfully to the other party with a smile.

"Senior Feng He! It's been many years, I really didn't expect to meet you here."

Just now, when Song Qingming left "Dengyun Tower," it was because he heard Feng He's sound transmission that he turned back alone. He also didn't expect that Feng He, who had been separated for many years, would appear in this "Dengyun Tower."

Feng He, who was drinking alone, saw Song Qingming and hurriedly waved his hand with a smile, then signaled him to sit down first and poured him a cup of spirit wine.

"Not bad! In just a few decades, your cultivation base has also improved quite a bit, and you have already broken through to the Jin Dan late-stage. It seems that you have obtained quite a few opportunities in the Donghuang State!"

"Senior is joking. Junior just traveled and had some insights, and only improved my cultivation base after returning. Compared to Senior, my cultivation speed is really not worth mentioning."

"With four-spirit-root aptitude, being able to cultivate to the Jin Dan late-stage in a little over a hundred years after forming the Jin Dan, you are indeed the one with the best cultivation talent among all the pseudo-spirit-root cultivators I have ever seen. You don't need to be humble with me about this, kid."

"However, on the path of cultivation, every step upward will be more difficult. How far your Dao path can go in the future, I can't guess too much, it still depends on your personal opportunity and comprehension."

"Maybe one day you can also break through the Nascent Soul realm and rank among our peers. It's just that I don't know if I will have the opportunity to see that day."

After Feng He finished speaking, he picked up the wine glass in his hand and drank it down in one gulp.

Hearing Feng He's praise, Song Qingming didn't be too humble this time. After nodding slightly, he also picked up the wine glass and poured the spirit wine inside into his mouth.

After the two drank a few cups, Song Qingming took the initiative to ask Feng He: "Senior! You came to Seven Star Workshop at this time, it shouldn't be specifically to find me, right? Could it be that there is something in this Star Assembly that you can use?" The "Star Assembly" held by the Star Sect, although it is already the largest trading society in the Floating Yunshan Range, the spiritual items that appear in it are basically spiritual items below the third-tier, which can only attract Jin Dan cultivators like Song Qingming.

Like the fourth-tier spiritual items useful to Nascent Soul cultivators like Feng He, even if the "Star Sect" has them, basically it is impossible to take them out for auction actively. Seeing that Feng He is interested in coming here, Song Qingming is also a bit confused in his heart.

Hearing Song Qingming's question, Feng He always had a calm expression on his face. After thinking for a while, he replied: "What you said is right. I came here this time indeed for something. It's just that the thing I want is of no great use to my cultivation. It's not strange that you can't think of it."

"Senior came to find me, it wouldn't be that you want me to help you bid for this item, right!"

Seeing the doubt on Song Qingming's face, Feng He directly shook his head and smiled: "It's been so many years, can't you change this suspicious nature of yours? Don't worry, since I dare to come here, I naturally made full preparations. Those two old ghosts of the Star Sect have a cultivation base of at most Nascent Soul mid-stage, so it's impossible for them to notice me. This matter doesn't need your help."

"Today I happened to run into you by chance. There is nothing special to find you for. If you don't believe me, you can leave now. I will definitely not keep you."

Song Qingming replied with an embarrassed smile: "Haha! Senior misunderstood me. Junior just wanted to ask if there is anything I can help with, not just worrying about these things."

Feng He's eyes turned, and he replied with a smile: "If you want to help, there will definitely be opportunities in the future. But now I don't need you. When the time comes, I will naturally come to find you without you worrying! By the way, the Heavenly Gang Five-Element Array I gave you last time, have you repaired it, or have you already dealt with it?"

"Senior's Heavenly Gang Five-Element Array?" Facing Feng He's sudden change of topic, Song Qingming was also stunned for a moment before reacting. His right hand touched the storage magic treasure, and the "Heavenly Gang Five-Element Array" used by Feng He when he crossed the Nascent Soul thunder tribulation was taken out.

"This array, I have already repaired most of it, but Junior's current array level is still slightly worse. Plus, there are a few high-tier materials that haven't been collected, so it has only been restored to the third-tier mid-grade level."

"If Senior thinks it's useful, just take it."

Since he got this "Heavenly Gang Five-Element Array" from Feng He back then, Song Qingming had been searching for materials to repair this array for decades.

However, because one of the main high-tier materials needed was very hard to find, Song Qingming hadn't found that material until now, and could only restore it to the third-tier mid-grade level. The array power was still quite different from its peak period.

Feng He glanced at the "Heavenly Gang Five-Element Array" in Song Qingming's hand and didn't choose to take this item, but waved his hand at him, signaling Song Qingming to take it back.

"Being able to repair this array, it seems that your array level has improved quite a bit. Just keep this item here for now. If it can be completely repaired in the future, maybe I can borrow it."

"This item should be useful for you to repair this great array. Just take it. I hope that the next time we meet, you have already successfully repaired the Heavenly Gang Five-Element Array."

After Feng He finished speaking, there was another golden ore the size of an egg in his hand, which he sent to Song Qingming's hand.

"Third-tier top-quality refining jade stone! Senior, since you have this item on you, why didn't you give it to me earlier." Seeing the golden ore in Feng He's hand, Song Qingming's face was happy, and he hurriedly took it.

This "refining jade stone" is exactly the main material for repairing the great array that Song Qingming had been searching for. He didn't expect that he had been searching for decades without success, but it still came to him specially sent by Feng He.

"Haha! I obtained this item after I came back, it's not that I deliberately wanted to deceive you. Fortunately, you didn't sell this array in advance. Since you can still use this item, it's not too late to give it to you now. It can be considered as making the best use of everything."

Looking at the "refining jade stone" in his hand, Song Qingming nodded to Feng He with a very confident expression:

"Hmm, Senior, rest assured. With this main material, give me some more time. After the remaining materials are collected, even if I don't have much certainty in repairing this array, I can ask other array masters to help."

"Since that's the case, as long as you have confidence!"

After Feng He replied, he raised the wine glass in his hand again and said:

"It's been decades since we last met, it's rare that we can run into each other. Today I came to find you, besides giving you this thing, the main purpose is to have a drink with you. It shouldn't bring you any trouble, right!"

"Senior, what are you talking about? Being able to drink with Senior Feng He, Junior is begging for it!" After Song Qingming put away the "refining jade stone" in his hand, he immediately picked up the wine glass on the table.

The two hadn't seen each other for many years, and over these years, they had each experienced quite a few things. They chatted in "Dengyun Tower" until late at night before separating and leaving. —— The next day, because the "Star Assembly" officially opened, the entire "Seven Star Workshop" became even more lively. Early in the morning, thousands of cultivators poured into the workshop, blocking the entire street.

Chu Fengping and Li Wutong had experienced the first seven days of free trading societies, knowing that basically no high-tier spiritual items would appear there, so they were not interested in this.

After Song Qingming accompanied Huang Siyuan and took a few family younger generation to stroll for two days, he also felt it was boring, so he sent some spirit stones to Song Yuanfang and the others, letting them go to the workshop to search for spiritual items themselves, while he and Huang Siyuan stayed in "Guyang Pavilion" to hide for a few days of leisure.

Among the Jin Dan cultivators who came together, only Zhang Tieyang, because he didn't catch up with the "Dengyun Tower" exchange society a few days ago, regretted it very much. Recently, he had been taking his few Dao companions to stroll in the workshop all day, fearing that he would miss any good spiritual items.

However, this guy's luck was indeed quite good. After strolling for seven days in a row, on the last day of the free trading society, he really bought a third-tier low-quality spiritual herb cheaply, which could be considered a small gain.

On the last three days of the Assembly, the "Auction" that Song Qingming and the others were most concerned about finally began.

On the first day, almost all the Jin Dan cultivators in the workshop automatically gathered at the "Auction" site, and Song Qingming and the others also arrived early at the VIP hall on the second floor arranged for them.

"There are really quite a few Jin Dan cultivators coming to this auction. What good things did the Star Sect take out to attract so many Jin Dan experts to come here."

Seeing more and more Jin Dan cultivators appearing around the second floor, among whom there were at least seven or eight Jin Dan peak experts, Song Qingming's curiosity also became stronger and stronger, and he couldn't help but ask Chu Fengping on the side.

Seeing this, Chu Fengping also nodded with a smile:

"Senior Brother Song might not know yet. I heard that a very special precious spiritual item will appear at this auction, which may be related to impacting the Nascent Soul realm. It's no wonder that so many Jin Dan experts came here."

"Things related to breaking through the Nascent Soul realm, could it be a fourth-tier spiritual item? How could the Star Sect suddenly take out such precious things." Hearing Chu Fengping's reply, Song Qingming was even more confused.

A few days ago, he had just met Feng He, and he couldn't understand how a Nascent Soul cultivator like him would come to participate in the "Star Assembly." Unexpectedly, he heard this very shocking news from Chu Fengping today.

However, even so, Song Qingming still didn't dare to believe that the "Star Sect" would really take out fourth-tier or higher spiritual items related to breaking through the Nascent Soul realm at the upcoming auction.

It wasn't just Song Qingming. Zhang Tieyang and Fang Baixuan on the side, hearing the news from Chu Fengping, also showed a trace of surprise, obviously they were also a bit incredulous.

Seeing Chu Fengping and Song Qingming discussing this matter, Li Wutong, who led the team this time, also nodded slightly: "Junior Brother Chu's words are right. When I was talking with a good friend a few days ago, I also heard about this from him."

"However, this should be news that the Star Sect deliberately released in advance to attract surrounding Jin Dan cultivators to participate in the Star Assembly. Eight or nine out of ten, there is a discrepancy and it cannot be taken as true."

Just after Li Wutong finished speaking, Zhang Tieyang immediately nodded: "Senior Brother Li's words are right. Although I am participating in the Star Assembly in the Wu Guo for the first time, I have long heard of this auction."

"In the past, although the Star Sect occasionally took out fourth-tier spiritual items, most of them were useless things that had little effect on improving cultivation.

If there were things related to improving the Nascent Soul realm, they would definitely be kept for their own people. How could they be willing to take them out for direct auction? I think it must be that they deliberately released news to bluff people."

Seeing that Li Wutong and Zhang Tieyang didn't quite believe this news, Chu Fengping laughed: "Before seeing the things, I think everyone doesn't need to be so anxious to draw conclusions. Anyway, the Star Sect must be different from the past this time."

"Regardless of whether the news they released is true or false, so many experts came here today. If there really are Nascent Soul formation spiritual items, I'm afraid it's not very likely to fall into your or my hands. We'll just watch the fun."

"Hmm! Senior Brother Chu is right. So many Jin Dan peak experts came to this auction this time, they must all be here for this spiritual item. Who knows who will get it in the end." Xu Ziyuan smiled and sighed after speaking, and shifted everyone's focus to the auction site.

Before long, a Star Sect Elder who hosted the "Auction" came to the stage.

According to the old rules, after mentioning some rules of the auction to everyone, this "Auction" host soon announced the start of the auction session.

However, the result of the first day of this auction made Song Qingming a bit disappointed. Although the "Star Sect" also took out many good things, they were basically no different from the last "Star Assembly," and no spiritual item that Song Qingming could look up to appeared.

Except for the many Foundation Establishment cultivators who followed, among these Jin Dan cultivators, only Huang Siyuan and Xu Ziyuan each took out a third-tier spirit talisman, while others rarely opened their mouths to bid, all watching from the sidelines. (End of chapter)