Chapter 722: Dust settles, small gains (Please vote for monthly tickets)

Seeing this, Song Song Qingming didn't say anything more and immediately flew to follow.

Now that Chen Chen Yurong and the other three have been solved, only the young man who was with the white-haired old man is nowhere to be seen.

After Song Song Qingming and Xia Mo searched the vicinity, they still didn't find the trace of this person. After confirming that there were no other enemies around, the two of them felt relieved to go and rescue the trapped He He Mengxin and Han Han Yutong.

Arriving at the back of the "Luo Yulong Mountain" stronghold mentioned by Wu Xiang, Song Song Qingming and the other searched carefully for a while, and soon discovered a second-tier top-grade array that was running beside a relatively hidden mountain wall.

Both of them are third-tier array masters. Facing a small second-tier array with no one manipulating it, it was naturally a matter of hand. Without spending much effort, Song Song Qingming found the array eye and forcibly broke the grand array in front of him.

Seeing He He Mengxin and Han Han Yutong lying in the grand array still unconscious, Xia Mo also breathed a sigh of relief, took out the bamboo slip that Wu Xiang had just handed to her, and threw it directly to Song Song Qingming.

"Fellow Daoist Song, Junior Sister He and the other were restricted by a secret method in their bodies, and it still needs to be unlocked first. I will trouble you with the next matter."

Seeing Xia Mo hand over the matter of rescuing the restrictions in He He Mengxin and the other's bodies to himself, a trace of doubt flashed in Song Song Qingming's eyes.

Logically speaking, for such a matter of rescuing fellow disciples, Xia Mo should do it herself to be more at ease. Taking the initiative to let him, an outsider, help, couldn't help but make people feel a bit strange.

Before Song Song Qingming could check the scroll, Xia Mo confessed directly to him: "You guessed correctly. I just used the Spirit Transformation Talisman given to me by Master to forcibly raise my cultivation to the half-step Nascent Soul realm. Using this talisman will have some backlash, and it is not suitable to use magic power at will at this moment. Now I can only trouble Fellow Daoist Song."

"Fellow Daoist, don't worry. The scroll contains the method to break the restriction. Just follow it and there won't be any accidents."

From the moment Xia Mo took out that strange silver spiritual talisman, Song Song Qingming saw that she had relied on some secret method to instantly raise her cultivation to a realm close to Nascent Soul.

In the cultivation world, all secret methods that temporarily and forcibly raise a cultivator's strength by a large amount basically have many limitations and side effects.

Xia Mo covered her face with a veil at this moment. Although Song Song Qingming couldn't see anything unusual about her for a while, he could still guess that her state might not be very good at this moment.

Seeing that the other party was so generous and took the initiative to confess to him, without worrying that Song Song Qingming would know her current situation and become greedy and strike at her, a trace of surprise flashed in Song Song Qingming's eyes.

After picking up the scroll and looking at it, Song Song Qingming, thinking of something, asked again: "Fellow Daoist Xia, after Fellow Daoist He and the other wake up later, you should have already thought about how to explain the matter here to the two of them!"

"We just encountered an attack by a group of rogue cultivators, and Senior Brother Wu unfortunately fell in the fierce battle with the other party just now. As for Senior Sister Chen, she never came to this place today."

After Xia Mo replied calmly with a flat tone, she sat down cross-legged on the side, took out a pill and swallowed it, and began to meditate and refine the pill in her body on her own.

Hearing Xia Mo's explanation, Song Song Qingming nodded to her with a smile and didn't say anything more. He placed the scroll directly on his forehead and used his spiritual sense to start exploring the information inside the scroll.

As Xia Mo said, the restriction Wu Xiang used to imprison He He Mengxin and the other was not too complicated. Song Song Qingming just read the scroll carefully once and soon found the method to break it.

Then Song Song Qingming came directly to He He Mengxin's side, manipulated his own magic power to enter her spiritual sea, found the restriction on her body, and slowly unlocked it.

It took less than the time of an incense stick, and He He Mengxin suddenly made a sound in her mouth, followed by her, who had been unconscious for a long time, slowly opening her eyes.

"Fellow Daoist Song, it was actually you who saved me? Eh! Why is Junior Sister Han also here?"

He He Mengxin, who had woken up, saw Song Song Qingming casting a spell beside her, as well as Han Han Yutong lying beside her, and hurriedly asked with some confusion.

After slowly withdrawing his own magic power from He He Mengxin's body, Song Song Qingming shook his head slightly and said: "Fellow Daoist He misunderstood. It wasn't just me who saved you; it was Fellow Daoist Xia who brought Fellow Daoist Han from the Hundred Flowers Palace to save you."

"Fellow Daoist Han just fell into the other party's trap like you, and there is nothing serious. Rest assured, she will be able to wake up in a while."

Hearing Song Song Qingming's explanation, He He Mengxin then followed his finger and saw Xia Mo sitting not far away, and immediately understood and sighed: "The day I left Mount Funiu Mountain, I accidentally fell into an ambush by two thieves halfway in Mount Yunwu Mountain and was captured here. I didn't expect this matter to actually alarm Senior Sister Xia, Junior Sister Han, and Fellow Daoist Song to come and rescue me. I am truly ashamed."

Seeing He He Mengxin still somewhat blaming herself, Song Song Qingming hurriedly comforted her: "You and I are close friends in the first place. Moreover, you had an accident around my Song family. How could I sit idly by when I knew about this?"

"These thieves have been hiding in Mount Yunwu Mountain, and they will inevitably be a disaster for my Song family in the future. Even without your matter, Fellow Daoist, I would have come to their door sooner or later."

"Fellow Daoist Song, have those thieves all been killed by you?"

Seeing the hatred on He He Mengxin's face, Song Song Qingming nodded slightly and continued:

"Fellow Daoist He has just woken up, and her magic power is still empty. It's better to restore her spiritual power first, and I will explain this matter to you slowly later!"

Hearing Song Song Qingming's reminder, He He Mengxin realized that because she had been asleep for a long time, most of her magic power had been lost. She hurriedly checked her waist.

Finding that her storage magic tool was still hanging well on her belt, she, somewhat surprised, hurriedly took out a few spirit stones and a pill from it and started to meditate on the spot to restore her magic power.

Seeing this, Song Song Qingming turned to Han Han Yutong's side and, according to the method just now, successfully lifted the restriction on Han Han Yutong and woke her up.

At this time, Xia Mo, who had been meditating on the side earlier, had also successfully refined the pill in her body and stood up, walking over and simply explaining the battle that had happened before to Han Han Yutong and He He Mengxin, who had just woken up.

Hearing the news that Wu Xiang had fallen, He He Mengxin and Han Han Yutong were both surprised, somewhat unable to believe that the Senior Brother Wu, who had a high cultivation base in their hearts, had already ceased to exist so quickly.

Especially He He Mengxin, who caused this matter, felt incomparably self-blaming in her heart at this moment.

"It's all my fault for leaving the sect without authorization and accidentally falling into the hands of villains, which led to Senior Brother Wu falling here to save me. Senior Sister Xia, how should I explain this matter to the Supreme Elder after I go back?"

Seeing He He Mengxin looking at her, Xia Mo didn't want to explain too much and replied directly: "Junior Sister He, the matter of you leaving the sect without authorization will naturally be investigated by the Law Enforcement Hall after you go back."

"As for Senior Brother Wu falling because of this, it is not your fault. I think Master will not blame you after going back."

After comforting He He Mengxin, Xia Mo's gaze turned to Song Song Qingming on the side, and she took He He Mengxin and the other two to take the initiative to bow to him:

"Fellow Daoist Song, today, thanks to your help, we were able to escape danger and rescue Junior Sister He. Please accept our bow first."

"Junior Sister He's body has not yet recovered, so I want to take her to Chiyan Square to stay for a few days before returning to the East Sea. Can Fellow Daoist Song provide us with some convenience?"

Seeing Xia Mo suddenly being so polite, Song Song Qingming was somewhat surprised and hurriedly waved his hands at them: "Fellow Daoist Xia is too polite. Chiyan Square has never refused outside cultivators. You can do as you please. However, the spiritual energy there is not sufficient. If you don't mind, why not stay at Mount Funiu Mountain for a few days?"

"That's not necessary. We are just staying for a few days until Junior Sister He recovers and then we will leave immediately. This little matter is not a big deal, so we won't go to Mount Funiu Mountain to disturb you." Xia Mo politely declined Song Song Qingming's kindness upon hearing this.

Song Song Qingming didn't force it too much upon hearing this and nodded slightly: "That's fine, then follow your wishes! Please wait a moment, I will go and get something and come over immediately."

After agreeing with Xia Mo and the others, Song Song Qingming returned to the location of the battlefield just now and put away the "Heavenly Dipper Five Elements Array" he had set up.

Also, after the "Yin-Yang Eight Extremes Array" was broken, the damaged array disk left by the white-haired old man on the battlefield, as well as the several array flags nearby, were all collected by Song Song Qingming.

This "Yin-Yang Eight Extremes Array" was indeed damaged a lot when Xia Mo broke the array, but Song Song Qingming studied array techniques, and his current array level is also not low.

As long as he can find suitable materials in the future, there is a great chance that he can try to repair this grand array.

Seeing Song Song Qingming collect the array disks and array flags that were already damaged and useless, Xia Mo also saw that he had the idea of repairing the grand array, and took out two relatively intact array flags she had collected from her body and handed them directly to Song Song Qingming.

"Since Fellow Daoist Song is interested in this array, then you take these first. Your array technique is already so proficient, maybe you will really have a chance to repair this array in the future."

"Hehe! Fellow Daoist Xia is overestimating me. This array is of a high grade, and the materials needed for repair are all hard-to-find things. How can it be so easy to completely repair it?"

"I have always been interested in array techniques in my spare time, and I just thought I could tinker with it in my spare time when I take it back."

Seeing the missing array flags handed over, Song Song Qingming was immediately happy and happily put them into his storage magic tool.

"This array can drive Yin-Yang water and fire, and the high-tier spiritual items needed for repair should also be relatively common water and fire types, which shouldn't be too hard to find."

"I remember that there is just a third-tier top-grade Water Cloud Stone in the sect, which should be useful for repairing this array."

"If you go to the East Sea next time, you can bring a similar spiritual item to the Hundred Flowers Palace, and I can come forward to help you exchange for this item."

Hearing what Xia Mo said, Song Song Qingming was immediately happy and hurriedly bowed: "Oh! In that case, Song will thank the Fellow Daoist first."

"After I go back, I will study this array first to see how much certainty I have in repairing it. If it is really feasible, I will definitely visit your sect next time I go to the East Sea." "Hmm! That's a deal, I will definitely wait for your arrival then."

After saying this, Xia Mo waved her hand and took out the flying vehicle she had used before, took Song Song Qingming and the others, and turned into a ray of escape light and left "Luo Yulong Mountain." — On a barren mountain more than ten miles outside "Mount Funiu Mountain," a young man in white was sitting in a small cave on the east side of the mountain peak, carefully watching the Song family's spiritual mountain not far in front of him.

Suddenly, this young man in white felt something unusual in the storage bag at his waist.

With a solemn face, he hurriedly took out a spiritual talisman that had turned somewhat black from his storage bag.

"Third Grand-Uncle!"

Seeing the spiritual talisman in front of him, which was originally flawless and white, quickly turn into a pile of ashes visible to the naked eye, the young man in white's face changed drastically, revealing a very terrified expression.

This young man in white was named Wu Wu Tianmu, and he was a blood descendant of Wu Xiang on "Wanhu Island."

Just because after Wu Wu Tianmu established his Foundation, he did not choose to join the "Hundred Flowers Palace" but became a rogue cultivator. Except for Wu Xiang, the elder who had supported his cultivation all the way, almost no one in the entire "Hundred Flowers Palace" knew his background.

Therefore, when Han Han Yutong and Xia Mo first saw this person, they also didn't see his true identity.

Seeing the spiritual talisman representing Wu Xiang's life and death turn into ashes, Wu Wu Tianmu was stunned on the spot for a moment, unable to believe it, before he got up and walked out of the cave where he was with a panicked face.

Then he stared tightly at "Mount Funiu Mountain" not far away for a moment, then decisively turned into a ray of escape light and flew directly to the south of Qinghe County, and his figure soon disappeared into the empty horizon.

From leaving "Chiyan Square" to rescue He He Mengxin, to the time Song Song Qingming and the others returned, it had already been six days. Having not received any news from Song Song Qingming, Huang Huang Siyuan, who was guarding "Mount Funiu Mountain," had always been somewhat worried in her heart.

On this day, Huang Huang Siyuan, who was drinking tea alone in the "Huixian Pavilion" on the mountain peak, suddenly saw a white escape light flying toward the mountain peak of Mount Funiu Mountain outside the window, and immediately stood up and focused her gaze on that white light.

Until she saw the white light outside turn into a figure she was very familiar with, Huang Huang Siyuan's face revealed a look of joy, and she hurriedly flew toward mid-air.

"Husband, was your trip smooth!"

Seeing Huang Huang Siyuan coming to greet him, Song Song Qingming hurriedly nodded at her with a smile: "It wasn't demon cultivators causing trouble. We only encountered a few Core Formation rogue cultivators hiding in the depths of Mount Yunwu Mountain."

"Although there were some twists and turns, Fellow Daoist He is fine, and we have already rescued her safely."

Facing Huang Huang Siyuan's concern, Song Song Qingming didn't hide too much and hurriedly told her about what he had encountered with Xia Mo and the others these past few days.

It was just because he had promised Xia Mo in advance that Song Song Qingming didn't mention a word about the later matters of Wu Xiang and Chen Chen Yurong, directly attributing all things to that white-haired old man.

"Oh! That's good then. You didn't send any news back these past two days, and I thought something had happened to you. If you didn't come back, husband, I'm afraid I would have gone to the sect to report this matter tomorrow."

"Speaking of which, these bandit cultivators are really bold, daring to hide in Mount Yunwu Mountain and do such evil things. If you hadn't discovered them in advance, husband, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to sleep peacefully, and I don't know when we would have suffered their bitterness..."

"Rest assured, everything over there has been completely solved by us, so you can rest assured and go back to sleep peacefully." Song Song Qingming chuckled and took Huang Huang Siyuan back to the mountain peak.

Having gone through several sudden changes in recent days, although Song Song Qingming was not injured in the great battle, his heart had always been very tense. Only until this moment, when he returned home and heard Huang Huang Siyuan's words of concern, did he truly relax.

Fortunately, although he was secretly plotted against this time, Song Song Qingming did not encounter any major danger. In the end, he not only returned safely but also had small gains, which could be considered a comfort in the unexpected.

Thinking that he had brought back a storage magic tool of a late-stage Core Formation cultivator, Song Song Qingming, who was originally somewhat tired, also revealed a look of relief on his face.

A few days later, in the cave dwelling on the peak of "Mount Funiu Mountain."

Song Song Qingming, who was casting a spell on a black jade ring, moved his magic power and quickly cast a spell on the black jade ring in front of him.

As a ray of golden spiritual light slowly covered the jade ring, until a "ding-ling" sound like a wind chime rang out, Song Song Qingming immediately took the black jade ring into his hand with an expectant face.

After returning to "Mount Funiu Mountain" and resting well for two days, Song Song Qingming finally started to try to open the white-haired old man's storage magic tool.

Although the white-haired old man's array level was not low and he had set many restrictions on his storage magic tool, for Song Song Qingming, who was also a high-tier array master, these were not difficult things.

It only took a whole day for Song Song Qingming to successfully break all the restrictions on the black jade ring and open this storage magic tool he had been looking forward to.

Just as Song Song Qingming poured out all the spiritual items inside the black jade ring, the clanging sound of spirit stones colliding alarmed Huang Huang Siyuan, who was meditating and cultivating in the cave dwelling on the side.

Seeing that Song Song Qingming had finally achieved his wish and opened his spoils of war, Huang Huang Siyuan, who was somewhat curious in her heart, immediately followed and walked over.

"Wow! How can a rogue cultivator have so many spirit stones? You have made a fortune this time, husband!"

Seeing the sparkling spirit stones piled up like a small mountain in front of her, Huang Huang Siyuan, who had just arrived beside Song Song Qingming, couldn't help but shout in surprise.

Song Song Qingming was also somewhat surprised to see so many spirit stones collected from the white-haired old man's storage bag at once.

Although the other party was a late-stage Core Formation cultivator and his family wealth would certainly not be very low, the total of nearly a hundred thousand spirit stones still somewhat exceeded Song Song Qingming's expectations.

But on second thought, this white-haired old man was invited by Wu Xiang and Chen Chen Yurong to help deal with Xia Mo, and the two of them must have spent a lot of price on this person to get him to make a move, so it's not strange that there would be so many spirit stones.

After sorting out these spirit stones, among the spiritual items left by the white-haired old man, the more valuable ones were two magic treasures that reached the third tier.

One of them was a flying sword that Song Song Qingming saw him use when fighting him, which was third-tier top-grade. The other magic treasure was of lower quality, only third-tier mid-grade, and had no particularly powerful magical powers.

Originally, the white-haired old man also had a third-tier mid-grade defensive magic treasure with good defensive magical powers, but unfortunately, in the final battle, when resisting Xia Mo's attack, it was slashed into two by the flying sword in her hand and completely destroyed.

However, even so, Song Song Qingming was already very satisfied to get two magic treasures of not low quality. Just the total value of these two magic treasures was at least fifty or sixty thousand spirit stones.

Although these two magic treasures were of no great use to Song Song Qingming, who already possessed better quality magic treasures, Huang Huang Siyuan and Song Song Qingyu and the others would still be able to use them in the future.

In addition, Song Song Qingming also scavenged a few third-tier spiritual talismans from inside, as well as a set of third-tier low-grade array that was of relatively average quality, which were relatively valuable spiritual items, adding up to another twenty or thirty thousand spirit stones.

Other pills and some trivial spiritual items were all common things on the market, and adding them all up would only be worth a few thousand spirit stones.

There were also a few ordinary Core Formation stage cultivation techniques and secret methods, as well as some array classics that looked like they were compiled by the white-haired old man himself, which Song Song Qingming could only put aside for now.

The white-haired old man's array level was no lower than Song Song Qingming's, and the array classics he wrote were still somewhat useful for Song Song Qingming to improve his array level.

Song Song Qingming could not use the Core Formation stage cultivation techniques, but he could put them into the family treasury for other younger clansmen to cultivate.

Although the Song family currently does not lack cultivation techniques for the Qi Condensation and Foundation Establishment stages, there are not many cultivation techniques for the Core Formation stage. The family has accumulated for hundreds of years and only has a few brought back by Song Song Qingming from outside.

Among these cultivation techniques and classics, Song Song Qingming also found a scroll of "Blood Shadow Escape Method" that he was very interested in.

Before fighting with the white-haired old man, Song Song Qingming had seen with his own eyes that the other party used it, and the speed improvement was no slower than Song Song Qingming's "Nine Palaces Meteor Escape."

Song Song Qingming, holding the scroll, immediately put it away separately. In the future, he also wanted to try to cultivate it to see if he could use this secret method to improve his escape speed a bit more.

These cultivation techniques and classics were all very useful things, but there was no way to take them out and sell them directly, so they could not be converted into spirit stones for price calculation for the time being.

After careful estimation by Song Song Qingming and Huang Huang Siyuan, excluding these cultivation techniques and secret methods, all the things on the white-haired old man, plus those hundred thousand spirit stones, totaled nearly three hundred thousand spirit stones.

For a late-stage Core Formation cultivator, although this wealth cannot compare with ordinary large sect disciples, it is definitely considered relatively wealthy among rogue cultivators, which is why Huang Huang Siyuan's face was full of joy.

After sorting out all the spiritual items on the table, Song Song Qingming took out the mid-grade flying knife magic treasure on the white-haired old man and handed it directly to Huang Huang Siyuan on the side.

"Huang Siyuan, this magic tool has the same attribute as your cultivation technique, it's just right for you to use, you take it first."

"I was a bit tempted when I saw this magic treasure just now. Since you took it out voluntarily, husband, I won't refuse and will take it."

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