Chapter 747: Nascent Soul Celebration, Visit from Ten Thousand Spirit Sect

Huang Siyuan heard this, waved her hand, took out a white jade bottle from the storage magic tool on her body, and handed it directly to Song Qingming in front of her.

"This is what I refined according to the secret recipe given by Senior Wind Ape. Although the process is a bit complicated, the difficulty of refining one is not high. The remaining spirit water in our hands can refine about four or five more."

"Oh! This is a happy event, but I don't know the effect of this item, whether it can really be as Senior Wind Ape said, and can improve the cultivation realm of Golden Core spirit beasts."

Song Qingming picked up the jade bottle and opened it to see that the "Ten Thousand Spirit Dew" inside had turned golden after refining, and the spiritual energy emitted was several times richer than before.

"How about the effect, just try it and you will know. Red Flame’s cultivation has already broken through to the third level of Golden Core, so it can just refine it and see. If it can help it break through to the middle stage of Golden Core in one fell swoop, it won't be a waste of this item."

Huang Siyuan patted the spirit beast bag at her waist gently, and a figure that was "red" all over immediately jumped out from inside. It was Huang Siyuan’s spirit beast, "Red Flame."

When Huang Siyuan first subdued "Red Flame," the other party had just entered the Golden Core stage not long ago, and its cultivation was only at the first level of Golden Core.

However, ever since it followed Huang Siyuan, this guy had swallowed a lot of pills refined by Huang Siyuan and "Ten Thousand Spirit Dew" all these years, and its cultivation speed was much faster than ordinary demon beasts outside.

Under Huang Siyuan’s careful cultivation, "Red Flame’s" cultivation did not disappoint, and it had successfully broken through to the third level of Golden Core, not much lower than its master, Huang Siyuan.

When Song Qingming last saw "Red Flame," it was at the peak of the second level of Golden Core. He did not expect that in just a few months, this spirit beast of Huang Siyuan had actually broken through to the third level of Golden Core, and a hint of surprise appeared on his face.

"Hey! When did this guy break through its cultivation."

"Hmph! I am not that stupid snake you raised, which cultivates so slowly and only knows how to eat."

Seeing the arrogant words in "Red Flame’s" mouth, Song Qingming, who had long been accustomed to its arrogant color, took advantage of its unpreparedness and grabbed "Red Flame" with a smile, placing it in front of his eyes and observing it carefully with his spiritual sense.

"It was able to break through its cultivation this time, thanks to the Blazing Fire Bead given by Senior Wind Ape. It was not far from breaking through before, and this time refining the spirit bead, its luck was not bad, and it just happened to break through to the third level of Golden Core."

"It’s not all a matter of luck. After all, it has already opened its intelligence in advance, and the effect of refining spiritual items is indeed stronger than that of ordinary spirit beasts.

If it can break through to the middle stage of Golden Core with the Ten Thousand Spirit Dew in your hand this time, its path will be much better than that of ordinary demon beasts. In the future, it will at least be able to cultivate to the peak of Golden Core and become a Golden Core expert like Senior Wind Ape."

After Song Qingming finished speaking, he touched "Red Flame" a few times before sending it back to Huang Siyuan’s hands, who looked unwilling.

Huang Siyuan’s fighting ability among middle-stage Golden Core cultivators was not too weak. If "Red Flame" could also break through to the middle stage of Golden Core.

With a middle-stage Golden Core spirit beast helping, if the two of them joined forces to face ordinary late-stage Golden Core cultivators in the future, they should also be able to fight, and their strength would not be much worse than Song Qingyu, who cultivated the sword path.

It’s a pity that the cultivation of Song Qingming’s two spirit beasts, "Ice Fire Dragon" and "Heavenly Fire Peng," were still stuck at the late stage of Foundation Establishment and had not successfully broken through to the Golden Core stage, so they could not yet use the refined "Ten Thousand Spirit Dew" to improve their strength.

It was the spirit insects "Golden Illusion Butterfly" that had already advanced to the Golden Core stage on Song Qingming’s body that could try to see if they could use this item to break through their cultivation realm.

No matter what the effect was, as long as Huang Siyuan refined the remaining spirit water, they would know the result then.

After returning the "Ten Thousand Spirit Dew" in his hand to Huang Siyuan, Song Qingming took out the invitation he had just received from the sect and told her about the "Nascent Soul Celebration" that the sect was going to hold for Bai Yuxian in a month.

"Husband, why don't you and Qingyu go this time? I will go to White Lion Ridge to sit in town for a few days, so as not to have any movements from the demon beasts in the north."

Seeing that Song Qingming meant to take her along, Huang Siyuan originally wanted to refuse and give the opportunity to attend the celebration to Song Qingyu, who had been guarding "White Lion Ridge."

She did not expect that just after she opened her mouth to express her thoughts, Song Qingming immediately shook his head: "You can all go with me this time, don't worry about the affairs of White Lion Ridge.

Senior Sister Bai’s Nascent Soul Celebration will only last for a few days, and there is nothing unusual in Giant Spirit Mountain recently. Just leaving for a few days will not be a big deal.

Moreover, White Lion Ridge is now equipped with two third-level Flying Cloud Crossbows, and Changze and the others have the third-level magic array I gave them. Even if Qingyu is not there, the defensive strength is not bad.

As long as it is not the Giant Elephant Demon King coming out in full force, ordinary one or two Golden Core Demon Kings do not have the ability to break through the mountain-protecting array in a short time. We don't have to worry too much about this."

Ever since conquering "White Lion Ridge," although the Giant Elephant Demon King, who was entrenched in "Giant Spirit Mountain" in the north, had always been brooding over the Song family’s expansion of territory to the north.

He often sent his subordinate demon beasts to harass the vicinity of "White Lion Ridge," wanting to prevent human cultivators from taking root nearby.

However, the Song family had Song Qingyu, this Golden Core Old Ancestor, sitting in town, and had been developing quite stably, without letting the demon beast side take any advantage.

Ever since the great battle at "Mount Guyang" half a year ago, because Bai Yuxian had broken through to the Nascent Soul realm, the demon beasts in the north of the Wei Kingdom had suddenly become much quieter. In the past half a year, the Giant Elephant Demon King had not sent any large-scale demon beast army south.

Seeing that Song Qingming had already made arrangements in his heart, Huang Siyuan did not say much more and nodded directly in agreement.

After Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan agreed on this matter, the two discussed the gifts they were going to send and returned to the cave dwelling together.

Time flew by, and soon it was a month later.

Early this morning, the entire "Mount Guyang" began to become lively, and it was already decorated with lanterns and colored banners everywhere. At the mountain gate, more than a dozen cultivators wearing "Carefree Sect" costumes stood in a row, preparing to welcome guests coming from all directions.

Most of these cultivators welcoming guests at the mountain gate were Foundation Establishment disciples of the "Carefree Sect" with high cultivation.

Among them, a young man sat to the side early. This person was wearing a black-red Daoist robe, and there was a layer of five-colored auspicious light on it, looking extraordinary. It was Fang Baixuan, this Golden Core Elder of the sect.

The reason why even Fang Baixuan, this Golden Core Elder of the sect, could come to the mountain gate to welcome guests was because today was the "Nascent Soul Celebration" of Bai Yuxian, the Supreme Elder of the "Carefree Sect," and it was also a rare grand event for the entire sect in nearly a thousand years.

Ever since Li Mu condensed the Nascent Soul six hundred years ago, the "Carefree Sect" had not had anyone break through to the Nascent Soul realm for six hundred years, until the appearance of Bai Yuxian, this genius, gave "Mount Guyang" the opportunity to hold a Nascent Soul celebration again.

In order to prepare for Bai Yuxian’s "Nascent Soul Celebration," the entire "Carefree Sect" had also prepared for nearly a year for this.

Not only did they invite many cultivators within the borders of the Wei Kingdom to attend the celebration, but they also sent out invitations far and wide, inviting all the large and small sects in the surrounding areas. Even some sects located far to the east of "Taiyue Lake" received invitations.

Li Mu’s purpose in doing this was naturally to show the sect’s strength to the surrounding major sects by taking advantage of Bai Yuxian’s Nascent Soul condensation, so as to make some preparations for the future development of the "Carefree Sect."

In the entire cultivation world of the Floating Cloud Mountain Range, except for the "Ten Thousand Spirit Sect" of the Qin Kingdom and the "Starry Sky Gate" of the Wu Kingdom, other sects had at most one Nascent Soul Old Ancestor.

Now that the "Carefree Sect" had a second Nascent Soul cultivator, the sect’s strength had greatly increased, and its status in the cultivation world of the Floating Cloud Mountain Range could already be ranked directly after the two sects above.

Upon learning the news that the "Carefree Sect" was holding a Nascent Soul celebration, the nearby large and small sects immediately sent people rushing to the "Carefree Sect."

Fang Baixuan and the others had just prepared at the mountain gate, when several rays of light immediately flew from the sky, all of whom were cultivators holding invitations to attend the celebration.

Seeing this, those Foundation Establishment disciples who had been standing to the side immediately took the initiative to greet them, checked the invitations, and registered the names and gifts of the guests, before bringing them to the sect’s "Guest Peak" to rest, preparing to attend the upcoming Nascent Soul celebration.

As the sun in the sky slowly rose, the crowd, who had been busy for nearly an hour, suddenly saw a white ray of light fly from the north and land at the mountain gate.

As the white light slowly dissipated, Song Qingming directly put away the "Phantom Boat" to the side, and then brought Huang Siyuan and Song Qingyu together and walked toward Fang Baixuan’s position.

"Greetings, Senior Brother Song, two Senior Sisters!"

"Greetings, Junior Brother Fang, you have worked hard today."

Seeing Fang Baixuan rushing over, Song Qingming and the three hurriedly cupped their hands in return, and then took out several wrapped spiritual items and sent them directly to the Foundation Establishment disciples standing to the side.

Seeing this, Fang Baixuan immediately stepped forward and reached out to stop them.

"Senior Brother, two Senior Sisters, we are all our own people, why be so polite? If I accept these spiritual items, I am afraid that Senior Sister Xu will blame me in the future. Please take them back, Senior Brother Song, lest Senior Sister blame me for not handling things well."

"What is Junior Brother Fang saying? These spiritual items were sent by me on behalf of the family, not gifts from the three of us personally. Why is it difficult for the General Affairs Hall to accept them?

Could it be that Junior Sister Xu can say that my Mount Funiu Song family is not a vassal of the sect and is not qualified to send gifts." After Song Qingming finished speaking, he waved his hand at Baixuan and looked at the Foundation Establishment cultivator standing to the side, signaling the other party to quickly take the spiritual items sent up and register them.

Hearing Song Qingming’s explanation, Fang Baixuan, who originally wanted to block, hurriedly put away his hand and nodded with a smile: "Oh! So it turns out that I misunderstood, Junior Brother. Please don't blame me, Senior Brother Song. We will accept these spiritual items first.

Senior Brother Song, two Senior Sisters, please follow me to the Carefree Hall to rest for a while. Senior Uncle Bai is already over there." "Then I will trouble Junior Brother Fang!"

After registering the spiritual items, Song Qingming and the three followed Fang Baixuan all the way to the outside of the "Carefree Hall."

Just as they arrived at the door, Song Qingming saw Xu Ziyan and Chu Fengping, who were busy, hurriedly stepped forward to greet them, and then followed Xu Ziyan into the hall and came before Bai Yuxian, who was sitting in the upper seat.

"Congratulations to Senior Uncle Bai for the Nascent Soul completion. This small spiritual item is just a token of our respect, and I hope Senior Uncle will not mind."

After the three stepped forward and bowed, Song Qingming took out a wooden box as a gift from the three of them and sent it before Bai Yuxian.

Bai Yuxian opened the wooden box and looked at it, finding that it was a third-level middle-grade spirit herb of great value, and immediately nodded to Song Qingming with a smile: "Today is the celebration, so I won't stand on ceremony with everyone. I will return the gift to you when I have the opportunity another day!"

Seeing Bai Yuxian accept the spirit herb, Song Qingming and the three bowed again and then came to the seats arranged by Xu Ziyan and sat down.

This time, the "Carefree Sect’s" once-in-a-millennium Nascent Soul celebration had many people coming to attend, so the sect arranged for those with Foundation Establishment cultivation to stay at the "Guest Peak" first.

Only cultivators above the Golden Core realm who came to attend the celebration would be led directly to the "Carefree Hall."

When Song Qingming and the three arrived here, except for many Golden Core Elders of the sect in the hall, there were not many outside guests.

However, in less than half an hour, more than a dozen Golden Core cultivators arrived one after another at the door, all of whom were cultivators from major sects or Golden Core immortal clans around the Wei Kingdom.

Among them, there were many friends that Song Qingming had known when he attended the "Starry Sky Assembly" before. After seeing each other, Song Qingming hurriedly stood up and greeted them.

After noon, as the people in the hall slowly increased, many familiar friends also sat beside Song Qingming and the three.

Among them, an old man wearing a green Daoist robe was Wei Xuanping, the Great Elder of the "True Yang Sect," who had fought side by side with Song Qingming at "Guiyun Workshop."

Everyone was a Golden Core cultivator with similar cultivation, and encountering such a rare opportunity, they naturally wanted to exchange their cultivation insights with each other. Soon, Song Qingming and Wei Xuanping began to toast each other.

As the Great Elder of the "True Yang Sect," although Wei Xuanping’s cultivation had already reached the ninth level of Golden Core not long ago, his lifespan was only more than a hundred years left. Theoretically, he already had no opportunity to break through to the Nascent Soul.

However, as a Golden Core cultivator, even if he knew the hope was slim, no one could easily give up the opportunity to condense the Nascent Soul.

Seeing Bai Yuxian, who was sitting in the upper seat and had just successfully broken through to the Nascent Soul, Wei Xuanping was also very envious, and the tone of his conversation with Song Qingming occasionally revealed a yearning for the Nascent Soul realm.

Just as the crowd in the hall was sitting together chatting, several cultivators suddenly walked in at the door. The leader was an old man with an immortal air, Yang Fengyu, the Nascent Soul Supreme Elder of the "Heavenly Extreme Sect" in the Shangyang Kingdom in the southeast of the Wei Kingdom.

"We welcome Senior Yang!" Seeing this person appear, Song Qingming and the dozens of Golden Core cultivators present hurriedly stood up and bowed to the person who came.

Facing the crowd’s salute, Yang Fengyu nodded slightly, and then, under the respectful guidance of Xu Ziyan to the side, walked directly toward the upper seat of the hall where Bai Yuxian was.

As a Nascent Soul sect in the eastern part of the Floating Cloud Mountain Range, the "Heavenly Extreme Sect" of the Shangyang Kingdom and the "Carefree Sect" of the Wei Kingdom had always had a relatively good relationship. Decades ago, during the demon beast turmoil, it was Yang Fengyu, this Nascent Soul fifth-level cultivator, who led people to rescue the Wei Kingdom in time, helping the "Carefree Sect" finally guard the northern direction of "Guiyun Workshop."

Seeing Yang Fengyu arrive, Li Mu and Bai Yuxian, the two Nascent Soul cultivators who were already sitting in the upper seat, hurriedly stepped forward to greet them.

"I never expected that Fellow Daoist Yang would take time out of your busy schedule to come to Mount Guyang to attend Junior Sister Bai’s Nascent Soul celebration. It is truly an honor for our sect."

Seeing the two, Li Mu, Yang Fengyu hurriedly cupped his hands in return: "Fellow Daoists, I have greetings! Hearing that Fellow Daoist Bai has successfully formed the Nascent Soul, such a happy event, how could I miss it? This is a spiritual item I obtained when I was traveling abroad years ago. I hope Fellow Daoist Bai will not mind. Once again, congratulations to you for stepping into the Nascent Soul Dao!"

After speaking, Yang Fengyu let a Golden Core cultivator of the "Heavenly Extreme Sect" who came with him open a wooden box that had been prepared long ago. Soon, a golden jade bamboo slowly floated out from inside.

As soon as this golden jade bamboo appeared, it immediately attracted the attention of everyone around, and soon a burst of exclamations came from not far behind Song Qingming.

"Hey! It’s actually a third-level high-grade spirit bamboo. If this item is taken outside, it can be worth at least tens of thousands of spirit stones. The Heavenly Extreme Sect really has a big hand this time."

"Sigh, Fellow Daoist Guo, this is wrong. The Heavenly Extreme Sect is a Nascent Soul sect after all. How can they be as stingy as us when coming to attend Senior Bai’s Nascent Soul celebration.

It’s just a third-level high-grade spiritual item, which is not a rare spiritual item for them."

"..."

Although Song Qingming did not know the specific use of this jade bamboo, through the discussion of the people around him, he could also roughly see that the value of this spiritual item was not low, and it was probably worth at least thirty or forty thousand spirit stones.

Yang Fengyu, the Nascent Soul Supreme Elder of the "Heavenly Extreme Sect," came in person and sent such a heavy gift as soon as he came up, which was clearly with some sincerity, wanting to show their good relationship with the "Carefree Sect" in front of others.

"Fellow Daoist Yang, being able to come is giving me a great face. Why be so polite? Please take the seat!"

Seeing the gift sent by Yang Fengyu, Bai Yuxian hurriedly accepted it with a smile, and then invited him to sit in the upper seat of the hall with Li Mu.

After the people of the "Heavenly Extreme Sect" arrived, the cultivators of the other two Nascent Soul sects on the east side of the Floating Cloud Mountain Range, the "Spirit Hidden Sect" and the "Starry Sky Gate," who came to attend the celebration, also came to the "Carefree Hall" one after another, offering a gift of equal value to Bai Yuxian.

Among them, the one who came from the "Starry Sky Gate" this time was not He Wuyou, who protected Bai Yuxian last time, but another Nascent Soul Supreme Elder, Zheng Zitong, who led the team.

The only Supreme Elder of the "Spirit Hidden Sect," Situ Yan, did not come because he was in seclusion and had not yet come out. The one representing the "Spirit Hidden Sect" was Cheng Bufan, an old acquaintance of Song Qingming.

A hundred years ago, when Song Qingming went to participate in the "Tongtian Tower" trial, Cheng Bufan’s cultivation had already broken through to the ninth level of Golden Core. Now that more than a hundred years had passed, his cultivation was still stuck at the peak of Golden Core and had not been able to go further to break through to the Nascent Soul realm.

At this time, Cheng Bufan had a hint of the vicissitudes of time on his face, and the whole person had become much older. He had long lost the high-spirited appearance he had at the beginning, and seeing Bai Yuxian sitting in the upper seat of the hall, he was also full of envy.

Cheng Bufan, like Bai Yuxian, was a Nascent Soul seed fully supported by the sect before.

It’s just that compared to Bai Yuxian, who had successfully broken through the realm, stepped into the Nascent Soul Dao, and stood at the top of the cultivation world, Cheng Bufan had failed twice in Nascent Soul formation, and the status between the two was already worlds apart.

Song Qingming, sitting not far away, saw Cheng Bufan’s lonely appearance now and could not help but feel a burst of emotion in his heart.

Although Song Qingming’s cultivation was only at the eighth level of Golden Core and he had not yet tried to break through to the Nascent Soul.

However, on the road of cultivation all these years, Song Qingming had seen too many cultivation geniuses like Yao Gianshu and Cheng Bufan, who finally fell at the step of condensing the Nascent Soul, which also made him deeply realize the hardship of the Nascent Soul Dao.

After a cultivator breaks through to the Nascent Soul realm, not only can he stand at the top of this cultivation world, but he can also enjoy a thousand years of lifespan, all of which make countless cultivators yearn for it.

But in the entire cultivation world of the Floating Cloud Mountain Range, the cultivators of all countries add up to at least hundreds of thousands, and the cultivators who can step into the Nascent Soul realm are only a dozen or so.

Among them, I don't know how many cultivation geniuses like Yao Gianshu and Cheng Bufan, even if their path was smooth before the ninth level of Golden Core, were equally difficult for them at this Nascent Soul hurdle.

Just when Song Qingming was lost in thought, Xu Ziyan, who had been welcoming guests at the door of the hall, suddenly walked in quickly, came directly to Li Mu, cupped her hands and said softly: "Reporting to Senior Uncle Li, Senior Uncle Bai, Senior Chu of the Ten Thousand Spirit Sect has come to visit and is waiting at the mountain gate."

"The sect didn't send an invitation to the Ten Thousand Spirit Sect, why did they come suddenly?" Hearing Xu Ziyan’s report, Bai Yuxian, sitting to the side, immediately showed a hint of confusion.

The "Ten Thousand Spirit Sect" was located in the Qin Kingdom on the west side of the Floating Cloud Mountain Range, and its relationship with the "Carefree Sect" and many other sects on the east side had always been somewhat discordant. This time, the "Carefree Sect" held a Nascent Soul celebration for Bai Yuxian and did not specifically invite them, so when Bai Yuxian heard the news that the "Ten Thousand Spirit Sect" had come suddenly, she showed a look of confusion.

Yang Fengyu and Zheng Zitong, who were sitting in the upper seat of the hall, also heard what Xu Ziyan said, and their gazes focused on Li Mu’s face, wanting to see his attitude toward dealing with this matter next.

Li Mu thought for a moment, then replied calmly: "Today is a happy day for the sect. No matter whether we invited them or not, since they have come, they are guests. Let them in first!"

After obtaining Li Mu’s consent, Xu Ziyan hurriedly nodded and answered, then left the hall quickly, and before long, led a team of cultivators and walked in again.

Among the cultivators who walked in, the leader was a young woman in palace attire. Although her appearance was not as stunning as Bai Yuxian’s, she was also one of the few beautiful women among female cultivators.

As soon as this woman in palace attire walked into the hall, she immediately took the initiative to step forward and cupped her hands toward Li Mu and Bai Yuxian, who were standing in front of her: "Chu Lingyun of the Ten Thousand Spirit Sect, greetings to the two Fellow Daoists!"

"Greetings, Fellow Daoist Chu. I wonder what brings you here today?"