Chapter 747: Nascent Soul Celebration, visit from Wanling Sect

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

"This was refined by me according to the secret recipe given by Senior Ye Fengyuan. Although the process is a bit complicated, the difficulty of refining one is not high. The remaining spiritual water in our hands is enough to refine four or five more."

"Oh! This is indeed a happy event, but I don't know the effect of this thing. Is it really as Senior Ye Fengyuan said, that it can improve the cultivation realm of Jin Dan spirit beasts?"

Song Qingming picked up the jade bottle and opened it, discovering that the "Wanling Dew" inside had turned golden yellow after refining, and the spiritual energy emitted was several times richer than before.

"Try it and you will know the effect. Red Flame's cultivation has now broken through to the third layer of Jin Dan. It can just happen to refine it and see. If it can help it break through to the mid-stage of Jin Dan in one fell swoop, it won't be a waste of this thing."

Huang Siyuan patted the spirit beast bag at her waist, and a "red" figure jumped out from inside; it was Huang Siyuan's spirit beast, "Red Flame."

When Huang Siyuan first subdued "Red Flame" back then, the other party had just advanced to the Jin Dan stage, and its cultivation was only at the first layer of Jin Dan.

However, since following Huang Siyuan, these years, whether it was the elixirs refined by Huang Siyuan or "Wanling Dew," this guy had swallowed a lot, and its cultivation speed was much faster than ordinary demon beasts outside.

Under Huang Siyuan's careful cultivation, "Red Flame's" cultivation also lived up to expectations and successfully broke through to the third layer of Jin Dan, not much lower than its owner Huang Siyuan.

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

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

"Hmph! I am not that stupid snake you raised, only knowing how to eat."

Seeing the arrogant words in the mouth of "Red Flame" on the side, Song Qingming, who had long been accustomed to the arrogant color of the other party, took advantage of its unpreparedness and laughed, grabbing "Red Flame" and placing it in front of his eyes to observe carefully with spiritual sense.

"It was able to break through its cultivation this time thanks to the Blazing Fire Bead given by Senior Ye Fengyuan. It was not far from breaking through before. This time, refining the spiritual bead, its luck was not bad, and it just happened to break through to the third layer of Jin Dan."

"It's not all a matter of luck. After all, it has already opened its spiritual wisdom in advance, and the effect of refining spiritual items will indeed be stronger than ordinary spirit beasts.

If it can really break through to the mid-stage of Jin Dan with the Wanling Dew in your hand this time, its Dao path will be much better than ordinary demon beasts. In the future, it will at least be able to cultivate to the peak of Jin Dan and become a Jin Dan expert like Senior Ye Fengyuan."

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

Huang Siyuan's fighting supernatural powers are not too weak among mid-stage Jin Dan cultivators. If "Red Flame" can also break through to the mid-stage of Jin Dan.

With a mid-stage Jin Dan spirit beast helping, in the future, the two joining forces to face ordinary late-stage Jin Dan cultivators should also be able to fight, and their strength will not be much lower than Song Qingyu, who cultivates the sword cultivator path.

It's a pity that Song Qingming's own two spirit beasts, "Ice-Fire Flood Dragon" and "Heavenly Fire Roc," have their cultivation still stuck at the late stage of Foundation Establishment and have not successfully broken through to the Jin Dan stage, so they cannot yet use the refined "Wanling Dew" to improve their strength.

It is the spirit insect "Golden Phantom Butterfly" that has already advanced to the Jin Dan stage on Song Qingming, which can try to see if it can break through the cultivation realm with the help of this thing.

Regardless of the effect, as long as Huang Siyuan refines the remaining spiritual water, they will know the result by then.

After returning the "Wanling 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 together? I will go to Bai Shiling 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 with him, Huang Siyuan wanted to decline and give the opportunity to attend the celebration to Song Qingyu, who had been guarding "Bai Shiling."

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

Senior Sister Bai's Nascent Soul celebration will only last for a few days, and there has been no abnormality in Giant Lingshan recently. Just leaving for a few days will not be a big deal.

Moreover, Bai Shiling is now equipped with two third-grade Flying Cloud Crossbows, and Changze and the others have the third-grade formation I gave them. Even if Qingyu is not there, the defensive strength is not bad.

As long as the Giant Elephant Demon King does not come out in full force, ordinary one or two Jin Dan Demon Kings do not have the ability to break through the mountain-protecting formation in a short time, so we don't need to worry too much about this."

Since capturing "Bai Shiling," although the Giant Elephant Demon King entrenched in "Giant Lingshan" in the north has always been brooding about the Song family expanding their territory northward.

He often sends demon beasts under his command to harass the surroundings of "Bai Shiling," wanting to stop human cultivators from taking root nearby.

However, the Song family has Song Qingyu, this Jin Dan ancestor, sitting in town, and the development has been quite stable, not letting the demon beast side take any advantage.

Since the battle of "Guyang Mountain" half a year ago, because Bai Yuxian broke through to the Nascent Soul realm, the demon beasts in the north of the Wei Kingdom have suddenly become much quieter. In the past half a year, the Giant Elephant Demon King has not sent any large-scale demon beast army south.

Seeing that Song Qingming had already arranged everything in his heart, Huang Siyuan did not say more and nodded 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 flies, and soon a month later arrived.

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

Most of these cultivators standing at the mountain gate to welcome guests are Foundation Establishment disciples of the "Xiaoyao Sect" with not low cultivation.

Among them, a young man sat aside early. This person wore a black-red Daoist robe with a layer of five-colored glow on it, looking extraordinary. It was Fang Baixuan, the Jin Dan Elder of the sect.

The reason why even Fang Baixuan, the Jin Dan Elder of the sect, came to the mountain gate to welcome guests is precisely because today is the "Nascent Soul Celebration" of the "Xiaoyao Sect" Supreme Elder Bai Yuxian, and it is also a rare grand event in the sect for nearly a thousand years.

Since Li Mufeng condensed the Nascent Soul six hundred years ago, the "Xiaoyao Sect" has not had anyone break through to the Nascent Soul realm for six hundred years, until the appearance of Bai Yuxian, this genius, which gave "Guyang Mountain" the opportunity to hold a Nascent Soul celebration again.

In order to prepare for Bai Yuxian's "Nascent Soul Celebration," the entire "Xiaoyao Sect" also prepared for nearly a year.

Not only did they invite many cultivators within the borders of the Wei State 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 Mufeng's purpose in doing this is naturally to use Bai Yuxian's Nascent Soul condensation to show the sect's strength to the major surrounding sects, so as to make some preparations for the future development of the "Xiaoyao Sect."

The entire Floating Yunshan Range cultivation world, apart from the "Wanling Sect" of the Qin Kingdom and the "Star Sect" of the Wu Kingdom, other sects have at most one Nascent Soul ancestor.

Now that the "Xiaoyao Sect" has a second Nascent Soul cultivator, the sect's strength has greatly increased, and its status in the Floating Yunshan Range cultivation world can be directly ranked after the two sects above.

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

Just after Fang Baixuan and the others were ready at the mountain gate, several escape lights flew in the sky, all of which were cultivators holding invitations to attend the celebration.

Seeing this, those Foundation Establishment disciples who had been standing aside immediately took the initiative to greet them, checked the invitations, and registered the names and gifts of the visitors, and then brought 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, everyone who had been busy for nearly an hour suddenly saw a white escape light flying from the north and landing at the mountain gate.

As the white light slowly dissipated, Song Qingming directly put away the "Phantom Boat" on the side, then took Huang Siyuan and Song Qingyu and walked toward Fang Baixuan's location together.

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

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

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

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

"Senior Brother Song, two Senior Sisters, we are all our own people, why be so polite? If I accept these spiritual items, I fear that Senior Sister Xu will blame me later. 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 given by the three of us personally. Why would the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall not be able to accept them?

Could it be that Junior Sister Xu would say that my Funiu Mountain Song family is not a vassal of the sect and is not qualified to send gifts?" Song Qingming said, waved his hand at Baixuan, and looked at the Foundation Establishment cultivator standing on the side, signaling the other party to quickly take the spiritual items sent to register.

Hearing Song Qingming's explanation, Fang Baixuan, who wanted to stop him, hurriedly put away his hand and nodded with a smile: "Oh! So that's how it is. It was my misunderstanding, 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 Xiaoyao Hall to rest for a while. Senior Uncle Bai is already 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 "Xiaoyao Hall."

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

"Congratulations to Senior Uncle Bai for achieving the Nascent Soul. This small spiritual item is not a tribute, hoping Senior Uncle won't 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 to Bai Yuxian.

After Bai Yuxian opened the wooden box and looked at it, discovering that it was a third-grade mid-quality spiritual herb of great value, she immediately nodded to Song Qingming with a smile: "I won't be polite with everyone at the celebration today. When I have the opportunity another day, I will return the gift to you!"

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

This time, the "Xiaoyao Sect" Nascent Soul celebration, which is rare in a thousand years, had many people coming to attend, so the sect arranged those with Foundation Establishment cultivation at the "Guest Peak" first.

Only cultivators above the Jin Dan realm who came to attend the celebration would be directly led to the "Xiaoyao Hall."

When Song Qingming and the three arrived here, apart from the numerous Jin Dan Elders of the sect, there were not many outside guests.

However, in less than half an hour, more than a dozen Jin Dan cultivators arrived at the door one after another. These people were all cultivators from major sects or Jin Dan immortal families around the Wei Kingdom.

Among them, there were many good friends that Song Qingming had known when he participated in the "Star Assembly" before. After seeing each other, Song Qingming hurriedly stood up and greeted the other party.

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

One of the old men wearing a green Daoist robe was Wei Xuanping, the Great Elder of the "Zhenyang Sect," who had fought side by side with Song Qingming at "Guiyun Market."

Everyone is a Jin Dan cultivator with similar cultivation. Encountering such a rare opportunity, naturally, they want 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 "Zhenyang Sect," although Wei Xuanping's cultivation had reached the ninth layer of Jin Dan not long ago, his lifespan was only over a hundred years left. Theoretically, he already had no chance to break through to Nascent Soul.

However, as a Jin Dan 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 had just successfully broken through to Nascent Soul, sitting in the upper seat, Wei Xuanping was also very envious, and his tone when talking to Song Qingming from time to time revealed a bit of yearning for the Nascent Soul realm.

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

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

Facing everyone's salute, Yang Fengyu nodded slightly, and then, under the respectful guidance of Xu Ziyan on the side, walked directly toward the position in the upper seat of the hall where Bai Yuxian was.

As a Nascent Soul sect in the east of the Floating Yunshan Range, the relationship between the "Heavenly Extreme Sect" of the Shangyang Kingdom and the "Xiaoyao Sect" of the Wei Kingdom has always been quite good. Decades ago, during the demon beast turmoil, it was Yang Fengyu, this Nascent Soul fifth-layer cultivator, who led people to rescue the Wei Kingdom in time, helping the "Xiaoyao Sect" finally hold "Guiyun Market" in the north.

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

"I never thought that Fellow Daoist Yang would take time out of his busy schedule to come to Guyang Mountain to attend Junior Sister Bai's Nascent Soul celebration. It is really the honor of our sect."

Seeing Li Mufeng and the two, Yang Fengyu hurriedly bowed in return: "Two fellow Daoists, greetings! Hearing that Fellow Daoist Bai has successfully formed the Nascent Soul, how could I miss such a happy event? This is a spiritual item I obtained when I was traveling abroad years ago. I hope Fellow Daoist Bai won't mind. Once again, congratulations to Fellow Daoist for stepping into the Nascent Soul Dao!"

After speaking, Yang Fengyu let a Jin Dan cultivator of the "Heavenly Extreme Sect" who came with him open a brocade box that had already been prepared. 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. Soon, a burst of exclamation came from not far behind Song Qingming.

"Eh! It's actually a third-grade top-quality spiritual bamboo. This thing can be worth at least tens of thousands of spirit stones if taken outside. 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?

However, it is just a third-grade top-quality spiritual item, which cannot be considered a very 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, he could also roughly see that the value of this spiritual item was not low, I fear it could be 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 generous gift as soon as he came up, clearly also with a bit of sincerity, wanting to show their good relationship with the "Xiaoyao Sect" in front of people.

"Fellow Daoist Yang coming is giving me huge face. Why be so polite? Please take the upper seat!"

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

After the people of the "Heavenly Extreme Sect" arrived, soon the cultivators from the other two Nascent Soul sects on the east side of the Floating Yunshan Range, the "Spirit Hidden Sect" and the "Star Sect," who came to attend the celebration, also came to the "Xiaoyao Hall" one after another and presented a gift of equal value to Bai Yuxian.

Among them, the "Star Sect" did not come with He Wuyou, who protected the Dao for Bai Yuxian last time, but was led by another Nascent Soul Supreme Elder, Zheng Zitong.

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

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 layer of Jin Dan. Now, more than a hundred years later, his cultivation was still stuck at the peak of Jin Dan and had not been able to break through to the Nascent Soul realm.

At this time, Cheng Bufan had a trace of the vicissitudes of time on his face, and the whole person had become much older. He had long lost his original spirited appearance and looked at Bai Yuxian sitting in the upper seat with envy.

Cheng Bufan, like Bai Yuxian, were both Nascent Soul seeds supported by the sect back then.

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 forming the Core, and the status between the two was now worlds apart.

Song Qingming, sitting not far away, saw Cheng Bufan's lonely look now and could not help but sigh in his heart.

Although Song Qingming's cultivation was only at the eighth layer of Jin Dan and he had not yet attempted to break through to Nascent Soul.

However, on the road of cultivation all these years, Song Qingming had seen too many cultivation geniuses like 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 they stand at the top of this regional cultivation world, but they can also enjoy a thousand years of lifespan, all of which make countless cultivators yearn for it.

But in the entire Floating Yunshan Range cultivation world, adding up the cultivators of all countries, there are 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 Qianshu and Cheng Bufan, even if their Dao path was smooth before the ninth layer of Jin Dan, were also stuck 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 and came to Li Mufeng, bowing and saying softly: "Reporting to Senior Uncle Li, Senior Uncle Bai, Senior Chu of the Wanling Sect has come to visit and is currently waiting at the mountain gate."

"The sect didn't send an invitation to the Wanling Sect; why did they come suddenly?" Hearing Xu Ziyan's report, Bai Yuxian, sitting on the side, immediately showed a bit of confusion.

The "Wanling Sect" is located in the Qin Kingdom to the west of the Floating Yunshan Range, and its relationship with the numerous sects to the east like the "Xiaoyao Sect" has always been discordant. This time, the "Xiaoyao Sect" held a Nascent Soul celebration for Bai Yuxian and did not specifically invite them, so when Bai Yuxian heard the news of the "Wanling Sect" suddenly coming, she showed a confused expression.

Yang Fengyu and Zheng Zitong, who were sitting in the upper seat of the hall, also heard what Xu Ziyan said just now, and their gazes could not help but focus on Li Mufeng's face, wanting to see his attitude toward this matter next.

Li Mufeng thought for a moment, then replied with a calm expression: "Today is a happy day for the sect. Regardless of whether we invited them or not, since they are here, they are guests. Invite them in first!"

After obtaining Li Mufeng's consent, Xu Ziyan hurriedly nodded and responded, then left the hall quickly. Not long after, she 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 a rare beauty among female cultivators.

As soon as this woman in palace attire walked into the hall, she immediately took the initiative to step forward and bowed to Li Mufeng and Bai Yuxian, who were standing in front: "Chu Lingyun of the Wanling Sect, greetings to the two fellow Daoists!"

"Greetings, Fellow Daoist Chu. I don't know what you are here for today?" (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 748 =====