Chapter 757: The Great Battle Ends, Secret Transmission Technique

Three days later, in a grand hall at the summit of "White Cloud Valley."

This place was originally the lair of the demon race's "White Dragon Demon King," but now the hall was filled with dozens of high-level human cultivators, everyone drinking and chatting, joyfully celebrating the great victory over the demon race not long ago.

After capturing "White Cloud Valley," under Li Mufeng's arrangement, the "Carefree Sect" transported many supplies from the rear and held a grand banquet directly in "White Cloud Valley" to celebrate this great victory.

The three Nascent Soul cultivators at the head of the table looked at the people sitting below, all with happy expressions, drinking wine while chatting about the recent situation of the human side counterattacking the demon race in the surrounding areas.

Ever since the "Ten Thousand Spirits Sect" began taking the lead a few years ago, numerous sects in the Floating Cloud Mountain Range had formed alliances to counterattack the demon race. In just over a year, the flames of war had reignited throughout the entire area surrounding the Floating Cloud Mountain Range.

Located to the north, the dozen or so countries, including Wei Guo, began to send troops to counterattack the demon race to the north after being fully prepared, wanting to recover the territory lost for thousands of years.

As for the demon race, because they did not expect the human cultivators to organize such a large-scale counterattack, they were unprepared at first and suffered successive defeats. Over the past year, they had already had much territory recaptured by human cultivators.

After Wei Guo captured "White Cloud Valley," their territory expanded nearly five thousand miles to the north, already equivalent to more than a dozen Qinghe Counties.

The neighboring Zheng Guo, with the help of the "Star Gate," also defeated the army led by the "Red Cloud Demon Emperor," recovered several third-level spiritual veins lost during the last demon beast turmoil, and drove the demon beasts out of the original borders of Zheng Guo.

Most of the other surrounding countries also had some results, more or less; some recovered their original lost territory, while others expanded their own territory to the north. For a time, the morale of the human cultivators in the entire Floating Cloud Mountain Range cultivation world was greatly boosted.

After three rounds of drinks, Li Mufeng asked Xu Ziyan to take out the merit book of this battle and rewarded the meritorious people present on the spot.

Among the numerous Golden Core cultivators, after several great battles with the demon race, the one with the greatest merit was Chen Xuanxin, who had killed the "Golden Tiger Demon King" with his final sword strike.

A sword cultivator whose cultivation had already reached the peak of the eighth level of the Golden Core, he displayed great power in the final battle, killing two Golden Core demon kings in succession by himself.

Not only did he bring great deterrence to the demon side, but even the numerous Golden Core cultivators present were equally convinced by Chen Xuanxin, the sect's number one Golden Core expert.

To reward Chen Xuanxin for his merit in this great battle, the sect's Nascent Soul Supreme Elder Li Mufeng bestowed a third-level high-grade magic treasure on the spot, which also made everyone present show a bit of envy.

Besides Chen Xuanxin, other Golden Core cultivators who participated in the great battle, including those from the "Star Gate" and the "True Yang Sect" who came to support, also received rewards of spiritual items from the "Carefree Sect."

Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan both contributed significantly in several great battles, and both also received rewards of ten thousand merit points from the sect and a third-level medium-grade spirit talisman.

Everyone who received the rewards was very happy in their hearts at this moment, stepping forward one after another to toast and thank them, and the wine cups in the hands of the several Nascent Soul cultivators never stopped.

After the banquet ended, the next day Zheng Zitong took the several Golden Core elders of the "Star Gate" to bid farewell to Li Mufeng and the two, directly boarding their large flying ship to return to Wu Guo to rest.

This time, the "Carefree Sect" had already defeated the Golden Feather Mountain demon race and occupied "White Cloud Valley," achieving their original planned goals. Next, they still needed to find a way to hold onto these captured territories and prevent the demon beast side from counterattacking.

Although the human cultivator side had begun a full-scale counterattack against the demon race this time, the overall strength of the northern demon beast forces in the entire Floating Cloud Mountain Range cultivation world was still significantly stronger than that of the human cultivator side.

The reason why the human cultivators were able to achieve so many results this time was mainly because they were fully prepared, and their joint counterattack caught the demon side off guard for a time.

Once the northern demon race reacted and united, they would inevitably be able to slowly stabilize the situation. Once the demon side slowly recovered its strength, they would inevitably move south again to take revenge on the human side.

But as long as the human side could work together and fight steadily, hold onto their existing territory, and slowly develop and strengthen their own power, they might be able to slowly reverse their disadvantage against the demon race in the future.

After sending off the cultivators from other countries who came to support, such as the "Star Gate," the "Carefree Sect" immediately began to take action.

First, they dispatched cultivators to disperse the miasma surrounding the valley, then set up a high-level mountain-protecting formation in the valley, and began to build and transform this third-level high-grade spiritual vein, turning it into a new front line for Wei Guo to fight against the northern demon race.

As for the "Golden Feather Mountain" demon race, their days were not so easy.

After the "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor" returned to "Golden Feather Mountain" after the great battle, he learned that the demon beast army he had brought had been almost entirely wiped out, and even the "Golden Tiger Demon King" had died at the hands of human cultivators. For a time, he was so angry that he almost slapped the other demon kings who had fled back to death with one claw.

This battle with the human cultivators not only resulted in a total collapse and the loss of the strategic location of "White Cloud Valley," but also the loss of the "Golden Tiger Demon King," his right-hand man who had followed him for many years. The "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor" was filled with regret in addition to his anger.

Because of the defeat at the front line and the loss of nearly ten thousand demon beasts in an ambush by human cultivators, the strength of the "Golden Feather Mountain" demon race suddenly suffered a heavy blow.

The dozen or so demon kings originally under the "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor" had lost five more after several great battles in "White Cloud Valley," leaving only nine demon kings led by the "White Dragon Demon King."

Although the "Ink Dragon Demon Emperor" was dissatisfied with the numerous demon kings led by the "White Dragon Demon King," the demon race was currently in need of people, so in the end, he only severely reprimanded them and did not punish them too severely.

However, because "Golden Feather Mountain" had suffered heavy losses, it could no longer confront their old rival, the "Carefree Sect," head-on and could only shrink back to the vicinity of "Golden Feather Mountain" in the north, not daring to move south again for a time.

Fortunately, there was still the fourth-level formation left behind by the Golden Feather Demon Emperor on the "Golden Feather Mountain" spiritual vein, and there were demon allies around who could support them at any time.

With the current strength of the "Carefree Sect," it did not pose much of a threat to "Golden Feather Mountain," and they did not need to worry about the "Carefree Sect" continuing to move north in the short term.

The "Carefree Sect" naturally understood these things very clearly in their hearts, so after capturing "White Cloud Valley," they also stopped while they were ahead and did not have the slightest intention of continuing to attack north.

After the sect slowly gained a firm foothold in "White Cloud Valley," Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan also took the cultivators of Qinghe County and returned to Qinghe County from the front line on the sect's flying ship a few months later.

This time, following the sect to conquer the demon race in the north, the Song family had recruited a total of eight hundred cultivators to accompany them, but when they returned, there were fewer than six hundred left. Excluding those who were seriously injured midway and returned early, nearly two hundred people had perished on the front-line battlefield.

Among the more than one hundred and sixty cultivators sent by the family from "Funiu Mountain," nearly thirty percent had also died in battle, and many others had returned injured, including Huang Siyuan, the Golden Core ancestor, who had also injured her meridians in the final battle.

Looking at the urns of cultivator ashes being carried down from the flying ship, the Song family members who came to welcome them were filled with deep sorrow.

These clansmen had left the family for less than a year, and everyone's appearance and voice seemed to still be before their eyes; they never expected that when they met again, it would be a separation between the living and the dead.

Many young cultivators who had just climbed the mountain to enter the Dao, seeing the ashes of these clansmen being carried back, finally truly understood the cruelty of this cultivation world.

The reason they had the opportunity to stay on the mountain and cultivate in peace was only because their predecessors were shielding them from the wind and rain outside, which bought them a trace of peace on the mountain.

Fortunately, after this great battle, the "Carefree Sect" had severely damaged the northern demon race, and the entire Wei Guo should be able to have a period of stable days next.

After returning to the family, Song Qingming first let the family arrange pensions for the clansmen who died or were injured in battle, then held a unified funeral for them, and buried these clansmen who died outside in the family cemetery at the back of the mountain.

To bid farewell to these clansmen who died for the family outside, many Song family cultivators also returned to the family to attend their funeral.

After handling this matter, Song Qingming let Song Yuanfang arrange a banquet for all the family cultivators who had gone on the expedition. He, Huang Siyuan, and Song Qingyu also attended the banquet in person and publicly rewarded those who had made contributions on the battlefield.

Ever since the defeat in "White Cloud Valley," because the demon side had rapidly shrunk its power, "White Lion Ridge," which had often been harassed by demon beasts, immediately became quiet.

Song Qingyu, who had recently detected that the demon beasts in the vicinity were gradually retreating north, also returned directly to the family spiritual land, "Funiu Mountain," and handed over the guard mission of "White Lion Ridge" directly to the couple Song Changze and Liu Yuxin.

Now, "White Lion Ridge" not only had a third-level formation guarding it, but also hundreds of law enforcement team members led by more than a dozen Foundation Establishment cultivators like Song Changze stationed there. Coupled with the addition of many city-defending sharp weapons on the city walls, there was no need to fear even if an ordinary Golden Core demon king attacked.

Even if they encountered a powerful late-stage Golden Core demon beast like the "Giant Elephant Demon King," they could still drag it out for a while until reinforcements arrived, so normally there would be no major problems.

After the great battle, because of the peace on the northern border, the entire Wei Guo also ushered in a relatively peaceful time.

Song Qingming, Huang Siyuan, and Song Qingyu, besides often gathering together to taste tea and chat, also began their own closed-door cultivation.

Huang Siyuan and Song Qingyu both chose "Funiu Mountain" as the place for their closed-door cultivation, while Song Qingming came to "Qinghe Cave Mansion" alone and quietly, continuing to cultivate while studying the mural in the cave mansion.

On this day, Song Qingming, dressed in a green robe, was sitting cross-legged on a giant rock in the middle of the river, closing his eyes and meditating.

It was already late autumn, and although the sun was shining brightly, the weather was not as hot as in summer, and the gusts of autumn wind on the river surface also made people feel the coolness of the changing weather at all times.

However, Song Qingming, sitting on top of the giant rock at this moment, already had beads of sweat all over his forehead, which were slowly flowing down his face, not only wetting his clothes but even the giant rock beneath him had become wet.

The reason why sweat kept appearing on Song Qingming's forehead was actually because he was operating the "Heaven-Reaching Ten Thousand Spirits Technique," desperately absorbing the water-attribute heaven and earth spiritual energy in the Qinghe River, and then discharging it from his body after refining it.

Over the years, besides daily cultivation, Song Qingming had not been slack in his cultivation of the "Heaven-Reaching Ten Thousand Spirits Technique," often looking for wild places with pure five-element spiritual energy to cultivate. Through so many years of hard work, he had finally cultivated the "Heaven-Reaching Ten Thousand Spirits Technique" to the peak of the mid-stage Foundation Establishment, just one step away from entering the late-stage Foundation Establishment.

Although there was still a long way to go before cultivating this set of techniques to the Nascent Soul stage, Song Qingming was not too disappointed in his heart to be able to make some progress slowly.

No matter whether he could complete the agreement with that "Profound Heaven" senior in the future, as long as this technique was helpful to his cultivation breakthrough, it was worth his time to cultivate it seriously.

Anyway, he had the help of the remnant map, and his speed of absorbing spiritual energy was much faster than ordinary people. Cultivating one more technique would not have much impact on him.

Just as Song Qingming was still absorbing the spiritual energy in the water, a streak of green escape light suddenly flew in from the sky.

This escape light stopped suddenly when it reached the sky above the Qinghe River, then circled around in the high sky, and soon turned around and headed straight for Song Qingming's location.

"Seventh Brother! What kind of technique are you cultivating this time?"

Opening his eyes and seeing Song Qingyu, who had stepped on a flying sword and arrived beside him, Song Qingming directly put away his own magic power and stood up calmly.

"Qingyu, why did you come? If you have something to find me for, why didn't you let Yuanfang and the others send a sound transmission talisman directly? Did something happen at home that required you to run here in person!"

Hearing Song Qingming's inquiry, Song Qingyu chuckled and replied: "I just came out of closed-door cultivation and was idle, so I just came out for a walk. There is nothing urgent.

By the way, Seventh Brother, you haven't answered my question just now.

Why does this technique have to keep absorbing five-element spiritual energy outside like this? Even if there is no high-level water-attribute spiritual vein near the family, is it impossible for Seventh Brother to cultivate directly with spirit stones?"

Over the years, because Song Qingming needed to go out to cultivate the "Heaven-Reaching Ten Thousand Spirits Technique," Huang Siyuan, Song Qingyu, and several elders of the Song family who were close to him had all seen Song Qingming cultivate this technique.

It was just that Song Qingming had never taken the initiative to mention anything about the "Heaven-Reaching Ten Thousand Spirits Technique" to anyone. Although Huang Siyuan and the others had seen it, no one knew exactly what technique he was cultivating.

Song Qingyu had long been curious about the "Heaven-Reaching Ten Thousand Spirits Technique" that Song Qingming was cultivating, but this was the first time she had asked Song Qingming about this strange technique to his face.

Song Qingming shook his head immediately upon hearing this: "This technique requires absorbing pure five-element spiritual energy from heaven and earth, so it cannot rely on spiritual veins or other external objects. It cannot be rushed. You didn't come to find me because you are also interested in this technique, did you!"

Hearing Song Qingming think that she was interested in the "Heaven-Reaching Ten Thousand Spirits Technique," Song Qingyu quickly waved her hands: "No, no, no, this technique is cultivated so slowly even by you, Seventh Brother, so I'll pass! There are so many techniques in the world, and not all of them are suitable for me. I'd better understand my own sword cultivation inheritance first."

"Hehe! It is right for you to have this realization. There are thousands of cultivation methods in this cultivation world, and it is already considered not bad for everyone to be proficient in one or two. Learning many but not being proficient is not necessarily a good thing."

"Hmm! Seventh Brother, I came to find you because of Changze's matter. Didn't you say before that you wanted to be notified immediately when Changze had news? The family just received news that Changze has come out of closed-door cultivation."

"Oh, has he successfully broken through his cultivation?" Hearing the news that Song Changze had come out of closed-door cultivation, a hint of joy suddenly appeared on Song Qingming's originally calm face.

A few years ago, when Bai Yuxian broke through to the Nascent Soul realm, she gave two bottles of "Earth Spirit Dew" to the many Golden Core cultivators who helped protect the Dharma, and one of the bottles finally fell into Song Qingming's hands.

After obtaining this spiritual item, Song Qingming placed it directly in the family's merit pavilion.

Because the family merit required to exchange for this item was not low, no one had successfully exchanged for it in the past few years, until half a year ago when Song Changze finally gathered enough merit with the help of his wife, Liu Yuxin, and exchanged for it.

After obtaining the "Earth Spirit Dew," Song Changze soon began closed-door cultivation to refine the spiritual water, and now he had finally come out of seclusion.

Facing Song Qingming's inquiry, Song Qingyu nodded with a smile: "Seventh Brother, don't worry, Changze successfully broke through to the ninth level of Foundation Establishment a month ago, and he just came out of seclusion yesterday after stabilizing his cultivation."

Song Qingming nodded with satisfaction: "That's good. Changze's lifespan is less than one hundred and twenty years, and he can break through to the ninth level of Foundation Establishment. His talent is indeed no worse than yours or mine.

Since he has already cultivated to the ninth level of Foundation Establishment, the next step is to prepare for Golden Core formation. It is time to pass the Return to Origin Technique to him.

Qingyu, you go back first, send a message to notify Changze to come back immediately, and I will prepare here and return to Funiu Mountain in a while."

The "Return to Origin Technique," a secret method helpful for Golden Core formation, was found by Song Qingming in the "Jade Profound Scripture" technique given by his master, Lingxu Daoist, and it was also a great help for Song Qingming and the others to successfully form their Golden Cores back then.

Confirming that Song Changze had successfully broken through to the ninth level of Foundation Establishment, Song Qingming had already decided to pass the "Return to Origin Technique" to him to prepare for cultivating Song Changze's Golden Core formation in the future.

For a Golden Core formation secret method of the level of the "Return to Origin Technique," generally Nascent Soul sects basically have similar ones and would not care too much about this. Only those second-rate Golden Core-level forces would be tempted by this kind of secret method because it is rare.

Now the Song family has three Golden Core cultivators and a powerful Nascent Soul sect like the "Carefree Sect" behind them. Just passing on a secret method helpful for Golden Core formation, there is no need to be as fearful as before.

After Song Qingming finished speaking, he waved his hand to roll up a breeze to dry his clothes. Just as he was about to turn and leave, he found Song Qingyu standing silently in place, with no intention of moving in a hurry.

Seeing Song Qingyu's expression was a bit wrong, as if she was not very happy, Song Qingming turned around and asked her: "What's wrong with you, girl? Are you not having enough fun and don't want to go back, or is there something you haven't finished saying?"

"I came all the way here, and Seventh Brother, you are in such a hurry to send me away. Could it be that there is something here that you have been hiding from me and Sister-in-law?" Song Qingyu said while rolling her eyes, giving a meaningful look.

Seeing this, Song Qingming immediately understood her thoughts and sighed slightly: "I have been cultivating here recently, and there is nothing I have deliberately hidden from you.

But since you already know, then come with me!"

After speaking, Song Qingming took Song Qingyu with him to the "Qinghe Cave Mansion" hidden in the water below.

Once entering the underwater cave mansion and looking at the tall, ancient hall, the originally curious expression on Song Qingyu's face suddenly added a bit of excitement.

"Seventh Brother, this is the ancient cultivator cave mansion that Fellow Daoist Bai found! It is actually so big, it really is not something that an ordinary cultivator can build."

Song Qingming nodded directly: "Correct, this cave mansion was indeed built by ancient cultivators, but it had already been taken by senior cultivators first."

Song Qingming had told Huang Siyuan about the matter of Bai Yunhua presenting this "Qinghe Cave Mansion" to him before.

Later, he did not choose to hide from Huang Siyuan the fact that he explored the cave mansion with her and obtained a fourth-level magic treasure. Only about the remnant map, he did not choose to tell her.

Song Qingyu would know about this matter, Song Qingming did not need to think too much to know that it must have been told to her by Huang Siyuan.

Seeing that Song Qingyu was interested in this cave mansion, Song Qingming thought for a moment and decided not to deliberately hide it from her, so he simply brought Song Qingyu in.

This cave mansion was now empty, and Song Qingming had studied the runes on the mural for so long but could not open them.

After Song Qingyu entered, she found that it was indeed as Song Qingming had said, this was already an empty cave mansion, and soon the excitement on her face turned into disappointment.

"This cave mansion has long been emptied, Seventh Brother, why are you still so interested in staying near here to cultivate!"

Song Qingming pointed to the ancient runes on the wall: "I am mainly interested in the ancient runes here now, which can be of some help to my cultivation of the formation path.

Qingyu, the ancient runes in this cave mansion are very important to me. From now on, you must not disclose anything about this cave mansion to the outside world. You must remember this."

"Seventh Brother, don't worry. Sister-in-law only told me about this matter. No one else in the family knows about it. For things you don't want to say, even if the two of us know, we will definitely not take the initiative to say it out.

Over the years, I know that you have always had us in your heart and have been thinking about the entire family. No matter what decision you make, Seventh Brother, Sister-in-law and I will definitely support you."

Hearing Song Qingyu's serious words, Song Qingming nodded slightly and did not say more. After tidying up, he took her back to "Funiu Mountain."

After receiving the family letter, Song Changze, who had just come out of closed-door cultivation, soon returned to "Funiu Mountain" and came to the "Huixian Pavilion" at the summit to see the three family ancestors who summoned him.

Besides Song Changze, Song Qingming also summoned Song Yuanhao and Liu Yuxin back this time and passed the "Return to Origin Technique" he had recorded on his body directly to the three of them.

"The secret method passed to you today is the foundation of the family. You can only cultivate it yourself. Without the permission of the three of us, you must never tell anyone else about this secret method."