Chapter 762

In a cave dwelling with abundant spiritual energy located at the summit of the mountain behind "Qinghe Square."

After Xu Qingyin finished brewing a cup of medicinal tea, she slowly poured it into a porcelain bowl on the table, then turned and carried the medicinal tea into the stone chamber next door.

"Senior Sister, I have already dissolved the elixir into the medicinal tea. If you drink it directly, you should be able to refine it much faster."

Li Xiuning, who was meditating on a prayer mat, saw Xu Qingyin walk in carrying the porcelain bowl. She hurriedly put away her spiritual power, squeezed out a faint smile, and took the medicinal tea from her hands.

"Qingyin, you have been running around for me these days; it has really been hard on you. It is all my fault for being so useless. Even though I have already refined a third-grade Recovery Pill, I still haven't recovered. I don't know how much longer I will drag you down."

"Senior Sister, what are you saying? Between us, there is no such thing as dragging each other down. If it weren't for your support all those years ago, how could I have had the chance to successfully reach Foundation Establishment? I fear my path of cultivation would have been cut short long ago, and I would have followed our old Master."

Hearing Xu Qingyin's reply, Li Xiuning put away the smile on her face and sighed again, saying: "Senior Sister knows you are kind-hearted and will remember my kindness for a lifetime; otherwise, if it were someone else, they would have abandoned me long ago.

It is just a pity that my body hasn't shown much improvement even after taking so many spiritual elixirs and medicines. I fear there is no hope for me in this life.

Junior Sister, you are still young, and your path of cultivation will surely be more than this. You must also consider yourself more and not waste all your energy on me."

"Senior Sister, please rest assured. A few days ago, I already asked Fellow Daoist Song to help me purchase elixirs at Guiyun Square. I think there should be news soon. Once Fellow Daoist Song delivers the elixirs, I will prepare the medicinal tea to help you recuperate. This time, you will definitely recover quickly."

Seeing that Li Xiuning had become somewhat pessimistic about her own injuries, Xu Qingyin hurriedly spoke to encourage her, her face still brimming with a somewhat confident smile.

However, Li Xiuning, despite being comforted, did not change her expression. She still sighed with a look of disappointment and said: "I know my own body; it is not so easy to recover, even if we buy the medicine."

Just as Li Xiuning was speaking, a ripple suddenly came from the array outside the cave dwelling, followed by a white sound-transmission talisman that flew in and landed in Xu Qingyin's hand.

"It is from Fellow Daoist Song. He must have helped me buy the elixirs. Senior Sister, finish your medicine first; I will go down the mountain to find Fellow Daoist Song and retrieve the elixirs."

After Xu Qingyin finished speaking, she didn't wait for Li Xiuning to finish what she was saying and immediately turned and walked quickly out of the cave dwelling.

"Junior Sister, wait!"

However, before Xu Qingyin had walked more than a few steps, she was stopped by a shout from Li Xiuning, who was sitting to the side. Immediately after, Li Xiuning used her magic to take out a second-grade high-grade flying sword from her storage bag and handed it to Xu Qingyin.

"Senior Sister, this is your favorite flying sword. What are you doing?"

Seeing the look of confusion on Xu Qingyin's face, Li Xiuning hurriedly explained: "Recently, Fellow Daoist Song has sent me medicine several times and refused to accept spirit stones. He must know that we are not well-off, which is why he did this.

I have no use for this magic treasure right now. Junior Sister, take it to the marketplace and sell it first. After you get the spirit stones, pay back the spirit stones for the elixirs Fellow Daoist Song helped purchase.

We have let someone help us so much; we cannot owe this favor anymore."

Seeing that her Senior Sister's attitude was very firm, Xu Qingyin could only nod slightly. Without saying anything more, she put away the flying sword in her hand and turned to walk out of the cave dwelling.

Arriving at the marketplace at the foot of the mountain, Xu Qingyin soon found Song Yuanhao, who was patiently sipping tea outside a teahouse, and walked toward his location with a smile on her face.

"Fellow Daoist Song, did you come to find me this time because there is news about the elixirs?"

Seeing Xu Qingyin walk over, Song Yuanhao nodded with a smile, then took out a white jade bottle from his person and handed it to her.

"I was lucky this time. As soon as I arrived at Guiyun Square, I found the elixirs you wanted at the Heavenly Elixir Pavilion. This was the last one in the entire marketplace. Fortunately, I went in time; otherwise, someone else would have gotten there first, and I would have made the trip for nothing."

Seeing the white jade bottle Song Yuanhao took out, Xu Qingyin's face lit up with joy, and she hurriedly took it.

After opening the jade bottle and taking a look to confirm that there were no major problems with the quality of the elixirs, Xu Qingyin finally felt relieved.

Next, she did not rush to put away the elixirs, but instead used her magic to take out a bag of spirit stones from her storage bag and placed it directly on the table between the two of them.

"Thank you very much, Fellow Daoist Song, for your help in buying these elixirs. Please accept these spirit stones first. Another day, when my Senior Sister's injuries are better, we will find an opportunity to properly thank you."

Seeing the spirit stones Xu Qingyin took out and placed on the table, Song Yuanhao hurriedly waved his hand at her and said: "This was just a small favor; it didn't cost many spirit stones.

These spirit stones are not something I urgently need right now. You still need spirit stones for expenses everywhere in the marketplace. You should keep them for emergencies. There is no need to be so anxious; it won't be too late to pay me back when you are better off."

"You have helped me several times, and you are unwilling to accept my spirit stones. This has already made me feel embarrassed to speak to you again. Today, please do not be so polite with me.

Otherwise, even if these elixirs are important to me, I would never dare to accept them and can only return them to you first." After Xu Qingyin finished speaking, she calmly placed the elixirs in her hand back on the table.

Seeing that Xu Qingyin's attitude this time was different from before and very firm, Song Yuanhao immediately showed a bitter smile, nodded slightly, and then put away the bag of spirit stones on the table.

Seeing Song Yuanhao accept her spirit stones, Xu Qingyin finally breathed a sigh of relief and smiled as she took back the white jade bottle on the table.

After completing the exchange of elixirs and spirit stones, seeing the smile return to Xu Qingyin's face, Song Yuanhao took the initiative to pour a cup of spiritual tea for Xu Qingyin and invited her to sit down.

"How is Fellow Daoist Li's recovery going recently? Is it not better than before?"

After the two chatted for a few sentences in the teahouse, Song Yuanhao changed the subject and asked about the recovery of Li Xiuning's injuries.

Unexpectedly, Xu Qingyin, who had just received the elixirs, suddenly felt a bit lost when asked by Song Yuanhao about Li Xiuning's injuries, losing the confidence she had shown in front of her Senior Sister earlier.

"Recently, Senior Sister has taken quite a few elixirs. Although her complexion looks better than before, I don't know why there is still no improvement. I don't know if the elixirs this time will have any effect."

"This... some healing elixirs may not take effect very quickly. Fellow Daoist Xu, please don't be too anxious. If you wait patiently for a while longer, Fellow Daoist Li will slowly get better."

Facing Song Yuanhao's comfort, Xu Qingyin smiled helplessly and nodded, saying: "For more than a year, in order to buy healing elixirs, we have not only used up all the spiritual items left by our Master, but even sold several of Senior Sister's magic treasures.

Right now, just as Fellow Daoist Song thought, we really don't have many spirit stone savings left. If Senior Sister still cannot recover after another period of time, I might take Senior Sister back to the Song Guo first to recuperate slowly."

"Fellow Daoist, you want to return to the Song Guo already?" Hearing that Xu Qingyin had the idea of going back, Song Yuanhao's expression changed, and he couldn't help but ask again.

After receiving the other party's nod of confirmation, Song Yuanhao was silent for a moment before continuing: "I know all the fellow daoists who guard this Qinghe Square. I will greet them later. Fellow Daoist Xu, please feel free to stay; there won't be any trouble."

"I understand Fellow Daoist Song's good intentions, but now that Senior Sister's injuries show no signs of improvement, it is useless for us to keep living here. Rather than forcing ourselves to stay and keep troubling you, it is better to go back early so we can be more at ease."

Xu Qingyin knew in her heart that Song Yuanhao truly wanted to help her, but as she said, the main purpose of coming to the Wei Guo this time was to find healing elixirs for Li Xiuning.

Now that both of them had spent almost all their spirit stones, they were unwilling to keep troubling Song Yuanhao for help, and there was no point in staying any longer.

Seeing that the other party already had her own ideas, Song Yuanhao did not choose to continue speaking, but silently picked up the spiritual tea on the table and took a sip.

"Fellow Daoist Song, I still have to go back to brew medicine for Senior Sister, so I won't disturb you anymore. I will take my leave today."

"Fellow Daoist, walk quickly!"

Seeing Xu Qingyin stand up to say goodbye, Song Yuanhao did not try to keep her. After returning the salute with cupped hands, he watched her turn and leave.

After Xu Qingyin had been gone for a while, Song Yuanhao, who had been sitting alone in the teahouse for a long time, finally stood up and left the teahouse, walking straight toward the entrance of the marketplace.

Just as he reached a spot not far from the entrance of the marketplace, Song Yuanhao suddenly discovered a very familiar figure in front of him. Somewhat surprised, he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed in salute.

"Seventh Grand-Uncle, why have you come here?"

Song Qingming, who had just entered the marketplace, glanced at Song Yuanhao in front of him and replied directly: "I came here naturally because I have some things to deal with. Why are you not staying at Yinfeng Ridge and instead ran here today?"

"I came here because Fellow Daoist Xu had something she needed my help with. I came to deliver healing elixirs to her Senior Sister."

Facing Song Qingming's serious inquiry, Song Yuanhao did not hide anything and told Song Qingming directly about Xu Qingyin asking him for help in purchasing elixirs.

Hearing Song Yuanhao's answer, Song Qingming's face suddenly showed some confusion, and he asked somewhat uncomprehendingly: "Didn't you already give them a third-grade Recovery Pill last time? Logically speaking, that should have been enough for that Senior Sister of hers to use for healing. Why is there still no improvement in her injuries? Could it be that there is something wrong with the elixirs, or did something go wrong when she was refining them?"

"This... Seventh Grand-Uncle, I am not quite sure why Fellow Daoist Li's injuries are not improving. However, I have already asked them about the elixirs, and there are no quality issues."

"Since there is no problem with the elixirs, could it be that her injury situation is somewhat abnormal?"

After Song Qingming stood in place and pondered for a moment, he continued to speak to Song Yuanhao, who was on the side: "Yuanhao, don't rush back yet. Go find them again.

Just say that I want to see that injured Fellow Daoist Li in a while, and ask them to wait for me at the Xianfeng Tower. I will come over immediately after I finish my business here." "Seventh Grand-Uncle, do you want to help her check her injuries?"

Hearing that his ancestor suddenly wanted to see Li Xiuning, Song Yuanhao first showed a look of surprise, then confirmed it somewhat incredulously.

Song Qingming had been in Core Formation for so many years. As a high and mighty Golden Core cultivator in the world of immortal cultivation, he had spent most of his time in recent years cultivating on his own spiritual mountain and rarely spent energy actively inquiring about the affairs of a Foundation Establishment cultivator below him.

Moreover, Li Xiuning was just an outside loose cultivator and not a cultivator familiar with the Song family.

At that time, Song Qingming agreed to exchange a third-grade low-grade "Recovery Pill" for them entirely because he saw that Xu Qingyin had done a favor for Song Yuanhao, so he helped them.

Logically speaking, the Song family had already given them elixirs, which had long since repaid this favor. As for whether Li Xiuning's injuries improved after taking the elixirs, this had nothing to do with "Mount Funiu," and Song Qingming did not need to specifically inquire about the affairs of Xu Qingyin and her Senior Sister now.

Seeing the look of confusion on Song Yuanhao's face, Song Qingming thought for a moment but still did not explain his intentions to him directly, but smiled and explained:

"No matter what, the elixirs for her healing were given by our Mount Funiu. Regardless of whether others say there is a problem, we must try to figure out what is going on.

In case there really is a problem with the elixirs, if we don't find the cause now, it will be troublesome if something happens because of it later.

You just tell them that I am just passing by and helping to check her injuries. Don't tell them my thoughts just now, so they don't overthink it."

Having previously learned the news that Li Xiuning's injuries had not improved after her closed-door healing, and seeing Xu Qingyin always worried about it, Song Yuanhao also wanted to help them very much in his heart.

It was just that Li Xiuning's injuries were too serious, and even third-grade elixirs had not worked. Ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators could not see the problem at all. Song Yuanhao was also powerless to help and could only try his best to help Xu Qingyin go out and purchase some elixirs.

Recently, Song Yuanhao had also had the idea of asking the family's ancestors for help.

It was just that the family had already helped him repay this favor to Xu Qingyin last time, and Song Yuanhao really couldn't bring himself to ask the ancestors to help them again, so he had never told anyone about this.

Hearing that Song Qingming wanted to help check Li Xiuning's injuries because he was worried that the elixirs the Song family had given before might have problems, Song Yuanhao was overjoyed and immediately understood his meaning, nodding directly in agreement.

"Seventh Grand-Uncle, I know what to do. Don't worry, I will go and inform them right now." After Song Yuanhao finished speaking, he immediately turned and walked quickly toward the back mountain of the marketplace, a smile slowly appearing on his face.

He had previously heard that Xu Qingyin was about to give up and wanted to take Li Xiuning back to the Song Guo together.

Song Yuanhao never expected that in just a moment, he would hear Song Qingming take the initiative to say he wanted to check Li Xiuning's injuries, causing this matter to suddenly take a turn for the better.

At this moment, Song Yuanhao was also overjoyed and couldn't help but quicken his pace, wanting to tell Xu Qingyin and the other woman this good news as soon as possible.

Seeing the happy look on Song Yuanhao's face when he left, a smile also appeared on Song Qingming's face. After shaking his head gently, he turned and walked toward the other end of the marketplace street.

In recent years, due to the rise of the Song family, the entire Qinghe County had developed very rapidly, and the number of cultivators had increased several times compared to a hundred years ago.

Although the "Chifeng Square" created by the Song family in the north had absorbed many Qinghe County cultivators to purchase spiritual items over the years, "Qinghe Square" had not been greatly affected by this, and the number of cultivators coming and going on the street had actually increased quite a bit compared to a hundred years ago.

Since reaching Core Formation, Song Qingming had rarely come to "Qinghe Square." Looking at the many familiar shops on the street, many memories he had left here in the past also emerged in his mind.

Two hundred years had passed in a flash. When he first came to "Qinghe Square," Song Qingming was just a weak and immature little Qi Refining cultivator, but now he had grown into a famous Golden Core ancestor.

Walking on the marketplace street, Song Qingming slowly scanned the shops on the street and soon arrived outside an ordinary century-old shop located at the corner of the street.

Standing outside the door and looking at the sign hanging on the shop's lintel, it was still the same as it was back then, with no changes. It was just that a small stall had appeared at the entrance at some point, and there were more than a dozen low-grade puppet beasts of various shapes on it.

The boss sitting behind the stall was an ordinary-looking young man, who was busy repairing a wolf-shaped "puppet beast" that had not yet been completed, looking very focused.

After seeing this stall, Song Qingming turned and walked into a small alley next to it with a calm expression. When he came out a moment later, a black bamboo hat had appeared on his head, carefully covering his entire appearance.

"Fellow Daoist, may I ask how many spirit stones this puppet beast costs?"

Just as Song Qingming walked over, a passing female cultivator saw that a rabbit-shaped "puppet beast" on the stall was very good-looking, so she walked directly to the front of the stall, picked up the "puppet beast," and asked the boss.

Seeing a customer come to the door, the young man who was repairing the "puppet beast" in his hand did not put down the unfinished work in his hand, but just glanced at the other party lightly, and then quickly spat out a somewhat casual sentence.

"Twenty spirit stones!"

"What...? It's just a primary puppet beast, and you dare to ask me for twenty spirit stones? I think you must be crazy about spirit stones!"

Hearing the price mentioned by the young man, the female cultivator was shocked and angrily rebuked him with some displeasure.

However, when the boss heard the other party's rebuke, there was no major change in his expression; he just continued to repair the "puppet beast" in his hand and ignored the other party.

"Don't think that just because I don't understand, you can try to cheat me. This kind of puppet beast is just a bit good-looking, and its attack ability is not strong at all. I can only give you ten spirit stones at most. If you agree, I will take this item."

The woman seemed to like the "puppet beast" in her hand very much. Seeing that the boss did not reply or pay attention to her, she did not give up and directly stated the price she wanted.

In her view, the young man in front of her looked like he was inexperienced and had come out to learn from his elders. As long as she could patiently deal with him, the other party would most likely agree in the end.

But what the woman didn't expect was that before the boss sitting behind the stall could reply, a mysterious cultivator wearing a bamboo hat next to them suddenly spoke first.

"This item is so exquisite, Fellow Daoist, offering only ten spirit stones is a bit too little, isn't it? I am willing to pay twenty spirit stones. Boss, how about you sell this puppet beast to me?"

Hearing Song Qingming on the side offering a price of twenty spirit stones, the female cultivator, whose cultivation was only at the fourth level of Qi Refining, immediately turned dark.

After glancing at Song Qingming, who had made the offer, she turned to look at the stall owner sitting on the side. Seeming to understand something, she showed a look of disdain toward the two of them.

"Hmph! Don't think I can't see it. You two are singing in harmony, aren't you just trying to trick me into buying this item at a high price?

Don't think I'm easy to trick just because I'm young. Let me tell you, I am a cultivator from the Xu family of Mount Wutong, and my ancestors also have some friendship with Mount Funiu.

If you dare to set a trap on the street like this, be careful that I report you to the marketplace law enforcement team and have your broken stall torn down."

Seeing the woman in front of him with a haughty look, Song Qingming was not angry, but took out twenty spirit stones from his storage bag and placed them directly in front of the boss.

"I don't care if you are from Mount Wutong or the Xu family. Anyway, I have taken a fancy to this spiritual item today. If you want it, pay the spirit stones quickly. If you think it's too expensive and can't afford it, then give this item to me and don't shout here.

As for you wanting to report to the law enforcement team, please do as you please!"

"You... who said I can't afford it?"

Provoked by Song Qingming, the Xu family female cultivator suddenly became anxious. She also took out a bag of spirit stones from her storage bag and placed it on top of the stall, then said to the boss with a serious face: "Boss, look carefully, twenty spirit stones, not one less.

But I have to say one more thing: I will go to the law enforcement team to appraise this item later. If the price is really too different, don't blame me for not reminding you now."

After speaking, the Xu family woman directly put away the "puppet beast" in her hand, glared at Song Qingming on the side with some displeasure, and turned to leave the stall.

Seeing this, Song Qingming didn't care. After the woman left, he turned and bowed to the young boss in front of him.

"Long time no see, Senior, your cultivation is becoming more profound. This junior pays his respects!"

Seeing Song Qingming step forward to salute him, Feng He finally put down the "puppet beast" in his hand and nodded at him with a smile.

"You are also not bad. In just a few years, your cultivation has improved quite a bit. It seems that the cultivation insights I gave you last time really helped.

I was bored staying here these few days, so I set up this stall on a whim. The matter just now won't cause any trouble for Liufeng Hall, will it?"

"Senior, please rest assured. I have already given instructions about the matters here. No matter what you do in Liufeng Hall, no one will come to disturb you."

Seeing this, Feng He nodded with satisfaction, then stood up and put away the spirit stones given by the woman just now, showing a faint smile: "You helped me earn a few extra spirit stones today, so I can't let you, this Song family ancestor, work for nothing.

How about coming in with me to taste a few cups of the new spiritual tea I obtained?"

"This junior would be honored!"