Chapter 768

Song Qingming did not pay much attention to whether Chen Shutian could help him, as long as the other party could help him find the target on the scroll.

Like Song Yuanli, Chen Shutian was also a cultivator who had not formed her Jin Dan for long, with a cultivation base only at the peak of the second layer of Jin Dan. Even if she wanted to help, it would be difficult for her to intervene in the battle between late-stage Jin Dan experts like Song Qingming and the others.

"Since Brother Song has such confidence, I will say no more. In a few days, I will personally send you to Fenglei Island."

Seeing that Song Qingming was quite confident about this matter in his words, Feng He nodded with a hint of relief.

After Chen Shutian reported the news to Feng He, she quickly left the marketplace. In the next few days, Feng He told Song Qingming all the information he knew about "Fenglei Island" and the ancient secret realm, and bestowed upon him a magic treasure he had carefully refined, preparing Song Qingming for his subsequent infiltration into the secret realm.

When Feng He was still in the Jin Dan realm in his past life, he had entered the secret realm twice and harvested many spiritual objects there, so he was very familiar with the situation in the secret realm.

In addition to the "Thunder Infant Fruit" that helped him successfully form his Nascent Soul, the "Soul-Devouring Art" cultivation technique that Feng He gave to Song Qingming back then was also found by him in this ancient secret realm.

After several days of careful preparation, Feng He took Song Qingming and set off for "Fenglei Island," thousands of miles away.

After sending Song Qingming to a place a few hundred miles away from the island, Feng He stopped and turned to Song Qingming:

"Brother Song, at this time, some of those Nascent Soul old ghosts might have already arrived on the island. Approaching rashly might be detected by them, so I will stop here and not send you further."

"Brother, rest assured, the major sects had an agreement back then that no matter who has any grievances, it is impossible to fight with others on Fenglei Island. You can just go with peace of mind."

"Take care, Senior!"

Hearing Feng He's instructions, Song Qingming replied with a calm expression, then took out the "Phantom Boat," turned into a streak of light, and left the spot directly.

Hundreds of miles away, on a sea island about tens of miles long and wide, full of dense forests.

There was no spiritual energy emanating from this sea island, as if it were a desolate small island with no human presence, but the entire island was now completely covered by an invisible light shield.

Before long, three streaks of light suddenly flew in from the northeast of the sea island, stopping directly above the island, and soon revealed the figures of three cultivators.

These three stepped on the void, and their bodies radiated a faint spiritual light; they were all Jin Dan cultivators with successful cultivation.

The leader of the three was a young woman in white clothes. After scanning the island below, a smile slowly appeared on the white-clad woman's face.

"Elder Qi, this should be Fenglei Island, right?"

An old man with a hunched back standing behind the woman in white, after hearing the other party's inquiry, immediately replied with a hint of respect: "What Junior Sister Long said is correct; this place is indeed Fenglei Island."

"Two hundred years ago, when I had just formed my Jin Dan, I had the honor of coming here while traveling nearby. It's just a pity that my cultivation base was not high at that time, and after entering the secret realm for a tour, I didn't get any good things."

"Hmm! That's good, let's go down and take a look first." After the woman in white finished speaking, she fell directly toward the bottom of the sea island.

The hunched old man who had been following her and another palace-dressed woman in black clothes looked at each other and quickly flew to follow. The three soon arrived in front of the sea island's formation.

After arriving here, the hunched old man immediately took out a sound transmission talisman, muttered a word to himself, and sent it directly into the formation.

Before long, a transparent vortex suddenly appeared at the formation, slowly forming a circular hole more than a zhang wide.

Seeing this, the three flew into the formation immediately, and the vortex just now quickly returned to its normal appearance.

Not long after the figures of the three women in white disappeared, several streaks of light flew in one after another from the horizon, and their destinations were all this desolate small island without any spiritual energy.

Among these people, there were Jin Dan experts with successful cultivation like the three women in white, and there were also Foundation Establishment cultivators who came on flying swords.

But regardless of the level of cultivation, as long as they sent a sound transmission talisman into the formation, they would be allowed to enter the island. In less than an hour, five or six waves of cultivators had successfully arrived here.

In the air more than ten miles away from the sea island, three Foundation Establishment cultivators were currently struggling on their way, and their destination was also the sea island not far ahead.

These three were traveling together. To save some energy, they did not separate to fly on swords, but shared a small second-tier flying boat, taking turns to cast spells to drive the flying boat forward.

Seeing the figure of the sea island appearing not far ahead, a hint of joy appeared on the faces of the three.

"Two fellow Daoists, ahead is Fenglei Island; we are about to arrive."

Hearing what his companion who was controlling the flying boat said, a middle-aged man standing behind the flying boat immediately nodded and responded with a smile: "I thought this island was located in the sea, and we might encounter demon beasts on the way."

"I didn't expect this trip to be so smooth; we didn't even encounter the shadow of a demon beast. Our luck is really not bad!"

"Haha! Fellow Daoist, you don't know. When the Fenglei Island secret realm opens, even Nascent Soul ancestors have to be present. Even if those demon beasts in the sea are arrogant, they dare not approach the vicinity at this time."

"Before we arrived here, those major sects should have sent people to clear the surroundings long ago. Otherwise, with so many cultivators coming, if something happened on the way, they wouldn't be at a loss."

"What Fellow Daoist Du said is correct. This secret realm is jointly controlled by major Nascent Soul sects, and every time they charge us cultivators hundreds of thousands of spirit stones for entering and leaving. If they can't even guarantee this bit of safety, who would dare to come here to join in the fun next time."

"A few little friends, may I ask, is this Fenglei Island?"

Just as the three on the flying boat were looking at the sea island ahead and talking, a voice suddenly sounded behind them, making their faces suddenly show a look of surprise.

The three turned around and found that more than ten zhang behind the flying boat, a white flying boat had suddenly appeared at some point, and a green-robed man with an ordinary appearance was looking at them with a smile.

Although this green-robed man looked very young on the outside, the aura radiating from his body made them unable to see through him at a glance. They immediately understood that the person who came was a Jin Dan senior with profound cultivation, and hurriedly cupped their hands to bow to him.

"Juniors Du Fangling, Zhan Feng, and Wang Bailin pay respects to Senior. What you said just now, Senior, is correct; ahead is Fenglei Island. May I ask, Senior, are you also here to explore the secret realm?"

After the three bowed, one of the late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators named Du Fangling hurriedly opened his mouth to quickly answer Song Qingming's inquiry.

Song Qingming nodded slightly upon hearing this: "I am not a local cultivator, but a traveler from the East Sea. I heard that there is a secret realm appearing here, so I came to take a look out of curiosity."

"Oh! So Senior is from the East Sea cultivation world. No wonder you haven't been to Fenglei Island. We juniors are also like you, Senior, wanting to try our luck in the secret realm."

"If you don't mind, Senior, I am willing to lead the way for you and introduce you to the news of this secret realm, so that it will be more convenient for you later."

Upon hearing that Song Qingming was a Jin Dan cultivator from out of town, a hint of excitement appeared on Du Fangling's face, and he took the initiative to lead the way, wanting to use this to get closer to the strange senior before him.

In the cultivation world, when the cultivation bases between cultivators differ by a major realm, their status is worlds apart.

It is just that rogue cultivators like them with ordinary backgrounds and only Foundation Establishment cultivation are very difficult to have the opportunity to approach a Jin Dan cultivator.

Seeing that Song Qingming spoke very gently and did not look down on them, clearly different from other high-and-mighty Jin Dan cultivators, this gave Du Fangling the courage to approach the other party.

After all, there are not many opportunities to deal with Jin Dan cultivators. If they are lucky enough to get some guidance from the other party, it can be considered a stroke of luck for them.

Seeing that the three intended to curry favor with him, Song Qingming was silent for a moment, then did not choose to refuse, nodding directly: "I am also here for the first time after hearing the news, and I don't know much about this secret realm. Since you have the heart to help, then I will trouble you!"

"No trouble, haha! It is a great honor for us to be able to help you, Senior. How dare we say it is trouble."

After the three bowed and scraped a few times, they took Song Qingming to the outside of the sea island's formation.

Before Song Qingming could ask, Du Fangling took the initiative to take out a sound transmission talisman and threw it in. Soon, the formation opened a passage, and the four of them walked in together.

Just after passing through the mountain-protecting formation, two Foundation Establishment cultivators wearing gray Daoist robes walked toward them.

Seeing Du Fangling and the other two leading the way, the two immediately reached out to stop them and said with a very arrogant expression: "Cultivators entering the island need to hand over twenty spirit stones each!"

"I thought only entering the secret realm required handing over spirit stones. Why do we need spirit stones just after getting on the island!"

Hearing that they needed to hand over spirit stones, Zhan Feng, the youngest of the three, couldn't help but mutter in a low voice.

However, although he was a little unhappy in his heart, twenty spirit stones were not too many for Foundation Establishment cultivators like them, so the three took out spirit stones one after another and handed them to the people who came.

Song Qingming, standing behind, saw this and also waved his hand to take out twenty spirit stones, taking the initiative to hand them over. But the two cultivators who collected the spirit stones saw Song Qingming and did not accept his spirit stones, but changed to a smiling face and cupped their hands to him: "I didn't see it just now; Senior is a Jin Dan cultivator. You don't need to hand over spirit stones when entering the island."

"Oh! Then those who came with me, can they also not hand over spirit stones?" Seeing their faces change so quickly, Song Qingming asked another question with some doubt.

The two who heard Song Qingming's meaning hurriedly returned the spirit stones in their hands to Du Fangling and the other two, and said with a smile: "Since they are people traveling with Senior, then of course they don't need to collect spirit stones. I misunderstood you fellow Daoists just now."

Seeing that the spirit stones they had just sent out were returned, a hint of joy appeared on the faces of Du Fangling and the other two. They hurriedly accepted them happily, and then led Song Qingming toward the island with a respectful expression.

Although there is still about a month before the secret realm opens, many cultivators who came here have already gathered on "Fenglei Island."

Song Qingming and the others walked not far forward and soon came to a small town temporarily built.

This place looks very similar to the small marketplaces Song Qingming usually sees outside, but the things sold by the shops are clearly much higher-tier, basically spiritual objects with a grade reaching level two or above.

Even level-three spiritual objects that are rarely seen are visible here, but the prices of these high-tier spiritual objects are about twenty or thirty percent more expensive than in the marketplaces outside.

The shops selling these spiritual objects are clearly well-prepared, knowing that the cultivators coming to "Fenglei Island" to explore the secret realm need to use these spiritual objects, so they unifiedly raised the prices to make a fortune.

As a Jin Dan cultivator who has practiced for many years, Song Qingming naturally understands this. In order not to waste spirit stones here, Song Qingming had already prepared all the spiritual objects he needed before setting off.

"Senior, I just went to inquire. There are no more caves for rent on the island. There are only some tents on the west side, and renting one only costs ten spirit stones."

"These people see that we Foundation Establishment cultivators are all indifferent, and what they say may not be the truth. Senior, would you like to ask again? Perhaps they still have caves left."

After the group arrived in the marketplace, Du Fangling, after obtaining Song Qingming's consent, went to find the cultivators managing the island to ask about renting a cave.

I didn't expect that there are more and more cultivators coming to the island now, and the caves opened on the mountain are already full. Cultivators who arrive late can only rent those temporarily built tents in the open space on the west side of the marketplace.

These tents have no formation protection and are difficult to isolate the spiritual sense of high-tier cultivators. Generally, high-tier cultivators like Song Qingming are certainly difficult to accept.

Du Fangling was afraid that his poor handling of the matter would make Song Qingming unhappy, so he asked carefully after speaking.

Hearing Du Fangling's suggestion, Song Qingming didn't care too much and shook his head directly: "It doesn't matter. Anyway, there are not many days left before the secret realm opens. You go and help me rent a tent."

After speaking, Song Qingming took out spirit stones and a note with his name on it, handed it directly to Du Fangling, and the group soon arrived at the west side of the marketplace together.

Although this is Song Qingming's first time coming to the "Tianhai cultivation world," he doesn't have any familiar people here.

However, the opening of this "Fenglei Island" ancient secret realm not only attracted surrounding cultivators, but even some cultivators from the nearby East Sea cultivation world heard the news and came here, among whom there was no lack of Jin Dan cultivators that Song Qingming had heard of when he was traveling in the East Sea back then.

Choosing to travel with Du Fangling and the others, Song Qingming also intentionally wanted to use them to hide his true identity, trying his best not to let himself attract the attention of interested people around him.

On this island, it has been confirmed that Nascent Soul cultivators will come. In front of these old monsters, relying on cultivation techniques and external objects to cover up one's identity is basically impossible, so Song Qingming did not deliberately hide his appearance when entering the island.

It's just that when registering his identity, he didn't use his real name, but borrowed the name of his corpse puppet "Jin Feng," claiming that he was a Jin Dan rogue cultivator from the East Sea cultivation world.

The East Sea cultivation world is far broader than the Fuyun Mountain Range and the Tianhai cultivation world, and there are many rogue cultivators within it. Even late-stage Jin Dan rogue cultivators like Song Qingming are not in the minority.

As long as Song Qingming is low-key, the other party will certainly not be able to detect his identity abnormality in a short time, which is also his best way to hide his identity at present.

After moving into his tent, Song Qingming began to retreat and meditate. Except for occasionally dealing with Du Fangling and the other three who came to visit, he did not step out of the tent for a full half month.

During this half month, Du Fangling and the other three visited Song Qingming several times. In addition to reporting the news they heard outside on time, they also had the honor of receiving personal guidance from Song Qingming, a Jin Dan cultivator, which made them benefit a lot in their cultivation.

The three of them are all Foundation Establishment cultivators from a small country nearby. Du Fangling, with the highest cultivation, has broken through to the seventh layer of Foundation Establishment, while Zhan Feng and Wang Bailin have lower cultivation, only at the fourth or fifth layer of Foundation Establishment.

Du Fangling, like Song Qingming, also comes from a family cultivator background, while the other two are rogue cultivator friends who have known each other for many years. They came to "Fenglei Island" together this time, also wanting to enter the secret realm to search for spiritual objects and try their luck.

After all, for these Foundation Establishment cultivators with ordinary backgrounds, this can be considered a great opportunity that is hard to come by in a hundred years. Even if they know that the secret realm will be very dangerous, it still cannot stop their determination to search for spiritual objects.

After a full half month, as the time for the ancient secret realm to open drew closer, more and more cultivators came to the island, making the entire "Fenglei Island" become more and more lively.

According to the news collected by Du Fangling and the others, there are already more than two thousand cultivators who have come to the island to explore the ancient secret realm, all of whom have Foundation Establishment cultivation or above, among whom there are no less than a hundred Jin Dan cultivators like Song Qingming.

This is just the rogue cultivators who came from afar like them, not including those major sect disciples who have not yet appeared. It is estimated that by the day the secret realm opens, the number of cultivators may double again.

Hearing that there were so many cultivators coming this time, Song Qingming was also a little surprised in his heart for a moment.

Although he knew that this kind of secret realm open to all cultivators would attract many Foundation Establishment cultivators like Du Fangling to try their luck.

However, being able to attract so many cultivators to the island at once shows that those major sects in charge of the secret realm's opening must have spent a lot of effort to operate this matter before this.

Seeing that he had been on the island for more than half a month and there was no abnormal situation, Song Qingming, who confirmed that the other party did not suspect his identity, also felt a little more relaxed in his heart.

Taking advantage of the few days before the secret realm opened, Song Qingming also took the initiative to walk out of the retreat tent and came to the marketplace to stroll around.

Although the marketplace on "Fenglei Island" is small, because the spiritual objects sold here are of relatively high quality, Song Qingming only walked a small circle along the street and saw many strange things he had never seen before.

These are basically spiritual objects unique to the "Tianhai cultivation world." This is Song Qingming's first time coming here, so he is also very curious about this, and from time to time he will take the initiative to stop and pay attention to them.

However, although these things are novel, most of them are of no use to him, a late-stage Jin Dan cultivator. Song Qingming basically asks about them, but rarely asks about the price.

After walking a section of the marketplace street, Song Qingming suddenly saw several formation disks placed outside a shop in front of him, so he walked over with some curiosity.

"Shopkeeper, how do you sell these formation disks?"

The owner of this shop is just a Foundation Establishment cultivator. Seeing a customer come to the door, he hurriedly squeezed out a smiling face and greeted him.

"Senior has a good eye. These formation disks of mine are all refined by famous masters. Don't look at the quality, although it is only level-two top-quality, but if you match it with level-three formation flags, the power used is not much worse than a level-three formation! If you like it, you only need three thousand spirit stones to take it away."

Hearing the price quoted by the shop owner, Song Qingming shook his head slightly: "If you have already configured the formation flags, three thousand spirit stones are not expensive. You have such a high price for just the formation disk, which is a bit too high."

"Haha! Senior also knows that entering and leaving this island requires spirit stones. We also handed over a lot of spirit stones to set up stalls here, otherwise the things sold would not be so much more expensive than outside. I hope Senior can understand."

"I haven't been here for a day or two. You don't need to say more about these things; I naturally know them all."

"To tell you the truth, the reason I am interested in your formation disk is not because this thing is useful for me to enter the secret realm next, but because I am a level-three formation master, so I am just a little interested in it."

"I can offer six thousand spirit stones for these three formation disks. If you agree, I will take them all." Seeing the shop owner start to complain to him, Song Qingming remained unmoved and cut the price of the formation disks by thirty percent as soon as he opened his mouth.

Hearing this, a hint of hesitation appeared on the shop owner's face, but it didn't take long for him to make up his mind and nod in agreement.

These formation disks originally had formation flag configurations, but a few days ago, a customer happened to only need the formation flags. The owner saw that there were only a few days left before the secret realm opened, so he was tempted to remove the formation flags and sell them to the other party at a high price alone.

He originally thought that no one would look at the remaining formation disks, and he didn't expect that in these last few days, someone would be interested in them.

Anyway, the formation flags that were removed were sold at a high price, which had already helped him earn a lot of spirit stones.

The remaining formation disks could not be sold for a while, and after leaving here, they would have to be sold at a low price in other marketplaces. Seeing that the price given by Song Qingming was reasonable, he simply sold them to him.

"Count these spirit stones. If there is no problem, I will take the formation disks."

Seeing that the other party agreed, Song Qingming quickly took out a bag of spirit stones from his storage bag, threw it directly to the shop owner, and prepared to put away the formation disks in his hand.

But at the moment when this transaction was about to be reached, a soft voice suddenly appeared not far away, interrupting Song Qingming and the two who were buying and selling.

"This fellow Daoist, I am also a little interested in this formation disk. I wonder if you can spare one for me?" (End of chapter)