Chapter 785: Breaking the Rules, Nascent Soul Pursuit (Seeking Monthly Votes)

The "Wind-Thunder Island" secret realm is a secret realm open directly to the outside world. As long as one hands over teleportation spirit stones, all cultivators can participate directly.

To earn an extra sum of spirit stones from it, the six major sects responsible for opening the "Wind-Thunder Island" secret realm must also ensure the personal safety of the cultivators participating in the secret realm in order to attract more outside cultivators to come and participate in the secret realm.

In order not to let the cultivators who came out of it seeking treasure be easily targeted, therefore, after the secret realm closes, the cultivators on the island will immediately activate the teleportation array to disperse and teleport all cultivators away from the island.

After coming out of the secret realm, Song Qingming, who was mixed in the crowd of cultivators, for fear of attracting the attention of the people around him, always maintained a few traces of relaxation on his face, occasionally chatting with Du Fangling and the other three beside him.

Although there were many Golden Core cultivators in the crowd who had entered the inner hall and had seen Song Qingming before waiting for the "Wind-Thunder Hall" to open.

But after entering the "Wind-Thunder Hall," Song Qingming’s figure quickly disappeared from everyone’s sight.

Apart from encountering "Shen Yun" somewhat unexpectedly when killing Qiu Wuxin, almost no one had seen Song Qingming take action, let alone know what happened later.

Therefore, these people saw that Song Qingming could come out of the secret realm safely, and although there would be a few traces of surprise on their faces, they didn't pay too much attention to his appearance.

Even so, Song Qingming, who was carrying the "Lightning Infant Fruit" and Qiu Wuxin’s storage bag, was still somewhat nervous in his heart, for fear that the people from "Falling Maple Valley" would find him at this time.

Only until seeing that the teleportation array to leave the island had already been activated did Song Qingming heave a slight sigh of relief in his heart and follow the crowd to walk slowly toward the location of the teleportation array.

Before entering the secret realm, nearly three thousand cultivators came to "Wind-Thunder Island." After a bloody competition in the secret realm, many cultivators lost their lives in the secret realm.

Now the cultivators who survived and were teleported away were nearly a thousand fewer than before, and only about sixty or seventy percent of the total number of cultivators successfully walked out of the secret realm.

This large teleportation array to leave the island was larger in scale than any teleportation array Song Qingming had seen before, and it could teleport several hundred people away at once.

However, in less than a quarter of an hour, there were over a thousand cultivators on the island who disappeared into the teleportation array.

Seeing that the white-clothed woman and the others had already left "Wind-Thunder Island" a step earlier, Song Qingming did not linger any longer, directly took Du Fangling and the others, and followed the crowd into the teleportation array.

Before long, with a change in spiritual light, Song Qingming’s figure was teleported to the sea surface hundreds of miles away from "Wind-Thunder Island."

"Hehe! This teleportation array is truly able to disperse everyone."

Before teleporting, because he stood together with Du Fangling and the other three, Song Qingming thought that his teleportation location would be relatively close to them.

He didn't expect that after scanning his surroundings, Song Qingming discovered that there wasn't even a figure of a cultivator within the visible range of several miles around him, and the corners of his mouth also showed a few traces of surprise.

Seeing that there were no other cultivators around, Song Qingming did not intend to hide his figure, directly took out the "Phantom Boat," and transformed into a white streak of light to leave the spot.

Not long after Song Qingming moved to leave, high above "Wind-Thunder Island," the Cloud Ancestor of "Golden Glow Palace," looking at the last batch of cultivators below who had already been teleported away, shifted his gaze to the few disciples standing on the side.

Just when this Nascent Soul Ancestor wanted to say something, a streak of golden light suddenly flashed not far in front of him, followed immediately by an elderly man with a long beard holding a golden whisk appearing out of thin air in front of the "Golden Glow Palace" disciples.

"You all move first, I will catch up later!"

Hearing the instructions from their own Ancestor, the few "Golden Glow Palace" disciples standing beside Cloud Ancestor hurriedly responded, then turned and left the spot directly.

After his own disciples left, this Cloud Ancestor draped in red clothes then asked the elderly man with a long beard beside him: "Fellow Daoist Jin, the matter of Wind-Thunder Island has already been concluded.

You do not intend to leave, but instead ran to me; could it be that there is still something improper!"

"Hehe! Fellow Daoist Cloud, you have misunderstood. This time both our sects have obtained a Lightning Infant Fruit, which can be considered each fulfilled. How could there be anything improper.

It is just that I saw Fellow Daoist Qiu leave somewhat hurriedly just now. I don't know what happened. That is why I came to ask you about it, Fellow Daoist."

"Oh! You truly asked the wrong person about this matter, Fellow Daoist. You didn't ask Fellow Daoist Qiu face-to-face when he was still here just now, but now you come to ask me. This is truly putting the cart before the horse."

Seeing that the Cloud Ancestor in front of him seemed not to want to talk to him, the elderly man with a long beard nodded with a smile and said thoughtfully: "Fellow Daoist Cloud’s words are very reasonable, it is the old man who is a bit confused.

Fellow Daoist also knows that our Heaven-Void Gate has always not cared much about these trivial matters in the cultivation world. If it were normal times, I certainly wouldn't want to ask about Fellow Daoist Qiu’s affairs.

It is just that for this Wind-Thunder Island secret realm, our six major sects have long had rules set here for thousands of years. I am also afraid that someone will accidentally break the rules, and it will be difficult for us to explain this matter later."

Hearing what the elderly man with a long beard said, Cloud Ancestor, whose expression was originally very calm, sighed slightly in his mouth and said: "Fellow Daoist should also know that Fellow Daoist Qiu of Falling Maple Valley had an accident with that descendant of his inside.

After all, it is a descendant he has cultivated for many years who has fallen in the secret realm so inexplicably. If it were you or me, I fear it would also be difficult to accept.

Fellow Daoist, rest assured, Fellow Daoist Qiu also communicated with me before leaving just now. He will not act recklessly near 'Wind-Thunder Island' and make us unable to step down.

After all, we are old friends who have known each other for many years. Fellow Daoist Qiu just wants to retrieve the relics of his descendant. Why should we block him? It is better to give him a convenience. What do you think, Fellow Daoist!"

"This..."

Hearing Cloud Ancestor’s explanation, the elderly man with a long beard hesitated for a moment and then slowly said: "Since Fellow Daoist Cloud has said so, then today’s matter will end here, and the old man will pretend he never heard of it.

"However, I must say this in advance: you and I both know Fellow Daoist Qiu's character. If he truly does not follow the rules and causes some trouble later, I will not go and bear that responsibility for his Falling Maple Valley."

Although the elderly man with a long beard agreed with Cloud Ancestor’s statement on the surface, he was clearly still distrustful of Qiu Daoping and still spat out the words he most wanted to say in his heart.

Seeing this, a smile appeared on Cloud Ancestor’s face, and he nodded in response: "Hmm! Fellow Daoist, rest assured. Although our Golden Glow Palace has also joined the Tianhai Alliance, it is different from the people of Falling Maple Valley.

If Fellow Daoist Qiu dares not to follow the rules here, even if you do not stand out, Fellow Daoist, I will not take the blame for him.

It is just a matter of a junior, I think Fellow Daoist Qiu should have a sense of proportion in his heart."

"Good! With your words, Fellow Daoist, I can rest assured. Then the old man will not delay your time here.

When there is an opportunity next time, I invite you to come to my Heaven-Void Mountain as a guest. At that time, the old man will certainly entertain you well. Farewell for today!"

After the elderly man with a long beard finished speaking, he bowed slightly to Cloud Ancestor on the side, then transformed into a streak of golden light and disappeared out of thin air from the spot.

"The rules of the cultivation world are nothing more than the strong preying on the weak. For the weak, there are not so many rules that can protect them. I hope this matter can pass early and will not cause too much influence!"

After muttering to himself in place, a cyan streak of light slowly lit up under Cloud Ancestor’s feet, and a moment later, he disappeared above "Wind-Thunder Island."

High above the sky several dozen miles away, Qiu Daoping, wearing a golden crown, was sitting on a white giant python several dozen zhang long, with a few "Falling Maple Valley" elders with somewhat heavy expressions standing beside him.

Suddenly, a streak of spiritual light flew from the distant horizon and landed directly in the hands of a middle-aged man in yellow clothes.

After taking a look at the message in his hand, the man in yellow clothes opened it, looked at it, and then respectfully handed it to Qiu Daoping, who was closing his eyes and resting his mind.

"Ancestor, Sect Master Senior Brother has already found the location of those three people and is secretly following them, asking if we want to go over and intercept those few people now!"

Hearing the words in the mouth of the man in yellow clothes, Qiu Daoping nodded with a calm expression, then waved his hand directly and did not take the letter in his hand.

"These few people have somewhat extraordinary origins. Let Liangshan and the others keep an eye on them first, and do not easily alert them."

"Ah, Ancestor, your meaning is that we will not care about them for now? Could it be that Senior Brother Qiu did not die at the hands of those few people?" Hearing Qiu Daoping’s words, the man in yellow clothes showed a few traces of surprise, then carefully asked another question.

Qiu Daoping, upon hearing this, nodded with a calm face: "Earlier on the island, I had already tried with secret techniques. It is someone else who is carrying Wuxin’s storage bag. He should not have died at the hands of those few people.

However, although Wuxin’s matter has nothing to do with them, it is hard to say whether the Lightning Infant Fruit is on them now.

Wait until I avenge Wuxin first. If I still cannot find the Lightning Infant Fruit by then, it will not be too late to go find them."

"That woman’s cultivation is only at the sixth level of Golden Core. I felt at the time that she could not be Senior Brother Qiu’s opponent. It was indeed someone else who took action.

Fortunately, there is the Ancestor, so that person could not easily escape, otherwise, we might have truly fallen for the other party’s trick of covering people’s eyes!

I wonder if the Ancestor has found the direction of that person. We must go and avenge Senior Brother Qiu to repay the sect’s great kindness."

Hearing the somewhat excited words of the man in yellow clothes beside him, the expression on Qiu Daoping’s face did not have any big changes, and he shook his head directly at him: "This person could scheme against Wuxin silently in the secret realm, so he certainly is not someone you can deal with. This time, I will personally go and bring his head back to sacrifice to Wuxin.

You few stay here first and keep an eye on the people from 'Golden Glow Palace' and 'Heaven-Void Gate.' If you discover their people coming over, send a message to inform me immediately.

This matter must be handled with all your heart, and there must be no more mistakes. If you cannot even handle this small matter well, you don't need to return to Falling Maple Valley anymore!"

"Ancestor, rest assured, we will certainly not fail our mission!"

Hearing the somewhat icy instructions from Qiu Daoping, the man in yellow clothes and the few Golden Core elders of "Falling Maple Valley" beside him felt a trace of cold air all over their bodies and immediately bowed and responded in unison.

Only after Qiu Daoping stepped on the white giant python and disappeared into the horizon did the few people recover from their trembling, carefully wiping the sweat that had already emerged on their foreheads.

This trip to the "Wind-Thunder Island" secret realm, not only did they fail to successfully obtain the "Lightning Infant Fruit," but Qiu Wuxin, who was deeply favored by the Ancestor, also accidentally fell in the secret realm.

Luo Liangshan and the others had just come out of the secret realm when they were unexpectedly scolded by Qiu Daoping.

If it weren't for the fact that the "Lightning Infant Fruit" hadn't been retrieved yet, and the urgency to help Qiu Wuxin avenge, their own Ancestor probably wouldn't have let them off so easily, and they would have had to endure a few more scoldings. —— Song Qingming, who was hundreds of miles away, was still desperately rushing on the road in a sea area, heading to the location he had agreed upon with Feng He earlier.

Because the location where he was teleported away had deviated from the direction of the agreed location, Song Qingming could not care about hiding his figure at this moment and directly increased the escape speed of the "Phantom Boat" to the fastest.

After rushing for a distance, Song Qingming also encountered several Golden Core cultivators who were rushing on the road just like him after being teleported out of the secret realm.

These people generally did not have very high cultivation, basically all Foundation Establishment cultivators. Seeing the escape light transformed by Song Qingming flying past quickly, knowing that a Golden Core expert was coming, they immediately turned their direction and moved far away from his location.

Regarding this, Song Qingming did not pay attention to them. Knowing that he had not yet escaped danger, he not only dared not slow down the escape speed under his feet but also took out a level-three mid-grade spirit talisman that had been prepared in advance and stuck it under his feet to help speed up his journey.

"Wind-Thunder Island" was not too far from the coast, only a distance of over a thousand miles. Normally, a Golden Core cultivator rushing on the road would have enough in at most half an hour.

Song Qingming’s cultivation had already reached the late Golden Core stage, and with the "Phantom Boat" itself, its speed was already no slower than an ordinary level-three high-grade spirit boat. After rushing for a distance, he had already left most of the cultivators behind him.

Seeing that the distance to the coast was getting closer and closer, and there were no cultivators chasing behind him, the worry in Song Qingming’s heart also slowly relaxed somewhat.

Just when he was about a hundred miles away from the coast, several streaks of escape light suddenly appeared in front of Song Qingming, and several Golden Core cultivators who were rushing on the road appeared.

Seeing Golden Core cultivators appearing directly in front of his path, Song Qingming did not want to cause any misunderstandings, so he took the initiative to adjust the direction of the flying boat slightly.

He didn't expect that just as Song Qingming wanted to bypass the location where those people were, a sound transmission suddenly came from the front and submerged into Song Qingming’s ears.

"Fellow Daoist Jin, I didn't expect to run into you here."

Hearing this somewhat familiar voice, Song Qingming looked up and discovered that one of the Golden Core cultivators among those streaks of escape light was exactly the red-robed big man who had invited him to form a team on "Wind-Thunder Island" earlier.

Earlier, they had wanted to invite Song Qingming to form a team to enter the secret realm, but they were directly refused by the other party.

Regarding this, the red-robed big man didn't seem to care in his heart. After meeting Song Qingming again, he even took the initiative to greet him, seemingly wanting to step forward and make friends with him.

After the red-robed big man greeted him, just as he wanted to approach Song Qingming’s location, he suddenly discovered a somewhat eerie red light appearing on the distant horizon, which made him immediately stop his footsteps.

Song Qingming, who was rushing at full speed, was still pondering whether to ignore the other party when he suddenly saw a look of surprise on the red-robed big man’s face. Feeling the abnormality, he hurriedly turned and looked behind him.

"Not good... could it be that I was discovered by the other party!"

Seeing this somewhat eerie red sword light, which was highly likely aimed at him, a burst of panic suddenly appeared on Song Qingming’s face, and he hurriedly moved his figure to change his forward direction.

After Song Qingming changed direction, the red sword light immediately moved as well, coming straight for Song Qingming’s location, and its escape speed was extremely fast, reaching in front of Song Qingming in the blink of an eye.

Seeing this situation, Song Qingming, who knew he had nowhere to hide, frowned and turned to throw out a golden spirit talisman, blocking in front of him.

As soon as the golden spirit talisman appeared, it immediately flashed a burst of intense golden light in mid-air, and in the blink of an eye, it turned into a golden shield five or six zhang in size, protecting Song Qingming’s entire body behind it.

This golden spirit talisman was a level-three high-grade defensive spirit talisman with extraordinary power. It was also something Song Qingming had exchanged from Xu Ziyan with a "Glazed Gold Fruit" before coming to the "Tianhai cultivation world" to deal with Qiu Wuxin.

Earlier, because the killing of Qiu Wuxin was extremely smooth, after coming out of the "Wind-Thunder Island" secret realm, Song Qingming once thought he wouldn't be able to use this talisman anymore, but he didn't expect that he would encounter even bigger trouble in the blink of an eye, forcing him to decisively sacrifice this talisman.

The reason Song Qingming treated it so cautiously was also because the red sword light not far away had power that far exceeded the scope of ordinary Golden Core cultivators, and it was highly likely that it was an attack launched by a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Therefore, Song Qingming did not dare to be careless at all, and as soon as he took action, he sacrificed the strongest defensive spirit talisman on his body, and the magic power in his hand was also desperately poured into the golden spirit talisman to help increase some defensive capabilities.

Just after Song Qingming supported the golden shield, the red sword light in the distance immediately reached in front of him, and a sword stabbed heavily onto the golden shield directly.

After the red and gold spiritual lights collided, a thunderous boom immediately rang out in mid-air, followed by a very powerful shockwave that rapidly spread to the surroundings, even stirring up towering waves several zhang high on the sea surface below.

That red-robed big man and his two companions who were also at the Golden Core stage, although they were still several miles away from Song Qingming’s location, were also almost unable to stand firm from the aftermath of this strike and hurriedly cast protective escape lights to resist.

"What kind of person is this? Could it be that a Nascent Soul cultivator has taken action?"

Seeing the red sword and golden shield fighting in the distance, the red-robed big man and his two companions all had looks of extreme shock in their eyes.

Feeling that the fight in front of them had already far exceeded the scope of ordinary Golden Core cultivators like them, the three red-robed big men looked at each other and immediately turned their escape lights to flee into the distance, not daring to stay for a moment.

No matter what kind of person Song Qingming was, this kind of struggle that might involve Nascent Soul cultivators was not something they, these ordinary Golden Core cultivators, could intervene in. The only thing they could do now was to flee for their lives.

This time, they had finally found some opportunities in the "Wind-Thunder Island" secret realm, and they didn't want to get involved in the struggle between these high-grade cultivators at this time and end up losing their lives in vain.

And Song Qingming, facing a huge crisis, simply couldn't care about what was happening not far beside him at this moment, and had already devoted his whole heart to the battle of resisting the red sword light.

Although the level-three high-grade defensive spirit talisman Song Qingming sacrificed was not weak in power and could be counted as an absolutely top-tier defensive means among Golden Core cultivators.

However, facing this fierce red sword light, the golden shield in front of Song Qingming still quickly fell into a disadvantage, and was eventually pierced directly by the sword light, turning into bursts of spiritual light and dissipating in mid-air.

The remaining red sword light, without the golden shield blocking it, immediately continued to strike toward Song Qingming’s location without reducing its escape speed. But just when it was less than a zhang away, a golden bronze mirror suddenly appeared out of thin air and blocked it again.

Facing the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror," the natal magic treasure that Song Qingming was operating with all his might, that fierce red sword light could not advance any further and directly failed, transforming into a streak of red flame and disappearing above the golden bronze mirror.

The level-three high-grade spirit talisman from earlier, although it failed to block the sword light, also weakened most of the power of this red sword light. This also allowed Song Qingming to finally block it successfully by relying on his natal magic treasure, the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror."

Song Qingming, who successfully picked up his life, also had a trace of cold sweat on his forehead at this moment. He didn't expect that the one chasing him was a Nascent Soul cultivator, and he was almost killed by a single strike here.

After blocking the other party’s strike, Song Qingming hurriedly stepped on the "Phantom Boat" to increase his escape speed and desperately fled toward the shore, not daring to stay for a moment.

Just now, although Song Qingming successfully blocked the other party’s attack, Song Qingming knew very well in his heart that the gap between him and the other party was far from being something he could confront head-on.

That red sword light was only because the person casting the divine ability was still a distance away from this place, so its power was also much weaker than under normal circumstances.

Otherwise, relying solely on Song Qingming’s defensive means just now, it would be impossible to block a full-force attack from a Nascent Soul cultivator so easily.

After all, there is an essential strength gap between Golden Core cultivators and Nascent Soul cultivators, which cannot be easily made up by relying on high-grade magic treasures and spirit talismans.

If he didn't hurry to escape from here, if he were caught up by the other party later, then even if Song Qingming had more magic treasures and spirit talismans on him, he would only have the outcome of death and disappearance.

Even knowing that he had already fallen into a huge crisis, Song Qingming did not appear too flustered at this moment, and tried his best to concentrate all his energy on accelerating his escape speed.

And high above the sky a hundred miles away from Song Qingming’s location, Qiu Daoping, who was sitting on the white giant python, suddenly opened his eyes the next moment, and a trace of surprise also appeared on his face.

"Actually able to block my Flame Spirit Sword Qi. No wonder he could scheme against Wuxin, but how will you respond next!"

After Qiu Daoping muttered a sentence, a crimson flying sword suddenly appeared out of thin air in front of him, and then he quickly cast a spell to pour it into the magic treasure.

Not long after, a red sword light with even more fierce power flew out from in front of Qiu Daoping, transformed into a streak of blood light, and quickly broke through the sky and disappeared from his sight.