Chapter 796: Heavenly Divine Thunder, A Trace of Demonic Qi (Seeking Monthly Votes)

Song Yuanhao and the three stepped forward to salute first, then pointed to Li Xiuning on the side and said:

"Seventh Great-Uncle, Fellow Daoist Li said she has an important matter to report to you alone, so I brought her over together."

Hearing that Li Xiuning had something to say to him, Song Qingming was slightly surprised. After waving to Li Xiuning in front of everyone, he took the initiative to walk to the side.

After Li Xiuning caught up, Song Qingming immediately waved his hand to cast a sound-insulation barrier beside the two, turned around with a smile, and said:

"There is no one else here, if you have anything to say, feel free to speak directly."

Li Xiuning nodded and bowed: "Please don't blame me, Senior. This matter cannot be considered a very confidential matter, but I was worried that it would affect you, so I didn't dare to speak much in front of others.

Before at Cangyuan Mountain, I heard that you were looking for high-tier heavenly divine thunder, and I suddenly remembered that I had encountered a place where this item might exist.

It's just that this place is quite far from Wei State, and I don't know if it can help you?"

"Oh! Where is this item? Tell me about it first."

Ever since obtaining the technique "Swallowing Heaven and Controlling Thunder Technique" in the "Wind and Thunder Island" secret realm, Song Qingming had also been very interested in this high-tier technique obtained by accident.

In the year or so since returning to the family, apart from daily healing, Song Qingming began to try to cultivate the "Swallowing Heaven and Controlling Thunder Technique," letting the family help search for news of heavenly divine thunder everywhere.

But because there was very little heavenly divine thunder around Wei State, although Song Yuanfang and others tried hard to search everywhere over the years, they could only find some low-tier divine thunder, which was of very limited help to Song Qingming's cultivation of the "Swallowing Heaven and Controlling Thunder Technique."

Hearing that Li Xiuning knew the news of high-tier heavenly divine thunder at this moment, Song Qingming's eyes immediately showed a few more interests, signaling Li Xiuning to continue.

Seeing this, Li Xiuning nodded slightly and continued: "Senior should still remember that I was injured because I strayed into the monster king's territory while hunting monsters in Taiyuehu.

Later, I escaped to a cave, and was attacked by that tree monster, so I was poisoned and almost died.

When escaping from that cave, I remember seeing a white light inside that looked like high-tier divine thunder. I was attracted by this thunder light and went deep into the cave, almost being harmed by that monster tree! To be honest, I have been staying in Wei State all these years and have almost forgotten about the things that happened back then.

If it weren't for accidentally hearing Fellow Daoist Yuanhao asking about heavenly divine thunder at Cangyuan Mountain a few months ago, I would have accidentally remembered this matter. I'm afraid I wouldn't have thought about this memory that made me somewhat embarrassed for the rest of my life."

When Li Xiuning spoke about this matter, her face clearly carried a trace of sadness, seemingly returning to some not-so-good memories from back then.

Back then, not only was Li Xiuning herself almost fallen there, but her dao companion who had been with her for many years and several close friends also died in "Taiyuehu" because of this.

Now that Li Xiuning remembered these things again, she naturally felt somewhat uncomfortable, which Song Qingming understood very well.

After Li Xiuning's emotions recovered slightly, Song Qingming asked softly: "Fellow Daoist Li, where exactly is the place you mentioned in Taiyuehu? How far is it from Song State?

And what did that heavenly divine thunder look like when you saw it back then? Tell me in detail."

Song State was far to the west of "Taiyuehu," and the Nascent Soul sect in charge of this place, "Hunyuan Sect," did not have a very good relationship with the "Xiaoyao Sect" in Wei State where the Song family was located.

If it were just low-tier cultivators like Song Yuanhao who were at the Foundation Establishment or Qi Refining stage back then, hiding their names and going there for experience, they wouldn't be afraid of any danger.

But Song Qingming was a Jin Dan guest elder of the "Xiaoyao Sect." Rashly going to the territory of the "Hunyuan Sect" to search for spiritual items would inevitably cause misunderstandings from the "Hunyuan Sect" and bring trouble to himself and the sect.

Learning that the heavenly divine thunder in Li Xiuning's mouth was actually in "Taiyuehu" near Song State, Song Qingming's face also showed a few more cautions, and he confirmed it in detail with her again.

"Reporting to Senior, the place where the heavenly divine thunder is located is about six or seven thousand miles away from Liuyun County of Song State, and it has already gone deep into the territory of the Jin Dan monster king of Taiyuehu.

Back then, we accidentally strayed into that place and encountered the Jin Dan monster king.

As for the white light in the cave, I clearly remember that there was flashing lightning on it. I dare not say that I am 100% sure it is high-tier heavenly divine thunder, but I am 80-90% sure.

However, this matter happened many years ago. Whether that heavenly divine thunder is still on that island, I am not very sure. Please consider it carefully, Senior."

After his gaze swept over Li Xiuning's face, Song Qingming, who had cultivated for many years, could also feel that what the other party said was from the heart. He nodded slightly and fell into contemplation.

Just like when he went to explore the Nascent Soul cultivator's cave dwelling with Xia Mo and He Mengxin back then, rashly leaving Wei State to go to the territory of the "Hunyuan Sect" to search for spiritual items would indeed have some risks.

However, if he truly found the high-tier "Heavenly Divine Thunder" he wanted, for Song Qingming, who was determined to cultivate the "Swallowing Heaven and Controlling Thunder Technique," taking some risks for this was not unacceptable.

After all, although the cultivation world is large and full of opportunities everywhere, it is very difficult to have opportunities find you on their own without taking risks. As a Jin Dan cultivator, Song Qingming naturally understood these truths.

After thinking for a while in place, Song Qingming turned to nod slightly to Li Xiuning and continued to ask: "What you said is indeed useful to me. Next, I might have to trouble you to take me to Taiyuehu.

You also know that our relationship with the Hunyuan Sect is not very good, so this trip will inevitably have some risks.

Regardless of whether this news is true or false, I will naturally not treat you unfairly when it comes to rewards. If you have thought about it, you can tell me directly.

Whether it is spiritual items or spirit stones, as long as it is not too excessive, I will try my best to satisfy you."

Seeing that Song Qingming had already believed what she said, a look of relief appeared on Li Xiuning's face. She stepped forward and bowed: "Senior is truly a straightforward person, then I won't be polite with you.

I would like to take this opportunity to ask for a 'Barrier-Breaking Pill,' and I hope Senior can fulfill it. I will be very grateful and will do my best to help you find that heavenly divine thunder."

Although Song Qingming generously promised to give Li Xiuning a reward, Li Xiuning, as a loose cultivator who had been in the cultivation world for many years, knew some sense of propriety in such occasions.

Although the "Barrier-Breaking Pill" she wanted was relatively rare and hard to buy on the market, its value was only two or three thousand spirit stones, which naturally could not be considered too difficult for Song Qingming, a Jin Dan cultivator.

"Barrier-Breaking Pill! Although this item is not in the family's Treasury Pavilion now, it is not a difficult item to find. I can promise you first. When Siyuan goes to the East Sea next time, I will let her find one for you.

Rest assured, I am the head of the Song family after all, so I will naturally not go back on what I promised you."

Hearing this, Li Xiuning hurriedly bowed to thank him: "Junior thanks Senior for your great kindness. No matter what instructions Senior has, Junior will definitely do my best and will never dare to refuse."

"Hmm! You go back and prepare first. After I arrange things here, I will naturally send a message to Cangyuan Mountain to notify you."

Seeing that the matter had been settled, Song Qingming quickly waved his hand to remove the sound-insulation barrier beside the two, then took Li Xiuning and walked toward where the others were.

After Li Xiuning and Song Yuanhao and the others left, Song Qingyu and Huang Siyuan on the side immediately turned around and cast curious gazes at Song Qingming.

Seeing this, Song Qingming chuckled and turned to walk to the mountain peak first. —— Half a month later, above the market of "Taiyuehu" in the southwest of Wei State, a white escape light suddenly passed over the market from high in the sky.

Song Qingming, standing above the "Phantom Boat," looked at the bustling and somewhat familiar market below and couldn't help but sigh to Song Qingyu, who was also standing to the side:

"When I first came here, I remember my cultivation was only at the third layer of Foundation Establishment. I didn't expect that time flies and it has already been a hundred years.

But if I hadn't had the courage to come to this secret realm back then, I might not have obtained those opportunities, and the path of cultivation might have been even more bumpy."

"This Taiyuehu secret realm opens once every sixty years. When it opened last time, you happened not to be in the family, so I let Yuanli, Changze, and Yuxin go.

As a result, those two boys took Yuxin for a turn inside and only brought out a few second-tier medicinal herbs, which is far worse than the opportunities Seventh Brother encountered back then."

Hearing what Song Qingyu said, Song Qingming nodded with a smile, but he understood very well in his heart.

The reason he was able to gain a lot in the "Taiyuehu" secret realm back then was entirely because of the Fire Phoenix, which changed the later results.

If it weren't for this monster race Nascent Soul expert taking him in, Song Qingming's "Taiyuehu" secret realm trip back then would probably not have been much better than Song Yuanli's.

The inner valley where high-tier spiritual items were hidden in the "Taiyuehu" secret realm had always been a secret deliberately hidden by major sects. Even the "Xiaoyao Sect" on the Song family's side did not specifically inform them, so it was extremely difficult for others to bring out good things from it.

Because he had long known the situation inside the secret realm, Song Qingming did not let the Song family's Foundation Establishment cultivators participate in the previous few times the "Taiyuehu" secret realm opened, until last time when Song Qingyu allowed Song Yuanli and the others to enter once.

However, although they didn't find any high-tier spiritual items, it was somewhat of a gain to be able to go in for experience.

Now that there are more and more family Foundation Establishment cultivators, Song Qingming already had plans for the next time the "Taiyuehu" secret realm opens, arranging for some family Foundation Establishment elders to go to the secret realm for experience.

Apart from Song Qingming and Song Qingyu, there was also Li Xiuning, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, on the "Phantom Boat" that was moving forward. This trip, Song Qingming and the others were here precisely for the high-tier heavenly divine thunder in her mouth.

Originally, Song Qingming intended to take Li Xiuning to search for spiritual items alone, but after Song Qingyu heard about this, she was somewhat worried about Song Qingming going to Song State alone.

Added to the fact that Huang Siyuan also strongly agreed with Song Qingyu's proposal, knowing that the two women were concerned about his safety, Song Qingming did not refuse and took Song Qingyu along. According to Li Xiuning, the desolate island where the high-tier heavenly divine thunder was located was in the lake near Song State to the west of "Taiyuehu," a distance of many tens of thousands of miles from Wei State.

After the flying boat entered the edge of "Taiyuehu," Song Qingming turned to control it to move south along the lake shore, preparing to pass through countries like Pei State and Wu State along the south of "Taiyuehu" to reach Song State.

Choosing this route, although it would take a few more days to reach their destination, it would be relatively safer.

After walking along "Taiyuehu" for more than half a month, Song Qingming and the others finally passed through the many countries along the way and entered the border of Song State to the west of "Taiyuehu."

After arriving at the territory of Song State, in order to avoid alarming the cultivators of Song State as much as possible, Song Qingming turned the flying boat along the border of Song State and entered Taiyuehu directly.

After traveling north for another few thousand miles, seeing that they had gone deep into the monster territory in "Taiyuehu" below, Song Qingming slowed down the speed of the flying boat and, under Li Xiuning's guidance, arrived at a relatively calm water area.

Seeing this somewhat familiar water area, Li Xiuning hurriedly said to Song Qingming: "Senior Song, the location of that desolate island shouldn't be far from here, at most within a range of one or two hundred miles.

I remember that there was a small island several miles long connected to the east of that island back then, and there was a huge reef dozens of feet high at the connection. As long as I find that stone, I can confirm the location of the cave."

Song Qingyu nodded immediately:

"Since that's the case, let's act separately. Seventh Brother, you take her to search to the east, and I'll go to the west to see. After finding that island, we will send a message to meet up."

"Alright! However, this place is after all a place where monsters are entrenched. Qingyu, you still need to be careful alone. If there is anything, send a message to me immediately."

Facing Song Qingming's concern and instructions, Song Qingyu waved her hand with a smile: "Seventh Brother, rest assured. I am a sixth-layer Jin Dan cultivator after all, I don't put ordinary monsters in my eyes."

Song Qingyu herself practiced the sword cultivation path, so her fighting strength was stronger than ordinary cultivators of the same tier. Now that she had broken through to the sixth layer of Jin Dan, her combat power was not much weaker than ordinary late-stage Jin Dan cultivators.

As long as she didn't have bad luck and run into a Nascent Soul monster emperor, or that kind of powerful peak Jin Dan great monster king, encountering ordinary monster kings, even if she couldn't beat the other party, she wouldn't have any problems escaping.

Generally, the cave dwellings of Nascent Soul monster emperors were in the deep center of "Taiyuehu," and this place was only five or six thousand miles away from Song State. Normally, it was impossible to encounter a terrifying existence like a Nascent Soul monster emperor.

Seeing the confident smile on Song Qingyu's face, Song Qingming nodded slowly and didn't say anything more. The two separated and began to search the nearby water area.

Because this sea area belonged to the monster race's territory, Jin Dan monster kings would occasionally appear, so human cultivators naturally would not easily set foot in it.

After taking Li Xiuning to search to the east for most of the day, Song Qingming and the two also searched for more than a dozen desolate islands, but none of them were the ones Li Xiuning had been to.

Seeing that they had gained nothing after searching for most of the day, Li Xiuning was also somewhat nervous, fearing that she had remembered the wrong place, and closed her eyes to try hard to recall what had happened that day.

Although they had gained nothing after searching for most of the day, Song Qingming was not too worried about this, his expression remained as usual, carefully scanning the front of the flying boat.

Before long, a black dot suddenly appeared in Song Qingming's eyes. Seeing this, Song Qingming also showed a trace of joy on his face, accelerated the speed of the flying boat under his feet, and approached the location of the island.

"Fellow Daoist Li, this island seems somewhat similar to what you said. Take a look and see if it's here!"

Li Xiuning, who was closing her eyes and concentrating, suddenly heard Song Qingming's inquiry and hurriedly opened her eyes to look forward.

Looking at the island getting closer and closer in the distance, which was 70-80% consistent with her memory, a look of joy instantly appeared on Li Xiuning's face, and she shouted excitedly:

"That stone! Senior Song, that's right, it should be here. Please wait a moment, Senior, I'll go over and confirm the location of the cave."

After Li Xiuning, who was full of excitement, bowed slightly to Song Qingming, she immediately took out her magic tool, then stepped on her flying sword and approached the island.

However, just as Li Xiuning left the flying boat, a loud noise suddenly came from the sea surface below, and immediately after, a huge eight-legged monster holding a steel fork flew out from the water surface and rushed directly at Li Xiuning, who was still in mid-air.

"Jin Dan Monster King!"

It was in this vicinity that she encountered a Jin Dan monster king back then, which led to the near-total annihilation of the entire monster-hunting team Li Xiuning was in. This also buried quite a bit of fear of underwater monster kings in her bones.

Seeing the powerful aura emitted by the eight-legged monster before her, Li Xiuning's face changed instantly, and she could only retreat repeatedly in fright.

Just when that monster was two or three feet away from her, a huge golden bronze mirror suddenly appeared in front of Li Xiuning, blocking her front. Soon, a loud "Boom!" echoed across the entire lake surface.

Before Li Xiuning could react, immediately after, a relatively gentle magic power wrapped around Li Xiuning, who was already scared, and pulled her directly back to the "Phantom Boat" not far away.

"You wait here, I'll go solve this guy first!"

After giving instructions to Li Xiuning, Song Qingming's figure immediately disappeared from where he stood, and then a spiritual light flashed quickly in mid-air. The next moment, Song Qingming had already arrived above the eight-legged monster king.

The "Eight-Legged Monster King" before him possessed eight long tentacles and was a monster similar to an octopus in the sea. The powerful aura it emitted had faintly reached the peak of the early Jin Dan stage.

After being blocked by Song Qingming's natal magic treasure "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror," this "Eight-Legged Monster King" did not give up the attack, gathered magic power again, raised the steel fork in its hand, and stabbed quickly at Song Qingming's location.

Facing the fierce attack of the "Eight-Legged Monster King," Song Qingming appeared indifferent. Under his control, the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror" split into five, shooting out more than a dozen spiritual lights.

Not only did it block the monster king's attack head-on, but it also quickly trapped it in his natal magic treasure.

This "Eight-Legged Monster King" had been extremely fierce in front of Li Xiuning, but now facing Song Qingming, who was controlling the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror," it clearly felt a huge pressure.

After trying several magic power attacks and failing to break the protective shield formed by the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror," it was also firmly suppressed in the magic treasure by the "Five Elements Spiritual Light" cast by Song Qingming, making it difficult to move its body.

Seeing that the green-clothed man before it was so difficult to deal with and that it seemed unable to beat the other party, the "Eight-Legged Monster King" suddenly felt the intention to retreat. It spat out a burst of black smoke to force back the "Five-Colored Spiritual Light" on its body, then its figure became several times smaller, wanting to take advantage of the chaos to escape.

But before it could escape the range controlled by the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror," a white flame suddenly surrounded the black smoke it was in.

Only a "sizzling" sound was heard, and the "Eight-Legged Monster King" immediately let out an extremely painful sound. The black smoke also slowly dissipated in the flames, revealing the figure of the "Eight-Legged Monster King."

This time, the "Eight-Legged Monster King" also knew the other party's power and completely lost the idea of continuing to fight with Song Qingming, just struggling desperately, wanting to escape as soon as possible.

However, in front of Song Qingming, who had higher cultivation, the "Eight-Legged Monster King's" divine abilities were completely restrained, and there was no chance to escape.

Before long, this huge monster king died under the magic treasure controlled by Song Qingming and fell from mid-air into the lake.

After killing this "Eight-Legged Monster King," Song Qingming, with a look of satisfaction, immediately flashed to its body.

With a light wave of his hand, a sword qi passed through the monster king's body, taking out the natal inner core hidden in its body.

"Eh! Why does this underwater monster king still carry a trace of demonic qi? Could it be that this monster fought with a demonic cultivator not long ago?"

Song Qingming, who had just obtained the monster king's inner core, felt that there was still a trace of weird demonic qi on the inner core, and a look of doubt appeared on his face.

Thinking of his fight with the monster king just now, when he used the "Xuan Yang Flame" divine ability in his natal magic treasure, no wonder that monster king was so painful; it turned out to be because it was contaminated with demonic qi.

Seeing that Song Qingming had already shown his great power and killed the monster king, Li Xiuning, who was hiding on the "Phantom Boat," also felt relieved and jumped down from the flying boat, landing beside Song Qingming.

"Thank you, Senior, for saving my life just now!"

Seeing Li Xiuning bowing to thank him, Song Qingming hurriedly waved his hand: "No need for formalities! Since I brought you here, I will naturally do my best to protect you.

Is this monster king the one you encountered back then?"

Li Xiuning heard this, glanced at the "Eight-Legged Monster King" that had no breath below, and shook her head with a calm expression:

"The monster king that chased us back then was not this kind of monster. Its divine abilities were also slightly worse than this one. If it were this monster, I probably wouldn't have had the life to escape from its hands.

However, Senior can rest assured, this island is indeed the desolate island I came to back then, and that cave is on this island."

Seeing Li Xiuning confirm the desolate island, Song Qingming nodded slightly and didn't say anything more, took out a teleportation talisman, and informed Song Qingyu in the distance of his situation.

At the same time Song Qingming killed that "Eight-Legged Monster King," in a pitch-black cave thousands of miles away from this desolate island.

A middle-aged man who was in closed-door cultivation seemed to have sensed something and slowly opened his eyes. (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 797 =====