Chapter 803

Hearing the plea for mercy from the "Soul-Suppressing Talisman", Song Qingming remained as usual and unmoved, directly taking out a bowl-shaped magic treasure specially used to confine a cultivator's soul.

Afterward, he cast a spell to take back the spiritual talisman from afar, ignored the plea for mercy from Ma Wuchen's mouth, and threw the "Soul-Suppressing Talisman" into the magic treasure.

Demonic cultivators above the Jin Dan stage generally leave themselves a way out; if one does not completely annihilate their soul, it will still be very easy for them to escape and seize a body to cultivate again.

After capturing the soul of Ma Wuchen who had escaped from his physical body, Song Qingming slowly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and completely put his mind at ease.

Facing a high-tier demonic cultivator like Ma Wuchen whose cultivation had reached the peak of Jin Dan, Song Qingming did not have much certainty of being able to annihilate the other party at first, and he did not want to fight to the death with the other party.

It was just Ma Wuchen's greed for the "Heaven-Reaching Token" that made Song Qingming lose his last trace of luck in his heart, and he had no choice but to risk exposing his identity and decisively take action to kill him here.

If Ma Wuchen had escaped in this battle, once the secret of the "Heaven-Reaching Token" was spread by him, or if his master "Blood-Red Old Demon" learned of this matter.

This would undoubtedly be a huge hidden danger for Song Qingming and the entire Song family; after all, the Song family is just a small Jin Dan immortal clan and could not possibly have the ability to contend with a Nascent Soul cultivator like "Blood-Red Old Demon".

Fortunately, after a fierce battle, Ma Wuchen ultimately failed to escape and was successfully killed and suppressed by Song Qingming, which allowed Song Qingming to slightly put down the worry in his heart.

After capturing Ma Wuchen's soul, Song Qingming released his powerful spiritual sense again to scan the surroundings, in case he had any negligence or omissions.

Until he was sure there were no omissions in the vicinity, Song Qingming used true fire to burn clean all traces of Ma Wuchen on the battlefield, as well as those few "blood corpse puppets", before rapidly returning to the sky above the barren island.

These "blood corpse puppets" were all refined by directly extracting the souls of living people; although Song Qingming did not know their specific identities before they died, he also knew that they should all be righteous cultivators who had unfortunately died at Ma Wuchen's hands in recent years.

Unfortunately falling into the hands of demonic cultivators before death, and having their physical bodies refined into "blood corpse puppets" after death, with even their souls unable to escape the other party's control and unable to reincarnate, it is indeed somewhat pitiful and lamentable! However, all of this vanished with Song Qingming's big fire; these people could be considered to have escaped the demonic cultivator's confinement from now on and could be reincarnated as humans again.

After returning to the barren island battlefield, Song Qingming scanned around and did not see Song Qingyu's figure, so he hurriedly came to the cave below, where he saw Li Xiuning and Song Qingyu inside.

Song Qingyu, who was injured by the self-destruction of a "blood corpse puppet" at the end, plus the excessive consumption of magic power and the fact that the blood poison on her body was already somewhat out of control, fell into a coma not long after falling from mid-air.

Li Xiuning, who had been hiding in the cave, hurriedly stepped forward to bring Song Qingyu back to the cave and helped her take a few healing pills.

However, Li Xiuning did not have any high-tier pills on her, and their help to Song Qingyu's injuries was very limited, so much so that she still showed no signs of improvement until now.

Seeing this, Song Qingming hurriedly stepped forward to check and found that Song Qingyu's blood poison had erupted and invaded her heart meridian, so he immediately took out a third-tier antidote pill from his body and sent it into her mouth.

Most of these high-tier antidote pills on Song Qingming were refined by Huang Siyuan.

Thanks to her, a third-tier alchemist, all the cultivators in the entire Song family have been much more affluent in pills than other cultivators in the vicinity, and occasionally even "Xiaoyao Sect" disciples come to Funiu Mountain to seek pills.

After helping Song Qingyu take a third-tier antidote pill and seeing her complexion gradually improve, Song Qingming slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

After instructing Li Xiuning to take good care of Song Qingyu, who was still in a coma, Song Qingming got up again and came outside the cave, finding "Jin Feng", who had been embedded in a mountain wall, back.

In the fierce battle just now, "Jin Feng" was heavily injured by Ma Wuchen, its entire chest collapsed, revealing a huge hole, and one of its legs was also broken into two pieces.

Although this degree of injury is not fatal for a corpse puppet, as long as the materials are collected, Song Qingming can still slowly repair it.

But seeing "Jin Feng", who had followed him for many years, in such a miserable state, Song Qingming also felt somewhat unbearable in his heart, so after sighing, he hurriedly took it back into the spirit beast bag first.

By the time Song Qingming finished dealing with the battlefield traces and returned to the cave, Song Qingyu had already woken up, and after refining the antidote pill, her complexion also slowly returned to normal.

Seeing Song Qingming return to the cave, Song Qingyu hurriedly got up and asked: "Seventh Brother, did that old demon run away? Should we leave here quickly?"

"Rest assured! He won't appear again, but the commotion just now was too big, and I'm afraid it has already alarmed the nearby cultivators; it's not safe for us to stay here, so let's change to another place to help you heal your injuries!"

Seeing that Song Qingyu's injuries had improved quite a bit, Song Qingming also gradually felt relieved in his heart, and after nodding in response to her, he took her and Li Xiuning out of the cave together.

A moment later, the three of them, already standing on the "Phantom Boat", turned into a white light and left the barren island, heading south.

About an hour later, two escape lights, one blue and one white, flew over the sky above the barren island, which had already been very calm, and transformed into two figures standing in mid-air.

One of the blue-clothed women looked at the battlefield below the barren island, which had already been battered into ruins, and frowned slightly, saying:

"Senior Brother Chen, there was such a big commotion here; could it be that someone was hunting a demon king?"

The white-clothed man at the side shook his head slightly with a solemn expression upon hearing this:

"Hunting a demon king! I don't think so; if it were hunting an ordinary demon king, it wouldn't have been fought to such an extent. The person who appeared here was definitely a powerhouse above the late stage of Jin Dan."

"A late-stage Jin Dan cultivator? This... who exactly is so bold as to dare to cause trouble here so blatantly? Could it be that this person is a loose cultivator from out of town?

Senior Brother Chen, should we inform the sect about this matter first!"

Hearing that a late-stage Jin Dan cultivator might have appeared nearby, the blue-clothed woman revealed some surprise on her face, and then she asked another question.

The white-clothed man looked around with a solemn expression and did not directly answer the blue-clothed woman's question, but directly cast a spell to take out a golden spiritual talisman and threw it into mid-air.

This talisman instantly turned into a ball of golden light in the air, and immediately following, this golden ball automatically flew to the battlefield below.

After the golden ball circled the battlefield and returned to the white-clothed man's hand, there were already several thin black lights on it.

"This is... demonic energy; could it be that there is a Jin Dan demonic cultivator here!"

Seeing the black light appearing on the golden ball in the white-clothed man's hand, the blue-clothed woman was shocked and couldn't help but shout out directly.

Seeing this, the white-clothed man also sighed slightly: "Sigh! I have heard before that cultivators have been disappearing inexplicably nearby, and I always thought it was the work of demon beasts.

Only after arriving here just now did I feel a trace of faint demonic energy; it seems that a Jin Dan demon lord should have appeared nearby.

With only the two of us, I'm afraid it will be difficult to find him; we still need to go back and discuss it with Senior Uncle and the others before making a decision!"

After the two of them agreed in mid-air, they soon turned into two escape lights and disappeared above the barren island.

At the same time, in mid-air a thousand miles away from the barren island.

Song Qingming, Song Qingyu, and the three of them were standing on the "Phantom Boat", looking at an island that was getting closer and closer, and smiles of relief appeared on all three of their faces.

After more than an hour of rapid travel, Song Qingming and the three of them had successfully moved away from the location of the barren island and entered the territory controlled by a small country around Song Guo.

Because this country is affiliated with the Wu Guo to the south and has a relatively ordinary relationship with the "Hunyuan Sect" of Song Guo, under normal circumstances, "Hunyuan Sect" cultivators cannot easily enter this side.

Having left the sphere of influence of Song Guo, several people no longer had to worry about running into "Hunyuan Sect" cultivators at any time, so they boldly landed on this island not far from the lake shore.

On this island named "Xufengdao", there is a second-tier mid-quality spiritual vein, and a small market about the same size as "Qinghe Market" was also established on it.

Because there are many demon beasts in "Taiyue Lake", many cultivators from surrounding countries like to go deep into the lake to hunt demon beasts, and this place is located not far from the lake shore, so many cultivators coming and going to hunt demons like to stay here to rest.

Li Xiuning, when she was mixing in Song Guo back then, had come here several times with good friends and was relatively familiar with the situation here.

When she heard Song Qingming ask to find a small market to rest so that Song Qingyu could conveniently heal her injuries, Li Xiuning thought of this place immediately.

After the flying boat arrived not far from "Xufengdao", Song Qingming deliberately slowed down his speed, and then performed the transformation technique that "Long Feng" gave him back then to disguise his appearance and cultivation.

Although Song Qingming's cultivation of this technique is not as powerful as "Long Feng"'s and cannot deceive cultivators of the same rank as him, it is no problem to deal with the low-tier cultivators at the Foundation Establishment and Qi Mount Mount Lianhua levels on "Xufengdao" before him.

After the flying boat landed at the port on the west side of the island, Li Xiuning, who was familiar with the situation here, immediately jumped down first and threw a wooden tablet that could prove her identity to the market guards who hurried up to greet them.

Seeing the familiar wooden tablet before them, the small cultivator with a cultivation base of only the seventh layer of Qi Mount Mount Lianhua hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to Li Xiuning.

After asking Li Xiuning about the identities of Song Qingming and the other two behind her, he soon returned the wooden tablet in his hand to them and respectfully invited the three of them into the market.

This small market on "Xufengdao", although similar to "Qinghe Market".

However, because it is located near "Taiyue Lake" and is full of cultivators coming and going to hunt demons, their cultivation bases are significantly higher than those of the cultivators in "Qinghe Market".

Just after walking into the market, Song Qingming saw several Foundation Establishment cultivators with cultivation bases similar to Li Xiuning, which is rare in "Qinghe Market" of the same size.

The cultivators coming and going on the street, seeing three strange Foundation Establishment cultivators walking in, only looked a few more times out of curiosity, and there was no look of surprise on their faces. With the help of Li Xiuning, who was familiar with the situation, the three of them didn't spend much effort and soon successfully rented a few caves with better spiritual energy in the market.

After taking the third-tier antidote pill, although Song Qingyu's injuries were suppressed, the blood poison in her body had not yet been cleared.

If this drags on for a long time, once the blood poison seeps into the cultivator's internal organs, it will be somewhat troublesome to clear it up, and it may also leave some hidden dangers in the body.

It was precisely because of worrying about this matter that Song Qingming did not choose to rush back to Wei Guo, but first looked for a place nearby where they could safely go into closed-door cultivation, letting Song Qingyu clear the blood poison in her body first.

After handing over all the pills on his body that could assist in healing to Song Qingyu, Song Qingming carefully exhorted her before walking out of the cave where Song Qingyu was in closed-door cultivation.

Afterward, Song Qingming personally set up a protective formation outside and instructed Li Xiuning to take good care of the cave where Song Qingyu was in closed-door cultivation.

Li Xiuning came to help find the "Heaven and Earth Divine Thunder" this time, and in addition to the "Barrier-Breaking Pill" that Song Qingming promised her, she also received some rewards from Song Qingming, and she had long been grateful to Song Qingming in her heart.

And having experienced the battle on the barren island, she could be considered to have seen the powerful magic of these Jin Dan cultivators, and at this moment, she didn't dare to have any thoughts about Song Qingming's instructions.

After making these preparations, Song Qingming returned to his own cave at the side with peace of mind and took out the storage magic treasure he had found from Ma Wuchen before.

This time, in order to deal with the big demon lord Ma Wuchen, Song Qingming and Song Qingyu could be considered to have suffered huge losses.

Previously, in order to fight to the death to hold Ma Wuchen back and win time for Song Qingming to refine the "Heaven and Earth Divine Thunder" in his body, Song Qingyu not only was poisoned by the other party's blood poison in the battle but also injured her internal meridians.

Even if she can successfully clear the blood poison in her body this time, it will probably take at least several years to fully recover.

Besides that, in the battle, several third-tier spiritual talismans and a defensive magic treasure on Song Qingyu were all consumed in the battle.

Afterward, Song Qingming fought Ma Wuchen, and the white scroll magic treasure that had just been repaired not long ago was also forcibly broken by Ma Wuchen, damaging this third-tier high-quality magic treasure again.

The most miserable thing was the corpse puppet "Jin Feng" that had followed Song Qingming for many years, which was severely damaged in this great battle, and it is unknown how much time and materials it will take to repair it.

Calculating these things together, Song Qingming and the two of them lost at least nearly one hundred thousand spirit stones in this battle.

Although since forming the core, Song Qingming's family wealth has become more and more affluent over the years, with many high-tier magic treasures and spiritual items on his body, and even more than one fourth-tier magic treasure.

But having experienced running around for a few spirit stones since he was a child, he had long been accustomed to living frugally, and losing so many spirit stones at once still made Song Qingming feel a heartache for a long time after the battle.

I don't know if the storage magic treasure of Ma Wuchen that he finally obtained can give him some surprises to compensate for some of Song Qingming's losses in the previous great battle.

The restrictions placed on this storage magic treasure of Ma Wuchen were very complex, and even with Song Qingming, a third-tier mid-quality formation master, taking action, it still took a full three days to erase all the restrictions on it.

After opening Ma Wuchen's storage magic treasure, Song Qingming, with a somewhat nervous mood, slowly probed his spiritual sense into it and took out all the spiritual items in the storage magic treasure.

"No way! At least he is a dignified Jin Dan peak big demon lord, how could he be so poor!"

Before opening Ma Wuchen's storage magic treasure, Song Qingming also thought that the other party was a demonic cultivator after all and wouldn't have too many good things that he could have.

But after seeing the few things that were really somewhat pitiful that he had just taken out of the storage magic treasure on the table, Song Qingming still couldn't help but reveal a very disappointed look on his face.

Except for the "black gourd" that Song Qingming had already seen before, the rest were only two third-tier low-quality magic treasures of low quality, as well as a few low-level spiritual talismans of even lower quality.

And then there were a few cultivation technique classics and pills for demonic cultivators that Song Qingming was too lazy to even look at, and then there was nothing else.

Magic treasures used by demonic cultivators are mostly contaminated with demonic energy, and their value in the market is far inferior to normal magic treasures.

The value of those two third-tier magic treasures combined might not even be enough to exchange for ten thousand spirit stones.

The best of the few magic treasures, the "black gourd", although its magic power is not weak and its grade has reached the fourth tier, it is also a high-tier magic treasure contaminated with demonic energy.

Moreover, this fourth-tier magic treasure was also damaged by Song Qingming's spell in the previous battle, losing the essence soul of the life-bound demon beast inside, and it is unknown how many spirit stones it will take to repair it.

If Song Qingming takes it directly to the market for sale, the value will certainly not be too high, and being able to exchange it for twenty or thirty thousand spirit stones would be considered good luck.

The things on Ma Wuchen's body, added together, didn't even reach fifty thousand spirit stones, which also made Song Qingming very disappointed, and he couldn't help but think of Du Yuchen, who was as poor as him back then.

"I thought Du Yuchen, who was his disciple, was poor enough, but I didn't expect his master Ma Wuchen to be no better than him.

Being so poor, I don't know how he still dared to talk about having a chance to form a Nascent Soul.

These demonic cultivators can really say any ghost words."

After putting away the things on the table with a disappointed face, Song Qingming set up a soul-locking formation in the cave again and took out the bowl-shaped magic treasure that sealed Ma Wuchen's soul.

Since he killed Du Yuchen back then and formed a grudge with the other party, Song Qingming has also often worried that Ma Wuchen and the "Blood-Red Old Demon" behind him would come to his door.

A few days ago, after killing his opponent, he did not directly annihilate Ma Wuchen's soul, and Song Qingming also wanted to try soul-searching to see how much this guy knew about him.

Another thing is that these high-tier demonic cultivators have always been cunning, and after capturing the other party's soul, they can also find the lair hidden behind him through soul-searching.

Perhaps he could even find some extra treasures to compensate for his losses.

After opening the magic treasure that sealed the soul, the spiritual talisman that confined "Ma Wuchen"'s soul immediately floated out automatically, and immediately following, Song Qingming cast a spell to open the spiritual talisman and released his soul.

Ma Wuchen, who had just escaped, immediately transformed into a mass of black smoke upon seeing this and wanted to escape, but before he could escape very far, the surroundings of the cave immediately shone with spiritual light and formed a golden light, locking his soul in mid-air.

"This fellow Daoist! Just have mercy and let me go; I really know a cultivation technique that can assist cultivators in forming a Nascent Soul. As long as you can let me go, this cultivation technique I will definitely offer with both hands.

From now on, I am also willing to stay and be a servant for you; with my cultivation and ability, I will definitely be able to help you a lot.

As long as you agree, I can worship you as a master, or worship as a righteous..."

"Too much nonsense!"

Song Qingming, who hadn't found any good things on him just now, was already feeling somewhat displeased, and hearing Ma Wuchen chattering on and on, he felt even more impatient, so he immediately cast a spell to use the soul-searching secret technique on him.

As the secret technique was performed, the words that Ma Wuchen hadn't finished speaking also stopped abruptly.

Because Song Qingming had already used the soul-searching secret technique when he killed the ghost cultivator Wen Tianyang in Mount Yunwu back then, he was already familiar with it when he performed it again today.

However, compared to the ghost cultivator Wen Tianyang, who had already lost part of his memory back then, Ma Wuchen's soul was clearly much more powerful, which also made Song Qingming much more strenuous when performing the soul-searching secret technique.

After spending a full half an hour, Song Qingming's spiritual sense was finally able to slowly probe into Ma Wuchen's sea of consciousness and began to try to search his memory.

Looking at the numerous memory fragments flying past in the other party's sea of consciousness, Song Qingming immediately began to search for those memory fragments closest to the present, wanting to find information useful to him from them.

Soon, several figures that Song Qingming was relatively familiar with appeared before him.

These included Ma Wuchen's master "Blood-Red Old Demon", as well as Du Yuchen, with whom Song Qingming had dealt many times, and other disciples and fellow disciples under Ma Wuchen.

Through searching Ma Wuchen's memory, Song Qingming thought he had discovered a secret he didn't know back then.

That is, "Blood-Red Old Demon" and the Jin Dan demon lord Xiao Huang, who was suppressed in "Demon-Sealing Valley" back then, were actually fellow disciples.

Back then, after Song Qingming and Feng He joined forces to kill Xiao Huang, Ma Wuchen and his junior fellow disciple had both gone to the Fuyun Mountain Range to look for Song Qingming for this reason.

It was just that they were blocked by Long Feng and Huo Feng in the end, which unintentionally helped Song Qingming block this disaster.

Knowing these secrets, Song Qingming also felt somewhat fearful in his heart; if he hadn't been lucky enough to have just gone to Huo Feng's place, he might have really fallen into this person's hands.

As Ma Wuchen's memory fragments continued to flow, some secrets about him also continued to emerge before Song Qingming.

After a full stick of incense, Song Qingming could be considered to have finished soul-searching him, and his spiritual sense slowly withdrew from Ma Wuchen's sea of consciousness.

At this time, although Song Qingming was still constantly digesting the information he had obtained in his mind, his complexion was already much better than before.