Chapter 813
At a stall in the outer city, a young man with a somewhat delicate appearance in green clothes was strolling around the stall with a woman in white clothes accompanying him.
The man's cultivation had already reached the sixth layer of the Jin Dan. Facing most of the low-tier spiritual objects sold at the stalls in the outer city, he didn't show much interest, and his expression had always been very plain.
It seemed that he was only accompanying the woman in white clothes beside him, which was why he appeared here patiently.
And his companion, the woman in white clothes, although she was also a Jin Dan cultivator with successful cultivation, she was clearly much more interested in these novel spiritual objects in front of her.
While strolling around the stalls, she didn't forget to pick up spiritual objects and ask the shopkeeper, and the smile on her face never stopped.
"Brother Liu, look, this purple coral is actually so fragrant and can also clear the mind and refresh the spirit. It would also look quite good if taken back and placed in the cave dwelling. What do you think?"
"Junior Sister, things dug out of the sea like this, I estimate that the fragrance will fade in at most half a year. If you spend five hundred spirit stones to buy this, it's better to buy a few more bundles of second-tier calming incense."
Hearing the green-clad man say this, the stall owner's face immediately showed a bit of ugliness, and he hurriedly explained to the two: "Please rest assured, senior, all the spiritual objects at our stall have their prices determined by the assembly, and we definitely dare not deceive you.
This item is also a unique spiritual object of our Lei Yuan Sea. Although its effect is not as good as second-tier calming incense, it wins in its exquisite appearance and is definitely very pleasing to the eye when placed in a cave dwelling."
Hearing the words from the shopkeeper, just as the young man was about to continue speaking, his expression suddenly changed, and then he immediately looked around.
Seeing him like this, the woman in white clothes thought that the other party was a bit impatient with accompanying her shopping, so she hurriedly put down the "purple coral" in her hand.
"Brother Liu, do you have something else to do? Why don't we go back first?"
Hearing this, the green-clad man immediately came back to his senses, withdrew his gaze, and nodded calmly to the woman in white clothes: "Junior Sister, I do have some things to deal with. Otherwise, why don't you go back and find Fourth Senior Brother first! I will come to meet you immediately after I finish my business here."
Hearing the green-clad man's words, the woman in white clothes hurriedly nodded with a smile, and then took the initiative to leave the place.
After the figure of the woman in white clothes disappeared for a while, the green-clad man picked up the "purple coral" she had just put down, then threw down a few hundred spirit stones and turned to leave the stall.
The stall owner, who thought he had missed this business, saw that the green-clad man actually bought this item in the end, and a trace of joy immediately appeared on his face, bowing to thank the figure of the green-clad man who was leaving.
After leaving the stall, the green-clad man bypassed the street full of stalls and came to the outside of a tea house that provided rest for cultivators at the edge of the outer city, and then walked in with big strides.
Before long, the figure of the green-clad man appeared on the second floor of the tea house. Seeing him scan the surroundings and find a figure sitting alone in the corner, he immediately walked quickly towards the position where he was.
"Junior Brother Song, it really is you!"
Song Qingming, who was originally sitting on the chair, hurriedly stood up and bowed to him after seeing the person coming.
"Long time no see, Senior Brother Liu. I didn't expect that I would meet you when I came to Lei Yuan Sea to participate in the trade fair this time. It's truly a bit of fate!"
This green-clad man is none other than Liu Yang, who is a fellow disciple of the "Taixu Gate" on Mount Yuxuan with Song Qingming, and also one of the few fellow disciples Song Qingming is relatively familiar with there.
When Song Qingming just came out of the inner city and saw Liu Yang, who was accompanying someone shopping, he was also surprised for a while.
Because Song Qingming had never seen the woman in white clothes who had been following Liu Yang before at the "Taixu Gate."
For fear of revealing their identities, Song Qingming didn't choose to come forward to recognize him, but secretly transmitted a message to lead Liu Yang to this tea house.
After the two sat down again, Song Qingming carefully released a sound-insulating barrier beside him, and then smiled and poured a cup of spiritual tea for Liu Yang and continued to say: "Senior Brother Liu, I don't know which fellow disciple you came with this time to Lei Yuan Sea. Is Senior Sister Li, and Master, the old man, also here together?"
Hearing what Song Qingming said, Liu Yang hurriedly shook his head: "Master is still in seclusion in the sect and hasn't come to Lei Yuan Sea.
Senior Sister Li didn't come this time either. I came with Fourth Senior Brother and Junior Sister Lin and the others."
"Oh! I thought Senior Brother came with Master. I wanted to take this opportunity to pay a visit to the old man. It seems that this opportunity is not enough, and I can only wait until I go to the sect in the future to pay my respects."
Ever since he became a disciple of "Daoist Lingxu," Song Qingming has always wanted to find an opportunity to ask his master about some cultivation technique problems over the years.
It's just that due to the long distance between the Fuyun Mountain Range cultivation world and the "Taixu Gate," it takes at least a year or two to go back and forth, which is truly a bit inconvenient.
Last time when sending Senior Sister Li Xuanyi back to the "Donghuang Country" cultivation world, he unfortunately encountered Master "Daoist Lingxu" going out for a cloud tour, missing the opportunity.
Just now, seeing Liu Yang, who often followed "Daoist Lingxu," Song Qingming thought that "Daoist Lingxu" and that Senior Sister Li Xuanyi might also have come to "Tianxin City" to participate in the trade fair together.
He didn't expect that he had guessed the answer wrong, and neither of them came!
Hearing Liu Yang's reply, a bit of disappointment also appeared on Song Qingming's face, and he couldn't help but sigh with regret.
Seeing Song Qingming's face a bit lost, Liu Yang immediately smiled and said:
"If Junior Brother wants to see Master, that's not difficult. At most, in a year or two, Master will be out of seclusion. When you go to the sect, you will likely not be disappointed.
However, Senior Sister Li really hasn't been to the sect for a while. I don't know if she has something at home or has gone out for a tour again.
If you want to see her, I really don't know how to answer you for a moment."
Hearing Liu Yang mention Li Xuanyi, Song Qingming was slightly stunned, and asked with a bit of doubt: "Oh! Has Senior Sister Li also not returned to the sect for a long time?"
As a half-personal disciple of "Daoist Lingxu," plus the location of her family is not far from the "Taixu Gate," in the past, besides going out for a tour, she would often return to the sect to cultivate.
Hearing Liu Yang say that Li Xuanyi hadn't returned to the "Taixu Gate" for a long time, Song Qingming couldn't help but show a trace of doubt in his heart, and asked again with some incomprehension.
Liu Yang, hearing this, also shook his head directly: "Junior Brother Song also knows that I don't often leave the sect.
I only saw Senior Sister Li when she came to the sect before. I don't know much about her affairs. If you have the opportunity, it's better to ask Master directly, it will be clearer."
"Hmm! Senior Sister Li once saved me back then. If she has anything that needs help, Senior Brother, please inform me by letter if you know in the future.
Although my ability is limited, I dare not forget the kindness I received. If there is a need, I will definitely do my best."
"Don't worry, Junior Brother Song, I've kept this in mind!"
Seeing Song Qingming's serious face, Liu Yang nodded slightly and agreed, then changed the topic and asked Song Qingming: "To tell you the truth, I didn't expect to meet Junior Brother Song here when I came to Lei Yuan Sea this time.
Junior Brother's cultivation is now about to break through to the ninth layer of the Jin Dan. You came here, I think, also for the spiritual objects for Nascent Soul formation of the Liuyun Sect. I don't know if Junior Brother Song got what he wished for this time?"
Seeing Song Qingming appear at the "Tianxin City" trade assembly, Liu Yang also guessed his intention a bit. After answering his question, he asked with some curiosity.
Regarding this, Song Qingming didn't deny it, and directly told Liu Yang about his participation in the "Tianxin City" auction and the fact that he mortgaged several magic treasures for this.
Liu Yang joined the "Taixu Gate" earlier than Song Qingming. When Song Qingming first met him, Liu Yang was already an inner disciple, and his status in the sect was higher than that of an outer disciple like Song Qingming.
In the "Taixu Gate," inner disciples are the core of the sect and also the objects the sect focuses on cultivating. Whether they are forming the Jin Dan or condensing the Nascent Soul, they can generally get the sect's support.
And outer disciples like Song Qingming are basically accepted by "Daoist Lingxu" by chance outside. Besides not being able to reveal the sect's affairs, there are no too many requirements for them.
Therefore, the "Taixu Gate" doesn't pay too much attention to these outer disciples. Besides giving them some convenience in teaching cultivation techniques, they generally won't give priority to supporting outer disciples in Nascent Soul formation.
If Song Qingming wants to condense the Nascent Soul, he must rely on himself to find spiritual objects and methods to assist in Nascent Soul formation.
On this point, Song Qingming didn't need to hide it from Liu Yang, and didn't need to worry about this inner disciple revealing the secrets on his body.
"Senior Brother Liu, I came here with a few good friends to broaden my horizons this time, and I didn't expect that I would have the opportunity to auction this spiritual object for Nascent Soul formation.
My preparation was a bit insufficient when I came, and I almost missed this opportunity.
For this elixir, all the spirit stones on my body were thrown in at once. Now there are still several magic treasures mortgaged at the auction backstage, and I don't know how to take them back.
It's truly a bit shameful to say!"
"Oh! Junior Brother Song, how many spirit stones are still missing? Why don't you tell me. It's rare for us fellow disciples to meet here, so we should naturally help each other."
Hearing that Song Qingming mortgaged several magic treasures on his body because of auctioning the "Nascent Formation Pill," Liu Yang immediately asked him about it, showing an appearance of wanting to help him solve this problem.
Back then in the "Taixu Gate," Song Qingming and Liu Yang were familiar with each other for many years, and he also knew that his personality was relatively straightforward and he didn't like to deal with people in a roundabout way. Seeing that the other party took the initiative to mention this matter, Song Qingming, who originally wanted to find the other party for help, directly told Liu Yang about the spirit stones he was missing, wanting to ask him to borrow some spirit stones for urgent use.
Song Qingming had more than twenty thousand spirit stones left on his body, plus the spirit stones on Song Yuanhao and the others, they could also scrape together more than ten thousand spirit stones.
As long as Liu Yang could lend him thirty thousand spirit stones, Song Qingming would be able to redeem those magic treasures first.
Although for a Jin Dan sixth-layer cultivator like Liu Yang, tens of thousands of spirit stones are indeed not a large number.
But the other party is also here to participate in the trade assembly in the "Lei Yuan Sea" cultivation world, and he certainly won't spend few spirit stones here. Song Qingming was still a bit uncertain about whether he could help him.
No matter how many spirit stones the other party can lend him, it is always helpful to Song Qingming. Even if he can't redeem all three magic treasures, it's good to be able to take back one or two first.
When he took the initiative to propose borrowing spirit stones, Song Qingming didn't expect that Liu Yang didn't hesitate too much and quickly took out a storage bag full of spirit stones and threw it to him.
It was filled with the thirty thousand spirit stones Song Qingming needed, which made him couldn't help but feel a bit excited for a moment, and he hurriedly stood up to thank Liu Yang.
Seeing this, Liu Yang also immediately smiled and waved his hand at him: "Junior Brother Song, there's no need to be so polite.
Although we don't see each other often over the years, no matter what, back then you and Senior Sister Li also helped me with my cultivation techniques in the sect. I should naturally keep this kindness in mind.
It's just a small matter of borrowing tens of thousands of spirit stones, Junior Brother doesn't need to take it too much to heart."
Seeing the other party say so, Song Qingming also nodded repeatedly: "Senior Brother Liu is right, this little thing between us naturally doesn't count for anything.
However, Senior Brother taking out so many spirit stones to help me in an emergency this time is indeed a great help to me. It is only reasonable to thank you.
Don't worry, Senior Brother, I will definitely bring these spirit stones back to you next time I return to the sect for cultivation."
"Haha! Don't worry, Junior Brother Song, I'm not in a hurry for this, you can arrange it yourself."
After successfully borrowing the spirit stones, Song Qingming was also very happy in his heart, and chatted with Liu Yang in the tea house for a long time. Until a pot of spiritual tea had reached the bottom, the two of them walked out of the tea house with some reluctance.
"Senior Brother Liu, it's inconvenient to be away from home, so I won't disturb you all the time today.
When the fellow brothers have time another day, please trouble Senior Brother Liu to send me a letter, and I will come to visit again."
"Hmm! Don't worry, Junior Brother Song, we shouldn't go back so quickly. I will explain this to Fourth Senior Brother and the others later. When we have free time, we will gather again."
Seeing Liu Yang's back gradually disappear into the street, Song Qingming couldn't help but reach out to touch the storage bag at his waist, and a bit of satisfaction appeared on his face.
Originally, he didn't know how to raise spirit stones for a while, but he didn't expect that he would successfully solve this problem not long after coming out. Song Qingming finally let out a sigh of relief in his heart.
At first, it wasn't that Song Qingming didn't think about going to borrow spirit stones from Bai Yuxian.
But if the other party directly asked about this, he couldn't deceive her. With Bai Yuxian's shrewdness, once she knew that Song Qingming had even mortgaged his own magic treasures, it wouldn't be difficult for her to guess that he had auctioned the "Nascent Formation Pill."
Song Qingming really didn't want too many people to know about this matter, which is also an extremely dangerous thing for him now.
From the perspective of the "Xiaoyao Sect," the current Song family is just a slightly larger Jin Dan family under their command. Even if there are one or two more Jin Dan cultivators, it won't pose much of a threat to them.
But if a Nascent Soul cultivator suddenly appeared in the Song family, the situation would be a bit different.
Whether the "Xiaoyao Sect" would allow the existence of a Song family that could threaten them, whether the two sides could still maintain peace, or whether there would be any conflict of interest, these are all unknown things.
Even if Song Qingming doesn't doubt Bai Yuxian's character in his heart at this moment, he doesn't dare to use this matter to gamble with his own life and the future of the family. —— Half a day later, Song Qingming, who had redeemed all his magic treasures from the auction backstage, also returned to the inner city auction venue with a happy face.
Although he spent a few thousand more spirit stones for this, for Song Qingming, who had already spent hundreds of thousands of spirit stones here just now, this was already an inconspicuous little thing.
It was just hard on Song Yuanhao and the others. The spirit stones on their bodies were basically scraped clean by Song Qingming, their old ancestor. They could only leave the trade fair in advance and return to the cave dwelling to close-door cultivate.
By the time Song Qingming returned, the auction venue was already in the link of cultivators freely trading spiritual objects, and the white-haired elder and others presiding over the auction had long since given up the auction stage to the cultivators who took the stage one by one.
It's just that, although no one maintained the rules of the venue, the many cultivators who came to participate in the auction were still relatively compliant.
Those who took the stage at the beginning were basically Nascent Soul cultivators, and no Jin Dan cultivator dared to take the stage before them.
The spiritual objects that these Nascent Soul cultivators wanted to acquire or take out for exchange were basically precious spiritual objects above the fourth tier. Some things Song Qingming hadn't even heard of, let alone seen.
Because fourth-tier spiritual objects are too rare and precious, even if nearly two hundred Nascent Soul-level cultivators came to the scene, there were still not many cultivators who could successfully obtain the spiritual objects they wanted at such an exchange meeting.
Besides several fourth-tier magic treasures, Song Qingming also had two fourth-tier low-quality spiritual medicines brought out from the "Tianyuan Sect" secret realm back then, which could be taken out to exchange for the spiritual objects he needed.
It's just that, at this kind of exchange meeting where cultivators need to take the initiative to show their faces, Song Qingming still didn't dare to take them out to exchange with others at will, fearing that he would be targeted by those Nascent Soul old monsters with ulterior motives.
In "Tianxin City," naturally, there is no need to worry about anyone having designs on him, but Song Qingming is not a cultivator here after all. Once he leaves this place and returns to Wei Country, some things are very difficult to guard against.
Moreover, once the sect knows about the origin of these two spiritual medicines and asks about it, it will also be very difficult for Song Qingming to explain, so there is really no need to find this trouble for himself.
(PS: Yesterday I saw someone asking about spiritual medicines. I'll explain here. It's not that I forgot these two fourth-tier spiritual medicines, but that Song Qingming himself is reluctant to take them out to exchange for spirit stones. After all, the value of a third-tier magic treasure is definitely lower than that of a fourth-tier spiritual medicine. That's right, it's his problem!)
Therefore, even if he saw Nascent Soul cultivators on the stage seeking fourth-tier spiritual medicines, Song Qingming was still unmoved in his heart and didn't have the idea of taking out the two spiritual medicines on his body.
Just as Song Qingming saw the Nascent Soul cultivators on the stage walking like a horse looking at flowers, a somewhat familiar figure suddenly walked onto the stage, making Song Qingming, whose eyes were fixed on her, have a bit more doubt on his face.
The woman who took the stage was dressed in white, wearing a veil to cover her appearance, and her figure was extremely similar to the "Hundred Flowers Palace" Saintess, Fairy Xia Mo, whom Song Qingming knew.
It's just that the cultivation of Fairy Xia Mo, whom Song Qingming knew back then, was only at the ninth layer of the Jin Dan, while the pressure emitted by the woman in white on the auction stage had already exceeded Bai Yuxian's, and it seemed that she had already broken through to the second layer of the Nascent Soul realm.
Back then, when Song Qingming went to the "Hundred Flowers Palace" in the East Sea to exchange for spiritual objects to repair the formation in his hand, he happened to encounter Xia Mo in seclusion impacting the Nascent Soul realm. Later, Song Qingming didn't know whether she had succeeded or not.
Over the years, when Song Qingming was transmitting messages with He Mengxin, he had also inquired about Xia Mo's Nascent Soul formation, but the other party didn't answer this matter directly. Song Qingming once thought that Xia Mo might have failed in Nascent Soul formation this time.
Compared to Bai Yuxian, Xia Mo was after all impacting the Nascent Soul realm for the first time. In Song Qingming's view, it was not strange that she failed in Nascent Soul formation.
But seeing the woman in white with a somewhat familiar figure on the stage at this moment, Song Qingming intuitively felt that the other party was very likely to be "Xia Mo," and he couldn't help but show a very suspicious look on his face.
"Could it be that Xia Mo really succeeded in impacting the Nascent Soul realm!"
Thinking of this, the confident Xia Mo from back then appeared in Song Qingming's mind again, and he couldn't help but have a trace of wavering in his heart.
If Xia Mo really succeeded in Nascent Soul formation at once, then her cultivation talent is truly a bit too astonishing.
In just thirty years, Xia Mo not only successfully broke through to the Nascent Soul realm but could also advance to the second layer of the Nascent Soul one step faster than Bai Yuxian, which truly made Song Qingming feel a bit unbelievable no matter how he thought about it.
The "Xia Mo" who took the stage took out a fourth-tier low-quality spiritual fruit from her body with a wave of her hand, wanting to exchange it with the cultivators present for a water-attribute defensive magic treasure of the same tier.
Although a fourth-tier low-quality spiritual fruit compared to a defensive magic treasure of the same tier, the value was still slightly worse.
However, in the situation where "Xia Mo" was willing to add tens of thousands of spirit stones, her luck was finally not bad, and she successfully exchanged for the spiritual object she needed, walking off the stage with a satisfied face.
After her, the several Nascent Soul cultivators who took the stage later were not so lucky, and all walked off the stage empty-handed.
Among the several Nascent Soul cultivators Song Qingming knew, the accompanying Bai Yuxian and Zheng Zitong also took the stage.
Bai Yuxian originally wanted to use a fourth-tier alchemy material in her hand to exchange for a fourth-tier low-quality spiritual talisman, but it was a pity that no one took a fancy to the spiritual object she took out.
On the contrary, Zheng Zitong was luckier. Relying on a fourth-tier spiritual medicine in his hand, he exchanged for the elixir he wanted and walked off the stage with full joy.
After those Nascent Soul cultivators left the stage, it was the turn of the Jin Dan cultivators who had been eager to try to take the stage to exchange the spiritual objects in their hands.
During this period, Song Qingming saw many familiar figures take the stage again, including Chu Fengping, Chen Xuanxin, and Zhang Tieyang, who were traveling with him.
Only Song Qingming, who had no extra spiritual objects on his body to exchange, didn't take the initiative to take the stage from beginning to end, but chose to quietly become a spectator. (End of chapter)
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