Chapter 824: Seven-Colored Thunder Light Lamp, Senior Sister Returns

"East Phoenix Kingdom" cultivation world, Pingzhou.

"Pingzhou" is located in the southeast of the "East Phoenix Kingdom" and is a small state with only a few Nascent Soul sects as its strongest cultivation forces.

And "Thunder Cloud Valley," located in the west of Pingzhou, is the territory controlled by the "Five Thunder Sect," a Nascent Soul sect.

The "Five Thunder Sect" also had Soul Transformation cultivators in its sect in its early years, once ranking among the top sects in the entire "East Phoenix Kingdom" cultivation world.

But because tens of thousands of years have passed, after that Soul Transformation ancestor passed away, the sect was never able to produce another Soul Transformation cultivator, and the foundation left behind had been consumed by later generations.

But as an old-brand Nascent Soul sect with a heritage of tens of thousands of years, although the "Five Thunder Sect" is no longer what it used to be, its strength still ranks among the top among the many Nascent Soul sects in the entire "East Phoenix Immortal Continent."

To this day, there are five Nascent Soul cultivators in the "Five Thunder Sect," and it occasionally squeezes into the top ten sects of the "East Phoenix Kingdom," which can be considered a relatively strong Nascent Soul sect.

On this day, outside a market near "Thunder Cloud Valley," a young man in a green robe strolled to the entrance of the market.

After verifying his identity through the cultivators guarding the market entrance, the green-robed man soon walked into the market and went directly to a pavilion that was the highest in the middle of the market.

The green-robed man looked up at the "Five Thunder Pavilion" sign hanging high, and walked in directly.

After talking to the cultivator who received him, the green-robed man was soon led to the second-floor hall, and then a white-clad man with Foundation Establishment sixth-level cultivation came to him.

The white-clad man scanned the green-robed man sitting in front, felt the powerful aura emanating from him, and hurriedly stepped forward to cup his hands and salute him with a smile.

"This Senior, I am Wu Qiyun, the manager here at the Five Thunder Pavilion. May I ask what you are looking for us for?"

Seeing the other party reveal his identity, Song Qingming put down the teacup, nodded lightly to him with a smile, and then moved his spiritual light to reveal a silver token the size of a palm, sending it directly to Wu Qiyun not far away.

"This... this is our sect’s Elder token, why is it in the hands of the Senior?"

Seeing the silver token taken out by Song Qingming, Wu Qiyun recognized at a glance that this was something that only a Core Formation Elder of the sect would possess, and a look of surprise appeared on his face, and he couldn't help but ask Song Qingming on the side.

Seeing the other party so surprised, Song Qingming was not surprised, and slowly opened his mouth to explain the process of obtaining this item.

This silver token was found on the body of the Core Formation cultivator’s corpse that Song Qingming discovered when he was collecting heaven and earth divine thunder in "Taiyue Lake" in Song Guo.

At that time, besides this sect Elder token, there were also some spirit stones, cultivation techniques

Song Qingming collected all these items, and just happened to take advantage of the gap in his journey through Pingzhou while passing through the "Donghuang Kingdom" cultivation world to arrive at the "Five Thunders Sect" where that person belonged, preparing to help return these relics.

After hearing Song Qingming's explanation, Wu Qiyun's face immediately took on a look of caution, and he then cupped his hands to him and said, "Senior, this matter involves a Golden Core Elder of our sect. My cultivation is low and I am not yet able to make decisions regarding this. I ask that you wait here for a moment, Senior, while I return to the sect to report this."

"Very well! Please make yourself at home, young friend." Song Qingming waved his hand upon hearing this and lifted the teacup on the table to take a sip.

Seeing this, Wu Qiyun called over a shop assistant from downstairs to help attend to Song Qingming, while he himself took the silver token and hurried away from the "Five Thunders Pavilion."

After half a stick of incense had passed, Song Qingming, who had already changed several pots of spirit tea under the hospitality of the assistant beside him, was just thinking of getting up to walk around.

A handsome man in a black robe suddenly walked up from the lobby downstairs, bringing Wu Qiyun and several others with him.

The black-robed man walking in front scanned Song Qingming with a very sharp gaze, said nothing more, and directly took out the silver token in his hand.

"Is this item something you returned?"

Sensing the aura radiating from the newcomer, which was clearly beyond the scope of a Golden Core cultivator, Song Qingming's face showed a hint of surprise, and he hurriedly stood up to bow and salute him.

"Greetings, Senior!"

"Senior is correct. This item was indeed something this junior obtained by chance several years ago. Today, I happened to be passing through your sect's territory, so I took the initiative to return it.

Besides this token, the rest of the items are all here. I ask that you please take a look, Senior!"

After Song Qingming finished speaking, a flash of spiritual light moved in his hand as he took out all the relics from the storage bag he had obtained at "Taiyue Lake" and quickly sent them before the black-robed man and the others.

Before that "Five Thunders Sect" Elder fell, he was only a Golden Core early-stage cultivator.

Before Song Qingming came, he had thought that returning the other party's relics was no big deal; he never expected that this matter would actually alarm a Nascent Soul ancestor of the "Five Thunders Sect," which truly left him feeling quite surprised.

After rummaging through these spiritual items, the black-robed man's gaze suddenly landed on a somewhat broken jade pendant magic tool among them.

"Dragon Creek Pendant, it really is Junior Brother Chen's relic. I never expected that he had already fallen outside for several hundred years!"

This Elder surnamed Chen who died at "Taiyue Lake" was named Chen Mengtang, and he was a direct fellow sect brother of the black-robed man from the "Five Thunders Sect" before him, Zhao Mengyang.

Not only that, Chen Mengtang was also a descendant of Zhao Mengyang's master. Back when Zhao Mengyang had not yet broken through to the Nascent Soul realm, his relationship with Chen Mengtang within the sect had also been excellent.

Hundreds of years ago, after Chen Mengtang went out traveling and went missing, Zhao Mengyang followed his master's orders and took sect cultivators to the Fuyun Mountain Range cultivation world to search for him.

However, because he did not know the specific location where Chen Mengtang had gone missing, Zhao Mengyang searched the Fuyun Mountain Range for several years without any results, and in the end, he could only helplessly turn back.

Several hundred years passed without being able to find any news of Chen Mengtang, and this matter had always been a heavy burden on the hearts of the master and disciple.

Before Zhao Mengyang's master passed away, he still did not forget to urge Zhao Mengyang, who had already condensed a Nascent Soul, to make sure he retrieved the remains of his junior brother Chen Mengtang in the future.

Although his cultivation had broken through to the Nascent Soul realm, he still felt willing but powerless regarding this matter. He had sent his disciples to the Fuyun Mountain Range cultivation world several times to inquire for news, but the results were always nothing.

It was not until now, when Song Qingming returned Chen Mengtang's relics, that Zhao Mengyang finally had news of his junior brother who had been missing for hundreds of years.

Looking at the jade pendant magic tool in his hand, Zhao Mengyang felt a wave of emotion; he had finally been able to fulfill his master's request from all those years ago.

Although Song Qingming had already detailed the process of how he found Chen Mengtang's remains when he returned the relics earlier, Zhao Mengyang still carefully questioned Song Qingming in person.

Regarding this, Song Qingming, whose conscience was clear, naturally did not hide anything at all. He patiently told everyone the details of the incident and also informed them of the location where he had buried Chen Mengtang's remains.

After all, Chen Mengtang's fall had happened several hundred years ago; Song Qingming was likely not even born yet at the time. No matter how suspicious the other party might be, it was impossible for them to suspect him.

After clarifying the matter from beginning to end, Zhao Mengyang nodded slightly and put away the relics of Chen Mengtang that were in his hand.

"Back then, I once promised my master that I would retrieve my junior brother's remains and place them in the sect's cemetery.

Young friend Song, you were able to travel thousands of miles to return the relics of this sect's Elder to 'Thunder Cloud Valley'; this has indeed fulfilled a wish that I have kept in my heart for many years.

This favor is something that both I and the sect should remember.

I wonder if you have any requests on this trip, young friend? You can tell me; as long as it is convenient for me, I will naturally use it to repay you!"

As Chen Mengtang was a Golden Core Elder of the Nascent Soul sect "Five Thunders Sect," his status was likely not low. Before returning the relics this time, Song Qingming had naturally thought that the other party would offer spiritual items to reward him.

However, at first, Song Qingming only felt that he might obtain some spirit stone rewards; he had not expected that this matter would alarm a Nascent Soul cultivator to come in person.

Hearing what Zhao Mengyang said at this moment, Song Qingming knew that the other party would likely not be stingy. After pondering for a moment, he cupped his hands toward Zhao Mengyang not far away and said slowly: "To tell you the truth, although this junior cultivates far away in the Fuyun Mountain Range, I have a keen interest in the Dao of Thunder techniques and have always wanted to find an item capable of carrying and storing the Divine Thunder of Heaven and Earth.

I wonder if your sect has any similar magic treasures? This junior would like to request one, or purchasing it with spirit stones is also fine."

Ever since he cultivated the "Heaven-Devouring Thunder Control Art," because the technique requires devouring and refining the Divine Thunder of Heaven and Earth, Song Qingming had been wanting to find a magic treasure for himself these years that would allow him to store these "Divine Thunders of Heaven and Earth" at any time.

Otherwise, it was truly inconvenient to devour and refine them every time he found "Divine Thunder of Heaven and Earth" in the wild.

Last time at "Taiyue Lake," when Song Qingming was refining the Divine Thunder he had just obtained, he was suddenly attacked by Ma Wuchen. If it hadn't been for Song Qingyu helping him block the other party for a while, he likely would have had his efforts wasted.

However, there are not many sects in the cultivation world that specialize in thunder-attribute techniques, and Song Qingming had been inquiring outside for many years without any results.

This time, having arrived at the "Five Thunders Sect," which is skilled in the techniques of controlling thunder, he couldn't help but want to try his luck to see if he could obtain what he wanted here.

"Oh! So you have also cultivated thunder-attribute techniques, young friend. No wonder when you first came in, I felt that you carried a faint aura of thunder and fire.

The spiritual item you want for storing the Divine Thunder of Heaven and Earth—although I don't know what you intend to use it for, it is indeed somewhat difficult to find, and I do not have such a spiritual item in my hands right now."

After Zhao Mengyang finished speaking, he paused, then continued: "However, since you have taken the initiative to make this request, I have heard that a senior brother in the sect has a similar magic treasure, but I cannot guarantee whether you will be able to trade for it from him.

If you insist on this item, young friend, I can try my best. If it doesn't work out, we can only switch to another spiritual item that I can provide. Do you think that is feasible?"

"Thank you for your help, Senior!"

Hearing what Zhao Mengyang said, Song Qingming did not hesitate at all and immediately agreed, then happily cupped his hands and bowed to Zhao Mengyang before him. — Three days later, a green escape light suddenly descended from afar onto a high mountain a thousand miles away from "Thunder Cloud Valley." Standing on the mountaintop, Song Qingming scanned his surroundings, then his left hand, which had been empty, suddenly exerted force and moved, gathering a white thunder light that continuously emitted a "crackle" of restless sound in his palm.

A moment later, a flash of spiritual light suddenly appeared beside Song Qingming, and a silver copper lamp emerged out of thin air. After this silver lamp appeared, seven rays of spiritual light of different colors immediately flashed on it, instantly illuminating the surroundings in colorful hues.

Before long, under the control of Song Qingming's spellcasting, the silver copper lamp shot out a seven-colored spiritual light, pulling the white Divine Thunder in Song Qingming's hand into the copper lamp.

"Hehe! It really works. The Five Thunders Sect is truly worthy of being a Nascent Soul sect with tens of thousands of years of heritage; this trip was definitely not in vain!"

Seeing that the white thunder light, which had been very restless, immediately became calm and docile after entering the silver copper lamp, a look of joy immediately appeared on Song Qingming's face.

This silver copper lamp is called the "Seven-Colored Thunder Light Lamp," a very rare third-grade high-tier magic treasure. It has the effect of controlling the Divine Thunder of Heaven and Earth, and its power is significantly stronger than the "Thunder Gathering Bead" that Song Qingming possesses.

The "Seven-Colored Thunder Light Lamp" in Song Qingming's hand was exactly the reward he received from Zhao Mengyang after waiting for a few days outside "Thunder Cloud Valley."

Song Qingming, who had only been holding onto a sliver of hope, had not expected that Zhao Mengyang would actually help him trade for this spiritual item, and in the end, he didn't even accept a single spirit stone from Song Qingming, directly bestowing this magic treasure upon him.

One must know that a third-grade high-tier magic treasure on the market costs at least thirty or forty thousand spirit stones, and this "Seven-Colored Thunder Light Lamp" is an even rarer magic treasure with unique divine abilities.

That Zhao Mengyang would be so generous as to bestow such a valuable spiritual item upon him left Song Qingming feeling surprised, while at the same time, he felt the extravagance of these Nascent Soul cultivators from large sects.

Even after leaving "Thunder Cloud Valley" for a long time, Song Qingming still felt immensely emotional; he didn't know if he had just become too accustomed to being poor over the years.

Regardless, this trip to the "Five Thunders Sect," which was originally somewhat unintentional, had indeed yielded Song Qingming many gains.

Not only did he trade some worthless relics from Chen Mengtang for the "Seven-Colored Thunder Light Lamp," a magic treasure very useful to him, but he also managed to become familiar with a Nascent Soul cultivator like Zhao Mengyang and forge a good relationship.

Perhaps in the future, if he encounters any matters that require help, he might be able to make use of this connection with Zhao Mengyang and the "Five Thunders Sect."

Thinking of this, a few more smiles appeared on Song Qingming's face.

Afterward, he put away the "Seven-Colored Thunder Light Lamp" in his hand, took out his flying boat, and jumped onto it.

Before long, Song Qingming, stepping on the "Phantom Boat," turned into a white escape light and disappeared from the high mountain.

Nanzhou, Outer Sea.

On the vast and boundless ocean, a small boat only five or six zhang long was sailing lonely on the sea surface, looking from afar like a fallen leaf drifting in the water.

A woman wearing a long black dress was standing alone at the bow of the boat, her gaze blankly watching the boundless sea in the distance.

Not far behind the woman, there was a middle-aged man who was working hard to control the boat's rudder, carefully managing the direction of the small boat while looking at the woman standing in front with some confusion.

It was not until the small boat approached a huge island that the middle-aged man carefully reminded her: "Senior Li, we will be arriving at Yuxuan Island soon."

Hearing the middle-aged man's voice, the woman in black turned around and threw a bag of spirit stones to him.

"Sorry for the trouble!"

After the woman in black finished speaking, she immediately turned into an escape light and left the small boat, then headed straight for the island not far away, soon disappearing into mid-air.

"Strange, she used to talk non-stop when coming here. It's only been a few decades, and her personality has changed too much!"

Watching the direction in which the woman in black had left, the middle-aged man shook his head and muttered to himself, then put away the spirit stones he had just received and turned the boat around to leave the vicinity of the island.

Yuxuan Island, "Grand Void Gate," in a stone pavilion at the mountaintop.

Liu Yang, dressed in a white robe, was sitting at a stone table in the pavilion, holding a bamboo scroll and reading it carefully.

On the other side of the stone table, a young woman in white was looking down at a chessboard filled with pieces on the stone platform, a look of difficulty appearing on her face.

Suddenly, a black escape light flew in from afar and landed outside the stone pavilion, revealing a figure that was somewhat familiar to Liu Yang.

"Senior Sister Li! You've returned."

Seeing Li Xuanyi walking over from not far away, Liu Yang immediately dropped the bamboo scroll in his hand and ran toward her with a happy face.

Seeing this, Li Xuanyi smiled slightly and stepped forward to return the salute to Liu Yang.

"Junior Brother Liu, have you been well? Is this a newly initiated Junior Sister?"

Seeing Li Xuanyi looking at the woman in white beside him, Liu Yang hurriedly introduced her: "Senior Sister, this is Junior Sister Jin Yao. She only came up the mountain twenty years ago; you haven't met her yet, Senior Sister."

"Greetings, Senior Sister Li!"

Seeing the delicate-looking Jin Yao, and then glancing at Liu Yang on the side, Li Xuanyi smiled and nodded slightly at them.

"I haven't been back for so long, I didn't expect the sect to have gained another Junior Sister. I came in a hurry; I hope you won't mind this small gift, Junior Sister!"

After Li Xuanyi finished speaking, she took out a somewhat exquisite-looking hairpin from her person and gifted it directly to Jin Yao, immediately causing a look of joy to appear on the other party's face.

"Thank you, Senior Sister!"

Seeing Jin Yao grinning from ear to ear on the side, Liu Yang immediately stepped forward and said to Li Xuanyi: "Senior Sister hasn't returned to the sect for so long, Master has missed you quite a bit. He was even mentioning you in front of me a few days ago; I didn't expect you to really return today, Senior Sister."

Hearing Liu Yang mention Master "Spirit Void Daoist," the smile on Li Xuanyi's face immediately paused, and she asked again: "Where is Master now? Has he been well all these years?"

"Master is not in the cave dwelling right now; it seems he went fishing down the mountain. Wait a moment, Senior Sister, I will take you there immediately."

After Liu Yang finished speaking, he directly took out his flying boat, then carried Li Xuanyi across the "Sect-Protecting Array" high in the sky, and before long, they arrived at the seaside at a corner of "Yuxuan Island" below.

As soon as the flying boat landed on a flat area, Li Xuanyi saw a simple old man wearing a straw hat sitting quietly on a white reef not far away, holding a long bamboo pole and looking at the water surface in the distance.

"Junior Brother Liu, thank you for leading the way. There is nothing else here, you can go back first!"

"It's only been a few decades, why has Senior Sister become so polite to me, just like Senior Brother Song? Back when we were all cultivating together down the mountain, we talked about everything; there was never this kind of distance between us, Senior Sister."

Feeling that Li Xuanyi's attitude toward him had changed greatly after this return, the somewhat slow-to-react Liu Yang slowly felt a hint of confusion appear on his face.

Seeing this, Li Xuanyi hurriedly squeezed out a smile and replied: "I have been in seclusion cultivating all these years and haven't had the time to come back and see you all; it does indeed feel a bit distant.

Don't be angry with me, Junior Brother Liu. I also brought something good for you this time."

After speaking, a flash of spiritual light moved in Li Xuanyi's hand, and an exquisite third-grade mid-tier spirit talisman appeared, which she sent into Liu Yang's hand.

"This spirit talisman was drawn by my own hand some years ago; it can be considered a rare item, so I gift it to you, Junior Brother!"

"Senior Sister, what are you doing? Such a valuable item, I cannot accept it. I haven't lacked spiritual items following Master all these years; please take it back, Senior Sister!"

Seeing that the spirit talisman Li Xuanyi took out as a gift was somewhat valuable, Liu Yang hurriedly waved his hand to refuse, but Li Xuanyi ignored him and still stuffed the spirit talisman into Liu Yang's hand.

"By the way, Junior Brother Liu, you just mentioned Junior Brother Song. Has he been to the sect recently?"

Hearing Li Xuanyi's inquiry, Liu Yang hurriedly shook his head and said: "Junior Brother Song has not been to the sect. I met him a few years ago when I went to the Thunder Origin Sea with the Fourth Senior Brother to attend a trade society.

At that time, Junior Brother Song specifically asked me to send his regards to you, Senior Sister, and said that if you ever need any help, Senior Sister, just send a message to find him.

Come to think of it, Junior Brother Song is truly a cultivation genius. When I saw him, Junior Brother Song's cultivation had already reached the peak of the eighth level of Golden Core; I estimate that if nothing unexpected happens, he should have already broken through to the ninth level of Golden Core by now."

"Oh! He has actually cultivated to the ninth level of Golden Core so quickly? You are indeed right. For him to have such spiritual root talent and be able to cultivate even faster than us, Master's judgment really didn't misjudge the person."

Li Xuanyi nodded with a smile, cupped her hands to bid farewell to Liu Yang, and turned to walk toward the location of "Spirit Void Daoist."

Seeing Li Xuanyi walk over and sit quietly beside her, "Spirit Void Daoist," who was holding a fishing rod, turned his head to look at her, then quickly returned his gaze to the sea surface.

The old and the young sat quietly on the white reef, letting the sea breeze blow and the giant waves crash beneath the reef, yet neither of them reacted in the slightest.

It was not until a long time had passed that the fishing rod in "Spirit Void Daoist's" hand finally had a reaction. With a flick of the bamboo pole, a large fish over a foot tall flew out of the water and landed directly in a bamboo basket that had been prepared not far beside him.

"Why, if I hadn't let them send word to you this time, were you really not planning to come back and see this old man?" (End of chapter)