Chapter 831

However, in order to contain the opponent, Song Qingming, along with the several puppets around him, was also severely injured, and even several of their limbs were broken.

Fortunately, for things like puppets, as long as the core position is not damaged, recovery is much faster than that of cultivators, and it only requires consuming some high-tier spirit material.

And these things to repair puppets happened to be available in the "Grand Void Gate."

Learning that Song Qingming needed these high-tier materials, Liu Yang quickly helped him send them over, which saved Song Qingming a lot of trouble.

It was not until two months later that a sound-transmission flew into the cave dwelling, which made Song Qingming, who was recuperating, stop and come to the cave dwelling of his Master "Daoist Lingxu."

Two months passed in a flash, and "Daoist Lingxu" finally found the Nascent Soul opportunity that Song Qingming wanted to seek, so he specially sent a message to invite him over.

Seeing Song Qingming walk into the cave dwelling, "Daoist Lingxu," who was tasting tea on the side, hurriedly beckoned to him with a smile, and then poured him a cup of relatively fragrant spirit tea.

"In the past, I always tasted the tea you brought. I can't let you suffer too much. This is a rare spirit tea I found when I was traveling in the Central Plains Continent. You should taste it too!"

Song Qingming nodded upon hearing this, said nothing more, picked up the spirit tea on the table, and smelled it carefully before his mouth.

After carefully tasting the unique fragrance emitted by the tea leaves, Song Qingming slowly poured it into his mouth, nodded with satisfaction, and said: "This tea is bitter first and sweet later, and the aftertaste is like sweetness, as if it has experienced a hundred years of vicissitudes. I never thought there would be such a uniquely flavored spirit tea in the world. Today, it really broadened my horizons.

If I have the opportunity, I must learn from Master, go out more, and taste the various flavors of the world. It will not be in vain for this life of cultivation!"

"It is good that you have such understanding. There is more than just the Donghuang Immortal Continent in this world. When your cultivation level is reached, your horizons should be broadened. Only by experiencing the various states of the world can you cultivate better!"

After adding another cup of spirit tea to Song Qingming's cup, "Daoist Lingxu" slowly continued:

"I sought you out today to tell you a piece of news. Recently, I have found a Nascent Soul opportunity for you.

It's just that this opportunity might be a bit dangerous. I don't know if you dare to take it now. I want to hear your thoughts first before making a decision."

"I don't know what kind of opportunity it is. I ask Master to speak directly!"

During the days of seclusion and recuperation, Song Qingming had been guessing what kind of Nascent Soul formation spirit items he would be rewarded with by the sect.

Now hearing the Nascent Soul opportunity mentioned by Master "Daoist Lingxu," a look of expectation appeared on Song Qingming's face, and he asked with a smile.

Seeing that Song Qingming was somewhat eager, "Daoist Lingxu," who had tasted a cup of spirit tea, nodded slightly, put down the teacup in his hand, and continued: "Condensing spirit with a cinnabar heart, tempering the cinnabar with primordial energy, fetal transformation into a Nascent Soul, and crossing the thunder tribulation to achieve the Dao—these are all key steps to breaking through to the Nascent Soul. You should know them all.

Most of the cultivators from ancient times to the present who have been blocked outside the Nascent Soul Great Dao have fallen at the step of fetal transformation into a Nascent Soul.

And the Nascent Soul opportunity I want to tell you about is related to this. If you can succeed, it should be easier for you to pass this hurdle when you condense a Nascent Soul in the future than for others.

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Jin Dan cultivators who want to break through to the Nascent Soul realm must first absorb and accumulate enough magic power in their dantian, then use it to temper the Jin Dan, and finally shatter the cinnabar to transform into a Nascent Soul and cross the thunder tribulation, only then can they achieve the Nascent Soul Great Dao!

The first two points, for most Jin Dan cultivators, although they require a large amount of time, the difficulty is relatively not that great.

It only requires polishing one's own magic power to a certain realm, and all can become skilled through practice. If it really doesn't work, one can also match it with some spirit items that assist in Nascent Soul formation to help cultivators save some effort when breaking through.

And this step of fetal transformation into a Nascent Soul, because there are not many spirit items in the cultivation world that can assist, mainly relies on the cultivator's own experience and perseverance, so the difficulty is relatively much higher.

In the cultivation world, most cultivators who fail when breaking through to the Nascent Soul are basically blocked at this most critical step.

Moreover, even if the first two steps fail, the influence on the cultivator is relatively not that great. Generally, after recuperating for ten or twenty years, one can slowly recover.

Once a cultivator chooses to shatter the cinnabar to transform into a Nascent Soul, there is no way back. Those who cannot successfully transform into a Nascent Soul will inevitably have their Jin Dan damaged because of this.

If one is lucky, one must at least recuperate for several decades. If one is unlucky, one might even have one's cultivation realm fall due to severe damage to the Jin Dan. Even if one spends a lot of time to recover, one will have no chance to impact the Nascent Soul realm again due to lifespan limitations.

And the opportunity that "Daoist Lingxu" found for Song Qingming is a "Heart-Refining Tower" located within the Yuanzhou territory of the "Donghuang Kingdom" cultivation world.

In the cultivation world, there are many places where the world's fetal membranes were damaged due to the great battle of ancient powerful cultivators, and they were invaded by extraterrestrial gang winds and heavenly fires.

And this "Heart-Refining Tower" located in Yuanzhou is a sealing formation used by ancient cultivators to repair the fetal membranes.

Because the tower absorbs a large amount of extraterrestrial heavenly fire all year round, it has formed a natural extraterrestrial "Heavenly Fire Pool."

Because these extraterrestrial heavenly fires carry a poisonous substance that can make cultivators fall into illusions, ordinary Jin Dan cultivators only need to step into the fire pool, and before long, they will directly enter the "Heavenly Fire Illusion."

In this "Heavenly Fire Illusion," no matter what the cultivator does, they can have a very real experience, even if they are cultivating or breaking through realms inside.

If Song Qingming can enter the "Heavenly Fire Illusion" to try to condense a Nascent Soul, he can directly experience the real process of impacting the Nascent Soul, which will definitely be of great help to his future breakthrough to the Nascent Soul realm.

And because he is in an illusion, even if the Nascent Soul formation fails, the cultivator himself will not suffer any loss.

However, one relatively dangerous point is that because of the poisonous extraterrestrial heavenly fires in the "Heavenly Fire Pool," they are relatively damaging to the cultivator's physical body.

Jin Dan cultivators staying inside for a short time is not a big problem, but once they are trapped in the illusion of the "Heavenly Fire Illusion" for a long time without coming out in time, it is easy to be injured by those extraterrestrial heavenly fires.

Some unlucky people whose willpower is not firm enough will even be trapped to death in the illusion, thus losing their lives.

This is also the danger mentioned by "Daoist Lingxu."

After clarifying the ins and outs of this opportunity, "Daoist Lingxu" explained to Song Qingming: "If a Jin Dan cultivator can enter the Heart-Refining Tower and come out successfully, they can generally increase their chance of Nascent Soul formation by about 20% in the future.

Your Eldest Senior Brother Jinglong and Fourth Senior Brother Xingyun both entered the Heart-Refining Tower to train back then. If you have anything you don't understand, you can also go ask them.

However, although this opportunity is good, there are also dangers.

If you are really trapped in the tower and cannot come out, even if Master is outside, it is difficult to guarantee your life. You must think about these things first.

There is no rush for this matter. You can consider it well before answering me."

Just after "Daoist Lingxu" finished speaking, Song Qingming stood up and arched his hands to him, then answered with firmness: "Many thanks for Master's reminder. The disciple has already considered it well and will go to the Heart-Refining Tower with you.

Even if entering it to train will have life concerns, the disciple does not want to miss this opportunity easily. I believe I will definitely be able to break through!"

Having cultivated for so many years, Song Qingming has experienced life and death many times and naturally understands that most opportunities in the world are not so easy to obtain. This kind of very rare Nascent Soul formation opportunity requires cultivators to take risks to gain something.

After the last exchange with Master "Daoist Lingxu," Song Qingming has gradually let go of what he thought in his heart and no longer struggles with the heavy responsibility on his shoulders.

Since coming here is for a Nascent Soul opportunity, then simply think more openly and fight for it wholeheartedly.

The Song family was only a small Qi Refining family back then and could slowly develop to this day. Even if he is really gone, with descendants like Qingyu and Yuanfang, the family should be able to continue smoothly.

Being able to bring the family to this day and become the first cultivation family dominating the northeast of Wei Kingdom is already not failing the heavy trust of the family elders back then.

As for future matters, he cannot manage them for a lifetime.

Just as Master "Daoist Lingxu" said, "sticking to one's original intention and doing one's best" is enough.

Seeing that Song Qingming decided so quickly, "Daoist Lingxu" smiled slightly, said nothing more, and poured another cup of spirit tea for Song Qingming on the side. —— Three days later, at the mountain gate of the "Grand Void Gate."

Song Qingming came here early in the morning. Seeing that the time was still relatively early, he looked at the bluestone on the side and found a clean place to sit cross-legged.

After agreeing with Master "Daoist Lingxu" to go to the "Heart-Refining Tower" to train, Song Qingming was not overly nervous because of this.

Sitting on the bluestone, he was not affected by the chirping of birds in the surrounding bamboo forest and soon calmed his mind, entering meditation.

Seeing Song Qingming sitting on the bluestone like a wooden sculpture without moving, the birds around flew toward him with some curiosity.

After circling for a while, seeing that there was no movement from the figure below, one of the birds actually stopped on him very boldly.

Seeing their companion jumping up and down on Song Qingming's head without anything happening, the birds in the sky also became bolder.

Before long, more than a dozen birds landed on Song Qingming's shoulders, head, and the bluestone beside him, chirping incessantly around him.

Even though the sound in his ears was noisy, Song Qingming, sitting on the spot, still remained unmoved like a bluestone.

It was not until half an hour later that a figure landed beside Song Qingming, which startled all those birds away.

"Junior Brother Song, you really don't pick a place to cultivate. Being able to calm your mind in such a noisy place, it's no wonder Master always says my cultivation understanding is not as good as yours."

"Hehe! So-called calming the mind does not necessarily mean closing one's five senses.

Just focus on one thing, and you can discard all interference around you. These are actually not difficult. Senior Brother can also do it if you try more."

Hearing Song Qingming's answer, Liu Yang thought for a moment, shook his head slightly, and said: "It's not that I haven't tried, but I still feel that finding a quiet place directly is more convenient for entering meditation. It seems that in terms of cultivation understanding, I won't be able to catch up with you, Junior Brother, in this life. Let's take it slowly!"

Song Qingming smiled and nodded: "It's just that everyone's cultivation method is different. Senior Brother's words are praising me. My spiritual root talent is average, so I can only put more effort into cultivation.

I don't know why Senior Brother came here today. Could it be that you are also going to the Heart-Refining Tower with me to train?"

"Hehe! Junior Brother Song guessed wrong this time. Wanting to enter the Heart-Refining Tower to cultivate is not something I can do just because I want to.

Moreover, my cultivation is only at the Jin Dan late-stage, and there is still a distance from impacting the Nascent Soul realm. Entering the Heart-Refining Tower to cultivate now is of no great help to me.

I came here just because I happened to hear that you, Junior Brother, are going in to train this time, so I begged Master for a favor to go and see with you. In the future, in case I have a chance to go in, I will have some experience, right."

The "Heart-Refining Tower" is located within the Yuanzhou territory, and that place belongs to the jurisdiction of the "Demon-Slaying Palace," one of the three major sects in the "Donghuang Kingdom" cultivation world. Ordinary people naturally cannot just go in to cultivate.

Through inquiries with Fourth Senior Brother Zheng Xingyun these past few days, Song Qingming also roughly knew some information about the "Heart-Refining Tower" and knew that Master "Daoist Lingxu" had actually spent a lot of effort to give Song Qingming a chance to enter the "Heart-Refining Tower" to cultivate.

Hearing Liu Yang's explanation at this moment, Song Qingming also understood instantly and nodded hurriedly.

"Senior Brother is already an inner disciple, so you will naturally have a chance to go in the future!"

As an inner disciple of the "Grand Void Gate," Liu Yang's cultivation speed is actually not slower than Song Qingming's, and he will definitely be able to impact the Nascent Soul realm in the future.

Coming to see the "Heart-Refining Tower" with Song Qingming and the others at this time can be considered as taking precautions for him, and maybe one day he will have a chance to use it.

Just as Song Qingming and the two were talking, a golden auspicious cloud flew from far to near and stopped beside the two.

"Hurry up and come up!"

Hearing the words of Master "Daoist Lingxu" on the auspicious cloud, Song Qingming and Liu Yang hurriedly stepped up, and before long, the three turned into a golden light and left the spot.

Yuanzhou is located in the southwest corner of the "Donghuang Kingdom" cultivation world and is not too far from the Nanzhou territory where the "Grand Void Gate" is located.

Under the personal leadership of Master "Daoist Lingxu," a Soul Transformation cultivator, it took Song Qingming and the others less than half a month to cross the entire Nanzhou coastline and enter the Yuanzhou territory.

Yuanzhou is considered a relatively large continent among the thirteen continents of the "Donghuang Kingdom" cultivation world, and the one controlling this place is the "Demon-Slaying Palace," a top-tier sect with very powerful strength in the "Donghuang Kingdom."

Although there are no Soul Transformation cultivators in the "Demon-Slaying Palace" now, its prestige and strength are lower than the two Soul Transformation sects, "Xianyuan Sect" and "Tianyu Sect."

However, the previous generation's Soul Transformation ancestor of their sect passed away less than a thousand years ago, and tens of thousands of years ago, there were senior cultivators who ascended to the upper realm. The sect's foundation is far from what ordinary Nascent Soul sects can compare to.

Now, although the "Demon-Slaying Palace" is not a Soul Transformation sect, there are still a full twenty-plus Nascent Soul cultivators in the sect.

Just this point alone has allowed the sect strength of the "Demon-Slaying Palace" to exceed the other top ten Nascent Soul sects in the "Donghuang Kingdom" and sit firmly on the throne of the three major top-tier sects.

After entering the Yuanzhou territory, the few flew north for another three or four days and finally arrived under a high mountain that reached into the clouds.

Arriving here, "Daoist Lingxu" stopped his steps, then used a secret method to send a letter into the "Mountain Protection Array" not far away, and soon three cultivators came out to greet them.

"Pay respects to the senior!"

These three were all Nascent Soul cultivators, and the weakest cultivation was already at the Nascent Soul sixth layer. Seeing "Daoist Lingxu" in front of Song Qingming and the two, they hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to him.

Seeing this, "Daoist Lingxu" nodded slightly and said:

"This old man is a person who avoids the world and should not have come to disturb you all. Coming to the Demon-Slaying Palace today is just to seek a convenience. I hope you all will not take offense."

"The juniors dare not!"

"Several months ago, we had already heard about the battle between the senior and Senior Chen to eliminate demons. The two seniors did not hesitate to take action to eliminate disasters for the cultivation world, which is also an act that benefits the common people.

Our Demon-Slaying Palace, as a righteous sect, should naturally take action to eliminate demons and defend the Dao. It is only a pity that our cultivation is low and we could not help. We can only do some small things for the senior.

Please, senior, do not be polite and follow me quickly!"

After some polite exchanges, one of them waved his hand and took the initiative to open the "Mountain Protection Array" behind him, then led everyone to the top of the mountain in front of a stone tower locked by dozens of iron chains.

The stone tower in front stood high on the top of the mountain, and its top had already passed through the clouds, making it impossible to see how high it was.

Through the thick clouds, Song Qingming also faintly saw thunder and fire flashing in the sky from time to time, illuminating the somewhat cold clouds nearby into daylight.

Seeing this scene, Song Qingming and Liu Yang on the side also immediately recognized that this should be the location of the "Heart-Refining Tower."

"Please wait a moment, senior!"

The three Nascent Soul elders of the "Demon-Slaying Palace" bowed and saluted, then immediately flashed into mid-air. Then the three stood in one place and each released a spiritual light toward the front.

After the spiritual light gathered in one place in the air, it soon formed a special talisman seal and then printed it directly on the "Heart-Refining Tower" not far away.

Not long after, a large gate on the tower also slowly opened, revealing a piece of crimson color inside.

Just seeing that crimson flame from afar, Song Qingming felt a scorching sensation coming toward his face, which made him unable to help but feel excited.

"Senior Brother Liu, I have something I want to entrust to you.

In case something happens to me inside, please help me send these things back to the Funiu Mountain in the Wei Kingdom of the Fuyun Mountain Range and give them to my clansmen!"

After speaking, Song Qingming took off a storage bag from his waist and solemnly handed it to Liu Yang on the side.

Before coming to the "Heart-Refining Tower," Song Qingming had already sent a letter home to inform Song Qingyu and the others about his upcoming adventure to cultivate.

In order to prevent the things on his body from being damaged by the heavenly fire in the tower if something happened to him, before entering the tower, he still separated the clan leader token he had been carrying and some spirit items that would not be used inside and handed them to Liu Yang.

Facing Song Qingming's personal entrustment, Liu Yang hurriedly took the storage bag, nodded to Song Qingming with a smile, and said: "Junior Brother, go in with peace of mind. I will wait for you to come out!"

Seeing this, Song Qingming bowed to Master "Daoist Lingxu" again, and then, with his nod of approval, turned into a cyan light and flashed into the "Heart-Refining Tower" whose gate had already opened not far away.

After Song Qingming went in, the three Nascent Soul elders of the "Demon-Slaying Palace" in mid-air stopped casting spells, closed the gate of the "Heart-Refining Tower," and fell from mid-air.

"Senior, we will guard at the foot of the mountain for these six months. If there is anything, please send a message to inform us." The three bowed to "Daoist Lingxu" and then flashed away from the spot.

After entering the "Heart-Refining Tower," Song Qingming soon discovered that he was deep in a sea of flames, hurriedly cast a spell to release a protective shield to block the high temperature around him, which made him feel slightly better.

After glancing around, Song Qingming soon discovered a stone platform emitting raging flames in mid-air, and then he flew directly to the stone platform.

"This should be the Heavenly Fire Pool!"

Seeing that the flames in the middle of the stone platform were much fiercer than those around, and extraterrestrial heavenly fires fell into it from time to time from the top of the tower, Song Qingming soon confirmed that it should be the place for his cultivation trip, and without too much hesitation, he stepped into it directly.

After passing through the flames outside, Song Qingming suddenly discovered that he had come to a void, and the raging flames around him suddenly disappeared.

Seeing this, Song Qingming also understood that he should have already entered the "Heavenly Fire Illusion" and sat down cross-legged with peace of mind. —— Fuyun Mountain Range, "Funiu Mountain" of Wei Kingdom.

Song Qingyu was standing by the window on the third floor of the "Hui Xian Pavilion," looking at the scenery outside the window in a daze. Suddenly, a somewhat hurried sound of footsteps came from behind, and then Song Yuanfang in cyan clothes came to her.

"Pay respects to the Aunt Ancestor!"

"Yuanfang, I am going out to seek some spirit items recently and might not be back for a month or two. I will leave the family affairs to you first! You just need to know about my departure. Don't inform others for now, so as not to make them think too much!"

Hearing that Song Qingyu was suddenly leaving, Song Yuanfang was slightly stunned and could not help but ask: "Now the family has sufficient manpower. If the Aunt Ancestor needs anything, why not order us to go and purchase it for you, so as not to make you worry."

Song Qingyu smiled and shook her head gently: "What I am going out for is not just this, but also to handle some things along the way. You don't need to ask too much.

When the things are handled, I will naturally return early."

"Oh! Aunt Ancestor, do you think we should inform Ancestor Siyuan about this?"

"Sister-in-law is still in seclusion refining elixirs. Don't disturb her if there is nothing major at this time. If I haven't returned within half a year, you can give this letter to her.

Remember, this letter must not be opened in advance, so as not to affect Sister-in-law's seclusion refining elixirs."

After Song Qingyu finished speaking, she handed a white letter that had already been prepared to Song Yuanfang.

"Aunt Ancestor, don't worry, Yuanfang understands!"

Seeing Song Qingyu's serious expression, Song Yuanfang stood on the spot and was silent for a moment, then nodded heavily, took the letter in her hand, and turned to leave the "Hui Xian Pavilion." (End of chapter)