Chapter 832: Revisit old places, mysterious runes

After Song Yuanfang left, Song Qingyu slowly turned around and came to a small room next to her that contained various books.

The books and bamboo slips recorded here were anecdotes from all over the cultivation world, as well as spiritual item illustrated guides, basically things Song Qingming brought back when he was traveling outside.

These things, which were not very eye-catching to high-grade cultivators outside, were the favorite things of Song Qingming, the Song family leader. When he sat with Song Qingyu and the others in the "Huixian Pavilion" to taste tea, he often held them in his hands.

Coming to the bookshelf at this moment, Song Qingyu thought of Song Qingming, who had been away from home for more than a year, and could not help but sigh slightly at the corner of her mouth.

"Seventh Brother! I really hope you can return soon."

After whispering a sentence, Song Qingyu’s spiritual light moved, and two new bamboo slips appeared, which she placed directly among the many books in front of her.

Then Song Qingyu set up a restriction beside these two bamboo slips before turning to leave the room with peace of mind.

After nightfall, a green-clothed figure quietly came to the back mountain of "Funiu Mountain."

Taking advantage of the gap when the patrolling clansmen left, the green-clothed figure flashed to the Mountain-Protecting Array, then passed directly through the array and turned into a black light, disappearing into the night.

Half a month later, beside a high mountain shrouded in clouds and mist in the north of Yueguo.

This mountain was named "Fire Spirit Mountain," and there was also a second-grade high-grade spiritual vein on the mountain, originally located in the territory of the demon race.

After the human cultivators of the Fuyun Mountain Range cultivation world jointly conquered the north decades ago, this place fell into the hands of the Yueguo cultivators who occupied it, and a "Mountain-Protecting Array" was set up on the mountain to guard this place.

When a few Qi Refining cultivators were patrolling at the foot of the mountain this day, they suddenly saw a group of demon beasts rushing toward "Fire Spirit Mountain" not far away, so they hurriedly sent a message while quickly retreating into the "Mountain-Protecting Array."

"Demon beasts are attacking, quickly activate the array to resist the demon beasts!"

Because "Fire Spirit Mountain" is located at the border with the demon race, this place has been harassed by the demon race from time to time in recent years. The human cultivators stationed here reacted extremely quickly when they heard that demon beasts were attacking.

Before the demon beasts from afar arrived, a spiritual light lit up on the "Mountain-Protecting Array" on the mountain, and then more than a dozen black spheres, each half a foot in size, rolled down from the mountain.

These black spheres had just fallen into the demon beast group when they immediately exploded with a "bang," blowing away several low-grade demon beasts nearby and startling other demon beasts nearby into chaos.

The black spheres thrown out from the array were a one-time magic tool unique to Yueguo, "Black Flame Seeds."

This item can be thrown from a long distance like a spiritual talisman. Although its power is not as good as some spiritual talismans of the same rank, its attack distance can be farther than spiritual talismans, and it is very effective against swarms of demon beasts.

Following more than a dozen powerful explosions, the demon beast group attacking from afar also fell into chaos and did not dare to continue forward.

It took a good while for them to gather again under the deterrence of several leading second-grade demon beasts and rush toward the "Mountain-Protecting Array" in front, no longer having the powerful momentum from before.

Just as the demon beasts rushed to the front of the "Mountain-Protecting Array," several sword lights flew out from the array, killing the leading demon beasts on the spot.

"Quick, kill the enemy!"

Following a shout, dozens of cultivators killed their way out of the "Mountain-Protecting Array" and fought with those demon beasts.

Although this group of demon beasts attacking "Fire Spirit Mountain" had hundreds of members, the number of human cultivators guarding this place was not small, with a total of three Foundation Establishment and more than two hundred Qi Refining cultivators.

Although the two sides were not much different in strength, the human cultivators relied on the "Mountain-Protecting Array" and had several sharp weapons specifically for defending the city, which was obviously more advantageous.

After fighting for a while, as the head of a leading second-grade demon beast was cut off by a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator among the human cultivators, the demon beast side soon retreated slowly.

"Hehe! The demon beasts have retreated, everyone chase quickly."

Seeing that the invading demon beasts had lost their fighting spirit and began to flee in all directions, the human cultivators suddenly showed joy and began to chase out.

And the few Foundation Establishment cultivators in mid-air did not leave the battlefield to chase the fleeing demon beasts, but began to command the remaining cultivators to deal with the dead cultivators and the many demon beast corpses.

One of them bowed to the late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator who had just shown great power and said:

"Being able to win so quickly this time is all thanks to Brother Liu’s divine power; otherwise, I fear it would not have been so easy for us to repel the demon beasts!"

"Hehe! Fellow Daoist Yu is too polite. We were able to hold the Spirit Mountain in this great battle; everyone has merit. After the casualties are counted, I will naturally report everyone’s merits to the sect.

Now the sect is short of manpower and still needs everyone’s help. I hope you all can help me guard this place; the sect will not treat everyone badly in the future."

"Then thank you, Brother Liu. Fellow Daoist, rest assured, with us guarding here and the second-grade high-grade 'Mountain-Protecting Array,' it will definitely be foolproof.

Even if the Demon King comes, we can rely on the array to resist."

"Boom! ."

Just as the three Foundation Establishment cultivators were chatting outside the array, they only heard a shocking loud noise from behind, and then the second-grade high-grade "Body-Protecting Array" behind them shattered in the roaring sound.

More than a dozen Qi Refining cultivators who were closer were soon swallowed by a white light, and their figures disappeared in an instant.

Before everyone could react to what had happened, a purple-clothed figure fell from high altitude and stood on a giant sword that was more than ten feet high on the ground.

"This... this senior, please don't misunderstand. The junior is a disciple of the Nine Yuan Sect, ordered by the sect to guard this place. I don't know what important matter the senior has coming here; I hope you will inform us. We will definitely not dare to neglect the senior."

Seeing the purple-clothed woman stepping on the giant sword, the Liu-surnamed Foundation Establishment cultivator was shocked, hurriedly took the lead, and bowed respectfully to the other party, indicating his identity as a disciple of the "Nine Yuan Sect."

The purple-clothed woman in front of him was not kind, and her face was very strange; she was not someone they knew.

But the powerful aura emitted from her body, destroying their "Mountain-Protecting Array" with just one sword, was enough to guess that she must be a high-grade cultivator above Core Formation.

Faced with a high-grade cultivator of this level, even if everyone in front of him joined forces, they would not be the purple-clothed woman’s opponent at all.

If they wanted to survive, they could only try to bring out the name of the "Nine Yuan Sect" to see if the other party would have any scruples after knowing it.

Hearing the self-introduction of the Liu-surnamed Foundation Establishment cultivator, the purple-clothed woman just smiled lightly and did not answer the other party’s question.

Then she raised her hand and waved, instantly releasing a sword light, flying toward the Liu-surnamed Foundation Establishment cultivator with fierce momentum.

Seeing this, the "Nine Yuan Sect" Liu-surnamed Foundation Establishment cultivator, who was prepared, hurriedly moved to the side and back, and cast a spell to release a shield in front of him.

Seeing him dodge her attack, the purple-clothed woman moved her hand again, and the sword light, after brushing past the other party, suddenly turned direction and flew toward the Liu-surnamed Foundation Establishment cultivator again, reaching him in an instant.

"Ah! ."

Although he was prepared, the "Nine Yuan Sect" Liu-surnamed Foundation Establishment cultivator’s cultivation strength was too far from the other party’s.

Everyone around only heard a scream, and the sword light controlled by the purple-clothed woman easily passed through the shield magic tool in front of the Liu-surnamed Foundation Establishment cultivator and flew out from behind him.

Just having a face-to-face encounter with the other party, the Liu-surnamed Foundation Establishment cultivator who had just shown great power in front of the demon beasts fell down and became a cold corpse.

Seeing the purple-clothed woman kill without saying a word, ignoring even the name of the "Nine Yuan Sect" brought out by the Liu-surnamed Foundation Establishment man, the other two Foundation Establishment cultivators around were also startled and hurriedly separated and ran to both sides.

"Everyone run!"

Seeing the three leading Foundation Establishment cultivators die or flee, the Qi Refining cultivators around also scattered and scrambled to flee out of the mountain!

Faced with this scene, the purple-clothed woman also gave everyone a contemptuous look, then quickly cast a spell with both hands.

The giant sword under her feet suddenly flew into mid-air, then turned into hundreds of sword lights, flying directly toward the fleeing crowd! Not long after, when the purple-clothed woman landed from high altitude, there was no movement on "Fire Spirit Mountain," leaving only the corpses of cultivators all over the ground and those demon beast materials they had not had time to deal with.

After killing the cultivators around, the purple-clothed woman did not look at the demon beast materials on the ground, but took out a spiritual talisman and cast it out.

A moment later, three more spiritual lights flew from afar and landed beside the purple-clothed woman.

Seeing the people coming, the purple-clothed woman hurriedly bowed to the white-clothed woman who was the leader.

"Master! The vicinity has been cleared."

The white-clothed woman nodded slightly upon hearing this, then said to her: "Zixin, you guard outside first and don't let anyone approach here.

If you encounter anything difficult to deal with, send a message to me directly!"

"Disciple obeys!"

After instructing the purple-clothed woman on the side, the white-clothed woman turned and looked behind her.

"Since you have been here, you go and lead the way! Rest assured, with me here, I won't let you have any danger."

"Senior, please follow me!"

Hearing the white-clothed woman’s instruction, Song Qingyu nodded slightly and led the two behind her to fly toward the back mountain of "Fire Spirit Mountain."

Before long, the three came to a cliff.

After arriving here, Song Qingyu, relying on the memory in her mind, soon found a place covered by clouds and mist. Just as she was about to try to enter, several sword lights flew out from the clouds and mist, heading straight for the location of Song Qingyu and the three.

Just as Song Qingyu was about to take action, another white-clothed girl beside her was one step ahead of her and threw out a golden bracelet magic tool to block in front of the three.

After blocking all the sword lights in front, the golden bracelet, under the control of the white-clothed girl, suddenly became dozens of times larger and smashed directly into the clouds and mist on that side.

Only hearing a "Boom!" loud noise and several screams, after the clouds and mist in front rolled for a while, the corpses of three cultivators fell out and fell directly into the valley below the cliff.

"Let's go!"

Hearing the white-clothed girl’s reminder, Song Qingyu hurriedly nodded, then led the two into the clouds and mist in front and came to a somewhat familiar cave.

This cave was exactly the cave dwelling of the Nascent Soul senior that Song Qingyu had visited with Song Qingming, Xia Mo, and He Mengxin back then.

It was also here that Song Qingyu unintentionally obtained that sword cultivation inheritance, which helped her later successfully form the Core and have today’s cultivation.

When she first came here, Song Qingyu had not yet formed the Core, and her cultivation was only at the ninth level of Foundation Establishment. In the blink of an eye, a hundred years had passed, and this cave dwelling had also undergone earth-shaking changes.

The cave entrance, which was originally desolate and full of dust, had now not only been cleaned up to look brand new but also added many oil lamps for lighting, illuminating the originally pitch-black cave very brightly.

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After Song Qingyu and the others explored the cave and looted it clean and left that day, this place soon attracted other demon beasts because of the spiritual energy leakage. After a struggle, it was occupied by a peak Foundation Establishment tiger demon.

Later, the Yueguo cultivators, led by the "Nine Yuan Sect," conquered the demon race in the north and took this place, unintentionally discovering a high-grade fire vein hidden in the cave, so they renamed this place "Fire Spirit Mountain" and occupied it.

The cultivators led by the Liu-surnamed Foundation Establishment cultivator before were the cultivators sent by the "Nine Yuan Sect" to guard here.

It’s just that except for the Liu-surnamed Foundation Establishment man and some Qi Refining cultivators who were disciples of the "Nine Yuan Sect," the others were loose cultivators recruited by the "Nine Yuan Sect" from outside.

They also did not know about the cave hidden behind the mountain and the high-grade fire vein inside, thinking that the "Nine Yuan Sect" invited them here just to fight the demon race and guard the spiritual vein on the mountain.

The white-clothed woman and the three who came with Song Qingyu were the sword cultivation expert and her two disciples that she met in "Yunwu Mountain" that day.

This trip to Yueguo was because the white-clothed woman who was the leader insisted on bringing Song Qingyu along.

A year later, the injuries on the white-clothed woman after the great battle had also healed a lot, and most of the paleness on her face had disappeared, only her voice was still somewhat hoarse when she spoke.

Although she still couldn't guess what the purpose of the other party bringing her here was, Song Qingyu’s cultivation was really too low compared to the three beside her, and she had no qualifications to bargain with the other party.

Not to mention this unfathomable white-clothed woman, even the peak Core Formation disciple she brought, the purple-clothed woman, Song Qingyu had no confidence that she could defeat her.

The white-clothed girl disciple who had just taken action had also reached the sixth level of Core Formation, not worse than Song Qingyu.

After the three entered the cave, under Song Qingyu’s leadership, they soon entered the upper-level cave dwelling that they had visited back then.

Arriving here, Song Qingyu hurriedly bowed to the white-clothed woman behind her and said: "Senior! This is the cave dwelling of the senior I found back then."

The white-clothed woman nodded slightly, scanned the surroundings, and said softly: "The spiritual energy here is a bit wrong; it should be a cave within a cave!"

Hearing what the white-clothed woman said, Song Qingyu nodded hurriedly and said: "Senior is right. This cave has two levels, and the place where this junior found the cultivation inheritance was on this lower level."

After Song Qingyu finished speaking, she pushed open a stone table in the middle of the cave and revealed the cave entrance below.

"Hmm! Take me down."

After the three passed through the somewhat dark tunnel, they soon came to the cave dwelling below.

After this cave was occupied by the "Nine Yuan Sect," the artifact refining furnace that Song Qingming and the others had dismantled was replaced with a new one, and there were also many artifact refining materials on the empty stone shelves around.

"Senior, it is here. Originally this place was empty; these things should have been placed here by later people."

After bringing the white-clothed woman here, Song Qingyu introduced it simply, then said nothing more and stood aside obediently.

And the white-clothed woman, after scanning the surroundings, walked slowly around the entire cave dwelling and finally stopped in front of a stone shelf.

Just by raising her hand and waving gently, this stone shelf weighing thousands of catties was pushed aside by her, revealing a stone wall that was somewhat pitted.

In a corner of the stone wall, there was a very inconspicuous small hole an inch in size, which directly attracted the white-clothed woman’s gaze.

"Did you find that sword here?"

Hearing the white-clothed woman’s inquiry, Song Qingyu nodded hurriedly and replied: "Senior is right. This junior discovered it unintentionally right here back then."

"Take the sword out!"

The flying sword that Song Qingyu obtained from the stone wall back then looked very ordinary and had not yet been sharpened. Besides obtaining the hidden sword intent inheritance from it, Song Qingyu did not know its specific function.

It was not until later when she successfully formed the Core that Song Qingyu knew its true purpose and refined it into her own life-bound flying sword, which is the "Xuanming Golden Light Sword" that has been hidden in her body.

Hearing what the white-clothed woman said, Song Qingyu instantly understood her meaning and quickly cast a spell to summon the "Xuanming Golden Light Sword" in her body.

Seeing the "Xuanming Golden Light Sword" in front of Song Qingyu, the white-clothed woman revealed a faint smile on her face, then cast a spell to throw out a red rope, which directly wrapped around Song Qingyu’s life-bound flying sword.

Then Song Qingyu felt the "Xuanming Golden Light Sword" being pulled by a great force, directly inserted back into the stone wall, and fell into the small hole she had originally pulled it out from.

After doing this step, the white-clothed woman waved one hand, and a white flying sword appeared beside her.

After this white flying sword came into mid-air, its spiritual light suddenly brightened, and then its momentum instantly rose to a level that made Song Qingyu feel uneasy, and it slashed toward the stone wall with one sword.

Seeing this, Song Qingyu and the white-clothed girl beside her both hurriedly retreated! Only hearing a harsh sound, the scene of flying rocks that Song Qingyu and the two expected did not appear; the stone wall remained intact, only a white bright light appeared out of thin air.

This white bright light seemed to be stuck on the stone wall, imprinted on it, making people feel somewhat novel.

Before Song Qingyu could figure out what was going on, the flying sword in the white-clothed woman’s hand fell again, leaving a bright light on the stone wall.

After the white-clothed woman’s dozens of sword lights fell one after another, that piece of the stone wall was also scraped by the sword light in her hand, revealing a sword-shaped rune with a somewhat special appearance.

Seeing this rune, the white-clothed woman suddenly revealed a look of joy.

"Senior Brother! We haven't seen each other for many years. Since I have the fortune to find this place today, let me see what the inheritance you left back then looks like?"

After the white-clothed woman whispered to herself, a spell on her hand was quickly cast, falling directly on the "Xuanming Golden Light Sword" on the stone wall.

Following the white-clothed woman’s magic power falling in, the rune on the stone wall suddenly lit up with a dazzling white light and slowly flew into mid-air.

Seeing this, the white-clothed woman hurriedly controlled the white flying sword on the side to shoot a sword energy into the rune in mid-air, and the look in her eyes also became very solemn.

Seeing the situation in front of her, Song Qingyu, who was standing behind, was shocked.

Although she had some guesses before coming, she still did not expect that in the cave dwelling that had been looted clean by their few people back then, there really remained something that could make a Nascent Soul cultivator like the white-clothed woman’s heart move.

Before Song Qingyu could see the situation in front clearly, the rune in mid-air, after being probed by the white-clothed woman’s flying sword magic treasure, suddenly began to become restless, then broke free from the spiritual light released by the white flying sword and began to dance in mid-air.

Seeing this, the white-clothed woman was slightly stunned, cast a spell again to control the flying sword magic treasure to shoot out several spiritual lights, which turned into a cage to lock the rune in mid-air.

Seeing the rune stabilize again, the white-clothed woman felt a slight relief on her face.

But when she controlled the sword light to try to merge into the rune again, she did not expect the rune in front of her to suddenly light up, break the cage again, and break free from the control of the white flying sword.

Before the white-clothed woman could control it again, the rune suddenly bypassed the sword light and fell directly into the "Xuanming Golden Light Sword" inserted on the stone wall, disappearing completely.

"How could this be? Could it be that you designed it in advance again?"

Seeing this unexpected scene, the white-clothed woman’s face changed instantly, and she blurted out, standing there dazed.

And at this time, Song Qingyu not far away suddenly felt that something had been added to her life-bound magic treasure "Xuanming Golden Light Sword."

But because the flying sword was too far from her, for a while she could not figure out what change had happened.

Seeing the white-clothed woman cast a spell to take the "Xuanming Golden Light Sword" into her hand and examine it carefully with a solemn face, Song Qingyu hesitated for a moment, then could not help but ask: "Senior! Can you please return the magic treasure to this junior first?"

Hearing what Song Qingyu said, the white-clothed woman looked up at her, was silent for a moment, and then suddenly smiled and replied: "This sword is of some use to me; I fear I cannot return it to you for now.

For these few days, you will stay by my side first. When I am done using it, I will naturally return it to you."

"Senior, if you are unwilling to return my life-bound magic treasure to this junior, then even if this junior destroys it now, I will not follow you again!"

After Song Qingyu’s words fell, magic power surged from her hands, and a trace of determination appeared in her eyes when looking at the white-clothed woman.

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