Chapter 841: Two women in closed-door cultivation, integrating into the sect

Several months later, on the top of "Funiu Mountain."

Looking at Song Qingming and Li Xuanyi standing in front of her, Song Qingyu bowed to the two with a smile: "Seventh Brother, Senior Sister Xuanyi, please rest assured, I will definitely try my best to break through my cultivation this time in closed-door cultivation and will not let you down."

"Qingyu, breaking through to the Golden Core late-stage is not an easy task. Don't have too much pressure, just try your best!"

Although Song Qingyu has been at the Golden Core 6th-layer for more than ten years, breaking through from the Golden Core 6th-layer to the Golden Core 7th-layer is, after all, crossing the threshold of the Golden Core late-stage, which is not an easy thing.

Although Song Qingming also hopes that Song Qingyu can make a breakthrough in this closed-door cultivation, knowing that breaking through to the Golden Core late-stage is not easy, he couldn't help but sweat for Song Qingyu's breakthrough this time.

It's just that Song Qingyu is only two hundred years old now, relatively speaking, her lifespan is still relatively sufficient. Even if she fails to break through this time, she will sooner or later reach the step he is at.

Just after Song Qingming finished speaking, Li Xuanyi beside him also stepped forward and exhorted Song Qingyu:

"Qingyu, rest assured and cultivate in closed-door. No matter what the result is, I will come back to pick you up in two years, and then we will go to the East Sea together."

"Hmm! Senior Sister, please rest assured, I will definitely come out to welcome you by then."

After finishing speaking with the two, Song Qingyu did not say much and walked directly into her cave dwelling.

Not long after, with the activation of the restriction formation at the entrance of the cave dwelling, the surroundings gradually quieted down.

Seeing this, Song Qingming and

Walking along the small mountain path and looking at Senior Sister Li Xuanyi, who had been silent beside him, Song Qingming could not help but be the first to ask: "Senior Sister Li, judging by what you just said, are you planning to leave Mount Funiu soon?"

"Yes! I have stayed here with you for several months now. Since Qingyu and Siyuan are currently in secluded cultivation, I might as well go out and walk around the nearby areas.

Don't worry, Junior Brother Song. I have an agreement with Qingyu that I will return to pick her up in two years; I won't go too far from the Song Guo."

Upon hearing Senior Sister Li Xuanyi's reply, Song Qingming nodded slightly and could not help but ask again: "Senior Sister Li, before I left the sect, Master once told me that if you ever wanted to return to the sect, you could do so at any time.

Now that you have been away for so long, I imagine Senior Li and the others must have calmed down. Why don't you consider returning to the sect and explaining the matter directly to Master?

I believe that as long as Master is willing to step in for you, Senior Li and the others shouldn't go so far as to fall out with the sect over this!"

Recently, after learning the specific circumstances of Senior Sister Li Xuanyi's departure from her family, Song Qingming had also stood in her shoes and thought about the matter seriously.

Although the Li family of "Mount Yunlong" was a powerful Nascent Soul family, his Master, "Daoist Lingxu," was, after all, a Soul Transformation cultivator.

If Senior Sister Li Xuanyi were willing to join the sect directly and become an inner disciple of the "Grand Void Gate," logically speaking, even if the Li family were unhappy, they would hardly dare to go to "Yuxuan Island" to demand her return.

However, Li Xuanyi had not done so; instead, to avoid bringing trouble to the sect, she had chosen to withdraw from the sect entirely.

For this reason, Song Qingming was also somewhat puzzled. Because Senior Sister Li Xuanyi had just left her family, it was not convenient for him to offer advice directly, so only now did he voice his thoughts.

Hearing Song Qingming's suggestion, Li Xuanyi shook her head directly:

"Junior Brother Song, although you have been in the sect for many years, you have always been an outer disciple and are not aware of certain matters within the sect.

The reason our Grand Void Gate has been able to live in seclusion in Nanzhou for so many years, besides Master's profound cultivation being able to deter the surrounding demonic and demon cultivators, is naturally due to the support of the many surrounding immortal cultivation forces.

The spirit stones that my Li family alone transports to the island every year to maintain the Great Array for sealing the Demon God are not a small amount, and other sect forces are the same.

When our Grand Void Gate first settled on Yuxuan Island to guard the True Demon Seal, in order to avoid being known by outsiders, we made an agreement with the major sects and forces of Nanzhou that the sect would never interfere in the affairs of the Nanzhou immortal cultivation world at will.

This agreement was set by our sect's ancestors and has lasted for tens of thousands of years; even Master himself cannot break it lightly.

If I want to join the inner sect directly, I must first sever my identity with the Li family; even the sect cannot force this."

"Oh! I see. I hadn't thought of that."

Hearing Senior Sister Li Xuanyi's explanation, Song Qingming gradually understood some things he had never known before and could not help but sigh softly.

Li Xuanyi showed a look of helplessness upon hearing this, then said softly:

"If I were to return to the sect now, and those two ancestors in my family found out, I fear they might really make a scene at the sect.

Although they could not enter the sect even if they reached the island, the matter spreading would ultimately have a negative impact on the sect's reputation.

Master loves me so much; how could I let my own affairs affect the sect's reputation?"

Song Qingming nodded slightly and said: "Senior Sister, since Master said you could return to the sect, I think he still hopes you will go back.

How about next time I go to the sect, I help you inquire and see if Master can help you overcome this difficulty."

Hearing Song Qingming's suggestion, Li Xuanyi stood still for a moment, then shook her head directly: "Thank you for your kindness, Junior Brother Song, but I still don't want to go back so soon.

All these years, whether in cultivation or training, I have always relied on the care of my family and the sect. I feel that I am far behind you in this regard.

My departure this time, besides the family matter, is also to take this opportunity to try cultivating on my own outside and see if I can walk a path of cultivation that belongs to me.

Junior Brother Song, do not worry for me. I had already thought this through before leaving home.

Without attaining the Nascent Soul Great Dao, Xuanyi will never return to Nanzhou in this lifetime!"

"I see! Since Senior Sister Li has already made up her mind, I will certainly support you fully. If you encounter any trouble, just say the word."

Hearing what Senior Sister Li Xuanyi said, Song Qingming instantly understood her thoughts and replied with a serious bow.

After the two finished speaking, Li Xuanyi looked at the path ahead, a smile suddenly appearing on her face, and she invited Song Qingming:

"Since you are finally free today, Junior Brother Song, why not accompany me for a walk in the mountains! Come to think of it, I've been on the mountain for so long, and every time it's been a bother to Qingyu and the others, allowing you to steal some leisure. Now that they are all gone, you can't refuse me anymore, right!"

"It is my honor to be invited by you, Senior Sister. It's just that the scenery here on Mount Funiu is average and might not catch your eye. How about I take you to see the Jin Shan market instead?"

Li Xuanyi replied indifferently: "It doesn't matter! Although the scenery outside is beautiful, after seeing too much of it, it's nothing more than that.

On the contrary, this mountain scenery, while a bit ordinary, is excellent as long as it is pleasing to the eye."

After Li Xuanyi finished speaking, she smiled slightly and took the lead in stepping forward.

Seeing this, Song Qingming shook his head in surprise and quickly followed.

The two walked along the mountain path, stopping from time to time to chat, as if they had returned to the days on "Yuxuan Island."

After the sun set behind the mountains and the evening glow appeared in the sky, Li Xuanyi stood on a hilltop, looking at the beautiful scenery before her, and could not help but be immersed in it for a while.

Song Qingming accompanied her quietly from the side until the sky gradually darkened, and the two smiled at each other before leaving the spot.

A few days later, Song Qingming stood at the foot of "Mount Funiu" again, seeing off Senior Sister Li Xuanyi, who was preparing to travel.

Watching the familiar black figure disappear into the sky, Song Qingming turned around, stepped onto his flying boat, and headed south toward the sect's spiritual land, "Mount Guyang."

Time passed, and several months had already gone by since Song Qingming returned to his family from the "Donghuang" immortal cultivation world.

During this period, besides seeing off Senior Sister Li Xuanyi, Huang Siyuan and Song Qingyu had also begun their respective secluded cultivation after obtaining their elixirs, preparing to break through their current cultivation realms.

For Core Formation cultivators, it is common for secluded cultivation to last at least half a year, and sometimes one or two years without coming out.

During the time the two women were in seclusion, Song Qingming had nothing to do and naturally did not want to waste his own cultivation time, so he planned to go to the sect's "Merit Pavilion" to get some necessary elixirs and spiritual items to continue his secluded cultivation.

Song Qingming had already prepared most of the spiritual items and experience needed for breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm.

Next, he had to work hard to polish his magic power and strive to begin the assault on the Nascent Soul realm as soon as possible.

Having cultivated for so many years, even though Song Qingming had always been cautious and kept a low profile, he had inevitably offended many powerful enemies, whether intentionally or unintentionally.

These people were potential dangers lurking around him, which often made Song Qingming feel worried.

Whether for his own path or the safety of the entire family, Song Qingming had to break through to the Nascent Soul realm as soon as possible to give himself a sense of stability.

Just after arriving at "Mount Guyang," Song Qingming encountered Xu Ziyan, who was preparing to go out on business, not far from the "Mountain Protection Array," and quickly stepped forward to bow to her.

"Junior Sister Xu, are you going on a long journey?"

"Haha! It's Senior Brother Song. What a coincidence today.

I'm not going on a long journey; I just have some trivial matters to attend to down the mountain and will be back shortly."

Song Qingming nodded slightly and said: "I'm going to the Merit Pavilion to exchange for some spiritual items. I will come to visit you when you return, Junior Sister!"

Seeing this, Xu Ziyan waved her hand quickly: "Senior Brother Song, Senior Uncle Bai seems to have something she wants to find you about. Some time ago, she kept asking me to inquire about you.

It's just that I saw you hadn't returned for many years and couldn't bear to disturb your reunion with Junior Sister Huang, so I didn't send word. If you have time, Senior Brother, you might as well go see Senior Uncle first." "Oh! Thank you for the reminder, Junior Sister Xu. Then I won't disturb you and will come to visit another day."

Hearing that Bai Yuxian was looking for him, Song Qingming nodded knowingly and bowed to bid her farewell.

After parting with Bai Yuxian, Song Qingming did not choose to head toward the sect's "Merit Pavilion" but went straight to a high mountain on the north side of "Mount Guyang."

Just after arriving at the mountain peak, two young-looking Foundation Establishment cultivators came to greet him from afar.

"Greetings, Senior Uncle Song!"

Seeing these two, Song Qingming quickly took out a sound-transmission talisman from his body and handed it to them: "I am here to visit Senior Uncle Bai. Please report my arrival!"

"Please wait a moment, Senior Uncle!"

The two Foundation Establishment disciples standing there took the sound-transmission talisman from Song Qingming's hand and hurried toward the cave dwelling not far away.

Before long, the two quickly walked out and led Song Qingming directly inside.

"Greetings, Senior Uncle Bai. Congratulations on your cultivation progress! I imagine you will be able to break through your realm soon!"

It had been several decades since Bai Yuxian successfully formed her Nascent Soul. Although her cultivation was still at the first level of Nascent Soul, compared to when she had just broken through, there was a clear difference; her cultivation seemed to have reached the peak of the first level of Nascent Soul.

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After Bai Yuxian, who was sitting in the seat of honor, dismissed those around her, she heard Song Qingming's congratulations from below and waved her hand at him:

"You certainly have a way with words, but in a small place like our Fuyun Mountain Range, how could it be so easy to break through the realm of a Nascent Soul cultivator! If it were as you say, Senior Brother Li wouldn't have been stuck at the mid-Nascent Soul stage for so many years after forming his Nascent Soul."

There were only a dozen or so Nascent Soul cultivators in the entire Fuyun Mountain Range immortal cultivation world, and the highest cultivation was only at the late Nascent Soul stage, which was closely related to the scarcity of cultivation resources here.

Therefore, knowing that cultivation was not easy, Bai Yuxian could only sigh helplessly with a smile when she heard Song Qingming's flattery.

Seeing this, Song Qingming nodded lightly, expressing his agreement: "Senior Uncle Bai is absolutely right. We cultivators are trapped here; if we cannot go out, it is also very difficult to advance further in our cultivation.

This time I went to the Donghuang immortal cultivation world again, and I learned a lot from what I saw and heard. These are some small things I bought there; I hope Senior Sister Bai will not mind."

Having finally made a trip to the "Donghuang" immortal cultivation world, Song Qingming naturally could not return empty-handed.

On the way back, whenever he encountered markets of various sizes, he would still take a few days to stop and stroll around.

Although he did not buy any high-level spiritual items useful to himself like last time, he did manage to purchase some local specialties.

As spiritual light flickered in Song Qingming's hand, some packaged spiritual tea, spiritual wine, spiritual fruits, and several decorative spiritual items favored by female cultivators appeared before Bai Yuxian's eyes.

Besides daily cultivation, Bai Yuxian was also someone who liked to stroll around.

Although the gifts Song Qingming brought were not valuable, they were very much to Bai Yuxian's liking, and soon a smile appeared on her face.

After the two exchanged pleasantries, seeing that Bai Yuxian was in a fairly good mood, Song Qingming began to get to the point: "Senior Sister Bai, when I came earlier, I heard Junior Sister Xu say that you seemed to have something to find me about. I wonder what it is; please speak plainly, Senior Sister."

Hearing this, Bai Yuxian smiled slightly, slowly put down the teacup in her hand, and then waved her hand to set up a sound-insulation barrier not far in front of them before turning her head and speaking calmly:

"Junior Brother Song, I asked you here today mainly for two things. I want to represent the sect and ask you directly."

Seeing the expression on Bai Yuxian's face suddenly become so serious, Song Qingming quickly replied with a sincere bow: "Senior Sister Bai, please speak your mind."

Bai Yuxian nodded slightly and then asked directly: "Junior Brother Song, the first matter is actually about the time Qingyu encountered danger last time.

You have been back for so long; you must know something about Qingyu's situation.

I want to ask you, do you know the identity of the group of people who attacked Qingyu?"

Since returning to the family, besides asking Huang Siyuan, Song Qingming had also found an opportunity to ask Song Qingyu face-to-face about her being attacked.

However, besides knowing that the other party was a fellow disciple of the senior from the Nascent Soul cave dwelling, Song Qingyu was also unclear about the specific identities of the few people.

Hearing Bai Yuxian mention Song Qingyu's attack, Song Qingming also frowned slightly and told her everything he knew.

"Senior Sister Bai, I asked Qingyu in detail, and she also said she was unclear about their identities, only knowing that they came from a powerful sword cultivation sect.

When Qingyu went to explore that cave dwelling, besides me, there were two fellow Daoists from the East Sea. That cave dwelling was actually discovered by them first, and we just went to help out.

To be honest, I never expected that Qingyu would encounter this because of the cave dwelling. If I had known earlier, I would never have taken her there."

After hearing Song Qingming's detailed explanation, Bai Yuxian nodded calmly: "Since Qingyu was able to obtain an opportunity there, it is not a bad thing; you don't need to think too much about it.

However, these people's origins are unknown, and the leader's cultivation is even above mine. Being targeted by them is ultimately not a good thing.

You all still need to be careful about this in the future!"

"Thank you for the reminder, Senior Sister Bai. I am aware of this matter and will warn Qingyu after I return."

After Bai Yuxian finished speaking about the first matter, she changed the subject and asked Song Qingming: "Junior Brother Song, you went to the Donghuang immortal cultivation world this time, presumably for the sake of forming your Nascent Soul in the future! I wonder if you have found a suitable place to form your Nascent Soul; can you tell me about it?"

When Song Qingming went to the "Donghuang" immortal cultivation world before, because he was unsure when he would return, he had sent word to the sect in advance.

However, at that time, Song Qingming did not mention that his trip was to find a suitable spiritual land for forming his Nascent Soul, but instead said he was going to the "Donghuang" immortal cultivation world to travel at the invitation of a good friend.

Hearing Bai Yuxian bring it up directly, Song Qingming was surprised for a moment. After thinking for a while, he stood up, bowed, and replied: "Senior Sister Bai, to tell you the truth, my cultivation has reached the ninth level of Core Formation, and I have naturally thought about how to assault the Nascent Soul realm in the future. I dare not deceive the sect about this.

You guessed correctly, Senior Sister. This time I went to the Donghuang immortal cultivation world, besides traveling at the invitation of a friend, I did indeed go to inquire about this matter.

However, I do not have much confidence in forming my Nascent Soul yet, and I only inquired about it with others; there were no major results."

"Junior Brother Song, what we cultivators seek throughout our lives is nothing more than the Great Dao of longevity. It is only natural that you have the idea of assaulting the Nascent Soul realm. Even if you didn't say it, we could have guessed some of it.

You have joined the sect for over a hundred years, fought side by side with us, repelled the demon army several times, and thwarted the conspiracy of the Nine Yuan Sect. Over these years, the Song family has made great contributions to our Carefree Sect and the Nanzhou immortal cultivation world.

Logically speaking, the sect should not be indifferent to your Nascent Soul formation, letting you go far away to the Donghuang immortal cultivation world to find a place to form your Nascent Soul; it does sound a bit harsh.

The reason for this rift is that you are still a guest elder and have not fully integrated into the sect, which led to these misunderstandings.

I came to ask you this time because I want to represent the sect and ask for your thoughts.

Have you ever thought about joining the sect directly like Junior Brother Shen? That way, you would be one of our own, and in the future, Senior Brother Li and I would naturally do our best to help you with your Nascent Soul formation.

Of course, I am only asking for your thoughts on behalf of the sect; I am not asking you to integrate into the sect right now.

Specific matters may still need to be discussed with Senior Brother Li and other sect elders before they can be decided."

Over the years, Song Qingming had not failed to think about joining the sect directly, but he had never been able to fathom the "Carefree Sect's" view of him, so he had never dared to bring it up.

Now hearing Bai Yuxian's suggestion, Song Qingming gradually fell silent. After a while, he replied:

"Senior Sister Bai, to tell you the truth, I have also had this thought in my heart.

However, it is truly difficult to part with the family side. May I ask for your permission to discuss this with Qingyu and Siyuan before making a decision!"

"That is only natural. As long as you have this thought, Junior Brother Song, there is no need to rush your answer. You can decide after you have discussed it!"

Hearing Song Qingming's reply, Bai Yuxian smiled and agreed happily.

The two chatted in the cave dwelling for a while longer, and it was only after the pot of tea was empty that Song Qingming stood up to take his leave.

After seeing Song Qingming off, Bai Yuxian did not return to her own cave dwelling but turned and went to a high mountain not far away, where she met Li Mufeng, who was meditating in the wind at the top of the mountain.

"Senior Brother Li, I just saw Qingming and asked him about his thoughts directly!"

"Oh! Did he agree to it?"

Seeing the look of anticipation on Li Mufeng's face, Bai Yuxian nodded to him: "He didn't agree directly, but I can see that he does indeed have this thought.

If you don't oppose it, Senior Brother, I think it should succeed without any surprises!"

Hearing this, Li Mufeng nodded slightly: "Back then, Ganshu and I did indeed suspect the Song family, but over these years, I have seen Qingming's contributions to the sect. If he is truly willing to integrate into the sect, I will not oppose it.

Junior Sister, although I have shouldered the sect's heavy responsibilities for many years, I am, after all, nearly a thousand years old. The future of the sect will still have to rely on you.

You may decide on this matter as you see fit!"

"Then thank you, Senior Brother!"

After bowing slightly to Li Mufeng before her, Bai Yuxian turned into a streak of light and disappeared from the spot. (End of chapter)