Chapter 99: Returning to the Mountain

After collecting Zhou Jintang's storage bag, Song Qingming discovered that he had already chased more than ten miles away, which was already very far from the place where they had just fought.

Song Qingming quickly walked back for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn and came to the place where he and Zhou Jintang first fought. The two had a big battle, which also caused the flowers, plants, and trees here to suffer, and there were fallen trees everywhere.

Song Qingming searched in the grass on the side for a while and spent a lot of effort to turn out a blue ball. This ball was water-blue all over, and there was a small silver iron block stuck on it. It was precisely the defensive magic tool that Zhou Jintang used earlier.

In the previous battle, Song Qingming used the silver iron piece to isolate the spiritual sense that Zhou Jintang used to manipulate this object on the crystal ball, making him temporarily lose control of this magic tool. Subsequently, the crystal ball was kicked away by Song Qingming and fell into this grass.

At that time, in order to chase and kill the fleeing Zhou Jintang, Song Qingming did not bother to look for this magic tool. Fortunately, this thing was not lost and had always been here.

During the battle just now, Song Qingming also learned the name of this magic tool from Zhou Jintang, "Thousand Water Ball". This object had outstanding defensive capabilities, especially against long-range attack means such as spiritual talismans and hidden weapons.

After putting away this magic tool, Song Qingming was already very satisfied in his heart. In this battle, he killed Zhou Jintang, obtained items worth thousands of spirit stones in his storage bag, and also obtained a magic tool he liked very much. How could this not make him feel very happy in his heart?

After simply searching the scene again and finding that there were no other missing items, Song Qingming attached a mid-grade God-Speed Talisman to himself, and his figure moved quickly to leave this place.

This place was not far from the edge of Mount Yunwu. Under Song Qingming's full-speed journey, he successfully walked out of Mount Yunwu in less than half a day.

Song Qingming did not choose to return to Qinghefang immediately but returned directly to the family's Mount Funiu. After killing Zhou Jintang, Song Qingming always had a trace of worry in his heart. He also knew from the old Daoist Chen that this person was a loose cultivator, and he did not know his specific background very well, nor whether there were other backers behind him.

After arriving at Mount Funiu, Song Qingming directly found the patriarch Song Gushan and told him in detail about this trip to Mount Yunwu.

After listening to Song Qingming's narration of what happened in the past ten days, Song Gushan's heart was also a mixture of surprise and joy.

What was surprising was Song Qingming's encounter on this trip, which almost cost him his life. What was happy was that Song Qingming had good luck and finally turned danger into safety, not only surviving but also obtaining many spiritual items.

After pondering for a while, Song Gushan soon made a corresponding response strategy.

First, he settled Song Qingming in the cave dwelling of the former Great Elder and told him to try not to go out these days. Subsequently, he sent the Second Elder Song Changfeng to Qinghefang to inquire about Zhou Jintang's specific background. Before Song Changfeng returned to the mountain, Mount Funiu also began to enter a tense state, and no Song family cultivator could go down the mountain at will.

After Song Changfeng arrived at Qinghefang, he and his fourth uncle Song Changqiu inquired about Zhou Jintang and the old Daoist Chen in the market, and finally obtained accurate information. Both of them were loose cultivators from other places, and not many people in Qinghe County knew them.

A few days later, the news brought back by Song Changfeng from Qinghefang finally calmed the worry in Song Qingming's heart.

Zhou Jintang was indeed a loose cultivator, and he had not been in Qinghe County for long. In Qinghefang, there were only a few ordinary loose cultivator friends. His sudden disappearance did not attract the attention of these people. They all said that he had always said before that he wanted to leave here, and it was estimated that he had already left Qinghefang.

Unexpectedly, the old Daoist Chen did not return to Qinghefang either. Before setting off for this action, he had even returned the guest room he had been renting. People who knew him, including the waiter at the inn, did not know where he had gone. Song Qingming estimated that this slippery old man would definitely not return to Qinghefang. After all, he carried so many spirit stones, and either Song Qingming or Zhou Jintang could leak this news. Once people knew, it would definitely bring him a lot of trouble. Leaving Qinghefang directly was the best choice for him. Having returned the housing in advance, it seemed that he had already prepared to leave at any time.

Zhou Jintang was dead, and the old Daoist Chen had left Qinghefang. This trip to Mount Yunwu, except for himself, no one else in the market knew about this matter now.

Song Qingming stayed on Mount Funiu for another half a month. After confirming that this matter had come to an end, the mountain also slowly lifted the tense state, and Song Qingming also returned to his cave dwelling, but Song Gushan still told him not to inform other cultivators in the family about this matter for the time being.

For the sake of safety, the old patriarch still let Song Qingming stay on Mount Funiu for this period of time and not return to Qinghefang, and arranged for the second of the Qing generation, Song Qingwan, to go to Qinghefang to take over the matters managed by Song Qingming.

When he was still in the Great Elder's cave dwelling, Song Qingming had already found a way to open Zhou Jintang's storage bag. As he expected, except for the second-tier spiritual talisman he used, the rest of the things he received were all in his storage bag, not a single one missing.

This trip of the three to Mount Yunwu, everyone received spiritual items worth thousands of spirit stones. The few second-tier magic tools on Zhou Jintang's body would make even ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators tempted. Seeing these few magic tools, a trace of a smile gradually appeared on Song Qingming's face. It was not in vain for his efforts.

In the cultivation world, in order to compete for cultivation resources, many cultivators would lose their moral bottom line. Along the way, Song Qingming did not feel any malice from Zhou Jintang. Unexpectedly, this person was still driven by the greed in his heart and chose to kill his teammates who were traveling together. It was just that he still miscalculated in the end and fell into Song Qingming's hands.

In Zhou Jintang's storage bag, besides the two most valuable second-tier magic tools, there were many other spiritual items and first-tier magic tools. There were also more than a thousand spirit stones, including a mid-grade spirit stone. At that time, a total of three mid-grade spirit stones were found in the predecessor's storage bag, and the three of them each received one. This should be the one Zhou Jintang received.

Song Qingming took out the spiritual items in Zhou Jintang's storage bag and checked them one by one. When he opened one of the white medicine bottles, it suddenly made him smell a scent he was somewhat familiar with.

This scent smelled very light, like a faint floral scent. After Song Qingming resealed the medicine bottle, he smelled himself and soon found a trace of the same scent on his shoulder.

At that time, when burying the corpse of the predecessor cultivator in the cave dwelling, Zhou Jintang did indeed pat him on the shoulder. It was just that he did not pay much attention to this matter at that time. It seemed that he had already left this scent on his body at that time, and finally, he was followed all the way by him.

No wonder he clearly did not return along the original road, and although the direction was the same, it was not the same road, yet he was still accurately chased by Zhou Jintang.

It was just that there was one more point that Song Qingming did not figure out. Although this medicine scent was very unique, it was very light. It was somewhat difficult to understand how Zhou Jintang relied on this scent to determine his position. Could it be that he practiced some special cultivation technique, and his nose had been practiced to be more powerful than a dog's?

But Song Qingming flipped through his storage bag and did not find such a cultivation technique classic. In the end, he could only shake his head and put down this matter, and could only wait until he had a chance in the future to ask someone what the thing in this bottle was used for.

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