Chapter 245: Going with the Flow

Seeing a Foundation Establishment expert suddenly coming toward this side, both sides of the fight immediately stopped. One side, which originally had the advantage, did not even wait for Song Qingming to get close before they scattered in a guilty panic.

Song Qingming saw this situation, although he felt a bit surprised, he did not take the initiative to stop them, letting these people disappear into the dense forest.

"Many thanks to the Senior for your righteous help!" Seeing Song Qingming walking toward this side, the other group of people who remained in place hurriedly stepped forward to kowtow and thank him.

One of the slightly older middle-aged men felt very familiar when he saw Song Qingming's appearance and couldn't help but ask tremblingly: "Senior, are you Brother Song?"

"It's been many years, I didn't expect to meet you here. Speaking of which, it's really a fate." Song Qingming smiled and nodded, acknowledging his identity.

This middle-aged man was named Hu Daozhen, a friend Song Qingming had made when he was training in Guiyun Marketplace. After Song Qingming left Guiyun Marketplace that year, Hu Daozhen also left the Heavenly Wind Tower a few years later, not knowing where he went.

Song Qingming and Hu Daozhen hadn't seen each other for nearly thirty years. The green young man who was captured by demon cultivators back then had not only matured quite a bit now, but his cultivation had also broken through to the late stage of Qi Refining. If Song Qingming hadn't always remembered the few signature dishes he made at the Heavenly Wind Tower back then, he might not have been able to recognize him just now.

"Brother Song, I really didn't expect that you have already successfully reached Foundation Establishment. If I hadn't met you, my great benefactor, today, the lives of us few would probably have been lost here."

Hu Daozhen said he was going to kowtow and salute Song Qingming again, but was stopped by Song Qingming stepping forward.

"Just a small effort, Brother Hu, don't take it too much to heart. What are you few doing here?"

Hu Daozhen sighed and said: "I heard that a grand event is about to be held here at White Dragon Mountain, and I and a few good friends came here to try our luck to see if we could find some spiritual items. I didn't expect to encounter a group of robbers just now. Fortunately, Brother Song appeared in time, and we few were able to escape."

"This group of ruthless robbers, who don't have the guts to hunt spirit beasts, only know how to hide here and bully others. As soon as they saw a high-level expert like the Senior, they were immediately scared out of their wits." The several other cultivators beside him saw that Hu Daozhen knew this Foundation Establishment Senior, gradually put down a trace of worry in their hearts, and followed up with a few words, wanting to get closer to Song Qingming, this Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Song Qingming nodded and then said: "I am also going there, it's just on the way, why don't I take you for a part of the journey!"

Learning that Hu Daozhen and his group were also going to White Dragon Mountain, Song Qingming thought that since he had already saved them, he might as well do a good deed to the end and escort them for a part of the road.

"Then many thanks to Brother Song!" Hearing that Song Qingming was willing to protect them out of this dangerous deep mountain, the eyes of Hu Daozhen and the others lit up, and they hurriedly stepped forward to cup their hands and thank him.

"Senior Song is truly a rare person of chivalry."

"Thanks to the Senior for being able to help, the juniors will definitely remember this kindness in their hearts forever."

The three cultivators who were with Hu Daozhen had experienced a life-and-death struggle just now, and one of them had already suffered some minor injuries. If they encountered that group of robbers again, it would definitely be more ominous than auspicious. Now that Song Qingming was willing to take care of them, for them, it could truly be considered sending charcoal in the snow.

Song Qingming didn't think too much about the flattery of these people. Although he was not a person of evil nature, he could not be considered the chivalrous person they spoke of who loved to help others. It was just going with the flow. If it weren't for the sake of having known Hu Daozhen back then, he wouldn't have taken the initiative to care about the life or death of these few people according to his temperament.

After the few people set off together, Song Qingming and Hu Daozhen talked about some trivial matters in Guiyun Marketplace back then.

Hu Daozhen had also made many rogue cultivator friends in the Heavenly Wind Tower back then. Later, tired of looking at people's faces in Guiyun Marketplace all the time, he left the Heavenly Wind Tower at the invitation of several good friends and found a spiritual vein near Tuoyun Mountain to live in, finally living a free and easy life for a while.

It's just that without the income of being a spiritual chef, his life was slightly tighter than before, and occasionally he had to risk hunting spirit beasts to exchange for some spirit stones.

"Walk another two hundred miles forward and you will reach White Dragon Mountain. Take care, everyone, Song will take a step first!" While chatting and walking, unknowingly, everyone had walked out of that dangerous deep mountain. Song Qingming took the initiative to say goodbye to Hu Daozhen and prepared to rush to White Dragon Mountain quickly.

"Brother Song, walk well, let's meet again at White Dragon Mountain!" Hu Daozhen cupped his hands and said goodbye to Song Qingming. He seemed to want to say something else, but hesitated and didn't say it directly.

Although he felt that Hu Daozhen was a bit strange, Song Qingming didn't pay too much attention to it. For him, the most important thing now was to go to White Dragon Mountain to find the Foundation Establishment Pill. After saying goodbye to the few, Song Qingming took out his flying sword and flew directly into the sky, turning into a green light.

After Song Qingming left, a white-clothed cultivator who had been walking at the very back stepped forward and said to Hu Daozhen: "Brother Hu, were you just thinking of handing that thing to Senior Song?"

"That's right. This place is too dangerous compared to Tuoyun Mountain. We almost lost our lives on the way. I always feel that once this thing is taken out at White Dragon Mountain, we might be even more dangerous. If there is a reliable person willing to collect this thing, it would be better to exchange it for some spirit stones directly with him. What do you think, Fellow Daoists?"

After Hu Daozhen finished speaking, he turned his head and looked at the few people behind him seriously, discovering that these people, like him, were still lingering in fear of the life-and-death crisis they had encountered earlier.

After saying goodbye to Hu Daozhen, Song Qingming flew on his sword for less than an hour before arriving at the foot of White Dragon Mountain.

Looking at this familiar high mountain, Song Qingming couldn't help but think of some past events.

When he first came here, he was entrusted by Xu Ziyan to help her purchase spiritual elixirs and inquire about the news of the Foundation Establishment Pill on the way.

It's just a pity that he was too weak decades ago. Even if he arrived here, he was not qualified to participate in the White Dragon Pavilion's exchange meeting and could only leave in regret.

Times have changed. Song Qingming has now become a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and those difficulties back then are no longer problems for him.

Just as he walked to the entrance of the White Dragon Mountain marketplace, the several Qi Refining cultivators guarding here, seeing the powerful aura emitted by Song Qingming, hurriedly took the initiative to welcome him.

This time entering White Dragon Mountain, as a Foundation Establishment cultivator with a transcendent status, Song Qingming not only did not have to hand over spirit stones, but even renting a cave dwelling became free, which shows that White Dragon Mountain, like other marketplaces, has a very different treatment for Foundation Establishment cultivators.