Chapter 389: Qingyu Returns

A moment later, a pink spiritual light flew in from mid-air, and He Mengxin landed on her flying sword. Seeing that Song Qingyu was not in any danger, she finally felt relieved.

"Why, you didn't catch that person? Did you lose a few thousand spirit stones and feel heartache!" Seeing Song Qingyu standing in place alone, lost in thought, He Mengxin thought she was unhappy because she had lost her target, and hurriedly stepped forward to comfort her.

Song Qingyu finally came back to her senses, waved her hand, and laughed: "Sister He, don't make fun of me. Who doesn't like spirit stones? It's just a pity that my skills are not as good as others and I couldn't catch up with her. It made you worry, Sister."

Seeing that Song Qingyu had returned to her usual smiling self, He Mengxin didn't think much more about it. She steadied her mind and said: "The mission this time is complete. Let's go back and greet the Minghe Sect, and then leave first.

The Minghe Sect made such a big move this time, I'm afraid the State of Zheng won't be peaceful for a while. I thought about it, and I don't plan to go into seclusion here anymore. I'll head south to the State of Shangyang to find a safer place before making other plans."

"If you want to find a stable place for seclusion, Sister, I think it would be better to go to the State of Wei with me. The distance from here to the State of Shangyang is not much different from the distance to the State of Wei. I have also been out for quite some time, so I can just go back and take a look."

Hearing Song Qingyu suddenly say this, a look of surprise flashed across He Mengxin's face. She narrowed her eyes and laughed: "A few days ago, you were pestering me to go to the East Sea to take a look. How come you started thinking about home after just a few days? How come you, girl, always think of one thing and then another."

"I haven't remembered to send a letter home for several years since I left home. Qingyu is also afraid that my clan brother will always be worried. This also happened to be a suggestion I made for you, Sister, since you want to find a stable place for seclusion. Going to other places is not as stable as going to my home."

After hearing this, He Mengxin pondered for a moment and nodded: "That's fine! Then I'll listen to you! However, returning to the State of Wei from here requires crossing the territory of the Tianxing Gate. We have already offended them by helping the Minghe Sect this time. You must listen to me on the road and not cause trouble."

After the two agreed, they quickly returned to Gufeng Mountain. At this time, the two Golden Core powerhouses who were fighting in the sky had already disappeared, and only the cultivators of the Minghe Sect were left at the scene.

Seeing Song Qingyu and the other return empty-handed, the many cultivators at the scene didn't show any surprise. After all, they were all Foundation Establishment cultivators of the same level, and it was indeed difficult to stop the other party if they were determined to escape.

Among the more than a dozen Foundation Establishment cultivators who went to pursue the other party, only Mulong Shangren and another late-stage Foundation Establishment woman had gained something, while the others, like them, gave up automatically after chasing for a distance.

"Fellow Daoists, our Minghe Sect was able to take back this spiritual vein this time thanks to everyone's help. This small gift is not a token of respect, I hope everyone won't mind." Tao Hede, the miscellaneous affairs sect leader of the Minghe Sect, waved his hand, and more than a dozen cloth bags flew in all directions, falling into the hands of everyone.

Song Qingyu opened it and took a look, discovering that there were colorful spirit stones inside, numbering at least a hundred, and couldn't help but reveal a trace of joy on her face.

Others saw that the Minghe Sect was so generous, and their favor for them increased immediately. Originally, the other party destroyed the mineral vein before leaving, which could be considered as the mission not being fully completed this time. Unexpectedly, the Minghe Sect didn't say anything and gave everyone an extra hundred spirit stones. This was indeed beyond the expectations of all the cultivators present.

After obtaining the spirit stones that the Minghe Sect honored on the spot, the more than a dozen cultivators who were invited began to bid farewell one after another, preparing to leave this place.

"Fellow Daoist Tao, Fellow Daoist Liu, since the matter has been handled today, the two of us will take our leave first."

"Fellow Daoist He, please wait. The two fellow Daoists are young and have such supernatural powers. I don't know if you are interested in settling down in our Xianhe Market for a long time? As long as the two agree, I can make the decision that from now on in Xianhe Market, as long as the treatment that our disciples can enjoy, the two can also get the same." Seeing He Mengxin and Song Qingyu about to leave immediately, Tao Hede hurriedly asked a question.

After looking at Tao Hede, He Mengxin quickly saw his true thoughts from his smiling face.

Now, although the Minghe Sect has recaptured the Gufeng Mountain spirit mine, it is still the weaker side and urgently needs more Foundation Establishment cultivators to help them guard their existing territory and deal with the revenge that will come sooner or later from the Tianxing Gate.

If He Mengxin and Song Qingyu agreed to Tao Hede and lived in Xianhe Market, it would be equivalent to tying their own lives to the Minghe Sect. In the future, once the Tianxing Gate began to attack Xianhe Market, in order to protect themselves, they would have to take action to help the Minghe Sect repel the enemy.

"Thank you for your kindness, Fellow Daoist Tao. The two of us came to Xianhe Market this time just to purchase materials needed for cultivation, and have no intention of living here for a long time. I hope you will forgive me."

Seeing He Mengxin refuse his kindness so decisively, Tao Hede smiled awkwardly and didn't say anything more, then turned to start recruiting another cultivator.

However, most of the rogue cultivators who could cultivate to the Foundation Establishment stage were not mediocre people, and naturally they all understood the Minghe Sect's plan. However, although they said so, there would always be people who really didn't care about these. By the time everyone left, there were still three cultivators who were moved by Tao Hede and planned to stay and stand with the Minghe Sect cultivators.

This time, Song Qingyu and He Mengxin did not choose the road they came by, but went directly east through some of the Tianxing Gate's territory, and then went deep into the Yunwu Mountain until more than two months later, when they entered the territory of the State of Wei.

Outside Qinghe Market, on a huge rock on the top of a high mountain, two figures suddenly appeared in the sunlight.

Song Qingming looked at a Foundation Establishment cultivator standing in front of him and hurriedly stepped forward to bow and salute with a smile.

"Junior congratulates Senior on successfully establishing your foundation!"

Feng He, with a calm face, waved his hand and walked directly to the top of the huge rock, standing with his hands behind his back and saying: "Just successfully established the foundation, what is there to congratulate? You kid coming to find me this time wouldn't be for such a boring thing, right!"

"Senior has successfully established the foundation. No matter what, I should come to congratulate you. Now that Senior has the power of self-protection, I can feel at ease in the future."

"What are you talking about? I have only just established the foundation, where did the power of self-protection come from? You wouldn't want to ignore me, would you?" Feng He shook his head and looked sideways at Song Qingming, who was still flattering him.

Seeing that this old fellow was impervious to reason, Song Qingming could only sigh awkwardly and comfort him repeatedly: "Senior misunderstood, the agreement between me and you is still valid. How can I say the word 'ignore'? If Senior has anything to do, how can I stay out of it?"

"Hmm! This sounds like something. Say it, what is the matter with you taking the initiative to find me this time."

Song Qingming smiled, untied the storage bag hanging from his waist, threw it directly to Feng He, and said slowly: "Does Senior still remember the two demonic cultivators we met when we went to Black Stone Valley?"

Feng He first nodded slightly, then took the storage bag Song Qingming gave him, and after looking carefully at the things hidden inside, revealed a very puzzled look.

"These are all obtained from the red-clothed demonic cultivator and his companion. Senior, please help me see if there is anything useful among these things. If you need anything, just send a letter to Xianfeng Tower, and they will find a way to send it to you directly."

"Brother Song, it's not that I look down on you, but how could you possibly kill those two? Even the descendant of the Blood Demon Old Ancestor, you might not be able to take him down, let alone kill them both at the same time. What method did you use to take them down? Tell me the truth first." After Feng He finished speaking, his eyes stared tightly at Song Qingming, for fear that he would not tell the truth.

Seeing Feng He so suspicious, Song Qingming smiled bitterly and said: "Senior guessed right, these two people were indeed not killed by me. At that time, I was in the depths of the Fuyun Mountain Range and suddenly ran into these two...

Finally, I escaped to a place and hid. Unexpectedly, a Golden Core Demon King happened to pass by nearby. These two unlucky guys were unlucky enough to be targeted by that Demon King and died in the hands of the Demon King. Finally, after the Demon King left, the things on them were cheap for me."

Song Qingming's words were half-true and half-false. Although some places were indeed unbelievable even to himself, this was indeed the fate that the red-clothed man and his companion finally encountered. They also never thought until they died that Song Qingming would have the ability to summon a Golden Core Demon King to help him.

"So, you just had good luck. But this is not just your good luck. If you really fell into the hands of those demonic cultivators, I wouldn't have a good end either. You should pay more attention to your own life in the future. Cultivators will not have such good luck for a lifetime. As for these messy things, just leave them with me first. I will notify you when I have finished them."

Hearing Feng He say this, Song Qingming didn't know if he believed what he just said, so he could only nod with a smile.

After Feng He finished speaking, he stepped on a white lotus and flew down the mountain. After flying to a position ten miles away from Qinghe Market, he stopped his figure and immediately hid his cultivation back to the Qi Refining stage.

By the time Feng He was about to walk to the city gate, Song Qingming stood up and turned into a sword light, heading straight for the gate of Qinghe Market. The two Qi Refining cultivators guarding the gate saw a Foundation Establishment ancestor coming from afar and hurriedly greeted him with a licking smile.

"Senior Song, you are here. Master said last month that he would go to see you when he had time. I didn't expect you to come so soon."

Song Qingming smiled, didn't say much to the two, and walked in with big strides.

Not long after, Feng He, who had become a Qi Refining cultivator, also successfully muddled through and entered the market, and went their separate ways with Song Qingming, one west and one east.

Song Qingming, who came to the entrance of Xianfeng Tower, originally wanted to have a meal here and enjoy it well, but unexpectedly, not long after he sat down, Song Xinhu ran up in a hurry and said urgently to Song Qingming:

"Seventh Uncle, there is a letter from home, saying that Aunt Qingyu is back and is waiting for you on the mountain."

"When did this happen? Is it really Qingyu who is back?" Song Qingming was stunned for a moment when he heard the news, and it took a long while before he asked slowly.

Song Xinhu nodded heavily and said: "It is indeed Aunt Qingyu who is back, but the family didn't say when she came back, just mentioned it and urged you to go back quickly."

"Good! Then I will go back today. If you don't understand anything, you must ask Shi Chun for advice."

After learning the news of Song Qingyu's return, Song Qingming was also a bit anxious. On the way from Qinghe Market to Mount Funiu, the spiritual light shone brightly all the way, and not long after, he landed outside the door of the council hall on the mountain.

Song Qingshi and others, who had been waiting here for a long time, saw Song Qingming return, stepped forward quickly, pointed to the top of the mountain to Song Qingming, and said: "She has already returned to her cave dwelling. I heard that Qingyu also brought a guest back this time."

"A guest! What is the background? Did Qingyu say?" Song Qingming frowned slightly and asked.

Song Qingshi sighed and said: "This girl didn't say her background, and just brought the person to the cave dwelling directly. You will know when you go over."

By the time Song Qingming arrived at the top of the mountain quickly, Song Qingyu already knew he was back and stood outside the cave dwelling to welcome him first.

"Seventh Brother!"

Seeing the figure she had been thinking about for these years outside finally appear before her eyes, Song Qingyu couldn't help but run forward and hug Song Qingming, making a wailing sound.

"Sigh! You girl, there is still a guest here. Isn't it shameful to be like this? You will be laughed at by others again later."

Song Qingyu finally remembered that she seemed to have brought a friend back with her, hurriedly wiped her tears, pulled Song Qingming to He Mengxin, who was not far away, and introduced:

"Sister He, this is my Seventh Brother, and he is also the one who loves me the most in the family. Don't worry about going into seclusion here. With me and Seventh Brother here, absolutely no one will disturb you."

Song Qingming looked at He Mengxin with a smile and said: "I am Song Qingming, the clan leader of the Song family on Mount Funiu. Since you are Qingyu's friend, you are naturally a distinguished guest of my Song family. If you have any needs here, just say it, no need to be polite."

He Mengxin heard this, nodded and smiled: "Fellow Daoist Song is polite. I have heard your name from Sister Qingyu long ago. Coming to your mountain this time, I also want to borrow a treasure land to break through my cultivation. I hope you won't blame me for disturbing you."

"Seventh Brother, Sister He is not just Qingyu's friend, she is also Qingyu's savior. If it weren't for her righteous action back then, I am afraid I would have fallen outside long ago and wouldn't have been able to come back."

From the first moment Song Qingming saw He Mengxin, he already felt that this woman was somewhat unusual. Whether it was cultivation or spiritual sense, it was no less than a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, and it didn't feel like an ordinary rogue cultivator.

It wasn't until he finished listening to Song Qingyu's detailed account of the danger she encountered back then and finally being righteously helped by He Mengxin, that Song Qingming finally let go of some of his guard against this woman in his heart.