Chapter 630 White-haired old man, gilded fruit tree
Song Qingming and others took the "Phantom Boat" and flew all the way west. After crossing several sea areas and reaching the land, they rested for a day in the small city they had visited before.
By the time a few people crossed Duanyun Mountain and arrived near Fuyun Mountain, it was almost half a month later.
On this day, on a high mountain in the west of Zheng State, a white escaping light came from far and near. It circled in the air and landed directly on the top of the mountain.
Song Qingming jumped off the flying boat, looked around at the silent surroundings on the top of the mountain, nodded with satisfaction, turned to the side and said to Song Qingyu and Song Qingyu who had just jumped off the flying boat:
"This place is quite quiet. Let's rest here for the night and continue our journey tomorrow!"
In order to quickly cross the Zheng Kingdom in the past two days, several people took turns helping to control the flying boat, which also consumed a lot of mana.
Although Yunwu Mountain is close to Qinghe County of Wei State, there has never been a demon king above level three, but it is close to Zheng State. Due to the continuous invasion of demon beasts from Fuyun Mountain Range, demon kings have begun to appear nearby in recent years. .
In order to make the next journey smoother, Song Qingming decided to rest on this mountain for a night before entering Yunwu Mountain to restore the mana in several people's bodies and their own condition, so as not to suffer a loss if they bumped into the Demon King.
After nightfall, Song Qingming and the other three were meditating with their backs against a rock. They each held a few spiritual stones in their hands and were quietly restoring their magic power with their eyes closed.
Suddenly, there was a loud noise from the south of the mountain, causing Song Qingming, who was sitting on the ground, to stand up with a frown.
"Brother Qi! There seems to be someone fighting over there." Song Qingyu, who was also meditating on the side, also heard the voice and hurriedly stood up and asked Song Qingming.
Song Qingming nodded slightly when he heard this and said: "You guys stay here first, I'll go over and see what's going on!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Song Qingming turned into a ray of light and disappeared directly from the spot.
In a valley several miles away, two foundation-building monks in different clothes were struggling to besiege a white-haired old man whose cultivation level was similar to theirs, but who already had many injuries.
The white-haired old man already had several injuries on his body, and his face was still slightly green. Although his condition was very bad, he still struggled to control the magic weapon in his hand and pushed back the two people who wanted to get close to him.
The two people who besieged him also knew that the other party could not hold on for much longer, so they were not too anxious. They still stood at a distance and consumed each other, step by step, gradually reducing the opponent's range of activities.
"Senior Brother Bai, you have been poisoned by my bee venom. Don't try to run away any more. I advise you to cooperate and hand over your things. Junior Brother, we can consider letting you go. Otherwise, you will beg for mercy later." It’s too late!”
"Hmph! Those of you who are bandit cultivators won't believe what you say. Even if I destroy this thing today, I won't give you an advantage in vain."
After the white-haired old man finished speaking, a golden spirit fruit appeared in his hand with a flash of light. After throwing it into the air, he slashed out a light blade from a long sword weapon in his hand, intending to destroy the spirit fruit on the spot. things.
"Stop him quickly!"
The two people who were besieging the old man were slightly shocked when they saw this. They did not expect that the old man would be so uncooperative and even want to destroy this precious spiritual object.
One of them quickly took out a cyan talisman and cast a spell directly towards the light blade spell released by the white-haired old man in the air, trying to stop the other party's actions.
Just as the two sides were fighting for the spiritual object, a figure suddenly appeared next to the golden spiritual fruit. He picked up the spiritual object before the spells of both parties arrived, and then quickly put up a shield, blocking it easily. The two spells are already close at hand.
Seeing this figure appearing out of thin air, the expressions of the white-haired old man and the two foundation-building monks who were chasing him suddenly changed, revealing expressions of great surprise.
"My dear friends, is there anything you can't sit down and discuss? There's no need to fight to the death like this!"
A man in green robes standing in the middle of the two sides glanced at the spiritual object he had just received, then raised his head and said something to the two foundation-building monks not far away.
Seeing the powerful coercion that only the Golden Core cultivators could have exuded from the green-robed man, the two Foundation-building cultivators who had just besieged the white-haired old man with a proud look on their faces immediately turned into cautious and obedient ones.
It took him a while to react, and he cupped his hands to Song Qingming who was not far away and replied:
"Senior! We are monks from the Tianxing Sect. This man betrayed the sect and stole a treasure of our sect. The two of us came to arrest him on the orders of the elders of the sect. We have no intention of disturbing the seniors. I hope you don't misunderstand. ”
When he heard that the other party said that he was a traitor, the white-haired old man suddenly said angrily:
"These two bitches really know how to confuse right and wrong. Senior, please don't listen to their nonsense. The two of them were originally gangster cultivators and joined our Tianxing Sect halfway. These two beasts are coveting this treasure today. He took action against my fellow disciple.
Ha ha! It is God's will that this thing falls into the hands of senior today. Senior, if you want, just take it directly, as long as you don't make these two ungrateful bitches cheap! "
"Well! You are quite generous, but I don't know if you two agree with this matter!" The man in green robe nodded slightly to the white-haired old man, and then looked at the two people not far away with a calm expression. The name is Foundation-Building Monk.
"Senior, this thing is very important to our sect. If it is given to senior without any reason, I'm afraid I won't be able to explain it to the elders of the sect after I return!"
The green-robed man thought for a moment after hearing this, and then slowly said: "You are right. It is really hard to explain to your fellow disciples when you go back. How about I help you think of a solution?"
"Senior, please don't misunderstand. We are indeed ordered to come here to chase the traitor. If you want this thing, just take it. Don't worry, we will find a way to explain this matter when we go back, and we will definitely not reveal your identity!"
Hearing the somewhat cold tone of the green-robed man in front of them, the two foundation-building monks felt a wave of pressure, and a trace of cold sweat appeared on their foreheads. Their feet began to retreat involuntarily.
Just when the two foundation-building monks had given up asking for the spiritual objects and were ready to escape from here, a group of green spiritual light suddenly gathered in the hands of the green-robed man, and then immediately turned into several green sword lights and rushed to the position where the two were.
Seeing this, the two men also hurriedly dodged the attack, and then stepped on the magic weapon desperately to leave here quickly.
However, when they flew out for only a few dozen feet, a figure suddenly flashed in front of them and blocked their way in mid-air. Before the two men turned around and fled, two more fierce sword lights quickly attacked them, forcing them to stop and use magic weapons to deal with them.
The one with the highest cultivation level among the two was only at the seventh level of foundation building. At this moment, facing the fierce attack of a Jindan cultivator, even if the opponent had not even used magic weapons, they were still unable to resist.
After a while, two screams sounded in succession in the sky, and the man in green robe returned to the original place with the storage bags on the two people.
Looking around, the man in green robe was a little surprised that the white-haired old man who was seriously injured and could hardly support himself just now had disappeared in a moment.
"Huh! He really ran fast." The man in green robe muttered to himself, and the light under his feet flashed and disappeared immediately.
On a small hill not far from here, a white-haired old man who was hiding there with a robe to conceal his aura saw the green-robed man not far away leave. After a long time, he carefully stood up and walked forward in a direction.
However, after just a few dozen steps, the white-haired old man stopped again and looked at the green-robed man standing not far in front of him with a shocked face.
I thought I had just avoided the man's spiritual sense detection, but I didn't expect that the man didn't really leave. I was still a little careless. The white-haired old man couldn't help showing a trace of helplessness on his face at this moment.
"You are really brave, daring to hide in front of me!"
"Don't blame me, senior. I was just afraid and wanted to escape from here."
The green-robed man looked at the other party calmly, then took out the golden spiritual fruit he had just snatched from them, and asked directly: "Where did you get this thing from? Tell me first!
I advise you to think about it before answering, and it's best not to talk nonsense. Even if you are from Tianxingmen, it doesn't matter to me. It's just killing one more person!"
Hearing the unquestionable cold words from the green-robed man, the white-haired old man who had seen the other party decisively kill his two fellow monks just after a disagreement naturally did not dare to doubt the other party's words.
Although "Tianxingmen" dominates Zheng State, it is just a Jindan sect, but this person is also a Jindan master with profound cultivation. It is not strange that he does not take them "Tianxingmen" seriously.
The white-haired old man rolled his eyes slightly before answering helplessly:
"We found this thing not long ago in a canyon deep in Yunwu Mountain. We found two spiritual fruits at that time, and one was on them. If you don't believe me, just open their storage bags and check.
We had agreed that I would distribute the spiritual objects together after returning to the sect, but they got greedy halfway and wanted to snatch the spiritual fruit from me, which led to the following incident.
Don't worry, these two scums are originally bandits. Killing them is also a way to eliminate harm for our sect. I will find a way to explain this matter after I go back, and I won't cause you any trouble."
After the white-haired old man finished speaking, he couldn't help but glance at Song Qingming from time to time, fearing that the other party would turn hostile and kill him on the spot.
Song Qingming did not doubt the explanation of the white-haired old man. Because of the civil strife in Zheng State for so many years, the "Tianxing Sect" has indeed actively recruited a large number of independent cultivators in order to strengthen the strength of the sect. Among them, there must be some cultivators who were originally bandits.
Before taking action just now, Song Qingming had actually heard some of their conversations on the side, and he also knew that the two people were motivated by money to murder their fellow disciples, and then they were so decisive to kill them.
After so many years of cultivation, although he has long been accustomed to all kinds of fighting and killing, conspiracy and intrigue in the world of immortal cultivation, Song Qingming still felt a little unhappy when he saw this kind of behavior of killing companions for a little spiritual object.
"So that's it!"
"This spiritual object is indeed useful to me, I will put it away first, but I don't like to take other people's things for free. You can keep these spiritual stones, just think of it as you selling this thing to me."
Taking over the large bag of spiritual stones thrown by Song Qingming, the white-haired old man also showed a little surprise on his face, and he couldn't believe what was happening in front of him.
Under the current situation, a golden elixir cultivator on the other side can easily control him at will. Sparing his life is already a bit of a luxury. He is actually willing to give himself thousands of spiritual stones in exchange for the spiritual fruit just now. It is really It was also beyond his expectation.
"Thank you, senior, for saving your life, and please bow to me, junior!" Seeing this, the white-haired old man hurried forward and kowtowed with joy, expressing his gratitude to the man in green robe.
"Don't thank me in a hurry. Before I let you leave, I want to ask you for a favor. Don't worry, as long as you are willing to cooperate, I will definitely let you leave safely."
"Senior, please speak up if you have any instructions. I will fully cooperate with you and will not let you down." Hearing that Song Qingming still had something to ask for his help, the white-haired old man hesitated for a moment before agreeing respectfully. .
Now that his life is still in the hands of others at any time, the white-haired old man also understands that his situation has no room for bargaining with the other party.
"Wait for me here for a moment, and then take me to the valley where you found these two spiritual fruits. Once you get there, I will naturally let you go."
"Ah! Senior, don't worry, junior knows what to do!"
Hearing that the other party just wanted to find the valley where they found the spirit fruit, the white-haired old man was not sure what the other party wanted to do, but he immediately agreed.
After the man in green robe disappeared into a ray of light, the white-haired old man looked around. After the man in green robe just appeared in his mind, he quickly suppressed the thought of escaping in his heart and stood patiently. He didn't dare to move his body from where he was.
Song Qingyu and Song Qingyu, who were on the top of the mountain, waited for a long time but did not see Song Qingming come back. When they were discussing whether to go over and have a look, a ray of light flew from the sky and landed in front of them.
"Who are you?"
Song Qingyu and Song Qingyu, who were about to greet him, suddenly changed their expressions when they saw the appearance of the visitor. They immediately called out the magic weapons on their bodies and looked at each other with hostility.
When the green-robed man standing there saw the two women reacting like this, he immediately understood the reason. After a chuckle, his body shape suddenly began to change, and he instantly returned to Song Qingming's original appearance.
After obtaining the "Shape Transformation Technique" from Huofeng a few years ago, Song Qingming has achieved some success in practice over the years. Although it is still difficult to hide it from the monks at the Golden Core stage and above, it can be used to deal with the Foundation Establishment stage. The following monks are still completely sufficient.
When Song Qingming just appeared in front of the white-haired old man and the others, Song Qingming used the art of transformation in advance, slightly changing his body and appearance. When he came back, he had not had time to release the secret art, which made Song Qingyu and two people almost have a relationship. Misunderstand.
"Brother Qi! When did you learn such a fun spell? You almost deceived me."
"Husband, what happened over there? Why did it take so long to come back!"
After seeing this scene, Song Qingyu felt relieved and put away the magic weapon beside him, and walked quickly towards Song Qingming with Huang Siyuan.
Song Qingming smiled when he heard this and said, "It's nothing serious. It's just that a few foundation-building monks got into a fight over the spiritual objects. I just went over to try to persuade them, and unexpectedly got two third-level spiritual fruits."
Seeing the two golden spirit fruits in Song Qingming's hands, Song Qingyu and Huang Siyuan were also surprised and hurriedly gathered around them. Song Qingming also immediately explained to the two of them what he had just encountered.
After Song Qingyu heard this, his big eyes rolled slightly, and he immediately asked: "Brother Qi! According to you, they found the spiritual fruit from Yunwu Mountain. There should be a mature third-level fruit tree there, right?"
"It is indeed possible that there is still a lot of spiritual energy left on this spiritual fruit. It was indeed picked not long ago." Huang Siyuan picked up a spiritual fruit in Song Qingming's hand and looked at it carefully before speaking.
Song Qingming nodded slightly and said: "Yes! I also have this guess, Qingyu! You return to the family tomorrow, and then bring Yuan Xue over. That guy and I will find the location of the valley, and we will meet there then."
"Well! Let's do it then!" After hearing Song Qingming's plan, Song Qingyu and the others responded quickly.
After carefully warning the two of them, Song Qingming immediately turned back. After seeing the white-haired old man still standing there honestly, Song Qingming, who had changed his appearance again, showed a bit of satisfaction on his face, and then left here with him.
Two days later, in a valley deep in Yunwu Mountain, Song Qingming took a closer look at the depths of the valley, turned around and asked the white-haired old man beside him: "Is this the valley you are talking about?"
"That's right! We found those two spiritual fruits in a cave in the valley. At that time, a few of us also came here to chase a second-level monster."
"Well! Then take me there first."
Following the white-haired old man, they flew into the valley. After a while, the two of them arrived in front of a relatively secluded cave. After Song Qingming stood at the entrance of the cave and closed his eyes to release his consciousness, he soon felt a relatively strong wave coming from the cave. of aura.
Seeing this, Song Qingming was overjoyed and walked directly into the cave.
After walking forward for about a few hundred feet, Song Qingming felt a glimmer of golden light in the dark cave. After a while, a three-foot-tall golden fruit tree appeared in front of Song Qingming's eyes.
There were still four or five unripe spiritual fruits on the golden fruit tree, as well as two short branches that had just been cut off. Song Qingming only took a quick glance and immediately confirmed that this was the third-level spiritual fruit tree he was looking for.
"Sure enough, there is another mature third-level gilded fruit tree. It seems that this time it is not in vain!" Song Qingming's spiritual sense swept through the cave before returning to the cave entrance.
Then Song Qingming threw out a few formation flags in front of the white-haired old man, and soon a second-level magic formation that isolated the spiritual sense of the cultivator was set up not far in front of him.
"I need to do something here. In case of any changes, I need you to stay here for a few days. I will let you go after I finish my work."
The white-haired old man immediately understood Song Qingming's meaning and smiled and bowed, saying, "Don't worry, senior, I know what to do!"
After greeting Song Qingming, the white-haired old man immediately took the initiative to walk into the magic circle and sat down.
After waiting patiently in the valley for another day, Song Qingming saw a ray of light flying from the horizon, and a few familiar figures appeared in front of him a moment later.
"Seventh brother! How did you find the fruit tree?"
In addition to Song Yuanxue, the spiritual plant master, Song Qingyu also brought Huang Siyuan, Song Yuanli, and Song Changze this time.
After seeing the family members, Song Qingming did not delay too much. After leaving Song Yuanli to guard the cave entrance, he led everyone into the cave together.
Seeing a mature third-level spiritual fruit tree, everyone in the Song family showed a trace of joy on their faces, especially Song Yuanxue, who had learned the skills of spiritual planting. At this moment, a gleam of light appeared in her eyes.
After carefully observing the third-level spiritual fruit tree in front of her, Song Yuanxue turned to Song Qingming and nodded slightly, saying: "Seventh Uncle, there is no problem with the current condition of this fruit tree. It can be transplanted at any time.
However, my spiritual planting level is only the second-level middle grade. After bringing this fruit tree back to the family, if I want to cultivate it again, I am afraid I need to find a third-level spiritual plant master to be safer."
"Well! Don't worry about these first, bring the spiritual fruit tree back to the family first, and I will think of a way to find a third-level spiritual plant master when the time comes."
Under the command of Song Yuanxue, everyone in the Song family worked together and spent half a day to finally dig this third-level spiritual fruit tree out of the ground.
Then Song Yuanxue immediately cast a spell and used a second-level spiritual talisman to seal the roots of the fruit tree to prevent the spiritual energy from leaking and damaging the spiritual roots of the fruit tree during transportation.
Because the spiritual fruit tree cannot be directly put into the storage magic tool, Song Changze could only carry it on his back. After checking that there was nothing wrong, the Song family left the cave together.
Watching Song Qingyu lead them away from the valley, Song Qingming cast a spell to put away the magic array not far away and released the white-haired old man who had been trapped in the array for several days.
"My business has been done, you can leave now, but in order to save some trouble in the future, you still need to make a vow not to tell anyone about me, and you are not allowed to come to this valley again in the future."
The white-haired old man was delighted when he heard this, and he made a vow on the spot that made Song Qingming very satisfied. With the other party's approval, he left the valley with some trepidation.
Looking at the background of the white-haired old man's departure, Song Qingming, who had restored his original appearance, also sighed helplessly. (End of this chapter)