Chapter 638 Leaving Linggui Island, Luo Li's determination
One day later, in the largest restaurant in Linggui Island Market.
As soon as Song Qingming entered the door, a mortal waiter immediately came to greet him. After learning that he had an appointment, the waiter immediately invited him to a private room on the second floor with a warm face.
"Fellow Daoist Song! You are finally here. It's great to see that you are fine."
Seeing Li Xianyun and Fairy Longyue bowing to him happily, Song Qingming hurriedly bowed in return and explained: "Song was unfortunately chased by the demon king that day, and he escaped with his life at the risk of his life.
Later, because of the serious injuries, he really didn't dare to cross the open sea alone, so he stayed on a deserted island for more than a month of retreat. He returned to Linggui Island yesterday, which made the two fellow Daoists worried for a long time. I am really ashamed!"
"Haha! I hope that Fellow Daoist Song can return safely. We have survived the disaster and we are close friends. Fellow Daoist Song, please don't be so polite in front of us in the future.
Fellow Daoist Song invited you here today. In addition to confirming that you are fine, I also want to take this opportunity to calm you down. Please sit down first and we can eat and chat!"
Seeing Fairy Long Yue coming forward to invite him, Song Qingming was no longer polite and immediately sat in front of the two.
The reason why Song Qingming came here was because he asked Luo Li to send a letter to Li Xianyun yesterday to report that he was safe. When the girl came back from him, she brought Song Qingming the news that Li Xianyun wanted to host a banquet here.
When Song Qingming received this news, he agreed immediately without thinking too much. In fact, he also wanted to know how everyone else escaped after encountering the "Sky Wind Beast Tide" that day except himself.
After chatting with Li Xianyun in the private room for a while, Song Qingming soon learned about the current situation of the others from Fairy Longyue.
After encountering the "Sky Wind Beast Tide" that day, everyone scattered and fled for their lives. The first one to return to Linggui Island was the oldest among the crowd, Immortal Liuyun.
Song Qingming did not expect that Immortal Liuyun, who had always performed mediocrely in front of everyone, escaped unscathed and was the first to escape after separating from everyone that day. It can be seen that this old Taoist still has some skills.
The second to return here were Li Xianyun and Fairy Longyue. There was a special secret method between the two of them to communicate with each other. After escaping the danger separately, they returned to Linggui Island together.
Song Qingming was not too surprised that Li Xianyun and the other two could escape the pursuit of the monster beast. After all, they were both late Jindan cultivators with higher cultivation, and their magical powers and magic weapons were definitely not comparable to the remaining few people.
Except for the three of them who returned safely, the remaining two people were not so lucky.
Wang Linchun, the scholar with the lowest cultivation, has not appeared on Linggui Island yet. In addition, Song Qingming and his companions had seen him being chased by several demon kings that day, so he was probably in danger.
Luo Yulong did run back later, but in order to get rid of the pursuit of the demon beasts, he also fought several bloody battles and was seriously injured before he was able to save his life. After returning, he immediately closed himself off to heal his wounds.
If Song Qingming had not been lucky that day and had been hidden in the underground cave of the deserted island, he would probably have found it difficult to escape unscathed. Naturally, he also had a deep understanding of this.
This time, the six people in the group were usually high-ranking and accomplished Jindan cultivators in front of others. As a result, they ended up like this, which really made Song Qingming see the dangers of the open sea.
After Song Qingming was in danger that day, he had not returned for more than a month. Li Xianyun and Fairy Longyue actually felt that Song Qingming was probably in danger.
Yesterday, they learned from Luo Li that Song Qingming had returned safely. They were very surprised, so they hurriedly asked Song Qingming out out of curiosity.
After the three chatted in the private room for a while, Fairy Long Yue took out another bag of spirit stones and handed it to Song Qingming, saying that it was obtained from the sale of the monster materials they had obtained before.
Song Qingming opened it and found that there were 80 pieces of medium-grade spirit stones neatly placed inside. He immediately nodded with satisfaction and thanked the other party, and put the spirit stones into his storage magic tool.
"My two fellow Taoists, I will stay on Linggui Island for a while. If you organize cultivators to go out to hunt monsters in the open sea, remember to take me with you."
"Of course, Fellow Taoist Song and we have a friendship of sharing weal and woe, so this is naturally trustworthy."
Hearing what Song Qingming said, Fairy Long Yue's face immediately showed a trace of surprise, and nodded politely in response.
After all, Song Qingming had just come to the outer sea. He had already witnessed such a powerful natural disaster as the "Sky Wind Beast Tide" during his first monster hunting. He actually took the initiative to propose to go to the outer sea with them so quickly. Long Yue and Li Xianyun really looked up to him.
However, the reason why Song Qingming was so anxious was because he knew that he didn't have much time to stay here to train.
Now it has been almost three years since Huang Siyuan closed her doors to break through the Golden Core Realm. At most, in about a year, she should be able to successfully form a pill. Song Qingming will definitely return to "Tian Dan City" in advance to welcome her out of seclusion.
I came to Linggui Island just to train myself in the outer sea. I can't just back off when there are some difficulties.
After all, natural disasters like the "Sky Wind Beast Tide" are only encountered with a very small probability, and it is impossible for him to encounter them every time he goes out. If it is so unlucky, Song Qingming will still be able to go out even if he hides in the sea every day. There will be other disasters.
After practicing Taoism for so many years, Song Qingming has long known that if he wants to have a smooth path, it is not enough to sit at home and practice hard. He also needs to go out for a walk occasionally to gain more personal insights in his practice.
After chatting with Li Xianyun for a few more words in the private room, Song Qingming stood up and left, returning to his cave.
More than half a month later, Song Qingming, who was practicing in the cave, soon received a letter from Fairy Long Yue inviting him to go to sea, and he embarked on a journey to the outer sea with them.
In this way, Song Qingming lived on Linggui Island for more than a year.
During this period, Song Qingming also followed Li Xianyun and the others to hunt monsters in the outer sea many times. Although they experienced many dangerous things, fortunately, they never encountered such a powerful natural disaster as the "Sky Wind Beast Tide".
After nearly two years of contact, the relationship between Song Qingming, Li Xianyun, and Long Yue Fairy has become closer, and he has learned more about them.
Compared with Li Xianyun's background as a casual cultivator, Fairy Long Yue's identity was much more respected. Song Qingming only learned about this woman's true origin after getting acquainted with them and chatting with them.
The master of Fairy Long Yue is a well-known Nascent Soul cultivator in the world of East China Sea Immortal Cultivation. Li Xianyun had received some favors and guidance from this person when he was not forming elixirs. Although he did not officially become a master, he actually He is half a master in name only.
After Li Xianyun formed the elixir, he left Weiguo not long ago, also because he went to the world of immortal cultivation in the East China Sea to look for Fairy Long Yue's master.
The reason why the two of them came to Linggui Island to hunt monsters was because Fairy Long Yue's master gave her a test to go out for experience. Li Xianyun took the initiative to follow her because she was worried about her being alone. beside.
On this day, after hearing that Song Qingming was leaving Linggui Island and preparing to return to the Fuyun Mountains, Li Xianyun, Fairy Long Yue and several familiar golden elixir monks on the island also rushed to his cave to say goodbye to him.
After chatting with everyone for a while, and after they all left voluntarily, Song Qingming returned to the cave to pack his things, then went down the mountain to Fangshi, and returned the cave he rented.
When Song Qingming walked alone through the streets of Fangshi and came to the port to leave Linggui Island, a delicate woman in yellow suddenly followed not far behind him.
After Song Qingming used his spiritual consciousness to investigate, he found that the person who had been following him was Luo Li, who had often helped him inquire about information and run errands for the past two years, so he turned to look at her with a smile.
"Yesterday I sent you a message asking you to come to my place to get something. Why are you here now!"
Luo Li stood there. After hesitating for a while, he took the initiative to walk up to Song Qingming and bowed.
"Senior! I know that you will definitely not come back after leaving this time. I want to leave here with you to practice somewhere else. Can you take me with you?"
After hearing the words from this little girl's mouth, Song Qingming immediately understood what she wanted to express, and couldn't help but sigh slightly.
"The place I'm going to is far away, and it's not suitable to take you with me!"
After gently shaking his head to reject Luo Li, Song Qingming took out a storage bag that had been prepared and continued to say to her:
"There are some pills and spirit stones in here. Although they are not valuable things, it should not be difficult to help you reach the later stage of Qi refining. Then you can go out to sea with others to hunt monsters. In the future, you will be able to There are some foundation building opportunities.”
Song Qingming originally planned to give these things to her yesterday, but because she didn't go to him after receiving his message, she kept them on Song Qingming.
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Break it out of context!
After staying on this island for such a long time, Song Qingming also dealt with this little girl for two years. Naturally, Song Qingming had some understanding of her personal situation.
Luo Li was not actually a monk from Linggui Island. She followed her parents and came here more than ten years ago.
More than ten years ago, Luo Li's father, who was a casual cultivator, took the young Luo Li and her mother to settle here on Linggui Island in order to facilitate hunting monsters at sea.
After Luo Li was diagnosed with spiritual roots when he was twelve years old, in order to help her raise resources, his father joined a nearby immortal cultivating sect and chose to take an adventure with others to explore the cave of a senior monk. The result was... Didn't come back either.
After his father disappeared, Luo Li's mortal mother also passed away mysteriously due to a serious illness a few years ago, leaving her as a teenager alone on the Spirit Turtle Island.
Although her parents left one after another, the young Luo Li lost her support. Fortunately, this girl was still smart and soon learned a few skills to make a living like the other casual cultivators on the island who had a difficult life.
Although life has been somewhat tight these years, I have managed to survive in this relatively difficult environment.
Especially after meeting Song Qingming, a stable customer, Luo Li has earned a lot of spiritual stones from him in the past two years. His cultivation has also improved rapidly in the past two years, and he has broken through to the fifth level of Qi refining not long ago. .
Looking at the storage bag in Song Qingming's hand, Luo Li thought for a moment, then shook his head firmly and bowed to Song Qingming again.
"Senior! You have given me a lot of spiritual stones in the past few years. How dare Luo Li Wugong accept these things?"
"I don't want to rely on the help of others. I want to practice step by step through my own efforts. Senior, you have such a high level of cultivation. You must know some cultivators from other sects. I want to ask you to take me away from here and introduce me to a sect that is better for me to join.
You just need to take me there. I will find a way to do other things myself. I will never cause you too much trouble."
"You still want to join a sect!" After hearing Luo Li's request, Song Qingming's face showed a little understanding.
These years, it is not the first time that he has heard from this girl that she wants to join a sect, but the tone she said in the past was not as firm as today.
When Luo Li's father learned that his child had spiritual roots, he wanted her to join a big sect, but he died unexpectedly and failed to fulfill this wish.
This also made her mother obsessed with this matter before she died. She didn't want her daughter to be a helpless casual cultivator all her life, and told her to find a way to join a sect in the future.
However, although Luo Li's spiritual root qualifications were not too bad and he was a three-spiritual root cultivator, because he was an outsider casual cultivator and had no elders to help him, he failed to join a nearby large sect several times.
This time, seeing Song Qingming, the Jindan senior, leave, the girl seemed to have made up her mind to go out and see the world, and didn't want to stay on Linggui Island to continue the life of a casual cultivator.
Seeing Luo Li nodded again with a firm face, Song Qingming thought for a moment, and then asked calmly: "Have you really decided to leave here and never come back!"
"Don't worry, senior, Luo Li will never regret his choice!" As soon as Song Qingming finished speaking, Luo Li spit out the answer he had already thought of without hesitation.
Seeing this, Song Qingming smiled and nodded, saying, "I can take you away from here, but I don't know many sects in the East China Sea, so I can't guarantee that I can help you.
I'll wait for you here for an incense stick of time. If you really want to go with me, then go back and pack your things and come here. If you haven't decided yet, you can still think about it now."
"Don't think about it, senior! I've already packed my things."
After Luo Li finished speaking, he pointed to a red storage bag hanging on his waist, and then ran to Song Qingming with a happy face, and stood beside him very obediently.
Seeing that she had already prepared to leave with him, Song Qingming didn't say anything more, and waved his hand to release the "Phantom Boat" on his body, and then jumped on it with her.
After practicing Taoism for so many years, even if he had become a Jindan cultivator, Song Qingming rarely chose to take the initiative to intervene in other people's affairs when he was walking outside.
The reason why he was willing to take the initiative to help this little girl this time, in addition to the fate of knowing Luo Li for the past two years, the most important reason was that Song Qingming saw some of the qualities he liked in her.
Although in order to survive, Luo Li was no different from other casual cultivators on Linggui Island, racking his brains every day to earn more spiritual stones.
However, no matter when or how deep, this girl firmly adhered to her bottom line in dealing with people, and never greedily took advantage of others.
Even if Song Qingming occasionally asked her to do something and wanted to give her more spiritual stones, she would often refuse.
Among the mixed casual cultivators on Linggui Island, she can always abide by these good qualities. For a 20-year-old girl like her who lives alone and is forced to survive, it is indeed not easy.
Since Song Qingming entered the Tao, his style of doing things has been the same. He often reminds himself that when dealing with people, he must know how to advance and retreat, and not be too greedy.
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More than half a month later, on a small island with a radius of only 20 to 30 miles near the sea.
Song Qingming sat in a teahouse on the west side of the island called "Baisha Island", sipping tea while listening to several mortals telling stories below, loudly telling the stories of the newcomers on the island fighting monsters to save everyone.
After a while, a very young woman suddenly walked into the door of the teahouse and came to Song Qingming quickly.
Seeing Luo Li's figure, Song Qingming turned around and smiled and nodded slightly at her, and then put some silver used by mortals on the table, and then got up and took her out of the teahouse.
"Did you see them?" When they came to a slightly secluded place on the street, Song Qingming turned around and asked Luo Li beside him.
Luo Li nodded slightly and said, "Yes! I showed the thing given by the senior to the people of Tianxuan Sect. They recognized it on the spot. It must be this sect."
"Yes! Then come with me to take a look." Song Qingming said and took Luo Li to the high mountain in the middle of the island.
After leaving Linggui Island, Song Qingming did not rush back to "Tiandan City", but first came to the vicinity of "Tianxuan Sect" near the sea, intending to fulfill Zhao Jibai's last wish and send his remains back to his sect.
Because he was not very clear about the current situation of "Tianxuan Sect", Song Qingming did not want to have too much connection with them. He originally wanted to find a suitable place to secretly bury Zhao Jibai's bones after arriving near this sect and leave.
As a result, after Song Qingming found the island where the "Tianxuan Sect" was originally located according to Zhao Jibai's last words, he found that this sect had declined a thousand years ago, and even the original mountain gate spiritual veins have now been occupied by other Jindan sects.
After careful inquiries, Song Qingming learned that the "Tianxuan Sect" has now become a weak foundation-building sect and moved to the nearby "Baisha Island" with only one second-level medium-grade spiritual vein.
Seeing that the "Tianxuan Sect" has now fallen to this point, let alone Jindan cultivators, there are not many foundation-building cultivators left in the sect. Therefore, Song Qingming no longer has too many concerns and brought Luo Li directly to this sect.
Hearing that someone brought back the relics of the sect's predecessors, it soon alarmed the two remaining foundation-building elders of the "Tianxuan Sect".
After seeing the several relics of Zhao Jibai left behind in Song Qingming's hand, the head of the sect, Chen Jianghai, hurriedly and respectfully invited him to the sect.
After asking him in person, Song Qingming quickly confirmed that the declining small sect in front of him was indeed the "Tianxuan Sect" he wanted to find.
When Zhao Jibai was still there, the "Tianxuan Sect" was still the overlord of this sea area. In addition to Zhao Jibai, the head of the sect who was at the peak of the Jindan level, there were two other Jindan elders with considerable strength, and there were thousands of disciples.
As a result, after Zhao Jibai's sudden death in the open sea, the two Jindan elders in the sect started an internal fight to compete for the position of the head, which caused the "Tianxuan Sect" to suffer a great loss of vitality. In addition to the loss of the secret realm in the open sea, the entire sect quickly began to decline.
Just a few hundred years later, the "Tianxuan Sect" lost its last Jindan cultivator and was forcibly taken away from Lingshan by other Jindan sects. During this period, it wandered in the nearby sea for nearly a thousand years before finally settling on this "Baisha Island".
Today, there are only two foundation-building cultivators left in the "Tianxuan Sect", and there are only more than a hundred disciples, which can only barely maintain the dignity of a foundation-building sect.
After confirming that the two people in front of him were the descendants of the "Tianxuan Sect" he was looking for, Song Qingming took out Zhao Jibai's remains and some of the relics in his storage magic tools and handed them to the two "Tianxuan Sect" foundation-building elders in front of him.
In addition to the martial arts books that Song Qingming had already recorded separately, Song Qingming also took out a few second-level magic tools and talismans and handed them to the two of them.
These things are not very useful to Song Qingming now, but for the declining foundation-building sect "Tianxuan Sect", they can still help them more or less.
Since I have received the favor of the senior, it is only right for me to help him when I come here.
"I found the remains of Senior Zhao in the outer sea. Although I found more than these things on him at that time, most of them are useless. You keep these things. I have also fulfilled Senior Zhao's last wish."
"Senior Song! You are a great benefactor of our sect for sending back the remains and relics of the head from thousands of miles away. Please accept our greetings first!"
After seeing the many spiritual objects that Song Qingming took out, Chen Jianghai, the head of the "Tianxuan Sect", hurriedly stood up and saluted him with another foundation-building elder. (End of this chapter)