Chapter 657 Mysterious Valley, Yanhu Village (asking for monthly votes)
After following the steward to the second floor, Song Qingming was quickly invited to a separate private room.
As soon as the two people walked in and sat down, someone immediately brought two cups of fragrant spiritual tea. Xue Jinling smiled and greeted Song Qingming for a few words, then put down the tea bowl in his hand and asked:
"Senior, do you want to find someone to form a team to hunt monsters together when you go to the open sea this time, or are you searching for some kind of spiritual object?"
"I want to go to Yuxuan Island to find something. Can your treasure ship take me there?" Song Qingming directly stated his purpose with a calm face.
"Yuxuan Island? That is not a good place. Why would senior take the risk to go there to find spiritual objects? Is it also to find the treasures left by ancient monks?"
When he heard that Song Qingming was going to "Yuxuan Island", Xue Jinling, who had always behaved very steadily, suddenly showed a look of surprise on his face, and he couldn't help but ask again.
"Well! I want to go there to find a spiritual object that I need. I wonder if your treasure ship can carry me. If it can, you can just quote me a price. If not, I can only go somewhere else and think about it again. There’s a way!”
Seeing Xue Jinling's reaction, Song Qingming's face didn't change much. Apparently he had expected it, and he responded calmly.
Xue Jinling thought for a moment after hearing the words, and nodded slightly: "Senior, don't worry, the treasure ships we use on Nanling Island are third-level middle-grade treasure ships. Even those powerful demon kings can't do anything to our treasure ships. We are going to Yuxuan Island." There must be no problem nearby.
However, seniors should also know that the area there is really not safe, and our treasure ship can only approach a hundred miles away from Yuxuan Island at most.
Senior, if you think this is okay, you can leave your address first, and when the treasure ship goes to sea next month, I will arrange to notify you in advance! "
"Well! That's okay, then it's settled. Let me treat these spirit stones as a deposit for you!" Seeing that the other party agreed to send him to the destination, Song Qingming nodded slightly and immediately took out a small bag of spirit stones. Put it in front of Xue Jinling.
Seeing Song Qingming's generosity, Xue Jinling immediately accepted the spirit stone with a happy face, and promised Song Qingming that when the treasure ship goes to sea, he will leave the best guest room for him on it.
Song Qingming's face was unmoved by this, and after asking the other party a few more questions about the situation near "Yuxuan Island", he immediately got up and said goodbye and left here.
The "Yuxuan Island" that Song Qingming is going to next is one of the seven addresses he bought from Tianji Pavilion, one of which is related to Yuxuan Mountain.
But as Xue Jinling said, "Yuxuan Island" is much more dangerous than the other places Song Qingming has been to. When Song Qingming bought the news, Li Mengchen had already reminded him of this, and specially wrote it for him on the bamboo slips. Marked.
Although "Yuxuan Island" is not far from the mainland of Donghuang Xianzhou and can be reached in about half a month by a large treasure ship, compared to the monks along the coast near Nanzhou, this place has always been a relatively mysterious place.
Tens of thousands of years ago, when the lower realm of true demons was in chaos, a very fierce battle between immortals and demons took place near "Yuxuan Island". At that time, many powerful high-level monks died there.
Therefore, until now, there are still many monks who have heard these ancient rumors and go to the vicinity of "Yuxuan Island" to try their luck and search for one or two inherited relics left by ancient monks.
Having heard that Song Qing was going there before, and it was his first time on "Nanling Island", Xue Jinling naturally regarded him as a monk who also wanted to hunt for treasures.
However, in the past few thousand years, some changes have begun to occur near "Yuxuan Island". High-level monks often arrived nearby and were inexplicably trapped there for several months before they could escape. Many people also disappeared.
Some monks even arrived nearby and saw that the island suddenly had a demonic energy rising into the sky. The entire sea area within a radius of dozens of miles was entangled with a demonic aura, as if a very powerful demon had descended on the island.
This has also caused the monks in the coastal areas of Nanzhou to change their expressions when talking about "Yuxuan Island" in recent years. There are very few brave monks who dare to go there to hunt for treasures.
After all, compared to the dangers of monsters in the outer sea, the strange place like "Yuxuan Island" that may be involved with those high-level demon cultivators makes many monks even more frightened.
Song Qingming originally didn't plan to go to "Yuxuan Island" so early, but because he was escorting Li Xuanyi back to Nanzhou, he was already near "Yuxuan Island", so he must have a look.
Although this "Yuxuan Island" was rumored to be very dangerous by the nearby low-level monks, Song Qingming didn't pay too much attention to it.
In the world of immortality, the rumors among monks are very likely to be different from the real situation. If there is such a powerful demon on the island, I am afraid that none of the monks who have been there will come back alive. .
Moreover, "Yuxuan Island" is not too far away from the coast of Nanzhou. If there is a big demon above Nascent Soul hiding in such a close place, it is impossible for the major immortal cultivating sects near Nanzhou to ignore it for so many years. In this matter, such a powerful demon was allowed to hide under their noses and cause chaos.
Song Qingming's current cultivation level has almost reached the peak of the fifth level of the golden elixir. The "Golden Wind" has successfully broken through to the second level of the golden elixir not long ago. His fighting skills are not weak among the golden elixir monks.
In addition, with several powerful magic weapons on him, as long as he does not encounter those powerful demon cultivators above the ninth level of the Golden Core, ordinary opponents will definitely find it difficult to stop him, so there is no need to worry too much about this.
However, there are many high-level monsters in the "Falling Star Sea", so Song Qingming must be careful when going to the "Yuxuan Island".
Therefore, although the bamboo slips given to him by Li Mengchen have roughly marked the location of the "Yuxuan Island", Song Qingming chose to spend some spirit stones to build a treasure ship to the "Nanling Island" to be on the safe side.
This can not only prevent himself from not being able to find an island to rest on the way, but also avoid being harassed by high-level monsters, which would be difficult to deal with alone.
In the world of immortal cultivation, it is inconvenient for cultivators to go out to sea in places that rely on the sea for a living, so many large and small treasure ships were invented and built.
Although the sailing speed of these "treasure ships" is not as fast as the flying boats controlled by Jindan cultivators like Song Qingming, they are very safe and can sail for a long time and long distances.
Before coming here, Song Qingming had seen many similar treasure ships in the "East China Sea Immortal Cultivation World", so he had already had some understanding of them.
"Treasure ships" above level three are basically made of the skeletons and furs of some high-level monsters in the sea. After the formation master arranges the corresponding formation, the defense ability is very outstanding. As long as sufficient spiritual stones are prepared, it can sail for a long time in the dangerous open sea.
After making an agreement with the other party, Song Qingming stayed on the island for more than half a month, and finally received the news from Xue Jinling's people, and set foot on the treasure ship to the "Yuxuan Island" in the open sea.
The treasure ship of "Nanling Island" carries many cultivators above the foundation-building stage every time it goes out to hunt monsters in the open sea. Some of them, as Song Qingming said before, go to the open sea to find some precious high-level spiritual objects.
The "treasure ship" went all the way to the southeast and soon went deep into the open sea.
As Song Qingming guessed, since there was a third-level middle-grade "treasure ship" guarding it, the cultivators of "Nanling Pavilion" who controlled the treasure ship were also very careful after entering the open sea, and took a relatively safe route with fewer monsters.
Even so, the "treasure ship" was still harassed by many monsters along the way, and there was even a dangerous situation where several monster kings besieged the "treasure ship" at the same time.
However, the "Nanling Island" cultivators on the ship arranged the formation, which was also very powerful. There was no need for Song Qingming and other Jindan cultivators to take action. The many "Nanling Island" cultivators who controlled the treasure ship relied on the formation on the treasure ship to repel the attacks of these monster kings.
Although there were dangers along the way, Song Qingming did not worry about it and arrived at the waters near "Yuxuan Island" smoothly.
"Fellow Daoist Song, the treasure ship will return in a month. We will still wait for you here. However, we can only wait for you for half a day at most. If you can't catch up, you can only find a way to go back by yourself. I hope you know this and don't miss the time.
In addition, I would like to remind you that this island is indeed a bit dangerous and strange. It is best for you not to get close to it, so as not to encounter any trouble."
After taking the remaining spirit stones paid by Song Qingming, the Jindan cultivator of "Nanling Island" who was responsible for leading the team to go out to sea kindly reminded Song Qingming before he left.
After hearing this, Song Qingming nodded slightly to thank the other party, then stepped directly onto the "Phantom Boat" and left the treasure ship, flying directly in the direction of "Yuxuan Island".
It was less than a hundred miles away, and it only took about an incense stick of time. Song Qingming's eyes lit up and saw a huge island appear in front of him.
This "Yuxuan Island" is much larger than Song Qingming imagined. It is at least thousands of miles long and wide. It looks about the same size as the "Tiandan City" that Song Qingming had visited before.
After arriving not far from "Yuxuan Island", Song Qingming did not rush to the island immediately, but stayed on a large reef on the north side of the island first.
After setting up a concealment array to hide his body, Song Qingming, hiding on this reef, carefully began to observe this island that was rumored to be somewhat mysterious.
The topography of "Yuxuan Island" is similar to the records in the bamboo slips given to him by Li Mengchen. It is indeed a battlefield left behind during the ancient war between immortals and demons. Even after tens of thousands of years, some traces left after the war can still be seen on the island.
Today, the spiritual energy on this island is still very rich. Even if Song Qingming is more than ten miles away, he can feel a trace of spiritual energy. It is estimated that the spiritual veins on the island are at least close to the third-level upper grade.
If it weren't for the fact that it was located in the open sea and it was difficult for cultivators to gain a foothold, the high-level spiritual veins on "Yuxuan Island" would have been occupied by those sects or high-level independent cultivators.
After hiding on the big reef for more than ten days, the entire "Yuxuan Island" was very peaceful, without any abnormal situation, and even the monsters in the sea around the island were very rare.
After hiding for more than ten days, Song Qingming finally couldn't stay any longer. After putting away the magic circle, he turned into a beam of light and showed his figure.
Then he circled around "Yuxuan Island" and chose a place that looked relatively flat to land.
After landing on the island, Song Qingming was a little surprised that the island was full of birdsong and flowers and spiritual energy. On the surface, it seemed to be no different from the fairy mountains and spiritual lands outside. He didn't feel the terrifying demonic energy rumored by those independent cultivators outside.
However, these were not enough to make Song Qingming let down his guard. To be safe, he still used a round bead magic weapon to cover his body and began to explore the island little by little.
After a day on the island, although Song Qingming only explored less than one-tenth of the island, he was a little surprised that, except for some ordinary wild beasts, there was not even a single demon beast in front of him.
Logically speaking, such a place with few people and abundant spiritual energy should be a place where many demon beasts gather. Even if there are no foreign demon beasts, these beasts on the island may mutate into new demon beasts after absorbing spiritual energy for a long time.
But on the "Yuxuan Island" in front of him, let alone the demon beasts of the Jindan and foundation-building levels, Song Qingming did not see any low-level demon beasts in the Qi Refining period. It must be said that this is indeed a bit abnormal in the world of cultivating immortals.
Seeing this, Song Qingming became more nervous and took out some "Golden Fantasy Butterflies" from the spirit beast bag and arranged them around him to prevent any danger from approaching him.
In this way, Song Qingming searched on the island for another five days and finally came to the foot of a high mountain in the middle of the island.
Just after crossing a ridge, Song Qingming sensed that a spiritual energy fluctuation different from the surrounding suddenly appeared in the valley ahead, and hurriedly stopped his body and fell from mid-air.
"This! It seems to be a hidden magic array."
After commanding several "Golden Illusion Butterflies" around to go forward and explore, Song Qingming immediately judged that the valley ahead seemed to be covered by a large magic array.
After so many days on the island, he had not found anything abnormal. Seeing a magic array suddenly appear in front of him, Song Qingming's face suddenly showed a bit of excitement.
After using the "Golden Illusion Butterfly" to test it, seeing that this large array did not actively counterattack, Song Qingming was relieved and flew directly down the ridge to the valley entrance.
Outside the formation, after careful observation, seeing that the power of this formation seemed a little too ordinary, Song Qingming raised a ball of green spiritual light with his hand, and then turned it into a green flying sword and gently slashed it downward in the air.
The spiritual light flashed by, and a white mist suddenly appeared in front of him. After rolling in front of Song Qingming, the white mist was divided into two sides, revealing the true face of the valley in front of Song Qingming.
"This is too perfunctory!"
Seeing that the formation in front of him was so easy to crack, Song Qingming shook his head and muttered to himself, and then a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and then he strode into the formation.
The valley covered by the magic formation seemed to be similar to the outside. In order to be safer, Song Qingming, who entered the valley, still tried his best to cast a spell to hide his figure, and then slowly walked into the depths of the valley.
After walking about five or six miles, Song Qingming suddenly heard the sound of children playing in front of him. After turning a mountain bend, Song Qingming saw a boy and a girl chasing children.
The two children, the older one should be about seven or eight years old, and the younger one was only about three years old, running stumblingly and not very steadily.
The two children were so happy that they only chased and played by themselves, and did not notice Song Qingming standing not far away, staring at them.
"Feng Qi, Feng Zhi! Why did you run so far? Your father has been looking for you two at the entrance of the village and can't find you. He is almost angry. Why don't you go back quickly? You will be in trouble when he finds you later."
Just as the two children were playing happily in a rice field, a scolding voice suddenly came from not far away, and then a woman in yellow clothes, about 20 or 30 years old, ran to the two of them with a two-foot-long bamboo whip.
Upon hearing the voice of the woman in yellow, the older boy was so scared that he stood still and dared not run. Seeing the bamboo whip in the woman's hand, he was even more scared and pulled his head down.
The little girl, facing this aggressive woman, did not show any fear on her face. She kept pulling her brother to continue playing with her.
However, the woman in yellow was obviously a little angry. After coaxing the little girl for a few times, she saw that she was still unwilling to leave, so she picked her up directly, ignoring the grievance on her face, and took the boy back to the valley along the original path.
"This is a mortal!"
Song Qingming, who was hiding in the distance, saw the scene that just appeared in front of him. His face was more than surprised, and there was a bit of incredible color.
On the "Yuxuan Island" deep in the sea, on an extremely dangerous island, even ordinary cultivators could hardly survive for a long time nearby. How could there be mortals living on this island?
Just as the woman in yellow and the two children had just walked out not far, Song Qingming thought about it and removed his disguise, and flashed to a place not far in front of her, blocking their way.
"Who are you? Why are you here!"
Seeing Song Qingming suddenly appear in front of her, the woman in yellow was also startled, and hurriedly reached out to hug the two children beside her.
Seeing this, Song Qingming hurriedly smiled and bowed to her and explained: "I was just traveling on the island and didn't want to get into this valley by mistake. I dare to ask you, where is this place!"
"Oh! You are a fairy master from outside. We rarely have outsiders coming in here. I hope the fairy master will not be offended by my rudeness just now!"
When she heard that Song Qingming had accidentally entered the valley from outside, the woman in yellow realized instantly that the other party was a cultivator, and hurriedly bowed her head and saluted him.
Seeing this, Song Qingming did not stop the other party, and asked again: "Have you always lived in this valley, or did you move here from outside? Are there other immortal masters here?"
"Reporting to the immortal master! We live in Yanhu Village in front. We grew up here since we were young. In addition to our Yanhu Village, there are several villages in the valley, and everyone has lived here for generations.
But we are all ordinary mortals. If you want to find an immortal master, there happens to be one in our village. Do you need to take you there?"
Seeing the immortal master Song Qingming, the woman in yellow was very respectful, but she did not show too much fear. She answered the questions raised by the other party slowly.
"Okay! Thank you for your trouble." Hearing that the woman in yellow wanted to take him to see the immortal master in the village, Song Qingming nodded and agreed.
The group walked along the path in the valley for about two or three miles, and suddenly the front opened up to dozens of acres of fertile fields, and there were many mortals working in the fields.
Seeing this scene that seemed like a paradise, Song Qingming instantly remembered the scene when he just came down the mountain and guarded Lingyuan Mountain for his family.
At that time, Yuehu Village on Lingyuan Mountain was no different from the small village in the valley in front of him. Mortals worked in the fields, women wove, and children played and fought.
"Work at sunrise and rest at sunset!"
However, time passed slowly, and nearly two hundred years had passed. Now Song Qingming has achieved the Golden Core Dao, and is no longer the little cultivator who dared to hide in the magic circle when facing monsters.
"Ayu, have you found Feng'er and the others!"
Just as Song Qingming was still recalling the past, a strong man in the distance suddenly ran towards the group.
The man who ran over was relieved when he saw the two children next to the woman in yellow.
Just as he was about to help hold the little girl in front of the woman, his eyes suddenly caught sight of Song Qingming standing behind the woman in yellow. His face suddenly changed and he froze in place.
Seeing the surprise on her husband's face, the woman in yellow quickly pointed at Song Qingming and explained, "Wang Qin, this is the immortal master from outside. I just met him at the front of the valley when I was looking for Feng'er and the others.
He wants to see the immortal master Zheng in the village. You can take him there directly. The sun is about to set. I have to go back to cook, otherwise your mother will start to nag again later!"
"An immortal master from outside?"
"Oh! You go back first. I'll go home right after I send the immortal master there." After hearing his wife's instructions, the man quickly nodded and agreed, fearing that he would upset the woman.
Seeing that the family had such a good relationship, Song Qingming did not speak to disturb them. After nodding slightly, he followed the man to the village not far away.
Along the way, the surrounding mortal villagers saw Wang Qin bringing a stranger into the village, and they all cast curious eyes. After hearing Wang Qin's explanation that he was an immortal master from outside, they also hurriedly bowed to Song Qingming.
"Immortal Master, Immortal Master Zheng lives in the house in front. Follow me and we will be there soon!"
After following Wang Qin to the outside of an ordinary courtyard in the village, Song Qingming heard the sound of axe chopping wood from inside, which immediately made him curious.
"Wang Qin, just let him come in by himself, you go back first!" (End of this chapter)