Chapter 627: Chapter 500: The Secrets of Qingyuan

At the banquet.

Su Yuqing also didn’t expect that the congratulatory gift Qin Ming sent would be so generous, and he quietly put it away.

The names of Tier Four Middle-Grade Blood Flood Dragon Green Rice and Tier Four Spirit Wine Spirit Rhinoceros Jade Liquid were ones he had long heard of.

So he secretly transmitted his voice in gratitude:

"Brother Qin, your gift really makes me feel quite overwhelmed."

"Brother Su, no need to be polite, it’s just some trifles." Qin Ming secretly replied, "Actually, I still have some stock here."

Qin Ming naturally wouldn’t be stingy with this person who was once both a mentor and a friend.

Advancing to the Nascent Soul depends solely on personal fortune; pills and spiritual objects are just aids.

Moreover, it requires a certain amount of luck, and outsiders can’t help much.

Su Yuqing’s successful Nascent Soul formation this time made Qin Ming genuinely happy for him.

"Fellow Daoist Su, having condensed your Nascent Soul at over three hundred twenty years, greatly increasing your lifespan, you’re at the prime of your life and your future potential is limitless!"

"Aside from Fellow Daoist Qin, Fellow Daoist Su is certainly the youngest Nascent Soul in recent centuries."

"Come, come, let me offer you a toast."

Master Tianji, full of emotions, knew well the good relationship between Qin Ming and Su Yuqing.

Both of them mastered alchemy techniques above Tier Four, and the future relationship between the Great Jin and the Southern Wilderness was expected to reach unprecedented levels of cooperation.

Cold Crow Ascendant and Wanbao True Monarch of Ten Thousand Dao Business Alliance also saw the current situation and rose to congratulate Su Yuqing.

The celebration was bustling, and Su Yuqing also made an appearance, marking the Su Family’s position as a Nascent Soul family and an elite power in the Cultivation Realm.

At the table, the Heaven-Devouring Rat stuffed itself until its belly was round, not forgetting to pile food onto Little Silver Fox’s plate, forming a small mountain.

"Little Silver Fox, eat more, don’t be shy; we’re all family here."

"Brother Mouse, I can’t eat anymore," Little Silver Fox said, looking at the mountain with a helpless expression.

...

After the celebration ended.

Qin Ming went alone to Su Yuqing’s cave mansion for a private meeting.

"Brother Su, now that you’ve formed your Nascent Soul and advanced significantly on the Immortal Path, what’s your plan?"

Su Yuqing thought for a moment and then said with a smile, "I can’t be as carefree as Brother Qin, roaming wherever you please."

"I have a large family business to manage and have promised Fellow Daoist Wanbao to join the Guardian Dao Alliance. I’ll think about future matters later."

"After all, with the current demonic path invasion and turmoil, stabilizing the situation takes priority."

"Meanwhile, focusing on cultivation and keeping up with your pace, Brother Qin, hehe."

It was clear that after forming his Nascent Soul, Su Yuqing was much more refreshed.

He then took out a yellowed jade scroll and a green-skinned wooden box, handing them to Qin Ming, "These two items were obtained unintentionally when I entered a secret realm while honing divine techniques at the demonic battlefield for the Nascent Soul Realm. They might be useful to you."

"This jade scroll contains a Tier Four Top-Grade Pill Formula for a Crystal Transformation Pill, which, when consumed, can greatly nourish a cultivator’s Divine Soul and sharply increase Divine Thought."

"And in this green-skinned wooden box, there were originally two Soul Crystal Fruits, but due to the length of time, all the medicinal power has dissipated, leaving only two seeds."

"It’s said that even eating the Soul Crystal Fruit raw has tremendous benefits for the Divine Soul, and if you, Brother Qin, can cultivate it successfully, it would greatly aid in reaching higher realms in the future."

Qin Ming accepted the items from Su Yuqing, quite surprised. At the Nascent Soul Stage, Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects that can further nourish the Divine Soul are extremely rare.

Yet, here was a Tier Four Top-Grade Soul Crystal Pill formula and Soul Crystal Fruit seeds.

"Then I’ll gladly accept. If fortune favors and they can be cultivated, I’ll send a few to you, Brother Su," Qin Ming said as he put them away with a smile.

Su Yuqing waved his hand and said, "What’s there in this world that Brother Qin can’t cultivate? It’s just a matter of time. By then, we can collaborate on alchemy to try producing this Tier Four Top-Grade Soul Crystal Pill."

"That would be ideal," Qin Ming replied.

In fact, the inheritance Qin Ming obtained from the Tier Five Spirit Plant manual, "Wood Transformation Spirit Manual," already had a description of the Soul Crystal Fruit.

It’s said to have been cultivated by an ancient soul-path sect, and cultivating it is extremely complex, comparable to refining the Soul Crystal Pill itself.

However, Qin Ming had the entry to his advantage, and as long as the initial cultivation succeeded, bringing this fruit back to the world wouldn’t be a problem.

Subsequently.

Qin Ming stayed at Su Yuqing’s place for a few days, exchanging and discussing Dao, focusing mostly on alchemy and Nascent Soul Stage cultivation experiences, and both gained considerably.

After all, Su Yuqing’s imaginative prowess in alchemy, combined with his exceptional talent in the Alchemy Dao, was unprecedented, and becoming a Tier Five Pill Venerable seemed only a matter of time.

Through their exchange, Qin Ming learned that Su Yuqing had already crafted several types of Tier Four High-Grade Spirit Pills and wasn’t lacking in Nascent Soul Stage cultivation resources.

As a Tier Four High-Grade Pill King, he was a welcomed guest in any faction wherever he went.

Whenever he wanted to refine pills, resources and spiritual materials would be abundantly provided to him.

Meanwhile, the Heaven-Devouring Rat and Little Silver Moon were treated like little ancestors by the Su Family, being served with the best food and drink.

Half a month later.

Qin Ming bid farewell to Su Yuqing and left Longting Lake.

As for the cultivators of the Southern Wilderness Four Nations Alliance, Qin Ming had them return early, as there was still a need to guard against the demonic invasion from the Descent Realm.

After leaving the Su Family, Qin Ming traveled around various locations in the Great Jin Cultivation Realm, riding the Spiritual Light Treasure Carriage.

He discovered that after the last Great War of Righteous and Evil, which ended in the disastrous defeat of Divine Dao Mountain,

the Guardian Dao Alliance had reclaimed much lost territory, and even the foundational lands of the Five Elements Mountain Range and Divine Dao Mountain had all fallen into the hands of the Ten Thousand Dao Business Alliance.

According to the post-war distribution, the Spirit Veins of this place should have belonged to Lihuo Palace, but unfortunately, a sect without a Nascent Soul True Monarch loses its voice in such matters.

The Ten Thousand Dao Business Alliance took great advantage of this.

Qin Ming sat inside the Lingxiao Imperial Carriage, enjoying the service of the Heaven-Devouring Rat and Little Silver Fox.

He planned to take a shortcut across the Beast Roar Mountain Range to return to the Southern Wilderness and take Little Silver Fox back to the Fox Race to visit relatives.

Unknowingly,

Qin Ming passed by the Five Elements Mountain Spirit Field, where he had cultivated for decades.

Today, it felt like a distant past.

When he looked down, everything had changed beyond recognition.

The Spirit Field had been redeveloped by the Ten Thousand Dao Business Alliance, and a small cultivation market was established there.

But suddenly!

Qin Ming’s Divine Thought inadvertently focused on the hidden Secret Realm of the Cyan Origin Sect beneath the original Spirit Vein.

Although the Underworld had been destroyed and all the treasures in the Secret Realm were divided among the Nascent Soul Old Monsters,

he had an overwhelming intuition that the old monster from the Ancient Cyan Origin Sect had not yet left.

At the same time Qin Ming was observing,

in a space at the bottom of the Cyan Origin Sect’s Secret Realm, a gray-robed middle-aged man was meditating. The ground was covered with powerful runes, completely concealing the aura of the area.

The gray-robed middle-aged man was Master Mu Qing; his face was pale, but his aura had already recovered to Golden Core Perfection.

He was just one step away from Corpse Dissolution Reincarnation into the Nascent Soul Stage.

He suddenly opened his eyes, glanced towards where Qin Ming was in the sky, and murmured:

"Is this the True Monarch Wangyue from the Southern Wilderness? Why does he have a trace of our sect’s cultivation technique aura? Could there be some connection?"

"Never mind, I’ll deal with it once this seat’s cultivation is restored to the Divinity Transformation level."

He then closed his eyes again, ignoring the outside world and resumed his cultivation.

Several treasures emitting astonishing Spiritual Qi were placed in front of him; they were quickly absorbed, leaving only residue on the ground.

The mana aura on Master Mu Qing also grew slightly stronger.

In the sky,

Qin Ming felt a fleeting sense of being watched.

Although it wasn’t a huge threat to him, he quickly urged the treasure carriage to fly away from the area.

Half a cup of tea later,

Qingyang the Old Demon, laying on the Star Sea Divine Vine Tree, suddenly spoke: "Tsk tsk tsk, who would’ve thought that Master Mu Qing is still lively. He really mastered the Undying Demon Scripture."

"Moreover, he actually Corpse Dissolution Reincarnated back to Golden Core Perfection..."

Qin Ming frowned and immediately asked, "Old Ghost, could it be that this Master Mu Qing is the Sect Leader of the Ancient Cyan Origin Sect?"

"That’s right, in fact, I’m also from their lineage, though I’m a bit senior to him, hehe!" Qingyang the Old Demon chuckled evilly, "Perhaps one day, Friend Qin, you’ll have dealings with him..."

"Deal with him? Old Ghost, it’s about time you tell me why the Ancient Cyan Origin Sect split into two and why it descended into chaos and decline," Qin Ming asked.

Qingyang the Old Demon was silent for a while, then sighed and said:

"Since Friend Qin wants to know, I’ll speak without reservation. Everything relates to the supreme secret manual of the Cyan Origin Sect, the Cyan Emperor Technique. This method, towards the end, can cultivate a life-shortening divine technique akin to the Hook Jade Golden Light Mirror, and even more potent."

"This was the reason why in those days, the Cyan Origin Sect could dominate the Human Realm."

"And Master Mu Qing and Patriarch Qingdi...were actually the same person; Master Mu Qing was his Second Nascent Soul... For some unknown reason, it developed autonomous consciousness, gradually breaking free from Patriarch Qingdi’s control and even stealing the sect’s supreme treasure, the Hook Jade Golden Light Mirror."

"During the internal strife when the Cyan Origin Sect split in two, other major forces in the Human Realm naturally wouldn’t miss such an opportunity and joined forces to attack the Cyan Origin Sect."

"Furthermore, Mu Qing’s cultivation of the Undying Demon Scripture muddled his mind, and after thousands of years of prolonged warfare and continuous internal and external turmoil, the Cyan Origin Sect finally fell into decline..."

Hearing this, Qin Ming’s face also turned somewhat grim, as he too had cultivated a Demon Infant...

He hadn’t even begun to speak.

The Heaven-Devouring Rat jumped up and cursed first: "Oh wow! Well done, Old Ghost Qingyang, you did this intentionally, didn’t you? You made my master practice the Demon Infant while crossing the Celestial Tribulation, repeating the mistakes of Patriarch Qingdi!"

"Such malevolence! It’s unforgivable!"

"Little Silver Moon, don’t you agree?"

The Little Silver Fox didn’t know what was going on but was used to following the Heaven-Devouring Rat and nodded like a pecking chick.

Qin Ming remained silent, wanting to hear Qingyang the Old Demon’s explanation.

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