This Taoist temple is located deep in the mountains. There is no human habitation within dozens of miles around. Only a few mortal Taoist priests with no cultivation live here.
However, what surprised Song Qingming was that when these Taoist priests saw their three golden elixir monks falling from the sky, they did not show any signs of panic.
One of the older Taoist priests stepped forward and said hello to the leading Jindan monk, then turned around and took them into a very ordinary-looking tile-roofed house behind the Taoist temple. middle.
As soon as he entered the door, Song Qingming immediately felt a powerful aura that was no weaker than that of Feng He. After taking a closer look, he discovered that it was an old man with gray hair and a boyish face wearing gray robes, heading towards them. Came over.
This old man has a smile on his face and seems to be amiable and kind to others. However, his cultivation is unfathomable and he is also a master who has reached the pinnacle of the golden elixir.
The golden elixir monk who brought Song Qingming and the others saw the white-haired old man and immediately quietly sent a message to him. Then he voluntarily exited the room and turned into a white light and quickly left the place.
"Two fellow Taoists, I am here to call you, Elder of the Juxian Alliance, Luo Tongzhou." After the person who led the way left, the white-haired old man faced Song Qingming and slightly cupped his hands, and directly spoke out his identity.
"Feng He, Song Qingming!"
Seeing this person, Feng He also changed his previous arrogant attitude in front of Song Qingming, and took the initiative to salute him with a smile on his face.
After greeting the two of them, Luo Tongzhou took out the white jade pendant that Song Qingming had sent to "Xianyuan City" a few days ago, and asked Feng He beside him:
"If I'm not mistaken, this white jade should be sent by this fellow Feng Daoist, right? Does it mean that you want to retreat to the Nascent Soul realm?"
Fenghe immediately nodded and replied after hearing this. : "Fellow Taoist is right. It was indeed me who brought this. This thing was given by a close friend of mine. He was lucky enough to get it after dealing with an elder of your league.
This time I came to Donghuang Kingdom and just needed it. My friend and I borrowed this thing and used it for a while. There should be no need for it. Violate your rules!"
Luo Tongzhou waved his hands slightly and said with a smile: "The rules of this business alliance are to only recognize tokens without asking their origins. Fellow Taoists don't have to worry about this, even if you kill someone with this jade pendant. The proceeds from the treasure hunt have nothing to do with us. As long as it doesn't hinder our business, it's fine.
Since you have brought this token to the Tianbao Chamber of Commerce, you should know our rules. I dare to ask you, have you prepared enough spiritual objects? ”
"Of course I understand this. I have already prepared the spiritual creature to give birth to a baby. I just need your help to find a safe place for retreat to protect me and prevent others from disturbing my retreat and breakthrough realm."
After Feng He finished speaking, he took out a silver storage bag directly from himself and threw it to Luo Tongzhou.
After taking the storage bag, opening it and looking at it, a hint of joy slowly appeared on Luo Tongzhou's face, and he nodded slightly towards Feng He with a smile.
“I already know what fellow Taoist is asking for, but I still have to remind you that this alliance can only provide you with retreat caves and shelter, and no one will help you deal with the Nascent Soul Thunder Tribulation. I hope you know in advance.
If you haven’t thought about it yet, you can take your things back and leave here. If there are no problems, then come with me!”
"I understand this, please excuse me, fellow Taoist!" Feng He responded firmly to the other party.
Seeing that Feng He had made up his mind, Luo Tongzhou didn't say anything more. After returning the white jade pendant in his hand to Feng He, he led the two of them into the house.
The two followed Luo Tongzhou to a wall inside the house. Facing this ordinary-looking stone wall, Luo Tongzhou waved a golden token with his hand, and then began to cast spells quickly with both hands.
A moment later, a burst of white light suddenly burst out from above the golden token, and then a pitch-black square hole slowly appeared in front of the wall.
“Two fellow Taoists, please follow me!”
After Luo Tongzhou finished speaking, he put away the golden token in mid-air and took the lead directly into the black hole. After Feng He glanced around, he followed immediately without much hesitation.
The three of them quickly passed through the cave entrance and came to an extremely dark cave with no light.
Being in this pitch-black environment where you can't even see your fingers, people immediately felt a sense of depression. Just when Song Qingming stretched out his hand to condense a ball of flame to illuminate the surroundings, a ball suddenly lit up in front of him. The white light soon illuminated the entire cave.
Under the illumination of a high-level luminous pearl released by Luo Tongzhou, Song Qingming could clearly see where the three of them were. It was a fully enclosed cave that had been embedded in the mountain. There were no entrances or exits around it. , not even a breath of breeze could be felt.
There is nothing extra in the cave, only a teleportation circle with a radius of five or six feet is placed in the middle.
"Intermediate Teleportation Array". Seeing this array, Song Qingming's face showed a hint of surprise. Unexpectedly, in this inconspicuous Taoist temple in the mountains, there was actually an "intermediate teleportation array" hidden in it that could teleport tens of thousands of miles. Array".
You must know that the cost of setting up an "intermediate teleportation array" requires at least 100,000 spiritual stones. The average sect force simply cannot afford such a large expense.
In the world of immortal cultivation in the Fuyun Mountains, those who can deploy and use this "intermediate teleportation array" are basically forces above Nascent Soul. The Xiaoyao Sect, which has been inherited for thousands of years, is the only one in the sect. In Guiyunfang, the most important place in the north, there is just an "intermediate teleportation array".
Although I have heard about following Feng He in the past few days, I probably know that the "Juxian Alliance" behind Luo Tongzhou is not a simple force, but I have seen with my own eyes that they have deployed an "intermediate teleportation circle" in such a place. ", Song Qingming still couldn't help but sigh at the other party's wealth.
Just as Song Qingming was feeling emotional, Luo Tongzhou had already taken out two middle-grade spiritual stones and placed them on the side of the teleportation array.
After getting ready, Luo Tongzhou reminded Feng He and Song Qingming to walk onto the teleportation array. He stood aside and immediately cast a spell to start the teleportation array. After the magic array started running, Luo Tongzhou quickly walked into the array.
Soon there was a flash of white light, and after a period of whirlwind, Song Qingming and the others reappeared in a very empty hall.
"Two fellow Taoists, please invite me!" After glancing at Song Qingming, who was still in a daze, Luo Tongzhou reminded the two of them, and immediately took the lead and walked out of the teleportation circle here.
Under the leadership of Luo Tongzhou, Song Qingming and the two came to the depths of another similar mountain. However, compared to the previous Taoist temple, which was relatively desolate, this place was very lively and full of people. , there are still many monks and mortals living in the town.
In addition, Song Qingming also clearly felt that the spiritual energy of this floating cloud was very strong, no different from the "Xianyuan City" he had visited before. Obviously, there should be a level 4 or higher spiritual energy nearby.
After arriving here, Luo Tongzhou and Shouxian said hello to a Jindan monk near the teleportation array, and then brought Feng He and Song Qingming to the highest mountain nearby.
“The two fellow Taoists will wait here for a moment. I will first inform the Supreme Elder of the alliance about this matter, and then we will make arrangements for my fellow Taoists to retreat in the cave.”
“Fellow Taoist Just go and get busy, I and I will be waiting for you here!" After responding to the other party, Feng He immediately found a clean stone and sat down.
The two of them waited here for about a stick of incense. Luo Tongzhou returned here after a long journey with another Jindan monk. Then the two of them brought Feng He and Song Qingming to a The spiritual energy is relatively sufficient, enough to be able to retreat outside the cave to break through to the Nascent Soul realm.
“Fellow Daoist Feng, this is the location of the main forum of our alliance. You can rest assured that you can retreat here. As long as our Immortal Judging Alliance is still here, no one will come here to disturb you.< br>
I still have some things to do, so I'll leave first. If you need anything in the future, you two fellow Taoists can talk to Junior Brother Hu. "After Luo Tongzhou finished speaking, he held hands with the two of them, and then left here directly with his feet.
For more than a year, Feng He and Song Qingming were in the "Juxian Alliance" Stayed here in Zongtan , preparing for his subsequent retreat to form an infant.
During this period, Song Qingming also left here several times to help Fenghe collect some breakthroughs in larger Xianchengfang cities such as "Xianyuan City". Nascent Soul time Some spiritual objects needed
The location of the "Juxian Alliance" general altar is very mysterious. After Song Qingming and Feng He arrived here, they discovered that there were powerful restrictions hundreds of miles away from the mountain, without them. Without the guidance of others, there is no way for others to leave this place alone.
Every time Song Qingming goes out, he basically has to pass through the teleportation array inside the "Juxian Alliance" to go outside.
Only through the effective distance of the teleportation circle, it can be judged that the location of their main altar should still be in Ningzhou, and they cannot know the specific location of the places they have been to.
After staying in the "Juxian Alliance" for a period of time, Song Qingming slowly learned about this somewhat mysterious business alliance, and also understood why Feng He chose to come to them to protect his condensed Nascent Soul. reason.
The "Juxian Alliance" is a very mysterious force in the world of immortal cultivation in Donghuang Kingdom.
On the surface, they seem to be just an ordinary chamber of commerce organization. There are many places in the immortal world of Donghuang Kingdom that they secretly control or are directly involved in operating commercial shops. The Tianbao Chamber of Commerce that Song Qingming went to is one of them. .
But what many people don't know is that behind these shops there is the "Juxian Alliance", a very powerful immortal cultivating organization, and the projects they operate are far more than what they appear on the surface.
Organize and hold those shady underground auctions in the world of immortality, hire killers, buy and sell intelligence, sell stolen spiritual objects with shady origins, protect some monks with questionable identities to break through the realm, etc. These things that are difficult to do outside, as long as you can afford the spirit stones, the "Juxian Alliance" can take them all. The "Juxian Alliance" can be regarded as the most famous among the underground immortal cultivating forces in the Donghuang Kingdom. one of several.
Because of this, Fenghe chose to find them after retreating to break through the Nascent Soul this time. Although the spiritual stones needed to be spent in the "Immortal Gathering Alliance" are higher than those in the "Immortal Yuan Alliance" There are a lot more cities, but at least you don’t have to worry about too many security issues.
Different from the immortal cultivating forces like the "Tiandan Alliance" that Song Qingming had seen, the "Juxian Alliance" mainly dealt in shady things.
Although these people within their organization look no different from ordinary monks, their behavior is only based on interests and will not tell you too much about the bottom line of benevolence, righteousness, and morality.
Therefore, underground immortal cultivating forces like the "Gathering Immortals Alliance" are extremely disliked by the major immortal cultivating sects in the Donghuang Kingdom's immortal cultivating world. They are also very careful when walking outside and do not dare to reveal their identity in front of others easily.
Even in many shops that have been secretly controlled by them, the people inside do not know the existence of this organization. Only when the organization needs it, the core monks of the alliance will be sent to take over the management.
The "Tianbao Chamber of Commerce" is an important stronghold of the Immortal Judgment Alliance that has been operating in Xianyuan City for thousands of years. Although the foundation-building monks above the shopkeeper are all internal members of the Immortal Judgment Alliance, those in the Qi Refining Period The store clerk actually doesn't know the true identity of this store.
After more than a year of careful preparation, Feng He, who had adjusted his condition and prepared everything, finally activated the restriction at the entrance of the cave and began to retreat to the Nascent Soul realm.
After Fenghe retreated, Song Qingming was not in a hurry to leave. He found a cave in a nearby mountain and lived there directly. After practicing in retreat for a period of time, he saw that the situation at Fenghe had stabilized. After coming down, Song Qingming took the initiative to leave here.
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Ten years later, next to a high mountain to the west of the "Juxian Alliance" main altar, in the sky that was originally clear, the sky suddenly changed and a group of black clouds gathered, directly covering the entire mountain top. The original day instantly turned into darkness.
The mortals and low-level monks who were near the mountain were instantly attracted by such a shocking vision of heaven and earth. Just as everyone was discussing, several rays of light suddenly flew from high in the sky. , stopped on top of these people's heads.
"Everyone, please enter the mountain protection formation immediately. You are not allowed to stay outside at will, otherwise you will be severely punished!"
After hearing the lectures of several high-level monks in the sky, the crowd below began to surge up, and soon they all moved away from the vicinity of this high mountain.
After these people finished speaking, they glanced down and saw that no one was staying here, then turned around and quickly flew towards the side of the mountain.
After a while, these people arrived more than ten miles away from the distant mountains. Seeing the two figures already standing in the air in front of them, they hurriedly bowed their hands respectfully.
“Meet the Supreme Elder!”
The two people in front, a man and a woman, are both Nascent Soul cultivators and above. Among them, the young man in white is a Nascent Soul San There is a monk on the first level, and another woman in yellow who is slightly older has a higher cultivation level and has reached the fifth level of Nascent Soul.
Seeing the few Jindan monks who had just arrived, the young man among the two people turned around and nodded slightly to say hello to them. The other woman ignored them and kept her eyes fixed on them. On top of the mountain.
"It seems that the little friend in retreat on the mountain will soon start to deal with the Nascent Soul Thunder Tribulation. This is a rare opportunity for you, but don't miss it easily!"
< br>Hearing what the young man said, Luo Tongzhou, who was standing in front, was slightly startled and quickly asked: "Uncle Zhang, do you think this fellow Feng Daoist has any confidence in surviving this thunderstorm?"
"Haha! I can't say for sure, but the monks who can reach this point must be somewhat capable, and I guess they are half sure of it.
It's just that The monks who come to us for seclusion to overcome the tribulation are basically shady people. Although we can provide them with a place of refuge, we must not interfere with the tribulation.
If he really died in a thunderstorm, it could only be considered his bad luck! "
After the man in white said hello to the woman in yellow beside him, he turned into a white light and disappeared. The woman in yellow stood there and looked at it again. Yes, it also turned into a ray of light and disappeared. , only Luo Tongzhou and a few others were left standing.
After the two Nascent Soul monks left, a dozen more Jindan monks flew over from all around, including the one who happened to be there. I was practicing in seclusion nearby and suddenly sensed There was some change in the spiritual energy outside, and Song Qingming came out to check the situation.
Although Feng He did not ask Song Qingming to stay in the "Juxian Alliance" to help him protect the law after he retreated.
It was just because of fear. just in case What's the problem on his side? After Fenghe went into seclusion, Song Qingming still didn't dare to leave too far. After only traveling around Ningzhou for a few years, he returned to the "Juxian Alliance" and stayed here to practice in seclusion. .
Fortunately, because of Feng Hehua's spiritual stone, the people of the "Juxian Alliance" did not intentionally make things difficult for Song Qingming. They not only agreed to let him stay, but also allowed him to go out to buy spiritual objects when necessary.
However, if you want to leave here and use the teleportation array in the "Juxian Alliance", you still have to charge additional spiritual stones, and the fee they charge Song Qingming for each teleportation is not low, so Song Qingming can do this. It also cost a lot of spiritual stones.
"Fellow Daoist Luo, was this strange phenomenon caused by Feng Daoist?" After seeing Luo Tongzhou, Song Qingming quickly asked him.
Seeing this, Luo Tongzhou nodded slightly and said, "Don't worry, Fellow Daoist Song, it seems that Fellow Feng has already successfully conceived a baby. As long as he successfully survives the thunder tribulation, he will be able to enter the Nascent Soul realm. "
"Oh! Thank you, Fellow Daoist Luo, for your advice." After Song Qingming raised his hands, he turned his gaze to the sky like everyone else.
When Song Qingming heard the news that Feng He was about to start going through the Thunder Tribulation, he was excited but also slightly worried for him.
Different from breaking through the realm of golden elixir, when every monk breaks through the realm of Nascent Soul and above, because he has absorbed too much vitality of heaven and earth at once, he will encounter a thunder disaster from heaven.
This Nascent Soul monk has six thunder tribulations in total. The first three are not very powerful. They are only equivalent to a full blow from an ordinary late-stage Jindan monk. Normal monks who have transcended tribulations can handle it.
The next three thunder tribulations are much more powerful, their power has reached the Nascent Soul level, and the power of each thunder tribulation will be slightly stronger than the previous one.
Ordinary monks will seek help from monks above Nascent Soul to overcome the tribulation, so that it will be safer.
However, the impact of outsiders' help in this kind of thunder tribulation brought by heaven is limited. Just slightly reducing the pressure on yourself to deal with the thunder tribulation cannot completely help you survive the thunder tribulation 100%. If you want to successfully overcome the thunder tribulation, the main thing is to You still have to rely on yourself.
After Song Qingming and others waited at the foot of the mountain for four or five days, as the black clouds gathered in the sky became more and more turbulent, a thunder finally fell from the sky and landed on the top of the mountain in an instant. superior.
Seeing this lightning that was astonishingly fast and no less powerful than the full-strength strike of a late-stage Jindan monk, the Jindan monks present with slightly lower cultivation levels also had a look of horror on their faces.
Only a small number of late Jindan monks like Luo Tongzhou, who were relatively advanced in cultivation, remained calm on their faces and did not change due to this.
After this blow fell from the sky, a golden light suddenly lit up on the top of the mountain, and then the wind crane with a golden jade seal on its head flew into the air against the thunder light.
This thunder light fell on the golden shield beside Feng He, and sparks started flying fiercely, but it did not cause much damage to the golden shield, and disappeared in mid-air after a while.
However, before everyone could relax, there was another rolling thunder in the sky. After a while, another more powerful thunder light fell, but it still did not penetrate the golden light beside Feng He. shield.
Until the third thunder struck, the golden jade seal on Feng He's head was suddenly shattered into two halves by the lightning, and the shield beside him quickly disappeared.
Fortunately, among the golden shields, there was also a white shield arranged by Feng He using another defensive magic weapon to block the remaining lightning attacks.
Seeing that his golden jade seal magic weapon had been destroyed by the third thunder tribulation, Feng He didn't have time to feel sorry for his magic weapon. He immediately took out a green formation disk with a wave of his hand and threw it directly into the air.
As Feng He played a set of spells in his hand, five rays of golden light shone on the formation disk, which instantly connected to the five formation flags that had been arranged around it, forming a semicircular white shield, surrounding it. Fenghe protected them.
"It turned out to be the Tiangang Five Elements Formation. No wonder this person has such confidence to deal with the Nascent Soul Thunder Tribulation alone!" After seeing the formation light up on the top of the mountain, a late-stage Jindan cultivator in the crowd said, He immediately exclaimed.
Song Qingming on the side also showed a hint of excitement when he saw the "Tiangang Five Elements Formation" in front of him.
This third-level high-grade defensive formation was set up by Feng He before he went into seclusion. However, this formation was not something he had on his body, but Feng He had prepared it for a long time. OK
Because there was no help from others, it took the two of them more than half a year to reluctantly set up the formation.
Seeing the formation light up, Song Qingming was also looking forward to seeing how powerful this formation was and whether it could help Feng He deal with the next few thunder tribulations. (End of this chapter)