Chapter 125 Visiting Xu Ziyan
After arriving at Yangshanfang, Song Qingming asked around and immediately found the Zhikeyuan set up by Xiaoyao Sect in the market. He sent a message to Song Qingze on Guyang Mountain. Several days have passed.
"Third brother, you worry too much. This is my first time here. I didn't expect that Yangshanfang is so prosperous. I have just gained some knowledge these days." After seeing Song Qingze, Song Qingming happily stepped forward and greeted him, and then took him to his room.
The two had not seen each other for many years, so they had to exchange pleasantries. After Song Qingze joined Xiaoyao Sect, he had not returned to Funiu Mountain in recent years except for a trip back to Funiu Mountain when the great elder passed away. He had a cold personality since childhood, and he was a little excited to see the clan members he had not seen for many years. He asked Song Qingming a lot about his family.
"Qingming, you came to me from afar this time, it should not be just to see me, is there anything else?" After chatting for a long time, Song Qingze remembered and asked Song Qingming the purpose of coming to Yangshanfang.
After thinking for a while, Song Qingming said, "Well, in addition to buying some spiritual objects, I also want to ask my third brother about some things when I came to Yangshanfang this time. When I was hanging out in Guiyunfang, I met a friend from Xiaoyao Sect. I am not familiar with Xiaoyao Sect, so I want you to help me find out about this friend first. Let's see what happened this time."
Song Qingze thought for a while and said, "If you are a cultivator in the Qi Refining Stage, you can just go to the Zhikeyuan and send a secret letter with a spirit stone. You don't need me to help you find out. Could it be that your friend has already established a foundation?"
"When I met her, we were both cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage. Later, I heard that she seemed to have established a foundation." Song Qingming smiled and nodded.
"The sect's foundation-building seniors will register at the General Affairs Hall when they go out. I'll go there and ask and I'll know immediately whether the senior is on the mountain. However, the General Affairs Hall is hundreds of miles away from Yangshanfang, so you have to wait for me here for a few more days."
Seeing that this matter was not difficult to handle, Song Qingze agreed on the spot. After Song Qingming told him the name of the cultivator he wanted to see, Song Qingze set out for the General Affairs Hall of Xiaoyao Sect early the next morning.
After waiting in Yangshanfang for another three days, Song Qingming suddenly received a secret letter from Song Qingze from Guyang Mountain. After reading the content of the letter, he smiled knowingly and left Yangshanfang.
In a cave with dense spiritual energy in the Guyang Mountains, a woman in red was taking care of several spiritual herbs that were about to mature. Not long after, another girl of fifteen or sixteen walked in quickly.
The girl looked at the red-dressed woman who was concentrating on the elixir, and said respectfully: "Master, a fellow Daoist Song is here to visit."
"Let him in, and you go and prepare some tea and fruit for him."
After that, the red-dressed woman put down the tools in her hands, tidied her appearance a little, and then returned to the stone table in the middle of the cave.
After a while, a man in black walked into the cave under the guidance of the girl just now.
"Junior Song Qingming, meet Senior Xu."
Xu Ziyan waved her hand and said: "Fellow Daoist Song, I haven't seen you for many years. I didn't expect you to come to Guyang Mountain to see me. Why don't you call me Captain Xu, so that we won't be too alienated!"
"Thank you for your kindness, senior, then I will respectfully obey your order!"
After receiving the message from his third brother Song Qingze and learning that Xu Ziyan was willing to see him, Song Qingming was really happy in his heart, and hurried here.
What Song Qingming never expected was that Xu Ziyan, the captain of the Feiyun Guard who had taken some care of him in the past, was not as unattainable as other foundation-building cultivators Song Qingming had seen after building his foundation, which really surprised him.
It has been ten years since they parted at Guiyunfang. The two have completely different identities now, but after chatting for a few words, it seems that they have returned to the dangerous Fuyun Mountains in the past.
"In addition to reminiscing about the past, I have something else to ask you. I hope the captain will not blame me for being too abrupt." After chatting for a while, Song Qingming seized an opportunity and spoke out the biggest purpose of his trip.
"Just say it!" After hearing what Song Qingming wanted to ask, Xu Ziyan did not show any surprise on her face. After all, she is now a foundation-building cultivator. In many cases, even if she speaks a few words casually, it may be of great help to a Qi-refining cultivator.
Song Qingming took a deep breath and calmed himself down. Then, he told Xu Ziyan everything about what happened in the mountains northwest of Pingyang County after his defeat in Jinshanfang a year ago, including the storage bag and the jade box he got later. He did not deliberately hide it from her.
"Are you telling the truth? Do you have the storage bag of a foundation-building cultivator from the sect?"
After hearing what Song Qingming said, Xu Ziyan was a little bit unconvinced at first, until Song Qingming took out the storage bag and jade box with the Xiaoyao Sect logo. After Xu Ziyan checked it, she was sure that he was not talking nonsense.
"It is indeed the storage bag of the foundation-building cultivator in the sect, but I still want to ask you clearly, are you sure that everything you just said to me is true? Once this thing is handed over to the sect, you will definitely have to accept the test of the God-asking Talisman. Once it is discovered that you lied, the consequences will not be something you can afford." After seeing these two things, Xu Ziyan's face suddenly changed, and she asked Song Qingming again with a serious face.
Song Qingming sighed and said, "When I got these two things, I didn't even know the name of that senior. The reason why I didn't dare to come to Xiaoyao Sect was that I was afraid that there would be no familiar people to help introduce me. It would be difficult for me to explain this matter clearly at the moment. If I participated in the murder of that senior, how could I dare to come to Guyang Mountain today and tell you everything about this matter."
Xu Ziyan nodded slightly and said, "I still believe in your character, but this matter is still a bit troublesome. How about this, you stay here for the time being, and I will send these two things to the sect's law enforcement hall first. I will come back to tell you when I have news."
After explaining to Song Qing, Xu Ziyan walked out of the cave with the storage bag and jade box. Before leaving, she also deliberately activated a restriction outside the cave.
After Xu Ziyan left, Song Qingming sat alone in her cave, unable to calm down. When he came to see Xu Ziyan, he was not ready to tell her everything directly. It was because after chatting with Xu Ziyan, he found that she was still as sincere to him as she was back then, so he finally decided to believe her.
As for the storage bag and the jade box, they were both banned by the foundation-building cultivators. For Song Qingming now, it was too dangerous. The entire Wei Kingdom was the territory of Xiaoyao Sect. If he showed any trace and was suspected by someone with ulterior motives, Xiaoyao Sect would get the news before the next day. By then, not only himself, but all the members of the Song family would suffer from unprovoked disasters.