Chapter 380: Changes of Fire Phoenix

After Long Feng finished speaking, he directly rolled Song Qingming into his huge wings as before, and then turned into a gust of wind and left here directly.

Song Qingming, who sat on Long Feng, was not the first time to follow Long Feng to the depths of the Floating Cloud Mountains. Knowing that it would take some time to reach the destination, he took out a few spiritual stones and held them in his hands, closed his eyes and began to slowly recover his mana.

This time, after Song Qingming said goodbye to Fang Wuqian and others, he went deep into the Floating Cloud Mountains again. In fact, he wanted to find Long Feng, the demon king he had dealt with before.

But he didn't expect to meet the three men in red on the road. He was hiding on the hill at that time. Song Qingming knew that if he chose to fight hard, he might not be the opponent of the three of them. In desperation, Song Qingming could only use the feather left by the Fire Phoenix for communication in advance on the way to escape, hoping to use Long Feng, the demon king, to help him get out of this predicament.

When Song Qingming arrived at the old place where he had agreed with Long Feng, his mana was almost exhausted. Fortunately, Long Feng arrived in time and got there before him. Otherwise, if he had arrived too late, it would be hard to say whether Song Qingming could escape from the red-clothed man.

Although Long Feng was not very polite to Song Qingming sometimes, he did not disappoint Song Qingming at the critical moment.

This time, he not only saved Song Qingming, but also helped him kill the demon cultivators who had been targeting him. Long Feng also helped Song Qingming solve a big hidden danger.

Thinking of this, Song Qingming felt that the ore materials he brought this time were not in vain, and it was worth it for Song Qingming and the entire Song family to spend so much time to collect these rare spiritual objects.

However, when he came to the Floating Cloud Mountains to find Long Feng this time, Song Qingming did not expect that he could see the Fire Phoenix. When he thought of the noble figure in red, Song Qingming slowly showed a helpless smile on his face.

After building his foundation, he went deep into the Floating Cloud Mountains with the Huang family to collect herbs, but the unlucky Song Qingming fell into the hands of Huo Feng.

Although Song Qingming was forced to help Huo Feng do a lot of things under her coercion, he also got a lot of benefits from her, otherwise Song Qingming's cultivation would not have been improved so quickly. If he hadn't had the thousand-year-old spiritual milk that Huo Feng gave him, Song Qingming would probably have no chance to escape to the place he agreed with Long Feng.

Although there is a natural conflict between human cultivators and demons for the survival resources of the cultivation world, and it is impossible for them to live in harmony forever, it is still more beneficial than harmful for Song Qingming to know a few demon friends like Huo Feng and Long Feng.

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In a cave under a deep mountain tens of thousands of miles away from the Floating Cloud Mountains, an old man wearing a wide black robe was looking at a small wooden sign in his hand that had been broken into several pieces with an unhappy face.

The wooden sign looked very simple, with some floating cloud-like patterns carved around it, and a few black words written in the middle. Because the wooden sign had been broken a bit, the words were also incomplete, making it difficult to see what was written.

Next to the black-robed old man, there stood a middle-aged man with a red face and long beard. The pressure emanating from this man had already exceeded the scope of a foundation-building cultivator, and he was obviously a Jindan cultivator who had entered the Jindan stage.

Although this man was already a Jindan cultivator with a high level of cultivation, he always had a frown and a trembling expression in front of the black-robed old man, and did not dare to speak actively, as if he was afraid that he would accidentally say something wrong and cause the displeasure of the black-robed old man in front of him.

"Have you found out where Qijun has been in the past few years?"

"Reporting to Master, Ninth Junior Brother sent a letter back a year ago. At that time, he was looking for Uncle Xiao in Weiguo in the east. Liu Kui, a disciple of Second Junior Brother, was also with Ninth Junior Brother.

Just before I came here, I asked Second Senior Brother. That Liu Kui's soul has also dissipated. It seems that the time when Ninth Junior Brother was killed is about the same. I guess that the two of them must have encountered something unexpected together, but they are too far apart and we are not sure now."

After hearing the detailed explanation of the red-faced man , the old man in black robe paced back and forth in the cave for a few circles, then raised his head and said calmly:

"Old Four, go to Weiguo and find out who killed Qijun, and by the way, see if Xiao Huang is really hiding there. If you find any news about him, don't alarm him, just send this bloody note back directly, and I will go to meet my good junior brother in person."

"Yes! Master, I will leave for Weiguo now." After receiving the order, the red-faced man took the blood-red talisman thrown by the old man in black robe and retreated respectfully.

When only the old man in black robe was left in the depths of the cave, he put the broken wooden sign in front of his eyes and said to himself with a sad face: "Qijun, your master has high hopes for you. How could your uncle Xiao be so merciless and kill you directly? After all, you are my direct disciple. Didn't he recognize you at all?

Brother Xiao, hundreds of years have passed. You should have formed a Nascent Soul long ago, but why don't you take the initiative to find me? Have you let go of what happened back then?"

After the black-robed old man said something to himself, a strange flame suddenly appeared in his hand, and soon burned the wooden sign in his hand into a ball of ashes.

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After following Long Feng to quickly move in the Floating Cloud Mountains for about two hours, Song Qingming finally saw a light in front of his eyes. He was thrown out of the dark wings by Long Feng and landed on a high mountain surrounded by clouds and mist.

Looking at the familiar places in front of him, Song Qingming also knew that he had reached his destination, and hurriedly stood up and tidied his appearance.

Then, under the guidance of Long Feng, Song Qingming followed him to the underground cave where he had stayed in the past. He also saw the fire phoenix here, which he had not seen for decades since they parted at Taiyue Lake.

Just like that year, the fiery red figure still liked to lean on the big jade stone in the middle of the cave, but the appearance and temperament of the fire phoenix seemed to have changed a little compared to decades ago. The whole person was more charming and mature, which also made Song Qingming stand there and dazed for a while when he saw her.

Over the years, although Song Qingming's cultivation has been upgraded from the third level of foundation building to the seventh level of foundation building, he still can't see through Huo Feng's true cultivation. He just vaguely feels that the pressure she exudes from time to time is still as frightening as before.

The gap between the Nascent Soul Demon King and a foundation building cultivator is too huge. Standing in front of Huo Feng, Song Qingming only feels as if he is standing in front of an unreachable mountain. He is too small.

"Bold, you don't even know how to salute His Highness when you see him. You are really too ungrateful!" Not far from Huo Feng, a blue bird was still in a daze when he saw Song Qingming coming. He shouted at him unhappily, as if he didn't like him as a human very much.

The Blue Luan Demon King who captured Song Qingming back then still looks the same as he did decades ago, and his cultivation doesn't seem to have changed much. Now that Song Qingming has reached the late stage of foundation building, he can feel that there is a gap between the strength of the Blue Luan and Long Feng.

"Your Highness, I am polite!" After hearing Qingluan's reminder, Song Qingming did not dare to say anything more, and hurried forward to bow respectfully to Huofeng.

"Okay, Qingluan, don't scare him. I still have something to ask him. Go and do your thing first."

Seeing that the prince beside him didn't seem to care about the rudeness of the tiny human in front of him, Qingluan curled her lips and retreated from the cave with Longfeng in a depressed mood.

After sending Qingluan away, Huofeng looked at Song Qingming calmly, then stood up and walked to the side of the cave, sat down at a stone table, and Song Qingming carefully stood not far from her.

"Over the years, your cultivation has improved a lot. It seems that you have made some progress."

"Compared with His Highness and several seniors, I am dull in talent. It is not easy for me to take a small step forward. If it were not for the spiritual objects that His Highness gave me, I would not have been able to break through to the late stage of foundation building so quickly. Your Highness, I will never forget your kindness in this life."

Huo Feng glanced at Song Qingming and smiled: "It seems that not only your cultivation has improved, but your skills in speaking have also improved a lot. Even Long Feng praised you in front of me last time."

Hearing what Huo Feng said, Song Qingming smiled slightly. He didn't expect Long Feng to be so honest. He just made a fair deal with him, and he could make him praise him in front of Huo Feng. This made him a little surprised.

"Your Highness, I went a long way to buy these two bottles of spirit wine. They are the best among our human cultivators. I was going to give them to you last time, but Senior Long Feng said that you were in seclusion and not here. Fortunately, this trip was not in vain. If you have time, you must come and taste them." After gently swiping his waist with his right hand, Song Qingming quickly took out two white jade bottles from the storage bag and respectfully placed them on the stone table in front of Huo Feng.

Huo Feng squinted at the spirit wine on the table and quickly shifted his gaze, as if he was not very interested in them.

"Just say what you want to say this time. Don't beat around the bush when you come to me. Although my place is not as prosperous as your human place, it is not something you have never seen before. Don't always think of using these to please me."

Seeing that Huo Feng didn't seem to like this routine that he was used to among human cultivators, Song Qingming slowly put away his smile and took out a green jade pendant from his body and placed it on the stone table.

"Your Highness, I accidentally got this item a year ago, but because of my low cultivation level, I have never been able to open the restriction on it. This time I came here to ask Senior Long Feng for help to see if there is a way to help open it."

After Huo Feng glanced at the jade pendant on the table without caring, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he stretched out a crystal jade hand, gently took the jade pendant in front of him and looked at it carefully.

"This item seems to be a space magic weapon. It stands to reason that only Jindan cultivators of your human race can use it. How did you get it?"

Faced with Huo Feng's puzzled inquiry, Song Qingming took a deep breath and quickly poured out the words he had prepared on the way here.

"It was a coincidence. I got this jade pendant from the corpse of a Qi Refining cultivator. I don't know how he got it and why it was on him."

After hearing Song Qingming's answer, Huo Feng stared at his eyes calmly for a while, then suddenly turned around and said indifferently: "Long Feng is not good at array restrictions. You can't ask him to help you."

"Senior Long Feng can't open it? Your Highness, do you have any ideas? As long as the restrictions can be lifted, I am willing to give half of the spiritual objects inside to your Highness."

This time, Song Qingming brought this jade pendant to Long Feng, thinking about whether he could open it and find some good things from it to exchange for the resources he needed to form a pill in the future. When he heard Huo Feng say this, Song Qingming immediately became a little anxious.

"Isn't this trip really in vain?" If even Huo Feng, the Yuanying Demon King, can't do anything next, then Song Qingming can only give up opening it completely before he forms a pill.

"Haha! Half of a spiritual object? You have a good idea. You said you don't know the origin of this object, which means you don't know what is inside. What if it is empty? My efforts are in vain." After Huo Feng finished speaking, she put the jade pendant back on the stone table and began to tap it gently with her slender fingers.

Seeing Huo Feng say this, Song Qingming was relieved. It seems that Huo Feng does have a way to open this space magic weapon, but Song Qingming will have to pay a price to persuade her.

Song Qingming lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then slowly raised his head and said: "Since I met and followed Your Highness, I have benefited a lot from your care. Today, my cultivation has improved so fast. How dare I forget Your Highness's kindness. If you have any instructions, send them as soon as possible, don't always treat me as an outsider."

"Well! It's best that you think so. Although I occasionally need your help to do something, I am not a person who likes to force others. If you don't want to, you can just say it now, and I will think of other ways." Huo Feng said with a smile on his face.

"Haha! Your Highness is joking. I am so happy to have the opportunity to help you. How can I be unwilling?"

"Okay then! I'll keep this thing first, and you can come to get it tomorrow!"

After getting the answer she wanted, Huo Feng waved her hand and put away the green jade pendant on the table, and the two bottles of spirit wine that Song Qingming had given her before disappeared.