Chapter 549 Yuanying Game

Hearing Jin Ziyuan's sudden words, Song Qingming and Zhao Menglian looked a little embarrassed, but they didn't show much surprise.

After all, this world of immortal cultivation respects the strong. If you want to win others' respect, the most important thing is to look at the cultivator's own cultivation strength.

Although the fake dan cultivators can barely be considered as people who have successfully formed the dan, because they cannot refine their own life magic weapon, their own strength is far inferior to that of the real golden dan cultivators. Jin Ziyuan would look down on fake dan cultivators like Hu Tianren, which is actually not a rare thing in the world of immortal cultivation.

Many Xiaoyao Sect's golden dan elders, including Song Qingming himself, are usually willing to be on an equal footing with fake dan cultivators like Hu Tianren, just because they belong to the same sect.

"Don't worry, Junior Brother Song, I rejected Junior Brother Hu's request yesterday. Even Junior Sister Xu wanted to go, but I didn't dare to agree. Junior Brother Hu's cultivation level would be of no use to us. If something happened to him, I'm afraid that the headmaster would complain about us in the future."

Seeing that Song Qingming asked about Hu Tianren as soon as he came in, Zhao Menglian hurriedly explained to Song Qingming, knowing that he might be a little worried that he would agree to him.

"What Senior Sister Zhao said is right. I also heard that Junior Brother Hu and the headmaster seemed to have some relationship before, so I was a little worried about this. It's the first time for us to go to the Tongtian Tower. We can't protect ourselves, so it's really difficult to take care of him." After confirming that Zhao Menglian had rejected the other party, Song Qingming also put down a little worry in his heart.

The reason why Hu Tianren was chosen by Xiaoyao Sect to support the formation of fake pills was partly because he was a direct descendant of Xiaoyao Sect's head Yao Qianshu Daolu.

Yao Qianshu and his Taoist partner were very affectionate back then. His Taoist partner also helped him a lot in forming a pill. Unfortunately, not long after, during a mission of the sect, his Taoist partner died outside and failed to form a pill.

After the death of the Taoist partner who supported each other, Yao Qianshu has not been looking for a new Taoist partner for so many years. She has always taken good care of her family, the Hu family, and later supported Hu Tianren to form a fake pill.

Although Song Qingming and others looked down on Hu Tianren, they still respected Yao Qianshu, the head of the sect who had been in charge of the sect for many years. They must still consider his face. If something unexpected happened when they took this person in, it would be difficult to explain to Yao Qianshu when they came back.

"Alas! Junior Brother Song, you are too modest. Your cultivation has reached the third level of the Golden Core, and with a Golden Core Corpse Puppet, your fighting power is no less than that of an ordinary mid-stage Golden Core cultivator.

The two of us, together with Senior Sister Zhao, can fight even against an ordinary late-stage Golden Core cultivator. As long as we don't take the initiative to enter the fourth level, we shouldn't encounter any danger."

In the last battle of Tiexian Fort, although Song Qingming's performance was not very impressive among many Golden Core cultivators, his own strength has been recognized by Jin Ziyuan and others.

Especially after seeing the "Golden Wind" summoned by Song Qingming, except for Chen Xuanfeng who had known about it for a long time, Jin Ziyuan and others were also slightly surprised at the time. They didn't expect that Song Qingming had such a powerful trump card hidden in him.

Because of this, when Song Qingming took the initiative to find the door a year ago to go to the "Babel Tower" together, Zhao Menglian and Jin Ziyuan knew his intention and were very happy in their hearts, and quickly agreed to it.

Except for Chu Fengping and others who were ordered by Li Mufeng to stay in the sect, among the remaining Xiaoyao Sect’s several Jindan elders, only Lü Boyang and Song Qingming were able to enter the Tongtian Tower.

Lü Boyang had just gained some insights in his cultivation recently, and he had basically been practicing in seclusion in the past few years, and had no intention of going to the "Tongtian Tower".

Zhao Menglian and Jin Ziyuan had invited Lü Boyang several times but failed. Even if Song Qingming did not take the initiative to come to them, they actually had the idea to go to Tuoyun Mountain to find Song Qingming and try.

Although Zhao Menglian and Jin Ziyuan had found a friend who was willing to accompany them in the past few years, the "Tongtian Tower" was not like other places after all, and finding a companion with similar strength to go in would naturally provide more protection.

What's more, Song Qingming belonged to the same sect as them. For Zhao Menglian and Jin Ziyuan, Song Qingming was half of their own people, and naturally more trustworthy than the ordinary friends they found outside.

Five days later, a colorful glow shone in the northern part of Liang State.

After nearly a month, the colorful glow in the sky was much more dazzling than before. If the cultivators with extraordinary eyesight were at the Jindan stage or above, they could already see a faint shadow from it, as if something huge was about to come out of it.

Since the news of the appearance of the "Babel Tower" spread, shield lights flying from all over the place could be seen here every day, which not only attracted many high-level cultivators, but also many low-level cultivators in the foundation building and Qi refining stages in Liang State gathered here.

However, these cultivators here also have obvious regional divisions according to the level of their cultivation. The cultivators who can stand on the hills not far below the glow are basically those at the Jindan stage or above.

Those low-level cultivators who only had foundation building and Qi refining cultivation could only stand in the outer circle, looking at the high-level cultivators in the middle from afar with envy.

On this day, a green light suddenly flew from the high sky in the east and landed directly on a mountain near the middle.

A moment later, a small green flying boat appeared on an open space on the top of the mountain, and seven figures slowly appeared. They were the Xiaoyao Sect who had just arrived from tens of thousands of miles away from Liang State.

There were originally several Jindan-stage casual cultivators occupying this open space. When they saw Li Mufeng, the Yuanying cultivator, and the Xiaoyao Sect appeared, their faces changed immediately. After bowing to everyone, they very tactfully left here and gave this open space to Li Mufeng and his group.

Song Qingming and others who had just stepped off the flying boat saw the huge colorful rays of light flashing in the sky for the first time, and they all showed a look of shock on their faces. The huge movement of this secret realm was indeed beyond their original imagination.

Only Li Mufeng, who had entered the "Babel Tower" before, looked around with a normal expression, and then quickly turned his gaze to other high-level cultivators on the mountain.

"I haven't seen you for many years, fellow Daoist Li. I am here to pay my respects."

Not long after the Xiaoyao Sect arrived here, an old man wearing a Taoist robe and with white hair and long beard suddenly appeared in front of them and bowed slightly to Li Mufeng who was standing in front of them.

This old man looked like a kind-looking old man, but the powerful aura he exuded was no less than that of Li Mufeng standing in front of everyone. He was obviously also a cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage.

Behind this old man, there were three Jindan stage cultivators with high cultivation levels, one of whom was Cheng Bufan, a cultivator from the Lingyin Sect whom Song Qingming had met in Wu before.

It has been almost twenty years since they parted at the Star Conference. Cheng Bufan's cultivation has gone a step further than that of the year and has reached the ninth level of the Jindan realm. He is only one step away from entering the Nascent Soul realm that is admired by thousands of people.

Seeing Cheng Bufan standing respectfully behind the old Taoist priest, Song Qingming immediately guessed that the Nascent Soul cultivator in front of him should be the only Nascent Soul Grand Elder of Lingyin Sect, Situ Yan.

Sure enough, when Li Mufeng saw the white-haired Taoist, he immediately came to him with a smile, bowed and said in return: "Fellow Daoist Situ has traveled a longer distance than me. I didn't expect that you Lingyin Sect actually arrived here before me. It seems that you are also very well prepared this time."

"Haha! Fellow Daoist Li is joking. Fellow Daoist Zheng and others haven't come yet. It seems that the opening of the Tongtian Tower is still some time. If Fellow Daoist Li is free, why don't you play a game of chess with me."

"I have nothing to do anyway, so I will be honored to accept it!"

Li Mufeng just nodded in agreement, and Cheng Bufan, who was standing behind Situ Yan, immediately took out a chessboard carved from a whole piece of jade from his storage magic tool and placed it between the two of them. He also respectfully placed a set of very exquisite chess boxes aside.

Then the other two Jindan monks of Lingyin Sect beside Situ Yan also took out the futons, sandalwood and other items needed for playing chess. Obviously, they had also prepared for it a long time ago.

"Li Daoyou, please!" After Cheng Bufan and the others were ready, Situ Yan stepped forward and stretched out his hand to make a gesture of invitation, then sat down beside the chessboard and grabbed a handful of white chess pieces and placed them on the table.

The two Yuanying masters playing chess naturally attracted many Jindan cultivators who followed them. Even those Jindan casual cultivators who had been far away from here came over after seeing this scene.

Although they did not dare to get too close like Song Qingming and others, they really did not want to miss this rare opportunity to see the chess game of Yuanying cultivators. Even if they stood a little further away, they were excited, hoping to experience and comprehend something useful from these Yuanying cultivators.

Li Mufeng and Situ Yan played a normal game at the beginning, but after just a dozen moves, the speed of their moves quickly slowed down, and became slower and slower.

This game of chess soon made Song Qingming, who was watching the game, realize something strange in it.

From this chess game, Song Qingming seemed to see his own path of cultivation. When he first started practicing, he practiced very quickly, but it became more and more difficult as time went on, and his own practice speed also slowly slowed down. (End of this chapter)