After completing the task, Song Qingming finally returned to his tent. After relaxing his tiredness, Song Qingming leaned on the small couch in the tent and slowly recalled what he had experienced today.
He still has lingering fears from the battle with the demon cultivator this time. After seeing the terrifying strength of Yang Wuqi, the foundation-building demon cultivator, Song Qingming was a little desperate for a while. Although he finally received support, he still couldn't believe it in his heart that he survived.
After witnessing the battle between the foundation-building masters, Song Qingming became more and more yearning for the foundation-building cultivators' magical powers of flying and hiding in the ground. Unfortunately, Feng Laogui, who had just agreed with Song Qingming to take him to Bailong Mountain after returning to Guiyunfang, accidentally died at the hands of the evil cultivator today.
After the war, Song Qingming felt a little depressed when he heard from Wei Tong that Feng Laogui died at the hands of Yang Wuqi while chasing after the demon cultivator. Not only did he give Feng Laogui a talisman for free yesterday, he also risked his life to help Feng Laogui hunt down a high-level fire rat.
Now that Old Ghost Feng has died suddenly, he doesn't know who to turn to to fulfill the promises he got for the huge deposit he paid. Thinking of this, Song Qingming could only sigh helplessly.
Maybe it was really his bad luck. In the few months since he joined Feiyunwei, the people he was most familiar with all suffered misfortune today. Old Ghost Feng was dead, and Lu Yunfei and Shi Mofeng were also seriously injured. Thinking of this, Song Qingming couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Seeing that it was getting late, Song Qingming was about to prepare to meditate and practice when a sound transmission talisman suddenly flew in from outside the tent. Song Qingming took the talisman and opened it to see that there was a beautiful word written on it.
"Fellow Daoist Song, Gao Yuyao from the Xiaoyao Sect is here to pay a visit."
Song Qingming opened the restriction outside the tent and just lifted the door curtain when a beautiful yellow figure quickly slipped sideways into the tent.
Gao Yuyao's appearance had not changed much compared to three years ago, except that she seemed to be more heroic. Seeing her cautious look, Song Qingming guessed that she didn't want anyone to see her coming here, so he quickly lowered the door curtain and set up a new layer of restriction at the door.
Looking up at Gao Yuyao who was acting a little furtively, Song Qingming rolled his eyes, revealed a hint of curiosity, and said with a cupped hand:
"Fairy Gao, I haven't seen you for several years. I thought you had forgotten me."
"The reason why I didn't meet you today was because many fellow disciples were present at that time. It was a lot of inconvenience. I hope Fellow Daoist Song can understand." Gao Yuyao explained with an apologetic look on her face.
"Please rest assured, Fairy. We both got what we needed from each other, and I'm not someone who speaks without restraint. It's just that Fairy Gao suddenly left without saying goodbye, and I, Song, still don't understand why. I wonder if I wasn't thoughtful enough in some way and neglected the Fairy."
After hearing what Song Qingming said, Gao Yuyao smiled brightly and said, "I also suddenly received a message from Master, asking me to rush back to the sect immediately. I just forgot to tell you. I hope Fellow Daoist Song will not misunderstand."
"Oh, I see. Then I'm relieved. Let me congratulate you on breaking through to the late stage of Qi Refining."
"Thank you very much. Thank you very much. I haven't seen you for three years. Fellow Daoist Song has not only made rapid progress in his cultivation, but he has even joined the Feiyun Guard. I am quite impressed by you."
Seeing that Song Qingming had broken through from the fourth level of Qi Refining to the sixth level in just three years, Gao Yuyao thought that Song Qingming's spiritual roots should be that of a cultivator with three spiritual roots, and she couldn't help but look up to him a little.
Song Qingming quickly shook his head and said with a smile: "Haha, it was also thanks to the fairy's help that I was able to exchange for some more cultivation pills, saving a lot of cultivation time. It was just opportunistic. Compared with the fairy who broke through the late stage of Qi Refining at a young age, I am still a long way behind."
"I also left my family not long ago to come to Guiyunfang for training. By chance, Captain Lu favored me, and I joined the Feiyun Guard. I didn't expect to encounter a Foundation Establishment Demon on my first mission. Several teammates I had been with day and night died before my eyes. It really is a bit of bad luck."
Seeing that Song Qingming sounded a little discouraged about what happened today, Gao Yuyao quickly comforted him.
"Exorcising demons and defending the Way is a mission assigned by the sect. You have slain quite a few demonic cultivators today. After the master reports this to the sect, he will certainly record your achievements and reward you with spiritual objects. I won't treat you unfairly."
Song Qingming gave a bitter laugh and then asked, "Fairy, why did you come to see me today?"
Gao Yuyao paused for a moment before replying, "The reason I came to see you, besides reminiscing about the past, is also because I'm worried that you might misunderstand what happened today, so I came to explain. When I return to Qinghe County in the future, Yuyao hopes to continue to be friends with Fellow Daoist Song."
Seeing Gao Yuyao's sincere look, Song Qingming was a little surprised. When he was in Qinghe County, Song Qingming also had some guesses about Gao Yuyao's identity. He always thought that she was a disciple of a master alchemist in Qinghefang.
After Gao Yuyao hadn't come to Caolu Mountain for three years, Song Qingming specially asked his fourth uncle about her in Qinghefang. Unexpectedly, his fourth uncle, who was very familiar with Qinghefang in the clan, had never heard of this person. Only then did Song Qingming realize that Gao Yuyao's identity might be somewhat unusual.
But he never expected that Gao Yuyao was actually a disciple of the Xiaoyao Sect, and her status and position was far higher than Song Qingming had imagined.
He was really surprised that Gao Yuyao, with her identity as a foundation-building disciple of the Xiaoyao Sect, could actually look down upon Song Qingming, a cultivator from a small family.
Seeing Song Qingming's puzzled look, Gao Yuyao hesitated for a moment before explaining, "Fellow Daoist Song, the reason I came to Caolu Mountain is because I was also born in Qinghe County. I am a cultivator from the Gao family of Lianhua Mountain in Qinghe County. Now you understand, right?"
After hearing Gao Yuyao's explanation, Song Qingming suddenly realized what was going on. No wonder she didn't let Song Qingming tell the clan leader that it was she who sold him the elixir.
Like the Huang family that the Song family depends on, the Gao family of Lianhua Mountain is also a foundation-building family in Qinghe County. As a cultivator of the Gao family, Gao Yuyao's transaction with the Song family would very likely cause some unnecessary trouble to both parties if the Huang family knew about it.
Song Qingming only now realized all the abnormalities that Gao Yuyao had experienced before. He nodded in relief and said, "It is an honor to meet Fairy Gao."
After the two chatted for a few more sentences, Gao Yuyao stood up and said goodbye and left.
In the next few days, Liu Xingfeng and the other two stayed in the camp, and Song Qingming and the others did not go out to search for information about monsters.
After the fierce battle between the eleven guards and the demon cultivators, more than half of them were killed or injured. Even the team leader Lu Yunfei had to return to Guiyunfang in a few days to recuperate.
In the past few days, Song Qingming has learned from several Xiaoyao Sect monks that Liu Xingfeng is mobilizing the nearby Feiyun Guards to come to the camp to replace their eleven guards.
It seems that he also has to return to Guiyunfang early.