"Heavenly Puppet Sect," Trade Convention

Hearing Li Mengchen's reminder, Song Qingming understood his goodwill. He immediately cupped his hands in thanks before rising to take his leave.

Although he had spent quite a few Spirit Stones in the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, he had at least obtained what he wanted.

After leaving Fengyuan City, Song Qingming immediately stopped atop an uninhabited hill nearby. He took out the scroll he had just acquired, opened it, and carefully examined it.

After his gaze passed over the seven locations marked on the scroll one by one, the exact positions of those places gradually surfaced in Song Qingming's mind.

Other than one location that lay outside the Eastern Phoenix Kingdom's Cultivation World, the other six were scattered far apart. Still, ten years would be enough for Song Qingming to visit them all.

Standing on the hillside, Song Qingming pondered for quite some time before deciding on the first place he would head to. He put away the scroll in his hand, transformed into a streak of light, and vanished from where he stood.

Three years later, atop an immortal mist-shrouded mountain within Qingzhou, in the western part of the Eastern Phoenix Kingdom.

A young Daoist of fifteen or sixteen held a Qi Refining Stage cultivation manual in his hands as he cautiously arrived at a courtyard at the foot of the mountain.

"Ouch!"

The moment he opened the gate, the young Daoist slammed headfirst into a white Restriction. He was bounced back and fell onto the ground with a startled cry.

"Haha! So it's you. Why didn't you knock first?"

Before the young Daoist could climb back up, a man in green robes appeared at his side and teased him with a smile.

"Senior Song, greetings from this junior!" Upon seeing the man, the young Daoist hurriedly scrambled to his