Chapter 239 Helpless

After completing the ritual of refining the magic weapon, Song Qingming put away the Bishui Bell in front of him. He successfully owned a top-grade defensive magic weapon of his own, which also made him feel much better.

After finishing this matter, Song Qingming did not rush to come out of retreat immediately, but took out two identical fragments from his body and began to study them. The two pictures looked almost the same, as if they were made of animal skins, but the contents of the paintings on them were slightly different, both of which were incomplete patterns.

One of these two ancient fragments was larger, which Song Qingming accidentally obtained in Yunwu Mountain many years ago, and the other was found and brought out from Taiyue Secret Realm not long ago.

After killing Chen Yuan, Song Qingming had already started to study these two pictures in the last few days left in the secret realm. As a result, after putting them together, there was no other change between the two pictures except that they became shiny and hot. It was not as Song Qingming thought at the beginning that they would suddenly merge into one complete map.

Moreover, the other fragmentary map brought out from the secret realm was similar to the first fragmentary map in appearance. It did not have the nameless spell on the first map, nor did it have the special ability to accelerate the recovery of mana.

These days, Song Qingming also tried various methods. Whether it was fire melting, water flooding, or sun and moon exposure, the two fragmentary maps had no reaction at all. Using various spells to forcibly attack them was even more unscathed without a single ripple.

He took out some notes from the Taiyue Temple, which he had browsed through these days. Although it recorded some of the life stories of the owner of the Taiyue Temple, there was no mention of the existence of this fragmentary map, and it was unknown where the owner of the Taiyue Temple got this thing from.

After repeated failed attempts, Song Qingming began to feel a little disappointed. If the material used in the second map was not as strong as the first map, he would have almost thought that he had made a mistake.

Could it be that the two maps really only had the same materials, which would produce some reactions, and there was actually no connection between them.

Song Qingming tried every possible way in the cave, and studied the patterns drawn on the two fragments for several days, but still did not find any connection between the two patterns.

I thought I could have a chance to unlock the secret of the fragments this time, but it seems that I really thought too much. Facing the two fragments, Song Qingming was always helpless and could only shake his head helplessly and put them away again.

It has been a month since he retreated to refine the magic weapon. Song Qingming finally ended this retreat and planned to go on a long trip to Pingyang County next door.

Before leaving, Song Qingming specially called his second sister Song Qingwan back to Funiushan, and took out some low-level spiritual objects obtained from the secret realm this time, and gave them to her, hoping that she would help sell them in the family's store in Qinghefang.

The second sister Song Qingwan, as the best alchemist in the family, was dazzled by seeing so many spiritual medicines at once, and directly asked to give most of these spiritual medicines to her, claiming that these spiritual medicines can be quickly transformed into pills in her hands to create greater value.

Seeing her promise, Song Qingming hesitated for a moment and then agreed to her. After all, these spiritual objects were nothing compared to his current wealth. Even if he lost a little after refining the elixir, it was acceptable to him.

After sending his second sister Song Qingwan away, Song Qingming said hello to Song Changfeng and headed north on his flying sword.

He went out this time to buy the right magic weapon he wanted, because there was only one second-level refiner, Huang Shengyue, in Qinghefang, and there were not many second-level magic weapons for sale in the market. Song Qingming could only go to the next-door Jinshanfang to have a look.

There were several second-level refiners in Pingyang County, and Cao Wanjiang of the Cao family had reached the second-level upper grade in the refinery level. He had refined many excellent second-level magic weapons. Maybe he could find a magic weapon of the best quality he wanted from their store.

Nearly twenty years have passed since the monster turmoil. Many casual cultivators from other places or neighboring countries have come to Pingyang County to find a place to settle down, which has greatly accelerated the recovery of this place. Now it is almost 70% to 80% of its former appearance.

Two of the seven foundation-building families in Pingyang County, led by the Cao family, have lost their foundation-building cultivators and have become Qi-refining families, replaced by new foundation-building cultivators from outside Pingyang County such as Hu Longhai.

This is not the first time that Song Qingming has come to Jinshanfang after building his foundation. He is quite familiar with this place. After a round, Song Qingming strode directly to the Shuiyue Hall of the Cao family.

"Senior, welcome to Shuiyue Hall. You are here to buy magic tools. Please come in. I will take you to the second floor."

The shopkeeper who was still greeting customers at the counter saw a foundation-building cultivator coming outside, and quickly threw a man in white beside him to a clerk, and respectfully stepped forward to greet Song Qingming.

The man in white, who had no idea what was going on, wanted to say something when he saw the shopkeeper, who was fine before, suddenly change his attitude and leave him aside to greet someone else. However, when he heard the shopkeeper say the word "senior", he quickly closed his mouth and stood aside respectfully.

Song Qingming, who entered Shuiyuetang, did not deliberately hide his appearance. After following the shopkeeper to the second floor, he directly told the shopkeeper of Shuiyuetang his identity and purpose.

Hearing that Song Qingming wanted to purchase a second-level medium-grade or above magic weapon, the shopkeeper's face suddenly showed a trace of embarrassment.

"I'm really sorry, senior, you came at an unfortunate time. The only medium-grade magic weapon in my store was just bought by another senior last month. Now there are only a few second-level low-grade magic weapons left in the store. They are all fine products carefully refined by the owner of the family. I will take them out for you to see."

Hearing this news, although Song Qingming was mentally prepared, he still felt a little regretful. It seems that after the Taiyue Secret Realm, he is not the only one who has made a fortune.

Then the shopkeeper took out a few second-level low-grade magic weapons, but Song Qingming didn't like any of them, so he had to leave here and go to another store.

After visiting several shops that sold second-level magic weapons, Song Qingming still didn't find a suitable magic weapon he wanted. He had to return to Funiu Mountain in disappointment and planned to try his luck in Jianglingfang, which was farther away, in a few days.

Just before he was about to leave Jinshanfang, a woman in a gray Taoist robe suddenly walked up to him with a smile and stopped him directly.