Chapter 121: Mugu Town

"An old friend from the Xiaoyao Sect? Is it someone you met back in the Guiyun Market?"

Hearing that Song Qingming wanted to go on a long journey, Song Changfeng did not agree to him immediately but asked with some concern.

"It was indeed someone I met in the Guiyun Market. When I was in the Flying Cloud Guard, she was the captain of the Flying Cloud Guard. She took good care of me at that time. Later, when I left the Guiyun Market, she had already returned to the Xiaoyao Sect. I heard that she later succeeded in establishing her foundation. I don't know if she will still remember me when we meet again." After Song Qingming finished speaking, he sighed. When the two met back then, everyone was a Qi Refining cultivator and could help each other. Now their status is worlds apart.

Hearing that Song Qingming had actually gotten to know a Xiaoyao Sect Foundation Establishment senior, Song Changfeng also showed a trace of unexpected surprise. For a small Qi Refining family like the Song family, being able to build a relationship with a Xiaoyao Sect Foundation Establishment cultivator is not a simple matter. Zhao Zhao Jibai of years ago, if the Song family could have built a relationship with a Foundation Establishment senior, they would not have fallen to a small place like Qinghe County.

When the Song family's Foundation Establishment ancestor was still alive, he also had many Foundation Establishment friends in the Xiaoyao Sect. It was just that after he passed away, when the Song family's descendants were squeezed out in the Xiaoyao Sect and went to these seniors, none of them were willing to come out to help them say a word. In the end, they could only helplessly migrate to Qinghe County.

"It is good to go and see if you have time. In case this senior is willing to see you, just helping or pointing you out a little will be a chance for you. Hehe, how much benefit you can get depends on your own good fortune." Seeing that Song Qingming was not confident about this matter, Song Changfeng hurriedly comforted him with a smile.

The old patriarch Song Gushan heard this and came over, shook his head and said: "Qingming, now that the beast unrest has just ended, there are still many small groups of beasts left outside. It is really too dangerous for you to go on a long journey now. If the matter is not so urgent, wait for a period of time until the outside is stable before talking about it."

"The fourth uncle is right. Qingming, why don't you wait? It is indeed too dangerous outside now." Song Changfeng also nodded in agreement with Song Gushan's opinion.

Seeing that the two elders were so concerned about his safety, Song Qingming did not insist anymore. After all, it was useless for him to be too anxious about some things.

Ever since he obtained the relics of that Xiaoyao Sect cultivator in the deep mountains on the west side of Jin Shan Market, Song Qingming had not dared to tell anyone about this matter. For nearly a year, he had been pondering how to handle it. In the end, he still decided to go to the Xiaoyao Sect's mountain gate to find a more familiar Xiaoyao Sect cultivator to inquire about the situation first and see how he should handle these items.

For this year, Song Qingming had also thought about opening and seeing what treasures were on this senior that brought him a murderous disaster. It was just that the storage bag on that senior and the jade box he took out were all set with very powerful restrictions. When he was at the Guiyun Market, Song Qingming had heard that the spiritual objects on many large sect cultivators were set with very mysterious restrictions. If he rashly tried to break them, he might trigger the restrictions above, and it was possible that Xiaoyao Sect cultivators would soon find him. By then, he would have reason but could not explain it clearly. Therefore, he had always suppressed the curiosity in his heart and did not dare to try to open these things.

The old patriarch's worry was not unreasonable. In this beast unrest, just in Qinghe County, there were many various beasts flowing from Yunwu Mountain. A few days before Song Qingming and the others returned to Funiu Mountain, a group of beasts attacked Lingyuan Mountain, and patriarch Song Changfeng personally took action to repel these beasts.

Not only beasts, but many bandit cultivators like those at Eagle Nest Ridge also took advantage of the beast southward unrest to fish in troubled waters. Now the entire north of Wei Guo is not very stable. It is difficult to determine whether some cultivators who disappeared on the road encountered beast attacks or encountered other dangers.

After the ninth uncle Song Changxin took over the Treasury Pavilion, the rewards for this conscription were soon issued. Everyone who participated in the battle received many spirit stones. Song Qingming contributed a lot in several great battles and received two hundred spirit stones alone. Although he had already saved thousands of spirit stones, no one would think that there were too many spirit stones.

The fifth aunt Song Zhangling led people to turn around for over ten days around Funiu Mountain, and finally selected a relatively good location on the side of a branch of Guyang Mountain. After returning, she began to arrange manpower and organized a large number of mortals to go over and build the town first.

Song Qingming's side also received the task of refining the spirit-gathering array. When he was at Lingyuan Mountain, he had helped the sixth brother Song Qinghe set up a set of spirit-gathering arrays. It was just that at that time, it was only used to cultivate spiritual fields, and the quality requirements for the spirit-gathering array were not high. He directly used the ordinary formation flags he refined to set it up. This kind of spirit-gathering array is relatively common, and Song Qingming would also set up this kind of formation in his cave dwelling every time he broke through his cultivation.

The quality of the spirit-gathering array he is refining now that can cultivate spiritual veins will be much higher. Refining a set of such things will take at least two months. Fortunately, he has the help of the remnant map, and he only spent over ten days refining the formation flags and formation disks. It was just that in order not to arouse suspicion from others, he still needed to wait a while before handing it over to the family.

Soon two months passed, and the new mortal village and town were also built. After the fifth aunt Song Zhangling and patriarch Song Changfeng discussed, they gave it a name, "Mugu Town," to commemorate the many Gu-generation cultivators who had dedicated their lives to the family over the years.

With the help of several clansmen who understood some formations, Song Qingming spent some effort and finally successfully set up the spirit-gathering array. After the formation began to operate, Song Qingming invested hundreds of spirit stones prepared by the family into the center of the formation. As the spirit-gathering array continuously operated to refine the spirit stones, soon a pure spiritual energy spread from it.

Immediately after, Song Qingming inserted silver formation flags one by one around Mugu Town, and soon completed a mid-grade great formation. With the continuous supply of spiritual energy from the spiritual vein, this formation can operate without consuming spirit stones, running continuously for twelve hours.

The second sister Song Qingwan looked around the Qinghe Market but still could not find a suitable top-grade mountain-protecting great formation. In the end, she could only order a top-grade great formation from a top-grade formation master of the Huang family, which would take another half a year to refine. Song Qingming could only take out a mid-grade great formation from the clan's Treasury Pavilion and set it up here first.

There were not many formation masters in the Song family. With the passing of the first elder, who had the best formation level in the clan, and the twelfth aunt Song Changyun, who was also a formation master, dying in battle on Longteng Mountain, only Song Qingming himself was left who could take action to set up formations. For this reason, in the family discussion a few days ago, Song Qingming also raised this point. Now the family urgently needs to cultivate new formation masters.

It is just that the profession of formation master is really not very popular. There are not many people in the younger generation who are interested in formations. Patriarch Song Changfeng could only increase some family subsidies for formations, only then sending a few apprentices to Song Qingming. Among them, the one with the best formation talent is the fourteenth younger sister Song Qingsi.

Song Qingsi is only fifteen years old this year, and her cultivation has reached the third layer of Qi Refining. After following Song Qingming to learn formations for a few months, she has been able to successfully draw some formation patterns. Her talent in this aspect of formations should be even stronger than Song Qingming's back then. It is estimated that in at most a year or two, she should be able to become a low-grade formation master.

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