Chapter 122: Face-Returning Pill

The newly cultivated spiritual vein is only first-tier low-quality. After spending two or three years and investing hundreds of spirit stones, it can be upgraded to first-tier mid-quality. By then, the spiritual energy in the spiritual vein will gradually stabilize. With the spiritual vein, one can set up a mountain-protecting great formation, and with cultivators looking after it, this place will soon become the second Mu Jiao Town.

Such a large mortal village and town can support at least twenty thousand mortals. After Mugu Town was established, Song Changling moved a portion of mortals from Mu Jiao Town and several villages with poor conditions around them to here all at once. The fourth brother Song Qingrui served as the first town guard here.

Song Qingrui was injured on Longteng Mountain and had been healing for nearly half a year. Although he had not fully recovered, he was almost better. Seeing that the fifth aunt was looking for a town-guarding cultivator for Mugu Town, he took the initiative to ask the clan to take on this task.

Because he lost an arm, his combat power was greatly reduced. The fourth brother Song Qingrui also knew that it would be difficult for him to stay in the family beast-hunting team. For him, although it was somewhat difficult to accept, there was no other way. Fortunately, he was originally a cheerful person. After several months of healing, Song Qingrui gradually accepted this fact.

For a cultivator like him whose future is not very bright, rather than continuing to stay on the mountain and be squeezed out by others in the future, returning to a mortal village or town early to marry and have children, and accompany his family, is also a good choice. After the family announced the establishment of Mugu Town, Song Qingrui soon took on this task and went to Mugu Town to serve as the town guard cultivator.

After Song Qingrui went down the mountain, his two brothers who had the best relationship with him, Song Qingming and the eldest brother Song Qingshi, often ran down the mountain to find him to drink and talk about the moon when they were free at night.

It was just that what they did not expect was that after the fourth brother Song Qingrui married several wives and concubines, his heart gradually no longer had the position of these two brothers of many years. He often left the two of them aside to accompany his wife, and finally even hinted that they should not come over too often in the future, so as not to disturb the family's peace, which made him and the eldest brother depressed.

Time flew by for more than half a year. On this day, patriarch Song Changfeng received news from the second sister Song Qingwan in the Qinghe Market, saying that the top-grade great formation they ordered had been refined, and asked him to go to the Qinghe Market to take back this set of great formations.

Song Qingming had just returned to his cave dwelling and had not had time to pack his things when the quirky Song Qingyu suddenly came to him.

"Seventh brother, I heard you are going to the Qinghe Market, so I came here specifically to see you off."

"See me off? I will go to the Qinghe Market for at most five or six days and return. What is there to see off? Do you have anything to find me for?"

Hearing the words in Song Qingyu's mouth, Song Qingming was also full of doubt. From Funiu Mountain to the Qinghe Market, it was only a two-day journey. He had not gone to the market ten times in a year, but seven or eight times. He had never seen her come to see him off before.

Song Qingyu blinked her big eyes and said with displeasure: "I came to see you off with good intentions, and you still ask seven questions and eight questions. I just want to see you off. Does this need so many reasons?"

"That is fine. You have grown up and know how to care about us brothers."

Song Qingming smiled and nodded to her, not saying anything more, and walked out of the cave dwelling. The happy Song Qingyu immediately followed. Along the way, her mouth kept talking to Song Qingming about various interesting things that had happened on the mountain recently.

After arriving at the foot of the mountain, Song Qingming let her send him here and hurry back to the mountain so that the patriarch and the others would not find anyone. Unexpectedly, this girl was unhappy again and insisted on sending Song Qingming for another stretch.

As a result, this sending off sent him to the Qinghe Market.

Once in the market, Song Qingyu soon pushed Song Qingming to one side and began to stroll around the market with excitement.

Song Qingming shook his head helplessly at this little girl. Fortunately, it was not her first time coming to the Qinghe Market, and the market was relatively safe. After saying a word to converge at the family shop in the evening, he let her go.

Compared to before the beast unrest, the number of people in the Qinghe Market had obviously decreased a lot. Although it was much safer here than the several markets in the north, it had also suffered beast attacks. When Song Qingming just arrived at the city gate, he also saw parts of the city wall that had been damaged by beasts and had not yet been repaired.

The situation in Qinghe County was not as cruel as that on Huoyun Mountain, but it also lost many people. Many beasts from Yunwu Mountain rushed through the Liangshan spirit stone mine and went deep into Qinghe County. The Qinghe Market, which was closest to Yunwu Mountain, also suffered a large-scale beast attack. Fortunately, there were many cultivators guarding the market at that time, plus the support of the cultivators guarding the Liangshan spirit stone mine, everyone fought hard to repel these beasts, so the Qinghe Market did not suffer much loss.

After arriving at the Song family's grocery store, Song Qingming discovered that the business here seemed to be even better than when he was here. He did not expect that the second sister Song Qingwan was also so capable of doing business, which was much stronger than him.

"Little Seven, you, the elder, finally came. Did you bring the alchemy materials I wanted?" The second sister Song Qingwan, dressed in red, saw Song Qingming and teased him with a smile.

Song Qingming took out the storage bag handed to him by the patriarch and handed it to Song Qingwan. Before he could speak, Song Qingwan took the storage bag and turned to walk toward the back hall.

"Second sister, where is the great formation I want?"

"Go to the back and find the fourth uncle. It is with him. I will go to refine alchemy first!"

It seems that the second sister is also obsessed with the way of alchemy now. Song Qingming only then discovered that the many guests who came to the shop seemed to be mostly here for the elixirs refined by the second sister.

Arriving at the fourth uncle's home in the back courtyard, he found that both he and the fourth aunt were there. Wang Cheng had made great progress in these few years. A few years ago, he married the fourth uncle's daughter as his wife, which could be considered half a Song family member. The fourth uncle also trusted him more and more. The size of affairs in the other shop was basically managed by the young couple.

Seeing that the family elder Song Qingming had come, the fourth aunt was also very happy and hurriedly greeted a few servants to buy some wine and food. Wang Changhua personally cooked a few spiritual foods that Song Qingming liked to eat.

"Fourth aunt, I didn't notice when I first came. I didn't expect you to look younger and younger after not seeing you for a few years. Did you cultivate any special technique?"

After a few cups of spiritual wine, Song Qingming unexpectedly discovered that Wang Changhua's appearance seemed to be better than the previous two years. Looking closely, he found that she seemed to have returned to her youth.

"Where would your fourth uncle be willing to buy me any good technique? Qingwan refined a kind of Face-Returning Pill not long ago. I also asked her for a few to try. I didn't expect the effect to be quite good." Wang Changhua glared at Song Changqiu and explained to Song Qingming happily.

"Face-Returning Pill, I have heard of this kind of elixir, but the effect shouldn't be this good, right?" Song Qingming asked with some confusion.

Wang Changhua explained with a smile: "The effect of ordinary Face-Returning Pills on the market is naturally not this good. This is improved from an ancient elixir recipe that Qingwan received. The effect is indeed much better than the kind I have taken before. Recently, this kind of spiritual elixir of our family sells very well in the market. If it weren't for Qingwan, an alchemist, supporting the shop, I fear it would have been bankrupt long ago relying on your fourth uncle."

Song Qingming only then recalled that when he was in the shop hall just now, the guests were indeed mostly female cultivators, but he did not think it was because of the Face-Returning Pill at that time. The second sister's alchemy talent is quite good, and she can even refine elixirs from ancient elixir recipes.

"Qingwan is just too wasteful of her talent. What is the use of refining this kind of elixir that can neither increase cultivation nor heal injuries? After taking it, it also adds a lot of pill poison to oneself for nothing. This kind of elixir useless for cultivation can only sell well for a while. If you really care about your appearance so much, what are you cultivating for?" Seeing that business had been much worse recently, his wife kept teasing him, and the fourth uncle, who had always had a good temper, could not help but reply to her.

"Fourth uncle, how is Wang Cheng recently? Did this kid give you a grandson..." Seeing that the two elders seemed to be about to start arguing again, Song Qingming hurriedly changed the subject.

However, he was somewhat interested in this elixir in his heart. "Face-Returning Pill, maybe it is really a good thing!"

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