Chapter 145: A Reminder

"Please enlighten us, Senior. Our Song family will be eternally grateful!"

After Huang Shengyue heard Song Changfeng's reply, her eyes turned around the hall, and she smiled without speaking immediately.

Song Changfeng, seeing this, hurriedly waved his hand at the several Song family elders to the side. Before long, only Huang Shengyue, Song Qingming, and Song Changfeng remained in the entire hall.

"The two of you might not know yet, but the Qian family of Chifeng Ridge is already preparing to leave Qinghe County and merge into the Xiaoyao Sect." After the others left, the first sentence Huang Shengyue said shocked the two from the Song family.

Song Changfeng and Song Qingming looked at each other, then turned to ask Huang Shengyue, "Has the Qian family not already repaired their mountain-protecting formation? Why do they still want to leave Qinghe County?"

Huang Shengyue shook her head and said, "Why the Qian family is leaving, to tell you the truth, we are not very clear either. Qian Guangyao has already been in contact with the Xiaoyao Sect several times. We only found out about this matter not long ago."

"Although this matter is of great importance, it has little to do with our Song family. Senior coming here specifically today to explain this matter, this junior truly does not quite understand. If there are any instructions, please speak clearly, Senior. Our Song family will definitely do our utmost to serve." Song Changfeng asked somewhat puzzledly.

Huang Shengyue smiled and said, "Daoist Song is too polite. Now that Daoist Qingming has achieved Foundation Establishment, after the next Qinghe Fang council, your Song family will officially be promoted to a Foundation Establishment family. From now on, our two families will be equal cultivation families in Qinghe County. You must not speak like this in the future; otherwise, if other cultivation families find out, they will say my Huang family is overbearing again.

Whether the Qian family wants to leave Qinghe County, on the surface, it indeed has little to do with us. It's just that once they leave, this second-tier spiritual vein of Chifeng Ridge will become vacant. I came here today because my clan leader asked me to come and ask you all: after the Qian family leaves, does your Song family have any intention to take over this spiritual vein of Chifeng Ridge?"

After finishing, Huang Shengyue calmly sipped her tea, waiting for Song Changfeng and Song Qingming's reply.

"So that's how it is."

Hearing this, Song Qingming finally knew Huang Shengyue's intention. It seemed she came here today specifically for this spiritual vein of Chifeng Ridge.

Now that Song Qingming had achieved Foundation Establishment, the best spiritual vein the Song family had was this first-tier top-quality spiritual vein of Mount Funiu, which was definitely not enough for his future cultivation. If he wanted to improve his cultivation normally, he must find a way to cultivate a second-tier spiritual vein.

Cultivating a second-tier spiritual vein is not a simple matter. Just the investment in spirit stones would be at least ten thousand, almost catching up to the price of a Foundation Establishment Pill. For the current Song family, this was definitely impossible to come up with. If Song Qingming wanted not to delay his cultivation, he could only follow the Qian family's example from back then and set his sights on other second-tier spiritual veins.

The best spiritual veins in Qinghe County were the Huang family's Mount Taiyuan spiritual vein, which had reached the second-tier top-quality, followed by Qinghe Fang and the Gao family's Mount Lianhua, both second-tier mid-quality spiritual veins. The remaining seven or eight second-tier low-quality spiritual veins were already occupied long ago. Those occupying these spiritual veins were either Foundation Establishment families like the Qian family and the Lu family, or, like the Liu family back then, families whose ancestors had produced Foundation Establishment cultivators.

The reason these Qi Refining families whose ancestors had produced Foundation Establishment cultivators could still occupy second-tier spiritual veins was undoubtedly because their Foundation Establishment ancestors had left behind very deep foundations before passing away. Although they could no longer restore the glory of their ancestors, relying on second-tier mountain-protecting formations, they could also force back ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators. For the Song family to set their sights on these spiritual veins, relying only on a Song Qingming who had just achieved Foundation Establishment was obviously not enough.

What remained were the spiritual veins occupied by demonic beasts near Mount Yunwu. Most of these places were too close to Mount Yunwu, and demonic beasts and miasma were rampant, making them unsuitable for mortals to live in. Only the Qian family's Chifeng Ridge was better; not only was the spiritual vein quality not low, but the mountain had been managed by the Qian family for more than seven years, and many fertile fields had been opened up, making it very suitable for mortals to live in now.

Now that the Qian family was leaving Qinghe County, this second-tier spiritual vein of Chifeng Ridge would definitely be sold to other families in Qinghe County. As long as Song Qingming was willing to come forward, perhaps he could negotiate this matter for two or three thousand spirit stones. Chifeng Ridge was undoubtedly the most suitable second-tier spiritual vein for the Song family in Qinghe County now.

It was just that Huang Shengyue coming to Mount Funiu to specifically remind the Song family of this matter now obviously meant that their Huang family also had their eyes on this spiritual vein. If Song Qingming still wanted Chifeng Ridge, he would definitely offend the Huang family and stand in opposition to them. Huang Shengyue intentionally stating this matter directly to his face was obviously also wanting to see Song Qingming's current view of their Huang family now that he had achieved Foundation Establishment.

"Daoist Huang is overthinking. The Qian family has not contacted us. In order to support my Foundation Establishment, the family used up almost all their savings from these many years. How could we dare to have any ideas about Chifeng Ridge? After returning, because I encountered some problems in my cultivation, I have been in seclusion and have not been down the mountain. We only just learned from Daoist Huang that the Qian family wants to leave." After thinking this matter through, Song Qingming did not wait for Song Changfeng to speak and decisively opened his mouth to dispel Huang Shengyue's doubts about the Song family.

After hearing a satisfactory reply, Huang Shengyue looked at Song Qingming with joy and said, "In that case, Daoist Song has no intention of getting involved in the matter of Chifeng Ridge."

Song Qingming nodded sincerely at Huang Shengyue and did not say anything more.

"Two months from now, Qinghe Fang should be convening a council of all major families. According to custom, our clan leader will also come out of seclusion. If Daoist Song still has doubts about cultivation at that time, you can also come directly to our Huang family shop to ask our clan leader for advice. Today, I still have to go elsewhere, so I won't disturb you further here." After Huang Shengyue finished speaking, she rose to take her leave and left Mount Funiu.

After seeing Huang Shengyue off, Song Qingming also returned to his cave dwelling.

He looked at the spiritual beast egg he had been studying for more than ten days again. Apart from knowing it should be a bird spiritual beast egg, Song Qingming still had no other clues.

"Next time I go to Qinghe Fang to see the Huang family, I will take it out and ask them by the way." After muttering to himself, Song Qingming carefully put it back into his storage bag.

Next, Song Qingming took out the cultivation technique "Jade Profound Scripture" he had hidden on his person and prepared to begin his daily cultivation.

Ever since entering the Foundation Establishment stage, Song Qingming had finally opened the restrictions behind this cultivation technique. Not only did he obtain the subsequent Foundation Establishment stage cultivation technique, but he also discovered many mysteries within it. It was just that this cultivation technique could only be practiced up to the Core Formation stage, and there was nothing left in the subsequent cultivation technique restrictions.

The cultivation technique "Jade Profound Scripture" was mediocre when practiced during the Qi Refining stage. Apart from making his magic power somewhat more robust, it had no other special features. When fighting, he could only rely on some ordinary spells, which were not as easy to use as the "Kun Yuan Art" he had practiced originally.

After obtaining the Foundation Establishment stage cultivation technique, Song Qingming opened it and looked, discovering that the Foundation Establishment stage cultivation technique of the Jade Profound Scripture actually hid several powerful spells, which truly surprised him.

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