Chapter 148: Qinghe Council

After finishing his reminiscence with Fourth Uncle, and seeing that Second Sister had not yet come out of seclusion, Song Qingming seized the time to come to the council hall in the center of Qinghe Fang.

Just as he walked to the door, a Xiaoyao Sect disciple quickly took the initiative to greet him and brought him inside.

Upon looking inside, apart from Lu Yuanfeng, there were two other Foundation Establishment cultivators already sitting there. Seeing Song Qingming walk in, the two hurriedly rose to salute.

"Daoist Song has come. It is an honor to meet you today. Please take care of us in the future."

The person speaking was a cultivator a bit older than him. This person's cultivation had already reached the third layer of Foundation Establishment. Song Qingming had not seen him before and should be the clan leader of the Lu family among the four major Foundation Establishment families in Qinghe County.

Song Qingming had seen the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Huang family, Gao family, and Qian family from afar before, and only this Lu family clan leader was someone Song Qingming had never seen.

"Daoist Lu, Daoist Gao, greetings." After recognizing them, Song Qingming hurriedly returned the salute to the two.

Gao Jinhe and Lu Xingde nodded and sat back down.

"Daoist Song, please sit here. I am Lu Yuanfeng of the Xiaoyao Sect." A big-bearded cultivator of considerable age stepped forward and invited Song Qingming to a chair that had already been prepared to the side.

Song Qingming had seen Lu Yuanfeng of Qinghe Fang twice when he lived in Qinghe Fang back then. This person had a cultivation base of the fifth layer of Foundation Establishment and was a Foundation Establishment cultivator who had been in the Xiaoyao Sect for many years. Although his cultivation was not considered high among Foundation Establishment cultivators, his fighting supernatural abilities were very powerful among mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators. If they really fought, Gao Jinhe, the Gao family clan leader with the sixth layer of Foundation Establishment, might not necessarily be his opponent.

After Song Qingming had just sat down, about half an hour later, Huang family clan leader Huang Shengxin walked in with a smile on his face.

"Everyone, sorry for the wait!" Just as he walked in and saw that everyone was almost there, Huang Shengxin hurriedly expressed his apologies.

Lu Yuanfeng, upon hearing this, shook his head and said, "Brother Huang, it's not too late yet. Daoist Qian hasn't come yet."

Huang Shengxin shook his head and said, "Daoist Qian's matter has already been resolved. He asked us to tell you that he won't be coming over anymore."

"So that's how it is. Then let's not wait for him; let's start the council first." Lu Yuanfeng nodded and said.

"The Huang family truly has a good plan, actually swallowing the spiritual vein of Chifeng Ridge so easily." Lu Xingde, who was pretending to sip tea to the side, took the opportunity to secretly send a sound transmission to Gao Jinhe.

The latter gave a wry smile and shook his head without replying to him immediately.

Lu Yuanfeng looked at the four people sitting below and said seriously, "The reason for convening everyone here today is, first, that Daoist Song has already achieved Foundation Establishment. From today on, the Song family of Mount Funiu is officially promoted to a Foundation Establishment family. The area within a hundred miles around Mount Funiu will be placed under the Song family's rule. Similarly, you must also officially accept the sect's dispatch from now on and pay tribute to the sect at Qinghe Fang on time."

Foundation Establishment families in Qinghe County can automatically receive a portion of the shares in Qinghe Fang and also need to pay a certain amount of spirit stone tribute to the Xiaoyao Sect on time. The more shares received, the more tribute will be paid, but overall, there is still profit to be made.

"The sect is so gracious; our Song family is eternally grateful. But if the sect has any dispatch in the future, the Song family will definitely not refuse." Song Qingming, upon hearing Lu Yuanfeng mention the Song family, hurriedly stood up to express his attitude.

Sure enough, after Lu Yuanfeng heard Song Qingming say this so decisively, he nodded with satisfaction and continued, "The second thing is that Daoist Qian of Chifeng Ridge has already made a decision. They will be leaving Qinghe County, and the shares in Qinghe Fang will also be withdrawn this time. From now on, it will be handed over directly to Daoist Song's side. You all have no objections, right?"

"Our Qinghe Fang has been like this for hundreds of years. The rules have always been that when someone exits, someone immediately takes over, which has no impact on everyone. My Huang family naturally has no objections to this." The first to speak was Huang Shengxin, the expert who had already reached the ninth layer of Foundation Establishment.

After hearing Huang Shengxin's words, Gao Jinhe and Lu Xingde looked at each other and did not express any objections. They nodded directly. Since this point would not affect their interests, they naturally would not oppose it.

Lu Yuanfeng, seeing that everyone had agreed, immediately continued, "The last thing is because the five-year agreement has arrived, and Qinghe Fang must change to new guarding cultivators. Apart from Daoist Song who is new here, everyone else knows this, so I won't say much more. I hope everyone can understand."

Huang Shengxin, seeing that everyone had agreed, immediately continued, "Speaking of which, this time the guarding cultivators happen to be our Huang family's turn. I have a presumptuous request here. I would like to ask Daoist Song to see if you can help."

"Help with what? Please speak directly, Daoist Huang." Song Qingming looked at Huang Shengxin somewhat surprised, seemingly not understanding his meaning.

Huang Shengxin replied, "Next, I will be in seclusion again, and the several spiritual veins in the clan cannot be left unguarded. I would like to ask Daoist Song to help replace me in guarding Qinghe Fang for a few years. After I come out of seclusion, I will definitely help you return it."

"Can this be done?" Song Qingming asked Lu Yuanfeng somewhat puzzled.

Lu Yuanfeng smiled and said, "This kind of situation has happened before. As long as there is no problem with the discussion between your two families, I only need to change the registered person here. Please rest assured, this is not a big problem."

"That's good. If there are no other impacts, I have no objections to this point and am willing to exchange guarding time with Daoist Huang's side."

Helping to guard Qinghe Fang, for Song Qingming, the best thing is that he can immediately possess a second-tier spiritual vein for cultivation.

Although Qinghe Fang, this second-tier spiritual vein, supports many cultivators, it is a genuine second-tier mid-quality spiritual vein. Supporting one or two Foundation Establishment cultivators is not a problem at all.

Now that the Huang family took the initiative to propose exchanging guarding time with the Song family, this greatly alleviated Song Qingming's urgent need for a suitable second-tier spiritual vein for cultivation. Song Qingming estimated in his heart that this should be something the Huang family did intentionally to thank the Song family for not getting involved in their seizure of the Chifeng Ridge spiritual vein. Compared to obtaining a complete second-tier spiritual vein, no matter how you look at it, this deal was profitable for the Huang family.

Following Huang Shengyue's mountain visit, many nearby Qi Refining cultivation families ran to Mount Funiu one after another to congratulate Song Qingming on his successful Foundation Establishment. Later, they indeed received a sound transmission from the Qian family, but in order not to cause any unnecessary trouble, the Song family did not reply to them.

Since he had already promised the Huang family not to get involved in this matter, no matter whether the other party had sent people to watch Mount Funiu, Song Qingming would not choose to meet the Qian family cultivators at this time. Otherwise, if the Huang family found out about this in the future, the Song family would be caught in the middle and please neither side.

Lu Yuanfeng's three matters were successfully stated, and seeing that there were no changes, he was naturally very happy in his heart.

Next, he had nothing to do, so he directly greeted the disciples below to bring spiritual fruits and fragrant tea to treat everyone well.

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