Chapter 198

A month ago, after Ninth Uncle Song Zhangxin went to Duanliu Mountain, the affairs of the clan's Treasury Pavilion could only be handed over to Fifth Aunt Song Zhangling to help manage. After Shi Chun came, Song Qingming quickly convened a family meeting and invited him to serve as a family guest elder, first assisting Song Zhangling in managing the affairs of the Funiu Mountain Treasury Pavilion.

Because of the matter of upgrading the spiritual vein, the spirit stones and relatively valuable spiritual items in the Song family's Treasury Pavilion had long been emptied out, and they still owed many Song family cultivators quite a lot of merit. Now, every spirit stone just collected basically just passed through the accounts in the Treasury Pavilion and would immediately be exchanged and collected by someone using merit. The Treasury Pavilion would need at least a few more years to slowly recover.

Ninth Uncle Song Zhangxin was originally a bitter cultivator who loved cultivation and had never paid much attention to the affairs of managing the Treasury Pavilion. Plus, after he left, Fifth Aunt's substitute management of this area was somewhat overwhelming. The accounts of the Treasury Pavilion had been even more messy over these few months, which also made Song Qingming, who took over the management of family affairs, feel somewhat of a headache.

Fortunately, after Shi Chun took over this matter, he only used less than a month to organize the accounts that had already been somewhat messy into perfect order. Every item of the family's income and expenditure, and the merit exchanged by cultivators, now had records that could be checked.

Regarding Shi Chun's personal ability, Song Qingming had actually always recognized it very much. When he first met him in the Fuyun Mountain Range back then, Song Qingming had already seen this point. This was also the main reason why he took the initiative to invite Shi Chun to the Song family.

Relying on Shi Chun's not particularly outstanding cultivation, being able to lead a demon-hunting team deep into the dangerous Fuyun Mountain Range all year round fully proved his command and management ability. Just this point alone was enough for Song Qingming to look at him with new eyes.

Shi Chun, who had drifted for half his life, finally had a fixed spiritual vein to cultivate after coming to the Song family. He did not need to frequently fight with demon beasts for a few spirit stones needed for cultivation. He was also very grateful to Song Qingming in his heart. As long as it was something Song Qingming ordered, he would basically do his best to handle it. During this time, he also took the initiative to give Song Qingming many suggestions for better managing the Treasury Pavilion.

For Shi Chun, he knew that his hope for Foundation Establishment in this life was not high. Being able to have a quiet place to shelter from the wind and rain to concentrate on cultivation was quite good for him. The current Song family could happen to satisfy him, which could be considered both sides getting what they needed.

Moreover, before he joined, he had also agreed with Song Qingming in advance that if he really lived unhappily in the Song family in the future, as long as he got Song Qingming's consent and handed over his affairs in advance, he could leave the Song family at any time.

Ever since the battle of Duanliu Mountain, the several Foundation Establishment families in Qinghe County could be considered to have temporarily returned to calm. Qinghe Marketplace had also returned to the lively appearance of a year ago, and the entire Song family was also slowly stepping into development.

On this day, Song Qingming was discussing matters of the Treasury Pavilion with Shi Chun in the family council hall. Song Xinhu, who had already joined the family law enforcement team, suddenly ran in anxiously.

"Supreme Elder, it's not good..." As soon as he entered the door and saw Shi Chun was also here, Song Xinhu, who had just opened his mouth, suddenly stopped his words and forcibly held them back.

Song Qingming saw this and hurriedly said sternly: "Elder Shi is already a family guest elder. As long as it is a family matter, you can speak directly without hindrance."

After listening, Song Xinhu nodded somewhat awkwardly and continued: "Reporting to the Supreme Elder, the patriarch... the patriarch has come out of seclusion. Thirteenth Uncle-Grandfather asked me to call you to go over and take a look immediately."

"Already out of seclusion? When did this happen? How is Sixth Uncle's situation? Is he still in the cave dwelling?" Hearing the news of Song Changfeng coming out of seclusion, Song Qingming's expression instantly became somewhat nervous, and he hurriedly asked several more questions.

Song Xinhu shook his head and said: "I don't know the specific situation yet. When I went to check early this morning, I discovered that the restriction in Sixth Uncle-Grandfather's cave dwelling had suddenly loosened a bit more than yesterday. I hurriedly notified Thirteenth Uncle-Grandfather of this matter. Just now, Thirteenth Uncle-Grandfather and Fifth Aunt-Grandmother forcibly opened the restriction and went in. Only then did they discover that Sixth Uncle-Grandfather had already fainted inside and was bleeding a lot, which is why they asked me to hurry over and call you."

After listening, Song Qingming immediately took Shi Chun and the others and hurried to Song Changfeng's cave dwelling behind the mountain.

Just as he walked in, Song Qingming saw Thirteenth Uncle Song Changxiong and Fifth Aunt Song Zhangling frowning and checking on Song Changfeng, who was lying on the couch and still unconscious.

At this moment, although most of the bloodstains on Song Changfeng's body had been wiped clean, it was still easy to see from his pale face that this must have been caused by his excessive blood loss.

Seeing Song Qingming enter, Song Zhangling stood up somewhat heavily and said: "I have already checked. Two meridians in Changfeng's body are damaged somewhat seriously. I'm afraid it will take ten or so years to slowly recover. However, fortunately, his cultivation foundation is relatively solid. Although this breakthrough failed, his life is still worry-free. I have already helped him take healing pills. It is estimated that he will wake up in another two days. For these two days, I think it will be hard for Xinhu. Stay here and take care of the patriarch."

Song Xinhu, who had always been dutiful and obedient in front of several elders, hurriedly smiled, nodded, and accepted the matter. After he went up the mountain, because of the relationship with the Great Elder, many clan cultivators, including Song Qingming, treated him relatively well. Having an opportunity to repay these elders, he naturally would not refuse.

Hearing that Song Changfeng had no life-threatening worries, Song Qingming finally felt relieved. To be honest, ever since Song Changfeng went into seclusion, he had also been worried about this matter in his heart these days. Now that the dust had settled and he knew the specific situation, he finally let out a long sigh of relief.

After failing Foundation Establishment without a Foundation Establishment pill, only a small half of the people who could survive in the end were left. As long as the person was still there, for them, it could already be considered a relatively good result.

Three days later, Song Changfeng, who had been unconscious for several days, finally woke up safely.

After hearing this news, the Song family members went to his cave dwelling one after another to visit this patriarch who dared to risk his life to break through to Foundation Establishment. Song Qingming also came to his cave dwelling early in the morning.

Seeing Song Changfeng lying on the sickbed, still somewhat weak, talking and laughing with several elders of the same generation, Song Qingming did not open his mouth to disturb them after hearing this, but also sat on the side, revealing a smile and listening carefully.

Before coming, he had thought that this failure would be a great blow to Song Changfeng and was thinking about how to open his mouth to comfort him. He had not expected that this Sixth Uncle, who had taken over the position of patriarch for less than ten years, had already calmly faced this failure of his and walked out of the haze of defeat in big strides.

"Sixth Uncle, I think you might as well write a detailed Foundation Establishment insight, adding your real experience of this Foundation Establishment together with the experience I organized before."

Hearing the suggestion proposed by Song Qingming, Song Changfeng nodded and said: "Qingming, I happen to have this idea too. Now I happen to need a long time to recuperate. I'm afraid I won't be able to go down the mountain to work for the family anymore. I can just use this time to write a Foundation Establishment classic of our Song family, leaving it for future generations to use for reference.

My failure in Foundation Establishment this time was indeed very dangerous. It can be said that I walked through the gates of hell. If I don't write down the severity of this matter, there will definitely be clansmen in the future who will have the same fluke mentality as I did back then and lose their lives here in vain."

(End of chapter)