Chapter 199

The news of Sixth Uncle Song Changfeng's failure in Foundation Establishment quickly reached the ears of every cultivator in the Song family, which immediately extinguished the thoughts of other Song family cultivators who also wanted to forcibly reach Foundation Establishment.

Ninth Uncle Song Changxin, who had already cultivated to the ninth layer of Qi Condensation for several years, and Second Sister Song Qingwan, who had just broken through to the ninth layer of Qi Condensation not long ago, both had cultivation that could reach Foundation Establishment at any time.

But like patriarch Song Changfeng, they were also already over sixty years old. After hearing the danger of Song Changfeng's failure in Foundation Establishment this time, the two of them also had a basin of cold water poured on their hearts and gradually dispelled the idea of forcibly reaching Foundation Establishment.

Among the remaining several late-stage Qi Condensation cultivators, Fifth Aunt Song Changling and Thirteenth Uncle Song Changxiong, these two eighth-layer Qi Condensation cultivators, were also already well over sixty years old.

Eldest Brother Song Qingshi, Eighth Brother Song Qingyuan, and Fifteenth Aunt Song Changyue were all people who had just broken through to the seventh layer of Qi Condensation over these few years. By the time they cultivated to the ninth layer of Qi Condensation, they would also have already missed the best time for Foundation Establishment. Without a Foundation Establishment pill, the probability of them reaching Foundation Establishment was also very slim.

Among all the late-stage Qi Condensation cultivators of the entire Song family, the one currently most hopeful of cultivating to the ninth layer of Qi Condensation before the hurdle of sixty years old was only Song Qingyu, who had the best spirit roots.

She was not even forty years old now and had already cultivated to the eighth layer of Qi Condensation. Cultivating to the ninth layer of Qi Condensation before fifty was basically a sure thing. Song Qingyu could also be considered the most suitable candidate for Foundation Establishment in the Song family in the future.

It was just that the biggest problem Song Xinyu would face in Foundation Establishment in the future was still the Foundation Establishment pill. Even though the Song family had already become a Foundation Establishment family, it was not such an easy thing to obtain a Foundation Establishment pill.

After all, the Song family was a Foundation Establishment family that had just risen, and there were no relationships within the Xiaoyao Sect that could be utilized. This point was still quite far behind compared to other old-brand Foundation Establishment families.

In Qinghe County, on the surface, it was still the Huang family of Taiyuan Mountain that had the best relationship in the Xiaoyao Sect. Their family had a total of three Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Xiaoyao Sect, among whom there was also Huang Chengding, a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator who could speak up. Almost every few decades, the Huang family would have a chance to exchange for a Foundation Establishment pill from the Xiaoyao Sect.

The Gao family of Bailian Mountain previously only had one Foundation Establishment cultivator with average strength in the Xiaoyao Sect, and their words were far less useful than Huang Chengding's. But over these ten-plus years, with Gao Yuyao's successful Foundation Establishment, the Gao family's status in the Xiaoyao Sect had gradually improved a lot, and they also took the opportunity to cultivate Gao Yubai, a young Foundation Establishment cultivator.

From a long-term perspective, Gao Yuyao and Gao Yubai were both dual-spirit-root cultivators, and their prospects for development in the future were still quite good. Their family's subsequent development now looked even better than the Huang family's.

In Qinghe County, there were still several Qi Condensation families that had Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Xiaoyao Sect, but because the family's strength was too weak, these people had not had much contact with their original families in Qinghe County after reaching Foundation Establishment.

After all, after a cultivator reaches Foundation Establishment, they must definitely prioritize their own Dao path. When the family is too weak to have much influence on them, this kind of connection will naturally fade away slowly. After all, the family is thousands of miles away. As time goes by, how can it be as close as the disciples and followers by one's side?

Only Foundation Establishment families with matching strength can better utilize this layer of relationship. After all, being able to support each other and being of the same lineage and blood thicker than water, finding one's own family members to help is always more reliable than others.

No matter which family's cultivator you are, as long as you have entered the Xiaoyao Sect, everything must still prioritize the sect's interests. Otherwise, once you have done something that eats inside and out, and other cultivators in the sect find out and report it to the Law Enforcement Hall, you might end up with your cultivation abolished and be expelled from the sect, and your family will also be implicated.

Of course, as long as it does not affect the sect's interests, most people will understand if you appropriately take care of your original family within your own capabilities.

In the Xiaoyao Sect, for big things like the sect's annual distribution of Foundation Establishment pills, besides leaving a fixed portion to cultivate disciples with better aptitude, the remaining portion of Foundation Establishment pills is used to reward the immortal cultivation families that have made contributions under the sect.

But the power to distribute these Foundation Establishment pills still lies in the hands of those Golden Core ancestors who control the sect's power. Only after they have finished distributing them will it be the turn of the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the sect below to compete. Like the larger immortal cultivation families like the Huang family that have several Foundation Establishment cultivators within the sect, they have a chance to strive for a Foundation Establishment pill for their family every few decades.

If the Song family wants to exchange for a Foundation Establishment pill now, it is definitely unrealistic to encounter the kind of opportunity Song Qingming had last time when he sent important spiritual items back to the Xiaoyao Sect. The method they can count on is to find spiritual items similar to the Water Spirit Fruit that can be directly exchanged for Foundation Establishment pills and go to places like the Xiaoyao Sect or the Heavenly Pill Alliance auction to try their luck.

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Spring went and autumn came, and in the blink of an eye, another five years of peaceful time passed.

On Funiu Mountain, in the cave dwelling on the mountaintop with dense spiritual energy, Song Qingming, who had been in seclusion for two months, suddenly felt a sound transmission coming from outside the door.

After putting away the spiritual sense he had emitted outside his body, Song Qingming finished his cultivation and walked out of the cave dwelling, seeing a naive teenager of seventeen or eighteen years old standing respectfully on the side.

"Supreme Elder, the patriarch invites you to go to the council hall, saying that there are guests from the Huang family." The teenager speaking was Song family 'Xin' generation cultivator Song Xinyu, a three-spirit-root genius of the Song family who had already cultivated to the fifth layer of Qi Condensation.

After listening, Song Qingming nodded gently and brought Song Xinyu to the council hall in front of the mountain together.

"Honored guests have arrived today. I have failed to welcome you from afar. I hope Fellow Daoist Huang will forgive my sin." As soon as he entered the door, Song Qingming saw his old acquaintance Huang Siyuan and hurriedly stepped forward to bow and salute.

"Oh? Congratulations to Fellow Daoist Song. Your cultivation has improved again. You are young and promising, and you are almost about to walk ahead of me." Seeing the spiritual power fluctuations emitted from Song Qingming's body, Huang Siyuan hurriedly opened his mouth to congratulate him.

The injuries on patriarch Song Changfeng's body had also recovered by more than half. Although he could not easily move his hands against others, he could handle daily clan affairs while recuperating.

As Song Changfeng's injuries slowly recovered, it also gradually reduced the burden on Song Qingming. Over these few years, because the patriarch was injured, the management of all sizes of family affairs basically fell onto his shoulders. Although his cultivation was slightly delayed, he still successfully raised his cultivation to the third layer of Foundation Establishment after going into seclusion a few months ago.

Hearing Huang Siyuan's flattery, Song Qingming smiled and hurriedly replied: "Fellow Daoist Huang, please do not make fun of me. I am just lucky; I happened to break through by relying on the power of pills. I really dare not compare myself with a Foundation Establishment senior like Fellow Daoist Huang, whose cultivation is solid."

Song Changfeng on the side saw Song Qingming come over and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Senior Huang learned that we were going to send Xinyu to the Xiaoyao Sect, and this time he also specifically came to recommend a master for this child."

Just before Song Qingming went into seclusion this time, patriarch Song Changfeng had already proposed to him to send a young cultivator with better aptitude in the family to enter the Xiaoyao Sect. After the two discussed it for a while, they finally selected Song Xinyu, who ranked eighth in the 'Xin' generation.

Song Xinyu's three-spirit-root talent could also be considered a genius in the Song family. Sending him to the Xiaoyao Sect, Song Qingming still felt somewhat reluctant in his heart.

But to tell the truth, the reason Sixth Uncle Song Changfeng suggested sending him was, besides doing so being beneficial to the family, actually more for the sake of Song Xinyu's personal Dao path. After all, after going to the Xiaoyao Sect, as long as he cultivates a little harder, the chance of Foundation Establishment in the future is definitely much greater than staying in the Song family.

(End of chapter)