Chapter 243: Proactive Invitation

The efficiency of the Xiaoyao Sect in doing things is much higher than that of ordinary people. They directly transferred several second-tier formation masters from the sect and only took less than two months to upgrade the spiritual vein at the spiritual mine to the second tier. Next, they set up a powerful second-tier defensive formation.

The Wang family had already settled many mortals at the Geng Metal spiritual mine before, and most of these people could be directly used for mining the spiritual mine. With the cooperation of the Wang family and the Song family, thousands of mortals were added a few months later, and the entire Mount Fengtou spiritual mine soon got on the right track.

The Xiaoyao Sect attached great importance to this spiritual mine and arranged for two Foundation Establishment cultivators and over a hundred Qi Refining cultivators to garrison at the mineral vein all year round. Added to the second-tier mid-grade mountain-protecting formation, cultivators below the Golden Core stage basically had no ability to break the formation in a short time, and the protection here could be described as stable as Mount Tai.

After handling the affairs of Mount Fengtou, Song Qingming finally ushered in a relatively peaceful period.

Ever since Sixth Uncle Song Changfeng failed to reach Foundation Establishment, he had put his heart and soul into managing the family. As the current patriarch of the Song family, being able to see the family grow stronger step by step was also a very gratifying thing for him.

Ever since Song Qingming reached Foundation Establishment, the Song family's development momentum had been very good. Now, relying on the industries in Qinghe Market and the shares of the Mount Fengtou mineral vein, it was enough to satisfy the daily consumption of all cultivators. Added to the Song family's own spiritual fields, medicine gardens, mineral veins, and the offerings from the several Qi Refining families under their command, there was still a surplus of several hundred spirit stones every year.

With surplus spirit stone resources, one can naturally cultivate new spiritual veins, increase the living space for mortals in the family, and cultivate more cultivators. Give the Song family another ten or twenty years of stable development, and their strength would be almost able to catch up to the Lu family of Tiexian Mountain.

Time flew by, and another two years passed. On this day, Song Qingming brought a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy and came to the Song family shop in Qinghe Market again.

"Supreme Elder!" Wang Cheng, who was busy, saw Song Qingming who had just walked into the entrance, hurriedly dropped what he was doing and welcomed him out.

"I'm here to find Second Sister. You go ahead and get busy, don't worry about me!" Song Qingming nodded at him, then took the somewhat green boy behind him and walked directly into the shop.

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"Second Sister, I'll leave Xinli to you. It wasn't easy for Sixth Uncle to choose someone for you. You must put in some effort and strive to cultivate another alchemist for the family!"

"Alright! I know what you mean. Look at what you're saying. I've been refining elixirs every day for these years, and I'm actually very tired. I also want someone in the family to stand up and help me share some of the burden. It's just that the talent of the few sent by Sixth Uncle to Qinghe Market before was too poor, and until now, only Xintong has barely entered the door.

Looking at this kid, his brain is still quite bright. Sixth Uncle's selection of people this time is still quite reliable. As long as he has the talent for alchemy, I will naturally try my best. You tell him to rest assured!"

Ever since Second Sister Song Qingwan gave up on Foundation Establishment, she had let go of her own path and devoted herself to the path of alchemy and managing the family's industries in Qinghe Market.

In the Song family, besides Song Qingwan, a top-quality alchemist, there had been no one else who could hold the scene in alchemy. This point had always made Sixth Uncle Song Changfeng a bit worried. Over the years, he had been trying to send young cultivators in the clan to Qinghe Market, hoping that Song Qingwan could cultivate one or two more people.

It's just a pity that the cultivation technique of alchemy is very particular about talent. Among the young generation of Song family cultivators sent over, only one, Song Qingtong, who had average talent, successfully entered the path.

Even Song Qingming, in addition to his cultivation over the years, had tried the path of alchemy. After consuming some spiritual herbs, although he successfully entered the door, he also discovered that he really had no talent for alchemy. Being able to successfully refine low-tier ordinary spiritual elixirs was just relying on his Foundation Establishment cultivation base to better control his magic power. As long as he tried higher-tier spiritual elixirs, the success rate was simply unbearable, so he could only temporarily dispel the idea of alchemy.

This time, hearing that Song Qingming was going to Qinghe Market, Sixth Uncle Song Changfeng, who had never given up on this matter, asked him to help send Song Xinli, who had just walked out of the family school, to Second Sister.

Half an hour later, after successfully completing Sixth Uncle's entrustment, the calm-faced Song Qingming walked out of the Song family shop alone and strode to his destination for this trip, the Xianfeng Building.

For the past two years, Song Qingming had almost never left the scope of Qinghe County. Besides staying on Mount Funiu to cultivate, the place he went to the most was the Xianfeng Building in Qinghe Market to satisfy his cravings.

Even after successfully reaching Foundation Establishment, cultivators can already practice grain Grain Bigu, but he still couldn't forget the delicious spiritual food in the cultivation world.

Under Li Quan's thoughtful hospitality, Song Qingming soon ordered a table full of spiritual food.

After becoming a Foundation Establishment cultivator, the place he enjoyed the most was coming to a restaurant like the Xianfeng Building, where he could eat whatever he wanted without having to worry about whether he had enough spirit stones to pay the bill like when he was still in the Qi Refining stage.

After a satisfying enjoyment, Song Qingming picked up the spiritual tea on the table and drank a few sips, then leaned back in his seat and closed his eyes to rest.

A moment later, feeling someone approaching the door of the private room with his released spiritual sense, Song Qingming slowly opened his eyes and discovered that the people pushing the door and entering were Huang Siyuan and Li Hongyu.

"I reheated a pot of spiritual tea next door. If you are not in a hurry to leave, let's go sit over there together!" After Huang Siyuan entered, she asked Song Qingming with a smile.

Song Qingming rarely refused an invitation from a beauty, so he nodded with a smile and followed Huang Siyuan out.

Li Hongyu behind him rarely didn't speak this time and went directly outside to call a few clerks to prepare to clean up here.

Every time Song Qingming came to the Xianfeng Building, no matter how busy she was, Huang Siyuan would specially take some time to accompany Song Qingming to sit for a while. Song Qingming had already become accustomed to it. Besides giving her some pointers on cultivation, he would also take the initiative to tell her about some simple trivial matters happening around him.

Just after walking out the door, Song Qingming suddenly stopped his footsteps and said to Huang Siyuan: "It's been a while since I went out for a walk with you. If the restaurant is not busy today, how about we go watch the sunset together?"

"Not busy, not busy, Boss Lady, you can rest assured and go. I'll watch over here, I guarantee there won't be any mistakes." Before Huang Siyuan could answer, Li Hongyu, who was quirky on the side, had already smiled and answered for her.

Hearing this, Huang Siyuan blushed with shyness and glared at Li Hongyu, then gave her a few instructions before turning around and following Song Qingming out of the Xianfeng Building.

After the two left Qinghe Market, they rode Song Qingming's flying sword and arrived directly at the top of a high mountain more than ten miles away from Qinghe Market.

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