Chapter 343: Seventh Layer of Foundation Establishment

The spiritual mountain occupied by the Fire-Scaled Leopard was the second-tier spiritual vein closest to the Song family in Mount Yunwu. The low-tier demonic beasts in its territory would occasionally wander into the Song family's territory in Qinghe County to cause trouble. Now that the leading second-tier demonic beast had been killed, without the suppression of high-tier demonic beasts, these low-tier demonic beasts would inevitably fight for territory.

Killing the Fire-Scaled Leopard could be considered as temporarily solving a major disaster for the Song family. Although a new second-tier demonic beast would come to occupy this place after a period of time, at least the Song family didn't need to worry about the Fire-Scaled Leopard's revenge in the short term.

After Song Qingming and the three killed the Fire-Scaled Leopard, they spent some time decomposing the demonic beast materials on its body before hurriedly leaving the mountain.

After returning to Mount Funiu, except for Song Qingyu taking away the Fire-Scaled Leopard's fur for talisman making, Song Qingming handed all the remaining refining materials, such as sharp claws and steel teeth, directly to Huang Sipo.

"Fellow Daoist Huang, please take these materials back and let Fellow Daoist Shengyue see if she can take action to refine a few second-tier magic treasures."

"Fellow Daoist Song, rest assured, leave this matter to me. After Auntie comes out of seclusion, I will definitely ask her to take action to help with this favor. By then, no matter how many magic treasures can be refined, I will definitely send one to Mount Funiu."

"Then I will trouble Fellow Daoist Huang." Song Qingming sent Huang Sipo away from Mount Funiu with a smile on his face.

During this trip to Mount Yunwu, Song Qingming discovered that although Huang Sipo's cultivation talent was not particularly outstanding, he was quick-witted and quite intelligent in his conduct, making him a capable family leader. If the Huang family could be handed over to him in the future, even if he could not expand their territory and bring them great glory, Huang Sipo's ability to serve as a ruler who maintains the family's standing was more than sufficient.

After seeing Huang Sipo off, Song Qingming had just returned to the cave dwelling on the mountaintop when he happened to see Song Qingyu waiting for him at the cave dwelling.

"Did Big Brother come to find me?"

"Hmm! Second Sister sent a letter from Qinghe Market saying that Feng De notified all families to discuss matters at the market early next month." Song Qingyu smiled and handed a letter over.

Song Qingming opened the letter and looked at it. Seeing that this was just a normal market discussion that happened every few years and there was nothing special, he handed the letter back to Song Qingyu.

"Qingyu, I am going to be in seclusion for a period of time. You go to the market on my behalf this time. If anyone asks about me, just tell them the truth. During this time, the family is handed over to you. You can decide everything yourselves; you don't need to ask me for instructions on everything."

Song Qingyu nodded and said: "Alright, Seventh Brother, you can rest assured and go into seclusion. I know what to do."

After solving the Fire-Scaled Leopard matter, Song Qingming put down the trivial matters in the clan and began to prepare for seclusion to break through his cultivation.

First, he used a few Calm Spirit Talismans, and then Song Qingming used both hands to run the "Jade Profound Scripture" in his body, quickly adjusting the magic power in his body to the best state.

"Senior, for this seclusion, I hope you can help me."

"Hehe! Helping you is also helping myself. You can rest assured about this. Your kid's technique seems a bit special. Can you tell me where you learned it?" Feng He hesitated for a moment before suddenly asking.

Hearing that Feng He seemed interested in the technique he cultivated, Song Qingming thought for a moment and didn't intend to hide it from him: "The technique the junior cultivates is called the Jade Profound Scripture. It is a somewhat incomplete technique that can only be cultivated to the Jin Dan stage. I actually don't know its origin very well.

Back then, when the junior hadn't established his foundation, I found it in a magic treasure I bought from a market. After I got this technique, the magic treasure was also damaged. When I went back to find the seller a few years later, the two people who opened the shop were nowhere to be found. I don't know if Senior can see its origin and where I can find the follow-up technique."

"Oh! I didn't see that, but I just feel that the technique you cultivate is a bit interesting. It doesn't seem to be one of those common techniques in this cultivation world. It should be created by an expert. To be honest, I don't know whether to say it's good or bad that you cultivate this technique."

"What does Senior mean by this? Please tell me directly." Hearing Feng He answer like this, Song Qingming hurriedly asked nervously.

"Hehe! You were able to successfully establish your foundation with pseudo-spiritual roots, and this set of techniques is mostly responsible for it. But you should also know that although this kind of technique created by an expert is much more powerful than ordinary techniques, it is generally very difficult to find follow-up techniques.

After you cultivate to the Jin Dan realm, normally you must switch to other techniques to continue to improve your cultivation. But if you can continue to study this set of techniques and create a new set of techniques, then perhaps you can have higher achievements in the future. This depends on how you choose when the time comes." Feng He paused for a moment and said slowly with a smile.

"The junior hasn't even passed the hurdle of the late stage of Foundation Establishment yet. It's too early to talk about things after the Jin Dan." Song Qingming sighed.

Although Feng He mistakenly attributed the reason for Song Qingming's successful Foundation Establishment to the set of techniques he cultivated, Song Qingming knew very well how difficult it was for him to establish his foundation back then, and it was not entirely relying on this set of techniques that he could walk to today.

As for whether to switch techniques in the future, Song Qingming didn't have much confidence in whether he could form a core, so he had no mind to think about things after that. Let's pass the current hurdle first.

After Song Qingming let go of the distractions in his heart, he calmed his mind and took a deep breath, then swallowed the White Jade Elixir he had already prepared.

Under Feng He's patient guidance, Song Qingming spent nearly half a year in this seclusion and finally successfully raised his cultivation to the seventh layer of Foundation Establishment, successfully breaking through this bottleneck that had troubled him for many years without any danger.

After walking out of the cave dwelling, Song Qingming came directly to the highest point of the mountaintop, overlooking the entire Mount Funiu.

Now that his cultivation had broken through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment, Song Qingming's personal strength already stood at the highest level of all cultivators in Qinghe County. Next, he had to start considering how to form a core.

Looking at the entire Qinghe County, there had never been a Jin Dan powerhouse in its thousand-year history. If Song Qingming could really reach this step, he and the entire Song family would become famous in the Wei Kingdom's cultivation world. Thinking of this, there was a hint of excitement in his heart.

"Seventh Brother, you have finally finished your seclusion!" While Song Qingming was still thinking about his future achievements, a clear voice suddenly interrupted his thoughts.

Song Qingming turned his head and saw that Song Qingyu, dressed in green, had already arrived beside him.

During these six months, Song Qingyu also took advantage of the talisman-making materials Song Qingming brought back from Yangshan Market to successfully raise her talisman-making technique to the second tier. After learning the news of Song Qingming coming out of seclusion, she couldn't wait to come to Song Qingming to tell him this good news.

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