Chapter 384: Song Xinyu's Foundation Establishment

Since she already knew from Song Qingming's mouth that Liufeng Hall involved a Foundation Establishment cultivator, Song Qingwan naturally understood the gravity of the matter and quickly changed the attitude she had when she came, feeling somewhat regretful for her previous impulsiveness.

Just as the two were talking, Song Qingshi, who had already arrived nearby, also walked over slowly from afar and greeted Song Qingming and the other with a smile.

"Clan Leader, since Eldest Brother has something to find you, then I will return to Qinghe Market first." Seeing Song Qingshi chasing over, Song Qingwan smiled awkwardly, bid farewell to the two directly, and returned to Qinghe Market.

After Song Qingwan left, Song Qingshi said to Song Qingming with some relief: "Fortunately, you came back at the right time, otherwise I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to hide it here."

"Hmm! I also just returned this morning. Although this trip out was somewhat tortuous, nothing big happened; it just took a few more days."

Song Qingshi nodded, looked at Song Qingming carefully, and said: "As long as things go smoothly. Qingwan has been in Qinghe Market for these years, and the people under her have always been flattering her, so her temper is bigger than before. You bear with it more. If there is anything inconvenient to say directly, I can go and tell her."

"Second Sister is also for the sake of the family, so I naturally understand her. However, there are many people and many mouths on her side, and there are some things I am not easy to let her know too much, lest people take advantage of the loopholes. Regarding the matter of Liufeng Hall, it is still the same as what I said before, just leave it to Shi Chun to do. Whoever asks more questions, just arrange for them to go to Mount Fengtou to dig mines for a few years, so that these people are not too idle."

Looking at Song Qingming, who had always been easy to talk to, suddenly saying such impolite words, Song Qingshi, who was standing on the spot, was also very surprised. After being slightly stunned for a moment, he nodded and acknowledged.

The abnormal behavior of Eldest Brother Song Qingshi naturally could not escape Song Qingming's eyes. He also knew that Song Qingshi would be somewhat puzzled by what he said, but for his own sake and for the safety of the entire Song family, Song Qingming indeed had reached the time when he had to say such words.

Although Lei Guang was now hiding in Liufeng Hall and no danger had appeared, there were many strange people and strange things in the cultivation world. Some high-tier cultivators with strange tempers liked to hide their identities and hide in the streets and alleys. If someone in the clan talked too much and told others about the strange things in Liufeng Hall, letting outsiders discover the clues and identify the matter of Lei Guang's possession.

Once the Xiaoyao Sect knew about this matter and pursued it, the Song family would definitely face a devastating disaster. By that time, it would be meaningless for Song Qingming to regret not strictly managing the people below.

Over the years, Song Qingming had put most of his energy into his own cultivation. For most of the things in the clan, he only made decisions, and the specific implementation power was in the hands of various elders, which also made the power of these elders in the clan greater and greater.

Especially in the past year or so, another Foundation Establishment elder of the family, Song Qingyu, went out to gain experience. When Song Qingming was in seclusion or not there, relying only on Eldest Brother Song Qingshi alone, it was already very difficult to suppress them. Song Qingming had long wanted to find an opportunity to seriously establish some rules within the family.

"Eldest Brother! Has anything happened at home in the last two months?" Seeing that Song Qingshi was still pondering what he had just said, Song Qingming sighed lightly and changed the subject.

"Everything is fine at home recently, and there is nothing big. However, a month ago, I received a letter from Xinyu from the Xiaoyao Sect. He has already exchanged for a Foundation Establishment Pill and has started seclusion for Foundation Establishment. Except for Fourteenth Sister, I haven't told anyone else in the family about this matter."

"Good! Now that we don't know the result, don't say it out first. This child Xinyu has a better foundation than I did back then. This Foundation Establishment should have a great hope of success. However, Foundation Establishment is not something even a dual-spirit root cultivator has absolute certainty about. Let's wait until the result is confirmed before talking about it!"

Hearing the news of Song Xinyu's seclusion for Foundation Establishment, although Song Qingming hoped very much that he would succeed, he himself had already experienced Foundation Establishment once and knew that this kind of thing was not as easy as imagined. Whether it could succeed or not, others couldn't help much, and it still depended on his own good fortune.

Song Xinyu was now less than fifty years old, not much different from the age when Song Qingming established his foundation back then. Originally, relying only on the sect merit he accumulated himself, it would take at least a few more years to have enough to exchange for a Foundation Establishment Pill. However, Song Qingming went to the Xiaoyao Sect last time and gave him three thousand spirit stones directly, which was enough for him to save enough resources for Foundation Establishment in advance.

Ever since the Song family became a Foundation Establishment family, its foundation had always been very thin. There was only Song Qingming in the family who could support the scene. Not only were the cultivators within the family scarce, but the Song family also had no useful connections in the Xiaoyao Sect. Compared with old-fashioned Foundation Establishment families like the Huang family and the Gao family that had accumulated for hundreds or thousands of years, it was really a bit far behind.

Now that Song Qingyu had successfully established his foundation, the Song family had already surpassed Foundation Establishment families with the lowest strength like the Lu family. If Song Xinyu could successfully establish his foundation this time, then the Song family would have another Foundation Establishment cultivator within the Xiaoyao Sect in the future. In the future, it would also be easier for the Song family to exchange for Foundation Establishment Pills from the sect. This could be said to be a major event that was crucial to the continuation of a Foundation Establishment family.

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Xiaoyao Sect, on a second-tier spiritual vein in the southeast corner of Mount Guyang, Song Xinyu was in a closed cave dwelling, gritting his teeth and enduring the pain coming from everywhere in his body.

The first pass of Foundation Establishment, washing the marrow and changing the tendons, would be very painful. Even with the protection of the Foundation Establishment Pill, Song Xinyu still felt a sense of pain he had never experienced in his previous cultivation. Fortunately, he gritted his teeth and finally persisted, not falling at this most difficult pass.

Not far from the cave dwelling where Song Xinyu was in seclusion, his master Huang Shengyang was sitting on a futon, closing his eyes and meditating patiently. Although Huang Shengyang was a Huang family cultivator, he had already joined the Xiaoyao Sect for more than a hundred years. The familiar cultivators of the same generation from his childhood had long since not had many left, and the relationship between Huang Shengyang and the Huang family members of Mount Taiyuan was now also very plain.

Unlike family cultivators outside, cultivators in large sects like the Xiaoyao Sect paid more attention to the inheritance between master and apprentice. Now that his own direct disciple was establishing his foundation, he, the master, was naturally very concerned. In order to let Song Xinyu have a relatively rich spiritual energy for seclusion breakthrough, Huang Shengyang even specially lent his own cave dwelling for daily seclusion to him this time.

Fortunately, hard work pays off. After three months of seclusion, Song Xinyu finally opened the cave dwelling door that had been closed for a long time and walked out with big strides.

"Disciple, pay respects to Master for the grace of preaching."

Seeing that the disciple kneeling on the ground before him had already become a Foundation Establishment cultivator with the same status as himself, Huang Shengyang happily stepped forward and helped Song Xinyu up.

"Not bad, not bad! As expected, I didn't misjudge you all these years. Although your spirit root talent is not as good as several senior brothers, you were the first to successfully establish your foundation, which shows that you have truly cultivated with heart all these years.

Master has exhausted his talent in this life, and his cultivation can at most stop at the Foundation Establishment realm. I hope you will cultivate diligently in the future and have the opportunity to break through to the Core Formation realm for me, which can be considered not in vain for my teaching of you for so many years."

Hearing Huang Shengyang say this, Song Xinyu hurriedly shook his head and said: "Master, don't be so discouraged. Your cultivation has already reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment, and you are only a few steps away from Core Formation. You must still have a great chance to break through to the Core Formation realm."

"Sigh! Master has cultivated for so many years, how can I be a person who gives up lightly? Although the Core Formation realm and the late stage of Foundation Establishment are only a few layers of cultivation apart, the difference between them is like heaven and earth. You will understand when you cultivate to my time.

Half a month ago, your family elders knew you were in seclusion for Foundation Establishment and sent people to the mountain to inquire. At that time, you hadn't come out of seclusion, so I sent him to wait at Yangshan Market directly. Now that you have successfully established your foundation and have no major problems, you should hurry to see them at the foot of the mountain first, lest they keep worrying in their hearts."

"Disciple obeys Master's orders!"

After Song Xinyu bid farewell to Huang Shengyang, he quickly arrived at an inn named "Guyang Tower" in Yangshan Market at the foot of the mountain.

Guyang Tower was an industry directly managed by the Xiaoyao Sect in Yangshan Market. The few shopkeepers in the inn were all outer sect disciples of the Qi Refining stage sent by the sect. Seeing Song Xinyu walk into the inn, a Xiaoyao Sect disciple who had seen him before hurriedly greeted him.

"Senior Brother Song, eh, Senior Brother, you have already established your foundation? Disciple pays respects to Uncle Song."

Song Xinyu saw this disciple step forward to salute, and he was still not very used to it. After a pause, he hurriedly waved his hand to signal him to get up.

"No need for formalities, I am here to find someone. You go busy yourself first!"

After sending away the person in front of him, Song Xinyu walked directly to the second floor of the inn, arrived outside a guest room near the street, and knocked on the door gently.

"Seventh Uncle, why did you come in person? I thought it was Eighth Brother and the others who came!" Seeing that the person who opened the door was Song Qingming, whom he hadn't seen for several years, a trace of surprise immediately appeared on Song Xinyu's face.

Song Qingming looked at him with a smile and then said softly: "Come in first!"

After the two entered the guest room, Song Qingming looked around Song Xinyu carefully and revealed a smile of relief.

"Sure enough, you didn't let me down. You can have today, Third Brother, if he knows in the underworld, must also be able to rest assured."

Hearing Song Qingming mention Song Qingze, who had taken good care of him back then, Song Xinyu suddenly burst into tears and knelt on the ground.

"Seventh Uncle, you and Third Uncle have both been a great kindness to me in this life. If it weren't for the two of you supporting me without sparing any effort, it would be difficult for me to have today's achievements. Please accept your nephew's bow."

"You and I are both of the same clan bloodline, why be so estranged? Whether it was your Tenth Aunt or me, being able to reach this step of Foundation Establishment back then was also the result of family elders helping out and supporting each other."

Seeing that Song Xinyu's character was still as loyal and grateful as before, Song Qingming was also very happy in his heart, hurriedly helped him up from the ground, and comforted him a few times.

Song Xinyu wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and said somewhat awkwardly: "Nephew remembered Third Uncle and couldn't control it for a while. I hope Seventh Uncle will not laugh."

"Hehe! You may not know that when Seventh Uncle came to the Xiaoyao Sect for Foundation Establishment, I also once raised Foundation Establishment resources alone in this Yangshan Market for several years. Later, after your Sixth Great Uncle knew about this, he traveled thousands of miles to send me spirit stones. When I saw him here at that time, I was actually not much different from you now. There is nothing shameful about this.

Xinyu, no matter where you can go in the future and what your cultivation is, Seventh Uncle hopes you can always remember those who have been kind to you when your cultivation was low. We cultivators, cultivating the Dao also need to cultivate virtue. People who lose virtue are ultimately difficult to be favored by heaven, and sooner or later, tribulations will descend." After Song Qingming finished speaking, the expression on his face also became somewhat meaningful and serious.

"Seventh Uncle's good words and teachings, nephew will definitely keep in mind."

The reason why Song Qingming said so much to Song Xinyu, besides reminding him not to forget his roots and remember the family's kindness, was also because he didn't want him to lose his original loyal and good nature when his cultivation status improved in the future.

Whether it was a Qi Refining cultivator or a Foundation Establishment cultivator, the status was like heaven and earth wherever they were. Many cultivators in the cultivation world were pure and good in the Qi Refining stage, but after breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage, because of the change in status and experiencing various powers and desires, they became people who would stop at nothing to achieve their goals.

"This flying sword is specially prepared for you. Although the quality of this sword is not very high, it is enough for you who have just established your foundation. Just take it as a gift from Seventh Uncle to congratulate you on your Foundation Establishment."

Song Xinyu looked at the green flying sword in Song Qingming's hand, and couldn't help but have a trace of excitement in his heart. Although the appearance of the flying sword in front of him was average, it was a rare second-tier low-grade magic tool.

As a cultivator who had just established his foundation, being able to have a second-tier magic tool immediately was naturally a spiritual item that Song Xinyu was very urgently in need of now. Now that it was sent to his eyes so easily, how could he not be moved? It was just that facing the second-tier flying sword that was suddenly within reach, Song Xinyu didn't dare to believe it was true, and for a moment, he actually forgot to step forward to answer.

"I just told you not to be an outsider, why did you forget again this time? Or did you not take a fancy to this magic tool?" Seeing Song Xinyu still standing on the spot without moving, Song Qingming reminded him again.

This time Song Xinyu finally woke up, hurriedly raised his hand to take the flying sword from Song Qingming's hand, and excitedly placed it in his hand to admire it.

This flying sword was not seized by Song Qingming from the red-clad man and his two companions before, but was purchased by Song Qingming from the Jade Tower Pavilion in Yangshan Market a few days ago.

As for the few useless magic tools obtained from those demonic cultivators before, Song Qingming also handled them in the Jade Tower Pavilion by the way. These things had unknown origins, so Song Qingming naturally dared not use them directly or take them to give to others.

"Xinyu, besides your Foundation Establishment matter, I also want to inquire about something at Mount Guyang this time. Since you happen to be here, why don't you take me to the Law Enforcement Hall directly, which will also save me from having to trouble them at the Guest Reception Courtyard."

"Seventh Uncle wants to go to the Law Enforcement Hall? Fine, nephew has already successfully established his foundation and is qualified to take people up the mountain directly. Then I will accompany you for a trip!" Song Xinyu, who was still grasping the flying sword in his hand, hurriedly agreed.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 385 =====