Chapter 410: Walking Together

As soon as the two walked into the cave dwelling, they saw a jade box already prepared in the hands of Song Qingming, who was sitting by the wooden table, and their faces immediately showed more joy.

"Greetings, Clan Leader!"

"No need for formalities. Xintang, after discussing with the family elders a few days ago, I decided to support your Foundation Establishment first. You take this Foundation Establishment Pill first."

Looking at the Foundation Establishment Pill in his hand, which countless Qi Refining cultivators dreamed of, the joy on Song Xintang's face slowly calmed down after obtaining this item.

Since he started cultivating and entered the Dao, he had contributed a lot to the family wholeheartedly and without complaint for so many years. Several times when performing tasks, he encountered danger and almost lost his life down the mountain. Now that he could get the family's support for Foundation Establishment, he could be considered to have been rewarded for his labor.

"The family handing the Foundation Establishment Pill to you is also because they have expectations of you. I hope you can discard distracting thoughts and succeed in Foundation Establishment, so that you can repay the family's support for you. Go back and prepare well, adjust your cultivation state, and come to my cave dwelling to seclude yourself for Foundation Establishment in half a year!"

Song Xintang then nodded, carefully put away the Foundation Establishment Pill, and bowed again before leaving Song Qingming's cave dwelling.

After Song Xintang left, Song Qingming turned his gaze to Song Zhangxiong and said softly, "Uncle Thirteen, you came to find me; is there anything else?"

Hearing Song Qingming's question, Song Zhangxiong stepped forward and said, "Before you left the mountain last time, you asked me to pay more attention to that senior's whereabouts. I came this time precisely to talk to you about this matter."

"Ever since you left the mountain for Mount Tuoyun, Senior He hasn't gone anywhere. She has just been playing around Mount Funiu with Qingyu. Sometimes she goes out for a stroll by herself, but there is nothing strange. However, just yesterday, I heard a report from the people below that Senior He went down the mountain alone to Liu Family Village in Mugu Town and stayed there for a long time before leaving."

"For a Foundation Establishment cultivator with such accomplishments to be so interested in those mortals below, I felt somewhat strange when I heard this, so I came to tell you."

"You said that mortal village, why is it called Liu Family Village?" Song Qingming asked somewhat strangely.

The Song family has been established for more than two hundred years. Although mortal villages below occasionally accept refugees from all over the place, and there are all kinds of surnames, more than 70% of the surnames are Song clansmen. Logically speaking, there shouldn't be such a village with an outside surname.

"There is indeed such a village. When Mugu Town was first established, because many mortals from the original Liu family of Mount Jingyuan were moved there, about twenty years ago, because there were more and more mortals in Mugu Town, some Liu family mortals built a small village by themselves in the surrounding area, with only two or three hundred people living there, so it was called Liu Family Village."

"Over the years, the family's management of mortals has been relatively casual. As long as they don't cause trouble, we won't deliberately make things difficult for these mortals with outside surnames."

"Okay! I know about this. Uncle Thirteen, you go back and rest first. If you find anything abnormal, remember to come and find me in time."

The spiritual vein of Mount Funiu is only second-tier low-quality. To upgrade to second-tier mid-quality, besides needing to set up a Spirit Gathering Array, it also requires preparing twenty thousand spirit stones to refine before the spiritual energy of the entire Ling Mountain can be improved.

Although it will take a few years to gather the spirit stones, after Song Qingming returned to Mount Funiu, he immediately started preparing to set up a second-tier mid-quality Spirit Gathering Array. However, this high-tier Spirit Gathering Array also took a lot of time to set up. After Song Qingming tried for a few months and failed several times, he finally succeeded in setting up the array.

Next, he just needs to fix adding spirit stones to the Spirit Gathering Array at regular intervals. After the array has melted enough spirit stones, the spiritual vein of Mount Funiu will begin to advance.

After refining the Spirit Gathering Array, Song Qingming had just become free and was preparing to go out for a walk, but unexpectedly, as soon as he went out, he bumped into He Mengxin who had come to find him.

"Clan Leader Song, having troubled the clan for many days, I, Mengxin, am immensely grateful. I intend to return to the East Sea tomorrow, so I have come specifically to bid you farewell."

Hearing that He Mengxin was leaving Mount Funiu, Song Qingming was not surprised. He hurriedly smiled and cupped his hands, saying, "Fellow Daoist He, don't be polite. For those of us who cultivate the Dao, it is rare to be able to form a good relationship. Besides, my little sister Qingyu is going to leave with you. Please take care of her for me on the road."

When Song Qingming returned to Mount Funiu a few months ago, Song Qingyu had already told him that she wanted to travel to the East Sea with He Mengxin. After all, this was a wish she had always wanted to fulfill. Although Song Qingming knew that traveling abroad was very dangerous, he couldn't bring himself to stop her. Plus, with He Mengxin traveling with her, he felt much more at ease.

"Mount Funiu has pleasant scenery. I am somewhat reluctant to leave tomorrow. I want to go down the mountain for a stroll again. I wonder if Clan Leader Song has time to walk with me today."

Suddenly hearing He Mengxin's invitation, Song Qingming was stunned for a moment, and it took a while before he reacted and nodded politely.

"It is an honor to be invited by Fellow Daoist. Fairy, please!"

Under He Mengxin's guidance, the two walked all the way from the top of Mount Funiu through the clouds, chatting as they walked, from daily cultivation to various strange scenery in the cultivation world.

Hearing He Mengxin speak endlessly about many sceneries he had never seen before, Song Qingming was truly enlightened. Although he had been to many places in his years of cultivation and had even left the State of Wei to support the front line in the State of Lu, compared to He Mengxin, who had been traveling for many years, his knowledge was indeed a bit lacking.

As time passed quickly, the two of them unknowingly arrived outside Liu Family Village at the foot of the mountain.

After walking here, He Mengxin suddenly stopped, looked at the children playing outside the village, and said calmly, "Clan Leader Song, I have been here before. I don't know why your Song family has so many mortals with the surname Liu. Is there any explanation for this?"

Since Foundation Establishment, Song Qingming had rarely been in contact with the mortals down the mountain. Even in his own home in Mugu Town, he hadn't gone back to see it for a long time, so he was naturally not very familiar with these mortal villages down the mountain.

Even though he had been standing outside this small village for a long time, it was only after hearing He Mengxin ask about Liu Family Village that Song Qingming suddenly realized where he was.

"They originally came from another cultivation family in Qinghe County. Many years ago, for some reason, they angered the sect, and the Xiaoyao Sect sent all the cultivators of the Liu family to other places. These remaining mortals naturally could not survive without the protection of cultivators. Back then, under the arrangement of the Xiaoyao Sect cultivators, several nearby families took in a portion, and my Song family happened to be one of them at that time."

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