Chapter 411: Returning is Most Important

After Song Qingming answered this matter, he looked at He Mengxin with some doubt, as if waiting for her next sentence.

However, He Mengxin did not seem to feel the strangeness on Song Qingming's face and continued to ask, "How did this Liu family offend the Xiaoyao Sect back then? Does Fellow Daoist Song know about this?"

"It is said that someone tipped off the sect that the Liu family was privately hiding a spiritual object that was very important to the Xiaoyao Sect. However, as for what it was, I have only heard some rumors and am not very clear."

"When the Liu family of Mount Jingyuan encountered disaster, I was just a small Qi Refining cultivator who had entered the Dao not long ago, and I only had a half-understanding of the specific details of what happened back then. However, what I can be sure of is that the order to destroy the Liu family was given personally by a Jin Dan elder of the sect. Mount Jingyuan is still under the name of the Xiaoyao Sect as a forbidden area, and usually, no cultivators dare to go there."

"Then, does Clan Leader Song know who the person who tipped them off was?" After He Mengxin said this, she suddenly turned around and stared straight into Song Qingming's eyes, as if wanting to see something in them.

"I know. After this person tipped them off back then, he joined the Xiaoyao Sect directly. However, he died at the hands of demonic cultivators many years ago. I happened to be there back then. If Fellow Daoist wants to find him, you don't need to waste this effort." Song Qingming answered directly with a blank expression.

After talking for so long, Song Qingming had already guessed some of what He Mengxin wanted to say. From her various abnormal actions since arriving at Mount Funiu, Song Qingming was actually already somewhat suspicious of her origin. Now hearing her ask these questions, Song Qingming also roughly guessed He Mengxin's identity.

During the battle to hunt second-tier demonic beasts in the Fuyun Mountain Range back then, Song Qingming had gained a lot of benefits, so he naturally remembered it vividly. However, the Liu family had been destroyed for so many years, and Song Qingming truly did not expect that there would be someone among the Liu family cultivators who had escaped this disaster and succeeded in Foundation Establishment.

Moreover, He Mengxin looked to be of similar age to Song Qingming, and their cultivation levels were not much different now. When the Liu family incident happened back then, she should have been only about twenty years old. If she really was a cultivator who escaped from the Liu family back then and could return to Qinghe County after drifting abroad for many years and succeeding in Foundation Establishment, the experiences of this woman over these years were probably unimaginable to ordinary people.

After hearing Song Qingming's answer, for a long while, He Mengxin, whose face was full of sorrow, slowly turned around and looked into the distance, where the direction of the Liu family's Mount Jingyuan was back then.

Song Qingming stood blankly beside her and did not speak again. Although the destruction of the Liu family back then was exposed because Du Yucheng tipped them off, in the final analysis, the one who ordered the eradication of the Liu family was the Xiaoyao Sect, the hegemon that had dominated the State of Wei for thousands of years.

The cultivation world always respects strength. The powerful Xiaoyao Sect occupies almost all high-tier cultivation resources within the State of Wei. Those high-and-mighty Jin Dan and Nascent Soul ancestors naturally do not allow the low-tier cultivators below to touch the interests that belong to them.

Even if He Mengxin now has late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation, she is still not enough to look at in front of the huge Xiaoyao Sect. If she wants to change the fate of these mortals in front and revive the Liu family, she is not qualified enough.

Now, nearly eighty years have passed since the destruction of the Liu family. Those cultivators who experienced this back then, whether it was Du Yucheng, the culprit who tipped off the Xiaoyao Sect, or the cultivators of the families who participated in the battle of the Fuyun Mountain Range back then, most of them have already passed away or fallen. There are not many people left alive.

Those cultivators of the Liu family back then were all sent by the Xiaoyao Sect to Huoyan Mountain in the south of the State of Wei to do hard labor in mining veins. Cultivators who work in such places for a long time have a lifespan that is even 20% to 30% shorter than ordinary cultivators. Now, there should be no cultivators left alive.

After the two stood for a long time, the group of children playing at the entrance of the village slowly discovered the two of them. However, suddenly seeing two strange adults, they still did not dare to come forward. Only a cute little girl of five or six years old, who seemed to know He Mengxin, ran towards her happily.

"Fairy Sister, last time you said you wanted me to be an immortal. Are you here to pick me up today?"

He Mengxin looked at the little girl running to her front, squeezed out a smile from her originally somewhat sorrowful expression, wiped the corner of her eye gently, and nodded to her.

"Clan Leader Song, I see that this child has some immortal fate and I like her very much. I want to take her away with me tomorrow. Can you do me a favor?"

Song Qingming looked at the little girl and also noticed that she had a vital energy that was difficult for ordinary people to feel. It looked like she was a child with spiritual roots with a high probability.

"According to the decree passed down by the Xiaoyao Sect back then, mortals of the Liu family cannot ascend to immortality within one hundred years. However, since Fellow Daoist wants to take this child away from the State of Wei today, the Xiaoyao Sect naturally cannot manage future matters. Since this child has fate with Fellow Daoist, it is her good fortune. Fellow Daoist, rest assured, I will arrange the affairs of her family in the future."

"Then I will thank Clan Leader Song first." After He Mengxin finished speaking, she suddenly bent down and bowed to Song Qingming.

Seeing this, Song Qingming hurriedly stepped forward to support her: "It's just a small effort, Fellow Daoist He, don't be so polite. Our cultivation is low, and this is all we can do. If you want to control your own destiny in this cultivation world, you still need to cultivate hard."

"Clan Leader Song, Mengxin has been taught."

Early the next morning, He Mengxin took Song Qingyu and walked down Mount Funiu quietly. This time, the three of them left in a hurry, and Song Qingming did not specifically notify other clansmen. Only he came to the foot of the mountain alone to see them off.

After the four of them walked out for a few miles together, He Mengxin looked at the morning sun that had already risen in the sky, took the initiative to stop, turned around with a smile, and cupped her hands to Song Qingming.

"Clan Leader Song, a thousand-mile journey must end in a farewell. Qinghe County is a place with beautiful scenery. If there is an opportunity in the future, I will definitely come again. Why don't we just send it here today!"

"Seventh Brother, with Sister He here, just rest assured. I will pay attention to safety."

Looking at Song Qingyu's confident appearance, Song Qingming nodded with a smile and took out a few second-tier spirit talismans from his storage bag and put them into her hands.

"Qingyu, don't be brave when encountering things outside. Listen more to Fellow Daoist He. No matter what difficulties you encounter, remember, returning is most important."

Looking at the few sparkling spirit talismans in her hands, the moving words Song Qingyu wanted to say could not be spoken when they reached her lips. After a long while, she nodded gently and put them into her storage bag.

Watching the two sword lights fly into the sky and slowly disappear into the horizon, Song Qingming stood in place and looked at the beautiful scenery around him again. After an incense stick of time, he turned into a sword light and left the place.

It's almost New Year's. I hope everyone can return home for a reunion soon. No matter what difficulties you encounter outside, returning is always the most important!

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