Chapter 446

Seeing someone come in, Song Qingming, whose spiritual sense had already sensed the other party a step ahead, hurriedly removed the sound-insulating prohibition beside him, waved his hand to Song Xinhu on the side and said: "Xinhu! You go and get busy first. In a while, I will let Qingsi pick another suitable person in the family to come and help you."

After Song Xinhu nodded, he turned his head and saw Huang Siyuan standing at the door, immediately greeted her with a smile, and then slowly retreated, closing the door of the room softly.

After Song Xinhu left, Huang Siyuan slowly walked toward Song Qingming and asked calmly: "I have been in closed-door cultivation these few days and didn't know what happened in the market. I only heard the news that Elder Shi had passed away a few days ago when I arrived at the door just now. You coming to the market this time should be specifically to pay your respects to him, right!"

"Hmm! I have already paid my respects to Shi Chun just now. When I was in danger in the Fuyun Mountain Range back then, he also helped me. An old friend has passed away, how can I not come to see him off."

Upon hearing this, Huang Siyuan nodded gently: "Then! Are you going back now, or are you staying to have a meal before leaving?"

Song Qingming smiled and shook his head and said: "I came to Qinghe Market today, besides paying my respects to Shi Chun, there is another matter I want to ask your opinion on in person."

"What matter, ask away!" Huang Siyuan looked at Song Qingming with a puzzled face.

"The family is going to hold a Foundation Establishment ceremony for Yuanli in half a month, and will invite all major families in Qinghe County to come. I want you to return to Mount Funiu with me and participate in this family celebration together. I don't know what you think about this?"

Hearing Song Qingming invite her to return to Mount Funiu together, a look of surprise suddenly appeared on Huang Siyuan's face.

Ever since she was forced by the family to become a Daoist partner with Song Qingming back then, the relationship between the two of them had actually never been publicized in public. So much so that some young cultivators of the current Song family didn't even know of the existence of this family mistress, let alone other cultivation forces in Qinghe County.

Now that their cultivation levels were no longer what they were back then, and they no longer had the pressure and concerns of the family, they could already do what they wanted to do.

This time Song Qingming invited Huang Siyuan to participate in Song Yuanli's Foundation Establishment ceremony together, and his meaning was self-evident, which was to make the relationship between the two as Daoist partners public in front of everyone.

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Half a month later, the Song family's Mount Funiu.

Early in the morning, Song Qingming walked out of the cave dwelling and came to the top of the mountain, looking at the Song family everywhere that was already full of joy, and a happy smile overflowed on his face.

A moment later, a fragrant wind blew, and a beautiful white shadow suddenly appeared beside Song Qingming.

"Qingyu and the others are busy until they are dizzy. You are actually so leisurely, hiding here all the time and not going down to help!"

Song Qingming smiled and turned to Huang Siyuan on the side and said: "I am the Song family head after all, I can't go down and greet guests in person, right!"

Upon hearing this, Huang Siyuan smiled and didn't say anything more, and cast her gaze down the mountain with Song Qingming again.

This was the first time the Song family held a Foundation Establishment ceremony, and it was naturally very lively. Not only were all major cultivation families in Qinghe County invited, but quite a few famous rogue cultivators around Qinghe County also took the initiative to come to Mount Funiu to join in the fun.

Before the Foundation Establishment ceremony started, Mount Funiu had already started to be noisy day and night. Many cultivators who came to participate, in order not to miss this rare grand event in Qinghe County, came to the mountain a few days in advance, which also made the Song family cultivators busy until their feet didn't touch the ground from these few days.

In order to hold this Foundation Establishment ceremony well, besides the cultivators who were already on the mountain, Song Qingsi also specially recalled quite a few Song family cultivators who were performing tasks outside to rush back to Mount Funiu to help prepare for the celebration matters.

Sending invitations to invite various cultivation families, purchasing various spiritual items needed by guests for the banquet, arranging the celebration venue, etc., even if they had prepared a month in advance, the Song family members were still somewhat caught off guard during these few days of the celebration, and even Song Qingyu, the family's Foundation Establishment ancestor, was temporarily pulled to greet guests.

On the day the Foundation Establishment ceremony started, as major Foundation Establishment family forces arrived one after another, the lively atmosphere on Mount Funiu was raised to the peak again, and Song Qingming, the Song family head, also appeared in front of everyone with Huang Siyuan.

At this time, all the cultivators who came to Mount Funiu to participate in the celebration were also concentrated in the large square outside the originally very empty council hall.

The Song family built a tall platform more than ten zhang wide in the middle of the square. Sitting above the platform were all Foundation Establishment forces in Qinghe County. Besides people from the Huang, Gao, and Lu families, there were also two Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Xiaoyao Sect stationed near Qinghe County, as well as Song Xinyu who had specially rushed back from thousands of miles away.

Plus Song Qingming, Song Qingyu, Huang Siyuan, and Song Yuanli, who had just broken through to Foundation Establishment, on the Foundation Establishment celebration platform today, there were as many as ten Foundation Establishment cultivators. This rare scene in Qinghe County also made those Qi Condensation cultivators who came to participate in the celebration excited.

Especially those Qi Condensation immortal clans near Mount Funiu who were attached to the Song family, seeing that the Song family was now becoming stronger and stronger and someone had successfully broken through to Foundation Establishment, these people were also very excited in their hearts.

The stronger the Song family of Mount Funiu was, the more it meant that the Song family's territory would be safer. They were attached to the Song family, and their days in the future could naturally be more stable. For a weak cultivation family, this was indeed a very important thing.

Of course, the cultivators who came here to participate in the celebration were not all happy in their hearts. Compared to those Qi Condensation families below who had little influence on Qinghe County, the few Foundation Establishment cultivators on the high platform who came on behalf of their own families had somewhat mixed feelings in their hearts.

Watching the Song family develop and grow step by step, while his own family faced the crisis of having no successors, Lu Xingde of the Lu family also felt a sense of melancholy in his heart. He now only had a few decades of lifespan left. If he couldn't find a way to cultivate new Foundation Establishment cultivators, the Lu family would definitely decline rapidly in the future.

Not only Lu Xingde, but Huang Sipo, sitting beside him, also felt a hint of unease in his heart seeing the Song family develop so rapidly now.

Although the Huang family declined somewhat because of the passing of the old family head Huang Shengxin, the overall strength was not affected that much. But now, with Song Yuanli's success in Foundation Establishment, the family strength of the Song family had already surpassed the Gao family.

If the Song family were allowed to develop like this for another few decades, the distance for the Huang family to give up the position of the first family in Qinghe County would definitely not be too far. But fortunately, the relationship between the Huang family and the Song family had always been very good, so there was no need to worry about the growth of the Song family having too much impact on the Huang family for the time being.

The only one on the scene was Gao Yubai of the Gao family, whose face had always been relatively indifferent. He didn't care much about the family's development, and the Gao family had also maintained its original state without any major changes over these years.

Gao Yubai's personal cultivation talent was not bad, and he had always paid more attention to his own cultivation. Now his cultivation had reached the eighth layer of Foundation Establishment. Gao Yubai's biggest goal in his eyes was naturally only Core Formation, and other things were not very important to him.

Song Qingming, sitting in the middle of the high platform above, looked at the scene below with people moving and laughter continuing, and felt very happy in his heart. After greeting the few Foundation Establishment cultivators on the platform with Song Yuanli on the side, Song Qingming came to the front of the high platform again.

"Many thanks to all fellow Daoists for giving face to come here to celebrate the Foundation Establishment ceremony held by my Song family. Today, my Song family has successors, and juniors have successfully broken through to Foundation Establishment. This is also heaven's favor.

Next, please eat well and drink well, fellow Daoists. If there is any lack of hospitality, I hope everyone will forgive me!"

As Song Qingming's voice fell, the many Song family cultivators and mortals who had already been prepared below immediately brought up the spiritual food and fine wine that had already been prepared. Seeing so many delicious spiritual items that were rare to see at ordinary times, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became even more lively.

This celebration was lively from the afternoon until the moon shone in the sky, and Mount Funiu slowly quieted down.

"Family head Song, please stay. I didn't expect that I didn't pay attention to the time and chatted until so late. Next time, please come to my Mount Taiyuan, Brother Daoist, to taste wine and discuss the Dao well!"

Song Qingming smiled and returned a salute to Huang Sipo: "That's settled then. After Fellow Daoist Huang goes back, please greet Fellow Daoist Shengyue for me. Another day, I will definitely visit in person."

After Huang Sipo nodded, he greeted Huang Siyuan, who was standing beside Song Qingming, and then stepped on his sword and floated away.

After sending Huang Sipo away, seeing that there were no more guests on the high platform, Song Qingming turned around and took Huang Siyuan back to the cave dwelling at the top of the mountain.

Seeing that Song Qingming, who had drunk quite a bit of spirit wine, also had a slightly flushed face, Huang Siyuan hurriedly went to the side to boil a pot of spirit tea, brought a cup and sent it to Song Qingming's front, helping him relieve some of the alcohol energy on his body.

Seeing Song Qingming drink a cup of spirit tea, his complexion slowly calmed down a lot, Huang Siyuan just wanted to stand up, but Song Qingming, sitting on the side, suddenly grabbed her jade hand fiercely.

"Siyuan, don't be in a hurry to leave today!"

After Huang Siyuan was stunned for a moment, a blush slowly appeared on her face and she said softly: "I don't want to leave now, I just want to pour you another cup of tea."

Although Huang Siyuan had been on Mount Funiu for half a month, she did not choose to live in the same cave dwelling as Song Qingming, but opened up a new cave dwelling beside his cave dwelling.

Although the two of them basically stayed together during the day, they would still return to their respective cave dwellings for closed-door cultivation at night.

"Oh! Drinking too much of this spirit wine is indeed somewhat uncomfortable, it is necessary to drink more tea." Hearing Huang Siyuan's answer, Song Qingming slowly let go of her jade hand and laughed at himself.

Huang Siyuan, who was somewhat uneasy in her heart, carefully walked over with the teapot and continued a cup of spirit tea for Song Qingming. What was somewhat strange was that after Song Qingming directly picked up the spirit tea and drank it in one gulp this time, he said nothing.

Seeing that after pouring several cups of spirit tea in a row, Song Qingming was still only busy drinking tea and did not speak again, Huang Siyuan's complexion also slowly calmed down.

Just when Huang Siyuan was about to continue pouring tea, Song Qingming suddenly reached out and stopped her.

"No need, Siyuan, I've had enough, and it's getting late."

Huang Siyuan nodded silently, put away the tea set on the table, and was about to prepare to leave.

Not wanting Song Qingming to suddenly grab Huang Siyuan's jade hand again this time, and then looked into her eyes with deep affection.

"Whatever you have to say can be said tomorrow. I'm going back first today, you should also cultivate earlier!" Huang Siyuan looked at Song Qingming, and a smile appeared on her face.

Song Qingming shook his head at Huang Siyuan.

"Today, I don't want to cultivate!"

After finishing speaking, Song Qingming smiled and pulled Huang Siyuan into his arms.

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