Chapter 460: Senior Song Has Arrived

These two were both cultivators of the Yuan generation of the Song family. Although they rarely saw their own Clan Leader on the mountain on a daily basis, Song Qingming's appearance had long been remembered in their hearts.

Song Qingming nodded with a smile, signaled for the two of them to stand up, and asked, "Why are you two guarding here all the time? Is there anyone else coming to Funiu Mountain today?"

"Reporting to Clan Leader, in recent years, Qinghe County has become increasingly turbulent. Half a year ago, Ancestor Qingyu gave an order to our law enforcement team, letting us send people to take turns guarding the mountain gate every day to prevent those villains from approaching Funiu Mountain."

Hearing them say this, Song Qingming said calmly, "Now that the demon beast turmoil is approaching, there is some turbulence everywhere outside. Your law enforcement team has worked hard recently. The family will find a way to subsidize you more in the future."

"Thank you, Clan Leader!" Hearing Song Qingming's praise, the two were instantly overjoyed and immediately bowed again.

Song Qingming looked at the two with satisfaction, nodded, and then walked directly up Funiu Mountain. Having left for more than six years, some changes had taken place in many places on the mountain. Song Qingming walked while looking, and soon he arrived outside the family council hall.

Huang Siyuan and Song Yuanli, who had learned the news from the foot of the mountain, had already been waiting here with several family elders.

Seeing Song Qingming's figure appear before their eyes, Huang Siyuan, who was standing at the very front, instantly revealed a trace of a smile and walked quickly toward his side.

"Husband, you have truly successfully achieved Core Formation!" After approaching, Huang Siyuan soon felt the change in Song Qingming's cultivation base and was surprised, blurting it out directly.

Hearing the words spoken by Huang Siyuan, Song Yuanli and the several Song family elders standing to the side were also greatly shocked, somewhat unable to believe it. These people had a lower cultivation base and had not seen a true Jin Dan cultivator, so for a time, it was difficult for them to judge whether the aura on Song Qingming's body had truly reached the Jin Dan realm.

Song Qingming held Huang Siyuan's jade hand gently, nodded slightly with a smile, and said, "I have already walked past this Jin Dan Great Dao. Having left for so many years, I have troubled you all."

"Congratulations to Clan Leader for achieving Jin Dan!" Confirming from Song Qingming's mouth that he had truly broken through to the Jin Dan realm, Song Yuanli and the several Song family elders to the side instantly knelt down on the ground, full of joy.

Song Qingming left the Song family to go out for Core Formation, only telling Song Qingyu and Huang Siyuan. Other people in the Song family, including Foundation Establishment Elder Song Qingyuan, only knew that their Clan Leader had gone out a few years ago and did not know what Song Qingming had gone to do.

Over these six years, although the Song family had always forbidden talking about where the Clan Leader had gone, because Song Qingming had been late to return, some people in the Song family had already guessed in their hearts that their Clan Leader might have gone out for Core Formation.

After all, before Song Qingming left Funiu Mountain this time, his cultivation base had stayed at the ninth layer of Foundation Establishment for many years. For any Foundation Establishment cultivator, after reaching this realm, the thing they wanted to do most was naturally to attempt Core Formation.

The spirit vein of the Song family's Funiu Mountain was only second-tier mid-quality. To attempt Core Formation, one must at least be on a second-tier top-quality spirit vein for the spiritual energy to be barely sufficient. Song Qingming, this Clan Leader, wanting to break through to the Jin Dan realm, could naturally only leave the family to seek another place for Core Formation.

After greeting the Song family members, Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan returned directly to the cave dwelling on the top of the mountain. Having not seen each other for many years, the two naturally had many things to say that could not be finished.

"Siyuan, why didn't Qingyu come to see me today? Did this girl happen to be in seclusion for cultivation?"

"Sister Qingyu went to Qinghe Square the day before yesterday. Recently, the Li family and the Lu family in Qinghe County have been fighting more and more fiercely. The entire east side of Qinghe County has become a mess. If this continues, most shops in Qinghe Square will have to close down."

"A few days ago, Sibai sent me a letter, inviting Qingyu to go to the square together to mediate the matters between the two families. Qingyu has not returned yet. It seems the matter might not be going smoothly. Why don't you go to the square to help out as well?"

Hearing Huang Siyuan say this, Song Qingming instantly understood her meaning. The Lu and Li families were both Foundation Establishment families. It was naturally not a simple matter for other Foundation Establishment forces to mediate between them. Huang Siyuan calling Song Qingming to go was naturally also considering his identity as a Jin Dan cultivator now.

The cultivation world is ultimately respected for strength. In the face of absolutely powerful strength, no matter how big the conflict between the Lu and Li families is, it is not impossible to resolve. The key still depends on whether the person mediating them truly has this strength.

Facing Huang Siyuan's suggestion, Song Qingming pondered for a moment and nodded with a smile, saying, "You are right. Now that the demon beast turmoil is approaching, it is not a good thing for them to continue fighting like this. It is better to resolve it early."

After speaking, Song Qingming stood up, bade farewell to Huang Siyuan, left Funiu Mountain, and headed toward Qinghe Square.

Back when he had just achieved Foundation Establishment, Song Qingming and the entire Song family were still very weak. Although he had already become a Foundation Establishment cultivator, he was still very cautious in his actions and would not deliberately show off his own strength and that of the entire Song family.

According to Song Qingming's cautious personality in the past, he would absolutely not expose his Core Formation to others so quickly.

But now that the demon beast turmoil is approaching, the entire north of the Wei State will soon fall into war. Song Qingming truly did not have much time to slowly get used to his identity as a Jin Dan cultivator at this time.

Moreover, now that Song Qingming had broken through to the Jin Dan realm, no one in the entire Qinghe County, or even the entire Jiangling County, could threaten him. Having cultivated for many years and finally achieving today's results, there was truly no need to continue being as low-key as before.

His Core Formation would likely spread to the Xiaoyao Sect before long. What should be faced would be faced sooner or later. Deliberately concealing this matter might instead provoke the suspicion of the Xiaoyao Sect.

In the council hall of Qinghe Square.

Song Qingyu, Huang Sibai, Huang Shengyue, Gao Yubai, and Feng De were sitting in the hall, listening to Lu Xingde and Li Chengyue to the side taking turns attacking each other's faults.

From yesterday when the group gathered together to mediate the matters between the two families, two whole days had passed until today. Song Qingyu, Huang Sibai, and the others took turns stepping forward to mediate, but these two seemed to have killed until their eyes were red. No matter what was said, they refused to retreat a single step. Now they were even arguing loudly in front of everyone, completely lacking the demeanor that a Foundation Establishment cultivator should have.

Seeing this situation, Song Qingyu also felt somewhat helpless in her heart. She had originally thought that inviting out the old senior Huang Shengyue would have some effect, but Lu Xingde was also relying on his seniority to act like a rogue in front of everyone, not giving Huang Shengyue any face at all.

The Lu family had been encroached upon step by step by the Li family over these years, not to mention losing quite a bit of territory. Many of their subordinates had changed to join other families. Besides the Li family, the one who benefited the most was the old-established Foundation Establishment family in Qinghe County, the Huang family.

Not only that, because the two families had been fighting over these years, the business of almost all cultivation families in Qinghe County in Qinghe Square had been greatly affected. Like the Song family, which had a thinner foundation, they soon encountered a financial crisis.

Because the Huang family's territory was in the west of Qinghe County, far from the battlefield where the Lu and Li families were fighting, the impact was not that great. Over these years, several small cultivator gathering places in the Huang family's territory suddenly became bustling, which instead brought quite a bit of benefit to the Huang family in secret.

This was not only known to the Song family; several major Foundation Establishment families were all well aware of this matter, but everyone had no way to deal with this matter all along.

The Lu family had already declined and had formed a life-and-death feud with the Li family. Lu Xingde was still alive, so the Lu family could barely maintain the face of a Foundation Establishment family. Once Lu Xingde passed away, it was estimated that they would not even have to wait for other Foundation Establishment families to take action; the Li family would soon find an excuse to kill their way to Tiexian Mountain.

By that time, the entire Lu family would be fish on someone else's chopping board, only waiting to be slaughtered.

Lu Xingde wanted to take advantage of the time he was still alive to leave a way out for the family, sign a soul contract with the Li family to stop fighting forever.

In this way, while Li Chengyue was alive, the Lu family cultivators would not have to worry about the Li family's revenge, at least bringing a buffer time of one or two hundred years for the Lu family. Even if the Lu family could not cultivate new Foundation Establishment cultivators in the future, they would have enough time to move away from Qinghe County.

Facing Lu Xingde's wishful thinking, Li Chengyue naturally did not want to agree. Now that the Li family had just risen, just like the morning sun, they were waiting for Lu Xingde to pass away to swallow the entire Lu family into their belly in one gulp. As long as they could completely eat up the Lu family's territory, the Li family could quickly strengthen their own strength and narrow the gap between themselves and other Foundation Establishment families in Qinghe County.

Li Chengyue agreed to the mediation of several families to temporarily stop fighting with the Lu family and wait until the demon beast turmoil passed to talk about the matters between the Lu and Li families. But Lu Xingde was now dead-set against it. He was simply breaking the pot and wanting to take advantage of the last opportunity of the demon beast turmoil to force Li Chengyue to sign a soul contract and thoroughly resolve the matters between the two families.

Facing this difficult-to-mediate situation, the people from the Huang, Song, and Gao families, and even Feng De, who was stationed in Qinghe Square, all felt deeply helpless in their hearts.

The Lu family's oppression of the Li family back then had long ago buried the root of the disaster for today's dead end. Although Lu Xingde still wanted to fight for the last line of survival for the Lu family, the fate of the Lu family's decline had already become inevitable.

In the cultivation world, all cultivation families and even those major sects, after ups and downs, none could remain prosperous forever. The fate of the Lu family's decline was just an ordinary matter in everyone's eyes and was not worth sympathizing with.

Just as it was bustling in the council hall, a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator wearing the attire of the square's law enforcement team rushed into the council hall and shouted loudly at Feng De, who was sitting in the middle:

"Master, Senior Song... Senior Song has arrived!"

Hearing the reporter shout the three words "Senior Song," everyone in the hall looked at Song Qingyu to the side with some doubt, and even the arguing Lu Xingde and Li Chengyue calmed down.

Seeing that everyone was looking at her anxiously, Song Qingyu was also puzzled and hurriedly asked the reporter: "You must make it clear, which Senior Song is it?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 461 =====