Chapter 497: Song Song Yuanxue and Song Song Changze

After so many years of development, the three generations of cultivators—Gu, Chang, and Qing—who grew up with Song Song Qingming and Song Song Qingyu have all passed away. The generation of Qi Condensation cultivators in the family has now reached the hands of the Xin, Yuan, and Chang generations.

There are twenty-eight cultivators in the "Xin" generation. Except for Song Song Xinyu, who joined the Xiaoyao Sect, no one else has successfully established Foundation. The potential of this generation of cultivators has been exhausted. Except for Song Song Xinde, a second-tier refiner, no one else has shown any outstanding performance.

Now, the older cultivators of the "Xin" generation are already over a hundred years old. Excluding those who have died outside, in another twenty or thirty years, this generation of people will gradually withdraw from the historical stage of the family.

The "Yuan" generation cultivators are the backbone of the Song family now, with more than forty people. This generation not only produced two Foundation Establishment cultivators, Song Song Yuanli and Song Song Yuanfang, but also many capable cultivators.

Among them, Song Song Yuantong, who controls the family law enforcement team, and Song Song Yuanxue, who manages the family spirit fields, have the most outstanding performance. They have now successively successfully promoted to family elders and participated in the core power of the Song family.

Before the banquet started, Song Song Qingming specifically commended several cultivators who performed best in this demon beast turmoil, and the best reward was given to Song Song Yuantong of the "Yuan" generation.

Song Song Yuantong not only has outstanding cultivation but also very rich experience in fighting against enemies on the battlefield. In this demon beast turmoil, he alone achieved the record of killing more than a dozen demon beasts. He is the best performer among all the Qi Condensation cultivators in the Song family, and his actions are very decisive. Since he took over the family law enforcement team, the number of demon hunting teams organized by the Song family has been more than before, and many young cultivators of the new generation have gained opportunities for training.

However, Song Song Yuantong's spirit root talent is not high, and he is only a four-spirit-root cultivator. His cultivation speed is not as good as Song Song Yuanli and Song Song Yuanfang. It was not until he was nearly seventy years old that he cultivated to the ninth layer of Qi Condensation. The hope of Foundation Establishment is now not as good as other younger generations.

Another family elder, Song Song Yuanxue, is ranked relatively late in the "Yuan" generation, and she is slightly younger than Song Song Yuanli. Although she is a three-spirit-root cultivator, her cultivation talent is average, and she just cultivated to the ninth layer of Qi Condensation not long ago.

The new generation of "Chang" generation cultivators of the Song family are not very old yet, and they have just begun to show their heads in the family. However, there are also several juniors with better cultivation talent whose cultivation has reached the late stage of Qi Condensation, among whom Song Song Changze, ranked ninth, has the best cultivation talent.

After the demon beast turmoil ended and he returned to Qinghe County, Song Song Qingming, who had the intention to support Song Song Changze to establish Foundation in the future, took him from Mount Funiu Mountain to Qinghe Market and kept him by his side to teach him personally. Song Song Changze, who had received such attention from the family Old Ancestor, had made many clansmen on Mount Funiu Mountain very envious in these few years.

When Fourth Uncle Song Changqiu managed the family shop in Qinghe Market in those years, he still took care of Song Song Qingming. Song Song Qingming was very happy for him that a cultivator with such good cultivation talent as Song Song Changze could appear among his juniors.

Besides the clansmen of the Song family, the Song family has also recruited many rogue cultivators with good character and ability over the years to become family guest cultivators. These family guest cultivators only helped manage family business on the periphery of the family at first, and after a long time, many of them married into the Song family and became a part of the Song family.

Fu Sanshan, whom Song Song Qingming picked up from the foot of the mountain, was also liked by many elders of the Song family because of his outstanding spirit wine brewing skills. In recent years, under the arrangement of the Song family elders, he married a female cultivator of the Yuan generation and stayed in the Song family completely.

Song Song Changze is a junior cultivator of Fourth Uncle Song Changqiu's lineage. With three-spirit-root aptitude, he cultivated to the eighth layer of Qi Condensation at the age of thirty-one. Currently, he is the fastest cultivator in the "Chang" generation, only slightly worse than Song Song Yuanli, who had two spirit roots in those years. He is also a junior that Song Song Qingming highly values and can establish Foundation.

Because of the rules set by Song Song Qingming, the family Old Ancestor, the Song family has always attached great importance to those clansmen who can master a cultivation skill. For this reason, Song Song Yuanxue has now been promoted to a family elder like the elder Song Song Xinde, and has become a role model for other cultivators in the family.

Although Song Song Yuanxue's cultivation speed is not very fast and she is not good at fighting with others, she has high talent in spirit planting. A few years ago, she had already upgraded this cultivation skill to the second tier, becoming the only second-tier spirit planter in the Song family.

In these years on Mount Funiu Mountain, Fu Sanshan has also helped the Song family cultivate several wine brewers. Song family's spirit wine business is now not only sold in Qinghe Market, but also people from several markets around Jiangling County come to Mount Funiu Mountain to order spirit wine every year. The Song family's new spirit wine shop in Jinshan Market will also open soon.

A few days after the family banquet ended, news finally came from Mount Guyang Mountain that the Xiaoyao Sect had started refining Foundation Establishment Pills. Not long after, Song Song Qingming also received a secret letter from the Xiaoyao Sect's Merit Pavilion, notifying them to go to the sect to receive a Foundation Establishment Pill.

After obtaining this Foundation Establishment Pill, Song Song Qingming summoned several Foundation Establishment elders of the family to his cave again to discuss the candidate for the family's support for Foundation Establishment.

Although the Song family now has many elders in charge of various affairs and can participate in family council in the family council hall, only elders above Foundation Establishment in the family are qualified to participate in major decisions like the ownership of Foundation Establishment Pills. The final decision is usually made by Song Song Qingming, the patriarch.

After a hundred years of development, the Song family has not only increased the number of cultivators by more than a hundred, but also has faster cultivation speed for clansmen than before after having better spirit veins and more cultivation resources. Many four-spirit-root clansmen can now cultivate to the ninth layer of Qi Condensation before the age of sixty.

Besides Song Song Changze, whom Song Song Qingming values most, there are still many juniors in the Song family who are suitable for Foundation Establishment. Just in the Yuan generation, there are several people who can cultivate to the ninth layer of Qi Condensation before the age of sixty. Besides Song Song Changze, there are also two people in the Chang generation who have hope for Foundation Establishment.

"The people suitable for Foundation Establishment in the family have all been listed by Song Yuanfang, and everyone has seen them. There is only one Foundation Establishment Pill, and it is impossible for so many people to have the opportunity to establish Foundation. You first talk about who is more suitable to support first."

After Song Song Yuanli, who is in charge of family affairs, listed seven or eight names, Song Song Qingming also frowned slightly. Whenever he encounters such a moment when he needs to choose the fate of these family juniors, Song Song Qingming always feels a bit difficult to give up in his heart.

With the rapid growth of the number of family cultivators, there will be more and more people suitable for Foundation Establishment in the Song family in the future. Even if Song Song Qingming has the heart, he cannot provide Foundation Establishment Pills for every cultivator in the family suitable for Foundation Establishment. The number of people who are lucky enough to be selected by the family to support Foundation Establishment will definitely not be too many, and most clansmen will still have to make sacrifices.

Fortunately, since the Song family was promoted to a Core Formation family, the Song family now has Song Song Qingming, the Core Formation Old Ancestor, so obtaining Foundation Establishment Pills is not as difficult as before. Some clansmen, even if they are not selected this time, if they are lucky enough to wait for the family to get Foundation Establishment Pills again, they will still have the next opportunity to strive for Foundation Establishment.

Now, all cultivation families in the territory of Pingyang and Qinghe counties have been placed under the command of Mount Funiu Mountain. The tribute handed over by so many cultivation families every year has made the Song family's entire family financial income increase several times in these few years. In the future, exchanging and purchasing Foundation Establishment Pills from the Xiaoyao Sect will not need to hurt the family's foundation like before.

After Song Song Qingming finished speaking, the four Foundation Establishment elders present looked at the list in their hands, and after looking at each other for a while, Song Song Qingyu took the lead and said with a smile:

"Except for Song Changze and Song Yuanxue, the chances of others successfully establishing Foundation are not very high. Song Yuanxue's age is not small anymore. If she misses this time, it will probably delay her Dao path. I am more inclined to support Song Yuanxue to establish Foundation."

"I also agree with the opinion of the aunt. Song Changze's cultivation is only at the eighth layer of Qi Condensation now. It is estimated that it will take four or five years for him to prepare for Foundation Establishment. By the time he establishes Foundation, the Xiaoyao Sect's Merit Pavilion should not be so difficult to exchange for Foundation Establishment Pills.

Song Yuanxue is a three-spirit-root cultivator and the only second-tier spirit planter in the family. She has also made many contributions to managing the family spirit medicine garden and spirit fields over the years. As long as she can successfully establish Foundation, Song Yuanxue will definitely be able to make a great contribution to the family's development in the future. The family should give her a chance." After hearing Song Song Qingyu's inclination to support Song Song Yuanxue, Song Song Yuanfang also followed up with an echo.

Song Song Yuanli and Huang Huang Siyuan have always rarely expressed their opinions in family council, and at this moment they did not speak directly, casting their eyes on Song Song Qingming, who needed to make the final decision.

Seeing that they both did not want to express their opinions, Song Song Qingming nodded calmly and said, "Since everyone thinks Song Yuanxue is more suitable for Foundation Establishment, then let's support Song Yuanxue first. She also cultivates the Po Lang Jue technique. Song Qingyu, you can spend more effort to guide her. Song Yuanxue's chance of successfully establishing Foundation should not be low."

Hearing that Song Song Qingming made the decision so quickly, several people in the council hall showed a trace of surprise. However, whenever they held a council, they usually only offered opinions. They never opposed the decisions made by Song Song Qingming, the patriarch, and nodded one after another.

After the council ended, just as everyone was about to return to their respective caves, Song Song Qingyu stopped Song Song Qingming on the way and asked with a smile, "Seventh Brother, you have always valued Song Changze. Why didn't you say a word to help him just now? It wouldn't be because you didn't want to reject our face, right!"

"I have the heart to support Song Changze to establish Foundation. However, keeping him by my side all these years always makes me feel that I have given him too much expectation, which has put a lot of pressure on this child's heart. Giving him this Foundation Establishment Pill is afraid that it will not help him achieve the Dao. It is better not to be too anxious." Seeing Song Song Qingyu's confusion, Song Song Qingming explained calmly.

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