Chapter 540: Inherited in the Same Line (Added for Alliance Leader Kumu)

After getting the copied notes and leaving the Merit Pavilion, Song Qingming specifically came to a cave on the north side of Mount Guyang to visit Song Xinyu, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

Upon meeting, seeing that Song Xinyu's complexion was not very good, as if he had been injured, Song Qingming asked in detail and learned that Song Xinyu had unfortunately made a mistake when he was in seclusion to break through the seventh layer of Foundation Establishment not long ago, injuring the meridians in his body.

Song Xinyu's cultivation had broken through to the sixth layer of Foundation Establishment for nearly twenty years. Over these years, he had failed to successfully break through to the late Foundation Establishment stage, and he was clearly anxious in his heart. Forcing a breakthrough in seclusion inevitably led to injuries from the backlash of spiritual energy in his body like this.

Fortunately, this kind of breakthrough in a small realm does not have the great danger of Foundation Establishment or Core Formation. Although Song Xinyu injured his meridians, the injury was not very serious, and it would take two or three years of recuperation to slowly recover.

Song Qingming carefully checked Song Xinyu's injuries and found that there was no major problem, so he gradually felt relieved.

After leaving several second-tier healing elixirs refined by Huang Siyuan for Song Xinyu, he exhorted Song Xinyu a few more times, telling him to relax and not to rush to cultivate, but to heal his injuries first.

Facing Song Qingming's concern, Song Xinyu was moved, but his face also carried a hint of shame. Since his spirit root was tested by the family and he entered the path of cultivation, Song Xinyu had basically been smooth sailing in his cultivation all his life.

Except for helping Song Yuanrong with a sum of spirit stones, Song Qingming rarely saw these younger members of the family, and he was also happy in his heart. Not only did he personally give them guidance in the cave, but before leaving, he also generously bestowed several top-grade spirit talismans on each of them, which made the people who received these spirit items excited for a long time.

Although these people had taken root in the Xiaoyao Sect, they were ultimately the bloodline inherited in the same line as the family. With the family thriving and having the ability, Song Qingming, the family ancestor, was also very willing to help them a little.

Song Qingming did not know whether this was intentionally done by the seniors of the Xiaoyao Sect and not recorded in the notes, or because the last three floors were too dangerous, so they really rarely took the risk to enter there.

After a good while, Song Qingming opened his eyes, put down the notes with satisfaction, and put them back into his storage magic treasure.

"Yuanrong, your cultivation is also almost ready for Foundation Establishment. How have you been preparing recently? How much sect merit is still missing to exchange for a Foundation Establishment Pill?"

Thinking that his own cultivation was not going well, and that he had caused Song Qingming, a family elder he respected, to be so worried, Song Xinyu felt ashamed, and could only force a smile, pretending that he had no major problems in his heart.

Song Yuanrong was one of the younger members of the Song family's "Yuan" generation, more than ten years younger than Song Yuanxue. He was also personally selected by Song Qingming and sent to the Xiaoyao Sect, where he became a disciple of Bai Yunhua, a good friend Song Qingming knew before.

Regarding this, Song Yuanfang didn't express too much. Not to mention whether the Wang family could support a Foundation Establishment cultivator after obtaining this Foundation Establishment Pill, even if the Wang family could be promoted to a Foundation Establishment family, they were still a vassal family under the Song family, and whether they were loyal or not was not something they could decide for themselves.

"Follow the ancestor's teachings!" After hearing Song Qingming's guidance, these people also bowed and responded.

"If this Heaven-Reaching Tower could open a hundred years later, by then my cultivation should have at least entered the mid-Jin Dan stage, and I would have a few more points of self-protection ability when entering the tower."

After chatting with Song Qingming about his own affairs, Song Xinyu mentioned other younger members of the family in the Xiaoyao Sect.

After Lu Xingde of the Lu family of Mount Tiexian died, although their family received a pension of a Foundation Establishment Pill, unfortunately, because of the family's internal strife, they hurriedly chose a cultivator with average talent to take the Foundation Establishment Pill, and the result was self-evident: it was a failure.

Although Song Qingming promised to protect them for thirty years after Lu Xingde died, the Lu family was now sunsetting, and the cultivators in the clan had completely lost the courage to stay beside the Li family.

However, although Song Qingming now had the idea of breaking into the "Heaven-Reaching Tower," he had not yet made up his mind. After all, although there were opportunities to be found inside, from what he understood, it was also very dangerous.

The contents recorded in this scroll of notes about the "Heaven-Reaching Tower," besides what Song Qingming had already inquired about from Chen Xuanxin, also recorded some detailed locations where the "Heaven-Reaching Tower" appeared each time, as well as some places in the tower where precious spirit items might be found.

Unexpectedly, since breaking through the sixth layer of Foundation Establishment, Song Xinyu's good luck seemed to have come to an end, and his cultivation suddenly encountered a great bottleneck. Even though he took many auxiliary elixirs, he failed to break through to the late Foundation Establishment stage several times recently, and instead accidentally injured his own meridians.

Fortunately, with Song Qingming, a guest elder of the sect, these people, even if their status in the sect was not very high, no one dared to bully them at will, and their days were much better than those of ordinary sect disciples who were not favored.

Wang Huaqing's cultivation talent was very good, a dual-spirit root cultivator. However, this person was a dual-spirit root cultivator with conflicting water and fire attributes, and the prospects of his path could only be said to be average, far inferior to Song Yuanli and Gao Yubai, who were also dual-spirit roots.

Song Yuanrong bowed and replied with a smile: "Reporting to Seventh Great-Uncle, my master has already paid the bulk of this matter. I have almost gathered enough merit to exchange for a Foundation Establishment Pill, so there is no need for the family to worry."

Standing on the "Phantom Boat," Song Qingming couldn't help but sigh slightly when thinking of this, and for a while, he found it difficult to decide whether he should take this risk next.

"I hope you can take Xinyu as an example and successfully establish your foundation soon. When that time comes, I will definitely come to Mount Guyang to celebrate for you!"

High-tier spirit items that can help Jin Dan cultivators are very rare. In a place like the State of Wei, where cultivation resources are relatively barren, it is difficult for Song Qingming to find any major opportunities. Currently, it seems that only this "Heaven-Reaching Tower," which is about to open, has given Song Qingming a glimpse of a relatively large opportunity.

However, the records inside are basically the locations of the first six floors of the "Heaven-Reaching Tower." Regarding the information on the last three floors, there are only a few words recorded in this scroll of notes, and as for what good things can be found inside, the notes don't even mention a word.

"You all need to cultivate diligently in the sect in the future and do not disgrace the family's name. If you encounter anything in your cultivation that needs help, you can also come to find Xinyu first. We are all family, and you should try to help each other as much as possible here."

Song Qingming, who was sitting on the flying boat, took out the notes he had just obtained from the Merit Pavilion in his spare time, placed them on his forehead, and closed his eyes to check them with his spiritual sense.

Song Qingming thought for a moment and said: "Since Yuanrong has been called, then just call all the other younger members in the sect over. I can just happen to see them."

A hint of joy appeared on Song Xinyu's face. He hurriedly walked out to give instructions to several disciples, and not long after, five or six Qi Refining disciples with varying cultivation levels appeared in Song Xinyu's cave.

After taking the bag of spirit stones handed over by Song Qingming, Song Yuanrong felt a surge of emotion in his heart. Since joining the Xiaoyao Sect, he had basically been cultivating on Mount Guyang for these years and rarely returned to the family. He didn't expect that at the critical moment of his Foundation Establishment, the family ancestor would personally come to Mount Guyang to care about this little matter.

These are basically recorded by the Xiaoyao Sect cultivators of past generations after they returned and based on their own memories. They can still be of some help to cultivators who want to enter them.

Because of Song Qingming, a guest elder of the sect, Bai Yunhua's guidance to his disciple Song Yuanrong was also very attentive. After Song Yuanrong cultivated to the ninth layer of Qi Condensation, Bai Yunhua also personally came forward and had already helped him gather the merit to exchange for a Foundation Establishment Pill early on.

"Although you are all in the Xiaoyao Sect, your ancestors all came from Mount Funiu, and you are all of the Song family bloodline inherited in the same line as me. Don't worry, no matter what, I will not treat you as outsiders. If any of you want to return to Mount Funiu in the future, the family will try its best to give you all a place to settle down."

The difficulty of breaking through the Nascent Soul realm is certainly several times more difficult than core formation. Song Qingming also understood in his heart that his cultivation talent was average, and it was impossible for someone to help him every time. If he wanted to reach this step of Nascent Soul, he also had to find a way to speed up his cultivation.

However, coming to the Merit Pavilion this time and being able to inquire about so much detailed information about the Heaven-Reaching Tower from Chen Xuanxin's mouth, to be honest, had already exceeded Song Qingming's expectations.

In the twenty years since the demonic beast turmoil, except for the Wang family that had just been promoted to a Foundation Establishment immortal clan, several other Foundation Establishment families in Qinghe County had also experienced many major events.

"Seventh Uncle, Yuanrong cultivated to the ninth layer of Qi Condensation last year and is preparing for Foundation Establishment. Originally, I also wanted to write to you recently to see how we should support him. Since you just happened to arrive here today, do you want to call him over?"

Thinking back to when Song Qingming formed his core, it was also full of twists and turns. In the end, he relied on the help of the Fire Phoenix to succeed. Otherwise, he might not necessarily have been able to reach this step now.

After reaching the Jin Dan realm, it is no longer as easy as it was in the Foundation Establishment stage to find spirit items that can help Song Qingming's cultivation outside. If he still wants to secretly accumulate spirit stones as before and then go to the market to buy the spirit items needed for his cultivation to speed up his cultivation and improve his cultivation, it is already impossible for the current Song Qingming.

After joining the Xiaoyao Sect, although Song Xinyu could not be considered particularly outstanding in talent in the sect, his path of practice was also smooth sailing. With the support of his teachers and family, he successfully established his foundation without much effort and cultivated to his current cultivation level.

"It seems that your master treats you quite well. However, the matter of Foundation Establishment still needs to be cautious. How about this, I will represent the family and subsidize you with two thousand spirit stones, which can also allow him to purchase more spirit items to assist in Foundation Establishment and prepare more adequately."

A year later, the Wang family, having obtained the Foundation Establishment Pill, truly turned their luck around and supported a Foundation Establishment cultivator, "Wang Huaqing." The Wang family thus was promoted to become the fourth Foundation Establishment family in Qinghe County, besides the Huang, Gao, and Li families.

There were also three people who were descendants of Song family cultivators who joined the Xiaoyao Sect long ago. This was their first time seeing Song Qingming, the family ancestor who was thousands of miles away. Being able to see a Jin Dan cultivator who was usually high above at such a close distance made them feel excited.

Song Qingming nodded slightly and asked the one with the highest cultivation among them.

After returning to Mount Funiu, Song Qingming directly handed the Foundation Establishment Pill he had just exchanged from the Merit Pavilion to Song Yuanfang, asking him to send it to Mount Fengtou personally.

After Wang Daoyun saw this Foundation Establishment Pill, he was also extremely excited. After thanking Song Yuanfang profusely, he also made a vow on the spot to express his family's loyalty to the Song family.

But if he missed this opportunity, it would be at least three hundred years before the "Heaven-Reaching Tower" appeared again. By then, his lifespan would be close to five hundred years old. Even if he could get some opportunities in the "Heaven-Reaching Tower," I am afraid it would already be a bit late.

When he was young on Mount Funiu, Song Xinyu was a well-known genius of the Song family's "Xin" generation. His cultivation speed was far beyond his peers, which could be called young and successful.

The reason why Song Qingming spent so much effort inquiring about the "Heaven-Reaching Tower" in the Merit Pavilion was also because since he knew of the existence of the "Heaven-Reaching Tower," Song Qingming had always had no small interest in it.

Except for Song Yuanrong, whose cultivation went relatively smoothly, the cultivation of the others, although they were also in the Xiaoyao Sect, did not improve as fast as his. Even if the family could help a little, it would be difficult for them to have a chance to establish a foundation in the future. Seeing Song Yuanrong now, although they were incomparably envious in their hearts, they could only sigh.

Among these people, there were also several who, like Song Xinyu, were selected by the family and sent to Mount Guyang to join the Xiaoyao Sect.

"That's good, they haven't seen you for a long time over these years. If they knew you were here, I don't know how happy they would be!"

After seeing off these younger members who were still somewhat reluctant to part, Song Qingming exhorted Song Xinyu a few more times before leaving Mount Guyang with peace of mind, stepping onto the "Phantom Boat" and returning directly to Mount Funiu.

The best age to break through to Nascent Soul is before four hundred years old. Once it is dragged to after five hundred years old, basically, the opportunity to advance to Nascent Soul has been completely lost.

After seeking help from Mount Funiu several times and obtaining Song Yuanfang's consent, some Lu family cultivators directly abandoned their original family spiritual mountain and moved their family mortals to the vicinity of Mount Funiu, becoming a Qi Refining family in the Song family's territory.

Another group of people could not accept the fate of the family's decline and chose to leave Qinghe County to become loose cultivators. Not long after, the Lu family's second-tier spiritual vein, Mount Tiexian, fell into the hands of the Li family without any accidents.

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