Chapter 597: Bestowing Spiritual Items, Taking Stock of Harvests (Combined Chapter)

On the Mount Tuoyun side, ever since Song Qingming defeated the Cloud Crane Monster King twice, it had been much more peaceful over the past ten years.

Lin Yutang and his junior brother had also recruited rogue cultivators in the "Golden Cloud Pavilion" over these years; there were already more than a dozen Foundation Establishment cultivators alone.

Occasionally encountering harassment from second-grade monster beasts, these people were already enough to deal with it, and there was no need for Song Qingming and the others to take action.

The management of the Mount Tuoyun market was basically negotiated and resolved by the Xiaoyao Sect and Lin Yutang and the others.

Although the Song family also had a 20% stake in the market, Song Qingming himself was not very interested in getting involved in market affairs and rarely participated in discussions. Every time there was something, the Song family would just send someone to listen in.

Therefore, the three of them on Mount Tuoyun actually had nothing to do besides daily cultivation, and occasionally leaving for a period of time wouldn't have much impact on Lin Yutang and the others.

After giving instructions to Huang Siyuan and the other, the next day, Song Qingming quickly returned to Mount Funiu on the "Phantom Boat."

Seeing Song Yuanhao, who had just successfully entered seclusion for Foundation Establishment, Song Qingming was full of smiles and immediately bestowed upon him a second-grade magic tool and two second-grade spiritual talismans he had drawn himself.

Although he had already had great confidence in Song Yuanhao's Foundation Establishment this time, Song Qingming was still very happy for him to see him achieve today's success.

Back then, Song Yuanhao's father, Song Xinhe, had missed the opportunity for Foundation Establishment because he couldn't get family support and finally died on Mount Tuoyun after a forced attempt.

This matter had always been a regret in Song Qingming's heart over the years. Now seeing Song Yuanhao successfully reach Foundation Establishment, Song Qingming could be considered to have fulfilled this regret in his heart.

"Yuanhao's Foundation Establishment is a great happy event for the family. I have already discussed with Qingyu to hold a Foundation Establishment Ceremony for Yuanhao in a month. Yuanfang, you pick the specific date first and tell me later."

"This time, Yuanhao's Foundation Establishment Ceremony must be held more lively. Besides the cultivators from Pingyang and Qinghe counties, I also plan to invite some sect cultivators to come."

"This is the list I have already drafted. Once the date is set, you must hurry up and send out the invitations, so as not to make the time too tight for others to find time to come."

As soon as Song Qingming finished speaking, Song Yuanfang hurriedly replied: "Seventh Great-Uncle, since we are inviting so many people to Yuanhao's Foundation Establishment Ceremony, I fear there will be insufficient manpower on the mountain."

"Should we recall some of the family members outside first so that we can be better prepared?"

Hearing the suggestion proposed by Song Yuanfang, Song Qingming nodded immediately:

"Hmm! You have considered it well. This matter needs to be prepared early to avoid being in a rush and making mistakes later."

"Let's do this: recall Yuanli and the others tomorrow. As for the mine at Yinfeng Ridge, let them stop work for a month and let the sect people there help look after it. It's just a loss of a few spirit stones; don't worry too much about it."

"As for the cultivators in other places of the family, Yuanfang, you can decide for yourself. Recall as many as you can. This is a rare celebration for the family in more than ten years. Everyone must pay more attention. We cannot let others laugh at us later because it was too shabby."

"We obey the Patriarch's order!" Hearing Song Qingming's instructions, Song Yuanfang and the others hurriedly bowed and nodded in agreement.

When Song Changze reached Foundation Establishment last time, although the Song family also held a Foundation Establishment Ceremony, the scale was not too large, and they only invited the cultivation families under the Song family to observe the ceremony.

This time, Song Qingming, the family ancestor, not only rushed back to handle Song Yuanhao's Foundation Establishment Ceremony personally but also wanted to specially invite some high-level sect cultivators to come, which was indeed something Song Yuanfang and the others hadn't expected.

Therefore, the several Song family Foundation Establishment elders below, including Song Yuanfang, couldn't help but start to look forward to this celebration.

After arranging these, Song Qingming took out five bright red second-grade spiritual fruits and smiled at the people below:

"Over these years, you have worked hard and contributed a lot to the family. These few second-grade spiritual fruits are items I was lucky enough to obtain when I went out last time. Take them as a reward."

"Rest assured, everyone has one. For the extra one, wait for Yuanli to return, and you can help me pass it to him."

Looking at the "Blood Dragon Fruits" with spiritual light in Song Qingming's hands, Song Yuanfang and the others standing below all revealed expressions of joy.

Especially Song Yuanxue and Song Changze, who hadn't been at Foundation Establishment for long, were so excited that their eyes almost popped out when they heard Song Qingming say these were spiritual items bestowed upon them. They hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to thank Song Qingming.

The more than a dozen second-grade "Blood Dragon Fruits" brought out from the Cloud Thunder Array, after Song Qingming gifted some away several times, the remaining few were all second-grade mid-quality spiritual fruits of better quality.

These second-grade mid-quality "Blood Dragon Fruits" could enhance the magic power of Foundation Establishment cultivators just by refining them directly, and they could also be used to refine second-grade top-quality spiritual pills. They were considered spiritual items that were relatively hard to find in the cultivation world.

If taken directly to the market, such a second-grade mid-quality spiritual fruit could at least sell for seven or eight hundred spirit stones, and in ordinary small markets, you would have a hard time buying one even if you had spirit stones.

For an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator, this was already a very precious spiritual item. It was no wonder Song Yuanfang and the others were so excited when they saw Song Qingming take out these spiritual fruits.

Although they were all Foundation Establishment cultivators, Song Changze and the others hadn't been at Foundation Establishment for long and didn't have many spirit stones saved up. Only Song Yuanfang, who had reached Foundation Establishment earliest, had a slightly wealthier family background.

Second-grade mid-quality "Blood Dragon Fruits" were best for cultivators below the late stage of Foundation Establishment. Song Qingming's cultivation base had already reached the Jin Dan realm, so he naturally didn't need such second-grade spiritual fruits.

Huang Siyuan and Song Qingyu's cultivation bases had also reached the peak of Foundation Establishment. Without breaking through to the Jin Dan realm, their magic power basically wouldn't increase much. Taking "Blood Dragon Fruits" now was also of no use to them.

Among the remaining Song family Foundation Establishment cultivators, Song Yuanli's cultivation base had broken through to the sixth layer of Foundation Establishment five years ago. After polishing his magic power for a few more years, he could attempt to break through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

If Song Yuanli refined a second-grade mid-quality "Blood Dragon Fruit" directly when breaking through, it could also increase his chance of success.

Song Yuanfang and Song Yuanxue's cultivation bases had both reached the third layer of Foundation Establishment. Mount Mount Lianhua this second-grade mid-quality spiritual fruit would also be of great help to them.

Not to mention helping them break through the realm directly, at least it could save them a few years of bitter cultivation.

The remaining Song Changze and Song Yuanhao hadn't been at Foundation Establishment for long, so they could wait for a period of time. After their cultivation reached the third layer of Foundation Establishment, refining this spiritual fruit would have a better effect.

After distributing the spiritual fruits in his hand to the people below, Song Qingming took out a yellow storage bag and handed it directly to Song Yuanfang.

"Yuanfang, inside are some low-level spiritual herbs I picked. Take them directly to the Treasury Pavilion and have them counted and organized."

"Those that can be used directly to refine pills, take them to the Alchemy Pavilion for Yuanqian and the others. Those that are not needed, take them directly to the Qinghe Market. Don't bring the spirit stones exchanged to me; put them directly into the Treasury Pavilion."

"Over these years, to upgrade the spiritual vein, everyone's life has been a bit tight. The Treasury Pavilion is slowly having a surplus. What should be compensated should be slowly compensated to everyone. Do not delay their path of cultivation."

This storage bag contained the low-level spiritual herbs and medicines Song Qingming had obtained from the lower levels of the "Tongtian Tower."

Although these first and second-grade low-level spiritual herbs wouldn't have a high value if taken out individually, added together, they were enough to exchange for tens of thousands of spirit stones, which was not a small fortune for Song Qingming.

Some time ago, after Song Qingming sorted these spiritual herbs, he left some better-quality second-grade spiritual herbs for Huang Siyuan, and the rest were all here.

Since Huang Siyuan advanced to become a second-grade alchemist, the Song family had second-grade or higher alchemy inheritance, and the number of family alchemists was increasing day by day. Now, more than a dozen first-grade alchemists with varying levels had been cultivated.

Not only that, to facilitate family cultivators in refining pills, Song Yuanfang also specially built an Alchemy Pavilion on Mount Funiu.

It provided a very good alchemy environment for these alchemists.

However, besides Huang Siyuan, a second-grade mid-quality alchemist, among the remaining alchemists in the Song family, the one with the best alchemy level, Song Yuanqian, was still only at the first-grade top-quality level.

Now with so many first and second-grade low-level spiritual herbs brought by Song Qingming, the alchemy level of family cultivators would likely have a qualitative improvement in a short time.

After arranging these matters, Song Qingming, who finally had some free time, returned to his cave dwelling and took out a pile of spiritual items from a storage magic tool on his body, placing them on the table.

Among these things, there were high-level spiritual herbs, magic treasures, spirit stones, etc., all of which were things Song Qingming had brought out from the "Tongtian Tower" not long ago.

Although he had been back for more than half a year, because Song Qingming was anxious to enter seclusion to refine the "Emerald Spirit True Water," he had only simply categorized them and hadn't had time to properly organize these spiritual items on his body.

Excluding the first and second-grade low-level spiritual items just bestowed upon Song Yuanfang and the others, the rest were third-grade spiritual items that were relatively useful to Jin Dan cultivators.

This time in the "Tongtian Tower," Song Qingming obtained a total of three precious third-grade spiritual herbs. One of them was found when he was on the second level with Zhao Menglian and others, and the other two were shared after entering the seventh level with the Fire Phoenix.

Although these were all third-grade low-quality spiritual herbs with lower grades, if taken to the market, one could at least be worth about four thousand spirit stones, and spiritual herbs above the third grade were basically priceless in the market.

Song Qingming sealed these high-level spiritual herbs with wooden boxes, preparing to wait for an opportunity in the future to take them to the sect or other places to exchange for a Jin Dan-forming spiritual item for Song Qingyu and Huang Siyuan.

Besides these third-grade spiritual herbs, Song Qingming also obtained four third-grade low-quality "Blood Dragon Fruits" in the Cloud Thunder Array on the second level.

These third-grade spiritual fruits were much more precious than the third-grade spiritual herbs just now and were also rare spiritual items in the cultivation world.

As long as Song Qingming took out one third-grade "Blood Dragon Fruit" and put it into an auction like the Star Assembly, it would immediately attract many Jin Dan cultivators to compete.

In the dozens of countries in the Floating Yunshan Range, besides the Wu State, which had better spiritual herb resources, it was very difficult to find spiritual fruits above the third grade elsewhere.

Even in the spiritual herb garden on Mount Guyang of the Xiaoyao Sect, spiritual fruits above the third grade were also rare items that were hard to find; it took an average of nearly several decades to successfully bear a mature spiritual fruit.

These four "Blood Dragon Fruits" were spiritual items that could be of great use to Jin Dan early-stage cultivators. After refining them directly, they could increase a cultivator's cultivation magic power by about ten years.

However, for such spiritual fruits containing powerful spiritual energy, a cultivator could generally only take one; the effect would not be so obvious if they took more.

Besides leaving one for himself, Song Qingming carefully stored the remaining three, intending to keep them for Qingyu and the others to take and refine after they formed their Golden Cores.

Although the quality of these "Blood Dragon Fruits" was only third-grade low-quality, their value in the market was at least over ten thousand spirit stones.

If Song Qingming had the opportunity in the future to encounter a more suitable Five Elements Jin Dan-forming spiritual item, it would also be feasible to exchange the "Blood Dragon Fruit" plus some spirit stones directly with the other party.

Besides these high-level spiritual herbs and fruits, Song Qingming also obtained several third-grade magic treasures of not-low quality from the "Tongtian Tower" this time.

However, most of these magic treasures had various problems and could not be used directly or exchanged for spiritual items with others.

Among them, two magic treasures were obtained from Du Yucheng after killing him. Both were magic treasures already contaminated with demonic energy and could not be used directly. They would need to wait until the demonic energy on the magic treasures was completely removed in the future before they could be safely refined.

The remaining few magic treasures also had varying degrees of damage. Among them, the ones with more serious damage were all found by Song Qingming beside those cultivators who died in the Cloud Thunder Array.

These were basically magic treasures that could not be completely repaired, and their remaining value was not high. They could only be taken to be decomposed into high-level materials to exchange for some spirit stones.

The only one intact was a third-grade low-quality flying sword of average quality, which was shared as a trophy after Song Qingming and Zhao Menglian and the others beheaded the demonic cultivator.

Besides this flying sword magic treasure, Song Qingming also shared some spirit stones and several second-grade spiritual items of average quality at that time, which added up to a value of about seven thousand spirit stones.

After categorizing and putting away these magic treasures, Song Qingming took out a small white round ball from the storage bag on his body.

This thing was obtained by Song Qingming outside the Cloud Thunder Array on the second level of the Tongtian Tower. At that time, seeing the skeleton in front of them exposed in the wilderness, Song Qingming felt a bit unbearable, so he kindly let Jin Feng dig a hole for him so that the other party could be buried in peace.

Unexpectedly, when Jin Feng was moving the skeleton, he accidentally obtained this item from the mouth of the skeleton.

Because there were many people around him at that time, Song Qingming thought it was an ordinary magic treasure and didn't study it carefully, so he put it away directly.

It wasn't until not long ago, when Song Qingming was taking stock of the spiritual items he brought out from the "Tongtian Tower" on Mount Tuoyun, that he accidentally discovered that this small white round ball was actually a space-type magic tool like the jade pendant on his body.

Since forming his Jin Dan, Song Qingming had seen many storage magic tools on cultivators, but most of the storage magic tools on people were relatively large.

Like the white ball in his hand, which was only as small as his finger, he was seeing it for the first time. It was also because of this that he had misidentified this item at first.

This white ball had been stuck in the mouth of that withered bone, so it had never been discovered and was preserved.

It was a pity that after Song Qingming broke the restriction on it with full expectation, although he found many things inside, most of the spiritual items inside had already become unusable with the passage of time.

The only useful things left were less than ten thousand spirit stones, a Jin Dan stage cultivation technique, several relatively ordinary low-level cultivation techniques and secret arts, and a somewhat strange spirit beast egg. The other spiritual items he had expected in his heart did not appear.

The overall value of these things added together was not much different from an ordinary magic treasure, which was a disappointment.

After putting away the useful spiritual items in the white ball, Song Qingming found a relatively good-looking jade box to store it, intending to give it to Song Qingyu or Huang Siyuan as a congratulatory gift after they formed their Golden Cores.

In any case, it was a storage magic tool with decent space, which should be worth ten thousand spirit stones, enough to be used as a congratulatory gift for them.

The items mentioned above were all spiritual items Song Qingming obtained from the "Tongtian Tower" this time that could be directly converted into spirit stones and valued.

After Song Qingming's inventory and estimation, he also roughly knew the value of these spiritual items he obtained. If they were all converted into spirit stones, the total value was about one hundred thousand.

Just with these things, Song Qingming's harvest from this trip had already exceeded 90% of the cultivators who entered the "Tongtian Tower."

Of course, just comparing the spiritual items Song Qingming obtained with the harvest of those Nascent Soul cultivators, it was still a bit worse.

Those Nascent Soul cultivators who entered the Tongtian Tower, as long as their luck wasn't too bad, could generally find one or two fourth-grade spiritual items.

On the way back to the Wei State, Song Qingming heard from Zhao Menglian and the others that the sect's Supreme Elder, Li Mufeng, had obtained two precious fourth-grade spiritual items in the "Tongtian Tower" this time, but it was unclear what exactly they were.

Fourth-grade or higher spiritual items were not something that could be found everywhere in the cultivation world. Any one of them taken out could directly exceed the total value of the spiritual items Song Qingming had just organized.

Although he didn't snatch the "Mysterious Spirit Pill" that all Nascent Soul cultivators wanted most, Li Mufeng was already satisfied with obtaining two fourth-grade spiritual items in the "Tongtian Tower" this time.

On the way back, Li Mufeng, who was in a great mood, specially took time to give some pointers to everyone's cultivation.

Even Song Qingming, who was only a guest elder of the sect, Li Mufeng did not choose to deliberately avoid him and treated everyone on the flying boat equally.

This made Song Qingming, who had received Li Mufeng's guidance for the first time, feel a trace of surprise.

After organizing these spiritual items in front of him, Song Qingming slowly put them all away.

After resting for a moment, Song Qingming walked to a yellow meditation cushion not far away, sat cross-legged, and began to operate his magic power to close his eyes and cultivate.

Since refining the "Emerald Spirit True Water," Song Qingming's speed of absorbing spiritual energy was already about the same as that of an ordinary triple-spirit-root cultivator.

Plus, having passed the first level test of the "Tongtian Pavilion" and obtained the complete cultivation insights of a Nascent Soul cultivator, the residual map on his body also had some auxiliary blessings.

Song Qingming's current cultivation speed, even without the help of external items like pills and spiritual fruits, could catch up with some Jin Dan cultivators with relatively average spirit root aptitude.

Feeling the huge change in his speed of absorbing spiritual energy, Song Qingming was even more shocked by the efficacy of the "Emerald Spirit True Water."

After practicing the Dao for so many years, Song Qingming had also read many books and notes introducing various spiritual items, but he had never seen any spiritual item like the "Emerald Spirit True Water" that could change a cultivator's spirit root aptitude.

However, according to Xuantian's introduction at the time, although "Emerald Spirit True Water" could improve a cultivator's spirit root aptitude, its effect was also limited.

The reason "Emerald Spirit True Water" could help Song Qingming so much was mainly because his own spirit root aptitude was too poor.

The worse a person's spirit root aptitude, the better the effect after refining "Emerald Spirit True Water." For a cultivator like Bai Yuxian, who already had top-grade heaven spirit roots, refining this item would be a waste and wouldn't have any obvious effect.

This item might not be so important for those with excellent spirit root aptitude, but for someone like Song Qingming, whose aptitude was very low, it was more useful than ordinary spiritual items and could be considered a spiritual item that would have a great impact on his future path.

It had to be said that this spiritual item was considered by Song Qingming to be the best one he had obtained from the "Tongtian Tower" this time. The value of "Emerald Spirit True Water" to Song Qingming was far from what the spiritual items he had obtained before could compare to.

Even if someone wanted to exchange a fourth-grade magic treasure for it, Song Qingming probably wouldn't agree.

After patiently entering meditation, Song Qingming's spiritual sense gradually entered his sea of consciousness and came before a golden scroll.

This golden scroll was the cultivation technique "Tongtian Wanling Jue" that Song Qingming had obtained from Xuantian on the third level of the "Tongtian Pavilion."

After casting a spell to open the "Tongtian Wanling Jue," Song Qingming immediately calmed his mind and began to cultivate this technique.

However, in less than half an hour, small beads of sweat began to appear on the forehead of Song Qingming, who was sitting on the yellow meditation cushion, and his face became a bit uncomfortable.

After persisting for a while longer, Song Qingming, who was already sweating profusely and pale, slowly put away the magic power on his body, opened his eyes, and slowly exhaled a breath.

"I've been cultivating for two months, and I still can't even persist for an hour. I really don't know how this senior created this kind of technique back then?" (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 598 =====