Chapter 600: Passing on Cultivation Techniques, Eye to Eye (Combined Chapter)

Three months later, in the Song family's graveyard behind the mountain.

A brand-new tombstone had already been erected in the location where many "Xin" generation cultivators were buried.

Song Yuanhao, who had just finished holding the Foundation Establishment Ceremony not long ago, was sitting alone in front of the tombstone with a calm face, slowly burning the remaining paper money in his hand.

Although he took a longevity-extending spiritual peach, Song Xintang only lasted for less than half a year before he passed away in his cave dwelling.

Fortunately, before he passed away, he not only saw Song Yuanhao successfully reach Foundation Establishment but also dragged his sick body to barely attend Song Yuanhao's Foundation Establishment celebration. He didn't leave any regrets when he left.

After burning the stack of paper money in his hand, Song Yuanhao got up and came to the tombstone, pouring a cup of spiritual wine that this family elder he was closest to liked during his lifetime.

Although the tombstone of his father, Song Xinhe, was next to Song Xintang's, because Song Yuanhao hadn't seen his father since he was young, he had no impression of Song Xinhe at all.

In his heart, Song Xintang, the family elder who had carefully cared for him and guided his cultivation for decades, had clearly slowly replaced the role of his father in his heart.

"The Immortal Dao is ethereal, and there will always be a day of parting. Ninth Uncle was happy to see you successfully reach Foundation Establishment before he left. Yuanhao, don't be too sad."

Just as Song Yuanhao was standing there in a daze, a somewhat emotional voice suddenly came from not far away.

Song Yuanhao turned around and saw Song Yuanfang, who had already arrived not far from his side, hurriedly put away a trace of sadness on his face and revealed a smile.

"I have been idle after finishing my cultivation these few days, so I came to see Ninth Uncle and Father when I had time. Sixteenth Brother, rest assured, I am fine. Don't worry about me."

Song Yuanfang nodded with a smile, stepped forward, poured a cup of spiritual wine for the elder Ninth Uncle, and sprinkled it lightly on his tombstone.

"Seventh Great-Uncle just sent someone to look for you. Yuanhao, hurry up and go to his place!"

Hearing that Song Qingming was looking for him, Song Yuanhao hurriedly nodded in agreement, looked at the two tombstones in front of him, and then followed Song Yuanfang away with a calm face.

Mount Funiu summit, inside Song Qingming's cave dwelling.

Song Qingyu, dressed in green, held a pot of freshly brewed spiritual tea and came to the side of the stone table, pouring a cup for Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan who were sitting there.

"Seventh Brother, quickly taste the spiritual tea I brewed, and see if it compares to Sister-in-law's craft."

Song Qingming smiled, picked up the teacup on the table, closed his eyes and smelled it lightly under his nose, and slowly poured a small sip into his mouth.

Under Song Qingyu's expectant gaze, Song Qingming, who had tasted the spiritual tea, slowly opened his eyes.

"The flavor is mellow, long-lasting, and powerful. It has at least 70% or 80% of your sister-in-law's heat. You have only been learning to brew tea for a short time, and being able to have this level is indeed okay."

Hearing Song Qingming's praise, Song Qingyu put down a trace of nervousness on her face and said happily:

"Being able to let someone as picky as you, Seventh Brother, say such a high evaluation, I haven't wasted so much time studying this Dao with Sister-in-law."

Huang Siyuan on the side heard this, also picked up the spiritual tea on the table and tasted it, and nodded with a smile: "Qingyu's craft is indeed very good. I don't know who will be lucky enough to drink the spiritual tea you brew every day in the future."

"Sister-in-law, don't laugh at me. I don't want to brew tea for others every day. Being able to have an occasional opportunity to brew a cup of tea for you and Seventh Brother is enough for me." Hearing Huang Siyuan's words, Song Qingyu blushed and immediately shook her head to refute.

Hearing the conversation between the two, Song Qingming also shook his head with a smile and didn't say anything more.

Among the several core cultivators above Foundation Establishment in the Song family, besides himself and Song Yuanfang, the others had all focused on cultivation and hadn't chosen to start a family, which was also a matter that made him feel slightly troubled.

It is not wrong for cultivators to seek the Dao and cultivate bitterly, but after cultivating for a lifetime, having a dao companion to support each other is always better than being alone.

As the head of the Song family and the oldest person in the Song family now, Song Qingming naturally also wanted to see every cultivator in the Song family find a suitable dao companion like himself.

However, this kind of thing still depends on fate and cannot be forced. It can only depend on their good fortune in the future.

While the few were talking, the formation restriction at the entrance of Song Qingming's cave dwelling fluctuated. After Song Qingming waved his hand to open the restriction, Song Yuanhao soon walked in from outside.

"Greetings to the several ancestors!"

Looking at Song Yuanhao, who had matured quite a bit after Foundation Establishment, Song Qingming smiled and beckoned to him, signaling him to step forward to his front.

"This cultivation technique is called 'Soul-Devouring Jue.' After cultivation, it can strengthen the cultivator's own divine soul, which will also be of some help to your future Jin Dan formation. Take it and cultivate it first. If there is anything you don't understand, you can ask me or Qingyu."

"Remember, 'Soul-Devouring Jue' is an important secret technique of the family. Without our permission, you must not easily disclose or pass it to others, even if it is a close person in the family."

After taking the cultivation technique bamboo slip handed to him by Song Qingming, Song Yuanhao immediately nodded respectfully and thanked Song Qingming.

Although the "Soul-Devouring Jue" technique could greatly enhance and improve a cultivator's spiritual sense, because the requirements for the cultivator in the early stage were too harsh, Qi Refining cultivators could hardly find a way to persist in cultivation without a large supply of resources.

Therefore, Song Qingming did not put this technique into the Song family's Treasury Pavilion and had always carried it on his body over the years.

In contrast, the other several divine soul techniques in the Song family's Treasury Pavilion, especially the "Wind Abyss Soul-Forging Jue" that Song Qingming had cultivated earliest, were more practical in the early stage.

These divine soul techniques, although the effect after cultivation was not as good as "Soul-Devouring Jue," did not require high cultivation requirements and did not need to invest too many resources, making them more suitable for those low-level cultivators in the family who were interested in divine soul techniques.

Since obtaining this divine sense technique "Soul-Devouring Jue" from Feng He, besides cultivating it himself, Song Qingming had also slowly passed this technique to many Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Song family, including Song Qingyu and Huang Siyuan.

However, among them, besides Song Qingyu and Huang Siyuan who had already cultivated to the second layer, the others, although they had also cultivated for a period of time, were all still stuck at the first layer and hadn't made much progress.

Cultivating divine soul techniques also required a bit of talent. People with poor talent in this regard would indeed cultivate slightly slower.

Besides the reason of personal talent, there was also the fact that cultivating "Soul-Devouring Jue" required collecting a large number of spirit beast souls in the early stage and required investing a large amount of spirit stones, which was indeed very consuming of their own cultivation resources for a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Although Song Yuanli and the several juniors were in the Song family, a Jin Dan immortal family, the family welfare treatment they could get was much stronger than those Foundation Establishment families and Foundation Establishment cultivators of rogue cultivator origin outside.

But they themselves also needed to consume a large amount of spirit stones and cultivation resources in cultivation, so naturally, they didn't want to invest too many spirit stones on their bodies into the divine soul that was of little help to them at present.

Song Qingyu and Huang Siyuan could cultivate to the second layer so quickly because they had been at Foundation Establishment for a longer time than others and had relatively wealthier family backgrounds, so they could spend more spirit stones on cultivating "Soul-Devouring Jue."

Regarding this, Song Qingming did not interfere too much with their choices.

After all, although cultivating "Soul-Devouring Jue" could be of some help to a cultivator's future Jin Dan formation, it was also very limited.

In contrast, the improvement of one's own cultivation base was naturally more important.

If you couldn't even cultivate to the step of forming a Jin Dan, giving you more things useful for Jin Dan formation would just be a waste of effort in the end.

"Yuanhao, now that you have successfully reached Foundation Establishment, the family will no longer restrict you from staying on the mountain. In the future, you can go down the mountain to the market or other places at will, but you still have to say hello to Yuanfang in advance."

"I think you should be able to do this!"

Hearing this, Song Yuanhao immediately revealed a trace of unexpected joy. After nodding and agreeing, he thought for a moment and bowed to Song Qingming:

"Seventh Great-Uncle, I have successfully reached Foundation Establishment and can do things for the family. I want to ask you to arrange a family task for me again, so as not to have nothing to do all day besides cultivation."

Seeing Song Yuanhao's sincere request, Song Qingming looked at him for a moment and nodded with a smile:

"I originally wanted to wait for a period of time before arranging things for you. It is hard for you to be so willing to contribute to the family, so I won't spoil your fun."

"Yuanli just happened to want to come back for seclusion cultivation. Prepare tomorrow, and go to Yinfeng Ridge first to replace him for a period of time. There are still several elders there. You are still young, so after you go, you should listen more to their opinions in everything."

"Thank you, Seventh Great-Uncle, Yuanhao understands."

Seeing Song Qingming agree to him and arrange for him to go to Yinfeng Ridge to replace Song Yuanli, Song Yuanhao immediately revealed a smile and excitedly thanked Song Qingming.

After sending Song Yuanhao away, Song Qingyu on the side said: "After Xintang left, Yuanhao seems to have matured a lot."

"But Seventh Brother, you let him go to Yinfeng Ridge directly, will it be a bit too fast? Yuanhao has only reached Foundation Establishment not long ago. If something happens there, it will be too late for us to regret."

Song Qingming nodded and replied: "Hmm! It is indeed a bit fast for him. However, these young cultivators in the family lack experience in dealing with people."

"Letting them go out for training earlier might be a good thing, which can make their growth faster in the future. Didn't we all go through this?"

"You two don't need to worry. Although Yuanhao has just reached Foundation Establishment, I see that his mind is much more flexible than Changze's when encountering things."

"Although Yinfeng Ridge has many monster beasts and is a bit more dangerous, there are also two Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Xiaoyao Sect there. We will write a letter to say hello and ask them to help look after him, so there shouldn't be any major problems."

"Hmm! Siyuan is right. I will write a letter personally later and give it to Yuanhao, letting him bring it over together."

"But speaking of Changze, what is going on with that kid recently? He doesn't cultivate well on the mountain and keeps running to Mount Jingyuan. Could it be that he has taken a fancy to that girl from the Liu family?"

Hearing Song Qingming mention Song Changze's recent abnormal behavior, Huang Siyuan and Song Qingyu on the side also immediately smiled knowingly.

"Hehe! Seventh Brother, you have always been anxious about the lifelong events of these juniors. Changze and Yuxin are of similar age, and their cultivation bases are about the same. Aren't they quite suitable?"

"Why does your tone sound like you are still worried about this? Could it be that you think that girl Yuxin is not worthy of Changze?"

Song Qingming shook his head: "I am not saying that they are not suitable, but Changze's personality is too honest, and that girl from the Liu family is a master with a big temper. If the two are really together, Changze will inevitably be bullied in the future."

"Although Yuxin's temper is a bit big, she is quite good in other aspects, and her personality is relatively straightforward without too many schemes. I think she and Changze are quite a match."

"After all, when two people are together, it still depends on fate. If you really like each other, suffering a little grievance is not a big deal."

Hearing Huang Siyuan say this, Song Qingming thought for a moment, sighed with a smile: "You are right, it still depends on their fate. If Changze really likes her, we elders will naturally not stop him."

"However, even if we agree to this matter, we still have to see what Fellow Daoist He thinks in the future. After all, Liu Yuxin is her personal disciple. We cannot make decisions without her nodding."

"There is no need to worry about this. As long as Changze and Yuxin can be together, after Sister He returns from traveling, I will come forward and talk to her. There shouldn't be any major problems."

"Seventh Brother, you can rest assured to leave this matter to me. After all, I can be considered half an elder of Yuxin. No matter how big this girl's temper is, she will still listen to what I say."

Huang Siyuan nodded: "Qingyu is right. If Changze and Yuxin can really succeed, our Song family can add another Foundation Establishment cultivator, which can be considered a great happy event."

"Haha! I hope so!" After Song Qingming finished speaking, he picked up the teacup in his hand with a smile and tasted the spiritual tea again.

Although Liu Yuxin had only returned to Qinghe County for more than a year, Song Qingming still knew something about her.

Over the past year, Song Qingming hadn't intervened in the rebuilding of the Liu family of Mount Jingyuan, but he knew everything about the big and small things that happened there.

He Mengxin only negotiated with the Song family to get the spiritual vein of Mount Jingyuan at the beginning, and then left with her fellow disciple Xia Mo to travel. The rebuilding of the Liu family afterward was basically handled by Liu Yuxin alone.

It had to be said that although Liu Yuxin didn't look very old, her ability to handle things was indeed there.

With the help of the Song family, in just over a year, she not only quickly stabilized the situation on Mount Jingyuan.

She also found ways to use some reasonable means to send many Liu family mortals who had been scattered among other cultivation families around after the Liu family was destroyed back to Mount Jingyuan.

If it was about managing the family and dealing with people, Liu Yuxin's personal ability was indeed very strong. Even in the Song family, few people could do better than her.

After the three of Song Qingming chatted for a while, they got up and walked out of his cave dwelling, just in time to see Song Yuanfang, who had received the news and was rushing to the mountaintop.

"Yuanfang, this letter was written by me specially. Give it to Yuanhao and let him bring it along when he goes to Yinfeng Ridge. I will leave the family matters entirely to you."

After giving a few instructions to Song Yuanfang, Song Qingming took out the "Phantom Boat," brought Huang Siyuan and Song Qingyu, and went toward Mount Tuoyun together.

Song Qingming, standing on the "Phantom Boat," looked at the peaceful and harmonious scene in the Song family territory below and slowly felt a trace of gratification in his heart.

Since the Ma family rebellion decades ago, the Wei State had ushered in a relatively peaceful time. Whether it was Mount Tuoyun or Qinghe and Pingyang counties, nothing major had happened over these years, and it was indeed much more peaceful than in the past.

However, the reason why the northeast of the Wei State could be much more peaceful than before was mainly because of the sudden rise of the Song family and the fact that there was suddenly a Jin Dan immortal family in the territory.

Before the Song family ruled this generation, there were often rogue cultivators or demonic cultivators appearing in the Pingyang County near the Floating Yunshan Range, and occasionally there would be tragic scenes of an entire cultivation family being exterminated by demonic cultivators.

Although the situation in Qinghe County was slightly better, there was also the matter of the Wu family of Longtan Mountain being secretly infiltrated by demonic cultivators from Mount Guliang back then, and they were almost exterminated.

If the Wu family hadn't discovered it in time and asked the Song family for help back then, I fear there wouldn't be the existence of the Wu family of Longtan Mountain in Qinghe County now.

The reason why there were so many demonic cultivators and rogue cultivators entrenched near the northeast of the Wei State was also because there were no powerful Jin Dan cultivators sitting in Pingyang and Qinghe counties back then, and the deterrence to these people was too low.

Just like the Eagle Nest Ridge where rogue cultivators were entrenched back then, even if everyone knew that the other party was hiding there, if you organized manpower to go there on a large scale, these rogue cultivators would have enough time to evacuate once they learned the news.

Even if all the major cultivation families acted together, no matter how many low-level cultivators were dispatched, it would be very difficult to exterminate them at once.

But once these people angered a Jin Dan cultivator, it would be completely different.

If the extermination of Eagle Nest Ridge back then had been replaced by Song Qingming himself, he wouldn't need to spend so much effort to dispatch many low-level cultivators.

He alone, at most in half a day, Song Qingming could level the entire Eagle Nest Ridge.

Over these decades, because of the rise of the Song family, those rogue cultivators and demonic cultivators who were originally entrenched near the northeast of the Wei State had gradually calmed down over these years.

The vast majority of the notorious rogue cultivators had already left the vicinity of the Wei State and fled to the Zheng State cultivation world on the other side of Mount Yunwu.

After all, hiding under the nose of a Jin Dan family all year round, once they were targeted by the Song family and brought about a Jin Dan cultivator to take action, these people probably wouldn't be able to escape with their lives.

Because the days were much more peaceful, Qinghe and Pingyang counties had developed most rapidly over these decades, and the number of both cultivators and mortals had begun to surpass the neighboring Jiangling and Wuping counties.

In Qinghe County over these decades, in terms of Foundation Establishment families, although there was one less Lu family, the Wang family of Mount Fengtou soon advanced to become a Foundation Establishment family, filling this vacancy.

The newly rebuilt Liu family of Mount Jingyuan now didn't have many cultivators, and nominally it was still a Qi Refining family attached to the Song family, but there was also Liu Yuxin, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, sitting there all year round.

Even if Song Qingming and the others were occasionally away, there were still more than a dozen Foundation Establishment cultivators sitting in Qinghe County all year round, and their strength was far beyond the era led by the Huang family of Mount Taiyuan a hundred years ago.

Ordinary low-level rogue cultivators or demonic cultivators were unlikely to choose to stay in a peaceful place like Qinghe County for a long time, which was easy to attract attention. They preferred places that were relatively chaotic and easy to hide themselves.

This was also the biggest reason why many low-level demonic cultivators and rogue cultivators would mix into the north of the Wei State after every monster beast turmoil in the past.

However, even so, peaceful days would not last long after all. The monster beast turmoil in the northern border once every hundred years, and the high-level demonic cultivators at the Jin Dan level hidden near the Wei State, these would all break this peace in the east of the Wei State at any time in the future.

The current Song family, although they had the ability to keep one side peaceful in their territory on the surface.

But after experiencing the "Tongtian Tower" secret realm and witnessing the magical means of many high-level cultivators, Song Qingming also realized that although he had successfully formed his Jin Dan, his strength was still far from powerful enough.

Not to mention those Nascent Soul cultivators who were out of reach, just those hundred or so Jin Dan powerhouses who entered the ninth level of the Tongtian Tower.

Any one of them taken out probably had the ability to exterminate the current Song family.

To have the ability to protect himself and the peace of the Song family territory under his feet in the cultivation world, Song Qingming still had to have enough strength.

Just after arriving at Mount Tuoyun, Song Qingming and the others hadn't rested for a moment when Lin Yutang, who learned the news, soon sent a sound-transmission talisman wanting to see Song Qingming.

Song Qingming, who didn't know what happened, hurriedly summoned Lin Yutang and his junior brother to his cave dwelling on the mountaintop.

"Senior Song, we also didn't dare to agree to that Senior Zhang because of the words passed from Mount Guyang. You must not misunderstand."

After a somewhat nervous and sincere explanation from Lin Yutang, Song Qingming learned that the two of them were originally worried that he would misunderstand because of Zhang Tieyang's

Regarding the Xiaoyao Sect's refusal to let Zhang Tieyang take over Mount Tuoyun, although Song Qingming was somewhat surprised, he understood the various reasons behind it after the fact.

Although the Xiaoyao Sect had no intention of managing the spiritual vein of Mount Tuoyun, they would absolutely never easily allow outsiders to intervene in the lucrative Mount Tuoyun market.

Song Qingming was, after all, half one of their own, and given that the Song family had basically not involved themselves in the specific affairs of the Mount Tuoyun market over these years, the Xiaoyao Sect was naturally very satisfied with this and did not want to change the current status quo.

(End of chapter)