Chapter 707

From the sixth layer of the Golden Core to the seventh layer of the Golden Core, although it is only separated by a small realm, this hurdle is not so easy for a Golden Core cultivator to cross.

In this cultivation world, except for those one-in-ten-thousand geniuses with Heavenly Spiritual Roots, cultivators who can successfully form a core are basically those who are diligent and hardworking in cultivation and have a firm Dao heart; few people can successfully form a core entirely by luck.

But even if these people are one-in-ten-thousand cultivation talents, few people can successfully cultivate to the Golden Core peak to impact the Nascent Soul realm.

Unlike the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment realms, after a cultivator reaches the Golden Core realm, because of the scarcity of high-tier spiritual items in the cultivation world, the assistance of external spiritual items for breaking through cultivation realms is far less abundant than it was during the Foundation Establishment stage.

Therefore, it is far more difficult for Golden Core cultivators in the cultivation world to break through realms than for cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage.

Many Golden Core cultivators, although fortunate enough to successfully form a core and step onto the Golden Core Dao, easily stop there after entering the Golden Core realm due to a lack of personal fortune.

Even for a Nascent Soul grand sect like the "Xiaoyao Sect," most of the many Golden Core Elders in the sect can only cultivate to the middle Golden Core stage in their lifetime, and very few can break through to the late Golden Core stage.

Like True Person Guangling, who likes to hide in the sect and cultivate hard for a lifetime and has no personal fortune, even when his lifespan is near, he can only cultivate to the fourth layer of the Golden Core. Such examples are everywhere in the cultivation world.

Song Qingming has been at the Golden Core realm for nearly a hundred years, and his cultivation speed is already considered relatively fast among Golden Core cultivators.

In the Xiaoyao Sect, currently, except for Sect Master Bai Yu and Chen Xuanxin, the cultivation speed of other Golden Core Elders at the Golden Core realm is obviously not as good as his.

This is also thanks to the many high-tier spiritual items Song Qingming has obtained through traveling and exploring secret realms over the years, which have helped him improve a lot in his cultivation progress; otherwise, it would be impossible for him to cultivate to the peak of the sixth layer of the Golden Core so quickly now.

In addition, Song Qingming has used "Cui Ling True Water" to temper his spiritual root attributes over the years, which has also made up for some of his deficiencies in innate spiritual roots, making him, a cultivator who was originally a pseudo-spiritual root, no weaker than a three-spiritual-root cultivator in cultivation.

And the complete set of cultivation insights of a Nascent Soul cultivator obtained from the "Tongtian Pavilion" has also allowed him to take fewer detours in his daily cultivation.

Especially after obtaining the "Tongtian Wanling Art" cultivation technique, Song Qingming, who cultivates this technique, has also been more relaxed than before in breaking through his own cultivation bottlenecks.

These fortunes have also given him a lot of help on Song Qingming's cultivation journey in the Golden Core realm, allowing his cultivation to successfully reach the current realm step by step.

This time, when closing up to break through to the late Golden Core stage, Song Qingming did not prepare too many auxiliary spiritual items, only taking out the "Qianyuan Pill" he had previously obtained from the East Sea.

Although this pill is only of the third-tier middle-grade, its effect in assisting cultivators to break through to the late Golden Core stage is not as good as other third-tier high-grade spiritual items, but Song Qingming's confidence in his own breakthrough this time is still not low.

After all, with the help of the "Tongtian Wanling Art," his meridians have been strengthened over the years, and his dantian has stored a lot of pure heaven and earth spiritual energy, all of which will be of no small help to him in breaking through the bottleneck next.

Coupled with the assistance of the "Qianyuan Pill" in his hand, Song Qingming has at least a fifty percent chance of breaking through the realm this time.

Time flies, and after Song Qingming closed up, more than two years passed quickly.

On this day, at the top of "Mount Funiu," white clouds suddenly rolled in the sky, gathering a group of five-colored clouds that shone on a cave dwelling at the top of the mountain.

The top of the mountain is the place where several ancestors of the family cultivate; usually, except for several Foundation Establishment Elders of the family, no one dares to approach this place.

Therefore, the heaven and earth anomaly appearing above the sky did not alarm those Song family members who were busy on the mountain; only some birds resting in the forest saw this sudden situation and hurriedly flew into the sky to escape from the vicinity of the cave dwelling.

Several Song family Foundation Establishment Elders who happened to be closing up for cultivation also felt some subtle changes in the spiritual energy on the mountain at this moment.

When they stopped their cultivation and went out to check the situation, they discovered that the source of the spiritual energy anomaly was at the top of the mountain, so they couldn't help but stop their steps one after another and return to their respective cave dwellings.

The two family ancestors on the top of the mountain have been closing up for a period of time. At this moment, the one who caused the spiritual energy anomaly on the mountain must be one of the ancestors. At this time, they dare not go to disturb them.

As for which ancestor broke through their cultivation, they will naturally know after a period of time when the two family ancestors come out of seclusion.

Song Yuanfang, who was busy in the family "Council Hall," soon learned of the movement on the top of the mountain and hurriedly notified the family law enforcement team to open the mountain-protecting formation to strengthen the patrol around "Mount Funiu" to prevent anyone from coming to make trouble at this time.

Half an hour later, the heaven and earth anomaly in the sky above the top of "Mount Funiu" gradually dissipated, the spiritual energy on the mountain slowly stabilized, and the birds around also began to return to their respective nests. Everything seemed to have returned to its original calm.

Early the next morning, the cave dwelling at the top of the mountain, which had been silent for more than two years and had no movement, suddenly heard a sound, and immediately after, a smiling man in green clothes opened the door of the cave dwelling and walked out slowly from inside.

The man in green clothes seemed to have not tidied up his attire for a long time, and there was still a lot of dust on his body, only his face was relatively clean, and there was a trace of excitement in his eyes.

After closing the restriction at the door of the cave dwelling, the man in green clothes walked to the morning sun in front, stretched his hands to enjoy the sunlight shining on his face, and a burst of spiritual light suddenly rose from his body.

Immediately after, the man in green clothes turned into a ray of light, disappeared from the spot instantly, and flew to a bluestone not far above the cave dwelling, scanning the "Mount Funiu" under his feet with a somewhat serious look.

After closing up for more than two years, Song Qingming finally successfully broke through his cultivation yesterday, advanced to the seventh layer of the Golden Core realm, and became a late Golden Core cultivator.

Feeling that after breaking through to the late Golden Core realm, both his magic power and spiritual sense had increased by about half compared to before, Song Qingming also withdrew his gaze with satisfaction.

The reason why this time of closing up to break through cultivation took so much longer than before, and it took more than two years to successfully come out of seclusion, was also because Song Qingming did not break through successfully in one go.

Although he had great confidence in his heart, after Song Qingming closed up, he did not rush to take the "Qianyuan Pill" to break through his cultivation immediately, but tried to impact the cultivation bottleneck directly by relying on his own magic power without any external force.

As a result, half a year later, although he successfully touched the bottleneck in his body with the magic power in his body, he ultimately failed to succeed.

However, this time of breaking through, Song Qingming only tried it out. After feeling that the hope of success was not great, he stopped in time and stopped breaking through his cultivation, and did not choose to go all out to forcibly impact the cultivation bottleneck.

Therefore, although his first impact on the cultivation bottleneck failed, he did not damage the meridians in his body due to the failure of the breakthrough. It only took him one year to readjust his state and start impacting the cultivation bottleneck again.

This time, because he had some experience from the last failure, Song Qingming's breakthrough was also a bit smoother.

Seeing that his confidence in success was much more than before, Song Qingming decisively took the "Qianyuan Pill." With the help of this pill, he successfully broke through his cultivation and advanced to the seventh layer of the Golden Core realm.

Although it took a little more time, it was worth it to be able to successfully break through the realm. After feeling the changes brought about by the breakthrough, Song Qingming was also very happy in his heart at this moment.

After staying alone on the top of the mountain for a while, Song Qingming took out a sound transmission talisman to send the news of his coming out of seclusion to the foot of the mountain, and then turned into a ray of light, flashing a few times to come outside Huang Siyuan's cave dwelling not far away.

Huang Siyuan has been at the second layer of the Golden Core for more than ten years. Like Song Qingming, her cultivation has also reached the point where it is about to break through.

After Song Qingming closed up to break through his cultivation, Huang Siyuan, after more than a year of adjustment, also closed up to start breaking through her own cultivation realm.

Breaking through from the second layer of the Golden Core to the third layer of the Golden Core realm does not have any major bottlenecks. If there are no accidents, Huang Siyuan will also have a nine-in-ten chance of successfully breaking through her cultivation realm this time.

Seeing that Huang Siyuan was still closing up and had not come out, Song Qingming sent her another sound transmission to inform her that he had come out of seclusion, and then turned and left, returning to his own cave dwelling.

Just as he walked into the door of the cave dwelling, a crimson "Ice Fire Jiao" suddenly poked its head out from the door of the cave dwelling and climbed directly onto his shoulder along Song Qingming's robe.

Last time, after swallowing the snake gall of the middle Golden Core "Nine-Pattern Jiao" at "Jin Shan Market," the "Ice Fire Jiao" closed up and slept for nearly two years. It was not until the demon beast turmoil was about to end that it woke up again.

Although a high-tier material from a demon king was lost, the "Ice Fire Jiao" that swallowed this snake gall did not disappoint Song Qingming, and it actually successfully advanced to the late Foundation Establishment stage.

Seeing this unexpected surprise, Song Qingming was also very happy at the time and rewarded it with many pills.

Because it eats a lot, coupled with Song Qingming's careful cultivation, the cultivation of the "Ice Fire Jiao" has improved very fast over the years. However, in just a few decades, it has advanced from the Qi Refining stage to the late Foundation Establishment stage. This cultivation speed is no slower than that of ordinary human cultivators.

This is also thanks to the fact that it was enlightened by Fire Phoenix early on to its own bloodline and opened its spiritual wisdom in advance. Coupled with following such a generous master as Song Qingming, it has never lacked pills and spiritual items, which has allowed it to have a much faster cultivation speed than other demon beasts. Since closing up to break through his cultivation, Song Qingming has not had much time to pay attention to it during this period. Seeing the "Ice Fire Jiao" entangled again, Song Qingming hurriedly took out a pill to appease it.

It was not until the "Ice Fire Jiao" swallowed the pill in one gulp and revealed a look of satisfaction that Song Qingming brought it to the secret room for raising spiritual insects next to the cave dwelling to check the "Gold Illusion Butterflies" that were also kept in the cave dwelling by him.

Just after walking in, the "Gold Illusion Butterflies" resting on the surrounding walls were immediately awakened and gathered towards Song Qingming, seeming to be welcoming him, their master.

"Huh! There really has been a change. It seems that this thing is also effective for spiritual insects. It only fed such a little spiritual water, and it actually has an effect."

Seeing that the aura of these "Gold Illusion Butterflies" before him had increased a lot compared to before, a trace of surprise also appeared on Song Qingming's face, and he couldn't help but let out a sigh.

After bringing back the white spiritual water from the "Tianyuan Sect" secret realm, Song Qingming specifically went to the sect's "Merit Pavilion" to check the origin of this thing.

Since the "Xiaoyao Sect" was founded thousands of years ago, it has also collected catalogs of hundreds of types of spiritual water in the cultivation world. It was just that Song Qingming flipped through these catalogs but still did not find any existence similar to the white spiritual water in his hand.

After asking several well-informed sect elders like Chu Fengping and Chen Xuanxin, he did not get any useful information from them, so Song Qingming could only return to "Mount Funiu" with a disappointed face.

These heaven-born and earth-grown spiritual items in the cultivation world have very different effects on different demon beasts. After "Chiyan" swallowed this spiritual water, it could open its spiritual wisdom in advance, but after that "Black Bear Demon King" occupied the spiritual spring, it only strengthened its own physical body and cultivation.

The "Ice Crystal Jade Liquid" that Song Qingming obtained from the Nascent Soul cave dwelling in the Yue Kingdom back then was also like this. This thing could help the "Gold Illusion Butterflies" on Song Qingming's body break through their cultivation realm, but the effect of taking it to feed the "Heavenly Fire Peng" was unsatisfactory; it could only be said to be a waste.

Although he knew that this white spiritual water had a great effect on demon beasts, Song Qingming didn't know its origin and true use, so he didn't dare to use it casually, so he first tried to feed some to the spiritual insects "Gold Illusion Butterflies" on his body.

At first, the "Gold Illusion Butterflies" that swallowed this spiritual water did not have any major changes. It was not until Song Qingming broke through his realm this time that he discovered that the aura on their bodies was much stronger than before he closed up, and a few of the larger ones were faintly approaching the late Foundation Establishment cultivation.

Seeing that this thing was indeed useful to them, Song Qingming did not skimp on the spiritual water in his hand and took out another large bottle and poured it into the already dry groove next to it.

Anyway, he brought back a lot of spiritual water from the secret realm this time. As long as it was not wasted, Song Qingming would definitely not be stingy with these spiritual insects that had followed him for many years.

After smelling the scent of this white spiritual water, the hundreds of "Gold Illusion Butterflies" in the secret room immediately swarmed over and soon surrounded the place tightly.

The "Ice Fire Jiao" coiled on Song Qingming's body saw this scene and also poked its head out from Song Qingming's shoulder, seeming to also want to go up and taste some of the white spiritual water.

Seeing this, Song Qingming immediately shook his head at it and said: "You have just broken through your realm not long ago, so don't be too anxious. After your cultivation is completely stabilized, there will definitely be no shortage of yours."

Just after Song Qingming finished speaking, a burst of spiritual energy fluctuation suddenly came from the door of the cave dwelling. Seeing this, Song Qingming immediately walked out of the secret room and returned to the cave dwelling outside.

After tidying up the spiritual items placed in his cave dwelling, Song Qingming waved his hand lightly to open the door of his cave dwelling. A moment later, Song Yuanfang, who had received the news of Song Qingming's coming out of seclusion, walked in from the outside with a respectful face, "Congratulations to Seventh Uncle for the improvement of your cultivation!"

After entering the door, Song Yuanfang, who felt the not-so-small change in Song Qingming's aura, immediately stepped forward with a happy face, bowed, and congratulated him.

"It's just closing up to break through some cultivation, no need for courtesy. In the two years I closed up, has anything happened outside?"

Seeing this, Song Qingming hurriedly waved his hand with a smile to signal Song Yuanfang before him to get up, and then led him to sit down at a stone table not far away.

Hearing Song Qingming's question, Song Yuanfang, who had been prepared in his heart, hurriedly replied seriously:

"Reporting to Seventh Uncle, everything in the family has been very normal for the past two years. The businesses in Qinghe Market, Jinshan Market, and Chiyan Market outside have now slowly recovered.

Last year, the family held a spiritual measurement conference, and five more cultivators were added to the mountain. Among them, we also discovered a child with dual spiritual roots in Mugu Town. I checked the family genealogy under the mountain and found that he is still a descendant of Fourth Uncle's lineage."

"Oh! A dual spiritual root cultivator, and a descendant of Fourth Brother's lineage, this is really a coincidence. Next time you bring him to see me!" Hearing the news that another dual spiritual root cultivator had been discovered in the family, a trace of joy also appeared on Song Qingming's face.

The Song family has developed rapidly over the years, coupled with the peace in Qinghe County over the years, the number of mortals under the mountain has also risen, reaching more than 700,000, which has long surpassed the cultivation families like the Huang family nearby that have been established for thousands of years.

After years of cleaning up by the family law enforcement team, there have been no traces of demon beasts within a hundred miles of "Mount Funiu." The Song family has also established many mortal towns in the surrounding area. It is estimated that in another few decades, the number of mortals in the family should be able to exceed one million.

This huge base of mortals under the mountain can provide the family with several children with spiritual roots every year. The family's spiritual measurement can encounter a three-spiritual-root cultivator every few years, which is no longer a rare genius.

However, cultivators above dual spiritual roots are still relatively rare in the Song family. In the more than one hundred years that Song Qingming has served as the family head, the family has only discovered that Song Yuanli and Song Yuanhao have talents above dual spiritual roots.

Back then, Song Yuanli was discovered when Fourth Brother Song Qingrui measured his spiritual roots and brought him to the mountain. Unexpectedly, another dual spiritual root cultivation genius has appeared in his lineage now. Hearing this news, Song Qingming also felt a bit of emotion about the cleverness of fate.

"How are the injuries of Yuanli and the others? Have they all recovered? And is there any news from Xinyu?" After listening to the good news reported by Song Yuanfang, Song Qingming nodded and asked another question.

Hearing this question, the joy on Song Yuanfang's face slowly calmed down, and he replied softly:

"The healing pills you brought back from the East Sea last time have all been distributed. Most of the injured cultivators in the family have recovered in the past two years. Only Eighteenth Brother and a few others have not fully recovered because their injuries were relatively heavy.

They all suffered too serious physical damage. Even with the help of pills, it will take a long time of recuperation to slowly recover. I estimate that they should be able to recover in a few more years, so you don't have to worry too much.

Eighth Uncle sent a letter back half a year ago saying that he had obtained the Yuchen Pill and was preparing to start closing up to impact the Golden Core realm. It is estimated that he should be ready and started closing up by now."

Song Qingming sighed slightly and said: "Hmm! I know about Yuanli's injuries. It will delay his future Dao path. You should take more care of him when you have time and let him recuperate with peace of mind and not think too much.

Yuanfang, you are all people who have made great contributions to the family. No matter who can reach the step of forming a core in the future, the family will try its best to support them. However, personal Dao paths cannot be forced. How far you can go on this cultivation path depends on your own fortune."

Among the many Foundation Establishment Elders of the Song family, the cultivation of Song Yuanli and Song Changze has broken through to the late Foundation Establishment stage, and the cultivation of Song Yuanhao, Song Yuanfang, and Song Yuanxue has also reached the sixth layer of the Foundation Establishment stage. On the surface, they all have some chances to cultivate to the ninth layer of the Foundation Establishment stage to impact the Golden Core realm.

These family elders who were the first to establish their foundation are all people who have made great contributions to the family's development over the years. Although he certainly has no way to support them all to the Golden Core realm, Song Qingming does not want to treat them unfairly in this regard.

He brought back so many high-tier spiritual herbs from the "Tianyuan Sect" secret realm last time, and Song Qingming had already made plans in his heart. After he broke through his cultivation, he would go out to other nearby places to search for core-forming spiritual items to prepare for their future impact on the Golden Core realm.

As an elder, what Song Qingming can do is to try his best to find core-forming spiritual items for them. As for whether they will have the opportunity to step into the Golden Core realm in the future, it depends on their personal fortune.

Suddenly hearing that his family head would support him in impacting the Golden Core realm in the future, a trace of unexpected joy immediately appeared on Song Yuanfang's face, and he hurriedly kowtowed to Song Qingming before him to thank him!

"Thank you, Seventh Uncle, for your cultivation! Yuanfang understands!"

Since establishing his foundation, because his personal cultivation talent is average, Song Yuanfang has spent most of his energy on managing the family for so many years. His personal cultivation speed is not fast, and his cultivation has been surpassed by the younger generation of the family who established their foundation later, Song Yuanhao and Song Changze.

Although Song Yuanfang knows that his talent is average and he is not as good as Song Yuanli and the others in cultivation, it is impossible to say that he is not tempted when facing the temptation of the Golden Core Dao.

Originally, Song Yuanfang thought that Song Qingming would not have the idea of supporting him in forming a core. When he just heard that Song Qingming would treat the several family elders equally, he was also very excited in his heart at this moment.

After smiling and waving his hand at Song Yuanfang, Song Qingming continued to ask: "Yuanfang, how many spirit stones can be taken out of the family treasury now?"

"On the account book of the Treasure Pavilion that Yuanqian gave me last month, there are more than 30,000 spirit stones. Coupled with the treasury on the Chiyan Market side, it should be able to gather about 50,000 spirit stones. If Seventh Uncle is in a hurry to use them, I will immediately send a letter to let Changze send all the spirit stones over tomorrow."

Song Qingming nodded lightly and said: "Hmm! Now that the family already has several Golden Core cultivators, the spiritual energy on the mountain is a bit insufficient. I plan to refine a set of high-tier spiritual gathering formations first to improve the spiritual vein of Mount Funiu again.

This time, improving the spiritual vein will also take about 100,000 spirit stones. I can still take out 30,000 spirit stones. For the remaining gap, you go and think of a way to try to gather these spirit stones within two months."