Chapter 761: Distributing Spiritual Veins, Arranging Teleportation Formation

A month after Song Qingming returned to the family, Zhao Mengling, who had already refined the secret method, arrived at "Funiu Mountain" as promised to remedy the origin of the Gilded Fruit Tree.

With the personal action of Zhao Mengling, a third-level medium-grade spiritual plant master, the subsequent process was also very smooth. In less than half a day, Zhao Mengling successfully turned the refined secret method into a spirit talisman and integrated it into the foundation of the "Gilded Fruit Tree."

Seeing the spiritual tree's speed of absorbing spiritual energy slowly stabilize, Zhao Mengling walked out of the Song family's back mountain "Spiritual Medicine Garden" with satisfaction.

"Junior Brother Song, as long as there are another ten days or so, the spiritual tree will thoroughly refine this talisman, and the original lost origin will be thoroughly restored.

Although the integration of the talisman was very smooth this time, it is still hard to say whether it can help it advance successfully. It is estimated that it will take half a year to see the result.

I have two second-level Ebony Talismans here, which can help the spiritual tree absorb spiritual energy and nutrients faster. You should stick one on the root of the spiritual tree every month."

After taking the several spirit talismans handed over by Zhao Mengling, Song Qingming immediately handed them over to Song Yuanxue on the side, and then took out a spirit stone bag from his body and stuffed it into Zhao Mengling's hand.

"This matter is thanks to Senior Sister Zhao not fearing hardship and coming to help. A little bit of my heart, I hope Senior Sister will accept it."

Seeing that Song Qingming stuffed over a thousand spirit stones again, Zhao Mengling did not accept them directly this time, but put away the smile on her face and waved her hands:

"Junior Brother Song is polite. This remedial method did not need to spend too much time, just a lift of a finger. Junior Brother already gave me spirit stones for this before, so how can I be embarrassed to accept these? If it spreads out, others will think I am a person who is obsessed with money.

Junior Brother, take the spirit stones back quickly, otherwise I will be angry."

"This... this matter is Junior Brother's negligence. I hope Senior Sister will not be angry, and follow me to the mountain to taste tea and rest for a while."

Seeing Zhao Mengling's expression change and her firm refusal to accept the spirit stones, Song Qingming did not insist anymore, hurriedly put away the spirit stones in his hand, gave a smiling face, and took Zhao Mengling to the "Huixian Pavilion" at the summit.

Zhao Mengling had formed her Golden Core for many years, and she had always liked to make friends in the "Carefree Sect" and paid more attention to her reputation.

Knowing that the other party would not want the spirit stones, Song Qingming could only let Song Yuanfang pick two bags of more precious spiritual tea from the family's Hidden Gold Pavilion and send them over, which made Zhao Mengling accept them with a happy expression.

Over the years, Song Qingming had always been courteous in his dealings with other elders in the sect, and even when facing people like Fang Baixuan who formed their Golden Cores later than him, he would not think of taking advantage of the other party.

Zhao Mengling's willingness to take action to help and come to "Funiu Mountain" in person to remedy the spiritual tree's origin this time was because she came for his sake. No matter what, Song Qingming could not let her go back empty-handed.

After accompanying Zhao Mengling to taste tea and chat for a while, seeing the other party stand up to bid farewell, Song Qingming hurriedly sent her out in person, and only stopped until he was outside the mountain before returning to the clan.

In the next few months, Song Yuanxue and others took care of the "Gilded Fruit Tree" carefully according to the method Zhao Mengling said. It was really hard work that paid off, and this fruit tree actually successfully advanced to the third-level medium-grade half a year later.

This time, the "Gilded Fruit Tree" not only successfully advanced, but also successfully produced a third-level medium-grade spiritual fruit that had already matured, which made the entire Song family very happy.

On the other side, after Xu Ziyan informed the two Supreme Elders of the sect, Li Mufeng and Bai Yuxian, about the Song family's request for the "Cangyuan Mountain" spiritual vein, it was no surprise that both of them had no opinion on the Song family wanting to operate this spiritual vein and agreed on the spot.

The Song family also paid a great price to get this spiritual vein, spending a full seventy thousand spirit stones to successfully purchase this third-level spiritual vein from the sect's Miscellaneous Affairs Hall.

Fortunately, over the years, the Song family had obtained many spiritual veins and demon beast materials through the northern expedition, plus the family discovered the "Shuangfeng Mountain" spirit stone vein and made a fortune, and the treasury had already accumulated over one hundred thousand spirit stones.

Just taking down the third-level spiritual vein of "Cangyuan Mountain" would not hurt the family's vitality for a while.

It was just that in order to be low-key and not appear too rich in front of others now.

When Song Qingming was discussing the price of taking over the spiritual vein with Xu Ziyan, he still complained a lot to her, letting the sect agree to pay half of the spirit stones first, and the remaining balance would be paid back slowly by the Song family over ten years.

Regarding this, Xu Ziyan naturally understood.

The Song family had just taken "White Lion Ridge" a few years ago and had invested a lot of spirit stones in this third-level spiritual vein. The sect naturally knew about these things without Song Qingming saying much.

Therefore, when Song Qingming made this request, Xu Ziyan did not say much and agreed quickly.

Moreover, Xu Ziyan also represented the sect and agreed that if the Song

Song Qingming expressed his agreement with Xu Ziyan's idea on the spot.

However, the spiritual vein of "Cangyuan Mountain" is located in a remote area, and currently, there are not many human cultivators appearing in the vicinity, so it is not yet suitable to build a marketplace there.

It is impossible to manage this spiritual vein well for the time being; it is estimated that it will take at least three to five years for the surrounding area to slowly develop before "Cangyuan Mountain" can gather enough cultivators to open a marketplace and earn spirit stones.

After obtaining the spiritual vein of "Cangyuan Mountain," Song Qingming immediately arranged for the family's Foundation Establishment Elders, Song Xuanting and Song Xuanyu, to take dozens of cultivators to "Cangyuan Mountain" to take over the vein.

Then, they first set up a Grade 3 low-rank mountain-protecting array above the spiritual vein and began to renovate this Grade 3 spiritual vein that had been occupied by demonic beasts for many years.

In addition to the "Cangyuan Mountain" obtained by the Song family, the other several Grade 3 spiritual veins conquered by the "Carefree Sect" during the northern expedition also found their owners.

The owner of one of the Grade 3 spiritual veins, "Youyun Mountain," was the rogue cultivator Zhou Ziyang, who had participated in the northern expedition together with the "Carefree Sect."

Song Qingming had long anticipated that Zhou Ziyang would receive a Grade 3 spiritual vein from the sect.

After all, since returning to the State of Wei, Zhou Ziyang had first helped the sect resist the demonic clan's obstruction at "Guyang Mountain," and later contributed significantly in several major battles during the northern expedition with the "Carefree Sect."

Zhou Ziyang was not an Elder of the "Carefree Sect," yet he had exerted so much effort for the sect; it was indeed understandable that he would want to secure a spiritual vein in the north after the war, and it was difficult for the "Carefree Sect" to refuse him on this point.

Originally, Song Qingming thought that Zhou Ziyang would be like Zhang Tieyang, choosing to join the "Carefree Sect" directly to become a guest Elder of the sect.

But what he did not expect was that although Zhou Ziyang had received several active invitations from the sect, he did not nod in agreement.

Instead, he chose to emulate the ancestor Chen of "Tuoyun Mountain" from back then; after obtaining the Grade 3 mid-rank spiritual vein of "Youyun Mountain," he immediately established a sect there and recruited disciples widely, wanting to create his own force just like Chen Jinliang.

In the world of cultivation, there are cultivators like Zhang Tieyang who are open-minded and enjoy life, but of course, there is no shortage of people like Zhou Ziyang who are single-mindedly devoted to the Dao and want to create a foundation in this world of cultivation.

Regarding Zhou Ziyang's choice, although Song Qingming was a bit surprised, he still admired his ideas to some extent.

In any case, Zhou Ziyang was indeed a person who dared to think and act; even if his achievements in the future were not as great as Chen Jinliang's, he would still leave a significant mark in the hearts of the cultivators in the State of Wei.

Besides "Youyun Mountain," another Grade 3 low-rank spiritual vein fell into the hands of a Core Formation rogue cultivator who came from the State of Pei in the south.

After this person obtained the spiritual vein, unsurprisingly, he soon joined the "Carefree Sect" like Zhang Tieyang and became a guest Elder of the sect.

Apart from these few Grade 3 spiritual veins, the sect kept only a very small portion of the remaining dozens of Grade 2 spiritual veins, and most of them were taken out by the Hall of Affairs and sold directly at marked prices.

Among them, many were local cultivation families and rogue cultivators of the State of Wei, and many also came from surrounding countries upon hearing the news; for a time, the entire State of Wei had many more foreign cultivators.

After selling off so many spiritual veins in their hands, the "Carefree Sect" not only added many cultivators to their ranks but also immediately recovered hundreds of thousands of spirit stones, making a small fortune.

As the "Carefree Sect" brought out numerous spiritual veins in the north, a large number of cultivators flooded into the northern part of the State of Wei, and everywhere began to become lively.

For these cultivators to take root in the north of the State of Wei, having spiritual veins for cultivation was naturally not enough; various spiritual items such as elixirs, talismans, and magic tools were also indispensable.

In just half a year, with the continuous surge in the number of cultivators, the price of low-grade cultivation elixirs in the entire northern part of the State of Wei rose by nearly 30 percent.

Besides the "Carefree Sect" filling their pockets and making a big profit, those merchants who were on good terms with the "Carefree Sect" and nearby cultivation families like the Song family also got a share of the pie.

During the period of vigorous development in the north of the State of Wei, Huang Siyuan, who had traveled to the East Sea cultivation world several times, also brought back good news for the family: she had successfully purchased a teleportation array needed by the family.

Ever since the Song family conquered the Grade 3 spiritual vein of "Bai Shiling" during the northern expedition, in order to facilitate the management of this spiritual vein, Song Qingming wanted to emulate the sect and set up a teleportation array between the family and the front line of "Bai Shiling" to connect the two places.

On one hand, if any accidents occurred at "Bai Shiling," the family could quickly provide reinforcements through the "teleportation array," without worrying that the reinforcements would not be able to reach the front line in time in case of a sudden attack by the demonic beast army.

On the other hand, it could also connect the two places through the "teleportation array," saving more than ten days of travel for the low-grade cultivators coming and going, and saving a lot of costs for transporting supplies and personnel; it was a major event that was extremely beneficial to the long-term development of the entire family.

However, the materials needed to refine a "teleportation array" in the cultivation world are very rare and are basically controlled by a small number of large sects, so it is difficult to see "teleportation arrays" above the intermediate level on the market, except for the lowest-grade small ones. After many years of inquiring in "Tiandancheng," Huang Siyuan finally, with the help and introduction of her good friend Ye Qiuyuan, spent tens of thousands of spirit stones to successfully buy a small "teleportation array" that the Song family needed now.

In the cultivation world, "teleportation arrays" are divided into four types according to the distance of teleportation.

The one with the shortest teleportation distance is called a "small teleportation array"; this kind of "teleportation array" generally has a teleportation distance of about one or two thousand miles.

When Song Qingming first went to participate in the "Tiandan Alliance" auction, the one he took to the venue was this smallest type of "teleportation array"; the price to set up one such array is about ten or twenty thousand spirit stones.

Further up, those that can teleport a distance of about ten thousand miles are the rarer "intermediate teleportation arrays"; one such array requires at least about one hundred thousand spirit stones, and in the cultivation world, basically only large forces above the Core Formation stage have the financial resources to set them up.

The "Carefree Sect" has set up this kind of "intermediate teleportation array" in several of their important spiritual vein territories.

For so many years, the "Carefree Sect" has fought many battles with the demonic clan; it is precisely because the intermediate teleportation array set up in "Guiyun Fang" could provide timely reinforcements to the front line that they were able to withstand the huge pressure brought by the demonic beasts in the north.

After this sect's northern expedition, in order to better manage the spiritual veins in the northern front line that countless cultivators had paid the price of blood to win,

Xu Ziyan, the acting "Sect Master" of the sect, quickly made a trip to the East Sea cultivation world, purchased a set of "intermediate teleportation arrays" from there, and set it up between "Guiyun Fang" and "Baiyun Valley."

With the "teleportation array" connected, although they are separated by tens of thousands of miles, they can still provide mutual support, and the entire northern part of the State of Wei has become much more stable because of this.

As for the "large teleportation array" further up, which can teleport a distance of about one hundred thousand miles, this is not something that an ordinary sect has the financial resources to set up; according to what Song Qingming knows, there is currently no sect in the entire Fuyun Mountain Range that has this capability.

Even looking at the entire Donghuangxianzhou, only a very small number of top-tier Nascent Soul forces can possibly set up this kind of "large teleportation array" with extremely high operating costs.

As for the higher-grade "super-large cross-continent teleportation arrays," which can help cultivators directly cross the vast ocean to go to other cultivation worlds, those are even less likely to be seen in ordinary places; it is estimated that there are not many in the entire Donghuangxianzhou cultivation world.

This time, the Song family originally wanted to find an "intermediate teleportation array" of the kind used by the Carefree Sect, but after searching for a long time, they could not find any news about such a teleportation array.

It was not until a month ago that Huang Siyuan, who was at "Mount Funiu," received a letter from Ye Qiuyuan, who had helped inquire about news of a "small teleportation array" of relatively good quality in "Tiandancheng."

Although this teleportation array was only the lowest-grade "small teleportation array," its teleportation distance was much farther than an ordinary "small teleportation array," and it could teleport nearly four thousand miles.

Although this teleportation distance did not meet the Song family's original requirements, it could barely be used, and the price was relatively much cheaper than the intermediate teleportation array used by the "Carefree Sect," so it was still quite affordable for the Song family.

After a careful deliberation by several people, Song Qingming still decided to let Huang Siyuan go to the East Sea cultivation world and purchase this "small teleportation array."

The small teleportation array that Huang Siyuan brought back could teleport four thousand miles, and this distance was just about right between "Bai Shiling" and "Chiyan Fang."

After Huang Siyuan brought the teleportation array back from "Tiandancheng," Song Qingming immediately took all the array masters in the family and worked day and night for more than a month before finally successfully installing this "small teleportation array" in the two marketplaces.

Just after the teleportation array was set up, several bolder Song family cultivators immediately took the initiative to step forward and applied to test the teleportation effect.

As the white light lit up and flashed by, these people soon disappeared from the teleportation platform; after a while, the white light lit up on the teleportation platform again, and the people who had just teleported away appeared in front of everyone again.

"Reporting to the ancestor, we have just arrived at Bai Shiling, and this is a letter that ancestor Changze asked us to give to you!"

Looking at the letter in his hand that Song Changze had sent him from thousands of miles away, Song Qingming, knowing that the teleportation array had been set up steadily, immediately had a look of joy on his face.

Although this teleportation array cost the family nearly forty thousand spirit stones, being able to connect the two marketplaces also brought great convenience to the Song family in guarding these two spiritual veins in the future.

With the teleportation array connected, once the marketplace on the northern front line encounters an emergency that requires support, the family only needs to send cultivators to the nearby "Chiyan Fang" to take the teleportation array and arrive instantly, without spending too much time.

For a Core Formation cultivator like Song Qingming, it would originally take at least an hour to rush to "Bai Shiling," but now if he takes the teleportation array from "Chiyan Fang," he can arrive in at most less than a quarter of an hour.

In this way, even if there are no Core Formation cultivators stationed at "Bai Shiling" all year round, there will not be any major safety hazards; at most, it will just cost some more spirit stones to activate the teleportation array.

After the teleportation arrays in the two marketplaces were installed, it is now much more convenient for the cultivators stationed at the "Bai Shiling" front line to return to the family; they can return to the family at any time to visit relatives and friends.

In addition to this, the Song family setting up the "teleportation array" between the two marketplaces can also open it to the public and charge a certain fee for cultivators traveling between the two places.

Although the profit from this kind of short-distance teleportation is not high, over time, many small amounts can add up to a large amount; as long as the family can carefully maintain this "small teleportation array," the spirit stones spent will sooner or later be recovered.

Since Song Qingming's Foundation Establishment, after nearly two hundred years of development, the Song family now has many industries outside, but there are not many industries that can stably bring a large amount of profit to the family every year.

In addition to the two mineral veins of "Shuangfeng Mountain" and "Yinfeng Ridge" which can harvest four or five thousand spirit stones every year, the two marketplaces of "Chiyan Fang" and "Baishi Fang" are also important sources of income for the family.

Not counting other miscellaneous things, just collecting rent for marketplace shops and renting out caves to those passing rogue cultivators is a considerable income.

Added together with the profits of the shops operated by the family, the Song family can earn more than five thousand spirit stones from these two marketplaces every year.

As long as these two marketplaces can operate stably, with such a large income every year, the family treasury will not lack spirit stones.

That is why Song Qingming attaches such importance to these two marketplaces and is willing to spend so many spirit stones to specifically buy a "small teleportation array," just to add a few more points of insurance and protection to the marketplaces.

After successfully setting up the teleportation array, Song Qingming did not rush to leave; accompanied by Song Xuanling, the Song family Elder stationed at the marketplace, he went to patrol the streets of the marketplace.

Although "Chiyan Fang" has been established for less than a hundred years, it is far less historically long-standing than surrounding marketplaces like "Qinghe Fang" and "Jinshan Fang."

However, under the careful management of the Song family in the past few decades, the business of "Chiyan Fang" has soon surpassed many surrounding marketplaces and has become the premier large marketplace in the northeast of the State of Wei.

The greatest credit for this goes to the couple Song Changze and Liu Yuxin, who were stationed at the marketplace for many years; most of the rules and regulations currently operating in "Chiyan Fang" were left behind by the two of them when they were here.

Song Qingming later transferred the two of them to "Bai Shiling," also because he valued the ability of the Song Changze couple to manage the marketplace.

Although "Baishi Fang" is a marketplace jointly operated by the Song family and the "Carefree Sect," the Song family holds a larger share of the entire marketplace, and Song Qingming also wants to manage "Baishi Fang" into a large marketplace like "Guiyun Fang" in the future.

It is just that "Bai Shiling" is a territory that the Song family has just conquered, and there are not many cultivators and mortals living nearby at present, so the development speed is not as fast as "Chiyan Fang" back then, and it still needs some time to become the large marketplace in Song Qingming's heart.

After taking a turn in "Chiyan Fang," Song Qingming, who was very satisfied with the situation of the marketplace, praised Song Xuanling a few words and then prepared to leave the marketplace to go to "Shuangfeng Mountain" not far away to take a look.

Just as he arrived at the entrance of the marketplace, a Song family Qi Refining late-stage cultivator suddenly rushed over from not far away and handed a letter to Song Xuanling, who was following by Song Qingming's side.

After taking the letter and glancing at it, a look of doubt appeared on Song Xuanling's face, and he hurriedly presented the letter in his hand respectfully to Song Qingming.

"Reporting to the ancestor, this is a letter that the sixteenth grand-uncle just sent urgently from the clan to find you, saying that there is something in Qinghe Fang that he wants you to go back and discuss."

"What is the matter in Qinghe Fang? Didn't Yuanfang make it clear in the letter?"

Hearing that it was Song Yuanfang who sent a letter to discuss matters with him, Song Qingming asked with some surprise, and then took the letter presented by Song Xuanling.

Seeing Song Xuanling standing on the side shaking his head slightly, Song Qingming did not say anything more and opened the letter in his hand directly.

After looking at it carefully, his originally relaxed face gradually became a bit heavy, and then he quickly returned to calm, and put the letter in his hand directly into his storage bag.

"Ancestor, are you still going to Shuangfeng Mountain next?"

Hearing Song Xuanling's cautious inquiry, Song Qingming shook his head directly and said: "I have something to do today and need to return to the family first, so I won't go there. Later, you send a letter to Linrui and the others to inform them about this, and I will go to see it when I have time next time.

You all go back to do your own things; there is no need to see me off."

After speaking, Song Qingming turned and walked out of the marketplace under the gaze of everyone, then took out the "Phantom Boat," turned into a streak of light, and disappeared from the spot.

After leaving "Chiyan Fang," Song Qingming did not choose to return to "Mount Funiu," but controlled the flying boat all the way to the southeast of Qinghe County, heading straight for "Qinghe Fang."