Chapter 794: Passing of Old Friends, Family Council (Seeking Monthly Votes)

The second-tier top-quality "Longevity Elixir" on Bai Yunhua was worth at least several thousand spirit stones on the market, a rare spiritual elixir that was hard to buy even if one had the money.

After discovering that the elixir was missing, the first person Song Qingming suspected was that these descendants of the Bai family had stolen the elixir when Bai Yunhua wasn't paying attention, which was why he forced them to ask.

But Song Qingming only suspected the others of the Bai family and did not suspect his own disciple, Bai Jingyun.

After all, Bai Jingyun was the descendant Bai Yunhua valued most. In order to pave the way for his grandson, Bai Yunhua even traded the great secret of the "Qing River Cave Dwelling" to Song Qingming back then in exchange for his protection of Bai Jingyun.

Bai Jingyun was only twenty-something now, in the prime of his youth, and had no use for a second-tier top-quality "Longevity Elixir" that increased lifespan. If the spiritual elixir were in his hands, it could only be used to exchange for spirit stones and cultivation resources.

And if Bai Jingyun wanted this spiritual elixir, given Bai Yunhua's doting on him, he probably wouldn't be stingy with him, so there was no need to use such a stealing method.

Seeing Bai Jingyun suddenly stand out, Song Qingming, Song Yuanfang, and the Bai family members to the side were all somewhat surprised and looked at him.

After Bai Jingyun stepped forward and bowed, he took a black formation disk from the storage bag at his waist and placed it before Song Qingming.

"Master, this formation disk was left to me by Grandfather a few months ago when he was still clear-headed.

At that time, he also told me to be sure to keep this item safe. If I lacked spiritual items when I reached Foundation Establishment in the future, I should hand this formation disk to you, saying that perhaps this item could help me.

During this time, I have always felt that this matter was somewhat suspicious. Please help me take a look, Master, to see if this item left by Grandfather is related to that elixir."

Just as Bai Jingyun finished speaking, the black formation disk flew out of his hand and landed in Song Qingming's hand, who examined it with a trace of doubt.

Seeing the black formation disk Bai Jingyun took out, it was only a first-tier top-quality formation disk of average quality. The crowd standing to the side was still somewhat confused. How could such an ordinary and low-value thing be related to the extremely precious second-tier top-quality "Longevity Elixir" in Song Qingming's mouth?

But the next moment, under Song Qingming's spell, the black formation disk suddenly split into two halves, and immediately after, a black wooden box about an inch in size suddenly floated out from the middle of the formation disk.

After the wooden box fell into Song Qingming's hand, it opened automatically, and immediately a golden spiritual light lit up, and everyone soon smelled a very rich medicinal fragrance.

"This is... that's right, this is the second-tier top-quality Longevity Elixir refined by the Chen Chen Laozu!"

Seeing the elixir shining with golden light in the wooden box in Song Qingming's hand, Song Yuanfang immediately recognized it.

Hearing Song Yuanfang confirm that the spiritual elixir had been found, the Bai family members kneeling on the side slowly relaxed. Fortunately, Bai Jinghua stood out and took out the spiritual elixir in time; otherwise, they would probably have been unable to explain this matter to Song Qingming today.

And Bai Jingyun, standing in place, was surprised and also very puzzled in his heart when he saw that Song Qingming had really found the spiritual elixir.

Having cultivated for so many years, Bai Jingyun naturally knew the value of the second-tier top-quality "Longevity Elixir." It was no wonder that Bai Yunhua had told him back then that the black formation disk could exchange for a chance at Foundation Establishment for him.

But what puzzled him was that his grandfather clearly had longevity elixir to prolong his life, so why didn't Bai Yunhua take and refine this elixir, but instead insisted on leaving it to him.

This second-tier top-quality "Longevity Elixir" was, after all, an elixir for prolonging life, not a spiritual item like a Foundation Establishment Pill. Even if left to Bai Jingyun, it could not guarantee that he would successfully reach Foundation Establishment in the future.

Although he knew that his grandfather doted on him very much and pinned all the family's hopes on him.

But when he knew that Bai Yunhua was facing the exhaustion of his lifespan and still couldn't bear to take this second-tier top-quality "Longevity Elixir," Bai Jingyun still felt somewhat uncomfortable, and he slowly realized the expectations the family elders had for him.

After finding the "Longevity Elixir" he had bestowed upon Bai Yunhua back then, Song Qingming's originally somewhat ugly face also changed for a while and fell into contemplation.

The reason he insisted on finding this second-tier top-quality "Longevity Elixir," besides confirming the whereabouts of the elixir, was also because Song Qingming was somewhat worried about whether Bai Yunhua had been coerced by some expert over the years.

Although a second-tier top-quality spiritual elixir was worth several thousand spirit stones, for the current Jin Dan immortal clan, the Song family, it could not be considered a precious spiritual item.

Compared to these things, Song Qingming was more concerned about the "Qing River Cave Dwelling" thousands of miles away. If Bai Yunhua had really been coerced, leading to the leakage of the cave dwelling matter, it would be somewhat troublesome for Song Qingming.

Now that he confirmed the spiritual elixir was in Bai Jingyun's hands and no one was involved in the Bai family's affairs behind his back, Song Qingming felt his heart slowly relax.

After a while, he put away the elixir and turned to walk to Bai Yunhua, who was unconscious.

"Fellow Daoist Bai, to this day, although I don't understand why you wanted to do this, you can rest assured about Jingyun's matter. As long as he can cultivate diligently in the future, I will definitely try my best to support Jingyun in reaching Foundation Establishment."

After saying this, Song Qingming took Song Yuanfang and turned to leave, leaving only the Bai family members who were still at a loss and looking at each other.

And Bai Yunhua on the sickbed, without anyone knowing, exhaled his last breath and never had any breath left, forever leaving this world from then on.

A white light flashed, and the flying boat passed through the clouds to the high sky, rushing south against the cold wind unique to winter.

Song Qingming, standing in front, looked at the beautiful scenery of mountains and rivers under the clouds, sighed lightly, and threw the "Longevity Elixir" in his hand to Song Yuanfang behind him.

"In a few days, when Fellow Daoist Bai is buried, you come again to take Jingyun to Funiu Mountain and teach him well. Don't let him suffer any grievances in the future.

I have already promised Bai Yunhua that I will definitely support Jingyun in reaching Foundation Establishment. When his cultivation reaches a suitable time, you must inform me in time.

If I am not at home, you arrange it yourself. Don't delay his path, making me break my promise to others.

As for the Bai family side, since Bai Yunhua is dead, you don't need to worry too much in the future. Withdraw everyone!

Tell Changze to let them keep an eye on it slightly. Don't let anyone find trouble with Yuping Mountain within twenty years."

Song Yuanfang nodded slightly with a heavy expression: "Seventh Great-Uncle, rest assured. After I go back, I will arrange it.

It was indeed my negligence back then. I only arranged manpower in the surroundings and didn't notice the anomaly on Yuping Mountain. Yuanfang handled things carelessly, please punish me, Seventh Great-Uncle!"

Hearing Song Yuanfang's self-reproach, Song Qingming, standing in front, shook his head slightly: "I know about this matter. Although you were somewhat negligent, these were all Bai Yunhua's own choices, so you don't need to overthink it.

Mortals go through birth, old age, sickness, and death in a lifetime, and we cultivators cannot escape these cycles either. Thinking more about the descendants is also understandable.

No matter what thoughts Bai Yunhua made his choice with, we have nothing to judge, it's just that there is one less old friend in this world!"

After Song Qingming finished speaking, he sighed lightly, seemingly full of regret for the sudden departure of an old friend.

"Yuanfang understands! Seventh Great-Uncle doesn't need to be too sad. Although old friends have withered away, our Song family also has many newcomers on the mountain every year, and these children are also our hope for the future."

"Hmm! You are right. The cultivation world has gone through ten thousand years of vicissitudes. What we can see now is only a corner. I hope they can go further in the future and see more different scenery."

"..."

A few days later, at the Bai family of "Yuping Mountain," the news of the passing of their Foundation Establishment Chen Chen Laozu, Bai Yunhua, quickly spread to the surroundings, and the entire "Yuping Mountain" fell into a burst of sorrow.

Hearing that the Bai family's Foundation Establishment Chen Chen Laozu had passed away, many loose cultivators who had been peeking at "Yuping Mountain" became interested in the legacy left by this Foundation Establishment cultivator and came to "Yuping Mountain" to pay their respects and probe the truth.

However, when they arrived here, seeing a green-robed man with cultivation at the late Foundation Establishment stage sitting at the head of the hall, they were so scared that they hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

After Bai Yunhua's funeral ended, Song Yuanfang, who came specially to pay respects on behalf of the Song family, led Bai Jingyun directly back to "Funiu Mountain" in front of everyone.

Seeing this scene, the surrounding cultivation families and even the loose cultivators who came to pay respects showed expressions of surprise one after another.

Knowing that the relationship between "Funiu Mountain" and the Bai family was somewhat unusual, these people did not dare to stay on "Yuping Mountain" for long and left one after another after ending their condolences.

Several surrounding cultivation families with similar strength did not dare to look down on the Bai family from then on.

Bai Jingyun had now gone to "Funiu Mountain" to cultivate. With his cultivation talent and the support of the Song family, who knew when he would return after reaching Foundation Establishment.

Although the Bai family had declined because their Foundation Establishment Chen Chen Laozu had passed away, as long as Bai Jingyun was there, there was definitely a great possibility of revival. —— Winter passed and spring came. As the earth slowly warmed, all things began to recover on the mountains, rivers, and fields, adding a piece of green vitality to the whole world.

This day, in the cave dwelling on the peak of "Funiu Mountain."

Song Qingming, who had finished a day of meditation and cultivation, slowly withdrew his magic power into his body, then stood up with a calm expression.

More than a year had passed since Song Qingming returned from the "Tianhai Cultivation World."

The injuries that were still in his body back then had now basically recovered with the assistance of the healing elixirs refined by Huang Siyuan.

After checking his body to confirm there were no major issues, Song Qingming turned and came to a secret room inside the cave dwelling that was operating a "Spirit Gathering Formation."

Looking at "Jin Feng" and "Yinjia" who were cultivating in the "Spirit Gathering Formation," Song Qingming, with a look of satisfaction, waved his hand lightly, and a burst of white light immediately appeared in his hand.

Then, under Song Qingming's control, a "White Lion Puppet Beast" suddenly appeared out of thin air in mid-air, with a large group of white spiritual light under its feet.

This "White Lion Puppet Beast" was already at the third-tier top-quality. It was snatched by Song Qingming from Qiu Wuxin when he was in the "Wind and Thunder Island" secret realm. After the "White Lion Puppet Beast" appeared, Jin Feng and Yinjia in the "Spirit Gathering Formation" immediately reacted, flew directly into mid-air, and then combined with the "White Lion Puppet Beast" to form a triangular formation. Seeing the "Ten Thousand Spirits Puppet Formation" combined by the three puppets in front of him already gathering magic power in mid-air, Song Qingming patted his storage magic tool again and took out the "Li Huo Chi Xin Sword" that was emitting red spiritual light.

In the past year or so, Song Qingming not only recovered from his injuries but also successfully refined the "Li Huo Chi Xin Sword" before him and the "White Lion Puppet Beast" of Qiu Wuxin, taking them for his own use.

A fourth-tier low-quality flying sword magic treasure plus a third-tier top-quality puppet beast, these two high-tier spiritual items that were hard to come by, also strengthened Song Qingming's fighting strength quite a bit.

Although the third-tier low-quality "White Rhinoceros Puppet Beast" on Song Qingming's body was destroyed by Qiu Daoping during the fight, Song Qingming had now successfully refined Qiu Wuxin's "White Lion Puppet Beast."

Added to the "Jin Feng" and "Yinjia" corpse puppets that were almost repaired, the power of the "Ten Thousand Spirits Puppet Formation" was now increasing rather than decreasing compared to before.

After injecting his magic power into the "Li Huo Chi Xin Sword" in his hand, under Song Qingming's control, the flying sword turned into a red spiritual light and headed straight for the "Ten Thousand Spirits Puppet Formation" not far away.

"Boom!" A loud noise! Although there was a high-tier formation specially set up by Song Qingming in the cave dwelling, the sound of the vibration still caused the entire mountain peak to shake slightly.

Song Yuanfang, who had just walked to the mountain peak, was startled by the sudden shaking and hurriedly took out the magic tool on his body. It wasn't until he discovered that the anomaly came from the location of Song Qingming's cave dwelling that he slowly relaxed.

Then he walked quickly to the outside of Song Qingming's cave dwelling and carefully sent a communication talisman into Song Qingming's cave dwelling.

After handling this matter, Song Yuanfang did not stay too long and turned to come to the outside of Song Qingyu's cave dwelling not far away, also carefully sending in a talisman.

Just as Song Yuanfang wanted to turn and leave, the formation at the door of the cave dwelling suddenly emitted a burst of spiritual light, and immediately after, Song Qingyu's figure appeared before Song Yuanfang.

"Greetings, Great-Aunt!"

After waving his hand to signal Song Yuanfang to stand up, Song Qingyu immediately asked softly: "Yuanfang, what happened on the mountain just now? Why was there such a big commotion?"

"Reporting to Great-Aunt, nothing major happened on the mountain. It seems to be the commotion caused by Seventh Great-Uncle cultivating some technique."

"Oh! It doesn't look like a breakthrough in cultivation, why would there be such a big commotion? I don't know what powerful technique Seventh Brother is researching after being in seclusion for more than half a year.

Alright, you go back first! I'll go to Seventh Brother's place to see. Regardless of whether he can come out of seclusion or not, you arrange the family meeting as usual. I will definitely go down in a while."

"Yuanfang understands!"

After giving instructions to Song Yuanfang, Song Qingyu turned and came alone to the outside of Song Qingming's cave dwelling, probing with her spiritual sense to observe.

Seeing that the spiritual energy fluctuations in the cave dwelling were relatively frequent, Song Qingyu was just about to cast a spell to transmit sound, but Song Qingming's voice inside came out first.

"Qingyu! There's nothing wrong here, come in first."

Just as the voice disappeared, the white mist winding at the door of the cave dwelling suddenly rolled, and soon a passage appeared before Song Qingyu.

"Seventh Brother, Changze, Yuanhao, and the others have all returned and are waiting for us to go to the Council Hall. I thought you were in seclusion breaking through your cultivation and couldn't come out, and would miss this year's family council again."

Seeing Song Qingyu walk in, Song Qingming nodded to her while putting away the bamboo slips on the table: "I am still far from breaking through my cultivation. I have just been cultivating an ordinary technique recently."

"What ordinary technique can cause such a big commotion? Seventh Brother, you aren't lying to me, are you?"

Seeing Song Qingyu staring at him with curiosity, Song Qingming also knew that the commotion he had just made in the secret room might have been too big, so he immediately smiled and shook his head to explain: "This technique is indeed somewhat overbearing. After cultivating to a high tier, it is said that one can control all thunder techniques in the world, but it is also extremely difficult to cultivate. I have only just entered the door not long ago.

If you are interested, you can take it and look at it, but I only have the technique before the Jin Dan stage in my hand, and I haven't comprehended the later part yet."

After Song Qingming finished speaking, he picked out an ancient bamboo slip from his hand and threw it directly to Song Qingyu.

Song Qingyu, who received the bamboo slip, scanned it with her spiritual sense out of curiosity and then took the initiative to withdraw.

"Controlling all thunder techniques in the world, this technique is indeed somewhat overbearing. I remember now, when Seventh Brother just returned last year, he asked Yuanfang and the others to search for heavenly divine thunder everywhere. Could it be for cultivating this technique?"

Song Qingming nodded and smiled: "Indeed, but this heavenly divine thunder is very rare, so this technique is also extremely difficult to practice.

If you have time to look at it, it's fine, but if you want to cultivate it, you still need to be cautious. If you aren't really interested, don't waste your energy on this."

"Seventh Brother is right. I am already exhausted just cultivating the sword technique on me, how would I have the heart to cultivate this thunder technique? Seventh Brother, you should take it back!"

After Song Qingyu finished speaking, she threw the bamboo slip in her hand back to Song Qingming.

"Hmm! It's getting late, let's go down first! Save them from waiting too long."

After the two walked out of the cave dwelling, they soon arrived outside the family "Council Hall" at the foot of the mountain, and just happened to run into Huang Siyuan coming over with Xu Qingyin and her senior sister Li Xiuning.

Ever since Huang Siyuan formed her core, most of her energy had been placed on alchemy. Apart from when Song Qingming and Song Qingyu were away, she rarely took the initiative to come to the family "Council Hall" to participate in these family trivialities.

Seeing Huang Siyuan coming with the two women, Song Qingming and Song Qingyu, who had just come out of seclusion, were quite surprised.

Just as Song Qingming was about to speak, Huang Siyuan took the initiative to say something to the two people behind her, letting the two women walk into the "Council Hall" first.

"I thought you two were in seclusion and couldn't come out, so I rushed here first. If I had known, I wouldn't have wasted time rushing here."

"Sister-in-law has misunderstood me. I had already agreed with Yuanfang that I would definitely come if I had time."

Huang Siyuan chuckled: "What you say sounds nice, but every time the day comes, you can't get away and push everything to me and Yuanfang.

Fortunately, there have been no major events at home recently; otherwise, I would have quit and let you two siblings toss about."

"Hehe! Sister-in-law, what are you saying? How could I have done that? Seventh Brother, you two haven't seen each other for so long, you must have a lot to say. I'll go in first!"

After being retorted by Huang Siyuan, Song Qingyu was speechless for a moment and hurriedly turned and ran toward the "Council Hall" not far away with a smile.

Seeing Song Qingyu's appearance of fleeing, Huang Siyuan and Song Qingming couldn't help but show a few smiles, then turned and followed slowly.

"Siyuan! Why are you walking with those two? Could it be that something went wrong with Yuanhao's side again?"

Ever since Song Yuanhao and Xu Qingyin were arranged to go to "Cangyuan Mountain," under the matchmaking of elders like Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan, the relationship between the two had been steadily improving over the years.

Although they were not inseparable, they had already developed feelings for each other, and others could see it.

"Cangyuan Mountain" had changed a lot under their management over the years, although it was not as prosperous as "Bai Shiling." Song Qingming was still very satisfied with Song Yuanhao's performance in recent years.

Now that Song Yuanhao and Xu Qingyin were almost at the last step, Song Qingming was somewhat anxious, fearing that Song Yuanhao would cause some trouble at this critical moment.

Seeing the trace of worry on Song Qingming's face, Huang Siyuan smiled and shook her head to explain: "You don't need to worry, Yuanhao and Qingyin are fine, they will both achieve a positive result sooner or later.

I wasn't looking for Qingyin on purpose just now, but had something to chat with Li Xiuning about."

"Li Xiuning? What is the matter? Could it be that she wants to leave..."

Before Song Qingming could finish speaking, Huang Siyuan immediately waved her hand to interrupt him: "Husband, don't guess wildly. This matter has nothing to do with her. It's that useless Mengde of my family who took a fancy to her and came to me for this matter.

Mengde has been at Foundation Establishment for many years without a dao companion, and he asked me for help. Since I am his elder, it was really hard for me to refuse, so I probed Li Xiuning's thoughts for him.

I don't know what's wrong with this child Mengde. There are so many family female cultivators in Qinghe County he doesn't like, but he took a fancy to an outsider who already had a husband. It really makes me embarrassed to even bring it up."

"Oh! Hehe..., although Li Xiuning had a dao companion before, she is now alone, so it's not a big deal. Don't overthink it."

Hearing that Huang Siyuan was doing this for the sake of Huang family Patriarch Huang Mengde and Li Xiuning, Song Qingming was stunned for a moment. He also didn't expect how Huang Mengde would suddenly take a fancy to Li Xiuning, an outsider.

"If it were any other junior, I wouldn't want to overthink it, but Mengde is the Huang family Patriarch after all. If this gets out, it will definitely sound a bit unpleasant. I really don't know how to say it.

Anyway, I can't stop him, and I don't want to manage it much. I've asked what I should help him ask, and the rest will just take its course!"

After Huang Siyuan finished speaking and sighed, she walked into the family "Council Hall" with Song Qingming.

The many family elders sitting inside stood up and bowed to salute when they saw Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan.

"Greetings, Patriarch!" (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 795 =====

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