Chapter 8

After Song Qingming waited for five days, Uncle Six Song Changxin finally ended his closed-door cultivation. Hearing that Song Qingming said he wanted to return to the family, Song Changxin readily agreed to him and led a ten-year-old little girl to his front, letting him bring her back to Mount Funiu smoothly.

"Qingming, when you go back this time, just happen to bring Little Yu back to Mount Funiu." Song Changxin pointed to the little girl in front of Song Qingming and said to him.

"Bring her... back to the mountain."

Song Qingming had been at Lingsource Mountain for half a year, often taking out some pastries made of spirit rice to share with the children here, and often saw this little girl. He knew she was the daughter of a miner in the village. Why did Uncle Six want him to bring her to Mount Funiu?

Song Qingming looked at the little girl with a confused face. After a while, he suddenly realized.

"Uncle Six, did she test for spiritual roots?"

Song Changxin nodded and said with a smile, "Yes, when I tested the children of appropriate age here last month, I accidentally discovered that she possessed spiritual roots. This is really a happy event for our Song family. I have been at Lingsource Mountain for so many years, and this is the first time I have tested a child with spiritual roots."

"It's just that I don't have a spiritual root testing disk here, so I can't know her specific spiritual root attribute. I originally wanted to wait until next month when the family sends someone to transport mysterious iron ore, and then take her over by the way. Since you happen to be going back, just bring her back by the way. Test her spiritual root attribute early, so she can start cultivation early."

After hearing this, Song Qingming nodded and agreed, "Uncle Nine, don't worry, nephew understands."

"Be careful on the road. You are all the future hope of the family. I have a mid-grade spirit talisman here, first give it to you for self-defense. In case you encounter demon beasts on the road, remember not to be stingy with these external things. Use them when you should. The safety of the two of you is the first priority." Song Changxin handed a golden spirit talisman to Song Qingming and carefully exhorted him again.

Song Qingming took the spirit talisman and looked at it. This was a relatively easy-to-use defensive spirit talisman among mid-grade spirit talismans, and then carefully put it into the storage bag.

Bringing Little Yu with him, Song Qingming couldn't travel as fast as when he came. Finding a large basket in the village, Song Qingming carried the little girl on his back and bid farewell to her family. The two spent nearly two hours before slowly rushing back to Mount Funiu.

The little girl had lived at Lingsource Mountain for many years and had never seen the world outside. The beautiful scenery along the way and the strange-shaped mountain peaks and giant rocks soon made her forget the sadness of leaving home.

After seeing the majestic Mount Funiu, Little Yu's two clear and beautiful eyes kept blinking, and she couldn't help but ask, "Immortal Uncle, is the mountain the place where you immortals live?"

Song Qingming couldn't help but smile when he heard Little Yu's words.

"Yes, after you learn cultivation, you will also become an immortal and can live here like us."

The little girl was excited to hear that she could also become an immortal in the future, just like the young and ignorant Song Qingming when he first arrived at Mount Funiu, and began to boldly ask various questions about immortals.

"Uncle, when you become an immortal, can you turn into whatever you want?"

"That's for sure."

"If an immortal wants to eat meat, can they eat meat?"

"Every meal has it."

During the conversation, Song Qingming and Little Yu had already arrived at the council hall on the top of the mountain. The one on duty here today happened to be the Second Elder Song Changfeng, whom Song Qingming was most familiar with.

The Song family has four elders, and these four are also the four people with the greatest power in the entire family besides the clan leader. Great Elder Song Gubai is in charge of guiding the family's transmission of skills. He has a fiery temper and is usually quite strict with children like Song Qingming. He is also the person Song Qingming fears the most in the entire family.

Second Elder Song Changfeng is the only elder of the "Chang" generation in the Song family. Although he is the youngest among the four elders, his cultivation base is the highest besides the clan leader. He is also a three-spiritual-root cultivator with outstanding talent, already at the eighth level of Qi Refining. He is also very fair in dealing with people in the clan and is deeply loved by the clan members. After serving as an elder, he has always been in charge of family law enforcement, and he is also the elder Song Qingming is most familiar with.

Third Elder Song Gulan and Fourth Elder Song Gucai are both nearly a hundred years old, and their personalities are relatively gentle. Although their cultivation bases are not high, only at the sixth level of Qi Refining, both of them have paid for the family for a hundred years as one day.

According to family regulations, those whose cultivation base has not reached the late stage of Qi Refining are not enough to serve as elders. It is only because there are only three late-stage Qi-Refining cultivators left in the clan besides the clan leader, and Uncle Nine Song Changxin only focuses on cultivation and does not want to serve as a family elder again. Relying only on two elders is not enough to manage, so they broke the rules and let these two elders with high age and seniority and rich experience in managing family industries serve as elders.

The Third Elder is the family's only high-grade spirit planter, always responsible for the family's spirit fields, medicine gardens, and other industries. The Fourth Elder is in charge of the family's miscellaneous affairs, and is also the big housekeeper of the family's financial resources.

"Reporting to the Elder..."

Song Qingming simply explained Little Yu's situation to Song Changfeng.

After Song Changfeng heard this, he also looked very happy. It is rare for the family to have fresh blood supplemented.

"The spiritual root testing disk is now in the hands of the clan leader. You two wait a moment, I will invite him out to test her spiritual roots."

After Song Changfeng finished speaking, he immediately sent a sound transmission talisman to the clan leader. Not long after, an old man with white hair and beard and a fairy-like demeanor came to the council hall. It was the clan leader of the Song family, Song Gushan.

After Song Gushan looked at Little Yu with deep meaning, he slowly opened his mouth and said, "Is this the little girl that Changxin mentioned?"

"Reporting to the clan leader, it is her. Uncle Nine said that her specific spiritual root attribute is not yet certain, so please ask the clan leader to re-test it."

Song Gufeng took out a magic tool like a circular array disk, which was the Song family's treasure of the town, the "Spiritual Root Testing Disk." After slowly injecting a spiritual energy, the circular array disk emitted dazzling purple light and slowly flew to Little Yu's front.

"Hurry up and put your left hand on the spiritual root testing disk." Little Yu, who was still in a daze, was hurriedly reminded by Song Changfeng on the side.

After the little girl heard this, she was still slightly stunned, and nervously stretched out her left hand toward the spiritual root testing disk. With the array disk slowly flying out, three spiritual lights of different colors entangled and rotated in the air.

"This, it's actually three spiritual roots! It's really heaven blessing my Song family, and another good seedling with three spiritual roots has appeared." Song Changfeng shouted excitedly.

The clan leader Song Gushan's face was also full of joy, "It's gold, wood, and water three spiritual roots. It's a pity that there is no fire spiritual root, which is not suitable for me to cultivate the Red Flame Art. Water-attribute cultivation techniques are more suitable for female cultivators, so let her cultivate the family's Mysterious Water Art first."

Song Qingming, who had been watching from the side, was somewhat embarrassed. How could he bring back a good aptitude of three spiritual roots casually, while he himself was only a fake spiritual root.

He didn't know whether his own luck was good or bad.

"What is your name?" Song Changfeng lowered his head and asked the little girl again.

"Song Yu."

After the clan leader on the side heard this, he directly made a final decision, "Then call it Song Qingyu in the future. Remember, from now on, you are the tenth cultivator of the Qing generation of the Song family."

The Song family currently has only three generations: Gu, Chang, and Qing, and a generation is set up almost every thirty years.

The Gu generation currently has only four people left. The youngest, Fourth Elder Song Gucai, is already over ninety years old this year, and in another twenty years, they will almost all wither away.

The Chang generation is the backbone of the current family, with ten people, and one person joined the Xiaoyao Sect in his early years. The one with the highest cultivation base is Second Elder Song Changfeng, who is also almost the default candidate for the next clan leader of the Song family.

The Qing generation to which Song Qingming belongs can be considered the new generation of cultivators of the Song family. Including this Song Qingyu, there are exactly ten people. Most of them are around twenty years old.

Perhaps it was because she heard that her new name and her original name were similar, the little girl just nodded lightly when she heard her new name and did not object.

Seeing this, the clan leader put away the spiritual root testing disk, took out a deep red genealogy, wrote the three big characters "Song Qingyu" on it, and then let her leave a drop of essence blood on her name.

This genealogy records the names of all cultivators of the Song family in the two hundred years since the establishment of the clan, arranged in detail according to seniority and age. The names on it that emit faint spiritual light represent the cultivators of the Song family who are still alive, while those names that are pitch black and dim represent that this cultivator has already passed away or fallen.

After leaving the council hall, Song Qingming immediately came to the family's Treasure Pavilion. He took out the demon beast materials he had obtained a few days ago, placed them in front of Fourth Elder Song Gucai, and explained his intention to exchange for a mid-grade magic tool.

Song Gucai carefully looked at the materials on the table and asked with some surprise, "Is this the pig teeth of the mid-level demon beast Iron-Mouthed Pig?"

"A few days ago, I encountered this demon beast crashing into the array. I took a closer look and found that it was covered in wounds. It looked like it had escaped to Lingsource Mountain after failing to fight with other demon beasts, so I luckily cut it down."

"Qingming, your luck is not bad this time. You can actually hunt mid-level demon beasts alone. These materials together, you add five more spirit stones, and you can exchange for a mid-grade magic tool. As for this pig skin, I will help you take it to the Great Elder to refine a magic garment. What kind of magic garment can be refined depends on your luck."

Song Qingming knew that the Fourth Elder had always been fair in his actions. It was precisely because of this that the family would rest assured to let him be in charge of the Treasure Building for clan members to exchange for merit. He didn't say much, nodded and agreed, and took out five spirit stones and handed them to Song Gucai.

After Song Gucai collected the materials and spirit stones, he took Song Qingming to the second floor of the Treasure Pavilion and took out the mid-grade magic tools currently existing in the clan and placed them in front of Song Qingming.

After a simple introduction, Song Qingming thought for a while and chose a bright red flying sword among them.

"This flying sword is called the Blazing Sun Sword, and it can also release a spiritual fire to attack the enemy. Compared with other magic tools, the operation is relatively simple. You have just broken through to the mid-stage of Qi Refining, so it is relatively suitable for you to use this magic tool." Seeing that he chose this sword, Song Gucai added an introduction.

The reason for choosing this sword is mainly because Song Qingming is relatively good at using earth and fire attribute spiritual power. There is only one earth-attribute defensive magic tool, which is not what he wants at present. The most suitable for him is only this fire-attribute flying sword.

Returning to his cave dwelling on Mount Funiu, which he had been away from for a long time, Song Qingming took out the Blazing Sun Sword he had just obtained and injected his own spiritual power to refine it. It was not until the next morning that he walked out of the cave dwelling. At this time, he was able to completely control this flying sword at will.

Song Qingming sacrificed the Blazing Sun Sword outside the cave dwelling and used spiritual power to control the flying sword to slash at a giant rock not far away. After a loud noise, the rock that was originally the size of a table was slashed into two halves. Looking at such results, Song Qingming recalled the flying sword with satisfaction. The Blazing Sun Sword, which was emitting spiritual light, shrank to the size of an inch and disappeared into the storage bag at Song Qingming's waist.

"Now that I have a mid-grade magic tool, I can fight with that mid-level demon beast even without relying on the array."

(End of chapter)