Chapter 806: Thunder Origin Sea Trade Fair, Windless Island

Ever since the family gained Huang Siyuan, a high-level alchemist, the entire Song family has benefited greatly.

Whether it is Song Qingming and Song Qingyu, or the numerous low-level cultivators under the family, almost all have taken and refined the pills refined by Huang Siyuan.

Regarding Huang Siyuan’s idea of wanting to improve her alchemy skills, Song Qingming was naturally very supportive in his heart and immediately nodded in agreement.

Even without considering this aspect, as a Daoist couple who have supported each other for many years, Song Qingming would also try his best to find the high-level alchemy furnace she wanted if he had the ability.

Seeing Song Qingming agree to her request, Huang Siyuan smiled slightly and didn't say anything more, turning to pick up the teapot on the table again.

Time passed, and soon a few months went by. On this day, Song Yuanhao, Song Linrui, and Song Yuanqian, three Foundation Establishment elders of the Song family, came to the family council hall together.

As soon as the three walked in, Song Yuanfang immediately reached out and dismissed the few juniors who were assisting him in managing affairs.

"Yuanqian, these things are the high-level spiritual items the family has collected recently to take to the Thunder Origin Sea. You must all take careful care of them.

Remember, no matter what happens, you must discuss it with Seventh Great-Uncle first; do not let any problems arise."

After Song Yuanfang finished speaking, he immediately handed the storage bags in his hand to Song Yuanqian and the others, and carefully told them again about the numerous spiritual items contained within.

The items in these storage bags were collected by the Song family over several months into the family treasury, and almost all of them were high-level spiritual items of second grade or higher.

As a family elder who had managed the "Hidden Gold Pavilion" for many years, Song Yuanqian also participated in the process of collecting spiritual items. Familiar with this, she hurriedly nodded to Song Yuanfang in response.

"Sixteenth Brother! Rest assured, I have a count of these things in my heart, and nothing will go wrong.

Besides, with the clan leader leading the team this time, we are just going to broaden our horizons and help out; how would we dare to make decisions without authorization!"

As they were speaking, a streak of light descended on the top of Mount Funiu, followed by Song Qingming, dressed in green, who appeared outside the "Council Hall" and then walked in with large strides.

"Pay respects to the clan leader!"

Seeing Song Qingming walk in, Song Yuanfang and the others hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to him.

Seeing the three younger generations who had performed relatively well in the family, Song Qingming nodded slightly and waved his hand to signal them to stand up.

Apart from Song Yuanfang, the cultivation of other Foundation Establishment elders in the Song family had also improved to some extent over the years.

As the only exotic spirit root cultivator in the family, Song Yuanhao’s cultivation had now reached the peak of the eighth level of Foundation Establishment, only one step away from breaking through to the ninth level, and he could enter the Foundation Establishment peak realm at any time.

Since Foundation Establishment, because her spirit root talent was average, Song Yuanqian’s cultivation speed was not particularly fast in the clan.

However, having managed the family "Hidden Gold Pavilion" for these years, she had not been short of spirit stones or pills, and her cultivation had also steadily broken through to the sixth level of Foundation Establishment. Without accidents, Song Yuanqian would certainly be able to successfully advance to the late Foundation Establishment stage in the future.

And among the new generation of the "Lin" generation of the Song family, Song Linrui, who had the most outstanding spirit root talent, had not been in Foundation Establishment for long, but his cultivation had already left behind several clansmen who had reached Foundation Establishment around the same time as him.

At only less than fifty years old, his cultivation had already broken through to the fourth level of Foundation Establishment, becoming a mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Song Linrui’s cultivation speed after Foundation Establishment even surpassed that of Song Yuanli, another dual-spirit root cultivator of the Song family back then, and he had become the benchmark for all Qi Refining clansmen in the family today.

However, Song Linrui could have such a cultivation speed, apart from his own outstanding spirit root talent, naturally could not be without the full support of the family’s few ancestors.

Over the years, Song Qingming and Song Qingyu would often set aside some time to guide these Foundation Establishment clansmen and juniors during their spare time from cultivation, among whom Song Linrui and Song Xuanfeng benefited the most.

Because he received definite news from the sect that this trip to the "Thunder Origin Sea" immortal cultivation world to attend the trade fair required taking a treasure ship from the East Sea side.

Upon learning this news, Song Qingming had the idea of taking a few younger family members with him.

For one, it would allow these juniors to go out and broaden their horizons; for another, once at the trade fair, he could have a few people by his side to run errands, so he wouldn't have to do everything himself, which could save him a lot of energy to search for the spiritual items he needed.

After deciding on this idea in his heart, Song Qingming discussed it with Song Yuanfang and finally chose to take Song Yuanqian and the other two to the "Thunder Origin Sea" immortal cultivation world.

Seeing that Song Yuanqian and the others were all prepared, Song Qingming took the spiritual item list that Song Yuanfang had taken the initiative to hand over, glanced at it slightly, put it away, and then spat out two words faintly.

"Depart!"

Not long after, a white light passed through the protective array of Mount Funiu from mid-air, and then headed south all the way to Mount Guyang, where the "Profound Heaven Sect" is located.

Like the Song family, the "Profound Heaven Sect" also attached great importance to attending the "Thunder Origin Sea" trade fair this time.

The entire sect was mobilized for this, and almost all the high-level spiritual items collected by the "Merit Pavilion" over the years were moved out.

When Song Qingming and the others arrived at "Mount Guyang," the cultivators and disciples of the "Merit Pavilion" were still moving spiritual items one by one onto the sect’s large flying ship.

After inquiring with Xu Ziyan and learning that it would take a few more days to depart, Song Qingming took Song Yuanhao and the others to stay at "Mount Guyang" first.

Just on the night before departure, Song Xinyu, who learned the news that Song Qingming was going to the "Thunder Origin Sea" immortal cultivation world, took the initiative to bring Song Linxi to the door, wanting to let Song Qingming take her out to broaden her horizons.

Regarding this, Song Qingming did not choose to refuse and immediately nodded in agreement, letting Song Linxi follow by his side.

Since they were taking a treasure ship from the East Sea, taking one more person would not cost Song Qingming and the others many spirit stones and would not have much impact.

The reason Song Xinyu let Song Linxi go to the "Thunder Origin Sea" was, besides wanting her to go out and gain more knowledge, also to take this opportunity to let Song Linxi have a chance to follow by Song Qingming’s side.

It could not only let her get familiar with the main family cultivators from Mount Funiu of the Song family, but also let Song Linxi have more contact with Song Qingming, this family Golden Core ancestor.

Even if it was just getting some verbal guidance, this would be of no small help to Song Linxi’s future path.

After staying at "Mount Guyang" for a few days, the "Profound Heaven Sect" finally moved all the spiritual items that needed to be brought onto the flying ship.

Under the instruction of Bai Yuxian, the Nascent Soul ancestor, this large sect flying ship loaded with supplies soon left "Mount Guyang" in a mighty manner and headed east straight to the East Sea immortal cultivation world.

This time, besides Bai Yuxian, the Nascent Soul ancestor, the "Profound Heaven Sect" also sent many cultivators to attend the "Thunder Origin Sea" trade fair.

Among them were five Golden Core elders of the sect, including Song Qingming, Chu Fengping, Zhang Tieyang, Chen Xuanxin, and Yun Nishang, as well as more than forty Foundation Establishment disciples of varying cultivation levels.

After the flying ship passed through "Mount Yunwu," it soon entered the territory of Zheng Guo in the east and stopped outside a market in the middle of Zheng Guo.

Seeing the arrival of the "Profound Heaven Sect" flying ship, the "Minghe Sect" and the "Heavenly Star Gate," two Golden Core sects in Zheng Guo, also sent cultivators with spiritual items to board the flying ship.

Although the "Minghe Sect" and the "Heavenly Star Gate" both belong to Zheng Guo, they have always been at odds with each other and often fight over sect territory and cultivation resources.

The two sides have been fighting for hundreds of years, causing the entire Zheng Guo immortal cultivation world to suffer heavy losses, and they have long been at odds and have accumulated countless grudges.

In recent years, in order to jointly counter-attack the northern demon race, Nascent Soul sects such as the "Profound Heaven Sect" and the "Heavenly Extreme Sect" took the initiative to mediate for the two sects, which made them temporarily put down the grudges in their hearts.

Although the cultivators of the two sects stopped fighting and made peace, the grudges in their hearts always remained. Even after boarding the "Profound Heaven Sect" flying ship, the cultivators of the "Minghe Sect" and the "Heavenly Star Gate" did not greet each other when they met.

Seeing this scene, Song Qingming could not help but sigh in his heart that the fragile peace between these two sects probably would not last long, and both sides would eventually have a big battle sooner or later.

Although there is a "Mount Yunwu" between the Song family and Zheng Guo, there are still some small paths between the territories of the two sides that allow low-level cultivators to travel back and forth.

I don't know if the two sects of Zheng Guo will fight again, will it affect the Song family territory in the west.

After the cultivators of the "Minghe Sect" and the "Heavenly Star Gate" came up, the flying ship set off again and headed east, picked up some cultivators from other sects who were traveling together, and then crossed the "Duanyun Mountain Range" and leaped into a vast ocean.

Except for some high-level Golden Core cultivators, most of the Foundation Establishment cultivators on the flying ship were visiting the "East Sea immortal cultivation world" for the first time. Seeing this boundless ocean, everyone showed a bit of excitement on their faces.

Song Yuanqian took Song Linrui and Song Linxi and kept walking around on the flying ship to admire the beautiful scenery below. In just a few days, the three of them were very familiar with each other.

Song Linxi was born at "Mount Guyang" and grew up in the sect since she was young. Although she was influenced by her master, Song Xinyu, she had always had a relatively vague concept of the family at "Mount Funiu" and did not have much affection for it.

After getting to know Song Linrui, Song Yuanqian, and the others, and getting familiar with these peers, Song Linxi also gained some new understanding of the family thousands of miles away.

Song Yuanhao, whose cultivation was stuck at the bottleneck of the ninth level of Foundation Establishment, was not interested in the scenery outside the window and kept following Song Qingming, taking advantage of his spare time to ask him for some cultivation insights.

With the daily development of the family, there are more and more cultivators in the clan these years. Even if there are Golden Core ancestors like Song Qingming sitting in command above, there will inevitably be some gossip below.

These people, openly or secretly, began to guess who the next family Golden Core ancestor would be and chose to get on good terms with them in advance, which naturally made others who were not favored think more about it. Since his cultivation broke through to the late Foundation Establishment stage, Song Yuanhao’s cultivation speed had not been particularly smooth. On the contrary, the younger generation of the family, Song Changze and Liu Yuxin, reached the ninth level of Foundation Establishment one step ahead of him.

Recently, after learning the news that Song Changze was about to seclude himself for Core Formation, Song Yuanhao felt a lot of pressure every time he heard clansmen mention this, which also caused his recent attempts to break through the ninth level of Foundation Establishment bottleneck to fail.

Song Yuanhao grew up in a place like "Mount Tuoyun" where loose cultivators were mixed, and he had long seen a lot of human warmth and coldness. Although he had been in Foundation Establishment for many years, he was still relatively sensitive in his heart and easily disturbed by others’ words.

After learning about this, in order to help him calm his mind, Song Qingming chose to take Song Yuanhao out specially, intending to let him stay away from the family for a while and let go of the thorn in his heart.

Although practitioners have shed their mortal bodies, the growth speed of their personal state of mind is ultimately not as fast as their physical bodies, and it still needs a certain amount of time and experience to slowly polish.

Even after Song Qingming has practiced for so many years, his own Dao heart is already much firmer than Song Yuanhao and others, but occasionally when he encounters clansmen and friends leaving, he still cannot help but sigh in his heart and cannot completely get rid of these emotional bonds.

During the ten-plus days on the flying ship, taking advantage of Song Yuanhao asking him for advice on cultivation troubles, Song Qingming also patiently guided him on his personal state of mind.

Regarding this, although Song Yuanhao did not feel much at first.

But as the flying ship gradually moved away from the "Floating Cloud Mountain Range," Song Yuanhao also gradually felt a trace of relaxation in his heart and soon understood Song Qingming’s intention in teaching him.

After the flying ship stopped at an island in the "East Sea immortal cultivation world" called "Windless Island," Song Yuanhao also slowly forgot the pressure that had been accumulated in his heart for many years and began to take the initiative to walk off the flying ship and stroll around the market on the island with Song Yuanqian and the others.

"Windless Island" is one of the largest islands near the outer sea in the East Sea immortal cultivation world.

Because there are very few natural disasters such as beast tides and heavenly winds here, it is also a rare and relatively safe place in the dangerous outer sea surroundings.

Therefore, "Windless Island" has also become the largest port in the "East Sea immortal cultivation world" facing other places in the outer sea, gathering thousands of treasure ships of all sizes, leading to various islands in the outer sea.

There are even high-level fourth-grade treasure ships that can help cultivators cross the vast outer sea and reach the "Thunder Origin Sea" immortal cultivation world at the end of the ocean.

"Windless Island" does not belong to any one sect, but is jointly managed by numerous large immortal cultivation sects nearby, so the cultivators coming and going on the island are also very messy.

Here, not only are there local cultivators and loose cultivators from major sects in the "East Sea immortal cultivation world," but there are also many foreign cultivators from other immortal cultivation worlds active here.

Recently, because of the news that the "Thunder Origin Sea" trade fair is being held, the number of foreign cultivators on "Windless Island" has increased exponentially.

However, because there are high-level Nascent Soul cultivators sitting in command on the island all year round, compared to other places in the "East Sea immortal cultivation world," the safety of cultivators on "Windless Island" is still relatively guaranteed.

After the flying ship arrived at "Windless Island," because they had to wait for the "Star Gate" cultivators to gather here and then transfer to a high-level treasure ship to continue to the "Thunder Origin Sea" immortal cultivation world.

Song Qingming and the others stayed in the market on the island, waiting for the "Star Gate" cultivators while exploring news about high-level treasure ships that could go to the "Thunder Origin Sea" immortal cultivation world on the island.

After staying in the market for a few days, Zhang Tieyang, who had nothing to do, took the initiative to find them and invited Song Qingming to go to the market to taste the local delicious spiritual food.

Song Qingming was originally a bit of a glutton. Encountering Zhang Tieyang’s warm invitation, he didn't refuse too much and soon agreed. Not long after, they arrived at the largest restaurant on "Windless Island" together.

Not long after the two sat down, a few delicious spiritual dishes with good color, fragrance, and taste were brought up by a few maids.

"Senior Brother Song, I tasted these dishes yesterday. They are absolutely delicious. It is not easy for us to have a chance to come here once. If we miss it, it would be a pity.

I know that Senior Brother is also a person who loves delicious food, so I thought of inviting you here today to taste it together. Please don't be polite with me, Senior Brother Song."

"Oh! In that case, I have benefited from Junior Brother Zhang’s light today. It’s just a pity that Senior Brother Chu and the others are not free recently, otherwise, it would be more fun for more people to drink and chat together."

Hearing what Song Qingming said, Zhang Tieyang looked troubled and said, "Senior Brother Song is joking. After the trouble caused by the Hu family last year, my family business accumulated over decades was all lost.

If it weren't for the fact that life is getting harder and harder recently and I really can't go on, I wouldn't have thought of running to the Thunder Origin Sea with you to earn these spirit stones.

If Senior Brother Chu, Junior Sister Yun, and the others all came today, I couldn't afford the wine money, and maybe we would be kicked out later."

The Zhang family represented by Zhang Tieyang has been entrenched in the "Iron Immortal Castle" in the northwest of Wei Guo for these years. Through years of careful operation, they completely squeezed the declining Hu family out of their territory in the past two years.

Now, they are the veritable masters of the "Iron Immortal Castle," a third-grade mid-grade spiritual vein, completely controlled by the Zhang family itself.

After the Hu family was squeezed out of the "Iron Immortal Castle," Hu Qingyun brought a group of family cultivators to "Mount Guyang" last year to complain.

Hu Qingyun, who was forced to a dead end by the Zhang family, also completely let go. He did not hesitate to dig out the ashes of the clansmen who died in the battle against the demon beasts back then and placed them directly at the sect’s mountain gate.

Hu Qingyun blocked the mountain gate with his clansmen for more than half a month, looking like he would rather die than achieve his goal.

The sect was also made to look really ugly by the Hu family’s trouble, so they had no choice but to let Xu Ziyan, who was in charge of sect affairs, come forward to mediate the matter between the Zhang and Hu families again at the "Iron Immortal Castle."

In the end, the Zhang family paid tens of thousands of spirit stones to help the Hu family purchase a third-grade low-grade spiritual vein from the sect, and the matter was finally settled.

The Hu family also moved away from "Iron Immortal Castle" to the vicinity of "Guiyun Workshop" with the help of the sect.

Zhang Tieyang, who gritted his teeth and bled, although he got the "Iron Immortal Castle" in a justified manner, he was also depressed for a long time. This time, when he found Song Qingming to drink, he couldn't help but mention this matter to him again.

Regarding the farce between the Zhang and Hu families, Song Qingming naturally had heard about it long ago.

It’s just that Song Qingming has never liked to get involved in these outside trivial matters. Hearing Zhang Tieyang bring up this matter again at this moment, Song Qingming also smiled helplessly.

Seeing that Song Qingming didn't speak, Zhang Tieyang chattered on to him, taking advantage of a bit of wine, and talked about his grievances with the Hu family, angrily criticizing Hu Qingyun and the entire Hu family.

Song Qingming, who was sitting on the side tasting delicious food while patiently listening to him tell the story, also nodded with a smile when he heard this, still not opening his mouth to mention his own views on this.

"Senior Brother Song, I have seen through some things over the years. The sect clearly promised me back then to let me give the Iron Immortal Castle to my Zhang family to establish the clan.

As a result, after the Hu family made such a fuss, Senior Sister Xu and the others didn't help me say a word, but instead wanted me to pay spirit stones for them to establish a clan and settle down. You tell me, what kind of reason is this."

"Junior Brother Zhang, some words cannot be spoken casually outside. You have drunk too much today. I think we should stop here and go back first."

Hearing Zhang Tieyang’s words becoming more and more excessive, Song Qingming couldn't help but change his expression slightly and took the initiative to remind him.

Seeing that Song Qingming’s tone was a bit wrong, Zhang Tieyang seemed to have sobered up a bit, hurriedly shook his head, and bowed to Song Qingming: "Senior Brother Song is right. I was a bit drunk and spoke out of turn today.

I hope Senior Brother Song will not take offense!"

"Sigh! How can a junior brother’s drunken words be taken seriously? It’s just that there are many people coming and going here, and I am doing this for Junior Brother Zhang’s own good. Don't think too much about it, Junior Brother."

Hearing this, Zhang Tieyang nodded with a smile, then beckoned to release a sound transmission, calling a young woman in purple standing at the door inside.

"Yurong, go and settle the bill below, and pack two pots of spiritual wine to take back later."

After the woman in purple nodded and left, Zhang Tieyang turned his head and asked Song Qingming meaningfully: "Senior Brother Song, what do you think of this junior of mine?"

This woman in purple was born with red lips and white teeth, and she was graceful. Her cultivation was not high, only at the second level of Foundation Establishment. It seemed that she had not been in Foundation Establishment for long, and she should have successfully reached Foundation Establishment in recent years.

This time, following Zhang Tieyang to the "Thunder Origin Sea" immortal cultivation world, when Song Qingming first saw her on the flying ship, he thought she was another one of Zhang Tieyang’s wives or concubines.

It was not until Zhang Tieyang introduced her just now that he realized this woman was actually one of his direct descendants, and he couldn't help but show a look of surprise on his face.

"Gentle and elegant, with an extraordinary temperament, being able to be so calm and composed in front of you and me, this child’s character is also excellent.

Looking at her age, she shouldn't be very old. Being able to reach Foundation Establishment so quickly, she should be at least a three-spirit root talent. You are quite lucky, old brother; you will have successors in the future."

Hearing Song Qingming’s praise, Zhang Tieyang couldn't help but show a smile on his face, nodded to him, and said: "This is the granddaughter of my third branch. She can be considered one of the more promising ones among my juniors.

I have known Senior Brother for more than a hundred years since we met, and we can be considered close friends. Now that our two families are both under the sect, we should have more interactions with each other.

Today, I want to form a marriage alliance with Senior Brother Song and marry Yurong into Mount Funiu. I wonder if Senior Brother Song is willing to facilitate this matter?"

"Ah! This..."

"Our two families are not far apart, and a marriage alliance is not impossible. It’s just that I don't know which junior of mine Junior Brother Zhang has taken a fancy to. Can you tell me first so I can ponder this matter?" (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 807 =====