Chapter 815: Family

Before leaving, Song Qingming had already arranged for Song Changze’s core formation, having him go to the cave dwelling at the bottom of the pool near "Cangyuan Mountain" to seclude himself and form his core.

The spiritual energy in the "cave dwelling at the bottom of the pool" that Song Qingming used for his own core formation back then was not as good as here at "Mount Funiu."

But because of the existence of the "Spirit Machine Spring Eye," cultivators secluding themselves there could receive some additional blessings, and the effect of secluding and forming a core would be even better than at "Mount Funiu."

Therefore, Song Qingming had determined the place for Song Changze to seclude and form his core there in advance.

Hearing Song Qingming suddenly ask about Song Qingyu and Song Changze’s core formation, Huang Siyuan naturally knew he was worried about this matter in his heart, and immediately nodded and replied:

"Husband guessed correctly. Changze started secluding himself to form his core at Cangyuan Mountain a year ago. Qingyu and I have been taking turns guarding him, and she is now sitting in command on Cangyuan Mountain.

For fear of news leaking, apart from me, Qingyu, and Yuanfang, no one else in the family knows about this.

Qingyu has sent messages back these past few months, and the situation of Changze’s seclusion is all normal. Husband, rest assured, if there is anything, Qingyu will definitely inform us in advance."

After Huang Siyuan finished explaining the situation of Song Changze’s seclusion in one breath, Song Qingming, holding a teacup, nodded slightly and drank the spiritual tea in the cup in one gulp, then stood up and smiled:

"Since I just happened to come back, let’s just go over and see the situation!"

Facing Song Qingming’s warm invitation, Huang Siyuan naturally would not refuse. Half an hour later, the figures of the two soon appeared by the Jinshui River on the southwest side of "Cangyuan Mountain."

Ever since the Song family obtained the third-tier spiritual vein of "Cangyuan Mountain" from the Carefree Sect, the area within a thousand miles here had also become one of the Song family’s territories.

It includes many large and small spiritual mountains and spiritual veins, and all cultivation resources such as spiritual herbs, spiritual medicines, and undeveloped mineral deposits belong to the Song family.

Without the Song family’s permission, nearby cultivators and rogue cultivators cannot enter the Song family’s territory at will to open up cave dwellings or collect spiritual medicine and mineral vein resources.

Therefore, after the Song family took charge of the "Cangyuan Mountain" spiritual vein, nearby cultivators gradually moved away from this place, and the surroundings of "Cangyuan Mountain" slowly became relatively deserted.

The two followed the "Jinshui River" all the way west. After the flying boat passed a few mountain peaks, it soon arrived at the foot of a second-tier spiritual mountain covered by a formation.

Upon arriving here, Huang Siyuan, standing above the flying boat, moved her spiritual light rapidly, and an ordinary-looking white voice transmission spirit talisman soon flew into the formation in front.

Before long, a wave suddenly appeared in the formation in front, revealing a square gate two or three zhang wide, and two sword lights flew out from inside and landed in front of Song Qingming and his companion.

"Greetings to the Patriarch and the Old Ancestor!"

"No need for formalities, get up quickly!"

Song Qingming glanced at the two who were cupping their hands and saluting, only to find that it was the family’s Foundation Establishment elders Liu Yuxin and Song Xuanling, and hurriedly waved his hand to signal them to get up.

Subsequently, under the guidance of Liu Yuxin and the other, they entered this second-tier mid-grade spiritual vein that did not look very eye-catching from the outside.

This spiritual vein located next to the "Jinshui River" was specially cultivated by the Song family three years ago, and its purpose was precisely to cover up the "cave dwelling at the bottom of the pool" located below the spiritual vein.

Therefore, apart from the two family elders Liu Yuxin and Song Xuanling, the family did not arrange for other cultivators to be stationed here! Under the proactive guidance of Liu Yuxin, Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan soon arrived at the deep part of the water pool below the spiritual vein and saw Song Qingyu, who was sitting inside practicing.

"Sister-in-law, eh... Seventh Brother! When did you come back? Why didn't Yuanfang and the others send a message to inform me, making me worry about you every day here!"

Seeing Song Qingming and his companion suddenly arrive at the "cave dwelling at the bottom of the pool," Song Qingyu also walked over happily and greeted the two.

Song Qingming, hearing this, smiled and shook his head gently: "You are blaming Yuanfang wrongly for this. I just came back and haven't had time to see him before coming straight to you."

"So that's how it is, I was wondering why I didn't receive any news at all." Song Qingyu nodded slightly, then gave an instruction to Liu Yuxin at the side, and turned to lead the two into the cave dwelling behind her.

This "cave dwelling at the bottom of the pool" had become much better-looking than before after Song Qingyu’s careful management over the past few years, and it was now filled with all kinds of household spiritual items.

Just as he walked into the cave dwelling, Song Qingming felt a relatively pure spiritual power coming, and his gaze immediately focused on a tightly closed stone door not far in front.

Seeing Song Qingming, who was walking in front, suddenly stop and close his eyes to release his spiritual sense, Song Qingyu and Huang Siyuan did not dare to step forward to disturb him.

After the two looked at each other, they immediately bypassed Song Qingming from the side and came to a stone table at the side to sit down.

After a long while, when Song Qingming came back to his senses and withdrew his spiritual sense, he smelled the tea fragrance coming from the side, and with a smile, walked toward Huang Siyuan and the other.

"Seventh Brother! I have been guarding here every day recently and haven't felt anything. Did you see any abnormalities just now? Is Changze going smoothly inside, and how much certainty is there in forming the core?"

Placing a cup of freshly brewed spiritual tea in front of Song Qingming, Song Qingyu immediately asked, urgently wanting to know the information Song Qingming had obtained in his heart.

Seeing the two women beside him looking at him with curiosity, Song Qingming directly spread his hands to the two with a smile, and then opened his mouth to reply: "Wanting to sense the situation of the dantian inside a cultivator through the heaven and earth spiritual energy in the cave dwelling, without the spiritual sense of a Nascent Soul cultivator, it is certainly impossible to do.

Although my cultivation is a bit stronger than yours, my spiritual sense is not yet strong enough to be compared with that of a Nascent Soul cultivator, so how could I see how much certainty Changze has in forming his core!

I was just sensing the heaven and earth spiritual energy inside the cave dwelling, wanting to see if he had failed to form his core!

Now, although the spiritual energy inside is a bit restless, it is still stable. If there are no surprises, he should not have reached the step of condensing the core yet, and it will take some time to determine."

"Oh! Since Changze hasn't failed yet, that is a good thing for us.

As the saying goes, things are unpredictable. This child’s perseverance in cultivation is no worse than ours, maybe he really has a chance to succeed in forming his core in one go, and do better than us, who knows."

In the cultivation world, except for "Heavenly Spirit Root" cultivators with extraordinary talent like Bai Yuxian, very few Foundation Establishment cultivators can succeed in forming their core in one go.

Core Formation cultivators like Song Qingming and the others with three or four spirit roots mostly experienced two or even three or more impacts on the Core Formation realm before finally succeeding in forming their core and stepping onto the Core Formation path.

Although Song Changze’s spirit root talent is no worse than Song Qingming and the others, he is after all secluding himself to form his core for the first time. Even if he fails to form his core this time, in the eyes of Song Qingming and the others, it is an extremely normal thing.

However, just as Song Qingyu said, personal cultivation is unpredictable. Perhaps Song Changze’s opportunity has arrived, and he can succeed in breaking through the Core Formation bottleneck in one go, just like Yun Nishang a few years ago, who knows.

After checking Song Changze’s situation, Song Qingming chatted with Song Qingyu in the "cave dwelling at the bottom of the pool" for a while, and briefly told her about the things he encountered when going to the "Thunder Origin Sea."

Learning that Song Qingming had actually exchanged for an "Infant-Nurturing Pill" this time, Song Qingyu was also happy for him in her heart and could not help but raise her glass to congratulate him.

After smiling and congratulating Song Qingming and his companion, Song Qingyu, who seemed to have thought of something in her heart, suddenly asked Song Qingming again: "Seventh Brother, now that you have obtained the Infant-Nurturing Pill, if you really form a Nascent Soul in the future, the sect will probably not sit idly by. How should we deal with this in the future? Have you thought about this?"

Hearing Song Qingyu’s inquiry, Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan, who were still smiling, also slowly put away the happy expressions on their faces and slowly returned to a bit of calm.

After being silent for a moment, Song Qingming re-revealed a smile:

"Qingyu, to be honest, although I got an Infant-Nurturing Pill, I don't have much certainty about forming a Nascent Soul in my heart now!

You also know that even a person with top-notch talent like Senior Sister Bai cannot succeed in forming an infant in one go, so what virtue or ability do I have to have such confidence.

I think, even if I can really reach the Nascent Soul realm in the future, it will not be that easy.

At the very least, this Infant-Nurturing Pill is definitely far from enough.

However! Although what you said is still a bit far away, we do need to consider it now.

Whether it is Changze or me, the opportunities of heaven are unpredictable.

Before that final moment, who can absolutely guess the final result? Even if the hope of a successful breakthrough is slim, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, fate is not impossible to change."

After obtaining the "Infant-Nurturing Pill," plus the "Thunder Infant Fruit" and the "Spirit Heart Jade Plate," Song Qingming already had three spiritual items to assist in forming an infant.

When Yao Ganshu and Bai Yuxian of the "Carefree Sect" impacted the Nascent Soul realm back then, they only had one or two infant-forming spiritual items provided by the sect. Song Qingming’s current family wealth is no worse than theirs.

Although even so, Song Qingming cannot guarantee that he can succeed in forming an infant in one go, but the hope of a successful breakthrough is ultimately much greater than before, which also gives him a lot more confidence in his heart.

If it is really as Song Qingyu said, and he luckily advances to the Nascent Soul realm in one go.

Then Song Qingming and the Song family must carefully consider how to handle the relationship between the family and the sect that is close at hand.

It is not just Song Qingyu who thought of this problem in advance. On the way back from the "Thunder Origin Sea," Song Qingming actually had some thoughts in his heart as well.

After taking a sip of the spiritual tea on the table, Song Qingming, who gently put down the teacup, continued: "If, I mean if! If I really break through to the Nascent Soul realm in the future, and the sect cannot tolerate this, I want to move the family away from Wei Guo.

Whether it is Senior Uncle Li or Senior Uncle Bai, what they seek is at most for the sect. As long as the family does not touch the interests of the sect, I think they should not make things difficult for us because of this.

This is just an idea in my heart for now, and the specific situation needs to be planned slowly in the future. If you have any good ideas in your heart, you can also say them directly now. Let’s all think about it together, and there will always be a way to solve this."

After speaking, Song Qingming sighed slightly in his mouth. Although he did not want to leave his homeland with the family in the future, some things in the cultivation world are indeed not what Song Qingming wants to do as he pleases.

If the Song family is still a Core Formation immortal family, no matter what changes the family has, they can only be attached to the powerful "Carefree Sect," and the sect naturally will not worry that the Song family will pose any threat to them.

Once Song Qingming really breaks through to the Nascent Soul realm, and the Song family has an extra Nascent Soul cultivator out of thin air, the situation will be completely different from now on.

Advancing to a Nascent Soul family, the Song family is equivalent to having the ability to sit on an equal footing with the "Carefree Sect."

Even if the Song family is willing to maintain the existing relationship, the "Carefree Sect" cannot dare to treat them as before. After all, the Song family has already posed a substantial threat to the sect.

As the saying goes, how can others be allowed to snore on the side of the couch? No matter what the Song family thinks in the future, the "Carefree Sect" certainly cannot tolerate a tiger like the Song family sleeping beside them.

Over time, if the two tigers fight, I fear there will be one injury.

To avoid future conflicts between the family and the sect, the best way is the same as what Song Qingming thought: to prepare a reliable way out for the family in advance.

As long as they are willing to take the initiative to withdraw, the Song family will no longer pose a threat to the sect after leaving Wei Guo in the future, and the "Carefree Sect" naturally will not bother to make things difficult for the Song family.

As for how to take away the assets left behind after the family leaves or whether to hand them over to the sect, these are things that can be discussed slowly with the "Carefree Sect" in the future.

Song Qingming finished speaking, and Song Qingyu immediately nodded: "Hmm! Seventh Brother, actually you think the same as I do.

Although it is not easy for the family to develop to this point, moving away from Wei Guo and starting to develop again, losing so many family industries, I fear that everyone’s life in the future will not be as good as it is now.

But as long as we are all still here, no matter what the family loses, we can earn it back slowly!"

Huang Siyuan, hearing this, also hurriedly echoed: "Qingyu is right! If Wei Guo cannot accommodate us, at worst, we can move the family to the East Sea in the future.

I also know many fellow Daoists in the East Sea cultivation world, and it is not difficult to find a temporary place for the family.

Husband, do not worry about this matter and affect your cultivation. As long as you can successfully advance to the Nascent Soul realm, with the three of us, it will definitely be enough to protect the family in the future."

Unlike the Floating Cloud Mountain Range cultivation world where major sects rule the country, there is no obvious national boundary division in the East Sea cultivation world, and larger rogue cultivator alliances or family forces are everywhere.

The large cultivation sects there basically only manage their own one-third of an acre of sea area, and one or two extra cultivation families or rogue cultivator forces around the territory will not have much impact on them.

Huang Siyuan has often gone to the East Sea cultivation world to move around these years, so she naturally knows the situation there very well.

Hearing that Song Qingming and Song Qingyu had the idea of moving the family away from Wei Guo in the future, she also immediately expressed her approval and took the initiative to put forward her thoughts and opinions.

In this regard, Song Qingming and his companion did not open their mouths to oppose. If the family really reached this day, what Huang Siyuan said would definitely be what they could use.

Hearing the comfort of the two women, Song Qingming hurriedly nodded and replied: "Don't worry, no matter how many hardships we have to experience in the future, I will not easily shake my own Dao heart.

If I can't reach the Nascent Soul realm in this life to see the scenery at my feet, I won't be reconciled no matter what.

I sincerely hope that all three of us can make further progress in our cultivation, so that we don't have to live these days of fear in the future.

When the family is strong enough, we don't have to worry about these trivial matters behind us, and then the three of us can go out together to see more of the beautiful scenery in the world."

"That’s good! Just follow Seventh Brother’s words, we must travel all over the five continents and four seas in the future, and achieve the Dao and become immortals!"

After Song Qingyu finished speaking, the three of them smiled knowingly and each raised their teacups.

Having chatted in the "cave dwelling at the bottom of the pool" for several hours, Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan finally said goodbye and left reluctantly.

After the two left "Cangyuan Mountain," they arrived at "White Lion Square" not long after heading east, and then returned to "Red Flame Square" instantly by taking the teleportation formation.

In recent years, because Song Qingming was secluding himself to try to break through the realm, and also specially made a trip to the "Thunder Origin Sea" cultivation world, he had not had time to go out with Huang Siyuan.

Walking on the streets of "Red Flame Square," Song Qingming, who wanted to accompany the other party, simply deliberately slowed down his pace and strolled around the market with Huang Siyuan for a while.

Until the sunset slowly fell on the horizon, the two returned to the top of "Mount Funiu" against the afterglow of the setting sun.

After returning to the family, Song Qingming sent a letter to call Song Yuanfang, who was managing the family, over.

First, he learned about some things that had happened to the family in the past two years, and then instructed Song Yuanfang to help send the spirit stones he owed Xu Ziyan to "Guyang Mountain."

After explaining some affairs with Song Yuanfang and others, Song Qingming, who had not been back to "Mount Funiu" for long, was soon locked in his cave dwelling, preparing to start secluding himself and practicing with concentration.

Song Qingming’s cultivation had already reached the peak of the eighth level of Core Formation, and he had originally been prepared to seclude himself to break through his cultivation last time.

It was just because he received the news from the sect to go to the "Thunder Origin Sea" to participate in the trading fair, so in order not to delay this trip, Song Qingming had to stop his practice and come out of seclusion in advance.

Now that he had handled the things on his hands, Song Qingming finally freed up his hands and had time to concentrate on secluding himself and practicing, impacting the bottleneck of the ninth level of Core Formation.

Although breaking through the ninth level of Core Formation is not a big realm, this last bottleneck of the Core Formation realm is no easier than when Song Qingming broke through the late stage of Core Formation back then.

Song Qingming, who had just secluded himself, did not rush to impact the bottleneck in his body, but began to run the magic power in his body to continuously enter and exit the dantian for polishing.

He planned to wait until his own magic power was polished to be very smooth, and then try to drive it to impact the bottleneck in his body, which could slightly reduce the difficulty of impacting the bottleneck.

This method of polishing and refining magic power was a good way to impact the cultivation bottleneck that Song Qingming realized from a set of Nascent Soul cultivator cultivation insights he obtained after passing the "Heaven-Reaching Pavilion" trial in the Heaven-Reaching Tower back then.

Over these years, when impacting the bottleneck in his body was not smooth, Song Qingming had tried to use this method to assist himself in breaking through the realm.

It’s just that although this method has some effects, it is not as obvious as the help brought by those spiritual items that assist cultivators in breaking through. Most of the time, when Song Qingming impacts his own cultivation realm bottleneck, he still needs the assistance of pills and spiritual items.

After polishing his own magic power with concentration for more than a year, Song Qingming, feeling that his state had reached the best realm, finally took out a third-tier mid-grade spiritual pill he had prepared and tossed it directly into his mouth.

As the spiritual pill erupted with a powerful spiritual power in his body, Song Qingming quickly channeled his magic power, which had been polished and refined for a long time, to lead this powerful spiritual power to the outside of the bottleneck in his meridians.

After reaching this step, Song Qingming had no hesitation in his heart, and the magic power in his body quickly began to pour into his meridians frantically.

Half a year later, above a cave dwelling covered by a formation on the top of "Mount Funiu," a five-colored spiritual light suddenly appeared.

It was just because of the cover of the formation, this five-colored spiritual light only flickered and soon sank into a cloud of mist.

Apart from a few birds that had been staying nearby being startled away, no one noticed the anomaly that had just happened in the sky.

Huang Siyuan, who was secluding herself in the cave dwelling, also felt some unusual fluctuations in the spiritual energy around her. After ending her practice, she hurriedly walked out of her cave dwelling to investigate.

When she found that this anomaly came from Song Qingming’s cave dwelling not far away, a trace of joy immediately appeared on Huang Siyuan’s face.

Subsequently, Huang Siyuan quickly took out a voice transmission talisman, asking Song Yuanfang and others at the foot of the mountain to strengthen their guard, before turning back to her cave dwelling with peace of mind.

A few days later, outside the gate of Song Qingming’s cave dwelling, which had been silent for a long time, a sound finally came.

Before long, with a flicker of spiritual light at the entrance of the cave dwelling, a young man in green clothes appeared out of thin air on the open ground at the entrance.

Song Qingming, who had been secluding himself for a long time, reached out to feel the long-lost sunshine, and a few more smiles appeared on his face, then he flashed and sat on a giant rock above the cave dwelling.

After spending nearly two years in seclusion, Song Qingming finally broke through the last bottleneck of the Core Formation period as expected and successfully advanced to the ninth level of Core Formation.

Next, as long as he can take another step forward, it will be the Nascent Soul realm that Song Qingming has dreamed of for so many years of cultivation.

From breaking through to the Core Formation realm until now, only a little over a hundred years have passed, and Song Qingming has successfully cultivated to the ninth level of Core Formation.

For Song Qingming, whose lifespan is still relatively sufficient, there are still more than two hundred years to slowly try to break through to the Nascent Soul realm, and there is still a great chance to stand on a more distant mountain top and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the world.

Just when Song Qingming was sitting on the top of the mountain looking at the scenery below the mountain, a white light suddenly flashed beside him, and a white figure soon appeared on the top of the mountain.

"Seeing spiritual energy fluctuations around your cave dwelling a few days ago, I guessed that there must be good news. I didn't expect that you would successfully come out of seclusion today.

I am here to congratulate you on successfully breaking through to the ninth level of Core Formation!" (End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 816 =====