Chapter 90: Replacement of the Old with the New

Song Qingshi saw that Song Qingze's words were somewhat discouraged, so he hurriedly opened his mouth to comfort him.

"Qingze, you don't have to be too discouraged. Qingming and I came to send you off, which was also specifically instructed by the Clan Leader. The Great Elder just left, and everyone is very sad in their hearts. You have to understand."

Song Qingze listened and nodded thoughtfully, and a trace of relief appeared on his face.

Big Brother, Song Qingshi, was the most kind-hearted among their generation of young cultivators. He had a good relationship with every Qing generation cultivator on the mountain, including Song Qingze.

Originally, the old Clan Leader wanted Song Qingming to send him off alone, but Song Qingming had not had much to say with Song Qingze since he was young, and the relationship between the two had always been very ordinary, so he pulled Song Qingshi along to come here.

The three of them chatted while walking, and they did not stop their footsteps until they reached more than ten li outside Funiu Mountain.

Song Qingze bowed and arched his hands to the two: "Qingming, Big Brother, let's stop here. Thank you both for specifically rushing to send me off. After returning, don't forget to ask the old Clan Leader for me."

"Old Third, being outside is not like being at home. You have to take good care of yourself. In the future, in case you encounter any difficulties, don't forget to send a letter home. Although we brothers have low cultivation and cannot help much, at least we can give you a hand."

Song Qingze's eyes were slightly red as he looked at the two, lowered his head and said: "Big Brother, you also have to take good care of yourselves. If there is a chance, I will definitely come back to see you."

"The mountains are high and the roads are long, we will meet again."

After bidding farewell to the two, Song Qingze strode forward, performed the God-Speed Technique, and soon disappeared from the eyes of the two.

After joining the Xiaoyao Sect, due to his outstanding talent, Song Qingze was soon accepted as a closed-door disciple by a Foundation Establishment cultivator in the sect. He had been doing quite well in the Xiaoyao Sect in these few years, and his cultivation had already reached the eighth layer of Qi Condensation. It is estimated that in another five or six years, he will have to prepare for Foundation Establishment. As for when he will return to Funiu Mountain, he does not know what year or month it will be.

The Song family would have an inner disciple quota for the Xiaoyao Sect every thirty years or so. However, to go to the Xiaoyao Sect, the spiritual root aptitude must be at least three spirit roots. This time, the family originally intended to send Qingyu to the Xiaoyao Sect, but because Song Qingze took the initiative to beg the Clan Leader, it was finally changed to him.

After Song Qingze went to the Xiaoyao Sect, he was considered a person of the Xiaoyao Sect. Usually, unless there is a mission, Qi Condensation disciples cannot leave the sect at will. If they want to return, they have to ask the sect for leave.

Apart from him, the Song family also had a Chang generation cultivator who was sent to the Xiaoyao Sect by the family decades ago. However, this clan uncle had average talent. Although his cultivation had also reached the late stage of Qi Condensation, he was too old, and there was a high probability that he would not be able to establish Foundation Establishment in this life.

Although these inner disciples have relatively generous treatment after entering the Xiaoyao Sect, unlike those ordinary outer disciples who have to complete a pile of sect chores every day before they have a little of their own cultivation time.

Cultivation families like the Song family send people with outstanding spirit roots in the family to the Xiaoyao Sect, also because only in the Xiaoyao Sect can they have a greater chance of establishing Foundation Establishment. The reason Song Qingze chose to take the initiative to join the Xiaoyao Sect was also for a Foundation Establishment Pill that they, these bottom-tier cultivators, could not touch.

Once a cultivator in the clan successfully establishes Foundation Establishment in the Xiaoyao Sect, there will be a bridge to talk to in the Xiaoyao Sect in the future, and it will be easier to obtain resources from the Xiaoyao Sect to feed back to the family.

The four major Foundation Establishment families in Qinghe County all have Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Xiaoyao Sect. The Huang family alone has two Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Xiaoyao Sect. Their ancestors also produced a Golden Core cultivator in the Xiaoyao Sect, and their relationship in the Xiaoyao Sect far exceeds that of other families. Every few decades, they can exchange for a Foundation Establishment Pill from the Xiaoyao Sect.

It is precisely because they have a powerful backer in the Xiaoyao Sect that the Huang family has been able to dominate Qinghe County for a thousand years.

After sending off Third Brother, Song Qingze, Song Qingming, who returned to Funiu Mountain, came directly to the back mountain, preparing to bid farewell to the Clan Leader and return to Qinghe Market.

After releasing a sound transmission outside, Song Qingming soon received permission to enter the Clan Leader's cave dwelling.

The old Clan Leader sat kindly on a rattan chair, and a seven or eight-year-old little boy stood respectfully beside him.

Song Gushan had cultivated the Dao for a hundred years and had always been a bitter cultivator who was dedicated to the Dao. He did not marry or have children to leave descendants, and his direct relatives had long since turned into a handful of yellow earth.

After a cultivator enters the Dao, in order to cultivate with peace of mind, most people generally do not choose to start a family. Only cultivators like Fourth Uncle, whose spirit roots are low, whose path of Dao is hopeless, and who do not love cultivation, will choose to marry and have children early to enjoy the life that mortals yearn for. Such cultivators are not too many in the cultivation world.

Seeing a tiger-headed and brainy child in the old Clan Leader's cave dwelling, Song Qingming also revealed a trace of surprise on his face and looked at this person curiously.

After bowing to the old Clan Leader, Song Qingming slowly opened his mouth to express his idea of returning to Qinghe Market quickly.

Song Gushan heard that he was returning to Qinghe Market and immediately agreed to him. After all, he had been back for half a month, and it was easy for problems to occur if no one was watching in Qinghe Market.

After Song Gushan finished speaking, seeing that Song Qingming was about to leave, he reached out and stopped him again.

"Qingming, this is Xinhu. He is the great-grandson of the Great Elder. He was only found to have spirit roots last month and has already been entered into the genealogy. It happened that the Great Elder sat and transformed, and there were many affairs in the family, so I didn't inform you in time." Seeing the confusion on Song Qingming's face, the old Clan Leader pointed to the child beside him and explained to Song Qingming.

"This child is the Great-grandson of the Great Elder, could it be..." Although Song Qingming had already thought that he should be a child who had just gone up the mountain, he truly did not guess that he was actually a direct descendant of the Great Elder.

Could it be that the Great Elder was in such a hurry to call him back, it was for this child? Song Qingming faintly guessed some things that he had not figured out for the past few days.

Seeing Song Qingming looking at him tightly with a surprised face, this child named Song Xinhu leaned toward the old Clan Leader somewhat fearfully.

"The Great Elder was in such a hurry to find you back, actually it was for Xinhu. He wanted to entrust you to take care of this child more, but I didn't expect that before you arrived, he left first."

Seeing that Song Qingming had already thought of the answer, Song Gushan slowly opened his mouth to confirm the guess in his heart.

"Clan Leader, rest assured, Qingming knows. We people also grew up under the wings of our elders. Without the Great Elder and your protection all these years, how could I have today?"

From the time Song Qingming arrived at Funiu Mountain, the Great Elder became his mentor, teaching him the way of cultivation step by step. Next, it should be Song Qingming and the others' turn to bring the next generation of cultivators. For two hundred years, Song family cultivators have been passed down from generation to generation like this.

Song Gushan nodded with gratification and then said: "I will take this child first. He is also the first cultivator of the Xin generation. In the future, the family will have to rely on you."

The Song family sets up a generation ranking every thirty years or so. Among them, the Gu generation, after the Great Elder sat and transformed, only three people remained. There were fourteen cultivators in the Chang generation, not counting the Seventh Uncle who went to the Xiaoyao Sect, there were still ten people left now.

There were sixteen cultivators in the Qing generation of Song Qingming, and excluding Third Brother Song Qingze, there were still fifteen people. Counting this Song Xinhu who had just gone up the mountain, the Song family already had nearly thirty cultivators.

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