Chapter 148: Qinghe Discussion

After reminiscing with Fourth Uncle and seeing that Second Sister had not yet come out of closed-door cultivation, Song Qingming seized the time and came to the discussion hall in the center of Qinghe Market.

Just as he walked to the entrance, a Xiaoyao Sect disciple took the initiative to greet him and brought him in.

After arriving inside, he saw that besides Lu Yuanfeng, two other Foundation Establishment cultivators were already sitting here. Seeing Song Qingming walk in, the two hurriedly stood up to greet him.

"Fellow Daoist Song is here. It is an honor to meet you today. Please take care of me in the future."

The person speaking was a cultivator a little older than him. This person's cultivation had already reached the third level of Foundation Establishment. Song Qingming had not seen him before, so he should be the Clan Leader of the Lu family among the four major Foundation Establishment families in Qinghe County.

Song Qingming had seen the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Huang family, Gao family, and Qian family from afar, and only this Lu family leader was someone Song Qingming had never seen.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, Fellow Daoist Gao, greetings." After Song Qingming recognized them, he hurriedly returned the salute to the two.

Gao Jinhe and Lu Xingde nodded and sat down again.

"Fellow Daoist Song, please sit here. I am Lu Yuanfeng of the Xiaoyao Sect." A bearded cultivator who was not young stepped forward and invited Song Qingming to a chair that had been prepared on the side.

Lu Yuanfeng of Qinghe Market, Song Qingming had seen him twice when he lived in Qinghe Market. This person had the fifth level of Foundation Establishment cultivation and was a cultivator who had been in the Foundation Establishment stage for many years in the Xiaoyao Sect. Although his cultivation was not high among Foundation Establishment cultivators, his fighting ability was very powerful among mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators. If they really fought, Gao Jinhe, the Gao family leader with the sixth level of Foundation Establishment, might not be his opponent.

After Song Qingming sat down, about half an hour later, Huang Shengxin, the Huang family leader, walked in with a smile on his face.

"Everyone, sorry to keep you waiting!" As soon as he entered, Huang Shengxin saw that everyone was almost there, so he hurriedly said an apology.

Hearing this, Lu Yuanfeng shook his head and said: "Brother Huang, it's not too late. Fellow Daoist Qian hasn't come yet."

Huang Shengxin shook his head and said: "Fellow Daoist Qian's matter has been resolved. He asked us to tell you that he won't come over again."

"So that's how it is. Then let's not wait for him. Let's discuss the matter first." Lu Yuanfeng nodded and said.

"The Huang family really has a good plan, actually swallowing the spiritual vein of Chifeng Ridge so easily." Lu Xingde, who was pretending to taste tea on the side, took the opportunity to secretly send a sound transmission to Gao Jinhe.

The latter smiled bitterly, shook his head, and did not reply to him immediately.

Lu Yuanfeng looked at the four people sitting below and said seriously: "The first thing I called everyone here today is that Fellow Daoist Song has already established the foundation. From today on, the Song family of Mount Funiu will be officially promoted to a Foundation Establishment family. The area within a hundred miles around Mount Funiu will be placed under the jurisdiction of the Song family. Similarly, you will also officially accept the sect's dispatch in the future and go to Qinghe Market regularly to pay tribute to the sect."

Foundation Establishment families in Qinghe County can automatically share a portion of the shares in Qinghe Market and also need to pay a certain amount of spirit stone tribute to the Xiaoyao Sect on time. The more they share, the more tribute they will pay. However, on the whole, there is still profit to be made.

"The sect is so kind, my Song family is very grateful. But whenever the sect has any dispatch in the future, the Song family will definitely not refuse." Hearing Lu Yuanfeng mention the Song family, Song Qingming hurriedly stood up to express his attitude.

Sure enough, after Lu Yuanfeng heard Song Qingming say this so decisively, he nodded with satisfaction and continued: "The second thing is that Fellow Daoist Qian of Chifeng Ridge has already made a decision. They will leave Qinghe County, and the shares in Qinghe Market will also be withdrawn together this time. From now on, it will be handed over to Fellow Daoist Song directly. You guys don't have any opinions, right?"

"Our Qinghe Market has been like this for hundreds of years. The rules have always been like this. Someone quits and someone takes over immediately, which has no impact on everyone. My Huang family naturally has no opinion on this." The first to speak was Huang Shengxin, a master whose cultivation had already reached the ninth level of Foundation Establishment.

After hearing Huang Shengxin's words, Gao Jinhe and Lu Xingde looked at each other, did not express their opinions, and nodded directly. Regarding this point, it would not affect their interests, so naturally, they would not oppose it.

Lu Yuanfeng saw that everyone had agreed, and then continued: "This last thing is because the five-year agreement has arrived, and Qinghe Market has to change to new resident cultivators. Except for Fellow Daoist Song who is new here, everyone else knows this, so I won't say much. I hope everyone can understand."

Huang Shengxin saw that everyone had agreed, and then continued: "Speaking of which, this time the resident cultivator happens to be our Huang family's turn. I have a presumptuous request, I wonder if Fellow Daoist Song can help."

"Help with what? Please speak directly, Fellow Daoist Huang." Song Qingming looked at Huang Shengxin with some surprise, seemingly not understanding what he meant.

Huang Shengxin replied: "Next, I have to go into closed-door cultivation again, and the several spiritual veins in the clan cannot be left unguarded. I want to ask Fellow Daoist Song to help replace me in guarding Qinghe Market for a few years. After I come out of closed-door cultivation, I will definitely help you return it."

"Can this be done?" Song Qingming asked Lu Yuanfeng with some confusion.

Lu Yuanfeng smiled and said: "This kind of situation has happened before. As long as there is no problem with the negotiation between your two families, I only need to change the registered person here. Please rest assured, this is not a big problem."

"That's good. If there is no other impact, I have no opinion on this, and I am willing to change with Fellow Daoist Huang."

Helping to guard Qinghe Market, for Song Qingming, the best thing is that he can immediately own a second-level spiritual vein for cultivation.

Although this second-level spiritual vein of Qinghe Market supports many cultivators, it is a genuine second-level mid-grade spiritual vein. Supporting one or two Foundation Establishment cultivators is not a problem.

Now that the Huang family took the initiative to propose to exchange the resident time with the Song family, this greatly alleviated Song Qingming's urgent need for a suitable second-level spiritual vein cultivator. Song Qingming estimated in his heart that this should be intentional by the Huang family to thank the Song family for not getting involved in their seizure of the Chifeng Ridge spiritual vein. Compared to obtaining a complete second-level spiritual vein, the Huang family's deal is profitable no matter how you look at it.

Following Huang Shengyue's visit to the mountain, many nearby Qi Refining cultivation families ran to Mount Funiu one after another to congratulate Song Qingming on his successful Foundation Establishment. Later, he did receive a letter from the Qian family, but in order not to cause unnecessary trouble, the Song family did not reply to them.

Since he had already promised the Huang family not to get involved in this matter, regardless of whether the other party sent someone to watch Mount Funiu, Song Qingming would not choose to meet the Qian family cultivators at this time. Otherwise, if the Huang family knew about this in the future, the Song family would not be pleased by either side.

Lu Yuanfeng's three things were successfully said, and seeing that there were no changes, he was naturally very happy in his heart.

Next, he had nothing to do, so he directly greeted the disciples below to serve spiritual fruits and fragrant tea to entertain everyone.