[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-qinghe-song-clan":3,"chapter-the-qinghe-song-clan-the-song-clan-of-qinghe-chapter-169":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Qinghe Immortal Clan",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1927424,2615,"Chapter 169: Upgrading the Spirit Vein","the-song-clan-of-qinghe-chapter-169",169,"\u003Cp>A few days later, in a restaurant in Yangshan Market, looking at his third brother Song Qingze, whom he hadn't seen for several years and who looked much older, Song Qingming, although somewhat prepared in his heart, didn't expect that Song Qingze’s change would be so great.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As early as a year ago, his third brother, Song Qingze, after so many years of accumulation, finally successfully saved enough merit and exchanged for a Foundation Establishment Pill in the Xiaoyao Sect. It was just a pity that although his conditions for Foundation Establishment were a bit better than the average person, he still failed in the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he had the protection of the Foundation Establishment Pill, which did not damage the meridians in his body, Song Qingming didn't expect that this failure in Foundation Establishment would have such a great blow to his third brother, Song Qingze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordinary cultivators in their fifties were about the same as ordinary mortals in their thirties, but at this moment, a few wrinkles had already been added to Song Qingze’s face, and quite a few white hairs had appeared in his tied-up long hair, completely different from the appearance when Song Qingming first saw him when he came to the Xiaoyao Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now the two of them sat together, and outsiders looked like father and son.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Qingming, I really didn't expect that among so many of our brothers, you could become such a Foundation Establishment cultivator. Thinking about it, I am really a joke. I tried my best to join the Xiaoyao Sect, thinking that I could go further on the Dao path, but in the end, it was all just a mirror image and a bubble.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Song Qingze finished speaking, he sighed again, and then picked up the wine glass on the table and poured it directly into his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing his third brother, who usually didn't like to drink like their other brothers, take the initiative to pick up the wine glass today, Song Qingming also understood the bitterness in his heart now, but he didn't know how to comfort this elder brother for a moment, so he could only pick up the wine glass and drink with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Receiving the spirit stones you sent through someone, to tell you the truth, I was truly very moved. I was thinking that after I reached Foundation Establishment, I would go back and thank you properly. Now that I’ve become like this, to tell you the truth, I feel a bit ashamed to see you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Third Brother, one stroke cannot write two 'Song' characters. You don't have to think too much. When I was about to reach Foundation Establishment, didn't you help me too? Regardless of anything, we are all brothers, and we should support each other if we have the ability.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His third brother, Song Qingze, back then, in order to reach Foundation Establishment, did not hesitate to leave the family and travel thousands of miles away to join the Xiaoyao Sect, almost abandoning everything for the Dao path. That such a person with a firm Dao heart would fail in Foundation Establishment was indeed something Song Qingming didn't expect, which also made him feel in his heart that the cultivation path was indeed somewhat ruthless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look at me, I’m really drunk, letting you, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, listen to me babble here for half a day, and almost forgot to ask you what you came to Yangshan Market for this time?\" After the two drank half a pot of wine, Song Qingze finally remembered to ask Song Qingming why he came to the Xiaoyao Sect this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Qingming sorted out the things that had happened recently and then simply repeated to Song Qingze the things from his crusade against Gu Liangshan and his group of demonic cultivators at Mount Longtan to the great battle against Yang Wuqi, that demon, in Pingyang County.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A few days ago, I also heard that Senior Uncle Chen led people to behead Yang Wuqi, that demon, in Pingyang County. I just didn't know you were also there. I really didn't expect that you had just reached Foundation Establishment not long ago and could fight against a demonic cultivator with such a high cultivation base as Yang Wuqi.\" Hearing that Song Qingming participated in the great battle to kill the demonic cultivator Yang Wuqi, Song Qingze was also very surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Qingming shook his head modestly, \"You’re thinking too much. In that battle, although I was present, I didn't fight Yang Wuqi. The one who beheaded Yang Wuqi was only Senior Chen alone. The rest of us were just responsible for helping him solve the other reinforcements.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior Uncle Chen practices sword cultivation techniques. In the sect, except for those Golden Core ancestors, not many people are his opponents. Being able to behead Yang Wuqi, that demon, is naturally within expectations. I heard that after he came back this time, he seems to have opened a trace of his state of mind and has already started to go into seclusion to break through to the Golden Core realm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I didn't expect Senior Chen to be already impacting the Golden Core realm. This sword cultivation technique is really mysterious.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Qingming had witnessed the great battle between Chen Xuanxin and Yang Wuqi with his own eyes that day, and he had also seen the power of Chen Xuanxin’s technique. To tell the truth, if Yang Wuqi were replaced by him, he was afraid that he wouldn't even be able to take a single move from Chen Xuanxin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Third Brother, I came to find you this time for another matter, wanting you to help me ask if there is any second-grade array master in the sect who is more familiar, preferably one who is willing to go out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that Song Qingze had spoken out some of the bitterness in his heart and his mood had improved a lot, Song Qingming then said the main purpose of his visit this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Second-grade array master! Could it be that you want to upgrade the spirit vein on Mount Funiu?\" Hearing that Song Qingming wanted to find a second-grade array master who was willing to go out, Song Qingze soon guessed his final purpose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Qingming nodded and smiled, \"That is indeed the case. Now that there are more and more cultivators in the family, and I have already reached Foundation Establishment, the spirit vein of Mount Funiu is already somewhat insufficient. Sixth Uncle and I discussed it a few times and decided to invite a second-grade array master to go and see if we can upgrade the spirit vein of Mount Funiu.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Song Qingming’s deadline for stationing in Qinghe Market would soon be up, once he returned to Mount Funiu, the spirit vein on the mountain would definitely not be enough. In the past six months, he and Song Changfeng, as well as several Song family elders, had discussed it several times and finally decided to find a way to directly upgrade the spirit vein of the ancestral land, Mount Funiu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A second-grade low-grade spirit vein could supply three ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators for cultivation. As long as the Song family upgraded the original first-grade high-grade spirit vein of Mount Funiu to second-grade low-grade, they would definitely not have to worry about the spirit vein in the short term.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, to upgrade a first-grade spirit vein to second-grade, in addition to consuming nearly ten thousand spirit stones, it also required inviting a second-grade array master to set up a second-grade spirit-gathering array to upgrade the spirit vein’s grade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After more than two hundred years of accumulation, the Song family’s treasury had already saved more than four thousand spirit stones. Coupled with the fact that after Song Qingming reached Foundation Establishment, the Song family’s business in Qinghe Market had been doing better and better. The spiritual objects in the several shops added up to another thousand spirit stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining five thousand spirit stones, under the leadership of Patriarch Song Changfeng, all the cultivators of the family took the initiative to donate a sum of spirit stones. After all, upgrading the spirit vein was a major event that would benefit the entire family. On this matter, the vast majority of Song family cultivators supported it in their hearts, and everyone gathered together and soon gathered half of the spirit stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining half, two thousand five hundred spirit stones, was voluntarily borne by Song Qingming, the only Foundation Establishment cultivator in the family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, Song Qingming’s talisman-making level had long since far exceeded that of the Qi Refining stage. Although he had not become a second-grade talisman master, his success rate in making first-grade spiritual talismans was already more than seventy percent, and the quality was far superior to ordinary first-grade talisman masters. The speed of earning spirit stones was naturally much faster than in the Qi Refining stage. After several years of hard work in making talismans, Song Qingming had saved more than three thousand spirit stones. Taking out this spirit stone for upgrading the spirit vein was naturally not a problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone go to sleep early.\u003C\u002Fp>",1541,"2026-06-14T03:09:34.521Z","2026-06-18T03:34:23.509Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","5e5ceb94872ee7a0dbfad1e9082016e48a7bcb928a791e6559c36aee0014bbf9","the-song-clan-of-qinghe-chapter-170","the-song-clan-of-qinghe-chapter-168",846,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-qinghe-song-clan-cover.jpg"]