Chapter 197

Before leaving Tiandan Pavilion, Song Qingming specifically asked when the Tiandan Alliance auction would be held again, wanting to see if he could have a chance to sell some of the remaining thousand-year spiritual milk in his hand through the Tiandan Alliance auction.

It was a pity that he learned from Deng Zhongkuo that the Tiandan Alliance auction was generally held once a year, and unfortunately, it had just been held a few months ago. If Song Qingming wanted to participate, he could only wait until next year to see.

Song Qingming didn't dare to sell such a precious spiritual object as thousand-year spiritual milk in the market casually. Once targeted, even those Golden Core ancestors would be tempted. Now, if he wanted to handle some without attracting attention, he could only hope for the Tiandan Alliance auction, a place that pays attention to protecting customer information.

Fortunately, after selling this batch of spiritual herbs, he was not in such a hurry to use spirit stones for the time being. As long as he could sell them safely, waiting for a few days would not have any impact on him.

Next, Song Qingming ran to several more pharmacies and finally sold all the remaining spiritual herbs in his hand, exchanging them for nearly 2, 00 spirit stones in one go.

Seeing more and more spirit stones in the storage bag at his waist, Song Qingming then walked slowly toward the market gate with satisfaction, preparing to return to Qinghe County.

Foundation Establishment cultivators fly on swords, coming and going very quickly. It took less than ten days for a round trip to Yangshan Market, and Song Qingming returned to Funiu Mountain.

After handing the Marrow-Cleansing Pill to Song Changfeng, Song Qingming spent some effort to compile his own Foundation Establishment experience from back then, as well as some Foundation Establishment experience told to him by Xu Ziyan, into a book of Foundation Establishment insights and handed it to Sixth Uncle Song Changfeng, hoping it would be of some help to him.

Although he already had the help of two auxiliary Foundation Establishment spiritual elixirs, Song Qingming knew very well in his heart that as long as there was no Foundation Establishment pill, it was very dangerous for a cultivator to forcibly reach Foundation Establishment.

In the two-hundred-year history of the Song family, besides Song Changfeng, there was another Song family elder a hundred years ago who had taken this step. This Song family elder had also prepared an auxiliary spiritual elixir at the time, but unfortunately, he failed in the end. A few months later, after failing Foundation Establishment, he passed away directly in his cave dwelling, not even having time to leave a last word.

At that time, the strength of the Song family was much weaker than it is now. Suddenly losing a powerhouse at the peak of Qi Refining also dealt a heavy blow to the entire Song family, attracting many rogue cultivators to covet the spiritual land of Funiu Mountain.

Fortunately, later the whole family of the Song family was united, and after repelling several probes by rogue cultivators, they survived the difficulties and didn't lose the ancestral land of Funiu Mountain. Otherwise, the Funiu Mountain Song family might have disappeared in the long river of history of Qinghe County.

Since then, for more than a hundred years, no one in the Song family who reached the ninth level of Qi Refining dared to forcibly reach Foundation Establishment.

For one thing, the risk of forcibly reaching Foundation Establishment without a Foundation Establishment pill is too great. If it doesn't go well, it means immediate death. This is a choice that doesn't leave oneself a way out. Daring to take this step requires the cultivator to have the determination to die.

Secondly, every cultivator in the Song family who can reach the ninth level of Qi Refining and has the opportunity for Foundation Establishment is very important to the entire family. Once such a pillar is easily lost, the Song family is very likely to suffer a devastating disaster, which also adds a layer of concern for these people when making this choice.

The reason why Song Changfeng, the patriarch of the Song family of this generation, made this choice now is partly because after Song Qingming reached Foundation Establishment, it greatly reduced his concerns in this regard.

As long as Song Qingming, this Foundation Establishment ancestor, does not fall, even if the Song family loses a patriarch like him at the ninth level of Qi Refining, the impact on the entire family will not be too great.

Since Song Qingming reached Foundation Establishment, it has been a great encouragement to all the cultivators of the Song family. In the past few years, not only has Sixth Uncle Song Changfeng taken this step, but several people who are close to the ninth level of Qi Refining and qualified for Foundation Establishment, including Ninth Uncle Song Changxin and Second Sister Song Qingwan, have more or less had the idea of forcibly reaching Foundation Establishment in their hearts.

After all, outsiders may not know, but they know very well that Song Qingming's aptitude in the Song family back then was also very ordinary. That he, a four-spirit-root aptitude, could finally succeed in Foundation Establishment also greatly reduced the Song family's estimation of the difficulty of Foundation Establishment.

They don't know that when Song Qingming reached Foundation Establishment back then, he not only had an auxiliary spiritual elixir like the Marrow-Cleansing Pill but also used two Foundation Establishment pills before finally succeeding.

The clansmen underestimated the difficulty of Foundation Establishment. Song Qingming actually started to worry about this point in his heart. Even though the news of Third Brother Song Qingze's failure in Foundation Establishment had already spread to Funiu Mountain, everyone's view on this point had not changed much.

However, because of this reason, the Song family cultivators have generally been much more diligent in their cultivation than before in the past few years, and several more late-stage Qi Refining cultivators have been added. Song Qingming is still very gratified by this.

After Patriarch Song Changfeng went into seclusion for Foundation Establishment, all the affairs in the clan suddenly fell on Song Qingming's shoulders, which made him suddenly a little busy on Funiu Mountain, and he didn't even have time to go to Qinghe Market.

Just after being busy for more than a month, Funiu Mountain welcomed another unexpected guest, which made Song Qingming, who had started to have a headache, unfold a smile. This person was his old acquaintance from Guiyun Market, Shi Chun.

Learning of Shi Chun's arrival, Song Qingming, who was drawing spiritual talismans in his cave dwelling, was so happy that he threw the unfinished spiritual talisman to the side and hurriedly ran down the mountain to welcome him.

Seeing Song Qingming, a senior Foundation Establishment cultivator, come down the mountain to welcome him in person, Shi Chun, who came to seek refuge, was also very surprised. After all, he was just an ordinary late-stage Qi Refining cultivator and didn't have any powerful cultivation skills. He didn't expect Song Qingming to value himself so much.

In the cultivation world, the levels of various cultivators are strict. It is rare to see someone who can still keep an ordinary Qi Refining friend in mind after reaching Foundation Establishment. Back in the Fuyun Mountain Range, Song Qingming could put down his status and take the initiative to come and help. To be honest, this was already a rare thing in Shi Chun's eyes, and this was also the biggest reason why he finally made up his mind to come and seek refuge with Song Qingming in the past few months.

Ordinary Qi Refining cultivation families have too weak strength and can only believe in their own bloodline. They will not actively recruit rogue cultivators from outside into the family, so as not to be made big by outside cultivators and reverse the guest and host, or to cause unwarranted disasters due to not knowing people.

Only Foundation Establishment families, after their strength grows, will actively absorb some rogue cultivators with skills from outside into the family to serve as guest elders and the like, helping to manage family industries.

After Song Qingming reached Foundation Establishment, the Song family also recruited a few rogue cultivators with relatively clean backgrounds like Li Quan in the market to help manage a few shops in Qinghe Market.

Before this, the Song family had just become a Foundation Establishment family, and there were not many industries under its name, and its own cultivators could handle it. Since they started managing the Duanliu Mountain refined copper mine with the Huang family, the Song family sent many cultivators to help guard it, and Funiu Mountain suddenly became very empty. Shi Chun's arrival was indeed at the right time.