Chapter 199

The news of Sixth Uncle Song Changfeng's failure in Foundation Establishment soon spread to every cultivator in the Song family, which also extinguished the idea of other Song family cultivators who also wanted to forcibly reach Foundation Establishment.

Ninth Uncle Song Changxin, who had reached the ninth level of Qi Refining for several years, and Second Sister Song Qingwan, who had just broken through to the ninth level of Qi Refining not long ago, both of their cultivation bases were already ready for Foundation Establishment at any time.

But like Patriarch Song Changfeng, they were both over sixty years old. After hearing the danger of Song Changfeng's failure in Foundation Establishment this time, they were also poured a basin of cold water, and they gradually dispelled the idea of forcibly reaching Foundation Establishment.

Among the remaining late-stage Qi Refining cultivators, Fifth Aunt Song Changling and Thirteenth Uncle Song Changxiong, the two eighth-level Qi Refining cultivators, were also well over sixty years old.

Eldest Brother Song Qingshi, Eighth Brother Song Qingyuan, and Fifteenth Aunt Song Changyue had all broken through to the seventh level of Qi Refining in the past few years. When they reached the ninth level of Qi Refining, they would also have missed the best time for Foundation Establishment. Without a Foundation Establishment pill, the probability of them reaching Foundation Establishment was also minimal.

Among all the late-stage Qi Refining cultivators in the entire Song family, the only one who has the best hope of reaching the ninth level of Qi Refining before the age of sixty is Song Qingyu, who has the best spiritual roots.

She is now less than forty years old and has already reached the eighth level of Qi Refining. Reaching the ninth level of Qi Refining before the age of fifty is basically a sure thing. Song Qingyu can be considered the most suitable candidate for Foundation Establishment in the Song family in the future.

However, the biggest problem Song Xinyu will face in Foundation Establishment in the future is the Foundation Establishment pill. Even though the Song family has now become a Foundation Establishment family, it is not so easy to obtain a Foundation Establishment pill.

After all, the Song family is a Foundation Establishment family that has just risen, and there is no relationship within the Xiaoyao Sect that can be utilized. This point is still a bit far behind compared to other old-brand Foundation Establishment families.

In Qinghe County, on the surface, it is still the Huang family of Taiyuan Mountain that has the best relationship with the Xiaoyao Sect. Their family has three Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Xiaoyao Sect, including Huang Chengding, a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator who can speak. Almost every few decades, the Huang family has the opportunity to exchange for a Foundation Establishment pill from the Xiaoyao Sect.

The Gao family of Bailian Mountain only had one Foundation Establishment cultivator with average strength in the Xiaoyao Sect in the past, and their words were far less useful than Huang Chengding's. But in the past ten years, with Gao Yuyao's successful Foundation Establishment, the Gao family's status in the Xiaoyao Sect has gradually improved a lot, and they also took the opportunity to cultivate Gao Yubai, a young Foundation Establishment cultivator.

From a long-term perspective, Gao Yuyao and Gao Yubai are both dual-spirit-root cultivators, and their prospects for future development are still very good. Their family's subsequent development now looks even better than the Huang family's.

In Qinghe County, there are still a few Qi Refining families that have Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Xiaoyao Sect, but because the family's strength is too weak, these people have not had much contact with the main family in Qinghe County after Foundation Establishment.

After all, after a cultivator reaches Foundation Establishment, they must prioritize their own Dao path. When the family is too weak to have much influence on them, this connection will naturally fade away. After all, the family is thousands of miles away. As time goes by, how can it be as close as the disciples and followers by their side?

Only Foundation Establishment families with matching strength can better utilize this relationship. After all, they can support each other, and they are of the same bloodline. Asking their own family members for help is always more reliable than others.

No matter which family's cultivator you are, as long as you join the Xiaoyao Sect, everything must prioritize the interests of the sect. Otherwise, once you do something that eats inside and out, and other cultivators in the sect find out and report it to the Law Enforcement Hall, you may end up with your cultivation abolished and expelled from the sect, and your family will also be implicated.

Of course, as long as it does not affect the interests of the sect, most people will understand if they take care of their own family within their power.

The Xiaoyao Sect, like the big event of distributing Foundation Establishment pills by the sect every year, besides leaving a fixed amount to cultivate disciples with better aptitude, the remaining part of the Foundation Establishment pills is used to reward these meritorious cultivation families under the sect.

But the power to distribute these Foundation Establishment pills is still in the hands of those Golden Core ancestors who control the sect's power. Only after they have finished distributing will it be the turn of the Foundation Establishment cultivators below the sect to compete. Like the Huang family, a larger cultivation family with several Foundation Establishment cultivators within the sect, they have the opportunity to strive for a Foundation Establishment pill for their family every few decades.

The Song family now wants to exchange for a Foundation Establishment pill. If they want to encounter the opportunity of Song Qingming sending back important spiritual objects to the Xiaoyao Sect last time, it is certainly unrealistic. The method they can count on is to find spiritual objects similar to the Water Spirit Fruit that can be directly exchanged for Foundation Establishment pills, and go to places like the Xiaoyao Sect or the Tiandan Alliance auction to try their luck.

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Spring goes and autumn comes, and another five years of peaceful time have passed in the blink of an eye.

On Funiu Mountain, in the cave dwelling on the top of the mountain with dense spiritual energy, Song Qingming, who had been in seclusion for two months, suddenly felt a sound transmission from outside the door.

After putting away the spiritual sense emitted outside his body, Song Qingming finished his cultivation and walked out of the cave dwelling, seeing a young boy of seventeen or eighteen standing respectfully on the side.

"Supreme Elder, the Patriarch invites you to the council hall, saying that there are guests from the Huang family." The young boy speaking is Song Xinyu, a cultivator of the 'Xin' generation of the Song family. He is a genius with three spiritual roots and has already reached the fifth level of Qi Refining.

After listening, Song Qingming nodded gently and took Song Xinyu to the council hall in front of the mountain.

"Today, distinguished guests have arrived. I failed to welcome you from afar. I hope Daoist Huang will forgive me." As soon as he entered the door, Song Qingming saw his old acquaintance Huang Shengyue and hurriedly stepped forward to bow and salute.

"Eh? Congratulations to Daoist Song. Your cultivation has improved again. You are young and promising, and you are almost walking ahead of me." As soon as he saw the spiritual power fluctuation emitted from Song Qingming's body, Huang Shengyue hurriedly offered congratulations.

The injuries on Patriarch Song Changfeng's body had also recovered for the most part. Although he could not easily fight with others, besides healing, he could already handle clan affairs daily.

As Song Changfeng's injuries slowly recovered, it also gradually reduced the burden on Song Qingming. In the past few years, because the patriarch was injured, the management of all sizes of family affairs almost fell on his shoulders. Although his cultivation was slightly delayed, after going into seclusion a few months ago, he still successfully raised his cultivation to the third level of Foundation Establishment.

Hearing Huang Shengyue's flattery, Song Qingming smiled and hurriedly replied: "Daoist Huang, don't make fun of me. I am just lucky, and I happened to break through by the power of the elixir. I really dare not compare with a Foundation Establishment senior with solid cultivation like you, Daoist Huang."

Song Changfeng on the side saw Song Qingming come over and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Senior Huang learned that we were going to send Xinyu to the Xiaoyao Sect, so this time she also specifically came to recommend a master for this child."

Just before Song Qingming went into seclusion this time, Patriarch Song Changfeng had already proposed to him to send a young cultivator with better aptitude in the family to join the Xiaoyao Sect. After the two discussed it for a while, they finally selected Song Xinyu, who ranked eighth in the 'Xin' generation.

Song Xinyu's three-spirit-root talent can be considered a genius in the Song family. Sending him to the Xiaoyao Sect, Song Qingming also felt a bit reluctant in his heart.

But to be honest, the reason why Sixth Uncle Song Changfeng suggested sending him there, besides being beneficial to the family, was actually more for Song Xinyu's personal Dao path. After all, after going to the Xiaoyao Sect, as long as he practices hard, the chance of Foundation Establishment in the future is definitely much greater than staying in the Song family.