[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-qinghe-song-clan":3,"chapter-the-qinghe-song-clan-the-song-clan-of-qinghe-chapter-204":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},1927459,2615,"Chapter 204","the-song-clan-of-qinghe-chapter-204",204,"\u003Cp>After leaving Guyang Mountain, Song Qingming didn't delay any longer and returned to Qinghe County directly on the wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Successfully sending Song Xinyu into the Xiaoyao Sect this time could be considered a matter off Song Qingming's mind. The next step is to consider how to support Qingyu's Foundation Establishment. In any case, the future of the family will still be in the hands of these young cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Relying on the stability of Qinghe County in the past few years, the Song family slowly filled the deficit of the family's Treasury Pavilion, and the merit in the hands of the clansmen could gradually be exchanged for spirit stones or various spiritual objects, and life slowly became affluent, and everyone's cultivation also improved a lot more or less.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Qingyu had already successfully broken through to the ninth level of Qi Refining a year ago and could reach Foundation Establishment at any time. It was just that the Song family's foundation was still relatively thin, and they couldn't get a Foundation Establishment pill for her for the time being. If she wanted to reach Foundation Establishment, she would have to see her fortune in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within his ability, Song Qingming still wanted to help the family cultivate another Foundation Establishment cultivator. This was not only for the family but also to have a reliable helper for himself in the future. It was just that although he had spirit stones now, he couldn't find a way to exchange for a Foundation Establishment pill for the time being, so he could only let Song Qingyu wait first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After returning to Qinghe County, Song Qingming didn't return to Funiu Mountain directly, but took a detour and came to Qinghe Market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he arrived at the market gate, Song Qingming saw from afar on his flying sword that several cultivators were arguing at the gate of Qinghe Market. Song Qingming, who didn't know what had happened, put away his flying sword in advance and walked over slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kid, I already said that the market has regulations, you can't bring this thing in. Why don't you understand?\" A mid-stage Qi Refining gatekeeper pinched his nose, pointed at the yellow-clothed man carrying a cloth bag, and scolded loudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When was this stipulated? You let me bring it last time I came to the market. Why can't you this time? If you don't let me in, you should return the spirit stones you just took.\" The yellow-clothed man who was stopped had a cultivation of only the third level of Qi Refining. He looked like a rogue cultivator with no background. At this moment, facing the intentional embarrassment of the gatekeeper, he was still a bit indignant in his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When the rules of the market change, do I have to notify you? You even want to bring things\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the few gate-guarding cultivators step forward, intending to drive people away by force, the man in yellow hurriedly retreated a few steps. He turned around, ready to accept his bad luck and leave, but he did not expect that after those few guards glanced behind him, they would suddenly bypass him and walk up to a young man, bowing their heads in respectful salute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior Song, when did you arrive? This junior was blind just now and did not see you; I hope you will forgive my offense.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing them address him as \"Senior,\" the few people gathered at the entrance of the market, including the man in yellow who had just been driven away, all stood frozen in place, their faces full of shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These people were mostly those who had spent years drifting about in a small place like Qinghe County. It was a rare occurrence to see a Foundation Establishment senior at such close range, so they all immediately focused their gazes on that young man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Song Qingming, with a calm expression, nodded with a smile and then spoke to the few who had come forward to salute: \"Since this little brother was unaware of the rules, it is understandable. Since he has already arrived here, I think it is better to let him in, so as not to block the entrance and waste everyone's time. Don't you agree?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five years had passed, and the duty of guarding Qinghe Market had now shifted to the Lu family cultivators. Seeing the somewhat arrogant and domineering manner of the gate-guarding cultivators just now, Song Qingming could only shake his head helplessly in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the several major Foundation Establishment families in Qinghe County, the cultivators under the Huang and Gao families, even if they looked down upon these bottom-tier rogue cultivators and occasionally acted in an overbearing manner, had always remained quite disciplined on the surface. When Song Qingming was stationed at Qinghe Market back then, he dealt with Gao Yufu, the shopkeeper of Jin Baotang, who was a cultivator with some status within the Gao family. Even then, the shady dealings they conducted in the market were not so blatant and were only done in secret. After the incident, Gao Yufu was publicly whipped by Song Qingming, and the Gao family did not plead for him because of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was precisely because of this that although Qinghe Market was only a small market, it still had a good reputation in the vicinity of Jiangling County. During the monster chaos back then, many rogue cultivators specifically chose to run here to seek refuge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the Song family had only risen to prominence in recent years, under Song Qingming's lead in keeping them in check, they had always acted quite low-key and would not look down on others with their noses in the air like these people before him. Before the Song family advanced to a Foundation Establishment family, they were just a Qi Refining family in Qinghe Market and were actually looked down upon by other Foundation Establishment families. It was precisely because of this that most current Song family cultivators still had some empathy for these rogue cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the conduct of these Lu family cultivators made Song Qingming feel truly repulsed. In broad daylight, they dared to abuse their power to extort wealth right at the market entrance. He wondered how Lu Xingde, as the clan leader, was disciplining these Lu family cultivators. The reputation that Qinghe Market had worked so hard to build over these years would likely be exhausted by these people before long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he felt some worry in his heart, Song Qingming did not want to meddle in this matter now. How the business in Qinghe Market fared was a concern that should primarily trouble Lu Yuanfeng and the Huang and Gao families. They occupied the majority of the market's interests, and it was not yet the Song family's turn to take the lead on this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior is right. We juniors didn't actually intend to make things difficult for him just now; it is truly because Senior Lu gave our enforcement team orders not long ago to clean up and rectify the image of the market, so we were just explaining the rules to him.\" Seeing that Song Qingming, a Foundation Establishment cultivator who was usually high and mighty, would actually speak up for a down-and-out Qi Refining third-layer rogue cultivator, these people were somewhat surprised and hurriedly explained a few words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These people had been arrogant and domineering when facing those bottom-tier rogue cultivators just now, but now, facing Song Qingming, their faces immediately changed into fawning expressions, which truly made Song Qingming feel somewhat amused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking, one of the enforcement team cultivators hurriedly turned around and shouted to the few people still blocking the market entrance: \"Why haven't you gone in yet? Why are you all blocking the entrance? Didn't you hear what Senior just said?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man in yellow and the others, upon hearing this, hurriedly bowed their heads to thank Song Qingming and quickly passed through the market gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Qingming nodded with a smile and followed behind them into Qinghe Market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the Battle of Broken Flow Mountain, as the Huang and Gao families took the initiative to cease hostilities and tacitly accepted their respective territories, the situation in Qinghe County had gradually stabilized over these years, and Qinghe Market had also returned to its former tranquility, though there were indeed fewer pedestrians on the street than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After entering the market, Song Qingming first went to the Song family shop to deliver some alchemy materials he had brought from Yangshan Market, and then stopped by Huang Siyuan's Golden Phoenix Pavilion on his way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since moving back to Mount Funiu, Song Qingming had rarely come here in these past few years. Since he had already arrived at Qinghe Market today, he naturally would not let this opportunity to comfort his stomach go to waste. He ordered a table full of delicious spiritual food in one go; now that he was a Foundation Establishment cultivator, he was not short of these few spirit stones.\u003C\u002Fp>",1510,"2026-06-14T03:09:34.521Z","2026-06-18T03:34:23.509Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","04feaa8a8708c9d3e86fc6bd7fa8d9f9ce521ed42b7c3b148881b7508bc618ac","the-song-clan-of-qinghe-chapter-205","the-song-clan-of-qinghe-chapter-203",846,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-qinghe-song-clan-cover.jpg"]