Chapter 390: Tuoyun Mountain Trade Fair

During the few years Song Qingyu was away from home, Song Qingming often worried about her safety. After all, this was her first time traveling far away. Although she was already a Foundation Establishment cultivator who had cultivated for many years, Song Qingyu had not been to any place further than the vicinity of Qinghe County before this. Her experience in mixing in the cultivation world was, in the final analysis, not necessarily stronger than those experienced Qi Refining rogue cultivators.

For this He Mengxin who suddenly appeared and saved her, Song Qingming was also somewhat surprised when he first saw her. After all, He Mengxin could be considered a Foundation Establishment cultivator whose cultivation was not much worse than his own. Such a strange cultivator of the same level suddenly followed Song Qingyu to Mount Funiu. If it weren't for the fact that she was Song Qingyu's savior, Song Qingming would never have agreed to let this woman stay on the mountain temporarily.

The three of them came to Song Qingyu's cave dwelling together. Under Song Qingyu's endless narration, Song Qingming finally understood her experiences outside over the years. After such experience outside, Song Qingyu's cultivation, knowledge, and fighting ability had all increased compared to before. This could be considered a beneficial thing for her future cultivation.

Song Qingyu talked and talked, and finally talked about He Mengxin's care for her over the years. The two were now good friends who talked about everything. Although this was the first time He Mengxin met Song Qingming, she had already known about Song Qingming from her conversations with Song Qingyu before.

"I heard from Qingyu long ago that Fellow Daoist Song established his foundation by his own strength, and was able to develop a weak Qi Refining family into its current appearance in just a few decades. Seeing it with my own eyes on Mount Funiu today, it truly makes me admire you."

Hearing He Mengxin's praise, Song Qingming shook his head slightly and said modestly: "My talent is not high. Although I had some opportunities when I established my foundation back then, it was also with the full help of the elders in the clan. How dare I say it was my own merit? Fellow Daoist, your words are a bit of an exaggeration.

In comparison, it is truly enviable that you were able to realize a trace of spiritual edge in your cultivation. Fellow Daoist, don't worry. Although the spiritual vein of my Mount Funiu is not of a high grade, it can be considered a place of peace for a hundred years. You stay here to go into seclusion and break through, and there will definitely be no mistakes. Qingyu also grew up watching me. Being able to have such a close friend as you, I, as an elder brother, am naturally happy for her. Since Fellow Daoist He has come to Mount Funiu, just treat this place as your own home."

"In that case, I will thank Clan Leader Song first. However, I just arrived these few days and am not in a hurry to go into seclusion."

For a cultivator to realize a spiritual edge in cultivation was a rare thing in the cultivation world. Song Qingming had also heard of cultivators around him obtaining such opportunities, but he himself had cultivated for so many years and had never had such a realization. He was indeed somewhat envious that He Mengxin had this opportunity.

After He Mengxin settled down on Mount Funiu, she didn't rush into seclusion to break through her cultivation, but pulled Song Qingyu to walk around Mount Funiu together, appearing to be very fond of the scenery around the Song family.

Mount Funiu's spiritual energy supply for three Foundation Establishment cultivators was already obviously somewhat insufficient. However, having just exchanged for a Foundation Establishment Pill from the Xiaoyao Sect, Song Qingming did not have many spirit stones on him. If he wanted to upgrade the spiritual vein, he still needed to find a way to gather enough spirit stones.

Just when Song Qingming wanted to go to Qinghe Market to live for a

Song Qingming opened it and discovered that this letter was written in Huang Siyuan's own hand. After finishing the contents, he immediately abandoned his plan to head to Qinghe Market and summoned Song Qingyu and his eldest brother Song Qingshi, who had both just returned not long ago, directly to his cave dwelling.

"Seventh Brother, Ancestor Chen of Mount Tuoyun holds a large-scale trading society every few decades. I've heard that in the past, many rare, high-grade spiritual items have been sold there. This time, the grand assembly has even proactively invited many famous cultivators from the north of Weiguo. This is a rare opportunity to obtain Foundation Establishment Pills; we absolutely must not miss it," Song Qingyu said with a happy expression after seeing the letter sent by the Huang family.

The letter Huang Siyuan sent this time was precisely about the cultivator trading society that would be held at Mount Tuoyun in one month. As a long-standing Foundation Establishment family in Qinghe County, the Huang family had received an invitation from Mount Tuoyun, and Huang Siyuan had sent the letter to invite Song Qingming to head to Mount Tuoyun together.

Mount Tuoyun is the spiritual mountain of the Core Formation cultivator Chen Jinliang. To be able to persist as a rogue cultivator alone and then step-by-step cultivate to the Core Formation realm is something that is hard to find even once in a century or two in the Weiguo cultivation world. This Core Formation True Person, who has been renowned in northern Weiguo for several hundred years, is also the existence that tens of thousands of rogue cultivators throughout Weiguo most wish to approach.

Compared to cultivators from families or sects, the difficulty for a rogue cultivator to cultivate and attain the Dao is even greater. Many rogue cultivators with good talent, after experiencing hardships and realizing that it is not easy to obtain cultivation resources on their own, will change their minds and choose to join the Xiaoyao Sect, or defect to other forces and those more powerful cultivation families.

Ever since Chen Jinliang occupied this third-grade spiritual vein of Mount Tuoyun, he has also taken in many personal disciples. For several hundred years, he and the Ma family of Iron Immortal Valley have become an important line of defense in northwestern Weiguo, resisting the invasion of demonic beasts in this region. If it weren't for the help of these two forces, the Xiaoyao Sect would not be as relaxed as it is now in the north.

"Ancestor Chen has guarded Mount Tuoyun for so many years. Although there are some conflicts of interest with Guiyun Market in the shadows, on the surface, his relationship with the Xiaoyao Sect has been maintained quite well. However, in the past, when they held trading societies, they tried their best to avoid us cultivation families. This time, they actually sent an invitation directly to the Huang family. I suspect this time might be a bit different. Should we wait for news before deciding how to reply to the Huang family?"

Hearing his eldest brother Song Qingshi say this, Song Qingming smiled and nodded, saying: "What Eldest Brother said is also what I find a bit strange. Ancestor Chen has been in the Core Formation realm for nearly four hundred years; his lifespan is likely running low. I suspect there might be a major event to announce at this trading society. We definitely have to go. It's rare to have such a large trading society; even if there are no Foundation Establishment Pills, we can still go to purchase other spiritual items."

"However, I don't have many spirit stones on me right now. Eldest Brother, go to the Treasure Pavilion in a moment and see how many spirit stones Qing Si can extract for us first. Qingyu, you run to Qinghe Market for me; Second Sister's harvest for this year hasn't been sent to the mountain yet, so there should still be a few hundred spirit stones there."

"Alright! Let's do that. I'll go to the Treasure Pavilion to give Qing Si a heads-up, and then I'll gather the cultivators on the mountain to see if we can scrape together more spirit stones for you. The family offerings haven't stopped all these years, and everyone's life is much better than before. If we pool them together, we can still squeeze out some spirit stones. You take them and use them first; later, when the spirit stones from other places are collected, we can pay everyone back just the same."

Hearing Song Qingming bring up the issue of spirit stones, Song Qingshi quickly understood his meaning and offered his own suggestion. Seeing that neither Song Qingming nor Song Qingyu objected, Song Qingshi nodded, left the cave dwelling first, and headed straight for the family Treasure Pavilion.