Chapter 410

As soon as the two walked into the cave dwelling, they saw a jade box already prepared in the hands of Song Qingming, who was sitting by the wooden table, and their faces immediately showed more joy.

"Greetings, Clan Leader!"

"No need for formalities. Xintang, after discussing with the family elders a few days ago, I decided to support your Foundation Establishment first. You take this Foundation Establishment Pill first."

Looking at the Foundation Establishment Pill in his hand, which countless Qi Refining cultivators dream of, the joy on Song Xintang's face slowly calmed down after obtaining this item.

Since he started his cultivation, he had contributed a lot to the family wholeheartedly and without complaint for so many years. Several times when performing tasks, he encountered danger and almost lost his life at the foot of the mountain. Now that he could get the family's support for Foundation Establishment, he could be considered rewarded for his hard work.

"The family handing the Foundation Establishment Pill to you is also an expectation of you. I hope you can discard distracting thoughts and succeed in Foundation Establishment to repay the family's support. Go back and prepare well, adjust your cultivation state, and come to my cave dwelling to close-door for Foundation Establishment in half a year!"

Song Xintang nodded immediately, carefully put away the Foundation Establishment Pill, and left Song Qingming's cave dwelling after bowing again.

After Song Xintang left, Song Qingming turned his gaze to Song Changxiong and said softly, "Thirteenth Uncle, you came to see me, is there anything else?"

Hearing Song Qingming's question, Song Changxiong walked up and said, "Before you left the mountain last time, you asked me to pay more attention to that senior's whereabouts. I came here precisely to tell you about this."

"Ever since you left the mountain for Mount Tuoyun, Senior He hasn't gone anywhere; she has just been wandering around Mount Funiu with Qingyu. Sometimes she would go out for a stroll by herself, but there was nothing strange. However, just yesterday, I heard from the people below that Senior He went down the mountain alone to Liu Family Village in Mugu Town and stayed there for a long time before leaving."

"For a Foundation Establishment cultivator with such cultivation to be so interested in those mortals below, I felt a bit strange after hearing this, so I came to tell you."

"You said that mortal village, why is it called Liu Family Village?" Song Qingming asked with some curiosity.

The Song family has been established for more than two hundred years. Although the mortal villages below occasionally accept refugees from all over, and there are all kinds of surnames, more than 70% of the surnames are Song clansmen. Logically speaking, there shouldn't be such a village with a foreign surname.

"There is indeed such a village. When Mugu Town was first built, because many mortals from the original Liu family of Mount Jingyuan were moved there, about twenty years ago, as there were more and more mortals in Mugu Town, a part of the Liu family mortals built a small village by themselves in the surrounding area, with only two or three hundred people living there, so it was called Liu Family Village."

"Over the years, the family's management of mortals has been relatively casual. As long as they don't cause trouble, we won't deliberately make things difficult for these mortals with foreign surnames."

"Okay! I know about this. Thirteenth Uncle, go back and rest first. If you find anything abnormal, remember to come to me in time."

The spiritual vein of Mount Funiu is only second-grade low-grade. To upgrade it to second-grade mid-grade, in addition to setting up a Spirit Gathering Array, it is also necessary to prepare twenty thousand spirit stones, which can only improve the spiritual energy of the entire Spirit Mountain after refining.

Although it will take a few years to gather the spirit stones, after Song Qingming returned to Mount Funiu, he had already started preparing to set up the second-grade mid-grade Spirit Gathering Array. However, this high-grade Spirit Gathering Array also took a lot of time to set up. After Song Qingming tried for a few months and failed several times, he finally succeeded in setting up the array.

Next, he just needs to add spirit stones to the Spirit Gathering Array at fixed intervals. After the array has melted enough spirit stones, the spiritual vein of Mount Funiu will begin to advance.

After refining the Spirit Gathering Array, Song Qingming had just become free and was preparing to go out for a walk, but he didn't expect to run into He Mengxin, who had come to find him, just as he stepped out.

"Clan Leader Song, I have been bothering you in the clan for many days, and I am very grateful. I plan to return to the East Sea tomorrow, so I came here to bid you farewell."

Hearing that He Mengxin was leaving Mount Funiu, Song Qingming was not surprised. He hurriedly smiled and arched his hands, "Fellow Daoist He, please don't be so polite. For those of us who cultivate the Dao, it is a rare thing to be able to form a good relationship. Besides, my little sister Qingyu is going to leave with you. Please take care of her for me on the road."

When Song Qingming returned to Mount Funiu a few months ago, Song Qingyu had already told him that she wanted to travel to the East Sea with He Mengxin. After all, this was a wish she had always wanted to fulfill. Although Song Qingming knew that traveling abroad was very dangerous, he couldn't stop her. Plus, with He Mengxin accompanying her, he felt much more at ease.

"Mount Funiu has pleasant scenery. I am a bit reluctant to leave tomorrow. I want to go down the mountain for a stroll again. I wonder if Clan Leader Song has time to accompany me for a walk today?"

Suddenly hearing He Mengxin's invitation, Song Qingming was stunned for a moment, and it took a while for him to react and nod politely.

"It is a great honor to be invited by you, Fellow Daoist. Fairy, please!"

Under He Mengxin's lead, the two walked through the clouds from the top of Mount Funiu, chatting as they walked, from daily cultivation to the various strange scenery of the cultivation world.

Hearing He Mengxin talk endlessly about many scenes he had never seen before, Song Qingming was truly an eye-opener. Although he had been to many places in his years of cultivating the Dao and had even left the State of Wei to support the front line in the State of Lu, compared to He Mengxin, who had been traveling for many years, his knowledge was indeed a bit lacking.

As time passed quickly, the two of them, without knowing it, had arrived outside Liu Family Village at the foot of the mountain.

After walking here, He Mengxin suddenly stopped, looked at the children playing outside the village, and said calmly, "Clan Leader Song, I have been here before. I don't know why your Song family has so many mortals with the surname Liu. Is there any explanation for this?"

Since Foundation Establishment, Song Qingming had rarely been in contact with the mortals at the foot of the mountain. Even in his own family in Mugu Town, he hadn't been back to see them for a long time, so he was naturally not very familiar with these mortal villages at the foot of the mountain.

Even though he had been standing outside this small village for a long time, it was only after hearing He Mengxin ask about Liu Family Village that Song Qingming suddenly realized where he was.

"They originally came from another cultivation family in Qinghe County. Many years ago, for some reason, they angered the sect, and the Xiaoyao Sect exiled all the cultivators of the Liu family to other places. These remaining mortals naturally could not survive without the protection of cultivators. Back then, under the arrangement of the Xiaoyao Sect cultivators, several nearby families took in a portion, and my Song family happened to be one of them at that time."