[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-qinghe-song-clan":3,"chapter-the-qinghe-song-clan-the-song-clan-of-qinghe-chapter-80":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Qinghe Song Clan",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1927335,2615,"Chapter 80","the-song-clan-of-qinghe-chapter-80",80,"\u003Cp>However, Song Qingming, who was still burying himself in hard work in the cave dwelling, only learned the news of Xu Ziyan's return to Guiyun Market two days later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On this day, just as Song Qingming was preparing to leave the cave dwelling, he didn't expect that Xu Ziyan had already taken the initiative to come to his door, blocking him inside the cave dwelling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fellow Daoist Song, hiding here, you really made me search hard. I thought I would really have to go to Qinghe County to find you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For some reason, Xu Ziyan, still dressed in red, seemed a bit more haggard than she had two months ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Captain Xu, I have not failed your mission. On this trip to White Dragon Mountain, I successfully purchased the Green Jade Pill.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon seeing Xu Ziyan, Song Qingming quickly took out the Green Jade Pill that he had been treasuring in his storage bag and carefully handed it to Xu Ziyan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Green Jade Pill had been with Song Qingming for over a month. Carrying a spiritual pill worth three hundred spirit stones on him had once made his storage bag feel heavy, but it was ultimately not his own item.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After obtaining the Green Jade Pill, he had been worried the whole way from White Dragon Mountain to Guiyun Market, fearing what he would do if he lost this spiritual pill and couldn't fulfill his duty to Xu Ziyan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that the spiritual pill was in Xu Ziyan's hands, Song Qingming finally breathed a sigh of relief and no longer had to worry about it constantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the ten extra spirit stones from purchasing the pill, he didn't choose to return them to Xu Ziyan. He had risked his life to make the trip to White Dragon Mountain, so it should be reasonable to collect a little hardship fee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon seeing the Green Jade Pill, Xu Ziyan's face lit up with joy. She didn't ask Song Qingming exactly how many spirit stones he had spent. With a light sweep of her fair hand, she stored the Green Jade Pill into the storage bag at her waist, and then bowed to Song Qingming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Regardless, I must thank Fellow Daoist Song for not fearing the hardship to successfully obtain this spiritual pill. I will consider this a favor I owe you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Qingming quickly returned the bow and said, \"Captain Xu is too polite. This trip to White Dragon Mountain has also allowed me to increase my knowledge, so I dare not speak of hardship.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Ziyan smiled and nodded, then said, \"Fellow Daoist Song, there is one thing I would like to inform you of in advance. Junior Brother Lu's injuries have mostly healed, so I will be returning the title of Captain of the Eleventh Guard to him. You don't need to call me Captain in the future.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Xu Ziyan's words, Song Qingming was slightly stunned, and then said, \"Fellow Daoist Xu, you are preparing to go into seclusion to break through, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Ziyan forced a smile and said, \"You are right. After this mission ends, I will return to the sect. Breaking through to Foundation Establishment is extremely dangerous, and I don't know if we will ever have the chance to meet again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fellow Daoist Xu has been at the ninth level of Qi Refining for many years, and your foundation is stable. Even if you cannot break through successfully, it is impossible for there to be such great danger. Why does Fellow Daoist say this?\" Song Qingming was extremely confused when he heard Xu Ziyan say that her breakthrough to Foundation Establishment was extremely dangerous, and he blurted it out directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Ziyan shook her head and sighed, \"This time, the sect had some mishaps in refining Foundation Establishment Pills and only refined a dozen or so. Although my Master has been trying her best to fight for one for me, my hope of obtaining a Foundation Establishment Pill this time is already very slim. However, I have already made up my mind. After returning to the sect, I will go into a death-seclusion, and I will not come down the mountain until I break through to the Foundation Establishment realm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So that's how it is. Even without a Foundation Establishment Pill, you are still planning to risk your life to charge at the Foundation Establishment realm. For this alone, I have the utmost admiration for you, Fellow Daoist. Please accept my bow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After saying this, Song Qingming bowed deeply to Xu Ziyan. For this woman who dared to forge ahead on the Dao path and put life and death aside, Song Qingming felt heartfelt admiration for her at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fellow Daoist Song's courtesy is truly something I cannot afford to accept. Ziyan has been cultivating for over forty years. I dare not say how firm my Dao heart is, but I am not someone who wastes time. Since I have entered the immortal path, if I cannot walk to the clouds and see all the beautiful scenery in this world, what is the point of living these few decades longer?\" After Xu Ziyan finished speaking, her eyes also gained a few more traces of firm spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then I will congratulate you in advance, Fellow Daoist Xu. The next time we meet, I will have to address you as a senior.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next, the two exchanged a few more pleasantries and asked about each other's recent situations. Xu Ziyan also swept away her previous haggard look and then generously shared many of her insights from cultivation with Song Qingming, which benefited him greatly and gave him a few more points of certainty for his next attempt to break through to the late stage of Qi Refining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Xu Ziyan left Song Qingming, she left Guiyun Market a few days later and returned to the sect gate of the Carefree Sect. Even many people in the Eleventh Guard didn't know that their captain had already left, and the captain of the Eleventh Guard had changed back to Lu Yunfei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't until half a year later that Song Qingming heard news of Xu Ziyan again from a Carefree Sect cultivator. This extraordinary woman, whom Song Qingming admired, had actually, just as Song Qingming had said that day, successfully broken through to the Foundation Establishment realm after three months of seclusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cultivators like Xu Ziyan, who successfully established their foundation without using a Foundation Establishment Pill, were also very rare in the cultivation world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, among cultivators who successfully establish their foundation without using a Foundation Establishment Pill, only one in twenty can be a lucky one. Most of those who choose to break through either suffer serious injuries and have their Dao path cut off, or they die and their souls are extinguished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire Carefree Sect had over three hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators, and those who did not use Foundation Establishment Pills to establish their foundation did not exceed twenty percent. Without exception, these people were cultivators with exceptionally firm minds after establishing their foundation, and their Dao paths would be brighter than those who had used Foundation Establishment Pills, and their chances of cultivating to a higher realm would also be greater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the news of Xu Ziyan's successful Foundation Establishment, Song Qingming was also very excited. After restoring his state, he soon chose to go into seclusion again to break through to the late stage of Qi Refining. However, his luck seemed to be not so good recently. This time, after losing another middle-grade spirit stone, he still failed to break through again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, he was not discouraged. In the following time, besides following the Flying Cloud Guard out for training, after returning to Guiyun Market, he also continued to inquire everywhere about news of middle-grade spirit stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A year later, on Guiyun Mountain, Song Qingming sat upright in his cave dwelling. Streams of thick spiritual energy continuously entered his dantian from several meridians all over his body, and then slowly emerged from other meridians.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After continuously polishing the spiritual energy for five days, the pure spiritual energy within Song Qingming's dantian had become very saturated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that the spiritual energy in his body had been polished to perfection, Song Qingming finally made up his mind and dissolved the middle-grade spirit stone he had already prepared in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a tremor in his body's meridians, relying on this incomparably pure and thick spiritual power, Song Qingming finally, on his third breakthrough attempt, broke through the bottleneck of the seventh level of Qi Refining that had plagued him for several years, successfully raising his cultivation base to the late stage of Qi Refining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After breaking through his cultivation base, Song Qingming couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He didn't expect that he would have to break through again and again to overcome a late-stage Qi Refining bottleneck. Now, he really had no bottom in his heart regarding the Foundation Establishment hurdle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the past two years in Guiyun Market, besides going out to perform Flying Cloud Guard missions, Song Qingming had been inquiring everywhere about middle-grade spirit stones. In the end, it was Shi Chun who helped him find another middle-grade spirit stone, which gave him his third chance to successfully break through to the late stage of Qi Refining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1564,"2026-06-14T03:09:34.521Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","b1c8c3533c806a27c2af4662dd3393d0bea72e22510cb695cfa0cab948228e29","the-song-clan-of-qinghe-chapter-81","the-song-clan-of-qinghe-chapter-79",846,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-qinghe-song-clan-cover.jpg"]