Chapter 90

Song Qingshi saw that Song Qingze was a bit discouraged in his words, and hurriedly comforted him.

"Qingze, don't be too discouraged. Qingming and I came to see you off, which was also specifically explained by the Clan Leader. The Great Elder just left, and everyone is very sad in their hearts. You have to understand."

Song Qingze nodded thoughtfully, and there was a trace of relief on his face.

Eldest Brother Song Qingshi was the most benevolent among their younger generation of cultivators. He had a good relationship with every Qing generation cultivator on the mountain, including Song Qingze.

Originally, the old Clan Leader wanted Song Qingming to send him off alone, but Song Qingming didn't talk much with Song Qingze since he was a child, and the relationship between the two had always been very average, so he pulled Song Qingshi to come here together.

The three of them chatted while walking, and didn't stop until they sent Song Qingze more than ten miles outside Funiu Mountain.

Song Qingze bowed and arched his hands to the two: "Qingming, Eldest Brother, let's stop here. Thank you for coming to see me off. After you go back, don't forget to say hello to the old Clan Leader for me."

"Old Three, being outside is not like being at home. You have to take care of yourself. If you encounter any difficulties in the future, don't forget to send a letter home. Although we brothers have low cultivation bases and can't help much, we can at least give you a hand."

Song Qingze looked at the two with red eyes and lowered his head: "Eldest Brother, you also have to take care of yourself. If there is a chance, I will definitely come back to see you."

"The mountains are high and the roads are far, we will meet again."

After bidding farewell to the two, Song Qingze strode forward, performed the God-Walking Technique, and soon disappeared from the eyes of the two.

After joining the Carefree Sect, Song Qingze was outstanding due to his own talent. Soon he was accepted as a closed-door disciple by a Foundation Establishment cultivator in the sect. He had been doing quite well in the Carefree Sect these few years, and his cultivation base had reached the eighth level of Qi Refining. It is estimated that in five or six years, he will have to prepare for Foundation Establishment. I don't know what year and month it will be when he wants to return to Funiu Mountain again.

The Song family will have a quota for inner disciples of the Carefree Sect every thirty years or so. However, the spiritual root aptitude to go to the Carefree Sect must be at least a three-element spiritual root. This time, the family originally wanted to send Qingyu to the Carefree Sect, but because Song Qingze took the initiative to ask the Clan Leader, it was finally changed to him.

Song Qingze went to the Carefree Sect, so he is a member of the Carefree Sect. On weekdays, unless there is a mission, Qi Refining disciples cannot leave the sect at will. If they want to come back, they have to ask for leave from the sect.

Besides him, the Song family also had a Chang generation cultivator who was sent to the Carefree Sect decades ago. However, this clan uncle had average talent. Although his cultivation base also reached the late stage of Qi Refining, he was too old, and there was a high probability that he would not be able to establish a foundation in his life.

Although these inner disciples have generous treatment after entering the Carefree Sect, unlike those ordinary outer disciples who have to complete a pile of sect chores every day before they have a little time for their own cultivation.

The reason why immortal cultivation families like the Song family send people with outstanding spiritual roots in the family to the Carefree Sect is also because they can have a greater chance of establishing a foundation in the Carefree Sect. Song Qingze chose to take the initiative to join the Carefree Sect, and the main reason was also for a Foundation Establishment Pill that was unreachable for bottom-level cultivators like them.

Once a cultivator in the clan successfully establishes a foundation in the Carefree Sect, there will be a bridge to talk in the Carefree Sect in the future, and it will be easier to obtain resources from the Carefree Sect to feed back the family.

The four Foundation Establishment families in Qinghe County all have Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Carefree Sect. The Huang family alone has two Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Carefree Sect. Their ancestors also produced a Core Formation cultivator in the Carefree Sect, and their relationship in the Carefree Sect is far beyond other families. Every few decades, they can exchange for a Foundation Establishment Pill from the Carefree Sect.

It is precisely because of having a powerful backer in the Carefree Sect that the Huang family has been able to dominate Qinghe County for thousands of years.

After sending off Third Brother Song Qingze, Song Qingming returned to Funiu Mountain and went directly to the back mountain, preparing to bid farewell to the Clan Leader and return to Qinghe Market.

After sending out a sound transmission outside, Song Qingming soon received permission to enter the Clan Leader's cave dwelling.

The old Clan Leader sat upright on the rattan chair with a kind face, and a seven or eight-year-old boy stood respectfully beside him.

Song Gushan had been cultivating for a hundred years and had always been a bitter cultivator who was devoted to the Dao. He did not marry or have children to leave descendants, and his direct relatives had long since turned into a handful of yellow soil.

After cultivators enter the Dao, in order to cultivate with peace of mind, most people generally do not choose to form a family. Only some cultivators like Fourth Uncle who have low spiritual roots, no hope for the Dao path, and do not like cultivation will choose to marry and have children early, enjoying the life that mortals yearn for. Such cultivators are not too many in the cultivation world.

Seeing a tiger-headed and brainy child in the old Clan Leader's cave dwelling, Song Qingming also showed a trace of surprise on his face and looked at this person curiously.

After bowing to the old Clan Leader, Song Qingming slowly expressed his idea of wanting to return to Qinghe Market quickly.

Song Gushan heard him return to Qinghe Market and immediately agreed to him. After all, he had been back for half a month, and it would be easy for problems to occur if no one watched over Qinghe Market.

After Song Gushan finished speaking, seeing that Song Qingming was about to leave, he reached out and stopped him again.

"Qingming, this is Xinhu, the great-grandson of the Great Elder. He was only found to have a spiritual root last month and has already entered the genealogy. It happened that the Great Elder sat and transformed, and there were many family affairs, so I didn't inform you in time." Seeing the confusion on Song Qingming's face, the old Clan Leader pointed to the child on the side and explained to Song Qingming.

"This child is the Great-grandson of the Great Elder, could it be..." Although Song Qingming had already thought that he should be a child who had just come up the mountain, he really didn't guess that he was actually a direct descendant of the Great Elder.

Could it be that the Great Elder called him back in a hurry just for this child? Song Qingming faintly guessed something he hadn't figured out for the past few days.

Seeing Song Qingming looking at him tightly with a surprised face, this child named Song Xinhu leaned towards the old Clan Leader with some fear.

"The Great Elder called you back in a hurry at that time, actually for Xinhu. He wanted to entrust you to take care of this child more, but I didn't expect that before you arrived, he left first."

Seeing that Song Qingming had already thought of the answer, Song Gushan slowly confirmed the guess in his heart.

"Clan Leader, rest assured, Qingming knows. We are all growing up under the wings of our elders. Without the protection of the Great Elder and you all these years, how could I have today."

From the time Song Qingming came to Funiu Mountain, the Great Elder became his teacher, teaching him the way of cultivation step by step. Next, it should be Song Qingming and the others' turn to bring the next generation of cultivators. For two hundred years, Song family cultivators have been passed down from generation to generation like this.

Song Gushan nodded with satisfaction and then said: "I will take this child first. He is also the first cultivator of the Xin generation. In the future, the family will have to rely on you."

The Song family sets up a generation rank every thirty years or so. Among them, the Gu generation, after the Great Elder sat and transformed, only three people were left. There were fourteen cultivators in the Chang generation, not counting the Seventh Uncle who went to the Carefree Sect, and now there were ten people left.

There were sixteen cultivators in Song Qingming's Qing generation. Excluding Third Brother Song Qingze, there were still fifteen people. Counting this Song Xinhu who had just come up the mountain in the Xin generation, the Song family already had nearly thirty cultivators.

(End of chapter)