"Well, since you already know the answer, I won't say much. My spiritual roots are too poor, and I'm no longer so obsessed with the path of cultivation in this life. I can only come out to do what I can for the family. You must not learn from me. You must work hard to cultivate and strive to make more contributions to the family." Song Changqiu looked at the young nephew in front of him and sighed with some envy. If he were still as young as him, he would definitely not give up the path of cultivation so early.
Song Qingming nodded silently, looking at his fourth uncle in front of him with mixed feelings. He knew in his heart that the way of cultivation really depends too much on talent and opportunity. If it were not for the opportunities in the past few years, he would be just like the many low-level cultivators like Song Changqiu in the world of cultivation, a person with no hope on the path of cultivation.
Seeing that Song Qingming didn't say anything, Song Changqiu smiled and changed the subject.
"You came here mainly for talisman-making materials, right? Our shop usually collects some, but you came at an unfortunate time. The Second Elder came to the market a few days ago, and most of the materials were given to him to take back to Funiu Mountain. You can go to the east side of the market. The shops there are bigger and have a more complete range of talisman-making materials, elixirs, and magical instruments. It's getting late today, so you can stay here first. You can go there tomorrow to take a look."
"I'm sorry to bother you, nephew," Song Qingming said with a smile and bowed to Song Changqiu.
The sun set in the west and it was soon sunset. It was a rare occasion for Song Qingming to come to Qinghefang, so Song Changqiu arranged to close the shop early today and asked his Taoist partner to prepare a sumptuous dinner.
Song Changqiu's Taoist partner is named Wang Changhua, who is a casual cultivator in Qinghefang. Her ancestors were also a family of immortal cultivators in Qinghe County. More than a hundred years ago, the Wang family offended another more powerful family, and the other party, together with several casual cultivators with high cultivation levels, destroyed their mountain gate.
Fortunately, the other party took into account the ethics of the immortal world and did not dare to implicate mortals. In the end, some of these mortals without the protection of cultivators drifted to other nearby immortal families, and the rest were moved to Qinghefang by the cultivators of the Xiaoyao Sect. Wang Changhua's ancestor was one of them.
Wang Changhua is also a cultivator with five spiritual roots. Because her spiritual roots are too poor, she was not accepted by the Xiaoyao Sect and became a casual cultivator. She often hangs around Qinghefang, and thus got to know Song Changqiu.
The life of a casual cultivator is not easy to begin with, as spirit stones are needed everywhere. Wang Changhua also has to take care of some mortal relatives in Qinghefang. In order to have a better life in the market, she and Song Changqiu became Taoist partners. They have lived together for more than ten years and have given birth to a son and a daughter.
Song Changqiu had no hope of becoming a Taoist, so he placed all his hopes on the next generation. Not only did he become a Taoist couple with Wang Changhua, he also took in several concubines in the market town. He already had four or five children, and his life was quite fulfilling.
He now hopes that among his children, there will be one or two talented people with spiritual roots who can inherit his mantle.
The dinner prepared by Wang Changhua was very good. Not only did she cook several of her specialties, she also made a pot of spirit fish soup. The spirit fish not only contained a lot of spiritual energy, which was beneficial for cultivation, but after being cooked by the spirit chef, it was also a rare delicacy. Song Qingming ate it with gusto.
Wang Changhua had been hanging around the market in her early years. In order to earn spirit stones, she learned the skill of spiritual cooking. Seeing Song Qingming impressed by her skills, she was very happy. After she got together with Song Changqiu, she had been living in Qinghefang. She was not very familiar with the Song family's clansmen in Funiu Mountain. It was a rare opportunity to meet the young cultivators of the Song family from Funiu Mountain. Naturally, she wanted to perform well and win the favor of these young people so that she could have more status in front of the Song family cultivators in the future.
Song Qingming naturally didn't think about Wang Changhua's little thoughts. For him, it was a rare opportunity to eat such delicious spiritual food, so he naturally wanted to enjoy it.
Early the next morning, Song Qingming greeted Song Changqiu early and came to the east side of Qinghefang. Hearing bursts of shouting, Song Qingming slowly looked at the shops on both sides of the street and soon found a larger shop selling talisman-making materials.
Although Qinghefang is not as good as Guiyunfang, it is not difficult to buy the low-level materials and pills that Song Qingming needs. Song Qingming first found several material stores and spent more than a hundred spirit stones to buy enough mid-level talisman-making materials for him to use for several months. In order not to attract attention, he only found shops opened by independent cultivators.
However, purchasing elixirs was a bit difficult. There were not many alchemists among the independent cultivators, and most of them were employed by the major families in Qinghe County. If one wanted to buy elixirs, one could only go to the shops opened by local cultivation families. After thinking about it, Song Qingming found a family shop that was relatively distant from the Song family, spent thirty spirit stones, and purchased a bottle of Qi-nourishing Pill.
The reason why Song Qingming wanted to buy the elixir was that it had been almost half a year since he went to the Floating Cloud Mountains. Gao Yuyao, who had been providing him with elixirs for the past two years, seemed to have disappeared and had never come to Caolu Mountain again. Song Qingming didn't know the reason.
He didn't have many elixirs left, so when he came to Qinghefang this time, he bought some. In case Gao Yuyao really didn't come to Caolu Mountain, he wouldn't have to worry about the elixirs he needed for cultivation in the short term.
It took more than an hour for Song Qingming to easily buy what he wanted in Qinghefang. Touching the storage bag on his waist that was almost full, Song Qingming walked out of the last store with satisfaction.
Song Qingming walked out of the store happily and was about to leave when his attention was attracted by a store opposite.
Although this shop is not big, its location is much better than the Song family's shop. However, it is already noon, and the surrounding shops are open to welcome customers, but this shop is very abnormal. The door is closed and a sign is hung.
"Liu's Lingbao Pavilion, is this the Liu family's shop?"
Song Qingming looked at the big golden words on the shop sign and couldn't help but feel nervous, but on the surface he pretended to be calm and left quickly. Fortunately, the shop was closed at that time, and no Liu family cultivators should have noticed him. Along the way, Song Qingming couldn't help feeling a little scared and almost went in the wrong direction.
During his trip to the Floating Cloud Mountains a few months ago, he accidentally obtained the storage bag of Liu Tianlong, the head of the Liu family. Now that he saw the Liu family's shop, he naturally felt a little guilty, afraid that he would be recognized by the Liu family's cultivators.
After returning to the Song family shop, Song Changqiu happened to be in the shop. Seeing Song Qingming coming back, Song Changqiu asked him about the purchase of spiritual objects. He soon got the answer from the smile on Song Qingming's face. The uncle and nephew went to the back hall and found a room to chat again. After a while, Wang Changhua personally brewed two cups of spiritual tea and brought them in.
"Oh, Fourth Uncle, last time I heard from the Second Elder that the patriarch of the Jingyuan Mountain Liu family had died, is this true? Today, I was in the market and saw that the Liu family's shop was closed in broad daylight."
After chatting for a while, Song Qingming pretended to be casual and asked about the situation of the Liu family. If Liu Tianlong was really dead as the second elder said, that would be great for him, and he would have less worries in his heart.
"I heard from people in the market earlier that the head of their family died after returning from the Floating Cloud Mountains. I'm not sure whether he is dead or not. The Liu family suffered heavy losses in the Floating Cloud Mountains last time. It is said that they lost seven or eight cultivators. I'm afraid they won't be able to recover for more than ten years. It's a pity that Liu Tianlong was such a great man." Song Changqiu stroked his beard and sighed.
Song Changqiu has always been popular in Qinghefang and well-informed. A lot of the news he got from Funiu Mountain was heard by him in the market. However, a lot of the news he got was not entirely true. After all, there are all kinds of people in a place like the market, and it is normal to have a few people who like to exaggerate. The truth of many news still needs to be judged by the people who get the news.