Time passed slowly. Song Qingming originally thought that he would only stay in Lingyuan Mountain for another year. Unexpectedly, his stay would be extended for more than three years. Only when the Liu family mortals who had been resettled had settled down did his ninth uncle Song Changxin return to Lingyuan Mountain.
Song Qingming then packed up his luggage and returned to Funiu Mountain. His sixth brother Song Qinghe seemed to have fallen in love with this place. Although his garrison time had expired, he unexpectedly took the initiative to apply to continue staying in Lingyuan Mountain.
Under his meticulous management, the spiritual energy of the two acres of spiritual fields on the platform above the mine has almost stabilized. From a desolate scene of overgrown weeds and rocks, it has now been transformed into a spiritual land with bright light and lush green leaves.
Three years have given Song Qingming's handsome face a look of maturity and stability. Now he is no longer as confused about his path of cultivation as he was when he first came to Lingyuan Mountain.
Not only has Song Qingming become a mid-grade talisman maker, his cultivation is also progressing steadily. In the past three years, with the help of the Yuxuan Sutra and the incomplete map, he broke through to the sixth level of Qi Refining a few days ago. Now, among the Qing generation in the Song family, except for his third brother Song Qingze, Song Qingming's cultivation has surpassed his other brothers and sisters.
Song Qingze has outstanding spiritual roots. Since he started practicing, he has been far ahead of others in the Qing generation. Song Qingming received news from Funiu Mountain a month ago that Song Qingze had begun to retreat to break through the seventh level of Qi Refining. With his spiritual root qualifications and the strong training of his family, he must have entered the late stage of Qi Refining.
Song Qingze is only thirty-four years old now. At this age, he has cultivated to the seventh level of Qi Refining, which is comparable to the direct descendants of those foundation-building clans. According to his progress in cultivation, he will definitely be able to cultivate to the ninth level of Qi Refining before he is fifty years old. If he can get a foundation-building pill by then, there is hope for him to establish his foundation.
It's a pity that he belongs to a weak Qi-refining family like the Song family. If he continues to stay in the family, the Song family will definitely not be able to provide him with foundation-building pills. The entire Song family's annual income is only four or five hundred spirit stones. Excluding the consumption of the cultivators in the family, there are only about one hundred to eighty spirit stones left each year. In times of disaster and war, they need to use the spirit stones from the treasury for subsidies. After two hundred years of accumulation, they have only saved more than two thousand spirit stones.
A Foundation Establishment Pill costs at least 10,000 spirit stones, and it is a rare spiritual object with a high price. In Weiguo, only the Xiaoyao Sect sells some every ten years, but only families that have made great contributions to the sect are eligible to buy it. This means that Qi Refining families below the Foundation Establishment stage have no chance at all.
The reason why the Qian family in Qinghe County had the opportunity to obtain a Foundation Establishment Pill four years ago was because their ancestors had a Foundation Establishment cultivator who had made great contributions to the Xiaoyao Sect. It was not until Qian Guangyao's generation that they had the opportunity to exchange for the Foundation Establishment Pill.
If they leave Wei State and go to other countries thousands of miles away, a Qi-refining family like the Song family may not be able to successfully buy a Foundation Establishment Pill even if they can come up with 10,000 spirit stones. They will probably be targeted before they even return to Wei State. By then, the family's savings of hundreds of years may be lost in one day, and the entire family may even lose their lives and property.
Now that Song Qingming has completed his six-year garrison mission and has had at least six years of free training, he has returned to his cave in Funiu Mountain. Song Qingming quickly applied to his family for permission to go to the Floating Cloud Mountains for some training.
Now his cultivation is improving steadily on his own. In the past few years, he has saved up a lot of spirit stones by making mid-level talismans. He has enough spirit stones for the elixirs he needs for cultivation, and he still has several hundred spirit stones on him.
In the past few years, he has been hiding in Lingyuan Mountain. In the absence of Uncle Jiu, for the sake of safety, Song Qingming did not dare to attack the monsters that invaded the formation. When encountering high-level monsters, he had to send out a communication talisman to notify the family for help. Now he feels that his fighting ability has declined a lot, and he has long wanted to find a place to practice his magical powers after practicing the Yuxuan Sutra.
This was also a plan he had thought of a long time ago, to go to the Floating Cloud Mountains to train for a few years, and then ask around for information on where to find the Foundation Establishment Pill.
In the entire Wei State, apart from the Xiaoyao Sect, only the black market near the Floating Cloud Mountains has Foundation Establishment Pills circulating. Although it is still early for foundation building, he still needs to make some preparations for himself early. Although he has the Water Spirit Fruit which is equivalent to the Foundation Establishment Pill, how to exchange the Water Spirit Fruit for the Foundation Establishment Pill is a problem that gives him a headache.
Taking the Water Spirit Fruit directly to Xiaoyao Sect is of course the safest approach for him, but now that the Liu family has been exposed, Xiaoyao Sect will definitely doubt the origin of the spirit fruit on him. Even if he tells the truth, they will inevitably not believe it. If they use spiritual objects such as the Questioning God Talisman on him, the matter of the Water Spirit Fruit can be explained, but if the secret of the incomplete map on him is revealed, Song Qingming will be doomed.
It is difficult for cultivators below the Golden Core stage to resist the inquiries of the second-level God-Questioning Talisman. Once they step into a place like the Xiaoyao Sect, it will be difficult for them to control their own destiny. Only by forming a Golden Core in the future can they avoid this danger.
After arriving at the Gold Storage Pavilion, Song Gu saw that he had made another breakthrough in his cultivation. He could not help but feel envious, but he did not think much about it. He thought that the reason why Song Qingming cultivated so quickly must be due to the spiritual fruits he had eaten that year.
Song Qingming and the fourth elder Song Gucai applied for three years to leave the family for training. He did not expect that his move would actually alarm the clan leader Song Gushan.
Song Gushan has been the head of the Song family for nearly thirty years. Although he has not made any obvious contribution to the development of the Song family over the years, he has a calm personality and a broad mind, and is also a head of the family deeply loved by the clan members. During the decades he has been in office, nothing major has happened in the Song family, and the family has been moving forward steadily.
Song Gushan just celebrated his 100th birthday last year. Although he looks radiant on the surface, the lifespan of a person in the Qi Refining Stage is at most 120 years. Now he only has a dozen years left.
He wanted to give him some advice, but after a few words, seeing Song Qingming's eyes full of determination, Song Gushan finally nodded and agreed to let him go out for training.
"Qingming, although you have been to the Floating Cloud Mountains, you should still be careful when you go out. The world of immortal cultivation is full of intrigues and deceptions. There are people who will do anything for the sake of profit. You must never trust others easily. This high-grade talisman is given to you by me for self-defense. It is also a small token of my appreciation as an elder. Our clan is not well-off, so please don't despise it."
After Song Gushan finished speaking, he handed over a green talisman with a look of satisfaction on his face. Among the young cultivators in the clan, there were not many cultivators like Song Qingming who took the initiative to go out for training. After all, it would be more beneficial for cultivators to go out more often. Although it is safer to practice hard in the mountains, too comfortable practice will make it easier for cultivators to encounter bottlenecks in their practice.
"Qingming, thank you for the treasure, clan leader."
Song Qingming took the talisman and took a look. It was a rare top-grade green light talisman, which should be the treasured item of the clan leader, a top-grade talisman master. Although he was not short of talismans now, he had bought several top-grade talismans in Guiyunfang last time. But even if Song Qingming himself could not use this kind of spiritual object for the time being, he could always go to the market to exchange it for spirit stones to buy other spiritual objects. For him, the more things that could be exchanged for spirit stones, the better. After putting the talisman into the storage bag, Song Qingming bowed to the two elders, and then slowly withdrew from the Gold Storage Pavilion.
Song Gucai watched Song Qingming leave, and with some reluctance, he whispered to the clan leader Song Gushan in front of him, "Fifth brother, Qingming is one of the most promising members of the younger generation of the family. Isn't it a bit rash to let him go to the Floating Cloud Mountains to train alone?"
After listening to this, clan leader Song Gushan paused and said, "Don't worry. Qingming was able to return safely from such a critical situation in the Floating Cloud Mountains last time, and he also unexpectedly got a chance. This shows that he is not only calm in the face of difficulties, but also a person with good fortune. Going out to gain more experience will also be beneficial to their future path."