Chapter 100 Breakthrough
Half a year later, in an open space on the back of Funiushan Mountain, a boy of eleven or twelve years old was sitting on a flat stone platform, meditating with his eyes closed.
From early morning to the scorching sun, several hours had passed, and the boy still remained motionless in this meditation posture, as if time had stopped here, and the boy had merged with the boulder under him.
The breeze blew gently, and a fallen leaf just floated above the boy with the wind. What was strange was that when the fallen leaf was still a finger away from the boy's body, it suddenly changed direction for some reason, turned around and slid to the ground around the boy.
As the fallen leaf just landed on the ground, the boy suddenly opened his bright eyes, stood up nervously, and looked at the spiritual light emanating from the mountain wall in front of him. After confirming that he was not mistaken, the boy showed a happy smile on his face, jumped off the boulder, and ran straight ahead quickly.
After passing through the bamboo forest half a mile ahead, the boy came to a cave surrounded by clouds and mist. Seeing that the door of the cave in the clouds and mist had not been opened yet, the boy hesitated for a moment, but still stopped his steps and stood patiently not far from the door.
After a stick of incense passed slowly, the clouds and mist outside the cave were suddenly blown away by a breeze, and a man in green opened the door of the cave and slowly walked out.
When the young man saw the young man, he hurried forward and saluted, saying, "Nephew, congratulations to Uncle Qi for successfully coming out of retreat."
The man in green waved his hand, looked at the young man outside the door and smiled and said, "Xinhu, are you here because the old clan leader has something to ask me?"
Song Xinhu nodded and said, "A few days ago, my great uncle asked me to come here and wait for you. He said that when you come out of retreat, he would ask you to go and find him immediately."
"Oh! Go back and report to the clan leader first, and say, I will pack up here and come right over."
After Song Xinhu left, Song Qingming, who had just come out of retreat, returned to his cave again, took out a dark green storage bag, opened it and checked it, and then took it and left quickly.
After staying in Funiushan for half a year, Song Qingming's cultivation finally reached the time to break through. For this reason, half a month ago, he did not hesitate to use a medium-grade spirit stone he had obtained in Yunwu Mountain not long ago. After retreating for half a month with the help of this spirit stone, he finally successfully raised his cultivation to the eighth level of Qi Refining.
Since Song Qingming became an elder, he has also been qualified to practice in the back mountain. Half a year ago, Song Qingming had already chosen a place with good spiritual energy here, and then opened a new cave and moved here directly.
Now his cave is not far from the old patriarch's cave, but only four or five miles away. It didn't take much time for Song Qingming to get there quickly.
The old patriarch Song Gushan still has a kind face, but compared to a few years ago when Song Qingming just returned from traveling abroad, he has a few more strands of white hair.
In the cave, not only Song Qingming came, but also several other elders of the Song family.
The elders of the Song family have their own family affairs to take care of. In the past few years that Song Qingming has been an elder, except for the end-of-year clan meeting, this is the first time he has seen so many people come. It seems that the patriarch has something important to discuss.
After greeting several elders, Song Qingming sat on a chair by the side. Every time the clan held a meeting, younger generations like him didn't say much, so it was better to sit farther away.
During the years that Song Qingming was in Qinghefang, one of the Song family also broke through to the late stage of Qi Refining and added an elder. This person was the second of the Qing generation, Song Qingwan, who went to Qinghefang to replace Song Qingming.
Although the second sister Song Qingwan's spiritual root talent was very ordinary, she learned a good craft and became an alchemist early. In recent years, she has broken through to the middle level of her alchemy, which is the highest talent in the Song family.
Relying on her own good alchemy skills, Song Qingwan almost monopolized the supply of pills for most of the cultivators in the Song family, earned a lot of spirit stones, and her cultivation level also steadily improved to the late stage of Qi Refining.
The Song family has been in turmoil in recent years. Song Qingze, the most talented one, went to Xiaoyao Sect. The great elder Song Gubai, who was at the ninth level of Qi Refining, died on the mountain after his life was exhausted. The loss of two late Qi Refining cultivators at once greatly damaged the family's strength.
Fortunately, Song Qingming and Song Qingwan have broken through to the late Qi Refining stage one after another, making up for the shortage of family elders. The Song family has finally recovered its vitality.
Seeing that Song Qingming had made another breakthrough in his cultivation, the old clan leader Song Gushan nodded to him with great satisfaction and said, "Since Qingming has come out of retreat, Changfeng, please tell everyone the story again."
"Five days ago, the Huang family sent us an imperial decree, asking us to cooperate with them to clear out the monsters in Chifeng Ridge in a month. According to the letter from the Huang family, we have to send out at least six cultivators this time. I have communicated with several neighboring families in the past few days. Their situations are similar to ours. I just heard that the Huang family has also invited helpers this time. I guess they want to take over the second-level spiritual vein of Chifeng Ridge in one go." Sixth uncle Song Changfeng took a sip of tea and said slowly.
The fourth elder Song Gucai touched the long beard at the corner of his mouth and said: "The Huang family has not issued such an order for many years. They already have a lot of spiritual veins. Why do they want to take other second-level spiritual veins? Could it be that someone in their family is going to build a foundation? It seems possible based on the time."
"The monster riot is approaching, and Chifeng Mountain is too close to the Huang family's territory. The Huang family may also want to solve this hidden danger in advance."
Everyone speculated for a long time, with all kinds of ideas, but in the end they couldn't get around one fact. The Huang family took action on Chifeng Mountain this time, and it seemed that they had invested a lot of money, and they must be determined to win.
"There are many monsters in Chifeng Mountain, and there is also a powerful foundation-building monster. To be safe, this time I will go with Changxin and Qingming, and Changfeng and Qingwan will stay in the clan." After a brief discussion, the old patriarch preliminarily decided on the candidates for this mission.
"Clan leader, let me lead the team this time. Everyone will feel more at ease if you stay on the mountain." Sixth uncle Song Changfeng was a little worried when he heard that the old clan leader was going down the mountain in person. He wanted to replace the old clan leader to carry out this mission.
After all, the old clan leader is over a hundred years old. If he acts rashly, it is easy to over-consume his energy and affect his life span. Everyone is also a little worried about this.
"Don't think too much. I'm not at the point where I can't take action. After I go down the mountain, the family will be handed over to you." Song Gushan shook his head with relief and decided to go on this mission by himself.
In addition to the ninth uncle Song Changxin and Song Qingming who are at the eighth level of Qi Refining, there are also three sixth-level Qi Refining cultivators, including the fifth aunt Song Changling, the thirteenth uncle Song Changxiong and the fourth brother Song Qingrui.
Together with the old clan leader Song Gushan who is at the ninth level of Qi Refining, they are the most elite force of the Song family now.
After discussing this matter, everyone left the old clan leader's cave one after another.
After everyone else left, Song Qingming mysteriously took out a storage bag and handed it to Song Gushan.
"Qingming, what are you doing?" Song Gushan did not open the storage bag directly, but asked Song Qingming in confusion.