Chapter 199 Five Years
The news of the failure of the sixth uncle Song Changfeng's foundation building soon spread to every cultivator in the Song family, which also extinguished the idea of other cultivators in the Song family who also wanted to force the foundation building.
The ninth uncle Song Changxin, who had cultivated to the ninth level of Qi Refining for several years, and the second sister Song Qingwan, who had just broken through to the ninth level of Qi Refining not long ago, both of them were ready to build the foundation at any time.
But like the clan leader Song Changfeng, they were all over sixty years old. After hearing about the thrilling failure of Song Changfeng's foundation building, they were also poured with a basin of cold water in their hearts, and gradually gave up the idea of forcing the foundation building.
Among the remaining cultivators in the late stage of Qi Refining, the fifth aunt Song Changling and the thirteenth uncle Song Changxiong, two cultivators in the eighth level of Qi Refining, were already over sixty years old.
The eldest brother Song Qingshi, the eighth brother Song Qingyuan, and the fifteenth aunt Song Changyue have only broken through to the seventh level of Qi Refining in the past few years. When they cultivated to the ninth level of Qi Refining, they had also missed the best time to build a foundation. Without the foundation-building pill, the chances of them being able to build a foundation are also very small.
Among all the late-stage Qi Refining cultivators in the entire Song family, the one who has the best spiritual roots is Song Qingyu.
She has already cultivated to the eighth level of Qi Refining before the age of 60. It is basically a foregone conclusion that she will cultivate to the ninth level of Qi Refining before the age of 50. Song Qingyu is also the most suitable candidate for the Song family to build a foundation in the future.
However, the biggest problem Song Xinyu will face in building a foundation in the future is the foundation-building pill. Even though the Song family has become a foundation-building family now, it is not so easy to obtain a foundation-building pill.
After all, the Song family is a newly emerging foundation-building family, and there is no relationship within the Xiaoyao Sect that can be used. This is still a bit behind other old foundation-building families.
In Qinghe County, the Huang family of Taiyuan Mountain has the most stable relationship with Xiaoyao Sect. They have three foundation-building cultivators in Xiaoyao Sect, including Huang Chengding, a late-stage foundation-building cultivator who can speak for him. Almost every few decades, the Huang family has the opportunity to exchange for a foundation-building pill from Xiaoyao Sect.
The Gao family of Bailian Mountain used to have only one foundation-building cultivator of average strength in Xiaoyao Sect, and his words were far less effective than Huang Chengding's. However, with Gao Yuyao's success in building a foundation over the past decade, the Gao family's status in Xiaoyao Sect has gradually improved a lot, and they also took the opportunity to cultivate Gao Yubai, a young foundation-building cultivator.
In the long run, Gao Yuyao and Gao Yubai are both dual-spiritual cultivators, and their future development prospects are still very good. Their family's subsequent development now seems to be better than that of the Huang family.
In Qinghe County, there are also several Qi training families that have foundation-building cultivators in Xiaoyao Sect, but because the family's strength is too weak, these people have not been in contact with their families in Qinghe County after building their foundations.
After all, after the cultivators have established their foundation, they must still put their own path first. When the family is too weak to have much influence on them, this kind of connection will naturally fade slowly. After all, the family is thousands of miles away. After a long time, how can they be closer than the disciples and followers around them.
Only the foundation-building families with matching strength can make better use of this relationship. After all, they can support each other and are of the same blood. Asking your family for help is always more reliable than others.
No matter which family you are from, as long as you join the Xiaoyao Sect, everything must be based on the interests of the sect first. Otherwise, once you do something that is dishonest, let other cultivators in the sect know and file a complaint with the Law Enforcement Hall, you may end up with your cultivation abolished and expelled from the sect, and your family will also be implicated.
Of course, as long as it does not affect the interests of the sect, and you take care of your own family appropriately within your ability, most people will understand.
Xiaoyao Sect, for big events like the annual distribution of foundation-building pills, in addition to the fixed amount to be used to train disciples with better qualifications, the remaining part of the foundation-building pills are used to reward the meritorious immortal cultivation families under the sect.
However, the right to distribute these foundation-building pills is still in the hands of the Jindan ancestors who control the power of the sect. Only after they have distributed the remaining ones will the foundation-building cultivators of the following sects compete for them; larger immortal cultivation families like the Huang family, which have several foundation-building cultivators in the sect, have the opportunity to win a foundation-building pill for their family every few decades.
The Song family now wants to exchange for foundation-building pills, and it is definitely unrealistic to have the opportunity to encounter the important spiritual objects that Song Qingming sent back to Xiaoyao Sect last time. The only way they can hope for is to find spiritual objects like the water spirit fruit that can be directly exchanged for foundation-building pills, and go to Xiaoyao Sect or Tiandan League Auction to try their luck.
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Spring goes and autumn comes, and five years of peaceful time have passed in the blink of an eye.
In the cave on the top of Funiu Mountain, where the spiritual energy was dense, Song Qingming, who had been in seclusion for two months, suddenly felt a voice from someone outside the door.
After collecting the spiritual consciousness that was radiating out of his body, Song Qingming walked out of the cave and saw a young boy of seventeen or eighteen standing respectfully beside him.
"Grand Elder, the clan leader asks you to go to the meeting room. He said that there are guests from the Huang family." The boy who spoke was Song Xinyu, a cultivator of the new generation of the Song family. He was a genius with three spiritual roots in the Song family and had cultivated to the fifth level of Qi Refining.
Song Qingming nodded slightly after listening, and brought Song Xinyu to the meeting hall in front of the mountain.
"I am sorry for not welcoming you today, Huang Daoyou." As soon as he entered the door, Song Qingming saw his old acquaintance Huang Shengyue, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.
"Hey, congratulations, Song Daoyou, your cultivation has improved again. You are young and promising, and you are almost ahead of me." Huang Shengyue hurriedly congratulated him when she saw the spiritual power fluctuations emanating from Song Qingming.
The injuries of the clan leader Song Changfeng have also recovered for the most part. Although he cannot easily fight with others, he can handle the daily affairs of the clan after healing.
As Song Changfeng's injuries gradually recovered, the burden on Song Qingming was gradually reduced. In the past few years, because of the injury of the clan leader, almost all the affairs of the family fell on his shoulders. Although he was slightly delayed in cultivation, he successfully raised his cultivation to the third level of foundation building after retreating a few months ago.
Hearing Huang Shengyue's compliment, Song Qingming smiled and hurriedly replied: "Fellow Daoist Huang, please don't make fun of me. I was just lucky and just happened to break through with the help of the elixir. I really dare not compare myself with a senior like Huang who has a solid foundation."
Song Changfeng, who was standing aside, saw Song Qingming coming and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Senior Huang learned that we are going to send Xinyu to Xiaoyao Sect, so this time he also came to recommend a master for this child."
Just before Song Qingming's retreat, the clan leader Song Changfeng had proposed to him to send a young cultivator with better qualifications in the family to join Xiaoyao Sect. After the two discussed it, they finally chose Song Xinyu, who was ranked eighth in the new generation.
Song Xinyu's three spiritual roots are considered a genius in the Song family. Song Qingming was still a little reluctant to send him to Xiaoyao Sect.
But to be honest, the reason why Sixth Uncle Song Changfeng suggested sending him there, besides the fact that it would be beneficial to the family, was actually more for the sake of Song Xinyu's personal path. After all, as long as he worked harder on his cultivation after going to Xiaoyao Sect, his chances of building a foundation in the future would definitely be much greater than if he stayed in the Song family.