Chapter 277 Banquet

Song Qingming's seat was set in the first row. Gao Jinhe of the Gao family and Lu Xingde of the Lu family also sat here. When they saw Song Qingming, they nodded slightly to each other as a greeting.

Although the four major foundation-building families in Qinghe County have always been fighting secretly, they will still give some face when they invite each other openly.

Lu Xingde is still the same. Although his cultivation has reached the sixth level of foundation-building, no matter who talks to him, he always looks smooth.

Gao Jinhe, on the other hand, had not seen him for nearly ten years since he met him once in the secret realm of Taiyue Lake. When he saw him this time, he found that the old ghost's demeanor had changed a lot. His beard and hair had turned white, giving people the feeling that he had aged a dozen years in an instant. It seems that the rumors are true. This old guy should have been seriously injured in the secret realm last time.

Seeing that Song Qingming's cultivation had broken through to the fifth level of foundation-building, Gao Jinhe couldn't help but reveal a trace of surprise in his eyes.

When Song Qingming had just established his foundation, Gao Jinhe had sent people to investigate him. According to the reports from his subordinates, this person was only a cultivator with three spiritual roots. His cultivation speed was almost catching up with Gao Yubai, who had two spiritual roots. This kid not only had a high talent for cultivation, but also had luck far beyond Superman.

The Huang family's trip to the Floating Cloud Mountains not only killed Huang Chengliang, but also injured a cultivator from the Huang family of the Xiaoyao Sect who came to help. As a result, although Song Qingming disappeared at that time, he returned to Qinghe County unscathed. Later, when they went to the Taiyue Lake Secret Realm, a dangerous place, even he, a cultivator in the late stage of foundation building, almost lost his life there. Song Qingming was able to follow the Huang family with his third-level foundation building cultivation, and finally came out without any danger, which made him have to admire this kid's opportunity and luck.

In the future, when he and Huang Shengxin's lifespans are exhausted, the only two people in Qinghe County who have the hope of breaking through to the late stage of foundation building earlier are probably Song Qingming and Gao Yubai. After Gao Jinhe thought about it, he decided that when he returned to the clan this time, he must remind Gao Yubai to pay attention to easing the relationship with the Song family.

Song Qingming naturally did not feel Gao Jinhe's calculations. After greeting Gao and Lu, Song Qingming's eyes had already turned to other places.

Behind the seats of several major foundation building families, the Huang family also set up dozens of seats. Those who came were the vassal Qi refining families of the Huang family and some well-known scattered cultivation forces in Qinghe County. The main family held a foundation building ceremony, and these vassal family forces must come to join in the fun to show their loyalty.

Inviting these people to come, of course, the Huang family wanted to take this opportunity to show their strength to the vassals below, in order to stabilize the people's hearts below.

When Huang Chengliang died last time, the Gao and Lu families took the opportunity to attack and occupied a lot of the Huang family's territory, causing the Qi-refining families under the Huang family to start to feel insecure. One family that had been suppressed by the Huang family even joined the Gao family.

After this incident, the Huang family did not dare to deal with it publicly until Huang Shengxin failed to form a pill. The Huang family took the time to deal with it. Under Huang Shengxin's thunderous anger, the Gao family finally had to give in and hand over some cultivators to calm his anger. Several families that had been more vacillating in their attitudes were also taught a lesson by the Huang family.

Unlike the Song family, which has only been a foundation-building family for 20 years, the Huang family has controlled 40% of the territory of Qinghe County after nearly a thousand years of accumulation. It has more than 20 vassal Qi-refining families under its command. In comparison, the Song family, which is also a foundation-building family, has only six vassal families so far.

Not long after Song Qingming sat down, Huang Shengxin, dressed in a splendid outfit, led a young man to the banquet venue. After everyone took a look, they quickly felt that this man had good magical power and was a foundation-building cultivator.

Since he was attending after Huang Shengxin, Song Qingming and others could guess without guessing that he was Huang Sibo, the host of the Huang family's foundation-building ceremony.

Although Huang Sibo looked ordinary, he exuded a sense of stability from head to toe, and looked quite old and heavy. Under the guidance of Huang Shengyue at the scene, Huang Sibo took the initiative to step forward and greet Song Qingming and others one by one.

Not long after Huang Sibo showed up, a cultivator from the Huang family who was guarding outside suddenly ran in hurriedly and whispered to Huang Shengyue's ear:

"Grandpa, Senior Lu is here and is almost here."

"Senior Lu? It should be Lu Yuanfeng. Sibo, please stop here and come with me to greet him outside."

Huang Shengyue had just finished speaking and was about to stand up to greet him, but a hearty laugh suddenly came from a distance.

"Don't worry, Fellow Daoist Huang. It's Lu who is late this time. How dare I bother the host to go out and greet him!"

"Fellow Daoist Lu, please take a seat quickly. You can take the time to come here today, which really makes our Huang family's Taiyuan Mountain honorable."

Seeing that Lu Yuanfeng had taken the initiative to walk into the banquet venue, Huang Shengyue hurriedly stepped forward and led them to the seats that had been prepared before.

When Song Qingming saw Lu Yuanfeng coming to Taiyuan Mountain in person, he thought to himself that over the years, it was not very common for Lu Yuanfeng to leave Qinghefang. Today, he was able to personally attend the foundation-building ceremony held by the Huang family, which showed that his relationship with the Huang family was somewhat unusual.

"I came here in a hurry today, and I didn't prepare any gifts. This jade pendant has been with me for many years and has some magical uses. I will give it to you as a gift today. I hope you won't refuse it."

Lu Yuanfeng had just sat down for a while, and soon stood up again, and took the initiative to give Huang Sibo a gift.

Upon hearing this, Huang Shengyue hurriedly took Huang Sibo over to thank him and return the gift, and then took the round jade pendant from Lu Yuanfeng.

The round jade pendant he mentioned is a special first-class upper-grade magic weapon. This thing has been treasured by Lu Yuanfeng for many years, which shows that it is not an ordinary item. It is estimated that its value may not be lower than an ordinary second-class lower-grade spiritual talisman. Lu Yuanfeng is really generous to give such a big gift right away.

In comparison, the gifts given by Song Qingming and others are much more shabby. They are either longevity peaches and spiritual fruits, or ordinary spiritual wine and elixirs. Although these things look very festive. But they were all low-level spiritual objects worth dozens of spiritual stones. This comparison immediately made Lu Yuanfeng look much more generous.

However, the Huang family did not show any particular concern about this. No matter what gifts you gave, Huang Shengyue would accept them all and even give gifts in return. She would never let the gift giver down. Song Qingming also appreciated this point very much.