Chapter 287 Responsibility

Hearing Song Qingming's words, Song Qingyu raised her eyes and looked at Song Qingming with some confusion, as if she didn't understand what he meant.

"Seventh brother, did I do something wrong?"

"You didn't do anything wrong. In that critical situation, other people might not be able to do better than you. It's just that you still take your own safety too lightly. When you are not sure that you can defend the market, you should first think about how to protect yourself. Even if the market is breached, as long as you are safe, it doesn't matter." Seeing that Song Qingyu still felt a little guilty, Song Qingming quickly shook his head and explained to her with a smile.

Song Qingyu bit her lip and whispered, "I know that you are worried about my safety, but I was not the only one in the market at that time. For Uncle Thirteen and Second Sister, I have to stand up and find a way to buy them more time."

After listening to her words, Song Qingming's face gradually became serious.

"Qingyu, maybe you will think that what I am going to say next will be cruel, but I still want to tell you that if you encounter this kind of situation again in the future, you must prioritize your own safety, not others.

You are the foundation-building elder of the family and the biggest pillar of the family. Your safety is more important than anyone else's. Even if everyone in the market died here that day, as long as you can escape, the family will suffer no matter how big the loss is, we can bear it.

I hope you can understand your responsibilities. You are not only responsible for the people in Qinghefang, but also for the safety of our entire Song family. If something happens to you, even if Uncle Thirteen and the others can survive, everyone's future life may not be easy."

"It's not as serious as you say. Even if the family doesn't have me, we still have you, Brother Seven. You are the pillar of our Song family, okay." Song Qingyu curled his lips and muttered.

"Over the years, I have achieved what I have today after going through many life-and-death tests. But I always put myself in danger, and people always run out of luck. That's why I hope you don't take risks as easily as I do.

When I faced these dangers, I really had no choice but to take risks, but you are different now. You still have some room for choice, but you didn't choose to put your own safety first.

Facing the blood relationship of the same clan, I know it is difficult for anyone to give up and make choices. I don't want you to become a cold-blooded person. What I want to tell you is that when facing a crisis that you can't solve, you should protect yourself first. You have become the pillar of the family now. Although these choices are difficult, they are also what you will face sooner or later, so I will remind you so directly today that no matter how difficult it is, you can't let your own safety be emotional."

After a long time, Song Qingyu, who was a little dazed, came back to his senses and nodded to Song Qingming with a firm look in his eyes.

It's not like she hadn't heard what Song Qingming said before, but it's very different to say it and do it herself.

In order to save her own life, she gave up the lives of so many clansmen, including many elders who had been very kind to her since she was a child and watched her grow up step by step. Song Qingyu has never been an extremely rational person, and such a choice is indeed a bit too difficult for her.

When Song Qingyu broke out from the south of Qinghefang, she knew that she had the opportunity to fly away directly on the sword at that time. Even if the other party came to chase her, as long as Song Qingyu ran in the direction where Song Qingming and others came to support her, there was a high probability that she would run into Song Qingming and others and escape successfully.

However, she hesitated again and again at that time, and still failed to abandon this blood relationship in the market. She chose to buy some more time for them. She wanted to try to contain the other party's two foundation-building cultivators for a while, but the result of doing so was to leave her fate to God. Once she was calculated by the other party in the battle, it would be difficult for her to have a chance to escape.

But as Song Qingming said, if Gao Yubai had not arrived in time that day, Song Qingyu, who was poisoned by Chen Zicong, would have no chance of surviving. As a result, she died, and the thirteenth uncle Song Changxiong and others in the market could not escape the fate of being killed. In that case, the probability of their survival was almost zero.

In the path of cultivation, life and death sometimes happen at the moment when you make a choice. The higher you go on this road, the more lonely you are destined to be.

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In a forest several dozen miles below the Eagle Nest Ridge, there are nearly a hundred people hiding here. They are all elite cultivators from Qinghe County who came to conquer Eagle Nest Ridge this time.

After the discussion in Qinghefang, each family immediately went back to prepare for war. Song Qingming once again recruited a total of ten late-stage Qi Refining cultivators from the vassal families to participate in this action.

The gathering of the monks this time was rather hasty, with only two or three days given in total. Fortunately, each family attached much more importance to this expedition than last time, and not only did they bring more monks than last time, they all arrived at Funiu Mountain before the agreed time.

Just when everyone had arrived and were not ready to set off, the Cao family of Pingyang County also sent thirty late-stage Qi Refining cultivators and a foundation-building cultivator to assist. In order to worry that there were spies from Yingchao Ridge in Pingyang County, Lu Yuanfeng asked them to rush south to Funiu Mountain to act together.

In this way, the team of more than 100 people traveled lightly for more than ten days and arrived at Yingchao Ridge.

After Song Qingming and others had been waiting here for more than half a month, Gao Yubai, who was responsible for investigating the situation, finally returned.

"Those bandit cultivators seem to have just returned not long ago, and are still celebrating on the mountain. They didn't find us." Gao Yubai smiled and shared the situation he just saw with many foundation-building cultivators on the scene.

Hearing this news, Lu Yuanfeng immediately laughed and said, "Haha! God really helps me. This time I can finally catch all these bandits in one fell swoop."

Under Lu Yuanfeng's arrangement and dispatch, everyone was divided into two teams, east and west, and surrounded Yingchao Ridge from two directions.

After Eagle Nest Ridge broke through Qinghefang this time, they killed dozens of cultivators and hundreds of ordinary mortals in the market. These people were all local cultivators in Qinghe County and relatives of many cultivators who came here today. They had been holding back their anger for a long time towards this gang of cultivators who killed their relatives and friends.

After sending a voice transmission to the other party, at Lu Yuanfeng's order, everyone rushed towards Eagle Nest Ridge.