Chapter 38 Song Changqiu

"Well, since you know the answer, I won't say much. I am too weak to practice cultivation. I am not so persistent in this life. I can only do what I can for the family. Don't learn from me. You should practice hard and strive to make more contributions to the family." Song Changqiu looked at the young nephew in front of him and sighed with envy. If he was still as young as him, he would definitely not give up the way of cultivation so early.

Song Qingming nodded silently. Looking at the fourth uncle in front of him, he felt mixed emotions. He knew that the way of cultivation really required talent and opportunity. If he hadn't had the opportunity in the past few years, he would be just like many low-level cultivators like Song Changqiu in the world of immortal cultivation. He was also a hopeless person.

Seeing that Song Qingming didn't speak, Song Changqiu smiled and changed the subject.

"You came here mainly for the materials for making talismans, right? Our shop usually collects some, but you came at an unlucky time. The second elder came to the market a few days ago, and most of the materials were given to him to take back to Funiu Mountain. You can go to the east of the market. The shops there are relatively large, and the materials for making talismans, elixirs, and magic tools are relatively complete. It's getting late today, so you can stay here first, and you can go there first tomorrow."

"My nephew is sorry to bother you, fourth uncle," Song Qingming smiled and bowed to Song Changqiu.

The sun was setting, and it was soon sunset. Song Qingming rarely came to Qinghefang, so Song Changqiu arranged for the store to close early today and asked his Taoist partner to arrange a sumptuous dinner.

Song Changqiu's Taoist partner, named Wang Changhua, was a casual cultivator in Qinghefang. His ancestors were also a family of immortal cultivators in Qinghe County. More than a hundred years ago, the Wang family offended another more powerful family, and the other party and several casual cultivators with high cultivation destroyed the mountain gate.

Fortunately, the other party took into account the morality of the immortal world and did not dare to implicate mortals. In the end, some of these mortals without the protection of cultivators drifted to other nearby immortal families, and the rest were moved to Qinghefang by Xiaoyao Sect cultivators. Wang Changhua's ancestor was one of them.

Wang Changhua was also a cultivator with five spiritual roots. Because of his poor spiritual roots, he was not accepted by Xiaoyao Sect and became a casual cultivator. He often wandered in Qinghefang, and thus met Song Changqiu.

The life of casual cultivators was not easy. They needed spiritual stones everywhere. Wang Changhua also had to take care of some mortal relatives in Qinghefang. In order to have a better life in the market, she became a Taoist partner with Song Changqiu. The two have lived together for more than ten years and have given birth to a son and a daughter.

Song Changqiu had no hope in his path, so he put all his hopes on the next generation. Not only did he become a Taoist partner with Wang Changhua, but he also took in several concubines in the market. He already had four or five children, and his life was quite enjoyable.

He now hopes that among his children, one or two geniuses with spiritual roots can emerge to inherit his legacy.

The dinner prepared by Wang Changhua was very good. Not only did she stir-fry several of her specialty dishes, but she also cooked a pot of spiritual fish soup. The spiritual fish not only contained a lot of spiritual energy, but was also beneficial to cultivation. After being cooked by the spiritual chef, it was still a rare delicacy. Song Qingming ate it with relish.

In her early years, Wang Changhua was in the market. In order to earn spiritual stones, she learned the skills of spiritual chef. Seeing Song Qingming was impressed by her skills, she was very happy. After she and Song Changqiu got together, she had been living in Qinghefang. She was not very familiar with the clansmen of the Song family in Funiushan. It was rare for her to have the opportunity to meet the young cultivators of the Song family from Funiushan. Naturally, she wanted to perform well and win the favor of these young people so that she could have a better status in front of the cultivators of the Song family in the future.

Song Qingming naturally did not think of Wang Changhua's little thoughts. For him, it was rare to eat such delicious spiritual food, so he naturally had to enjoy it.

On the second morning, Song Qingming greeted Song Changqiu early and came to the east of Qinghefang. Hearing the shouts coming from his ears, Song Qingming looked at the shops on both sides of the street slowly and soon found a relatively large shop selling talisman making materials.

Although Qinghefang is not as good as Guiyunfang, it is not difficult for Song Qingming to buy the low-level materials and elixirs he needs. Song Qingming first found several material stores and spent more than 100 spirit stones to buy enough mid-level talisman making materials for him for several months. In order not to attract attention, he found some shops opened by casual cultivators.

It was a bit difficult to purchase elixirs. There were not many alchemists among casual cultivators, and most of them were employed by major families in Qinghe County. If you want to buy elixirs, you can only go to the shops opened by local immortal cultivation families. After thinking about it, Song Qingming still found a family shop that was relatively distant from the Song family and spent 30 spirit stones to purchase a bottle of nourishing qi pill.

The reason why Song Qingming wanted to buy elixirs was that it had been almost half a year since he went to the Floating Cloud Mountains. Gao Yuyao, who had been providing him with elixirs for the past two years, seemed to have disappeared and had never come to Caolu Mountain again. Song Qingming didn't know why.

He didn't have many elixirs left in his hands. This time when he came to Qinghefang, he bought some by the way. In case Gao Yuyao really didn't come to Caolu Mountain, he wouldn't have to worry about the elixirs for cultivation in the short term.

It took more than an hour for Song Qingming to easily buy what he wanted in Qinghefang. Touching the storage bag on his waist that was almost full, Song Qingming walked out of the last store with satisfaction.

Song Qingming happily walked out of the shop door, and just as he was about to leave, he was attracted by a shop opposite.

Although this shop is not big, its location is much better than the Song family's shop. However, it was already noon, and the surrounding shops were open to welcome customers, but this shop was very abnormally closed at this time, with a sign saying it was closed.

"Liu's Lingbao Pavilion, is this the Liu family's shop?"

Song Qingming looked at the several golden characters on the shop sign, and he couldn't help but get nervous, but on the surface he pretended to be calm and left here quickly. Fortunately, the shop was closed at that time, and no Liu family cultivators should have noticed him. Song Qingming was a little scared along the way, and he almost went in the wrong direction.

A few months ago, during the trip to the Floating Cloud Mountains, he accidentally got the storage bag of Liu Tianlong, the head of the Liu family. Now seeing the Liu family's shop, he naturally felt guilty, afraid that he would be recognized by the Liu family cultivators.

After returning to the Song family shop, Song Changqiu happened to be in the shop. Seeing Song Qingming coming back, Song Changqiu asked him about the purchase of spiritual objects with concern. Soon he got the answer from Song Qingming's smiling face. The uncle and nephew went to the back hall and found a room to chat again. After a while, Wang Changhua personally brewed two cups of spiritual tea and sent them in.

"By the way, fourth uncle, last time I heard from the second elder that the patriarch of the Jingyuanshan Liu family died. Is this true? I saw the Liu family's shop closed in the broad daylight in the market today."

After chatting for a while, Song Qingming pretended to ask about the situation of the Liu family. If Liu Tianlong was really dead as the second elder said, it would be great for him, and he would have less worries in his heart.

"I heard someone in the market earlier that the head of their family died after returning from the Floating Cloud Mountains. It's not certain whether he is dead or not. The Liu family suffered heavy losses in the Floating Cloud Mountains last time. It is said that they lost seven or eight cultivators. I am afraid that they will not be able to recover for more than ten years. It is a pity that Liu Tianlong is a great man of his generation." Song Changqiu stroked his beard and sighed.

Song Changqiu has always been popular in Qinghefang and well-informed. Many of the news he got from Funiushan were still inquired by him in the market. However, many of the news he got were not all true. After all, there are all kinds of people in a place like the market, and it is normal to have a few people who like to exaggerate. The truth of many news still needs to be judged by the people who get the news.