Chapter 386 Minghe Sect

When Song Qingming brought back the news that Song Xinyu had successfully built his foundation, the entire Funiu Mountain became lively. The Song family had a foundation-building cultivator in Xiaoyao Sect. In the future, the family finally had someone who could speak for them within the sect, which was a great improvement in the status of the Song family.

A few months later, Song Xinyu, who had already built his foundation, returned to Funiu Mountain. Under the instruction of Song Qingming, the family's foundation-building ancestor, the Song family arranged a grand banquet for him and specially invited the surrounding Qi-refining families who were vassals of the Song family to come to Funiu Mountain to watch the ceremony.

Although the Song family now has few vassal families, since they became dependent on the Song family, except for the chaos of demon cultivators experienced by the Wu family in Longtan Mountain a few decades ago, there has been no major unrest in the territories of the other families. In recent years, the strength of each family has increased a little compared to before.

In particular, the Fengtoushan Wang family, which discovered the Gengjin ore vein, has obtained a lot of spiritual stones from the share of the ore vein in recent years. The strength of the Wang family has also risen rapidly. Now there are several cultivators at the ninth level of Qi Refining in the family. They have already become a first-rate Qi Refining family from the second-rate Qi Refining family in Qinghe County.

The Wang family earns spiritual stones like this every year, which naturally makes the surrounding family forces very jealous. In recent years, they have also tightened their arms around the Song family. Every year, they will automatically provide more spiritual objects to the Song family than other Qi Refining families, and have taken the initiative to form an alliance with the Song family.

This time, in order to celebrate Song Xinyu's foundation building, Wang Ziyuan, the head of the Wang family, was the first to come to Funiushan early in the morning and specially presented a second-level spiritual peach worth nearly 100 spiritual stones as a gift, which really won the favor of many people in the Song family. Song Qingming was naturally very satisfied with the performance of the Wang family.

The banquet was held for two consecutive days. Many people who did not receive the invitation also came to Funiu Mountain after hearing the news, including Feng De from Qinghefang and Ma Boshan who was stationed at Fengtou Mountain Mine.

These two people were both foundation-building cultivators in Xiaoyao Sect. After knowing that Song Xinyu, the new junior brother, had returned to Qinghe County, they naturally came over. They were all fellow disciples, and they also wanted to take this opportunity to get along with Song Xinyu first.

In addition, after the Huang family learned of the news, they also took the initiative to send a cultivator to congratulate him, because their master Huang Shengyang was a cultivator of the Huang family. Song Xinyu also gave enough face to the Qi-refining cultivator of the Huang family at the banquet and personally took him to the room where only a few foundation-building cultivators were present.

Song Xinyu's successful foundation-building also greatly inspired the younger generation of the Song family. The new generation cultivators who were not much different from him in age saw him enjoying the glory at the banquet, and all showed envy on their faces.

In the new generation, apart from Song Xinyu, who has the best cultivation talent, there are only two people who have the greatest hope of building a foundation, namely the eighth Song Xintang and the nineteenth Song Xinhe.

Among them, Song Xintang has cultivated to the eighth level of Qi Refining and is already an alchemist. He has not lacked cultivation resources in recent years. Before he is sixty years old, he is absolutely sure to improve his cultivation to the ninth level of Qi Refining. However, he is a pseudo-spiritual root cultivator with four spiritual roots like Song Qingming. Even if he can get a foundation-building pill, the hope of successfully building a foundation is only about 30% to 40%.

In addition, the nineteenth Song Xinhe, although his cultivation has just broken through to the seventh level of Qi Refining, he is not old and is only in his thirties. In more than ten years, he can also cultivate to the ninth level of Qi Refining. Moreover, his spiritual roots are better. The three spiritual roots cultivators have the bonus of the foundation-building pill. On the surface, Song Xinhe's hope of building a foundation is still higher than Song Xintang.

Now the Song family has accumulated enough merits in the Good Merits Pavilion of Xiaoyao Sect, and they can definitely exchange for a foundation-building pill within ten years. However, Song Qingming has not yet decided who to use this foundation-building pill on, and he is still considering it.

There is only one foundation-building pill. Should it be given to Song Xintang, who has made greater contributions to the family, or Song Xinhe, who has better spiritual roots, or should it be kept for Song Yuanli, who will have a greater grasp of foundation-building in the future? This is indeed a difficult choice for the elder Song Qingming.

No matter which one is chosen, someone will inevitably lose the opportunity to make further progress on this path forever. Moreover, with such a large investment, once the chosen person fails to build a foundation in the end, it will also be a difficult problem to explain to other cultivators in the family.

There are countless cultivators in the world of immortal cultivation, but the cultivation resources are always limited. Every cultivator who wants to make further progress must fight for these cultivation resources with his life. Unless you can ascend to the Tao and leave this world, no one can escape this final fate.

After the banquet, Song Xinyu wanted to stay in Funiu Mountain for a few more months, but after just over a month, his master Huang Shengyang sent a letter to Funiu Mountain and called him back.

Not long after Song Xinyu left, Song Qingming entered a retreat. It was not until more than half a year later that he replaced all the materials in his hands with the talismans he had made. This time, Song Qingming made more than a hundred second-level talismans, which could already exchange for a lot of spiritual stones.

This time, Song Qingming made a lot of talismans in retreat for a long time, and his talisman making skills also improved greatly. Now he can stably make a lot of second-level middle-grade talismans, and has become a second-level middle-grade talisman maker.

After reaching the second level of the Hundred Arts of Immortal Cultivation, it is not easy to improve. Song Qingming's talisman making level is now the highest level in Qinghe County.

This time, except for a small part of the talismans he made, which were kept in his own shop in Qinghefang, Song Qingming took the rest to Guiyunfang, Jinshanfang and other nearby markets and sold them.

Level 2 talismans are more popular in the market than those level 1 talismans, especially the lower-grade level 2 talismans, which can be used by cultivators at the ninth level of Qi Refining. Almost every Qi Refining family in Qinghe County will prepare a few of them as the family's foundation for unexpected events.

This time, the talismans were sold very smoothly. Not long after, Song Qingming earned nearly 10,000 spirit stones. After having enough spirit stones, Song Qingming immediately went to Xiaoyao Sect and directly exchanged the foundation-building pills he had been thinking about for a long time from the Good Merit Pavilion. He finally accomplished a major event in his heart.

After getting the foundation-building pill, Song Qingming hid it in his own cave on Mount Funiu. However, Song Qingming did not directly tell all the clan members that he already had a foundation-building pill. He only revealed some news to several elders in the clan that the family's merits in the Good Merits Pavilion of Xiaoyao Sect could be exchanged for a foundation-building pill within ten years.

Song Qingming has not yet decided how to decide the ownership of the foundation-building pill. He wants to observe for a while and listen to the suggestions of several family elders before deciding on this matter. Anyway, the few people in the family who can use the foundation-building pill have not yet cultivated to the ninth level of Qi Refining, so there is still plenty of time for everyone to consider this matter.

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There is a market on the east side of Zheng State, which is about the same size as Guiyunfang. It is called Xianhefang. The manager of this market is Minghe Sect, the only Jindan Sect near the market.

As one of the two major Jindan Sects in the Zheng State's Xiuxian World, Minghe Sect controls the territory of the three counties in the east of Zheng State. There are three Jindan ancestors in the sect.

During the last monster riot, about one-third of the territory in the north of Zheng State fell into the hands of monsters. In order to resist the monster attacks, Minghe Sect lost many cultivators, and even a Jindan ancestor fell into the hands of monsters.

Fortunately, Wei State and other neighboring countries came to help in time, which eventually eased the situation and helped them survive the monster riot. Later, they also recovered a lot of lost territories.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. Not long after the monster riot ended, Zheng State was once again caught in the internal struggle of the sect.

Minghe Sect and Tianxing Sect in the west of Zheng State are old rivals who have been fighting each other for many years. The two sides have been attacking each other for many years, but the difference in strength is not big, and no one has the strength to eat the other.

However, in the past ten years, the situation of Minghe Sect has been getting worse and worse. Tianxing Sect has been supported by a force since I don’t know when, and its strength has gradually surpassed Minghe Sect and occupied a great advantage. In the past ten years, Tianxing Sect has eaten up a lot of Minghe Sect’s territory.

The power of both sides has gradually become unbalanced. If Minghe Sect does not make some changes, it will be swallowed by Tianxing Sect sooner or later. For this reason, the Minghe Sect is now very worried.

In Xianhefang, in a small courtyard that is very inconspicuous in the market, two monks are talking quietly.

"Junior Sister Liu, I heard that you found two powerful helpers this time. I received the news you sent on the mountain and rushed here immediately. This matter is of great importance. Can you tell me first?"

The woman surnamed Liu looked at the head brother in front of her who was a little worried, and said anxiously: "Don't worry, head brother, the two people I found this time are not inferior to me in strength. As long as we can recruit them, we will be sure to go to Gufengling this time. Please come forward to help talk and strive for these two Taoist friends to join."

The head brother mentioned by the woman surnamed Liu is Tao Hede, the general affairs head of Minghe Sect. He came down the mountain this time for a major event concerning the sect.

"Junior Sister Liu, don't be too anxious. Let's talk about the origins of these two people and their strengths."

The woman surnamed Liu nodded and said, "It seems that these two people didn't know each other before. This is their first time to come to the market. They came here to find elixirs to improve their cultivation. One of them is from Weiguo and claims to be a casual cultivator. Although his cultivation is still at the fourth level of foundation building, his strength is not inferior to mine.

The other one looks a bit mysterious. I can't see his background. I just feel that he came from the east. His cultivation has reached the peak of the sixth level of foundation building. This person has a very powerful magic weapon. I have sparred with him before and was defeated quickly. "Well, with the help of these two people, our confidence will definitely increase a lot this time. If you have no problem, come with me to take a look. You will know it when you get there."

"Well, let's do as you said. We have found many fellow Taoists this time. If we add two more people, we can have more confidence. In order to recapture Gufengling, the elder has already issued a statement that the second-level spiritual objects in the sect's gold storage pavilion can be taken out. As long as these guys are willing to help, everything can be discussed."

After Tao Hede finished speaking, under the leadership of the woman surnamed Liu, the two of them soon came to a restaurant in the market.

As soon as they entered the door, the two saw from a distance two women who covered themselves tightly with bamboo hats, sitting by the window and slowly enjoying the surrounding scenery.

After the woman surnamed Liu glanced at the two people, she quietly winked at Tao Hede, and then walked over with him.

As soon as the two sat down, one of the women in the bamboo hat casually pointed in the air and quickly set up a relatively simple soundproof ban. She said to the woman surnamed Liu: "Fellow Daoist Liu, what exactly did you ask us to come here for this time? Please tell me directly."

"I believe the two Daoists have already guessed my identity. This time I will not beat around the bush. This is my senior brother Tao Hede. This time the two of us came here to ask the two Daoists for a favor. Follow us to the lonely peak mountain to take back a spiritual stone mine. I wonder if the two Daoists are interested."

After hearing what the woman surnamed Liu said, the two Daoists looked at each other and slowly stood up.

"Fellow Daoist Liu, we are just casual cultivators and have no intention of interfering with the affairs of your sect and Tianxing Sect. Please ask for help from others, so as not to cause trouble here."

Seeing that the two were about to leave, Tao Hede smiled and said, "Wait a minute, fellow Daoists, can you listen to what I have to say before making a decision?"

"Fellow Daoist, please speak!"

Tao Hede paused and said, "We cultivators seek the truth, and we also seek an opportunity. Now there is an opportunity in front of you. If you miss it so easily, aren't you afraid that it will be too late to regret it in the future?"

"Haha! You want to ask us two to work for you. I don't know what opportunity you have brought out. Can you tell me first?"

Hearing that the other party had stopped intentionally, Tao Hede knew that his goal had basically been achieved. He smiled and pulled out a white scroll from his sleeve and put it on the table.

"As long as you agree to this, you can choose any of the spiritual objects here as a reward. After the matter is done, you will be friends of my Minghe Sect in the future. In the future, no matter which store you go to in this market, you can directly enjoy a 10% discount. I wonder if you are satisfied."

After hearing what the other party said, the woman in the bamboo hat who just spoke took the scroll from Tao Hede, glanced at it calmly, and then handed it to her companion.

After another woman took a closer look, she said directly: "Daoyou, you mean that you can take out the things on it immediately, right?"

"That's right! As long as you choose, you can take it away directly. Although my Minghe Sect is not a big sect, it is not going to joke with you for such a small thing. Don't worry about this." Tao Hede said confidently.

"Okay! Then it's settled. When you leave, please let me know in advance, and we will go first."