Chapter 594 Song Yuanhao's Foundation Building
Qinghe County, Funiushan, Song Family Meeting Hall.
After taking a close look at the man in green in front of him, Song Yuanfang, who was standing above the meeting hall, nodded to him with satisfaction.
"Yuanhao, I think your cultivation has been polished over the past few years. It's time to prepare for the foundation-building."
"Seventh Uncle has already told you about this before leaving the mountain. As long as you are in good condition, you will be allowed to retreat and build your foundation.
This foundation-building pill was specially prepared for you by him in advance. I hope you will not disappoint everyone this time and succeed in building your foundation as soon as possible."
After Song Yuanfang finished speaking, he took out a small jade box the size of a palm from his body, and handed it to Song Yuanhao in person with a solemn face.
Looking at the small jade box in his hand, Song Yuanhao also knew that it contained a precious spiritual object that all the cultivators of the same age around him dreamed of.
However, he held the jade box at this moment, but he did not open it immediately like others to take a look at the precious "foundation building pill" inside.
Instead, he returned the jade box to Song Yuanfang with a hesitant look on his face.
"Sixteenth brother, Uncle Jiu's health has been getting worse recently. I'm afraid that if I retreat to build my foundation now, I won't be able to see him for the last time. It's better to let me retreat to build my foundation later!"
Hearing Song Yuanhao say this, Song Yuanfang, who rarely loses his temper, suddenly changed his face and said to him seriously:
"Nonsense! The matter of building your foundation is related to your personal path. How can you be so confused?"
"Don't worry, I will arrange Uncle Jiu's affairs. Last month, Qinghefang received two longevity peaches. I will ask Cangjin Pavilion to send one to him later.
Although his condition cannot be improved, it should not be a big problem to let him persist until you succeed in building your foundation in retreat.
You know in your heart that Uncle Jiu's greatest wish is to see the day when you succeed in building your foundation. If you don't want him to leave with this regret, you need to retreat as soon as possible."
After Song Yuanfang finished speaking, he stepped forward and gently patted Song Yuanhao on the shoulder, and then dispelled his idea of not wanting to retreat now.
"I have also arranged the cave for you to retreat and build your foundation. Go back and tell your mother and get ready. Changze, Yuanxue and I will take turns to protect you."
Seeing this, Song Yuanhao also nodded heavily, put away the foundation-building pill in his hand, then bowed to Song Yuanfang and slowly withdrew from the meeting.
After leaving the meeting room, Song Yuanhao first returned to his mother, greeted her, and directly told her that the family arranged for him to retreat.
Hearing the news that his child was about to prepare for retreat and build his foundation, Chen Yanyun, whose face was already showing old age, couldn't help but shed a few tears of joy for Song Yuanhao.
Back then, the mother and son depended on each other in Tuoyun Mountain for more than ten years, and their lives were not as good as those of ordinary low-level casual cultivators. Who would have thought that Song Yuanhao would have a day to impact the foundation-building realm?
After taking his son to the graveyard behind the Song family mountain to burn incense for his father Song Xinhe, Chen Yanyun patiently gave him a few more instructions before sending him off with peace of mind.
Afterwards, Song Yuanhao came to Song Xintang's cave on one side of the mountain.
Song Xintang's life span was still a few years away from the 120-year-old limit for Qi-refining cultivators.
However, due to the failure of building a foundation in his early years, he had many hidden injuries in his body, and his careful work for the family over the years had also consumed too much of his energy.
This also made Song Xintang's life span a few years shorter than that of a normal Qi-refining cultivator.
Seeing the family elder in front of him, who was already white-haired, gray-faced, and lying on the hospital bed like a withered figure, Song Yuanhao immediately felt a wave of sadness in his heart.
Since Song Yuanhao recognized his ancestors and returned to Funiu Mountain, Song Xintang can be regarded as the elder who loves him the most among the entire Song family.
When Song Yuanhao first came to Funiu Mountain, he was born in Tuoyun Mountain and lived with a group of low-level casual cultivators. His personality was much wilder than other children of the same age in the Song family, and he often violated some family rules.
Every time Song Yuanhao made a mistake, when facing the blame from several elders of the family, Song Xintang would always help him take a lot of responsibility, and patiently teach him afterwards.
In order to help Song Yuanhao practice, Song Xintang spent almost all the spiritual stones he had saved for many years on him in the past 20 years, and even left several high-quality magic tools on him to Song Yuanhao.
"Is it Yuanhao! My eyes are a little unclear, come here, come closer."
Feeling that there seemed to be another figure beside the bed, Song Xintang groped and stretched out his already very thin left hand.
Seeing this, Song Yuanhao immediately stepped forward and gently grabbed his hand, and the tears on his face could not stop flowing.
"Uncle Jiu, the family has arranged for me to go into seclusion to build my foundation. I came here this time to tell you the good news. Don't worry, I will definitely succeed in building my foundation and won't let you down."
"Good. Hearing you say that, I feel relieved to go see your father." Hearing Song Yuanhao's words, Song Xintang also excitedly squeezed his hand.
"Yuanhao, Uncle Jiu can only accompany you here. You must take good care of the road ahead."
"Although I have married and had children in my life, my wife and children are all mortals and left me early. These spiritual objects are of no use to my descendants, so I'll give them all to you. After you build your foundation, I can also give you one or two more spiritual talismans for self-defense.
If any of my descendants can enter the Tao and practice in the future, I'll trouble you to take care of them."
Taking the storage bag that Song Xintang tremblingly handed over with his other hand, Song Yuanhao nodded heavily in front of the bed and responded:
"Uncle Jiu, don't worry, nephew knows what to do."
Song Xintang heard this and slowly showed a relieved smile on his face.
After bidding farewell to Song Xintang, Song Yuanhao went directly to the top of the mountain, a cave with relatively abundant spiritual energy, and prepared to start retreat to impact the foundation-building realm.
Song Yuanhao, who has a thunder-attributed spiritual root, is the one with the most outstanding spiritual root aptitude among the two hundred cultivators of the Song family, except for Song Yuanli, who has two spiritual roots.
Although he did not know the spiritual root attribute in his early years in Tuoyun Mountain, he practiced incorrectly and delayed his practice for a period of time.
However, since returning to Funiushan Mountain, with the careful guidance of the elders in the clan and the dedicated supply of resources and cultivation by the family, his cultivation has also made rapid progress. In just about twenty years, Song Yuanhao has practiced from the third level of Qi Refining to the ninth level of Qi Refining.
Being able to polish his magic power to impact the foundation-building realm at the age of more than 30, Song Yuanhao's cultivation talent is no less than any foundation-building cultivator in the Song family.
In this retreat to build the foundation, in addition to the foundation-building pill, Song Yuanfang also prepared Qingyu Pills and several spiritual objects to enhance the auxiliary foundation-building effect.
Just from the surface, Song Yuanhao's probability of building the foundation is almost more than 80%. As long as there is no big accident, his chance of success in building the foundation this time is still very high.
Whether it was Song Yuanfang standing outside the retreat cave, or Song Qingming far away in Tuoyun Mountain, the core foundation-building cultivators of the Song family were also full of confidence in Song Yuanhao's foundation-building.
After using a top-grade Qingxin Talisman to get rid of the distracting thoughts in his heart.
Song Yuanhao calmed down and swallowed the "Green Jade Pill" prepared in his hand, and then began to circulate his magic power to refine the pill that entered his body.
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Three months later, at the top of Tuoyun Mountain.
Song Qingming, who had just walked out of the retreat cave, came to Song Qingyu's cave not far away with a letter in his hand.
"Hey! Why are you so happy, Seventh Brother?"
Song Qingyu, who was drinking tea and chatting with Huang Siyuan, saw Song Qingming walking in with a happy face, and hurriedly asked.
After Song Qingming came to sit next to the two, he smiled and handed the letter in his hand directly to Song Qingyu.
"Yuan Hao has successfully established his foundation three days ago. This child is as talented as Yuan Li. I'm afraid he will have some hope of forming a golden elixir in the future."
"My husband is right. Yuan Hao's spiritual roots are better than ours. As long as we support him well, he will have a chance to impact the golden elixir realm."
After Huang Siyuan finished speaking, she stood up and poured a cup of spiritual tea for Song Qingming.
"Since Brother Qi is so optimistic about Yuan Hao, should we pass on the art of hiding Yuan to him in advance so that he can make more preparations?"
Song Qingming shook his head and said, "Practicing the art of hiding Yuan at the same time will also affect the speed of some personal cultivation. Passing it on to Yuan Hao now will not help him much. Let's wait until he cultivates to the late stage of foundation building in the future!
Don't worry, whether it is Yuan Hao, Yuan Li, Changze, etc., as long as they can work hard to cultivate to the ninth level of foundation building and reach the stage of forming a pill, I will consider passing this secret art to them.
Although they have all successfully built their foundations, they are still relatively young and their minds are not stable enough. It is indeed too dangerous to pass on the art of hiding Yuan to them too early."
Hearing what Song Qingming said, Song Qingyu nodded immediately and didn't say anything more.
She has practiced the "art of hiding Yuan" for several years, so she naturally knows how important this secret art is to the Song family.
It is also very normal for Song Qingming to be more cautious about this matter.
Huang Siyuan took a sip of tea and asked, "Yuanhao's success in building his foundation this time is also a rare happy event for the family in recent years. Should we hold a foundation-building ceremony for him this time?"
"Siyuan is right. After Changze built his foundation, Funiushan has not been lively for a long time. I came here this time to say something to you first.
I plan to return to Funiushan in a few days to prepare for this matter. You should stay here to practice first. When I have arranged it, I will send a letter to inform you."
"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Brother Qi!"
Seeing that Song Qingming was going to personally organize Song Yuanhao's foundation-building ceremony, Song Qingyu and Huang Siyuan did not object and smiled and agreed. (End of this chapter)