Chapter 8 Song Qingyu

After Song Qingming waited for five days, his ninth uncle Song Changxin finally ended his retreat. When he heard Song Qingming say that he wanted to return to the family, Song Changxin readily agreed to it and brought a little girl in her teens to him, asking him to take her back to Funiu Mountain.

"Qingming, when you go back this time, you can take Xiaoyu back to Funiu Mountain." Song Changxin pointed at the little girl in front of Song Qingming and said to him.

"Take her. Back to the mountain."

Song Qingming has been in Lingyuan Mountain for half a year. He often takes out some cakes made from spiritual rice and shares them with the children here. He also often sees this little girl and knows that she is the daughter of a miner in the village. Why did the sixth uncle take her to Funiu Mountain himself?

Song Qingming looked at the little girl with a puzzled look on his face. After a moment, he suddenly realized and reacted.

"Sixth uncle, has she found out her spiritual roots?"

Song Changxin nodded and smiled and said, "Yes, when I was testing the children of the right age here last month, I accidentally found that she has spiritual roots in her body. This is really a happy event for our Song family. I have been in Lingyuan Mountain for so many years, and this is the first time I have found a child with spiritual roots.

It's just that I don't have a spiritual test plate here, so I can't know her specific spiritual root attributes. I originally wanted to wait for the family to send someone to deliver the black iron ore next month, and then pick her up by the way. It just so happens that you are going back, so take her back by the way, and test the spiritual root attributes as soon as possible so that she can start practicing as soon as possible."

Song Qingming nodded and agreed, "Uncle Nine, don't worry, nephew understands"

"Be careful on the road, you are all the hope of the family's future. I have a mid-level spiritual talisman for you to protect yourself. If you encounter monsters on the road, remember not to be stingy with these things outside your body. Use them when you need to. The safety of the two of you is the first priority." Song Changxin handed Song Qingming a golden spiritual talisman and carefully reminded him.

Song Qingming took the talisman and took a look at it. It was a relatively useful defensive talisman among the intermediate talismans. Then he carefully put it into the storage bag.

With Xiaoyu along, Song Qingming could not travel as fast as he did when he came. He found a big basket in the village, carried the little girl on his back and said goodbye to her family. It took them almost two hours to slowly return to Funiu Mountain.

The little girl lived in Lingyuan Mountain for many years and had never seen the outside world. The beautiful scenery along the way, the strange peaks and boulders, quickly made her forget the sadness of leaving home.

After seeing the majestic Funiu Mountain, Xiaoyu's two beautiful eyes blinked non-stop, and she couldn't help but ask: "Uncle Immortal, is the mountain where you immortals live?"

Song Qingming couldn't help but smile when he heard Xiaoyu's words

"Yes, when you learn to practice, you will also become an immortal and can live here like us"

The little girl was excited to hear that she could become an immortal in the future, just like the young and ignorant Song Qingming when he first arrived at Funiu Mountain. She began to boldly ask various questions about immortals.

"Uncle, if you become an immortal, can you turn into anything you want?"

"Of course"

"Can immortals eat meat if they want?"

"Every meal is available"

While talking, Song Qingming and Xiaoyu have already arrived at the meeting hall on the top of the mountain. The second elder Song Changfeng, who is most familiar to Song Qingming, happened to be on duty here today.

The Song family has four elders, who are also the four most powerful people in the family besides the patriarch. The first elder, Song Gubai, is in charge of guiding the family's power transmission. He has a hot temper and is usually very strict with children like Song Qingming. He is also the person Song Qingming fears the most in the entire family.

The second elder, Song Changfeng, is the only elder of the Song family's first generation. Although he is the youngest among the four elders, his cultivation is the highest except for the patriarch. He is also a talented three-spiritual root cultivator with the eighth level of Qi Refining. He is also very fair in dealing with people in the family and is deeply loved by the clan members. After becoming an elder, he has been in charge of the family's law enforcement and is also the elder Song Qingming is most familiar with.

The third elder, Song Gulan, and the fourth elder, Song Gucai, are both nearly a hundred years old and have relatively gentle personalities. Although their cultivation is not high, only the sixth level of Qi Refining, they have been working hard for the family for a hundred years.

According to the family rules, those who have not reached the late stage of Qi Refining are not qualified to be elders. It is only because there are only three late stage cultivators in the family except the patriarch. Uncle Nine Song Changxin is only focused on cultivation and does not want to be the family elder anymore. It is not enough to manage with only two elders, so they made an exception and let these two elders who are older and more experienced in managing family industries serve as elders.

The third elder is the only high-level spiritual plant master in the family. He has always been responsible for the family's spiritual fields, medicine gardens and other industries. The fourth elder is in charge of the family's general affairs and is also the steward of the family's financial resources.

"Report to the elder."

Song Qingming briefly explained Xiaoyu's situation to Song Changfeng.

After listening, Song Changfeng also seemed very happy. It was rare for the family to have fresh blood replenished.

"The spirit test plate is now in the hands of the patriarch. You two wait a moment. I will ask him to come out and test her spirit roots."

After Song Changfeng finished speaking, he immediately sent a sound transmission note to the clan leader. After a while, an old man with snow-white hair and beard and a Taoist look came into the meeting room. It was Song Gushan, the clan leader of the Song family.

Song Gushan looked at Xiaoyu meaningfully, then slowly said, "Is this the little girl Changxin mentioned?"

"Reporting to the clan leader, it is her. Uncle Jiu said that he is still unsure of the specific attributes of her spiritual roots. Please test it again."

Song Gufeng took out a magic weapon that looked like a circular array plate, which was the Song family's treasure, the "Spirit Detection Plate". After slowly injecting a stream of spiritual energy, the circular array plate emitted a dazzling purple light and slowly flew in front of Xiaoyu.

"Put your left hand on the Spirit Detection Plate quickly," Song Changfeng on the side quickly reminded Xiaoyu who was still in a daze.

After hearing this, the little girl was still slightly stunned, and nervously stretched out her left hand towards the Spirit Detection Plate. Three spiritual lights of different colors slowly flew out of the array plate and swirled in the air.

"This is actually a three-spiritual root. God bless my Song family. Another good seedling with three spiritual roots has emerged." Song Changfeng shouted excitedly.

The clan leader Song Gushan's face was also filled with joy. "She has three spiritual roots of gold, wood, and water. Unfortunately, she doesn't have a fire spiritual root, so it's not easy for her to practice the Red Flame Art with me. Water-based exercises are more suitable for female cultivators, so let her practice the family's Xuanshui Gong first."

Song Qingming, who had been watching, was a little embarrassed. How come anyone he brought back had good qualifications for three spiritual roots, but he only had a pseudo spiritual root.

He didn't know whether he was lucky or unlucky.

"What's your name?" Song Changfeng lowered his head and asked the little girl again.

"Song Yu"

After listening to it, the clan leader on the side decided directly, "Then call me Song Qingyu from now on. Remember, you will be the tenth cultivator of the Qing generation of the Song family from now on."

The Song family currently has only three generations, Gu, Chang, and Qing, and a generation is set up almost every thirty years.

There are only four people in the Gu generation. The youngest fourth elder, Song Gucai, is over ninety years old this year and will almost die in another twenty years.

The Chang generation is the backbone of the family, with a total of ten people. Another person joined Xiaoyao Sect in his early years. The one with the highest cultivation is the second elder Song Changfeng, who is almost the default candidate for the next patriarch of the Song family.

The Qing generation, where Song Qingming belongs, is considered the new generation of cultivators in the Song family. With Song Qingyu, there are exactly ten people, and most of them are only about twenty years old.

Perhaps because her new name is similar to her original name, the little girl just nodded slightly when she heard her new name, without objecting.

Seeing this, the patriarch put away the spirit-testing plate, took out a deep red family tree, wrote the three big characters "Song Qingyu" on it, and then asked her to leave a drop of blood on her name.

This family tree records the names of all cultivators in the two hundred years since the establishment of the Song family, arranged in detail according to generation and age. The names with faint spiritual light on them represent the living cultivators of the Song family, and those names that are already dark and dim, indicating that the cultivator has passed away or fallen.

After leaving the meeting room, Song Qingming immediately came to the family's gold storage pavilion. He took out the monster materials he had obtained a few days ago, put them in front of the fourth elder Song Gucai, and explained his purpose in exchanging for a mid-level magic weapon.

Song Gucai carefully looked through the materials on the table and asked in surprise, "Is this the tusk of the middle-level monster Iron Mouth Pig?"

"A few days ago, I encountered this monster and crashed into the formation. I took a closer look and found that it was covered with wounds. It looked like it had fled to Lingyuan Mountain after losing a fight with other monsters. I was lucky enough to kill it."

"Qingming, you are lucky this time. You can hunt a middle-level monster alone. If you add five spirit stones to these materials, you can exchange for a middle-grade magic weapon. As for this pig skin, I will help you take it to the elder to refine a magic robe. What kind of robe you can refine depends on your luck."

Song Qingming knew that the fourth elder had always been fair in doing things. That was why the family was confident that he would be in charge of the gold storage building where the clan members exchanged merits. Without saying much, he nodded and agreed, took out five spirit stones and handed them to Song Gucai.

After Song Gucai put away the materials and spirit stones, he took Song Qingming to the second floor of the Golden Pavilion and took out several existing middle-grade magic tools in the clan and placed them in front of Song Qingming.

After a brief introduction, Song Qingming thought for a while and chose one of the red flying swords.

"This flying sword is called the Lieyang Sword, and it can also release a spiritual fire to attack the enemy. It is relatively simple to operate compared to other magic tools. You have just broken through the middle stage of Qi Refining, so it is more suitable for you to use this magic tool." Song Gucai added another sentence when he saw him choose this sword.

The reason for choosing this sword is that Song Qingming is more proficient in using the two attributes of earth and fire. There is only one defensive magic tool of earth attribute, which is not what he wants at present. The most suitable one for him is only this fire attribute flying sword.

Returning to the cave on Funiu Mountain where he had been away for a long time, Song Qingming took out the Lieyang Sword he had just obtained and injected his own spiritual energy into it to sacrifice and refine it. It was not until the next morning that he walked out of the cave. At this time, he was able to completely control the flying sword at will.

Song Qingming summoned the Fiery Sun Sword outside the cave, and used his spiritual power to control the flying sword to chop at a boulder not far away. After a loud bang, the stone, which was originally the size of a table, was split in half. Seeing such a result, Song Qingming recalled the flying sword with satisfaction. The Fiery Sun Sword, which was shining with spiritual power, shrank to a size of an inch and disappeared into the storage bag on Song Qingming's waist.

"Now that I have a mid-grade magic weapon, I can fight that mid-level monster even without relying on the formation."