Chapter 84 New Family Elder

The last one to arrive was the elder Song Gubai.

When Song Qingming saw Song Gubai, he was so surprised that he almost stood up from his chair.

Compared with four years ago, the elder of the Song family looked much older, his hair and beard had turned gray, and wrinkles covered his forehead.

Normal cultivators would never look so old unless they were close to the end of their lives. This elder who had worked hard for the Song family for many years was already approaching the end of his life.

Song Gubai's life span was running out. Song Qingming calculated in his mind that he was already 112 years old this year. Looking at the elder's current state, he was afraid that he could no longer fight with others easily.

For an elderly cultivator with a short life span, his blood and essence had already been severely depleted. Using his magic power at will would affect his remaining life span. In Song Gubai's current state, it is estimated that he can only last for three to five years at most. If he consumes his own vitality, he will very likely die early.

Seeing that the old man who had taught him since childhood had been eroded by time, Song Qingming felt a little sad.

Although these low-level Qi Refining cultivators are immortals in the mouths of ordinary people, they will eventually turn into a handful of yellow earth if they cannot build a foundation.

The elder Song Gubai found that his essence and blood began to decline rapidly recently, and he also knew that his life span was not much longer. He has not walked around in the past few months and has been conditioning his body in his own cave. Except for the clan leader Song Gushan, other cultivators on the mountain do not know his current state.

After entering the door, seeing that everyone looked at him with unusual eyes, Song Gubai smiled and said loudly: "Everyone, I'm sorry, I'm a little late."

"Grand Elder, please take a seat quickly." The second elder Song Changfeng hurried forward and helped the elder to the seat.

Although Song Qingming and the others in the meeting room had some changes on their faces, they did not ask. The life span of the Great Elder was no secret in the Song family. They, who had practiced for many years, naturally knew it very well.

If they could not establish a foundation and achieve enlightenment, they would have to face this day sooner or later. There was really no need to feel sorry for the world. If everyone just kept asking about their concern, it would only make the Great Elder feel more sad.

After the elder sat down, the clan leader Song Gushan said directly: "There are two important things that need to be discussed with you for calling everyone here this time."

"The first thing is that Qingze has decided to join Xiaoyao Sect. Some of you may have known this, but I still want to say one more thing. After all, Qingze is from our Song family. Even if he joins Xiaoyao Sect in the future, he is still a member of our Song family. Don't have too many prejudices against him."

After hearing this, except for Song Qingming and the ninth uncle Song Changxin, the faces of several Song family elders at the scene were not very good. After all, a person they have carefully cultivated for decades suddenly chose to leave the family. They naturally feel bad.

The ninth uncle Song Changxin has rarely participated in family affairs and has not paid much attention to this matter.

Although Song Qingming was a little puzzled about his third brother Song Qingze's initiative to join Xiaoyao Sect, he also understood his choice very well. After all, Song Qingze's talent far exceeds that of their peers. If he stays in a small family like the Song family, the chance of building a foundation in the future will definitely be very small.

After choosing to join Xiaoyao Sect as an inner disciple, things will be completely different. With his talent, he will definitely be able to successfully cultivate to the ninth level of Qi Refining within ten years, and he will also have a great chance to get a foundation-building pill in Xiaoyao Sect.

Every ten years, these large and small immortal cultivation families under Xiaoyao Sect will have the opportunity to select people to join Xiaoyao Sect directly. After entering Xiaoyao Sect, these people will directly become inner disciples of Xiaoyao Sect, and the chance of building a foundation is much greater than those outer disciples.

On one side are the people who cultivated him, and on the other side is his own path. How to choose, if it were Song Qingming, he would find it difficult to make a decision at once.

However, since Song Qingze has chosen his own path, even if he faces accusations from his people in the future, he should naturally bear it.

Seeing that no one had spoken, Song Gucai continued to talk about the next thing.

"The second thing is that there will be some changes in the elders of the family. As everyone knows, the elder is a little old and is not suitable for working hard in the mountains all the time. In the future, the elder will no longer participate in family affairs. I have discussed with the elder that Changfeng will take over his work in the future, and Changxin will take care of the family law enforcement and monster hunting for the time being.

Also, Qingming has broken through the late stage of Qi Refining. According to the family rules, I want him to start serving as the elder of the family from today. Do you have any objections?"

After exchanging glances about this matter, everyone nodded and agreed to the arrangement of the clan leader.

In fact, when they saw Song Qingming sitting here at the beginning, they had roughly guessed the clan leader's intention. Only Song Qingming, the person involved, did not expect that the clan leader would let him serve as the elder of the family so soon, and he was a little panicked.

In fact, Song Gushan had no choice but to make such an arrangement. After the great elder Song Gubai told him about his physical condition a few months ago, Song Gushan originally wanted to arrange for Song Changfeng to take over the position of the great elder and let Song Qingze become the elder to replace Song Changfeng.

But Song Qingze suddenly proposed to join Xiaoyao Sect, which disrupted the original arrangement of the clan leader Song Gushan.

Song Gushan and the great elder Song Gubai are of the same generation. He is only ten years younger than him and has lived for nearly a hundred years. Originally, Song Gushan planned to let the second elder Song Changfeng take over as the clan leader after he passed away. Song Qingze, like Song Changfeng, would first serve as an elder to hone his skills and then succeed the clan leader in the future.

Now that the great elder can no longer manage things, Song Qingze is going to join Xiaoyao Sect again, which suddenly gave Song Gushan, the clan leader, a headache. Fortunately, Song Qingming returned to the clan leader at this time, and his cultivation broke through the late stage of Qi Refining. This finally comforted Song Gushan.

Seeing that Song Qingming seemed to be hesitant to speak, Song Gushan smiled and said to him: "Qingming, you don't have to be too stressed. Let's put it this way. You just came back, so I won't arrange your specific responsibilities for the time being. The family has rented another store in Qinghefang, and your fourth uncle is a little too busy alone. You can go there to help the family take care of it. I will write a letter to Changqiu and ask him to cooperate with you fully."

The eldest elder Song Gubai also said: "This time, the clan leader has carefully considered letting you come out to serve as the family elder. All of us will get old after all. There is no other suitable person in the younger generation who can serve as an elder. Only you are more knowledgeable, so you can only work hard for a while."

"Don't worry, clan leader, Qingming will work hard and live up to the family's trust." Hearing the old clan leader and the eldest elder's words full of love, Song Qingming nodded heavily and agreed, and there was a hint of determination in his eyes.

After the great elder retired, the clan had a new elder, Song Qingming. With a little training, he might become the next great elder. Even if Song Qingze left, the Song family would not be in a period of transition. The other elders had already sensed that the clan leader intended to let Song Qingming take on important responsibilities in the future.