Chapter 89 The Great Elder Passes Away

"Okay, I'll leave in a moment. Fourth uncle, I'll trouble you here first."

When Song Qingming heard that the elder was anxious to find him, he immediately had a bad feeling in his heart.

Since the elder resigned from his position a few years ago, he has been living in his own cave in the back mountain and rarely goes out on his own initiative.

Calculating the time, the elder's life span is almost over. Song Qingming went back to Funiu Mountain half a year ago and heard the news that the elder had fallen ill. At that time, he already knew that the elder's life span would not last long.

After the cultivator draws qi into the body, he absorbs the spiritual energy between heaven and earth to temper the body all year round. Normal cultivators are not as easy to get sick as mortals.

The reason why the elder fell ill is that he has reached the maximum moment of insufficient life span and the decline of qi and blood. His own vitality has been seriously damaged, so he will be invaded by the disease and linger on the sickbed.

After a brief handover with his fourth uncle, Song Qingming hurriedly left Qinghefang.

Qinghefang is only a few hundred miles away from the Song family. Song Qingming rushed to the road at full speed and returned to Funiushan in less than two days.

Although Song Qingming has been in Qinghefang for a long time in the past few years, he still needs to go back to Funiushan every few months to transport various spiritual objects.

Most of the low-level materials received in the market are transported back to the Funiushan family's gold storage pavilion to the fourth elder, and then some finished spiritual objects are transported from the gold storage pavilion to Qinghefang for sale.

The two shops in Qinghefang are a very important industry of the family. The efficiency of the shops in the market has improved a lot in recent years, and the spiritual stones that can be earned by the family every year are more than the black iron veins of Lingyuan Mountain.

Song Qingming just arrived at Funiushan, and suddenly saw that many white sails had been hung on the mountain road. He thought to himself that it was not good. He hurried and hurried but still arrived a step late.

After going up the mountain, Song Qingming came directly to the cave of the great elder behind the mountain. At this moment, there were many people surrounding this place. In addition to the family monks who received the news, there were also many direct descendants of the great elders at the foot of the mountain.

These people, whether they were cultivators or mortals, all wore white plain clothes, and from time to time there were bursts of sad cries.

The elder had married and had children in his early years, but his wife and children were ordinary mortals and had long since exhausted their lifespans and passed away.

Those who came here were all his grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and their relationship with the elder was not very close.

"Qingming, you are back, come in quickly, the clan leader is also inside."

The fourth elder Song Gucai was directing the funeral of the elder on the spot. As an elder who managed the family's affairs, he was already very busy at the moment. Seeing that Song Qingming had finally returned, he hurriedly asked him to go in and pay homage to the elder's body first.

After entering the elder's cave, Song Qingming saw that the elder was lying peacefully on the bed in the cave. Although his face looked old, his expression was very peaceful, and it seemed that he passed away very peacefully.

"I saw him in good spirits a few days ago, and he insisted on seeing you. I didn't expect that this old guy left without even saying hello. I didn't even know about it until the next day." Clan leader Song Gushan saw Song Qingming coming in and said something to him. There was some resentment in his tone for the elder's leaving without saying goodbye, and he couldn't help shedding a few more tears.

Since the old patriarch took over as the head of the Song family more than 40 years ago, the elder has always been his right-hand man in managing the family. The two have supported each other for decades, and their feelings are naturally deeper than others.

The Song family has only been in Qinghe County for two hundred years. When their generation of cultivators just went up the mountain, the family's foundation was still shallow, and the nearby families excluded them. There were scattered cultivators around, and the cultivation environment was much more difficult than it is now.

It was precisely because of the hard work of several generations of cultivators that the Song family now has a relatively stable cultivation environment.

It was also the first time that Song Qingming saw the old patriarch, who had always been strong, reveal the most vulnerable side of his heart, and he was also very shocked.

He hesitated for a moment, but still did not speak. He walked to the bed of the great elder and lit a stick of incense. He knelt down and kowtowed respectfully several times, then inserted the incense into the incense burner in front of the bed, bowed to the old patriarch, and quietly left the cave, leaving the little peace at the moment to the two old men inside.

As the patriarch said, the great elder passed away very suddenly. He wanted to see Song Qingming the day before, but he didn't expect that he would not wake up after falling asleep that night. It was his servant who came to take care of him who discovered his abnormality and hurriedly notified the patriarch.

Song Qingming didn't know why the great elder suddenly wanted to see him before passing away. He just felt that the great elder might have something very important to entrust to him. It was a pity that he still couldn't wait for Song Qingming to come back.

The Song family has been established for two hundred years. There are not many people who can live like the great elder and pass away peacefully. Most people fell in various disasters. The great elder can live until his life is exhausted and leave peacefully in his sleep. It is also a blessing for him.

The funeral of the Great Elder was held with great ceremony. Not only did all the cultivators of the Song family outside rush back to Funiu Mountain, but the nearby immortal cultivation families that were on good terms with the Song family also sent cultivators from their clans to pay their respects. Even the main family of the Song family, the Huang family, sent people over specially.

Funiushan Mountain was bustling for four or five days, until the funeral of the great elder, it slowly quieted down.

Unexpectedly, not long after the Song family had just quieted down, another special person came to the mountain, causing a ripple on the already calm surface.

The third brother Song Qingze, who had already joined the Xiaoyao Sect, traveled thousands of miles back to Funiushan Mountain to pay tribute to the deceased great elder.

Like Song Qingming, Song Qingze also came back a little late.

It's just that he missed the last meeting with the great elder, and Song Qingze missed the funeral of the great elder.

It's thousands of miles from the Xiaoyao Sect mountain gate to Qinghe County. It's really not easy for Song Qingze to come back this time. Judging from the time, he should have hurriedly set off as soon as he received the news of the death of the great elder.

But for him, who abandoned his family, he is not welcomed by everyone in Funiushan Mountain now.

Especially the great elder had high hopes for him, and the old patriarch had spent all these years to train him. To be honest, Song Qingze's choice to leave Funiu Mountain was a huge blow to the great elder. Even when Song Qingze left the mountain, the great elder did not come out to see him off.

Now that the great elder has passed away, the cultivators of the Song family are a little resentful when they see Song Qingze, who makes the great elder very sad, and they are even unwilling to tell him the grave of the great elder.

In the end, it was the second uncle Song Changwu and the twelfth aunt Song Changyun, who have a more simple character, who pointed him in a direction, and Song Qingze found the grave of the great elder.

The grave of the great elder was chosen at the foot of Funiu Mountain, a place with birds singing and flowers blooming. The scenery is quite beautiful. It is not too far from Mujiao Town, which is also convenient for his descendants to worship.

After worshiping in front of the grave, Song Qingze opened a jar of spirit wine, poured a cup for the great elder, and sat alone in front of the gravestone of the great elder.

It was not until the sun was about to rise the next day that Song Qingze quietly got up and left.

Song Qingze walked slowly down the mountain, but he didn't expect that two people appeared on the road and stopped him. They were Song Qingming and his eldest brother Song Qingshi who had been waiting here for a long time.

"Brother, Qingming." After seeing the two, Song Qingze squeezed out a smile.

"Third brother, you finally came back, but you left so anxiously, and you didn't go back home to visit?"

Song Qingze smiled bitterly and said, "It's rare that you still call me third brother. My parents passed away a few years ago. I don't have many ties anymore. Going back will only increase my sadness."