Chapter 90: New and Old Replacement

Seeing that Song Qingze was a little discouraged, Song Qingshi quickly spoke to comfort him.

"Qingze, don't be too discouraged. Qingming and I came to see you off because the clan leader specifically told us to do so. The great elder just left, and everyone is very sad. You have to understand."

After listening, Song Qingze nodded thoughtfully, and a look of relief appeared on his face.

The eldest brother Song Qingshi is the most kind-hearted among the young cultivators. He has a good relationship with every Qing-generation cultivator on the mountain, including Song Qingze.

Originally, the old clan leader wanted Song Qingming to see him off alone, but Song Qingming didn't talk much with Song Qingze since he was a child, and the relationship between the two has always been ordinary, so he brought Song Qingshi here together.

The three of them walked and talked all the way, and sent Song Qingze to a place more than ten miles outside Funiu Mountain before stopping.

Song Qingze bowed to the two and said, "Qingming, big brother, please stop here. Thank you for coming to see me off. Don't forget to say hello to the old clan leader for me when you go back."

"Third brother, it's not like home outside. You should take care of yourself. If you encounter any difficulties in the future, don't forget to send a letter home. Although we brothers are of low cultivation and can't help much, we can at least give you a hand."

Song Qingze looked at the two with red eyes and bowed his head and said, "Big brother, you should also take care of yourself. I will come back to see you if I have the chance."

"The mountains are high and the road is long. See you later.".

After saying goodbye to the two, Song Qingze strode forward, used the magic of walking, and soon disappeared from the eyes of the two.

After joining Xiaoyao Sect, Song Qingze was outstanding because of his own talent. Soon, he was accepted as a closed disciple by a foundation-building cultivator in the sect. He had a good life in Xiaoyao Sect in the past few years, and his cultivation had reached the eighth level of Qi Refining. It was estimated that in another five or six years, he would have to prepare for foundation building. He didn't know when he would be able to return to Funiu Mountain.

The Song family would have a quota for an inner disciple of Xiaoyao Sect every thirty years or so, but to go to Xiaoyao Sect, one must have at least three spiritual roots. This time, the family was going to send Qingyu to Xiaoyao Sect, but Song Qingze took the initiative to ask the clan leader, and finally replaced him.

Song Qingze went to Xiaoyao Sect, so he was considered a member of Xiaoyao Sect. Unless there was a mission, Qi Refining disciples could not leave the sect at will. If they wanted to come back, they had to ask for leave from the sect.

In addition to him, the Song family also has a senior cultivator who was sent to the Xiaoyao Sect decades ago. However, this uncle has average talent. Although his cultivation has reached the late stage of Qi Refining, he is too old and is unlikely to be able to build a foundation in this life.

Although these inner disciples are treated well after entering the Xiaoyao Sect, unlike those ordinary outer disciples, they have to complete a bunch of sect chores every day before they have a little time for their own cultivation.

The reason why a family of immortal cultivators like the Song family sends people with outstanding spiritual roots to the Xiaoyao Sect is that they can have a greater opportunity to build a foundation in the Xiaoyao Sect. The main reason why Song Qingze chose to take the initiative to join the Xiaoyao Sect is also for a foundation pill that is out of reach for these low-level cultivators.

Once a cultivator in the family successfully builds a foundation in the Xiaoyao Sect, the family will have a bridge to talk to in the Xiaoyao Sect in the future, and it will be easier to get resources from the Xiaoyao Sect to feed back to the family.

The four major foundation-building families in Qinghe County all have foundation-building cultivators in Xiaoyao Sect. The Huang family alone has two foundation-building cultivators in Xiaoyao Sect. His ancestors also produced a golden elixir cultivator in Xiaoyao Sect. His relationship in Xiaoyao Sect far exceeds that of other families. Every few decades, he can exchange a foundation-building pill from Xiaoyao Sect.

It is precisely because of the powerful backing in Xiaoyao Sect that the Huang family has been able to dominate Qinghe County for a thousand years.

After sending off his third brother Song Qingze, Song Qingming, who returned to Funiu Mountain, went directly to the back mountain and prepared to say goodbye to the clan leader and return to Qinghefang.

After sending a voice transmission outside, Song Qingming was quickly allowed to enter the clan leader's cave.

The old clan leader sat on a rattan chair with a kind face, and there was a little boy of seven or eight years old standing beside him respectfully.

Song Gushan has been practicing Taoism for a hundred years. He has always been a hard-working cultivator who is devoted to Taoism. He has not married and had children to leave descendants, and his direct relatives have long turned into a handful of yellow earth.

After entering the Tao, most cultivators generally do not choose to get married in order to concentrate on cultivation. Only some cultivators like the fourth uncle who have low spiritual roots, no hope for the Tao, and do not like to cultivate, will choose to marry and have children early, enjoying the life that mortals yearn for. There are not too many such cultivators in the world of immortal cultivation.

Seeing a chubby child in the cave of the old patriarch, Song Qingming also showed a trace of surprise on his face, and looked at this person with curiosity.

After bowing to the old patriarch, Song Qingming slowly spoke out his idea of ​​returning to Qinghefang as soon as possible.

When Song Gushan heard that he was going back to Qinghefang, he immediately agreed to it. After all, he had been back for half a month, and it was easy for problems to occur in Qinghefang without anyone watching.

After Song Gushan finished speaking, he saw that Song Qingming was about to leave, and stretched out his hand to stop him again.

"Qingming, this is Xinhu, the great-grandson of the great elder. He was just found out last month that he has spiritual roots and has been included in the family tree. It happened that the great elder passed away and the family was busy with many affairs, so I didn't inform you in time." Seeing that Song Qingming was a little puzzled, the old patriarch pointed at the child beside him and explained to Song Qingming.

"This child is the great-grandson of the great elder. Could it be..." Although Song Qingming had thought that he should be the child who had just come up the mountain, he really didn't guess that he was actually the direct descendant of the great elder.

Could it be that the great elder hurriedly called him back because of this child? Song Qingming vaguely guessed something that he hadn't figured out a few days ago.

Seeing Song Qingming looking at him with a surprised look on his face, the child named Song Xinhu leaned towards the old patriarch with some fear.

"The elder was anxious to find you back because of Xinhu. He wanted you to take care of the child, but he didn't expect that he would leave before you arrived."

Seeing that Song Qingming had already thought of the answer, Song Gushan slowly spoke to confirm his guess.

"Don't worry, clan leader, Qingming knows. We all grew up under the wings of our elders. Without the protection of the elders and you over the years, I wouldn't be where I am today."

Since Song Qingming came to Funiu Mountain, the elder became his mentor and taught him the way of cultivation step by step. Next, it is Song Qingming's turn to lead the next generation of cultivators. For two hundred years, the Song family cultivators have been passed down from generation to generation.

Song Gushan nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "I will take care of this child first. He is also the first cultivator of the new generation. The family will depend on you in the future."

The Song family sets up a generation every thirty years or so. Among them, the ancient generation, after the great elder passed away, there are only three people left. There are fourteen cultivators of the long generation, not counting the seventh uncle who went to Xiaoyao Sect, there are still ten people left.

There are sixteen cultivators of the Qing generation in Song Qingming's generation. Excluding the third brother Song Qingze, there are still fifteen people. Counting Song Xinhu, who has just come to the mountain, the new generation, the Song family has almost thirty cultivators in total.