Family Cultivation: Evergreen of the Song Family

Eleven people set out, but only nine were left when they returned. Song Changsheng felt a little melancholy.

Although we had made sufficient preparations, we still failed to bring everyone back.

Song Luzhou was mentally prepared for this. After feeling a little sad for a while, he asked about what he had gained from this trip.

There were only two of them in the General Affairs Hall at the moment, and Song Changsheng did not hide anything and gave a general account of what he had gained from this trip.

When he heard that he had found a golden elixir relic, Song Luzhou's hand that was twisting his beard shook and he pulled out several stiff hairs. The mustache that he had maintained very well suddenly became asymmetrical and looked quite funny.

But now he couldn't care about these trivial matters and hurriedly asked Song Changsheng for more details.

I gained so much and I don’t have time to talk about it in detail, so I’ll just talk about the most important things.

For example, [Bai Sha Qiongqi Cauldron], the great magical power [The Universe in the Sleeve], the minor magical power [Palm Thunder], [Blood Crystal] and so on. Song Luzhou was so excited when he heard them that he slapped his thigh.

Seeing him so happy, Song Changsheng immediately added fuel to the fire and said, "I also exchanged a batch of cultivation resources with merit points, which should be delivered soon. Among them is a big demon pill and a [Ji Tu Tian Jing], which should be delivered soon. Please pay attention to the handover."

"There is also [Jitu Tianjing]?" Song Luzhou's eyes widened.

To him, spiritual treasures or great magical powers, those things are too far away and far less important than [Ji Tu Tian Jing] in his heart.

With this item, it is basically a foregone conclusion that Song Youlin will break through to the Purple Palace. In that case, the Song family will have three Purple Palaces, and no one will dare to underestimate them anymore.

"Okay, okay. I didn't expect to gain so much from this trip. I must plan well for next year. Fifteen places are not a small number.

In this ancient battlefield, the harvest is getting less and less every year, so we just take it one year at a time.

It's a pity for you this time. You have been refining that useless [Hundred Evils Qiongqi Cauldron] for the next few days. You have wasted so many opportunities."

When Song Luzhou thought that Song Changsheng spent most of his time refining magic weapons, he felt his heart twitch, but he didn't know what to say.

Listening to Song Luzhou's nagging, Song Changsheng felt a little bit amused. That was a spiritual treasure, a treasure that many people could never touch in their entire lives. How could it become so worthless in his mouth?
Seeing that he was about to continue talking, Song Changsheng quickly changed the subject and asked, "How is the matter of the academy we talked about before? Has the elders' council come to a conclusion?"

Seeing him asking, Song Luzhou said seriously: "It has all been decided.

The address of the academy was chosen to be Mingxiu Mountain, where there is a second-level spiritual vein, which is sufficient for their daily practice. It is also located in the hinterland of the Wangyue Mountains and close to Cangmang Peak, so if there is any change, it can respond in time.

What the Elders' Council means is that the academy will be divided into three levels: elementary, intermediate and advanced. Students who can break through from the initial stage of Qi training to the intermediate stage of Qi training within five years can be promoted to the intermediate academy, and students who can break through from the intermediate stage of Qi training to the late stage of Qi training within ten years can be promoted to the advanced academy.

Students are considered to have completed their studies at the advanced academy when they reach the age of thirty. For those who perform well, their families will try to recruit them as sons-in-law. For those who do not want to marry into the family but are willing to serve the family, the family will support them depending on the situation.

The rest who were unwilling to serve the family were sent back directly.

The quotas will follow the old rules. If there are no more than three foundation-building cultivators, there will be three quotas each year. If there are more than three, there will be five quotas each year.

The age of admission cannot exceed ten years old, and the minimum threshold is three spiritual roots. In addition, those who fail to meet the requirements for further study within the time limit will be sent back directly to avoid wasting family resources by bringing in mediocre people. "

Hearing this, Song Changsheng nodded slightly and said, "Well, you have considered it very carefully. Casting a wide net and catching more fish will always catch a few talents. This is also a way to weaken the subordinate forces."

"Hey, it's only because the family is wealthy now. If it were thirty years ago, there wouldn't be enough resources to train outsiders." Song Luzhou didn't quite agree with this. In his opinion, as long as the fist was strong enough, these people would naturally submit. Doing so was really too troublesome.

This is actually the difference in the perspective from which we consider the problem.

Song Luzhou only focused on the present and did not consider the long-term. Perhaps he had considered it, but at most only in the next one or two hundred years.

Song Changsheng's vision is even longer-term.

He has been studying the Jinwu Sect, Luoxia City and even the Jindan forces in several surrounding cultivation circles. After in-depth comparison and understanding, he found that these forces that have been passed down for thousands or even tens of thousands of years have many similarities.

Take the Jinwu Sect as an example. It is the oldest force in the Da Qi cultivation world, and it has a history of nearly five thousand years.

During the five thousand years, the world of cultivation in Da Qi has undergone tremendous changes. Many Jindan forces have fallen into the mortal world, and many Zifu forces have been swept into the garbage dump, but the Jinwu Sect has always stood firm and has always maintained its vigor and spirit.

After in-depth research, Song Changsheng discovered several key points.

The first is restraint. When the Jinwu Sect was strong, it did not expand blindly, but took its time, keeping every bit of territory firmly in its own hands, moving slowly but steadily.

The second is inclusiveness. The Jinwu Sect has a vast territory, and there are hundreds of forces that are subordinate to them. The Jinwu Sect regards these forces as "blood bags", and most of the fresh blood in the sect comes from these subordinate forces.

Although this is bloodsucking, the Jinwu Sect has never restricted the development of these forces. Instead, it has supported them. The Purple Mansion cultivators born in these forces will also be absorbed by the Jinwu Sect instead of being suppressed.

This is also one of the main reasons why there are so few Purple Mansion forces in the Da Qi cultivation world, because all of them have joined the Jinwu Sect.

Over time, these affiliated forces became tightly bound to the Jinwu Sect, and they prospered and suffered together, and basically followed the Jinwu Sect wholeheartedly.

This also allowed the Jinwu Sect to build the territory under its rule to be as solid as a rock, impenetrable to needles and water. All it took was a call to gather people.

A stable base is an important factor in the Jinwu Sect's continued success.

The last point, which in Song Changsheng's opinion is the boldest and most crucial one, is "raising wolves."

Who is Jinwu Sect’s biggest rival right now?

There is only one, and that is the Tianmai Sect. Luoxia City is still a little short of it at the moment.

There is no room for two tigers in one mountain, and the two sides have been fighting each other to the death for thousands of years.

In fact, many people don’t know that the Tianmai Sect has been able to develop to its current level entirely as a result of the Jinwu Sect’s deliberate indulgence.

The Tianmai Sect is an alien force that fled to the Da Qi cultivation world from somewhere else four thousand years ago.

At that time, the Jinwu Sect was already a dominant force in Da Qi, possessing several Purple Mansion cultivators. The Tianmai Sect was not even close to it, and the Jinwu Sect had several opportunities to annex it.

However, the Jinwu Sect took a tacit attitude towards the ever-growing Jinwu Sect until the other side recovered its vitality, and then the conflict broke out.

Later, Jinwu Sect was the first to be promoted to Jindan Sect, but it only severely damaged Tianmai Sect, deliberately giving the other side a chance to breathe. Later, Tianmai Sect was also promoted to Jindan Sect, and the Daqi cultivation world entered a period of competition between the two sects. Both sides chased each other and neither could do anything to the other.

At first Song Changsheng didn’t understand, but later he slowly came to his senses. Isn’t this the legendary “wolf-raising tactic”?

If there is no opponent, I will create one.

This sounds a bit unbelievable, and makes people wonder if there is something wrong with their brains. After all, wolves are unruly and will suffer backlash if they are not careful.

But the fact is, before the rise of Tianmai Sect, Jinwu Sect had already dominated the Da Qi cultivation world. After the external pressure was gone, factions emerged within Jinwu Sect and they began to fight for power and profit, entering into endless internal friction.

No matter how powerful a force is, once it falls into internal strife, it will be not far from destruction.

But at this time, the Tianmai Sect stood up and dealt a heavy blow to the Jinwu Sect.

This woke up the Jinwu Sect, and under the high pressure from outside, the Jinwu Sect, which had been in disarray, united again. The two sides fought openly and secretly for thousands of years, and many Jindan forces emerged briefly in the middle, but they have always stood firm.

They actually had many opportunities to kill each other, but "coincidentally" they didn't seize them.

Song Changsheng didn't believe that there was nothing going on between them.

Moreover, Song Changsheng keenly discovered that in history, the two sects had fought dozens of wars that swept across most or even the entire Da Qi cultivation world.

Although each battle was brutal, when you look closely, it was nothing more than just broken bones, and no one was really seriously injured. The ones who suffered the most casualties were basically the affiliated forces under their command.

For example, in the last war between the two sects, the Northern was basically destroyed, but the number of Purple Mansion monks killed in the two sects was less than a handful.

After thousands of years, the land is still the same land, but the people living there have changed countless times.

If there weren't some twists and turns in this, Song Changsheng would take off his head and kick it like a ball.

Perhaps we can also be a little more conspiracy-minded and say that these so-called conflicts are actually just that the two people at the table are a little tired of playing the game and simply reshuffle the cards.

Of course, these are just Song Changsheng's guesses, and they are a bit far-fetched.

Back to the topic, both the Jinwu Sect and the Tianmai Sect possess the above-mentioned characteristics, which may be the key to their ability to stand for so long.

Song Changsheng has a big heart, so he has to consider the future of his family in advance. This academy is a bold attempt.

The Song family is a clan, and it is impossible for them to treat their affiliated forces as "blood bags" as unscrupulously as the Tianmai Sect and the Jinwu Sect, so he made a slight adjustment. The effect may not be so good, but it is a direction after all, and there will be continuous improvements in the future.

The family and the sect are completely different systems, each has its own advantages and disadvantages. It is impossible to say which system is definitely better. It mainly depends on how it is managed. The system is dead, but people are alive. We must have the courage to change the status quo. If we remain unchanged, it will eventually decay into mud.

While the Song family’s business has not yet expanded too much, it is better to build the framework first, which will make things easier in the future.

"By the way, the news has been out for a while. What is the reaction of those people below?"

Hearing this, Song Luzhou curled his lips and said, "These people are not fools. They can see your intentions. Many of them have opinions in their hearts."

Song Changsheng smiled and said, "I didn't think of them as fools.

Are the ones who have objections the ones who are in power, or are they both above and below the leadership? "

Song Luzhou was stunned for a moment, and after thinking carefully, he said, "It's mainly the leaders of each faction. Most of the people below are still very supportive. It is said that when the news first spread, they were even a little excited."

“Hahaha, the superiors have a long-term vision after all. They understand the essence of this matter, so they are very resistant.

But for the monks below, this is a very rare opportunity for further study."

"Further study?" Song Luzhou was stunned.

“Resources are limited, and most of the resources are concentrated in just a few people. Others can only drink soup, and they need to be self-reliant after they grow up.

Let's take a look at the academy. The resources distributed each year will be several times what they usually have, and will be of higher quality. As long as you have decent qualifications, you don't have to worry about basic training resources before you are thirty years old.

How many people desire this but cannot get it?
Now that the family is willing to give them an opportunity to receive better resources, what reason do they have not to support it?
Anyone who opposes them will eventually end up on the opposite side of them, and no one in a higher position dares to go that far.

Therefore, it does not matter whether those in high positions can see through it or not. They are just a minority, and it is the majority that we want to win over.

Uncle Wu, judging from the current situation, this matter has been accomplished. Once the college is completed, you can start accepting students. "Song Changsheng chuckled.

Song Luzhou glanced at him and couldn't help but pour cold water on him: "Even if it succeeds, so what? Can it attract all the talents? They don't lack resources."

"My target was not them. I wanted those who have certain talents but cannot make it. They are eager for opportunities, so I will give them such an opportunity.

Moreover, under the training of the family, not only will they not lag behind those so-called "geniuses", they will even surpass them and step on them under their feet.

Who will they be grateful to at that time?"

After listening to this, Song Luzhou said with emotion: "Anyone would probably thank you for giving them this opportunity."

"This is what I want. Moreover, I will personally serve as the dean of the academy, and all the students will be my disciples!"

Hearing this, Song Luzhou's eyes suddenly widened, and he secretly sighed that Song Changsheng was treacherous. With the relationship between master and disciple, the Song family could openly support those students who wanted to seize power.

This layer of skin that is legitimate is very important.

After a moment, he said thoughtfully: "After what you said, I suddenly think this system is not bad.

In the past, the family had a large resource gap, so after reaching adulthood, members of the family had to complete family tasks in exchange for resources. Now that the family is wealthy, it’s time to let the members have an easier time.”

...(End of chapter)