Family Cultivation: Evergreen of the Song Family

Song Luzhou's choice was beyond everyone's expectations. If they were honestly thinking, they would never be able to do this if they were in his position.

Most people supported it, and the only competitor even withdrew voluntarily. All he had to do was nod his head, without saying a word, and the piece of [Amethyst Chalcedony] would be his.

Although he said that he was old and had an old mentality, and the chance of success was relatively low, but once he successfully broke through the Purple Mansion, his life span would more than double.

When you practice Taoism, aren't you just trying to prolong your life?

If this opportunity were presented to any of them, I think no one would give it up.

But today, some people gave up, and there was more than one person, which really surprised them. They even started to reflect on whether their ideas were correct.

Of course, their idea is correct. If a man does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth. What's more, he deserves it. Even a saint cannot find fault with it.

All we can say is that people have different ideas and make different decisions in the end.

Song Changsheng quietly watched Song Luzhou leave, silently put away the [Amethyst Jadeite], and said in a deep voice: "Today's clan meeting ends here, let's adjourn."

After saying that, Song Changsheng stood up and left.

However, he did not go back directly, but went to Ruoyun Palace to find Song Xianming again, and talked about the fact that Song Qingxing and Song Luzhou both chose to give up at the clan meeting.

After listening to his narration, Song Xianming was slightly stunned, then shook his head and smiled bitterly, "They really don't know how to appreciate their blessings.

When Uncle Yungui passed away, the whole family mobilized all their connections and resources but still failed to obtain a spiritual object that could help break through the Purple Mansion.

In the end, there was really no other way. Three cultivators in the family who had reached the great perfection of foundation building tried to break through forcefully, but they all died in the final calamity of the inner demon.

It was also from that time that the family's power declined greatly, and I, a prodigal son who had wandered outside for nearly a hundred years, gave up the outside world and returned to the family.

The family did their best to create the best conditions for me to break through at the time, but unfortunately, when I was just one step away from success, I failed because of the Lieyang Sect.

If I had a piece of [Amethyst Jadeite] or [Yin-Yang Purple Tree Heart] at that time, I could have achieved a breakthrough at least ten years earlier. In that case, so many things would not have happened later.

Now that the family has this condition, they have become more modest. "

Song Xianming's road to breakthrough can be said to be the most tortuous in the history of the Song family.

He was a man of extraordinary talent. At the age of twenty, he broke through the foundation-building stage using ancient cultivators' methods and made a stunning debut.

At that time, the development prospects of the Song family were very good, and he was a person who could not stay still, so after breaking through the foundation-building stage, he traveled around the Da Qi cultivation world, competing with the younger generation of disciples from various Purple Mansion forces and even Golden Core forces. He never lost a single battle with people of the same realm, and became famous in Da Qi.

Later, by chance, he rescued Xiao Qingwan who was going down the mountain for training for the first time. He was less than 30 years old at the time and quickly fell in love with her, traveling around the mountains and rivers with her all day long.

The two had been living together for decades, and when it was time to talk about marriage, they were separated by a rule that women from Luoxia City were not allowed to marry outside the city.

Song Xianming chose his family over his lover. Although it was a decision he made on his own initiative, it still had a great impact on him, and even made his Taoism unstable and his cultivation level plummet.

From then on, he suddenly disappeared from the Da Qi cultivation world, and a genius of his generation fell.

In the following decades, he traveled alone and no one could contact him. The Song family could only rely on the soul lamp to confirm whether he was dead or alive.

It was not until Song Yungui was seriously injured and died, and the family elders died one after another due to breakthroughs, that he returned to the family after knowing that the family had encountered great changes.

At that time, he was almost a hundred years old, but his cultivation had not improved much compared to before.

After returning to the family, he was still in a daze and seemed out of place everywhere.

The clan leader at that time, Song Yunhan, could not bear to see him become so decadent, and continued to enlighten him. After several years of efforts, he finally succeeded in opening his closed heart and reintegrating him into the family.

Song Yunhan passed away a few years later. After Song Xianming succeeded as the patriarch, in order to maintain the family's crumbling rule in the Wangyue Mountains, he chose to marry into the Wang family. After leaving behind his bloodline, he began to prepare for a breakthrough into the Purple Mansion.

However, it is not easy for a person with a weak heart to break through the Purple Mansion. Without the assistance of spiritual objects, his success rate of breaking through is infinitely close to zero.

But even under such circumstances, he spent fifty years to regain his heart of Taoism, and twenty years later he tried to break through the Purple Mansion without the help of spiritual objects. At this time, he was almost two hundred years old.

Unexpectedly, a traitor appeared in the clan, who informed the Lieyang Sect, causing them to launch a large-scale attack.

Song Xianming had to terminate his breakthrough. With his cultivation level of great perfection in foundation building and the help of the clan protection formation, he faced He Tai, who was in the Purple Mansion period. His first breakthrough failed. For the next twenty years, he could only sit and wait for death.

Fortunately, Song Changsheng brought back a [Blue Sky White Jade Pill], giving him a chance to make a comeback.

This time he finally took that step.

This step was more difficult for him than for anyone else, so he said that Song Qingxing and Song Luzhou were ungrateful for what they had and chose to give up despite having the conditions.

"Uncle Wu has dedicated his entire life to the family, and he also wanted to leave the opportunity to the younger generation. It's a pity that there is only one piece of [Amethyst Chalcedony]. If there were two, he wouldn't be so entangled." Song Changsheng sighed softly.

"It would be great if I could get another piece of [Amethyst Jadeite]. Where else can I find such a channel..."

Song Changsheng's thoughts were churning, and he began to think about the feasibility of obtaining a second [Amethyst Jadeite] or [Yin-Yang Purple Tree Heart].

Luoxia Auction House does have channels, but it is not realistic to get it from them. This thing cannot be bought with spirit stones, unless he finds someone to kidnap Xia Wanyun, and then he can replicate the heroic act of saving the beauty.

He could have bought it by paying the Bandung Chamber of Commerce, but unfortunately he missed the opportunity. Peng Siying said that the most recent batch was sold out several years ago, and he didn't know when he would have to wait for the next batch.

"Maybe we can get someone to pay attention to the cultivation world of Dayu." Song Changsheng thought secretly.

The Dayu cultivation world has the largest auction house among the four worlds, where all kinds of rare treasures are often auctioned, and occasionally spiritual objects that can assist in breaking through the Purple Mansion will appear.

The [Five Spirit Pill] that Song Changsheng used to break through the Purple Mansion Stage had appeared in an auction house in the Dayu Cultivation World, but this channel is full of too many uncertainties and one cannot have too high expectations for it.

In addition, it can also be exchanged with the Jindan sect based on military merits. Back then, the Lieyang Sect made contributions in the battle between the Jinwu Sect and the Tianmai Sect and exchanged for a piece of [Yin Yang Purple Tree Heart], which allowed Zhang Hongguang to break through the Purple Mansion, and only then dared to attack for the second time.

It's a pity that the entire Da Qi cultivation world is now pursuing peaceful development, and there has been no fighting for many years. There is no place for him to earn military merits unless there is another beast tide.

"Alas..." Song Changsheng sighed quietly. It is extremely difficult for a small family to develop upward. Most of the resources are controlled by the upper forces. The people at the bottom are the largest, but they have the least resources.

"Uncle Wu is too old to wait any longer. I'll go talk to him again." Song Xianming nodded slightly and said, "Okay."

Song Changsheng brought the [Amethyst Jadeite] to the General Affairs Hall. Song Luzhou sat in front of the table, with a mountain of jade slips in front of him.

In the candlelight, he could vaguely see that Song Luzhou's temples were already graying.

Just as he himself said, he is indeed no longer young. The most frightening thing in life is old age. Even though the lifespan of a foundation-building cultivator is three times that of an ordinary person, it is still so insignificant that it is not even enough to support them to the end of this world.

There are hundreds of millions of cultivators in this world who will do anything to pursue more lifespan. Even if there is only a one in ten thousand chance, they will try their best to control it.

But Song Luzhou is calmly accepting his aging.

He is very similar to Song Xianyun, but not quite similar.

"Fifth Uncle." Song Changsheng called softly.

Song Luzhou said without even raising his head: "Sit down and talk if you have anything to say."

Song Changsheng did not say anything, but slowly pushed the brocade box containing [Amethyst Jadeite] in front of him.

He glanced at it, put down the pen in his hand, looked up at Song Changsheng, sighed faintly and said: "Why did you take it again? I said, I don't need it."

“Qing Xing is still young and has the capital to be willful, but you really don’t have time to wait any longer.

I know you want to leave the opportunity to the younger generation in the clan, but everyone has their own destiny. If they can't get a chance, we can only blame them for being unlucky. At the moment, apart from Qing Xing, you are the most suitable one.

Moreover.

In terms of contribution and seniority, you are undoubtedly one of the top three in the family. If you don't use me, how can others feel at ease to use me?"

Song Luzhou glared at him angrily and said, "Is it as serious as you say? If I don't use it, no one will dare to use it? Take this thing to Lu Tong and see if he dares to use it."

“Uncle Lu Tong certainly dares to use it, but he has just broken through to the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment, and he still has a long way to go before he can reach the Purple Palace. Moreover, he is less than ninety years old this year, so he is not in such a hurry.”

"You." Song Luzhou pointed at him with his finger, stood up and said, "He can keep it if he doesn't need it now.

I said, I'm old and I've long lost that indomitable spirit. If this thing falls into my hands, it might even become a death warrant.

Take the things back. If Qing Xing doesn’t want them, you can keep them for yourself.

Although you are the patriarch, sometimes you should not only consider the clan, but also your own family.

Xi'er and Yun'er both have the potential to be in the Purple Palace, so it's better to leave this thing to them than to let an old man like me ruin it."

Song Changsheng shook his head and said, "You are considering them too far ahead now."

"What about your mother? Your mother is only one step away from the great perfection of foundation building. How long will it take to reach the Purple Palace?
Twenty years? Thirty years?
As a son, you should also consider her.

The longer you walk on the path of cultivation, the more you will understand the preciousness of some things. I have lived for two hundred years, and have seen the young send off the old, and the old send off the young.

Parents, wife, brothers, children, and even grandchildren.

I am a person who has nothing except my family, so any extra years of life will be useless to me."

Song Changsheng fell silent after hearing this.

He could refute whatever Song Luzhou said, but he could only remain silent when it came to Xia Yunxue.

What Song Luzhou said is also a very realistic problem. On the road to immortality, as people grow older, there will always be people around them who fall behind, and in the end they will be alone.

No one has the ability to keep someone with them all the time. All they can do is to extend the time of companionship as much as possible.

Seeing him remain silent, Song Luzhou smiled, reached out to pick up the brocade box on the table and put it in Song Changsheng's hand and said, "Don't focus on an old man like me, look behind you.

This piece of [Amethyst Jadeite] was earned by you with great effort. It belongs to you. No matter who you give it to, no one can say anything about it."

……

Song Changsheng finally took the [Amethyst Jadeite] back, Song Luzhou persuaded him.

Everyone has selfish desires, and he is no exception. As a child, filial piety comes first. He has already lost his father, and he doesn't want to lose his mother too soon...

A new thatched cottage was built at the Wutong Mountains and the entrance to the small world. The Wang family members who were originally responsible for guarding here disappeared at some point.

Two spiritual fields of medium size were reclaimed next to the thatched cottage.

Song Qingxi was dressed in a neat plain dress and carrying a small basket in her hand. She strolled in the fields, occasionally grabbing a handful of seeds from the basket and carefully sprinkling them in the pits that had been dug in advance.

Sprinkling the grass and cultivating the soil at the same time could have been replaced by magic, but she enjoyed the process more.

After planting the two spiritual fields and watering them again, she came to Song Qingxing, who was sitting cross-legged on the edge of the field, and sat down next to him and said, "After you left that day, Fifth Grandfather also withdrew. You might as well go and get the [Amethyst Jadeite] from your uncle, so that you can have a better chance in the future."

"What? You don't believe me?" Song Qingxing opened his eyes and looked at her.

"What does this have to do with belief or not? I know you withdrew before because you didn't want to compete with Fifth Grandpa for this opportunity, but now Fifth Grandpa has withdrawn." Song Qingxi pouted her red lips in dissatisfaction.

There is no such thing as a sure thing for a breakthrough, let alone a breakthrough in a big level like the Purple Mansion. Although Song Qingxing is extremely talented, she is still a little unsure and thinks that having [Amethyst Jadeite] can provide an extra guarantee.

Song Qingxing held Song Qingxi's hand with his backhand and patiently explained: "To break through the realm, the most important thing is faith. My heart is invincible and I can move forward. It doesn't matter to me whether I have that piece of chalcedony or not.

I'm not being modest, I really don't need it, but I didn't expect that my fifth uncle would also withdraw."

"As long as you are sure." Song Qingxi nodded slightly, leaned on Song Qingxing's shoulder, and watched the setting sun...

...(End of chapter)