Family Cultivation: Evergreen of the Song Family

A narrow gravel path, colorful peonies, an unchanging small courtyard, the setting sun, the blood-like afterglow shining through the thin clouds, stretching Song Changsheng's shadow very long.

In a blink of an eye, Zhuang Yuechan had been sleeping for a full thirty years.

During these thirty years, unless he was in seclusion, Song Changsheng would come to Tianyin Mountain to visit her every now and then. He had no idea how many times he had walked this road over the years.

But this time he walked exceptionally slowly, and the road seemed exceptionally long.

He kept thinking about what Shen Qingxiu had just said to him.

After all, what Zhuang Yuechan merged with was the [Origin of Laws] left over from a Yuanying Zhenjun. Although Zhenjun Yushu's consciousness had been completely wiped out by him, who knows if there would be any remnants in the origin?
Fusion is a process of continuous erosion between both parties. Zhuang Yuechan, who is only at the foundation-building stage, and Yu Shu Zhenjun are naturally unequal. If her consciousness is devoured by Yu Shu Zhenjun, Zhuang Yuechan will no longer exist.

Luoxia City had already made a plan for this. If it was True Lord Yu Su who woke up, they would resolutely kill him.

This is obviously an extremely heavy decision.

"call……"

Standing in front of the courtyard gate, Song Changsheng let out a long breath.

"Who?"

A vigilant voice sounded, and a tall figure walked out of the courtyard.

"Junior Sister Lian."

Song Changsheng collected his thoughts and took the initiative to greet the woman in front of him. She was another disciple of Shen Qingxiu - Lian Siqian, the younger sister of Lian Siyu. He had met her several times before.

The two sisters' talents are outstanding among their generation in Luoxia City, but because they entered the field relatively late, they have not yet made a name for themselves in the outside world like Yin Shang, Niu Dazhuang and others.

"Senior Brother Song!" After seeing the face of the person in front of her clearly, Lian Siqian's eyes suddenly lit up. Her pair of watery eyes seemed to sparkle like stars, and there was a bright smile on her face.

Unlike Lian Siyu, Lian Siqian showed extraordinary enthusiasm from the first time she met Song Changsheng, which made him feel a little at a loss. He usually tried to stay away from her.

He took a step back without leaving a trace and said, "Why is Junior Sister Lian here? I heard from your sister that you should be in seclusion recently."

Noticing his actions, Lian Siqian's eyes flashed with sadness, but she quickly hid it and said with a shy smile, "Sixth Senior Sister needs to go into seclusion to break through the Purple Palace, and Senior Sister Yuechan can't be left unattended here, so I took the initiative to ask Master to come and take over Sixth Senior Sister's place."

The Sixth Senior Sister she mentioned was Shen Shishi, who had been taking care of Zhuang Yuechan. Although she often used some vicious words to tease him, in comparison, he still preferred to deal with Shen Shishi.

"Thank you for your hard work." Song Changsheng said sincerely.

Not everyone can endure decades of constant care.

"Brother Song, you are being too polite. Senior Sister Yuechan is a very kind person. These are what I should do." Lian Siqian waved her hands quickly, and the crystal earrings turned white and rosy, making people want to take a bite.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Song Changsheng quickly changed the subject and said, "I heard from Uncle Master that Yuechan's condition has improved recently. I'll come over to see her while I'm free. Junior Sister, go and do your own thing. Don't worry about me."

After saying that, he walked around Lian Siqian and went straight to Zhuang Yuechan's bedroom.

Looking at Song Changsheng's back, Lian Siqian sighed sadly.

Geniuses always attract attention wherever they go, and they never lack suitors and admirers, let alone a genius like Song Changsheng who is rare in a hundred or even a thousand years.

His rise to prominence is very inspiring. He has countless brilliant achievements and a high level of accomplishment. He is also relatively young, not even seventy years old this year.

As for appearance, as long as you have cultivated to a certain level, there will be no ugliness except for some special cases. Even if you are born with defects in your appearance, they can be changed and compensated for. It just depends on whether you want to or not.

More importantly, single!

Although the relationship between Song Changsheng and Zhuang Yuechan had been made public at the Dingyuan City Arena Competition, Zhuang Yuechan had been in a coma for thirty years after all, and her presence had long since disappeared.

This made many people become bolder. Even in Luoxia City, there were many female cultivators who admired Song Changsheng, and Lian Siqian was one of them.

As Shen Qingxiu's direct disciple, she had more opportunities to interact with Song Changsheng.

If I was attracted by his brilliant deeds and talents at first, later I was completely impressed by Song Changsheng's character.

There were so many talented and beautiful female cultivators who were madly fawning on him, but Song Changsheng had never said anything discordant to anyone.

Even though Zhuang Yuechan was unconscious, he would still come to visit her from time to time, sometimes sitting with her for a whole day.

Many people said that Song Changsheng did this because Zhuang Yuechan wanted to curry favor with the city lord, but Lian Siqian thought otherwise, because she could feel Song Changsheng's passionate love for Zhuang Yuechan, and that was the thing she desired the most.

"Why are you standing outside?"

A cold voice sounded, and it was Lian Siyu who came in the twilight, holding an exquisite food box in her hand. Zhuang Yuechan had not yet completely fasted and needed to replenish nutrients from time to time.

Lian Siqian hurriedly went to greet him and said happily, "Sister, Senior Brother Song is here."

Lian Siyu glanced at the location of Zhuang Yuechan's bedroom, sighed secretly in her heart, and said helplessly: "I got what I wanted, are you happy?"

"Sister, what are you talking about?" Lian Siqian's cheeks felt a little hot.

Lian Siyu stretched out her white finger and touched Lian Siqian's smooth forehead, and said unhappily: "Do you think I don't know your little thoughts?"

Seeing that her sister didn't say anything, she said earnestly, "Senior Brother Zixu and Senior Sister Yuechan have already promised to spend their lives together. You should give up as soon as possible and focus more on cultivation. As long as you become excellent enough, you will not be afraid of not finding a good match in the future."

Lian Siqian lowered her head and said nothing, but she thought in her heart: "So what if we are engaged for life? A man is born in heaven and earth, and having three wives and four concubines is just normal."

Seeing her like this, Lian Siyu knew that she had started to daydream again, so she simply stopped talking and handed the food box to her, saying, "Here, this is the ginseng soup that was just made in the kitchen. You can take it in."

Lian Siqian, who was worrying about having no excuse to go in, brightened up when she heard this. She took the food box handed over by her and walked into the yard in a hurry.

Looking at her back, Lian Siyu couldn't help but shake her head and sighed, "My silly sister, when will you understand that you and Senior Brother Zixu are not from the same world at all."

……

Lian Siqian carried the food box and tiptoed into Zhuang Yuechan's bedroom. Her attention was immediately drawn to the clasped hands of Song Changsheng and Zhuang Yuechan.

But she only took a glance, and quickly moved away without leaving a trace, put the food box on the low table beside her, opened it, took out a bowl of steaming light red ginseng soup, and said softly: "Brother, the kitchen just made ginseng soup." Song Changsheng nodded slightly and said: "Let me do it."

After saying that, he took the ginseng soup in her hand very naturally, scooped a spoonful to his lips to test the temperature, then blew away the hot air and fed it into Zhuang Yuechan's cherry lips.

Occasionally, if some soup spilled, he would take out a white handkerchief and wipe it clean carefully.

Lian Siqian stood behind Song Changsheng and watched the scene silently, and said with envy: "Senior Brother is so good to Senior Sister Yuechan."

"I owe her all these." Song Changsheng responded without turning his head.

If it weren't for bringing back the [Genjin Energy] for him, Zhuang Yuechan wouldn't have become what she is now. What does his current contribution count for?

However, he did not notice that after he said this, Lian Siqian's eyes dimmed even more.

The atmosphere fell into silence again for a while, and the bowl of ginseng soup was soon finished. Lian Siqian took the cutlery and quietly retreated with the food box.

"Ugh……"

Song Changsheng sighed softly. He heard every word the two sisters had just said. He was not Song Qingxing, so he could naturally understand Lian Siqian's intentions.

But he couldn't make any response to it.

"I hope she will give up when she sees the difficulty."

Song Changsheng stretched out his hand to push away the broken hair blocking Zhuang Yuechan's eyes, looked at her quiet and pretty face, and said softly: "Yuechan, I believe you can successfully survive this disaster. Wake up early, you have slept long enough..."

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After a night of chattering, Song Changsheng left the room at dawn, but found that Lian Siqian, who lived next door, had also opened the door.

"Senior brother, it's good morning."

"Good morning." Song Changsheng nodded slightly.

Lian Siqian walked up to him with her hands behind her back and said awkwardly, "Brother, I have something to say..."

Before he could finish, Song Changsheng interrupted her and said, "I agreed with my uncle yesterday that we would settle the negotiation today. It's getting late now, so I'll leave first. I hope Junior Sister Yuechan will take care of this."

After saying that, Song Changsheng activated his magical power of [Shrinking the Earth into an Inch] and disappeared from the spot in a few flashes.

Seeing Song Changsheng reduced to a small black dot in the blink of an eye, Lian Siqian stamped her feet and said angrily, "Why are you running so fast? I don't dare to do anything to you."

After complaining, she suddenly became self-pitying again. She came to the lotus pond nearby, looked at her face reflected in the clear water, and said absentmindedly, "Am I really that much worse than Senior Sister Yuechan?"

……

Song Changsheng fled from the courtyard and came to the hall where the negotiations took place yesterday.

The monk on duty was tactful enough to immediately inform Shen Qingxiu.

Soon, Shen Qingxiu, with a tired face but sparkling eyes, appeared in the hall. She reached out to stop Song Changsheng who was about to stand up and salute, and then said with emotion: "Those scriptures and books were counted last night. You really gave us a great gift this time."

Hearing this, Song Changsheng couldn't help but admire Luoxia City's efficiency. You know, it took the Song family nearly half a month to barely count all those scriptures and books, but Luoxia City only took one night.

"As long as my master can use it," Song Changsheng responded modestly.

Shen Qingxiu looked at him and smiled, "You don't need to be too modest. You brought those things here, and you should know better than me how valuable they are.

The ancient books inside are indeed of extraordinary significance to Luoxia. Your sincerity is obvious to everyone. Don't worry, you will never be disappointed in the reward."

Now it was Song Changsheng's turn to be confused. He only ordered Song Changan and others to pack up all the remaining parts. He had no idea which ones would be useful to Luoxia City.

But according to Shen Qingxiu, they seemed to have found something extraordinary in there?
He didn't think it was the negligence of Song Changan and others. It was very likely that they did not discover the value of those things, but Luoxia City discovered it.

This brings us back to the question of family background.

Fortunately, those sent to Luoxia City were all rubbings, which were originally kept in the Song family's Sutra Library.

"It seems that I have to check it again in person after I go back." Song Changsheng thought secretly in his heart.

Shen Qingxiu naturally didn't know what Song Changsheng was thinking at the moment, and said to herself: "We have already discussed a preliminary plan, you can listen to it first to see if you can accept it.

First, one hundred high-grade spirit stones, five drops of [Essence of Heaven and Earth], one inner pill of the demon king, ten sets of auxiliary medicine for refining [Foundation-Building Pill], fifty pills of [Marrow Cleansing Pill], and ten pills of [Dragon Rising Pill]. Are you satisfied with the above?"

Song Changsheng's heartbeat inadvertently quickened. The value of [Essence of Heaven and Earth] and top-grade spirit stones was needless to say. One top-grade spirit stone could be exchanged for more than ten thousand low-grade spirit stones, and they were in short supply.

Because it can not only be used for cultivation by cultivators above the Purple Mansion stage, but is also a necessary item for setting up formations and driving high-level spirit ships. The Song family has a great demand for it, but the reserves are very small, so one hundred pieces are enough for a long time.

The value of the demon king's inner elixir is even higher. It contains the essence of the demon king, and is extraordinary whether used for refining elixirs or weapons.

For example, Song Changsheng knew that there was a [Barrier Breaking Pill], which used the demon king's inner elixir as the main ingredient. It could help Purple Mansion cultivators break through bottlenecks, and cultivators who had reached the great perfection of foundation building could increase the chance of breakthrough by 20% when taking it.

Although the effect is not as good as [Amethyst Chalcedony], it is also very rare.

In addition, there are dozens of auxiliary medicines for refining the [Foundation Building Pill]. It would take Song Changsheng a long time to collect a set. Luoxia directly took out ten sets, which were enough for Song Luzhou to open the furnace ten times, and it might not be used up in a hundred years.

The remaining [Marrow Cleansing Pills] can be used to cleanse the meridians and marrow of Qi Refining monks and improve their potential, while the [Shenglong Pills] can help Foundation Establishment monks break through the bottleneck.

The Song family can refine both types of elixirs, but the quantity is small at a time and they cannot be distributed at all. With this batch of elixirs, the overall strength of the Song family will definitely rise to a higher level.

Although Song Changsheng really wanted to exchange this for some of the scriptures and books in Luoxia City, the reward given by Shen Qingxiu was unexpectedly generous.

How to choose is indeed a problem...

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(End of this chapter)