Family Cultivation: Evergreen of the Song Family

Song Youxiang was shocked. No one understood the value of this sentence better than her. This meant that the Song family already possessed the fourth-level inheritance of the art of talismans.

Even her teacher, Jiang Shuming himself, may not have the fourth-level inheritance of the art of talismans.

"The family has made some gains recently. You don't have to worry about the inheritance. Just focus on laying the foundation under Brother Jiang Daoist. When the time is right, I will notify you to return to the family."

To practice Taoism, it is not enough to have profound inheritance. The foundation is of utmost importance. Ever since Song Luhuai's death, talismans have become the weak point of the Song family, so Song Changsheng sent Song Youxiang to Jiang Shuming's seat.

As long as she has laid a good foundation, she can go back and accept the inheritance of the fourth-level talisman that the Song family brought out from the Lost Pearl World. With Song Youxiang's talent, by that time, talismans will no longer be the Song family's shortcoming.

Song Youxiang suppressed his inner excitement and bowed respectfully, saying, "My grandson will definitely live up to the clan leader's high expectations."

"Don't put too much pressure on yourself. The rise and fall of the family does not rest on your shoulders alone."

Song Youxiang felt warm in his heart and nodded gently, "Yes, sir."

"Since Brother Jiang is in seclusion, I will not go up the mountain this time. You can go back. I need to go to Huoding Mountain."

"Congratulations to the clan leader!"

Song Youxiang bowed and when he looked up, Song Changsheng had disappeared. In front of him was a beautiful jade box floating. He opened it and saw a round brown pill inside. It was a [Marrow Cleansing Pill] that could cleanse the meridians and marrow and improve one's aptitude...

After leaving Jiang Shuming's Taoist temple, Song Changsheng went straight to Huoding Mountain. This was Song Changsheng's second time here. The last time he set foot here was at the Dan Tasting Conference decades ago. At that time, Song Changsheng had not yet broken through to the Purple Mansion.

He witnessed the Haoran Alliance attacking Baicaotang with his own eyes.

Since then, the "Dan Tasting Conference" with a history of thousands of years has never been held again, which is indeed a great loss to the Da Qi cultivation world.

"In front of Huo Ding Mountain, stop!"

As soon as they appeared in the range of Huoding Mountain, two Foundation Establishment cultivators stood up. Although they were facing a Purple Mansion cultivator, the two of them behaved neither arrogantly nor servilely.

"Song Changsheng from the Wangyue Song family is here to pay a visit to Hall Master Lu. Please let the two young friends know about this." Song Changsheng said in a clear voice.

The two looked at each other and quickly sent someone to report.

After a while, a middle-aged cultivator with an immortal look came down the mountain. It was Bai Wuming, whom he had met several times in the past. Decades later, he had also successfully broken through to the Purple Mansion Stage. However, in terms of cultivation, the two were far apart.

Bai Wuming sighed that young people are formidable, and took the initiative to greet Song Changsheng and said, "What's the wind that brings Daoist Fellow Zixu here today?"

"It's been many years since we last met. Master Bai is still as elegant as ever. I came here to ask Hall Master Lu to personally refine a batch of elixirs. I wonder if Hall Master Lu has time recently?"

"The hall master happens to be free recently, so Fellow Daoist Zixu, please come in and discuss in detail. Please." Bai Wuming moved aside and made a "please" gesture.

The two of them came to the reception room and sat down as host and guest. Without letting Song Changsheng wait any longer, Lu Yuming, with his long fluttering beard, came to the reception room.

After the two sides greeted each other, Lu Yuming sat down in the main seat and began to ask Song Changsheng about the elixir he wanted to refine.

"What Song wants the master to refine is the [Barrier Breaking Pill]."

"[Barrier Breaking Pill]?"

Lu Yuming frowned slightly. Although the [Barrier Breaking Pill] was precious, it was only a top-grade third-grade pill after all. Asking him to buy it would be a bit like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. If it were someone else, he would have refused it long ago.

However, in recent years, Song Changsheng and the Song family have been developing very rapidly. It would be beneficial for Baicaotang to be on good terms with the Song family. After thinking about it, he decided to take on this commission personally.

I couldn't help but nodded and said, "Okay."

Song Changsheng immediately smiled, and took out the demon king's inner elixir he got from Luoxia City, saying, "I didn't prepare it in advance, and I only have the main medicine on me. I'll have to trouble the master to help me prepare the auxiliary medicine."

"Inner elixir?" Lu Yuming's pupils shrank slightly. Similar to the [Foundation Building Pill], the [Barrier Breaking Pill] also had two recipes. One of them had the [Purple Cloud Red Fruit] as its main ingredient, and the other was the Demon King's Inner Elixir.

The former is the mainstream, and using the demon king's inner elixir to refine it is somewhat extravagant.

Moreover, where did the Song family get the demon king’s inner elixir?
There are only a handful of demon kings who have fallen over the years, but I have never heard of any of their inner elixirs leaking out.

However, alchemists have their own rules and they will never ask questions that are not necessary.

He nodded calmly and said, "I can provide auxiliary medicine, but I can only guarantee you five pills, and the rest will be used as payment. How about that?"

This is also a form of transaction in the alchemy world, and is often proposed when alchemists encounter rare materials or materials they need. They will discuss the number of pills to be delivered with the employer in advance, and any remaining amounts will be used as payment.

Generally, only monks who are extremely confident in their alchemy skills will use this form of transaction. After all, if the success rate of alchemy does not meet expectations, not only will they not make any profit, but they may also have to pay compensation to the employer.

Of course, there are also alchemists who would lower the delivery quantity, usually three pills. The five pills given by Lu Yuming are already very high.

You know, most alchemists may only produce five pills in a furnace.

Lu Yuming's decision was based on his absolute confidence in his own strength. He was sure that he could control the success rate of making pills at more than 80%, so the profit was actually quite big.

Song Changsheng frowned slightly and said, "Can the reward be replaced by spirit stones? Master, feel free to name your price."

With spiritual objects such as [Amethyst Jadeite] that can increase the success rate of cultivators breaking through the Purple Mansion Stage being controlled, this furnace of [Barrier Breaking Pills] is the only hope for the Song family in the next few decades or even hundreds of years.

He would rather pay more spirit stones and get as many [Barrier Breaking Pills] as possible.

Lu Yuming smiled and shook his head, saying, "Patriarch Song, I'm not going to beat around the bush. This [Barrier Breaking Pill] is a hot commodity right now. It's hard to buy it no matter how many spirit stones you have. As for the reward, I will only accept the [Barrier Breaking Pill]."

After hearing what he said, Song Changsheng knew that there was no hope. It seemed that not only Luoxia City and other forces had noticed something, but even Baicaotang had also heard the news.

Calculate the number of cultivators in the family who have the hope of breaking through to the Purple Mansion Stage in the next hundred years.

There are only five people: Song Luzhou, Song Lutong, Xia Yunxue, Song Qingxing, and Song Qingxi. Originally, Song Qingyun was also on the list, but unfortunately there is no news about him now.

There are five people and there is a piece of [Amethyst Jadeite] in the clan. If five pills are made, it will be enough for the time being, and there will be one extra pill as a backup.

"Okay, then let's do as the master says."

Even if you disagree, you can't do that. Only the alchemist himself knows how many pills are produced in a furnace. What can you do if he only gives you five pills in the end?
These are the current shortcomings of the Song family. They have to rely on others and there is no other way around it.

Lu Yuming waved his sleeves to collect the demon king's inner elixir and said calmly, "It will take at least half a year to prepare the materials and start refining the elixir. Clan leader Song just wait for the news."

Afterwards, the two parties signed a written agreement, and Song Changsheng got up and said goodbye.

After he left, Lu Yuming opened the box containing the inner elixir. Looking at the true meaning of thunder contained in it, he immediately understood the origin of the demon king's inner elixir and was secretly surprised. "Luoxia City actually values ​​this boy so much?"

……

While Song Changsheng was busy, the Song family's senior executives were also not idle.

Cangmang Peak, Foreign Affairs Hall.

The leaders of various major forces such as Lingzhou and Yangzhou gathered together, all sitting upright. On the surface, they seemed unusually calm, but in fact, they had already been in chaos in secret.

The monks in Lingzhou were fine. During the decades that the Song family dominated Lingzhou, they would be summoned from time to time for "ideological education", and they had become accustomed to it.

However, this is the first time that all the families in Yangzhou have been gathered together.

The Song family's actual control over Yangzhou is not strong. Over the years, apart from occasionally recruiting some monks, they usually just collect offerings and maintain nominal rule.

This is a good thing for all the families in Yangzhou. Their lives are much better than when the Lieyang Sect was in power.

But as the Song family's strength gradually grew over the years, they suddenly discovered that the situation seemed to have subtly changed, as if there was a tight hoop on their heads that was getting tighter and tighter.

Therefore, Song's actions today inevitably gave them some bad premonitions.

Bai Ruohong, the head of the Bai clan, thought for a moment and looked at Chi Ming, who was sitting in the first seat on the right.

Chi Ming is the fifth son of old ghost Chi Huo. Among his many brothers and sisters, he is the best in both cultivation and aptitude. In the past two years, old ghost Chi Huo spared no expense to push Chi Ming, who was only in his twenties, to the foundation-building stage, and trained him as the future helmsman of the Chi family.

This time, as old ghost Chihuo was in seclusion, Chi Ming also came as the representative of the Chi family and led a group of cultivators from Yangzhou.

Everyone knew the relationship between the Chi family and the Song family. Therefore, after Bai Ruohong had considered for a while, he finally sent a message to Chi Ming: "My dear nephew Chi Ming, do you know why the master summoned us here this time?"

Although Chi Ming is young, he already has some of the demeanor of his father, the old ghost Chi Huo. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "Uncle Bai, I am a rookie. This time I am here just to follow you uncles to gain some experience. You are asking the wrong person this question.

You might as well ask Uncle Chu or Uncle Shangguan, they might have heard something."

"My dear nephew, what you said makes sense." Bai Ruohong didn't get any information out of him, so she stopped talking and turned to communicate with Shangguan Yin, Chu Nanfeng and others through telepathy.

In fact, Chi Ming really knew some details about today's rally, which was not a bad thing for Yangzhou, but a good thing.

However, he still knew what to say and what not to say. Informing the Chi family in advance showed the Song family's trust in them, and they could not be rude.

Just as everyone was talking, the Foreign Affairs Elder Song Luyun walked in, surrounded by a group of Foreign Affairs Deacons holding trays.

The atmosphere in the hall suddenly became quiet.

"I have met Elder Song."

Everyone quickly stood up and saluted.

Song Luyun had a smile on her face that made people feel like spring breeze. She came to the first seat and sat down, holding her hands in the air and said, "Fellow Taoists, please take a seat."

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Song Luyun got straight to the point and said, "I have called you all here today for only one thing, and that is these inheritances."

As they spoke, the deacons standing beside Song Luyun displayed all the things in the trays in their hands, which were jade slips one after another.

Seeing this, everyone was confused and began to whisper.

Song Luyun still had a smile on her face, and she revealed the answer directly: "Among these jade slips, there are mental methods and magical powers, scriptures and books, as well as the inheritance of the hundred arts of cultivation. They are all above the second level, and there are also a few third-level inheritances."

As soon as these words were spoken, the breathing of all the helmsmen present suddenly became a little rapid. These things were what they needed most.

"You have accumulated a lot of family contribution points over the years. We will now clearly mark the price of these inheritances and allow you to bid freely to make up for your own foundation. What do you think?"

This was naturally something that Bai Ruohong and others had been longing for. Ever since the Song family launched the contribution point system, they had more or less redeemed a lot of Song family contribution points through various channels.

A lot of resources have been exchanged over the years, and they still trust the credibility of the Song family.

"Excuse me, Elder, can we choose freely?" Bai Ruohong was the first to ask the question.

Chu Nanfeng followed closely and said, "If the contribution points are not enough, can we use other resources or spirit stones instead?"

"A list will be handed to you later with prices and descriptions, and you can choose the one you want.

As for the issue of contribution points, it is still the same as before. You can exchange them with spirit stones, and the ratio is the same as before."

When these words were spoken, some people present showed joy on their faces, while others looked sad.

The exchange rate between Song's contribution points and spirit stones is one to two, which makes the exchange quite painful.

This directly reflects the degree of trust that the forces present have in the Song family. The forces in Lingzhou and the Chi family hold the most contribution points and can make large purchases at any time.

The Chu and Shangguan families only have a small portion of the money and are afraid that it will be wasted.

I didn't expect the Song family to do this. I regret it so much now.

Song Luyun didn't care what they thought and directly ordered someone to hand the list to them.

Looking at the greed reflected in everyone's eyes, Song Luyun smiled slightly and couldn't help but admire Song Yushi. These inheritances were useless to the Song family.

You only need to make a copy, not only can you recover the contribution points from the following forces, but you can also stimulate consumption and make a fortune. It's really killing two birds with one stone!
At this time, a deacon came forward and whispered something to Song Luyun.

Song Luyun nodded slightly, then she stood up and looked at Chi Ming who was sitting in the first seat on the right and said, "Elder Chi Ming, our clan's chief elder invites you to come to the back of the hall for a chat."

Chi Ming was stunned when he heard this. He knew that the top management of the Song family would definitely meet with him alone, but he didn't expect that it would be said in public. He felt surprised and flattered at the same time.

"Chi Ming obeys your command."

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(End of this chapter)