Family Cultivation: Evergreen of the Song Family

As a Jindan family with a history of ten thousand years, although the Song family's ancestral lineage has been on the decline, it has formed a complete and stable way of inheritance, and the number of Jindan Zhenren has always remained above two.

All in all, one person is produced every few hundred years. The efficiency is not very high, but it is stable.

This shows that in addition to having a sufficient reserve of talents, the Song family's ancestral line can also stably produce spiritual objects of heaven and earth, as well as spiritual objects that can assist Purple Mansion cultivators in breaking through the Golden Core stage. This is the reason why all the major branches are willing to work hard for the main line.

As long as you can become a candidate for the Golden Core, no matter whether you come from a side branch or a main lineage, you have equal opportunities to break through.

How many people dream of becoming the high and mighty Jindan Zhenren? And he really does what he says.

Over the past ten thousand years, there have been quite a few Jindan Zhenren who came from side branches. According to the information Song Changsheng obtained from Peng Siying, among the three existing Jindan Zhenren of the ancestral lineage, one was born in a side branch, and a relatively remote one at that.

Even though there are many factions within the ancestral lineage and various forces are fighting against each other, this rule has never been violated. At most, they compete for the candidates or quotas of the Golden Core candidates, because once they become a Golden Core candidate, their status is equal to that of the clan leader, which is beyond the scope of influence of these people.

In addition to the joint nomination of candidates by the Council of Elders, there is also a system of recommendation, which is a supplement specifically for the side branches of the family. Recommendations are made by the elders of the clan and verified by the Council of Elders. As long as the conditions are met, they can become candidates for the Golden Elixir.

Although Song Zhexuan is not of a high generation, he has the support of a Jindan ancestor and he himself has the cultivation of the Purple Mansion Great Perfection, so he has a lofty status in the ancestral lineage.

He is also a relatively rare neutral person in the ancestral lineage. Most of the neutral elders in the Elder Council are united around him. With his recommendation, coupled with Song Changsheng's astonishing talent and great achievements, it can be said that his becoming a candidate for the Golden Elixir is a foregone conclusion.

With Song Changsheng's talent, his chances of winning the trial are very high.

It doesn’t matter if he fails the first time. He is still young and has many opportunities, which are advantages that ordinary people don’t have.

Song Zhexuan firmly believed that Song Changsheng would not refuse his conditions.

To be precise, no one should be able to refuse. After all, the conditions are so simple. It's just about catching a newly-adult mermaid.

Putting aside its royal status, it is actually not much different from catching an ordinary third-level water monster.

In fact, Song Changsheng was indeed tempted. Although he was confident that he could break through the Jindan stage, if he could get spiritual objects as an aid, it would naturally be twice the result with half the effort.

He was able to kill a [Five Elements Spirit Beast] in order to break through the Purple Mansion. What did it matter if he captured a mermaid in order to break through the Golden Core? He had never been a good person.

Unfortunately……

"If Uncle Lu Ke was still alive, Yulong and his companions would not have left their homeland and fled for their lives...

If Kong Sang Xiruo hadn’t saved my life, maybe I would have really compromised…” Song Changsheng sighed in his heart, the conditions were indeed generous, but it was a pity that they appeared at the wrong time and to the wrong person.

He could feel the sincerity in Song Zhexuan's words, but unfortunately, ever since that incident, there had been two "Song" characters written with one stroke between the Wangyue Song family and the Jinxiuqi Song family.

However, this did not prevent him from pretending to be nice and trying to gain benefits from it.

"Is the messenger serious?" Song Changsheng subconsciously turned the teacup in his hand, looking quite interested.

Hearing this, Song Zhexuan immediately said in a serious tone: "As the family's envoy, my every word and action represents the family. It is naturally impossible for me to deceive you. I can swear an oath with you by shaking hands."

Song Changsheng waved his hand and said, "I don't mean to distrust the envoy. I'm just a little too surprised and can't believe it for a moment."

Seeing this, Song Zhexuan quickly struck while the iron was hot and asked, "Then, fellow Daoist, are you willing to take on this task?"

"Of course I am willing to share the worries of the family, but the envoy should also know that the situation in the entire Southern Continent is very serious now. Small families like me cannot obtain many resources, and the development of our family has been seriously affected.

The Canglan River is vast and has countless aquatic creatures. The water system in the Da Qi cultivation world is well developed. The search for the mermaid will inevitably require a large amount of manpower and material resources. Among the Purple Mansion cultivators of my clan, I am the only one who can deal with the mermaid, so it is inevitable that I will have to wait for a long time.

The development of the clan will also stagnate. The clan has a heavy responsibility on its shoulders. Although I am very tempted by the conditions proposed by the envoy, I cannot affect the development of the clan for my own selfishness. "Song Changsheng shook his head and sighed, looking like he was very tempted but couldn't do it.

Song Zhexuan was no longer a rookie, so he naturally couldn't believe Song Changsheng's words. He couldn't help but ask in a deep voice, "Do you think the conditions I offer are not generous enough?"

"What are you talking about, envoy? I just can't let go of my family..." Song Changsheng sighed, his face full of compassion.

Song Zhexuan was already a little impatient, and he got straight to the point and asked, "What do you mean, fellow Taoist?"

“I don’t have any other intentions, but I just want to ask if the Foundation Building Pills that the family promised to provide can be replenished to my clan first.

The messenger may not know that after the previous general affairs elder of our clan failed to break through, our clan has lost the ability to refine the [Foundation Building Pill] on its own, and there is a lot of resentment within the clan.

If the family is willing to provide some [Foundation Building Pills] to relieve the pressure on our clan, I think everyone in our clan will be happy to serve the family.

Besides, the foundation-building cultivators are the main force in searching for the mermaids. If the family provides some [foundation-building pills], our clan will also have more manpower to search, right?" Song Changsheng said with a smile, his tone as sincere as it could be.

"After saying so much, isn't it just to ask for benefits?" Song Zhexuan thought secretly. The expression on his face did not change at all, but his evaluation of Song Changsheng in his heart had already dropped a lot, and he labeled him as "greedy".

But he soon came to his senses and realized that Song Changsheng was not just asking for benefits.

When the two met, Song Changsheng had raised the question of [Foundation Building Pill], but he was evaded by making excuses. At that time, Song Changsheng did not get to the bottom of it. He thought Song Changsheng was just asking, but it turned out that he was waiting for him here.

With Song Changsheng's cultivation level, there is no reason for him to be so concerned about just a few [Foundation Building Pills] and to mention them repeatedly in front of him. There must be some deep meaning behind it.

Thinking of this, Song Zhexuan quickly reviewed the conversation between the two in his mind, and finally came to the conclusion that Song Changsheng might not be greedy, but he had lost trust in the ancestral bloodline and was questioning the family's credibility!

If Song Changsheng knew what Song Zhexuan was thinking at the moment, he would definitely give him a thumbs up.

He now has no trust in the so-called ancestral bloodline. All the golden elixir candidates and rewards are empty talk. Ten birds in the forest are not as good as one bird in the hand. Whatever you can get is yours. Even if it is just a few [Foundation Building Pills], that is also a good thing, isn't it?
Anyway, his original intention was just to make a fortune from the ancestral vein. As long as there is a gain, it will not be in vain for him to waste his saliva here. After understanding Song Changsheng's concerns, Song Zhexuan immediately changed his strategy and said, "How about this, during the period of searching for the mermaids, the main vein will be responsible for providing resources to fellow Taoists to improve the family's strength for a period of 30 years, how about that?
In addition, in order to express the sincerity of the main vein, I can allow you to make a reasonable request. Next time, I will send you the previously 'overdue' [Foundation Building Pills]. How about that? "

Song Zhexuan emphasized the word "arrears", and it was obvious that he was very unhappy at the moment.

This was already the biggest concession he could make. If Song Changsheng still didn't know what was good for him, he would have to resort to some other means.

"The family is indeed magnanimous. In this way, everyone in my clan will surely die for the family." Song Changsheng also knew that he would stop there and immediately stood up and bowed.

Song Zhexuan felt a little better after seeing Song Changsheng's attitude. He nodded calmly and said, "I just hope you can do your best and don't slack off."

"Of course. I just don't know if there is any time limit on the family side, so that my people can be mentally prepared." Knowing that there are benefits to be gained, Song Changsheng immediately lowered his posture.

Song Zhexuan couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard this. Providing resources on time was already equivalent to employment. If there was no time limit, the mermaid would probably never be found in his lifetime.

He raised a finger with a stern face and said in a cold voice: "One sixty years, this is the bottom line of the family, and also the bottom line of the three ancestors. If the merman that the family wants cannot be found within the specified time, the ancestors will have to come and get it themselves."

There was a strong sense of threat in his words. Naturally, the only people who could be called ancestors by Song Zhexuan were the three Jindan Zhenren in the clan.

In a period of sixty years, if Song Changsheng fails to catch the mermaid, the Jindan Zhenren of the ancestral lineage will have to take action personally, and the Wangyue Song family, who are incompetent, will naturally have to vomit out as much as they have eaten.

"Please rest assured, envoy. Our clan will do its best and will not slack off for a moment." Facing Song Zhexuan's threat, Song Changsheng naturally acted terrified, but he did not take it seriously in his heart.

He had obtained a lot of information about the ancestral bloodline from Peng Siying.

The days of the ancestors are not so easy now. Daqian is surrounded by powerful enemies internally, and the expansion of the southern waters is not going smoothly. They have been fighting for many years, but the efforts and rewards are not proportional.

It is said that the misfortune that the ancestral line encountered was also related to the South China Sea. It is suspected that a huge wave was sent to the South China Sea, causing the clan to fall into a dilemma of a lack of successors.

However, these are just Peng Siying's speculations, and it is still unknown how credible they are.

But judging from Song Zhexuan's anxiousness, it seems that the battle situation of the ancestral lineage in the South China Sea is not going well, and they urgently need Kongsang Xiruo, a member of the mermaid royal family, to break the impasse. The time limit of sixty years is very urgent.

This proves that the ancestral bloodline cannot actually draw on much power.

If it could be extracted, the ancestral line would not have remembered their side branch that had been forgotten for seventy years, and Song Zhexuan would not have the attitude he has now.

Once the time limit is up, if the ancestral lineage sends a Jindan cultivator, the worst that can happen to the Song family is that they will shrink their defenses and retreat.

The upgrade of the mountain protection formation has come to an end. With this protective formation comparable to the lower level of the fourth rank, as well as various defensive measures such as battle formations and spiritual treasures, unless the opponent directly dispatches cultivators in the late Jindan stage or above, the defense of Cangmang Peak will be impregnable.

Even if the other party really thinks highly of the Song family and directly sends a real person with the cultivation level of the late Jindan period, there is no need to panic too much. The hurdle of two sects and one city is not easy to pass.

But the probability is infinitely close to zero.

"A sixty-year period is enough time for my formation skills to reach a higher level." Song Changsheng thought secretly in his heart.

If he could break through to become a fourth-rank lower-grade array master during this period and upgrade the Song family's mountain protection array once more, he would be able to protect Cangmang Peak even if a late Jindan cultivator came in person, so as to avoid owing Luoxia City another favor.

Song Zhexuan naturally didn't know what Song Changsheng was thinking. He was quite satisfied with Song Changsheng's attitude and said with a smile, "I said earlier that I could grant you one request. Is there anything else you need for your cultivation?"

Even if you give someone a good reward after a beating, you still can't dampen the enthusiasm of the people below to do their work.

As if he had anticipated what Song Changsheng would say, Song Zhexuan gave him a heads-up in advance, “I have already said that if you want a spiritual object to assist you in breaking through the Purple Mansion Stage, it is not impossible, but you need to send someone to the ancestral vein to undergo the test, and only after they pass can they be given the spiritual object.

This has always been the family rule, and no one can be an exception."

Song Changsheng frowned slightly. Song Zhexuan's words were like a dead end for him. It was not that he did not believe in the strength of his clansmen, but he was mainly afraid that this person would never come back. Detaining hostages was also a common tactic used by ancestors.

After thinking for a while, he said, "I am still short of a wood-type positive spiritual object. I wonder if the family can satisfy me?"

Although his own five elements origin has been replenished, Song Xianming still lacks a wood-attributed positive spiritual object. He originally planned to go to the black market or the auction house in the Dayu cultivation world to have a look. It would be a good opportunity if he could take advantage of this opportunity to get it.

"Wood is masculine... no problem." Song Zhexuan agreed without much hesitation. With the powerful strength of his ancestral bloodline, a spiritual object from heaven and earth was nothing, and this request was not excessive.

"Then I'll have to trouble the envoy. I wonder when the envoy will come next time?"

Song Zhexuan glanced at him and said, "Don't worry, it's yours. I will report it to the family elders council when I return to the clan. It will take no more than five or six years."

Song Changsheng could still accept it at this time, and naturally he gave him another round of compliments.

Just as the two were chatting, a powerful spiritual power suddenly erupted outside the hall. The owner of this spiritual power was very familiar to both of them. It was Song Muqi who had been speaking so arrogantly in the hall before.

"I warned you repeatedly before, but in the end you still cause trouble everywhere. You really need discipline." Song Zhexuan said this, but he was sitting on the Diaoyutai, with no intention of stopping him at all.

Song Changsheng said indifferently: "Young man, it is normal to be a little angry. Is the envoy interested in going with me to see it?"

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(End of this chapter)