Family Cultivation: Evergreen of the Song Family

Song Changsheng stood on the Five Elements Peak, looking at the huge flying boats and warships, fully loaded with personnel, crossing thousands of mountains to Zhangye County. The large flags of the Song family fluttering in the wind represented that a powerful Zifu clan was rapidly rising in the southwest of Da Qi.

At the front of the team is the Black Star Ship, a spaceship that has made great achievements in recent years and is quite eye-catching. After several battles, its surface is covered with numerous scars, which are proof of its merits, and Lu Tianchou has not erased them.

On the deck of the [Black Starship], there stood a series of tall figures.

At a glance, all of them are the backbone of the Song family.

In addition to Song Xianming, there were Song Luyun, Song Changan, Song Qingxia, Song Changxue, Song Qingqian, Song Qingshui, Song Qinghua, Song Qingying, Song Qinghu, Song Qingyu, Song Youhe, Song Youlin, Song Youqing, Song Youping, Song Youdie, as well as Song Lutong, Song Changxuan, Song Changrong, and Song Qinghong who arrived before them, a total of nineteen foundation-building cultivators.

Including Song Chang'an and Song Qingxia who have made breakthroughs in recent years, there are a total of three cultivators who have reached the great perfection of foundation building, five cultivators in the late stage of foundation building, six cultivators in the middle stage of foundation building, and five cultivators in the early stage of foundation building.

Such a force was simply unimaginable in Lingzhou sixty years ago, but now, the Song family still has spare strength. The changes in sixty years are jaw-dropping.

Among them, the ones who were most deeply touched were the old forces in Lingzhou such as Liuyun Sect, Wang Family, and Yu Family. Over the years, they had witnessed with their own eyes the gradual expansion of Song Family's strength and how it eventually became such a behemoth.

"Why did you bring the [Black Star Ship] out as well? Also, the Five Elements Peak is located at the front line of the battlefield. How could my aunt put herself in danger?" Song Changsheng frowned slightly. As an important pillar of the family, he managed the family's left and right arms. This kind of place was obviously not the right place for Song Luyun to come.

"Considering that the battle line will be longer this time, and the Five Elements Peak is the family's rear base, the defense needs to be strengthened. So I brought out the [Black Star Ship]. With it, the soldiers can feel more at ease fighting in the front." Song Xianming said slowly.

"That's right." Song Luyun took over the conversation and said, "The rear of the army also needs someone to coordinate. The Supreme Elder has to lead the army to the battle, and the clan leader needs to stay in Cangmang Peak. Naturally, I am the only one who will come to Wuxing Peak."

Song Changsheng thought about it and realized that this was indeed the case. Song Luyun was much more adept than him at sitting in the rear and coordinating and dispatching orders, and was just the right person to be in charge of Zhangye County.

So he nodded and said, "That's good. Are all the leaders of the major affiliated forces here?"

"Everyone from Lingzhou and Yangzhou has arrived. I have asked them to go to the garrison and wait."

"Okay, we can go there together and have a pre-war meeting first."

A group of people surrounded Song Changsheng and Song Xianming and walked into the garrison. The heads of various families and sects who had been waiting in the hall stood up one after another and watched Song Changsheng pass by them with eyes full of awe and admiration.

If they had some little thoughts in their hearts before, as Song Changsheng's cultivation level increased, these little thoughts had long disappeared.

Now, they hope that Song Changsheng and even the Song family can go further, so that they can ride on the wind and, like the old ghost Chihuo, break through the limitations and see the scenery at a higher level.

Song Changsheng first invited Song Xianming to take a seat, and then he sat down on the main seat and said lightly: "Everyone, please don't be restrained. Please take a seat. Let's have a simple meeting."

"Wow."

Everyone sat down in unison.

"Before the meeting begins, let's all report our respective situations so that everyone can have a clear judgment."

Song Luyun nodded, stood up and said to everyone, "Let's start with our clan. Currently, we have one Purple Mansion cultivator, nineteen foundation-building cultivators, a thousand elite clan soldiers, one skyship, five second-level warships, and more than thirty flying boats of various types.

It is also equipped with a large number of formation masters, weapon refiners, and alchemists who can effectively provide logistical support for you.

In addition, there is a Purple Mansion monk and a mountain guardian spirit beast who will arrive later."

As soon as the words fell, everyone present couldn't help but gasp. Just relying on the power that the Song family had gathered this time, they were able to completely sweep across an entire state.

Apart from the fact that we have more people, we are worthless.

"Let's start with the Wang family in Lingzhou." Song Changsheng named them directly.

There are several major foundation-building forces in Lingzhou at present, including the Wang family, the Yu family, the Liuyun Sect, the Qi family, and the Zhang family. The last two have been established for less than half a century and can basically be ignored except for the patriarchs of the two families. Among the remaining families, the Wang family has now surpassed the Liuyun Sect to become the undisputed number one, and its strength should not be underestimated.

Wang Qingquan, with frosted hair on his temples, stood up and said in a sonorous and powerful voice, "The Wang clan is fighting in this battle under the order of the clan leader. We have four foundation-building cultivators and five hundred clan soldiers."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked at him in awe. This was already most of the Wang family's strength, and this battle was a bloody battle.

Liu Hongyan, the second leader of Liuyun Sect, said unwillingly, "Reporting to the Sect Master, I have three foundation-building cultivators and six hundred Qi-refining cultivators in Liuyun Sect."

The sect has gone through many changes since its establishment. The first sect leader, Liu Hongye, died in the small magic calamity when he broke through the Purple Mansion period. The Liuyun Sect has developed relatively slowly in recent years. In order to gain military merits, he almost emptied all the assets in the sect.

"Reporting to the clan leader, my Yu family only has two foundation-building cultivators and three hundred clan soldiers." Yu Xueqin said with some shame.

Compared with the first two, the Yu family is undoubtedly a little behind, but this cannot be blamed on Yu Xueqin. The Yu family stood on the wrong side at the beginning, and the elite of the family were lost in one day. They have not recovered much vitality over the years. It is really not easy to come up with such a lineup.

Song Changsheng raised his eyes and glanced at Yu Xueqian. The shy girl who offered herself to him at the beginning now had the bearing of a clan leader. He could only sigh that youth is fleeting.

She has been supporting Yu family all these years, which is very rare. But for some reason, she has not married yet.

Feeling Song Changsheng's gaze, Yu Xueqin didn't even dare to raise her head, but her breathing gradually became heavy.

Although they were cultivators of the same generation, Song Changsheng was so dazzling now that she didn't dare to look him in the eye. Even just a glance made her feel under tremendous pressure.

Fortunately, that gaze quickly moved away, making her breathe a sigh of relief.

The Qi and Zhang families have a total of two foundation-building cultivators and eighty clan soldiers.

The report from Lingzhou was completed quickly, and the remaining clan leaders from Yangzhou were immediately eager to try.

In terms of overall strength, they are simply much stronger.

The first was the Chu family, which had long been at the top of the seven major families. They sent out five foundation-building cultivators and eight hundred clan soldiers, which attracted considerable attention.

The Shangguan clan was not far behind, with four foundation-building monks and seven hundred clan soldiers.

The remaining Bai, Luo, Gan, Li, Sun, etc., each family also has two to three foundation-building monks, and three to five hundred clan soldiers. The Chi clan has the least number of people, but they have the old ghost Chihuo in person, as well as the clan leader Chi Ming and the newly returned Chi Li, two foundation-building monks.

The Liehuotang also has Shangguan Jian and five hundred Chiyang Guards.

Finally, it was the Song family's side branch. Except for Song Yushi who served as the elder at Cangmang Peak, Song Yulong led almost the entire clan to the expedition, with a total of two foundation-building cultivators and one hundred clan soldiers, which was a very impressive sight.

Originally there was also the Wang family in the Qingyuan Mountains of Xiangzhou, which was also a big family that was not weaker than the Chu family in Yangzhou. However, Song Changsheng took into consideration that they still needed to guard against Xiangzhou and the spirit stone mines, and did not summon them to join the war this time.

All in all, the major foundation-building forces in the two states alone have dispatched 37 foundation-building cultivators of various ranks, more than 4,500 Qi-refining cultivators, and the Chiyang Guards, totaling over 5,000 people.

When this number was summarized, even Song Changsheng was stunned.

According to his original estimate, these affiliated forces could provide about 3,500 people, together with the Chiyang Guards and the Song family's clan soldiers, a total of 5,000 troops would be enough to meet the needs of the first round of offensive.

After the battle line is extended, they can gradually recruit troops from the Qi Refining Families in the two states, and gather about two to three thousand fresh troops, which is more than enough to support them in finishing the battle.

Unexpectedly, under the influence of the temptation of military merit and other factors, the major families actually exceeded their targets, allowing them to launch the first round of offensive with a staggering force of 6,000 people.

You know, the city guard army formed by Zhan Tianxia in Dingyuan City only has 5,000 people.

Of course, the combat effectiveness of their cobbled-together coalition force is definitely not as good as that of the city guards, but it is completely sufficient to clear out the monsters.

This gives rise to a new question: should we continue to recruit cultivators from lower-level Qi-refining families according to the original plan?

After thinking about it, Song Changsheng decided to keep everything as usual. Just as he had said to Zhan Tianxia before, when it comes to expanding territory, the more manpower the better.

These cultivators from Qi-refining families may only be able to form a ragtag army, but even so, they can still be used as cannon fodder on the front battlefield.

Of course, Song Changsheng didn't intend to do that, it was a bit too wasteful.

A few thousand people is not a small number, but it is not a large number either. If they are scattered into the vast jungle on the north bank of the Canglan River, they will not be noticeable at all. There will definitely be a lot of fish that slip through the net, and it will be time-consuming and laborious to clean them up.

At this time, it is the turn of these ragtag troops to play a role. If they act separately as family units, it is not difficult to hunt down these remaining monsters.

"Chief, now that all parties have summarized their information, we can start formulating a strategy." Seeing that Song Changsheng was slow to speak, Song Luyun quickly reminded him.

Song Changsheng came back to his senses, and said in a majestic voice: "You all heard that our army is very powerful in this expedition. Not to mention clearing out the monsters on the north bank of the Canglan River, I think we can even go to the main battlefield.

Therefore, the battle to wipe out the demon tribe on the north bank of the Canglan River needs to be fought quickly and completed in the shortest possible time.

The training time for the coalition forces is three months. After three months, our clan’s supreme elder and the mountain guardian spirit beast will lead our Song clan soldiers and the Lingzhou armies to attack from Guanfengkou and sweep away the monsters along the Canglan River.

At the same time, Elder Chihuo and the guest elders of our clan will lead the Chiyang Guards and the coalition forces composed of major families in Yangzhou to attack from the Giant Elephant Mountain and respond to our clan from afar. The two armies will support each other and sweep away the monsters along the way, and finally meet at Qixia Mountain.

After arriving at Qixia Mountain, we built defenses on the spot. If we win the main battlefield ahead, our army can march straight in and sweep away all the enemies.

If they lose the main battlefield, we can still guard this retreat route for them and guide them in their retreat.

However, Wuxing Peak is our base camp. When the front line moves forward, we also need to guard against the rear.

After you go down, gather all the alchemists, weapon refiners, formation masters, talisman masters, etc. to provide logistics support for the army.

The general affairs elder of our clan will personally be stationed at the Five Elements Peak and be responsible for all the coordination and dispatch of the rear. Everyone must obey the command. Those who violate the command will be killed without mercy!"

As soon as the last three words were spoken, everyone present felt as if a fierce murderous aura was passing by their necks. They were immediately startled and responded in unison.

However, some people also noticed the omissions in Song Changsheng's arrangements and could not help but ask cautiously: "Will the Lord Sect Master not be in charge of this expedition personally?"

As a legend in the Da Qi cultivation world, Song Changsheng already has a similar title as "the number one person under the Golden Core". This title began to appear when Song Changsheng was still in the late Purple Mansion stage, but not many people recognized it at that time. Now that he has broken through to the Purple Mansion Great Perfection, almost everyone has acquiesced to this fact.

For the cultivators in Ling and Yang states, Song Changsheng is synonymous with strength and reliability, and this is the main reason why they gathered here. They believe that under the leadership of a strong man like Song Changsheng, the coalition forces can be invincible and victorious.

But now the meeting is over, they have yet to hear about Song Changsheng's position in this battle, which naturally makes them feel insecure.

"In this battle, I will be stationed in the rear and take charge of the overall situation. If the situation changes, I will arrive at the first possible moment. You don't have to worry." Song Changsheng's voice was calm, but it made people feel trustworthy involuntarily.

"I'll wait to understand."

Everyone saluted and then retreated in an orderly manner. However, Song Changsheng called out the names of a few people and asked them to stay.

Song Changsheng looked at Song Luyun and said, "Aunt is in charge of the rear, so she must have people to command. Qingyu has made great progress in alchemy in recent years. He can now take charge of his own work and lead the alchemists to make pills.

Chang Rong is steady and reliable, with superb weapon-making skills. He can lead the weapon refiners to repair magical weapons for the coalition forces.

Qing Hong is proficient in formations and refining. Although he is a little unreliable, he is never vague about major issues. He can lead the formation masters to guard the Five Elements Peak protection formation and set up early warning formations.

With the three of them guarding the rear with you, you can relax a little.

Then, the family will leave the [Black Star Ship] and 500 clan soldiers to you as the guard and reserve force of the Five Elements Peak. If there are not enough people, your aunt can recruit them at will.

In addition, we need someone who is strong and trustworthy to coordinate the defense of the Five Elements Peak. I plan to give this important task to... Brother Yulong."

Hearing this, Song Yulong was stunned...

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(End of this chapter)