Family Cultivation: Evergreen of the Song Family

"The universe is turning, yin and yang are shifting." Song Changsheng chanted, and as the black and white energies flowed, his figure disappeared from the spot.

A moment later, when his figure reappeared, he was already thousands of miles away, crossing a space of thousands of miles in an instant. This efficiency was much higher than [Shrinking the Earth into an Inch].

This is not a magical power, but the basic application of the fusion of [The True Meaning of Yin and Yang] and [The True Meaning of Space]. It will not leave any breath or trace wherever it passes, and it can have an unexpected effect whether it is chasing or escaping.

Of course, his eight years of seclusion were not just to study the ability to run away. In essence, it was a perfect embodiment of the comprehension of the two true meanings.

The understanding of the true meaning is divided into four stages, namely enlightenment, minor achievement, major achievement, and perfection.

As long as one of the true meanings reaches perfection, it will be the prerequisite for breaking through the Golden Core Stage. Continuing to gain a deeper understanding will be the corresponding power of the law.

The deeper the understanding, the greater the possibility of producing the ninth-grade golden elixir or the legendary purple gold elixir.

In other words, producing a golden elixir of top quality is a matter of probability. Understanding the laws can increase this probability, but it is not absolute.

However, what is certain is that as long as one of the laws reaches the "enlightenment" level, it can produce the best golden elixir, that is, the seventh to ninth grade golden elixir.

The top-grade golden elixir was Song Changsheng's minimum expectation, and now he has reached the threshold.

In eight years, he went from great success to perfection. This speed is terrifying. You know, many people may not be able to reach perfection in their entire lives, but he realized two things at once.

In addition to Song Changsheng's extraordinary talent and amazing comprehension, the [Essence of Heaven and Earth] and [Void Crystal] previously exchanged and the environment of the Wutong small world played a key role.

"Perhaps I can try to build a formation in the future to further improve efficiency." Song Changsheng rubbed his chin, thinking secretly in his heart.

He remembered that there seemed to be an array with similar functions in the array inheritance he brought out from the Lost Pearl Small World. He would take the time to study it when he had the chance in the future. The special environment of the Wutong Small World was much more beneficial to the improvement of the comprehension of the laws than he expected.

If the efficiency could be further improved with the help of formations, it would be unimaginable.

After adjusting his own state, Song Changsheng began to sort out the memories of Master Yu Shu.

Perhaps due to his upbringing, True Lord Yu Shu is a true all-rounder, with strong attainments in the Way of Life, the Way of Sword, the Way of Space, the Way of the Five Elements, the Way of Thunder, etc.

Song Changsheng had dabbled in many of them.

All things in the world have the same destination, and further understanding of these true meanings can achieve the effect of analogy. His focus in the future will still be on the principles of Yin and Yang and the principles of space, hoping to achieve a rapid breakthrough by understanding these true meanings.

Song Changsheng took a deep breath, slowly closed his eyes, and black and white energy gushed out. His figure suddenly disappeared from the spot.

He wanted to go deeper into the small world and reach the spatial barrier, where he would be able to better comprehend the laws of space...

In the tenth year of Song Changsheng's retreat, Song Qingxia began to retreat to break through the Purple Mansion. Up to this point, there were already four people in the Song family who were in retreat seeking a breakthrough.

During the past ten years, the Song family has basically completed the migration of all its clansmen in the mortal world. Only a small number of older clansmen felt it was hard to leave their homeland and chose to stay in the mortal world.

After a hundred years of these people, this part of the mortal world will be abandoned, and the Song family will have one less "weak point".

Thanks to various measures to encourage childbirth over the past few decades, the total population of the Song family has successfully increased from more than 1.42 million at the last Jiazi clan meeting to more than 2.5 million.

The number of cultivators in the family has already exceeded 2,000. Including Song Yulong's branch, there are more than 2,500 people. This has slightly alleviated the Song family's manpower difficulties, and the strategy of recuperation has begun to show results.

However, the situation between Da Qi and the water monster of Canglan River is becoming more and more tense. The monsters are landing more and more frequently, and even Qixia County feels the pressure.

The most recent time, the big monster was less than a thousand miles away from the Qixia Peak Fortress, which was considered to be deep in the hinterland of Qixia County. Fortunately, the major families, forces and resource gathering sites in Qixia County were all behind the Qixia Peak defense line, and no casualties were caused. After Zhuang Yuechan arrived, the big monster was intimidated and retreated on its own initiative.

It seemed like an ordinary contact, but in fact the water monster was testing the bottom line of the Da Qi cultivation world step by step.

For this reason, Song Luyun had to send an additional group of people to Qixia County to consolidate the defense, and the situation suddenly became tense again.

In order to prevent the situation from escalating, the two sects, one city and the Song family had to jointly issue a statement again. Compared with the previous ones, this time it was much more severe. If anyone tried to hunt on a large scale again, they would be treated as evildoers.

After catching a few to serve as a warning to the rest, these people immediately became much more obedient.

After all, the power of independent cultivators cannot compete with the power of the orthodox sects.

It's not that the two sects, one city and the Song family only know how to bully others. Time waits for no one. Every minute and every second must be used to improve strength as much as possible, rather than participating in such a meaningless war.

This hundred years of peace was won by the Great Qi Expeditionary Coalition at the cost of tens of thousands of lives, and no one is allowed to destroy it!

Anyone who has this idea will become the enemy of all the righteous sects in Daquan...

It was the Jiazi clan meeting of the same year, and it was held under the chairmanship of Song Luyun.

All the top leaders of the Song clan gathered together. Zhuang Yuechan, as the matriarch of the Song clan, also participated in the clan meeting, becoming the second cultivator from another clan to enter the core decision-making circle of the Song clan after Xia Yunxue.

Compared with the clan meeting of the previous Jiazi year, there were many fewer familiar faces among the Song family's senior leaders who attended the meeting. Except for Song Xianming, all the Song family's "Xian" generation cultivators had passed away, and the cultivators of the "Lu" and "Chang" generations only occupied a small number of seats.

Because the seventy years of rapid development of the Song family was also the period of most frequent wars, the cultivators of the "Lu" and "Chang" generations, as the backbone, were almost burned out in these continuous wars.

The two generations of "Qing" and "You" had to step forward in advance and carry the banner of the Song family.

Looking at the Elders' Council which was becoming younger and younger, Song Luyun felt a little touched.

Talented people emerge in every generation, and each of them leads the trend for hundreds of years. The joining of these young people has made the Song family full of vitality.

But the disadvantages are also obvious. Most young people act more radically and impulsively, lacking a bit of calmness.

Song Luyun cleared her throat and said, "Everyone, before the clan meeting begins, I have a happy news to tell you."

She paused here, motioned for a deacon to bring up a swaddled baby, and said, "Just last night, Younian's wife successfully gave birth to a son and named him Jingrun."

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes were focused on the little baby sleeping in the deacon's arms. Some were happy, some were emotional, some were curious...

All kinds of emotions.

The cultivators of the Song family generally get married late, with an average age of over fifty. Cultivation occupies most of their energy, and they will only consider getting married and having children when there is no hope of a breakthrough or when they have been promoted to the foundation-building stage.

This was even more evident in the new generation of cultivators. They were born during the period when the Song family was developing most rapidly, and they had sufficient resources and a supply of [Foundation Building Pills], as well as many role models, so their enthusiasm for cultivation was unprecedentedly strong.

This has resulted in the oldest monk of the "You" generation being already in his early sixties, and as a result no one has yet created the next generation.

They originally thought that the first "Jing" generation in the family would be selected at the Ascension Conference a few years later, but they didn't expect that someone would finally wake up and decide to expand the family.

As the eldest son of the new generation in the family, his appearance has special significance for the Song family.

This is hope and heritage.

This is also the reason why Song Luyun specifically announced this matter to everyone. After the meeting, she will go to the Soul Lamp Hall to worship her ancestors and tell them that the Song family has given birth to nine generations on this land.

He signaled to the deacon to take the baby aside, and the clan meeting got down to business.

Song Luyun said at a moderate pace: "Over the past sixty years, the family has made many sacrifices and exceeded the established goals, with comprehensive improvements in industrial income, territory, population, etc.

The details are now reported as follows...

The next sixty years will be the most stable period for Da Qi. In the general direction, the family should continue to develop steadily in accordance with the policies previously formulated by the patriarch, but a certain degree of change should be made in the details to better suit the current situation.

Now I make the following adjustments: all cultivators in the family who are over 30 years old must go down the mountain to train at least twice every ten years, and intermarriage with affiliated forces is encouraged.

Jiangzhou is the focus of the family's future development. There are still many mineral veins in deeper layers that have not been explored. The county garrisons must speed up. The inner treasury has provided a list of resources that the family is currently short of.

As long as it can be found, the elders will reward generously.

In addition, in view of the increasingly severe situation around Canglan River, I nominate Zi Jun, the patriarch of Linjiang Zi Clan, as the acting garrison commander of Qixia County, to take charge of all matters related to the Qixia County Fortress. Now we will vote. "Song Luyun looked at the crowd below the stage and said.

In fact, there is nothing to vote for, because there is really no other suitable candidate except Zijun.

Originally, Song Yulong should have been the guardian elder of Qixia County, but he failed to seize the opportunity to break through.

It would be fine if he was just an ordinary person. With his status as the patriarch of a branch of the Song family, it would be enough for him to be an agent.

But now big monsters frequently land, and Jiangzhou’s narrow and long territory makes the defense line very long.

The Purple Mansion cultivators of the Song family were all assigned to specific positions and could not be moved away.

Song Xianming guards Zhangye County, Yuan Tianshu guards the market town of Qinghe County, Song Qingxing and Zhuang Yuechan need to guard Lingzhou and protect Song Qingxi and others, which are all top priorities.

Jin Xuan has to guard the vast small world, and the old ghost Chihuo is the stabilizer of Yangzhou. Even though the situation is stable now, he cannot be easily transferred unless it is absolutely necessary.

After much thought, the only option is to trust Zijun. His wives, concubines and children are all under the control of the Song family, and they are also bound by the oath to heaven. It should not be a problem for him to hold on for a short period of time.

Anyway, he has promised to work for the Song family for a hundred years, so it would be a waste if he didn't make use of it.

This resolution was not controversial and the Elders' Council passed it immediately.

However, Song Luyun's next proposal was not so smooth.

"In view of the current situation in Jiangzhou, I have decided to send the [Chiyang Guard] to Jiangzhou to patrol the border. What do you think?"

Song Changxuan said with a little hesitation: "Water monsters generally only target those independent cultivators. It's not yet time to use the [Scorching Sun Guards], right?"

The original intention of establishing [Chiyang Guard] was to maintain the stability of Yangzhou area and to deter Xiangzhou and Tianjian Sect. If it is transferred to Jiangzhou, the east gate of the Song family will be empty.

Moreover, the cultivators of the [Chiyang Guard] are professional combat soldiers. They have special spiritual fields and mineral veins in Yangzhou to maintain themselves, and they have logistical support from various affiliated forces. They also have spiritual veins for cultivation, and there is almost no other cost except for their salaries.

So even though their size has expanded to 1,500 people, there is still no pressure.

It’s different to guard the border. Jiangzhou has only been developed recently, and the logistical support it can provide is very limited, and it still needs subsidies from the Song family.

Without spiritual veins, you need spiritual stones to practice, and you should get rewards for your achievements, right? Equipment needs to be maintained regularly, right?
These are all costs. It doesn’t matter in the short term, but you can’t afford it over a long period of time.

The most important thing is that there may not be any results. It is a pure loss-making business. Even if you have money, you cannot do this.

His views were shared by most of the elders.

Song Luyun did not refute and took the opportunity to come up with a second plan: "Use some of the elite members of the Chiyang Guard as the backbone, supplemented by local cultivators in Jiangzhou, to form the [Demon Suppression Guard]."

Although the cost of doing so is also not low, the advantage is that it will not affect the stability of Yangzhou. It can also cultivate an elite force in Jiangzhou to maintain the stability of Jiangzhou, and it can be easily mobilized in the event of war.

When the major forces in Jiangzhou develop in the future, logistical problems can be solved.

The first plan had been rejected, so there was no reason for everyone to reject this plan, and it was finally passed...

Just like the [Chiyang Guard] at the beginning, the [Zhenyao Guard] had only 500 people at the beginning. It took three years to form an army and began patrolling the long border line.

Their presence greatly intimidated those independent cultivators and eased the relationship between the two sides a lot.

In the fifteenth year of Song Changsheng's retreat, accompanied by a stirring of spiritual power on Cangmang Peak, Song Qingxi, who had been calm for a long time, successfully broke through the Purple Mansion stage and became the fourth Purple Mansion cultivator of the Song family.

From then on, the Song family no longer needed to rely on the Sky Ship to make up the numbers, and they overwhelmed the Tianjian Sect and Baicaotang to become the number one force under the two sects and one city.

While it gave the Song family a shot in the arm, it also shocked the outside world at the Song family's terrifying development speed.

In less than a hundred years, the Song family completed a journey that many other forces would take thousands of years to complete.

Even the development speed of Luoxia City back then was not so exaggerated.

Everyone is guessing how long it will take the Song family to make the next step.

One hundred years, or two hundred years?

...(End of chapter)