Qinghe Immortal Clan.

Qinghe County, in the Song family's "Funiu Mountain" meeting hall.

The two Jindan elders, Song Yuanfang and Song Yuanhao, sat at the top, and below them were more than 30 foundation-building elders of the family standing on both sides.

Except for a few who were away or had missions and couldn't make it back, most of the Song family's cultivators above the foundation building stage had gathered here.

The reason why so many elders of the Song family gathered here is because today is the family's annual "summary meeting".

Almost every year at this time, the elders of the Song family who manage the family businesses in various places would put down their affairs and return to "Funiu Mountain" to report to the family on the achievements of the previous year's business and discuss plans for future operations.

In the past, when Song Qingming still lived in "Funiu Mountain", he, as the clan leader, would show up and participate whenever he had time.

However, since moving to "Chiyun Mountain", Song Qingming has basically not managed family affairs in the past few decades, and has delegated family management rights to Song Yuanfang and others.

Therefore, the person who now presides over such family meetings has become the family elder Song Yuanfang.

As usual, this year Song Yuanfang sat at the top, listening carefully to all the elders taking turns to report on the income and expenditure of the family's various businesses last year as well as some events that had occurred.

The only thing that made everyone feel a little strange was that Song Yuanhao, the family's Jindan ancestor, who had always been devoted to cultivation and didn't like to get involved in family affairs, appeared in the family's "meeting hall" in an abnormal way.

This also made some of the family elders present secretly wonder whether there would be any important announcement at this "family meeting".

After the last family elder finished his report, Song Yuanfang sorted out the family accounts in his hands and then stood up.

"Today is the family's annual meeting. I have specially summoned you all here. Thank you for your hard work.

It was because of the trust of the ancestor that I was able to take on the important task of managing the family.

Until today, it is thanks to your help that I, as the head elder of the family, have lived up to the trust of my ancestors. I would like to thank you all in advance. "

"Great Elder, you have worked hard. We dare not wait!"

Seeing Song Yuanfang, who had served as the family's "grand elder" for nearly two hundred years, suddenly bowed to them, the people sitting below quickly stood up and returned the greeting.

Seeing this, Song Yuanfang smiled and waved his hand, motioning everyone to sit down, and then continued:

"I just took a look at last year's accounts. The family's various businesses have made pretty good profits over the years. Adding the income from the shop in Chiyun Mountain, we have accumulated a lot of spirit stones in the Treasury.

As you all know, the family spent a lot of spirit stones in order to improve the spirit veins in the past few years. Most of them were contributed by the ancestor, and some were even borrowed by him at the cost of his reputation.

When Yuan Hao and I went to Chiyun Mountain to meet the ancestor, we made a promise in person that we would pay back the spirit stones when the family was better off.

If you all have no objections, I will arrange for the Gold Storage Pavilion to send this amount of spiritual stones to Chiyun Mountain in a while!"

"Great Elder, you are too polite. The ancestor has given so much to the family. How can we, the younger generation, take advantage of him? The spirit stone should be returned. How dare we have any objection to this matter!"

"Brother Thirteen is right. The Great Elder can make all the arrangements. If anyone dares to be ungrateful and say no, my law enforcement team will not be polite to him."

".."

As soon as Song Yuanfang finished speaking, there was a burst of enthusiastic agreement from below. Seeing this, Song Yuanfang immediately nodded with satisfaction.

"Well! Since all of you have no objection, then this matter is settled."

"Next, there is another important matter that I would like to take this opportunity to formally announce to everyone, which is the restructuring of the family's treasury."

When Song Yuanfang mentioned the family restructuring, the scene suddenly became quiet. Dozens of monks opened their eyes wide and looked at each other.

At the same time, Song Yuanhao, who had been sitting aside and had not spoken much, now looked a little serious and began to scan the people below.

“As everyone knows, the family’s foundation-building pills and spiritual objects that assist in forming the pill are all exchanged for good deeds.

In the past, the family was small and not that wealthy, so there was no way to subsidize everyone too much in this regard, which caused many people to miss the path due to insufficient good deeds.

Now the family has a lot more people than before, plus we have income from various industries in Taiping, so even Foundation Establishment Pills and Jade Dust Pills are not too difficult for us to obtain.

Yuan Hao and I discussed it and decided that the family's Good Deeds Pavilion would change its system. The exchange requirements for all foundation-building and elixir-forming spiritual objects would be lowered, and they would be open to all family cultivators.

The foundation-building pill is temporarily changed from 10,000 good merits to 8,000 good merits!

The Jade Dust Pill was changed from 6,000 to 5,000 merit points, and as for the Five Elements Pill Spirit Object, 3,000 points were subtracted to make it 16,000 family merit points!"

"Of course, these are subsidies given to you by the family to support you in improving your cultivation. Each person can only have one chance to enjoy the discount when exchanging spiritual objects, and it cannot be transferred to others."

When Song Qingming was in charge of the family, there were fewer cultivators in the family.

Whether it was Song Qingyu, Huang Siyuan, or the next generation Song Yuanfang and Song Yuanhao, they all received more or less full support from the family ancestor when they were building their foundation and forming their elixir.

But as the family has grown, there are more and more monks, and it is impossible for everyone to have the opportunity to receive his care.

Moreover, now that Song Qingming has handed over the power of the family, he is basically practicing in "Chiyun Mountain" and rarely returns to "Funiu Mountain".

Song Yuanfang, who has taken over the management of the family in recent years, has also discovered that the younger generation of the clansmen now find it more difficult to exchange for spiritual objects for foundation building or core formation than they did back then.

Especially in the last twenty or thirty years, as the family encountered the major event of upgrading its spiritual vein, the spiritual stones and good deeds in the hands of many family members became very tight.

So much so that some time ago, a strange phenomenon occurred in the family's "Gold Pavilion" where the "Foundation Building Pill" had been stored for more than a year, but no one went to redeem it.

This had never happened in the family before, and it attracted the attention of Song Yuanfang and others for a while.

Therefore, after discussing with Song Yuanhao and several other family elders, Song Yuanfang decided to temporarily reduce the good deeds required for the family to exchange these spiritual objects, in order to encourage the family members to go to the "Gold Storage Pavilion" to exchange spiritual pills to break through the realm.

As the family finances gradually recovered from the upgrade of the spiritual vein, the family now has a lot of spirit stones surplus every year. It is not a big deal for the Song family now to take out some of them to subsidize the family members.

As soon as he finished speaking, there were bursts of surprised sounds from below.

"What? Lowering the merits of exchanging for spiritual objects that assist in forming a pill? That's great!"

".."

Hearing Song Yuanfang say that the family's "Gold Pavilion" was going to lower the threshold for exchanging spiritual objects for foundation building and pill formation, the many foundation building elders below instantly became excited.

Everyone looked surprised and looked at each other. Almost everyone had a look of joy in their eyes.

"Great Elder, if I have exchanged for a Jindan spiritual object before, can I also enjoy this family discount now?"

Hearing a questioning voice suddenly coming from the crowd, Song Yuanfang looked up and found that the person who spoke was "Song Linrui", an elder of the family who was at the ninth level of foundation building.

Song Linrui is a cultivator of the "Lin" generation in the family. He possesses one of the few talents in the clan with dual spiritual roots. In recent years, he has successfully cultivated to the peak stage of foundation building and is also a second-level "puppet master".

A few years ago, with the help and support of Song Yuanfang and others, Song Linrui quickly exchanged for a "Five Elements Golden Elixir Spirit Object" and went into seclusion to try to reach the Golden Elixir realm.

It’s a pity that during this retreat to form the golden elixir, Song Linrui still lacked luck and failed to successfully break through to the golden elixir realm.

Although several family ancestors such as Song Yuanfang supported some of the family's good deeds, Song Linrui did not owe much good deeds to others after his failure in forming the elixir.

However, this time of exchanging the spiritual objects for the Golden Core realm made him penniless all of a sudden. He didn't know when he would have the chance to gather enough good deeds to break through to the Golden Core realm again.

Now, hearing that the family was going to reform the system and reduce the exchange price of spiritual objects that aided in forming the elixir, Song Linrui's eyes suddenly became a little excited, and he opened his mouth to ask carefully.

Hearing this, Song Yuanfang immediately nodded slightly and said, "Since it is a support for all the cultivators in the family, it will naturally be effective for each of you.

Regardless of whether you have exchanged for foundation-building or elixir-forming spiritual objects before, as long as you go to the family's treasure house, you can enjoy the same discount. "

Song Yuanfang just responded, and Song Yuanhao, who was sitting next to him, also echoed: "What the elder said is right, this new rule is also to support everyone's practice, and it is the same for each of you.

There is only one requirement. This discount is only valid for yourself. The exchanged spiritual objects cannot be lent to others, so that no one can take advantage of the situation and exchange the family spiritual objects for spiritual stones. "

"If the family finds out that someone is disloyal and doesn't follow the rules, don't blame us for being ruthless!"

When he said the last sentence, a hint of coldness suddenly flashed in Song Yuanhao's eyes, like a blade shooting at everyone.

Seeing this, the many Song family cultivators standing below hurriedly bowed and nodded seriously.

"I'll understand later!"

".."

After talking about these two things, Song Yuanfang spoke a few more words, then waved to everyone, and then everyone bowed and left the "conference room" one after another.

After everyone in the hall left, a figure slowly walked up to Song Yuanfang who was busy.

"Great Elder, Siyue wants to report something to you!"

"Oh! It's Siyue. Well, I was just looking for a chance to talk to you."

Looking up at Song Siyue in front of him, Song Yuanfang nodded slightly, then stood up, waved to her with a smile, and took Song Siyue to a private room next door.

"Siyue, you must have gained a lot of knowledge after traveling outside this time. Tell me quickly, where did you and Yu An go?"

"Reporting to the Great Elder, this time, Yu An, Yu Qin, and I went to many places in the west, including Qin State, Liang State, and Changping State. To be honest, I really saw the breadth of the outside world and gained a lot of knowledge."

“Haha! Think about when I first started practicing Taoism, most of the cultivators in my family could only sit in Qinghe County for their entire lives.

Thanks to our seventh uncle who led us to revitalize the family, your generation has the opportunity to step out of the Weiguo cultivation world and see the vastness of the outside world.

It’s a pity that the Dao is ruthless and many of our family’s ancestors didn’t get to see this day.”

"Don't worry, Great Elder. Our family will definitely get better and better in the future. Siyue believes that if our ancestors knew about this, they would definitely be happy for us."

"Yes! You are right. If Fourth Uncle and his family could see the glory of our family today, they would surely be able to die with a smile on their face."

After sighing softly, Song Yuanfang turned his gaze to Song Siyue and continued to ask, "Siyue, you came to see me today specifically, but is it also about the matter of forming a pill?

Although the family has allowed everyone to exchange for the Return to Origin Technique to practice, you must have a cultivation level above the late stage of foundation building. This is the rule set by the ancestor, and you should be clear about it. "

Seeing Song Yuan looking at her with some curiosity, Song Siyue quickly shook her head and replied:

“Great Elder, you have misunderstood. Siyue’s cultivation has just reached the middle stage of foundation building. It is unknown when she will be able to break through to the late stage of foundation building in this lifetime. How can she dare to think about forming a pill now?

Today I came to see the Great Elder because I encountered a strange thing while traveling, and I want to report it to you!"

"Oh! What strange thing is that? Can you tell me about it?"

When he first saw Song Siyue wanted to see him alone, Song Yuanfang thought that she also had some strange thoughts in her mind and came for the matter of forming the Dan.

I didn't expect that I had guessed the other party's intention wrong, and I couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.

On Song Siyue's side, seeing this, she immediately responded:
"Great Elder, this happened a year ago. At that time, Yu An and I were in the west of Changping Country..."

Hearing Song Siyue slowly telling her about the strange things that had happened to her before, Song Yuanfang's expression gradually became a little unbelievable, and then his eyes became a little solemn.

"You mean you met that person, maybe Xuan Feng? Did you confirm his identity?"

Seeing Song Yuanfang asking her excitedly, Song Siyue shook her head gently and said, "Reporting to the Great Elder, Siyue did not catch up with him at that time, and was unable to confirm his identity.

However, after I came back, I went to the Qilin Pavilion of my family to compare it with the portrait of my uncle Xuanfeng, and it was indeed very similar to it.

Although I only saw him once, I couldn't confirm his identity.

But for some reason, ever since I saw this person that day, Siyue has always had a strange feeling in her heart, that person is Uncle Xuanfeng. "

"This is really strange, how could there be such a coincidence.

If Xuanfeng is still alive, then why hasn't he sent any news back in all these years? Would he really abandon our family and all of us without saying a word?

Or is there something you can't tell me?"

After standing there and shaking his head in confusion, Song Yuanfang sighed and said, "Since you said so, I will report this matter to my seventh uncle when I go to Chiyun Mountain in a while!

Then we can see if we can send someone to Changping State to inquire about the situation."

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In the underwater cave of "Qinghe".

Song Qingming, who was sitting in front of the mural, had a few beads of sweat on his forehead and was desperately injecting magic power into the runes on the mural in front of him.

More than thirty years had passed since he last successfully extracted something from the first rune.

His cultivation was now firmly established at the middle stage of the Nascent Soul Realm, and he was almost capable of activating the second rune on the mural.

After spending a full half day on it, the runes on the mural in front of Song Qingming finally responded, emitting bursts of flashing light.

Seeing this somewhat familiar scene, Song Qingming's face immediately showed a hint of joy. He took out a pill to restore his magic power and swallowed it.

Not long after, a white light appeared above the mural in front, and then a vortex channel appeared in front of Song Qingming.

Seeing this, Song Qingming immediately cast a spell to release his innate magic weapon, the "Five Elements Divine Light Mirror", and then quickly stepped forward and entered the white vortex.

After a familiar spinning, Song Qingming appeared again in a cave passage.

It is not much different from the two previous passages. The passage opened this time is almost the same except that it is a little wider.

After looking carefully ahead, Song Qingming released two wolf-shaped "puppet beasts" with a flick of his hand, and then controlled them to move forward slowly and carefully.

After walking about a few hundred feet forward, a bright light suddenly appeared in front of him, and soon a three-legged copper furnace about a foot tall appeared in front of Song Qingming.

This "bronze furnace" directly blocked the passage. A circular hole in front of it was emitting bursts of red light, as if there was a flame burning inside.

When Song Qingming saw this scene, he immediately showed a trace of nervousness on his face, and looked carefully at the "bronze furnace" in front of him.

After a while, Song Qingming moved his magic power in his hand, and one of the wolf-shaped "puppet beasts" standing in front of him seemed to have received an order, and a light suddenly appeared in its eyes.

The next moment, the wolf-shaped "puppet beast" ran forward quickly and came to the front of the "bronze furnace".

Then he pushed his feet hard on the ground, and turned into a green light and came directly into the air, trying to pass directly over the top of the furnace.

Just when the green light reached the top of the furnace, unexpectedly, a red light suddenly shot out from the red hole in front of the "bronze furnace".

This "red spiritual light" was incredibly fast, like a long snake that instantly wrapped around the "puppet beast" that had transformed into green light, causing it to reveal its true form in an instant.

Then, the wolf-shaped "puppet beast" controlled by Song Qingming was pulled down from mid-air by the somewhat strange "red spiritual light" and was instantly sucked into the "bronze furnace".

Only two "crackling" sounds were heard suddenly from the "bronze furnace", and then the sound soon stopped and returned to its previous red color.

At the same time, the next moment after the wolf-shaped "puppet beast" was sucked into the furnace, Song Qingming immediately lost contact with the "puppet beast" controlled by him, and couldn't help but frowned slightly.

"It seems that it is difficult to get through from above!"

With the experience of passing through the mural passage twice, Song Qingming quickly guessed that the three-legged "bronze furnace" in front of him should be the test of this level of passage.

Only by passing through here can you enter the stone chamber at the back and get the spiritual rewards that may exist inside.

Although Song Qingming only found a strange seed of unknown use in the mural last time, he has been studying it for decades but has not seen any results so far.

However, Song Qingming, who knew very well that this cave was related to the incomplete map in his hand, was not discouraged by this.

After his cultivation broke through the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, he immediately came to the mural and tried to take out the spiritual object in the second rune.

No matter whether he can get any other spiritual objects from it, as long as he can find out the secret of the incomplete map in his hand, it will be the biggest gain for Song Qingming.

Seeing that the "bronze furnace" in front of him blocked his way, Song Qingming did not retreat, but continued to move forward with a firm gaze.

Just when he was about ten feet away from the "bronze furnace", Song Qingming felt bursts of high temperature coming from the front.

Seeing this, Song Qingming moved the magic power in his hand, and a piece of blue soft armor appeared on his body, and then a blue light shield appeared beside him.

This soft armor is the "Fire-Proof Robe" that Qu Bai gave him back then. It has a strong ability to restrain fire attacks.

After putting on the "Fire-Proofing Robe", Song Qingming only felt a cool breeze coming over him, and the heat wave formed by the high temperature in front of him instantly receded without a trace.

Raising his legs and moving forward, Song Qingming soon arrived at a position less than ten feet below the "bronze furnace".

As soon as he stopped and took a look at the furnace in front of him, he saw another red light shooting out from the hole of the "bronze furnace" and directly wrapping the "blue light shield" in front of Song Qingming.

The next moment, before he could make any move, the red light quickly retreated and directly pulled Song Qingming into the "bronze furnace".

Seeing the flames approaching quickly around him, Song Qingming frowned slightly and hurriedly cast a spell to strengthen the "mana shield" outside his body.

Fortunately, although these flames were extremely ferocious, after reaching the "blue light shield", they were unable to penetrate the shield and hurt Song Qingming's body, and were all isolated outside the shield.

Seeing that the "Fire-Proof Robe" on his body could withstand the red flames around him, the nervous expression on Song Qingming's face instantly eased a lot, and he quickly looked up and began to scan the surroundings.

After looking around carefully, Song Qingming discovered that the entire "bronze furnace" was filled with endless flames.

Except for a circular hole behind him, which was where he had just come in, he couldn't find the exit he wanted in other directions, which made him frown again.

"That's strange, why is there only one entrance? Is it possible?"

After standing there and thinking for a while, Song Qingming suddenly looked up and immediately found a vortex of about a foot in size formed by a ball of "red flame" appearing right above his head.

Although this "red vortex" was also formed by flames, its color was obviously darker than other flames around it, and it soon attracted Song Qingming's attention.

"It seems that the exit should be here!"

After staring at the "red vortex" in front of him for a while, Song Qingming's figure flashed and disappeared directly on the spot. (End of this chapter)