Yunmeng Immortal Clan

Yun Sushu's eyes shone brightly. For a weapon refiner, being able to come into contact with such a rare material as a complete Ink Spirit Bamboo in one's lifetime is undoubtedly an extremely lucky thing.

Song Daoxuan, dressed in a blue Taoist robe, found the woman's posture somewhat amusing.

But despite his laughter, after a moment's thought, Song Daoxuan softly asked, "Miss Yun, what are the chances of successfully forging these two sections of Ink Spirit Bamboo into a flying sword?"

Upon hearing this, Yun Sushu immediately and decisively extended six fingers.

"I am at least 60% confident that I can refine these two sections of Ink Spirit Bamboo into a flying sword for Brother Song. However, materials like Ink Spirit Bamboo are naturally excellent for refining weapons, and the steps are not as complicated as those for refining other magical artifacts. If Brother Song truly trusts me, I will do my best to refine the flying sword!"

"I certainly trust Miss Yun's character. These two sections of Ink Spirit Bamboo were obtained from others at a great cost. If the refining fails, while I won't blame you, it's very likely I'll never have the chance to come into contact with this bamboo again in my lifetime!"

After saying this, Song Daoxuan left the Ink Spirit Bamboo with Yun Sushu and returned to the Azure Lotus Islands.

Song Daoxuan did not blindly choose to trust Yun Sushu, but rather because his family did not have a talent like Yun Sushu who was proficient in weapon crafting, and he himself was not currently involved in this field. He was also unwilling to entrust the crafting of this item to other people.

While the difficulty of refining Ink Spirit Bamboo into a flying sword may not be as great as refining a top-tier magic weapon, it is still extremely complicated. If the flying sword refined from Ink Spirit Bamboo cannot bear the divine sense and magic power of a cultivator, then the refining is a failure. Even the legendary Ink Spirit Bamboo is ultimately nothing more than a pile of waste.

Song Daoxuan didn't expect Yun Sushu to successfully refine both sections of the Ink Spirit Bamboo into flying swords. As long as she could successfully refine one, Song Daoxuan would consider Yun Sushu's weapon-refining skills to be quite superb.

After returning to his cultivation family, Song Daoxuan took on the task of inspecting the entire clan.

It is true that Song Daoxuan went from the Qi Refining stage to a Foundation Establishment cultivator and became a Foundation Establishment elder in the clan, but now Song Daoxuan only has the title and does not have the real power of an elder.

Only after three years of patrolling the clan can Song Daoxuan be assigned specific clan affairs.

Song Daoxuan didn't really care about clan affairs; he only wanted to focus on cultivation, unlike the other clan cultivators.

He was an anomaly at heart; the soul within his body did not belong to this era.

He stayed in the cultivation family, valuing only the so-called blood ties and kinship. As for other miscellaneous trivial matters, he believed they would only affect his progress on the path of cultivation.

"Dao Xuan, go check out Qingwu Town. I heard there's been some trouble at the mine recently. Now that you've reached the Foundation Establishment stage, you should be more than capable of handling this!"

Song Zhichu used a telepathic communication technique on Song Daoxuan.

Qingwu Town is home to the Song family of Qinglian, and is famous for its first-grade Qingwu gold mine.

Although the current Qingwu Gold Mine is only a first-tier mine, it covers an extremely wide area and has abundant output. In terms of output, it is even more profitable than some second-tier mines in the cultivation world.

The spirit fish on Qingfeng Lake, along with the Qingwu gold mine, and the spirit stones produced from the cultivation of spirit rice and the sale of spirit herbs, have sustained the entire Qinglian Song Clan.

However, with the increase in the population of the Song family on Qinglian Island and the increase in the number of cultivators, once a major family event occurs, the overall output of spirit stones on Qinglian Island is already in a state of deficit.

Then, the entire Qinglian Island also had to offer a certain amount of spiritual herbs to the Zhuxi Sect. The quantity of these spiritual herbs, when converted into spirit stones, also placed a heavy burden on the Song family of Qinglian Island.

Song Daoxuan responded to Song Zhichu's telepathic message and, without hesitation, mounted his flying sword and flew towards Qingwu Town.

The sword light swept across Yunmeng Marsh, and Song Daoxuan quickly arrived at Qingwu Town.

The Song family of Qingwu Town sent a family elder at the ninth level of Qi Refining to guard the area. This person was ranked sixteenth among the Hong generation and was named Song Hongxiang.

Because Qingwu Town is quite important, the family has arranged for dozens of mid-to-late stage Qi Refining cultivators here, which is more than the number of cultivators on the Qingfeng Lake Spirit Fish Pond.

Song Daoxuan was the sixth person in his generation to establish an immortal foundation, and his father, Song Honghu, was the seventh.

Now, the other cultivators of the Song family have met Song Daoxuan, even those of higher seniority.

Unless someone has a particularly close relationship with Song Daoxuan, they will address him directly by their seniority.

The other cultivators all addressed Song Daoxuan by the title of Sixth Elder.

"Sixth Elder!" Dozens of family cultivators bowed to Song Daoxuan in unison, expressing their deep respect.

Some of the family cultivators present had never seen Song Daoxuan before, but the story of Song Daoxuan killing a second-tier demon beast with a single sword at Mu Clan's Green Branch Ridge after he had just established his immortal foundation was widely known throughout the entire Green Lotus Islands.

They knew that the man in the green robe before them was not only the first of the Dao generation to establish a foundation for immortality, but also incredibly powerful, and their eyes were filled with admiration.

"Greetings, everyone. I heard there was a riot at the Qingwu Town mine. Please tell me in detail what happened!" Song Daoxuan returned the greeting and glanced at Song Hongxiang, who was at the head of the group.

"Sixth Elder, this is what happened: the mine laborers, who were supervised by us cultivators, suddenly swarmed in and killed two low-level Qi Refining stage family cultivators! Then all the mine laborers went on strike!"

"These menial laborers are just ordinary people who have lived on Qinglian Island for generations, and none of them are surnamed Song. They are all from other families. Since their ancestors were also in the Qinglian Islands, they became menial laborers here..."

"Our Song family invests countless efforts in cultivating a cultivator, yet these uncouth people dare to engage in such despicable acts. This was originally a trivial matter, easily resolved, but we never expected to trouble Elder Six with your presence!"

"In that case, Sixth Elder, I will take full responsibility for this matter. You may return to your clan and report back!" Song Hongxiang said sincerely.

"Leave this matter to me. This is no small matter. If it is not handled properly, it will affect the efficiency of Qingwu Mine's output and also affect my family's income from spirit stones!" Song Daoxuan said with burning eyes.

He had a vague feeling that Song Hongxiang was deliberately trying to cover up this matter.

"Although cultivators in the early Qi Refining stage are only slightly stronger than mortals, it's not impossible for them to be killed by mortals in theory. But the key question is, how could a Qi Refining cultivator just stand there and let these servants beat him? Could it be that he can't move or that his hands and feet are bound by something? Song Hongxiang's attitude makes me even more suspicious that there might be something fishy going on in this matter!"