Chapter 204 The Lu family’s style
After leaving Guyang Mountain, Song Qingming took advantage of the wind and returned to Qinghe County without any further delay.
This time, Song Xinyu was successfully sent to Xiaoyao Sect, which can be regarded as a worry for Song Qingming. The next step is to consider how to support Qingyu to build the foundation. In any case, the future of the family will still be controlled by them. In the hands of the young monk.
Relying on the stability of Qinghe County in the past few years, the Song family has slowly made up for the deficit in the family's Golden Pavilion. The merits in the hands of the clan can gradually be exchanged for spiritual stones or various spiritual objects, and life has gradually become richer. After getting up, everyone's cultivation level has improved more or less.
Song Qingyu successfully broke through to the ninth level of Qi Refining a year ago and can build the foundation at any time. However, the Song family's foundation is still relatively weak now. There is no way to get the foundation building pill for her yet. If she wants to build the foundation, she still has to do it. Let’s see what opportunities will bring in the future.
As long as he has the ability, Song Qingming still wants to help the family train another foundation-building monk. This is not only for the sake of the family, but also so that he can have a reliable helper in the future, but now although he has There was a spirit stone, but there was no way to redeem it for the Foundation Establishment Pill, so Song Qingyu could only wait.
After returning to Qinghe County, Song Qingming did not return directly to Funiu Mountain, but took a detour to Qinghefang.
As soon as he arrived at the gate of Fangshi, Song Qingming saw the gate of Qinghefang from a distance above the flying sword. Several monks were arguing about something. Song Qingming, who didn't know what happened, put away the flying sword in advance and slowly walked towards this place. The edge passed by.
"Boy, I told you that there are regulations in the city. You can't bring this thing in. Why can't you understand?" A gatekeeper monk in the middle stage of Qi Refining pinched his nose, pointed at the man in yellow carrying a cloth bag, and shouted loudly scolded.
"When was this stipulated? Last time I came to Fangshi, I let you take me with you. Why can't I do it this time? If I don't let you in, please return the spirit stone you just gave me." The man in yellow who was stopped had a cultivation level of only 10 years. At the third level of Qi Refining, he looked like a casual cultivator with no background. At this moment, facing the gatekeeper cultivator who deliberately made things difficult for him, he still felt a little aggrieved.
"When will the rules of the city be changed? Do I need to inform you? Even things like monster excrement have to be brought in. What kind of place do you think we are, Qinghefang? They smoked the rest of us like this without looking for you. It’s good to ask for compensation, but if you dare to ask for spiritual stones, get out of here, but don’t force us to drive people away.”
Seeing several gatekeeper monks approaching and trying to chase them away, the man in yellow hurriedly took a few steps back, turned around and was about to admit that he was unlucky and leave, but he didn't expect them to look behind him and suddenly go around. After passing by, he came to a young man and bowed his head respectfully.
"Senior Song, when did you arrive? I was blind and didn't see you just now. Please forgive me."
As soon as they heard them calling them senior, the people gathered around the gate of Fangshi, including the man in yellow who had just been driven away by them, all stood there with shocked expressions on their faces.
Most of them have been hanging out in small places like Qinghe County all year round. It is really rare to see a senior foundation builder at such a close distance. All of a sudden, they all focused their attention on the young man.
Song Qingming, who looked calm at this time, nodded with a smile, and then said to the few people who came forward to salute: "Since this little brother doesn't know this rule yet, it is understandable. We are already here. I I think it’s better to let him in, so as not to waste everyone’s time by blocking the door, don’t you think?”
Five years have passed, and now the people stationed at Qinghefang have been replaced by Lu family monks. Seeing the arrogant and domineering behavior of the monks guarding the gate, Song Qingming could only helplessly shake his head.
Among the several major foundation-building families in Qinghe County, the monks under the Huang and Gao families, even if they looked down on these low-level casual cultivators, would occasionally bully others, but they were always very obedient to the rules. Back then, Song Qingming When he was stationed in Qinghefang, the shopkeeper Gao Yufu of Jinbaotang he dealt with was considered a monk of some status within the Gao family. The deceptive deeds they did in the market were not so blatant and they only dared to carry out things secretly. After the incident, Gao Yufu was whipped in public by Song Qingming, and the Gao family did not intercede for him personally because of the incident.
It is precisely for this reason that although Qinghefang is only a small city, it is still well-known around Jiangling County. When the monsters were in turmoil, many casual cultivators chose to come here to take refuge.
Although the Song family is a family that has only risen in recent years, under Song Qingming's leadership and restraint, it has always acted relatively low-key, and would not look at others with their noses turned upward like the people in front of them; when the Song family was not promoted to the foundation-building family, they were In Qinghefang, they are actually looked down upon by other foundation-building families in Qinghefang. It is precisely because of this that most of the current Song family monks still have some sympathy for these casual cultivators.
Only the behavior of the monks of the Lu family made Song Qingming feel a little disgusted. In broad daylight, he dared to borrow power and make money at the gate of Fangshi. He didn't know how Lu Xingde, the patriarch, disciplined the monks under the Lu family. Yes, the reputation Qinghefang has managed to build up over the years will probably be exhausted by these people before long.
Although he was a little worried in his heart, Song Qingming didn't want to worry about this matter now. What was going on in Qinghefang? The people who should worry most about Qinghefang's business were Lu Yuanfeng and the Huang and Gao families. They accounted for more than half of the market's interests. , it’s not the Song family’s turn to take the lead.
"Senior said that junior and others did not intend to embarrass him just now. In fact, senior Lu gave our law enforcement team an order not long ago to clean up and rectify the city's image. We are just talking to him about the rules. ." Seeing that Song Qingming, a normally aloof Foundation Establishment cultivator, actually spoke for a down-and-out third-level Qi Refining cultivator, these people were a little surprised and quickly explained a few words.
When these people just faced these low-level casual cultivators, they looked arrogant and domineering. Now when they faced Song Qingming, they suddenly turned into a flattering face. It really made Song Qingming feel a little funny.
After saying that, a monk from the law enforcement team quickly turned around and shouted to the few people who were still blocking the door of Fangshi: "Why are you blocking the door if you don't go in? Didn't you hear what the senior just said?"
When the man in yellow and everyone heard this, they quickly lowered their heads and thanked Song Qingming, and quickly passed through the gate of Fangshi.
Song Qingming smiled and nodded, and followed them into Qinghefang.
After the Battle of Duanliu Mountain, as the Huang and Gao families took the initiative to cease their activities and acquiesced to their respective territories, the situation in Qinghe County gradually stabilized in the past few years, and Qinghefang also returned to its former peace, except that the streets There are indeed fewer pedestrians than before.
After entering Fangshi, Song Qingming first went to the Song family's shop and gave them some alchemy materials brought from Yangshanfang, and then stopped by Huang Siyuan's Jinfeng Tower.
Since moving back to Funiu Mountain, Song Qingming has rarely come here in the past few years. Since he has arrived at Qinghefang today, he will naturally not miss this opportunity to comfort the Five Zang Temple and order a table of delicious spiritual food in one go. , now he can be regarded as a foundation-building monk, and he is still not short of these spiritual stones.