Chapter 254 Family Affairs
Song Qingming, who was practicing in the cave, suddenly had a stream of green smoke above his head and kept coming out of his body.
As the green smoke on his body became more and more, Song Qingming finally put away his skills. After his body recovered, he opened his eyes and muttered to himself.
"I really didn't expect that this spell is so exquisite. No wonder it can have the effect of assisting in forming pills after mastering it."
After breaking through to the fourth level of foundation building, Song Qingming used his spells again and tried various spells he had practiced. When he wanted to see how much his strength had improved, he did not expect that this time he would get an unexpected gain. .
Ever since he established his foundation, he had not mastered the Hidden Element Technique for many years. This time, he had finally successfully mastered it. He did not expect that this spell required so much mana in the body. He had not mastered it until he reached the middle stage of foundation building. Introduction to law.
Originally, he had been practicing this spell to no avail, and he almost wanted to give up. Unexpectedly, this time it actually allowed him to practice some skills, which really gave him a big surprise. According to the description in the Yuxuan Sutra, This technique can help monks condense the golden elixir. If it can be practiced to perfection, it will be much easier to use than ordinary elixir-forming spiritual objects. When thinking of this, a happy smile gradually appeared on Song Qingming's face.
When practicing Zangyuan Shu, you can refine the spells you usually practice into your own body and hide them. Although these spells cannot be taken out and used at ordinary times, after practice, your body can be strengthened and can be used at critical moments. He came out to protect his weak position for a moment. It was considered a defensive magical power, but it was still somewhat effective.
In this way, Song Qingming once again fell into seclusion for a long time. It was not until half a month later that his sixth uncle Song Changfeng sent a message notifying him to attend the family's annual meeting, and then he was invited out of the cave.
Song Qingming came to the meeting hall in front of the mountain and saw that many Song family monks, including Song Qingyu, had been waiting here for a long time. After greeting everyone with a smile, he sat next to the leader Song Changfeng.
After Song Qingyu established the foundation, although Song Qingming issued an order to keep this matter secret in the clan, it is difficult to hide this kind of thing for a long time. In the past few years, most of the monks within the Song family have actually known it. Song Qingyu, as a foundation-building monk, would definitely participate in such an important family meeting.
Since Song Qingming established the foundation, he has basically not missed much of the annual meetings held by the family. Song Changfeng had already discussed it with him at this time. Until today, all the elders have gathered on the mountain. Only then did he get a message to invite him out.
"Everyone is here, let's start the discussion. As per the old rules, each should report on the accounts he/she manages first. Let's start from Qingwan's side first!" Seeing that everyone was here, Song Changfeng was the first to make an announcement. The beginning of the meeting.
The first person to speak was Song Qingwan, the second sister who was responsible for managing the family's Qinghefang property. She took out the accounts she had prepared and said to everyone:
"This year, the four stores we operate in the market have earned a total of 4,612 spiritual stones. After excluding the store costs and personnel expenses, the total balance this year is 861 spiritual stones.
Among them, the elixir shop, grocery store and restaurant are all good. The business of the shop selling magic weapons and magic talismans is really bad this year, and the accounts can just cover the expenses. "
In Qinghefang, the Song family only has the alchemy skills of the second sister Song Qingwan. Other skills such as weapon refining and talisman making are simply unable to compete with the Huang and Gao families. In previous years, they could only eat what others left. , I didn’t expect that I wouldn’t be able to earn a single spirit stone this year. Although Song Qingming had expected this result, it still made him a little hard to accept it now. He made a note of it silently in his heart, and he still had to find ways to improve this in the future. question.
"After deducting expenses from several mine veins in the family, we have received a total of 600 spirit stones this year, which is relatively normal. However, the black iron ore in Lingyuan Mountain is about to be exhausted, and this income will start to decrease year by year."
Ninth Uncle Song Changxin has been out in charge of managing several mines in the past few years. He spends most of his time at Duanliu Mountain, and it is a rare opportunity to return to Funiu Mountain.
The next person to speak was Song Qinghe, the sixth brother who had just become the family elder not long ago. His cultivation talent was not high and he had just broken through the seventh level of Qi refining. But with his spiritual planting skills, he was now a top-grade spiritual planting master. He has completely taken over the affairs of the family spiritual field.
"Funiu Mountain's spiritual fields total twelve acres. The spiritual rice, medicinal materials and other spiritual objects grown therein have yielded a total of 1,450 spiritual stones this year. The spiritual rice donated by the following vassal families totals 120 spiritual stones. After all the expenses were taken out, there were eight hundred and forty spiritual stones left.
Since the Supreme Elder established the foundation, the family has increased the cultivation of many elixirs. Now some elixirs have begun to mature, and the income in this area will increase every year. "
The spiritual field is actually the Song family's most stable income over the years. It is also the place that all the large and small cultivating families in the world of cultivating immortals value most.
In the past, when the Song family was still a small Qi-refining family, they were afraid of causing trouble. They did not plant many elixirs and did not dare to cultivate spiritual fields on a large scale. It was not until Song Qingming established the foundation that the family's spiritual veins were upgraded and there was a second-level guardian. After being guarded by the Shanda Formation, everyone slowly relaxed their hands and began to increase their investment in this area.
In addition to the three items mentioned above, the remaining demon hunting team managed by Uncle Thirteen and the general affairs managed by the eldest brother did not have much spiritual stone income, so they did not speak.
Finally, Song Changfeng, the clan leader in charge of the Treasury, combined everyone's accounts and gave a summary to everyone on the scene.
"This year, including the Treasury of Gold, which I manage, the family has earned a total of 2,733 spirit stones.
Next, I want to talk about the expenditure.
Now, excluding those hired from outside, the family has a total of 53 cultivators, including 2 foundation-building cultivators, 10 late-stage Qi-refining cultivators, 29 mid-stage Qi-refining cultivators, and 12 early-stage Qi-refining cultivators.
All the cultivators in the family, according to the specifications, spend a total of 1,400 spirit stones each year. The spirit stones needed to maintain several spiritual vein formations are about 500 spirit stones a year. In addition to these two big heads, there are some miscellaneous expenses that add up to about 200 spirit stones. The total expenditure this year is about 2,100 spirit stones."
"That is to say, this year's surplus is only more than 600 spirit stones."
Hearing the news of this year's accounts, Song Qingming was also a little surprised. The accounts of previous years were not so ugly. Unexpectedly, the number of family cultivators has increased in recent years, and the burden has also increased.
If it weren't for the Fengtou Mountain Mine shares, which gave them 500 spiritual stones every year, the Song family would only have 100 spiritual stones in their accounts. If they encountered a disaster year, they would probably lose a lot, not to mention the spiritual stones they wanted to use to cultivate new spiritual veins.
The Song family's foundation was still too weak. Whether it was doing business in Qinghefang or mining their own veins, they were still far behind other old-fashioned foundation-building families.