Chapter 257 Vassal
Just when the system reform of the Song family was in full swing, Funiu Mountain was suddenly visited by two strange monks in the Qi Refining Stage.
These two people, who have advanced in Qi refining, both have the surname Xu. They are cousins who have not yet entered the fifth server. They came from Xiaoyao Sect Guyang Mountain. The purpose of this trip is to come to the Song family to discuss something.
Originally, it was enough for Song Changfeng, the clan leader, to come out to receive these two monks in the Qi Refining Stage, but these two people also brought a letter addressed to Song Qingming.
Looking at the three words Xu Ziyan written on the envelope, Song Changfeng immediately knew the identity of the letter writer. When he went to Yangshanfang to deliver the spirit stone to Song Qingming, he had heard Song Qingming mention Xu Ziyan. Later, Song Qingming came back after successfully building the foundation. Later, he also learned that Xu Ziyan helped Song Qingming a lot when he was building the foundation.
Since the other party had already produced Xu Ziyan's letter, Song Changfeng naturally wanted to show the Song family's sincerity and quickly sent someone to invite Song Qingming over.
"Fellow Daoist Xu mentioned in his letter that the two of you want to find a place to stay in Qinghe County during this trip?" Song Qingming immediately knew the purpose of these two people after reading Xu Ziyan's letter.
According to Xu Ziyan's letter, these two people are descendants of her master Liu Xingfeng, who is also the descendant of Xu Ziyan's direct uncle. Their experiences are almost the same as those of the Song family. They also lost their backers after the ancestor of the family died suddenly. , had been marginalized in Guyang Mountain, so he decided to leave Guyang Mountain and find another place to live, just like the ancestors of the Song family.
Liu Xingfeng's senior brother was originally a veteran monk who had established the foundation of Xiaoyao Sect for many years. When Liu Xingfeng was still young, this senior brother Xu took good care of her. He was different from most ascetic monks. , who is more greedy for worldly pleasures. After establishing the foundation, he quickly married many wives and concubines, and has left many descendants over the past hundred years.
During the monster turmoil more than twenty years ago, Liu Xingfeng's senior brother was unlucky and died in the battle to support Guiyunfang. After his death, the descendants of the Xu family received a good pension from the sect. , but it is a pity that none of them with outstanding talents have any hope of building a foundation. The days are getting worse and worse day by day, so they have the intention to leave Guyang Mountain.
They begged Liu Xingfeng half a year ago and wanted to find a relationship with her to help take care of her. Liu Xingfeng agreed to repay her brother's kindness to her. Xu Ziyan happened to be in Liu Xingfeng's cave at that time, so she directly became a favor to help master Liu Xingfeng. After planning the matter, she wrote a letter on the spot and gave it to Xu Changrong and others, asking them to come to Qinghe County to look for Song Qingming.
"Senior Song, please give us a convenience for the sake of Senior Xu. As long as Senior doesn't dislike me, the Xu family is willing to vassal under the Song family and obey Senior's orders." The old man who spoke is the patriarch of this generation of the Xu family. , named Xu Changrong.
"Well, Daoist Xu and I are close friends. Since it is something she has entrusted, Song will definitely not refuse. Don't worry, I will arrange for someone to accompany you two to go around tomorrow to see if there is anything suitable for you to stay. Lingshan, if you need any help, you don’t have to be polite, just come and ask me.”
What Xu Changrong and the others wanted was not an embarrassment to Song Qingming. There were many unowned spiritual mountains around the Song family. As long as they could take a fancy to them, it would be fine.
On the contrary, having one more vassal family under his sect would actually be beneficial to the Song family in the long run. Song Qingming was still wishing that the Song family could have several more immortal cultivating families under his sect.
The Song family currently has only more than fifty monks. Once there is a war and it is necessary to recruit a large number of monks, it will be a bit stretched. The last time he went to Yingchao Ridge to suppress the bandits, Song Qingming almost recruited all the late-stage Qi Refining monks who could be dispatched. After coming here, we barely managed to gather ten people. Compared with other foundation-building families, their background in this area is indeed too shallow.
The northeastern area of Qinghe County currently controlled by the Song family is adjacent to Yunwu Mountain and is considered a relatively remote corner of Qinghe County. There are only five immortal cultivating families in total.
Compared to the Huang family, the most powerful in Qinghe County, there are more than twenty vassal immortal clans under the sect, and they can easily assemble a team of dozens of people in the late stage of Qi refining. This is really far behind the Song family. .
"Thank you, senior, for taking care of me. This talisman was passed down from my ancestors in the past. Today, since we have joined the Song family, this talisman should be regarded as a gift of gratitude to our seniors." Xu Changrong said while raising his head with a smile. He presented a second-level low-grade spiritual talisman to Song Qingming.
Song Qingming didn't refuse. He directly reached out to take it and looked at it. He found that this was a rare defensive talisman. It should be worth three hundred spiritual stones on the market. It was still of some use to him, so he kept it in his savings account. in the bag.
For people like the Xu family who have just arrived and defected to the Song family, it is normal to give Song Qingming a heavier greeting gift. After all, they will have to rely on the Song family to take care of them when they get here in the future. It is also better to make some connections in advance now to be prepared. Things.
Although Song Qingming will show off Xu Ziyan's face now and will not deliberately embarrass them, it is hard to say what will happen in the future. Once they leave Guyang Mountain, they will completely cut off their relationship with Xiaoyao Sect, and Liu Xingfeng will naturally not be able to do so. It is very likely that those who have been helping them speak for themselves will have to rely on themselves in the future just like the ancestors of the Song family.
After getting Song Qingming's permission, Xu Changrong and his wife went around early the next morning, accompanied by their eldest brother Song Qingshi. They were also determined to leave Guyang Mountain, and they were also very concerned about the future position of their family. careful.
After going around in circles several times, Xu Changrong and others finally selected a spiritual mountain several hundred miles away from Funiu Mountain as the future residence of the Xu family.
Although the spirit level of this Lingshan Mountain is not as good as the Funiu Mountain of the Song family, its terrain is very good. There are not only vast flat lands around it for farming, but also a river that is necessary for mortal survival to pass through. It can accommodate several people. The survival of ordinary people here is not much worse than that of Funiu Mountain today.
Although the Xu family currently has a small population, with only eight monks and less than a thousand mortals, in the future, as long as they take root in Qinghe County and have a broader living space, the family's population will gradually increase. However, more and more things will change, and by then they will look a bit like a cultivating family.
With the example of the Song family here, the Xu family may be able to produce a talent like Song Qingming in the future, who will lead everyone on the road to restoring the family's glory.