Chapter 277 Banquet
Song Qingming's seat was located in the first row. Gao Jinhe from the Gao family and Lu Xingde from the Lu family were also sitting here. After the two saw Song Qingming, they each nodded slightly as a greeting.
Although the four major foundation-building families in Qinghe County have always been fighting secretly, they will still give some face to each other if they invite them to something.
Lu Xingde is still like that. Although his cultivation has reached the sixth level of foundation building, no matter who talks to him, he always has a smooth look on his face.
As for Gao Jinhe, Song Qingming had not seen him for nearly ten years since he saw him once in the secret realm of Taiyue Lake. When he saw him this time, he found that the old ghost's demeanor had changed a lot, and his beard and hair had turned white. It feels as if he has aged more than ten years all of a sudden. It seems that the rumors are true. This old guy must have been seriously injured last time in the secret realm.
Seeing that Song Qingming's cultivation had reached the fifth level of foundation building, Gao Jinhe couldn't help but reveal a hint of surprise in his eyes.
When Song Qingming first established the foundation, Gao Jinhe sent someone to investigate him. According to the reports from the people below, this person was just a monk with three spiritual roots. It seems that his cultivation speed has almost caught up with his second spiritual roots. Gao Yu was stunned. Not only was this kid very talented in cultivation, but his own luck was also far superior to that of Superman.
The Huang family's trip to the Fuyun Mountains not only broke Huang Chengliang, but also injured a Huang family monk from the Xiaoyao Sect who came to help. As a result, although Song Qingming disappeared at the time, he returned to Qinghe County unscathed. Later, when he went to such a dangerous place as the secret realm of Taiyue Lake, even he, a late-stage foundation-building monk, almost lost his life there. Song Qingming was able to follow the Huang family with his third-level foundation-building cultivation, and finally escaped without any danger. When he came out, he had to admire this boy's chance and luck.
In the future, after he and Huang Shengxin have exhausted their life span, the ones in Qinghe County who have the hope of breaking through to the late stage of foundation building early are probably Song Qingming and Gao Yubai. After thinking about it in his mind, Gao Jinhe decided to wait until he returned to the clan this time. , Gao Yubai must be reminded to pay attention to easing the relationship with the Song family.
Naturally, Song Qingming was not aware of Gao Jinhe's calculations. After greeting Gao and Lu, Song Qingming's eyes had already turned to other places.
The Huang family also has dozens of seats behind the seats of several major foundation-building families. Those who come are the vassal Qi Lian family under the Huang family and some well-known casual cultivators in Qinghe County. The main family holds During the Foundation Building Ceremony, these vassal family forces will definitely come to join in the fun to show their loyalty.
In inviting these people to come, the Huang family naturally wanted to take this opportunity to show their strength to the vassals below, so as to calm the hearts of the people below.
When Huang Chengliang died last time, the Gao and Lu families took the opportunity to attack and suddenly occupied a lot of the Huang family's territory. As a result, the Qi refining families under the Huang family began to feel insecure. One family had been suppressed by the Huang family. , and even directly joined the Gao family.
After the incident occurred, the Huang family did not dare to deal with it publicly. It was not until Huang Shengxin's elixir formation failed that the Huang family took the time to deal with the matter. Under Huang Shengxin's thunderous rage, the Gao family finally had to give in and hand over some monks to calm him down. The Huang family was so angry that several other people who had previously wavered in attitude were also given a good lesson by the Huang family.
The Huang family is not like the Song family, which has only been a foundation-building family for twenty years. After nearly a thousand years of accumulation, the Huang family controls 40% of the territory of Qinghe County, and has more than twenty vassal Qi refining families under its command. In comparison The Song family, which is also a foundation-building family, only has six vassals so far.
Not long after Song Qingming sat down, Huang Shengxin, who was dressed in fine clothes, led a young man to the banquet venue. After everyone took a look, they quickly felt that this man had good magic power and was a foundation-building monk.
Since he was attending the ceremony behind Huang Shengxin, Song Qingming and others could guess that he was Huang Sibo, the owner of the Huang family's foundation ceremony.
Although Huang Sibo looks ordinary, he exudes a steady aura from all over his body, which is quite a bit old-fashioned and heavy. Under the guidance of Huang Shengyue at the scene, Huang Sibo took the initiative to step forward and say hello to Song Qingming and others one by one. .
Not long after Huang Sibo showed up, a monk from the Huang family who was guarding outside suddenly ran in in a hurry and whispered into Huang Shengyue's ear:
"Ancestor, Senior Lu is here and is almost here."
"Senior Lu? It should be Lu Yuanfeng who is here. Sibo, please stop here and follow me outside to greet him."
Huang Shengyue had just finished her words and was about to stand up to greet him when a hearty laughter suddenly came from far away.
"Friend Huang Dao, don't bother. This time Lu arrived late. How dare he go out to greet me!"
"Fellow Daoist Lu, please take a seat quickly. You are able to take the time to come here today, which really brings glory to my Huang family, Taiyuan Mountain."
Seeing that Lu Yuanfeng had already taken the initiative to walk into the banquet venue, Huang Shengyue quickly stepped forward and led them to the position that had been prepared previously.
When Song Qingming saw Lu Yuanfeng coming to Taiyuan Mountain in person, he also thought to himself that it was not very common for Lu Yuanfeng to leave Qinghefang over the years. Being able to attend the foundation building ceremony held by the Huang family in person today shows that he and the Huang family have a close relationship. The relationship is still somewhat unusual.
"Mr. Lu came here in a hurry today and didn't prepare any special gifts. This jade pendant has been with me for many years and has some wonderful uses. I will give it to fellow Taoist Sibo as a meeting gift today. Please don't refuse."
Not long after Lu Yuanfeng sat down, he stood up again and took the initiative to give Huang Sibo a congratulatory gift.
Upon hearing this, Huang Shengyue hurriedly brought Huang Sibo over to thank him in return, and then took the round jade pendant given by Lu Yuanfeng.
The round jade pendant he mentioned is a relatively special first-grade, high-grade magical instrument. This object has been treasured by Lu Yuanfeng for many years, which shows that it is not an ordinary item. It is estimated that its value may not be lower than an ordinary second-grade, low-grade instrument. The magic talisman was such a big gift as soon as it came out. Lu Yuanfeng was really generous.
In comparison, the gifts given by people like Song Qingming were much shabby. They were either longevity peach spiritual fruits or ordinary spiritual wine and elixirs. Although these things looked very festive. But they were all low-level spiritual objects with dozens of spiritual stones. This comparison immediately made Lu Yuanfeng appear to be much more generous.
However, the Huang family did not show any particular concern about this. No matter what gift you gave, Huang Shengyue would accept all the gifts as ordered, and would also give gifts in return. She would never let the person who gave the gift lose face. Song Qingming also appreciated this very much.