Chapter 617 Yuan Li goes to war, two foundation-building pills

Chapter 617 Yuan Li goes to war, two foundation-building pills

In addition to the addition of the Chen family, the other major foundation-building families in Qinghe County have also developed somewhat, but their strength has not changed much.

Only on the Huang family side, due to Huang Shengyue's death, the head of the family has been replaced by Huang Mengde, who has broken through to the late stage of foundation building. This is also the person who came to participate in the "Red Flame Square" discussion this time.

Here in Pingyang County, a total of eight monks from the Jiji family came, led by Cao Rongxue, the head of the Cao family in Huoyun Mountain.

The Cao family is the leading Immortal Cultivation Clan in Pingyang County for thousands of years. In recent years, the family has never had less than four foundation-building monks. Cao Rongxue, the leader of the clan, has already reached the pinnacle of foundation-building cultivation and has tried several times to attack gold. Dan realm.

However, Cao Rongxue is in a similar situation to Huang Shengxin of the Huang family back then. She failed in forming pills several times. Now that she has lived over 200 years old, her essence and blood have begun to decline, and her body has shown signs of age. She is obviously not good at it. It is very possible that there is a chance to break through to the golden elixir realm.

In addition to the Cao family, the more powerful ones in Pingyang County include the Yufengshan Jiang family and the Yulongling Liu family. Each family has three foundation-building monks in charge, and their strength is not much weaker than the Huang family, the strongest in Qinghe County.

The strength of the remaining five foundation-building families is much lower than the above three families. The number of foundation-building monks and Qi-refining monks is much smaller. The weaker ones are like the Wang family of Fengtoushan. The emerging foundation-building families are similar, and the stronger ones are not much different from the Gao family.

Because of the larger area of ​​Pingyang County, the overall number of monks in Pingyang County is about 30 to 40% more than that in Qinghe County. In addition, the demonic beast turmoil a hundred years ago did not damage the foundation. In recent years, the number of monks in Pingyang County has almost reached nearly 3,000.

When everyone in the meeting hall saw the three members of the Song family walking in, they quickly stood up and bowed to each other.

Song Yuanfang glanced at the hall and saw that everyone was already here. He first handed over the recruitment order to the Song family from the Zongmen General Affairs Hall, took it out and showed it to everyone, and then assigned all the tasks to each family. Reported it in person.

Of the thirteen foundation-building families present, each family must send at least fifteen monks who are above the middle stage of Qi-refining to accompany them on the expedition. Those who are willing to send foundation-building monks can recruit five fewer Qi-refining monks.

The time limit for this recruitment to the battlefield of Lu State is one year. After one year, all monks can be rotated and return to Wei State for repairs.

Of course, if a monk is willing to stay on the front line and perform meritorious service, he can choose to stay after one year.

Just like Song Qingming back then, all the merits earned by the monks who went to participate in the war on the front line could be directly exchanged for the required spiritual objects and cultivation resources behind the Lingyin Sect.

The second-level low-grade puppet beast "Chi Feng Beast" on Song Qingming's body was obtained by him directly with his military exploits after spending two years on the front line of the Lu State.

Because the Song family had already known about the recruitment order before, and Song Yuanfang had already greeted everyone in advance, everyone was not too surprised by the recruitment order.

Only Meng Xuanzhang, the patriarch of a new Jianji family in Tiexian Mountain Chen Yunan and Pingyang County, showed a slightly troubled look on his face after hearing the number of monks to be recruited.

After Song and Yuanfang explained some requirements for recruiting monks and the specific time for the monks to gather, the discussion ended.

Chen Yunan and Meng Xuanzhang immediately approached Song Yuanfang alone, asking the Song family to help find a way to recruit fewer monks from them.

The Chen family and the Meng family are both newly established foundation-building families. There are no vassal Qi refining families under their command. The total number of monks in the family is only ten or twenty. Fifteen monks are sent out at a time, and they have to take turns. Replacement is indeed difficult for them to do.

After hearing the complaints from Chen Yunan and Meng Xuanzhang, Song Yuanfang showed no surprise on his face. After a moment of silence, he spoke with some embarrassment:

"Two Taoist friends, although I am responsible for handling this matter, my ancestor has set the rules in advance. If I don't handle it impartially, it will be difficult for me to deal with you when I go back. You are making things difficult for me!"

"Fellow Daoist Song, you also know the difficulties our two families have. Please help me and explain to Patriarch Song that this thing was acquired by me in my early years and has been kept on my body for no use. I should treat it as a junior and honor him. It’s for the elderly!”

After Chen Yunan finished speaking, he took out a piece of second-level weapon refining material from his body and put it into Song Yuanfang's hands.

When Meng Xuanzhang on the side saw this, he also took out a second-level elixir that had been prepared and placed it in front of Song Yuanfang.

"Fellow Daoist Song, I came in a hurry and didn't bring anything good. Please accept this pearl elixir first, and please don't stir it up!"

Looking at the spiritual objects taken out by these two people, Song Yuanfang quickly waved his hands and said:

"What are you two fellow Taoists doing? Put these things away quickly. I have been taking care of family affairs for my ancestor in the clan for so many years. I did not gain my ancestor's trust by accepting gifts and doing things.

I also know that you two are having difficulties, so be it! I'll give you two an idea. If you think it's feasible, you should think about it carefully. If it doesn't work, you can go back and think of another way! "

Hearing what Song Yuanfang said, Chen Yunan and Meng Xuanzhang immediately raised their hands and saluted with joy on their faces: "Please give me some advice from fellow Taoist Song, I'm very grateful!"

"Since you two are worried about the lack of manpower, why not go directly to the Fangshi Law Enforcement Team in Chiyanfang to hire a few people and assign them directly to your family.

Although our Fangshi Law Enforcement Team was only recently established, these are all carefully selected and trustworthy cultivators. If you two can trust them, I think it is feasible to go there and spend some spirit stones directly. "

"I don't know if the ancestors and the general affairs hall of the sect will know about this matter when they hire other cultivators to deal with the conscription order, and what will they say!" Chen Yun'an said with a slightly hesitant look.

Song Yuanfang shook his head and said, "You two can rest assured about this. If you hire other casual cultivators or cultivators from other families, I really can't promise you anything.

But if they are from our Chiyanfang Law Enforcement Team, I can naturally come forward to guarantee them. Anyway, they are all carefully selected people over the years, so we are naturally assured. "

"Then I'll trouble Brother Song to help guide them. "

Hearing that the other party had agreed, Song Yuanfang smiled and stood up and said, "In that case, I'll write a note to you two, and you can go directly to the law enforcement team to pick people.

But no matter what, the number of people hired by each of you cannot exceed half of the total number of recruits. I hope you know this and don't make things difficult for us! "

"Don't worry, Brother Song, we know this. I will never forget your kindness today!"

After sending Chen Yun'an and Meng Xuanzhang out, Song Yuanfang waved and called in a young monk wearing Song family clothes from outside.

"Xuanyu, go find Yuantong and tell him that the Chen family will go to the law enforcement team to pick people. Let him go and prepare quickly. Be careful on the road and don't run into Chen Yun'an and others!"

"Don't worry, Uncle Sixteen, I'll be there soon! "Song Xuanyu nodded slightly, then turned around and left the meeting room quickly.

Five days later, a large flying boat flew from the direction of Guyang Mountain and landed on an open space outside the "Chiyanfang".

After seeing two foundation-building deacons from the General Affairs Hall of Xiaoyao Sect get off the flying boat, Song Yuanfang, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately stepped forward and bowed to the two of them.

"Two fellow Daoists, you must have been tired from coming from afar. Can you go to the market to have a cup of spiritual tea and take a rest first?"

"Fellow Daoist Song is too polite. We came here this time in accordance with the instructions of Uncle Master Xu of the sect. We dare not delay too much. I hope you can understand! ”

Seeing the other party repeatedly waving his hands to refuse, Song Yuanfang did not insist too much. After a few polite words, he took the two of them directly to a place where the crowd gathered not far away.

"My two fellow Daoists, this is Fellow Daoist Meng, Fellow Daoist Li, and my brother Yuanli. The three of them are the leaders of this expedition. The rest are 200 Qi-refining cultivators. They are all here. You can count and confirm them now."

After hearing Song Yuanfang's introduction, the two Xiaoyao Sect foundation-building cultivators and Song Yuanli greeted each other with a bow, and then turned their attention to the more than 200 Qi-refining cultivators who had gathered.

After a glance, one of the older men cleared his throat and spoke loudly to the people present: "Everyone, this expedition is to contribute to the sect. Everyone needs to leave their names and family locations in advance.

Please rest assured that whether you die in battle or are injured, the sect will provide corresponding compensation to your descendants. I hope you can fight hard on the front line and win glory for our country's cultivation world. ”

When Xiaoyao Sect recruits monks from affiliated families, they usually need to register and verify their identities before departure.

The reason for this is to prevent affiliated families from hiring some unaffiliated cultivators to fill the gap in order to protect their own cultivators from going to these dangerous battlefields.

Most of these cultivators only care about immediate interests and are opportunistic. Once they encounter danger on the battlefield and reach the critical moment when they need to fight hard, they will easily escape and cause the army to collapse.

Therefore, every time Xiaoyao Sect has a major war and needs a large number of low-level cultivators to participate in the war, it basically gives priority to recruiting disciples of the sect and cultivators from affiliated families. Only in very rare critical situations will it take the risk to choose to hire these cultivators.

Decades ago, when the monsters were in turmoil, in order to defend the Jinshanfang defense line when the sect was unable to support it, Song Qingming hired many scattered cultivators under the pressure of the situation. Xiu went to help defend the city.

At that time, in order to stabilize these people on the battlefield, Song Qingming not only promised a lot of benefits, but also gave up a lot of interests on the battlefield, which once caused many puzzled emotions among the vassal families under his command.

Fortunately, there must be brave men under a big reward. After a big battle, there were not many cultivators who defected from Jinshanfang. Although it was a little difficult to defend, everyone still insisted on waiting for the support of the sect, beheaded the White Lion Demon King, and won the final victory.

After watching the cultivators register their names and information and stepping on the flying boat, Song Yuanfang, who had confirmed with Xiaoyao Sect that there was no problem, turned around and came to Song Yuanli with a calm face.

"Eighteenth brother, all these children in the family will be handed over to you. When you return with success, I will definitely set up a celebration banquet for all of you here. At that time, we brothers will call everyone together and have a good drink!"

Song Yuanli nodded with a relaxed face and said, "Okay, then it's settled. You have to bring some good wine at that time. ”

Although Song Yuanfang and Song Yuanli established their foundation more than ten years apart, they were actually only a few years apart in age. They were brothers who grew up together and had always had a good relationship in the family.

Among the monks of the "Yuan Zi generation" who grew up together at the same age, except for a few of them who have successfully built the foundation, the others who are still alive are already old and no longer look like they were when they were young. This also makes them feel the years. He is ruthless and cherishes his brothers who are still beside him even more.

Compared with Song Yuanfang, who managed the family in all directions, Song Yuanli's personality has always been relatively reserved. After establishing the foundation, he focused on his own cultivation. Even in this farewell scene, he would not say too many words.

After saying his final farewell to his brother in front of him, Song Yuanli turned around and strode towards Xiaoyao Sect's large flying boat. His delicate figure quickly disappeared in front of Song Yuanfang's eyes.

After watching the flying boat slowly go away, Song Yuanfang turned around and walked silently towards the gate of "Chiyanfang". Just walking not far from the door, Song Yuantong, who had gray hair and was wearing the clothes of the Fang City Law Enforcement Team, quickly He walked to Song Yuanfang's side.

"Sixteenth Brother, this time I picked people who are smarter. The people from the Zongmen's General Affairs Hall probably didn't see anything just now!"

Song Yuanfang shook his head after hearing this, and said calmly: "Don't worry! Even if you see it, it doesn't matter. It's not a big deal to hire more than ten people. It's not like no one has done this in other places.

The war in the Lu Kingdom in the south may not end so soon. Brother Ninth, the law enforcement team still needs to find ways to recruit more manpower and prepare in advance. "

"Haha! It's not difficult to recruit more people, but at my age, I'm afraid that I will suddenly collapse and delay family affairs. You'd better send someone more reliable to replace me as soon as possible. "

"Well! Brother Ninth, your spirit is no worse than those of the juniors. I feel more at ease leaving this place to you for the time being. I haven't seen a more suitable person in the family yet, so let me think about it again!"

After the "Chiyanfang" was built, Song Yuantong, who managed some of the industries in Qinghefang for his family, came to Bianfang City and served as the elder of the law enforcement team for several years.

When Shi Chun was still alive, he secretly summoned some casual cultivators in Qinghefang to inquire about information for the Song family and do things that were inconvenient for them to come forward.

Later, after the development of two generations of monks, Song Xintang and Song Yuantong, the strength of these monks who were apparently casual cultivators but secretly became part of the Song family was far from what they were at the beginning.

In the past few years, after the "Chiyanfang" was built, Song Yuan conveniently transferred most of them here to join the Fang City Law Enforcement Team. After several years of development, there have been nearly three people in the law enforcement team. All ten people were recruited and trained secretly by the Song family.

These people are all carefully selected by Song Yuantong and others from many casual cultivators. Although they have nothing to do with the Song family on the surface, secretly they all receive the Song family's salary and work for the family outside. The peripheral monks who work.

The reason why Song Yuanfang summoned them all into the "Chiyanfang" was to strengthen and expand this force so that they would have more opportunities to contribute to the family in the future.

Since being promoted to the Golden Pill Immortal Clan, the Song family has been suffering from the fact that the family has grown too fast and the number of monks has been seriously insufficient.

Even the Song and Yuan Dynasties had long promulgated policies to encourage family monks and mortals to have more children.

However, because the family's original mortal base is not large, it is impossible to see the results of a large increase in the number of monks in a short period of time. It will take time to slowly manifest.

Therefore, Song and Yuan had just put their thoughts on recruiting casual cultivators to expand the strength of family cultivators.

In Qinghe and Pingyang counties, due to the rise of the Song family in recent years, not only the original number of monks and mortals in the territory has experienced an explosion, but also many foreign monks have been attracted. The Lingshan territory within the territory has become somewhat overcrowded.

The area around "Chiyanfang" is basically still a deserted land, and the farthest Lingshan Mountain is hundreds of miles away. There is still a lot of room for expansion in the surrounding area.

In a few years, when the number of monks in "Chiyanfang" gradually increases, the Fang City Law Enforcement Team controlled by the Song family can continue to expand its territory in the surrounding areas and slowly turn this originally barren land into a It can provide a place for monks and mortals to survive.

The Song family wants to keep these people in the Fang City Law Enforcement Team, but once the number of people increases, it will also be a greater burden on Fang City. Therefore, Song Yuanfang is also trying to find various tasks for them and find ways to earn more. Lingshi, try to reduce the burden on some markets.

Let the Chen family and the Meng family go to the Fang City Law Enforcement Team to hire these people. In fact, Song Yuanfang has already planned things. Not only can these Fang City Law Enforcement Team monks controlled by the Song family take over this task to earn spiritual stones, go to After entering the frontline battlefield, they can also get some exercise and grow faster.

As long as the Song family guides behind the scenes a few more times, and allows these immortal-cultivating families who need people to take the initiative to hire monks from the "Chiyanfang" law enforcement team, in the future, many immortal-cultivating families in Qinghe and Pingyang within the Song family will be responsible for "Chiyanfang" dependence will also become greater and greater.

In this way, the Song family, which firmly controls this city, will have an immediate improvement in influence over the vassal cultivating families under its command.

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Half a month later, in the "Huixian Pavilion" on the top of Funiu Mountain.

Song Yuanqian, who had a slightly nervous face, stood aside and looked carefully at Song Qingyu who was looking at a pile of weapon refining materials in front of her.

After a while, Song Qingyu stood up and nodded with a smile, saying: "Not bad, it's been less than a month, and almost all of them have been collected. Yuanqian, you did a good job on this matter. I will definitely give you a credit in front of my seventh brother later!"

Hearing the praise from her own Jindan ancestor, Song Yuanqian nodded with joy and said: "Thank you for the reward, auntie!"

Song Yuanqian just walked to the stairs and bumped into Song Qingming and Song Yuanfang who had just walked up. She quickly stood aside and bowed slightly to Song Qingming and the others.

"Greetings, clan leader!"

Song Qingming glanced at Song Yuanqian, then at the refining materials in Song Qingyu's hand not far away, and instantly knew that she seemed to be here to give Song Qingyu the spiritual objects needed to refine his life magic weapon, and hurriedly smiled and nodded to her:

"You have been searching for spiritual objects everywhere these days, and it is also hard for you, go back quickly!"

After Song Yuanqian left, Song Qingming and the others walked to Song Qingyu and asked again: "Have you collected everything this time?"

Song Qingyu smiled and nodded and replied: "Yes! With these materials, I can go into seclusion to refine my life magic weapon soon. Yuanqian did a good job this time, and we must reward her well later."

"Of course, you can go early Refining your own magical weapon in one day will be of great help to your path. We should not be stingy with the reward, not to mention that they are all family members! "

"Well! Brother Qi, you and Yuan Fang came here to find me, but is there anything else?"

Hearing Song Qingyu's question, Song Yuanfang, who was standing aside, said quickly: "The family got two more foundation-building pills yesterday. My uncle and I want to discuss with my aunt first, who should be given these two foundation-building pills to build the foundation first."

"Two foundation-building pills? Didn't I only get one foundation-building pill with my good deeds before? How come there is another one, where did it come from?" Song Qingyu's eyes flashed with a hint of confusion.

Seeing this, Song Qingming smiled and said, "I actually got this foundation-building pill by accident from the Tiandan League!"

"Tiandan League! Could it be that you, a Jindan cultivator, went to participate in their auction for foundation-building cultivators?"

Before Song Qingyu formed his first dan, he had also participated in the auction held by the Tiandan League in Weiguo in order to find dan spiritual objects everywhere. Naturally, he knew where the foundation-building pill might appear.

However, the auction of the "Tiandan League" is only open to cultivators at the Qi Refining and Foundation Building levels. Song Qingming is already a Jindan cultivator, so it is reasonable that he should not be able to join in the fun.

Song Qingming shook his head slightly and said, "Unless there is news of a five-element pill-forming spiritual object, no matter what, I will not attend the Tiandan League auction for a foundation-building pill.

I wonder if you still remember the Taoist friend Gu from the Tiandan League that I mentioned to you before?

It's a bit of a coincidence. I happened to meet him on the way to the sect this time. After chatting for a few words, I learned that he had successfully refined a furnace of foundation-building pills not long ago. I used the two third-level spiritual medicines in my hand to exchange one directly from him."

"So that's how it is, this is really a bit of a coincidence!" After hearing Song Qingming's explanation, Song Qingyu finally understood it, and a bit of surprise appeared on his face.

The Taoist friend Gu that Song Qingming mentioned is named Gu Qing. He is a deacon elder of the "Tiandan League" and is responsible for all the business of this organization in Weiguo and several surrounding countries. (End of this chapter)