Chapter 708 Spiritual Stone Mine, Dual Cultivation Ceremony (Subscription Request)
If one day, like Feng He, he can try to form a baby to break through to the Nascent Soul realm, then this formation can also help him resist the Nascent Soul Thunder Tribulation.
Song Qingming put so much effort into repairing the "Tiangang Five Elements Formation", so naturally he had some plans in this regard.
Spring passed and autumn came, and three years passed quickly after Song Qingming went into seclusion.
On this day, a sword light flew from the northeast of Qinghe County and landed at the foot of "Funiu Mountain".
The three Song family law enforcement team monks who were guarding the mountain gate showed a bit of smiles on their faces when they saw the person coming at the foot of the mountain. They took the initiative to open the mountain gate formation and welcome them out.
"Uncle Jiu, you are back!"
Song Changze, who had just returned from "Chiyanfang", glanced sideways at the three people who came to him, and asked softly: "Today it is your turn to guard the mountain gate.
Is Uncle Sixteen on the mountain these days? Has the ancestor left seclusion? "
"Reporting to Uncle Ninth, the ancestor has not left seclusion yet. The great elders have been here recently and should be in the meeting hall now!" After hearing Song Changze's question, the leading monk of the "Xuan" generation hurriedly replied .
After hearing the reply he needed, Song Changze nodded slightly without saying anything more, walked quickly up the mountain, and quickly disappeared in front of the three of them.
"We haven't seen each other for just a few months. Uncle Jiu has improved a lot in his cultivation. I'm afraid he will soon break through the eighth level of foundation building. I really envy him. He succeeded in building foundation early and is now not far away from forming a core.
In the future, Uncle Nine might also form a golden elixir like the ancestors on the top of the mountain and become the fourth ancestor of the family. "
A younger monk of the "Lin" generation who was standing there looked at the direction where Song Changze disappeared with his eyes shining brightly, and he couldn't help but say with envy on his face.
As soon as he finished speaking, another fellow monk standing aside immediately shook his head and said:
"Hmph! I can't see it. Although Uncle Ninth's cultivation is higher now, Uncle Yuan Hao's cultivation speed is not slow, and Uncle Yuan Li heard that his old man's injury is about to recover.
Both of them are gifted with earth spirit roots, so their confidence in forming elixirs will definitely be higher than that of the ninth uncle, and they are more likely to become the fourth ancestor of the golden elixir in the family. "
"Monks don't build pills just by looking at the difference in spiritual roots. Your vision is a bit shallow. I think the ninth uncle can cultivate to the late stage of foundation building so quickly. He must be no worse than the two uncles."
"That said, but"
"Okay! Are the family elders just standing there in a daze that you two juniors are talking about? If you practice hard, you will have the opportunity to build foundations and form pills sooner or later. There is no need to envy others!"
Seeing the two juniors behind him talking more and more energetically, a late-stage Qi Refining monk from the "Xuan" generation quickly turned around and scolded the two of them, and led them back to their posts.
After Song Changze went up the mountain, he went straight to the family "meeting hall" and quickly found Song Yuanfang who was teaching several younger members of the family.
"Uncle Sixteen is fine!"
"Eh! Why did you come back early, Changze? I didn't see any news coming from Fangshi. Could it be that someone in the law enforcement team is slacking off again!"
Seeing Song Changze in front of him, Song Yuanfang was a little surprised and quickly asked the juniors standing in front of him to go out first.
Hearing this, Song Changze quickly waved his hand and said: "I forgot to tell you in advance this time, don't blame Uncle Sixteen.
I made a last-minute decision to come back this time. There are some things that I can't tell you by letter. I have to talk to you in person. I just came back first when I was anxious.
Junior Sisters Xuanting and Yuxin are over there in Fangshi, so don't worry, nothing will happen to you. "
"Oh! Why are you so anxious to find me? Xuanfu, you two go out first. Don't let anyone in without me."
Seeing that Song Changze seemed to have something important to tell him, Song Yuanfang immediately asked the two family monks who were assisting him in handling family affairs to guard the door first to prevent anyone from overhearing their subsequent conversation.
After finding a chair and sitting down, seeing that there was no one else in the "meeting hall", Song Changze said with a serious face:
"Uncle Sixteen, a month ago Junior Sister Yu Xin and I led people to kill the two Gale Tigers and seize the Shuangfeng Mountain Spiritual Vein. I have already sent a message back about this, you should know it!"
"Well! I know this, don't I ask you to send people to occupy this mountain first?" Song Yuanfang nodded slightly with a calm face, waiting for Song Changze's next words.
"A few days ago, I asked Xuande and the others to search for spiritual objects in the mountain over there, but he came back and told me that there might be a spiritual stone vein in the Shuangfeng Mountain."
"A vein of spirit stone was discovered in Shuangfeng Mountain! What you said is true. Is Xuande sure about this?"
Hearing that Song Changze and the others might have found a spirit stone vein, Song Yuanfang's originally calm face suddenly changed, and he quickly stood up and spoke to confirm.
In the world of cultivating immortals, the spiritual stones used by monks are mined from underground spiritual veins like ordinary ores. However, "spiritual stone veins" are very rare in the world of cultivating immortals. They are basically controlled by those large sects. It is also their important source of spiritual stones.
In the entire Wei Kingdom, there are about seven or eight "spirit stone veins" that have not yet been exhausted, and without exception, they are all controlled by the "Xiaoyao Sect".
Surviving under the protection of the "Xiaoyao Sect", even if ordinary Qi refining and foundation-building immortal cultivating families discovered the spirit stone mine, they would not dare to mine it at will. They could only actively donate it to them like the Lu family hundreds of years ago. sect, in exchange for some sect contribution.
Otherwise, if someone dares to mine secretly without telling the "Xiaoyao Sect", once the incident angers the sect, the fate that awaits them will be death.
Upon hearing the news that the "Lingshi Mine" might be discovered in Shuangfeng Mountain, Song Yuanfang immediately understood the seriousness of the matter. He quickly walked to Song Changze's side, waved his hand and carefully set up a soundproof barrier.
Seeing this, Song Changze immediately shook his head and said: "I only received the news in the morning and rushed back to see you. I'm not sure yet whether this is true or not, but I heard from Xuande that there is a possibility of spiritual stone veins. Sex is great.
You also know that he is the only spiritual explorer here, and the others don’t understand this, so they can only listen to him first.
There are still many casual cultivators in the Fang City Law Enforcement Team. There are many people in Shuangfeng Mountain. I don’t dare to let them dig for mineral veins. If the news is exposed, I will not be able to explain the matter to my family. . "
"Changze, apart from you two, is there anyone else who knows about this now?"
Seeing Song Yuanfang looking at him seriously, Song Changze hesitated for a moment before replying: "Xuande told me about this matter alone, and the others probably don't know.
However, Junior Sister Yu Xin has been sitting in Shuangfeng Mountain these days. She knows about Xuande coming back to see me, and I think she might have some guesses. "
"You just took the spiritual pulse, why did you leave her there and ran back to Fangshi? You don't know when you can change your temper.
alright! Now that the matter is over, you should go back and keep an eye on it. I will go to the top of the mountain to discuss this matter with the ancestor.
You have to remember that before we go there, everyone who has been to Shuangfeng Mountain is under my watch, including Liu Yuxin, and they are not allowed to leave there at will. "
Hearing that Liu Yuxin might already know about this, Song Yuanfang, who had already guessed what was going on, scolded Song Changze and shook his head helplessly, and quickly sent him back.
After seeing off Song Changze, Song Yuanfang immediately hurried to the top of the mountain and sent a sound transmission talisman to Song Qingming Cave who was in retreat.
After a while, there was a sudden fluctuation in the formation at the door, and then a voice came. After hearing the words, Song Yuanfang hurriedly walked in.
Song Qingming, who was sitting in the cave and fiddling with a formation flag in his hand, saw Song Yuanfang walking in. He immediately turned around and asked, "Why are you looking for me today? Is there something wrong with Xuan Ling's foundation building again?"
After Song Yuanfang stepped forward and bowed his hands, he gently shook his head and replied: "Xuan Ling has not yet left the foundation building. Don't worry, Seventh Uncle, his foundation is better than Xuan Xin. I think he should be able to succeed this time.
The reason why I came to disturb the Seventh Uncle's practice today is because there is a major family matter. I can't make my own decision, so I came to ask the Seventh Uncle for advice. "
After hearing Song Yuanfang's eloquent talk about the recent discovery of the "Lingshi Mine", Song Qingming slowly put down the formation flag in his hand, and his face began to look a little serious.
"You're saying that Changze and the others might have discovered a spirit stone vein in Yunwu Mountain?"
"Reporting to Uncle Seven, we haven't confirmed yet whether it is the spirit stone vein or not. I have asked Changze to go back first and prepare to take people to Shuangfeng Mountain later to confirm the authenticity of this matter."
After Song Qingming thought calmly for a moment, he nodded slightly and agreed with Song Yuanfang's idea.
"Well! Then you go first. If this is true, send a message back to me as soon as possible. As for Liu Yuxin, whether she knows about it or not, don't embarrass her and wait for me to handle it. "
"Uncle Seven, don't worry! I've written it down."
After Song Yuanfang nodded in agreement, he turned around and walked out of Song Qingming's cave. Soon he left "Funiu Mountain" with the remaining "spiritual explorers" in his family.
An hour later, the flying boat controlled by Song Yuanfang arrived at a high mountain with two towering peaks. As soon as it landed on the top of the mountain, Song Changze, who had arrived first, immediately led people to greet him.
Under the leadership of Song Changze, Song Yuanfang and others soon arrived at a valley between two peaks, and met a middle-aged man about thirty years old, holding a red gold compass in his hand.
"Xuande, how can we confirm that this is the spirit stone mine?" Song Yuanfang, who was a little anxious when they met, immediately asked.
When Song Xuande heard this, he immediately raised his hands and said, "Reporting to Uncle Sixteen, I have carefully explored the area nearby. The veins are right at our feet. The spiritual energy in this place is much richer than on the top of the mountain. It is very likely that it is a spiritual stone vein."
"Yeah! What Xuande said is true. The aura on the top of this spiritual vein is only the second-middle grade. It is almost close to the second-grade high-grade. There must be another spiritual vein that separates it separately.
In this situation where there are two spiritual veins in one mountain, it is indeed very likely that they are spiritual stone veins.
Unexpectedly, I have traveled all over Qinghe County in my whole life, but I have not been able to find a medium-sized mineral vein for my family. When I finally found a spiritual stone mine, God has treated me well. "
The speaker was a white-haired old man who came with Song Yuanfang. His name was Song Yuanxi. He was one of the few monks left in the "Yuan" generation of the Song family. He was also the best master of the spirit detection skills in the family. One person.
Hearing what Song Yuanxi said on the side, Song Yuanfang's confidence suddenly increased a bit, and he quickly asked the few people accompanying him to cooperate with Song Xuande to start digging for the mineral veins below.
With the help of two foundation-building monks, Song Yuanfang and Song Changze, the group worked continuously for several days and finally dug out the mineral vein below.
Holding a spiritual stone just taken from the mine, and feeling the pure spiritual energy in his hand, Song Yuanfang, who had been nervous for several days, slowly showed a hint of excitement on his face.
Then he immediately took out a red spiritual talisman from his body and reported this important news to the family thousands of miles away.
Not long after, Song Qingming, the family's Jindan ancestor, came to "Shuangfeng Mountain" in person. Seeing that Song Yuanfang and his team had indeed found a "spiritual stone vein", Song Qingming's face was also somewhat happy.
According to Song Yuanxi and his team's estimates, this "spiritual stone vein" probably has a reserve of millions of spiritual stones. The family has invested the most manpower in mining, and can mine about 3,000 spiritual stones a year. It will take at least three or four hundred years to mine all the spiritual stones in the vein.
However, the ore in the "spiritual stone vein" is relatively mild and does not cause much harm to mortals. Mortals can be directly used to enter the mining area for mining, and the cost of mining the vein is relatively low.
With an annual income of 3,000 spiritual stones, the family can at least harvest more than 2,500 spiritual stones after deducting the mining costs.
As long as this "spiritual stone vein" is successfully mined, the income it will bring to the Song family in the future will be much greater than the "Yin Fire Stone" vein discovered by Song Qingming and his team.
Although the "Yinfeng Ridge" vein can produce ore worth more than 4,000 spiritual stones every year, that vein was developed in cooperation between the Song family and the "Xiaoyao Sect". After deducting the mining costs each year, the actual spiritual stones that the Song family can get are only more than 1,000.
When the "Yinfeng Ridge" vein was discovered, the Song family was unable to mine the vein alone because of the lack of family cultivators at the time, so they had no choice but to take the initiative to cooperate with the sect.
The "spiritual stone vein" discovered this time is less difficult to mine. The Song family now has nearly 500 cultivators and a large number of family mortals, who have enough ability to mine the vein alone.
Song Qingming only thought for a moment, and then immediately decided to mine the "Shuangfeng Mountain" spiritual stone vein alone, and no longer seek cooperation from the sect.
This vein was discovered in Yunwu Mountain hundreds of miles east of "Chiyanfang". Although this place was not originally the territory of the Song family, it was not under the jurisdiction of the sect. According to the rules set by the sect, the Song family did not need to report this matter to "Xiaoyao Sect".
After the Song family was promoted to a Jindan family, Qinghe County has been developing steadily for more than a hundred years, and the strength of the major immortal cultivation families has been greatly improved.
Especially after the establishment of "Chiyanfang", many foreign casual cultivators and small immortal cultivation families came to the vicinity of the market to find a spiritual mountain to settle down, which also caused the number of cultivators in Qinghe County to increase sharply.
Originally, the spiritual veins in Qinghe County were basically occupied by major immortal cultivation families. In order to accommodate these casual cultivators who came to Qinghe County, the Song family has also been trying to expand new family territories in recent years.
"Xiaoyao Sect" has occupied Weiguo for thousands of years, and has always been very supportive of its own cultivation families expanding their territories. Sometimes they even take the initiative to help them deal with those powerful monsters.
It was precisely because they received the task of expanding to the east of "Yunwu Mountain" from the family that Song Changze and his men suddenly sent troops to the depths of Yunwu Mountain and captured the "Shuangfeng Mountain", a second-level medium-grade spiritual vein.
Now the monsters near "Shuangfeng Mountain" have basically been cleared by the Song family. As long as it develops steadily for a few decades, this place can be connected with "Chiyanfang" and become the new family territory of the Song family.
According to Song Qingming's idea, "Chiyanfang" will develop in the future, and sooner or later it will catch up with Qinghe and Pingyang counties.
After confirming the reserves of the "spiritual stone vein" in front of him, Song Qingming immediately asked Song Yuanfang to return to the family and dispatch family cultivators to take over "Shuangfeng Mountain" and replace all the cultivators of the "Chiyanfang" law enforcement team who were originally left here.
This "spiritual stone vein" is very important to the family. The Song family must strictly control this place in the future to prevent the news from leaking out and causing any changes to attract the covetousness of other cultivators.
After arranging Song Yuanfang to return to the family, Song Qingming came to the top of "Shuangfeng Mountain" again and summoned Song Changze and Liu Yuxin separately.
It has been more than 50 years since Liu Yuxin returned to Qinghe County from the East China Sea Xiuxian Realm. Her cultivation has also been cultivated from the second level of foundation building to the peak of the sixth level of foundation building. She is only one step away from entering the late stage of foundation building.
Although Master He Mengxin occasionally comes back to give her some spiritual stones in recent years, Liu Yuxin stays alone in Qinghe County to practice, and she also has to take care of the Liu family of "Jingyuan Mountain" which has just been established. It is indeed not easy to cultivate to the current level.
Seeing Song Qingming personally rushing to "Shuangfeng Mountain", Liu Yuxin, who had already guessed what the Song family had found on the mountain, did not look too surprised on her face, and hurriedly took the initiative to step forward and salute him.
"Yuxin greets Senior Song!"
After Song Qingming scanned Liu Yuxin with his spiritual sense, he nodded slightly to her and said with a smile:
"At the beginning, I promised Fellow Daoist He that I would take care of you, but you haven't come to Funiushan to find us in these years, so I have never had the opportunity to fulfill my promise to your master.
I see that your current cultivation is about to break through to the late stage of foundation building. This barrier-breaking pill is just what you can use. Just regard it as my care for you in these years. I hope you can practice well and break through to the late stage of foundation building as soon as possible."
After speaking, Song Qingming's hand flashed with a flash of light, and a green jade box immediately appeared. He handed it to Liu Yuxin with a kind face.
"Yu Xin has opened several small shops in Chiyanfang over the years. In fact, some of them have received a lot of care from Funiu Mountain. Senior and my master have not broken their trust. There is no need to spend more money to give me pills."
When she saw the "Barrier Breaking Pill" given to her by Song Qingming, Liu Yuxin's expression did not show much excitement. Instead, she acted very calmly and declined.
Song Changze, who was standing by, suddenly became nervous when he saw this scene. He wanted to step forward to persuade Liu Yuxin, but because of Song Qingming who was standing by, he still didn't dare to speak after thinking about it, so he could only fight towards her. Wink.
However, Liu Yuxin seemed not to notice, and ignored Song Changze, keeping her eyes on Song Qingming in front of her.
"Well! I have also heard Yuan Fang and the others say about what you have done in Chiyanfang over the years. You can run the store business so well on your own, and you have also helped us run the market with many ideas. How many of you are better than them? Still much stronger.
Your master and I are close friends, and I have been called "senior" by you. You have been in Qinghe County for so many years. As an elder, I still have to express my gratitude. You don't have to refuse this pill. "
"Yu Xin thanks senior for giving me the treasure!"
Seeing what Song Qingming said, Liu Yuxin stopped declining and carefully took the jade box floating in front of her. She focused on the exquisite jade box in her hand, but was not in a hurry to open it.
Song Changze on the side suddenly became happy when he saw this, and he was very happy for her in his heart.
Seeing that Liu Yuxin's character was much more stable than when she first returned to Qinghe County a few decades ago, Song Qingming nodded with relief and continued:
"I came to see you today for one more thing. I want to ask your thoughts."
"Senior, if you have any questions, please speak up." After hearing Song Qingming's question, Liu Yuxin quickly raised her head and replied.
After Song Qingming paused for a moment, his expression gradually became serious, and he directly asked Liu Yuxin in front of him: "Now that Jingyuan Mountain has stabilized, you don't need to worry about it anymore.
You and Changze are both old. I would like to ask you if you would like to become a Taoist couple with him and support each other in practice from now on.
Your master discussed this matter with me back then. If you are willing, I can directly make the decision and hold a weekend ceremony for you in Funiu Mountain. Our Song family is also a Jindan Immortal Clan, so we will definitely not treat you badly.
If you don't want to, it doesn't matter. I'm going to the East China Sea Immortal Realm in a while, so I can take you back with me.
Your cultivation is not too far away from forming pills. If you stay here in Qinghe County, you may delay your journey in the future. We can feel more at ease when we return to Donghai and have your master take care of you. "
"Seventh Uncle, Yu Xin and I don't need you to worry about us."
"Shut up first, I didn't ask you anything!"
Hearing Song Qingming bring the matter between himself and Liu Yuxin to the table, Song Changze, who was standing aside, immediately felt embarrassed.
Just when he stepped forward to rescue Liu Yuxin, Song Qingming, who had been speaking very kindly before, suddenly interrupted him with a scolding, causing Song Changze to hold back the rest of his words.
Seeing that the seventh uncle's face in front of him suddenly turned very serious, although Song Changze was extremely anxious, he did not dare to speak again. He could only retreat a little aggrievedly, showing a look of helplessness to Liu Yuxin beside him. (End of chapter)