Chapter 787 Development and Change, Missing Elixir (asking for monthly votes)

Chapter 787 Development and Change, Missing Elixir (asking for monthly votes)

Bai Jingyun was choking with sobs while speaking, and looked very sad.

"The last time I saw Fellow Daoist Bai, he was still in good health, but what happened?"

Hearing what Bai Jingyun said, Song Qingming showed a little surprise on his face. After taking the letter that Song Yuanfang took the initiative to hand over, he asked him again.

Song Yuanfang, who was in charge of the family's trivial matters, immediately bowed and replied: "Reporting to the seventh uncle, the area around Baishiling has been relatively stable recently, and nothing major has happened.

Last year, I heard from Changze that Fellow Daoist Bai was ill, and I asked him to send some elixirs to visit him.

At that time, Changze sent a letter back saying that Fellow Daoist Bai had caught a cold occasionally, but it was not a big deal. Later, he did not pay attention to this matter. I was a little negligent on my side."

Song Qingming nodded slightly, opened the letter in his hand, glanced at it carefully, and stood up and said to Song Qingyu beside him. He said, "I used to be friends with Bai Daoyou, but this is probably the last time we will meet, so I should go and see him.

I will continue to play chess with you after I come back from Baishiling!"

"Well! Yuxin will be back soon, and I am just thinking of asking her to accompany me to Chiyanfang. Brother Qi, you can go and do your work without worrying about my little thing."

After saying hello to Song Qingyu, Song Qingming took Song Yuanfang and Bai Jingyun out of the house, and then went to "Chiyanfang" to take the teleportation array to "Baishiling" thousands of miles away.

As soon as he walked out of the teleportation array, Song Qingming saw Song Changze and several other elders of the Song family stationed in the market who had been waiting by the side.

"Greetings, ancestor!"

Song Changze has now cultivated to the ninth level of foundation building, the one with the highest cultivation among all the foundation building elders of the Song family. As long as he polishes his cultivation for a few more years, he can be ready to impact the golden elixir realm that all foundation building cultivators yearn for.

However, it is not easy for a cultivator to form a golden elixir. Even though Song Changze has a good talent and has broken through to the ninth level of foundation building early, he still needs to be fully prepared to step into the golden elixir path smoothly.

In recent years, in addition to daily practice, Song Changze has also been working hard to practice the "Return to Origin Technique" passed down by Song Qingming. Although he has not yet completed this technique, he has made some progress.

After Song Qingming's consciousness swept over Song Changze and the others, he nodded slightly and immediately waved his hand to let them stand up.

Walking on the streets of the market, Song Qingming looked at the crowd of cultivators coming and going around, and felt that "White Lion Square" was much more prosperous than a few years ago, and his face showed a bit of satisfaction.

Since the Song family arranged a teleportation array in the two places, "Chiyan Square" and "White Lion Ridge" have been connected in the past few years. The Song family has not only reduced the defense pressure on the front line, but also relied on this teleportation array to make the exchanges between the two markets closer.

Many monks living around Qinghe and Pingyang counties would organize themselves in groups and go to the Baishiling area to hunt monsters and search for spiritual opportunities.

Under the arrangement of Song Yuanfang, Liu Yuxin and others, the "White Lion Square" also began to imitate the "Guiyun Square" to set up Feiyun Guards, recruiting monks to explore the territories of monsters in various places in the Fuyun Mountains.

Then all of them were compiled into a book, and the tasks were distributed to the Fangshi through the Fangshi Law Enforcement Team to help encourage all kinds of monks who wanted to go deep into the Fuyun Mountains to hunt monsters.

When he was still in the Qi Refining Period, Song Qingming had joined the "Feiyun Guards" for a period of time when he went out for training for the first time, and he naturally knew the process of issuing tasks.

Therefore, when Song Yuanfang and others took the initiative to propose to form an exploration guard belonging to the "White Lion Square", Song Qingming immediately nodded in agreement with the proposal and took the initiative to give them a lot of suggestions.

After the establishment of the guards in recent years, with the strong support of Song Changze and others, more and more monks came to "White Lion Square" to hunt monsters. Not only did they clear all the monsters around the market, but they also slowly extended the power of human monks to the north for thousands of miles.

There are more and more monster hunting teams in the market, and the spoils of these monks' monster hunting also made the entire "White Lion Square" and the surrounding "Chiyan Square" more prosperous.

Today's "White Lion Square" is already a large market in the north of Weiguo, second only to "Guiyun Square". It is not only famous throughout Weiguo, but also many sects in surrounding countries have come here to open shops.

Although "White Lion Square" is jointly operated by the Song family and Xiaoyao Sect, the Song family still holds the most shares in the market and is the biggest beneficiary of the entire market.

In recent years, the Song family has been developing rapidly, and there are more and more family monks. However, after expanding its territory to the north, the Song family has also added a lot of family industries. So far, the operation of the entire family is relatively stable.

After coming out of the market, Song Qingming refused to be accompanied by Song Changze and others, and only took Song Yuanfang and Bai Jingyun to the Bai family.

Hundreds of miles southeast of "White Lion Ridge", there is a high mountain standing among the peaks, named "Yuping Mountain".

This mountain is hundreds of feet high, surrounded by clouds and mist, emitting bursts of spiritual light. From a distance, it looks like a holy place for immortals.

There is a first-class spiritual vein on this "Yuping Mountain", which was originally the place where the monsters in the Floating Cloud Mountains were entrenched.

More than ten years ago, after the Jindan Immortal Clan Qinghe Song Family expanded their territory to the north, "Yuping Mountain" was quickly included in the territory of human cultivators. Now it is the holy place of the Bai Family, a family of immortal cultivators under the Song Family.

Not far from the foot of "Yuping Mountain", two cultivators walked together to the foot of the mountain, and soon came to a plaque with a stone tablet.

"Hey! Something really happened to the Bai family. There is no one guarding the mountain gate. Could it be that the ancestor of the Bai family has passed away?"

After the middle-aged man said something meaningful, he tapped his waist with one hand and took out a white sound transmission talisman, then cast a spell to send it into the mountain protection formation in the distance.

Another fat scholar with a chubby figure sighed and said:

"Alas, Senior Bai is almost dead, and it is only a matter of time before he passes away. I don't know if Yuping Mountain can still be peaceful after the ancestor of the Bai family is gone."

After hearing the worries of the fat scholar, the middle-aged man hurriedly shook his head and said: "Fellow Daoist Lu, you are overthinking this.

I have heard that Bai Jingyun of the Bai family has already worshipped the ancestor of Funiu Mountain.

Even if Senior Bai is gone in the future, no one in Baishiling will dare to attack the Bai family, otherwise If Funiu Mountain investigates this matter later, we will be in big trouble. "

"To be honest, I have heard something about this matter. It is said that Senior Bai had some friendship with the ancestor of Funiu Mountain when he was young, so he made an exception and accepted Bai Jingyun.

There are many cases of people being forgotten in the world of immortal cultivation. If Senior Bai is gone, who knows whether the Song family will still care about the affairs of Yuping Mountain.

Otherwise, if there is really a relationship with the Song family, why would the Bai family specially invite us to discuss the alliance.

I think Senior Bai is probably aware of this matter and knows that he will not be reliable in the future, so he is preparing for the rainy day. Miao invited our two families to come, so that the Bai family can find more ways out. "

The middle-aged man heard this, thought for a moment and nodded slightly, saying: "Brother Lu's words do make some sense. Although Bai Jinghua has a good talent for cultivation, it is hard to say whether he can build a foundation in the future.

Senior Bai took good care of our two families in the past. No matter what, we have to come and see. Now that our families are nearby, it is beneficial to form an alliance.

However, apart from Senior Bai, the highest cultivation level of the Bai family is only the seventh level of Qi Refining. I am afraid that he can no longer be our leader. We have to rely on Brother Lu to take care of us in the future.

Don't worry, Brother Lu, I will nominate you to take over as the leader of the alliance later, and our three families will be headed by your Tiandu Peak in the future. "

"Haha! No problem, no problem, the alliance is also for the benefit of everyone, as long as you agree, I will not refuse, and our three families will advance and retreat together in the future."

Just as they were talking at the foot of the mountain, they suddenly felt a wave of spiritual energy coming from the mountain gate in front, and then an old man in a white shirt wearing the Bai family's clothes walked out quickly,

The middle-aged man and the fat scholar stopped talking and greeted him with a bow.

"Daoyou Lu, Daoyou Zheng, I hope you will forgive me for not welcoming you!"

"Alas! Our three families have been connected for many years, why are you so polite! I wonder if Senior Bai is okay, we will go to see him first."

When the two people in front of him asked about their ancestor, the face of the cultivator of the Bai family suddenly showed a trace of ugliness, and nodded slightly: "The ancestor is on the mountain, but he is not feeling well, I am afraid it is not convenient for him to see you now.

This time I invited you two to come here to discuss the alliance of the three families. The two Daoists, please go up the mountain with me first. After the discussion, I will see if I can take you to see the ancestor."

"Oh! If Senior Bai is not convenient, it's okay, then let's go up the mountain!"

Seeing that the face of the cultivator of the Bai family was a little ugly, the eyes of Lu and Zheng who came to visit also flashed a meaningful look.

Just as the three of them greeted each other and were about to walk towards the mountain gate, a beam of light suddenly lit up in the distant sky and flew quickly towards the location of "Yuping Mountain".

Seeing this scene, the three of them showed surprise on their faces. The middle-aged man walking in front hurriedly smiled and asked:

"This is... Foundation Building Cultivator. Daoist Bai, there are distinguished guests coming to Yuping Mountain today. Why didn't you tell me earlier? May I ask which senior is coming?"

Hearing this, the Bai family cultivator hurriedly shook his head and said, "This, the two Daoists have some misunderstandings. There has been no major incident in my family recently. I am not sure which senior is coming to visit."

Facing the answer of the Bai family cultivator, Lu and Zheng's faces changed slightly. Seeing that the person was about to arrive, they hurriedly followed the Bai family cultivator to greet him.

After a flash of white light, Song Qingming appeared in the air with Song Yuanfang and Bai Jingyun, and then controlled the "Phantom Boat" to slowly land.

"Sixth uncle, I'm back!"

"This is the Song Patriarch! Why is he here?"

As the head of the Song family, Song Qingming rarely appears in front of low-level cultivators, but Song Yuanfang manages many mundane things in the family and often comes into contact with cultivators from the underground affiliated families.

Seeing Song Yuanfang, the eldest elder of the Song family, standing respectfully behind Song Qingming, the three people below immediately realized that the man in green robe standing in front should be the unattainable Song Patriarch they mentioned.

Seeing Song Qingming, the Jindan cultivator, suddenly appear, the faces of the three people standing below were all very shocked, and it was unbelievable that the high-ranking Song Patriarch actually came to "Yuping Mountain" in person.

Since the formation of the elixir, the family has basically managed the affiliated families with the foundation-building elders such as Song Yuanfang, and Song Qingming has basically not interfered with these trivial matters in the family in recent years.

Except for a few fellow cultivators of the same generation who had a friendship with him in the past, such as Huang Shengyue, when Song Qingming went to see them off, he basically did not appear in the affiliated families at other times.

Besides, the Bai family of "Yuping Mountain" is just a small immortal cultivation family that has just been established. It is not as good as the thousand-year-old Huang family. How can it be worthy of Song Qingming, the Jindan ancestor, to pay so much attention and come in person.

Today, even if Song Yuanfang, the elder of the Song family, came, it was a special honor for the Bai family.

Not only were Lu and Li shocked by this scene, but even the Bai family cultivator was stunned when he saw Song Qingming appear.

It was not until Bai Jingyun, who had just returned, called him again that he reacted and hurriedly stepped forward to kneel down and bow to Song Qingming.

"Junior., I pay my respects to the ancestor!"

Song Qingming looked at a few people and waved his hand gently to signal them to stand up. Then he asked Bai Jingyun to lead the way and walked up to "Yuping Mountain" first.

Only after Song Qingming and the other two had gone far away did Lu and Li, who were still there, slowly recover from their shock and look at each other, as if they still couldn't believe what had just happened.

"Uh, Fellow Daoist Lu, Fellow Daoist Zheng, let's go up the mountain first! The two Daoists go first."

"Ah! Fellow Daoist Bai, you go first."

Hearing the words of the Bai family cultivator, Lu and Li, who reacted, immediately smiled and nodded in response.

After walking two steps forward, they took the initiative to stop, and only bowed and followed until the Bai family cultivator walked in front.

In a cave on the top of "Yuping Mountain", Bai Yunhua, who was already white-haired and skinny, was lying on the bed. With his eyes closed, he seemed to have only a faint breath left that was still connected to this world.

In a hall outside the bed, three Bai family cultivators sat together, all with ugly faces.

One of the middle-aged men with full beard stood up and paced around twice, then turned around and asked:

"Brother, do you think Jingyun can invite people from the Song family to go to Funiushan this time? People from the Lu family and the Zheng family are expected to arrive soon. If no one from the Song family comes, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to discuss the alliance with them."

An old man sitting at the stone table sighed and said, "You all know that although Jingyun is a disciple of the ancestor of the Song family, he is just a nominal disciple. I don't have much confidence in this matter.

The ancestor repeatedly warned us not to alarm the Song family about this matter.

It was you who insisted on coming up with this idea and asked Jingyun to go to Funiushan to report the news, but now you are asking me instead."

After the old man in white finished speaking, a trace of displeasure flashed in his eyes, as if he was a little dissatisfied with the previous inquiry.

The middle-aged man was not happy to hear this and said, "Brother, don't you know the current situation? Once the ancestor passes away, do you think the Lu family and the Zheng family will still follow our lead like before?

How can we rely on just a few of us to maintain our current status? This is not a last resort.

If you have any better ideas, then tell us. We are not disobeying you."

"Okay! Fourth brother, you should say less. You are not tired after arguing for so many days. Brother, now that the matter is settled, don't think too much. Just wait for the result!

When the people from the Lu family and the Li family come up, I will go to deal with them first and hold them back. Everything will be discussed after Jingyun comes back."

Another old man sitting at the stone table spoke to comfort the two people, then took the initiative to get up and walk out.

Just when he walked to the door, a teenager of fifteen or sixteen suddenly walked in quickly.

"Uncle, my second brother is back. I saw he brought two people with him. They will be here soon."

"Oh! Great, it must be someone from the Song family. I knew that Jingyun would be smart and would not let us down.

Brother, you stay here first. Fourth brother, follow me to greet them. Don't let them think we are impolite."

Hearing what the young man said, the people in the hall immediately changed from their sad expressions to a bit more joyful expressions, and walked out of the cave quickly.

A quarter of an hour later, Song Qingming, who was sitting in front of Bai Yunhua's bed, was carefully checking Bai Yunhua lying on the bed with his spiritual sense.

And the Bai family cultivators just now stood carefully aside with Bai Jingyun, lowering their heads and not daring to look at Song Qingming.

Before, they asked Bai Jingyun to go to Funiu Mountain to report the news, just to try their luck and see if the Song family would send one or two cultivators to visit Bai Yunhua as usual.

So as to let the surrounding immortal cultivation families know the relationship between the Bai family and "Funiu Mountain" through the people from the Song family, so as to maintain the current status of the Bai family in a short time.

Several people never expected that Bai Jinghua, a nominal disciple, could actually invite Song Qingming over, which really shocked them.

At this moment, they were still a little trembling in the cave. Facing Song Qingming, the Jindan ancestor, they really didn't dare to approach and talk, so they could only bow their heads and accompany him.

After checking Bai Yunhua, Song Qingming's face gradually became more puzzled. He turned to several Bai family cultivators not far away and asked:

"When Jingyun became a disciple, I once gave Bai Daoyou a second-level high-grade longevity pill. Have you seen this thing?"

Bai Yunhua is a cultivator of about the same age as Song Qingming. Although his life span is about to end, Song Qingming gave Bai Yunhua a second-level longevity pill that year. It should be able to extend his life by at least five years.

When Song Qingming heard the news that Bai Yunhua was dying in "Funiu Mountain" before, he always felt something strange in his heart, so he came to check it out in person.

Through his spiritual sense, Song Qingming felt that Bai Yunhua had no vitality in his body, and his face was gray, which was obviously a sign of exhaustion.

After realizing that Bai Yunhua did not take the longevity spiritual object, Song Qingming became more curious about the whereabouts of the second-level "longevity pill" given by his own Cang Nian, and looked at the Bai family members beside him with cold eyes.

"Second-level high-grade longevity pill? This... this, report to the ancestor, we have never heard of this thing."

"Yes! The ancestor is wise. When my grandfather came back, he did not mention any longevity pill to us, and the ancestor's relics are all here, and there is no second-level high-grade spiritual pill."

Faced with Song Qingming's inquiry, several Bai family cultivators standing nearby hurriedly knelt on the ground to explain, and also turned out the storage bag left by Bai Yuhua.

After a while, with the sound of ding-dong, several people poured out the contents of Bai Yunhua's storage bag and carefully brought them to Song Qingming.

Song Qingming took a quick glance and found that these were all worthless ordinary spiritual objects. Only a few second-grade lower-grade spiritual talismans and magic tools of average quality had some value, and there was no "longevity pill" at all.

Seeing this, Song Qingming turned around and looked at everyone again, and said in a cold tone:

"I gave this pill to Bai Daoyou at the beginning, but Bai Daoyou did not take the longevity spiritual object. Now this pill is nowhere to be found. There must be an explanation.

To tell you the truth, this second-grade upper-grade longevity pill was refined by my Song family. As long as this thing is still on Yuping Mountain, I will definitely find a way to find it.

If any of you have taken it, or know where this pill is, as long as you tell me now, I can give Bai Daoyou a face and let you go."

When Song Qingming gave Bai Yunhua the longevity pill, he just wanted him to live a few more years so that he could give Bai Jingyun more teachings.

Unexpectedly, Bai Yunhua did not take the longevity elixir, which caused him to pass away several years earlier. Now his life force has dissipated and he is powerless to recover.

Bai Yunhua has practiced for a lifetime, and it is not a sad thing that he can pass away peacefully in his own home.

However, he clearly had a second-grade top-grade "longevity elixir" in his hand, but he did not have time to take it and refine it. This really made Song Qingming a little confused. Where did this valuable elixir go?

Seeing that Song Qingming's face was already a little unhappy, several Bai family cultivators present hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy, all claiming that they had never seen or heard that their ancestor had such a valuable second-grade top-grade elixir in his hand.

Seeing that the people of the Bai family were already scared and didn't seem to be talking nonsense, Song Qingming's face was more suspicious and asked again:

"Since you didn't take it, do you know where Fellow Daoist Bai has been in these years, or what troubles he has encountered?"

"Reporting to the ancestor, since moving to Yuping Mountain, Grandfather has rarely gone out. In these years, except for the surrounding areas of Yuping Mountain, we have indeed not seen him travel far."

"Oh! This is really strange. A good second-level top-grade pill can't disappear without a trace!

Since you can't find it yourself, I will send someone to help you find it!"

"Master, I think I know where the pill is!"

Just as Song Qingming was about to turn around and leave the cave, Bai Jingyun, who had been standing next to him without saying a word, suddenly spoke. (End of this chapter)