Family Cultivation: Evergreen of the Song Family

Chapter 158 Rong Shaoyuan

Although I really want to try the power of [Cold Flame in the Earth's Core], this place is inconvenient after all. If I accidentally set the bamboo building on fire, it would be great fun.

After putting away the spirit-slaying gourd, Song Changsheng wanted to refining the [Heaven Measuring Ruler], but unfortunately he didn't have enough Five Elements Essence on hand, so he had to give up.

It was dawn at this moment, Song Changsheng opened the bamboo window, breathed in the fresh air, and thought about how to deal with the Rong family.

Although intercepting Yu Chengbo and others would be beneficial to both the Song family and the Rong family, the Rong family had always been arrogant and difficult to deal with.

A hundred years ago, the Song family could still be on an equal footing with the Rong family, but now that the Song family no longer has the great monks of the Zi Mansion, they are naturally lower than the Rong family.

If you want to form an alliance with them, the other party will definitely not agree. They may even ridicule Song Changsheng and then be kicked out by them. The reason is simple: the status does not match.

"Well, if it had been anyone else, why bother?" Song Changsheng sighed slightly, already having an idea in his mind.

"Qingluo, the curfew in the city has been lifted now. Go back to the store and wait for the family's reply. Notify me as soon as you get it." Song Changsheng went downstairs and looked at Song Qingluo who was busy.

"As ordered."

After seeing off Song Qingluo, Song Changsheng also walked towards the Lun Dao Hall. After the birthday banquet, the Lord of the City will preach for three days, and today is the first day.

As a being who can sit down and discuss Tao with Zhenren Jindan, the Great City Lord's understanding of "Tao" has reached a level that ordinary people can only look up to.

Not only is it beneficial to juniors like Song Changsheng, even those monks from the Zi Mansion will not miss such a rare opportunity.

There is a saying that has been circulating in the world of human cultivation. Before the golden elixir stage, you need to look at your spiritual roots, but if you want to break through the golden elixir stage, you have to look at your understanding.

Because if you want to break through the golden elixir stage, it does not depend on how fast you practice, nor how good your spiritual roots are, but on your understanding of the "Tao".

Only when the understanding of "Tao" touches that level can we break through that layer of barriers and step into the golden elixir stage.

And this involves understanding. The higher the understanding, the easier it is to get in touch with that barrier. If you don't have enough understanding, even if you have Tianlinggen, you can't even think about breaking through the golden elixir.

Therefore, those first-rate powerful forces who recruit disciples do not actually care about spiritual roots.

If a cultivator with a Heavenly Spiritual Root or a Different Spiritual Root appears in the Daqi cultivation world, it will definitely cause competition among various forces, but for those first-rate forces, the Heavenly Spiritual Root is just that.

Because they control abundant resources, as long as your understanding is high enough, even if your spiritual roots are poor, they can quickly help you reach the Purple Mansion stage and then break through the golden elixir. The higher your understanding, the faster the process.

Otherwise, why do you think these Zifu monks often talk about Taoism after they go to Tianyin Mountain?

Supporting the younger generation is only one aspect, the most important thing is to promote one's own understanding of the "Tao". It is the same now when listening to the Lord of the City's sermons, it is all to promote one's own understanding of the "Tao".

Therefore, Song Changsheng has always had a question. The Great City Lord's understanding of "Tao" has far exceeded that of the Zifu stage. He himself has broken through the Zifu Dzogchen for hundreds of years. Why has he not entered the Golden Elixir stage?

With the financial resources and foundation of Luoxia City, it will not be a problem for the city lord to follow the [One Yuan Golden Elixir Path] or the [Five Elements Golden Elixir Path], and he has a fourth-level spiritual vein. It can be said that ordinary people have to face difficulties to break through the Golden Elixir stage. The great city lord has none.

The reason why they stopped at Zi Mansion, Song Changsheng guessed, was probably because the other party didn't want to break through, but the reason was not known to outsiders.

The lifespan of Zifu monks is generally five hundred years. The big city lord just celebrated his four-hundredth birthday yesterday, which means he still has about a hundred years of lifespan. If he adds some more, he can increase the longevity treasure of the lifespan. More, the big city lord still has plenty of time.

"What are you waiting for?" Song Changsheng lowered his head and pondered.

"Okay, that's it for today, we will continue tomorrow." The gentle voice of the Great City Lord sounded, and Song Changsheng was shocked to realize that today's sermon was over.

He quickly stood up and bowed his hands with everyone else: "Thank you, Lord of the City, for your advice."

He only listened to the first half of today's sermon. After that, he was basically in a state of wandering, just like he had been absent from class before.

It's not that he didn't know how to cherish this rare opportunity due to the relapse of his old illness, but the level of the Great City Lord was too high. He could only understand the first half, and the second half was almost like a heavenly book to him.

If you don't understand, you still have to memorize it by rote. In Song Changsheng's opinion, this is meaningless behavior. If you don't understand it the first time, you won't understand it ten times.

Because you haven't reached that level yet.

Song Changsheng didn't know how much others could understand, but he could only understand half of it. Even so, he benefited a lot and gained some understanding of "Tao".

"The reply from the family should have arrived. Let's meet up with Qing Luo first." After stretching his waist, Song Changsheng walked out of the hall.

"Fellow Daoist Song, how was your harvest today?"

Song Changsheng looked back and found that it was Zhuang Yuechan who had followed him. He couldn't help but smile and said: "The Great City Master is indeed the No. 1 under the Golden Pill. I have benefited a lot from him."

"Although I have practiced under Master for many years and have listened to the content of this sermon countless times, I still cannot fully understand it." Zhuang Yuechan sighed slightly.

"Fellow Daoist Zhuang, don't be discouraged. The big city lord is someone who can sit down and discuss Taoism with Master Jindan. Our realms are too far apart. It's like a primary school student listening to a college student's course. It's not easy to understand part of it."

"What is a primary school student and what is a college student?" Zhuang Yuechan frowned and thought. She was well-read, but she had never heard of these two terms.

Song Changsheng was stunned for a moment before he remembered that these two terms were very unfamiliar to people in this world. Seeing Zhuang Yuechan's attitude of continuing to ask questions, he quickly laughed and said:

"It's not important. It probably means that what Master Dacheng taught is too profound for us. It's good to be able to understand part of it. I can only understand half of the content, which has already given me a new understanding of my own way. perception.”

Before Zhuang Yuechan could speak, she heard a familiar voice in her ear: "You're just bragging and not drafting. I can only understand one-tenth of it. You said you can understand half of it, it's a joke!"

Song Changsheng turned around and saw two people standing not far away, one old and one young. The old man's aura was restrained, but he felt like a rough sea that could swallow him up at any time.

The other person was about thirty, holding a folding fan, with fair skin, bright eyes and white teeth. If it weren't for the airport on his chest and the Adam's apple in his throat, he would never have thought that this was a man in front of him, because he was much better than Song Changsheng had ever seen. All women must be beautiful.He was the one who just made fun of Song Changsheng.

Song Changsheng had met this person once before, and he had a conflict with him because of Zhuang Yuechan's affairs.

Song Changsheng ignored him, but instead bowed his hands to the old man and said, "Junior Song Changsheng, I would like to pay my respects to senior Hanhai." Hanhai Sanren didn't have a good reputation, and he was also known to be petty, but seeing Song Changsheng's thoughtful etiquette, he also Unable to find any thorns, he slightly nodded and said, "You don't have to be polite, little friend. You said you understood half of the content of today's sermon?"

Song Changsheng said without hesitation: "That was the junior's act of boasting in front of his friends, which made the seniors laugh."

"Tsk, I knew you were bragging." Hai Dongping waved the folding fan in his hand, with an expression that said I had already seen through everything.

"You're young, it's better to be down-to-earth. Dongping, let's go." Hanhai Sanren did not doubt that he was there. After all, he could only understand less than half of the content. In his heart, he did not think that what Song Changsheng said was true. Yes, since Song Changsheng has taken the initiative to admit it, there is no need for him to waste time. He is just a junior.

He left with Hai Dongping as if he had won a battle.

After the two of them walked away, Zhuang Yuechan chuckled and said, "Fellow Daoist Song's head is spinning very fast. With Hanhai Sanren's temperament, if you stick to what you said before, you might have some trouble today."

Song Changsheng blinked at her, smiled and said, "How can you be sure that what I told you is the truth? What if I was really bragging before?"

"Yuechan, Taoist Fellow Song, is still clear about his character. Although I am surprised that you have half understood it, it is not unacceptable."

Song Changsheng was stunned. This feeling of being trusted was really good.

At first, he didn't know what the level of half-comprehension was. He thought everyone was about the same, so he said it without thinking.

When Hai Dongping said that he had only understood one-tenth of it, he realized that he seemed to be pretending to be a big 13 invisibly. As Hai Dongping was a direct disciple of Hanhai Sanren, his qualifications were naturally not bad.

He can only understand one-tenth of it. If he says he has understood half of it, isn't it just like bragging?

Just like Zhuang Yuechan said, in view of Hanhai Sanren's character, Song Changsheng decisively changed his tone of self-deprecation just to avoid trouble. Now it seems that the effect is good.

"Fellow Taoist Song's understanding is truly astonishing. The first time I listened to Master's sermon, I only understood three-tenths of it. Master praised me for my outstanding understanding. I was very proud of myself at the time, but it was far behind compared to Taoist Song." Zhuang Yuechan Said sincerely.

"Young patriarch."

Song Changsheng was about to reply when he saw Song Qingluo walking over in a hurry. He hesitated after seeing Zhuang Yuechan beside him.

Zhuang Yuechan observed the words and saw that the two of them had important things to say, so she immediately took the initiative and said: "It's getting late. Yuechan still needs to go back to consolidate what she has gained today, so she will leave first."

"Fellow Daoist Zhuang, please excuse me. See you tomorrow."

After Zhuang Yuechan left, Song Qingluo thrust a spar into his hand and said, "Reply from the family."

Song Changsheng didn't shy away from it and directly crushed the crystal into pieces, sending a message straight into his sea of ​​consciousness.

As he expected, the family was very supportive of his plan, but what surprised him was that the old man actually wanted to take action himself this time.

"With Grandpa and the Great Elder taking action together, the combat power is already on par with Yu Chengbo and others. As long as we get the Rong family on board, this matter will basically be a sure thing."

"Take my token to Rong's residence and ask Rong Shaoyuan to come out and talk." Song Changsheng handed Song Qingluo his young clan chief badge.

Originally it would have been better for him to visit in person, but if he went there it would be too conspicuous and would easily arouse the Lieyang Sect's vigilance, which would be unsightly...

"Song Changsheng?" Rong Shaoyuan sat cross-legged on the jade bed and frowned slightly when he heard the visitor's report.

"That's right. The person who came here has a belt card in his hand as proof. I asked you to explain it." The servant respectfully handed Song Changsheng's belt card and said.

Rong Shaoyuan glanced at it and then withdrew his gaze. He believed that no one would deceive him with such a thing, but what made him curious was why the other party wanted to see him by name.

Although they had met several times, they had never communicated, let alone had any friendship.

"Everything is fine, it's okay to go see him." Rong Shaoyuan finally decided to go. In his opinion, although Song Changsheng was of low origin, he was extremely talented, and he was also known as the Lieyang Sect. A character worth meeting.

In a four-cornered pavilion outside the bamboo building, Song Changsheng had prepared wine and food and was quietly waiting for Rong Shaoyuan to arrive.

Originally, this kind of matter should be discussed with the elders of the Rong family who came this time, but Song Changsheng knew what kind of people the Rong family was, and he would probably return without success, so he planned to take a detour.

Rong Shaoyuan is one of the most outstanding young people in the Rong family. Although he has not yet grasped real power, he has a high status. The same words spoken from his mouth have two different effects than those spoken by Song Changsheng. .

"I'm sorry to bother you, but I would like to ask fellow Taoist Rong to take care of me." Seeing Song Qingluo bringing people over, Song Changsheng immediately put on a smile and greeted them.

Rong Shaoyuan cupped his hands and said, "Fellow Taoist Song invited me, is there any reason why Mr. Rong shouldn't come?"

The two of them sat down in the pavilion, looking at the exquisite dishes and the soul-soaking spiritual wine. Rong Shaoyuan chuckled and said, "Tell me why Taoist Master Song called Rong here."

Since the other party was so direct, Song Changsheng naturally could no longer hide it. He picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "I would like to invite fellow Taoist Rong to come here. Naturally, I have something to discuss. I would like to ask, what is your relationship with the Lieyang Sect? How is the battle going over the spirit stone vein that we are fighting for?"

When Rong Shaoyuan heard this, his expression immediately turned cold. A few years ago, a miniature spirit stone vein was discovered in the border area between Yangzhou and Xiangzhou.

Needless to say, the value of a spirit stone vein caused a fight between the Lieyang Sect and the Rong Sect. This fight lasted for several years. Although both sides were very restrained, over such a long time, both sides suffered considerable losses. , there are already signs of intensification.

The war is expected to happen within the next month or two, but the Rong family is restricted by other places at the moment. Once it develops into a full-scale conflict, it will definitely suffer. This is something that the Rong family's senior management has been worried about recently.

Hearing Song Changsheng mention this matter, Rong Shaoyuan thought that he was amusing himself, and he felt a little dissatisfied.

Looking at his face, Song Changsheng already knew the answer. He smiled lightly and said, "I have no other intentions. I just want to ask fellow Taoist Rong, do you want to win?"

Rong Shaoyuan felt that it was a mistake to come out today, so he resisted the urge to walk away and sneered: "Do you have any idea?"

"If Yu Chengbo and Mao Wuwei are killed, I wonder how much the Rong family's winning rate can be increased?"

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(End of this chapter)