Family Cultivation: Evergreen of the Song Family

Song Qingxing, who was originally resting with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes. A sharp sword light flashed by. Song Qingming, who was closest to him, suddenly jumped in the corner of his eyes and felt a palpitation in his heart.

Song Qingxing didn't realize that he had accidentally scared a fellow tribesman. He confirmed indifferently, "Me?"

"Yes, I think you are capable enough for this position." Song Changsheng smiled slightly.

After he finished speaking, before Song Qingxing could respond, the others started to explode.

No one would doubt Song Qingxing's strength and talent, he is absolutely unique in the family. He also has the merits he made in the last war. No one present would have any objection to him taking the position of a powerful elder.

But he cannot serve as a punishment elder.

What is the position of the Punishment Elder?
It was a sword hanging over the heads of all the members of the Song family. From the affiliated forces to the family elders, all were under its supervision.

No one's hands can be stained with the blood of their own clan, but this does not include family law enforcers.

As long as a member of the tribe commits a crime and there is no error in the investigation, the punishment elders can handle it with full authority. As long as the conviction is in accordance with the clan law, even the clan leader has no right to interfere.

The power to punish the elders is not limited to this. If the clan leader does not perform up to standard, he can even use the power granted to him by the clan law to convene a meeting to abolish the position of clan leader.

This is the system inherited by the Song family from their ancestral line. Although the Song family has never had a precedent of a clan leader being deposed, there have indeed been cases in their ancestral line where the clan leader was punished by the elders' council.

In short, as long as it is within the scope prescribed by the clan law, the power to punish the elders is very great, and it can be said that it is an existence that makes people shudder.

For such an important position that concerns everyone, it is very important what kind of person sits on it. After all, the clan law is not that detailed. When convicting and sentencing, the attitude of the sentencing elders is particularly important.

If different people judge the same thing, the final results will inevitably be different.

When Song Luyao served as the punishment elder, he was nicknamed "Cold-Faced Shura" in the family.

It is because she never shows favoritism, is cold-faced and ruthless, and does not care about anyone's face that the sentences are often high. She is also a person who cannot tolerate any grain of sand in her eyes, and will not easily let go of even a trivial matter.

The period during which she served in office was the busiest for the Law Enforcement Hall, but it was also the period when the family's morale was the best.

Later, Xia Yunxue succeeded as the Punishment Elder. Although she was equally ruthless, her methods were much gentler. She would often just give a few verbal admonitions for minor matters and then move on. If someone begged for mercy, she would also show some leniency. She would only show her tough side when faced with issues of principle.

The last Song Changan is different from the previous two. He acts meticulously and impartially. He follows the clan law as it stipulates. He will not deliberately aggravate the situation nor show favoritism. He is very strict.

But at critical moments, people would still remember the friendship among their fellow tribesmen.

Three people, three different law enforcement methods, all have their own advantages and disadvantages, but the supervised persons certainly hope to meet a lenient law enforcer.

Song Qingxing was well-known in the family for being cold-blooded and ruthless. There had even been rumors that he was going to practice the way of ruthlessness.

What is the ruthless way? It is to not recognize relatives.

Song Qingxing indeed fits this requirement. He has practiced in the family for decades, and except for Song Changsheng, there is no one present who is familiar with him.

If we have to talk about it, only Song Changrong, Song Changxue and others have fought side by side with him, but the communication between them during that period was also pitifully little.

If we let such a person be the punishment elder, how can we live a good life in the future?
I don't even know how to start begging for mercy.

Song Luzhou also knew everyone's concerns, and couldn't help but say with some embarrassment: "Qing Xing's ability is naturally no problem, but wouldn't it be more appropriate to give the position of Punishment Elder to Lu Tong?"

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone nodded in unison. Although Song Lutong was a rough man, he was not hard to please. Compared to Song Qingxing, he was simply too adorable.

However, Song Changsheng shook his head firmly. He was just kidding. Song Lutong had an irritable personality and was rough and clumsy in doing things. He was not meticulous enough. If he were to be the punishment elder, things would be a mess.

He said bluntly: "Looking at the family elders council, whether in terms of cultivation or character, Qing Xing is the most suitable. If you have different opinions, you can nominate someone and we can discuss it together."

Hearing this, Song Luzhou smiled bitterly and shook his head. It was because it was too suitable that it was not suitable.

Everyone is selfish, and no one wants to face a cold-blooded and ruthless law enforcer.

Even if they can guarantee that they will not make mistakes, they still have children and grandchildren. If they make mistakes, can they just sit back and do nothing?
This must be impossible, otherwise the Song family would have been destroyed long ago.

Song Changsheng also knew very well that the family did not need so many people with iron hearts. If everyone had a heart as hard as stone, would there be any need for this family to exist?
However, he was more aware of the truth that a thousand-mile dam can be breached by a single ant hole.

A small thing may not mean anything, but what if everyone does it?
This is how unhealthy tendencies arise.

Because of tolerance and indulgence.

The Song family now has a small number of members, and they have followed the family through adversity step by step, so they have not formed any bad habits.

But the family will not always have only this few people. The plate will become bigger and bigger, there will be more and more monks, and the conditions and environment will become more and more comfortable.

That is perfect soil for ants to grow.

The speed of decay is always much faster than you imagine.

Dig a hole today, drill a hole tomorrow, and it won’t be long before the dam collapses.

If the Song family wants to be passed down through the generations, they must enforce strict laws and regulations and eradicate all bad practices in a timely manner!

Song Qingxing is the sword that Song Changsheng uses to intimidate his clansmen. Only someone like him can have enough deterrent power.

"Do you have any more suitable candidates?" Song Changsheng looked around and saw everyone frowning and keeping silent.

"Since there isn't one, then this matter is settled. Brother Chang'an, remember to make a good handover with Qing Xing after the meeting. You can communicate more with each other."

In just a few words, the matter was finalized. Song Changsheng asked Song Qingxing for his opinion throughout the process because he knew it would be useless for him to ask.

Song Qingxing nodded silently and then sat back. Although he was not interested in power, since Song Changsheng asked him to do it, he would definitely not let him down.

"Fifth Uncle, how is the refining of the [Foundation Building Pill] going?" Song Changsheng turned his head and looked at Song Luzhou.

"This furnace has produced six pills. Including the remaining ones, the family currently has a total of ten pills in stock." Song Luzhou quickly reported a number.

"Ten? Very good. Which of the family's current foundation-building seeds have already condensed into a Dao foundation?"

"There are currently seven people, namely Song Qingxi, Song Qinghong, Song Qingxia, Song Qingshi, Song Qinghua, Song Changling, and Song Qingchi."

"Let's follow the rules. Give them the Foundation Building Pills and have them go into seclusion on a chosen day. As for the remaining three pills... I remember that the family will hold an auction in Wangyue Market soon, right?"

Song Luyun stood up and said, "That's true. We gained a lot from the previous battles. We cleared out a batch of unused resources and put them on the auction house." "Is it open to everyone?"

Song Changsheng's words made Song Luyun feel a little strange, but she still nodded.

"Has the message been sent?"

"The date has not been set yet, and no news has been released."

“I have an idea for your reference.

Lingzhou has suffered from wars in recent years, and all major forces have suffered heavy losses. They have not yet recovered. Compared with the seven major families in Yangzhou, their strength is far behind.

As their overlord, we should pay more attention to this phenomenon and not treat those who have made contributions unfairly.

We might as well make this auction into a sales meeting for all the major forces in Lingzhou, and sell this batch of resources to the Wang family, Liuyun Sect and other forces at a price 30% lower than the market price, in recognition of their contributions in the last war.

In this way, not only can the overall strength of the major forces in Lingzhou be enhanced, but also the people's hearts can be won over for the family, killing two birds with one stone.

The family will not be able to use these three [Foundation Building Pills] for the time being, so they can be released together. The family members can refine them when they need them. The materials for the second batch of [Foundation Building Pills] have been almost collected.

What do you think?" Song Changsheng looked around and asked.

If Song Changsheng had said this in the past, there would definitely be a lot of people jumping out to stop him, because the Song family had the experience of being backstabbed by affiliated forces, which led to most of them having strong prejudices and vigilance against these affiliated forces.

Song Changsheng has a different idea about this point of view. He believes that the affiliated forces are too strong and there is indeed a possibility that the weak will defeat the strong.

But we cannot regard them as enemies of the family for this reason.

They should be the support of the family, and helping them recover is also to enhance the power of the Song family.

As long as the family is strong enough, these people will not be able to cause trouble. Not only that, they will also be the most powerful force in the family.

Song Changsheng's point of view has been confirmed in the previous war. If it weren't for the full support of Liuyun Sect and Wang family, the Song family might not have won.

Because of this, when Song Changsheng proposed to support Lingzhou's affiliated forces, no one felt any resistance.

Only Song Luzhou felt that the price, which was 30% lower than the market price, was a bit too low, but when he thought about it, these things were originally captured in the war, so he didn't say much.

After thinking carefully, Song Luyun looked at Song Changsheng and said, "Patriarch, I think this is not enough. We should make full use of these affiliated forces and make them more closely connected with the family."

"Oh? Aunt, do you have any good ideas?" Song Changsheng's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this.

Song Luyun smiled and said, "The clan leader previously distributed contribution points to the forces that had made military achievements, allowing them to exchange for resources in the clan treasury. The response was very good. Last time, clan leader Wang was still asking if there were any other ways to obtain clan contribution points.

He even said that spirit stones could be exchanged for family contribution points.

In my opinion, this is a great opportunity.

We might as well set up a place specifically for them to receive tasks. They work for the family, and we pay them contribution points as compensation.

If necessary, we can even allow them to exchange spirit stones for contribution points."

Song Luyun's last sentence was extremely sinister. You know, in the Song family, the ratio of exchanging contribution points for spirit stones is 1:1, but the ratio of exchanging spirit stones for contribution points is 2:1.

Although the purchasing power of contribution points is stronger, it is just a string of numbers. No one will recognize them once they leave the Song family. If there is any problem on the Song family's side, the so-called contribution points will be of no use.

Spiritual stones are real hard currency.

"This...will they really exchange spirit stones for contribution points?" Song Changxuan asked hesitantly.

“Of course they will. Although in theory, spirit stones can be used to purchase anything, you have overlooked one thing.

Without a purchasing channel, no matter how many spirit stones you have, it will be useless. Different resources circulate in different circles, and these circles require admission tickets.

Contribution points are equivalent to a purchasing channel given to them by the family, allowing them to exchange for resources that are not circulated among their circle.

Do you think they can resist such temptation?

After all, the contribution points obtained by completing tasks are limited. If you want more, you have to exchange them for spirit stones.

If you don't change, others will get ahead of you if they do.

Therefore, even if they know that there are hidden dangers, they will not give up. At most, they will restrain the number of exchanges to avoid having too many contribution points in their hands.

But this is not a problem. When the time comes, we only need to use a little trick to make them actively hoard contribution points.

For example, we can set up a separate treasure house for them, in which they can place some precious resources, such as [Foundation Building Pills], spiritual weapons, [Rising Dragon Pills], [Stalactite Spirit Liquid], etc.

Control the quantity, rotate the categories every once in a while, and sell the catalog in advance before each rotation.

If the list contains the resources they need, they will naturally stockpile contribution points in advance, because if they are late they will be taken away by others.

In addition, we can make the exchange of spirit stones for contribution points an exception rather than a rule, which can also encourage them to hoard contribution points, because if you don't hoard them, you won't have them to exchange when you need them.

Over time, they will gradually develop the habit of hoarding contribution points. The more they hoard, the more loyal they will be to the family!

At critical moments, this is a means to check and balance them.

Of course, this cannot be achieved overnight. We need to spend a lot of time to manage and enhance the family's reputation and credibility.

After all, credibility is the foundation of it all.

"Clan leader, I'm done." Song Luyun bowed slightly to Song Changsheng and ended her speech.

At this time, Song Changsheng's eyes when he looked at Song Luyun had changed.

Use a string of numbers to plunder the spirit stones in the hands of affiliated forces and exchange them for their labor.

Song Changsheng smelled a familiar smell from Song Luyun's combination of punches...

...(End of chapter)