Family Cultivation: Evergreen of the Song Family

Chapter 397: Six years of seclusion, Qingyun goes down the mountain

Song Qingxing's action was very decisive and sudden. Not only did Song Changsheng and others not expect it, but even Song Qingxi was caught off guard.

Despite this, in the face of Song Changsheng's question, Song Qingxi still responded directly and clearly without any hesitation: "I do."

The joy spread to Song Qingxing's face at a speed visible to the naked eye. He felt very happy in his heart, but he didn't know how to express this joy.

Song Changsheng nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay, very good. Since Xi'er is willing, there is no reason for me to interfere. On behalf of Big Brother, I agree to this marriage."

As he spoke, Song Changsheng walked forward, took the shy Song Qingxi by the hand, and brought her to Song Qingxing. He personally put their hands together, looked at Song Qingxing and said earnestly:
"I personally brought you to the mountain, and I watched you grow up. I know your character and I am relieved, but I still have to say some ugly words in advance.

Before my eldest brother left, he personally handed Xier over to my care. In my heart, Xier is like my own daughter. Today, I personally hand her over to you. You must love her, protect her, and tolerate everything for her.

If you dare to betray her, don't blame me for being ruthless."

"I will remember your uncle's teachings in my heart. If I disobey them, I will be struck by five thunderbolts and die in pieces."

"boom--"

As soon as Song Qingxing finished speaking, thunder suddenly exploded in the clear sky, and the sound lingered for a long time.

"The inner demon swore a great oath. I didn't expect that he would be so infatuated and dare to bet his own path. Fellow Daoist Song, aren't you afraid of destroying this good seedling?" Yuan Tianshu glanced at Song Xianming beside him and said.

"Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. We old guys should not interfere too much. If such a day really comes, the consequences will naturally be borne by themselves." Song Xianming stroked his beard and said with a smile.

Hearing this, Yuan Tianshu couldn't help but roll his eyes and said, "Tsk, if it weren't for your good grandson, I don't think you would have the confidence to say this."

"Hahaha, Brother Yuan, you hit the nail on the head. This is the confidence my good grandson gives me. With him around, the Song family can prosper for at least another 400 years!"

Song Xianming laughed heartily, then put his hands behind his back and left leisurely, soon disappearing from everyone's sight.

Yuan Tianshu shook his head slightly, glanced in the direction where Song Qingxia was in seclusion, and then turned and left.

On the other side, Song Changsheng turned his head and looked at Song Qingxi and said, "Xi'er, it's the same for you. Taoist couples are different from ordinary couples. You will have a long way to go in the future.

You must understand each other, tolerate each other, and support each other. On the road to immortality, never leave each other, and depend on each other through life and death!"

Song Qingxi's eyes were filled with endless tenderness. She clenched Song Qingxing's large hand and said emotionally, "I will hold your hand and never let you down. If you break this oath, I wish that thousands of ants will eat your heart and your body and soul will be destroyed!"

"boom--"

Another loud thunder roared, and Song Qingxi also made a great oath to satisfy his inner demons.

This means that no matter which of them breaks their promise today in the future, they will be haunted by inner demons and their spiritual hearts will be tarnished!
Unless they can reach the point of ignoring the laws of heaven, this oath will accompany them forever.

"Childhood sweethearts have finally gotten married. It's great to be young." Song Luzhou let out a sigh, then left with Song Changan and Song Luyun.

After everyone left, Song Changsheng coughed twice and said in a low voice: "Although I agree that you two can become Taoist couples, I still want to remind you of one thing.

The Yang Yuan and Yin Yuan of a cultivator will be very useful when breaking through the Purple Palace. Before that... you'd better restrain yourself. Well, you should understand what I mean, right?"

What he said was very cryptic, but the two of them were no longer children and understood what he meant almost immediately.

Song Qingxi blushed on the spot. After all, she was an unmarried girl and found it difficult to handle such a topic.

A rare look of embarrassment appeared on Song Qingxing's face.

"Well, it's good that you understand. Xi'er has just made a breakthrough, and it's time to consolidate the results. Let's consolidate our cultivation first, and we can talk about other things later."

Song Changsheng nodded, then left quickly. He was also very embarrassed to say this to the two juniors...

In the blink of an eye, three months passed quickly.

During this period of time, the remaining five people also made breakthroughs one after another.

Song Qingxia lived up to everyone's expectations and became the third foundation-building cultivator in this batch to successfully break through. The whole process was smooth sailing without any incidents.

But after her, Song Qingchi and Song Changling failed to break through one after another. Although they saved their lives, they were seriously injured and could not get out of bed for two or three years.

The fourth person to successfully break through was Song Qinghong. This formation genius who emerged in the Song family after Song Changsheng almost failed at the physical barrier, but he managed to get through it by gritting his teeth. It was a close call.

The most unexpected thing was Song Qinghua, who also succeeded in breaking through.

In other words, among the seven people in seclusion, except Song Qingchi and Song Changling who failed to break through, Song Qingxi, Song Qingshi, Song Qingxia, Song Qinghong and Song Qinghua all succeeded in breaking through. This is the highest breakthrough success rate of the Song family in the past 500 years.

As a result, the number of Song family's foundation-building cultivators increased sharply to eighteen. If Song Yushi and Song Yulong were included, there would be twenty people. This number was barely worthy of the Song family's status as a Purple Mansion family.

The only thing that made Song Changsheng suspicious was Song Qingluo. He had been in seclusion for more than a year, but there was still no movement.

“No news is good news.”

With this idea in mind, Song Changsheng held a small foundation-building ceremony for the five people, and only invited a number of affiliated forces from Lingzhou and Yangzhou.

The purpose was not to accept gifts, but to show the style of the younger generation of the Song family to the outside world.

Well, definitely not for receiving gifts.

The ceremony was not large in scale, but the shock it caused them was not small at all. After all, this group of foundation-building cultivators were indeed too young.

The age of the foundation-building cultivator is the basic standard for measuring whether a force is strong.

It is obvious that the Song family is currently in its rising period. After a period of time, the Song family will become more and more powerful.

This discovery made the affiliated forces feel excited but also a little sad.

Because the stronger the Song family is, the further away it will be for them to come to the fore.

After the foundation-building ceremony, Song Qingxi and Song Qingxing officially became Taoist partners.

Their wedding was not a grand affair. One reason was due to the personalities of Song Qingxing and Song Qingxi. Compared to a lively and noisy scene, they preferred a quieter environment.

Secondly, because all of their direct blood relatives have passed away, the process was kept simple.

They probably just informed the clan, and then exchanged tokens under the witness of Song Changsheng and Xia Yunxue, and then the two of them went to Xiaoqingshan for their honeymoon hand in hand.

It can be said to be extremely simple. But this is very common in the world of cultivation. People who practice cultivation rarely care about such formalities, except for receiving gifts.

When Song Changsheng and Zhuang Yuechan became Taoist partners later in life, the matter could not be handled so simply, because he represented the reputation of the Song family, and it had to be celebrated with great fanfare.

To be honest, Song Changsheng was a little envious of them. After all, he didn't like these things.

"Fifth uncle, I'll leave the family affairs to you in the near future. You need to pay more attention to the business with the Heavenly Sword Sect. Sell as much black gold as they need. As for the use, we don't need to care."

"How long will you be in seclusion this time?"

Song Changsheng shook his head slightly and said, "It could be three to five years at the shortest, or seven to eight years at the longest. I won't be in seclusion. If there is anything important, you can call me directly."

Hearing this, Song Luzhou looked calm. The lifespan of a Purple Mansion cultivator is as long as five hundred years, and it is common for them to go into seclusion for ten to twenty years at a time.

After all, the span of each small realm in the Purple Mansion Period is extremely large. It is very common to be trapped in a small realm even for hundreds of years due to lack of opportunity or talent.

Although Song Changsheng was talented, he still had to devote more time and energy to cultivation.

After Song Changsheng went into seclusion, time seemed to have been accelerated and began to pass rapidly.

In the first year of his retreat, Song Qingluo successfully broke through the foundation-building stage and became the nineteenth foundation-building cultivator of the Song family.

In the second year of seclusion, the Song family celebrated their 500th year in Lingzhou.

The third year of retreat...

Spring goes and autumn comes, winter comes and summer goes. In the sixth year of Song Changsheng's retreat, Song Qingyun turned eighteen years old and went down the mountain under the arrangement of his family to take his first practical trial.

This trial is a huge challenge for Song Qingyun...

"I will now inform you of your mission. Three days ago, the patriarch of the Chen family, six hundred miles east of the Liuyun Mountains, issued the mission in the family's Foreign Affairs Hall.

They claimed that an unidentified evil monk was active around them, and that three mortal villages with a total of more than 400 people had suffered from his murderous hands.

The other party's methods were extremely brutal, posing a serious threat to the safety of ordinary villages and towns.

Three days ago, Chen sent two cultivators at the sixth level of Qi training to encircle and suppress the enemy, but they have not found any trace of the enemy. At noon today, Chen reported that the two had lost contact.

The Chen family is a small clan and they did not refine soul lamps for their members, so it is still unclear whether these two people are missing or have died.

Your mission in this trial is to find the two missing monks of the Chen family and punish the evildoer who massacred the village.

After completing the trial, each of you can get 200 contribution points as a reward. If you fail the task, you will be punished to face the wall for three months.

In summary, do you have any objections? "

The deacon put away the jade slip and said in a deep voice while looking at the three people in front of him.

Song Qingyun bowed respectfully to the deacon and said in a deep voice, "May I ask, deacon, do you know what level of cultivation that evil cultivator is at, what magic he is good at, what he looks like, and is there anything special about him?"

He was no longer the little sleepyhead who could fall asleep hugging Xia Yunxue's thighs. Although it was his first time going down the mountain for training, he had considered everything very carefully.

"There is very little information about this mission. Judging from the traces at the scene, the other party's cultivation should be in the late stage of Qi training, that is, between the seventh and ninth levels of Qi training.

The magic he is good at is still unknown, and no one has seen his appearance clearly, let alone his characteristics. We can only roughly locate the area where he is hiding. It has been recorded on this jade slip. You have plenty of time to read it slowly on the way."

As he spoke, the deacon took out another jade slip and handed it to Song Qingyun.

"Is this still a trial? We don't have any reliable intelligence. If the other party is a ninth-level Qi training cultivator, wouldn't we be sending ourselves to die?"

A cultivator next to Song Qingyun couldn't help but complain after reading the tasks recorded in the jade slip.

"Okay Qingyuan, stop complaining. The tasks are all randomly selected. We can only blame our bad luck for getting this task." The only female cultivator present quickly reached out and pulled the corner of the man's clothes.

"Qinghong, I admit that I was unlucky to get a difficult task, but you can't not provide us with any reliable information, right?" Song Qingyuan said with a grim expression.

"Don't worry, every mission in the actual combat trial has been carefully selected by the elders and deacons. Although our difficulty is high, it will definitely not exceed our ability to cope with it.

After all, this is our first actual combat. No matter how strict the family is, they will never joke with our lives. Let's go and meet this villain together."

Song Qingyun stretched lazily, holding the jade slip and walked towards the kite not far away.

Song Qingyuan and Song Qinghong looked at each other and hurriedly followed Song Qingyun's footsteps.

The three of them urged the kites together and rushed to the area marked on the jade slip...

"The difficulty of the first actual combat trial is so high, aren't you afraid that they will fail?"

In an attic, Song Luzhou watched the three people leave on a kite and then looked at Song Luyun and said.

"One of them is at the eighth level of Qi training, and two are at the sixth level. As long as they cooperate properly, it won't be a problem to deal with that evil cultivator.

This trial mainly tests their ability to respond to emergencies and their willpower when facing strong enemies. They have been working well together before, so they will have no problem dealing with that guy." Song Luyun said easily.

"Haven't you heard the saying, 'Knowledge gained from books is shallow, and true understanding can only be achieved through personal practice'? What we had before in the family was just talk on paper, but this time we are going to take real action.

These three are the best of the younger generation in the family. Losing any one of them would be a huge loss."

"Don't worry. I've already sent Qing Gan ahead of them. There will be no problem. Even if Qing Gan makes some mistakes, Yun'er is still a safety net." Song Luyun said with a blink of an eye.

"Oh, you mean..." Song Luzhou suddenly realized and was completely relieved.

Song Qingyun and the other two flew kites for three days according to the clues recorded on the jade slips, and finally arrived at a small village.

Looking at the quiet village in front of him, Song Qingyun gently reminded: "According to the existing intelligence, the two people from the Chen family should have disappeared in this area. The evil cultivator is likely still nearby. We must be vigilant."

"It's been several days, maybe that guy has already run away." Song Qingyuan looked disapproving.

"It's getting late. Let's stay overnight in the village ahead."

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(End of this chapter)