Qinghe Immortal Clan.

Half a month later, in the Song family meeting room.

Song Qingming, Huang Siyuan and Song Qingyu, the three Jindan ancestors, sat at the head of the table, while the rest of the Song family's foundation-building elders sat on both sides of the hall.

After deciding with Song Qingyu and Huang Siyuan on the family's next strategy for development to the north, Song Qingming notified Song Yuanfang and called back the family's foundation-building elders outside to "Funiu Mountain" to discuss the matter.

More than 20 years have passed since the monster turmoil. Today, the overall family strength of the Song family has not only recovered to the level before the turmoil, but has become even stronger than before.

Looking at the many foundation-building elders of the family sitting in front of them, Song Qingming, Song Qingyu and others showed some satisfaction with the development and changes of the family.

In addition to Song Qingming and the three Jindan ancestors, the Song family has added three foundation-building elders in the past ten years. Now the number of foundation-building cultivators has reached sixteen, which is not much different from the Ma family's peak period.

The three new foundation-building elders are Song Xuanying of the "Xuan" generation, and Song Linfeng and Song Linrui of the "Lin" generation.

Among the three, Song Linrui has the best talent for cultivation. He is the second dual-spiritual root cultivator in the Song family. He is only in his early thirties, but he has already successfully established his foundation. His cultivation speed is even faster than that of Song Yuanli, who also had dual spiritual roots.

This is also due to the fact that the Song family is now a Jindan Immortal Clan, and their strength is far greater than when Song Yuanli went up the mountain. The cultivation resources that the family can provide to Song Linrui are also better than those provided by Song Yuanli back then.

Song Xuanying and Song Linfeng both had average qualifications of three spiritual roots and did not have any particularly outstanding talent for cultivation. Both of them succeeded in building their foundations when they were in their forties, not much different from Song Qingming back then.

However, Song Xuanying has a good talent in spiritual plants. Before he successfully built his foundation, he had already raised his spiritual plant level to the second lower grade. His spiritual plant talent is not much worse than Song Yuanxue's back then.

Thanks to this powerful immortal cultivation skill, Song Xuanying was able to accumulate enough merits to exchange for the Foundation Establishment Pill earlier than many of his peers in the clan, and successfully established his foundation to become a family elder.

In addition to the three elders who had just entered the foundation-building stage, the other foundation-building elders of the Song family had also undergone considerable changes in their cultivation after so many years.

The few people who chose to leave the family to gain experience outside the family, except Song Yuanli who has not returned yet, have now all returned to the family, and each of them has gained a lot from their experience.

Among them, Song Changze and Liu Yuxin, a couple who went to Qin State, gained a lot of knowledge while traveling. They also got an opportunity in the market and explored the cave of a Jindan monk who had been in meditation for many years.

Although they arrived a little late and someone had already got there, the careful Liu Yuxin still found a missed third-level spiritual object. After the two of them sold it, they also exchanged it for a lot of spirit stones.

With the help of these spirit stones in his hands, Liu Yuxin not only successfully broke through to the late stage of foundation building, but Song Changze's cultivation also made a further step forward and reached the eighth level of foundation building.

Now, Song Changze and his wife are both cultivators in the late foundation-building stage. In the eyes of many cultivators in the Song family, they have become the seeds of the family that can form pills. Their prestige has gradually surpassed that of other elders in the family, and is only slightly inferior to Song Yuanfang, who has been in charge of the family for many years.

Song Yuanhao, who chose to go to the southeast Song State in "Taiyue Lake", also had good opportunities.

After arriving in the State of Song, he finally got the opportunity to participate in a secret realm trial opened by the "Hunyuan Sect". Not only did he obtain a lot of spiritual objects from the secret realm, he also found a third-grade low-grade spiritual medicine.

However, when Song Yuanhao was competing with others for spiritual objects in the secret realm, he was unlucky enough to encounter a powerful master in the late foundation building stage.

After a fierce battle, although Song Yuanhao managed to escape with the help of the second-level top-grade talisman given to him by Song Qingming, he was seriously injured and it took him more than a year to recover.

Because he lost a lot of time in cultivation due to recuperation, Song Yuanhao only successfully broke through to the seventh level of foundation building a few years ago. In fact, he was one step behind Liu Yuxin in cultivation.

However, Song Yuanhao also gained a lot of knowledge and fighting skills during this trip. In addition, he is not inferior to the cultivators with double spiritual roots. As long as he practices diligently, he will have a great chance to surpass Song Changze and Liu Yuxin and his wife in the future and succeed in forming a golden elixir first.

Song Yuanqian and Song Yuanxue also left their family one after another to go out and gain some experience, but compared to others, their opportunities were a little worse. They only gained some knowledge but did not obtain any high-level spiritual objects.

Now the cultivation of the two is still in the middle stage of foundation building, which is slightly slower than the cultivation speed of Song Changze and others.

Among them, Song Yuanxue has already cultivated to the sixth level of foundation building, and is not far from the late stage of foundation building. Song Yuanqian established his foundation relatively late, and his cultivation has just broken through the fifth level of foundation building not long ago.

Many of the Song family's foundation-building elders who had been arranged by Song Qingming to go out for training have now returned to the family. Only Song Yuanli has been in the Wu Kingdom for more than ten years and has not returned yet, which makes Song Qingming feel a little worried.

If Song Qingming had not seen the message sent back during Song Yuanli's period and that nothing unexpected had happened to the life tablet he left in the family, he would have planned to go out to look for him.

Many foundation-building cultivators in the family went out for training. Some of them were lucky and found their own opportunities, while others were unlucky and had mediocre results. All of this was within Song Qingming's expectations.

After all, personal opportunities are something that are difficult to figure out, and you won’t necessarily encounter them when you go out and gain experience.

No matter whether the younger generations of the family have gained anything outside, Song Qingming will be very pleased as long as they can return safely.

Now, more than a dozen foundation-building cultivators in the family, except Song Yuanli who has not returned yet and Song Xuanting who is stationed in "Shuangfeng Mountain", have all arrived at the family's "meeting room".

Currently, the Song family has a total of sixteen foundation-building elders, among whom there are four cultivators in the late foundation-building stage. They are Song Yuanli, who had already cultivated to the eighth level of foundation-building before going out for training, Song Changze, who successfully broke through a few years ago, and Liu Yuxin and Song Yuanhao, who are at the seventh level of foundation-building.

There are six cultivators in the middle stage of foundation building. Among them, Song Yuanfang and Song Yuanxue have already cultivated to the sixth level of foundation building, while Song Yuanqian, Huang Leqing and Song Xuanting are still at the fifth level of foundation building.

The last elder who was in the middle stage of foundation building, Song Xuanqing, had successfully broken through to the middle stage of foundation building a few years ago, and his current cultivation level was only at the fourth level of foundation building.

There are six remaining elders in the early stage of foundation building: Song Xuanfeng, Song Xuanyu, Song Xuanling, Song Xuanying, Song Linfeng and Song Linrui. It didn't take them long to build their foundation. Basically, they succeeded in building their foundation after the monster disturbance.

Currently, their cultivation is still at the first and second levels of foundation building. Only Song Xuanfeng's cultivation is slightly higher, having reached the peak of the third level of foundation building, and is not far from breaking through to the middle level of foundation building.

In addition to the changes in the foundation-building cultivators, the number of Qi-refining cultivators and mortals in the Song family has also increased significantly in recent years.

After the monster riots, after more than 20 years of recuperation, the number of cultivators in the Song family has experienced an explosion, and now has exceeded more than 600 people.

Although there is still some distance compared to the nearly one thousand cultivators at the peak of the Ma family, as long as the family continues to develop slowly, the number of cultivators in the Song family will sooner or later surpass this number.

Thanks to the peace in Qinghe County over the years, the number of family members has also increased steadily. Not long ago, it was counted to be as many as 900,000, and it is not far from exceeding one million.

Because of the development of their family, these family members are no longer limited to "Funiu Mountain" and have spread to every corner of Qinghe County.

Qinghefang, Chiyanfang, Shuangfeng Mountain, Baiyang Mountain, basically as long as the Song family's industry is affected, there are mortals from the family settled here to help the monks manage these industries.

Even in the Tuoyun Mountain, which is thousands of miles away, there are now mortal bloodlines left by the Song family cultivators.

After taking a glance at the many family elders in front of him and seeing that they were all present, Song Qingming took the lead and directly stated the purpose of gathering everyone.

"Yuan Fang should have informed you of the purpose of inviting you back to discuss matters today, so I will not elaborate on it.

Now that our family is developing so fast, we certainly cannot always be limited to this small area of ​​Qinghe County. We should find ways to expand our influence outwards.

Otherwise, we will be trapped in a corner, and no matter how many cultivation resources we have, they will be used up sooner or later. This is not conducive to the future development of the family. I have decided to organize monks to open up wasteland and expand the territory in the north in the near future.

You are all family elders. If you have any opinions or ideas, you can speak up now. Everyone, please feel free to speak up and don’t be too restrained. "

"The monster turmoil has just passed. Now is a great time for the family to develop. I agree with the clan leader's idea to expand the territory to the north!"

"Uncle Sixteen is right. Our family now has sufficient manpower. We have dozens of vassal families in Qinghe and Pingyang counties that can be deployed. We could have expanded our influence a long time ago.

There are no powerful monsters in the many sacred mountains to the north of Jinshanfang. We can easily wipe out all the sacred mountains within a thousand miles without the intervention of the ancestors."

"I am in favor of expanding the territory,"

When Song Yuanfang, who was sitting at the top of the table, heard the clan leader Song Qingming express his idea of ​​expanding the family's territory to the north, he immediately stood up and echoed him.

Upon hearing this, many other family elders stood up and expressed their agreement, and no one had any objections.

Any low-level immortal cultivation family in the immortal cultivation world, once it advances to become a high-level Jindan or Yuanying force, will basically quickly expand its power.

The Song family has been a Jindan Immortal Clan for many years, but they only established the "Chiyanfang" market town. They have never vigorously expanded their territory. Many cultivators in the family have long been dissatisfied with this.

Over the years, including Song Yuanfang, many family elders have proposed to expand the territory. However, due to the fact that the family has just been promoted to a Jindan family, the lack of cultivators and the unstable foundation, Song Qingming has focused his main energy on his own cultivation and supporting Song Qingyu and the others in their Dan formation, and has been relatively conservative about the family's expansion of territory.

Hearing that the clan leader Song Qingming had the idea of ​​expanding the territory, these foundation-building elders naturally agreed in their hearts, and each of them showed a bit of excitement on their face.

The expansion of family power can also bring a large amount of resources to the Song family. At that time, every cultivator in the family will be able to benefit from it, and of course, these foundation-building elders will also be able to share a lot of benefits.

These are matters that concern the interests of all of them. They are eager for the family to expand as soon as possible, so naturally no one will jump out to oppose it at this time.

The Song family's territory was bordered by other counties of the Wei State to the west and south, so there was no room for expansion and it could only develop to the east and north.

Although there are no high-level demon kings in the "Cloud Mist Mountain" in the east, it is surrounded by mountains and many places have miasma that is not suitable for mortals to survive, making it very difficult to control.

The Song family has currently only found "Chiyanfang", a place that is relatively suitable for development to the east. After so many years of development, although a lot of new territories have been expanded, the development space is also relatively limited.

Although there are many mountains at the border of the Floating Cloud Mountains in the north, the terrain there is relatively flat, and the living environment is much better than that of the "Yunwu Mountain". It is also the best direction for the Song family to expand its territory.

After hearing everyone's passionate speeches, Song Qingming smiled and nodded slightly, saying: "Since the family has decided to expand its territory to the north, we naturally cannot just do a small thing and take some second-level sacred mountains. Otherwise, there would be no need to call all of you back.

I already have a goal in mind, which is to directly capture the third-level spiritual vein of Baishiling, and use it as the front line for our Song family to fight against the northern monsters in the future, so as to prevent the war from spreading to the territories of Pingyang and Qinghe counties.

If none of you have any objections, then that's settled.

Except for Yuan Fang, Yuan Qian, Yue Qing, Xuan Feng, and Xuan Qing who will stay at home, the others will follow me to White Lion Ridge in two months."

"Follow the orders of the clan leader!" Song Qingming had just given the order, and the many family elders who were selected on the scene were immediately delighted and responded in unison.

Only Song Yuanqian and Song Xuanqing, who were personally named by Song Qingming to stay, showed some disappointment on their faces, and seemed a little regretful that they were not chosen to participate in the family's subsequent expansion of territory.

Although the Song family is a family power, from the very beginning, the ancestors followed the good deeds system of the "Xiaoyao Sect" to establish the family "Gold Pavilion" to evaluate and manage the family's monks.

Every member of the Song family has his or her own account book in the family's "Gold Pavilion", and all his or her merits and demerits in the family will be recorded.

All those who have made contributions to the family, regardless of how big or small their contributions are, can receive family good deeds from the "Gold Storage Pavilion", which can then be used to exchange for various spiritual objects and cultivation resources they need at the "Gold Storage Pavilion".

If one wants to prove his or her own worth to other members of the family and get more support from the family, the family achievements recorded in the "Golden Pavilion" are the most important proof for evaluating each member of the family.

For every member of the Song family, the family's good deeds are what they have always dreamed of and what they want most.

Because in the future, when the family supports you in building your foundation or forming an elixir, if you do not have enough "Cangjin Pavilion" merits, it will be difficult to compete with others in the selection, and you will miss the opportunity and the path in vain.

But it is not so easy for ordinary cultivators to obtain good deeds for the family. They must have the ability to make contributions to the family.

Moreover, daily practice requires a lot of cultivation resources, which will consume the family's good deeds. Some of the Qi Refining members who have just gone up the mountain, like Song Qingming when his cultivation was low, cannot accumulate much merit throughout the year.

Even for the elders who have established the foundation of the family, apart from guarding the Lingshan industry for the family and occasionally using their cultivation skills to undertake family tasks, they rarely have the opportunity to gain good deeds for the family.

Only someone like Song Yuanxue, who has an outstanding high-level cultivation skill, can earn good deeds for the family faster than others and live a more comfortable life.

Now that the family is expanding, it is a great opportunity for all members of the Song family to make contributions to the family. It is naturally very regretful that they were not selected.

As soon as the family meeting ended, Song Yuanqian and Song Xuanqing went to find the family steward Song Yuanfang, wanting him to help talk to several ancestors and give them a chance to contribute to the family this time.

Song Yuanfang had a helpless look on his face about this. The big task of expanding the family's territory to the north was not something that could be accomplished in a day or two.

With so many cultivators in the family, including ancestors like Song Qingming, leaving the family, some cultivators must be left behind to guard the family's sacred mountains. No matter who Song Qingming chooses, there will always be someone who will miss this opportunity.

"I certainly agree that you two are willing to contribute to the family, but with so many family businesses right now, we can't leave no one to look after them, don't you think?

To be honest, if my seventh uncle hadn't personally named me, I would have wanted to go to the front line. I've been staying in the family for all these years, and my hands and feet are becoming more and more numb.

Since the old ancestor chose us to stay, he also trusts us. We should patiently do the things at hand and stop thinking about it. I believe that when he comes back, he will definitely not forget us. "

Hearing Song Yuanfang's words of comfort, Song Yuanqian, who was standing aside, couldn't help but sigh and said, "Alas! It's so hard to get a chance to contribute to the family, but we missed it in vain. We are really unlucky this time.

It seems that we will hardly get the chance to form a pill in this lifetime."

He had been traveling for many years before, but had never found an opportunity and finally returned empty-handed. Song Yuanqian had always envied Song Changze and others who also went out and got opportunities.

Now, the great opportunity for the family to expand outward has been missed. At this moment, Song Yuanqian couldn't help but sigh in her heart that her luck has been quite bad over the years.

Seeing this, Song Yuanfang's face changed slightly, and he immediately shook his head and scolded: "You are only at the fifth level of foundation building now, not even at the late stage of foundation building, why are you always thinking about forming a pill?

How can you achieve the Golden Elixir if you are so ambitious? I think you should learn more from Changze and the others, and improve your cultivation in a down-to-earth way first."

Since gaining recognition from the clan leader Song Qingming, Song Yuanfang has been in charge of all family affairs over the years, and his prestige in the family is not comparable to that of an ordinary foundation-building elder.

Even Song Yuanli and Song Changze, who have higher cultivation than him, are respectful in front of Song Yuanfang and have great respect for him as the family's chief steward.

Seeing that this brother, who always behaved very kindly in front of others, suddenly changed his expression and became a little angry, Song Yuanqian was also shocked and quickly lowered her head. The atmosphere on the scene suddenly became a little awkward.

Seeing this, Song Xuanqing, who was standing beside her, stepped forward and smoothed things over for her, saying, "Haha! Uncle Sixteen is right. Our cultivation is still shallow, and it is indeed too early to discuss the matter of forming a pill.

Moreover, the path to the golden elixir is extremely difficult. There are more than tens of thousands of cultivators in our country who defend the country, but only a few of them are lucky enough to succeed in forming the golden elixir.

Even in Xiaoyao Sect, few people have this confidence. Why should we bother ourselves with this trouble? We should first improve our cultivation steadily and then wait for the opportunity. "

“When my seventh uncle went out to form the elixir, even though I was still a novice in cultivation, I could still remember everything. I know how difficult it was for him. These things are not as simple as you think.

Not to mention us, my Eighth Uncle has been practicing in the Xiaoyao Sect for many years, but his talent is worse than ours. Even if he has the support of the sect and obtains a spiritual object for the Jindan stage, he still can't get through this level.

It's a waste that you, as an elder, have spent so many years building the foundation, but you are not as thorough as Xuanqing in cultivation. "Hearing Song Xuanqing's frank words, Song Yuanfang nodded slightly to express his approval, and his expression eased a little.

After being scolded, Song Yuanqian saw that Song Yuanfang looked better, so she nodded humbly and said, "I just said it verbally and didn't mean anything else. Don't be angry, Sixteenth Brother.

Song Yuanfang heard this and sighed calmly, "I know you didn't mean it, but the family is developing so fast now, and with so many people, it's inevitable that there will be gossip. We still have to pay more attention to the impact of everything.

Now is the time for the family to develop and expand its territory. What you said just now is not conducive to the unity of the family. It’s okay for you to say it in front of me, but if the ancestors on the top of the mountain hear it, how will you explain it?

When something happens, don’t just be happy for a moment, think more about the consequences.”

"Sixteenth brother, I know I was wrong. I will be more careful in the future." After hearing Song Yuanfang's explanation, Song Yuanqian came to his senses and realized that his words were wrong. He quickly responded to the other party's reminder.

Seeing this, Song Yuanfang waved his hand with some relief and said, "It's enough for you to know. If there is a chance, I will remind my seventh uncle about this matter.

He has always been fair in his work and will definitely not treat us unfairly. You don't have to worry about this matter and you can go back with peace of mind.

No matter who in the family will have the opportunity to form a pill in the future, I hope you don't think too much about it.

The family is developing well now. As long as we can all work together, our lives will get better and better in the future. We may each have a chance to form a pill, so why rush it?"

"Well! Thank you very much, Brother Sixteen. We will go back and not disturb you anymore."

Knowing that Song Yuanfang had taken this matter to heart, Song Yuanqian and Song Xuanqing showed some joy on their faces, and nodded quickly to take their leave. (End of this chapter)