Qinghe Immortal Clan.

One month after Song Qingming returned to the family, Zhao Mengling, who had already refined the secret method, came to "Funiu Mountain" as promised to remedy the spiritual tree origin of the gilded fruit tree.

With the personal help of Zhao Mengling, a third-level intermediate-grade spiritual plant master, the following process was very smooth. In just less than half a day, Zhao Mengling successfully transformed the refined secret method into a talisman and integrated it into the roots of the "Gilded Fruit Tree".

Seeing that the speed at which the spiritual tree in front of him absorbed spiritual energy had slowly stabilized, Zhao Mengling walked out of the "Spiritual Medicine Garden" in the back mountain of the Song family with satisfaction.

“Junior Brother Song, as long as there is another ten days, the spirit tree will completely refine this talisman, and the originally lost essence will be completely restored.

Although the refining of the talisman was very smooth this time, it is still hard to say whether it can help it advance successfully. It is estimated that it will take half a year to see the result.

I have two second-level ebony charms here that can help the spirit tree absorb spiritual nutrients faster. You just need to stick one on the root of the spirit tree every month."

After taking the talismans handed over by Zhao Mengling, Song Qingming immediately handed them to Song Yuanxue beside him, and then took out a bag of spirit stones from his body and stuffed it into Zhao Mengling's hand.

"This matter is all thanks to Senior Sister Zhao who took the trouble to come and help. I hope Senior Sister will accept this small token of my appreciation."

Seeing that Song Qingming had stuffed more than a thousand spirit stones into her hands again, Zhao Mengling did not accept them directly this time. Instead, she put away the smile on her face and waved her hand, saying:

"Junior Brother Song, you are too polite. This remedy does not require too much time. It is just a piece of cake. Junior Brother Song has already given me spirit stones for this. How can I accept these again? If I tell others, they will think I am a money-grubber.

Junior brother, please take the spirit stone back quickly, or I will be angry."

"This, this matter was neglected by Junior Brother. I hope Senior Sister will not be angry. Come with me to the mountain to have a rest for a while."

Seeing Zhao Mengling's face change and her determination not to accept the spirit stone, Song Qingming did not insist any more. He quickly put away the spirit stone in his hand, smiled, and took Zhao Mengling to the "Huixian Pavilion" on the top of the mountain.

Zhao Mengling has been in the Dan stage for many years. In the "Xiaoyao Sect", he has always liked making friends and paid more attention to his reputation.

After knowing that the other party would not accept the spiritual stones, Song Qingming could only ask Song Yuanfang to go to the family's treasury to pick out two packs of more expensive spiritual tea and send them over, only then did Zhao Mengling happily accept them.

Over the years, Song Qingming has always been courteous in his dealings with other elders in the sect. Even when facing people like Fang Baixuan who reached the Dan stage later than him, he would not think of taking advantage of them.

This time, Zhao Mengling was willing to help and personally come to "Funiu Mountain" to remedy the origin of the spiritual tree. She came here for his sake. No matter what, Song Qingming couldn't let her go back empty-handed.

After drinking tea and chatting with Zhao Mengling for a while, Song Qingming saw her off when she got up to leave. He hurriedly escorted her out personally and only stayed outside the mountain to return to his clan.

In the next few months, Song Yuanxue and others carefully took care of the "Gilded Fruit Tree" according to the method Zhao Mengling said. It turned out that hard work pays off. After half a year, the fruit tree was successfully advanced to the third-level intermediate quality.

This time, the "Gilded Fruit Tree" not only successfully advanced, but also successfully produced a mature third-level medium-quality spiritual fruit. This made the entire Song family extremely happy.

On the other hand, Xu Ziyan informed the sect's two supreme elders, Li Mufeng and Fairy Queen Baiyu, about Song Qingming's request for the "Cangyuan Mountain" spiritual vein. As expected, the two had no objection to the Song family's desire to operate this spiritual vein and agreed on the spot.

The Song family paid a huge price to obtain this spiritual vein. They spent a total of 70,000 spiritual stones to successfully purchase this third-level spiritual vein from the sect's General Affairs Hall.

Fortunately, in recent years, the Song family has obtained a lot of spirit veins and demon beast materials through the northern expedition against the demon tribe. In addition, the family discovered the "Shuangfeng Mountain" spirit stone mine and made a fortune. More than 100,000 spirit stones have been accumulated in the treasury.

Just taking over the third-level spiritual vein of "Cangyuan Mountain" will not cause any serious damage to the family in a short time.

It's just to keep a low profile and not appear too wealthy in front of others.

When Song Qingming was discussing the price of taking over the spirit vein with Xu Ziyan, he complained a lot to her, and got the sect to agree to pay half of the spirit stones first, and the remaining balance would be paid off slowly by the Song family over ten years.

Xu Ziyan naturally understood this.

The Song family had just taken over the "White Lion Ridge" a few years ago and had invested a lot of spirit stones in this third-level spiritual vein. The sect naturally knew all of this without Song Qingming saying much.

Therefore, when Song Qingming made this request, Xu Ziyan did not say much and quickly agreed.

Moreover, Xu Ziyan also agreed on behalf of the sect that if the Song family wanted to build a market town in "Cangyuan Mountain" in the future, the sect could invest in it. At that time, the two families would run the market town together, which would also help to relieve a lot of pressure on the Song family.

Song Qingming also agreed with Xu Ziyan's idea on the spot.

However, the spiritual vein of "Cangyuan Mountain" is located in a remote place. There are not many human cultivators nearby, so it is not suitable to build a market here.

It will take more than a short time to manage this spiritual vein. It will probably take at least three to five years for the surrounding area to develop slowly. Only then can enough cultivators gather near "Cangyuan Mountain" to open a market and earn spiritual stones.

After obtaining the spiritual vein of "Cangyuan Mountain", Song Qingming immediately arranged for the family's foundation-building elders Song Xuanting and Song Xuanyu to bring dozens of cultivators to "Cangyuan Mountain" to take over this spiritual vein.

Then he set up a third-level low-grade mountain protection formation above the spiritual vein and began to transform this third-level spiritual vein that had been occupied by monsters for many years.

In addition to the "Cangyuan Mountain" obtained by the Song family, several other third-level spiritual veins captured by the "Xiaoyao Sect" in the northern expedition also had their owners.

The master of one of the third-level spiritual veins, "Youyun Mountain", is Zhou Ziyang, a casual cultivator who participated in the Northern Expedition with the "Xiaoyao Sect".

Song Qingming had already anticipated that Zhou Ziyang would obtain a third-level spiritual vein from the sect.

After all, since Zhou Ziyang returned to Weiguo, he first helped the sect to resist the demon tribe blocking the way in "Guyang Mountain", and later he followed the "Xiaoyao Sect" to the north to fight in several major battles and made considerable contributions.

Zhou Ziyang is not an elder of the "Xiaoyao Sect", but he has contributed so much to the sect. It is understandable that he wants to seize a spiritual vein in the north after the war. It is difficult for the "Xiaoyao Sect" to refuse this.

Originally, Song Qingming thought that Zhou Ziyang would choose to join the "Xiaoyao Sect" directly and become a guest elder of the sect, just like Zhang Tieyang.

But what he didn't expect was that although Zhou Ziyang received several active recruitment requests from the sect, he did not nod in agreement.

Instead, he chose to follow the example of the ancestor Chen of "Tuoyun Mountain". After obtaining the third-level intermediate spiritual vein of "Youyun Mountain", he directly established a school here and recruited disciples, wanting to create his own force like Chen Jinliang.

In the world of immortal cultivation, there are cultivators like Zhang Tieyang who are open-minded and enjoy life. Of course, there are also people like Zhou Ziyang who are devoted to the Tao and want to create a foundation in this world of immortal cultivation.

Although Song Qingming was somewhat surprised by Zhou Ziyang's choice, he still admired his idea to some extent.

No matter what, Zhou Ziyang is indeed a man who dares to think and act. Even if his achievements in the future are not as good as Chen Jinliang, he will leave a deep impression in the hearts of the cultivators in Weiguo's immortal world.

In addition to "Youyun Mountain", there is another third-level inferior spiritual vein, which fell into the hands of a Jindan cultivator from Pei State in the south.

After this person obtained this spiritual vein, as expected, he quickly joined the "Xiaoyao Sect" just like Zhang Tieyang and became a guest elder of the sect.

In addition to these third-level spiritual veins, most of the remaining dozens of second-level spiritual veins were taken out by the General Affairs Hall and sold directly at a fixed price, except for a small number that were retained by the sects.

Many of them were local immortal cultivation families and individual cultivators from Wei State, and many also came from other neighboring countries after hearing the news. For a time, the entire Wei State was filled with a large number of foreign cultivators.

After selling so many spirit veins in their hands, the "Xiaoyao Sect" not only gained a lot of cultivators under its command, but also immediately recovered hundreds of thousands of spirit stones and made a fortune.

As the "Xiaoyao Sect" brought out many spiritual veins in the north, a large number of cultivators suddenly poured into the entire northern part of Wei State, and the place became bustling everywhere.

These cultivators came to the north of Wei State to take root. It was certainly not enough to practice with spiritual veins alone. Various spiritual objects such as elixirs, talismans, magic tools, etc. were also indispensable.

In just half a year, with the continued rapid increase in the number of cultivators, the price of low-level cultivation elixirs in the entire northern Wei State has increased by nearly 30%.

In addition to the "Xiao Yao Sect" making a fortune here, those merchants who were on good terms with the "Xiao Yao Sect" and nearby immortal cultivation families such as the Song family also got a piece of the pie.

During the period of vigorous development in the north of Wei State, Huang Siyuan, who had traveled to the East China Sea to cultivate immortals several times, also brought back good news for the family. She successfully purchased a teleportation array that the family needed.

Ever since the Song family conquered the third-level spiritual vein "White Lion Ridge" during the northern expedition, in order to facilitate the management of this spiritual vein, Song Qingming wanted to follow the sect's example and set up a teleportation array between the family and the "White Lion Ridge" front line to connect the two places.

In this way, if any accident occurs in "White Lion Ridge", the family can quickly rush to the rescue through the "teleportation array" without having to worry about the sudden attack by the army of monsters and the reinforcements not being able to arrive at the front line in time.

On the other hand, the two places can be connected through a "teleportation array", which can save the low-level monks more than ten days of walking and save a lot of costs for transporting materials and personnel, which is extremely beneficial to the long-term development of the entire family.

However, the materials needed to refine the "teleportation array" in the world of immortal cultivation are very rare, and are basically controlled by a few large sects. Therefore, it is difficult to see "teleportation arrays" above the intermediate level on the market except for the lowest-level small teleportation arrays. After Huang Siyuan made many inquiries in "Tian Dan City" over the years, she finally spent more than tens of thousands of spirit stones to successfully buy a small "teleportation array" that the Song family needed now with the help of her good friend Ye Qiuyuan.

In the world of immortal cultivation, "teleportation arrays" are divided into four types according to the distance of transmission.

The one with the shortest transmission distance is called a "small transmission array". The transmission distance of this kind of "transmission array" is generally around one or two thousand miles.

When Song Qingming went to attend the "Tian Dan League" auction for the first time, he took this smallest "teleportation array" to the venue. The cost of setting up such a teleportation array is about 10,000 to 20,000 spirit stones.

The even rarer "intermediate teleportation array" can teleport over a distance of about ten thousand miles. A teleportation array of this level requires at least one hundred thousand spirit stones. In the world of immortal cultivation, only the big forces above the Golden Core stage have the financial resources to set up this.

The "Xiaoyao Sect" has deployed this kind of "intermediate teleportation array" in several of its important spiritual vein territories.

Over the years, the "Xiaoyao Sect" has fought many battles with the demon clan. It was precisely because the intermediate teleportation array set up in the "Guiyunfang" was able to rush to the front line in time that they were able to withstand the tremendous pressure brought by the northern monsters.

After the sect's northern expedition, in order to better manage the spiritual veins that countless cultivators had seized at the cost of their blood on the northern front.

Xu Ziyan, the sect's acting "master", quickly went to the East China Sea immortal cultivation world and purchased a set of "intermediate teleportation array" from there, which he arranged between "Guiyunfang" and "Baiyun Valley".

With the "teleportation array" connected, people can provide mutual assistance even though they are tens of thousands of miles apart, and the entire northern part of Wei State has become much more stable.

The "large teleportation array" further up can teleport over a distance of about 100,000 miles, which is not something that ordinary sects have the financial resources to arrange. According to what Song Qingming knows, no sect in the entire Floating Cloud Mountains currently has this capability.

Even if you look at the entire Donghuang Xianzhou, there are only a very small number of top Nascent Soul forces that have the potential to deploy such a "large teleportation array" with extremely high operating costs.

As for the higher-level "super-large interstate teleportation arrays", they can help cultivators directly cross the vast ocean to go to other immortal realms. They are not found in ordinary places. It is estimated that there are only a few of them in the entire Donghuang Immortal Continent.

This time, the Song family originally wanted to find an "intermediate teleportation array" like the one used by the Xiaoyao Sect, but after searching for a long time, they were unable to find any information about the teleportation array.

Until a month ago, Huang Siyuan, who was in "Funiu Mountain", received a message from Ye Qiuyuan, who helped her find out about a "small teleportation array" of relatively good quality in "Tiandan City".

Although this teleportation array is only the lowest level "small teleportation array", the teleportation distance is much farther than the general "small teleportation array", and it can teleport nearly four thousand miles.

Although this teleportation distance did not meet the original needs of the Song family, it could still be used, and the price was much cheaper than the intermediate teleportation array used by the "Xiaoyao Sect", so it was still relatively affordable for the Song family.

After careful consideration among several people, Song Qingming decided to let Huang Siyuan go to the East China Sea Immortal Cultivation World to purchase this "small teleportation array".

The small teleportation array that Huang Siyuan brought back can teleport four thousand miles away, which is exactly the distance between "White Lion Ridge" and "Red Flame Square".

When Huang Siyuan brought back the teleportation array from "Tiandan City", Song Qingming immediately brought all the array masters in the family and worked day and night for more than a month before they finally successfully placed this "small teleportation array" in the two markets.

The teleportation array had just been set up, and several bolder monks from the Song family immediately stepped forward and asked to try out the teleportation effect.

As the white light flashed, these people quickly disappeared on the transmission platform. After a while, the white light lit up again on the transmission platform, and the people who had just been teleported away appeared in front of everyone again.

"Reporting to the ancestor, we have just arrived at White Lion Ridge. This is what the ancestor Changze asked us to give to you!"

Looking at the letter in his hand that Song Changze sent to him from thousands of miles away, Song Qingming's face suddenly showed a hint of joy when he knew that the teleportation array had been set up securely.

Although this teleportation array cost the family nearly 40,000 spirit stones, it can connect the two markets, which will greatly facilitate the Song family in protecting the two spirit veins in the future.

With the teleportation array connected, once the front-line market in the north encounters an emergency and needs support, the family only needs to send cultivators to the nearby "Chiyanfang" to take the teleportation array to arrive instantly, and it won't take too much time.

For a Jindan cultivator like Song Qingming, it would originally take at least an hour to get to "White Lion Ridge". Now, if he takes the teleportation array from "Red Flame Square", he can arrive in less than a quarter of an hour.

In this way, even if there are no Jindan cultivators stationed at "White Lion Ridge" all year round, there will not be too much security risk. At most, it will just cost a few more spirit stones to activate the teleportation array.

After the teleportation arrays were installed in the markets on both sides, it is now much more convenient for the cultivators stationed on the front line of "White Lion Ridge" to return to their families. They can return to their families to visit relatives and friends at any time.

In addition, the Song family set up a "teleportation array" between the two markets, which can also be opened to the public and charge a certain fee for teleporting monks between the two places.

Although the profit from this short-distance teleportation is not high, it can add up to a lot over time. As long as the family can carefully maintain this "small teleportation array", the spirit stones spent will be recovered sooner or later.

Since Song Qingming laid the foundation, after nearly two hundred years of development, the Song family now has many industries outside, but there are not many industries that can bring stable profits to the family every year.

In addition to the two mines of "Shuangfeng Mountain" and "Yinfeng Ridge" which can harvest four to five thousand spirit stones every year, the two markets of "Chiyanfang" and "Baishifang" are also important sources of income for the family.

Not counting other miscellaneous things, just collecting rent from shops in the market and renting caves to those casual cultivators who come and go is a considerable income.

Adding the profits from the family-run shops, the Song family can earn more than 5,000 spirit stones from these two markets every year.

As long as these two markets can continue to operate stably and there is such a large amount of income every year, there will be no shortage of spirit stones in the family treasury.

That is why Song Qingming attached so much importance to these two markets that he was willing to spend so many spirit stones to purchase a "small teleportation array" just to add more insurance and protection to the markets.

After successfully setting up the teleportation array, Song Qingming was not in a hurry to leave. Accompanied by Song Xuanling, an elder of the Song family stationed in Fangshi, he went for a patrol on the streets of Fangshi.

Although "Chiyanfang" was established less than a hundred years ago, its history is far less long than that of surrounding towns such as "Qinghefang" and "Jinshanfang".

However, over the past few decades, with the Song family's careful management, the business of "Chiyanfang" soon surpassed many surrounding markets and has become the leading large market in the northeast of Wei State.

The ones who made the greatest contribution among them are Song Changze and Liu Yuxin, a couple who had been stationed in the market for many years. Most of the rules and regulations currently in operation in "Chiyanfang" were left behind by them when they were here.

Later, Song Qingming transferred the two of them to "White Lion Ridge" because he was impressed by Song Changze and his wife's ability to run the market.

Although "White Lion Square" is a market town jointly run by the Song family and the "Xiao Yao Sect", the Song family holds a larger share of the entire market town. Song Qingming also wants to operate "White Lion Square" into a large market town like "Guiyun Square" in the future.

However, "White Lion Ridge" is the territory that the Song family has just conquered. There are not many cultivators and mortals living nearby. The development speed is not as fast as the "Red Flame Square" in the past. It will take some time to become the large market town in Song Qingming's mind.

After taking a tour in "Chiyanfang", Song Qingming, who was very satisfied with the situation in the market, praised Song Xuanling a few words and prepared to leave the market to visit the "Shuangfeng Mountain" not far away.

Just as they arrived at the entrance of the market town, a man from the Song family who was in the late Qi training stage suddenly hurriedly caught up from not far away and handed a letter to Song Xuanling who was following Song Qingming.

Song Xuanling took the letter, opened it and glanced at it. A hint of doubt immediately appeared on his face. He hurriedly presented the letter in his hand respectfully to Song Qingming.

"Grandfather, this is the urgent letter that Uncle Sixteen just sent to you from the clan. He said that there are some matters in Qinghefang that he wants you to go back and discuss."

"What happened in Qinghefang? Didn't Yuan Fang make it clear in his letter?"

Hearing that it was Song Yuanfang who sent a message to discuss something with him, Song Qingming asked with some surprise, and then took the letter presented by Song Xuanling.

Seeing Song Xuanling standing aside and shaking his head slightly, Song Qingming didn't say anything more and directly opened the letter in his hand.

After taking a closer look, his originally relaxed expression gradually became a little solemn, but then he quickly regained his composure and put the letter in his hand directly into the storage bag.

"Ancestor, are you going to Shuangfeng Mountain next?"

Hearing Song Xuanling's cautious question, Song Qingming shook his head and said, "I have something else to do today so I won't go there yet. Send a message to Lin Rui and the others to let them know about this. I'll go and see them next time I have time.

You all can go back and do your own things. You don't have to send me off."

After saying that, Song Qingming turned around and walked out of the market under the gaze of everyone. Then he took out the "Phantom Boat" and turned into a beam of light and disappeared on the spot.

After leaving "Chiyanfang", Song Qingming did not choose to return to "Funiu Mountain", but controlled the flying boat all the way to the southeast of Qinghe County, heading straight to "Qinghefang". (End of this chapter)