Qinghe Immortal Clan.

Since the Song family was established in "Funiu Mountain", every spring when the flowers bloom, the family will summon the elders who are away to return to the family for discussion. Everyone sits together to summarize the changes in the family in the past year, and then discuss and look forward to the future development of the family.

When Song Qingming first attended the family meeting, the Song family was just a small Qi-refining family, with only 20 to 30 cultivators in the entire family.

At that time, Song Qingming's cultivation had just broken through to the late stage of Qi Refining and he had just begun to show some talent in front of his clansmen. Almost two hundred years have passed since then.

Two hundred years passed in the blink of an eye, and the Song family had grown from an inconspicuous small Qi-refining family in Qinghe County to a Jindan Immortal Clan dominating the entire northeast of Wei State.

Seeing that the family's "meeting room" was now filled with many younger family members, whose lowest cultivation level was at the Foundation Establishment stage, Song Qingming felt filled with emotion when he and his sixth uncle and several other Qi Refining cultivators discussed the future of the family here.

"The prosperity of our family today is due to the blessing of our ancestors and the contributions of all of you. No need to be polite!"

After taking Huang Siyuan to sit at the top seat, Song Qingming waved to the people below, indicating that everyone should sit down first.

After Song Qingming nodded, the great elder Song Yuanfang, who had been in charge of the family for many years, stood up and said:

"Today's family meeting, according to the previous rules, we must first count the family's expenditure and income last year. I have already sorted out the accounts, so I will report to you last year's income and expenditure.

The family's income from the Yinfengling mine last year was a total of 1,730 spirit stones. After deducting the expenses of hiring monks and maintaining the magic array, there was a total surplus of 1,300 spirit stones.

Last year, Chiyanfang earned a total of 1,580 spirit stones. However, a few months ago, Chiyanfang hired monks to expand to Yunwu Mountain, which cost a lot of spirit stones.

Therefore, the surplus of Chiyanfang last year was slightly lower than in previous years, and only 870 spirit stones were handed over to Cangjin Pavilion.

Since the establishment of Bailin Guard in Baishiling, the number of cultivators traveling to the market town increased significantly last year compared to previous years, and the market town’s income also increased by about twice that of previous years.

Excluding the share with the sect, our Song family received a total of 4,650 spirit stones, and the Treasury received 3,100 spirit stones.

And here at Tuoyun Mountain..."

Song Yuanfang loudly announced the family's income from various spiritual stones last year. The many elders of the Song family present not only looked at them intently, but also had changing expressions on their faces.

When hearing about the family business they were supposed to manage, some people had calm expressions on their faces, while some who performed particularly well had smiles on their faces and generously enjoyed the envious glances from people around them.

In particular, Song Changze and Liu Yuxin, a couple who were in charge of "White Lion Ridge", were very happy when they saw that several family elders at the top nodded to them and affirmed their contributions to the family.

"Finally, the biggest source of income for the family is the spiritual objects collected from the affiliated families last year. After all of them were converted into spiritual stones, the total amount is 5,300 spiritual stones.

I have just basically talked about the family’s main income and expenditure last year. There are some miscellaneous details that I will not introduce here one by one.

If you have any questions, please let us know in time. If you want to know more in the future, you can always go to the Treasury to check.

Let me do some statistics here. The total income of the family last year was 17,640 spirit stones, and the expenditure in the account was 10,400.

These are the statistics that Yuan Qian and I have compiled together. Please have a look at them, Elders."

After talking for half an incense stick of time, Song Yuanfang finally managed to briefly recapitulate the income and expenditure of the entire Song family last year.

Then he carefully handed the accounts that had been prepared long ago to Song Qingming and the other two at the top.

Since the family marched north to capture "White Lion Ridge", the Song family has expanded its territory thousands of miles to the north, and the family business has increased a lot compared to before.

In addition, the family territory has been peaceful in recent years, and has attracted many monks from other places to come and become vassals. The family's income in all aspects has nearly doubled compared to before the monster turmoil.

As income increased, the Song family's expenses also increased with the development of the family.

Nowadays, the entire Song family, excluding Song Yuanli who stayed in the "Tianhai Immortal Cultivation World", has three Jindan ancestors, nineteen foundation-building elders, and two guest elders, Xu Qingyin and Li Xiuning, a total of twenty-one foundation-building cultivators.

Below are 660 clan members in the Qi Refining Stage with varying levels of cultivation as well as family guests, a total of nearly 700 cultivators.

The spiritual stones, spiritual rice, and elixirs that so many monks need to receive as salaries every year are also a huge expense.

Fortunately, the Song family is now thriving. While the various incomes are used to offset the expenses, there are still thousands of spirit stones left over every year that can be deposited in the family's treasury.

There is also a spiritual stone mine located in "Shuangfeng Mountain". Under Song Qingming's arrangement, the family has always managed this source of income in secret and has not made it public.

Therefore, this income will not be included in the annual family meetings, and there will be more than 2,000 extra spirit stones.

After the monster riot, the family has accumulated a lot of spirit stones after years of accumulation.

Most of these spirit stones were used to purchase elixirs from outside, and were exchanged for various high-level spiritual objects to provide for the family's cultivators to practice and enhance the strength of the entire family.

Because of Huang Siyuan, the outer sect elder of the "Tian Dan League", the Song family now has high-level spiritual pills such as the Foundation Establishment Pill appearing in the family's treasury almost every few years.

With a stable supply of "Foundation Building Pills", the number of foundation building cultivators in the family is now steadily increasing. Now, the number of foundation building cultivators has exceeded that of the Ma family back then, and has become a veritable large-scale immortal cultivation family.

The Song family, which was just a small Qi-refining clan in the past, has become as glorious as it is today. In addition to the clan leader Song Qingming who sits at the head, of course, it is also inseparable from the efforts and hard work of generations of cultivators in the family.

"We have been concentrating on cultivation these years, and we have left the family affairs to you. Thank you for your hard work!"

After glancing at the accounts handed over by Song Yuanfang, Song Qingming nodded with satisfaction and began to praise Song Yuanfang and the many family elders present.

"Without the clan leader and several ancestors, there would be no Song family today. These are what we should do. I really can't say it's hard work."

After receiving the affirmation from clan leader Song Qingming, Song Yuanfang and others present showed some joy on their faces and quickly stood up to express their gratitude.

After praising everyone, Song Qingming continued, "Now that the family is developing smoothly in all aspects, there are several major events coming up that you must start preparing for.

The first thing is to improve the family's spiritual veins.

Now that there are more and more monks in the family, the spiritual energy in Funiu Mountain will be insufficient sooner or later. Although the matter of improving the spiritual veins is not imminent, you all should start preparing for it.

After a while, I will try to refine a third-grade superior spirit gathering array. After all the spirit stones are gathered, I can start to upgrade the family spirit vein.

From now on, all members of the clan who are away can take turns to return to Funiushan Mountain to practice, which will also help everyone to practice faster."

Since the monster riot, the Song family's "Funiu Mountain" spiritual vein was upgraded to the third-level intermediate grade, and it has only been more than 30 years.

In addition, there are two third-level lower-grade spiritual veins, "White Lion Ridge" and "Cangyuan Mountain" in the north. Considering the current number of cultivators in the Song family, the supply of spiritual energy is still completely sufficient.

But now that the family is developing so fast, the number of cultivators will also grow rapidly. Among the many foundation-building elders present here, there will definitely be some who will break through and enter the golden elixir realm in the future.

If the family has the ability to do so, it would be better to prepare for a rainy day and improve the spiritual veins first. This is something the Song family will have to do sooner or later, so Song Qingming put this matter on the agenda in advance.

Moreover, the income from various family businesses is now relatively stable and the family is much richer than before. A lot of spirit stones have been accumulated in the treasury.

However, to upgrade the "Funiu Mountain" spiritual vein to the third-grade upper grade, it is no longer necessary to rely on all the tribesmen to tighten their belts as in the past.

Improving the family's spiritual veins is beneficial to all the cultivators in the entire family, so naturally no one among the many foundation-building elders present would object. As soon as Song Qingming finished speaking, there was a sound of agreement from the audience.

"Don't worry, clan leader. Improving the spiritual veins of Funiu Mountain is the foundation of our clan. We will do our best!"

"That's right! The improvement of the family's spiritual veins is not only beneficial to us, but also a major event for the benefit of future generations. Now that the family has the ability to do so, the sooner this happens, the better."

"I agree with this, too!"

Seeing that everyone at the scene agreed, Song Qingming smiled and waved his hand, and continued: "The second thing is about Cangyuan Mountain.

Now that Baishiling has gradually stabilized, the family can consider shifting its development focus to other places.

The current market town in Cangyuan Mountain has basically been built. We can consider moving some cultivators and mortals there, settling down there and developing slowly.

Also, Xuande can take people to walk around Cangyuan Mountain to see if they can find any useful mineral veins, mark them down first, and then slowly develop them when the family has enough manpower in the future."

It has been several years since the "Xiaoyao Sect" defeated the demon clan in the northern expedition and the Song family took over "Cangyuan Mountain".

However, because most of the family's energy has been focused on "Baishiling" in recent years, the management of "Cangyuan Mountain" has always been relatively slow. In recent years, they have barely been able to defend Lingshan and build the market.

Now that the teleportation array connecting "White Lion Ridge" to "Red Flame Square" has been built, it has gradually stabilized. The family does not need to deploy too many manpower here and can withdraw some cultivators to run other industries.

The reason for choosing to manage the "Cangyuan Mountain" spiritual vein, in addition to the fact that this spiritual vein is of a higher grade, the most important reason is naturally because of the "Tandi Cave" that Song Qingming used to form the elixir.

Now, several foundation-building cultivators in the family have already reached the late stage of foundation-building. Song Changze, who has the highest level of cultivation, can break through to the golden elixir realm at any time, and he will definitely need this "Tan Di Cave" when the time comes. At this time, the family should also send more people to strengthen the control of the vicinity of "Cangyuan Mountain" to prevent other cultivators or monsters from approaching there and causing some unnecessary troubles to the Song family.

"Chief, there are still many monsters around Cangyuan Mountain. Our family is still short of manpower. Do you want to let other families participate? This way, we can develop faster."

As soon as Song Qingming finished speaking, Song Xuanting, who was standing below him, stood up and offered his own suggestions and ideas.

Song Xuanting has been in charge of "Cangyuan Mountain" in recent years. When he and Song Yuanhao were building the market town over the years, they were often attacked by monsters. Naturally, he was very clear about the situation around "Cangyuan Mountain".

Seeing that Song Qingming proposed that the family should vigorously manage the "Cangyuan Mountain" spiritual vein in the future, he hurriedly expressed his inner thoughts. He wanted all the immortal cultivation families affiliated with the Song family to join in, so as to speed up the construction and operation of the "Cangyuan Mountain" market and the surrounding spiritual veins.

However, facing his proposal, Song Qingming simply shook his head and said: "The spiritual vein of Cangyuan Mountain has not yet been developed, so for the time being, we should not let the lower immortal cultivation families participate too much.

I plan to manage this spiritual vein well, and it's best not to let other people interfere. The family doesn't need this little bit of time now, so it doesn't matter if Cangyuan Mountain develops a little slower."

"Seventh Brother is right. Now that White Lion Ridge has stabilized, we don't need to drag others along everywhere in our own territory.

As long as we spend more time, we have enough capabilities to manage Cangyuan Mountain on our own, so there is no need to worry too much about this matter."

After taking over "Cangyuan Mountain", Song Qingming had already informed Song Qingyu and others about the matter of "Tandi Cave Mansion".

Upon hearing that Song Qingming wanted to start vigorously developing the "Cangyuan Mountain" spiritual vein, Song Qingyu naturally quickly understood his idea and immediately spoke up to agree with his opinion.

Seeing that the two family ancestors, Song Qingming and Song Qingyu, were determined not to let other vassal families interfere in the matter, the many foundation-building elders present also saw the thoughts of the ancestors on the matter and did not raise any objections.

After arranging the two things he had thought of, Song Qingming then handed the right to speak back to Song Yuanfang and began to discuss other family affairs.

As time went by, this family meeting slowly came to an end. When it was almost over, Song Yuanfang bowed to Song Qingming and asked:
"Clan leader! There are exactly two children who have ascended to heaven this year but have not yet been named. In the family genealogy, the Lin generation of cultivators has been used for fifty years. It is time to establish a new generation name.

This matter is also a major event related to the future development of the family. I hope that you, the clan leader, can continue the family's generation name and inheritance!"

"Ten thousand ancient, evergreen, new, Yuan, prosperous, Xuan! Lin..."

Since the Song family migrated and settled in "Funiu Mountain" in Qinghe County, the family monks would continue the generation name every few decades. Now, after several generations of inheritance, it has been passed down to the "Lin" generation.

The Song family has nine generations of inheritance, and the first eight characters "Wan Gu Chang Qing, Xin Yuan Chang Xuan" were decided when the ancestors just migrated to "Qinghe County".

Now, the first three generations of cultivators in the family have all passed away, and only Song Qingming and Song Qingyu are left from the "Qing" generation, and the rest are cultivators from the "Yuan" generation onwards.

The cultivators of the "Lin" generation were temporarily appointed by Song Qingyu, who temporarily took over the family when Song Qingming went to travel to the immortal cultivation world of "Donghuang Kingdom".

Because in major immortal cultivation families, matters like the continuation of generation names are usually decided by the patriarch.

At that time, the family's cultivators had reached the point where they needed a sequel to their generation name, and it was unknown when the patriarch Song Qingming would return, so Song Qingyu decided on the generation name "Lin" for him.

It also implies that she herself did not want to interfere in other people's affairs, but it was just a helpless act that she decided on at the spur of the moment.

Now, the age difference between the monks of the "Lin" generation is almost fifty years, and it is time to continue the family generation name.

Taking advantage of this rare opportunity of family discussion, Song Yuanfang directly brought up the matter, hoping that Song Qingming could continue the family's "generation name" on the genealogy.

In recent years, Song Qingming has been busy with his own cultivation most of his time and energy, and has never paid much attention to family affairs, so he didn't notice this matter.

When Song Qingming heard Song Yuanfang mention this, he suddenly remembered it and nodded quickly.

Song Qingming loved reading since he was young and had decent literary literacy, so it was not a difficult thing for him to continue a generation name in the family tree.

However, facing the most important inheritance of generation name in a family of immortal cultivators, Song Qingming still seemed to be more cautious.

After thinking for a moment, Song Qingming decided to decide on the word "思" first, took out paper and pen and wrote down the "word" he wanted.

Song Qingming wanted to think more about the following generation names. Once he was sure, he would inform Song Yuanfang to enter them into the family tree.

(PS: Regarding the question of continuing the generation name, Xiao Meng has thought about it for a long time, but still hasn't written it rashly. I want to hear the opinions of fellow book lovers first. If you have any good ideas, please let me know in the comments.)
"Eternal green, new Yuan Changxuan, Lin Si..."

The ancestors of the Song family migrated to "Funiu Mountain" in Qinghe County. After four hundred years of vicissitudes, the tradition has finally been passed down to the tenth generation of monks.

Seeing Song Yuanfang carefully taking the word "Si" that Song Qingming had just written from his hand, everyone in the Song family present showed excitement on their faces.

In the world of immortal cultivation, family cultivators attach the most importance to blood inheritance, and they are more cohesive than individual cultivators or cultivators from sects.

The Song family has developed to its current glorious era, which is also the result of the hard work of generations of predecessors.

Now that they see the family's descendants being able to continue the legacy, everyone is naturally extremely excited.

"In the past, when I was on my way to immortality, my third uncle always taught me that no matter where I am, I should always be grateful to others for their kindness.

The prosperity of our family today is all due to the hard work and blood of our many Song ancestors.

I am taking the character "Si" to continue the family tree, hoping that all of you and the younger generations of monks will not forget the merits of the ancestors in the family tree and always think of repaying their gratitude."

"We will remember the teachings of our patriarch and will never forget the kindness of our ancestors!"

After hearing Song Qingming's explanation, the Song family members present understood his intention and stood up and responded. Their voices echoed in the family meeting hall for a long time.

After the generation name was decided, the annual family meeting ended quickly. After everyone left, Song Qingming kept Song Changze alone.

After carefully observing Song Changze's cultivation, Song Qingming slowly asked him, "Changze, how is your cultivation of the Hidden Yuan Technique going now?"

When Song Changze heard Song Qingming asking about the technique he was practicing, he realized that the family ancestor had kept him here on purpose because he was concerned about his upcoming Dan-forming process.

Seeing this, Song Changze immediately replied: "Changze is ashamed that his skills have not yet been fully developed. It is estimated that it will take another two years to complete the practice. I am sorry to have troubled you, Seventh Uncle."

"You have only been practicing the Hidden Yuan Technique for six or seven years. It is not slow to reach this level. It is not worse than us back then. There is no need to be too modest."

Hearing Song Changze's answer, Song Qingyu, who was sitting next to him, comforted him repeatedly.

When Song Qingming was away these years, Song Qingyu also taught the cultivation of several younger generations in the family. She has always been quite impressed with Song Changze's talent for cultivation.

After hearing what Song Qingyu said, Song Qingming also spoke up and said, "Qingyu is right. Although you are not the most talented among these juniors, you are the most diligent in cultivation.

Among the thousands of cultivators in the world of immortal cultivation, there are also many who can make up for their shortcomings through hard work. If I only considered spiritual roots and talents, I would not be where I am today.

As long as we can be patient and find our own opportunities, we will always have a chance to catch up with those so-called geniuses."

"Thank you for your teachings, Seventh Uncle. Changze knows!"

Song Qingming nodded slightly and continued, "You are now almost at the stage of forming a pill, so don't worry about the affairs of the White Lion House anymore.

I have already made an agreement with Yuan Fang to let Xuan Qing take over from you. After you go back, prepare to hand over the things he is doing. Just stay in the mountains and practice with peace of mind for the next two years. If you have any questions, you can ask us.

Don't worry, I have already arranged for you the spiritual objects for forming the elixir."

"Changze would like to thank the clan leader for his support!"

Although he had heard that his clan had already prepared spiritual objects for him to form a pill, Song Changze was still deeply moved when he heard Song Qingming say it himself. He immediately knelt on the ground and thanked the elder for his great support.

Seeing this, Song Qingyu hurried forward and helped him up.

"Okay, we are all family, why do we have to do this? When you go back, remember to explain everything to Yu Xin. That girl is impatient, don't let any misunderstandings arise again!"

Seeing Song Changze walking out of the family's "meeting room" with a moved face, Song Qingming and others also smiled with relief and strode out.

They had just left the "meeting room" and were about to return to the top of the mountain, but suddenly saw Song Yuanhao walking back with Li Xiuning and Xu Qingyin not far away.

"Yuan Hao, is there anything else?"

Seeing Song Yuanhao and the other two return, Song Qingming quickly asked. (End of this chapter)