Bai Jingyun, with a hint of choke in his words, looked very sad.
"Last time I saw fellow Taoist Bai, he was still in good health, but what happened?"
Hearing the words from Bai Jingyun's mouth, Song Qingming showed a little surprise on his face, and took Song Yuanfang's hand After handing over the letter on his own initiative, he asked him another question.
Song Yuanfang, who is in charge of family affairs, immediately handed over his hands and replied after hearing this: "Reporting to the seventh uncle, the area around Baishi Ridge has been relatively safe recently, and nothing major has happened.
I heard from Changze last year. I told Taoist friend that he was sick, and I asked him to send someone to visit him with some elixirs.
At that time, Changze sent a message and only said that Daoist Bai was occasionally exposed to the cold and it was not a serious problem. He did not pay attention to the matter anymore. It was due to some negligence on my part. "
Song Qingming nodded slightly, opened the letter in his hand, glanced at it carefully, then stood up and said to Song Qingyu beside him: "I had an old friendship with Daoist Bai back then, and now I am afraid it is the last time we see each other. I should go. Take a look.
Wait until I come back from Baishi Ridge and I will continue to play this game of chess with you! "
"Well! Yu Xin will be back soon, and I was just thinking about asking her to accompany me to Chiyanfang for a walk. Brother Qi, you can go about your business without worrying about me. "
After saying hello to Song Qingyu, Song Qingming took Song Yuanfang and Bai Jingyun out together, and then went to "Chiyanfang" to take the teleportation array to "Baishi Ridge" thousands of miles away. ”.
As soon as he walked out of the teleportation circle, Song Qingming saw Song Changze and several other elders from the Song family stationed in Fang City who were already waiting.
“Greetings to the Ancestor!”
Song Changze has now reached the ninth level of foundation building. He is the person with the highest level of cultivation among all the foundation building elders of the Song family. He only needs a few more years of polishing to cultivate. Therefore, you can be ready to hit the golden elixir realm that all foundation-building monks yearn for at any time.
However, it is not easy for monks to form elixirs. Even if Song Changze is very talented and has broken through to the ninth level of foundation building early, he still needs to be fully prepared to successfully enter the golden elixir avenue.
In addition to daily practice these years, Song Changze has also been working hard to practice the "Guiyuan Technique" passed down by Song Qingming. Although he has not yet perfected this technique, he has achieved some success.
After Song Qingming's consciousness swept over Song Changze and the others, he nodded slightly in response, and immediately waved his hand for them to stand up.
Walking on the streets of Fangshi, Song Qingming looked at the crowds of monks coming and going. He felt that "White Lion Square" was much more prosperous than a few years ago, and he also showed a bit of satisfaction on his face. .
Since the Song family deployed teleportation arrays in the two places, "Chiyanfang" and "Baishi Ridge" have been connected in the past few years. The Song family has not only reduced the defensive pressure on the front line, but also relied on this The communication between the two cities in the Teleportation Formation has become much closer.
Many monks living around Qinghe and Pingyang counties will organize into groups and go to the area around Baishi Ridge to hunt monsters and search for spiritual objects.
Under the arrangements of Song Yuanfang, Liu Yuxin and others, "White Lion Square" also began to follow the example of "Guiyun Square" in setting up Feiyun Guards to recruit monks to go deep into the Fuyun Mountains to explore the territories of monsters everywhere.
Then collect them all into a book and distribute tasks to the city through the city law enforcement team to help encourage monks from all walks of life who want to go deep into the Fuyun Mountains to hunt monsters.
When he was still in the Qi refining period, Song Qingming had joined the "Feiyun Guard" for a period of time when he went out for training for the first time, and he naturally knew their process of issuing tasks very well.
Therefore, when Song Yuanfang and others took the initiative to form an exploration guard belonging to the "White Lion Square", Song Qingming immediately nodded in approval of the proposal and also took the initiative to give them a lot of suggestions.
After the formation of the guard in the past few years, with the strong support of Song Changze and others, more and more monks came to "White Lion Square" to hunt monsters, not only cleaning up all the monsters around Fang City , and slowly extended the influence of human monks to the north for thousands of miles.
There are more and more demon hunting teams in Fang City. The trophies of these monks hunting demons have also made the entire "White Lion Fang" and the surrounding "Chi Yan Fang" and other places more prosperous.
Today's "Baishifang" can be regarded as a large-scale market in the north of Weiguo, second only to "Guiyunfang". It is not only famous throughout Weiguo, but also many sects from surrounding countries have opened shops here.
Although "White Lion Square" is jointly operated by the Song family and Xiaoyao Sect, the Song family still holds the largest share in the city and is also the party that benefits the most in the entire city.
The Song family has been developing rapidly in recent years, and there are more and more monks in the family. However, after expanding its territory to the north, the Song family has also gained a lot of family properties. So far, the entire family is running smoothly. Relatively stable.
After coming out of Fangshi, Song Qingming refused to accompany Song Changze and others, and only took Song Yuanfang and Bai Jingyun to the Bai family.
Located hundreds of miles southeast of "White Lion Ridge", there is a high mountain standing among the peaks, named: "Yuping Mountain"
This mountain is hundreds of feet high, surrounded by clouds and mist, emitting bursts of spiritual light. From a distance, it looks like a holy land of immortals.
There is a first-class high-grade spiritual vein on this "Yuping Mountain", which was originally the place where the monsters in the Fuyun Mountains were entrenched.
Since the Qinghe Song family of the Jindan Immortal Clan expanded its territory to the north more than ten years ago, "Yuping Mountain" was quickly included in the territory of the human monks. It is now the Bai family, the Immortal Cultivation Family under the Song family. of holy places.
Not far from the foot of "Yuping Mountain", two monks walked together towards the foot of the mountain, and soon came to a plaque with a stone tablet.
"Hey! Something really happened to the Bai family. There is no one guarding the mountain gate. The ancestor of the Bai family has passed away now!"
After the middle-aged man said something meaningful in his mouth, he took out a white sound transmission talisman with one hand on his waist, and then cast a spell to send it into the distant mountain protection formation. .
Another fat scholar with a somewhat bulging figure also sighed when he saw this:
"Sigh, Senior Bai's life is approaching, and it will be a matter of time before he dies. I wonder if the Yuping Mountain can still have peace after the ancestor of the Bai family is gone."
After hearing the worries from the fat scholar, the middle-aged man quickly shook his head and said, "Fellow Daoist Lu, you have thought too much about this.
I have heard about it a long time ago, Bai Bai Jingyun of the family has already worshiped the ancestor of Funiu Mountain
Even if Senior Bai is gone in the future, no one in Baishi Ridge will dare to take the initiative of the Bai family. Otherwise, if Funiu Mountain pursues the case later, it will be a big deal. "
"To be honest, I have heard a bit about this matter. It is said that Senior Bai had some friendship with the ancestor from Funiu Mountain when they were young, so he made an exception and accepted Bai Jingyun.
There are many things that people in the world of cultivating have trouble with. If Senior Bai is gone, who knows if the Song family will still take care of Yuping Mountain's affairs.
Otherwise, if the relationship between the Song family and the Bai family was really there, why would the Bai family specially invite us to discuss an alliance?
I think Senior Bai probably knew this well and knew that it would be unreliable in the future, so he took precautions and invited our two families here, so as to find more escape routes for the Bai family. ”
Hearing this, the middle-aged man nodded slightly after thinking for a moment and said: "Brother Lu has some truth to what he said. Although Bai Jinghua has good talent in cultivation, it is hard to say whether he will be able to build a foundation in the future.
< br>Senior Bai It was considered a good thing to take care of your family back then. No matter what, we still want to come and take a look. Now that our families are in the same area, it is beneficial and harmless to form an alliance.
But, Bai. Except for Senior Bai, the family’s cultivation base The highest one is only at the seventh level of Qi Refining. I'm afraid he can no longer be our leader. From now on, we will have to rely on Brother Lu to take care of us.
Brother Lu, don't worry, I will take care of it when we form an alliance. I recommend you to take over as the leader of the alliance. From now on, we The three families will also be led by you, Tiandu Feng.”
“Haha! It’s easy to say, it’s for everyone’s benefit to form an alliance. As long as you agree, I will not refuse. From now on, you and the three families will advance and retreat together.” >
Just as they were talking at the foot of the mountain, they suddenly felt a wave of spiritual energy coming from the mountain gate in front of them, and then an old man in white clothes wearing the Bai family's clothes walked out quickly.
The middle-aged man and the The fat scholar quickly stopped talking and raised his hands to greet him.
"Young Daoyou Lu and Daoyou Zheng are here. Please forgive me for being so far away from us!"
"Oh! You and I have been in the same family for many years, why are you so polite! I don't know. Hello, Senior Bai. I’ll go pay you a visit first.”
Hearing the two people in front of him asking about his ancestor, the monk from the Bai family suddenly showed an ugly look on his face, nodded slightly and said: "The ancestor is on the mountain, but he is not feeling well. I'm afraid now It's a bit inconvenient to see you.
The purpose of inviting you two here this time is to discuss the alliance between the three families. The two Taoist friends will go up the mountain with me first. After we have discussed it later, I will see if I can lead you to meet the ancestor. ”
“Oh! It's okay if it's inconvenient for Senior Bai, then let's go up the mountain! "
Seeing that the Bai family monk's face was a little ugly, Lu and Zheng, who came to visit, also had a meaningful look in their eyes.
Just after the three of them finished fighting Saying hello and preparing to walk to the mountain gate, the horizon in the distance Suddenly a ray of light flashed and flew quickly towards the location of "Yuping Mountain".
Seeing this scene, the three of them had a look of surprise on their faces. The middle-aged man who was walking in front. He quickly smiled and asked:
"This is the foundation-building monk. Fellow Daoist Bai, there are distinguished guests coming to Yuping Mountain today. Why didn't you tell me earlier? May I ask who the senior is?"
Hearing this, the Bai family monk quickly shook his head. He shook his head and said: "Well, the two fellow Taoists have some misunderstandings. Recently, there has been no news in my house. It’s a big deal, I’m not sure which senior came to visit.”
Faced with the answers from the Bai family monks, Lu and Zheng both had a slight change on their faces, and they seemed to be about to change in an instant. When he arrived, he hurriedly followed the Bai family monk to greet him.
After a flash of white light, Song Qingming, Song Yuanfang and Bai Jingyun appeared in mid-air, and then controlled the "Phantom Boat" to slowly fall down.
“Uncle Six, I’m back!”
"This is Patriarch Song! Why is he here?"
As the head of the Song family, Song Qingming rarely appeared in front of low-level monks, but Song Yuanfang managed the family's many common things and often came into contact with underground affiliated families. Monk's. Seeing Song Yuanfang, the eldest elder of the Song family, standing respectfully behind Song Qingming, the three people below immediately realized that the man in green robes standing in front of them should be the unattainable ancestor Song they said.
Seeing the sudden appearance of Song Qingming, the golden elixir monk, the faces of the three people standing below were all very shocked. It was hard to believe that this superior ancestor of the Song family actually came in person. "Yuping Mountain".
Since the formation of the pill, the people who manage the affiliated families in the family have basically been Song Yuanfang and other foundation-building elders. Song Qingming has basically not interfered with these trivial matters in the family in recent years.
Except when Song Qingming went to see them off when Huang Shengyue and a few other monks of his generation who had friendship with him passed away, he basically would not appear in the affiliated family at other times.
Besides, the Bai family of "Yuping Mountain" is just a small immortal cultivating family that has just been established. It is not as good as a thousand-year-old family like the Huang family. How can it be worthy of Song Qingming, the ancestor of Jindan, to pay so much attention to him and come here personally? .
Even if Song Yuanfang, the eldest elder of the Song family, came today, he would give the Bai family extra face.
Not only Na Lu and Li were shocked when they saw this scene, but even the monk from the Bai family stood there with a look of surprise when he saw Song Qingming appear.
It wasn't until Bai Jingyun, who had just returned, shouted to him again that he realized what he was doing and hurriedly stepped forward to bow to Song Qingming and bow down.
"Junior, I'd like to pay my respects to our ancestor!"
Song Qingming glanced at a few people and gently waved his hand to signal them to get up. Then he asked Bai Jingyun to lead the way and walked up "Yuping Mountain" first. .
After Song Qingming and the others had gone away, Lu and Li, who were still in the same place, slowly recovered from the shock and looked at each other, as if they still couldn't believe what had just happened. .
“Uh, Fellow Daoist Lu, Fellow Daoist Zheng, let’s go up the mountain first! You two please go first.”
“Ah! Fellow Taoist Bai, please go first.”
After hearing what the Bai family monk said, Lu and Li immediately responded with a smile and nodded.
After taking two steps forward, they took the initiative to stop again. It was not until the Bai family monks were walking in front that they followed them.
In a cave at the top of "Yuping Mountain", Bai Yunhua, who has white hair and is as skinny as firewood, is lying on the hospital bed. With his eyes closed, he seems to have only a faint breath left. It is related to the square world.
In a hall outside the hospital bed, three monks from the Bai family were sitting together, all with ugly faces.
One of the middle-aged men with beards stood up and walked around twice, then turned around and asked:
"Brother, do you think Jingyun can invite people from the Song family when he goes to Funiu Mountain this time? People from the Lu family and the Zheng family are expected to arrive soon. If no one from the Song family comes over, we may not be able to reconcile. They discussed the alliance."
An old man sitting at the stone table sighed after hearing this and said, "You all know that although Jing Yun is a disciple of the ancestor of the Song family, he is nothing more than a disciple. It's a hang up Damn it, how can I be too sure about this?
Ancestor Qian warned Wan before that this matter should not disturb the Song family.
It’s not that you have to come up with this idea. Jing Yun went to Funiu Mountain to report the news, but now he is asking about me."
After the old man in white finished speaking, there was a hint of displeasure in his eyes, as if he was a little dissatisfied with the inquiry just now.
When the middle-aged man heard this, he was not very happy and said: "Brother, don't you still know the situation now? Once the ancestor dies, do you think the Lu family and the Zheng family will be like before, only we will follow our lead.
If we want to maintain our current position, how can we do it alone? This is not a no-brainer.
If you have any better way, tell me. Come out, it’s not like we don’t listen to you.”
“Okay, Fourth Brother, please stop saying a few words. You are not tired after fighting for so many days. Now the situation is over, so don’t even think about it. It’s too much, so just wait for the results!
When the Lu family and the Li family come up, I’ll deal with them first, and we’ll discuss everything after Jing Yun comes back.” >
Another old man sitting at the stone table spoke to comfort the two of them, then took the initiative to get up and walk out.
Just as he reached the door, a fifteen or sixteen year old boy suddenly walked in quickly.
"Uncle, second brother. He is back. I saw that he brought two people with him. They will be here soon."
"Oh! Great! It must be the Song family. I know that Jingyun is smart and won't let us down.
Brother, please stay here while the fourth brother goes out with me to greet you. Don't let others think that we are disrespectful. .”
After hearing what the young man said, several people in the hall immediately changed from their sad expressions and became a little more happy, and quickly walked out of the cave.
A quarter of an hour later, Song Qingming, who was sitting in front of Bai Yunhua's hospital bed, was using his spiritual consciousness to carefully examine Bai Yunhua lying on the hospital bed.
The few Bai family monks just now stood aside cautiously with Bai Jingyun, their heads lowered and not daring to look at Song Qingming.
Before, they asked Bai Jingyun to go to Funiu Mountain to report the news. They wanted to try their luck and see if the Song family would send one or two monks to visit Bai Yunhua as usual.
It is good to use people from the Song family to let the surrounding cultivating families know the relationship between the Bai family and "Funiu Mountain", so as to keep the current status of the Bai family unshakable in a short period of time.
Several people never expected that Bai Jinghua, a nominal disciple, could actually invite Song Qingming over, which really shocked them all.
Standing in the cave at this moment, they were still a little trembling. Facing Song Qingming, the ancestor of Jindan, they really did not dare to come forward and talk to him, so they could only lower their heads and accompany him.
After checking Bai Yunhua, Song Qingming's face gradually became a little more confused. He turned to several Bai family monks not far away and asked:
"Jing Yun When I became a disciple, I once gave fellow Taoist Bai a second-grade top-grade life-extending pill. Have you ever seen this thing? "
Bai Yunhua is a monk who is about the same age as Song Qingming. Although his life is approaching the end of his life, Song Qingming gave Bai Yunhua a second-level longevity pill. It stands to reason that It can at least extend his life for five more years.
When he suddenly heard the news about Bai Yunhua's death in "Funiu Mountain" before, Song Qingming always felt a little weird in his heart, so he came over to check it out in person.
Through the exploration of his spiritual consciousness just now, Song Qingming felt that there was no life left in Bai Yunhua's body, and his complexion was also gray, which was obviously the scene of exhaustion of life span.
After realizing that Bai Yunhua had not taken the life-extension elixir, Song Qingming became more curious about the whereabouts of the second-level "life-extension pill" given to him by Zang Nian, and looked at it with cold eyes. A few people from the Bai family stood aside.
"Second-grade top-grade longevity elixir? This. This, tell me back to our ancestors, we have never heard of this thing."
"Yes! Ancestor Mingjian, after my grandfather came back, , He didn’t mention any longevity elixir to us, and the ancestor’s relics are all here, and there is no second-grade high-grade elixir.”
Facing Song Qingming's inquiry, several Bai family monks standing nearby hurriedly knelt on the ground to explain, and even dug out the storage bags left by Bai Yuhua.
After a while, there was a clang, and several people poured out the contents of Bai Yunhua's storage bag and carefully brought it in front of Song Qingming.
Song Qingming took a quick glance and found that these were all ordinary spiritual objects that were worthless. There were only a few second-level low-grade spiritual talismans and magic weapons of average quality that were slightly valuable, and there was no "Life Extension Pill" at all. .
Seeing this situation, Song Qingming turned around and looked at everyone again, and said in a cold tone:
"I gave this pill to fellow Taoist Bai at the beginning, but fellow Taoist Bai did not take the life-extending spiritual substance. Now, This elixir is nowhere to be seen. There should be an explanation.
To tell you the truth, this second-grade top-grade life-extending pill was refined by my Song family. As long as this thing is still on Yuping Mountain, I will definitely be able to find it.
If any of you have taken it, or know the whereabouts of this elixir, as long as you tell it now, I can give Fellow Daoist Bai a face and let you forget the past. ”
When Song Qingming gave Bai Yunhua the life-extending elixir, he just wanted him to live a few more years and give Bai Jingyun some more teachings.
Unexpectedly, Bai Yunhua did not take the life-extending elixir. down, which also caused him to The time for his death was advanced a few years, and now he has lost all his vitality.
Bai Yunhua has been practicing for a lifetime, and it is not a very sad thing to be able to die in his own home. .
It's just that he clearly had a second-grade top-grade "Life Extension Pill" in his hand, but he didn't have time to take it and refine it. This really made Song Qingming a little confused as to where this valuable pill had gone.
Seeing that Song Qingming's face was already a little unhappy, several Bai family monks present hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy. They all claimed that they had never seen or heard that their ancestors had such a precious second stone in their hands. Top grade elixir.
Seeing that the people of the Bai family in front of them were already scared out of their wits and did not look like they were talking nonsense, the confusion on Song Qingming's face became a little more serious and she asked again:
< br>"Since you didn't take it, have you been there in the past few years, Taoist Bai?" Where, or what kind of trouble have you encountered?”
“Reporting to my ancestor, since he moved to Yuping Mountain, my grandfather has rarely gone out. In these years, except around Yuping Mountain, we have indeed I have never seen him traveling far away.”
"Oh! This is really weird. If you take a second-level high-grade elixir, it won't disappear!
Since you can't find it yourself, then I will send someone over to help you find it. Look for it!”
“Master, I seem to know where the elixir is!”
Just when Song Qingming was about to turn around and leave the cave, Bai Jingyun, who had been standing beside him without speaking, suddenly spoke. . (End of this chapter)