Chapter 44 Homecoming

After leaving the Hidden Golden Pavilion, Song Qingming was not in a hurry to go down the mountain. He first went back to his cave to prepare himself and stabilized his cultivation of the sixth level of Qi Refining. It was not until more than ten days later that Song Qingming packed up his luggage and walked out of the cave, heading down the Funiu Mountain.

After going down the mountain, Song Qingming prepared to return to his home in Mujiao Town to see if his family, whom he had not seen for three years, and the Shuiling Fruit he had placed at home were all safe.

In the Song family's mansion, the lively and lovely Song Yunshan had become the Song family's treasure. He was already three years old and had long been accustomed to running around the yard in front and behind the Song family. One day, he came to an ordinary small house on the west side of the backyard. Just as he was about to go into the room to take a look, he pushed the door hard, but found that the door did not move at all, and there was a clanging sound of iron chains colliding on the door.

Song Yunshan looked up curiously and saw that there were two huge iron chains tied above the small door. Just when he didn't know what to do, a servant of the Song family in simple clothes ran over in a hurry and carried Song Yunshan away.

"Oh, my little master, you scared me to death. Fortunately, the old man and his family are not in the backyard now. If someone saw me, they would beat me to death."

This guy kept muttering all the way, but he didn't expect that all his words fell into the ears of Song Qingming who had just walked into the Song family's gate. Now Song Qingming's cultivation has reached the sixth level of Qi Refining. He has long been smarter than ordinary people. It is difficult for him to hear any movement within a hundred steps.

As soon as he walked into the gate, Song Qingming saw his elderly parents waiting in front. His parents were nearly fifty years old, which was considered old among ordinary people.

Although they all took some spiritual objects given by Song Qingming and were still healthy, Song Qingming, who had not returned home for three years, could still clearly see that his parents had many more wrinkles on their faces. Even his fourth brother, who was three years younger than him, now looked like his elder brother.

Mortals are no more than seventy or eighty years old at most, and it is rare for them to live beyond sixty. He will have to go on a long journey next, and it will probably take several years before he comes back. He will not be able to spend too many days with his parents in the future.

After chatting with his family in the hall, Song Qingming came to the small house that no one had entered for three years. His father Song Dezhang, who was behind him, carefully took a key from his house and personally opened the iron lock that had been locked for three years.

When Song Qingming left, he specifically told his parents and family that no one was allowed to enter the hut when he was not there. Song Dezhang had always obeyed his son, who had become an immortal. He had been honest for most of his life and knew very well that without Song Qingming's care, the Song family would never have such a good life today.

There was a "rustling" sound of iron chains, and the iron locks were quickly removed by Song Dezhang. After opening the door, a damp and musty smell came to everyone. After Song Qingming walked in, Song Dezhang stood at the door and blocked Song's mother and others who wanted to enter.

The house, which had not been lived in for three years, was already covered with dust. There were still a few spider webs hanging on the beams and seats. Looking at the dilapidated scene in front of him, Song Qingming was very satisfied. His father still kept his words in his heart. No one else should have come into his hut in the past few years, and the furnishings in the house were the same as when he left.

Song Qingming walked gently to the place where he had buried the water spirit fruit, wanting to make sure whether the things were safe. Now his family was considered a wealthy family in Mujiao Town, and he was still afraid that he would encounter some blind thief who accidentally entered here.

After a simple check, he found that the prohibition he had set up was still intact, and the water spirit fruit in the red jade box was still lying safely inside. Song Qingming was relieved and stood up to greet everyone outside the house to enter the room.

Seeing the dirty appearance of the house and the pungent smell of mold, everyone couldn't help but frowned, until Song Qingming lit a spiritual incense wood in the house, and a burst of fragrant spiritual energy slowly merged into the house, and everyone felt better.

This spiritual wood fragrance not only emits an attractive fragrance, but also has the effect of refreshing and relieving fatigue for cultivators. Lighting a stick during cultivation can make oneself enter the state of cultivation faster. Whether it is a cultivator or a mortal, smelling this spiritual fragrance will make you feel comfortable.

However, although this kind of spiritual object is not valuable, it is rare in Wei State. It is a special spiritual object unique to Lu State in the south of Wei State. The few spiritual wood incense sticks on Song Qingming were given to him by Qin Zhen when he was in Caolu Mountain.

In recent years, Qin Zhen has not only become a big customer who buys his spiritual talismans, but also a close friend of Song Qingming. The two occasionally drink a few glasses of spiritual wine in the Caolu Mountain Inn to exchange experiences in hunting monsters and cultivation.

Qin Zhen is also a casual cultivator from Qinghefang. He is smart and likes to make friends. He soon made a name for himself in Caolu Mountain and became the leader of a team of casual cultivators. He often organized cultivators to go to Yunwu Mountain to hunt monsters. In the Caolu Mountain area, few people don’t know him.

Relying on his extensive network of contacts, although Qin Zhen was a helpless cultivator, he was still doing well in the vicinity of Caolu Mountain. Sometimes he could even act as a middleman to help introduce some business. When Song Qingming approached Gao Yuyao to buy elixirs, it was Qin Zhen who introduced him, and for this, Song Qingming earned a considerable amount of spirit stones from him.

For some reason, Song Qingming never saw Gao Yuyao come to Caolu Mountain after he came back from Fuyun Mountain. For this reason, Song Qingming specially asked Qin Zhen several times, but he still couldn't find out any news. Gao Yuyao seemed to have disappeared suddenly, so he could only go to Qinghefang to secretly buy the elixirs needed for cultivation in recent years.

Compared with the elixirs provided by Gao Yuyao, Song Qingming went to Qinghefang to purchase them, which was not only troublesome, but also more expensive. Unfortunately, alchemists were very rare. Song Qingming had been in Caolu Mountain for six years, and he had never seen anyone with alchemy skills better than Gao Yuyao.

In recent years, Song Qingming really missed Gao Yuyao, a beautiful woman with a graceful figure.

After Song's mother entered the house, she felt very uncomfortable looking at the dust in the house. After getting Song Qingming's consent, she went outside to call a few servants to help clean the house together.

Half a day later, seeing Song Qingming sitting on the cleaned bed, Song's mother nodded with satisfaction and asked the cleaning servants to leave.

"San'er, are you going to stay longer this time?"

Looking at his mother with expectations in her eyes, Song Qingming couldn't help but feel touched. He smiled and nodded and said, "I have completed the family mission this time, and I can practice freely for some time. I can stay longer this time. It's just that I can't practice at home without spiritual energy, and I can't stay with my mother for a long time. I hope my mother will pay attention."

After listening, Song Dezhang quickly said to Song's mother, "San'er is now an immortal. How can he live with us mortals every day? Don't delay his future."

"You guys only know immortals all day long. Whether San'er is an immortal or a mortal, he is my son. Does cultivating immortals mean that he doesn't even want his parents and family?" Hearing Song Dezhang's chattering, Song's mother was suddenly a little unhappy.

Seeing his wife suddenly get angry, Song Dezhang panicked and tried to explain.

Seeing that the two elders were about to quarrel for him, Song Qingming came out to smooth things over. He was going to travel far away. He wanted to spend more time with his family when he came back this time. Seeing that his mother missed him very much, he patiently stayed at home for a while longer.

A month later, Song Qingming said goodbye to his parents and family again, and carefully embarked on his own long immortal journey.

After Song Qingming left, his mother returned to the backyard and looked at the big iron lock on the door of the cottage, and sighed with some resentment.