Chapter 458 Rumors

"If you want to know anything, just ask directly. As long as we know something, we will definitely not hide it from you." Hearing that the other party was just passing by and not coming for them, the round-faced man was relieved.

Seeing that the round-faced cultivator had reached the eighth level of Qi Refining and seemed to be the leader among them, Song Qingming smiled and nodded to him and said, "I just went to the north, but I didn't see anyone. Tell me what's going on. Have the monsters from the northern border come here?"

Hearing that Song Qingming came back from the north, the round-faced man and the other people next to him immediately showed a hint of surprise on their faces, and their eyes looking at Song Qingming became a little fearful.

"Fellow Daoist, you don't know about this. It's probably because you haven't been here for a long time. This matter actually has little to do with the monsters in the northern border.

There is a Baishui River about seven or eight thousand miles north of here. About three years ago, it was rumored that a monster seemed to have suddenly advanced to the Jindan realm near the Baishui River. At that time, many level one and level two monsters near the Baishui River were scared and left there and headed south, causing the number of monsters near this place to increase suddenly.

Later, many monster hunting teams came here and almost lost their lives. Gradually, few people came here to hunt monsters. Although the situation has improved a lot recently, few people dare to continue to go north from this direction.

We came here because we happened to be in the market and received the task of killing these two monsters. If you continue to walk south for a few hundred miles, you should be able to see other cultivators."

After hearing the answer given by the other party, Song Qingming finally understood some of the situations he urgently needed to know and slowly put down his worries.

"Thank you for helping me answer my questions. We'll see you again!" Song Qingming said, and his figure flashed and turned into a green light that broke through the air and soon disappeared in front of everyone.

"Farewell, senior!" Seeing this scene, the round-faced man who had already guessed that Song Qingming was a foundation-building master hurriedly led everyone to bow in the direction where Song Qingming left.

"Just now he said he went to the north, and I guessed about 70% of it. This person is really a foundation-building senior. No wonder he looks so young but has such strength."

Hearing the round-faced man say this respectfully, Hu Yu on the side was a little scared. Fortunately, Song Qingming was not a foundation-building senior who liked to care about things. Otherwise, based on how rude he was just now in front of him, if it were those high-ranking foundation-building cultivators in the market, Hu Yu's fate today would be hard to say.

"You have to control your mouth in the future, don't offend people casually. If it weren't for the generosity of that senior today, you would have lost your life." The round-faced man said, and glared at Hu Yu who was standing beside him.

"That's right, young people don't know the height of the world. Don't be so impatient all the time, otherwise you will get into trouble sooner or later!"

The other people thought of what had just happened, and they were also a little scared, and they all scolded Hu Yu.

Hu Yu on the side saw that everyone was blaming him, and he shook his head helplessly and smiled: "Hey! If I knew he was a foundation-building cultivator, how dare I be rude to him.

This person is really strange. He is obviously a foundation-building cultivator. He just pretended to rob our prey, but he didn't want to pay us just to ask a question. He has already established his foundation, but he is still so stingy."

They were companions who often hunted monsters together. Everyone didn't really blame Hu Yu. After saying a few words to him, they hurried forward to clean up the two monster corpses not far away at the reminder of the round-faced man who led them.

Just as everyone approached the corpse of one of the monsters, they suddenly saw a small cloth bag placed on one side of the monster's belly. Hu Yu, who didn't know what was inside, took it and took a look. He couldn't help but let out a cry of surprise, attracting several people nearby.

Everyone opened it together and found that the bag was full of colorful spiritual stones, at least hundreds of them.

"Thank you for the reward, senior!" After looking at Hu Yu, several people looked at each other and bowed again in the direction where Song Qingming left.

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On a high mountain hundreds of miles away from Guiyunfang, two cultivators were discussing Taoism and drinking tea on the top of the mountain. There were more than a dozen young cultivators around them, standing respectfully and patiently listening to the teachings of the two above.

A moment later, a green shield light suddenly and quickly passed through the mountain and flew all the way south.

After seeing this scene, an old man in red robes among the two who were discussing Taoism stood up in astonishment, looking at the green light that had flown away in disbelief.

Another middle-aged cultivator in gray Taoist robes was also surprised to see this and said, "Fellow Daoist Gu, the one who just passed by here was a Jindan Zhenren. I just heard a few days ago that Master Lu had just gone into seclusion. How come he appeared here again today?"

The middle-aged man in gray robes had actually seen that the green shield light that had just flown by was much faster than the average foundation-building cultivator, as if it was the speed that only a Jindan Zhenren could have.

But he had not been building his foundation for long, and his cultivation was only at the third level of foundation-building. He also doubted whether he had seen it wrong just now, so he asked the old man in red robes who had a higher cultivation level.

After the green light disappeared completely, the old man in red robe turned around and nodded to the middle-aged man in gray robe, saying, "This person is indeed a Jindan Zhenren, but this senior is not Master Lu of your sect. It seems to be a strange Jindan senior whom I have not met yet."

"A strange Jindan cultivator, you must be mistaken, Fellow Daoist Gu, the monsters in the northern border are about to cause unrest, how could there be a Jindan cultivator from outside entering the Floating Cloud Mountains, this is really strange.

Fellow Daoist Gu, this matter seems a bit strange, I have to return to Guiyunfang quickly to report to Master Lu, and I will take my leave first!" After the gray monk finished speaking, he immediately took out his flying sword and went straight to Guiyunfang.

After flying thousands of miles south, Song Qingming finally passed through the monster territory and entered the territory controlled by the human race in the Weiguo Xiuxian world. Seeing that there were more and more cultivators below, Song Qingming gradually calmed down.

It has been almost six years since he went to the Fuyun Mountains to form a pill in seclusion. He was really worried about what was happening outside, especially when he didn't see any cultivators on the way back from the cave at the bottom of the pond, which made Song Qingming nervous for a long time.

What Song Qingming never expected was that he hid in the depths of the Fuyun Mountains to form a pill, but it was rumored that he had become a demon beast that had advanced to the demon king, and it also affected the migration of demon beasts near the Baishui River to the south.

Song Qingming was a little helpless about the great impact on him. He had been in seclusion in the cave at the bottom of the pond for six years. Song Qingming had no idea what had happened outside during these years. He only learned some information after asking Hu Yu and others.

Fortunately, as Song Qingming expected, the monster turmoil in the northern border has not yet arrived, and he does not need to worry about the safety of the Song family. Now that Song Qingming has broken through the Jindan realm, he has enough strength to protect the family from this monster turmoil.

Funiushan, in the meeting room of the Song family.

Song Qingyu, with a headache on his face, was patiently listening to several elders of the Song family below, who took turns to report the family's income this year.

Because the monsters in the northern border were approaching again, the entire northern part of Weiguo began to become turbulent. In addition, the two major foundation-building families, the Lu family and the Li family, had been making trouble in recent years, and the Song family's income from several places outside had shrunk a lot compared to the past.

Especially in Qinghefang, except for the family's newly opened wine shop, all the shops had suffered losses to varying degrees. Now the entire Song family's finances suddenly fell into a state of deficit.

Fortunately, Song Qingming had greatly reduced the family's investment outside in the past few years, and spent most of the spirit stones on cultivating spirit veins and opening spirit fields within the family. Although the spirit stone salaries of all cultivators in the Song family have been reduced, the allocation of other cultivation resources is more generous than before, and it has not affected everyone's daily cultivation.

After the family meeting was over, Song Qingyu, with a little worry on his face, came to the top of the mountain alone again.

Six years have passed since Song Qingming went out to form the elixir. Although the Song family has not encountered any major crises in recent years except for some financial problems, as the day of the monster riot in the northern border is getting closer, Song Qingyu still often feels a little uneasy in his heart.

After a while, a figure in white came to Song Qingyu quietly.

"I just received a reply from Brother Sibo. He has persuaded the Saint Moon Patriarch to talk to Qinghefang. He invited us to go to Qinghefang in a few days to negotiate and see if we can completely resolve the issue between the Lu and Li families."

Song Qingyu forced a smile and glanced at Huang Siyuan who came to her side, and slowly said:

"Sister-in-law, I'm sorry to bother you again. I hope the Huang family can really solve this matter this time. Now that the monster riot is coming, the Lu and Li families will continue to make trouble like this. They will definitely be at odds with each other in the future. How can they work together with us to deal with this once-in-a-century disaster?"

Huang Siyuan nodded and said, "This time, it was Sibo who took the initiative to send me a letter. Now it's time. If Qinghe County continues to be so chaotic, it may also cause displeasure to Xiaoyao Sect. Whether it's us or the Huang and Gao families, we will definitely be implicated at that time."

Ever since Song Qingming came forward to reconcile the Lu and Li families once, the two families have been quiet for less than half a year, and they have started fighting openly and secretly again.

After Song Qingming went out to form the elixir, Song Qingyu also joined Feng De who was stationed in Qinghefang several times to persuade the Lu and Li families to stop fighting and make peace. What made her helpless was that every time they persuaded them to reconcile for a while, the two families soon started a new round of fighting because of a small matter.

Song Qingyu was also helpless about this, and in the past few years, she continued to receive information from Song Xintang of Qinghefang back to Funiushan. Behind the fight between the Lu and Li families, there seemed to be the shadow of the Huang family.

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