After sending Zhu Yiqun away, Song Changsheng's life returned to peace again, and he continued to retreat to understand Minor Divine Ability [Mountain Overturning Seal]. As long as he mastered this method, there were not many people in Foundation Establishment Cultivator who could threaten him.
He originally planned to retreat for a long time this time, but a piece of news from Great Elder Song Xianyun forced him to leave the retreat early.
But this time it's not a bad thing, but a real good thing...
After Song Changsheng came out of seclusion, he hurriedly came to the Council Hall. Except for Song Lutong and Patriarch, all the senior executives of Lineage came.
"Okay, everyone is here, let Song Luzhou announce the good news." Song Xianyun said with a smile while stroking his beard.
Many people present didn't know what happened yet, so they could only look at Song Luzhou in confusion.
Song Luzhou stood up and said with some satisfaction, "Everyone, a certain person was refining [Ascending Dragon Pill] in seclusion before. Fortunately, he lived up to his mission. There are two furnaces in total, and the pills are made into ten pills, which can be used by Lineage and all Foundation Establishment Cultivator."
As soon as these words came out, everyone present suddenly showed expressions of surprise.
[Ascending Dragon Pill] is Second-Tier High Grade Medicinal Pills. The main material for refining it is very rare [Red Jade Vermilion Fruit]. This elixir is very magical. Taking Foundation Establishment Cultivator can increase the chance of breaking through the bottleneck.
You know, after a monk reaches Foundation Establishment Realm, it is very difficult to break through the bottleneck. If Destined Opportunity is not enough, he may even be trapped there and unable to move for his whole life.
For example, Great Elder Song Xianyun, he was already at the level of Foundation Establishment Late Stage thirty years ago, but he was trapped by a bottleneck and could not break through Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment.
Thirty years, even if Foundation Establishment Cultivator has a life span of 250 years, how many thirty years can be squeezed out?
Originally, he had given up hope, but the appearance of [Ascending Dragon Pill] gave him new hope.
"Great, with this batch of [Ascending Dragon Pill], Lineage's strength will definitely reach a higher level!" A centenarian clan elder said excitedly.
"Yes, the situation in Ling Province is changing now, and Lineage is at the center of the storm. We must have stronger strength to face it calmly. This is really a timely rain." A clan elder said excitedly.
"This is exactly the purpose of calling everyone here. Currently, among Lineage and Foundation Establishment Cultivator, except for Young Clan Head and Song Lutong who have just broken through, and Patriarch has reached its peak, five people including me have reached the bottleneck.
I have already informed Patriarch. In the next period of time, the five of us will retreat together to refine [Ascending Dragon Pill] to cope with the increasingly severe situation of Ling Province. "Song Xianyun nodded and said seriously.
Council Hall suddenly became quiet. A clan elder stood up and said worriedly, "Isn't it inappropriate for five elders to retreat together?"
They can't help but worry. These five elders represent more than half of the Song Clan's high-end combat power, and it will take at least a year and a half to refine [Ascending Dragon Pill]. If there is an emergency, how should Lineage respond?
Song Xianyun heard this and said confidently, "You don't have to worry, during the period of our retreat, Young Clan Head will have full authority to handle Lineage's general affairs.
If there is an invasion from a foreign enemy and Young Clan Head is unable to deal with it, Patriarch will come out personally. "
"This..." Several clan elders looked at each other, still feeling something was not right in their hearts.
Song Xianyun couldn't help but frowned when he saw this and said, "Everyone, time waits for us. Earth Fire Sect and Blazing Sun Sect are ambitious and will come back at any time. If we don't increase our strength now, the enemy will not give us a chance in the future."
Now that the words have been said, although several clan elders still have doubts, they have to agree with Song Xianyun's decision.
Seeing several clan elders relenting, Song Xianyun looked at Song Changsheng and said, "Changsheng, Lineage will be in your hands during this period."
Song Changsheng had already been prepared in his heart. After hearing this, he quickly stood up and responded, "Elders and clan elders, please rest assured, Changsheng will definitely live up to his mission!"
"Shan, after the meeting, you can follow me to Hall of General Affairs for handover."
After the meeting, Song Changsheng looked at the mountain of Jade Slip and said with a grimace, "Twenty-First Grandfather, you really screwed up my grandson this time. I haven't dealt with Lineage general affairs much before, and now it's all on me."
Song Xianyun put his hands behind his back and said earnestly, "These things will be handed over to you sooner or later. Do you think you can escape? Now you have more contact. If anything happens, we will have a bunch of old bones to deal with it for you. When we are buried, you will have to rely on yourself."
"You have a strong body. Now that you have [Ascending Dragon Pill], it is quite possible to set foot in the Purple Mansion in the future. Why should I be anxious." Song Changsheng said with a smile.
"Hey, little slippery man, just say nice things." A smile appeared on Song Xianyun's face, but he quickly said with a straight face, "But it's useless to say nice things. From tomorrow on, you will officially start handling general affairs until we leave the customs."
Song Changsheng's smiling face suddenly fell down, and he lamented in his heart. "I still can't escape!"
The next day, Song Xianyun and others each received a [Ascending Dragon Pill], and then they announced their retreat together, while Song Changsheng plunged into the mountains of mundane affairs...
Song Changsheng had no experience at first and caused a lot of troubles. Fortunately, Lineage's clan elders helped and taught him experience. Gradually, Song Changsheng became more and more comfortable in handling general affairs.
Lineage is also running smoothly in his hands, without any ripples...
Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, a year passes quietly.
On this day, Song Changsheng, who was dealing with general affairs in the main hall, suddenly felt something. When he looked up, he saw that the spiritual energy from all directions was gathering in a certain direction, and clouds were moving in all directions for a while.
He raised his eyebrows, and then he was overjoyed. This was a sign that someone had broken through the realm of Foundation Establishment. Song Changquan had been in seclusion for nearly two years, and it seemed that he was about to officially break through.
There was no way to be careless at this time. Song Changsheng took a few steps and turned into a rainbow heading towards Seclusion Chamber...
As soon as Song Changsheng landed, a team of Law Enforcement Disciple surrounded him and saluted him.
He waved his hand, looked at the person in charge Song Chang'an and said, "Brother, how is the situation? Is the spiritual energy sufficient?"
Song Chang'an nodded and said, "So far everything is normal, Spirit Gathering Formation has also been opened, and the spiritual energy is very abundant."
"Well, that's very good."
Song Changsheng nodded, but he didn't feel relaxed at all.
Although Song Changquan is of the same generation as him, he is already the second-level Alchemist of the veteran Lineage. He is thirty-three this year, and his body is no longer at its peak.
Although his Divine Soul is far superior to monks of the same level, in terms of physical body and Spiritual Power, he is below the level. Even with the help of [Foundation Establishment Pill], it is still not optimistic for him.
"I hope he has good luck and can survive this ordeal." Song Changsheng whispered softly in his heart, silently praying for Song Changquan.
"Boom..."
A thunder exploded in the sky, and the dazzling thunder light shone thousands of miles away. Clouds as thick as lead began to gather, and Thunder Serpent surged in them. The roars of Lei Ming were like the roar of gods, making people feel heart-stopping.
A light rain began to fall in the sky, and soon turned into a downpour, and for a while it was covered with mist.
The seemingly ordinary heavy rain made Song Changsheng's heart skip a beat, and a bad premonition emerged, and he subconsciously clenched his fists.
"Wow"
The sudden condensation in the air gathered into a cyclone, wildly devouring the surrounding Spiritual Power. Everyone's hearts suddenly rose to their throats. This was the last step!
The cyclone continued to expand, absorbing as much spiritual energy as possible around it. Suddenly, the expansion speed of the cyclone suddenly stopped and began to shrink.
"Father!" A young man at the scene suddenly roared, his eyes fixed on the increasingly smaller cyclone, like a furious bull.
Song Changsheng's eyes were blank and his knuckles were clenched until they turned white. He knew that Song Changquan had failed...
Sure enough, within a quarter of an hour, all the cyclones disappeared, and a violent aura emitted from the secret room.
"Help!"
Song Changsheng turned into a stream of light and rushed straight over. An ordinary person would have died immediately, but he took Foundation Establishment Pill, and if he was rescued in time, he could still live.
"Don't come over."
Unexpectedly, a loud shout came from Seclusion Chamber. Song Changsheng froze, suddenly thought of something, and raised his head again.
The cyclones started to gather again, and everyone was shocked. Song Changquan was gambling with his own life for the last chance.
A big bet, if you knew that you would lose 99.9% of the time, then... would you still dare to bet?
Song Changquan bet, and put everything on him...
Everyone stared blankly at the cyclone that gathered tenaciously and then disappeared again, a feeling of sadness welling up in their hearts.
Song Qingshi's eyes were dull and he sat slumped on the ground, letting the rain hit his body and his heart. He knew that his father had left him...
Song Changsheng slowly closed his eyes, with mixed feelings in his heart. This [Foundation Establishment Pill] became his death charm!
Heavy rain was still pouring down from the sky, thunder was like drums, lightning was like snakes, but there was no more sound in the secret room.
Inside the Soul Lamp Hall on the mountainside, a breeze blew by, and a Soul Lamp with a swaying blue flame quietly went out...
Song Changsheng waved his hand and opened Seclusion Chamber, and took out Song Changquan's skinny body, as light as a ball of cotton.
"Father..." Song Qingshi knelt in front of the corpse, with his long hair disheveled and his eyes red from crying.
Song Changsheng seemed to see a shadow of his own past in this underage boy. He also lost his father more than ten years ago.
"Alas... My condolences." The thousands of words in his heart finally turned into this sentence, because he knew that no amount of words could comfort a child who had lost his father.
The young man wiped his eyes vigorously, raised his head and looked at Song Changsheng and said, "Young Clan Head, please allow me to take my father's body back to Mortal World for burial."
Song Changsheng frowned and said, "Don't you want to be buried in the ancestral grave?"
Song Qingshi slowly shook his head and said, "My father was born in the ordinary world, and returning to his roots after falling leaves was his only wish during his lifetime. I hope Young Clan Head will make it come true."
This request is undoubtedly against the rules. After all, even if a monk dies, his body can still make a big fuss. If it is used by evil monks, it may be transformed into Zombie, or it may be refined into an evil weapon to cause harm to the world.
Therefore, after the death of Lineage's children, they would be buried together to avoid being involved by Heretics and Demonic Cultivators. Song Qingshi's request made him a little embarrassed.
After a long time, Song Changsheng sighed quietly. He still couldn't refuse a son who had just lost his father, not to mention that this request was not too much.
"I can agree to your request, but in order to prevent Heretics and Demonic Cultivators from disturbing the purity of the clan brother, you need to cremate his body and take his ashes back to Mortal World for burial."
The young man did not hesitate, bowed to the end, and said with tears of gratitude, "Thank you Young Clan Head for your success!"
Song Changquan's funeral was not grand and he left quietly, but it cast a shadow on everyone's heart.
After Song Luyou got the news, his mood was extremely complicated. He didn't know if he got that [Foundation Establishment Pill], would the result be different?
No one can give him the answer to this question. After all, if you want to break through Foundation Establishment, qualification is one aspect, and luck is another. No one knows what their luck will be like that day.
Just in the second month after the death of Song Changquan, the five elders in retreat finally made some movement. The first one to break through was Song Xianyun, from Foundation Establishment Late Stage to Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment.
Song Clan ranked second and Ling Province ranked third.
Followed by Xia Yunxue and Song Luhai, both broke through to Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, and Song Luzhou further broke through to Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
It's a pity that Song Luyao's body is incomplete and his meridians are damaged, so he failed to break through the bottleneck. He is still Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, which has some flaws.
But Song Luyao doesn't care much. For her now, there is no difference between Foundation Establishment Middle Stage and Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
Song Clan's overall strength has completed a leap, completely overwhelming Earth Fire Sect. Just waiting for another Purple Mansion Great Cultivator to appear, it will be enough to compete with the Blazing Sun Sect.
After Song Xianyun consolidated his cultivation, he went through all the general affairs that Song Changsheng had handled for more than a year, and he was very satisfied with the results.
"Sheng'er, you are far better than I imagined. You will definitely be a qualified Patriarch in the future." Song Xianyun said with a smile.
"You think too highly of me. If it weren't for the help of the clan elders, my grandson would have caused so much trouble." Song Changsheng laughed at himself.
"Excessive modesty is hypocrisy. Your ability is obvious to all." Song Xianyun said with a straight face.
"Yeah, even if it were us old guys, we wouldn't be able to do better than you."
Song Changsheng smiled bitterly and shook his head. He was really not humble. Although he dealt with a lot of general affairs every day, they were just daily chores. They were not difficult at all. Anyone else could do it just as well.
"Okay, okay, if you keep blowing this guy's tail will rise to the sky. Let's get down to business first." Song Luzhou knocked on the table to interrupt everyone's flattery, and said with a serious face.
Song Xianyun cleared his throat and looked around at everyone Human Dao: "Everyone, Lineage's strength has increased significantly this time and has completely suppressed Earth Fire Sect. I think it's time to reorganize Liuyun Market's interests. What do you think?"