"May all ages flourish evergreen, Xin Yuan Chang Xuan."
"Lin Si Yu Jing, Shao Shi Cheng Ming."
These were the sixteen generational characters established in the Family Genealogy back when Song Qingming was still in the family.
However, after Song Yuanfang passed away, the family cultivators on Funiu Mountain who had been close to him had basically all passed on as well.
The many family elders now standing before Song Qingming and paying their respects all wore exceedingly unfamiliar faces.
The only ones whose names he could still call were Song Mingyue and a few others standing at the front.
"Dispense with the formalities, everyone. Come inside with me so we can talk!"
After giving the many cultivators before him a slight nod, Song Qingming led them all into the Council Hall ahead.
Aside from Song Qingming himself, his eldest son Song Xinyuan and his fifth disciple Song Shiyun had accompanied him to Funiu Mountain this time.
Back when Song Xinyuan had not yet reached Foundation Establishment, he had lived on Funiu Mountain for a time. Quite a few of the Song Family's Golden Core Elders present had met him before.
Song Mingyue in particular had once been quite close to him, and had nearly ended up with him.
But Li Xuanyi later intervened, and Song Xinyuan ultimately got together with Liu Yuling.
Song Mingyue, meanwhile, let go of those feelings and married another Rogue Cultivator who had joined the Song Family as a son-in-law. She too had long since borne children.
Now that the two met again, things did not seem overly awkward.
Inside the family's Council Hall.
As soon as Song Qingming had invited everyone to take their seats, Song Mingyue, who had been acting as the family's caretaker for over a decade, immediately took out an account