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Funiu Mountain's spirit vein was only Grade 3 Low-grade. Its spiritual energy quality was even somewhat inferior to that of Tuoyun Mountain, where Song Qingming had once been stationed. Supporting the Song Family's several hundred cultivators and three Golden Core Ancestors already left it somewhat short on spiritual energy.
After breaking through to the Late Golden Core Stage, Song Qingming felt, as his cultivation rose, that the mountain's spiritual energy was becoming somewhat insufficient for his daily cultivation needs.
Thus, after emerging from seclusion, improving the quality of Funiu Mountain's spirit vein immediately became the most pressing matter Song Qingming needed to resolve.
Fortunately, after so many years of diligent development, the family's various external businesses were already sufficient to sustain the entire family's expenditures, with quite a few spirit stones left over each year.
Although the one hundred thousand spirit stones needed to improve the family spirit vein were a considerable sum, it was no longer an overly difficult matter for the present-day Song Family.
The family no longer needed to be like before, mobilizing the entire clan to live frugally for several years just to accomplish this major undertaking.
Moreover, after returning from the East Sea, Song Qingming had obtained spiritual items worth several hundred thousand spirit stones. Compared to ordinary Golden Core Cultivators, his personal wealth could already be considered exceptionally abundant. Even if the family could not produce too many spirit stones, he could easily make up the remaining shortfall.
Hearing that Song Qingming intended to advance the family spirit vein, Song Yuanfang hurriedly nodded in agreement. "There are more and more family cultivators now, and the mountain's spiritual energy is indeed becoming insufficient. Even if Seventh Uncle-Grandfather had not mentioned this today, I had intended to find time to discuss it with you properly.
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