Exchanging Spiritual Items, Each Taking What They Need

Over the many years of cultivation, Song Qingming had encountered quite a few great figures who had helped him while traveling abroad. Yet whether it was Fire Phoenix or Nascent Soul Cultivators like Feng He, the reason they had initially regarded Song Qingming highly had always been for their own personal benefit.

As for a tremendous opportunity like Song Yuanli's—encountering a mysterious powerful expert for no reason while in danger abroad, who had even helped him successfully form his Golden Core—this was truly the first time Song Qingming had heard of such a thing.

If Song Yuanli could safely return after going to repay this debt of gratitude, it would truly be a stroke of fortune for him. Even Song Qingming would have to envy him somewhat.

After Song Yuanli returned to the family, many clansmen who knew him well came to visit upon learning of his return. Even Li Chengyue, who had once been on good terms with him, sent a visiting card to Funiu Mountain.

What surprised everyone, however, was that after Song Yuanli went to the mountaintop to meet the family ancestor, he soon entered seclusion upon returning to his cave abode. Many clansmen wishing to reminisce with him were turned away at the door.

Under Song Qingming's instructions, the family had not deliberately publicized Song Yuanli's sudden return. By the time Li Chengyue learned that Song Yuanli had returned, more than half a month had already passed.

Throughout the entire Song Family, aside from Song Qingming and Huang Siyuan, no one else knew that Song Yuanli had already broken through to the Golden Core Realm. Even Song Yuanfang, the chief steward in charge of the family's daily affairs, knew nothing of it.

As the day of his appointment with Feng He drew nearer, Song Qingming, who