Mysterious mirror hanging high

"Song Qian?"

As a Jindan Zhenren, Song Jianxu naturally had extraordinary eyesight and had spotted the foundation-building cultivator who was forced to kneel behind many Qi-training elders.

This person is none other than Song Qian, a leading figure among the cultivators of the Song family branch, a cultivator in the late foundation-building stage.

Although this person is over 200 years old, he is actually of the same generation as Song Jinghong, who is over 140 years old.

A Jindan Zhenren lives to be eight hundred years old. Many Jindan cultivators who are nearing their end have descendants with extremely chaotic generations. It is better for cultivators like Song Jianxu who established a noble family after achieving Jindan. In some Jindan cultivator families who have been giving birth to children since the Qi training period, it is not uncommon for two cultivators of similar age to have a generation difference of more than ten generations.

"What are you doing? What did Song Qian do wrong to be held here and subjected to such humiliation?"

Song Jianxu's face was not looking good. He had just come back and encountered such a thing. Especially with the guest Jing Yu present, he felt a little embarrassed. He could not help but shout coldly:

"We're all family, what's all this fuss about? Why don't you just release him first..."

A white-haired old cultivator in the early stage of foundation building stepped out from among the Qi training elders, bowed tremblingly, and whispered:

"Father, Song Qian can't be let go like this..."

"Third Uncle, what's going on?"

Song Jinghong couldn't help but get angry. The identity of the old cultivator in the early stage of foundation building in front of him was not simple. His name was Song Yigui. He was the third son of Song Jianxu and the only child of Song Jianxu still alive in the world. At the age of 286, he was the oldest cultivator in the entire Song family's direct lineage.

Although he lacked aptitude and was lucky enough to establish his foundation, and was stuck in the early stages of foundation building his entire life, he was very much loved by Song Jianxu. After all, he was the only child still alive, and had a high prestige among the direct line cultivators. Although the real core figures of the direct line were still the two golden elixir seeds, Song Jinghong and Song Qingya, the top priority for the two direct descendants of the aristocratic family was to practice on weekdays, and the daily trivial matters of the direct line were still taken care of by Song Yigui.

Song Yigui just looked up at Song Jinghong and ignored her. He continued to bow and said to Song Jianxu:

"Father, while you were away, Song Qian secretly used the Crystal Condensation Pill from the clan treasury to give to Song Zhengfu to help him achieve his goal... Using the clan treasury reserves without the head of the family's permission is a grave sin! Furthermore, such a vital spiritual resource as the Crystal Condensation Pill is beyond his reach. How could he just let it go like that?"

Song Jianxu frowned, looked at Song Qian who was tied up and kneeling on the ground, and asked:

"Is what Yigui said true?"

Song Qian's face trembled, tears already flowing down his face. He choked and said, "Grandfather, although Uncle Zhengfu is only a branch cultivator and is not qualified to use the Condensing Crystal Pill to form a pill, his life span is coming to an end, and you have not returned yet. I really can't wait any longer."

"Besides, Uncle Zhengfu has good talent and actually has a little hope of reaching the Jindan stage. If he succeeds, the Song family will have another True Immortal..."

Song Jianxu sighed and said, "Song Qian, you are the current leader of the branch cultivators, how can you be so confused? Song Zhengfu's aptitude is certainly good, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to reach the consummate state of the late Foundation Establishment stage before his death."

"But how far does 'decent aptitude' go from reaching the Golden Core Seed stage? How can you possibly know? If Song Zhengfu truly had even a fraction of a chance of achieving the Golden Core stage, would you still need to secretly send him the Crystal Condensing Pill? I already prepared a complete set of Golden Core spiritual resources for him before I left home!"

"Stealing spiritual resources from the clan treasury is already a serious crime. As the steward of the clan treasury, you stole from the clan, which is an even greater crime. If you are not punished, it will not be enough to appease the resentment in the clan... Have a few people take Song Qian to the clan dungeon first and interrogate him in detail later."

"Father..." Song Yigui looked up suddenly. Song Jianxu did not sentence Song Qian immediately, but just put him in jail first. This move seemed to be a bit lenient, which was very different from his original expectation. He couldn't help but get anxious at this time.

"Alright!" Song Jianxu waved his hand impatiently. "We have distinguished guests coming to visit us. Why are you making such a fuss and embarrassing yourself? How can you behave? Hurry up and get out of here!"

Song Yigui and the other Qi-cultivating elders behind him only then realized that Song Jinghong was followed by a handsome young man in a gray robe, who actually had the cultivation level of the late foundation-building stage. They couldn't help but feel suspicious, and they escorted Song Qian out of the main hall in a mighty procession.

Only Song Jianxu, Sun Baiyuan and Song Jinghong remained and had no intention of leaving. It was obvious that they still had something to say.

Jing Yu was about to say goodbye and was about to step out of the door when Song Jianxu called him, "Young friend Ye, please stay."

Helplessly, he had to stop and stand obediently below Song Jinghong.

Now there were only four people left in the entire hall. Song Jianxu casually cast a soundproofing spell and then said:

"Sun Baiyuan, what are you doing!"

"Although Song Qian is the manager of the clan treasury, how could he have hidden something like stealing the Crystal Condensing Pill from your spiritual sense?"

"Among the branch cultivators, only Song Yuze has a slight hope of achieving Dan formation. The rest are unteachable. Don't you understand this?"

"The inventory of Jindan spiritual resources at home is already low, and we still need to use a few Jindan seeds later. There is no reason to spend them like this!"

Sun Baiyuan, a dignified Jindan cultivator, now had a bitter expression on his face, and said with some grievance:

"Father-in-law, it's not that the white ape is intentionally condoning this, but even though Song Zhengfu is a cultivator from a branch lineage, he still has the surname Song..."

"I am a non-celestial being who heads a family. The cultivators of the direct and branch branches are already resentful. If I get involved in this matter, it will not only suppress the branch branches, but also the cultivators of the Song family!"

Song Jianxu cursed, "You are a Jindan Zhenren, why do you have to argue with this group of Qi training and foundation building? If anyone disobeys, just punish them. Do you think they can rebel against you?"

Jing Yu seemed dazed, but actually listened carefully. He couldn't help but complain inwardly:

"Yes, Master Song said so, but he may not mean it in his heart. The Song family's group of Qi training elders knelt in the main hall as soon as Song Jianxu returned. They were openly accusing the branch cultivators, but weren't they secretly trying to trick Sun Baiyuan? They pointed at Master Song and punished this outsider master together."

"It shows how much Master Song dotes on these direct lineage cultivators."

"Otherwise, instead of asking Sun Baiyuan to punish a group of people, he would have beaten and killed a group of people!"

"If Master Song hadn't been biased in his heart, Sun Baiyuan would be a Jindan cultivator after all, so why would he be so restrained in managing the family?"

"Foundation Building and Qi Refining certainly can't cause a rebellion against a Golden Core True Person, but if they are just pretending to obey and secretly trying to trip him up, what can we say?"

"Now you can't hit me, you can't scold me, let alone kill me... It would be difficult for anyone to deal with me!"