Longevity: Comprehending the Heart Method

The meeting continued until dusk.

Song Xianming redistributed Ling Province's various resources. By the end, the Song Clan controlled roughly seventy percent of the spiritual veins and fifty percent of the mines in Ling Province.

Furthermore, the Wutong Secret Realm and the Moon Viewing Marketplace were now held firmly in the Song Clan's grasp.

They had also monopolized the entire spirit plant trade in Ling Province.

Ling Province had finally welcomed back its former master!

After the meeting ended, Song Changsheng went to see Song Xianming.

"Grandfather?"

Song Xianming looked up at him and nodded. "You're here. You did well today."

"What happened?" Song Changsheng had a feeling. 'Something major must have happened.'

"It's the people from the Thunder King Hall. They found out about what happened at White Wolf Mountain..." Song Xianming sighed softly, then briefly recounted the events.

Song Changsheng frowned upon hearing the news. There was no such thing as a perfect secret, so he wasn't surprised that the Thunder King Hall had discovered the Song Clan was behind the events at White Wolf Mountain.

However, the arrogance of the Thunder King Hall exceeded his expectations. For an outside faction to so casually declare their intent to annihilate the Song Clan… 'Do they really think there's no one in the Daqi Cultivation World to stand against them?'

"Grandfather, I believe we should inform Luoxia City as soon as possible. We should also notify the Demon Suppression Hall. Furthermore, I don't think Ling Province is the only place with a Thunder King Hall stronghold. We should spread the word to make others take this seriously."

The Song Clan's strength was indeed no match for a behemoth like the Thunder King Hall, but Song Changsheng could leverage the situation.

Currently, the Song Clan was under the protection of Luoxia City. With the Great City Lord, a Golden Core Master, as a deterrent, their enemies wouldn't dare to act against the Song Clan recklessly.

Even if the Thunder King Hall was more powerful than Luoxia City, there were still the Golden Crow Sect and the Celestial Vein Sect. Although these factions fought tooth and nail over their own interests, presenting a united front against outsiders was a fundamental understanding among them.

Even if they were indifferent to the Song Clan, they would still back them at a critical moment.

Moreover, if Song Changsheng intentionally spread the news of what the Thunder King Hall had done at White Wolf Mountain, it would surely cause a massive uproar in the Daqi Cultivation World. Raising mortals for cultivation purposes was something no Righteous Cultivator would ever tolerate.

If similar situations were discovered elsewhere, the Thunder King Hall would become a public enemy. Then, their foe would no longer be just the Song Clan, but the entire Daqi Cultivation World.

This would reduce the pressure on the Song Clan to a minimum.

"Yes, I was thinking the same thing. I've already sent Luzhou and the others to handle it.

Come to think of it, we really have that Inspector to thank. If he hadn't revealed his tracks and given us this information, we would have been in a very passive position in the future." Song Xianming's fingers tapped gently on the armrest of his chair. 'I still can't figure out why he did it.'

"Whatever his motives are, we'll face whatever comes our way. In any case, we can't just sit here and wait for our doom." Song Changsheng was quite pragmatic about it; after all, he had anticipated such an outcome from the beginning.

"Heh, you're right." Song Xianming chuckled and rose slowly to his feet. After breaking through to the Purple Mansion Stage, his very being had undergone a leap, granting him a longer lifespan and a more vigorous body.

But recently, he had often felt the weariness of old age.

'It's time to hand the stage over to the younger generation,' Song Xianming muttered to himself.

Each generation has its own duty. When he had taken over as Clan Leader from the previous one, Song Yunhan, he had sworn to restore the clan to its former glory.

He had now achieved that goal. The next step was to push the Song Clan to new heights.

But he had lost the sharp edge of his youth, which was detrimental to the Song Clan's development. They needed a leader with more drive!

Song Xianming turned his gaze to Song Changsheng, his eyes filled with gratification. This was his chosen successor. He was very satisfied, and so were the clansmen.

They all firmly believed that he would lead the clan to a new peak!

"Sheng'Er, when you go back, prepare to take over for me. This world belongs to you young people, after all. It's time for us old folks to rest," Song Xianming said with a sigh of emotion.

Song Changsheng was taken aback. Although he knew this day would come sooner or later, he still felt a sense of uncertainty now that it had arrived.

'Can I really live up to the clan's expectations?'

He didn't know.

The road ahead was shrouded in an unknown mist, leaving him feeling lost...

Just as Song Changsheng had predicted, once the news of the Thunder King Hall's actions at White Wolf Mountain spread, the major powers of the Daqi Cultivation World immediately began to conduct their own investigations.

Luoxia City was the first to find a problem. Due to the recent Beast Tide, the Mortal Realm under Luoxia City's jurisdiction had also been impacted, suffering considerable losses. Many people had gone missing at that time.

Originally, it was assumed that these people had fallen prey to Demon Beasts. But after receiving the information from the Song Clan, the more Zhan Tianxia thought about it, the more he felt that something was amiss. He sent people to Bian Province to investigate reports of missing persons.

The findings were shocking. In the last hundred years alone, the number of people who had gone missing throughout Bian Province was as high as a million!

Because the incidents were scattered and involved small numbers each time, they hadn't attracted enough attention. Who would have known that the cumulative total would be such a horrifying figure?

Zhan Tianxia flew into a rage and ordered a thorough investigation of the entire Bian Province. They soon discovered three strongholds established by the Thunder King Hall. However, they rescued fewer than ten thousand mortals, as a batch had just been sent away. The remaining ones were merely the "seeds" they had left behind.