Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 1020 Entering True Yang Immortal City
The leading Sand Nightmare Beast let out a monstrous roar, and with its claws it grabbed at the void. Hundreds of sharp stones flew up from the stone forest and condensed into sand arrows ten feet long in the air. The arrowheads gleamed with cold light and shot towards the Vermilion Bird's head.

The ship's hull suddenly glowed with fire patterns like a red-hot iron net, and the twelve wing panels abruptly flipped outward, spewing out flames half a meter high. The sand arrows crashed into the wall of fire and were instantly melted into scalding mud, which flowed down the wing panels and condensed into plumes of smoke in mid-air.

Seeing this, Li Jianning looked at Li Jianan beside her and asked, "Interested in using them as practice tools?"

Li Jianan nodded, "Don't stray too far from me!"

Li Jianning grinned, floated into the air, and flew directly out of the protective range of the Vermilion Bird Cloud Boat. Li Jian'an followed closely behind. Ning Yun did not stop him, nor did he intend to step forward.

As soon as the two flew out of the cloud boat, the leading Sand Nightmare Beast swung its claws and attacked them.

Its claws released an earthy yellow spiritual light, and with a wave, thousands of sand and stones condensed into arrows ten feet long, while the other Sand Nightmare Beasts around it exhaled gusts of yellow wind.

A yellow wind howled, and sand arrows shot out, sweeping across the sky and instantly enveloping Li Jianing and his companion.

However, just as the yellow wind closed in, two sharp sword energies burst forth. Their magnificent sword power, like a rainbow piercing the sun, pierced through the howling yellow wind, shattered countless sand arrows, and headed straight for the leading Sand Nightmare Beast.

"The abyss awaits the tide."

Amidst the yellow wind, Li Jian'an held the scabbard in one hand and the hilt of the sword in the other, his face calm and composed, his eyes bright yet concealing a sharp edge within.

"Breaking free from the cocoon and shattering the sky!"

At the same time, Li Jianning smiled, her long sword trembled slightly, and her fingers tapped the hilt lightly, making her flying sword emit a low chirping sound.

As the sand arrows came in increasing numbers, covering the sky and densely packed, Li Jian'an suddenly drew his flying sword.

The flying sword was drawn from its sheath, and its sword energy poured out like a tidal wave breaking through a dam, sweeping across everything in the world.

Whether it was Huang Fenghao or Sha Jian, they were swept away like bubbles in the face of the surging tide of sword energy.

Gazing at the surging tide, Li Jianing grinned, the flying sword in his hand vibrating more and more rapidly, wisps of sword energy flying up like pieces of cloth.

"Conceal your sharpness within yourself, break through fate's edge, use your body as a sheath, your soul as a blade, conceal your sharpness with your heart's sword, and slash!"

Before the Sand Nightmare Beasts could react, Li Jianning's sword was already drawn, appearing before the Sand Nightmare Beast leader in a flash of light.

Before the leader of the Sand Nightmare Beast could even react, the light pierced through his brow.

At the same time, Li Jian'an shot out, his flying sword sweeping across the surroundings like a surging tide, enveloping the sand demon beasts in its surging sword energy.

The two sisters stood one in front of the other, one on the left and one on the right. One sister's sword energy surged like a tide, while the other's sword energy was as delicate as wisps of silk, ethereal and sharp.

The so-called concealment of sharpness is not about hiding clumsiness, but about concealing skill; it is not about being afraid of battle, but about planning for battle. A sword in its sheath is sheathed; drawn from its sheath is drawn. Between sheathing and drawing, what is concealed is killing intent, and what is revealed is decisiveness.

Concealing one's strength does not mean refraining from killing, but rather killing more accurately, more ruthlessly, and more dramatically.

Li Jianning and Li Jianan have been practicing swordsmanship for over forty years, and today they can finally draw their swords and prove their path with the sword.

The Hidden Edge Nine Styles and Nine Edges Sword Techniques they practice are actually the same as the core techniques of Hidden Sword Mountain, but their swordsmanship is slightly different from that of Hidden Sword Mountain.

The lower-level disciples of Hidden Sword Mountain like to keep their swords in sword cases, but Li Jianning and Li Jianan do not have sword cases; they value keeping their swords in their hearts.

Because they also practiced the Heart Sword Scripture and had received guidance from Yunxiao.

Therefore, their swordsmanship differs greatly from that of Hidden Sword Mountain, and is more similar to that of Cloud Sky.

The two drew their swords, sweeping away more than ten Sand Nightmare Beasts like autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.

In just a short while, all ten-odd Sand Nightmare Beasts were killed.

"You little Shar Pei, how dare you act so fiercely in front of me! You deserve to die!"

Sheathing his sword, Li Jianning crossed his arms over his chest, his face cold and handsome, and said coolly.

"Ahem, Senior Sister is calling us back!"

Li Jianan said with a smile in her eyes.

Li Jianning chuckled, "How was it? How was my performance? Did I have the aura of a sword immortal?"

Li Jianan looked at her speechlessly, "Yes!"

"From now on, please call me Sword Immortal Li!" Li Jianning said with his chin held high and an arrogant expression.

"Isn't Li Jianxian too vulgar?" Li Jian'an joked.

"Is it vulgar?" Li Jianing pondered. "It is a bit. I should have told Master to give us more imposing Taoist names!"

"Master doesn't have that kind of time to spare!" Li Jian'an said irritably.

Although Li Jianing is the older sister, she has always been a free spirit since childhood. Even now that she is over sixty years old, she is still like a child.

Li Jianan was quiet from a young age and didn't like to talk much. As she grew up, she became much more mature.

"It's alright, when Master has time, I'll pester him to give us Taoist names!" Li Jianning said to herself, completely unconcerned about the criticism.

"Hmm, I need a powerful Daoist title, like Heavenly Sword!"

Li Jianning raised an eyebrow and said.

"You want to become the grandmaster of Hidden Sword Mountain? Aren't you afraid the disciples of Hidden Sword Mountain will hunt you down!"

"What are you afraid of? You're still here, aren't you?" Li Jianing bumped Li Jianan's shoulder.

"I wouldn't dare to provoke those senior figures from Hidden Sword Mountain!" Li Jian'an shook his head.

Li Jianning also found the group from Hidden Sword Mountain somewhat troublesome, and said, "If Heavenly Sword doesn't work, then let's call it Earth Sword. Earth Sword doesn't sound very good..."

She muttered to herself as the two returned to the cloud boat.

The cloud boat continued to fly, and the three senior sisters laughed and joked at the bow.

On the deck of the cloud boat and in the watchtower, hundreds of Qi Refining stage cultivators were busily operating the various facilities of the cloud boat, while Hong Fuxiu was in charge of the cloud boat's formation on the top floor of the watchtower.

Such a large airship cannot be piloted by just a few people.

The Vermilion Bird Cloud Boat has hundreds of formations of various sizes, among which the main formations are the Floating Formation, the Firework Formation, the Protective Formation, and the Vermilion Bird Burning Heaven Formation.

Although only one person is needed to control the core formation, at least a hundred cultivators are required if this cloud boat is to take flight and be able to fight.

Fortunately, there are now over a thousand cultivators in the Spirit Source Land, otherwise there wouldn't be enough manpower to control this cloud boat.

The cloud boat continued its journey. Perhaps because the battle had served as a deterrent, they did not encounter any more foolish people.

Soon, the cloud boat arrived above Zhenyang Immortal City.

Large flying boats are naturally not allowed to enter the Immortal City; they can only park in the flying boat docking area outside the city. Large flying boats are different from small flying boats. Small flying boats usually have a magic array that allows them to shrink to a few inches in size and be carried into the city.

However, large airships are too big to be shrunk down to a size that can be carried around, so they can only be parked outside the immortal city and market.

After parking the Vermilion Bird Cloud Boat in the flying boat docking area, Hong Fuxiu, Ning Yun, Li Jianning, and Li Jianan entered the True Yang Immortal City together.

The architectural style of Zhenyang Immortal City is much more rugged than that of Baiyun Immortal City. The houses and pavilions are mostly made of earth and stone, with very few exquisite and gorgeous decorations.

This is because the construction of Zhenyang Immortal City was rushed. The huge city was completed in just two or three years, leaving no time for fine details.

However, as time goes by, Zhenyang Immortal City will eventually become an exquisite and magnificent immortal city.

With the arrival of numerous immortal cultivation forces, they will inevitably decorate or rebuild their residences and shops.

The streets of the immortal city were bustling with activity, and the shops on both sides of the streets seemed to be doing good business.

Hong Fuxiu and her three companions took a short stroll around the streets and looked around several bustling shops.

"Senior Hong, the talisman shop seems to be the busiest!" Li Jianning said, looking at the talisman shop not far away.

Hong Fuxiu nodded slightly, "Wherever there is fierce fighting, talisman shops are the most popular."

“Then let’s open a talisman shop here!” Li Jianning said with a smile.

“The magical artifact shop is also good; there were many customers in the Hundred Artifacts Pavilion just now!” Li Jian’an said.

Hong Fuxiu smiled and said, "Actually, the best business to do in Zhenyang Immortal City is the recycling of magical artifacts and treasures!"

"Huh? Why?" Li Jianing asked, puzzled.

"The more battles there are, the faster magical artifacts and treasures circulate. Many people will obtain magical artifacts and treasures that they don't need, and they won't keep them; they will sell them to magical artifact shops!" Hong Fuxiu explained.

Li Jianning thought for a moment and said, "But we didn't see anyone selling magic weapons or treasures in the Hundred Weapons Pavilion just now."

"The business of recycling magical artifacts and treasures requires confidentiality, so they won't be doing it at the counter on the first floor; they'll only discuss it in a private room!" Hong Fuxiu said.

Li Jianing suddenly realized, "I see."

"If we want to do business, our first choice should be the sale and recycling of magical artifacts and treasures, and our second choice should be talismans!" Hong Fuxiu said.

Although Hong Fuxiu had never done business before, she and Kota were experienced and had been to many markets and immortal cities, so they naturally knew some of the tricks of the trade.

Previously, without powerful backers, they dared not get involved in such business, but now that they have Yang Zhengshan as their backer, they can also participate in the competition for these businesses.

“In that case, let’s go to Wanbaohang first!” Ning Yun interjected at this moment.

"it is good!"

The four of them decided to go to Wanbaohang together.

As newcomers, they naturally couldn't act rashly. After all, True Yang Immortal City was different from other places; many forces within the city were related to Golden Core cultivators.

If they want to settle down in Zhenyang Immortal City, they need a local power to back them up.

Manbaohang is undoubtedly the best choice.

Wanbaohang deals in high-end business, while the Yang family can only do some low-end business; the two are not competitors.

Yang Zhengshan is still a sixth-rank guest elder of Wanbaohang, holding a considerable position within the company. Moreover, Wanbaohang also has an old friend, Zhongli Xiayi.

Therefore, before Hong Fuxiu and the others arrived in Zhenyang Immortal City, Yang Zhengshan had already informed Zhong Lixia in advance.

Hong Fuxiu and her companions arrived at Wanbaohang and soon met Zhongli Xiayi.

"Fellow Daoist Yang has already told me that I have prepared four shops for you, all located on Qianyang Street. You can move in at any time!"

"As for the council, you can visit Xuan Shouyun of the White Crane Clan. She is in charge of managing the buying and selling of real estate in the city."

"Just take my sign and go straight there!"

Zhong Lixia only exchanged a few words with Hong Fuxiu and the others, then gave them a token before hurriedly leaving.

Wanbaohang is currently at its busiest time, and as the manager, she doesn't have time to properly entertain Hong Fuxiu and the others.

However, she still arranged for a shop assistant to take Hong Fuxiu to see the four shops.

This shop doesn't belong to Zhongli Xiayi. She just reserved the space for Hong Fuxiu and the others in advance. They will have to buy it out later.

With Zhongli Xiayi's help, Hong Fuxiu and the others quickly settled down in Zhenyang Immortal City.

They bought four shops and two cave dwellings.

After that, they began to busy themselves with preparations for the opening of the Yang family's shop.

Meanwhile, the negotiations between True Monarch Baiyun, True Monarch Que Lingyu, and True Monarch Chihua and the demon kings Xiaoshan and others have also ended. All three of them have entered the council of True Yang Immortal City and become council members of True Yang Immortal City. They can receive a share of the benefits from True Yang Immortal City. Of course, they also have to contribute their strength to the safety of True Yang Immortal City.

Actually, according to the initial requirements, the remaining three council seats of Zhenyang Immortal City should have been given to human cultivators, and it would have been very difficult for Que Lingyu to obtain these seats. However, Que Lingyu now represents the Tianyun Sword Sect, which can be considered a human immortal cultivation force.

In the Wanhua Western Regions and Wanhua Mountains, Zhenyang Immortal City doesn't have many Golden Core cultivators to choose from; at most, there wouldn't be more than two palms' worth.

According to the idea of ​​Xiaoshan, Xuanling, and Xiongba, they would choose one of the Xiaxian Sect, Huaxian Sect, and Nanhua Sect, then choose one of the Baiyun Immortal City and the Li family of the Immortal Clan, and finally choose the last one depending on the situation.

The current outcome is in line with their initial expectations, so they only negotiated a few times before agreeing to the Tianyun Sword Sect's proposal.

Once the council's decisions were finalized, the rest was straightforward.

Although there are many Golden Core cultivators and demon kings in the Wanhua Mountains, few dare to risk offending the Wanhua Demon Court by causing trouble at this time.

Of course, those who dared to cause trouble have now fallen silent, such as the Yellow Spring Ancestor and the Crimson Origin True Lord.

Although Huangquan Laozu was very dissatisfied with this result, he also understood that he was simply no match for Zhenyang Immortal City with his own strength.

Ghost cultivators are a relatively rare existence, and the Yellow Springs Palace is also ostracized by various forces in the Western Regions of Wanhua, making it difficult for them to integrate into the True Yang Immortal City.

As for True Lord Chiyuan, he was currently hiding in his lair, licking his wounds.

This time, his attack on Yang Zhengshan Jian Changhe resulted in heavy losses. His spirit pet Xuanjin Linye was captured by Que Lingyu, and his Zhenyue Seal was taken by Qingyuan Fox Lord and given to Yang Zhengshan.

Moreover, he lost three hundred years of his lifespan, and the thought of losing those three hundred years of lifespan made his heart bleed.

However, before finding a way to resist the power of decay and prosperity, he dared not cause any more trouble for Yang Zhengshan.

(End of this chapter)