Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 1029 Windfall
"Using the Demon Court of the North Sea to intimidate me! Humph!"

Yang Zhengshan snorted coldly; he had no intention of stopping.

Perhaps if he lets Shuiji go, Shuiji won't bother him again afterward, but he thinks Shuiji will most likely hold a grudge, because he just stripped Shuiji of five hundred years of lifespan, and such a grudge is impossible to resolve.

Besides, since the other party wanted to rob him, he naturally wanted to rob the other party in return. After all, Shui Ji had a lot of Yin Spring Essence, which was exactly what he wanted.

Seeing that Yang Zhengshan was about to catch up with him, Shui Ji immediately left the void and came to the real world, with Yang Zhengshan following closely behind.

At this time, they were still deep in the Wanhua Mountains, and Shuiji was fleeing south, not north.

The two flew at an extremely fast speed, one in front of the other.

Yang Zhengshan then got a clear look at the other person's appearance: a tall and robust figure, blue skin, and no hair on his head, but instead a fish fin.

"Why must you press me so hard!" Shui Ji said telepathically, his face grim.

"Drink~"

Yang Zhengshan was too lazy to waste words with him. While piloting the Flowing Shadow Shuttle, he roared and spewed out the Divine Thunder of the Wood, which went straight for the Water Halberd.

The water halberd dared not stop to parry and could only enter the void once more.

The two then played a game of hide-and-seek, constantly shuttling between the virtual and real worlds.

This is the combat mode of a Golden Core cultivator; they will naturally evolve into this state as the battle progresses.

You run, I chase; you hide, I search.

As long as there isn't a significant difference in speed, two Golden Core cultivators can fight for ten days to half a month, reaching the ends of the earth and tens of thousands of miles away.

The two entered the void again, when suddenly a terrifying energy exploded within it.

The water halberd had barely entered the void before a surge of powerful energy swept towards him, halting his escape and sending him flying backward.

Yang Zhengshan's mind stirred slightly, and he unceremoniously summoned the Azure Wood Purple Lightning Sword.

The thunderous force transformed into a long river, enveloping the water halberd.

Before the water halberd could react, a huge hand suddenly gripped him tightly.

The moment he grabbed the water halberd, Yang Zhengshan turned and ran without saying a word.

The Flowing Shadow Shuttle was pushed to its limit, transforming into a stream of light that shot into the smoky void.

The terrifying energy explosion he just witnessed wasn't his doing; it was the result of a fight between two Golden Core cultivators.

Water Halberd was unlucky; it accidentally crashed into the battlefield of two Golden Core cultivators and was caught off guard by the aftershocks of the battle.

Those two Golden Core experts were probably similar to Yang Zhengshan and Shui Ji; they had just come from the trade fair and were in a relationship of plunderer and plundered.

At this moment, it is unknown how many Golden Core cultivators are fighting in the surrounding void. It is normal for seven or eight pairs of Golden Core cultivators to break out in battle after more than ninety Golden Core cultivators left the trade fair.

There are probably more than seven or eight pairs.

Everyone wants to do some business with no capital, and everyone wants to take the opportunity to make a fortune.

Yang Zhengshan grabbed the water halberd and ran away without stopping. He ran for over a thousand miles before stopping to check the condition of the water halberd.

At this moment, the water halberd's body had already shattered, a large amount of magical power leaked out, and its soul was also severely damaged, falling into a daze.

Upon seeing this, Yang Zhengshan secretly clicked his tongue in amazement.

Damn, I almost lost my life just from the aftershocks. I have no idea what kind of supernatural powers were colliding just now.

Fortunately, he was a step slower than Shui Ji; otherwise, his situation wouldn't have been much better, and might even have been worse.

It was Shui Ji's bad luck that he ran into a battle between Golden Core cultivators; otherwise, Yang Zhengshan wouldn't have been able to defeat him so quickly and would probably have had to entangle with him for a long time.

"Serves you right for robbing me!"

While cursing, Yang Zhengshan activated the Soul Returning Array in the Seven Treasures Soul Suppressing Pagoda to extract Shui Ji's soul from his body.

At this moment, Shuiji's soul was in a coma and naturally could not break free from the imprisonment of the Returning Soul Formation.

The Soul Returning Array can not only imprison souls, but also wear them down, turning other people's souls into pure soul power. Yang Zhengshan can absorb this soul power, or he can infuse it into others.

However, this ability was of little use to Yang Zhengshan, because immortal cultivators value the quality of their souls, not the quantity.

As long as the strength of one's soul is high enough, it is not easy to be affected by some soul-related spells and supernatural powers.

Only ghost cultivators pay attention to the power of the soul; for them, the power of the soul is their magical power.

Therefore, Yang Zhengshan had never used this ability before, but now he wanted to store some divine soul power for Hong Hun to use.

Honghun is still a child and needs the power of his soul to improve his cultivation.

Shui Ji is a demon king, and his soul is very powerful. The power of the soul purified from his soul should be enough to make Hong Hun become a ghost general, which is equivalent to a foundation-building cultivator.

After separating his soul, Yang Zhengshan took out the demon core of the Water Halberd.

A mid-grade third-tier demon core can be refined into a top-grade demon essence pill, and it may even be possible to refine two top-grade demon essence pills, but this requires Yang Zhengshan to be able to accurately divide the demon core into two parts.

This is quite difficult; Yang Zhengshan has never refined two Demon Essence Pills from a single Demon Core before.

Besides the demon core, Yang Zhengshan also collected the blood of the water halberd. The blood of the water halberd was azure blue and emitted a soft glow.

The blood of demon cultivators can be used in medicine, to refine magical artifacts and spiritual weapons, and to make spiritual ink for drawing talismans.

Yang Zhengshan has made little progress in the art of talismans and still only knows how to draw a few second-tier talismans.

Cui Yang's mastery of talismans has become increasingly profound, reaching the level of a second-tier high-grade talisman master. Once his cultivation reaches the late stage of Foundation Establishment, he should be able to attempt to refine third-tier talismans.

The blood from this water halberd can be saved for him to use.

With fresh blood available, bones shouldn't be wasted either, and there's also the fish tail.

The Jiaoxiao tribe is a branch of the Jiaoren tribe. They have human bodies and fish tails. The women have skin as white as jade peaks, covered with fine, soft, five-colored hair, and their hair is like a horse's tail. The men have skin as blue as the sea, horny fins on their backs, and ugly faces.

The Demon King is a treasure from head to toe; even his skin and flesh are rare gems.

However, since the Jiaoxiao tribe had human bodies, Yang Zhengshan couldn't bring himself to eat them, so he planned to leave the flesh of the Water Halberd for the Green Wolf to eat.

Such a highly nourishing substance might even allow several blue wolves to advance into demonic beasts.

Yang Zhengshan, like a butcher, dismembered the water halberd into eight pieces, collecting everything from fish scales to flesh and bones, and even the soul, as if they were valuable treasures.

However, the most valuable things on Shui Ji's body were his storage bags and magical artifacts; this guy carried two storage bags and two magical artifacts.

One is a trident, a mid-grade spiritual weapon, which is a melee spiritual weapon.

Yang Zhengshan swung it around a few times and felt it was pretty good. Perhaps he could use this thing as a gun, so he could pick up his shooting skills again.

Although Golden Core cultivators prefer to fight using spiritual weapons and supernatural abilities, they generally engage in ranged combat, and even in close combat, they only make brief contact before disengaging.

However, some Golden Core cultivators and demon kings also prefer close combat.

Yang Zhengshan looked at the trident, thought for a moment, and felt that it would be more appropriate to modify it into a spear. He didn't like using a halberd, especially a trident.

Once we get back, we'll have Yang Jizhen study it and see if we can modify it. The other spiritual weapon is the round, bead-shaped spiritual weapon that the Water Halberd used before. It's a low-grade spiritual weapon, water-attribute, and it seems to be very compatible with the Water Halberd's abilities.

Clearly, this thing was not a good fit for Yang Zhengshan. After examining it briefly and finding no special markings on it, Yang Zhengshan put the magical artifact away.

This way, he can keep the magical artifacts he doesn't need, and use them for trading later, or leave them for other uses.

As a Golden Core power, the Immortal Palace of the Living Realm definitely needs to stockpile more spiritual artifacts as its foundation, as well as more third-tier spiritual items.

After examining the magical artifact, Yang Zhengshan then tried to open the storage bag of the water halberd.

Fortunately, Shui Ji was a demon cultivator, not a celestial cultivator.

Most Golden Core cultivators' storage bags are protected by restrictions, making them difficult for outsiders to open.

The demon cultivators were much less skilled in this regard. Although there was a restriction on the storage bag of the water halberd, Yang Zhengshan only spent a few days to erase the restriction.

Yang Zhengshan felt instantly relieved after opening the storage bag.

All the Yin Spring Essence he wanted was there, a whole gourdful. This much Yin Spring Essence was enough for him to refine the Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill hundreds of times.

Of course, he couldn't possibly refine the Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill hundreds of times. The materials for refining the Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill were extremely scarce. Not to mention the three main ingredients, even the auxiliary ingredients had to be collected slowly.

However, Yin Spring Essence is not only used to refine the Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill. As a spiritual object containing the Taiyin attribute, Yin Spring Essence is very useful to many cultivators who cultivate the Taiyin path.

For example, Ning Yun cultivates the Taiyin Moon Essence Nourishing Heart Sutra, Bai Xiaoyun cultivates the Xuan Yin Soul Silence Sutra and the Three Yin Weaving Net, and Ma Qiuyan cultivates the Gui Water Nourishing Yuan Sutra. Yin Spring Essence is a very useful spiritual item for them.

In addition to Yin Spring Water, Shuiji's storage bag also contained many rare spiritual items.

There are over forty kinds of third-tier spiritual items, such as third-tier sea soul grass, third-tier water elemental stone, and third-tier five-colored pearl, and there are more than one set of each.

Yang Zhengshan also found a piece of moonlight energy, a total of twelve strands. It was unclear whether he had collected it before or traded it with someone at the trade fair.

"Ning Yun and Qiu Yan are in luck now!"

Yang Zhengshan looked at these things and shook his head helplessly.

Most of the spirits associated with the Water Spear are of the water or yin attributes, so there are basically none that he can use.

On the contrary, Ning Yun and Ma Qiuyan can both benefit from it, especially Ning Yun, whose Taiyin Moon Essence Nourishing Heart Sutra requires the essence of moon essence the most.

Ning Yun previously studied the Illusionary Moon Fox Formation because this formation has the function of condensing moonlight energy.

Of course, just because Yang Zhengshan can't use it now doesn't mean he won't need it in the future.

For any Golden Core cultivator, the more diverse the types of third-tier spiritual items, the better, and the more numerous they are, the better.

As the saying goes, a horse cannot grow fat without night grass, and a man cannot become rich without unexpected wealth.

Yang Zhengshan has made a fortune this time.

The things Shui Ji carried on his person were not much less than Yang Zhengshan's wealth.

An established power is indeed an established power; they already possess so much. Who knows how many more treasures the Minghai Xuan Palace is hiding?

Unfortunately, Yang Zhengshan couldn't afford to offend the Minghai Xuan Palace, as they were backed by the North Sea Demon Court.

After carefully examining everything, Yang Zhengshan indeed found some anomalies in the Yinquan slurry.

Shui Ji actually left his soul imprint in the Yin Spring. His soul imprint was very clever, almost merging with the Yin Spring. No wonder Yang Zhengshan didn't notice it before.

Fortunately, Yang Zhengshan's soul was still strong enough, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to detect this mark.

Yang Zhengshan naturally couldn't bring such a mark into the Immortal Palace of Life. If someone were to find the Immortal Palace of Life by following the mark, that would be troublesome.

Therefore, Yang Zhengshan went directly into the depths of the Great Void, where he carefully examined all the items several times, erasing all the divine soul imprints on them.

Then he erased the marks on the two magical artifacts, and checked himself several times to make sure there were no marks on him before returning to the Immortal Palace of Life.

After placing everything in the Longevity Palace's treasury, he leisurely returned to White Cloud Immortal City.

More than half a month had passed since the trade fair ended.

"You're finally back! I thought you weren't coming back!"

When Baiyun Zhenjun saw Yang Zhengshan, he breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

"Sigh, I was targeted. It took me ages to shake them off!" Yang Zhengshan said, looking frustrated.

He naturally wouldn't tell True Lord Baiyun about the water halberd, not because he didn't trust True Lord Baiyun, but because there was no need.

Since Shui Ji is dead, there's no point in telling Baiyun Zhenjun.

Moreover, he would not admit to this. Shui Ji was not alone. Once the fact that he killed Shui Ji was exposed, it would definitely cause a lot of trouble. Therefore, he absolutely could not admit to this unless someone could produce absolute evidence.

"It's good that you're back. This time it was really dangerous!" Baiyun Zhenjun said with a sigh.

Yang Zhengshan looked at him and asked in surprise, "Are you injured?"

"Hmm, I've run into that old ghost from the Yellow Springs. I don't know how he found me!" True Monarch Baiyun was also quite annoyed.

Yang Zhengshan was speechless for a moment.

It's that old ghost from the underworld again.

It's quite normal for Huangquan Old Ghost to attend the trade fair, and it's not surprising that he's eyeing Baiyun Zhenjun, given the deep-seated grudge between them.

Yes, he also had a deep grudge against Yang Zhengshan, who had erased more than three hundred years of his lifespan back then.

From this perspective, Huang Quan Old Ghost seems to be their Tianyun Sword Sect's greatest enemy.

"Let's not go out for a while, so as to avoid causing trouble!" Yang Zhengshan said.

“That’s what I think too,” Baiyun Zhenjun nodded and said.

The two chatted for a while longer before returning to their respective caves to cultivate in seclusion.

Although Lord Baiyun was frustrated, he had still gained a lot this time and needed time to digest it.

Yang Zhengshan went straight back to the Immortal Palace of the Living Realm.

He first called Yang Jizhen back and handed the trident to him for study.

Yang Jizhen naturally couldn't take the trident out; he could only leave it in the Immortal Palace of Living Beings for research.

Fortunately, Yang Jizhen also announced that he would be going into seclusion for a period of time.

The Tianyun Sword Sect is now on the right track, so he, as the hall master, doesn't need to do everything personally. Moreover, the Tianyun Sword Sect's Spirit Refining Hall also has two deputy hall masters, namely Ma Qiuyan and Zhang Hexuan. The three of them are brothers, and one of them can keep an eye on things in the Spirit Refining Hall.

After handing the trident to Yang Jizhen, Yang Zhengshan spent several more days providing Honghun with a large amount of pure divine soul power.

After a series of actions by him, the red soul ate too much and fell into a deep sleep.

Of course, the red soul wasn't really asleep; it was just digesting the divine soul power. However, judging from its appearance, it would probably take at least ten or eight years to fully digest the divine soul power that Yang Zhengshan had given it.

Next, Yang Zhengshan gave the Moon Essence to Ning Yun and put some Yin Spring Essence in the Hall of Merit, so that anyone who needs it can exchange it in the Hall of Merit.

(End of this chapter)