Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 1037 The mysterious old man

Yang Qingyu first took out several spirit beast bags from her storage bag, summoned the Cloud Tiger Steed from the spirit beast bags, and then took out several carriages from her storage bag.

The warriors harnessed the carriage to the Cloud Tiger Steed, and then loaded boxes of storage bags onto the carriage.

"Senior sister, it's ready!"

After finishing all this, Yang Qingyu said to Xia Yunshu.

With a wave of her hand, Xia Yunshu reduced the Flaming Sun Flying Boat to three feet in size and put it into her storage bag.

Medium-sized airships can be stored in storage bags, but large airships definitely cannot.

Large flying boats cannot be stored in storage bags, and they are also difficult to be compatible with the Ruyi Formation. This is because there are too many formations on a large flying boat. If the Ruyi Formation is to be compatible, the difficulty of designing the formation diagram of the large flying boat will increase several times.

Not to mention the Spirit Source Land, there are very few large flying boats in the entire Wanhua Domain that can be compatible with the Ruyi Formation.

"Let's go!"

The group drove the carriage toward the city gate of Qingli Immortal City.

Today, Qingli Immortal City is the commercial center of the northwest of Wanhua Western Region, and has become the only large-scale market town within a radius of thousands of miles.

Most surrounding forces that want to purchase resources or sell goods will come to Qingli Immortal City.

It can be said that Qingli Immortal City is now one of the most important industries of Tianyun Sword Sect, and its annual revenue is not much worse than that of Baiyun Immortal City.

The Yang family's businesses in Qingli Immortal City have also increased significantly, covering almost all aspects of the immortal cultivation industry.

After entering the city, Xia Yunshu and Yang Qingyu went directly to the Immortal Artifact Pavilion, the magical artifact shop owned by the Yang family in Qingli Immortal City.

Immortal Artifact Pavilion is the largest weapon-refining workshop in Qingli Immortal City and the headquarters of the Yang family in Qingli Immortal City. It has eight storefronts along the street, selling not only various magical artifacts and treasures, but also various ores. It also buys and sells various ores and old magical artifacts and treasures.

Besides its storefront, the Immortal Artifact Pavilion also has a huge backyard, which serves as a warehouse for the Yang family in Qingli Immortal City.

Upon arriving at the Immortal Artifact Pavilion, Xia Yunshu skillfully directed everyone to move the goods into the warehouse.

Yang Qingyu curiously observed the layout of the backyard of the Immortal Artifact Pavilion.

This was her first time here. Before reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, she had almost never left the Spirit Source Land. Only after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage did she gradually become familiar with the industries outside the Spirit Source Land.

This was also her first time accompanying Xia Yunshu to Qingli Immortal City to escort goods.

"Sister Yunshu, may I go and take a look at the shops in front?" Yang Qingyu asked, looking at the busy Xia Yunshu.

Xia Yunshu smiled casually and said, "Sure, Li Zhang, you take Qingyu Zhenren for a stroll in the front!"

She found a manager to guide Yang Qingyu.

"Please come, Master!" Li Zhang hurriedly ran over, smiling broadly as he led Yang Qingyu toward the shop in front.

The two entered the shop through the back door. They first went into the shop that sold magical artifacts, which was very deserted and had no customers at all.

"Why are there no customers?" Yang Qingyu asked, puzzled. When she came over earlier, she saw that the shops were full of people.

“Master, this is where magical artifacts are sold. Even if there are customers, they will go to the second floor to trade, not at the counter!” Li Zhang explained.

Yang Qingyu looked up slightly at the roof above. "I see! Let's go take a look next door!"

As they spoke, they arrived at the magic artifact shop. This magic artifact shop was much busier than the magic treasure shop. It not only occupied three storefronts, but the shop was also bustling with activity. There were many clerks responsible for selling magic artifacts, and many customers came to buy them.

"Master, our magical artifacts are top-notch in Qingli Immortal City. Not only are they of excellent quality, but we also offer honest and reliable products. Many immortal cultivation families and aristocratic clans prefer to purchase standard magical artifacts from us!" Li Zhang continued to introduce.

Yang Qingyu smiled and said, "I know, the family's weapon-refining workshop is the busiest, it is said that tens of thousands of magical artifacts are refined every year!"

Although she had no prior experience with outside industries, she understood the situation in the Spirit Source Land. The Spirit Source Land now had several weapon-refining workshops, each with its own specialties, and each workshop had a very large production scale.

In the land of spiritual origin, the refining of magical artifacts has basically achieved large-scale and standardized production.

In contrast, the crafting of magical artifacts depends entirely on the skill of the craftsman; whether it is good or bad depends entirely on the craftsman's own performance.

"This place buys broken magical artifacts and implements. We can buy up to 100,000 damaged magical artifacts and implements every year."

"This place sells all kinds of ores!"

Li Zhang continued to introduce Yang Qingyu.

They arrived at the shop selling ore, which was also deserted, with only an old man dressed in a black robe in the huge shop.

The Spirit Source Land currently possesses numerous mineral veins, including those that once belonged to the Wuxiang Sect in the Lingxiu Sea, as well as those within the ancient remnant array and the Spirit Source Land itself. There are more than ten such veins, producing over thirty different types of ores.

In addition, selling ores also sells materials such as refined iron and refined gold, which are extracted from old magical artifacts and tools.

Acquire old and broken magical artifacts, repair them, or directly melt them down into refined materials such as fine iron and refined gold, and then sell these refined materials or refine them into new magical artifacts.

This has formed a complete industrial chain in the land of spirits, earning a large amount of spirit stones for the land of spirits every year.

Yang Qingyu was initially enjoying her visit, but when she arrived at the ore shop, she suddenly stopped.

Her eyes were fixed on the figure in front of the counter, and her heart jumped into her throat.

Her unusual behavior quickly caught the attention of the old man in black robes.

The old man in black robes turned his head and looked over; his deep gaze made Yang Qingyu tremble.

"Junior Yang Qingyu greets senior!" Yang Qingyu bowed almost instinctively.

Li Zhang and the clerk at the counter were slightly taken aback, but they quickly recovered and bowed, saying, "Greetings, senior!"

Those whom Yang Qingyu addressed as "senior" must be Foundation Establishment cultivators; they were merely Qi Refining cultivators, so naturally they dared not be negligent.

The old man stared at Yang Qingyu and said in a hoarse voice, "A member of the Yang family?"

"Yes!" Yang Qingyu replied obediently.

She had no choice but to be obedient, because she could sense that the old man in front of her posed a deadly threat, the kind of threat that he could kill her with a flick of his wrist.

She had only ever felt this way with Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Qingyu's cultivation method is different from most immortal cultivators. She cultivates the "Spiritual Rhinoceros Response Scripture", which is a cultivation method that combines the soul and spiritual techniques. Its greatest feature is that it has an extremely strong perception ability.

Using the soul as silk and spiritual energy as a net, one connects one's own perception with the "spiritual connection" between heaven and earth and all things. All things have spiritual connection, and whether it is the pulse of mountains and rocks, the breath of grass and trees, or the subtle fluctuations of the flow of spiritual energy of cultivators, all can be captured through this method.

When this method is cultivated to a high level, one can "converse" with plants, trees, and rocks that have not yet developed intelligence. One can ask an ancient tree to know about the past hundred years, and ask a stubborn rock to know the direction of the earth's veins.

If danger is encountered, one can sense it in advance.

Ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators cannot see through Golden Core cultivators, but Yang Qingyu's danger perception allows her to sense those unknown and deadly threats.

Yang Qingyu was unsure of the old man's exact cultivation level and strength, but she felt that he was comparable to Yang Zhengshan.

It is highly likely that he is a Golden Core cultivator.

Upon suddenly encountering a strange Golden Core cultivator, Yang Qingyu was naturally both shocked and terrified.

"Could we find a quiet place to talk?" the old man said politely, without making things difficult for her.

Yang Qingyu breathed a sigh of relief and quickly gave Li Zhang a wink. Li Zhang immediately understood and said, "Senior, please go upstairs!"

Afterwards, they led the old man to a private room on the second floor. Yang Qingyu invited the old man to sit down, and Li Zhang arranged tea and snacks.

"You may leave now!" Yang Qingyu calmly instructed.

"Yes!" Li Zhang replied, bowed, and left the private room.

The door to the private room was closed, but the window was still open. They could see the scene on the street outside through the window. However, the private room was protected by an array that could not only isolate aura and sound, but also block spiritual sense from probing.

Yang Qingyu calmly poured tea for the old man and asked, "Does Senior have any instructions?"

Although she is simple-minded, she is not stupid. On the contrary, as a key member of the Yang family's younger generation, she possesses wisdom beyond that of ordinary people.

The old man's origins and intentions were unknown, but he did not seem to have any ill intentions.

Since the other party wants to talk to her in detail, it means that the other party might need her in some way.

After thinking it through, she was no longer panicked.

"I would like to make some deals with your Yang family!" the old man said.

"Senior, are you looking to purchase some ore?"

"Yes and no, I have some things I don't need that I want to sell to you, and at the same time I'd like to buy some things from you!" the old man said.

Yang Qingyu pondered for a moment and said, "I am but a junior and my words carry little weight. I do not know if I can be of any help to you, senior."

The old man calmly took out a storage bag and handed it to Yang Qingyu, saying, "I need Purple Flame Crystals!"

After taking the storage bag, Yang Qingyu said, "Forgive my ignorance, but what is this Purple Flame Crystal?"

Don't blame her for not knowing what Purple Flame Crystal is. She is neither a weapon refiner nor familiar with various minerals, so it's not surprising that she hasn't heard of Purple Flame Crystal.

“Third-tier ore, the Sun Giant Mountain should have this kind of ore!” the old man said.

Yang Qingyu fell silent.

A third-tier spiritual object—this was not something she could access.

She had only recently established her foundation and had not yet refined her natal magic weapon, so naturally she had no access to third-tier spiritual objects.

"The younger generation cannot make decisions on their own; the elders in the family must make those decisions!"

The old man seemed to have anticipated Yang Qingyu's response, and simply nodded slightly, saying, "Alright, give the contents of your storage bag to your elders. I will come back in half a month. If we can trade, give me the Purple Flame Crystal; if not, return the contents to me!"

Upon hearing this, Yang Qingyu did not open the storage bag to check its contents. "Junior understands. Junior will give Senior an answer in half a month!"

"And another piece of advice: don't expose my existence. It won't do you any good, either for me or for you!" The old man's tone became somewhat harsh.

Yang Qingyu said again, "This junior understands!"

After she finished speaking, she felt something was wrong. She looked up in confusion, only to find that the old man had disappeared.

She carefully sensed the danger and, after confirming that she could no longer feel that deadly threat, she let out a heavy sigh.

Unbeknownst to her, the old man in the void had not left, but was silently watching her.

Yang Qingyu sat in the room for a moment, lost in thought, before getting up and leaving the room.

Xia Yunshu was already waiting outside the room.

"What happened?" Xia Yunshu asked with some concern.

Yang Qingyu shook her head slightly, "It's nothing."

Xia Yunshu frowned. Li Zhang had already reported what had happened to her. She felt that something was strange about the matter, which was why she came to wait outside the door.

"Sister Yunshu, now is not the time to talk about this. I need to go back as soon as possible!" Yang Qingyu said.

Xia Yunshu understood perfectly well that there was something going on, but it might not be convenient for her to tell her.

"Okay, let's go back in a bit!"

They were originally going to stay in Qingli Immortal City for a while, but since Yang Qingyu said she wanted to go back as soon as possible, she naturally wanted to go back with Yang Qingyu.

After that, the two didn't say anything more, gave a few simple instructions, and hurriedly left Qingli Immortal City.

……

A day later, Yang Jizhen arrived at the Jade Night Hall of the Heavenly Cloud Sword Sect.

Inside the Jade Palace, Yang Zhengshan found a daybed and placed it in the room. He lay on his side on it, holding a jade slip in his hand, casually browsing its contents.

"Ancestor!" Yang Jizhen called softly as he entered the Jade Night Palace.

"Hmm, what is it?" Yang Zhengshan replied casually.

Yang Jizhen said softly, "Something has happened at home, and we need the patriarch to go back and handle it!"

Yang Zhengshan was taken aback, then looked up at Yang Jizhen.

Yang Jizhen looked at him but did not say anything.

Yang Zhengshan immediately understood what he meant.

Obviously, it's not appropriate to talk about something that happened at home here.

Yang Zhengshan was very puzzled. What had happened at home?

If it's a major issue, Yang Jizhen doesn't seem to be in a hurry.

If it were a trivial matter, Yang Jizhen wouldn't need to bother him.

This suggests that this matter must be one that Yang Jizhen would find difficult to handle.

"You stay here and wait, I'll be right back!"

It's alright if he leaves for a while. Jian Changhe is not in seclusion; he is just refining the Azure Gold Sword and can come out at any time.

"Yes!" Yang Jizhen replied.

Yang Zhengshan entered the Great Void directly, observed the surroundings, and after confirming that there was nothing unusual, he flew towards the depths of the Great Void and then entered the Immortal Palace of Life in the depths of the Great Void.

To avoid revealing the location of the Immortal Palace, Yang Zhengshan is now much more cautious about entering and exiting it.

He not only retrieved the teleportation array he had previously set up, but also took back the jade tokens he had previously issued.

There are currently only two passages to the Spirit Origin Land: one is on Shenmu Island in the vast sea, and the other is in the ancient ruins.

Shenmu Island is located in the desolate spiritual land, where there are no Golden Core cultivators, let alone any proper immortal cultivators.

The ancient formation has been repaired and has the ability to isolate the void. Moreover, Yang Zhengshan has placed the Lava God General in the formation. Unless a Golden Core cultivator forcibly enters the formation, no one will discover the entrance to the cave.

As for Yang Zhengshan himself, he would have to go through a bit more trouble, either returning to the Immortal Palace of Life from the depths of the Great Void or returning to the Immortal Palace of Life within the formation.

(End of this chapter)