Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 1051 Evergreen Pill

That day, Yang Zhengshan summoned all four of Yang Mingcheng's brothers.

"Hey, these are the four realms of spear technique. You can use this as a reference for your training in the future!"

Yang Zhengshan handed the four jade slips to his four brothers.

He said "refer to," not "follow."

Because the Daoist intent cannot be accurately described, Yang Zhengshan's four realms of spear Dao are full of his subjectivity. Others may not be able to comprehend their own spear Dao from it, so they can only refer to it and cannot cultivate it step by step.

Yang Mingcheng and the other three took the jade slip and began to examine it, but one by one they fell into confusion.

What are all these things?!
They recognize each word, understand the meaning of each phrase, and can make connections between sentences, but they can't comprehend the whole thing.

Seeing their expressions, Yang Zhengshan casually smiled and said, "The Dao is not so easy to comprehend, nor can it be forced. You can gradually comprehend it!"

"It doesn't matter if you can't understand it now; you'll have plenty of time later!"

The essence of the Dao can only be understood intuitively, not explained in words. If one tries to explain it, one will leave behind some ambiguous and unclear information.

"We understand!" Yang Mingcheng knew that the Dao was something that had to be comprehended by oneself, so he quickly abandoned the distracting thoughts in his mind and replied.

"Father, can the four realms of spear technique be passed on to others?" Yang Mingcheng then asked.

Yang Zhengshan said nonchalantly, "Of course you can. Just have someone make a copy and put it in the Transmission Hall later."

There's no need to hide the four realms of spearmanship. Besides, it was created by Yang Zhengshan himself, so naturally he hopes to promote it and make it as revered as swordsmanship.

The Yang family rose to prominence through spear fighting, and in the Spirit Origin Land, spear fighting was the most prevalent martial art, even more so than sword fighting.

To this day, most of the Yang family members still use spears as their weapons.

Therefore, no matter how you look at it, Yang Zhengshan will not prohibit the spread of the Four Realms of Gun Dao.

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After Yang Mingcheng and the others left, Yang Zhengshan stretched.

He spent several years creating Gun Way Time, feeling a great sense of accomplishment and a sense of relief.

He then leisurely walked out of the Hall of Longevity and arrived at the Green Ox Palace at a leisurely pace.

Old Niu is a real homebody!
He has been in the Immortal Palace of Life for more than ten years, but apart from the first few months when he would often go to the Spirit Source Land to impart some experience in cultivating spiritual plants, he has stayed in the Green Ox Palace and never left.

This was the first time Yang Zhengshan had ever seen a demon king who was so reclusive.

Upon arriving at Qingniu Palace, Yang Zhengshan entered the rear hall without any hindrance.

As he expected, the old ox was lying on the soft carpet in the back hall.

However, he wasn't sleeping soundly; instead, he was nurturing his spiritual plants, just like a hen incubating eggs, holding each seedling in his arms.

"Brother Yang, is there something you need?" Old Niu asked, looking up, but he still didn't put down his seedlings.

"Uh~" Yang Zhengshan felt something was off about him, but he was used to it. Every time he came, Lao Niu was like this.

According to Lao Niu, his spiritual plants need to be nurtured at all times, otherwise their attributes will easily become unbalanced, affecting their growth.

"Didn't you say you were going to cultivate a batch of spiritual plants for the Spirit Source Land? I've come to see how it's going," Yang Zhengshan said.

"Oh. These are ready for transplantation!" Old Niu took out several seedlings and used his magic to deliver them to Yang Zhengshan.

"There are eighteen kinds of third-tier spiritual plants and one hundred and twenty-nine kinds of second-tier spiritual plants here. They are all relatively rare spiritual plants that I have collected. They have now grown into seedlings and can be transplanted to a place at any time!"

Six seedling balls floated in front of Yang Zhengshan, and he checked the seedlings inside each one.

Old Niu could not possibly have cultivated a large number of spiritual plants for Yang Zhengshan in just over a decade. What he gave him were seedlings with vigorous vitality. As long as these seedlings were transplanted, the spiritual source land would be able to harvest corresponding spiritual fruits and herbs in the future.

With so many second- and third-tier spiritual plants, the diversity of spiritual plants in the Spirit Source Land can be enhanced.

"Okay, I'll have someone plant these seedlings in a bit!" Yang Zhengshan put away the seedlings.

"Give this to that person, what's their name?"

"Yang Qinting!" Yang Zhengshan reminded him.

"Yes, yes, that's the kid. I've taught him how to cultivate these spiritual plants, and he knows where to transplant them!" Old Niu laughed.

Yang Qinting is skilled in cultivating spirit plants. He began learning spirit plant cultivation when he was in the Xuanqing Sect. After returning to the Spirit Origin Land, he has been studying the cultivation techniques of spirit plants for decades. Now he is considered one of the top spirit plant cultivators in the Spirit Origin Land, specializing in the transplanting of some second- and third-tier spirit plants.

After Lao Niu arrived at the Spirit Source Land, Ziwei Tower selected him to follow the Green Ox Demon King to learn about spiritual plant cultivation.

Old Niu taught him a lot and could be considered his half-mentor.

However, Lao Niu was too much of a homebody, so Yang Qinting only followed him for a few months at the beginning, and then he continued to study the jade slips that Lao Niu had given him.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly. "Alright, I'll give him the cultivation ball now. Do you have anything else to do?"

"Well, hehe, there's something I'd like to ask you for help with!" Old Niu said somewhat embarrassedly.

Over the years, he had become familiar with Yang Zhengshan. At first, he was wary, but he had been in the Immortal Palace for more than ten years and knew that Yang Zhengshan had no ill intentions towards him, so he felt at ease.

"what's up?"

"I would like to ask you to refine some pills!" Old Niu took out a storage item and handed it to Yang Zhengshan.

"Alchemy? That's easy~" Yang Zhengshan said casually, but when he opened the storage bag, he was completely dumbfounded.

"so much!"

The small storage bag was filled with various jade boxes, each containing spiritual herbs and fruits, including many third-tier ones.

With a thought, Yang Zhengshan counted the spiritual herbs and fruits in his storage bag.

There were a total of 182 third-tier spirit fruits, 268 third-tier spirit herbs, and more than 3,000 second-tier spirit herbs and fruits.

Yang Zhengshan looked at Lao Niu with disbelief.

"Brother Niu, I never knew you were such a nouveau riche!"

"Hehe, this is what I've saved up for hundreds of years!" the old ox laughed.

Yang Zhengshan thought about Lao Niu's ability to cultivate spiritual plants and felt that it was normal for him to have accumulated so many spiritual plants and fruits.

Old Niu's greatest ability is to shorten the growth time of spiritual plants, allowing those that take hundreds of years to grow to flower and bear fruit in just a hundred years. Crucially, Old Niu is a homebody; he's willing to spend the time cultivating these spiritual plants.

"Amazing!" Yang Zhengshan gave a thumbs up and praised.

The old ox chuckled憨憨地, his round, big eyes darting around, his face filled with undisguised pride.

"I would like to ask you to refine the Evergreen Pill, but there are some materials that I do not have here, and I need your help to collect them!"

"The spiritual plants here should be able to be used to exchange for those materials!"

After he finished speaking, he looked at Yang Zhengshan with some anticipation.

Yang Zhengshan took out a jade slip from his storage bag, which indeed contained a pill formula.

Evergreen Pill is a third-tier pill, and a top-tier one at that. It has the effects of strengthening the body's foundation, prolonging life, harmonizing with nature, and enabling the rebirth of wood spirits.

Strengthening the foundation and cultivating vitality is an effect of many elixirs, but the Evergreen Elixir is designed for Golden Core cultivators and Demon Kings, and its foundation-strengthening and vitality-cultivating effect is specifically for the Dao body.

The effect of extending life force is self-evident; it replenishes the body with vitality, keeping it in a state of constant vitality.

"Affinity with nature" refers to the fact that the "true meaning of all trees" contained in the elixir will be integrated into the cultivator's soul, allowing it to establish a deep connection with the plants and trees in the world. This effect should be very important to Lao Niu, whose supernatural powers should be the true meaning of all trees.

The final Wood Spirit Reincarnation is the most miraculous aspect of this pill. When a cultivator dies but his soul has not yet dispersed, if he has a Myriad Evergreen Pill close to his body, the medicinal power will envelop the remnant soul and sink it into the ground. It will then use the vitality of billions of plants and trees to reconstitute his physical body, and after seven days, it will emerge from the ground and be reborn.

Although one will lose all cultivation after rebirth, one can preserve one's life, and the new body will have an extreme affinity with the world and its plants.

If they were to embark on the path of cultivation again, there is a high probability that they would return to their peak, or even advance further.

After reading about the effects of the Evergreen Pill, Yang Zhengshan's eyes flashed with shock once again.

Old Niu kept his eyes on Yang Zhengshan, seemingly trying to see through Yang Zhengshan's inner thoughts.

He knew all too well how miraculous the effects of the Evergreen Pill were.

If word of such a pill were to leak out, it would be enough to cause countless Golden Core cultivators and demon kings to fight desperately for it, especially those cultivators whose lifespans were nearing their end, who would definitely choose to fight to the death.

Because with this pill, they could essentially be given a second chance at life, and the temptation was too great.

Even though Lao Niu trusts Yang Zhengshan now, he is afraid that Yang Zhengshan will not be able to resist such temptation.

However, there was no other way for him to take these things out.

He was skilled at cultivating spiritual plants, but he was not good at alchemy and could not find any other alchemists.

Moreover, he dislikes fighting and even dislikes interacting with people.

Therefore, he only had spiritual herbs and fruits, but no other matching spiritual items.

It's important to know that the medicinal materials needed for alchemy are not limited to spiritual herbs and fruits; spiritual springs, minerals, and materials from demonic beasts can also be used in medicine.

Old Niu felt that even if he had another thousand years, he wouldn't be able to gather enough medicinal materials to refine the Evergreen Pill, and even if he had another three thousand years, he might not be able to find a suitable alchemist.

So after much consideration, Lao Niu finally decided to ask Yang Zhengshan to refine the elixir.

Yang Zhengshan was the only alchemist he had known in the past few hundred years, and he was also kind to him.

That's why he was willing to share this prescription with Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Zhengshan took a deep breath and looked up at the old ox.

"Brother Niu, you've really given me a wonderful surprise!"

The Evergreen Pill is no less valuable than the Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill, and may even be more important.

If the Evergreen Pill and the Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill are used together, it will be even more perfect.

The Nine Cauldrons Divine Elixir can help people form a fake elixir, but the process of forming the elixir is extremely dangerous and has a high chance of failure.

However, if one carries a Myriad Evergreen Pill when forming the Golden Core, even if the formation fails and one dies, one can still be reborn.

If Yang Zhengshan could refine the Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill and the Evergreen Pill, he could rest easy when Yu Qingyi reached the Core Formation stage.

Success can extend one's life by two thousand years, while failure can lead to a new beginning.

Yang Zhengshan can accept whatever the outcome.

"Brother Yang, can you refine it?" Old Niu asked somewhat anxiously.

Yang Zhengshan pondered for a moment, then shook his head. "I can't refine it, at least not right now!"

"Although this Evergreen Pill is a third-tier pill, its refining difficulty is no less than that of the legendary divine pills!"

"Moreover, refining the Evergreen Pill requires many spiritual materials: the essence of the moon, pure yang energy, and earth elemental elixir. These three are extremely rare and hard to come by!"

"Taiyin Yuehua, I can still think of a way!"

"I think I can probably find the Earthly Essence Elixir too!"

"But this pure Yang energy, alas, is even harder to collect than the core of the Tai Xu Star!"

Yang Zhengshan felt a headache coming on.

He wanted to refine the Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill, which required the Taixu Star Core. However, collecting Taixu Star Cores was extremely time-consuming. If he went all out, it would probably take him a hundred years to collect just one Taixu Star Core.

What is pure Yang energy?
It is the spiritual energy that overflows from the sun. To collect pure yang energy, you have to slowly collect it under the sun, which is roughly equivalent to searching for certain dust particles in the air.

This is not difficult for Golden Core cultivators; the problem is that it takes a lot of time.

The core of the Taixu star needs time to be collected, but the pure Yang energy may have time to be collected as well.

This is not a matter of a few years or a decade, but rather a period of over a century.

The lifespan of a Golden Core cultivator is long, but hundreds of years is not a short time.

“I’ve heard that pure Yang energy can be collected using formations!” Old Niu said.

“Yes, I know that too, but we don’t have the corresponding formation!” Yang Zhengshan said.

Old Niu looked at Yang Zhengshan with his big, round eyes full of expectation, leaving Yang Zhengshan speechless.

(End of this chapter)