Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 1091 Yueyao's Gift

Yang Zhengshan also received news that Baiyun Immortal City had been breached, but Yunfan and other members of the Baiyun lineage had already moved to Qingli Immortal City, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

He continued to devote his time and energy to alchemy, while Yunxiao and Lin Qihe took turns leading the flying boat fleet to Taoyuan Mountain and Hengshan Sect.

Over the years, the trade between the Yang family and Taoyuan Mountain and Hengshan Sect has become more stable, and the scale of the tripartite transactions has grown larger and larger, involving more and more types of goods.

Bai Yujing made a lot of profit from it, including a large amount of spirit stones, a large amount of low-level resources, and third-level pills refined by Yang Zhengshan.

However, it is unknown how long this stable state can last, because the war between the Wuchang Ghost Sect and the Wanhua Demon Court is about to break out again. Once the Wanhua Demon Court is defeated and the Wuchang Ghost Sect occupies the Wanhua Mountain Range, it will not be easy for their fleet to cross the Wanhua Mountain Range again.

Don't assume that flying boats can fly over any place at will. No outside flying boats are allowed to fly over the territory of any Golden Core cultivator. They can't even get close to it, let alone fly over it.

The Impermanent Ghost Sect may not actively intercept Bai Yujing's fleet, but if they encounter it, they will definitely take action to intercept it.

Moreover, once war breaks out, the Wanhua Demon Court will not allow Baiyujing's fleet to fly over as it does now.

Therefore, in order to make better use of this relatively peaceful period, Yang Zhengshan increased the amount of trade with Hengshan Sect and Taoyuan Mountain.

Flaming Mountain, Dan Palace.

Yang Zhengshan had just finished refining a batch of Nine-Turn Great Rejuvenation Pills when Xuanzhen came looking for him.

"What's the matter?" Yang Zhengshan asked while collecting the pills from the alchemy furnace.

Xuanzhen said, "Yes, all those ghost generals have been transformed into divine generals, a total of two hundred and thirty-one!"

"Oh! So fast?" Yang Zhengshan was somewhat surprised.

"This is fast? It took me two whole years!" Xuanzhen said with dissatisfaction.

Yang Zhengshan rolled his eyes. "Do you think I don't know that you've been nurturing your own Divine Chessboard for the past two years?"

Although transforming a ghost general into a god general is somewhat troublesome, it is not a difficult task for Xuanzhen.

He won't need two years at all; he can finish it in six months at most.

"Haha~~" Xuanzhen didn't care at all that Yang Zhengshan had exposed his lie, and laughed, "I want to ask you, do you want to transform the Red Soul into a Divine General?"

“Red Soul? Forget about him, I want to train him to become a Ghost King!” Yang Zhengshan said.

It is beneficial for Yin Ghosts to become Divine Generals, because their true spirits reside in the Divine General Chessboard. Therefore, as long as the chessboard is not destroyed, their true spirits will not be damaged. Even if their souls are destroyed, the chessboard can reshape their souls.

Of course, there are also disadvantages to Yin Ghosts becoming Divine Generals. The biggest disadvantage is that their cultivation will be limited by the chessboard. If Yang Zhengshan can concentrate on the chessboard, he may be able to cultivate several Ghost King-level Divine Generals in the future. However, Yang Zhengshan obviously will not spend a lot of time and energy on the Divine General chessboard.

Therefore, the future of those divine generals is basically fixed, at most comparable to the peak of Foundation Establishment.

If Honghun doesn't become a divine general, he can cultivate on his own. Yang Zhengshan will provide him with some resources, so that he will have the opportunity to break through to the Ghost King realm in the future.

Ghosts have a limited lifespan. If the red soul ultimately fails to become a ghost king, it won't be too late to transform it into a divine general.

"Oh, then I'll just ignore him!" Xuanzhen said casually.

"Go and check on the Divine Soul Hall more often. Try to cultivate the Yin spirits inside into Ghost Generals as soon as possible, so that they can become Divine Generals," Yang Zhengshan said.

Xuanzhen nodded. "I understand. I will keep this in mind."

"By the way, I heard that the Impermanent Ghost Sect is going to war with the Myriad Flower Demon Court again. Should we get involved this time?"

Yang Zhengshan looked at him suspiciously, "You want to participate?"

“Yes!” Xuanzhen replied.

"why?"

“The Impermanent Ghost Sect possesses a large number of Yin Souls!” Xuanzhen said matter-of-factly.

Yang Zhengshan was speechless for a moment.

The Impermanent Ghost Sect has many wandering spirits, but is it so easy to provoke them?
Why invite trouble from the Wuchang Ghost Sect just for the sake of ghosts?

To put it bluntly, they should be grateful that the Impermanent Ghost Sect isn't causing them any trouble right now.

"You should focus on improving your cultivation level first. Don't go and throw your life away with your current level of cultivation!"

Yang Zhengshan said very bluntly.

Xuanzhen grinned, "I don't intend to fight them head-on; I just want to ambush them!"

"No, we still have the Wanhua Demon Court to hold the fort. Let's just watch the show!" Yang Zhengshan stopped Xuanzhen from having such a dangerous idea.

It's not impossible to launch a sneak attack on the Wuchang Ghost Sect, but it's unnecessary.

What they need now is stable development, not to provoke trouble.

He didn't know how far the power struggle would develop, but he knew that this was only the beginning.

War is a disaster, but it also brings many opportunities.

What Bai Yujing needs to do in the future is to avoid those disasters, seize those opportunities that can be seen, improve his own strength, improve the strength of Bai Yujing as a whole, make himself a top power in Wanhua Domain, and accumulate the foundation for Bai Yujing to become a top power in Wanhua Domain.

This is exactly what Yang Zhengshan wants. He has the Immortal Palace of Life, so he doesn't need to take risks; he only needs to develop steadily.

As for the position of ruler, Yang Zhengshan has no such thoughts for the time being, because he knows his own limitations and that he and Bai Yujing are not yet qualified to compete for the position of ruler.

"Alright, you should go and cultivate now!"

Yang Zhengshan urged people to leave.

This old Taoist priest with the bull's nose can be really annoying sometimes.

No sooner had Xuanzhen left than Han Fei rushed in to report: "Reporting to True Lord, someone outside the blessed land is requesting an audience. The visitor claims to be the Moon Yao Demon King of the Spirit Deer Clan!"

For the past ten years, Han Fei has been in charge of guarding the teleportation hall in Yujing City, so he is responsible for relaying any news from outside, especially matters that require Yang Zhengshan to make decisions, which he must personally report to.

"The Demon King Yueyao!" Yang Zhengshan was somewhat puzzled.

He had no connection with the Demon King Yueyao and had never met him.

The Wind Valley Spirit Deer clan is quite special. Although they are a powerful demon clan in the Myriad Flower Demon Court, they are not well-known outside because they dislike fighting.

Many people only know that the Wanhua Demon Court has three elders, but most human cultivators cannot say which eight demon kings these elders are. Among them, the one most easily overlooked is the Yueyao Demon King.

Yang Zhengshan didn't want to deal with the Wanhua Demon Court right now, so he refused, saying, "Just say I'm in seclusion and it's inconvenient for me to receive guests!"

"Yes!" Han Fei replied and then left the Pill Hall.

……

The mountain gate of Yangjiafudi was built in the east, between two mountains, and a gate tower more than two zhang high was built, with the four gilded characters "Yangjiafudi" written on it.

However, on the hilltop south of the mountain gate, six pavilions were built as the Welcoming Immortal Pavilions to receive guests from outside the Yang family's blessed land.

Such a facade is naturally not as impressive as that of the Hengshan Sect, but it is sufficient for Baiyujing at present.

Few people usually come to visit the Yang family; only occasionally will someone come knocking, and most are turned away by Yang Zhengshan. Yueyao sat in the newly built pavilion, gazing at the distant, rolling mountains, her heart filled with unease and fear.

On her way to Yangjia Fudi, she received a message from Fenggu that the Yin army of the Wuchang Ghost Sect had begun to march south. Hundreds of thousands of troops crossed layers of mountains and continued to advance southward. It was estimated that they would reach the Zhenyang Immortal City area soon.

Zhenyang Immortal City is now the dividing line of the Wanhua Demon Court. South of the Immortal City is the territory controlled by the Demon Court, while north of the Immortal City is an area that the Demon Court has long abandoned.

It should be noted that Zhenyang Immortal City currently has no defensive capabilities. On the surface, the Qingyuan Fox Clan is responsible for guarding Zhenyang Immortal City, but in reality, the Qingyuan Fox Clan has long since sent thousands of fox demons into the Qingyuan Cave Heaven.

At this moment, the True Yang Immortal City was as empty as a bubble, ready to burst at the slightest touch.

Once Zhenyang Immortal City falls, the Yin army can march south into the heart of Wanhua Demon Court.

If the Demon Emperor Wanhua does not step forward to unite the forces of all the demon races, then these demon races will likely be gradually devoured by the Yin army of the Wuchang Ghost Sect.

The situation has developed to this point, and the territory of their Spirit Deer Clan is no longer safe. At any moment, the Yin Army of the Impermanent Ghost Sect could besiege the city.

Originally, Yueyao was still hesitating about whether to come to Yang Family Blessed Land, but after receiving this news, she didn't hesitate any longer and came here directly.

"Yang Qingyu of the Yang family pays respects to Demon King Yueyao!" Yang Qingyu came before Yueyao and bowed.

"When will Lord Yang see me?" Yueyao asked somewhat anxiously.

Actually, she didn't know whether Su Qingfu's suggestion was right or wrong, but she didn't have many options right now.

They could either find a place with relatively abundant spiritual energy in the western part of the Cloud Mountain Range as a resting place for the Spirit Deer Clan, or go to other places to find a new clan territory. However, both options had a major problem: they might not be able to find a suitable place.

Any place rich in spiritual energy is already occupied. They may be able to seize it, but they will inevitably pay a heavy price.

Just like the western region of the Cloud Mountain Range, there are only two places that are truly suitable as a clan's territory: Hidden Sword Mountain and Azure Feather Mountain. Both of these places have third-order spiritual veins, which can barely meet their basic needs for spiritual energy.

But are Hidden Sword Mountain and Azure Feather Mountain so easy to defeat?

Besides Hidden Sword Mountain and Azure Feather Mountain, there are also the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty and Azure Glass Immortal City, as well as several other places with second-tier spiritual veins.

However, second-tier spiritual veins cannot meet their most basic spiritual energy needs, let alone their resource needs.

Therefore, she could only try her luck at Yang Family's blessed land, because Yang Family possessed a grotto-heaven.

The spiritual energy concentration of most of these grotto-heavens is comparable to that of a third-tier spiritual vein. If the Yang family also had such a grotto-heaven, it would certainly meet the basic needs of their Spirit Deer Clan.

"I'm sorry, our ancestor is currently in seclusion and cannot receive guests at this time!" Yang Qingyu said.

Yueyao frowned slightly. "Can't we ask True Monarch Yang to come out of seclusion?"

"We juniors dare not disturb our ancestor's seclusion!" Yang Qingyu said respectfully.

Yueyao was somewhat suspicious; she wondered if Yang Zhengshan was truly in seclusion.

Unfortunately, she couldn't verify it.

Regardless of whether it's true or not, the Yang family's refusal is already quite clear.

Yueyao hesitated for a moment, but ultimately chose to give up the pursuit.

Continuing to argue is pointless and may even offend the Yang family.

Even if the Spirit Deer Clan cannot enter the Yang Family's grotto, they will choose to live on the spiritual veins near the Yang Family and become their neighbors.

At this point, she naturally didn't want the Spirit Deer Clan to have a neighbor with whom they had a strained relationship in the future.

"In that case, I will visit again another day. I hope you can convey the goodwill of my Spirit Deer Clan to Fellow Daoist Yang!"

As she spoke, she took out a large box, which was about three feet wide and seven feet long, but only about five inches high.

"Please accept this gift on behalf of True Lord Yang!"

Yang Qingyu hesitated for a moment, "Isn't this a bad idea?"

"Take it!"

"Farewell!"

Before Yang Qingyu could refuse again, Yueyao transformed into a streak of seven-colored light and disappeared.

Yang Qingyu had no choice but to take this unexpected gift back and deliver it to Yang Zhengshan.

……

In the Dan Palace.

Yang Zhengshan opened the wooden box, looked at the contents, and paused for a moment.

"Are these deer antlers?"

The contents of the box were indeed deer antlers, crystal clear and as pure as white jade.

“Master, these are not deer antlers, they are the antlers of Fuzhu,” Jinwu suddenly said.

"Fu Zhu?" Yang Zhengshan had never heard of this name.

Jinwu said, "Fuzhu is a divine beast from ancient times. It has four horns on its head, a pure appearance, and is all alone. Fuzhu uses its horns to absorb the essence of the sun and moon, so its horns are like jade trees and flowers."

"However, this horn is not the horn of the divine beast Fuzhu; it should be the horn of a descendant of Fuzhu."

Yang Zhengshan suddenly realized, "Aren't the descendants of Fuzhu just monsters?"

Perhaps the Spirit Deer clan has the bloodline of the Fuzhu, which is why the Spirit Deer also have antlers similar to those of the Fuzhu.

He rubbed his finger on the corner, then put it to his nose and smelled it, then put it in his mouth and tasted it.

After tasting it, his eyes lit up.

"These are actually top-quality medicinal herbs, containing the pure essence of the sun and moon, which can be used to refine many kinds of pills!"

"Its value is even higher than that of a typical third-tier spiritual item!"

The golden crow chuckled, "My former master once used this thing to refine pills, but I've forgotten what kind of pills they were. I was too young to remember anything back then!"

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly. "Such a large deer antler should be able to refine a lot of pills. Sigh, I feel a little embarrassed to accept this gift! I wonder what Yueyao wants."

He was indebted to those who fed him, and he wanted the gift, but he was afraid that Yueyao would make unreasonable demands.

After thinking about it, he decided to put the item away for now and see how things went after he met Yueyao.

If Yueyao's request wasn't excessive, he would agree; if it was, he would have to return it.

But no matter what Yueyao's demands are, Yang Zhengshan will no longer cooperate with Wanhua Demon Court.

Being scammed once is enough; Yang Zhengshan doesn't want to fall into the same trap twice.

Hopefully, Yueyao won't make any excessive demands.

(End of this chapter)