Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 1129 He's actually about to form his core!

Xuanzhen wanted to accelerate the training of divine generals, and Yang Zhengshan naturally wouldn't object, but Xuanzhen wanted more than just the training of ordinary divine generals.

“I can arrange the transformation and training of the gods, but there is one thing I need your consent for!” Xuanzhen said.

"What is it?" Yang Zhengshan asked, somewhat surprised.

Xuanzhen chuckled and said, "I've discovered that divine generals can cultivate the Eight Great Divine Incantations!"

Yang Zhengshan didn't immediately grasp the meaning behind his words. "So?"

“They can cultivate!” Xuanzhen reminded him.

Yang Zhengshan was slightly taken aback, then his eyes lit up.

"Really?"

“Of course, I’ve already let them try. They can not only cultivate the Eight Great Divine Incantations, but also use the Golden Light Divine Incantation to transform Yin Souls into Divine Generals!” Xuanzhen said.

Yang Zhengshan stared at him in astonishment.

What does it mean that a divine general can use the Golden Light Divine Incantation to transform a wandering spirit into a divine general?
It's probably similar to how robots manufacture robots.

Manufacturing robots is limited by materials and energy, but transforming gods only requires a divine soul.

But then Yang Zhengshan frowned. The divine general could transform the yin spirit into a divine general. Was this a good thing or a bad thing?

The benefit is that this will greatly increase the speed at which the Spirit Source Land cultivates divine generals. Not to mention 100,000 divine generals, even a million divine generals is not impossible.

There are downsides too; will the gods transformed in this way become uncontrollable?

Although the gods are all loyal and reliable, this loyalty and reliability is because the gods have relatively simple thinking and a relatively weak sense of self.

If divine generals can cultivate on their own and can autonomously transform other yin spirits into divine generals, then wouldn't they become a kind of existence similar to ghost cultivators?

A being with self-awareness and desires.

Yang Zhengshan asked thoughtfully, "How fast are they cultivating?"

“This one isn’t fast; it should be a bit slower than an ordinary ghost cultivator!” Xuanzhen said.

"Then are the gods they transform into subject to the control of the God General Chessboard?" Yang Zhengshan asked again.

Xuanzhen frowned slightly. "Out of control! Are you worried they'll betray us?"

Yang Zhengshan shook his head, "No!"

Are you worried that God will betray you?

That's impossible!

If gods can betray, won't humans? Won't monsters?

The Spirit Origin Land now has a population of over six million, with more than 100,000 exotic beasts and tens of thousands of demonic beasts. If Yang Zhengshan was afraid that these people and demonic beasts would betray him, then he would not have allowed so many people and demonic beasts to enter the Spirit Origin Land in the first place.

"How fast can they convert Yin spirits?" Yang Zhengshan continued to ask.

"It's not fast at the moment, but their cultivation of the Golden Light Divine Mantra is still very low. If they improve their cultivation of the Golden Light Divine Mantra, their speed should not be slower than that of a Foundation Establishment cultivator!"

"You just said that the transformed divine generals are not controlled by the divine general chessboard, does that mean they can exist independently?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

The true spirits of the previously transformed divine generals are all within the Divine General Chessboard. The Divine General Chessboard serves as both a constraint and a protection for the divine generals.

The restriction means that the gods are subject to the control of the chessboard owner and cannot disobey the chessboard owner's orders.

Protection refers to the spirits of the gods residing within the chessboard. As long as the chessboard remains intact, their spirits will not dissipate, making them essentially immortal beings.

“That’s right. Their true spirits are no longer on the chessboard. If they die in battle, their true spirits will dissipate, and they are also subject to the limitation of their lifespan!” Xuanzhen replied.

Yang Zhengshan nodded, "In other words, they are essentially a different kind of ghost cultivator!"

Xuanzhen was taken aback, then nodded. "That's not wrong! But the divine generals are much better than the ghost cultivators. Because the ghost cultivators practice yin-attribute techniques, their personalities tend to be sinister, while the divine generals, because they practice the Golden Light Divine Mantra, are actually very kind."

Cultivation techniques can influence a cultivator's character; this is common knowledge among cultivators.

However, most cultivators are able to overcome this influence and maintain their true selves.

But ghost cultivators are different. When they are born, they have no memories of their previous life, so they do not have their own personality or consciousness. Although they may retain some habits from their previous life, they are also a completely new personality.

Therefore, influenced by yin-attribute spiritual energy, their gradually formed self-awareness tends to be cruel, indifferent, and selfish.

After listening, Yang Zhengshan's lips curled up slightly. "Very good, then let all the divine generals cultivate the Golden Light Divine Mantra!"

It is a good thing that the gods can cultivate on their own.

Once all the gods can cultivate on their own, their future will be bright.

Although most of the current divine generals in the Spirit Source Land come from the ghost cultivators of the Yellow Springs Palace, most of the future divine generals will be people from the Spirit Source Land.

Yang Zhengshan dared not hope that everyone in the Spirit Source Land could live forever, but if they became divine generals, it would be a continuation of their lives.

Therefore, he hoped that the people of the Spirit Source Land would become divine generals in the future and have a new path.

“Letting them cultivate the Golden Light Divine Mantra is fine, but they also need resources!” Xuanzhen said.

"Resources!" Yang Zhengshan thought for a moment. What Xuanzhen meant was that in the past, gods did not receive salaries. They did not eat or drink, nor did they need to cultivate, so giving them salaries would be useless.

But now that they want to cultivate, they naturally need some resources.

If it were just one or two divine generals, Xuanzhen could make the decision himself.

But this involves tens of thousands of divine generals, and in the future there may be hundreds of thousands, or even millions of divine generals.

When it comes to distributing salaries to the divine generals, not only Xuanzhen couldn't make the decision, but even Yang Chengmao couldn't make the decision himself.

"Then let Taiwei Tower set their salary levels. They should have both cultivation-based and position-based salaries!" Yang Zhengshan said nonchalantly.

The resources needed by the gods are all ordinary resources. Although this will increase the resource pressure on the Spirit Source Land, the impact will not be too great at present.

"Good!" Xuanzhen replied with satisfaction.

After Xuanzhen left, Yang Zhengshan stroked his beard and fell into deep thought.

It's a good thing that the gods can cultivate on their own.

And some of his previous ideas have also begun to take shape.

It is to allow the gods to retain their memories from their previous lives.

Ordinary people's memories reside in their brains, but the memories of cultivators and martial artists who possess divine souls reside in their divine souls.

After they die, their souls become ghosts. Under normal circumstances, ghosts will dissipate into the world within a few days. However, in special environments, such as places with abundant yin energy, ghosts will become ghost cultivators.

During the transformation, the soul loses its memory because it is cleansed by yin energy.

If the soul is not cleansed by yin energy, it cannot become a yin spirit. Without becoming a yin spirit, one cannot become a ghost cultivator. Therefore, if one wants to retain memories of one's previous life, one cannot protect the soul.

Therefore, Yang Zhengshan tried many methods to preserve the memories of the ghost before its death.

His initial thought was whether he could prevent the soul from losing its memories during the cleansing process of Yin energy. Unfortunately, he couldn't do that. The cleansing of Yin energy would inevitably erase the soul's memories, and even he couldn't change that.

However, he now has a different idea: to keep a part of his divine soul and return it to the divine general after the divine soul becomes a divine general.

Why not return it to the spirits or ghost cultivators?

Because Yin spirits and ghost cultivators cannot merge with this part of the divine soul, or rather, if Yin spirits and ghost cultivators wanted to merge with this part of the divine soul, this part of the divine soul still needed to undergo the cleansing of Yin energy. Divine generals are different. Although divine generals also belong to Yin spirits, they do not need Yin energy. If they were to merge with this part of the divine soul, their divine soul would not be cleansed by Yin energy.

Yang Zhengshan thought this idea was worth a try.

Just as he was about to send someone to try it, a sudden gust of wind spread out from the quiet room.

He looked at the quiet room in astonishment, his eyes filled with disbelief.

However, he quickly realized what was happening, and with a flash, he flew out of the Hall of Longevity, hovering in mid-air, quietly watching the sky above the Hall of Longevity.

A moment later, a huge vortex appeared in the sky above the Hall of Longevity.

"He's actually about to form his core! How could it be so fast?"

Yang Zhengshan was somewhat puzzled.

It takes at least several years to form a core, and even with the Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill, it cannot be completed in one or two years.

It has been less than a year since Yu Qingyi entered the meditation room.

In such a short time, Yu Qingyi actually began to form her core.

Moreover, it seems that they have already entered the second step, which is the mana barrier.

Yang Zhengshan found it somewhat unbelievable.

After hesitating for a moment, he still released his spiritual sense to investigate the situation in the quiet room.

Inside the quiet room, Yu Qingyi sat cross-legged on a cushion, her eyes closed, her breath flowing but very solid, indicating that she was in good condition.

In the porcelain bottle in front of her, Yang Zhengshan was shocked to find that she had used up the Evergreen Pill, but the Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill was still there.

"They didn't use the Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill, but instead used the Evergreen Pill?"

"The Evergreen Pill should be useless for Core Formation!"

"That's not right either!"

"For others, the Evergreen Pill is useless for Core Formation, but for her, it is extremely useful!"

Yang Zhengshan's eyes flickered, and the worry on his face slowly disappeared, replaced by anticipation.

The greatest effect of the Evergreen Pill is the reincarnation of wood spirits, but Yu Qingyi is clearly not using this effect now.

Besides the Wood Spirit Reincarnation, the Evergreen Pill is also a pill containing the Dao of Wood, which is extremely beneficial to Wood-attribute cultivators.

If a Foundation Establishment cultivator with the Wood attribute takes the Evergreen Wood Pill, they will at least advance one minor realm, and may even comprehend the Dao of the Wood attribute.

Yu Qingyi is also a wood-attribute cultivator. She had already comprehended the wood attribute when she was in the Innate Realm, which could accelerate the growth of plants. Although that was not the Dao Intent, and although she never comprehended the true Dao Intent, her mastery of wood-attribute techniques was stronger than that of many Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Her understanding and comprehension of the Dao of Wood attribute were also several levels higher than those of Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Furthermore, Yu Qingyi cultivates only wood-attribute techniques, while Yang Zhengshan cultivates many different and varied techniques.

On the contrary, Yu Qingyi has always focused on wood-attribute cultivation techniques and has never practiced cultivation techniques of other attributes, nor has she studied spells and Dao principles of other attributes.

Her focus made her more compatible with wood-attribute supernatural powers, and also made her more suitable for taking the Evergreen Pill.

In addition, Yu Qing's clothes have used a lot of lotus seeds from Dao Yi Sheng Lian. The effect of Dao Yi Sheng Lian lotus seeds is not to enhance Dao Yi, but to enhance one's compatibility with the Dao Yi of nature.

With the addition of lotus seeds, Yu Qingyi's compatibility with the wood element becomes even more perfect.

Perhaps Yu Qingyi is not a Wood Spirit, but the difference between her and a Wood Spirit is very small.

Thus, using the Evergreen Pill on Yu Qing's clothes also helped her improve her cultivation and comprehend the Dao.

Yang Zhengshan didn't know why Yu Qingyi wasn't forming her core according to the previously planned schedule, but he believed that Yu Qingyi wouldn't act rashly.

Since Yu Qingyi chose to take the Evergreen Pill at this time, she must have her own reasons.

Yang Zhengshan's idea was correct. Yu Qingyi chose to take the Evergreen Pill because she was attracted by the Daoist intent within it.

Just half a month ago, she suddenly felt a strong urge to consume the Evergreen Pill.

At first, she thought it was her imagination, but later she realized it was an abnormal greed.

However, after several days of hesitation and examination, she finally chose to take the Evergreen Pill.

This sudden whim is illogical, yet it's also a perfectly reasonable situation.

After consuming the Evergreen Pill, Yu Qingyi entered a profound state, and countless insights welled up in her mind.

At this moment, she was completely immersed in her enlightenment and did not deliberately try to form her core. However, her instinct, or rather her subconscious, began the process of forming her core.

"So fast?" Xuanzhen returned, looking at the vortex of spiritual energy in the air with great astonishment.

"Okay!" Yang Zhengshan responded.

"Won't there be any problems? Madam has only been in seclusion for less than a year!" Xuanzhen said.

Yang Zhengshan glared at him fiercely, "If you can't speak properly, then don't speak!"

Xuanzhen was embarrassed. "Haha, I was just talking nonsense!"

A moment later, Yunxiao, Yueyao, Lin Qihe, Kota, and Hong Fuxiu were all drawn to the suddenly appearing vortex of spiritual energy.

Others include Ding Qiu, Yang Mingcheng, and Yang Minghao.

Everyone gathered, all staring in amazement at the vortex of spiritual energy in the sky.

They were quite knowledgeable and had witnessed the formation of the Golden Core stage of several people over the years, so they were not surprised by the sudden appearance of the spiritual energy vortex.

However, everyone was quite surprised when they heard that Yu Qingyi had already entered the process of forming the core after only a year of seclusion.

"This doesn't make sense! Madam is a martial artist, how could she start forming her core so quickly?"

"Perhaps the lady is blessed with extraordinary fortune!"

"It must have been His Majesty who gave the Lady the divine elixir!"

The crowd speculated endlessly, so Yang Zhengshan could only offer them an explanation.

Whether it's the Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill or the Evergreen Pill, these are not secrets in the Immortal Palace.

No one dared to say anything when Yang Zhengshan gave it to Yu Qingyi. Whether they were envious or jealous, they could have those emotions, but it was best to keep them to themselves and not show them.

Yang Zhengshan simply explained a few words and then told everyone to go about their business and stop bothering them.

After everyone dispersed, Yang Zhengshan remained outside the Hall of Longevity, quietly waiting for Yu Qingyi to successfully form her Golden Core.

The vortex of spiritual energy lasted for seven days, gradually evolving into a lightning tribulation.

When the Golden Core Tribulation descended, Yang Zhengshan felt a sense of dread, even more so than when he himself formed his Golden Core.

He kept a close eye on Yu Qingyi in the quiet room, afraid that something might happen to her.

Fortunately, Yu Qingyi made no mistakes and successfully passed the tribulation.

It seemed to be going too smoothly, so smoothly that even Yang Zhengshan found it very strange.

But whether it's strange or not, Yu Qingyi successfully formed her core.

(End of this chapter)