Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 1131 No, it's your death or my life!

"This Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill is for Mingcheng, Mingcheng!"

Yang Zhengshan waved to Yang Mingcheng, who looked astonished and somewhat incredulous.

"father!"

He quickly stepped forward, knelt down, and bowed.

"Here, take it. Cultivate diligently and form your core as soon as possible. Don't let your father and mother down!" Yang Zhengshan said with a smile.

Yang Mingcheng was so excited that his body was trembling.

This is the Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill, the Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill that can help him form his core.

Even though he was the eldest son of the Yang family, he didn't dare to have too many extravagant hopes.

Although Yang Zhengshan had just said he would prepare the Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill for him, he never expected that Yang Zhengshan would give him the Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill directly.

"Your son thanks you, Father and Mother!" Yang Mingcheng kowtowed several times.

Everyone who saw this was filled with envy.

No one dared to be jealous, nor did they feel that the action was unfair.

"Well, get up!"

Yang Zhengshan flicked his whisk and helped Yang Mingcheng up.

"The first Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill will be ranked in ten years, so everyone can prepare in advance!" Yang Zhengshan glanced at Ding Qiu.

He actually wanted to prepare one for Ding Qiu, but he couldn't show favoritism towards Ding Qiu.

However, if he couldn't do it openly, he could still secretly give Ding Qiu some merits.

You should know that he himself has also accumulated a great deal of merit. The pills he gives to the Hall of Merit are calculated based on his merits.

In the Celestial Palace of Living Beings, merits can be transferred, gifted, and inherited. In fact, merits are just currency, only they don't have a physical form.

With Yang Zhengshan's assurance, everyone's minds were at ease, and they also became much more positive.

However, there are not many places in the Immortal Palace where one can earn merit points now. There are almost no combat missions, and there are some production missions, but most of them are paid by the work done. Although you can get some merit points, you can't get a lot of merit points.

To gain a lot of merit, you have to take advantage of combat missions. Only by making contributions in combat can you gain a lot of merit.

There are no combat missions at the Immortal Palace for the time being, so everyone can only focus their energy and time on cultivation and production tasks.

This did boost productivity in the Spirit Source Land, with Foundation Establishment cultivators seemingly going mad as they continuously refined pills, crafted weapons, and made talismans.

Normally everyone is so lazy, but now they're all incredibly enthusiastic.

Upon learning of this situation, Yang Zhengshan couldn't help but smile.

Enthusiasm still needs to be stimulated. The greatest advantage of the Celestial Realm is its stability, but its greatest disadvantage is also its stability.

Too much stability can breed laziness, but the sting of the Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill has somewhat dissipated this laziness.

Yang Zhengshan was pleased with this outcome, but he didn't pay too much attention to it.

After the banquet, Yang Zhengshan held an exchange meeting for Yu Qingyi. After the meeting, Yang Zhengshan spent another month imparting some cultivation insights and experiences of the Golden Core Realm to Yu Qingyi.

Then Yu Qingyi went into seclusion to consolidate her cultivation, while Yang Zhengshan returned to the Pill Hall to refine pills once again.

He still had four portions of the medicinal materials for the Evergreen Pill and two portions of the Divine Pill for the Nine Cauldrons.

After refining these pills, he wouldn't have enough medicinal materials to continue refining them in a short period of time.

The ingredients for the Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill are self-evident; the mere presence of a Taixu Star Core severely limits the quantity that can be refined.

The ingredients for the Evergreen Pill are not easy to obtain. If it weren't for the Green Ox Demon King, Yang Zhengshan probably wouldn't have been able to gather enough ingredients.

The Green Ox Demon King also needs time to cultivate medicinal herbs. Yang Zhengshan has already told him that he will provide five portions of the herbs for the Evergreen Pill every hundred years.

This number is definitely not small; apart from the Green Ox Demon King, probably no one in the world could achieve this.

The Green Ox Demon King agreed easily, clearly indicating that the task was not difficult for him.

Of course, Yang Zhengshan wasn't letting the Green Ox Demon King make his sacrifices for nothing.

After the five medicinal herbs were refined into pills, Yang Zhengshan took two as payment for his labor, the Green Ox Demon King received payment for the medicinal materials for two pills, and the remaining pill was placed in the Hall of Merit as a contribution made by the Green Ox Demon King to the sect.

If others want it, they can either exchange it with merit points or find Yang Zhengshan and the Green Ox Demon King to trade with.

For most cultivators, many scarce resources are not that they can't afford them, but that they can't buy them, they have no opportunity to buy them, and they have no channels to buy them.

For any power, the most important foundation is the ability to provide cultivators with various resources.

Only by providing the cultivators with the resources they need can the cultivators be expected to serve the faction loyally.

If resources cannot be provided, then disunity and alienation will only result.

This is why Yang Zhengshan has always been committed to developing trade in the Spirit Source Land. Without trade, there would be no complete range of resources, and it would be impossible to provide everyone with various resources and meet everyone's cultivation needs.

In the short term, everyone can tolerate it, but as time goes on, people will inevitably become dissatisfied, and some turmoil will inevitably occur in the Spirit Source Land.

As the master of the Immortal Palace and the ruler of Baiyujing, Yang Zhengshan's most important responsibility is to provide everyone with sufficient resources.

It's not about satisfying everyone's needs, but rather about satisfying everyone's basic needs.

……

Just as Yang Zhengshan was refining elixirs, the war in the Wanhua Mountains finally came to an end.

The accumulated power of the Wanhua Demon Emperor over ten thousand years could not ultimately compete with the terrifying foundation of the Wuchang Ghost Sect.

It wasn't that Wan Hua Demon Emperor wasn't powerful enough, but rather that the Wu Chang Ghost Sect's foundation was far too profound.

The reason it's called the Sea of ​​Corpses is because the entire cave is filled with Yin soldiers and blood puppets, hundreds of millions of them.

Although Wan Hua Demon Emperor is strong, he is only one person after all, and he cannot compare to a large sect.

The Impermanent Ghost Sect is a sect with a complete system, a systematic way of cultivating Yin Soldiers and Blood Puppets, and numerous Blood Pool Deacons who continuously provide the sect with Yin Soldiers and Blood Puppets.

Moreover, the Impermanent Ghost Sect has existed for over ten thousand years, and outsiders are not entirely sure exactly how long.

In short, the foundation of the Impermanent Ghost Sect is far beyond what the Myriad Flower Demon Emperor can match.

The war of attrition between the two sides lasted for six months. Wan Hua Demon Emperor's flower soldiers and tree people were almost wiped out, and he finally showed signs of defeat.

On the towering mountain peak, the Demon Emperor Wanhua gazed at the dwindling number of flower soldiers and tree people, his narrow eyes flashing with a cold light.

"Demon Emperor, what should we do next?" Li Zhuo asked with a furrowed brow.

Xuanling, standing beside him, also looked grim. They could both see that the treant army of the Wanhua Demon Emperor was no longer able to stop the Yin army of the Wuchang Ghost Sect.

The demon king's eerie face was devoid of any emotion, but the flickering light in his eyes betrayed the turmoil and anger within him.

Can't stop it!

This is a reality he doesn't want to face, but it's also a reality he has to face.

"Let's retreat and defend our cave for now!"

He said in a flat tone.

Li Zhuo's expression shifted slightly, but he said nothing.

Xuanling's expression changed drastically. "Demon Emperor, my Wandering White Crane Clan does not have a grotto-heaven!" The Blazing Phoenix Clan does have a grotto-heaven, so Li Zhuo has no worries about retreating to a grotto-heaven.

But the wandering white crane clan has no hidden paradise!

How did they retreat to their grotto?
Send them to the Blazing Phoenix Clan's grotto?

The proud Phoenix Clan probably won't accept them.

Therefore, they only had one choice: to enter the Demon Ruins.

But would the Demon Emperor of Wanhua be willing to accept them into the Demon Ruins?
Xuanling was terrified and looked at Wanhua Demon Emperor with pleading eyes.

Unfortunately, his hopes were quickly dashed. Qingyuan Fox Lord, also known as Su Mei, was right about one thing: Wanhua Demon Emperor was a cold-hearted person.

He doesn't value or care about anyone.

To him, these demons of the Wanhua Demon Court were no different from the flower soldiers and tree people in his hands, and were even inferior to them.

The Flower Soldiers and Tree People will faithfully carry out his orders, while the demons of the Myriad Flower Demon Court all have their own thoughts and interests.

"If you have no hidden paradise, then withdraw from the Wanhua Mountains. I will not blame you!" the Wanhua Demon Emperor said calmly.

Xuanling's face was somewhat pale.

Withdraw from the Wanhua Mountains?

If he had known this would be the outcome, why would he have returned to the Wanhua Mountains in the first place?

And now that they've withdrawn from the Wanhua Mountains, where can they go?

The Cloud Mountain Range has been occupied by the Impermanent Ghost Sect, and the Emerald Lake, which they once occupied, has been taken over by the newly emerging Ten Thousand Beasts Sect.

The Ten Thousand Beasts Sect was founded by the Five-Tailed Ferocious Beast. He subdued many immortal cultivation families in the Southern Wilderness and gathered some demonic beasts that had escaped from the Ten Thousand Flower Mountains, thus establishing his own Ten Thousand Beasts Sect.

Although the Myriad Beasts Sect has only been established for a short time, its strength is by no means weak.

First, regarding the strength of the Five-Tailed Demon, as an old monster who has lived for over ten thousand years, his strength has long surpassed that of most demon kings and golden core cultivators. Although he has not reached the level of half-stepping into the Dao, he is not far off.

Secondly, there were the demonic beasts that escaped from the Wanhua Mountains, among whom several demon kings were subdued by the Five-Tailed Ferocious.

The Xuanling White Crane clan is naturally no match for the newly established Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, but they can seek refuge with the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, and it is believed that the Five-Tailed Ferocious Beast will accept them.

Xuanling was certainly unwilling to submit to the Five-Tailed Serpent. In Xuanling's mind, the Five-Tailed Serpent was just an unknown nobody and not worth his submission.

Where else could they go besides Wanhua and the Western Regions?
Go to the Central Region?
Go to the Yokoyama mountain range?
However, all the blessed lands with high-grade spiritual veins in the Hengshan Mountains are already owned. They can't just settle down in some remote mountain forest, can they?
"Master Demon King!"

Xuanling wanted to make another request, but before he could speak, a subtle fluctuation of energy suddenly appeared in the sky.

His words came to an abrupt halt, and he looked up at the sky with a terrified expression.

Wan Hua Demon Emperor's expression also changed drastically, and he narrowed his eyes, watching the newcomer warily.

The newcomer wore a bronze ghost-faced crown with seven-aperture soul lamps embedded in it, and was dressed in a "Hundred Souls Refining Heart Robe" made of a mixture of skin and bone, with yin and evil runes embroidered on the corners of the robe. Every time he raised his eyes, he exuded the aura of a superior.

"Chang is not here! I didn't expect you to still be alive!" Wan Hua Demon Emperor said coldly.

Chang Buzhi smiled slightly, his eyelids drooping, and looked at the Wanhua Demon Emperor with a disdainful gaze. "Hua Qingshu, you've been hiding for ten thousand years, and you finally dare to come out. Heh! Seeing these little things, I know that the so-called Wanhua Demon Emperor is you!"

The "little things" he was referring to were naturally those flower soldiers and tree people.

"You were the loser in the last power struggle, and you will be the loser again this time!"

"Isn't it the same for you?"

"Is it the same?" Chang Buzai glanced at the army of ghost soldiers charging down below.

The Tree Man army has been completely routed, and the battle situation has now become one-sided.

The Demon Emperor Wanhua paid no attention to any of this, only staring coldly at Chang Zaibu, "You think I've already lost? You're celebrating too soon!"

"Heh, what other tricks do you have up your sleeve?"

Chang sneered and took out a small black seal.

The seal was only three inches long and had no distinguishing features; it looked just like a stone.

This seal is the Soul-Hooking Heavenly Seal, a spiritual treasure that can forcibly pull the soul out of another person's body, even a half-step Dao-level expert.

At the same time, this seal also hides countless evil spirits, like a banner of ten thousand ghosts, which can be used to command countless evil spirits for one's own purposes.

A cold wind howled, the sky darkened, and the three-inch seal instantly transformed into a small mountain that crashed down heavily.

Without saying a word, Wan Hua Demon Emperor, Li Zhuo, and Xuan Ling immediately hid in the void.

However, after entering the Void, the three reacted differently.

Xuanling took off running and disappeared into the vast void in the blink of an eye. Li Zhuo also wanted to run, but as soon as he appeared in the void, a long chain suddenly locked his neck.

As for Wan Hua Demon Emperor, he also wanted to run away, but Chang Zai stood in his way.

"Phoenix bloodline? Heh, if you are phoenixes, then I am at least a Dao Lord!" Chang Buzai mocked, holding a black chain in one hand.

The Blazing Phoenix Clan prides itself on possessing the Phoenix bloodline, but unfortunately, such a bloodline is nothing but a joke in Chang Buzai's eyes.

The phoenix disappeared millions of years ago; where in this world is there any phoenix left?

The so-called Blazing Phoenix Clan is nothing but a bunch of red-haired beasts.

In contrast, he might be wary of the Dragon Emperor of the South Sea Demon Court, who is a true dragon princess with genuine dragon blood.

The Demon Emperor Wanhua did not intervene to save Li Zhuo, because there was no need to.

Li Zhuo possessed the cultivation of a peak Demon King, making him a powerful figure in the entire Wanhua Domain. However, in front of these two, he was no different from a little chick.

Whether it's Chang Buzai or Wanhua Yaohuang, they have actually transcended the level of a demon king.

They were all at the halfway point of the Dao, and some were even powerful figures who had been practicing the Dao for ten thousand years.

Let alone Li Zhuo, even if Yang Zhengshan were here, he would only have the option to run away.

Of course, Yang Zhengshan could still hold his own against them to some extent, and he could survive for a short time without any problem.

Chang Zai simply pulled the Soul-Locking Chain in his hand, and Li Zhuo's soul was separated from his body. No matter how much he struggled, he could not break free from the Soul-Locking Chain's restraint.

The Soul-Locking Chain that is not usually in hand is the real Soul-Locking Chain, a top-grade spiritual artifact.

As for the Soul-Locking Chain and Soul-Suppressing Lock in Yang Zhengshan's Seven Treasures Soul-Suppressing Pagoda, they are actually imitations of this Soul-Locking Chain.

"It seems you're determined to fight me to the death today!" Wan Hua Demon Emperor's tone remained calm and composed.

"No, it's your death or my life!"

Chang Zai said solemnly, "I need your soul!"

The Demon Emperor Wanhua narrowed his eyes, "That depends on whether you have the ability!"

As he spoke, he took out the Azure Vein Seal, and at the same time, a blue bead appeared in his hand.

Chang Zai looked at the bead in his hand, "The Flower Green Bead, I didn't expect it to advance as well. It's a pity that it's just a newly created spiritual treasure!"

Why does the Demon Emperor Wanhua always hide in the Demon Ruins? Does he not like to wander outside?
No, no one likes to be accompanied by loneliness all the time, let alone loneliness for eternity!
He stayed in the Demon Ruins for two reasons: one was to cultivate the Flower Soldiers and Tree People, and the other was to cultivate the bead in his hand.

The Flower Green Pearl was his natal spiritual weapon, no, it should now be called his natal spiritual treasure.

(End of this chapter)