Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 1146 Dark clouds surged, blotting out the sun.

Seeing that Xie Wushuang was trying to escape, Kota and Hong Fuxiu hurriedly tried to stop him, but unfortunately, they were still lacking in skill. Xie Wushuang took out a small black boat and disappeared into the vast void in the blink of an eye.

The small boat was clearly a magical artifact that could traverse the void. It was extremely fast and left no trace. It should be a magical artifact specifically designed for escaping or pursuing.

Xie Wushuang escaped, leaving Kota and Hong Fuxiu with no choice but to return.

"Your Excellency, we are incompetent and failed to capture that fellow!" Kota said somewhat awkwardly.

He had previously said he would definitely capture the other party, but the other party escaped, and they couldn't stop them at all.

Yang Zhengshan smiled gently and said, "Alright, as I said before, just do your best, there's no need to take him down. It's better that he escaped, as that will attract too many enemies."

"You're in charge of those ghostly blood puppets outside from now on!"

He sent Kota and Hong Fuxiu to make a move in order to show the enemy weakness.

Two Golden Core cultivators who have just entered the Golden Core realm are not enough to make the Impermanent Ghost Sect go to war. If Xie Wushuang goes back to ask for help, at most he will be brought by Golden Core cultivators from the Soul Refining Hall.

Then their next step would be to annihilate the Soul Refining Hall in one fell swoop and break one of the arms of the Impermanent Ghost Sect.

Now that Kota and Hong Fuxiu have already taken action, it is only natural for them to clear out the Yin soldiers and blood puppets outside the outpost.

The raging flames instantly burned away the overwhelming black mist, and the hundred arms swung wildly, smashing countless Yin soldiers and blood puppets into mincemeat.

In just a few breaths, a huge gap appeared in the densely packed Yin soldiers and blood puppets.

At the same time, the flying boat army once again took the initiative to attack, cooperating with Hong Fuxiu to unleash endless flames.

The crimson flames burned the surrounding forests for miles around into a wasteland, and also reduced the million Yin soldiers and blood puppets to ashes.

……

Northern part of the Wanhua Mountains.

The enormous skeletal flying ship was docked beside the blood pool. In the skull cabin at the bow, Xie Wushuang reported to Li Shanghun that the Yin army's advance was being blocked.

"It's as if they appeared out of nowhere; we hadn't received any information about them beforehand," Xie Wushuang said.

Li Shanghun's heavy eyelids drooped. "You said the other side has two Golden Core cultivators?"

"That's right, it's two people, and they've only just formed their cores. I can confirm that they've been in core formation for no more than thirty years!"

"You can't even handle two juniors who have just formed their core?" Li Shanghun raised his gray eyes and looked at him indifferently.

Xie Wushuang trembled. "Palace Master, please forgive me. It was my incompetence! Although those two were not highly skilled, their divine powers had a restraining effect on me. One of them appeared to be a weapon cultivator, capable of creating thousands of arms, and was not afraid of my Devouring Dao. The other wielded the Southern Bright Fire, which was the best counter to my Blood Qi Devouring Dao!"

He felt wronged. In terms of cultivation, he could easily overpower Kota and Hong Fuxiu by a small realm, but in a fight, the two of them could overpower him by coordinating their attacks.

On the way back, he became angrier and more frustrated as he thought about it.

Li Shanghun's dark face remained calm and composed as he said in a flat tone, "Besides the two Golden Core cultivators, what other powers do they possess? Are they demonic beasts or immortal cultivators?"

Seeing that he did not continue to question her, Xie Wushuang breathed a sigh of relief and replied, "They built a city in the canyon. There are cultivators and martial artists in the city, but no demonic beasts!"

"However, they have a lot of airships, hundreds of large and medium-sized ones. Oh, and they've also set up many puppets on the city walls, all second-tier puppets, numbering in the thousands!"

Li Shanghun seemed to be deep in thought. "Puppets, flying boats? What are their flying boats like?"

"The large airship must be some kind of fire-attribute airship, with a Vermilion Bird statue on its prow, allowing it to use fire attacks!"

"The Vermilion Bird Statue!" A sharp glint flashed in Li Shanghun's eyes. "The Yang family of Yunxiao!"

"The Yang family of Yunxiao?" Xie Wushuang thought for a moment and said, "The Yang family of Tianyun Sword Sect? No, I heard that the head of the Yang family, Yang Zhengshan, is a wood-attribute cultivator who is skilled in the Dao of Withering and Flourishing!"

Although Yang Zhengshan did not have a great reputation, he was not an unknown person either.

In particular, he had many interactions with the Impermanent Ghost Sect, so the Impermanent Ghost Sect naturally knew of his existence.

Even before, Chang Zai had sent the Soul-Hooking Hall to investigate the Yang family, but because Tianxiandao suddenly destroyed Tianjige, Yang Zhengshan escaped a trouble this time.

"The Yang family's flying boat has a Vermilion Bird statue. You also said that those two Golden Core cultivators were only at the initial stage of the Golden Core realm. Hmph, they actually dared to oppose my sect. This Yang Zhengshan is truly extremely arrogant!" Li Shanghun said in a cold voice.

They were on the verge of taking control of the entire Wanhua Mountain Range, and it seemed they were about to succeed when suddenly the Yunxiao Yang family appeared. One can imagine the anger in Li Shanghun's heart.

"Palace Master, I've also heard of this Yang Zhengshan. He's quite powerful, and it might require your personal intervention!" Xie Wushuang said softly.

He said this not because he thought Yang Zhengshan could be compared to Li Shanghun, but because he felt it would be better for Li Shanghun to take action himself.

If anyone else were to take action, wouldn't that make him seem incredibly incompetent? Only Li Shanghun's personal intervention can prove that it's not that he lacks strength, but rather that the enemy is too powerful.

Li Shanghun nodded slightly, "Then let's deal with Yang Zhengshan first!"

Subsequently, Li Shanghun began to mobilize the Yin army and the Golden Core experts of the Soul Refining Hall.

Although he said Yang Zhengshan was arrogant, he didn't underestimate Yang Zhengshan at all, and even felt that Yang Zhengshan must have some kind of backing.

Without some backing, who would dare to provoke the Impermanent Ghost Sect?

Therefore, he gathered almost all of the high-end martial arts of the Soul Refining Hall, including two deputy hall masters, two department heads, two deputy department heads, plus himself, a total of seven Golden Core cultivators.

In addition, there are six demon king-level Yin soldiers and an army of three million Yin soldiers and blood puppets.

This is all the resources he can currently mobilize.

Everything else is manageable, but the key issue is the Yin Army. Yang Zhengshan's guess was correct; the Yin Army of the Impermanent Ghost Sect has almost run out, and the Sea of ​​Corpses has been nearly emptied by them.

Of course, even if the sea of ​​corpses has been emptied, the Impermanent Ghost Sect still has a considerable number of Yin soldiers and blood puppets.

There are still thirty to forty million Yin soldiers and blood puppets scattered throughout the Wanhua and Yunxiao mountain ranges.

A few days later, skeletal flying boats took off from all over the Wanhua Mountains and flew south. As time went by, the skeletal flying boats gathered around the flying boat that Li Shanghun was riding, and marched in a mighty force toward the southern part of the Wanhua Mountains.

……

Lin Qihe hurriedly returned from the outpost.

"The Impermanent Ghost Sect has arrived!" he said urgently upon seeing Yang Zhengshan.

"How many have come?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

“More than three hundred airships, all of them large airships!” Lin Qihe said solemnly.

The Bone Flying Boat of the Impermanent Ghost Sect is much larger than the Vermilion Bird Cloud Boat. Although Baiyujing also has hundreds of flying boats, most of them are medium-sized flying boats, such as the Flaming Sun Flying Boat, while there are only a few dozen Vermilion Bird Cloud Boats.

"How long will it take them to arrive?" Yang Zhengshan asked. "They should arrive in about two days!" Lin Qihe replied.

Yang Zhengshan narrowed his eyes. "Go and find Xuanzhen and Yueyao. We're about to have a fierce battle!"

Xuanzhen and Yueyao are still fighting a guerrilla war in the outer sect. They have achieved good results in this period of time. Xuanzhen has gained a lot of Yin spirits and ghost generals, and Yueyao has gathered a lot of strange beasts and monsters.

The ghostly spirits were sent to the Hall of Divine Souls to be used to train divine generals.

The strange beasts and monsters were placed in the Land of Spirit Source, and in the future they will become a part of the Land of Spirit Source.

Although it takes time to cultivate those ghostly spirits into divine generals, and those demonic beasts are just a rabble, it is still beneficial to the strength of Baiyujing and Lingyuan Land.

As for whether there are any disobedient ones among them, there certainly are.

Ghosts and spirits are unruly and will not be disciplined. The process of transforming them into divine generals is forced, and they are not given any chance to resist.

As for monsters and strange beasts, if they dare to rebel or cause trouble, someone will naturally skin them alive and eat their flesh.

The Land of Spiritual Origin is not without wild and untamed monsters and beasts, but those monsters and beasts all end up as food for everyone.

……

Lin Qihe quickly found Xuanzhen and Yueyao and brought them back to the outpost.

At Lin Qihe's speed, he could travel from south to north and back in the Wanhua Mountains in a single day. The key was that his Void Shuttle consumed very little energy, and even if he kept shuttling back and forth, he would not feel tired.

After Xuanzhen and Yueyao returned, Yang Zhengshan summoned all the Golden Core cultivators and demon kings of Baiyujing.

Including Su Mei, Su Qingfu, and Su Jiangxue, Baiyujing now has a total of twelve Golden Core cultivators and demon kings.

Besides Yang Zhengshan, the strongest is Su Mei, followed by Yue Yao, then Su Qingfu and Su Jiangxue, then Qing Niu, Lin Qihe, Yun Xiao, and Xuan Zhen. The remaining Kou Ta, Hong Fuxiu, and Yu Qingyi have only recently entered the Golden Core Realm, and their strengths are not much different.

The Green Ox is even stronger than Lin Qihe. Don't be fooled by the fact that this old ox stays at home all day. In fact, his cultivation has reached the mid-stage of the Demon King realm, and his strength is quite formidable.

As everyone gathered, Yueyao looked at Su Mei and the other two, paused for a moment, and then smiled knowingly.

"Lord Fox! It's been a long time!"

Su Mei smiled and nodded, "Yes, decades have passed in the blink of an eye!"

"I never expected to be able to work with Lord Fox, it's truly a blessing for Yueyao!" Yueyao said with a smile.

Su Mei smiled and said, "That's not right. It should be that we should be honored to join Baiyujing and serve the Venerable One!"

The two huddled together whispering to each other, and no one else paid much attention.

They were old acquaintances. Back in the Wanhua Demon Court, the Spirit Deer Clan was close to the Fox Clan. When Yueyao led the Spirit Deer Clan to join the Yang Family, it was Su Mei who gave her the guidance.

On the other side, Yu Qingyi was also whispering to Hong Fuxiu. She held up the Huaqing Bead with a proud look, which made Hong Fuxiu envious.

During this time, Yu Qingyi had become familiar with the functions of the Flower Green Pearl, and she had also moved all the tree people she had previously cultivated to the Hundred Flowers Cave Heaven, thus fully accepting this unexpected surprise.

With the Flower Green Pearl, Yu Qingyi's strength has reached a new level. The Flower Green Pearl can not only help cultivate Flower Soldiers and Tree People, but also assist Yu Qingyi in battle, enhance Yu Qingyi's Spirit Infusion Dao, and strengthen Yu Qingyi's understanding of the Dao of Wood Attribute.

All spiritual treasures are imbued with the essence of the Dao, which can assist their owners in comprehending the Dao.

If the Immortal Palace of the Living Realm were to provide Yang Zhengshan with an opportunity to comprehend the Dao.

Similarly, the Flower Green Pearl can also provide Yu Qingyi with an opportunity to comprehend the Dao. The Flower Green Pearl is a spiritual treasure that belongs exclusively to the wood attribute and contains several kinds of wood attribute Dao intent. If Yu Qingyi can comprehend even a little bit of it, it will definitely be a tremendous gain.

"Madam is truly blessed by heaven, I am so envious!" Hong Fuxiu said with a look of envy.

"Hehehe, you should cultivate diligently, and maybe you'll have a chance to obtain a spiritual treasure in the future!" Yu Qingyi said with a grin.

"Let's forget it, I wouldn't dare to ask for that!" Hong Fuxiu shook her head repeatedly.

There are only a handful of spiritual treasures in the entire Wanhua Domain.

If we're talking about instruments of power, the Wanhua Domain can find more than a dozen. But if we're talking about spiritual treasures, those are all secrets of the major powers, and very few people can name even a few.

The group gathered in small groups, chatting and laughing, showing no sign of the tension that a major battle was about to begin.

Of course, this doesn't mean they don't take the upcoming battle seriously; it's just that they all know Yang Zhengshan has already stepped halfway into the Dao, so they aren't too worried about the upcoming battle.

Time passed second by second, and the sky changed from day to night, and then from night to day.

The soldiers and cultivators rested for two days, and both their physical strength and magical power were restored to their peak.

They stood guard at their respective positions, waiting for the enemy to appear.

When the sun was blazing overhead, a large patch of dark clouds suddenly appeared on the northern horizon.

Dark clouds surged, obscuring the sky and rolling in, leaving a gloomy atmosphere wherever they passed.

That was not some dark cloud, but rather the skeleton flying boats of the Impermanent Ghost Sect. More than three hundred skeleton flying boats were flying together, a truly magnificent and imposing sight.

A large number of Yin soldiers and blood puppets gathered together, and a large number of cultivators who cultivated Yin attributes gathered together. The Yin energy they unintentionally revealed was not much different from that of a real ghost realm.

On the skeletal flying boat, Li Shanghun watched the outpost getting closer and closer.

Of course, he didn't know it was an outpost; he only thought it was a city, a city built by the Yang family of Yunxiao.

The name "Outpost Base" was chosen by Yang Zhengshan himself.

Strictly speaking, the outpost was not a city. Although it had walls, it had no gates. Although it enclosed the canyon, there were only a dozen or so pavilions inside, and no other buildings. So it was just a temporary outpost.

At this time, the Yellow Earth Thick Spirit Array had been set up. The array isolated external spiritual consciousness and also prevented the internal aura from leaking out.

Even Li Shanghun could only see the towering city walls and the flying boats in mid-air, and could not use his spiritual sense to explore the situation inside the outpost.

As he gazed at the city walls drawing ever closer, a glint of light flashed in Li Shanghun's cloudy eyes.

"A third-tier grand formation! It seems the Yang family is even more powerful than I imagined!"

He thought to himself.

A large flying boat, a third-order formation, and several Golden Core cultivators.

Such a force is relatively rare in the entire Wanhua Domain.

There are over a hundred Golden Core forces in the Wanhua Domain, but most of them only have one or two Golden Core cultivators or demon kings. Only a handful can truly be called major forces.

(End of this chapter)