Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 1156 Brother Yang, help!

"Please, everyone, do not stand on ceremony!"

Yang Zhengshan slowly walked up the steps and sat down next to Yu Qingyi.

Everyone then sat down.

Yang Zhengshan's gaze swept over everyone, and when he looked at Yang Mingcheng and Yang Jizhen, a satisfied expression appeared on his face.

Yang Mingcheng was somewhat excited, while Yang Jizhen chuckled.

Yang Mingcheng was excited because he had embarked on the path of the Golden Core. He had never thought that he could become a Golden Core cultivator before. Even when Yunxiao used the power of the Nine Cauldrons Golden Core to achieve a false core, he still did not think that he could become a Golden Core cultivator.

It wasn't until Yang Zhengshan refined the first Nine Cauldrons Divine Pill that he had a slight thought in his heart, but it was just a thought, and he still didn't have much hope.

Even when he was in seclusion forming his core, he thought most about failure, not success.

Fortunately, he succeeded.

He himself found it incredible.

He wanted to share this incredible experience with others, but he longed even more to see Yang Zhengshan, to show Yang Zhengshan his achievements, and to tell Yang Zhengshan that he had not let his father down.

He finally saw it, and he couldn't help but feel an overwhelming sense of excitement.

Yang Jizhen and Yang Mingcheng had different mindsets. Yang Jizhen had long thought that he could form his core. He had confidence in himself and in Yang Zhengshan, so he was convinced from beginning to end that he would definitely be able to form his core.

So when he saw Yang Zhengshan, he was only happy, as if he were saying to his ancestor, "I have achieved the Core Formation, come and praise me!"

"Great, haha~~"

Yang Zhengshan laughed loudly.

The fact that Yang Mingcheng and Yang Jizhen have both achieved Core Formation signifies that the Yang family already possesses the foundation to cultivate Core Formation cultivators, and also indicates that Baiyujing will see more Core Formation cultivators in the future.

What are you talking about?

After laughing, Yang Zhengshan turned and asked a question.

The crowd exchanged bewildered glances, then turned to Lin Qihe. Lin Qihe could only stand up and say, "Your Majesty, recently, various forces in the Wanhua Domain have been uniting to fight against the demons and monsters of the Reincarnation Land. We should discuss whether we should lend a hand!"

"Join forces to fight against evil? Tell me more!" Yang Zhengshan was unaware of what had happened in recent years. When he went into seclusion, the North Sea Demon Court and Hengshan Sect had not yet been destroyed.

Lin Qihe recounted the events of those years in detail, including the battle situation in the East China Sea.

The reason they are gathered here today is because the situation in the East China Sea has turned unfavorable. Evil forces have gradually gained control of the area above, and the alliance of various forces is on the verge of collapse.

After the Immortal Palace of the Living Realm was sealed off, only Lin Qihe was allowed to go out. Lin Qihe had just returned from the East Sea and brought back news of the battle there, so they gathered here today to discuss this matter.

They were originally discussing whether or not to invite Yang Zhengshan out of seclusion, but unexpectedly, Yang Zhengshan happened to have already come out of seclusion.

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

The fact that various forces united to fight against the demons was no exception for him, but he did not expect that those demons would be so powerful, with the strength to suppress the entire Wanhua Domain.

“Your Excellency, three years ago, Fellow Daoist Zhongli invited you to participate in the fight against evil spirits. However, Your Excellency was in seclusion at the time, so I took the liberty of declining Fellow Daoist Zhongli’s offer!” Lin Qihe continued.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly. "You just said that Zhongli Xiayi has already entered the Dao?"

“That’s right!” Lin Qihe said.

He had visited an unnamed island in the East China Sea, where various forces were converging, and he watched from a distance.

Despite his relatively low cultivation level, his concealment skills far surpassed those of his peers, and even Wan Hong and the Dragon Girl failed to detect his presence.

After understanding the specifics, Yang Zhengshan thought for a moment and said, "I'll go check on things first!"

He was eager to eliminate evil spirits. Although these evil spirits had not yet threatened Bai Yujing, he believed that once Bai Yujing was exposed, they would definitely not let her go.

Now that various forces are uniting to fight against evil spirits, this is a good opportunity for him. If he gives up this opportunity, he will have to face these evil spirits alone with Bai Yujing in the future.

So no matter what, he had to go and help, and do his best to eliminate those evil spirits.

"Your Excellency, let's go together!" Lin Qihe said.

“That’s right, we still have a chance to win if we go now. If we don’t go now, we’ll be stuck in the Immortal Palace and won’t be able to go out again!” Yunxiao agreed.

Su Mei also spoke up, saying, "Everyone understands the principle of 'if the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold'!"

In fact, they had already discussed the matter before Yang Zhengshan arrived. If Yang Zhengshan hadn't come out, they might have already gone to call him out of seclusion.

Yang Zhengshan looked around at everyone, his gaze finally settling on Yu Qingyi.

Yu Qingyi smiled gently and said, "Let's go together. My strength is not weak now!"

Yang Zhengshan nodded, "Alright, let's go together then."

"I'll go and call Kota and the others over first!" Lin Qihe said, then ran out of the main hall.

Kota, Hong Fuxiu, Yueyao and others are still in seclusion and are not here. However, as long as they are not in closed-door breakthrough, we can still call them out of seclusion.

A moment later, all fourteen Golden Core cultivators from the Immortal Palace of Life Realm had gathered.

Including Yang Zhengshan, there are also Yunxiao, Qingniu, Lin Qihe, Yueyao, Xuanzhen, Kouta, Hong Fuxiu, Yu Qingyi, Su Mei, Su Qingfu, Su Jiangxue, Yang Jizhen, and Yang Mingcheng.

Yang Zhengshan looked at everyone, a gentle smile always on his face.

"The demons are extremely ferocious. Even ordinary demons possess strength equivalent to the late Golden Core stage. Dealing with them is no easy task!"

"How about this, you can split into groups of four. Even if you can't suppress the evil spirits, you can at least hold them off."

There aren't many people in Baiyujing who are confident in fighting against demons. Su Mei is naturally capable, as she has the cultivation of the peak of the Golden Core stage. Yue Yao is also barely capable, as she has the cultivation of the late Golden Core stage. As for the others, most of them are only at the early or middle stages of the Golden Core stage, and they are no match for demons in a one-on-one fight.

Especially Yang Jizhen and Yang Mingcheng, these two had only recently formed their cores, and Yang Mingcheng didn't even have his own natal spiritual weapon.

Therefore, they could only use their numbers to overwhelm the enemy. Apart from Su Mei, the others could be divided into three groups, with four people dealing with one evil spirit.

After giving a brief explanation, Yang Zhengshan left the Immortal Palace of Life first. He did not appear at the pre-set location as before, but appeared directly on the East Sea.

His original location was the outpost base in the Wanhua Mountains. In the past, he would have needed to go to the outpost base first and then travel from Taixu to the East China Sea.

The Wanhua Mountains are nearly 200,000 li away from the East China Sea, and even traveling through the void would take several days.

But things are different now. Yang Zhengshan can switch between reality and illusion at will. Whether it's 100,000 miles or 200,000 miles, once he enters the Void, it's only a step away.

For Yang Zhengshan now, the vast emptiness is no longer boundless, but within reach.

In the East China Sea, countless giant waves surged on the vast ocean, towering hundreds of feet high. These were not naturally formed waves, but rather fluctuations caused by the battle between Golden Core cultivators.

Not only on the sea, but also in the sky and in the void, bursts of energy waves erupted.

Yang Zhengshan encountered a battle as soon as he appeared.

A demon was chasing a Golden Core cultivator from east to west. When he saw who was fleeing, a faint smile appeared on his lips.

"Brother Zhongli, you seem to be in trouble!" Zhongli Yue was very unlucky. As a Golden Core True Monarch of the Wanbao Sect, he was originally with his two senior brothers. At the beginning of the battle, the three of them dealt with five demons and suppressed them tightly. However, these demons were too difficult to kill. They used all their skills but failed to kill a single one.

As time went by, the intense battle took its toll on them, leaving them exhausted. His two senior brothers were also quite powerful, but they were helpless against this kind of unkillable and tireless demon.

Ultimately, they had to split up and flee.

Although Zhongli Yue is a genius, he is still too young. He is not even five hundred years old yet, and his strength is much weaker than that of his two senior brothers.

Faced with the pursuit of a demon, he had no way to resist and could only flee.

If it weren't for his abundance of magical artifacts and elixirs, he wouldn't have even made it this far.

Even if he had a lot of magical artifacts and pills, they would eventually run out. With only a few pills left in his reserves, Zhong Liyue was almost in despair.

But just then, his spiritual sense detected a familiar aura.

"Brother Yang, help me!" he shouted, as if grasping at a straw, disregarding his image.

There was no other way; he was completely exhausted. Although elixirs could restore his spirit and magical power, the prolonged battle and escape had taken a toll on his mental energy. Moreover, elixirs couldn't be taken indefinitely; taking too many would have side effects.

Yang Zhengshan stepped forward and instantly appeared behind Zhongli Yue from ten miles away. He swept out his whisk, and countless fine threads grew wildly, binding the demon tightly in the blink of an eye.

"Ho~~~"

The demon roared and struggled, but as the whisk shortened, it came close to Yang Zhengshan.

Evil spirit!

This was also the first time Yang Zhengshan had met him.

This thing seems to be very similar to the Yin soldiers of the Wuchang Ghost Sect; both are beings that are neither alive nor dead.

The so-called "neither dead nor alive" means that they possess both vitality and death energy within their bodies, achieving a delicate balance between the two.

Both ghost soldiers and demons can live forever. The ghost soldiers of the Impermanent Ghost Sect can exist for tens of thousands of years. Moreover, as time goes by, the ghost soldiers become stronger, but their intelligence decreases.

Those ghost soldiers that had existed for tens of thousands of years had almost all become puppets that only knew how to do things according to orders.

The demons before them were similar to the ghost soldiers, puppets that only followed orders, but these demons were far more powerful than the ghost soldiers.

The whisk firmly bound the demon, but it was not the whisk that trapped the demon. This evergreen whisk contained the supernatural power of controlling life force, but it did not have the ability to trap people. What truly trapped the demon was the sealing of the void.

After entering the Dao, Yang Zhengshan's every move contained the Daoist meaning of illusion and reality. He could not only transform between illusion and reality, but also mastered a variety of Taixu divine abilities, such as sealing Taixu, and even reached the point of complete mastery.

Yang Zhengshan is no longer a half-stepping Taoist, but a true Taoist master.

However, even though he was the Dao Lord, he couldn't help but frown when he looked at the evil spirits before him.

Evil spirits contain both life and death, existing between life and death. This delicate balance is incredibly strong, and even with Yang Zhengshan's understanding of the way of life and death, he was unable to break it.

He tried to tear the demon in two, but after a moment, the two pieces fused together and he was restored to his original state.

He tried to throw the demon's head into the void. The demon's body was trapped, but the demon's head actually came back on its own.

He tried to extinguish the life force of evil spirits using the principles of life and death, but he couldn't do it.

He tried many methods, but none of them could kill this evil spirit.

Zhong Liyue, who was standing next to Yang Zhengshan, almost popped his eyes out when he saw Yang Zhengshan rubbing the demon incessantly.

Damn it, I've been fighting this evil spirit for days, being chased all over the world by it, and almost lost my life, but this guy can just knead it at will.

However, he quickly came to terms with it, remembering that Yang Zhengshan possessed a cultivation level that was halfway to the Dao.

Zhongli Xiayi told him this.

He had clearly misunderstood. Yang Zhengshan was no longer a half-stepping Daoist, but a fully-entered Daoist, a true Daoist master.

“It cannot be killed. The only way to get rid of it is to throw it into the depths of the Great Void and let it be obliterated in the endless Great Void!” Zhongli Yue said.

"To be obliterated in the void?" Yang Zhengshan was taken aback, then a thoughtful expression appeared on his face.

Why is Taixu able to obliterate demons and evil spirits?
Transformation between the real and the virtual?

No, he tried, but he couldn't turn the evil into nothingness.

Of course, this could also be due to his insufficient cultivation level.

Entering the Dao is just the beginning; he still has a long way to go in the Dao realm.

Eradicated!

Yang Zhengshan roughly understood what was going on.

The Great Void can eliminate all spiritual energy. Even a flawless Golden Core cultivator will continuously lose their magical power in the Great Void. However, because the rate of loss is relatively slow, it will not cause any problems in the short term.

If a Golden Core cultivator stays in the Great Void for decades or even centuries without replenishing their magical power, they can only wait for their magical power to be completely depleted and die.

Similarly, these demons also possess the flawless qualities of Golden Core cultivators, but they also require spiritual energy. Once the spiritual energy is depleted, they can only be consumed by the void.

Thinking of this, Yang Zhengshan threw the evil spirit directly into the depths of the void.

With a wave of its hand, the demon entered the depths of the void, a million miles away from the Myriad Flower Domain. At such a great distance, it certainly could not sense the existence of the Myriad Flower Domain and would naturally get lost in the depths of the void.

"Trouble!"

Yang Zhengshan sighed softly.

For him, throwing evil spirits into the depths of the void was easy, but for others, it was not an easy task.

“These demons are easy to deal with, but there are two more powerful ones over there!” Zhongli Yue said.

"Even more powerful?" Yang Zhengshan looked at him in surprise.

"That's right. They have the strength of half-stepping into the Dao. My sect's ancestor, the dragon girl of the South Sea Demon Court, my little sister Xia Yi, Heavenly Sword True Monarch and Five-Tailed Zhen are all over there. Even they can't do anything to those two evil demons."

Zhongli Yue looked at Yang Zhengshan expectantly, naturally hoping that Yang Zhengshan would help, after all, his little sister Zhongli Xiayi was still there.

Yang Zhengshan understood his meaning, waved his hand, and opened the portal to the cave. Yu Qingyi, Su Mei, and the others filed out.

Zhongli Yue was taken aback.

Yang Zhengshan ignored him and said to the crowd, "These demons cannot be killed. You just need to trap them. After trapping them, hand them over to me and I will deal with them!"

"I will go to the edge of the Land of Reincarnation. You can find me there!"

Everyone nodded to show that they understood.

Given the urgency of the situation, Yang Zhengshan didn't say anything more, leaving only a single sentence before remaining where he was.

"Be careful, if things get really bad, your lives are the most important thing!"

(End of this chapter)