Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 498: Going with the flow, justified

Yang Zhengshan remembered reading about the Xingyuan Fruit in it.

He searched for a while and indeed found the record of the Xingyuan Fruit Tree.

The Xingyuan fruit tree is shaped like a jujube tree and takes thirty years to grow. After it grows up, it will bloom and bear fruit every year. A Xingyuan fruit tree can produce between 300 and 1,000 fruits a year.

The Xingyuan Fruit has the miraculous effect of replenishing both Qi and blood. It can quickly restore vitality and treat injuries. It is a rare holy fruit for healing.

At the same time, Xingyuan Fruit can be mixed with more than ten kinds of precious medicines to refine Zhenyuan Pills. The greatest effect of Zhenyuan Pills is to increase the accumulation of true qi of Xiantian warriors. One Zhenyuan Pill is almost equivalent to the true qi accumulated by Xiantian warriors in three years of practice.

Seeing the effect of Xingyuan Dan, Yang Zhengshan's eyes suddenly lit up.

One Zhenyuan Pill is equivalent to the Zhenqi accumulated from three years of practice?

What Yang Zhengshan lacks most now is the accumulation of innate true qi. If he had a few true essence pills, he would be able to reach the level of controlling qi very quickly.

"Is this news true?" Yang Zhengshan turned his head and looked at Wu Zheng.

Wu Zheng shook his head. "I don't know. Many people are talking about this, but no one can confirm whether it is true or not!"

He had only heard it from others, and didn't know the source of the news, nor could he determine whether it was true or not.

"Where is Cuixia Valley?"

Yang Zhengshan asked again.

Wu Zheng said: "The northern part of Sangzhou Prefecture is about 500 miles away from Kyoto!"

More than five hundred miles is not far, but three hundred miles south of Kyoto is the Wanshan Mountains with its densely packed green mountains. More than five hundred miles means that the Cuixia Valley is deep in the Wanshan Mountains.

Are there any spiritual fruit trees in Wanshanling?
The answer is undoubtedly yes.

There are many legends about Wanshanling in Dayong, and someone actually found a magical fruit tree in Wanshanling, but that was a long time ago.

As for whether this rumor is true or false, Yang Zhengshan thinks it is most likely false.

If someone discovers a spiritual fruit tree, they will never announce it to the public. The most important thing to do is to quietly stay beside the spiritual fruit tree and wait for it to mature.

Wait until the spiritual fruit trees mature and then leave, then come back the next year to wait.

Because before the spiritual fruit tree bears fruit, it is no different from an ordinary tree, except that it may be slightly unique, making it difficult to recognize what kind of tree it is, and there will be no strange phenomena or the like.

However, the difference can be seen after the fruits are ripe. Most spiritual fruits have a faint halo on the surface, and the closer they are to maturity, the more obvious the halo is.

So once you discover a spiritual fruit tree, the best way to deal with it is to wait for it to mature.

Although Yang Zhengshan felt that the news was most likely false, based on the principle of believing it is better to believe it than not, he still planned to send someone to take a look.

"Go to Cuixia Valley and ask Luo Jinsong for more people to go with you!" Yang Zhengshan said.

"Yes!" Wu Zheng accepted the task without hesitation.

……

Regarding the rumors about the Xingyuan Fruit Tree, Yang Zhengshan just wanted Wu Zheng to try his luck, but the development of the matter far exceeded his expectations.

On the third day after Wu Zheng led his men to leave Kyoto, rumors about the Xingyuan Fruit Tree became more and more intense in Kyoto, and countless martial artists spoke of it with certainty, as if they had really seen the Xingyuan Fruit Tree.

At first, Yang Zhengshan thought these people were spreading rumors, but suddenly Yang Zhengshan received a summons from Emperor Yanping.

When he hurried from the Martial Arts Pavilion to the Taiji Hall in the Imperial City, he found that Zhang Luan, Marquis of Jianchang, was already waiting outside the Taiji Hall.

Zhang Luan, Marquis of Jianchang, is over seventy years old this year, but he looks about fifty years old.

He has a rugged face, an upright figure, and a bold demeanor.

"Lord Yang! Are you going to the Martial Arts Pavilion again?"

Seeing Yang Zhengshan coming, Zhang Luan smiled.

"Yeah." Yang Zhengshan nodded.

Zhang Luan came up to him and said with a smile, "Give me a few jars of your Herbal Brew! I'll trade it for your precious medicine!"

Yang Zhengshan was sweating. Ever since Yang Chengmao got married, his Herb Brew had become famous in the circles of the rich and powerful in Kyoto, and even the effects of Herb Brew were said to be miraculous. As a result, many people had recently asked him for Herb Brew.

Although he brewed a lot of Hundred Herb Wine, he couldn't resist people coming to ask for it.

He had no choice but to decline.

But these people still did not give up. At first, some people just wanted to buy it with silver. Yang Zhengshan naturally would not exchange Baicao Niang for silver. Later, these people directly exchanged it with precious medicine.

However, the precious medicine is precious, and not everyone is willing to exchange it for the Hundred Herbs Brew.

Yang Zhengshan smiled helplessly, "Master Zhang will send someone to my house to get it later. Let me make it clear, there are only three jars. There are really no more!"

If it was someone else, he would have just refused, but it was difficult for him to refuse Zhang Luan.

Because Zhang Luan had just done him a favor not long ago, he wrote letters of recommendation for Hengdao Sect and Jing'an Shang Family. Now Hengdao Sect is listed as one of the eight major sects, and many people from Jing'an Shang Family have joined Liaoyuan Shangwu Division.

Although this was not entirely for Yang Zhengshan's sake, Zhang Luan more or less took Yang Zhengshan's face into consideration.

"Hahaha, no problem, three jars of wine for one precious medicine. If you have any more wine in the future, you can come to me to exchange it!" Zhang Luan said with a smile.

He had drunk Baicao Niang before, not at a wedding banquet, but at the drunkard An Yuxing's place.

A wine that even An Yuxing praises must be a rare wine.

Yang Zhengshan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Three jars of wine for one precious medicine, this price really made him excited.

How much Hundred Herb Wine had he given away before?
There should be about three to five thousand jars!
After all, the Yang family would always send a few jars of Baicao Wine as holiday gifts over the years.

"Forget about the precious medicine. Consider it my thank-you gift to Lord Zhang!"

"That won't do. If you don't want the precious medicine, how can I ask you for wine next time!" Zhang Luan refused without thinking.

Giving the precious medicine is called a transaction, and not giving the precious medicine is called asking for it.

He, Marquis Jianchang, is a man who cares about his reputation. He can still swallow his pride when asking Yang Zhengshan for help once, but what about next?
"Then I'll add two more jars of peach blossom wine for Lord Zhang!" Yang Zhengshan was also speechless.

He had never thought of selling alcohol, but now it seemed he had no choice but to do so.

In fact, the effects of Baicao Niang and Taohua Niang are the same. All his wines are brewed with spiritual spring water, so the effects all come from the spiritual spring water.

It’s just that the wine brewed by Baicao has a stronger flavor and is more popular among old drunkards.

"Haha, then I'd be disrespectful to refuse!" Zhang Luan said with a smile.

Just as the two were talking, Chen Zhongshu walked out of the Tai Chi Hall.

"My two lords, please come in!" Chen Zhongshu still had that smiling face.

"Excuse me, Eunuch Chen!"

The two men saluted to Chen Zhongshu, then entered the Taiji Hall through the side door, and then turned into the imperial study.

"Greetings to Your Majesty!"

The two men saluted, and Emperor Yanping sat behind the desk with a solemn expression.

"No need to be polite!" "Have you ever heard about the Xingyuan Fruit Tree?"

Zhang Luan and Yang Zhengshan looked at each other, and Zhang Luan said, "I have heard of it, but it should be fake!"

Such news had appeared in the world before, but it was spread more widely this time. Zhang Luan did not take it seriously.

"No, this is true!" Emperor Yanping said in a deep voice.

"Really!" Zhang Luan said in surprise.

"Really, the Secret Guards have found the Xingyuan Fruit Tree in Cuixia Valley!" said Emperor Yanping.

Yang Zhengshan's heart skipped a beat. He had found the Xingyuan Fruit Tree!
What would happen if the court found the Xingyuan Fruit Tree?
The example is right in front of us. The court will definitely circle it up like they did with the Sanhuangli and not allow anyone to touch it.

It is not difficult to understand why the court did this. A spiritual plant is like a gold mine, which can provide the court with a steady supply of spiritual fruits. With these spiritual fruits, the court can continuously cultivate innate warriors.

Therefore, whenever a spiritual plant appears, the court will definitely take it into its hands and obtain the ownership and distribution rights of the spiritual fruit.

"That newly grown Star Yuan Fruit tree is bearing fruit for the first time this year. It has produced 383 Star Yuan Fruits, and they are expected to mature in another month!" said Emperor Yanping.

Yang Zhengshan and Zhang Luan's expressions immediately became solemn.

Emperor Yanping continued, "I just had someone find the recipe for the Zhenyuan Pill in the Imperial Hospital. The Imperial Hospital's envoy Sun Wanzhen said that as long as there is Xingyuan Fruit, he is sure to refine the Zhenyuan Pill!"

These words were like a bomb dropping on Yang Zhengshan and Zhang Luan's hearts.

what does this mean?
This means that as long as the court can control the Xingyuan Fruit Tree, Dayong will have an endless supply of Zhenyuan Pills in the future.

If it was just the Star Yuan Fruit, it would not mean much to a congenital warrior. Although the Star Yuan Fruit is a holy fruit for healing, congenital warriors pursue a higher realm and cultivation.

Zhenyuan Dan is unintentionally the most suitable for the needs of innate warriors and is more important than Sanhuangli.

A Zhenyuan Pill can increase the accumulated true Qi of a congenital warrior by three years, while a Sanhuangli can only increase the accumulated true Qi by three months at most.

Of course, the greatest effect of Sanhuangli is not to increase the accumulation of innate martial artists' true qi, but to calm the mind and condense the qi, and connect the meridians. Its greatest effect is to allow acquired martial artists to condense innate true qi, and allow half-step innate martial artists to advance to the innate realm.

To the court, Sanhuangli is as important as Zhenyuandan, but to innate warriors, the value of Zhenyuandan far exceeds that of Sanhuangli.

"Your Majesty, the Xingyuan Fruit Tree must be controlled by the court!" Zhang Luan said bluntly.

Yang Zhengshan was also very excited. As long as the court could control the Xingyuan Fruit Tree, he would at least be able to get one or two Zhenyuan Pills.

He can even cultivate Star Yuan Fruit trees in the Lingquan Space himself, and then get the recipe for the Zhenyuan Pill. When the Star Yuan Fruit trees in the Lingquan Space are grown, he can even refine the Zhenyuan Pill himself.

Thinking of this, Yang Zhengshan couldn't help but get excited.

Emperor Yanping nodded slightly, "You are right, but the news of the Xingyuan Fruit Tree has spread, and I guess many people will covet the existence of the Xingyuan Fruit!"

The existence of Sanhuangli is no secret, but no one dares to go to Sanshan Valley to snatch the Sanhuangli.

But the Xingyuan Fruit is different. The Xingyuan Fruit is deep in Wanshanling, where there is neither a large army guarding it nor many innate warriors.

The most important thing is that the Xingyuan Fruit will be mature in a month.

The Zhenyuan Pill is worthy of the innate warriors’ efforts, and once the Xingyuan Fruit is ripe, it will inevitably attract a large number of innate warriors.

Thinking of this, Yang Zhengshan's eyes flashed slightly.

Some questions arose in his mind.

Why is the Xingyuan Fruit Tree exposed to the world?

As mentioned before, if someone discovers a spiritual plant, the most likely reaction would be to stay where they are and wait for the spiritual fruit to mature.

But now the existence of the Xingyuan Fruit Tree has spread throughout the world, and even its specific location has been spread.

There is only one possibility, that someone deliberately spread the news of the Xingyuan Fruit Tree.

Who is so generous as to be willing to give up a Star Yuan Fruit Tree?
What is the purpose of this person, or this force, doing this?
Yang Zhengshan's mind was turning over a lot of things, and his eyes fell on Zhang Luan.

What is the purpose?
Once many innate warriors start fighting for the Xingyuan Fruit, the one that will suffer the most will undoubtedly be the newly established Shangwu Temple!
If the innate warriors of the eight major sects also took action, then the eight major sects selected by Shangwu Temple would be a joke.

Even the eight major sects would stand on the opposing side of the court, so how could the many forces in the martial arts world obey the orders of the Shangwu Temple obediently?
By then, the Martial Arts Order will become a piece of waste paper, and the sect's rank assessment will become a laughing stock.

Thinking of this, Yang Zhengshan's expression became extremely ugly.

The Martial Order was a policy formulated by the court, and he also provided a lot of suggestions in it. If the Martial Order failed, it would ultimately be the majesty of the court that would be damaged.

Naturally, he didn't want the Martial Order to fail.

"Your Majesty, I think this matter should be handled with caution!" Yang Zhengshan said.

"Oh! Marquis Jing'an has other ideas?" Emperor Yanping looked at Yang Zhengshan in surprise.

Yang Zhengshan told the possibility he had just thought of.

Although this is just his guess, he has to be on guard.

As he spoke, the expressions of Emperor Yanping and Zhang Luan became more serious and solemn.

Just now they were only thinking about how to control the Star Yuan Fruit Tree, but ignored the reason why the Star Yuan Fruit Tree was exposed to the world.

After Yang Zhengshan finished speaking, both of them fell into deep thought.

What Yang Zhengshan said may not be entirely correct, but his concerns are not wrong.

Regardless of whether there is a mastermind behind this or not, as long as Cuixia Valley causes a war among the innate warriors, it will inevitably undermine the dignity of the court and undermine the implementation of the Martial Order.

After a moment of silence, Emperor Yanping asked, "Does Marquis Jing'an have any countermeasures?"

Yang Zhengshan thought for a moment and said, "I have some ideas, but they may not be comprehensive enough!"

The time was too short and he hadn't thought about it carefully, but since Emperor Yanping asked, he told him the solution he had just thought of.

"I think the court can take advantage of this opportunity to bring all the innate warriors under its jurisdiction!"

"What do you mean?" Emperor Yanping didn't quite understand.

Yang Zhengshan's mouth curled up slightly, and his thoughts became clearer. "Give all the innate warriors a salary, one Sanhuang plum and one Zhenyuan pill per year!"

As the saying goes, one should be grateful to those who receive favors, and one should be lenient to those who eat from others.

If you take the salary from the court and then rebel against it, then you are neither right nor just.

Why is the court now afraid of the rebellion of those innate warriors? Because the court has not given them any benefits.

Although all the innate warriors in Darong are registered with the court, they actually do not gain much benefits from the court.

To put it simply, the spoils are not distributed evenly.

Take the Three Yellow Plums for example. The innate warriors in the three mountain valleys can get three every year, the innate warriors from noble families can get one every year, and the rest all go into the emperor's treasury and are bestowed by the emperor on his meritorious ministers.

The martial artists in the martial arts world didn't even have the chance to smell the scent, so naturally they would be dissatisfied with the court.

Of course, the court was also helpless in the past. There was only one three-yellow plum tree, which could only produce fifty fruits a year, and it was impossible to take care of every innate warrior.

But now it’s different. There is now one more Star Yuan Fruit tree in the court, which can fully take care of every innate warrior.

(End of this chapter)