Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 651 The tree fell and the hozens scattered
Just when Yang Zhengshan learned the news about Yang Mingzhao, a major event happened in Dayong Kyoto.

The impact of this major event on Darong is absolutely explosive.

Jian Chengfeng defected from Sanshan Valley. Yes, he defected.

Jian Chengfeng, who had served as the commander of the imperial guards, rose to the positions of Left Commander-in-Chief of the Front Army Commandery and Prince Taifu. He retired in the fifth year of Chengping and lived in seclusion in Sanshan Valley.

He had a disciple named Jiang Zhen, who served as the commander-in-chief of the Left Army, the General of Zhenbei, and the commander-in-chief of Chongshan Town.

The Battle of Heiyun Mountain that Yang Zhengshan's predecessor had experienced was led by Jiang Zhen.

Later, Chongshan Town declined, which was also affected by Jiang Town.

During the reign of Emperor Chengping, Jiang Zhen was a taboo and no one dared to mention his existence.

Jiang Zhen is Jian Chengfeng's most valued disciple, a disciple he loves even more than his own son.

It was also because Emperor Chengping killed Jiang Zhen that Jian Chengfeng became disheartened and retired to seclusion.

Although this incident happened more than fifty years ago, Jian Chengfeng has never been able to forget it.

Originally, Jian Chengfeng was dissatisfied with Emperor Chengping and was also very dissatisfied with Emperor Yanping. Now that Dayong was in decline, the court was corrupt, and wars were raging among the people, he was even more dissatisfied with Emperor Jianxing.

In his eyes, these three generations of emperors were all immoral and heartless people.

Seeing that chaos was about to break out, Jian Chengfeng finally made up his mind to escape from Sanshan Valley and Kyoto.

Not only did he escape himself, he also took away all the more than 40 Sanhuang plums produced this year.

In the Three Valleys, An Yuxing looked at the tall three-yellow plum tree and sighed softly.

Yue Gu and Xun Shanshui stood behind him, looking unhappy.

Zhangye and Granny Meng had passed away long ago. Now the person with the highest cultivation level in the Three Valleys is An Yuxing, followed by Jian Chengfeng.

When no one was prepared, Jian Chengfeng actually took away all of this year's three yellow plums.

This shocked and angered them.

"The world is in chaos and people's hearts are scattered!" An Yuxing murmured in a low voice.

Yue Gu looked at An Yuxing's fluttering white hair and said in a low voice, "What are your plans, Senior An?"

Xun Shanshui's expression changed slightly, "Brother Yue, what do you mean?"

Yue Gu shook his head and looked towards the direction of the imperial city, "I want to go back home!"

"I have lived in seclusion in these three mountains for decades. I have almost forgotten what my hometown looks like!"

He was originally a martial artist, and the Yue family was also a martial arts family in Fuhai.

He has stayed in the Three Valleys over the years just to earn resources and Sanhuangli for his descendants. In the past, innate warriors in the Three Valleys were not allowed to leave. This was the rule, and he naturally could not violate it. But now there is no such restriction in the Three Valleys.

So he wanted to go back and see his children and grandchildren.

Although Fuhai Province is not as chaotic as the three provinces of Longyuan, it is still not peaceful now. He wants to go back to protect his children and grandchildren.

Xun Shanshui frowned and left Sanshan Valley?
This was something he had never considered before.

"Senior An!"

Xun Shanshui wanted An Yuxing to make the decision.

Although everyone can leave the Three Valleys now, no one has ever really left the Three Valleys over the years.

An Yuxing turned his head and looked at Xun Shanshui, "If you want to leave, then leave, so as not to embarrass everyone!"

People's demoralization cannot be stopped just by saying so.

The more they try to stop them, the greater the conflict between them will be.

Moreover, this land has experienced the end of a dynasty before. In the last years of the prosperous period, the world was divided and innumerable forces emerged to claim supremacy. At that time, let alone ordinary people, even innate warriors were beaten to a pulp.

At the beginning, the Great Sheng Dynasty had three spiritual fruits, but what happened? All three spiritual fruits were destroyed in the war.

More than thirty innate warriors died in the battle.

How similar is the current situation to that at the end of the Great Prosperity?
In fact, everyone has already seen the clues, and everyone is preparing for the upcoming chaos.

How can an innate warrior choose?

Either you participate in this struggle and risk your life to fight for wealth for future generations, or you hide in the mountains and forests and ignore the chaos of the world, or you escape from Dayong and establish a force overseas.

Xiantian warriors are top-notch warriors, but facing the end of the dynasty, Xiantian warriors are unable to turn the tide.

If you want to change the world, reshape the universe, and rebuild social order, it is definitely not something that one or a few innate warriors can do. It requires opportunity, luck, the will of the people, and so on.

Emperor Darong Taizu was simply a son of destiny. He was born in poverty, but he had great fortune, was indomitable, and eventually became a great ruler.

Emperor Taizu was originally just a small martial artist, but he was kind, generous, free and easy, open-minded, and magnanimous. He traveled around the world for more than ten years and made many friends.

Later, due to the injustice of the court, he was forced to become a bandit. He was almost wiped out by the Dasheng court several times, but after each failure, he was able to form a team again in a very short time.

He even found these three yellow plums by chance.

The Three Yellow Li made him a congenital warrior, allowed him to train many martial arts masters, and made him qualified to compete for world domination.

Now, this Sanhuang plum tree has been with Dayong for nearly four hundred years. Now that Dayong is about to die, can this Sanhuang plum tree still be preserved?

"Thank you for your help, senior!" Yue Gu clasped his fists and bowed, then turned and left without any delay.

Xun Shanshui hesitated for a moment, wanting to dissuade him, but didn't know how to do it.

An Yuxing turned and looked at him with a faint smile, "I am leaving too!"

"Ah!" Xun Shanshui looked at An Yuxing in confusion, "Senior, why is this happening?"

An Yuxing shook his head gently. "It would be meaningless for you and me to stay. We might be able to help the court defeat some rebels, but we can't change this corrupt dynasty!"

Can they save Darong?
The answer is it can’t be saved!

Because now the root of Darong’s problem is no longer the emperor or the court, but the entire court and all the government offices.

If you want to save Darong, you need to destroy it and then rebuild it.

In such a chaotic situation, saving Dayong is more difficult than rebuilding a new dynasty.

An Yuxing actually knew that this would be the result a long time ago, but he still had some expectations for Darong. Unfortunately, Emperor Jianxing and the current court still failed to live up to his expectations.

When Chen Zhaoxuan died in Daizhou, he had already thought about leaving, so he asked An Chenhui to send him to Chongshan Town.

An Yu passed away, as freely and casually as Yue Gu, without any sign, and without leaving any letter to Emperor Jianxing. He just left like that.

In fact, there was something he didn't say to Xun Shanshui. He believed that if he stayed in Sanshan Valley, the chaotic world would only make it more chaotic and last longer. On the contrary, if he left, the court would lose the power of many innate warriors and would perish faster.

Only if Dayong dies sooner can a new dynasty be established sooner.

Only if the new dynasty is established earlier can the common people suffer less disasters.

As for loyalty to the emperor, when has a congenital warrior ever been loyal to the emperor?

Maybe there was once, but when they became innate warriors, their loyalty would slowly dissipate, and what would remain would be only emotions and ties.

An Yu left, and he also went to look for his children and grandchildren.

The An family is just a small family. Even if he became a congenital warrior, the development of the An family is very limited. After so many years, the most promising one is still An Chenhui.

The An family had moved away from their hometown long ago. After An Chenhui went to Chongshan Town, the An family moved to Liaodong.

Instead of going to Chongshan Town, they moved to Dongyang Prefecture in Pingyuan, because Pingyuan Province had no strong Jianghu forces or powerful martial arts families.

Moreover, Pingyuan Province is also the sphere of influence of the Yang family. Although the Yang family's control over Pingyuan is very weak, Pingyuan has always been relatively peaceful because of the relationship between Lu Wenyuan and Lin Zhan.

An Yu left, Yue Gu left, and Xun Shanshui eventually left as well.

Finally, only a gentle figure was left in the three valleys. Chen Mingxi stood under the three yellow plums, looking at the withered yellow leaves, with her delicate brows tightly furrowed.

"Brother, Mingxi misses you!"

She murmured quietly.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty invites you!"

A warrior dressed in black and with a long sword on his waist appeared silently behind Chen Mingxi.

"I see!"

Chen Mingxi turned around, got on the carriage accompanied by her maid, and drove towards Kyoto.

Anyone can give up Darong, except the royal family.

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Jizhou, inside the Hengdao Gate.

Ji Hai looked at Ji Zhen who had returned in astonishment, "Master, why are you back?"

Ji Zhen looked at the familiar yard and the familiar plants and trees and sighed softly.

He entered the house with a cane. The house was still decorated in the same familiar way, even the teapot and teacups had not been changed.

Sitting at the tea table, he stroked the familiar tea set.

"The troubled times have arrived, and it's time for our Hengdao Sect to find a way out!"

Ji Hai sat in front of Ji Zhen in a daze, as if he didn't understand what Ji Zhen said.

For more than 20 years, Ji Zhen has been in Cuixia Valley. Although Ji Hai often visits him, due to the long journey, he only goes once a year at most.

Now Ji Hai's hair has turned gray, but he is already a congenital warrior, which means he has not let Ji Zhen's painstaking training go to waste.

The Hengdao Sect is still the strongest sect in Liaodong, and the Tianqing Sword Sect can only be ranked second.

"Master, what's going on?"

Ji Zhen tasted the tea, the familiar tea aroma made his thoughts complicated.

"There are no innate warriors stationed in Sanshan Valley and Cuixia Valley anymore."

"What?" Ji Hai was shocked.

Ji Zhen said: "Jian Chengfeng defected from Sanshan Valley, and all the innate warriors in Sanshan Valley left. After Cuixia Valley got the news, everyone went back to their own homes!"

Jian Chengfeng's defection was the fuse that detonated the demoralized innate warriors.

Even the innate warriors from the three valleys had left, let alone Cuixia Valley.

Almost all the innate warriors in the Three Valleys had served as officials in the court, while most of the innate warriors in Cuixia Valley were born in martial arts sects.

"Then won't we have any Zhenyuan Pills in the future?" Ji Hai said.

Ji Zhen raised his head and glanced at him, "You are still thinking about Zhen Yuan Dan at this time!"

Ji Hai shook his head, "Master, I'm a little confused, let me sort out my thoughts!"

He was a little confused about the thoughts of those predecessors. Why did they want to leave Sanshan Valley and Cuixia Valley?
You can clearly get Sanhuangli and Zhenyuan Dan if you stay there, so why would you leave?

And did the emperor let them leave so easily?

Aren’t they afraid of the emperor’s wrath?
Ji Hai was a little confused for a moment.

After all, he had just broken through to the Innate Realm a few years ago, and his concept had not yet changed from that of an ordinary warrior to that of an Innate warrior.

In his mind, Sanhuangli and Zhenyuan Dan are both very precious resources for cultivation. For these two things, it is worth it for him and Hengdao Sect to pay a huge price. Not to mention just staying in Sanshan Valley and Cuixia Valley, even taking his disciples to fight a big battle is worth it.

In his heart, the emperor and the court still have great power, and sectarian forces like theirs should not challenge the majesty of the emperor and the court.

Ji Hai fell into deep thought, and Ji Zhen was also thinking while stroking his beard.

Different from Ji Hai's idea, Ji Zhen was considering the future of Hengdao Sect.

Jizhou is the gateway to Liaodong. Although the commercial trade in Jizhou has been greatly affected by the development of maritime trade in Liaodong in the past decade, the importance of Jizhou has not diminished.

Especially in terms of strategic significance, Jizhou is definitely the most important strategic location in Liaodong.

From Jizhou, one can march straight into Shuntian Prefecture in the south, and penetrate deeply into Pingyuan and Liaoyuan provinces in the north at a rapid speed. In the west, one can go upstream along the river to Liaoxi, Beiyuan Town and Longyuan, and in the east, one can go downstream like a dragon out to sea.

Since ancient times, Jizhou has been a battleground for military strategists. As long as Jizhou is occupied, the military's frontline can radiate to a radius of two thousand miles.

If the Hengdao Sect occupied such a strategic location, they would inevitably become the target of public criticism.

The Hengdao Sect certainly could not occupy Jizhou, and they were not even allowed to have such an idea.

The court would not allow the Hengdao Sect to do so, and Liaodong would not allow it either.

"Master, how many innate warriors are there in the court?" Ji Hai suddenly asked.

Ji Zhen shook his head slightly, "I don't know! There should be more than a dozen!"

Even without the Three Valleys and Cuixia Valley, there are still so many nobles in the court, the royal family, and the innate strong men in the imperial city.

"More than a dozen!" Ji Hai took a deep breath, "As far as I know, there are three innate warriors in Chongshan Town, Yang Mingwu, Luo Feiyu, and Han Fei!"

"There are also six innate warriors in Beiyuan Town, Zhou Lan, Song Dashan, Yang Mingzhen, Yang Chengxu, Yang Chengze, and Wang Yunqiao!"

"Tenglongwei has two innate warriors, Yu Tonghai and Xue Ping!"

"Not only these, there must be other innate warriors around Jing'an Marquis Yang Chengye."

"Master, these are more than ten innate warriors!"

Ji Zhen's expression changed slightly.

He knew that there were many innate warriors in Chongshan Town and Beiyuan Town, but he really didn't know their specific subordinates.

For example, Song Dashan, Yang Mingwu and others, they have broken through to the innate realm for nearly twenty years, and Ji Zhen has some understanding of them, but he is not very clear about the young generation like Wang Yunqiao and Han Fei.

Especially Han Fei, he had never even heard of this name.

"Wang Yunqiao, I know you are Yang Zhengshan's disciple, but who is Han Fei?"

Ji Hai replied: "Han Fei is now the lieutenant general of Daning Guard in the west route of Chongshan Town. His father, Han Cheng, has followed the old marquis for more than 30 years and later served as the commander of the first guard in Tenglong Guard."

Speaking of this, Ji Zhen actually understood that Han Fei must be a close relative of the Yang family.

But Ji Hai continued, "In his early years, Han Fei was a close follower of the old marquis. When the old marquis was the general of Chongshan Town, Han Fei was promoted to the guerrilla general of the town's standard camp."

"This person is actually similar to the old marquis's disciple, except that they don't have the title of master and disciple!"

Ji Zhen nodded slightly, "So the younger generation of the Yang family has also grown up!"

"Well, more than just growing up, the Yang family has produced many outstanding young people in recent years, such as Yang Qinhu, the lieutenant general of Fuzhou Guard in Chongshan Town North Road. He is only forty years old now, but he has already reached the half-step innate realm. Another example is Yang Qinfu, the guerrilla general of the left camp of Zhenbiao. He is not even forty years old, but he has already reached the ninth level of the acquired realm!"

"These are just the children of the Yang family. I don't know what the children of the Yang family are like now!"

(End of this chapter)