Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 703 Changes in the Longevity Village
Heavy armored cavalry is not exclusive to Chongshan Town; Beiyuan Town also has its own heavy armored cavalry, although Beiyuan Town currently only has two thousand heavy armored cavalry.

However, Song Dashan regarded these two thousand heavily armored cavalry as his trump card. At this moment, he sent out the heavily armored cavalry in order to quickly establish a winning position in this battle.

In open field battles, the worst thing is to get entangled, because once entangled, both sides will suffer heavy casualties.

Ideally, the morale of the soldiers should be boosted at the start of the battle, and the enemy should be intimidated and temporarily suppressed. In this way, the enemy's strength will be diminished and the enemy's will will be weakened, and the advantage can be gained.

The appearance of two thousand heavily armored cavalry inflicted heavy casualties on the Ongud army.

These tin cans are best suited for battlefields like the wide-open field battlefield before us.

Their warhorses moved with small, quick steps, unable to catch up with the Ongud tribe's cavalry. However, the Ongud tribe's cavalry had no choice but to charge forward and intercept them.

Because if the enemy allows them to charge, these two thousand heavily armored cavalry can break through the enemy's central army formation.

Most of the Hu cavalry were light cavalry, and their armor was mainly leather armor. Very few of them wore full iron armor, and they were not organized into any unit.

The outcome of light cavalry encountering heavily armored cavalry is predictable; it's like an egg hitting a rock.

Although they stopped the heavy cavalry charge, they suffered incredibly heavy casualties in the process.

In the instant of the collision, thousands of Hu cavalrymen fell from their horses. Immediately afterwards, the heavily armored cavalry moved as if they were in an empty field, fighting and killing Hu cavalrymen one by one.

As time went on and casualties continued to mount, the right-wing Hu cavalry finally showed signs of defeat.

When the first Hu cavalryman was overwhelmed by fear and turned to flee, what followed was a massive rout, like the receding tide.

With the Hu cavalry on the right flank routed, can the central army of the Wanggu tribe still hold?

The answer is of course no.

The defeat was swift and devastating. After two hours of fighting, the tens of thousands of troops of the Wanggu tribe finally succumbed to the pressure and collapsed completely. Large numbers of Hu cavalrymen abandoned their armor and fled in panic, disregarding everything and even forgetting their own kinsmen and brothers behind them.

They had only one thought: to escape this terrifying battlefield.

……

Kyoto, inside the Marquis Jingan's Mansion.

To be precise, it's within the Spirit Spring space.

Yang Zhengshan finally had some free time. During this period, he was either recruiting innate martial artists for the new Da'an Dynasty or helping Yang Chengye formulate the new dynasty's systems and policies.

By now, almost all of the new dynasty's systems have been finalized. Even if some systems have not yet been implemented, it's only a matter of time, and Yang Zhengshan no longer needs to worry about them.

As for the innate martial artists, those who could return have returned, and those who couldn't return are no longer a concern.

Although Yang Zhengshan hoped that the new Da'an Dynasty could have more innate martial artists, he could not possibly lower himself to invite those innate martial artists.

Recruiting those innate martial artists is for their own good, and it is their own loss if they do not join the Da'an New Dynasty.

Yang Zhengshan was happy to make more friends and unite more powerful people for the new Da'an Dynasty.

However, given his status and strength, it would be too much to ask him to lower himself and befriend them.

After finishing all these messy matters, Yang Zhengshan, although he did not leave Kyoto, has once again focused his energy on the Spirit Spring Space.

The scene inside the Spirit Spring space was completely different now; the forest that had been somewhat sparse had become incredibly lush.

Standing atop the mountain and looking down at the surrounding forests, one sees a lush and vibrant landscape.

The number of animals in the space has also increased, with various birds, beasts and insects everywhere, giving it a somewhat primitive mountain forest feel.

However, the most significant changes have occurred in the Longevity Village. Exquisite bamboo houses and courtyards are neatly arranged, and a stream flows around the village, merging into irrigation ditches in the fields. Golden rice ears droop in the fields, and a gentle breeze ripples across the water.

The mountain behind is covered with lush green tea trees, in circles and rows, stretching from the foot of the mountain all the way to the middle of the mountain.

The riverbanks on the west side of the village are planted with various fruit trees. Although the fruit trees are not large, many of them have already grown to a height of ten feet, with lush branches and leaves, full of vitality.

To the east of the village is a horse ranch, an unfenced area where dozens of tall and handsome horses are leisurely strolling.

In the villages, trees are planted everywhere, just like the riverbanks, which are planted with various fruit trees.

Nestled against mountains and beside water, with crisscrossing paths, flowing streams, and shady trees, it perfectly blends human culture and nature.

There's a saying that those near the water get the moon first, and the longevity village before us is undoubtedly the best blessed place.

The water they use is all from the spiritual spring, the rice they eat is irrigated with spiritual spring water, and the tea they drink is also irrigated with spiritual spring water.

They also have a large collection of spirit fruit trees, including some fast-growing spirit fruits that they can enjoy to their heart's content, such as dragon bone fruit, cold pine nut, cloudberry fruit, and so on. These spirit fruits have mild effects and can be consumed by ordinary people.

Of course, the villagers of the longevity village are also hardworking. Everything here was built by themselves, and they also have a lot of work to do on a daily basis.

They were to take over Yang Zhengshan's duties, such as brewing wine, frying tea, collecting honey, and caring for horses.

Yang Zhengshan has now handed over all these messy matters to them, and they have done a great job, even better than Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi.

Especially in caring for the horses, Yang Zhengshan used to let these horses roam freely and almost neglect them. Now, with these villagers around, the horses can not only receive better care, but also better training.

The horse farm on the west side of the village has only a few dozen horses. These horses are actually the village's guardians, protecting the village from wild animals.

The horses that the villagers need to take care of are not these few dozen horses, but the herds of horses on the southern grasslands.

Warhorses are not born that way; they also need care and training.

The horses in the space have strong physiques and endurance, but if they are just allowed to roam freely, they will just be a group of wild and untamed beasts. If you want them to understand human nature and be willing to be ridden, they will need to be tamed slowly by someone.

The villagers need to tame these horses. Although Yang Zhengshan did not give such an instruction, Yang Mingcheng has been helping to tame these horses.

If the Yang family needs them, Changshou Village can immediately provide hundreds of powerful warhorses.

Don't underestimate these hundreds of warhorses. These are the same warhorses that once dominated the Red Clouds. Once they enter the battlefield, they are like ferocious beasts.

Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi walked side by side along the riverbank, watching the warhorses galloping freely, with a faint smile on their faces.

The space now has a complete ecological environment, and the food chain has reached a very harmonious state, so Yang Zhengshan no longer needs to worry about it.

Moreover, as time goes by, countless rare and precious materials will be nurtured within the space, such as various spiritual fruits and precious medicines.

Spiritual fruits go without saying, but precious medicines are truly inexhaustible.

In the outside world, precious herbs are also a rare commodity. Although some powerful forces can cultivate precious herbs, they do so on a small scale, and it is rare to be able to cultivate even a few hundred plants.

However, within this space, you could find precious medicinal herbs by simply digging around on any hilltop. Yang Zhengshan scattered many seeds within the space, including many seeds of precious medicinal herbs. He didn't tend to those herbs, letting them grow freely.

The longer the time, the more wild medicinal herbs will appear in the space.

"Father, are we moving some people in?" Yang Mingcheng asked, following behind Yang Zhengshan.

"What's wrong? Are you short-handed?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

Yang Mingcheng chuckled sheepishly, “We have enough manpower for now, but I also plan to cultivate another piece of wasteland in the east to grow various medicinal herbs!”

He pointed to the hillside east of the village and said, "The river and irrigation canals that were built before can be directly diverted over there. There's no need to plant tea trees on that hillside anymore; we can plant a lot of medicinal herbs there. I've also had the fields over there reclaimed. In a year or two, we won't be able to reclaim thousands of acres of fertile land!"

"Last year, I acquired a lot of medical books and alchemy books, didn't I? Some people in the village are very interested in these, and they are already studying alchemy. However, it's a bit troublesome to go into the mountains to find medicinal herbs, so I'm thinking of planting medicinal herbs there!"

Yang Mingcheng also has his own plans, which include two aspects. The first is to cultivate more fertile land here and plant more spiritual fruit trees, tea trees, and so on. The second is to provide more resources for the outside world.

Spiritual fruits, tea, wine, medicinal herbs, royal jelly, horses, and even chickens, ducks, cattle, sheep, and grains.

The food supply in the space is already self-sufficient, and there is even a surplus for brewing wine.

Wine made from grain produced within the space is better than wine made from grain from outside.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly after hearing Yang Mingcheng's plan, "Then let's find an opportunity to transfer more people in!"

"By the way, how is everyone's cultivation progress?"

Yang Mingcheng replied, "They've all progressed very quickly; the highest level of cultivation has already reached the fifth level of the Acquired Realm!"

Yang Zhengshan raised an eyebrow. "So fast?"

“Yes, currently three people have reached the fifth level of the Acquired Realm, and most of the others are at the second or third level,” Yang Mingcheng said.

The people who migrated into the space were all young people around twenty years old. They all had cultivation, but the highest cultivation level was only the third level of the Acquired Realm.

If you calculate the time, it's only been three years since they migrated into the space. Advancing two levels in three years is really fast.

If they continue cultivating at this rate, these people will likely reach the ninth level of the Acquired Realm around the age of thirty-five.

Martial arts cultivation is not about being as fast as possible. Under normal circumstances, it takes at least 24 or 25 years to reach the ninth level of the Acquired Realm, which is roughly the age of 40. Reaching the ninth level of the Acquired Realm is already considered genius.

For example, most members of the Yang family reach the ninth level of the Acquired Realm around the age of forty, reach the half-step Innate Realm before the age of forty-five, and break through to the Innate Realm around the age of fifty.

As for the guards of the Yang family, because they receive less spiritual spring water, this process will be delayed by five to ten years.

This doesn't mean that age limits one's progress in cultivation, but rather that to make progress in martial arts cultivation, one must be down-to-earth.

Of course, heretical practices like the Blood Refining Technique are not included in this category.

Yang Zhengshan felt it was time to move the Yang family's descendants to the Spirit Spring Space.

The only drawback of the Spirit Spring Space is that it is too peaceful and not lively enough. Living here means being far away from the hustle and bustle of the mortal world.

Previously, Yang Zhengshan had been worried that everyone would be bored and unable to bear the loneliness here, but if it is for cultivation, these problems will no longer be problems.

"I'll arrange for more people to move in after a while. You can start preparing!" Yang Zhengshan said.

Yang Mingcheng nodded and replied, "Okay!"

Afterwards, Yang Zhengshan toured the longevity village and then went to Lingquan Mountain. Lingquan Mountain had not changed much; apart from the fact that there were more spirit fruit trees, there were almost no other changes.

As soon as Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi arrived at Lingquan Mountain, Hongyun and the big, clumsy guy came over. Hongyun had grown even taller, his head now almost ten feet long.

Calling it a ferocious beast is no exaggeration.

The once big and clumsy creature had grown even taller, and its appearance had changed drastically. Its gray fur shone brightly, its thick antlers were incredibly strong, and its large, round eyes no longer looked as silly as before.

The most interesting thing is that the big guy's ability to control ice and snow has become much stronger. Before, it could only make it snow in a small area, but now it can control the shape of the ice and snow and condense ice arrows to attack.

Hongyun also acquired its own ability, the art of controlling the wind. The first wind-attribute spirit-enhancing pill that Yang Zhengshan refined went into its stomach.

However, its current ability is still a bit weak; the wind it blows can only cool people down a little.

Yang Zhengshan had high expectations for Hongyun. It didn't matter that Hongyun was weak now, as long as he could give Hongyun enough wind-attribute spirit-enhancing pills, Hongyun's abilities would become stronger sooner or later.

Perhaps in the future, even red clouds will be able to fly on the wind.

The thought of riding the red cloud filled Yang Zhengshan's eyes with anticipation as he looked at it.

Yang Zhengshan is now able to refine three types of spirit-enhancing pills: ice and snow, wind and power.

Spirit-Enhancing Pills made from Dragon Bone Fruit can enhance a martial artist's power. Yang Zhengshan also takes Spirit-Enhancing Pills with wind and power attributes.

However, the Dao he himself comprehended was of the lightning attribute, and these two attributes were merely icing on the cake for him.

Unfortunately, he didn't have any spiritual fruits with the lightning attribute. If he did, he could refine spiritual pills with the lightning attribute, and his Dao intent would improve much faster.

Similarly, he did not have any wood-attribute spiritual fruits, while Yu Qingyi had taken spirit-binding pills with ice and snow attributes, and Yu Qingyi was already comprehending the Dao of ice and snow attributes.

In fact, Yu Qingyi is very suitable for cultivating the Dao Intent of Ice and Snow. Firstly, because Yu Qingyi had taken a lot of Ice Heart Jade Bone Pills before. Although the Ice Heart Jade Bone Pills cannot enhance Dao Intent, they subtly change Yu Qingyi's physique, making Yu Qingyi more suitable for cultivating the Dao Intent of Ice and Snow.

Secondly, Yang Zhengshan currently possesses a large quantity of Ice Heart Fruit, enabling him to refine large quantities of Ice and Snow Attribute Spirit-Attaching Pills, which is sufficient to support Yu Qingyi's cultivation needs.

Yu Qingyi's progress in cultivating the Dao Intent of Ice and Snow is definitely faster than her progress in cultivating the Dao Intent of Wood.

Yang Zhengshan also cultivated the Dao intent of both wind attribute and power attribute because he possessed the Wind Spirit Fruit and Dragon Bone Fruit.

Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi spent some time getting close to Hongyun and the big, silly guy, before heading to the pond.

The Daoist Lotus in the pond has sprouted flower buds again, but the lotus seeds will probably take another twenty years to mature.

The Dao Yi Sacred Lotus is a good thing, but the results are too slow.

It takes twenty years from the time the lotus flower blooms to the time it produces lotus seeds.

However, this time the Dao Yi Sacred Lotus grew more flower buds. Yang Zhengshan counted them and found a total of thirty-six flower buds, which means that one Dao Yi Sacred Lotus grew three flower buds.

This thing is so rare that Yang Zhengshan can only take great care of it.

(End of this chapter)