Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 710 Cultivating Mythical Beasts
Time quickly passed to the twenty-eighth year of Lingyuan.

Standing on Lingquan Mountain and looking down, you can see many new buildings along both banks of the Ling River.

In particular, beneath the Lingquan Waterfall stands a magnificent palace, which is the ancestral hall of the Lingyuan Land.

The ancestral hall faces south and is located on the west bank of the Ling River. The original somewhat steep hillside has been transformed into a large platform built of bluestone, which is four or five miles long and extends southward along the Ling River.

In front of the ancestral hall are the residences of each branch, and each branch has its own office.

On the east bank of the Ling River are beautiful courtyards, which are the residences of the main branches of each family.

As Yang Zhengshan looked down at the winding Ling River, a smile involuntarily appeared on his lips.

Spiritual Spring Space!

No, it should be called the Land of Spiritual Origin from now on.

After eight years of relocation and development, Lingyuan Land has finally become more populated and no longer looks as desolate as it used to be.

The population of Lingyuan Land has now exceeded 50,000. The most densely populated area is naturally Changshou City. In addition, new villages and towns are being built downstream of the Ling River, and new cities are also under construction.

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Just as Yang Zhengshan was admiring the magnificent scenery below the mountain, a loud eagle cry rang out in the air, followed by a gust of wind blowing on his back.

Yang Zhengshan turned around and saw a raptor with a wingspan of more than ten feet swooping down on him. The raptor was not trying to attack him, but rather it was trying to land behind him in a crooked and unsteady manner.

However, it seemed to have some trouble getting the landing right and crashed directly into Yang Zhengshan.

"Idiot, stop right now!"

A clear and melodious sound rang out from the back of the raptor.

Yang Zhengshan shook his head helplessly and reached out to stop the flying eagle that was about to fall off the cliff.

"Hehe, Grandpa!" Yang Wanqi jumped down, smiling sweetly.

"You silly girl, didn't I forbid you from riding the Flying Slave Eagle? How dare you ride it now?" Yang Zhengshan scolded with a stern face.

However, Yang Wanqi was not afraid of his scolding at all. Instead, she said with a smile, "Tianyun has grown a lot more. It can carry me up to the sky without any problem! It's just that I can't control it very well when landing!"

Tianyun is the name of the flying eagle in front of us. Yu Qingyi originally raised six flying eagles to facilitate the transmission of messages at sea, but in fact, the Yang family now has dozens of flying eagles, which can transmit information in the vast ocean.

When Yang Wanqi was a child, she loved playing with the Flying Serpent Eagle. As she grew older, she dreamed of riding the Flying Serpent Eagle into the sky. At that time, she was still small and light, and the Flying Serpent Eagle could carry her.

But now she is eighteen years old, and even though Tianyun lives in the land of spiritual energy and has a physique far superior to that of ordinary flying eagles, it is very difficult for him to carry her into the sky.

Looking at the aggrieved Flying Servant Eagle, Yang Zhengshan resisted the urge to facepalm.

What a bad fate!
Yang Wanqi seemed to have a grudge against this flying eagle, thinking every day about how to get it to take her to the sky.

"Grandpa, give it another Spirit-Attaching Pill! I feel like it's almost ready to carry me soaring freely through the air!" Yang Wanqi said to Yang Zhengshan in a coquettish tone.

The Flying Slave Eagle and the Wind Attribute Spirit-Enchanting Pill are a perfect match. Once the Flying Slave Eagle can control the wind, its flight ability and carrying capacity will be greatly improved.

This flying eagle has already taken two Spirit-Attaching Pills and is now able to control the wind. However, its ability is clearly not strong enough, and it cannot fly on the wind. It can only barely rely on some wind power.

Yang Zhengshan glanced at his spoiled granddaughter, then at the Flying Servant Eagle with its big, expectant eyes, and his lips twitched slightly.

"This is the last one. Don't ask me for any more Spirit Attachment Pills!" Yang Zhengshan took out a wind-attribute Spirit Attachment Pill and handed it to Yang Wanqi.

He spoke without any confidence, because he had said something similar before, but he couldn't help but soften when he saw his little granddaughter acting cute and coquettish.

"Thank you, Grandpa!" Yang Wanqi happily accepted the porcelain bottle, then cheerfully approached Fei Nuying, poured out the pills from the bottle, and fed them to Fei Nuying.

The Flying Serpent Eagle swallowed the Spirit-Enhancing Pill and chirped joyfully.

His cheerful demeanor was exactly like Yang Wanqi's.

"Alright, you're almost getting married, and you're still so childish!" Yang Zhengshan said, somewhat amused and exasperated.

Yang Wanqi's marriage has been arranged, and she will be getting married next month. Her future husband is none other than Wang Mingzhe's youngest son, Wang Chengyun.

This wasn't a marriage arranged by Yang Zhengshan; it was the result of the two children falling in love on their own.

Yang Zhengshan naturally wouldn't interfere with the couple's relationship; on the contrary, he was happy to see it happen.

Intermarriage is the most common occurrence in the Land of Spiritual Origin. Although there are many families in the Land of Spiritual Origin, if you take a closer look, you will find that they are all related.

"Grandpa!" Yang Wanqi called out shyly.

Yang Zhengshan stroked his beard and smiled, no longer teasing her. "Well, I have things to do, I won't fool around with you anymore!"

After saying that, he walked towards the direction of the Spirit Spring Lake.

Beside the Spirit Spring Lake, Yu Qingyi was tending to a dozen or so fledgling eagles. Over the years, Yu Qingyi had raised many flying slave eagles, most of which she had given to Shenmu Island and the Yang Family Trading Company as messengers.

She also kept a few more on the back mountain of Lingquan Lake, where there was a huge eagle nest, housing seven adult flying slave eagles and more than a dozen flying slave eagles that were still growing.

The dozen or so eaglets in front of us have just hatched and are still in the training stage.

"How is it?" Yang Zhengshan asked as he walked over.

Yu Qingyi stood up, holding a fledgling eagle, and said with a smile, "Look at this one, isn't it much bigger than the others!"

Yang Zhengshan looked at it and nodded, "It is much bigger!"

“Yes, this one’s bloodline should have changed, and it should grow stronger in the future!” Yu Qingyi said.

Mythical beasts are a very special kind of existence. They are almost non-existent in the Great An Dynasty and the vast sea area, but on the opposite side of the Stormy Sea, the Great Zhao Dynasty has many mythical beasts.

The term "mythical beast" refers to animals that have undergone mutation. They possess physical attributes far exceeding those of their kind and special abilities unlike those of ordinary animals.

The existence of strange beasts may be a natural phenomenon, meaning that ordinary animals may have their physique enhanced or gain special abilities after consuming spiritual fruits.

It can also be cultivated artificially, using spiritual fruits and elixirs.

The abilities of mythical beasts may be inherited through bloodlines, and their offspring may possess abilities far exceeding those of their kind.

Yang Zhengshan had cultivated a strange beast a long time ago, namely Hongyun. However, at that time, Yang Zhengshan did not know what a strange beast was. He thought that Hongyun would turn into a monster.

In recent years, Yang Zhengshan has been collecting information about the Great Zhao Dynasty, and thus learned that there are strange beasts in the Great Zhao Dynasty.

Yu Qingyi is currently training a beast, aiming to cultivate the Flying Slave Eagle into a true beast. Despite Yang Wanqi's Flying Slave Eagle being larger than others and possessing the ability to control the wind, it doesn't yet qualify as a true beast.

It can only be considered a pseudo-mythical beast, possessing the characteristics of a mythical beast but lacking its strength.

It should be known that true mythical beasts possess combat power no less than that of innate martial artists.

Moreover, raising exotic beasts is extremely difficult. It's not enough to simply provide a flying slave eagle with a large amount of resources; it requires generations of nurturing to gradually form an exotic beast bloodline before it can be considered a true exotic beast.

Of course, there are exceptions. Hongyun is one such exception. Hongyun has consumed so many resources that it already possesses the bloodline of a mythical beast and doesn't need to be nurtured generation after generation.

Currently, the Land of Spirit Origin already possesses twelve true exotic beasts, all descendants of Hongyun.

Big Head should also have the potential to become a beast. As long as Yu Qingyi is willing to give it enough Ice Heart Fruit and Spirit Attachment Pills, it can become a beast in the future.

As for the Flying Slave Eagle, we'll have to see about the fledgling eagle in Yu Qingyi's hands.

If carefully nurtured, it might grow into a mythical beast.

Therefore, it can be seen that there are two ways to cultivate exotic beasts. The first is to use various spiritual fruits and pills. As long as there are enough spiritual fruits and pills, an ordinary animal can be turned into an exotic beast.

The second method is to optimize generation after generation, continuously selecting strong offspring for focused training.

The former requires a lot of resources, while the latter also requires some resources, but much less than the former, only taking longer.

Yu Qingyi's current method of raising exotic beasts is a combination of two methods; otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to raise a fledgling eagle with the potential to become an exotic beast in less than ten years.

Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi observed the fledgling eagle for a while before bringing it back to the courtyard.

The other eaglets were then released back into the nest.

The current Lingquan Courtyard is a renovated courtyard, much larger and more exquisite than before.

Here, Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi had no servants around them, and apart from Hongyun and Qingxia, there was no one else serving them in the courtyard.

Back in the courtyard, Yang Zhengshan had a simple lunch before returning to Shenmu Island.

The island of Shenmu has not changed much in recent years, except that it is more prosperous than before.

Now that Yang Zhengshan has handed over Shenmu Island to Jiang He and Yang Mingzhi to manage, Yang Mingzhi, as the head of the Foreign Affairs Hall, cannot stay in Lingyuan Land forever; he needs to handle matters outside the island.

Jiang He remains the head of the government office on Shenmu Island. Although he has groomed a successor, he will have to stay on Shenmu Island for the time being.

Upon arriving at Shenmu Island, Yang Zhengshan walked to the government office with his hands behind his back.

"Homeowner!"

When the officials in the government office saw him, they immediately bowed and paid their respects.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly and then walked into Jiang He's study.

"Father! You've come!"

Jiang He still looked the same, with a few white hairs at his temples and a beard that was black mixed with white.

His aura grew increasingly imposing, exuding an air of authority without anger.

"Hmm! Have Xuanzhen Daoist and Chen Zhongshu arrived?"

“He arrived three days ago, and I have already arranged for him to stay in the villa!” Jiang He replied.

Yang Zhengshan sat down at the tea table and asked, "Is the ship ready?"

"We are ready and can set sail at any time!"

Yang Zhengshan thought for a moment and said, "Then let's get ready. We'll set off in three days."

He had been preparing to go to the Great Zhao Dynasty for a long time. If it weren't for the need to cooperate with the construction of the Spirit Source Land in recent years, he probably would have set off long ago.

Now that the construction of the Spirit Source Land has come to an end, Yang Zhengshan can finally take a long voyage.

On his journey to the Great Zhao Dynasty, Yang Zhengshan planned to cross the Stormy Seas, rather than bypass them.

The reason, of course, is that it takes too long to go around the stormy sea area.

While stormy seas are dangerous, going around them can also be quite troublesome.

A journey of tens of thousands of miles, no one knows how many troubles they will encounter along the way.

Yang Zhengshan was still somewhat confident that he could cross the stormy sea area because he had several advantages that others did not have. First of all, he could predict celestial phenomena. The wind currents in the stormy sea area were unpredictable and difficult to predict based on conventional experience, but Yang Zhengshan could predict them accurately.

Secondly, he had taken Hailongdan, which allowed him to stay underwater for a long time. Underwater currents are very complex, but they are still much better than the waves on the surface.

If all else fails, Yang Zhengshan will swim across from the seabed.

This may sound unbelievable, but don't forget that Yang Zhengshan also has the Spirit Spring Space.

If he's tired, he can rest in the Spirit Spring Space; if he's hungry, he can eat there. It just takes a little more time, but it will definitely take much less time than going around the stormy sea.

If danger arises, Yang Zhengshan can store the boat in his spiritual spring space and then wade through it.

This was a last resort; if possible, he would still prefer to cross by boat.

After leaving the government office, Yang Zhengshan found the Taoist Xuanzhen.

On the surface, Yang Zhengshan was leading Xuanzhen Daoist, An Yuxing, Chen Zhongshu, and Lü Hua on this voyage, but in reality, Yang Zhengshan was leading more than 50,000 people from the entire Lingquan Space.

The reason for this is entirely due to the special nature of Xuanzhen Daoist.

If possible, Yang Zhengshan would not want Xuanzhen Daoist to know about the existence of the Spirit Spring Space.

Xuanzhen Daoist is no ordinary person; behind him is the Wuzhen Dao Palace, so there is absolutely no way he could join the Yang family.

Moreover, Yang Zhengshan dared not underestimate Xuanzhen Daoist's strength.

This old Taoist priest is now over 160 years old, and his strength has reached an unfathomable level. Even Yang Zhengshan wouldn't dare say that he could definitely defeat him.

If he could, Yang Zhengshan would actually be unwilling to bring this old Taoist priest along, but since the old Taoist priest came to him, he couldn't refuse, so he had no choice but to take him on the journey.

(End of this chapter)