Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 719 Martial Arts Market
"Go tell Lü Hua to take some men to investigate the distribution of power in the northeast of Shanggu County!" Yang Zhengshan instructed Li Chang beside him.

Xuanzhen went to Xuanqing Sect, and Li Shangyuan also left. At this time, he was accompanied by four innate martial artists: Li Chang, Wang Lei, Chen Zhongshu, and Lü Hua, as well as more than thirty martial artists at the seventh or eighth level of acquired martial arts. In addition, there were Tian Hu and Prince Ji's heir, Wei Qianye.

This force is nothing in the Spirit Sea; at most, it's just a small power.

Yang Zhengshan was new to the area, so it was impossible for him to go and claim a piece of land next to the Lingxiu Sea.

In his opinion, the best course of action now would be to find a foothold near the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty. The distance from the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty should be neither too far nor too close; about two hundred li would be just right.

The northeastern part of Shanggu County is a good option. The Great Zhao Dynasty has already fallen, and the Tianque Lu Clan has just occupied Shanggu County. They haven't had time to deal with the martial arts families in Shanggu County yet. This is a good opportunity for Yang Zhengshan to find a place to settle down and then slowly make his plans.

Before entering Shanggu County, Yang Zhengshan had Chen Zhongshu and Lü Hua lead thirty guards out to gather information. Both of them were skilled at collecting various kinds of information, and at this time, what Yang Zhengshan needed most was intelligence on the various forces around the Lingxiu Sea.

So Lü Hua went back to his old job, gathering intelligence for Yang Zhengshan.

Wang Lei responded and left the restaurant to deliver a message to Lü Hua.

Yang Zhengshan pondered for a moment in the restaurant before standing up and saying, "Let's go, let's go to the Martial Arts Market!"

"You stay in the guest room and look after the children!"

After saying that, Yang Zhengshan led Li Chang away from the restaurant.

As the name suggests, the Martial Arts Market is a market specifically set up for martial artists, and it sells items related to cultivation.

There is a large martial arts market in Shanggu County. This market was originally opened by the royal family of Da Zhao, but it has now fallen into the hands of the Lu family of Tianque.

There are fewer people in the market than in other streets, after all, there are no more martial artists than ordinary people.

However, the market was still very lively, and it was truly a place where the naturally born were everywhere, and the acquired were as numerous as dogs.

Yang Zhengshan had only just stepped onto the streets of the market when he sensed more than a dozen dangerous auras.

A dangerous aura!
This means that the strength of these dozen or so people is likely above his.

He hadn't felt this kind of aura in a long time, yet here so many people were giving him a sense of danger.

"Damn it, thank goodness I came here. If I hadn't, I probably would have been stuck at the Qi Sea stage for the rest of my life," Yang Zhengshan thought to himself.

The martial arts missing west of the Stormy Seas are not limited to the cultivation path of the Martial God Realm, but also include a portion of the Innate Realm.

Here, the Innate Realm is divided into three stages: Qi Sea, Earthly Fiend, and Heavenly Gang.

The Qi Sea is the place where the meridians of the whole body are connected, the innate true qi is gathered, the dantian is transformed into the Qi Sea, and the innate true qi is circulated.

There's actually no problem with this. Whether you're west or east of the Stormy Sea, once you enter the Innate Realm, you'll go through this stage.

But going further up involves drawing in earthly evil energy and heavenly energy to temper the golden body; martial arts west of the Stormy Seas have no such concept.

As for the levels of Qi Control, Subtlety, and Profound Mystery, they are actually detailed breakdowns of the application of innate true Qi. They should not be called minor realms, so they are simply referred to as different levels.

In other words, Yang Zhengshan's current cultivation level is only that of a Qi Sea level innate martial artist. Compared to many innate martial artists, he is merely a low-level innate martial artist.

Of course, this does not mean that Yang Zhengshan is weak.

In fact, Yang Zhengshan had been thinking about a question all this time: here, the Dao intent of natural attributes is called spirituality, and most martial artists begin to adapt to spirituality at the beginning of their cultivation.

Just like the cultivation method Tian Hu gave him, the Mysterious Fire Glazed Body, he began to adapt to the fire attribute from the Body Tempering stage, and then cultivated fire attribute techniques all the way.

When one cultivates to the Innate Realm, both the body and the true energy possess spirituality.

The cultivation techniques for the Martial God Realm are also divided into categories based on spiritual attributes.

Therefore, spirituality is not a rare thing here; almost every martial artist can sense spirituality at the Innate Realm.

But what about the intention of cultivating the mind and the intention of self-cultivation?

What is this again?
Yang Zhengshan asked Tian Hu, who had no idea that such Daoist intent existed, but he was certain that it was not spirituality.

Yang Zhengshan's cultivation level is at the Qi Sea stage, and his Thunder Dao Intent is not particularly rare here, but he also has the Sole Spear Intent, which is his most powerful trump card.

Unfortunately, the Sole Spear Intent is too difficult to cultivate. Over the years, Yang Zhengshan's Sole Spear Intent has become increasingly sharp, but it doesn't seem to have made much progress.

After entering the market, Yang Zhengshan and Li Chang strolled along the streets.

The market has many shops selling all kinds of items related to cultivation, such as spiritual fruits, spiritual medicines, spiritual pills, cultivation techniques, and weapons.

In addition to the shops, there is also a stall area in the market where you can set up a stall, with about a hundred stalls.

The shops are all owned by sects and aristocratic families, but if some independent cultivators or martial artists from small forces want to sell their goods, they can rent a stall here for just one spirit crystal coin a day.

Yang Zhengshan and Li Changxian found a shop called Lingwu Money Shop.

This money exchange is for spirit stones and spirit crystals, not for gold, silver, or copper coins.

Yang Zhengshan and Li Chang went inside for less than a quarter of an hour before coming out carrying a small bag of spirit crystals.

One spirit stone was exchanged for one hundred spirit crystals.

Yang Zhengshan held a spirit crystal coin in his hand and examined it.

The spirit crystal coin is grayish-black with scattered white crystal particles on its surface, likely made from pressed spirit stone fragments. Runes are engraved on the coin's surface. The obverse bears the inscription 'Illusory Moon,' while the reverse features a crescent moon emblem.

These are spirit crystal coins made by the Illusion Moon Sect!
Minting coins?
Yang Zhengshan couldn't help but swallow his saliva just thinking about it.

The profit margin on this stuff must be huge!
The three major sects not only possess spirit stone mines, but also the right to mint coins.

With these two items in hand, it's as if countless resources are flowing into the three major sects.

Yang Zhengshan couldn't help but look back at the Lingwu Money Shop with longing.

However, he can only look on with envy; he doesn't yet have the ability to snatch food from the gates of the three major sects.

With the spirit crystals in their pockets, Yang Zhengshan and Li Chang strolled around the market, inquiring about the prices of various items and looking at things they had never seen before.

Sure enough, Yang Zhengshan quickly discovered many ways to make money that suited him.

The simplest method is to sell spirit fruits.

A single spirit fruit can sell for at least thirty spirit crystals, and if it's an attribute-type spirit fruit, it can sell for at least eighty spirit crystals.

Yang Zhengshan possesses four types of spirit fruits: Ice Heart Fruit, Wind Spirit Fruit, Nether Light Fruit, and Dragon Bone Fruit. Ice Heart Fruit and Wind Spirit Fruit are relatively common, with prices around ninety spirit crystals, while Nether Light Fruit and Dragon Bone Fruit are rarer, each selling for more than one spirit stone.

Yang Zhengshan now possesses a large number of spirit fruits. If he were to sell them all, he could earn at least several thousand spirit stones.

Thinking of this, Yang Zhengshan's gloomy mood immediately improved a lot.

Of course, he wouldn't be foolish enough to sell so many spiritual fruits.

He understood the principle that possessing a treasure is a crime.

Selling twenty or thirty spirit fruits shouldn't be a problem. It's best to use the same kind of spirit fruit so it won't attract attention.

Besides the spiritual fruits, his wines and teas can also be sold.

They also have similar wines and teas here, and I don't know if their effects are much the same as those of the spiritual spring water.

Spiritual spring water is actually similar to spiritual stones; both contain spiritual energy.

"Spiritual spring water, spiritual stones!"

Yang Zhengshan walked out of a liquor store, lost in thought. "Is there also a spiritual spring beneath the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty?"

"If so, isn't the water in the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty the water of a spiritual spring?"

"No, there might be a spiritual spring beneath the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty, but the water in the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty should be diluted spiritual spring water! Because there is river water flowing into the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty!"

"Wouldn't the spiritual lands surrounding the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty be similar to the Land of Spiritual Origin?"

"Does that mean I originally possessed a Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty?"

"Haha~~"

Yang Zhengshan was secretly pleased.

His spiritual source is no less than this beautiful sea of ​​spirits, and may even be better.

However, the Land of Spiritual Origin is smaller than the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty.

The current radius of the Spirit Source Land is a little over a hundred miles, which is smaller than the area of ​​the Spirit Beauty Sea, not to mention the surrounding area.

However, he now possesses two spiritual springs, with an abundance of water that he can never use up.

Moreover, he can cultivate a large number of various spiritual plants, which is almost equivalent to having countless resources.

With this in mind, Yang Zhengshan immediately began shopping in the market. He bought one of every kind of spiritual fruit he had never seen before, and he also bought some seeds of other spiritual plants if they were available.

He bought a full ten kilograms of the seeds of the sacred rice, in particular.

Spirit rice is probably the most common and lowest-grade spiritual plant; one spirit crystal can buy one pound of it.

However, the effects of Lingdao (a type of rice) are also the mildest, and it can be consumed by ordinary people.

As for the effects of spiritual rice, it strengthens the body's foundation and nourishes the body.

There are no harmful effects from eating it, only beneficial ones, and you don't have to worry about any side effects from eating too much.

If you can eat spirit rice every day, it's not much different from drinking spirit spring water every day.

"Shopkeeper, are there any taboos regarding the cultivation of spirit rice?"

Inside the grain shop, Yang Zhengshan asked the shopkeeper for advice.

The shopkeeper wasn't surprised by the question, and replied amiably, "Spirit rice can only be grown in spirit fields, you should know that, right?"

"I know!" Yang Zhengshan nodded.

"Yes, planting spirit rice is no different from planting ordinary rice. However, it is important to note that spirit rice cannot be irrigated with well water, as well water is cold and will affect the growth of spirit rice!"

"If possible, it would be best to use rainwater to irrigate it, or rainwater summoned by the Rainmaking spell will also work!"

The shopkeeper added, "Growth techniques must not be used during the seedling and heading stages of spirit rice. If properly cared for, top-grade spirit rice can yield a harvest every two years, medium-grade requires three years, and lower-grade spirit rice, if too infertile, may even take seven or eight years to harvest."

"Don't be fooled by the fact that this spirit rice is much easier to grow than other spirit plants. If you want to harvest a lot of rice, you still need to take good care of it!"

Perhaps because business was slow today, the shopkeeper had plenty of time to chat with Yang Zhengshan.

"I see. Where can I buy the Rain Technique and the Growth Technique?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

"You can buy it at Wanfa Pavilion next door, but I suggest you ask at the stalls there; it's much cheaper there," the shopkeeper kindly suggested.

The shopkeeper was also a martial artist of innate level, but he must be quite old, probably around 120 or 130 years old.

Perhaps because the innate martial artists here consume more spiritual items, their lifespans generally exceed 150 years, and it is not uncommon for them to live to 200 years old.

"Oh, okay then, I'll go take a look at the Wanfa Pavilion next door!" Yang Zhengshan said with a smile.

"By the way, may I ask your surname, shopkeeper?"

"Hehe, my surname is Zhang," the shopkeeper said with a smile, stroking his beard.

Yang Zhengshan bowed respectfully and said, "I am Yang Zhengshan, greetings to Brother Zhang!"

"Haha, you're too kind. Brother Yang, if you need anything in the future, please feel free to patronize my business!" Zhang Congye said with a smile.

"Alright, farewell!" Yang Zhengshan smiled and left the grain shop.

The surname is Zhang!

One of the twelve!

Sure enough, the industries here are either the three major ones or twelve companies.

After leaving the grain shop, Yang Zhengshan turned a corner and entered the Wanfa Pavilion next door.

As its name suggests, the Wanfa Pavilion is a place that sells cultivation techniques.

Martial God Realm techniques are rare, but ordinary techniques are not.

However, complete sets of techniques are still relatively rare.

The set of martial arts techniques that Tian Hu gave him in his storage bag would probably be very difficult to buy.

Of course, you can also collect them one by one and slowly put together a set of techniques.

This Wanfa Pavilion was much more impressive than the grain shop next door. The three-story pavilion with vermilion-lacquered pillars and gilded eaves was magnificent. However, what caught Yang Zhengshan's attention the most was that there were runes carved on the floor of the Wanfa Pavilion and runes on the walls.

This must be a magic circle!
"What kind of martial arts technique would you like, sir?"

As soon as Yang Zhengshan entered Wanfa Pavilion, a pretty woman came to greet him.

The woman looked to be in her early twenties, with exquisite features, fair skin, and an ethereal air. Her bright eyes were as clear and captivating as autumn water.

This woman was no ordinary woman. She wore an elegant moon-white pleated skirt, with each pleat outlined in light ink to create strange patterns. As she moved, the skirt swayed like moonlight.

This fabric must be some kind of spiritual material. Yang Zhengshan couldn't tell, but he knew it must be very expensive. He had been to fabric shops before, and the things there were not ordinary.

A thought flashed through Yang Zhengshan's mind.

Here, the world of martial artists is completely separated from the world of ordinary people, with differences evident in everything from clothing and food to housing and transportation.

The thought flashed through his mind for a moment, and he immediately said, "May I take a look around?"

He looked at the bookshelf behind the woman. There were no paper books on the bookshelf, but bamboo tubes. The bamboo tubes were simply marked with the names and characteristics of the techniques, and there were also talismans on the bamboo tubes, which looked very mysterious.

"Of course!" The woman smiled gently and gestured for them to proceed.

Yang Zhengshan was not reserved and walked straight forward, his eyes sweeping over the bamboo tubes on the bookshelf.

The Flame Emperor Technique is a mid-grade Qi-inducing cultivation method for the Innate Earthly Fiend stage, which can draw earth fire and molten lava into the body.

The Nine Heavens Flowing Clouds Path is a superior-grade Qi-guiding cultivation technique for the Innate Earthly Fiend stage, which can draw clouds and wind into the body.

The Earthly Fiend Suppressing Mountain Qi-Guiding Method is a superior-grade Qi-guiding technique for the Innate Earthly Fiend stage. It can draw the fiendish energy of the earth's veins into the body. After successful cultivation, it can be used to learn derivative techniques such as mineral exploration and vein detection.

The Frost Silent Spirit-Guiding Method is a low-grade Qi-guiding technique in the Innate Earthly Fiend stage, capable of drawing in the cold Qi of metal, frost, and metal into the body.

The Green Wood Longevity Technique is a superior Qi-guiding technique for the Innate Earthly Fiend stage, capable of drawing pure and spiritual wood Qi into the body. The accompanying techniques share the same origin and lineage.

(End of this chapter)