Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 753 Ancient Tree
The wolf pack emerged, and the wolf king communicated with the adult blue wolves by howling for a while. Then, the blue wolves obediently lay down in front of Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Zhengshan was slightly taken aback upon seeing this, but then he understood what was going on.

Has the Wolf King abdicated and handed over the throne to a more capable person, allowing him to become the Wolf King?
A wolf pack is a small, hierarchical social group. All male wolves are typically ranked in order of rank (A, B, C), and the same applies to female wolves. The alpha wolf is essentially a dictator; once it catches prey, it must eat it first, and then the others are ranked according to the social hierarchy.

Their only rule is that strength reigns supreme, and the strongest is the wolf king.

Yang Zhengshan just defeated the Wolf King in the Spirit Source Land, so the Wolf King gave up his position as leader and made him the new Wolf King.

Although this wolf king possesses intelligence no less than that of humans, it still follows the rules of the wolf pack.

Of course, if one day this wolf king feels that its strength surpasses Yang Zhengshan's, then it will definitely challenge Yang Zhengshan and take back the title of wolf king.

After thinking about it, Yang Zhengshan quickly accepted his new identity as the Wolf King.

"Well, let's give you all names. From now on, you'll be called the Blue Wolf King, and you'll be called Da Lang, Er Lang, San Lang... and the females will be called Da Qing and Er Qing..."

The male wolf howls "Male," the female wolf howls "Female!"
Yes, that makes sense!

As for how to sort them, it's very simple: sort them by body type.

The remaining wolf cubs will not be named for now; they will be named when they grow up.

Yang Zhengshan thought for a moment, then looked at the sky. It was already close to dusk, and it was not suitable to go out to search for treasure anymore. He also needed to get to know these blue wolves, so he simply brought them all back to the Spirit Source Land.

"Hey, I, the Wolf King, will first provide you with a home!"

Upon returning to the land of spirits, Yang Zhengshan led the blue wolves to first build a home.

"Come on, Daqing and Erqing, you two dig the hole. This will be your home from now on, so dig deep!"

"Eldest brother, second brother, go over there and dig a canal over here, yes, dig it like this!"

"Blue Wolf King, come here, dig a few holes, I'll transplant some spirit fruit trees for you!"

"These spirit fruit trees will be yours from now on. Don't kill them, take good care of them, and once they bear fruit, you can eat as much as you want!"

"You wolf cubs, stop biting!"

"Where did you catch this pheasant? Oh well, eat it if you like!"

For five consecutive days, Yang Zhengshan built a home for them while getting to know them.

These blue wolves are very intelligent. Although they are not as smart as the Blue Wolf King, they are not much worse than humans. In just five days, they learned their own names and could accurately understand Yang Zhengshan's instructions.

Of course, these are just some simple instructions; they still can't understand human speech, but they can understand some of Yang Zhengshan's gestures.

The tenth day since entering the ancient ruins.

Yang Zhengshan appeared in the forest next to the Hall of Transmission of Skills with the Blue Wolf King and nine adult blue wolves.

In the dense forest, Yang Zhengshan looked through the lush vegetation at the square in front of the Transmission Hall. At this time, there were quite a few people gathered in the square, about seven or eight, all waiting to enter the Transmission Hall to receive the cultivation techniques.

They maintained a certain distance from each other, wary of one another.

Judging from this, they must have reached some kind of agreement to enter the Hall of Transmission in an orderly fashion.

They were lucky; Yang Zhengshan took the wolf pack away, which gave them the opportunity to enter the Transmission Hall. Otherwise, they would have become food for the blue wolves.

As for those unlucky guys from before, Yang Zhengshan could only say that they were unlucky and arrived too early.

"go!"

Yang Zhengshan did not step forward, but led the wolf pack away from the Hall of Transmission.

There are too many people gathered in front of the Hall of Transmission of Skills, and it is easy for a fight to break out. If a disturbance occurs, a chaotic battle will definitely break out.

Since he's already obtained the cultivation technique he wanted, there's no need for him to get involved here. He might as well go elsewhere to collect treasures.

He had already chosen his target before he even left.

There's no need to go to the main buildings here, such as the sect hall, the Heavenly Craft Hall, the Hall of All Things, the medicine garden, etc. These places are definitely frequented by people, and he probably wouldn't even be able to pick up any junk if he went there now.

Instead of wasting time in those places, he might as well go and see those small cave dwellings.

Most of those small cave dwellings were residences of disciples from ancient sects, while some were residences of elders and other mid- to high-ranking members of the sects.

Some of the protective formations of the cave dwellings have been destroyed, but the formations of others can still be maintained.

Outsiders like them don't really like to break the magic arrays of these cave dwellings. Firstly, because these magic arrays are quite difficult to break, and each one takes a lot of time to break. They would rather spend that time looking for spiritual herbs and plants.

Secondly, these caves may not necessarily contain anything. You might spend several days breaking through the cave's magic array, only to find it empty inside.

The reason Yang Zhengshan wanted to break through these caves was because he had ten blue wolves by his side. If he were to break through the formation by himself, it would probably take him a long time, but with these ten blue wolves, it would be different and would save him a lot of time.

In addition, there are spiritual fruits and herbs everywhere in the ancient ruins. Perhaps the spiritual fruits and herbs in the herb garden are more precious, but there are also spiritual fruits and herbs in other places.

Those cave dwellings were located in relatively remote areas, which were always the last places people searched. Perhaps some spiritual fruits and herbs could be found there, so Yang Zhengshan did not intend to compete with others, but planned to monopolize that area of ​​cave dwellings.

Leaving the mountain where the Hall of Transmission of Skills was located, the man and ten wolves swiftly traversed the forest.

With ten blue wolves by his side, Yang Zhengshan no longer needed to be so careful.

No matter what kind of strange beast it is, it can only run away when it encounters these ten blue wolves. As for the martial artists who came in, they ran away even faster.

The cave dwelling was located in the southwest of the entire ruins, and Yang Zhengshan arrived here in just half a day.

"Go, go find the spiritual items first. Bring back what you can, and if you can't, come back and call me!"

"If you encounter humans, drive them away."

Yang Zhengshan had no intention of killing to steal the treasure, mainly because there was no need for it.

Everyone who gets to come here has some skills.

Fighting them is too dangerous; it's better to just quietly exploit them.

That's right, Yang Zhengshan is determined to fleece the people.

The nine blue wolves dispersed, and Yang Zhengshan and the Blue Wolf King hid under a large tree, waiting quietly.

Soon a blue wolf returned carrying a medicinal herb.

Yang Zhengshan didn't recognize what kind of elixir it was, but as long as it contained spiritual energy, it was an elixir.

After a brief training session, the Blue Wolf's method of harvesting medicinal herbs was quite proper. Not only did it not damage the branches and leaves of the herbs, but it also dug out all the roots and stems.

Without thinking twice, Yang Zhengshan threw the elixir directly into the Spirit Source Land.

Meanwhile, in the Spirit Source Land, next to the medicine garden north of Longevity City, Yang Mingcheng was already waiting with a group of people.

Suddenly, a medicinal herb appeared on the table next to Yang Mingcheng.

This medicinal herb is about three feet tall, with a main stem that is translucent and crystal-like, with starlight flowing inside like the Milky Way. Nine spiraling side stems branch out from the top of the main stem, each with a fist-sized jade-colored flower bud hanging from its end. The petals are as thin as cicada wings but gleam with a cold metallic light.

Upon seeing the medicinal herb, Yang Mingcheng immediately beamed with joy, "It's here! Mingzhe, come and see what kind of medicinal herb this is!"

Wang Mingzhe stepped forward and examined it carefully. "I don't recognize it!"

"Haha, let's find a place to fall down first!" Yang Mingcheng was not disappointed that Wang Mingzhe did not recognize him; on the contrary, he was happy.

The fact that Wang Mingzhe doesn't recognize it means that the Spirit Source Land doesn't have such a spiritual herb.

With this medicinal herb, the Spirit Source Land now has a new medicinal herb.

As for the efficacy and uses of this medicinal herb, there's no rush; we can study it slowly later.

Soon, several young people stepped forward and carefully took the spiritual herb, planting it in a spot in the herb garden. Then, one spiritual herb after another appeared, some Wang Mingzhe recognized, some not; regardless of whether he knew them or not, they were all transplanted into the herb garden.

Inside the ruins, a blue wolf suddenly placed several bird eggs in front of Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Zhengshan was taken aback. "What is this?"

"Woo woo~~" the blue wolf howled a few times.

Yang Zhengshan picked up the bird eggs and examined them. They were about the size of chicken eggs, and there were six in total. They emitted a faint spiritual aura inside, so they must be the eggs of some kind of strange beast.

Regardless of what it was, Yang Zhengshan sent it directly back to Lingquan Mountain and handed it to Yu Qingyi.

He had just come out of the Spirit Source Land when Sanlang ran over, howled twice, and then darted off to the west.

Yang Zhengshan knew that this must be a spiritual object that it could not bring, so he sent him to retrieve it.

Following Sanlang through the thickets of woods, Yang Zhengshan soon arrived at a lush forest.

Sanlang called out to the grove of trees again, and Yang Zhengshan was slightly taken aback. What did that mean?
"Where is the spirit you were looking for?"

"Awooo~~" Sanlang bit into a tree.

Yang Zhengshan went over to check the tree it had chewed up, and then he was completely dumbfounded.

He slowly raised his head, staring at the vast forest in front of him, his mouth agape, his eyes filled with horror.

The Spirit Tree!

All that's in front of you are spirit trees!
Hundreds of spirit trees.

Each one is a towering giant tree, each one is thousands of years old.

"You really have found a lot of magical items!"

Spirit trees are naturally considered spiritual objects. Although they do not bear edible spiritual fruits, any spirit tree is priceless.

Its leaves, branches, bark, roots, flowers, fruits, etc., may all be medicinal materials, or they may be used in other ways.

Like the ancient banyan tree on Shenmu Island, the ancient banyan tree is not yet a sacred tree, but every part of it has value.

The sacred tree before us is naturally more valuable than the ancient banyan.

More importantly, these are genuine sacred trees, and they may have been growing for tens of thousands of years.

This means that they can be used as spiritual objects for wood-attribute martial artists to forge their spiritual foundation.

Thinking of this, Yang Zhengshan became excited and darted into the forest.

A moment later, he returned.

"There are thirty-six trees here, arranged in a neat pattern. They were planted by humans, meaning they were planted by an ancient sect ten thousand years ago!"

"The rest grew freely over these ten thousand years!"

"Judging from its appearance, it should be a kind of parasol tree, but unfortunately I don't know its specific name or what it is used for!"

Yang Zhengshan's eyes grew brighter and brighter.

Needless to say, the thirty-six ancient trees, each over ten thousand years old, are definitely spiritual objects that can be used by wood-attribute martial artists to forge their spiritual foundation. In addition, there are hundreds of other ancient trees that are over a thousand years old.

With these trees, the Spirit Source Land will never lack spiritual objects for wood-attribute martial artists to forge their spiritual foundations.

Previously, Yang Zhengshan was still considering what spiritual object to use to forge the spiritual foundation and create the golden body.

He had considered the Three Yellow Plums of the Three Valleys, the Banyan Tree of Ten Thousand Years on Shenmu Island, and even the Sacred Lotus of Dao in the Spirit Spring Lake.

However, none of these seem suitable as spiritual objects for forging a spiritual foundation.

Now that we have so many ancient trees that are thousands of years old, Yang Zhengshan will no longer have to worry about this!
At least he no longer needs to worry about the spiritual objects required for forging a spirit foundation for a wood-attribute martial artist; as for other attributes, that remains a concern.

"Call all your underlings over here!" Yang Zhengshan ordered.

The Blue Wolf King howled, and soon the other eight Blue Wolves returned.

Yang Zhengshan leaped onto a giant tree and observed it for a while.

This place should be on the edge of the ancient formation, and given that it's surrounded by caves of little value, it's no wonder that the Lu family didn't mark it on their map.

"You two go over there. If anyone comes, bite them to death. If you can't beat them, call for backup!"

"You two go over there!"

……

Yang Zhengshan made arrangements, releasing all nine blue wolves to guard the area, leaving only the blue wolf king by his side.

He then returned to the Land of Spiritual Origin.

"father!"

Yang Mingcheng saw him suddenly appear and quickly went to greet him.

"Gather all the personnel, bring the entire law enforcement team and the protection team here!" Yang Zhengshan ordered.

“Yes!” Yang Mingcheng replied quickly when he saw how serious the man was.

"Also, a message was sent to the clan hall to request that all available personnel be transferred over," Yang Zhengshan added.

With so many ancient trees, it would take him and the Blue Wolves an unknown amount of time to dig them up, so he needed to mobilize the people from the Spirit Source Land to dig them up.

Not only must the tree be dug up, but it must also be transplanted to the land of spiritual energy.

At Yang Zhengshan's command, the entire Spirit Source Land immediately began to operate.

A large number of young and strong martial artists arrived at the open space east of Changshou City.

Yang Mingwu, Yang Chengche, Yang Chengze, Yang Chengxu, and others arrived one after another.

The Spirit Source Land has no shortage of young and strong martial artists. There are about seven or eight hundred innate martial artists, but there are as many as twenty or thirty thousand acquired martial artists.

Aside from those who are tied up with other commitments, Yang Zhengshan can mobilize 20,000 men at any time.

"Mingwu, Chengze, you take 10,000 men and dig pits here. Dig one pit every 30 zhang, and each pit must be at least 5 zhang deep and 3 zhang wide!"

Yang Zhengshan first arranged things at the Spirit Source Land, and then led his people to the Wutong Forest in the ruins.

Those ancient trees, some thirty or forty feet tall, with trunks two feet thick, would be no easy task to dig them all out.

However, since there is strength in numbers, Yang Zhengshan did not bring too many people, only two thousand.

A dozen or so people digging up one tree shouldn't be a big problem.

Soon, the once quiet forest became bustling with activity.

A group of martial artists, who had acquired their skills through training, were panting heavily as they dug into the soil.

Martial artists naturally work much faster than ordinary people.

On the first day alone, dozens of relatively young ancient trees were unearthed.

The age of these trees is relatively short; they are at least several hundred years old. As for the trees that are even younger, Yang Zhengshan has no time to care about them now.

(End of this chapter)