Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 767 Immortal Arts
Time passed by, and the little grandson was so sleepy that he fell asleep in Uncle Cheng's arms.

Meanwhile, their daughter-in-law was anxiously waiting in the next room.

About an hour later, Master Cheng suddenly stood up, his weathered face filled with surprise and joy.

"It's done!"

"I'm delighted," said Lady Cui.

"Silence!" Master Cheng said hastily.

Cheng Niangzi covered her mouth, tears of joy welling up in her eyes.

Fifteen minutes later, their son finally came out of the quiet room.

"Father, Mother, your son is done!" Cheng Danian knelt down on the ground with a thud, kowtowing several times, crying and laughing at the same time.

How could he, as the son, not know how anxious Master Cheng and Madam Cui had been all these years?
But there was nothing he could do; one's cultivation level wasn't something that could be broken through at will.

As a result, a gloomy atmosphere has always hung over him, and the immense pressure has made him feel breathless.

He was well aware of the consequences if he failed to become a Xiantian martial artist.

If he cannot become a Xiantian martial artist, then after his parents pass away decades later, his wife and children will have no choice but to move away from Xuegu Town.

"Good, good, good~~" Second Master Cheng said "good" three times in a row, as if he had poured out all the bitter feelings he had accumulated over the years.

"Nian'er!" Madam Cui hugged Cheng Danian and wept with joy.

For a while, the family was crying and laughing, and it took a long time for everyone to calm down.

Master Cheng sent his son to consolidate his cultivation, while Madam Cui and her daughter-in-law discussed how to celebrate the next day.

"Mother, is this spirit wine really that effective?" the daughter-in-law suddenly asked.

She was well aware of the predicament her husband faced, and all she could do over the years was worry about it, but there was nothing she could do.

Now that her husband has finally made a breakthrough, the huge weight on her heart has been lifted, and at least for the time being, she no longer has to worry about the future of this family.

"Hmm, I only took one sip today and I already know that this wine has a miraculous effect on the breakthrough of acquired martial artists!"

With a smile on her face, Madam Cui said, "Moreover, Doctor Zhang also said that this peach blossom wine might help Da Nian break through his cultivation barrier, so I bought fifty catties!"

The daughter-in-law's eyes lit up. "Mother, do you think this peach blossom wine can help my brother break through to the next level?"

“Your brother! It should work! Breaking through from the ninth level of the Day After Tomorrow realm to the half-step Innate realm is much easier than breaking through from the half-step Innate realm to the Innate realm, so it will definitely be useful!” said Madam Cui.

"Then I'll go tell my parents to come and buy some spirit wine tomorrow!" The daughter-in-law couldn't sit still any longer and stood up, wanting to go back to her parents' home.

Her husband's problem was solved, but her brother's problem was not.

“Come on, I’ll go with you! I’ll also tell your second aunt.” Cui Niangzi was thinking of her own relatives.

And so, the mother and daughter went out in the middle of the night.

Most of their relatives live in Snow Valley Town, so it's very convenient to visit each other, although visiting in the middle of the night might be considered distasteful.

However, there are no trivial matters when it comes to cultivation. Every household in Snow Valley Town has similar troubles to the Cheng family. Even if it's the middle of the night, no one should be annoyed by the opportunity for Madam Cui to come and share this chance to become a Xiantian martial artist.

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The next day, business at Yang's Winery suddenly became incredibly booming.

As soon as Luo Zhen opened the door, the area in front of the shop was filled with customers coming to buy wine.

The sheer number of them filled the entire street.

"We want to buy wine!"

"Give me fifty catties of herbal brew!"

"Give me 100 catties of both peach blossom wine and apricot blossom wine!"

"I want mixed fruit wine!"

Luo Zhen was taken aback by the surging crowd, but he quickly recovered and ordered his staff to start selling alcohol.

Ji Linfeng's idea is good, but there are quite a few people who share his idea today.

Yesterday, there weren't too many people buying alcohol, but there were also quite a few, probably over two hundred, and most of them were people who run businesses on this street.

However, many people in Xuegu Town were relatives. The eldest brother thought the spirit wine was of good quality and inexpensive, so he naturally told his younger brother to go and buy some. The older sister thought that the Yang Family Winery's grand opening sale was a good opportunity to get a bargain, so she naturally reminded all her aunts and uncles.

In just one night, the news of Yang Family Winery's grand opening promotion spread throughout most of Xuegu Town.

As a result, countless people came to buy alcohol early in the morning.

Some people were initially hesitant, only wanting to take a look, but when they saw so many people waiting to buy wine, they unconsciously joined the buying frenzy.

People have a herd mentality, and martial artists are no exception.

At first, there were only a few dozen people, but as time went on and the news spread, more and more people gathered.

Even as noon approached, hundreds of people were still gathered on the street.

Such a scene is truly a rare sight in Snow Valley Town.

Yang Zhengshan stood outside the back door of the shop, watching the customers coming and going inside, a slight smile playing on his lips.

These are all gifts of spirit stones!
Look, everyone bought no less than ten pounds!

It was as if they were afraid that the spirit wine from Yang Family Winery wouldn't be enough for them to buy!
"Indeed, cultivation resources are the most valuable commodity here! And it's also the easiest business to earn spirit stones."

Spirit wine is not simply a beverage. Martial artists buy it not to satisfy their drinking addiction, but for cultivation. At least most martial artists who come here to buy wine do so for cultivation. Only those who buy Drunken Immortal Brew may be doing so to satisfy their drinking addiction.

Although Snow Valley Town is a martial arts market, its main traded goods are not cultivation resources such as pills. Without the three sects and twelve families of the Spirit Sea, the Cold Cloud Sect and several martial arts families simply cannot support the pill industry of Snow Valley Town.

Therefore, when a new cultivation resource appeared in Snow Valley Town, an extremely terrifying enthusiasm immediately erupted, even forming a buying frenzy.

If this spirit wine were placed in a market town near the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty, its popularity would certainly be far less than it is here. After observing for a while, Yang Zhengshan said goodbye to Liang Shengze and Qu Changkong and returned to Lingyuan Land.

His cultivation has now entered a gradual stage. The cultivation of the "Green Wood Longevity Scripture" is extremely slow, but he can feel obvious progress with each cultivation session, which motivates him to continue.

In order to improve his cultivation speed, he also did a lot of things.

First, cultivate in the Spirit Source Land, not in the outside world, because the concentration of spiritual energy in the Spirit Source Land is far greater than that in the outside world.

Outside, the place Yang Zhengshan had been to had the highest concentration of spiritual energy was inside the ancient ruins, but even there, the concentration of spiritual energy inside the ancient ruins was still much lower than that of the Spirit Source Land.

Therefore, for Yang Zhengshan, the Spirit Source Land is his sacred place of cultivation. Unless there is something too important happening outside, he usually stays in the Spirit Source Land.

Secondly, refine the Spirit Nourishing Pill. The Spirit Nourishing Pill is a mid-grade spiritual pill that has the effect of nourishing the soul. It cannot directly increase the cultivation speed, but it can nourish the soul and increase Yang Zhengshan's daily cultivation time.

Without taking the Nourishing Spirit Pill, Yang Zhengshan could only cultivate for four hours a day, but if he could take the Nourishing Spirit Pill, he could cultivate for an extra hour each day.

An hour a day may not seem like much, but over time, it can lead to significant improvement.

Yang Zhengshan is currently able to refine the Nourishing Spirit Pill on his own and is also teaching Wang Mingzhe how to refine it. Once Wang Mingzhe can also refine the Nourishing Spirit Pill, he will be able to find time to study other pill formulas.

Thirdly, there are spirit fruits. Nowadays, Yang Zhengshan eats spirit fruits as his main food. Jade spirit peaches have become his staple food, wood spirit fruits are his supplementary food, and there are also spirit-concentrating fruits, three-yellow plums, star-yuan fruits, light spirit fruits, etc. He eats more than thirty spirit fruits every day.

This isn't eating spirit fruits, it's eating spirit stones.

If these spiritual fruits were replaced with spirit stones, it would be equivalent to more than thirty spirit stones.

That's over thirty yuan a day, a thousand yuan a month, and twelve thousand yuan a year.

In addition, there is one Nourishing Spirit Pill per day, and an unlimited supply of Spirit Wine.

If all of it were converted into spirit stones, Yang Zhengshan would probably consume around a hundred spirit stones every day.

That means he consumes more than 36,000 spirit stones a year.

Such consumption only resulted in Yang Zhengshan's slow progress, which shows how difficult it is to cultivate the "Green Wood Longevity Scripture".

Besides cultivating the "Green Wood Longevity Scripture", Yang Zhengshan is currently cultivating three other techniques: "Wood Transformation Body Nourishment Method", "Green Flower Thunder Technique", and "Green Wood Technique".

Yang Zhengshan has never stopped practicing the "Wood Transformation Body Nourishing Method" and has always regarded it as the most important cultivation technique. Now, he has reached the third stage of the "Wood Transformation Body Nourishing Method", and his body's recovery and self-healing abilities far exceed those of ordinary Tiangang stage martial artists.

However, the cultivation of the "Qinghua Thunder Technique" is much slower, and he has not yet even begun to grasp its basics, which is the most troublesome time for him.

As for "Green Wood Spells", they are actually several basic spells attached to "Green Wood Longevity Scripture", including four spells: healing spell, thorn spell, vine spell, and flying blade spell.

Healing spells are healing techniques that are effective in treating both internal and external injuries.

Thorn Spell is an area-of-effect attack spell. Once cast, it can cause a large number of thorns to grow rapidly within a radius of tens of feet, which can restrict the enemy's movement and also attack the enemy.

The Vine Spell and the Thorn Spell are companion spells; they can be cast separately or together. The vines can be used to bind enemies, and if cast together with the Thorn Spell, thorns will grow on the vines.

Finally, there is the Flying Blade Technique, also known as the Grass and Tree Flying Blade Technique. This technique transforms the branches and leaves of plants into flying blades, which can be used to attack enemies.

Although these four spells are all basic spells, they involve methods of using magical power.

The four spells included in the "Green Wood Longevity Scripture" are probably intended to help practitioners become familiar with how to use their magical power.

In fact, Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi could also perform spells similar to vine magic in the past. In particular, Yu Qingyi was able to cultivate Azure Dragon Vine very early on, allowing the Azure Dragon Vine to form a giant net or cage.

However, that was a spell cast by Yu Qingyi using the Dao intent of the wood element. Its essence was to use true essence to grow plants, which was fundamentally different from the spells of the immortal path.

Yu Qingyi's vine technique has many flaws. First, it is too slow to execute. The vines grow too slowly and it is difficult to keep up with the speed of a Xiantian martial artist. Not to mention a Tiangang stage martial artist, it is even harder to keep up with a Qihai stage martial artist, let alone entangle them.

Secondly, it is too difficult to control. Yu Qingyi can only make slight adjustments to the growing vines and cannot control them quickly.

In the end, the vines that Yu Qingyi cultivated were just ordinary plants. Although she chose the thick and tough Azure Dragon Vine, it was still just an ordinary plant, and even a Xiantian martial artist could cut it down.

In comparison, the vine technique that Yang Zhengshan learned from the "Green Wood Longevity Scripture" is different. The magic power itself has a change that true essence cannot match, and the vine technique cast with magic power is even more ever-changing. As long as Yang Zhengshan is willing, it can turn into any shape, and the speed of change is very fast.

This is an advantage that cultivators possess, an advantage that martial artists cannot achieve.

On Lingquan Mountain, Yang Zhengshan controlled a vine as thick as an arm, which danced in the air, sometimes turning into a long whip to lash down, sometimes into a long spear to thrust out, and sometimes into a rope to wrap around Yu Qingyi who was flying in mid-air.

Beneath this vine, Yu Qingyi was forced to constantly dodge. Several times she tried to get close to Yang Zhengshan, but was forced back by this small vine.

Finally, Yu Qingyi retreated dozens of feet, escaping the vines' attack range, before she could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

However, she was a little unconvinced. "I refuse to believe that I can't even beat a vine!"

As she spoke, she flew towards Yang Zhengshan again, the long sword in her hand instantly bursting forth with streaks of azure sword light.

Upon seeing this, Yang Zhengshan's lips curled slightly as he watched Yu Qingyi's figure fly towards him with ease.

Just as Yu Qingyi approached within ten zhang of him, the vine in front of him, which was only one zhang long, suddenly grew rapidly, moving as fast as an arrow shot from a bow, and went straight for Yu Qingyi.

This time, Yu Qingyi used all her strength. The azure sword light was as big as a sail. It slashed down and actually shattered Yang Zhengshan's vines.

Upon seeing this, Yu Qingyi's eyes lit up, and she accelerated once more, unleashing her sword light to pierce straight at Yang Zhengshan without any mercy.

Yang Zhengshan waved his hand casually, and four more vines grew from the ground in front of him. These four vines were thicker than the previous one, each more than a foot thick.

In the blink of an eye, a wall of vines formed in front of Yang Zhengshan, blocking Yu Qingyi's sword light.

Before Yu Qingyi could react, more than a dozen arm-thick vines sprouted from the wooden wall, lunging at Yu Qingyi in mid-air like venomous snakes.

Yu Qingyi reacted quickly, immediately using the Falling Leaves Seeking Roots technique to nimbly turn backward.

She was fast, but the vines were even faster.

Yu Qingyi felt a tightness in her ankle and could no longer retreat.

Then vines wrapped around her arms, legs, and abdomen, and in the blink of an eye, they wrapped her up like a dumpling. No matter how much she struggled, it was all in vain.

"I'm not fighting anymore, this thing is too cheating!" Yu Qingyi gave up completely.

This vine technique is rather shameless; it grows so fast and is so flexible. The key is that it can be thick or thin, soft or hard, which really makes people feel powerless.

(End of this chapter)