Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 776 Eighth Level of Qi Training
The carriage traveled along the wide riverbank for half an hour before arriving at a courtyard.

“Vice Hall Master, that’s your home over there!” Yang Chengyi said, pointing to a courtyard standing on a hillside.

This area belongs to the courtyards of various families. All thirty-one families in the clan council have a courtyard here.

Of course, not all clansmen live here. Only the clan leaders and a few juniors from each family live here. Most of the clansmen from each family live in Changshou City and the villages and towns to the south.

In the land of spiritual origin, the children of each family have no special privileges. They may be able to stay here temporarily because of family ties, but once they get married, they will be assigned positions, moved out of here, establish new homes, and live their own lives.

The clan council is composed of many families, but in reality these families have lost the characteristics of a clan, do not maintain the size that a family should have, and there is no situation where dozens or hundreds of family members live together.

According to Yang Zhengshan's idea, the concept of family should be maintained at the upper level, that is, the clan council, but the family situation should not appear at the lower level.

Once a man gets married, he immediately leaves his original family and becomes an independent household.

In short, it's a forced separation.

The same applies to the Yang family and their descendants.

Then the children of various families lived together to prevent them from banding together in a family-based way to fight for power and profit.

Even those who are not from the major families have equal status and equal standing here.

There are no servants in the Spirit Source Land. Of course, many high-ranking officials are served by people around them, but these people are not servants, but attendants.

Attendants were a position, not a status. They were all assigned by the government departments of the Enforcement Hall and received a salary from the government.

Jiang He represents the Jiang family, and he is also a member of the clan council, so he can be called a council elder.

Therefore, he is qualified to live here.

The carriage stopped, and Jiang He stepped out. Yang Yunyan stood smiling at him from the doorway.

"My husband is finally back!"

"Madam!" Jiang He grinned, his face beaming with a憨憨 (simple and honest) expression, both silly and adorable, showing none of the imposing manner he displayed on Shenmu Island.

For the past ten years, Jiang He has been away, while Yang Yunyan has lived here. She has a gentle personality, without many complicated thoughts, and does not participate in the clan council. She simply stays here and takes care of her children and grandchildren.

Yang Yunyan is now nearly eighty years old, but she looks only about forty.

Neither she nor Jiang He were martial arts geniuses, and they started cultivating late. Their innate realm was entirely achieved through resources.

In fact, Yang Yunyan was already over sixty years old when she broke through to the Innate Realm. She used to look somewhat old, but after breaking through to the Innate Realm, under the nourishment of various spiritual objects, she experienced a rejuvenation. Her hair turned black, her wrinkles were smoothed out, and she looked like she was around forty years old.

The couple, who hadn't seen each other for ten years, didn't feel like strangers. They walked into the courtyard together and naturally started chatting about everyday things.

Jiang He was originally an honest and simple person. Even though he has changed a lot now, his nature is still that of a boy who came from a hunter family.

Yang Yunyan was originally a gentle person, and among the Yang family siblings, she had the most gentle personality.

"Where are the children?" Jiang He asked.

Yang Yunyan said, "Ning'er works for Big Brother and is currently in Moon Bay. Feng'er went to the north, where Father raised a pack of blue wolves. Feng'er has been taking care of these blue wolves all along!"

"Miao'er and Chenhui are in Wanfu Town in the south. Wanfu Town is going to be upgraded to a city, and many people have gone there! Chenhui is in charge of the city's construction there!"

"As for the other children, most of them have their own jobs. I haven't had time to inform them since you came back in such a hurry!"

They have two sons and a daughter, as well as three grandsons and three granddaughters, all of whom are now married and have their own jobs.

Although the Spirit Source Land is not large, it will still take one or two days to call everyone back.

"So you're living here by yourself?" Jiang He frowned slightly.

"How could that be? I sent everyone out now that you're back!" Yang Yunyan said with a smile.

Yang Yunyan was, after all, the eldest daughter of the Yang family, so naturally she would have people serving her. Although she didn't need anyone to serve her, she would still receive the treatment due to her. Her servants and guards were arranged according to the treatment of a member of parliament.

However, she only had four attendants and two guards. In addition, there were two old women who were responsible for cooking and cleaning the courtyard, while the guards also served as gatekeepers and grooms.

In this land of spiritual energy, there is no need for guards at all.

The land of spiritual origin has lazy scoundrels and pleasure-seeking playboys, but no thugs who rob and plunder.

As for scoundrels and spoiled brats, throw them into the Dharma Protector Hall for a few years of training, and they're guaranteed to get rid of all their bad habits.

The couple chatted about their recent situations, and Yang Yunyan carefully recounted the situation in Lingyuan Land to Jiang He. The next day, she took Jiang He to Lingquan Mountain to visit Yu Qingyi, and then had a reunion dinner with their children and grandchildren.

Then a group of nephews and nieces came to visit.

Jiang He and Yang Yunyan's cultivation levels were not high, but their seniority was very high.

After several days of excitement, Jiang He finally had some peace and quiet. He then went to work at the clan council and the foreign affairs office.

Not only him, but Yang Mingzhi's situation was similar.

After things calmed down, he began to deal with the affairs of the Spirit Source Land. However, unlike Jiang He, who focused his main energy on various complicated matters, Yang Mingzhi, after gaining a slight understanding of the situation, devoted his energy and time to cultivation.

He has fallen far behind in the past ten years.

Yang Mingcheng and Yang Minghao have both reached the peak of the Earthly Fiend stage and are about to break through to the Heavenly Gang stage, while his cultivation is still at the Qi Sea stage.

Staying on Shenmu Island delayed his cultivation considerably, so he needs to make up for it as soon as possible.

Similarly, Yang Chengye, Yang Chengyou, and others were adapting to life in the Spirit Source Land while also beginning to cultivate diligently.

These two guys, one was an emperor and the other a king, both rulers of their own countries, but in the Land of Spiritual Origin, they still act as grandsons and sons as appropriate.

As for their job assignments, that's simple: just follow their fathers.

……

Lingquan Mountain Plain, in the lakeside pavilion.

Yang Zhengshan awoke from his meditation, a look of joy on his face.

Qi Refining Level 8!
This was his first breakthrough in the path of immortality. The breakthrough process was very smooth, without any surprises, and even smoother than he expected.

"It's easier than I imagined. Could I be a genius at cultivating immortality?"

Yang Zhengshan muttered to himself with delight. However, he quickly realized that he was definitely not a cultivation genius. If he were a genius, he would have broken through long ago and wouldn't have been delayed until now.

It took him more than three years to go from the seventh level of Qi Refining to the eighth level.

This time may seem short, but it has actually been quite long.

It should be noted that Yang Zhengshan has eaten countless spiritual fruits in the past three years, especially the Jade Spirit Peach, a wood-attribute spiritual fruit. Almost all of the Jade Spirit Peaches have ended up in his stomach, and even Yu Qingyi has only eaten a few.

Although the Jade Spirit Peach is not a precious spiritual object, he can't stop eating so many of them.

He also had lotus seeds from the Dao Yi Sacred Lotus, spiritual wine, and all sorts of newly made pills. He could use as much as he wanted of anything useful for cultivation within the Spirit Source Land.

Even so, it still took him more than three years to break through.

"At the current pace, it will take me at least five years to break through to the ninth level, and another ten years to reach the Great Perfection of the ninth level. That means I will need another fifteen years before I can attempt Foundation Establishment!"

"This speed is a bit slow!"

Yang Zhengshan frowned slightly.

If he hadn't switched to cultivating immortality, he estimated that he could attempt to break through to the Martial God Realm within ten years.

He has already spent four years, and if he cultivates for another fifteen years, it will be almost twice as long.

"My absorption of spiritual energy is still too slow. I need better pills to improve my cultivation speed!"

"With the 'Penetrating Void Refining Scripture,' I no longer need to take the Nourishing Spirit Pill, but I need a pill to enhance my spiritual energy. The Qi Nourishing Pill for martial artists should work, but the formula for the Qi Nourishing Pill is in the hands of the Three Lingxiu Sects, so I probably can't get it!"

Yang Zhengshan reached out and took a bamboo slip from the side.

This is the alchemy inheritance he obtained from an ancient ruined array, which records some immortal pill formulas.

It includes more than a dozen pill formulas such as Bigu Pill and Jade Marrow Pill. Most of these formulas are relatively basic pills and are not very useful to him.

There are only two kinds of pills that are of great use to him: Jade Marrow Pill and Foundation Building Pill.

The elixirs of martial arts are actually derived from the pills of immortality, such as the Nourishing Spirit Pill, which is also found here, only with slightly different refining methods.

There are also differences in the grade of the elixirs.

In the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty, elixirs are divided into four levels: mortal elixirs, spiritual elixirs, divine elixirs, and immortal elixirs. Each level is further divided into three grades: upper, middle, and lower.

These correspond to the Acquired Realm, the Innate Realm, the Martial God Realm, and the Martial Immortal Realm.

The elixirs of the Immortal Path are divided into three grades: Unranked, First Grade, Second Grade, and Third Grade. This is similar to the elixir classification in the Martial Path. Unranked elixirs correspond to ordinary elixirs, First Grade corresponds to spiritual elixirs, and Second Grade corresponds to divine elixirs.

The difference lies in the fact that although immortal pills are also divided into three grades—superior, middle, and inferior—this classification applies to the same type of pill.

For example, the Nourishing Spirit Pill is a mid-grade spiritual pill in the martial arts pill category, regardless of how well it is prepared.

However, in the ranking of pills in the Immortal Path, it belongs to the first-tier pills. The lowest quality pills are the low-grade Nourishing Spirit Pills, the higher quality pills are the mid-grade Nourishing Body Pills, and then the high-grade and top-grade Nourishing Spirit Pills.

The grades of elixirs used in martial arts are fixed, while the grades of elixirs used in immortality are meticulously classified according to the quality of the elixirs.

The grade of immortal pills is also reflected in the cloud patterns. Immortal pills all have cloud patterns: low grade has one cloud pattern, medium grade has two cloud patterns, high grade has four cloud patterns, and top grade has nine cloud patterns.

Different grades of pills have different effects; the higher the grade, the greater the efficacy and the less toxic the pills.

If we classify elixirs according to the grades of immortal pills, then the spiritual pills of martial arts are not even considered low-grade.

Yang Zhengshan didn't know what the divine pills of martial arts looked like, but he knew that the spiritual pills didn't have cloud patterns on them, only some runes.

The spirit-nourishing pills he had taken before were actually spirit-nourishing pills for martial arts, not spirit-nourishing pills for immortality.

He now needs the Jade Marrow Pill, a pill that is not available in the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty.

It belongs to the first-tier elixir category. The main ingredient in its preparation is Jade Marrow Ganoderma, while the auxiliary ingredients include more than a dozen kinds such as Ice Heart Fruit, Jade Spirit Peach, Five Willow Root, and Green Jade Powder.

Yang Zhengshan looked at the medicinal herbs. Most of them were grown in the Spirit Source Land, but in some years there might not be enough, so they had to be purchased from outside.

Jadeite powder is not a elixir, but a mineral medicinal material. Jadeite is a wood-attribute spiritual stone, and it is not difficult to buy.

"The materials aren't a big problem, but the alchemy furnace needs to be recast. The alchemy furnace for immortality is different from that for martial arts. Martial arts alchemy furnaces are too crude, and many delicate techniques cannot be used!"

"Especially with flames, flame arrays are not suitable for refining this kind of elixir; earth fire is required!"

"Earth fire, does the Spirit Source Land have fire veins?"

Yang Zhengshan released his spiritual consciousness, connecting with the core of the source and spreading it throughout the entire spiritual source land.

Every place on earth has veins, the most common of which are undoubtedly earth veins and water veins, which are the veins that support mountains and rivers. In addition, there are fire veins and metal veins.

Fire veins contain earth fire; if there are volcanoes, geothermal energy comes from fire veins.

Gold veins are mostly manifested in the form of mineral veins.

In addition, there are spiritual veins. Generally speaking, spiritual veins will merge with other veins, such as spiritual springs, which are actually a fusion of spiritual veins and water veins.

The reason why the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty has so many spiritual lands and nurtures so many spiritual creatures is because there are spiritual veins and water veins converging underground.

The land of spiritual origins naturally has spiritual veins and water veins, but as for whether it has fire veins, Yang Zhengshan really didn't know.

He looked down at the undulating mountains and forests, feeling the different spiritual energy within them.

Finding ley lines is not an easy task. In the outside world, he would never be able to see them, but in the Spirit Source Land, he can still give it a try.

It doesn't mean he can scan the underground veins with spirit stones; he can't do that yet. He can only observe the differences in spiritual energy at each location.

The earth's veins affect the spiritual energy attributes on the ground. Water veins naturally have the most concentrated water spiritual energy, and similarly, fire veins have a more concentrated fire spiritual energy.

Previously, he couldn't perceive these subtle differences, but now that Yang Zhengshan has merged with the core of origin, he can clearly sense the differences in spiritual energy in the spiritual source land.

As he sensed it, he discovered that the Spirit Source Land was primarily composed of water veins, starting from the Spirit Spring in the north, extending to the Spirit Spring Mountain Plain, and then along the Spirit River to its southern end—a very obvious water vein.

“Spiritual Spring, Spiritual River? The Spiritual River was formed later. Logically speaking, the original Spiritual River's course was uncertain, and it shouldn't have had any water veins, but now it seems to have formed water veins!”

"Hmm, the gold spiritual energy here is quite concentrated. It's from that black iron mine, but unfortunately the quality is too low to be worth mining! However, it can be used as a training ground for gold-attribute martial artists!"

(End of this chapter)