Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 780 The War Between the Three Lingxiu Sects and the Youyu Gate

"Your Majesty, an envoy from the Divine Tree requests an audience!"

Just as Yang Jijue was processing the memorials, a white-faced, beardless old eunuch spoke softly.

This old eunuch was none other than Li Shangxi.

Li Shangxi is definitely an old man in this imperial city. He first served Emperor Yanping, then Emperor Jianxing, and now Yang Jijue. He has served five emperors.

In terms of seniority, there are probably few people in the entire Da'an Dynasty who can compare to him.

"Your Excellency, who has arrived?" Yang Jijue asked.

According to the rules set by Yang Zhengshan, there is no superior-subordinate relationship between Shenmu Island and the Da'an Dynasty, and the Yang family has no subordinate relationship with the Da'an Dynasty. Although the Da'an Dynasty is the foundation of the Yang family, it does not belong entirely to the Yang family, but to the hundreds of millions of people of the Da'an Dynasty.

To prevent other members of the Yang family from interfering excessively in the politics of the Da'an Dynasty, Yang Zhengshan clearly defined the boundaries between the Da'an Dynasty and the Yang family from the very beginning.

The Yang family only has the right to supervise the Emperor of Da'an, and has no right to interfere in the affairs of Da'an. If the Emperor of Da'an is a foolish ruler, the Yang family can depose him.

Previously, this rule was not formal, but in recent years, after the Lingyuan Land and Shenmu Island were connected, the clan council formulated many rules, including the right to supervise Da'an and Dajing.

The removal of an emperor could not be done arbitrarily; it required the consent of the clan council.

However, the power to supervise the emperor remained with the Foreign Affairs Office.

In addition, the Foreign Affairs Office would also send personnel to Da'an to oversee the situation, and these Foreign Affairs Office deacons stationed in Da'an were called the Divine Tree Envoys.

“It’s Lord Yang Chengxu!” Li Shangxi said.

Yang Jijue stood up and asked, "Who is he?"

Well, he didn't know Yang Chengxu. In fact, he wasn't very familiar with many people in the Yang family. The Yang family was quite large now, and Yang Jijue had dozens of brothers of the same generation, many of whom he had never met.

Judging from the generational names, Yang Chengxu should be from his grandfather's generation.

"Lord Yang Chengxu served under our ancestor in his early years, just like Lord Yang Chengze!" Li Shangxi was quite familiar with the older generation of the Yang family.

Upon hearing this, Yang Jijue immediately understood Yang Chengxu's identity.

The earliest people in the Yang clan of Liaodong who followed Yang Zhengshan were probably the elders of the clan council.

After the Spirit Source Land was connected to the Divine Tree Island, the Clan Council formulated many rules in recent years, many of which concerned the relationship between the Spirit Source Land and external forces, as well as many things related to the concealment of the Spirit Source Land.

The existence of the Spirit Source Land certainly cannot be openly exposed to the world, so the clan council has formulated many rules to keep the Spirit Source Land a secret.

This includes concealing the existence of the Yang family, changing the system on Shenmu Island, and reducing the number of people from Lingyuan Land traveling outside.

Hiding the Yang family means hiding the spiritual source land, disposing of a lot of historical materials about the Yang family, and changing the relationship between many forces and the Yang family. For example, the Yang family's business was renamed the Divine Wood Business.

Shenmu Island was renamed Shenmu Sect, and a sect system was established.

For example, the number of people from the Foreign Affairs Office who can travel outside will be limited. In the future, unless there are special circumstances, the Foreign Affairs Office will only arrange for about ten people to travel to Shenmu Island, Da'an Dynasty, and Dajing Dynasty.

The existence of the Yang family cannot be concealed now, but in a few decades or a hundred years, people will probably forget about them.

In the imperial study, Yang Chengxu, dressed in a blue robe, appeared before Yang Jijue like an ordinary person.

"I have met His Majesty!"

"Greetings, Grand Uncle!"

The two greeted each other. Yang Chengxu was of the same generation as Yang Chengye, so Yang Jijue had to call him "uncle".

"Please sit down, Uncle!" Yang Jijue invited.

Yang Chengxu didn't stand on ceremony and sat down at the tea table in the study. The Imperial Study was no different from the Imperial Study of the past. Yang Zhengshan had sat at the tea table many times before, but this tea table was not the same one as before.

"Stand back!"

After the tea was served, Yang Jijue dismissed everyone before turning to Yang Chengxu and asking, "Grand Uncle, is there anything I can do for you at home?"

Yang Chengxu took out a booklet and said, "The patriarch has ordered that this cultivation method be promoted throughout the world. Anyone who can master this cultivation method can enter the Spirit Source Land to cultivate!"

Yang Jijue took the Green Wood Skill with surprise and then flipped through it. He was also a martial artist with the fifth level of the Acquired Realm, but in his opinion, this skill book did not seem to have anything special about it.

"What is this?" he asked, puzzled.

Yang Chengxu laughed and said, "This is an immortal cultivation technique. According to the patriarch, one must possess a spiritual aperture to cultivate immortal cultivation techniques. In the entire Spirit Source Land, apart from the patriarch, there are only two people with spiritual apertures, but not a single one can be found on Divine Tree Island!"

Speaking of spiritual apertures, Yang Chengxu shook his head in disappointment.

It's one thing if he didn't have any himself, but even his many children and grandchildren didn't have any.

"The path to immortality!" A strange look flashed across Yang Jijue's face.

This was the first time he had ever heard of the Immortal Path. He had already ascended the throne before the Spirit Source Land was connected to the Divine Tree Island, so he had never been to the current Spirit Source Land and did not know much about its situation.

"The cultivation technique obtained from the eastern part of the Stormy Sea?" he asked.

"Yes, the patriarch has switched to cultivating immortality. He hopes that more immortal cultivators can join the Yang family, which is why he is looking for people with spiritual apertures in Da'an!" Yang Chengxu explained.

Yang Jijue nodded slightly, "It's not difficult at this time. I will encourage all people to practice this technique!"

Promoting the Green Wood Skill was not difficult for the imperial court; simply offering some rewards would attract many people to practice this skill.

"Yes, I will stay in the Three Valleys for half a year. At that time, I will bring the first batch of spiritual apertures back to the Spirit Source Land. Every three years thereafter, the Foreign Affairs Hall will send someone to take away the spiritual apertures!"

"Your Majesty can publicize this matter in the name of the Divine Wood Sect, saying that those who can master this technique can become disciples of the Divine Wood Sect!"

Yang Chengxu said.

The relationship between Shenmu Island and Da'an is no secret, and now that Shenmu Island has been renamed Shenmu Sect, it is quite normal for it to recruit some disciples.

As for what will happen to these disciples after they go to the Land of Spiritual Origin, that's a matter for the future.

"I understand!" Yang Jijue naturally wouldn't refuse this matter. In his view, it was just a small thing. However, he was quite interested in this immortal path and planned to try cultivating this Green Wood Skill after returning.

Afterwards, the two chatted for a while longer before Yang Chengxu took his leave.

The imperial court promoted the Qingmu Gong (青木功) very quickly; within a month, printed copies of the Qingmu Gong had spread to every prefecture and county of Da'an.

In order to attract more people to practice the Green Wood Skill, Yang Jijue simply offered a title as a reward. Anyone who could practice this skill could become a disciple of the Divine Wood Sect and would be granted the title of Third-Class Earl. If the person himself could not bestow the title, he could give it to his father or son!
In addition, Yang Jijue also included this official in his performance evaluation. This action caused quite a stir in Da'an, with various rumors circulating in both the imperial court and the martial arts world, and local officials even encouraging everyone to cultivate the Green Wood technique.

It had a significant impact and caused considerable unrest, but the matter quickly subsided because many people discovered that the Green Wood Technique was impossible to master.

Of course, not everyone gave up; some people always wanted to try their luck.

Moreover, Da'an is a vast territory, and even if the imperial court promotes the Green Wood Technique, it cannot be accomplished in just a few months; this matter needs time to ferment.

Leaving aside the situation in Da'an for the time being, Yang Jijue and Ma Qiuyan quickly mastered the basics of cultivation after several months of training within the Spirit Source Land.

However, they only have the cultivation level of the first stage of Qi Refining, so they can't help Yang Zhengshan in the short term.

It was now the 42nd year of Lingyuan. Seven years had passed since Yang Zhengshan entered the ancient remnant array, and more than two years had passed since he broke through to the eighth level of Qi Refining.

After more than two years of cultivation, Yang Zhengshan's cultivation level has improved significantly. According to his estimate, he is not far from breaking through to the ninth level of Qi Refining.

It will probably take one or two years.

The Qi Refining stage is divided into nine levels. Each breakthrough is a breakthrough of a minor realm. The difficulty of the breakthrough varies. The most difficult are the breakthroughs at the third and sixth levels of Qi Refining. The breakthrough process for these two levels is similar to that of an innate martial artist breaking through from the Qi Sea stage to the Earthly Fiend stage and from the Earthly Fiend stage to the Heavenly Gang stage.

As for breakthroughs in other levels, they mainly involve the accumulation of magical power.

If one has good talent and sufficient resources, it only takes three to five years to break through. If one's talent is not high and there are no various spiritual medicines and pills to assist them, it may take decades of cultivation to break through.

Yang Zhengshan's talent should not be bad, and his cultivation resources should be relatively abundant, so his current cultivation speed is not slow.

On Lingquan Mountain Plain.

Yang Zhengshan slowly awoke from his meditation, his eyes gleaming with a bright light, and his aura undergoing a strange transformation.

Its former imposing presence is gradually fading, replaced by an ethereal and otherworldly quality.

Whether it was because he had been immersed in cultivation and rarely used his martial arts in recent years, or because he had cultivated immortal techniques, the murderous aura that had been buried deep in his heart was slowly dissipating, replaced by peace and tranquility.

Yang Zhengshan stood up and walked out of the spirit fruit forest. He glanced at Yu Qingyi, who was teaching Yang Jizhen and Ma Qiuyan by the lake, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

He didn't go forward to disturb them, but instead flashed back into the study.

When Qingxia saw him return, she brought him a pot of tea and said, "Master, the Secret Guard has sent a new secret report."

Yang Zhengshan glanced at the folded document on his desk and nodded slightly. "I understand!"

Although he has been cultivating in the Spirit Source Land all these years, he is not completely oblivious to what is happening in the outside world.

The Secret Guards would send him a secret report every month, informing him of what was happening in the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty.

He also gained a general understanding of the changes in the Lingxiu Sea over the years through the secret reports from the Secret Martial Guard.

The Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty has not been peaceful in recent years. The war between the Three Sects and Twelve Families and the Netherworld Sect has not stopped, but has instead intensified, and it even seems that the conflict has reached a fever pitch.

Both sides deployed more and more forces, and the casualties increased.

The Secret Guards didn't know much about the situation at the Netherworld Gate, but they had a general understanding of the situation at the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty.

In the past three years, the three sects and twelve families have lost three Martial God Realm experts.

The Xuanqing Sect and the Huanyue Sect each lost an elder in battle, and the Beishi Family, the most powerful of the twelve families, also lost a Martial God Realm ancestor.

Those were Martial God Realm experts, yet three of them were lost in just three years, showing that the two sides had reached a point of no return.

Yang Zhengshan opened the Secret Martial Guard's reports and glanced at them. They were mostly about the battle between the Lingxiu Sea and the Youyu Gate. They were either about how he intercepted and killed his men yesterday or how his town was attacked today.

However, one sentence in the secret report made Yang Zhengshan frown slightly.

Ten days ago, the Soul-Severing Blade launched a surprise attack on Anhu City, causing heavy casualties among the disciples of the Lingxiu Three Sects stationed there!
Anhu City is located in the northeast of the Lingxiu Sea, in the Yunxiao Mountains. It is the only city of the three Lingxiu sects located in the Yunxiao Mountains, and it is also one of the most important cities of the three Lingxiu sects.

Anhu City is similar to Snow Valley Town, both being paradises for adventurers. The city is home to a large number of hunters and herbalists, making it an important source of materials and elixirs from exotic beasts in the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty.

At the same time, Anhu City also serves as a protective barrier for the Lingxiu Sea. Located deep within the Yunxiao Mountains, it is about 800 miles away from the Lingxiu Sea and has the function of defending the Lingxiu Sea from attacks by the strange beasts within the Yunxiao Mountains.

The Yunxiao Mountains are home to many strange beasts, including many different species, ranging from dozens to hundreds of individuals, and some even possess the power of a martial god.

The most terrifying thing is that those martial god-level alien beasts unite to form a beast tide.

Don't think this is impossible. Don't forget that many mythical beasts are no less intelligent than humans. They are not a group of lambs to be slaughtered. They also hate humans, resist, and even use all sorts of tricks to fight for resources, forming alliances and counter-alliances.

About three hundred years ago, a large-scale beast tide broke out in the Yunxiao Mountains. Tens of thousands of strange beasts rushed out from the depths of the Yunxiao Mountains and attacked the Lingxiu Sea.

It was after that beast tide that the three Lingxiu sects jointly built Anhu City.

It wasn't unexpected that the Soul-Severing Blade would target the three Lingxiu sects, but what was surprising was that they actually attacked Anhu City.

If something happens to Anhu City, will the strange beasts deep in the Yunxiao Mountains form another beast tide?
Why did the Soul-Severing Blade attack Anhu City?

Was it the Soul-Severing Blade hired by the Netherworld Sect?

It's not impossible.

The Soul-Severing Blade is a typical assassin organization; they only care about money, not people.

It's quite normal for the Netherworld Sect to hire them to deal with the Lingxiu Three Sects.

Moreover, they already had a grudge against the Lingxiu Three Sects, so it wouldn't be surprising if they joined forces with the Youyu Sect.

If that's the case, then what was their purpose in attacking Anhu City?
Was it just to kill the disciples of the Lingxiu Three Sects stationed in Anhu City?
impossible!
Yang Zhengshan's mind raced, and he came up with a not-so-good possibility.

Will the Netherworld Sect join forces with the alien beasts to deal with the Lingxiu Three Sects?

This is not impossible!
Even mythical beasts understand the art of alliances and betrayals!

The Netherworld Sect would certainly be very willing to use the power of the strange beasts to attack the Lingxiu Three Sects.

"These are truly turbulent times! I wonder if these events will affect the activation of the ancient remnant array!"

Yang Zhengshan didn't care about the war between the Lingxiu Three Sects and the Youyu Gate, but he did care about whether he could enter the ancient ruins.

If the three Lingxiu sects give up activating the ancient formation this time, wouldn't he have to wait another ten years?
(End of this chapter)