Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 799 The Spirit of the Sun Dao Sect
One day, two days, three days...

More than ten days passed, and Yang Zhengshan almost forgot about studying the alchemy furnace, only thinking about using it to refine his soul and magic power.

On the fifteenth day after Yang Zhengshan continuously poured his spiritual consciousness and magical power into the alchemy furnace, the furnace finally reacted.

While Yang Zhengshan was still channeling his spiritual sense and magical power, the fist-sized alchemy furnace suddenly burst forth with dazzling light.

Yang Zhengshan was startled and quickly threw the alchemy furnace out of his hand.

The fist-sized alchemy furnace suddenly grew larger, becoming three zhang tall, and landed heavily on the ground.

A golden crow spreads its wings and soars high above the furnace, projecting a beam of light from a luminous pearl in its beak straight into the sky. The yin-yang fish on the furnace body slowly rotates, with the yin fish absorbing turbid air and the yang fish exhaling pure spiritual energy, forming a vortex of airflow that surrounds the furnace.

A beam of light shot into the sky, its energy flowing freely, and the surrounding spiritual energy transformed into a whirlwind that surged into the alchemy furnace.

A howling wind of spiritual energy whipped Yang Zhengshan's hair and beard into flight as he stared blankly at the enormous alchemy furnace.

The alchemy furnace was over three zhang tall!
This was the first time Yang Zhengshan had ever seen such a large alchemy furnace.

Yang Zhengshan wasn't surprised that the alchemy furnace would grow larger. The size-as-you-go restriction wasn't some profound magic array; his black shield had a similar restriction.

But he never expected the alchemy furnace to become so big.

And what's with this speed at which it absorbs spiritual energy?!

The spiritual energy concentration in Lingquan Mountain Plain was already very high, but this alchemy furnace actually drained the surrounding spiritual energy in a short period of time.

Even more terrifying is that the surrounding spirit fruit trees are all withering!
The alchemy furnace is drawing away the spiritual energy from the spirit fruit tree!

Yang Zhengshan came to his senses, checked himself, and found that he was not abnormal, which put him at ease.

"do not come!"

He saw Yu Qingyi and the others coming this way and quickly stopped them.

Upon hearing this, Yu Qingyi did not hesitate and quickly stepped back.

She can't help with this kind of thing; in fact, she might make things worse.

The alchemy furnace was still absorbing spiritual energy. Yang Zhengshan thought for a moment, gritted his teeth, and took a large number of spirit stones, throwing them next to the furnace.

"I'll see what kind of treasure you are!"

"The more you inhale, the more powerful you are."

Yang Zhengshan threw out three thousand spirit stones, but in just a moment, the spirit stones turned into dusty pebbles.

Yang Zhengshan gritted his teeth and threw down 10,000 spirit stones.

While the alchemy furnace was still absorbing, the three-legged golden crow above suddenly flew up and circled the pillar of light.

A beam of light shot into the sky, and Yang Zhengshan's mind stirred, connecting with the core of the Spirit Source Land.

He wanted to see what this beam of light was all about!

The dazzling beam of light could be clearly seen not only on Lingquan Mountain, but also in Changshou City.

The entire Spirit Source Land was illuminated by this pillar of light.

However, Yang Zhengshan observed that the beam of light was actually very restrained, not releasing any energy, but instead compressing energy into the alchemy furnace.

In other words, this beam of light is not energy emitted from the alchemy furnace, but rather a process of energy compression within the furnace.

After exhausting his 10,000 spirit stones, Yang Zhengshan invested another 10,000 spirit stones.

His heart was bleeding!
Thirteen thousand spirit stones have already been used!

Meow.

If another 10,000 spirit stones are consumed, then that would be 23,000 spirit stones.

Moreover, hundreds of spirit fruit trees on Lingquan Mountain were drained dry by this alchemy furnace and died completely.

Having absorbed so much of his magical power, it has also absorbed so much spiritual energy.

Yang Zhengshan felt as if he had encountered a big problem.

Finally, when the last ten thousand spirit stones were almost completely absorbed, the pillar of light began to shrink and retract into the alchemy furnace.

The flying golden crow landed back above the alchemy furnace, and the yin-yang symbol returned to its original state.

The three-zhang-tall alchemy furnace stood there quietly. Yang Zhengshan stared at the furnace with some nervousness, fearing that it might cause any more trouble.

The alchemy furnace was quiet for a while. Just when Yang Zhengshan thought that the furnace would not change again, the golden crow on the top of the furnace lit up with spiritual light once more.

"Quack~~"

"My head is spinning, what's wrong with me?"

"Quack~~"

A rough, raven-like cry rang out.

"Giggle~~ I'm so hungry! Master, I want to eat!"

Upon hearing the voice, Yang Zhengshan was completely dumbfounded, staring blankly at the three-legged golden crow on the top of the furnace.

The three-legged golden crow shook its head, looking listless, and then looked around blankly.

"Where am I? Where is my master?!"

Suddenly, it seemed to see Yang Zhengshan. "You're my master! But wait, you're definitely not my master!"

It flew up, shaking its head as it hovered above the alchemy furnace, while also scanning its surroundings.

"This is where?"

"Quack~~"

The rough shouts echoed through the air, making Yang Zhengshan feel somewhat annoyed.

"What are you?" Yang Zhengshan asked warily, snapping out of his daze.

The three-legged golden crow looked at him again and flew close to him, staring at him with its two small eyes.

Yang Zhengshan was prepared to throw it out of the Spirit Source Land at any time. If the creature did anything wrong, Yang Zhengshan planned to throw it out.

However, throwing him out would also be a big problem, because he is still in the Lan family.

"That's the aura! That's right, this is my master! Wait a minute, my master is a decrepit old man, but this guy doesn't seem old at all, and he's actually quite weak!"

The three-legged golden crow muttered to itself.

"How did you become my master? Where is my original master?"

Seeing that it didn't seem to have any intention of harming anyone, Yang Zhengshan breathed a slight sigh of relief. Pointing to the alchemy furnace not far away, he said, "I don't know. I obtained that thing by chance. As for your original owner, I don't know!"

The three-legged golden crow looked at the alchemy furnace, and then at Yang Zhengshan.

"You are too weak, I don't want a master like you!"

"Uh!" Yang Zhengshan was a little embarrassed; he had actually been rejected by the bird.

"So what exactly are you? A monster? A strange beast?"

The three-legged golden crow gave him a disdainful look. "I am the spirit of the artifact, can't you tell?"

The spirit of the weapon!

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

"You weak cultivator, you don't even know about this artifact spirit? Quickly sever the soul connection with me, or I'll burn you to death!" The three-legged golden crow suddenly spat out flames.

The flames were golden and carried a terrifying spiritual power. Standing close to them, Yang Zhengshan felt extremely hot, as if half of his body was about to be scorched.

In a moment of desperation, he had a sudden thought and threw the thing in front of him a hundred miles away.

The Lan family was outside, and unless absolutely necessary, he felt it was better not to throw this seemingly dangerous guy out, so he threw him to the edge of the Spirit Source Land.

The three-legged golden crow felt a flash of light and shadow before its eyes, and it found itself in an unfamiliar place.

The ground is made up of layers of rocks, the sky is azure, the east is covered with lush green forests, and the west is a gray barrier.

"Where is this again?" The three-legged golden crow was even more confused.

It stared blankly at the gray barrier and reached out a paw to touch it.

The buried memories seemed to be awakening, and it exclaimed in surprise, "Is this the celestial curtain of the cave?"

"Am I inside the cave?"

"Was that the master of the cave just now?"

It seemed to have figured something out, and in the next instant, it disappeared from the spot.

Yang Zhengshan was just about to go find the Three-Legged Golden Crow when, unexpectedly, the Three-Legged Golden Crow appeared before him in an instant. "Are you the master of this grotto-heaven?"

The three-legged golden crow seemed to speak with some urgency.

Yang Zhengshan took a few steps back warily and said, "That's right!"

The three-legged golden crow's face showed a human-like surprise as it flew around Yang Zhengshan, looking him up and down.

"Hehe, although Master's cultivation level is low, since Master is the master of a grotto-heaven, his future path to immortality is boundless!"

The tone was full of ingratiation.

Yang Zhengshan was very curious about what the bird was up to.

"What do you want to do?"

"Master, I am a spirit, and I cannot attack you. Hehe, I was just trying to scare you. Please don't blame me!"

The golden crow landed on Yang Zhengshan's shoulder and even affectionately nuzzled his cheek.

Yang Zhengshan was completely baffled by it.

He hesitated for a moment, then glanced at the alchemy furnace not far away, and figured that the guy shouldn't be in any danger.

Although he wasn't sure, he had that feeling.

"Tell me what you are first!"

This time, the three-legged golden crow did not mock Yang Zhengshan again, but obediently answered Yang Zhengshan's questions.

"Replying to Master, I am the spirit of the Golden Crow Eight Trigrams Furnace. The Golden Crow Eight Trigrams Furnace is a mid-grade spiritual treasure. It can release the true fire of the sun for attack, and it can also use the true fire of the sun for alchemy."

Yang Zhengshan's eyes widened, "A mid-grade spiritual treasure!"

"That's right, I am a mid-grade spiritual treasure, Master, I am very powerful!" The Golden Crow raised its head and said proudly.

Yang Zhengshan was completely stunned by the sudden appearance of this magical treasure.

He originally thought that this alchemy furnace was at most a magic weapon, but he never expected that it was actually a spiritual treasure.

Immortal cultivators use magical artifacts during the Qi Refining stage, magical treasures during the Foundation Establishment stage, and spiritual treasures during the Golden Core stage.

While this isn't an absolute rule, it generally applies to the vast majority of immortal cultivators.

Because it is difficult for cultivators of lower realms to activate high-level magic weapons.

Even if one exhausts all their magical power during the Qi Refining stage, it is still difficult to activate a magical artifact.

"No wonder!"

Yang Zhengshan then understood why he couldn't activate the alchemy furnace despite pouring in so much magic power and spiritual awareness; it turned out that this thing was a spiritual treasure.

No wonder this alchemy furnace absorbed so many spirit stones.

"You say you can unleash the true fire of the sun?"

"Yes!" Jinwu nodded.

"Then let me try releasing it once, just a small amount will do!" Yang Zhengshan said.

The golden crow blinked. "Master, how can I release my magic if you don't give me the power?"

"You weren't just now~~"

"I was just trying to scare my master!"

"..."

Yang Zhengshan was speechless. "How much magic power do you need?"

Jinwu looked at him and thought for a moment, "It would take about seven hundred and thirty-two masters to infuse me with magic power before I can release it!"

Yang Zhengshan was completely speechless.

"You just swallowed 23,000 spirit stones!" he said, somewhat annoyed.

The Golden Crow looked at the drained spirit stones, scratched the feathers on its neck with its forepaws, and said, "Spirit stones are fine too, but we'll need at least another 100,000 of these low-grade spirit stones!"

"Master, I'm hungry! I haven't eaten enough!"

It looked at Yang Zhengshan pitifully.

Yang Zhengshan's lips twitched slightly. This was no treasure; it was clearly a money-devouring behemoth.

"How many spirit stones do you need to eat to feel full?"

The Golden Crow cackled and said, "Another ten thousand low-grade spirit stones would be about right!"

"Actually, I can usually absorb spiritual energy on my own, but it seems I've slept for a long time, and I feel like all my spiritual energy has been drained away!"

Is that so?
After thinking for a moment, Yang Zhengshan finally took out 10,000 spirit stones and threw them in front of him.

This is, after all, a spiritual treasure. If it can be fed with ten thousand spirit stones, then it's not excessive.

Jinwu looked at the spirit stones on the ground, his eyes lit up, and the next moment, the yin-yang fish on the Eight Trigrams Furnace started to rotate again, and the spiritual energy in the spirit stones was instantly drained.

Yang Zhengshan looked at the Golden Crow, then at the Eight Trigrams Furnace, and at that moment he believed that the Golden Crow was the spirit of the Eight Trigrams Furnace.

"So you are not the real three-legged golden crow, but merely a spirit of a weapon!"

“Well, the three-legged golden crow is an ancient divine beast, while I am merely a spirit of a weapon. How can I compare to an ancient divine beast!” the golden crow said.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly. This was a spirit, not a three-legged golden crow; it was just that its appearance was modeled after the three-legged golden crow.

Moreover, it can use the true fire of the sun, and may possess some of the abilities of the ancient mythical beast, the three-legged golden crow.

"Then tell me about your origins! Do you still have any memories of your past?"

“Yes, I was originally a spiritual treasure of the Sun Dao Sect. My former master was the Golden Core cultivator, True Lord Shengyang,” said the Golden Crow.

"That's it? That's all?" Yang Zhengshan asked in confusion.

"Yes, my former master always made me help him refine pills. All I did was refine pills, and after he finished, he would lock me in the furnace and not let me out! I feel like a lot of time has passed, but I don't know how much time has passed!"

The golden crow said with some grievance, as if accusing its former master of locking it in the alchemy furnace.

"The Sun Dao Sect? An ancient remnant array? This alchemy furnace was obtained by Lu Fusheng from an ancient remnant array, so the ancient remnant array is a relic of the Sun Dao Sect?"

"If that's the case, doesn't that mean this guy has been asleep for ten thousand years?"

Yang Zhengshan pondered for a moment, then suddenly another question came to mind: "How did you figure out this was a grotto-heaven?"

"Didn't Master just send me to the front of the Cave Heaven's curtain?" Jinwu asked, puzzled.

"So you've seen the cave's celestial curtain before?" Yang Zhengshan discovered the key to the problem.

The golden crow flapped its golden wings. "I've seen it before. I was born in the Sun Cave Heaven, but the Sun Cave Heaven is much bigger than this place!"

"Where is the Sun Cave?" Yang Zhengshan continued to ask.

"I don't know!" Jinwu shook his head. "I haven't been back to the Sun Cave Heaven for a long time either. I heard from my former master that the cave heaven seems to have disappeared into the void!"

Yang Zhengshan seemed to be deep in thought.

Sun Cave Heaven, Sun Dao Sect, Ancient Remnant Array.

The Sun Cave Heaven disappeared, so the Sun Dao Sect declined. But why did the Sun Dao Sect disappear?

Judging from the situation inside the ancient ruins, the Sun Dao Sect did not seem to have been attacked. The collapsed palaces were not caused by battle, but rather by natural decay due to the passage of time.

This indicates that no large-scale battle took place within the ancient ruins.

What about those ancient cultivators of the Sun Dao Sect?
Where did they all go?
Why didn't they take everything with them, not even a magical treasure like the Golden Crow Eight Trigrams Furnace?
What could possibly have caused a Golden Core cultivator to abandon his spiritual treasure and vanish without a trace?

Yang Zhengshan couldn't quite understand it.

Ten thousand years is a very long time.

Although there are many legends about the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty from ten thousand years ago, those legends are merely speculations of our ancestors and not true history.

The immortal path declined because of the rise of martial arts, and immortal cultivators fought a great battle with martial artists, leaving behind a large area of ​​battlefield ruins in the Southern Wilderness.

A battle between martial artists and immortal cultivators?

This is clearly utter nonsense!

Yang Zhengshan used to believe in these things, but after he switched to cultivating immortality, he knew that such legends were nonsense.

Yang Zhengshan shook his head. He couldn't find any clues about what happened ten thousand years ago. Besides, it was all ten thousand years ago, so there was no need for him to dwell on it.

Now that he has obtained such a magical treasure, it should be a great joy.

(End of this chapter)