Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

After Chapter 802, you should avoid provoking it; even I'm afraid of it when it gets angry!
Three more days passed, and the Blue Wolf King finally completed his breakthrough.

Yang Zhengshan did the math. The Azure Wolf King only took a little over twenty days to break through, which is undoubtedly a very short time compared to a martial artist breaking through to the Martial God Realm.

It should be noted that Lu Fusheng took a full five years to break through to the next level. Of those five years, more than three years were spent preparing for the breakthrough, and the actual time spent on the breakthrough itself was only a little over a year.

Even though it took more than a year, it far exceeded the twenty-odd days that the Blue Wolf King had used.

In the devastated forest, the Azure Wolf King transformed into a giant beast. Its original ten-foot-long body had now grown to over seven feet long. It squatted on the ground, its gray-blue fur without a single blemish. Light spiritual energy swirled around it, and a terrifying pressure spread out.

Feeling the pressure emanating from the Azure Wolf King, Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, "Not bad. Although he's not as good as Lu Fusheng, he's not much worse!"

The Azure Wolf King was the first creature in the Spirit Origin Land to break through to the second tier, which made Yang Zhengshan very happy.

The presence of the Azure Wolf King in the Land of Spiritual Origin signifies that the Land of Spiritual Origin already possesses the strength to contend with the Twelve Great Families.

"Awoo~~" The Blue Wolf King raised its head and howled.

The surrounding blue wolves also howled, and for a moment the howling echoed throughout the entire Spirit Source Land.

Perhaps having released his inner excitement, the Blue Wolf King looked down at Yang Zhengshan.

Its pair of bright green eyes were like sharp swords, making Yang Zhengshan feel uneasy.

"Damn, this beast isn't planning to devour its master, is it?!"

The rule of the wolf pack is that whoever is the strongest is king.

Now that the Blue Wolf King has broken through to the next level, he naturally wants to reclaim his position as Wolf King.

"Woo woo~~" the Blue Wolf King growled at Yang Zhengshan.

It looked at Yang Zhengshan with human-like eyes, its provocation was all too obvious.

But Yang Zhengshan breathed a sigh of relief because he noticed that the Blue Wolf King had no beastly nature; instead, it was completely clear-headed.

In other words, this guy just wanted to challenge him, the wolf king, and had no hatred towards him.

That's right, all those years of cultivating a relationship haven't been in vain.

Moreover, Yang Zhengshan did not persecute the Blue Wolf King. Instead, he gave the Blue Wolf King a chance to break through and found a new habitat for the wolf pack.

If the Blue Wolf King were merely a wild beast, it might have considered killing Yang Zhengshan. However, the Blue Wolf King possesses intelligence comparable to that of humans and naturally understands Yang Zhengshan's importance to the wolf pack. Therefore, it certainly wouldn't want to kill Yang Zhengshan; it only wants to reclaim its position as wolf king.

Having figured all this out, Yang Zhengshan grinned, his figure slowly rising into the air, preparing for another duel with the Blue Wolf King.

However, before he could speak, the Golden Crow beside him was enraged by the Blue Wolf King's provocation.

"You beast, how dare you disrespect your master! You deserve a beating!"

With a roar, the Golden Crow charged straight at the Blue Wolf King. It appeared before the Blue Wolf King like a rainbow, flapping its wings and extending its three claws to fiercely grab at the Blue Wolf King's head.

The speed was so fast that not only Yang Zhengshan, but even the Green Wolf King didn't have time to react.

Three claws landed on the Blue Wolf King's head, and a wisp of green smoke immediately rose from the Blue Wolf King's head.

Ouch~~
The Azure Wolf King let out a miserable howl, and then its body flashed with spiritual light, and countless wind blades rushed towards the Golden Crow.

However, Jinwu neither dodged nor avoided, letting the wind blades fall on him.

The wind blades were sharp, but the true fire of the sun on the Golden Crow's body was even more terrifying.

The flames flickered, and the scorching heat spread, instantly turning the surrounding vegetation to ashes and the rocks to crumble into lava.

The wolves howled in agony and fled at top speed.

The Blue Wolf King also showed a look of fear and flew more than ten miles away in a flash.

"Stop!" Yang Zhengshan quickly stopped him.

His heart was bleeding, bleeding profusely.

"Owner!"

"Quickly put away your flames!" Yang Zhengshan said.

Golden Crow glared fiercely at the Azure Wolf King before reluctantly putting away its flames.

"Didn't we forbid you from using the True Fire of the Sun?"

"But it is disrespectful to its owner!"

“Master, I will naturally teach him a lesson. You don’t need to do it!” Yang Zhengshan said, somewhat annoyed.

"Oh!" Jinwu turned away unhappily, seemingly no longer wanting to deal with Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Zhengshan's lips twitched slightly. "How much spiritual energy did you just use?"

"Not much, just about five thousand low-grade spirit stones!" Jinwu looked at Yang Zhengshan again, and even winked at Yang Zhengshan with an innocent look.

Five thousand spirit stones!
In just a short while, five thousand spirit stones disappeared!

Yang Zhengshan was completely speechless.

"From now on, the True Fire of the Sun shall not be used again without my order!"

How could he not know how powerful the Golden Crow's true solar fire is?
The problem is that the Golden Crow is not a real three-legged Golden Crow; it is merely the spirit of the Golden Crow Eight Trigrams Furnace. It can absorb the surrounding spiritual energy to maintain its wandering state, but if it uses the True Fire of the Sun, it will consume a large amount of spiritual power.

Since it is a spirit and cannot cultivate, Yang Zhengshan has to provide the spiritual energy it consumes.

In short, this guy is using the True Fire of the Sun to burn spirit stones.

"Oh!" Jinwu replied, sounding aggrieved.

Seeing its behavior, Yang Zhengshan could only offer a comforting explanation: "Your master is very poor right now and cannot afford your extravagance. If you continue to act recklessly, you will squander all the spiritual energy in our cave. Do you understand?"

He coaxed Jinwu as if he were a child.

Jinwu has a childish temper, but it's not hard to coax.

"Is that so?" Jinwu tilted his head and thought for a moment. "Master, I know I was wrong. I will never use the True Fire of the Sun again without your command."

Yang Zhengshan stroked his beard and smiled, "That's right, I knew you were an obedient and good boy!"

After saying that, he reached out and stroked the golden crow's fur.

This bird has a bad temper, but it's easy to coax.

Temperament comes quickly, but it also fades quickly.

"Awoo~~" The Blue Wolf King howled in the distance.

Yang Zhengshan waved to it, signaling it to come over.

The Blue Wolf King hesitated for a moment, then flew over hesitantly.

Yang Zhengshan looked at its head and almost burst out laughing.

The Blue Wolf King has gone bald.

A large bald patch on its head revealed grayish-white skin, and it smelled of roasted meat.

The sun's true fire of the Golden Crow is truly terrifying.

With just a scratch, the Blue Wolf King suffered a serious injury.

The Blue Wolf King looked at the Golden Crow in fear, having long forgotten about his duel with Yang Zhengshan.

Seeing its pitiful state, Yang Zhengshan made a hand seal and cast a healing spell.

However, his healing spell had no effect.

He was somewhat surprised. "What's going on?"

"Master, your healing spell cannot extinguish my Solar True Fire!" "Then how can I heal it!"

The Golden Crow stepped forward and glared at the Blue Wolf King, who was so frightened that he retreated repeatedly.

"do not move!"

As Jinwu spoke, the Azure Wolf King immediately became obedient.

Then the golden crow flew onto its head, and sparks immediately appeared on the burned area.

"That will cure it!"

Yang Zhengshan cast another healing spell, and sure enough, the burned area immediately recovered a lot. After a few more healing spells, the burn was almost completely healed, except that the hair had not yet grown back.

"Don't provoke it too much in the future. Even I'm afraid of it when it gets angry!" Yang Zhengshan stroked the big head of the Blue Wolf King.

Its head is several times larger than his; the current Blue Wolf King is already a behemoth.

"Woo~~"

The Blue Wolf King cried out in grievance.

Yang Zhengshan patted him and comforted him for a while before saying, "Cultivate well and stabilize your cultivation first."

He had also seen martial god-level beasts, such as the Illusion Moon Fox of the Illusion Moon Sect, the Heavenly Crocodile Beast of the Formless Sect, and the Golden Fire Dragon of the Profound Purity Sect.

These strange beasts all have enormous bodies and formidable strength.

Although the current wolf king is not as powerful as them, it is still considered to be a creature of the same level.

With Yang Zhengshan's mediation, the Golden Crow and the Green Wolf King no longer harbored hostility. Although they did not become good friends, at least the situation was not as tense as it had been just moments before.

Of course, the Blue Wolf King was mainly afraid, afraid of the true fire of the sun.

The Blue Wolf King's breakthrough was a good thing, and Yang Zhengshan rewarded it with some Jade Marrow Pills and Spirit Fruits.

In the days that followed, Yang Zhengshan had another task: to cultivate a relationship with the Blue Wolf King.

Relationships need to be maintained, especially the relationship with the Blue Wolf King.

According to Jinwu, the Taiyang Zhenzong also possesses the art of taming beasts. They can directly inscribe the binding and restrictive seals onto the souls of demonic beasts, preventing them from betraying their masters. They can also control demonic beasts using certain special magical artifacts, such as spirit beast rings and beast-taming tokens.

Unfortunately, the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty does not have such methods; the three sects and twelve families all tame exotic beasts by cultivating affection.

……

Cultivation knows no time, seclusion makes one unaware of years.

I sit and watch the moss creep up the stone steps, and quietly listen to the pine trees changing the dawn and dusk.

In the blink of an eye, another year has passed.

As Yang Zhengshan's cultivation improved, the time he spent meditating each time became longer and longer.

At first, he could only meditate and cultivate for a few hours a day, but now, due to the improvement of his soul, he hardly needs to worry about the fatigue of his soul, and he can cultivate for three to five days in a row without any problem.

With the help of the superior Jade Marrow Pill, Yang Zhengshan's cultivation progressed by leaps and bounds.

He had originally expected it to take more than five years to break through to the ninth level of Qi Refining, but after only two years of cultivation, he felt that he had already touched the threshold of the ninth level of Qi Refining.

At this rate, Yang Zhengshan estimates that he will reach the ninth level of Qi Refining in another year.

Winter of the forty-fourth year of Lingyuan.

On Lingxi Mountain, a sudden north wind arose, resembling an ice dragon roaring and swirling. In an instant, snowflakes fluttered down, like frost flowers sprinkled by celestial maidens.

At first, the snowflakes gently tapped against the green pines and cypresses. In an instant, large snowflakes fluttered down like goose feathers, draping Lingxi Mountain in a pure white robe.

Inside the tea room of the Yang family ancestral home, tea sets were neatly arranged on the tea table. Yang Zhengshan held a bamboo tube and slowly poured spring water from it into a ceramic teapot. Lu Fusheng gently stirred the charcoal fire in the small red clay stove, making the flames burn brighter.

Before long, steam rose from the ceramic teapot, making a gurgling sound. Yang Zhengshan picked up the tea canister, scooped up a small handful of Linglu tea, and gently sprinkled it into the purple clay teapot.

Boiling water poured down like a silver ribbon, and the aroma of tea instantly filled the air.

Smelling the refreshing aroma of the tea, Lu Fusheng wore a look of pure enjoyment.

"Only here can I drink tea so easily and casually!" he exclaimed.

"What? Has the situation changed again?" Yang Zhengshan asked, taking a sip of tea.

Lu Fusheng shook his head slightly, "Nothing has changed much, I'm just swamped with worldly affairs and can't find any peace and quiet!"

Now that the Lu family's foundation has been damaged and all industries are in need of rebuilding, although the Lu family still has the two brothers Lu Youan and Lu Youning to take charge of the overall situation, Lu Fusheng can no longer ignore worldly affairs and go into seclusion.

There are some things that he has to resolve personally, especially those involving the three major sects.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, knowing that the Lu family was facing difficulties.

After tasting the tea, Lu Fusheng said, "The three major sects have been confirmed, and the ancient remnant array will be activated next year."

"Is one spot enough for you? If not, the Lu family can give you all five spots!"

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, "One is enough. I have an old friend whose lifespan is nearing its end, so I thought of going to explore the ancient ruins!"

He had already made arrangements with Zhou Tianci, and this time Zhou Tianci would be the one to enter the ancient ruins.

Zhou Tianci's strength is not low now. Perhaps he cannot compare with martial artists like Lan Peng and Lu Youning who have been cultivating attribute techniques from the beginning, but after so many years of cultivation, his strength is quite good in the Heavenly Gang stage.

Moreover, Zhou Tianci would not be in any danger entering the ancient ruins. He only needed to bring Yang Zhengshan's Soul Seed Token into the ancient ruins, and Yang Zhengshan could enter the ancient ruins through the Soul Seed Token.

At that time, Yang Zhengshan will take Zhou Tianci back to the Spirit Source Land, and then wait a month after everyone else has withdrawn from the ancient formation before they go in and empty the ancient formation.

The whole process wasn't actually very dangerous; the only problem was that we needed to rely on the Lu family's connections to enter the ancient remnant array.

As for how much others would take from the ancient ruins during this month, Yang Zhengshan didn't care.

Since the rest is all his, he naturally doesn't care how much others can take away.

In the end, Zhou Tianci wouldn't need to go out anymore; he could simply 'die' in the ancient ruins.

In this way, even if the three sects of Lingxiu discover problems with the ancient array in the future, they will not hold him accountable.

"I see!" Lu Fusheng nodded and said, "But there's something I feel I need to tell you!"

"what's up?"

Lu Fusheng considered for a moment and said, "The activation of the ancient formation this time is very likely a trap set by the three major sects for the Youyu Sect, so this time it can be said that there is no chance of survival!"

Yang Zhengshan's expression shifted slightly. "That is indeed a problem, but unfortunately he won't be able to wait for the next time!"

Will Zhou Tianci get another chance?

We should be able to wait.

Zhou Tianci should have more than ten years left to live, but his vital energy has begun to decline. Ten years from now, he probably won't have any chance of breaking through.

This is also one of the reasons why Yang Zhengshan wanted to enter the ancient ruins as soon as possible.

He wanted to find the medicinal materials for refining the Foundation Establishment Pill in the ancient ruins, while Zhou Tianci, An Yuxing and others also needed the spiritual objects in the ancient ruins to break through to the Martial God Realm.

The sooner they break through, the better; the longer it takes, the lower their chances of success.

As for the traps set by the three major sects, Zhou Tianci only needed to go in and didn't need to come out from where they broke the formation. So these deadly traps had little impact on Zhou Tianci.

"In that case, we can send him to the Lu family then!" Upon hearing this, Lu Fusheng said no more.

In his opinion, it didn't matter who went to the ancient ruins this time, as long as Yang Zhengshan didn't go!
Moreover, given that their lifespan was nearing its end, it wasn't incomprehensible that they would go in to seek a glimmer of hope.

(End of this chapter)