Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 808 The methodical moving operation

"Master!" Ning Yun said weakly, her eyes full of trepidation.

The young girl arrived in the land of spiritual energy alone. Although Yang Zhengshan and the others took good care of her, she still became somewhat quiet.

Compared to Cui Yang, who quickly adapted to Lingquan Mountain, Ning Yun has always been somewhat withdrawn.

Quiet, aloof, and delicate, somewhat unsociable.

Yang Zhengshan smiled and patted her head. "It's alright. This technique is quite profound. Your master will teach you how to cultivate it in the future!"

Since the Transmission Hall gave Ning Yun this cultivation technique, it means that Ning Yun is suitable for cultivating this technique.

Although Yang Zhengshan was not clear about the specific rules for transmitting skills in the Transmission Hall, he knew that there was a basis for the Transmission Hall to teach skills.

These bases come from the Sun True Sect from ten thousand years ago, and are certainly more accurate than those of Yang Zhengshan, a self-taught immortal cultivator.

Therefore, Yang Zhengshan decided to let Ning Yun cultivate the "Taiyin Yuehua Yangxin Jing" (太阴月华养心经). However, this technique was too profound, and Ning Yun, being a young girl, would probably find it difficult to understand. Therefore, Yang Zhengshan needed to personally guide her.

In any case, Yang Zhengshan also cultivated the "Dongxu Refining Scripture," which is a technique for cultivating the soul, so there are still some similarities between them.

"Yes!" Ning Yun replied obediently.

Yang Zhengshan chuckled as he rubbed her head, then turned to look at the Xuan Tie Stele opposite him. He was so envious of it, but unfortunately, he couldn't take it with him.

"Let's go!"

Afterwards, they returned to Lingquanshanping together.

Yang Zhengshan had personally guided his four young apprentices to improve their skills after receiving the new techniques. This would also be a good opportunity for Yang Zhengshan to study these techniques and gain a broader understanding.

Yang Jizhen and the others had only been cultivating for a short time and their cultivation level was not high, so it was easy for them to change their cultivation method. In less than a month, they had already completed the change.

Each person cultivated their own cultivation method, and after studying it, Yang Zhengshan also gained many new understandings of cultivation.

When multiple cultivation methods are put together, they always spark some wonderful ideas, allowing Yang Zhengshan to gain a deeper understanding of the fundamentals of immortal cultivation.

As for the cleanup work inside the ruins, after a month, everyone had almost cleared out the alien beasts inside the ruins. Except for a few that escaped, most of the alien beasts had been eliminated.

With the monsters cleared out, all that's left is the relocation work.

Yang Zhengshan instructed the clan hall to divide the work of moving the remnant array into four parts. The first part was mining in the mine, which required not only manpower but also the cooperation of the weapon-refining workshop, because the mining tools needed to be spiritual weapons made by the weapon-refining workshop.

Innate martial artists act as miners, using spiritual weapons as tools, and the mining operation gradually unfolds.

The second part is the collection and transplantation of spiritual herbs, which requires the cooperation of the Spiritual Plant Department of Wanbaoge and the Alchemy Workshop of Mifage. Their goal is to collect all the spiritual herbs, plants and plants within the ruins, including those from the seven herb gardens. Those that are old enough will be processed into medicinal materials, while those that are not old enough will be transplanted to the Spiritual Source Land.

The third part is the research on formations, which is the responsibility of the Secret Arts Pavilion and the Formation Department. They are mainly responsible for studying the legacy formations, including the protective formations, the power transmission formations, and the protective formations of those cave dwellings. At the same time, they are also responsible for breaking the protective formations of those cave dwellings.

This would not only enhance the capabilities of the formation department, but also allow them to break the formation of the cave and retrieve the contents of the cave.

It's really too much to ask the Mystic Arts Pavilion and the Array Department to decipher the protective array and the power transmission array, but that doesn't stop them from studying it. Even if they only learn a little bit from it, they will benefit greatly.

As for the fourth part, they were responsible for moving the sect ruins, the ruins of various palaces and pavilions. They would take everything that could be taken, even if it meant digging three feet into the ground.

Yang Zhengshan had visited those ruins. There were no precious treasures left in those ruins, but there were still some things that were valuable.

For example, regarding the building materials, Yang Zhengshan saw twelve pillars in the sect's main hall. These twelve pillars contained many runes and had remained intact for tens of thousands of years. Although he didn't know what they were or what their function was, it didn't stop him from moving them all to the Spirit Source Land.

At this moment, Yang Zhengshan's goal was to empty the ancient array and leave no trace of the place.

Move everything that can be moved, and carefully study what cannot be moved.

In reality, what remains of the ancient ruins are just scraps; most of the treasures have been taken away by Hidden Sword Mountain and the Three Sects and Twelve Families.

The glory of Hidden Sword Mountain once originated from this ancient formation.

The current prosperity of the Lingxiu Three Sects also stems from this ancient remnant formation.

For thousands of years, Hidden Sword Mountain and the three sects of Lingxiu have been drawing sustenance from this ancient remnant array. Now, all that remains in the ancient remnant array are scraps.

However, these leftovers are invaluable to the Spirit Source Land, as they can solve the problem of its unstable foundation and give it the basis to become a sacred land for martial arts and immortality.

In particular, when the Array Department opened the protective array of a cave and obtained more than a dozen scrolls of talisman manuals, the Spirit Source Land also acquired its own talisman-making heritage.

The tradition of talisman making includes the production of talisman paper, the refining of talisman brushes, the production of cinnabar, as well as the true interpretation of various talisman patterns and the techniques for drawing talismans, etc.

With these inheritances, the Land of Spiritual Origin can cultivate its own talisman masters.

Alchemy, artifact crafting, talisman arrays—the four most important skills among the myriad arts of cultivation—have all been passed down in the Land of Spiritual Origin.

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Time passed slowly, and three months went by in the blink of an eye. The work of clearing out the ancient remnant array was proceeding in an orderly manner, and Yang Zhengshan no longer needed to worry about it personally.

He only needs to leave the portal to the cave within the ruins; the rest will be handled by the clan's main hall.

With fewer trivial matters to worry about, Yang Zhengshan was finally able to focus on his cultivation.

Lingquan Mountain and Pinghu Lake.

Yang Zhengshan sat cross-legged in the pavilion, his eyes slightly closed, slowly breathing in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth around him.

Lingquan Mountain Plain was already a place rich in spiritual energy, and now the concentration of spiritual energy here has increased significantly. More importantly, due to the existence of the miraculous water, Yang Zhengshan's cultivation efficiency here has increased by 30%.

Therefore, in just a few months, Yang Zhengshan felt the opportunity for a breakthrough.

As the magical power within him circulated, a large amount of spiritual energy from heaven and earth entered his body, was absorbed, devoured, and refined, and became part of his magical power.

But that wasn't enough. Yang Zhengshan took out a top-grade jade marrow pill and swallowed it.

Instantly, the immense medicinal power surged through the meridians, flowed through the spiritual apertures, and converged into the dantian and sea of ​​qi.

Immediately afterwards, the silver bottle appeared, and the magic power within his body suddenly exploded. The immense magic power impacted his dantian, causing Yang Zhengshan to feel intense pain.

However, the pain did not last long, and soon a powerful aura spread from his body.

Qi Refining Level 9! Just one step away from Foundation Establishment.

Once you reach the ninth level of Qi Refining, the next step in your cultivation is to refine the magical power within your body, making it more pure and refined until you reach the state of perfection, which is the Great Perfection of Qi Refining.

This process is still a slow and meticulous one, requiring constant refinement of the magical power within the body.

However, the advantage is that Yang Zhengshan no longer needs to be confined to meditation and cultivation, and can use other methods to hone his magical power, such as fighting, alchemy, talisman making, and so on.

As long as he can quickly consume and continuously replenish his mana, his mana will be continuously purified until it reaches perfection.

Yang Zhengshan slowly opened his eyes, a slight smile playing on his lips.

"It's time to study the Foundation Establishment Pill!"

According to his estimation, reaching the Great Perfection of Qi Refining would not be difficult for him, because his magical power was already extremely pure.

The Golden Crow Eight Trigrams Furnace has the effect of purifying magical power. Yang Zhengshan had previously used the Golden Crow Eight Trigrams Furnace to purify the magical power in his body. Later, Yang Zhengshan continued to use the Golden Crow Eight Trigrams Furnace to refine pills, which also had the effect of purifying magical power.

Therefore, purifying his magical power is not difficult for him now; he can simply use the Golden Crow Eight Trigrams Furnace to refine pills.

Just in time, he was also preparing to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill.

However, he did not rush to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill. Instead, he returned to his study and took out the formula for the Foundation Establishment Pill to study.

Although he had studied the formula countless times and knew it by heart, he still wanted to study it a few more times because he only had four sets of medicinal materials that could be used to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill.

The ancient remnant array did indeed gather all the ingredients for the Foundation Establishment Pill for him, but of the three main ingredients, only four were found within the ancient remnant array.

In other words, he only has four chances. If he fails all four times, it will be difficult for Yang Zhengshan to gather the medicinal materials needed to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill in the short term.

Four portions of medicinal herbs may seem like a lot, but in reality, they are pitifully few.

It should be noted that Yang Zhengshan failed more than a hundred times in refining the Jade Marrow Pill, wasting thousands of doses of medicinal materials.

Of course, that was also his first time truly refining immortal pills, so he failed more often. However, he has made great progress in alchemy now, and with the Golden Crow's assistance, he still has a chance to refine a Foundation Establishment Pill from four medicinal herbs.

After carefully studying the formula for the Foundation Building Pill several times, Yang Zhengshan took out a talisman brush, talisman paper, and cinnabar to begin drawing talismans.

As for alchemy, artifact crafting, and array formations, Yang Zhengshan was definitely a specialist in alchemy. He only had a basic understanding of artifact crafting and array formations, and did not study them in depth.

Especially the art of formations. Yang Zhengshan studied it for several days, but his mind was a complete mess, and he couldn't understand it at all.

The art of formations is like advanced mathematics in my previous life, with various combinations of runes and intricate rune restrictions, which are simply beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.

However, Yang Chengze seems to be very talented in this area, as do Jiang Miao, Yang Qinnian, and Yang Ruoshi. They are now the backbone of the formation department and can already skillfully set up seven or eight kinds of formations, such as first-order basic protective formations and maze formations.

Compared to the art of formations, the art of talismans is undoubtedly much easier, and the materials needed to draw talismans can all be made in the land of spiritual sources.

The talisman paper can be made from the bark and leaves of the Wutong spirit tree, which are the ancient trees that Yang Zhengshan transplanted from the ancient ruins ten years ago.

The talisman pen is a kind of magic tool. Yang Zhengshan worked with the weapon refiner in the weapon refinement workshop to make three of them. They were only first-grade low-quality talisman pens, but they were enough for Yang Zhengshan to use now.

Finally, there's cinnabar. Just as Yang Zhengshan had thought, the cinnabar used to draw talismans wasn't ordinary cinnabar, but cinnabar made from various minerals, the blood of exotic beasts, or the sap of spirit trees.

The amount of cinnabar required to draw different talismans varies. For example, the Spring Breeze and Rain Talisman requires water-attribute minerals and the blood of demon beasts, or the juice of some aquatic spiritual herbs.

In short, the Spirit Source Land can now gather all the necessary raw materials for drawing first-tier talismans.

Yang Zhengshan studied talismans not to cultivate talisman-making skills and become a talisman master, but simply to cultivate his mind and character through drawing talismans.

The Way of Talismans is also profound and extensive. Although it is not as complex as the Way of Array Formation, as intricate as alchemy, or as mysterious as the Way of Weapon Forging, the Way of Talismans points directly to the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth and is the most direct manifestation of talisman patterns.

In the study, Yang Zhengshan stood in front of his desk, holding a talisman brush, drawing talismans with great skill and precision.

He only drew the simplest explosion symbols, the kind that Duan Qiaofeng used.

Explosion talismans are first-tier spirit talismans, belonging to the lowest level of spirit talismans. However, Duan Qiaofeng's skill level is quite good. The explosion talismans he draws are all first-tier high-grade spirit talismans, which are enough to threaten martial artists in the Heavenly Gang stage.

Of course, Yang Zhengshan is no match for Duan Qiaofeng. He hasn't even mastered the basics yet. He's been drawing for more than ten days and still hasn't successfully drawn a single explosion symbol.

The repeated failures did not discourage Yang Zhengshan. After all, drawing talismans was just a side effect of his work; his main purpose was to cultivate his mind and refine his magical power.

Just as Yang Zhengshan was drawing the talisman, Lian Shengqian was listening to his subordinates' report in a courtyard inside the Lian family mansion.

"Yang Zhengshan, the patriarch of the Yang family in Lingxi, Shanggu County, is at the Tiangang stage of cultivation and is about 110 years old this year."

"The Yang family of Lingxi is a third-rate martial arts family with fewer than a hundred members. Apart from Yang Zhengshan, there are no other Tiangang stage martial artists."

"However, the Yang family and the Lu family have a good relationship. Yang Zhengshan and Lan Peng are close friends, and he also has a deep friendship with Lu Youning, the second master of the Lu family!"

The subordinates reported all the intelligence they had gathered to Lian Shengqian.

After hearing this, Lian Shengqian revealed a cruel smile in his eyes.

"How dare a third-rate martial arts family provoke me! Do they really think I'm some kind of clay idol?"

Lian Shengqian hated Yang Zhengshan to the core. Although the two had only had a verbal dispute in Qingyu City, Lian Shengqian had never forgotten Yang Zhengshan in the past two years. He even thought about Yang Zhengshan constantly and dreamed of cutting him into a thousand pieces.

The verbal altercation in Qingyu City had become an indelible humiliation for him.

Yang Zhengshan left at the time, but the many people present not only ridiculed Lian Shengqian severely, but many people also used the incident as a topic of conversation afterward.

Some even took this as proof of the Lian family's decline, for which Lian Shengqian was severely criticized by his family elders.

The things that happened afterward had nothing to do with Yang Zhengshan, but Lian Shengqian blamed them all on Yang Zhengshan.

As a result, Yang Zhengshan became the source of Lian Shengqian's deepest hatred.

Two years later, he still did not give up searching for Yang Zhengshan's whereabouts and identity.

Through his tireless efforts, he finally discovered Yang Zhengshan's identity from within the Xuanqing Sect.

Of course, he also uncovered the relationship between Yang Qinting and Yang Zhengshan.

(End of this chapter)