Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 822 Golden Thunder Bamboo, Tribulation Cultivator
"The third item in the blind auction, and also the last item in this auction, is a single Golden Thunder Bamboo Shoot, a third-tier spiritual plant."

Master Yunge waved his hand, and immediately two maids carried a flowerpot onto the auction stage.

A golden bamboo shoot grew in a flowerpot about two feet wide, with faint purple lightning emanating from it.

"Golden Thunder Bamboo is a rare third-tier spiritual plant. As long as this bamboo shoot is planted, a large amount of Golden Thunder Bamboo can be harvested within fifty years. Golden Thunder Bamboo can be used as material for refining thunder-attribute magic weapons."

"Moreover, the Golden Thunder Bamboo bears fruit only once every hundred years, and its fruit, the Golden Thunder Fruit, can be used as a medicinal material for refining thunder-attribute pills."

"Both the Golden Thunder Bamboo and the Golden Thunder Fruit are rare treasures for Foundation Establishment cultivators with the Thunder attribute."

"I believe everyone understands what it represents. Now, please place your bids!"

Yang Zhengshan's gaze fell upon the golden thunder bamboo on the auction stage, his eyes instantly becoming profound.

In the "Qinghua Thunder Technique", there is a method for refining a natal magic weapon called the Azure Wood Purple Lightning Sword.

The natal magic weapon is a magic weapon that cultivators in the late Foundation Establishment stage need to refine. This magic weapon is connected to the cultivator's soul and is the most important magic weapon for Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Generally speaking, late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators refine their natal magic treasures in preparation for the Golden Core tribulation.

Once the Golden Core Tribulation is overcome, the natal magic weapon will advance to a natal spiritual treasure, becoming the most important spiritual treasure for a Golden Core cultivator.

Yang Zhengshan is currently in the early stage of Foundation Establishment, and there is still a long way to go before he reaches the late stage.

However, this golden thunder bamboo may take fifty years to grow, so planting it now would be just right.

Once the Golden Thunder Bamboo has grown to maturity, Yang Zhengshan will be ready to prepare for refining his natal magic weapon.

It is perfect material for forging the Azure Wood Purple Lightning Sword.

In fact, the "Qingmu Changsheng Jing" also records a kind of natal magic treasure called Shenmu Baoding, which is a magic treasure mainly for defense and recovery.

The Divine Wood Cauldron and the Azure Wood Purple Lightning Sword, one offensive and one defensive, do not conflict with each other. If possible, Yang Zhengshan would naturally like to refine both of these magical treasures.

Therefore, Yang Zhengshan really wanted this Golden Thunder Bamboo.

But this price!
He was a little unsure.

This is clearly not something the loose cultivators are trying to obtain.

No independent cultivator would be willing to spend a hundred years cultivating a third-tier spiritual plant; only a family of immortal cultivators has the foundation and strength to do so.

In other words, these Golden Thunder Bamboo Shoots were prepared for the six great families of the Qingli Dynasty.

No, it's not just the six great families!

Yang Zhengshan glanced at the several private rooms next door.

This group likely includes not only members of the six great families, but also members of the Lingxiu Three Sects.

It's not impossible that the three sects of Lingxiu would send people to Lianxin Valley to participate in the auction; in fact, Yang Zhengshan was certain they would come.

They might even send people from the Netherworld Prison and Hidden Sword Mountain.

Yang Zhengshan stroked his beard and pondered for a moment before finally writing 180,000 spirit stones on the jade slip!

He felt that the price was too high. Although the Golden Thunder Bamboo was very rare and could be the foundation of a cultivation force, cultivating such a spiritual root was also a very troublesome matter, and not all forces were willing to spend a lot of time and resources to cultivate such a spiritual root.

Yang Zhengshan handed the jade slips to the maids guarding the door, and soon the jade slips were handed over to the auction stage.

On the auction stage, Master Yunge examined each of the jade slips, a strange light flashing in his eyes.

The number 18 VIP room actually contains 150,000 spirit stones?

Which faction is this?
The White Cloud Merchant Guild is well aware of the immortal cultivation forces near the Cloud Soaring Mountains.

There are only a handful of forces that the Baiyun Chamber of Commerce can rank among.

Now that someone has suddenly appeared who can produce 180,000 spirit stones, Master Yunge will naturally find it strange.

However, he didn't show it, but simply smiled gently and said, "Golden Thunder Bamboo's highest bid is 180,000 low-grade spirit stones. Congratulations to the fellow Daoist who made the bid for getting what they wanted!"

"This auction has come to an end. Please wait a moment, fellow Daoists, as our attendants will assist you with your departure shortly!"

Yang Zhengshan breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

He was determined to get this Golden Thunder Bamboo, which is why he offered 180,000 low-grade spirit stones.

I wonder if he got ripped off today!
This kind of hidden shot is even more unpredictable than an open shot.

Fortunately, Yang Zhengshan managed to acquire the Golden Thunder Bamboo, and for him, even spending tens of thousands of spirit stones was worthwhile.

A moment later, the same maid brought Jin Leizhu to the private room. Yang Zhengshan paid all the spirit stones in front of him, and the transaction was completed.

Golden Thunder Bamboo cannot be placed in a storage bag, but it can be placed in a spirit beast bag, because the spirit beast bag has a spirit array that allows living beings to stay inside for a period of time.

Yang Zhengshan naturally didn't need to put the Golden Thunder Bamboo in the spirit beast bag; he could put it in the Spirit Source Land.

After the auction ended, the servants of the Baiyun Chamber of Commerce began to arrange for everyone to leave the venue.

They randomly divided the participants into four teams, with each team leaving after a short interval of about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

This is done to protect the identity of the bidders in the blind auction, so as to prevent them from being the last to bid and making it possible for people to guess who won the last three items.

After all, it involves a transaction of tens or hundreds of thousands of spirit stones, and the transaction process will take time.

Not everyone is as willing as Yang Zhengshan to readily hand over 180,000 spirit stones; many people might have to go bankrupt to pay for today's expenses.

For example, a rogue cultivator who bought a Foundation Establishment Pill.

Yang Zhengshan moved very quickly, so he and Yu Qingyi were the first group to leave the venue.

……

Two days later, Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi, who had attended the auction, prepared to return to the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty.

After abandoning the cave dwelling, Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi left Lianxin Valley.

They naturally wouldn't return to the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty, but planned to go directly back to the Land of Spiritual Origin after getting far away from Lotus Heart Valley.

After leaving Lotus Heart Valley, the two used their lightness skills to fly through the mountains and forests.

About a hundred miles from Lotus Heart Valley, Yang Zhengshan was planning to find a place to return to the Land of Spiritual Origin when he suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong?" Yu Qingyi asked, puzzled, when she saw him stop.

"Someone is following us?" Yang Zhengshan frowned slightly.

He had just scanned the surroundings with his spiritual sense and was shocked to find that there were actually three people trailing behind them, and he could sense that all three of them were at the Foundation Establishment stage.

"go!"

Yang Zhengshan grabbed Yu Qingyi's arm and darted into the foot of a mountain, then disappeared in a flash.

On Lingquan Mountain Plain, Yu Qingyi asked, "Who are you?"

"I don't know!" Yang Zhengshan shook his head slightly.

"Could it be that we're going the same way?" Yu Qingyi asked.

Yang Zhengshan's expression turned grim. "No! They're looking for us!" He could roughly guess why these people were following them.

Tribulation cultivator!

He had heard a lot about Tribulation Cultivators in Lotus Heart Valley, and Tribulation Cultivators often appeared around Lotus Heart Valley.

These cultivators, driven by greed for cultivation resources, commit countless atrocities, including murder, robbery, plunder, and deception. There's nothing they won't do, only things you can't imagine.

What's even more infuriating is that they hide in the Immortal Cultivator Market, and you have no idea they are Tribulation Cultivators; you might even treat them as friends.

If one day you go on an adventure or hunt with him, you will become his target for ambush and murder.

Sometimes, even many rogue cultivators will transform into Tribulation cultivators.

However, Yang Zhengshan really didn't expect that someone would be targeting him, especially three Foundation Establishment stage cultivators.

In the Qingli Dynasty, Foundation Establishment cultivators are already at the top of the food chain. Apart from the six major families, there are very few Foundation Establishment cultivators among the independent cultivators.

Getting three Foundation Establishment cultivators to act simultaneously is definitely not an easy task.

Either someone within the Qingli Dynasty is deliberately targeting them, or these three Foundation Establishment cultivators are not from the Qingli Dynasty, but rather are outsiders.

Yang Zhengshan leaned towards the latter, because he had not offended anyone in the Qingli Dynasty and did not deserve to be targeted like this.

The only possibility is that some outside cultivators had been eyeing the White Cloud Chamber of Commerce's auction for a long time, and he himself unfortunately became their target.

"As the saying goes, one should not flaunt one's wealth. We were a bit careless this time!" Yang Zhengshan said softly.

Although he had been hiding in the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty for years and was subject to various restrictions, he had not actually encountered any crises. This made him somewhat careless and less cautious than before.

“Yes!” Yu Qingyi nodded in agreement.

They were indeed careless, or rather, they didn't expect to encounter trouble, so they didn't make any effort to hide their identities.

At this moment, at the foot of the mountain where Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi disappeared, three figures dressed in black robes were suspended in mid-air. They wore black masks, so their true faces could not be seen, but from their figures, it could still be seen that they were the sinister man, the alluring woman, and the burly man who had targeted Yang Zhengshan.

"Boss, where is he?" the woman asked in a low voice, her gaze sweeping across the mountains and forests below.

"I don't know!" The sinister-looking man shook his head slightly, his eyes filled with solemnity.

The fact that two perfectly healthy people had vanished into thin air right before their eyes filled them with a sense of foreboding.

"Strange, how could they just disappear into thin air? Could they have some secret technique or magical artifact to conceal themselves?" the burly man said.

The sinister-looking man was silent for a moment, then said, "Search them, they must be here!"

Afterwards, the three of them carefully searched the mountains and forests, meticulously examining every corner and occasionally scanning their surroundings with their spiritual senses.

Yang Zhengshan quietly watched all of this from the Spirit Source Land.

Now his spiritual sense range has reached a thousand feet. He can see everything within a thousand feet outside the Spirit Source Land, and he can appear anywhere within that thousand feet range at any time.

"You go back first, I'll go and meet them!" Yang Zhengshan said to Yu Qingyi, looking at the situation outside.

"Maybe we should just forget about it. Who knows what tricks they have up their sleeves!" Yu Qingyi said with some concern.

Yang Zhengshan shook his head slightly, "Don't worry, I'll be careful. If I can't fight them off, I'll run back immediately!"

Fighting a Foundation Establishment cultivator was inevitable, and Yang Zhengshan knew one thing well: the only way to face a battle calmly was through countless battles.

He was familiar with battles between martial artists, but he knew very little about the fighting methods between immortal cultivators.

How can one understand the methods of immortal cultivators without experiencing a few battles?
Moreover, combat can also make him aware of his own shortcomings.

There are three Foundation Establishment cultivators outside, one of whom is in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage. Yang Zhengshan is definitely no match for them.

However, Yang Zhengshan has the Spirit Source Land as a support, which makes him invincible.

"Alright, be careful!" Yu Qingyi looked at him with concern.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, then a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

Since the other party has set their sights on him, then he shouldn't be surprised if he takes drastic measures.

The three men were searching for him separately, which was the perfect opportunity for him to make his move.

With a flash, Yang Zhengshan stepped out of the Spirit Source Land and appeared directly three zhang behind the alluring woman.

Pick the softest persimmon first. Among the three, this woman has the lowest cultivation level and seems to be the easiest to deal with.

Ignoring the woman's reaction, Yang Zhengshan directly summoned the Azure Light Sword, which transformed into a streak of light and shot towards the woman.

The woman reacted immediately the moment Yang Zhengshan appeared.

A faint golden light enveloped her body, surrounding her entirely.

With a jingle.

The Qingmang Sword, which had always been invincible, was unable to advance an inch in front of this faint golden light shield.

"Hehe, found it!"

The woman turned around with a coquettish laugh, her teasing eyes behind her black mask gazing at Yang Zhengshan.

Upon seeing this, Yang Zhengshan's eyes flashed, and then he raised his hand, sending out more than a dozen talismans.

Immediately afterwards, a loud explosion rang out in mid-air.

First-order talisman explosion talisman.

This is currently the only talisman that Yang Zhengshan can draw. During this period, he did not give up the art of talisman making. On the contrary, because he successfully established his foundation, he devoted a lot of energy and time to the art of talisman making.

However, the only talisman he can draw at the moment is this explosion talisman.

These explosive talismans pose a significant threat to martial artists at the Heavenly Gang stage, but they are almost useless against cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage.

The woman simply waved her hand, sweeping away the shockwave of the explosion, and then a faint glow flashed in her eyes.

Yang Zhengshan's gaze met hers amidst the shockwaves of the explosion, and the next moment he felt a wave of dizziness wash over him.

However, this drowsiness was only temporary, and he quickly regained his senses.

Instead, blood trickled from the woman's eyes.

"How could this be?" the woman exclaimed.

The next moment, she couldn't even control her own magic power, and she fell into the air.

Yang Zhengshan was somewhat surprised and didn't understand what was going on.

However, he wasn't allowed to think about it at this moment, because the sinister-looking man and the burly giant were already flying towards them.

Yang Zhengshan's mind raced. He glanced at the woman who had landed on the tree, and then his Qingmang sword shot fiercely toward her throat.

Whatever happened to her, something definitely went wrong.

Take advantage of his illness and kill him!
Without magical control, the golden light shield around the woman became extremely thin, and the Azure Light Sword pierced through the shield with a single, rapid shot, disappearing into her throat.

(End of this chapter)