Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 830 Cultivation Plan, Three Years

"Watch my Gengjin Sword Qi!"

The next moment, thousands of sword energies suddenly condensed into a single Gengjin sword energy, piercing the sky like a rainbow piercing the sun.

Master Jingshui seemed to have taken a liking to it, or perhaps he really wanted to give Yang Zhengshan some pointers.

He stood up, flicked his wide sleeves, and in an instant, countless sword energies gathered around him, rising and falling, transforming into a protective aura.

"Can you tell what this is?"

"Golden Light Technique!"

"That's right, it's the Golden Light Technique, but this one is a Golden Light Technique condensed from the Geng Metal Sword Qi of Grass and Wood!"

"I have cultivated the Grass and Wood Geng Metal Sword Technique, Geng Metal Sword Qi, and Golden Light Technique to the highest level, so that I can switch between the three techniques."

"I am a Mirror Water Master," said the man with pride.

Upon seeing this, Yang Zhengshan couldn't help but show an expression of admiration.

These three spells are all low-level spells, commonly used by Qi Refining stage cultivators. However, in the hands of True Person Mirror Water, their power is no less than that of higher-level spells.

Under Yang Zhengshan's admiring gaze, Master Jingshui slowly sat down, once again transforming into his frail and aged appearance.

But then he retrieved a jade slip and handed it to Yang Zhengshan, saying, "This contains my insights into various basic spells. You can take it as a reference!"

"This isn't quite right!" Yang Zhengshan said hesitantly, looking at the jade slip.

He was willing to stay on Wangyue Mountain because Master Jingshui could guide him in many ways. Even just chatting with Master Jingshui would allow him to gain a lot of common sense about the cultivation world.

However, this jade slip contains the cultivation insights of Master Jingshui throughout his life. Yang Zhengshan can shamelessly come to audit the class, but he cannot shamelessly accept the inheritance from others.

"Hehe, it's nothing. This is all I have to offer in my life, so I'll give it to you as a keepsake!"

"I also left a copy for the sect; yours is just a replica that I made!"

The Mirror Water Immortal smiled kindly.

In the land of spiritual origin, Yang Zhengshan is an elder, and many children call him Ancestor. However, in front of True Person Jingshui, Yang Zhengshan is just a young junior.

Yang Zhengshan thought for a moment, then stepped forward and accepted the jade slip with both hands. "This junior thanks you for your guidance, sir!"

He addressed Master Jingshui as "Master," signifying his acknowledgment of the master-disciple relationship.

Of course, the two did not have a master-disciple relationship.

"Haha~~"

With a flick of his sleeve, Master Jingshui turned and left with an air of nonchalance.

Yang Zhengshan watched his retreating figure and sighed softly.

He understood why Master Jingshui was doing this; he simply wanted to gain more favors from him.

Master Jingshui also has descendants, and he currently has one descendant cultivating on Wangyue Mountain.

In fact, Master Jingshui would prefer Yang Zhengshan to take his junior as a disciple. Yang Zhengshan would not take on disciples casually. He couldn't even teach his own five disciples, so why would he take on another disciple from outside?
When the attempt to become his disciple failed, Master Jingshui changed his strategy, making Yang Zhengshan owe him more favors so that his successor could receive more care from Yang Zhengshan in the future.

This wasn't the first time Yang Zhengshan had encountered such a situation. Back in Lotus Heart Valley, Yao Fu had made friends with many cultivators, his aim being to pave the way for his descendants.

Ultimately, cultivators are still human beings, especially those whose lifespans are nearing their end. They have no other expectations but to rely on their family's future generations.

Before they died, they all wanted to use their last moments to help their descendants gain connections and opportunities.

Watching Master Jingshui leave, Yang Zhengshan returned to his own courtyard.

His courtyard was located on the cliff. It was a small courtyard with only three main rooms, a main hall, a quiet room, and a tea room.

This small courtyard is only a small part of the Wangyue Mountain Villa, and is merely Yang Zhengshan's place of cultivation.

There is a formation in the courtyard that can prevent others from entering at will.

Yang Zhengshan chose this courtyard because it was quiet and relatively secluded.

Back in the courtyard, Yang Zhengshan activated the formation and returned directly to the Spirit Source Land.

Sitting in his study, Yang Zhengshan opened the jade slip given to him by Master Jingshui and carefully read through its contents.

As Master Jingshui said, this jade slip records his lifelong insights into magic, from when he began to cultivate magic, to the problems he encountered in the process, and how he gradually cultivated magic to the highest level.

It includes not only his insights into magic, but also an explanation of why he chose to practice magic.

There are countless kinds of magic spells for immortal cultivators, but a person's time and energy are limited, and it is impossible to cultivate all of them.

Each cultivator must have their own focus and unique characteristics in their magical cultivation.

Like the Mirror Water Master, he mastered a total of seven spells: Grass and Wood Geng Metal Sword Technique, Geng Metal Sword Qi, Golden Light Technique, Golden Light Escape Technique, Flowing Light Illusion Body, Dust Removal Technique, and Concentration Technique.

The seven types of spells include offensive spells, defensive spells, escape spells, movement spells, and spells for protecting the soul.

Although they were all low-level spells, they were enough to meet the various needs of Master Jingshui.

Looking at the spells practiced by Master Jingshui, and then thinking about his own spells, Yang Zhengshan suddenly realized that his spell practice seemed to lack any method or structure, and was somewhat haphazard.

Yang Zhengshan felt that he should make some plans for his future cultivation, and not just cultivate whatever he saw.

He put away the jade slip, pondered for a long time, and then picked up paper and pen to write.

First and foremost are the cultivation methods, specifically the two core methods: the "Green Wood Longevity Scripture" and the "Dongxu Refining Scripture." These are fundamental and must never be neglected.

Secondly, there are supplementary cultivation methods, namely the "Qinghua Thunder Technique" and the "Wood Transformation Nourishing Method".

The Azure Thunder Technique is the most important cultivation method for him, as it relates to his future natal magic treasures, supernatural powers, and spells. He certainly cannot give it up. Moreover, the Azure Thunder Pearl is his most important trump card, and he must continue to nurture it.

He has already cultivated the "Wood Transformation Body Nourishing Method" to the fourth level, and it seems he has mastered it. However, the "Wood Transformation Body Nourishing Method" is perfectly compatible with the "Azure Wood Longevity Scripture," especially the effect of absorbing spiritual energy through consuming spiritual fruits to nourish the body. This is of great benefit to Yang Zhengshan's cultivation of the "Azure Wood Longevity Scripture." Therefore, he needs to continue cultivating the "Wood Transformation Body Nourishing Method."

Finally, there's magic.

Yang Zhengshan fell into deep thought once again.

First of all, he doesn't need to cultivate movement techniques or escape skills. He can use the spiritual source land to teleport instantly, which is better than any movement technique or escape skill. So there is no need to cultivate any movement techniques or escape skills.

Secondly, his advantage lies in his spiritual soul. In terms of spiritual soul strength, he should be considered quite powerful among those of the same realm.

Since the advantage lies in the soul, it is natural to focus on soul techniques.

He now possesses five spells related to the soul: Soul Raven Dividing Technique, Soul Capturing Technique, Soul Stealing Technique, Soul Searching Technique, and Soul Concentration Technique.

The Soul Raven Divide Technique can be used for tracking, investigation, surveillance, and communication. It is a very good auxiliary spell and should be a focus of training.

Soul-capturing techniques are soul-attacking spells, which are difficult to defend against. However, soul attacks have a major flaw: if one encounters a cultivator with a stronger soul, one is easily attacked in return.

However, the backlash on his soul was not very important to Yang Zhengshan, because his soul was fused with the core of the Spirit Source Land. To cause a backlash on him, the core of the Spirit Source Land would have to be shaken.

Therefore, he had no need to worry about the backlash against his soul.

The Soul-Stealing Technique can forcibly seize the soul of another person. It is not actually an offensive spell, but rather an auxiliary spell, usually used by evil cultivators to refine magical artifacts and spells such as Yin Souls and Ghost Souls.

Examples include the Ten Thousand Ghosts Banner, the Soul-Guiding Banner, and the Five Ghosts Transporting Technique.

Clearly, this spell is useless to Yang Zhengshan and can be abandoned.

Soul Searching Technique is also an auxiliary spell, and Yang Zhengshan will not focus on mastering it; just knowing how to use it is enough.

Next is the Concentration Technique, which is quite interesting. It is both a method for cultivating the soul, which can enhance the strength of the soul, and a method for defending the soul.

Through long-term cultivation, a solid barrier can be formed in the sea of ​​consciousness to resist attacks on the soul.

This spell is quite good, but unfortunately it's useless against Yang Zhengshan.

His soul merged with the core of the Spirit Source Land, so he didn't need any defensive barriers at all.

However, this spell can be practiced by Yang Jizhen and the others.

Of the five soul-binding spells, Yang Zhengshan focused on cultivating the Soul Raven Dividing Technique and the Soul-Capturing Technique, but that wasn't enough; he also needed a more conventional spell.

After much deliberation, Yang Zhengshan finally chose the vine technique.

The Vine Spell was arguably the spell he was most familiar with and that suited him best. Although it was only a low-level spell, Yang Zhengshan felt that it had great potential for development.

Can vines only twine?
Can vines also fire a barrage of arrows?

Could it also be used as a gun?

Since vine magic can be woven into cages, can it also be woven into shields?

Yang Zhengshan aspired to master the art of vine manipulation to its highest level, making it his most common technique.

After making a plan for his future cultivation, Yang Zhengshan immediately took action.

Other spells are more difficult to master, but the Vine Spell is relatively easy to master, so Yang Zhengshan regards the Vine Spell as a short-term goal.

It is difficult to cultivate magic to the highest level, but it is quite easy to cultivate it to the level of mastery.

Thus, Yang Zhengshan immersed himself in cultivation, spending his days either meditating or studying spells. If he felt tired, he would draw talismans; if he felt bored, he would take two days to refine pills.

Time flies like water, and three years have passed in the blink of an eye, bringing us to the fifty-fourth year of Lingyuan.

These past three years have been incredibly fulfilling for Yang Zhengshan. Although his cultivation level hasn't improved much, he has made significant progress in his magical abilities.

He had mastered both the Vine Technique and the Soul-Capturing Technique, and even the Soul Raven Dividing Technique had reached the minor mastery level.

Xiao Cheng's Soul Raven Splitting Technique still had no combat power, but without Yang Zhengshan's control, those soul ravens could already act like ordinary crows.

They can even disguise themselves as ordinary crows to forage for food, and their every move is no different from that of ordinary crows, nor are they different in appearance from ordinary crows.

Over the past three years, Yang Zhengshan has nurtured twelve divine soul seeds, six of which he crafted into jade tokens, and six of which he condensed into soul crows.

The jade token allows people to freely enter and exit the Spirit Source Land. Yang Zhengshan really wanted to give a jade token to everyone outside, but unfortunately, nurturing the divine soul seed takes time. He could spend his time on the Soul Raven Dividing Technique, but he couldn't waste his time on making jade tokens.

With the six jade tokens plus the one from before, there are a total of seven, which is enough for now and sufficient to meet everyone's needs when going out.

As for the Soul Crows, Yang Zhengshan released them all. He sent out one Soul Crow to keep an eye on several places that required special attention, such as Lingxi Mountain, Lianxin Valley, Lianjia Town, Huanyue Sect, and Anhu City.

Besides making great progress in his magical cultivation, Yang Zhengshan has also made considerable progress in alchemy and talisman-making over the past three years.

In alchemy, Yang Zhengshan refined eleven batches of Foundation Establishment Pills, producing a total of eighteen Foundation Establishment Pills, with a success rate of 60%. However, he also refined three Grade 3 Foundation Establishment Pills, which can be considered a significant improvement.

In addition, Yang Zhengshan is already able to refine the Spirit Gathering Pill. As the most commonly used pill for Foundation Establishment cultivators, the Spirit Gathering Pill is extremely valuable.

Yang Zhengshan refined the Spirit Gathering Pill not to earn spirit stones, but to meet his own cultivation needs.

In terms of talisman making, Yang Zhengshan was finally able to draw the second-tier talisman, the Cloud Soaring Talisman, and was now considered a second-tier talisman maker. Although he could only draw the Cloud Soaring Talisman, he was still a genuine second-tier talisman maker.

In just three years, Yang Zhengshan has made great progress in all aspects and has also made up for many of his shortcomings.

Now, he is no longer the weak Foundation Establishment cultivator who appears strong on the outside but is actually weak on the inside; he has real skills now.

Perhaps his current strength is not comparable to that of a veteran Foundation Establishment cultivator like Master Jingshui, but his strength is several times greater than it was three years ago.

The improvement in strength is something to be happy about, but there is one thing that has been bothering Yang Zhengshan.

That means the Lian family patriarch is still alive!

For some reason, three years have passed, and the Lian family patriarch is still alive and kicking, showing no signs of passing away.

(End of this chapter)