Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 839 Profound Blessings?

In Anhu City, in an inconspicuous courtyard.

A pale-faced, petite woman, like a peasant woman, was making a scarecrow out of straw.

Her technique was very skillful; in just a few moments, a lifelike scarecrow appeared in the yard.

The scarecrow was about seven feet tall, wearing a straw hat and a black cloak. Its face was made of fine straw, and the woman had drawn facial features on it with red ink, but its features gave it a very eerie feeling.

Despite having smiling features, her face gave off a chilling feeling.

After finishing making the scarecrow, the woman didn't stop. She took out a small black banner and a talisman, and while shaking the banner, she chanted incantations.

"The road to the underworld opens, the river of blood swells, the city of the unjustly dead falls and lonely souls arrive! Scorched souls stand on rice stalks as spiritual altars, the seven orifices open to guide the soul embryo!"

A dense cloud of ghostly energy condensed on the small banner, and in an instant, she flung out the talisman in her hand.

"Duh!"

The talisman, enveloped in ghostly energy, landed on the scarecrow and then merged into it like a wisp of water vapor.

The next moment, the scarecrow, which had been lifeless, suddenly opened its scarlet eyes.

"Hehe, the soul threads are entwined, the spirit threads are pulled, every joint and every bone listen to my words!"

"The copper coin of rebirth calms the heart meridian, while the soul-devouring nail pierces the seven spirits!"

The woman threw out another copper coin, and several black nails stuck into the scarecrow.

The scarecrow let out a roar like a wild beast, and its ferocious face gradually calmed down.

"Not bad, not bad, I've finally mastered the Yin Soul Puppet Technique! Haha~~"

The woman looked the scarecrow up and down, touching it here and poking it there, seemingly quite satisfied with her masterpiece.

Suddenly a voice rang out from the side, "What is this?"

The sudden sound startled the woman. She abruptly looked up and followed the sound, her pale face filled with vigilance.

"who!"

A figure shrouded in black robes stood conspicuously on the wall, sending a shiver down her spine.

"Who are you?" the woman asked in shock.

"You haven't answered my question yet, what is this thing?" Yang Zhengshan looked at the scarecrow with an inquiring gaze.

That's right, this person is Yang Zhengshan. He wants to find a few people with the Soul-Severing Blade to send into the ancient ruins.

The woman in front of them was a member of the Soul-Severing Blade, and she held a fairly high position within the Soul-Severing Blade.

The person known within the Soul-Severing Blade Clan is called the Ghost Woman, the one who released the evil spirit in Shanggu County.

The ghost woman trembled; she found the mysterious person before her to be so powerful that it filled her with fear.

"Who are you, Your Excellency?"

You seem unwilling to answer my question!

The ghost woman glanced at the scarecrow beside her, hesitated for a moment, and said, "This is a puppet I made using the Yin Soul Puppet Technique!"

"A ghost!" Yang Zhengshan's gaze fell on the small black banner in her hand, and he sighed softly, "Can't you Soul-Severing Blades do something normal for once!"

He was quite helpless about the Soul-Severing Blade. He had obtained many things from the people of the Soul-Severing Blade before, but none of them were useful to him, and none of them were even suitable for use in the Spirit Source Land.

Whether it's cultivation techniques, magical artifacts, or elixirs, it's all sorts of blood-red, yin-evil, and ghostly things.

"What do you mean?" The ghost woman stepped back nervously.

Yang Zhengshan shook his head slightly, and a small golden bell appeared in his hand without him noticing.

A crisp clang rang out, and the ghost woman felt a tremor in her soul. Her consciousness became blurred, her vision became hazy, and her spiritual awareness instantly dissipated. In a moment, she fell into a coma.

While she was in a coma, the scarecrow beside her also became completely lifeless, as if it had turned into a real scarecrow again.

Yang Zhengshan stepped forward, glanced at the scarecrow, then took the storage bag from the ghost woman's waist and sent his spiritual sense into it.

"As expected, there's nothing normal about him!"

The next moment, he threw the ghost woman directly into the ruins, and he also kindly threw the ghost woman's scarecrow in along with her.

Following the same method, he threw all the Soul-Severing Blade members in Anhu City into the ancient ruins.

The Soul-Severing Blade has a considerable number of hidden personnel in Anhu City, totaling more than thirty. The vast majority of them are Heavenly Gang stage martial artists, with only a small portion being Earthly Fiend stage martial artists. The only immortal cultivator is the Ghost Woman.

Of course, this is only the people the Secret Guard has found; there may be others in Anhu City whom the Secret Guard has not yet found.

However, this is enough. With these thirty-odd people here, I believe the situation inside will be very interesting once the relic array is activated.

Having done all this, Yang Zhengshan returned to the Land of Spiritual Origin with a flourish.

Dealing with a group of Heavenly Gang stage martial artists and a Qi Refining ninth level immortal cultivator was a piece of cake for him, requiring no effort at all.

And now he just has to wait and see what happens.

……

the next day.
On the shore of the ancient ruins, the ghost woman awoke from her unconsciousness. She stared blankly at the pale sky, then suddenly jumped up, her eyes warily scanning her surroundings.

She looked around at the lake and the forest, then frowned.

"What happened? That person didn't kill me, but instead dumped me in this desolate place?"

She murmured to herself as she looked at the lake before her, but the more she looked at it, the more something seemed off.

how to say?

The lake's water was crystal clear and calm, seemingly containing a rich aquatic spiritual energy, but she just felt something was off.

She gazed at the lake for a long time, and then suddenly took several steps back, looking as if she had been startled.

She finally understood why the lake was acting strangely.

There was no life in the lake; it was like a stagnant pool.

It's clearly a lake brimming with spiritual energy, yet there's almost no living creature in it; it would be strange if there wasn't something wrong with that.

Well, that's weird.

Ten years ago, Yang Zhengshan drained the lake and had all the spiritual objects containing spiritual energy dug up from the bottom of the lake.

Over the past decade, thanks to the spiritual spring at the bottom of the lake, the lake water has slowly recovered to its original level, but the ecosystem within the lake has not recovered.

Actually, there are some aquatic plants and fish and shrimp in the lake, but you have to be near the center of the lake to find them.

The lake's edges were only recently filled with water, which is why there is almost no life to be seen.

The ghost woman observed the lake for a moment and, seeing that it seemed to pose no danger, she felt relieved and then began to survey her surroundings.

A complete mess!
The lake is surrounded by mountains and forests, but these mountains and forests look particularly messy, as if they have been ravaged by countless people. There is a big pit here, an empty space there, and some hilltops are even bare.

This is what it looks like after digging three feet into the ground. All valuable plants and animals have been brought back to the Spirit Source Land. In particular, there are many ancient trees here that are tens of thousands of years old. If you want to transplant them to the Spirit Source Land, you have to dig a very big pit.

The once lush green forest was now riddled with holes, and the once abundant vegetation was now sparse, giving it a desolate feel. The ghost woman stared blankly at all this, filled with confusion and doubt.

Just as she was feeling lost, someone broke through from afar and called out, "Demon Lady!"

She looked in the direction of the sound and found it was one of her subordinates.

"Why are you here?"

"Ah, I don't know either. I was supposed to be at home yesterday, but I don't know why I suddenly ended up here!" the subordinate replied.

At this moment, other figures appeared around them, one or two at a time, seemingly drawn by the sound of their voices.

The ghost woman looked them over one by one and found that they were all her subordinates.

She remembered the man in black robes she had seen yesterday, and she also remembered the clear sound of the bell.

However, her doubts did not diminish.

This is where?

Why did that person send them here?
And how did he know about my subordinates? And why did he send all of them over?

The ghost woman couldn't figure it out, so she simply stopped thinking about it, since thinking about it wouldn't make any difference anyway.

She instructed her subordinates to begin surveying the surrounding area, to check for any potential dangers before proceeding.

There was no danger around them. At this moment, there was no one else in this ancient formation except for them. There were some small animals, but they posed no threat to them.

Three days later, they arrived at the Hall of Transmission.

At this time, the only intact building in the ancient formation is this Hall of Transmission. As for the other buildings, they have all become ruins, truly ruins, completely beyond repair.

Not to mention the various palaces, even the cave dwellings were dismantled by the porters from the Spirit Source Land.

Looking at the tall and majestic Transmission Hall, the ghost woman felt very strange.

There was anticipation, trepidation, and a touch of fervor.

She had previously thought this matter was a calamity for her, but now, looking at this Hall of Transmission, she suddenly felt that this might be her opportunity.

"My lord, there is no danger inside," a subordinate reported as he emerged from the Hall of Transmission.

The ghost woman wore her signature smile, which was both cute and sinister.

She slowly stepped into the main hall, looking at the decorations inside, and finally her gaze fell on the stone table in front of the black iron tablet.

There was no way around it; the stone table was just too conspicuous.

In the vast palace, only stone platforms and stone tables remained.

The ghost woman walked up to the stone platform and looked at the stone table. The surface of the stone table was spotless and not a speck of dust was on it.

The main hall was spotless, as if it had just been half-cleaned.

It seems that even when the people of the Spirit Source Land were still in the ruins, there were people specifically responsible for cleaning the Transmission Hall, because people from the Spirit Source Land would often break through to the Heavenly Gang stage and then come here to receive the inheritance of cultivation techniques.

Over the past decade, the Spirit Source Land has obtained hundreds of cultivation techniques from here. Although many of them are duplicates, there are also quite a few unique techniques.

She looked up at the nine black iron tablets on the wall, hesitated for a moment, and then reached out and touched the stone table in front of her.

Just as her hand touched the stone table, the array inside the hall suddenly flickered, with streaks of spiritual light dancing and array patterns lighting up.

The ghost woman was startled, but she quickly calmed down because she realized that the formations were not dangerous.

Just as she was wondering what the purpose of this formation was, two jade slips floated out of thin air and appeared in front of her.

The ghost woman tentatively picked up the jade slip and probed it with her spiritual sense.

"The Mysterious Yin Soul Silence Scripture!"

"Clothes in shadow, guided by the breath of the soul!"

"Yin is not evil, and stillness is not annihilation!"

The ghost woman was first startled, then delighted, and then burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, I'm truly blessed! Hahaha~~"

At this moment, all her anxiety and doubts vanished, leaving only a heart full of surprise and excitement.

This was actually a superior immortal cultivation technique, and it perfectly suited her path of the Yin Soul.

Not only that, this cultivation technique can actually lead directly to the Golden Core stage. You should know that the cultivation techniques she practiced before could only reach the Foundation Establishment stage, and there were no further cultivation techniques after that.

And now he has actually obtained a cultivation technique that leads directly to the Golden Core stage. What else could this be but profound good fortune?

"Hehe~~~ I'm going to be rich!"

"The Three Yin weave a net, a net woven within the Three Yin formation, a single rope pulling together all the causes of the world!"

After reading the second jade slip, she was completely overjoyed. Her sharp laughter echoed in the hall, sending chills down the spines of her subordinates.

"I'm going into seclusion to cultivate. All of you, get out!" the ghost woman said coldly after her initial elation.

"Here!"

The subordinates all acknowledged and withdrew from the main hall.

The ghost woman then sat cross-legged beside the stone table and began to cultivate.

One is a cultivation technique, and the other is a magic technique; both are perfectly suited to her aptitude.

At this point, she would rather abandon her cultivation and instead cultivate these two techniques and spells.

However, she remained rational and did not actually abandon her cultivation. Instead, she began to cultivate the "Mysterious Yin Soul Silence Scripture".

In the days that followed, she became completely absorbed in cultivation, until the day the ancient remnant array was activated.

……

Outside the ancient ruins.

The forces of Youyumen, Lingxiu, and the twelve great families have all gathered.

Of the 120 spots available for this competition, the Netherworld Sect has half, or 60, the Lingxiu Three Sects have 36, and each of the twelve great families has only two.

This is the first time the ancient formation has been activated since the peace talks between Youyumen and the Lingxiu Sect, so both sides attach great importance to it.

The Lingxiu Three Sects and twelve families sent a total of ten Martial God level experts, while the Youyu Sect was not to be outdone, sending one Foundation Establishment cultivator and six Martial God level experts.

The two sides felt tense from the moment they met, but both suppressed their emotions and no conflict broke out. They simply gathered outside the ruins in a clear-cut manner.

As the time for the opening of the ancient formation approached, hundreds of people from both sides arrived at the mountain hollow outside the formation early in the morning.

The person who presided over the activation of the ancient array was naturally a member of the Lingxiu Three Sects. In fact, only the higher-ups of the Lingxiu Three Sects knew how to activate the ancient array, and each of the three sects only knew their own part of it.

Therefore, each time the ancient array is activated, it requires the elders of the three Lingxiu sects to personally intervene.

(End of this chapter)