Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 854 Ambush - Don't try to intimidate me with the Xuanqing Sect
The marriage between Wang Qisheng and Li Qianqian is an internal alliance within the Xuanqing Sect. Although the Yang family is now one of the twelve great families, they are still considered outsiders to the Xuanqing Sect.

Although Yang Qinting was a disciple of the Xuanqing Sect, he was also a descendant of the Yang family.

Many scions of noble families join the three major sects, but very few can hold high positions within them.

The three major sects are also wary of powerful families growing too strong, which could affect the internal affairs of their sects.

For example, the reason why the Shi family split into two, becoming the Beijing Shi family and the South Shi family, was because the Shi family had the tendency to grow bigger.

However, the relationship between the Shi family and the Xuanqing Sect was too close, so the Xuanqing Sect could not completely eliminate the Shi family. Instead, they divided the Shi family and placed the Southern Shi family under the jurisdiction of the Wuxiang Sect.

Therefore, scions of aristocratic families not only do not have an advantage in the Xuanqing Sect, but are often neglected.

"Forget it, let's deal with those who are following you. As for the others, let the Ancestor decide!" Yang Chengye thought for a moment and then decided.

After saying that, Yang Chengye led Yang Qinting to the training ground behind Tian Shu Tower.

There weren't many people in the huge training ground; only eight figures were practicing with spears and clubs.

The main force of Tian Shu Tower is the Secret Martial Guard, whose main duty is to gather intelligence outside. Therefore, most of the members of Tian Shu Tower are clerical staff who are mainly responsible for analyzing, summarizing, and recording information.

Normally, only eight Tiangang-stage guards are on duty at Tianshu Tower, in case of emergency.

As for when a large number of men are needed, there are 6,000 soldiers from the Yujing Three Guards outside the city, who can go into battle at any time.

"Brothers, let's go, we've got something to do!"

Upon arriving at the training ground, Yang Chengye shouted loudly, his tone seemingly filled with excitement.

He was indeed a little excited. After arriving in the Land of Spiritual Origin, he had only been to the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty once, and that was just a short visit to Nanxia County. He had never left the Land of Spiritual Origin since.

Although the Spirit Source Land is vast, it is ultimately not as expansive as the outside world, nor as bustling as the outer world.

Sometimes it can be quite boring in the Land of Spirits.

Although Yang Chengye is the master of Tian Shu Tower, he doesn't actually have much to do. He spends all his time cultivating, which makes him quite bored.

"Master, what happened?" Luo Bo, holding a long spear, strode over to Yang Chengye and asked.

Luo Bo, Luo Shang's eldest grandson, is also Luo Zhen's eldest son.

From Luo Shang to Luo Zhen, the Luo family has always been in charge of commerce and trade. Even now, Luo Zhen is the deputy head of Tianquan Tower, mainly responsible for commercial trade, and many members of the Luo family work in Tianquan Tower.

However, Luo Bo, as the eldest grandson of the Luo family, did not go into business. This was because he had been assigned to Yang Chengye's side long ago, and followed Yang Chengye in developing his military career in Chongshan Town. Later, when Yang Chengye raised an army and established a dynasty, Luo Bo remained by Yang Chengye's side.

He followed Yang Chengye until Yang Chengye arrived at the land of spiritual origin.

Not only him, but also Song Jie, Lu Miaoheng, Zhou Shang'an, and others, they were all part of Yang Chengye's team.

Their cultivation has now reached the Heavenly Gang stage. Although they are only at the initial stage, their strength is already formidable.

"Haha, my nephew is in a little trouble, let's go help him out!"

Yang Chengye smiled.

Afterwards, he led everyone to the Reception Hall, where they received nine jade tokens. Then, together with Yang Qinting, they went to a small courtyard in Qingyu City.

"Greetings, Young Master!" Zhang Cheng bowed respectfully upon seeing Yang Chengye arrive.

"Haha, Uncle Zhang, no need for such formalities!" Yang Chengye quickly stepped forward to help him up.

Zhang Cheng was one of Yang Zhengshan's close followers. Although the original twenty followers had dispersed and were no longer by Yang Zhengshan's side, their status in the Yang family was still quite high.

The four Yang brothers, including Yang Mingcheng, had to address them as brothers, while Yang Chengye and his generation had to call them uncles.

This uncle's address was not at all aggrieved, because apart from Yang Chengyu and Yang Chengan, the two youngest members of the third generation of the Yang family, the other six had all been trained under their tutelage.

At that time, Yang Zhengshan was still in Da Rong Kyoto. Yang Chengye would often take a group of brothers to the camp outside the city for training, and the ones training them were Zhang Cheng and others.

"Have those people come over?" Yang Chengye asked.

Zhang Cheng nodded slightly and said, "They came, but they didn't get close. They just watched this side of the street!"

During his time in Lingyuan, Yang Qinting was not idle; he had already gathered a fairly complete understanding of the situation outside.

"How many of them are there?"

"Six people! All of them are martial artists at the Heavenly Gang stage!"

"Heh, to deal with a junior, they actually mobilized six Heavenly Gang stage martial artists. The Wang family is truly shameless!" Yang Chengye said coldly.

Yang Qinting is just a junior who has just entered the Innate Realm; it would not take six Heavenly Gang Realm warriors to deal with him.

“Their target might not just be Young Master Qinting!” Zhang Cheng said.

"Oh? What else are they planning to do?"

"They're probably after our Yang family!"

Yang Chengye seemed to be deep in thought. He didn't need six Heavenly Gang stage warriors to deal with Yang Qinting, so why did they send out so many forces?
Could it be because his subordinates are too idle, so he sent them out for some fresh air?

Yang Qinting was born into the Yang family, which is now one of the twelve great families. In recent years, they have been doing quite well in the Lingxiu Sea.

"Looks like this is going to blow up!" Yang Chengye's lips curled up slightly.

"Young Master, won't this cause trouble?" Zhang Cheng asked with some concern.

"Trouble? Heh, if it were the entire Xuanqing Sect, then we would need to be a little cautious, but if it's just the Wang family, then there's no need to be cautious!"

Yang Chengye was an emperor; how could he not know about such schemes and plots?
The Wang family's actions were simply an attempt to drag the Yang family into the mess and place them on the opposite side of the Xuanqing Sect.

With the power of the Xuanqing Sect, we might be able to wipe out the Yang family!

This is called "it's good to have a big tree to lean on." The Wang family, backed by the Xuanqing Sect, naturally looked down on a newly emerging aristocratic family like the Yang family.

Speaking of the Yang family, they have already shown many extraordinary qualities in the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty. Over the years, the goods sold by the Yang family amount to millions of spirit stones. If the Yang family were just an ordinary family, they certainly wouldn't be able to produce so many goods.

However, only a few interested people knew about this, because most of the goods in the Spirit Source Land were sold through the Illusion Moon Sect, the Lu family, and the Ji family. Therefore, most people believed that the Yang family was just a newly established family with shallow foundations and weak power, far inferior to those old-established families.

After thinking for a moment, Yang Chengye made up his mind.

"Qinting, you go out of town with Uncle Zhang, pretending you're going to Yangjia Town!"

They certainly can't make a move in Qingyu City; this is Xuanqing Sect's territory, and making a move here would undoubtedly be a slap in the face to Xuanqing Sect.

But once you're outside the city, it doesn't matter.

Zhang Cheng and Yang Qinting had no objections. After tidying up briefly, they left the courtyard and headed out of the city.

……

"Senior brother, they're coming out!" Just as Zhang Cheng and Yang Qinting stepped out of the courtyard, several figures dressed in gray linen clothes immediately noticed them on the opposite street.

There were six of them, led by a burly man with a full beard.

This burly man also had the surname Wang, and his name was Wang Shanhu. He was a collateral descendant of the Wang family, and according to seniority, he had to call Wang Qisheng "Young Master".

Wang Shanhu glanced at Zhang Cheng and Yang Qinting walking away down the street and said in a deep voice, "Let's go, follow them!"

After saying that, the six of them dispersed and followed behind Zhang Cheng and Yang Qinting.

Their tracking methods were quite good; they blended into the crowd, taking turns following Zhang Cheng and Yang Qinting, keeping a distance that was neither too far nor too close.

If they were tracking someone else, it would probably be very difficult to detect them.

But they were tracking Zhang Cheng.

Who is Zhang Cheng?
Yang Zhengshan's close aide, one of the instructors of the Secret Martial Guard, was capable of charging into battle on the battlefield and conducting intelligence work in secret, making him an absolutely all-around talent.

When it comes to tracking and surveillance, Zhang Cheng is definitely a professional.

So Zhang Cheng noticed the moment the six of them made a move, but he didn't make a fuss. Instead, he casually chatted with Yang Qinting as they continued on their way.

Soon they left the city and headed towards the ferry crossing of the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty.

Xuanqing Sect is located north of the Lingxiu Sea, while Yangjia Town is south of the Lingxiu Sea. To get to Yangjia Town, they need to cross the Lingxiu Sea by boat.

Qingyu City is not far from the ferry, only about thirty miles away.

The two arrived at the ferry crossing near dusk, rented a covered boat, and set sail overnight.

It wasn't that they were in a hurry to get to Yangjia Town, but rather that the Lingxiu Sea was quite safe at night, and nighttime navigation was a normal thing.

After all, there are three sects and twelve families guarding the Lingxiu Sea, so there are no forces like water pirates.

Inside the covered boat, Yang Qinting looked back and said, "Grandpa Zhang, they've followed us!"

"Hmm, it's alright! The young master is behind us too!" Zhang Cheng sat in the cabin, wiping the gleaming spearhead.

"Where are my uncles? I haven't seen them." Yang Qinting asked curiously.

"Below!" Zhang Cheng pointed to the area below the ship.

"Under the ship?" Yang Qinting stared in astonishment at the ship's side.

The moonlight was dim tonight, and the lake water beneath the boat was like black silk, making it impossible to see anything in it.

Zhang Cheng explained with a smile, "In our Spirit Source Land, there is a kind of pill called the Sea Dragon Pill. After taking it, one can swim like a dragon in the sea. This Spirit Beauty Sea is just a lake in the end, so it is naturally not comparable to the turbulent sea."

The Sea Dragon Pill is an elixir made primarily from sea dragon ginseng. Both the sea dragon ginseng and the formula for the Sea Dragon Pill were provided by the Zhang Dynasty of the vast sea region.

However, the formula for Hailongdan was later improved, and its effects far surpassed those of the Hailongdan of the Zhang Dynasty.

The Sea Dragon Pill from the Spirit Source Land allows people to swim freely in the sea like fish. If a martial artist in the Heavenly Gang stage takes it, they can hold their breath in the sea for five to eight hours.

This was the first time Yang Qinting had ever heard of the Sea Dragon Pill. After all, he was still young when he left the Spirit Source Land and didn't know much about many things there.

He had never heard of a rather obscure elixir like the Sea Dragon Pill.

The awning boat cut through the air like ink, the sound of oars fading into the misty haze. At three-quarters past midnight, the sky was as dark as lead, even half a star was swallowed by the thick clouds, only a ram's horn lamp remained at the bow and stern of the boat, its tiny flame flickering as if about to fall.

The boatman stood hunched over at the stern, his raincoat gleaming from the water, the ripples created by his bamboo pole swallowed by the mist.

Suddenly, the boatman seemed to hear an unusual sound. He looked up sharply and gazed behind him, a sharp glint in his eyes.

Those who can sail the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty are naturally not ordinary people; they must at least possess cultivation levels above the Innate Realm.

The boatman in front of him was clearly a seasoned veteran; the slightest unusual sound had caught his attention.

"Sir, we seem to be in trouble!" the boatman said to Zhang Cheng and Yang Qinting inside the awning.

"It's alright, you can continue driving the boat!" Zhang Cheng said in a deep voice as he came to the stern of the boat, holding a long spear.

The boatman glanced up at the spear in Zhang Cheng's hand, remained silent, and continued rowing.

There are no pirates on the Sea of ​​Lingxiu, but that doesn't mean there won't be any trouble on the Sea of ​​Lingxiu.

The night was deep, the fog was thick, and the vast waters were the perfect place for a murder.

Soon, six figures emerged from the layers of mist and appeared behind the awning boat.

They stood on the lake surface, appearing like ghosts in the thick fog, making them difficult to see clearly.

"Caught alive!"

Wang Shanhu looked at the covered boat and said in a cold voice.

The next moment, the six of them pierced through the thick fog like arrows and rushed toward the awning boat.

But just as they approached within three zhang of the awning boat, the inky lake surface suddenly exploded, and nine figures burst forth amidst the exploding water and fire.

"Damn, it's really uncomfortable to stay underwater!" Yang Chengye landed on the lake surface and shook off the water.

"Hehe, young master, there are still quite a few fish at the bottom of the lake. We can come and catch some to take back sometime!" Luo Bo said with a smile as he patted his soaked clothes.

The Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty can be considered a spiritual lake, its waters containing a great deal of spiritual energy. Although it cannot compare to the spiritual river of the Spiritual Source Land, nor to the lake in the ruins, the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty is home to many strange beasts. There are no powerful ones, but there are many kinds of precious fish containing spiritual energy.

Their sudden appearance instantly reversed the situation. Originally, it was Wang Shanhu and his six men who attacked the awning boat, but in the blink of an eye, it became Yang Chengye and his nine men surrounding Wang Shanhu and his six men.

Upon seeing this, the boatman paused slightly in his rowing motion, but he quickly recovered and continued rowing as if nothing had happened.

He has been sailing on this beautiful sea for over sixty years and has experienced everything. For him, the scene before him is not a big deal.

Upon seeing this, Wang Shanhu and his men stopped attacking the covered boat and instead watched the six people who had suddenly appeared warily.

"Who are you? How dare you block our way!" Wang Shanhu shouted angrily.

"Heh, you know perfectly well what I'm asking!" Yang Chengye waved his spear. "We are naturally the ones who will kill you!"

"The Yang family?"

"That's right, Yang Chengye of the Yang family!"

"Hmph, the Yang family has some nerve! They actually dared to ambush and kill people from my Xuanqing Sect!"

Yang Chengye revealed a disdainful expression, "Xuanqing Sect? Aren't you the Wang family's lackeys?"

"Don't try to intimidate me with the Xuanqing Sect. After this matter, my Yang family will seek justice from the Xuanqing Sect!"

(End of this chapter)