Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 879 Strange Beasts, Flying Boat

Two Foundation Establishment cultivators, eight Golden Body Realm warriors, and more than ten second-tier exotic beasts.

After a beast advances to the second tier, its size usually increases several times. For example, the blue wolf was only a little over ten feet long at the first tier, but it becomes more than three feet long at the second tier.

For example, the Golden-feathered Fire Crow's wingspan was only about four feet when it was at the first tier, but after breaking through to the second tier, its wingspan actually exceeded four zhang (approximately 13 meters).

This isn't a crow, it's practically a roc!

The Cloud Tiger Steed is the same; a second-tier Cloud Tiger Steed, with a shoulder height exceeding two zhang, is definitely a giant beast.

The appearance of this group of terrifying behemoths plunged the entire Yangjia Town into silence; their terrifying ferocity made everyone tremble involuntarily.

"This is?"

"So many strange beasts!"

"They're all second-tier beasts!"

"My goodness! Where did all these strange beasts come from?"

Many people couldn't resist the urge to run away and retreated repeatedly, but most people just stood there dumbfounded, as if they had seen a ghost.

There was some panic, but it did not cause a riot, because the Yang family guards and the guards recruited by Yang family town were already maintaining order.

Yang Zhengshan led the group onto the back of the strange beast, ignoring their shock, and said calmly, "Let's go!"

He and Yu Qingyi sat on the back of the Blue Wolf King. The Blue Wolf King's back was very broad, so there was no problem even if you were lying down on it, let alone sitting on it.

The others also rode second-tier beasts, either alone or in groups.

Like the Cloud Tiger Steed, it was ridden by one person, because although the Cloud Tiger Steed was very large, it was very suitable as a war steed.

One after another, colossal beasts soared into the sky, flying majestically towards the Illusion Moon Sect.

As soon as they disappeared into the horizon, Yangjia Town was in an uproar.

"Those are all second-tier beasts! That's terrifying!"

"The Yang family is actually this powerful!"

"No wonder some people say that the Yang family is the number one family; this statement is indeed true!"

"Did you guys notice just now? Those guys all seem to be martial gods!"

Some were shocked, some were excited, and some felt honored.

The Yang family used to be quite famous in the Lingxiu Sea, but that fame all came from Yang Zhengshan, mainly because he embarrassed the Xuanqing Sect in front of their mountain gate.

Therefore, the three sects and twelve families treated the Yang family very kindly and were unwilling to provoke Yang Zhengshan, a cultivator who possessed a spiritual artifact.

However, this is only Yang Zhengshan's personal fame, and the Yang family does not have much prestige outside.

People may think that the Yang family is just a newly established family with shallow foundations, and cannot be compared with those families with long-standing traditions.

Therefore, everyone's reverence for the Yang family is only directed at Yang Zhengshan alone.

However, it wasn't just Yangjia Town that was in an uproar. When Yang Zhengshan led a large group of strange beasts toward the Huan Yue Sect, the towns along the way were thrown into chaos.

When they arrived at the Illusion Moon Sect, the sect was thrown into chaos as well.

Yue Qing stood outside the Illusion Moon Sect, staring at the second-tier exotic beasts and the Golden Body Realm warriors, all of whom were stunned.

"Master Yang, you've really given me a wonderful surprise!" she said, looking at Yang Zhengshan with a complicated expression.

She might have thought Bai Yujing was somewhat fake before, but now she no longer doubts Bai Yujing's existence.

With more than ten Golden Body Realm warriors and more than ten second-tier exotic beasts, this force was already quite terrifying.

Even the Illusion Moon Sect couldn't muster that much power.

The difficulty of raising a second-tier beast is no less than that of raising a Golden Body Realm martial artist.

The Illusion Moon Sect currently only has three second-tier Illusion Moon Foxes.

Is it that the Illusion Moon Sect doesn't want to cultivate more second-tier Illusion Moon Foxes?
No, it's that the Illusion Moon Sect doesn't have enough resources to train them.

The reason why the Spirit Source Land can cultivate so many second-tier beasts is because Yang Zhengshan is willing to spend resources.

There's no need to elaborate on the various spiritual herbs and fruits, and there's also spiritual spring water—these are the most basic things.

The key ingredients are Beast Blood Pills and Mixed Grain Pills. Beast Blood Pills can purify the bloodline of exotic beasts, while Mixed Grain Pills can increase the speed at which exotic beasts absorb spiritual energy.

In addition to other elixirs, this allows the exotic beasts of the Spirit Source Land to grow rapidly.

Putting everything else aside, just take the Beast Blood Pill for example. That's not something the Illusion Moon Sect can squander at will, because they can't refine Beast Blood Pills.

Beast Blood Pill is only a first-tier pill, but it is a pill for immortal cultivators, originally used by immortal cultivators to feed their spirit beasts.

Back then, Yang Zhengshan bought some Beast Blood Pills from Lingyu Tower. Later, he simply started refining them himself. Later, Zhang Hexuan was also able to refine Beast Blood Pills, and then the Spirit Source Land had enough Beast Blood Pills to cultivate exotic beasts.

Beast Blood Pills are not particularly valuable, but they are an indispensable elixir for cultivating exotic beasts.

Among the forces in the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty, only the Land of Spiritual Origin is capable of refining large quantities of Beast Blood Pills.

Yang Zhengshan chuckled and said, "Sect Master, shouldn't we set off?"

Yueqing glanced at Yang Zhengshan's group, then at the Illusion Moon Sect's group behind her, and suddenly felt that her own sect was rather shabby.

This time, the Illusion Moon Sect also mobilized a considerable force. Yue Qing personally led the team, with Liu Yue in charge, accompanied by Elders Yue Ming and Yue Su, along with three second-tier Illusion Moon Foxes.

Such strength is not weak, but compared to the Yang family's forces, it seems rather meager.

"Let's go!" What else could Yue Qing say? She had witnessed the wealth and power of the Spirit Source Land.

In fact, Yang Zhengshan wasn't exactly putting on a show. In recent years, Lingyuan Land has been in a period of rapid development, with both martial arts and immortal cultivation arts developing rapidly.

Significant progress has been made in alchemy, crafting, talisman arrays, beast taming, spiritual plant cultivation, spiritual insect breeding, and spiritual ingredient cooking.

Even niche fields like puppet making, mechanical arts, poison arts, and Gu techniques are researched by departments set up on the twelfth floor.

Yang Zhengshan naturally wouldn't explain these things to Yue Qing. Seeing that the Huan Yue Sect was ready, the two teams merged into one and headed towards the Qing Li Dynasty.

When they crossed the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty, the Xuanqing Sect and Wuxiang Sect's teams were already waiting.

When it comes to grandeur, the Xuanqing Sect is the best.

Although there are many second-tier exotic beasts in the Spirit Source Land, the Xuanqing Sect has large flying boats.

A magnificent glass cloud boat floated in the air, accompanied by two golden fire dragons. Compared to it, the strange beasts of the Spirit Source Land seemed somewhat chaotic.

Yang Zhengshan couldn't help but show a envious look as he looked at the crystal cloud boat.

A giant airship!
This is an extremely rare and powerful magical artifact.

Such a large magical artifact cannot be crafted by ordinary weapon refiners. It requires the combined efforts of several weapon refiners and formation masters to create such a large flying boat.

The manpower and resources expended cannot be described as simple weapon forging.

Yang Zhengshan also wanted to buy a large flying boat, but unfortunately he couldn't.

The Xuanqing Sect's Glazed Cloud Boat was given to them by Cangjian Mountain back then, and Cangjian Mountain should also have large flying boats, so it's impossible that they couldn't buy large flying boats from them.

Even the White Cloud Immortal City cannot manufacture such a large flying boat.

Yang Zhengshan wanted to buy a large flying boat, so he had to go to the Wanhua Mountains and find the major powers that specialized in manufacturing such large flying boats. Yang Zhengshan envied the Xuanqing Sect's large flying boat, while the others were amazed by the Yang family's exotic beasts.

Such a large number of second-tier exotic beasts is extremely rare even in the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty.

However, Yunxiao and Yunxi were only surprised for a moment before inviting Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi into the flying boat.

Inside the flying boat, the floor was paved with warm, jade-green bricks, with intricate cloud patterns outlined in gold thread, and the walls were inlaid with softly glowing luminous pearls, replacing ordinary lamps.

The main cabin is spacious and surrounded by carved wooden railings, which are entwined with fragrant spirit vines and adorned with pale purple spirit flowers, creating a serene and elegant atmosphere.

Besides the main cabin, the airship also has many private rooms, each of which is exquisitely decorated and has a very high concentration of spiritual energy.

This crystal cloud boat is like a luxury cruise ship, allowing one to cultivate while traveling long distances without being delayed in their cultivation due to the journey.

Of course, this thing also consumes a huge amount of resources.

Yang Zhengshan's Jade Cloud Boat consumes one low-grade spirit stone per hundred miles, while this Glazed Cloud Boat will consume at least one hundred low-grade spirit stones to travel one hundred miles. Note that this is the minimum consumption, meaning that it is only under the condition of maintaining flight and basic alert formation.

If all the formations on the Glazed Cloud Boat are activated, tens of thousands of spirit stones will be consumed every quarter of an hour.

Such large airships are not only a problem of being unable to afford to buy them, but also a problem of being unable to afford to maintain and use them.

Only the Xuanqing Sect, with its deep pockets, is willing to take this thing out for a spin from time to time.

Led by Yunxiao and Yunxi, Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi toured the facilities and decorations of the cloud boat.

"The Xuanqing Sect is indeed profound, even possessing such a large flying boat!" Yang Zhengshan couldn't help but exclaim.

Yunxiao laughed heartily, "Compared to the Yang family, tsk tsk, a dozen or so second-tier exotic beasts, such a grand gesture really startled us!"

Yang Zhengshan shook his head slightly. Second-tier beasts are not actually that rare. Most large sects and families have second-tier beasts.

Sects like the Lingxiu Three Sects, the Youyu Gate, and Immortal Cultivation Families all possess several second-tier exotic beasts.

Furthermore, forces like Baiyun Immortal City sell second-tier exotic beasts to outsiders, which shows that although second-tier exotic beasts are precious, they are not rare.

In contrast, large flying boats are not something that ordinary forces can possess. The fact that Xuanqing Sect has one is because of the benefits they got from Hidden Sword Mountain back then.

Yang Zhengshan really wanted to build such a large flying boat, but unfortunately he had nowhere to buy one.

The Land of Spiritual Origin has been researching the manufacturing process of large flying boats, but unfortunately, progress has not been significant.

The Boat and Cart Workshop under the Refining Hall had also manufactured large flying ships, and even a large ship that was more than ten feet long and could fly. However, that thing could only be called a flying ship, not a flying boat.

The flying boat is not just a ship that can fly in the air, but a large magic weapon that combines many formations. It is a product of the perfect fusion of the Dao of Formations and the Dao of Weapons.

The process involves countless formations and crafting techniques, but the most crucial aspect is how to perfectly integrate these formations with tens of thousands of components.

Given the level of weapon crafting in the Spirit Source Land, it's unthinkable that such a flying boat could be manufactured within a hundred years. As for what happens after a hundred years, that depends on whether Yang Jizhen, Ma Qiuyan, and Ning Yun have the ability.

After browsing the glass cloud boat, Yunxiao led the two to the tea room.

"Actually, I've always wanted to ask Master Yang, how's the refining of the Demon Essence Pill going?" Yunxiao poured Yang Zhengshan a cup of tea and asked.

To be fair, Yunxiao was quite patient. After handing over the three demon cores to Yang Zhengshan, he didn't ask about them for six or seven years.

It wasn't that he didn't value the refining of the Demon Essence Pill, but rather that he understood the difficulty of refining it.

Yang Zhengshan took out a porcelain bottle and handed it to Yunxiao, saying, "Senior, please take a look!"

"Is it done?"

Yunxiao happily accepted the porcelain bottle, but Yang Zhengshan shook his head and said, "No, it's only half-finished!"

Over the years, he has been researching the Demon Essence Pill, but the refining of the Demon Essence Pill is too difficult. He has not succeeded in refining it yet, and instead, he has ruined all three Demon Essence Pills that Yunxiao gave him.

Yunxiao opened the porcelain bottle and poured out a dusty gray pill.

He looked at the pill, his brows furrowing deeper and deeper.

"This is!"

"This can be considered a Demon Essence Pill, but it's only of the first-grade high quality. I used a second-grade low-grade demon core to refine a first-grade high-quality Demon Essence Pill. Sigh, I don't know if this counts as half a success!" Yang Zhengshan was quite helpless.

Yunxiao took out a small knife, gently scraped a little powder off the pill, and tasted it.

"Yes, it should be the Demon Essence Pill!" His eyes lit up, and his furrowed brows instantly relaxed.

It tastes like a Demon Essence Pill, but it's not very useful for Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Yunxiao was not disappointed, because it meant that Yang Zhengshan was still capable of refining the Demon Essence Pill. It was just that Yang Zhengshan lacked experience, so he could not refine the Demon Essence Pill at present.

If Yang Zhengshan is given some time, he should be able to refine the Demon Essence Pill.

This was enough to make Yunxiao happy.

"I went to Lotus Heart Valley this time to see if I could buy some demon cores from them! If I have a few more demon cores, maybe I can refine the Demon Essence Pill!" Yang Zhengshan said casually, taking a sip of his tea.

Yunxiao thought for a moment and said, "White Cloud Immortal City does not sell demon cores to the public!"

"Why!" Yang Zhengshan looked up in surprise.

"It's very simple. There are many Foundation Establishment cultivators in White Cloud Immortal City, and they all need Demon Essence Pills," Yunxiao explained.

Yang Zhengshan frowned. "That would be troublesome. Without enough demon cores, I'm afraid it will be very difficult for me to refine the Demon Essence Pill!"

He said that, but in his heart he was waiting for Yunxiao to speak.

He had actually inquired about the fact that Baiyun Immortal City did not sell demon cores to the public long ago.

The reason he said that was to see if Yunxiao could provide him with a few more demon cores.

Yunxiao was able to produce three demon cores last time, which means he should have quite a few demon cores in his possession.

Yang Zhengshan currently has no way to obtain demon cores, so he can only set his sights on Yunxiao.

"If Master Yang wants to buy demon cores, this old man can sell you a few!" Yunxiao was reluctant to give them away for free anymore, so after hesitating for a moment, he decided to sell a few to Yang Zhengshan.

"Okay, but I don't know the price!"

"A second-grade low-level demon core costs 20,000 low-level spirit stones, a mid-grade costs 50,000, and a high-level costs 150,000!" Yunxiao said.

Yang Zhengshan blinked and gazed at the clouds.

Second-tier superior demon core!

This is a demonic beast comparable to a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Yunxiao's ability to produce a second-grade high-quality demon core was beyond Yang Zhengshan's expectations.

"Hehe, actually Master Yang should have guessed it by now. These demon cores were not obtained by me from hunting demon beasts, but came from Cangyu Mountain!" Yunxiao saw Yang Zhengshan's doubts and did not hide anything, saying it directly.

“Azure Feather Mountain, the Skylark Clan!” Yang Zhengshan revealed a look of sudden realization.

That's right. In the western region of the Cloud Soaring Mountains, if you ask which force can produce a large number of demon cores, it would definitely be the Cloud Sparrow Clan of Cangyu Mountain.

The Skylark clan are originally demonic beasts, so hunting demonic beasts is naturally much easier for them.

Moreover, the depths of the Cloud Soaring Mountains are still their territory, and those low-level demonic beasts are like cattle and sheep they raise, allowing them to hunt them at will.

(End of this chapter)