Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 881 The True Lord Above
When Master Yunge saw that everyone had arrived, he stepped forward and said with a kind expression, "On behalf of my master and Baiyun Immortal City, I welcome all fellow Daoists to Lotus Heart Valley!"

Upon hearing this, everyone stood up, and Yang Zhengshan stood up in astonishment.

Then everyone bowed to the east and said, "True Lord above!"

Yang Zhengshan was unaware of such etiquette here, but after thinking about it, he understood its significance.

Since Yun Ge claimed to represent True Lord Baiyun, it was only natural for everyone to show their respect to True Lord Baiyun and to bow in respect from afar.

After everyone was seated again, Master Yunge continued, "I invited you all here today because there are two things I would like to discuss with you!"

"The first thing is about the Yin Ghost Division of the Impermanent Ghost Sect. The Impermanent Ghost Sect goes against the way of heaven, using living people as bait to sacrifice souls and create blood puppets, polluting the spiritual veins, bringing disaster to all living beings, and causing all spirits to be terrified."

"The path of immortality is vast and boundless; how can such evil spirits be allowed to run rampant!"

"We, the cultivators of White Cloud Immortal City, urge all cultivators under heaven to wield their swords and vanquish evil! Slay the Blood Puppet to uphold humanity, destroy the Ghost Sect to honor the heroic souls, and let no evil art defile this bright and clear world!"

Master Yunge spoke with righteous indignation, but Yang Zhengshan was completely baffled, because Master Yunge was only denouncing the Impermanent Ghost Sect, but did not mention any specific measures to deal with it.

Simply put, Master Yunge was just cheering and had no intention of actually taking action against the Wuchang Ghost Sect.

Yang Zhengshan glanced at the six members of the Qingli family without showing any emotion. Their expressions were not very good, but none of them stepped forward to demand that Master Yunge give a clear explanation.

Judging from this, although Baiyun Immortal City is dissatisfied with the Wuchang Ghost Sect, it has no intention of breaking ties with them.

Of course, it's not to say that Master Yunge's words were useless; at the very least, they demonstrated White Cloud Immortal City's attitude towards the Impermanent Ghost Sect.

However, without the White Cloud Immortal City taking the lead, these forces would probably only mind their own business and wouldn't unite to deal with the Impermanent Ghost Sect.

After thinking about it for a moment, Yang Zhengshan understood why Baiyun Immortal City was doing this.

Baiyun Immortal City certainly dislikes the Wuchang Ghost Sect, but the Wuchang Ghost Sect is powerful, and Baiyun Immortal City doesn't dare to openly break ties with it, so it can only lodge a complaint.

As for the Wuchang Ghost Sect harming other forces, what does that have to do with them?
As long as it doesn't harm them, they naturally won't provoke the Impermanent Ghost Sect.

Moreover, the Wuchang Ghost Sect's sphere of influence is east of the Wanhua Mountains, so Baiyun Immortal City is not afraid of them taking root and developing in the Yunxiao Mountains.

Another point is that the things done by the Impermanent Ghost Sect's Yin Ghost Division are not entirely without benefit to White Cloud Immortal City.

At least for now, they have taken over Lianxin Valley and extended their reach to the western region of the Yunxiao Mountains.

In short, Baiyun Immortal City doesn't want to put in any effort; it only wants to reap the benefits.

Yang Zhengshan could see these things, and the others weren't stupid either; they had all guessed them as well. But apart from the six families of Qingli, no one felt dissatisfied because of this.

As the saying goes, if a stone falls and doesn't hit you on the head, then it's none of your business.

As for the saying "if the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold," everyone understands the principle, but no one is willing to step forward at this time, lest they suffer retaliation from the Yin Ghost Bureau.

Master Yunge's gaze swept over the crowd, and seeing their calm expressions, his smile became even more amiable.

"The second matter concerns Lotus Heart Valley. My White Cloud Immortal City will definitely build an immortal city, Qingli Immortal City, based on Lotus Heart Valley in the Qingli Dynasty."

"Over the next hundred years, my White Cloud Immortal City will gradually upgrade the spiritual vein grade of Azure Glass Immortal City until it is upgraded to the third grade, lower level."

"Qingli Immortal City is newly established, and Baiyun Immortal City welcomes all forces to settle in. For the next three months, all shops and cave dwellings in Qingli Immortal City will be sold at half price. If you wish to purchase, you should do so as soon as possible!"

"Furthermore, to show our welcome to all forces, Baiyun Immortal City will also give away some shops and cave dwellings to you all free of charge!"

These words immediately sparked a discussion among the crowd.

Azure Crystal Immortal City!

Third-tier spiritual vein!

This is very attractive to all parties involved.

Improving spiritual veins is difficult, but it's not impossible.

It is still possible to improve the grade of a spiritual vein by using formations and altering the earth's veins, but this requires a lot of time, manpower, and resources.

In fact, there are third-tier spiritual veins in the western part of the Cloud Mountain Range, with Cangyu Mountain and Cangjian Mountain being third-tier spiritual veins.

But those are all occupied territories, and it's difficult for others to take them away.

If Baiyun Immortal City can truly upgrade the spiritual veins of Lianxin Valley to the third tier, then Qingli Immortal City will surely become the largest immortal cultivation market and settlement in the western part of the Yunxiao Mountains.

At this moment, Yang Zhengshan once again marveled at Baiyun Immortal City's extravagant spending, and also at its methods of accumulating wealth.

Look at them, they upgrade the grade of the spiritual veins and then sell their cave dwellings and shops. Isn't that just like developing a real estate project?

When asked whether he would invest in Lianxin Valley, Yang Zhengshan answered yes.

As long as the price offered by Baiyun Immortal City isn't too outrageous, Yang Zhengshan wouldn't mind buying a few cave dwellings and shops in Lianxin Valley.

The future is unpredictable, but the present Lotus Heart Valley is still visible.

With the support of Baiyun Immortal City, Lianxin Valley will not only be able to restore its previous prosperity, but may even achieve further development.

Even just investing in the current Lotus Heart Valley is worthwhile, not to mention the future Qingli Immortal City as a gimmick.

"I believe everyone can see the potential of Qingli Immortal City, so I won't say anything more. Now, you can receive the gifts that I have prepared for you!" Master Yunge said with a smile.

After saying that, he gave a wink to the attendants beside him, and immediately several beautiful female cultivators came up with jade trays and handed them to the four people in the front row.

Three tokens were placed on the jade plate, which should be the restriction tokens for the cave and the shop.

"Hehe, I really like this gift. I hope to have more opportunities to cooperate with Master Yunge in the future!" Que Lingfei put away the three tokens and smiled.

"Hehe, my Baiyun Immortal City has always held Cangyu Mountain in high esteem. I would like to ask Fairy Lingfei to convey my master's greetings to Demon Lord Lingyu," said True Person Yunge with a smile.

The Feather Demon Lord is a third-tier great demon of Cangyu Mountain, a being who can truly stand on equal footing with the White Cloud True Monarch.

Master Yunge exchanged pleasantries with the others in front. Yang Zhengshan also received a gift from Baiyun Immortal City to the Yang family. It was just a shop, and no one knew what kind of shop it was.

A moment later, everyone dispersed, and Yang Zhengshan, Yunxiao, and Liu Yue left Yunge Zhenren's cave together.

"White Cloud Immortal City is so generous?" Yang Zhengshan chuckled, playing with the token in his hand.

"Generous!" Master Yunxiao revealed a strange smile.

"What's wrong?" Yang Zhengshan didn't understand the meaning behind Master Yunxiao's smile.

Liu Yue took out her token and handed it to Yang Zhengshan, saying, "Senior, look at this cave dwelling, number 12, Bing!"

Yang Zhengshan took the token and saw that it was indeed number 12, Bing.

The three sects of Lingxiu obtained two tokens, which corresponded to a cave dwelling and a shop.

Number 12, designated as "Bing", is clearly a relatively late-stage cave dwelling. Generally, the best cave dwellings are designated as "Jia", followed by "Yi", and then "Bing".

If cave dwellings are like this, then shops should be too!
Yang Zhengshan looked at the shop token of the Illusion Moon Sect, which was also number 12 (Bing), and then looked at his own, which was number 48 (Ding).

"Let's go see where number 18 is first?"

He felt it was necessary to see the sincerity of Baiyun Immortal City.

The three of them searched along the streets of Lotus Heart Valley.

The rebuilt Lotus Heart Valley is much more orderly than before. The eastern part, near the spiritual vein, is full of cave dwellings, the western part is a market and shops, the southern part is a relatively ordinary residence, which should be prepared for lower-level cultivators, and the northern part has some more special buildings.

The original Lotus Heart Valley was confined to the valley floor, with chaotic shantytowns along its edges. Now, Lotus Heart Valley has expanded significantly, encompassing almost all the surrounding mountains, with the city walls estimated to be seventy or eighty miles long. If this city truly develops, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a celestial city.

Yang Zhengshan, Yunxiao, and Liu Yue searched along the street for a long time before finally finding their shop.

Number 48, Ding!

Yang Zhengshan looked at the shop in front of him, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.

Damn it, White Cloud Immortal City is really stingy!

What can I say about the shop in front of me?

It's not small; there are three shops in front, totaling about 150 square meters, and a courtyard in the back, about 300 square meters. However, there are no houses in the courtyard; it's just an open space where the shop owner can build their own.

This shop looks quite nice, very respectable, and much larger than the previous Yang's Refining Workshop.

But this location!
It is located roughly at the innermost part of the market, and just across the street to the west is the majestic city wall.

What is the customer traffic at this location?

Yang Zhengshan estimated that ordinary people would never even come this far!
"Hehe, Baiyun Immortal City is quite generous. Look how big this courtyard is!" Master Yunxiao laughed.

"You really know how to be sarcastic!" Yang Zhengshan was speechless.

"Baiyun Immortal City is already being very generous by giving us this; otherwise, why would we take advantage of Baiyun Immortal City?" True Person Yunxiao spoke the truth.

What could Yang Zhengshan say? It was given to him for free, what more could he want?

"Alright, let's just go buy a few shops!"

"Hehe, let's go take a look together. I'll take you to see Fairy Lingfei later!" Yunxiao said.

"Fairy Lingfei!" Yang Zhengshan's eyes lit up. "Senior, are you very familiar with Fairy Lingfei?"

"I'm fairly familiar with her; I've done a few transactions with her!"

"Well!"

Afterwards, the three went to the Baiyun Chamber of Commerce. Now everything in Lianxin Valley is managed by the Baiyun Chamber of Commerce, including the buying and selling of cave dwellings and shops.

However, when they arrived at the Baiyun Chamber of Commerce, they realized that they were relatively late.

At this moment, a number of Foundation Establishment cultivators were gathered in the lobby on the first floor of the Baiyun Chamber of Commerce. It was obvious that they were there to buy shops and cave dwellings.

Yang Zhengshan wasn't in a hurry and stood on the periphery to observe for a while.

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The prices are reasonable. The top-tier cave dwellings and shops cost over a million spirit stones, while the worst-tier ones, the Ding-grade cave dwellings and shops, only cost tens of thousands of spirit stones.

A floor plan of Lotus Heart Valley stands in the main hall, marked with various cave dwellings and shops.

When someone buys a cave dwelling or shop, a clerk will remove the marker from the floor plan.

Yang Zhengshan only watched for a short while before hundreds of cave dwellings and shops were bought up.

"Tsk tsk, these people are really rich and powerful!"

Yang Zhengshan had always thought of himself as a wealthy man, but now he realized that he was only moderately wealthy.

"Please come in, sir!"

Just as Yang Zhengshan was observing, a waiter came over and extended an invitation to him.

Yang Zhengshan did not refuse and followed the waiter into the private room upstairs.

The waiter served tea and humbly asked, "May I ask your honorable surname, sir?"

He wasn't asking about her surname, but rather her identity.

"Yang Zhengshan of the Lingxiu Yang Family!"

"So it's Master Yang! This humble servant pays his respects to Master Yang!" the waiter said respectfully.

His attitude was good, but Yang Zhengshan knew very well that his attitude did not represent the attitude of the Baiyun Chamber of Commerce.

Because the guy in front of us is only a Qi Refining cultivator, while there are Foundation Establishment cultivators here to receive us.

What does this mean?
This shows that the Baiyun Chamber of Commerce did not take Yang Zhengshan seriously at all.

This is normal, though, as the Lingxiu Yang family is just an insignificant family of immortal cultivators.

"I wonder what kind of cave dwelling and shop Master Yang wishes to buy?" The shopkeeper waved his sleeve at the wall, and immediately a fluorescent light appeared on the wall, which slowly condensed into the shape of a city map.

This isn't some particularly powerful ability; it's more like a mirroring array that mirrors the floor plan of the lobby into the rooms.

It's a very simple formation, but the fact that the Baiyun Chamber of Commerce can use such a simple formation so casually shows that the Baiyun Chamber of Commerce has a very strong ability in formations.

Looking at the cave dwellings and shops above, Yang Zhengshan said, "Cave dwellings numbered eight and nine (B), shop number eighteen (B), and shops numbered thirty-six, thirty-seven, and thirty-eight (B)."

"I want all of these!"

He had already decided to buy those cave dwellings and shops while he was down there.

The character "甲" (jia) was too flashy, so he decided not to be the first to stick his neck out.

Two cave dwellings with the character "乙" are enough. As for shops, number eighteen with the character "乙" can be used as a medicine shop, and the three shops with the character "丙" connected together can be used to make talismans and other businesses.

"I also want some ordinary houses! Just these!" Yang Zhengshan pointed to an alley in the southern district and said, "There should be thirty-eight houses in this alley. May I buy them all?"

These ordinary residences can also be called cave dwellings, but they are not included in the categories of A, B, C, and D, and their environment and spiritual energy concentration are not as good as those cave dwellings with designated names.

"Master Yang, each of these residences costs six thousand low-grade spirit stones!" the shopkeeper said enthusiastically.

Don't assume these ordinary houses are cheap. This is Lotus Heart Valley. Even though these houses are far from the center of the spiritual vein, the concentration of spiritual energy here is much higher than outside the city.

Why did so many low-level cultivators prefer to suffer here rather than leave and live elsewhere?

Don't they know they can live better elsewhere?

Do not!
They knew it, but they still had reasons to stay here.

Because they can access the spiritual veins here.

Even in the shantytowns, the concentration of spiritual energy is much higher than in the outside world.

If they want to improve their cultivation, they need a place with a high concentration of spiritual energy. Therefore, they would rather suffer here than leave.

Similarly, ordinary houses are also excellent places for cultivation for independent cultivators at the bottom level.

Lotus Heart Valley has a second-grade low-level spiritual vein, and the spiritual energy concentration of those ordinary houses is also at the level of a first-grade mid-level spiritual vein.

If the spiritual veins of Lotus Heart Valley are upgraded to the third-grade low level, then the spiritual energy concentration of ordinary residences can also be upgraded to the second-grade low level.

Yang Zhengshan bought these houses so that he could provide housing for his shop assistants or rent them out to unemployed laborers, thus becoming a landlord.

(End of this chapter)