Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 884 Demon Cultivation Techniques
"Master Yang!" He looked at Yang Zhengshan with great interest.

Yang Zhengshan smiled and said, "We had an agreement before, I would help you refine three Demon Essence Pills!"

"Haha, then this old man will have to thank Master Yang the most!" Yunxiao said with great joy.

“This Demon Essence Pill can be counted as one!” Yang Zhengshan added.

Yunxiao cultivates earth-attribute techniques, and the demon essence pill he took out is also earth-attribute, making it perfect for Yunxiao to consume.

"Okay, okay, okay!" Yunxiao naturally wouldn't refuse, even a second-grade low-level demon essence pill was a rare find for him.

With this Demon Essence Pill, his cultivation, which had stagnated for more than ten years, could at least make a big leap forward.

He then took nine demon cores and handed them to Yang Zhengshan, "Master Yang, when will the remaining two demon essence pills be refined?"

Yang Zhengshan thought for a moment and said, "Within two years, one per year."

In fact, he can refine a Demon Essence Pill every three months now. Excluding the possibility of failure, he should be able to produce two to three Demon Essence Pills a year.

"That's good, that's good!" Yunxiao said happily.

Although the Demon Essence Pill is highly potent, it also contains some toxicity, so it should not be taken too frequently; one pill a year is just right.

The two then chatted casually. Yunxiao had a good personality. Perhaps because there were too few immortal cultivators within the Xuanqing Sect, he liked to go out and make friends, so he was quite well-informed.

After settling the matter of the Demon Essence Pill, Yunxiao talked to Yang Zhengshan about some other things.

"I've heard that things have been a bit unsettled in the Wanhua Mountains lately, and even the market town of Baiyun Immortal City has been attacked!"

Upon hearing this, Yang Zhengshan became interested and asked, "Which force has the audacity to attack the market town of Baiyun Immortal City?"

The Wanhua Mountains stretch from south to north through the entire Wanhua Domain. It is a large mountain range that spans 100,000 li and has many branches and extensions, such as the Yunxiao Mountains, which is one of the extensions of the Wanhua Mountains.

The vast mountain range contains countless spiritual lands, nurtures countless magical creatures, and hides countless dangers.

The Wanhua Mountains divide the Wanhua Domain into two parts: the western part, which includes the Yunxiao Mountains and Wanlin Mountains, and the southern wilderness. This large area is known as the Wanhua Western Domain.

The eastern part is much larger than the western part, so it is divided into four regions: central, southern, northern, and eastern.

Due to the obstruction of the Wanhua Mountains, the Western Regions did not have much interaction with the other four regions, and it was somewhat isolated and self-sufficient.

However, besides the five regions, there is also the Wanhua Mountain Range, which forms its own domain. In fact, the Wanhua Mountain Range contains many spiritual veins and many immortal cultivation forces, including some truly top-tier forces.

However, due to the high mountains and deep forests, the interactions of these forces are limited to a certain area, and their reputations are not as widespread as those of the major forces in the Central Region.

As the most powerful force surrounding the Yunxiao Mountains, Baiyun Immortal City's influence extends into the Wanhua Mountains, where it owns several small and medium-sized markets.

Yunxiao lowered his voice and said, "Actually, I only heard about it recently. The reason why Baiyun Immortal City established Qingli Immortal City is because their market in the Wanhua Mountains was threatened."

"They need to make up for the losses in other markets from other places, which is why they established the Azure Glass Immortal City in such a hurry!"

"As for which force is threatening us, I don't know. I don't know much about the forces in the Wanhua Mountains!"

Yang Zhengshan stroked his beard, seemingly lost in thought.

The Wanhua Mountains are fraught with danger, but also full of opportunities.

However, he had no intention of venturing into the Wanhua Mountains. He hadn't even figured out the Yunxiao Mountains yet, so there was no need for him to go to the Wanhua Mountains to get himself into trouble.

"I think it might be the demon cultivators. The demon cultivators in the Wanhua Mountains are not as benevolent as those in Cangyu Mountain," Yunxiao guessed.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly. He didn't know much about the Wanhua Mountains, nor did he expect Yunxiao to be so well-informed, so he couldn't say anything with any basis.

After chatting with Yunxiao for a while, he took his leave.

Yunxiao personally escorted him out of Xuanqing Sect, and after leaving Xuanqing Sect, he went to Qingli Immortal City.

In recent years, Qingli Immortal City has developed well and has begun to possess the prosperity and liveliness of an immortal city.

Yang Zhengshan came to Xiancheng to find Que Lingfei.

Not only does Yunxiao need the Demon Essence Pill, but Que Lingfei needs it too.

Upon arriving at Que Lingfei's cave, Yang Zhengshan unsurprisingly encountered Que Lingfei.

Over the years, he had met Que Lingfei several times, and their relationship had grown much closer; they were no longer complete strangers like before.

"You need something from me?" Que Lingfei asked, her tone as direct as ever.

"Yes, I have already refined the Demon Essence Pill, so I wish to have a deeper cooperation and transaction with the fairy!" Yang Zhengshan said frankly.

"The Demon Essence Pill! It's really been successfully made!" Que Lingfei's tone was full of surprise, and even the feather on her forehead swayed.

Yang Zhengshan smiled and took out a wind-attribute demon essence pill. "Please take a look, fairy."

Que Lingfei took the Demon Essence Pill and examined it for a moment before nodding slightly. "It is indeed a Demon Essence Pill. I want more Demon Essence Pills!"

"Four demon cores can be exchanged for one demon essence pill, and there's only one available per year!" Yang Zhengshan said.

He offered Yunxiao three demon cores for one demon essence pill, because Yunxiao had previously given him three demon cores to practice with, and the demon essence pills he refined would be sold for four demon cores.

Low-grade and mid-grade spirit stones are not accepted as substitutes for demon cores, but other rare and precious materials can be used instead.

Que Lingfei thought for a moment and said, "I want a mid-grade demon essence pill!"

"I'm sorry, I can't refine mid-grade demon essence pills yet!" Yang Zhengshan shook his head slightly.

It's not that he's incapable of refining mid-grade demon essence pills, but rather that he can't guarantee the success rate of refining them.

He can guarantee a success rate of over 70% when refining second-grade low-level demon essence pills, but for mid-grade demon essence pills, he can only rely on luck. If he's lucky, he can refine mid-grade demon essence pills using low-grade demon pills, but if he's unlucky, it's all for naught even if he uses mid-grade demon pills.

"Alright then, give me ten Demon Essence Pills first!" Que Lingfei said.

Yang Zhengshan's mouth gaped slightly; this guy really was rich and powerful.

"I only have three in my hand right now, including the one you have!"

He actually had four Demon Essence Pills left, but one of them was of the wood element, which he wanted to keep for himself, so he could only sell three.

"They're all wind-attribute?"

"No, one is fire-attribute and one is water-attribute!" Yang Zhengshan took out two more demon essence pills.

The attributes of the demon race are mostly fixed; most races have only one attribute, with only one or two mutations occurring occasionally.

Like the lark family, most of them are wind-type.

They are best suited to take Wind-attribute Demon Essence Pills, but they can also take Demon Essence Pills of other attributes.

"Alright, give me these first. I'll also reserve ten more, one for each year for the next ten years. Is that alright?" Que Lingfei said.

Yang Zhengshan blinked; he had finally witnessed the true extent of a powerful and corrupt official today.

This is a Demon Essence Pill; one Demon Essence Pill requires four Demon Cores.

Yang Zhengshan wasn't surprised that Yunxiao could produce nine demon cores, as that was likely the result of Yunxiao's long-term accumulation. However, Que Lingyu actually produced more than fifty demon cores at once. Looking at the demon cores scattered on the table like spirit stones, Yang Zhengshan couldn't help but twitch his lips.

"Why does your Cangyu Mountain have so many demon cores?" He couldn't help but ask.

"The demon core does not immediately dissipate after a demon dies," Que Lingfei explained.

Yang Zhengshan suddenly realized that if that was the case, then he understood why Que Lingfei had so many demon cores.

The demon cores of demons do not dissipate after they die. Over thousands of years, countless second-tier demon beasts have emerged from Cangyu Mountain. If all the demon cores of these beasts were preserved, the number would be astronomical.

In addition to Cangyu Mountain, there are many demon beast clans in the Yunxiao Mountain Range, and these clans also have some demon cores.

"Actually, in our demon race, demon cores are like high-grade spirit stones, which can be used as currency!" Que Lingfei explained again.

"I see!"

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly and put all the demon cores on the table into the Pill Hall's warehouse.

Then he added, "Fairy, I would like to buy some demon cultivation techniques. Is that possible?"

"Demon cultivation techniques?" Que Lingfei looked at him in surprise. "What do you need demon cultivation techniques for?"

"I want to train the mythical beasts in my house!" Yang Zhengshan said honestly.

Que Lingfei's expression became even stranger, "For training by strange beasts?"

"Is something wrong?" Yang Zhengshan felt a little uneasy under her gaze. Don't forget, this was a second-tier high-grade demon, comparable to a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, and her speed was far superior to that of a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Yang Zhengshan had to be extremely careful when facing this person.

"It's nothing, I just didn't expect you to be willing to train the demon race!" Que Lingfei said.

Yang Zhengshan looked at her with a puzzled expression.

Que Lingfei revealed a childlike smile and said, "The resources consumed by demons in cultivation are no less than those of human cultivators. Generally speaking, human forces are unwilling to cultivate demons."

Yang Zhengshan understood her meaning. The resources consumed in cultivating demons are the same as those in cultivating human cultivators, so the human forces would naturally prefer to cultivate human cultivators rather than waste resources on demons.

This is probably why he couldn't find any demon cultivation techniques. Human forces were unwilling to cultivate demon cultivators, so they naturally didn't need any demon cultivation techniques. Therefore, he couldn't find any demon cultivation techniques among human forces.

"Can I buy demon cultivation techniques?"

Yang Zhengshan still decided to buy the demon cultivation technique. Although cultivating demon cultivators would require a lot of resources, he still wanted to do so.

Because now it is easier to cultivate demon cultivators than immortal cultivators in the Spirit Source Land.

There are now many second-tier exotic beasts in the Spirit Source Land. As long as these second-tier exotic beasts possess demon cultivation techniques, they can transform into second-tier demon beasts within ten or twenty years.

This means that the Spirit Source Land can cultivate more than a dozen second-tier demonic beasts equivalent to Foundation Establishment cultivators in just a few decades.

As for the resources consumed by the demon beasts, the Spirit Source Land is not actually short of resources right now, because Yang Jizhen and others have not yet grown up, and the resources they consume are almost negligible to Yang Zhengshan.

As for martial artists, compared to immortal cultivators, they consume relatively fewer resources.

Therefore, the cultivation resources in the Spirit Source Land are currently sufficient, and it is not a problem to support the cultivation needs of more than a dozen second-tier exotic beasts.

Besides, strength is the foundation of everything. Once the Spirit Source Land has more than a dozen second-tier beasts, its strength and status will be incomparable to what they are now.

"Alright, I'll give you a demon cultivation technique!"

Que Lingfei took out a jade slip and handed it to Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Zhengshan was slightly taken aback, then picked up the jade slip and began to examine it.

"Primordial Transformation Technique!"

"Use the laws of heaven and earth to reshape the physical body, and solidify the foundation of the Dao with the true nature of the heart!"

"The Three Realms of Transformation: Body Refinement, Spirit Refinement, and True Essence Refinement!"

"When a demon cultivator first awakens his spiritual intelligence, he must shed his beastly body and mortal form to condense a human-shaped magical body."

Looking at this cultivation method, Yang Zhengshan felt his eyes were opened; he realized that this was how demonic beasts cultivated to transform into human form.

The body refinement in the three realms of transformation is not the same as the body refinement of a martial artist. Instead, it refers to the process by which a demon beast refines its meridians and acupoints within its body, which is to simulate the meridians, acupoints, dantian, and qi sea of ​​the human race.

This cultivation method is completely different from that of immortal cultivation, and even human beings cannot cultivate such a method.

"The demon race has many kinds of cultivation methods, but all of them are inseparable from the concept of transformation, just like your human race's immortal cultivation methods are all about Foundation Establishment and Golden Core!"

"However, in addition to transforming into human form, the demon race also needs to cultivate their bloodline. Our attributes come from our bloodline and have nothing to do with cultivation techniques!"

"Therefore, our demon race's cultivation methods don't have attribute differences like your human race's cultivation methods!"

"As for bloodline cultivation, it doesn't actually require any techniques. Once your cultivation level reaches a certain point, you'll naturally understand how to cultivate your bloodline power!"

Que Lingfei treated Yang Zhengshan very well and even explained the differences between demon cultivation techniques and immortal cultivation techniques.

"So that's how it is. Does that mean any demonic cultivation technique can be practiced by any demonic beast?" Yang Zhengshan said.

Since there are no attribute differences and it's just about transformation cultivation, then a cultivation technique should be able to satisfy the cultivation needs of any race of demon beasts.

Birds and beasts, aquatic creatures, plants, etc., should all be included.

“That’s not wrong, but for transformation, the experience of our predecessors is more important than cultivation techniques,” Que Lingfei explained.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly. He had been wondering why Que Lingfei had so readily given him the cultivation technique. It turned out that the technique itself wasn't important to the demon race; what mattered was the transformation experience accumulated by the demon race's ancestors over generations.

This is normal; in many ways, experience is more important than the technique itself.

Just like a martial artist forging a spiritual foundation and shaping a golden body, all martial arts techniques are actually quite similar in this process. Whether one succeeds or not depends not on the technique itself, but on whether there are other people's experiences to draw upon, whether there are higher-grade spiritual objects, and whether one has made sufficient preparations.

Similarly, the same applies to the Foundation Establishment stage of immortal cultivation. The reason why immortal cultivators now need to take Foundation Establishment Pills is because of the experience summarized by countless predecessors.

"Thank you for your guidance, fairy!" Yang Zhengshan said, bowing with his hands clasped in gratitude.

He did not request the experience of transformation again. Que Lingfei was a straightforward person, no, a straightforward lark. Since she did not give the experience of transformation to Yang Zhengshan, it meant that the thing was a secret of Cangyu Mountain and could not be passed on to outsiders.

With the cultivation method, the strange beasts of the Spirit Source Land can cultivate. As for whether they can succeed in their cultivation, that depends on themselves.

Yang Zhengshan can guide them onto the path of demon cultivators, but he will not protect them!

Between humans and demons, he will also favor humans.

Because the demon beasts are not only different races, but also outsiders. The people of the Spirit Source Land are either his offspring or relatives of the Yang family. Even if they are not relatives now, they will definitely become relatives in the future.

Therefore, all those living in the land of spiritual origin are one of us, but strange beasts are different. No matter what kind of strange beasts or monsters they are, they can never become Yang Zhengshan's relatives.

Unless one day someone in the Yang family manages to marry a monster!

(End of this chapter)