Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 891 White Cloud Immortal City
“It’s fine if I don’t go, I can come back anytime!” Yang Zhengshan said with a smile.

He went to Baiyun Immortal City to collect materials for refining the Divine Wood Cauldron and the Azure Wood Purple Lightning Sword.

His cultivation level is now close to the bottleneck of the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, and it won't be long before he can break through to the late-Foundation Establishment stage.

Therefore, the matter of the natal magic weapon cannot be delayed any longer.

Although Qingli Immortal City is now very prosperous, it is still far behind Baiyun Immortal City. Many rare spiritual items and materials cannot be found in Qingli Immortal City, but are very common in Baiyun Immortal City.

"Yan'er and Yang'er are about to reach the Foundation Establishment stage. Are you able to leave now?" Yu Qingyi asked.

Ma Qiuyan and Cui Yang have now reached the peak of the ninth level of Qi Refining and are preparing for the next stage of Foundation Establishment.

According to their plan, Ma Qiuyan should be able to establish her foundation this year, while Cui Yang may have to wait until next year.

Yang Zhengshan laughed and said, "It's alright. Xuanzhen and Jizhen can protect them when the time comes. I'll come back at the last moment!"

The foundation building process takes about two to three months. In the early and later stages, you don't need a protector. The real time to need a protector is when you take the Foundation Building Pill.

"As long as you have a plan in mind, that's fine!" Yu Qingyi smiled and said.

The two strolled along the lakeside, chatting as they went, until the afterglow of dusk turned the lake surface fiery red, before returning to the villa.

The next day.

Yang Zhengshan arrived at the Xuanqing Sect.

He was heading to Baiyun Immortal City, so naturally he couldn't travel alone. The main reason was that he had never been there before, and he not only didn't know the way, but he was also unfamiliar with Baiyun Immortal City. Therefore, he needed a companion.

He came to Xuanqing Sect to ask Yunxiao if she was interested in going to Baiyun Immortal City with him.

"Hehe, what brings you to my place?"

On Immortal Peak, Yunxiao greeted Yang Zhengshan with a smile and welcomed him into Luoxia Pavilion.

"I wouldn't come here unless I had a reason," Yang Zhengshan said with a smile.

The two sat down at the tea table, and Yunxiao's disciple hurriedly came forward to serve tea and water.

"What is it?" Yunxiao asked curiously.

In fact, Yang Zhengshan has visited Yunxiao quite often in recent years. Every year he would come to deliver demon essence pills, and sometimes he would come to exchange cultivation experiences with Yunxiao and Yunxi. Or when he lacked certain materials, he would come to ask Yunxiao and Yunxi if they had any.

Over time, they became more and more familiar with each other, and now they are considered close friends.

"I'm going to Baiyun Immortal City, do you want to come?" Yang Zhengshan picked up his teacup and asked directly.

Yunxiao was slightly taken aback. "White Cloud Immortal City has been quite turbulent lately!"

"Ah, what happened?" Yang Zhengshan didn't know any of this. Yunxiao had told him before that the market town of Baiyun Immortal City in the Wanhua Mountains had been attacked, but he didn't have any information channels from Baiyun Immortal City, so he didn't know what changes had occurred there.

By now, the Secret Guards can offer him very little help and can hardly provide him with accurate and useful intelligence.

The reason for this is that the spies within the Secret Martial Guard are all martial artists, and as martial artists, they face too many restrictions when gathering intelligence in the immortal cultivation world.

Take Qingli Immortal City as an example. Martial artists have no way to contact the higher-ups of the Baiyun Chamber of Commerce. They can only analyze the situation based on some information that is obvious. However, this analysis is sometimes very inaccurate and has a large bias.

Moreover, the Secret Guard's limit is the Qingli Dynasty; beyond that, the Secret Guard cannot go to gather intelligence.

Although Yang Zhengshan could provide the Secret Guard with jade tokens, the jade tokens are, after all, keys to enter the Spirit Source Land, and they are not suitable for large-scale use. Otherwise, it would be easy for outsiders to use the jade tokens to enter the Spirit Source Land.

Therefore, the Secret Martial Guard will also undergo changes. First, immortal cultivators will be selected to join the Secret Martial Guard. Second, the Secret Martial Guard will shift from external intelligence gathering to internal surveillance.

This "inner" does not refer to the Spirit Source Land, but rather to the sphere of influence of the Spirit Source Land, such as the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty and the Azure Glass Immortal City, as well as the vast sea area west of the Stormy Sea and the Great An Dynasty, etc.

Of course, this doesn't mean that the Secret Guard will stop collecting information from the outside world. It just means that the Secret Guard's focus will shift. Previously, their main task was to investigate intelligence on various forces. Now, they will still investigate intelligence on various forces, but only on a few important forces.

Like Baiyun Fairy City.

Yang Zhengshan's trip to Baiyun Immortal City was also intended to plant a spy there to provide him with intelligence information about Baiyun Immortal City.

However, doing this would only gather a little bit of information that was out in the open, allowing Yang Zhengshan to understand the changes in Baiyun Immortal City on the surface.

"I don't know the specifics, but I've heard that Baiyun Immortal City seems to have offended the demon race deep in the Wanhua Mountains. Now, the cultivators of Baiyun Immortal City dare not venture deep into the Wanhua Mountains!" Yunxiao said.

The demon race of Wanhua Mountain Range is not the same as the Skylark race of Cangyu Mountain. Although the Skylark race is very powerful, they maintain good relations with many human forces because they are surrounded by human forces.

The demon race deep within the Wanhua Mountains is even more powerful and ruthless, and its relationship with the human race is extremely complex.

"I see! No wonder the Baiyun Chamber of Commerce has recently purchased a lot of strategic materials in Qingli Immortal City!" Yang Zhengshan said, referring to the recent changes in Qingli Immortal City.

In the past two or three years, the Baiyun Chamber of Commerce has purchased a lot of talismans, pills, magic tools and other supplies in Qingli Immortal City, and the Lingyuan Land has made a fortune as a result.

He originally thought the Baiyun Chamber of Commerce was going to take these supplies to other places to sell, but he didn't expect them to bring them back to Baiyun Immortal City.

"Are you still going?" Yunxiao asked.

"Yes, we must go!" Yang Zhengshan said firmly.

"Why?"

"I'm currently preparing to refine my natal magic weapon, and I need to go to Baiyun Immortal City to find some high-grade spiritual materials!" Yang Zhengshan said directly without hiding anything.

"That's it!"

Yunxiao stroked his beard thoughtfully, "Indeed, I should have refined my own natal magic weapon long ago!"

His cultivation level is slightly higher than Yang Zhengshan's, having reached the peak of the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, and he could break through to the late-Foundation Establishment stage at any time.

Logically speaking, he should have started preparing for the forging of his natal magic weapon long ago. However, Xuanqing Sect is not a sect of immortal cultivators and cannot provide support for him to forge his natal magic weapon. Therefore, his natal magic weapon has been delayed again and again until now.

"Who do you plan to have refine it?" he asked.

He needs a trustworthy second-tier weapon refiner.

A natal magic weapon is not like any other magic weapon. Other magic weapons can be used as long as they are obtained and refined, but a natal magic weapon is related to the foundation of a Foundation Establishment cultivator's Dao.

Even if they are not preparing for Core Formation, Foundation Establishment cultivators still need to refine their natal magic weapon.

To forge a natal magic weapon, one must find a trustworthy weapon refiner, because weapon refiners may leave hidden tricks when forging magic weapons.

If it's an ordinary magic weapon with a hidden feature, that's one thing, but if your natal magic weapon has a hidden feature, it's like handing your life over to someone else.

One of the main reasons why Yunxiao has not yet refined his own natal magic weapon is the lack of a trustworthy weapon refiner.

Yang Zhengshan picked up his teacup, took a small sip, and said, "Yang Jizhen, my descendant!"

Yang Jizhen is now a second-tier weapon refiner and can already refine magical artifacts. Although his weapon refining skills are still relatively poor, Yang Zhengshan is not in a hurry. He will wait another thirty or twenty years until Yang Jizhen's weapon refining skills improve before refining any artifacts.

"Ah, your family actually has such outstanding descendants!" Yunxiao showed an envious expression. He was a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and he also had descendants, and quite a few of them.

However, his descendants were all useless, barely managing to produce two spiritual apertures, and as a result, they failed to establish a foundation even after a hundred years of cultivation.

"Hmm, not bad. He just reached the Foundation Establishment stage not long ago, so his weapon-refining skills are still a bit lacking. In a few decades, he should be able to help me refine my natal magic weapon!" Yang Zhengshan wasn't proud of this.

Yang Jizhen was well aware of his talent; to put it bluntly, it was utterly mediocre.

The reason he was able to successfully establish his foundation at the age of sixty was entirely due to the spiritual spring water's ability to enhance his potential.

Compared to him, Yang Zongyuan's aptitude was far superior, which was why Yang Zhengshan wanted to focus on cultivating Yang Zongyuan.

However, Yang Jizhen has a good talent for weapon crafting. He was able to craft magic weapons after only a few years of Foundation Establishment, which is enough to prove that his talent for weapon crafting is outstanding.

"If you don't mind his poor skill level, you can ask him to help you refine it."

Yang Zhengshan laughed.

Yunxiao chuckled, "Alright, once I've gathered all the spiritual materials, I'll definitely pay you a visit!"

Yang Zhengshan didn't know if he was just being polite or serious.

His relationship with Yunxiao was quite good, but it wasn't to the point of complete trust.

"Are you going to Baiyun Immortal City or not?" Yang Zhengshan asked again.

"It would be good to accompany you!" Yunxiao was naturally willing to travel with Yang Zhengshan.

……

Half a month later.

A small airship glided through the sky high above the Yunxiao Mountains.

Although it was called a small flying boat, it was actually more than three zhang long. There was also a black awning on the flying boat, where Yang Zhengshan and Yunxiao sat facing each other and chatted casually.

This is Yang Zhengshan's Jade Cloud Boat, the flying boat he bought at an auction on his first trip to Lianxin Valley.

Although the Jade Cloud Boat is only a top-grade magic artifact, its flight speed is not slow. At full speed, it can travel more than 5,000 miles in a day and a night, which is about 100 miles per hour.

"The situation in Baiyun Immortal City is very complicated. Not only does it contain the lineage of True Monarch Baiyun, but it also contains many other immortal cultivation forces!"

"Among them, the least likely to be offended are Wanbaohang and Tianjige! The power behind Wanbaohang is extremely large, and it is said that even True Monarch Baiyun cannot afford to offend them."

"However, Wanbaohang has a very good reputation and sells a wide variety of things. If we want to buy spiritual materials, Wanbaohang is the best place to do so!"

"As for the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion, it is a very mysterious force. Few people know what kind of force it is, but the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion is the tallest building in White Cloud Immortal City, even three zhang taller than the White Cloud True Monarch's Dao Temple!"

Yunxiao told Yang Zhengshan about the situation in Baiyun Immortal City.

"It's three zhang taller than the Daoist temple of True Lord Baiyun?" Yang Zhengshan was astonished.

Generally speaking, the height of a building in a place reflects the status of its owner.

In Qingli Immortal City, the tallest building is the Baiyun Chamber of Commerce, and the largest cave dwelling is the cave dwelling of True Man Yunge.

In the Illusion Moon Sect, the tallest building is the Moon-Viewing Pavilion, which has always been empty because Yue'e lives at the bottom of Illusion Moon Lake. In fact, the Moon-Viewing Pavilion is Yue'e's residence, but she just doesn't want to live there.

For example, the highest peak of the Xuanqing Sect is Jianyuan Peak, which is also Lin Daoyuan's residence.

The strong may not care about these things, but others cannot ignore these customs.

In Baiyun Immortal City, the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion is actually higher than the Daoist temple of True Monarch Baiyun, which is obviously not in accordance with the customs of the immortal cultivation world.

“That’s right, many people are puzzled by this, but since True Monarch Baiyun doesn’t explain, outsiders don’t know the specifics!” Yunxiao said.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, secretly making the Tianji Pavilion a memory.

"Are there any other forces we need to be wary of?"

"Yes, there are the Cloud Wilderness Alliance, the Thousand Array Alliance, and the White Cloud Chamber of Commerce! There's no need to say more about the White Cloud Chamber of Commerce; it's the private property of True Monarch White Cloud. If you want to get along in White Cloud Immortal City, you can't afford to offend the White Cloud Chamber of Commerce!"

"The Cloud Wilderness Alliance is a loose cultivator alliance, which includes many Foundation Establishment cultivators. Although this alliance is loosely organized, it has a large number of members and a diverse group of people. It's best not to provoke them if you can avoid it!"

"The Thousand Array Alliance is an alliance of array masters. In White Cloud Immortal City, array masters are the most dangerous people to offend. If you offend them, you will have to be careful every time you go out, otherwise you will easily fall into the arrays they have set up!"

"Moreover, the Thousand Array Alliance has a strict hierarchical system and is extremely united internally. It is said that they also control the protective array of White Cloud Immortal City!"

Yang Zhengshan raised an eyebrow. "True Monarch Baiyun actually allowed an outsider to control the protective array of the Immortal City?"

"Who said we're outsiders?" Yunxiao chuckled. "This Thousand Array Alliance was founded by one of Baiyun Zhenjun's disciples. Although this disciple passed away many years ago, there are still many of his disciples and grand-disciples within the Thousand Array Alliance. In other words, the people in charge of the Thousand Array Alliance are all disciples and grand-disciples of Baiyun Zhenjun."

Yang Zhengshan suddenly realized.

He said it himself: the protective array is so important, how can it be controlled by outsiders?
"Any more?"

“Yes, there are many local tyrants in Baiyun Immortal City, and we outsiders can’t afford to offend them!” Yunxiao’s tone became indifferent.

"Oh!" Yang Zhengshan looked at his expression. "Senior, do you have enemies in Baiyun Immortal City?"

"We're not exactly enemies, just some old grudges!" A cold glint flashed across Yunxiao's face, clearly indicating that this grudge was not simple.

However, Yunxiao seemed unwilling to talk about it, and Yang Zhengshan didn't press her further.

"What about the forces surrounding White Cloud Immortal City?"

he continued to ask.

Yunxiao thought for a moment and said, "The forces near Baiyun Immortal City can all be considered forces within Baiyun Immortal City. There are more than a hundred large and small immortal cultivation families, and many of them have intricate connections with the lineage of True Monarch Baiyun!"

"Therefore, in Baiyun Immortal City, if you want to achieve something, you must be able to get involved with True Monarch Baiyun!"

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly; he understood.

"And what kind of person is True Lord Baiyun?"

"I don't know, I don't understand, I've never seen it!" Yunxiao said.

"Uh, what about the legends?"

"There are many legends, and it's hard to tell what's true and what's false. Some say that True Lord Baiyun is benevolent, some say that True Lord Baiyun is domineering, and some say that True Lord Baiyun is ruthless. In short, there are all sorts of opinions!"

"As for what the real True Lord Baiyun looks like, only his disciples can probably say for sure!"

(End of this chapter)