Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 895 Joining Wanbaohang

"Because of the Demon Essence Pill!"

Yang Zhengshan reminded him.

Yunxiao paused for a moment, then looked enlightened.

"That's right, you can refine Demon Essence Pills!"

Then an excited look appeared on his face. "You've joined Wanbaohang?"

"Not yet, I said I'll think about it first!" Yang Zhengshan walked into the main room, casually took out a teapot, and poured a bowl of tea.

"What are you thinking about? You can't miss such a great opportunity!" Yunxiao said anxiously.

Yang Zhengshan poured him a bowl of tea as well, saying, "My understanding of Manbaohang is still very limited. I would like to learn more about Manbaohang!"

"No need!" Yunxiao waved his hand. "You just need to know that Wanbaohang is very powerful!"

"As for a deeper understanding, let's put it this way: in the entire White Cloud Immortal City, there are no more than a hundred people who truly understand Wanbaohang!"

Yang Zhengshan was somewhat surprised, "Why?"

“Because Wanbaohang is not a force in our Western Regions, it should be a trading company established by a major sect in the Central Region! Unless you go to the Central Region, you will not be able to find out the accurate information about Wanbaohang!” Yunxiao said.

Yang Zhengshan was even more puzzled. "Then how did you know?"

"Lin Daoyuan told me that he has been to the Central Region!" Yunxiao said.

Yang Zhengshan suddenly realized.

It's not surprising that Lin Daoyuan knew these things, after all, he was a Divine Soul Realm martial artist, and the level he came into contact with was not something that ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators could access.

Yunxiao added, "However, he doesn't know much about Wanbaohang either. He only said that Tianjige and Wanbaohang are forces that even True Monarch Baiyun can't afford to offend!"

"Now that you have the opportunity to join Wanbaohang, don't hesitate, join as soon as possible!"

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, "Yes, I'll go to Wanbaohang tomorrow!"

……

That evening, he took out the jade slip that Zhongli Xiayi had given him and began to read it. This jade slip recorded the welfare and treatment that Wanbaohang provided to its guest retainers, as well as various rules and regulations of Wanbaohang.

Wanbaohang's guest advisors are divided into nine ranks, with the lowest being the ninth rank. To advance a guest advisor's rank, one must meet requirements in three aspects: cultivation, skills, and contribution.

They were called guest advisors, but they were more like employees.

In other words, Wanbaohang gives you money, and you do things for Wanbaohang.

Contribution points are the rewards Wanbaohang gives you. You can use your contribution points to exchange for any goods in Wanbaohang, including various spiritual materials, various elixirs, various magical artifacts and treasures, and even spiritual weapons, etc.

As long as you have enough contribution points, you can redeem any item that Wanbaohang owns using your contribution points.

This is not what Zhongli Xiayi said about completing three tasks to exchange for a third-tier spiritual material.

Those who do the tasks are more like temporary workers, while the guest advisors are permanent employees.

Wanbaohang will not restrict the freedom of its retainers, but requires them to regularly receive a certain amount of contribution points.

For example, a ninth-rank guest minister must obtain 1,000 contribution points every ten years.

If the task is not completed, Wanbaohang will lower the rank of the guest elder. If the guest elder is a ninth-rank guest elder, he will be expelled from Wanbaohang.

After Yang Zhengshan learned about Wanbaohang's system for retainers, he decided to join Wanbaohang.

For him, Wanbaohang was undoubtedly a very good force. It would not restrict his freedom, but it would give him a channel to obtain all kinds of precious spiritual items and materials.

Moreover, Wanbaohang can also become his partner, allowing him to sell various spiritual items, materials, and elixirs.

Currently, the Spirit Source Land can not provide Wanbaohang with many spiritual items and materials, but this may change in the future. Once the various spiritual plants in the Spirit Source Land have matured, he will need a large business like Wanbaohang to help sell the various spiritual items from the Spirit Source Land.

Just like the Illusion Moon Sect!
However, the market occupied by the Illusion Moon Sect is only the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty, while the market occupied by Wanbaohang is the entire Western Region of Wanhua, and even the Central Region of Wanhua.

You can enjoy the shade with your back against a big tree!
If Lingyuan Land were to align itself with Wanbaohang, it would certainly achieve even greater development.

Similarly, with Wanbaohang's support, Yang Zhengshan will find it much easier to act in Baiyun Immortal City, at least he won't have to worry about the threat from Yunye Alliance anymore.

……

the next morning.

Yang Zhengshan visited Wanbaohang again.

It was the same private room.

"Fairy Xiayi, I have decided to join Wanbaohang. I hope you will take good care of me in the future!" Yang Zhengshan said politely.

Upon hearing this, Zhongli Xiayi smiled with delight, "I believe that Fellow Daoist Yang will definitely not regret his choice today!"

Today is different from yesterday. Yesterday, Zhong Lixia met Yang Zhengshan for the first time and didn't know much about him.

However, Zhong Lixia has already obtained Yang Zhengshan's information today.

A day was enough time for Wanbaohang to find out Yang Zhengshan's background.

Of course, the information Wanbaohang could gather in a short period of time was only about Yang Zhengshan's superficial situation.

For example, Yang Zhengshan obtained immortal cultivation techniques in an ancient remnant array, thus switching from martial arts to immortal cultivation.

For example, Yang Zhengshan established the Yang family in the Lingxiu Sea and maintained good relations with the three sects of Lingxiu.

Furthermore, Yang Zhengshan advanced from the early stage of Foundation Establishment to the middle stage in less than thirty years.

And most importantly, which is also the one that Zhongli Xiayi values ​​the most, Yang Zhengshan has been cultivating immortal techniques for less than fifty years. In these fifty years, Yang Zhengshan has not only achieved the cultivation level of the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, but has also become a second-tier alchemist capable of refining demon essence pills.

Some alchemists have studied the Demon Essence Pill for fifty years without being able to refine it, but Yang Zhengshan has spent fifty years advancing from a first-level alchemist to a second-level alchemist and is even able to refine the Demon Essence Pill.

Therefore, in Zhongli Xiayi's eyes, Yang Zhengshan was a genius at alchemy.

Therefore, she valued Yang Zhengshan even more.

"There's no time like the present, fellow Daoist, why don't you join Wanbao today?"

"I couldn't be happier!" Yang Zhengshan laughed.

"Very well, I will take you to complete the formalities!"

As she spoke, Zhong Lixia got up and led Yang Zhengshan to the third floor of Wanbaohang.

Wanbaohang in Baiyun Immortal City occupies a vast area. It is not a single shop, but a huge trading company. It includes not only more than ten shops facing the street, but also many buildings such as an auction hall, an alchemy workshop, a weapon-refining workshop, a beast-taming park, a spirit plant garden, a cultivation cave, and so on.

If Tianji Pavilion is the tallest building in Baiyun Immortal City, then Wanbaohang is the largest building complex in Baiyun Immortal City, even larger than the Daoist temple of Baiyun Zhenjun.

However, the sheer size of Wanbaohang was far less striking than the height of Tianjige, so everyone paid extra attention to the height of Tianjige and overlooked the sheer size of Wanbaohang.

“Our Wanbao Guild in Baiyun Immortal City has a total of thirty-two guest elders, and you are the thirty-third! Among them are four seventh-rank guest elders, two alchemists, one array master, and one weapon refiner!”

Zhong Lixia led the way while explaining the situation of Wanbaohang.

"No talisman masters?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

How can alchemy, artifact crafting, and talisman arrays be complete without talisman masters?
"It's quite difficult for a Talisman Master to advance to the seventh rank; they need to be able to draw third-tier talismans!" Zhongli Xiayi said. Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, indicating that he understood.

One must be able to draw a third-tier talisman to become a seventh-rank guest elder. Wanbaohang's requirements for the promotion of guest elders are indeed quite high.

"Aren't all guest elders of the seventh rank or above already Golden Core cultivators?"

He suddenly remembered that the rank of Wanbaohang's guest elder also had requirements regarding cultivation level.

“That’s right. To advance to the sixth rank, one must have the cultivation of the Golden Core stage! Wanbaoxing only has one sixth-rank guest elder in Baiyun Immortal City!” Zhongli Xiayi looked at Yang Zhengshan with a meaningful expression.

Yang Zhengshan's eyes flashed. "Who is it?"

“True Lord Baiyun!” Zhongli Xiayi looked at Yang Zhengshan with a half-smile.

Yang Zhengshan's expression changed slightly, and his eyes revealed undisguised shock.

He had just made that guess, but he just couldn't believe it.

"True Lord Baiyun is actually a guest elder of Wanbaohang!"

Zhongli Xiayi was quite pleased with Yang Zhengshan's shocked expression and said with a smile, "Actually, this is Wanbaohang's rule. When Wanbaohang opens a business in a certain place, it will definitely invite the strongest cultivator in the area to join Wanbaohang!"

"True Lord Baiyun is the master of the Immortal City. Since Wanbaoxing wants to do business in the Immortal City, it naturally needs the support of True Lord Baiyun!"

Yang Zhengshan hesitated for a moment, then said, "Didn't you say that Wanbaohang has a powerful force behind it? Can you tell me which force it is?"

Zhong Lixia shook her head slightly, "Wanbaohang does have powerful backers, but Wanbaohang is a business in Baiyun Immortal City, so it's natural to make money peacefully."

"As for which faction Wanbaohang belongs to, you'll find out when you reach the Golden Core Realm!"

"Golden Core!" Yang Zhengshan shook his head speechlessly. "Then let's forget about it!"

He didn't press the issue, because there was no need.

He can only contact Wanbaohang in Baiyun Immortal City right now. As for the forces behind Wanbaohang, they are beyond his reach.

So whether you know it or not doesn't really matter.

A moment later, they arrived at Wanxiang Building, which was where Wanbaohang handled its internal affairs.

Guided by Zhong Lixia, Yang Zhengshan obtained his own identity token.

Wanbaohang had a pair of identity tokens; one was left in the Guest Hall of Wanxianglou, and the other was given to Yang Zhengshan to carry with him.

The bluish-white jade plaque not only bears Yang Zhengshan's name but also retains his aura.

The system displays Yang Zhengshan's contribution level, records the tasks he completed, and provides some information about him.

In addition, the token left in the Guest Hall of Wanxiang Tower can also display Yang Zhengshan's status. If Yang Zhengshan dies, the token will break.

In fact, these tokens that store one's own aura should not be given to others, because there are ways to use the aura to find your location.

However, this was Wanbaohang's request, and Yang Zhengshan could not refuse, so he could only leave his aura behind.

After obtaining the identity token, Yang Zhengshan was already a ninth-rank guest elder of Wanbaohang.

Next, Zhongli Xiayi led Yang Zhengshan to collect some miscellaneous items, such as the guest elder's robe and the cave dwelling token.

That's right, Wanbaohang will also assign a cave dwelling to each of its guest elders.

Although it was only a Class C cave dwelling, it was still much better than the cave dwelling he rented.

The cave dwelling wasn't large; it was just a simple courtyard house.

After finishing all the chores, Zhongli Xiayi led him to a heavily guarded pavilion.

"This is the treasure vault of our Wanbao Trading Company, where many precious spiritual materials are stored!"

"I promised you I would give you a third-tier spiritual material. You can go in and choose one of the third-tier spiritual materials!"

She handed Yang Zhengshan a black iron token, saying, "Go in! Someone inside will guide you!"

"Aren't you going in?" Yang Zhengshan asked, looking at the pavilion in front of him.

"Only one person can enter with one Xuan Tie token!" Zhongli Xiayi said.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly. The place where the treasure was hidden must be heavily guarded and have strict rules.

"Please wait a moment, fairy!"

Then he entered the treasure vault.

The moment he stepped into the treasure vault, he immediately felt a powerful force sealing his soul.

It wasn't that his soul was imprisoned, but rather that his soul power was prevented from being released.

He took a moment to examine it and found nothing amiss, which put his mind at ease.

The vault wasn't as large as I'd imagined; it wasn't filled with a dazzling array of treasures. Instead, it was just a spacious, quiet room.

In the quiet room sat an elderly man with white hair, sitting cross-legged on a cushion. In front of him was a black, polished stone table, which was completely empty.

"Yang Zhengshan, a ninth-rank guest elder, greets senior!" Yang Zhengshan bowed to the old man.

"Hmm, sit down!" the old man said, his eyes slightly closed and his head not even lifting.

On the surface, he is just an ordinary old man, but if he were an ordinary old man, why would he be sitting here?
With his spiritual sense restricted, Yang Zhengshan was unable to probe the old man's cultivation level and could only obediently sit opposite him.

"Give me the token!" the old man said.

Yang Zhengshan handed over the token.

The old man slightly raised his eyelids, revealing a pair of dark eyes.

He lightly tapped the black iron token and said, "You can choose a third-tier spiritual material here. What kind of spiritual material do you want?"

"I need wood and lightning-attribute spiritual materials to refine my natal magic weapon!" Yang Zhengshan replied.

With a wave of his hand, the old man displayed characters on the stone table in front of him.

"These are all third-tier spiritual materials with wood and lightning attributes. You can choose from them now!"

Yang Zhengshan looked at the words on the stone table, reached out and touched them, and the image on the stone table immediately changed.

Sure enough, it's a touchscreen!

Yang Zhengshan was not surprised by this, because it was a very common way of using ritual implements.

Azure Mist Wood, a low-grade third-tier material, is light and translucent with its own "mist pattern," making it a suitable base material for crafting flying magical artifacts.

Banyan Heartwood, a superior grade of the third rank, is the crystallized heartwood of a thousand-year-old rejuvenating banyan tree. Its texture is warm and smooth like jade, and it contains the "essence of the banyan tree," which has the miraculous effect of nurturing the spirit of the artifact. It can be used to refine spiritual artifacts.

Purple sandalwood heartwood, a top-grade third-tier material, is the core wood of a thousand-year-old purple sandalwood tree. Its grain contains the spiritual energy of the Yi wood element and can be used to make wooden talismans. Wearing it for a long time can soothe the mind.

Thunder-patterned locust wood, a mid-grade third-tier wood, grows in the Thunder Marsh. After being struck by lightning, its properties change, the yin energy dissipates, and the lightning energy condenses, naturally forming lightning-attracting array patterns. It can be used to refine lightning-attribute spiritual weapons.

Heart-Eating Vine Root, a third-grade superior quality, is a vine root that parasitizes a thousand-year-old spirit tree. It contains corrosive wood spiritual energy and can be used to refine Heart-Eating Poison or to make puppets.

(End of this chapter)