Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 902 The Immortal Laws Are Clear
"An accomplice!" Yang Zhengshan chuckled. What did this guy take him for?
criminal?

It seems the Celestial Law Hall isn't a fair place either!

That makes sense. If a Tribulation Cultivator like Xu Mingzhu can thrive in the Immortal City, then if the Immortal Law Hall can enforce the law impartially, it certainly won't allow a Tribulation Cultivator like Xu Mingzhu to live in the city.

Talking about fairness and justice with immortal cultivators is utter nonsense.

"Let's go, this old man still wants to see the Immortal Law Palace!"

Yang Zhengshan sat in the carriage and spoke calmly.

It was as if he wasn't a criminal arrested by the Immortal Law Hall, but rather someone invited as a guest by the Immortal Law Hall.

Annoyance flashed in Kuang Hengxian's eyes, but he did not immediately lash out. Instead, he gestured to his subordinates and led Yang Zhengshan toward the Immortal Law Hall.

The Immortal Law Hall is located in front of the White Cloud True Lord's dojo. The entire building is square in shape, with a hundred-zhang-high demon-suppressing pillar at each of the four corners. The pillars are carved with reliefs of divine generals holding swords and enforcing the law, and their eyes are inlaid with dark blue crystals, radiating a majestic light day and night.

The main hall features flying eaves and brackets, with nine bronze chains strung along the roof ridge, each chain ending in a skull of a ferocious beast in a different shape, which ring out when the wind blows.

The palace gate is three zhang tall, with a base of millennia-old black ice. The surface is engraved with dense immortal laws and regulations, and as the runes flow, the faint shadows of punishments can be seen flickering.

Two stone beasts, resembling Qilin but with horns like judge's pens, crouched on either side of the gate, their eyes blood-red, staring at everyone who entered or left.

Urged on by Kuang Heng, Yang Zhengshan entered the main hall through a side door. He naturally could not enter the main hall, but instead came to a hall behind the main hall from one side of the hall.

As soon as he entered the hall, Kuang Hengxian's attitude changed, and he coldly shouted, "Yang Zhengshan, do you know your crime!"

Yang Zhengshan surveyed the hall, which resembled the main hall of a county government office. It was probably the place where the Immortal Law Hall held trials. Behind the main seat, there was a painting of brocade cloud patterns, and on the pillars on both sides, there was a couplet.

The law is written on jade tablets, and the three-foot-long legal rope hangs like the sun and moon. The imperial court judges cases, and the bright mirror in the hall reflects the universe.

The plaque above is inscribed with four large characters: "仙律昭昭".

"The celestial laws are clear and bright, what a 'celestial laws are clear and bright'!"

Yang Zhengshan exclaimed in admiration.

Baiyun Immortal City is also a place with the rule of law, but it's a joke to talk about the rule of law with immortal cultivators. The law of the jungle and the supremacy of strength are the most fundamental rules in the immortal cultivation world.

Yang Zhengshan acknowledges the importance of strength, but he also aspires to rule the world by law, after all, he comes from a country governed by law.

Upon seeing his reaction, Kuang Heng's face darkened. "Yang Zhengshan, this is not a place for you to run wild. Men, put him in shackles!"

Seeing that he seemed to be getting impatient, Yang Zhengshan stopped arguing with him and took out his guest token.

"I am Yang Zhengshan, a ninth-rank guest elder of Wanbaohang. I am not bound by the White Cloud Immortal Laws of Wanbaohang. Wanbaohang has its own rules!"

His confidence stemmed from having Wanbaohang as a backer.

The Immortal Law Hall is in charge of the security and punishments of the Immortal City, but there are three places it cannot govern: the high-ranking members of True Lord Baiyun's Daoist temple, the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion, and the Wanbao Trading Company.

Kuang Heng first looked at the token in Yang Zhengshan's hand, and his pupils suddenly contracted.

"How is that possible? Wanbaohang clearly only has thirty-two guest retainers!"

"Hehe, you should have investigated my identity and background. Didn't you go to Wanbaohang to ask?"

"I am the thirty-third guest elder of Wanbaohang!"

Yang Zhengshan was not surprised by his reaction at all. The more he learned about Wanbaohang, the more he understood its status in Baiyun Immortal City.

To put it simply, Wanbaohang is an entity within Baiyun Immortal City that transcends the conventional order.

Kuang Heng was stunned, and the other cultivators from the Immortal Law Hall in the hall were also astonished.

When did Wanbaohang recruit another guest advisor?
Why didn't they know about this?
It's normal that they don't know; not just anyone can find out about what's going on inside Wanbaohang.

Of course, if it were someone else from Baiyun Immortal City who was recruited as a guest elder by Wanbaohang, the news would definitely spread throughout the city in a short time.

Because anyone recruited by Wanbaohang is definitely not an unknown nobody.

However, Yang Zhengshan was not from Baiyun Immortal City; he was just an unknown nobody there before.

Furthermore, since this matter was orchestrated by Zhong Lixiayi, it didn't attract much attention within Wanbaohang, let alone outside of Wanbaohang.

"I'm very curious now, who instructed you to make things difficult for me!" Yang Zhengshan narrowed his eyes and looked at Kuang Hengxian calmly.

With Wanbaohang as his powerful backer, he had no need to be afraid of the Immortal Law Palace at all.

Perhaps the status of Wanbaohang's guest elder is not enough for him to roam freely in Baiyun Immortal City, but it can ensure that he will not be treated unfairly.

He killed Xu Mingzhu in Baiyun Immortal City; the Immortal Law Hall has no jurisdiction over this matter.

How many cultivators die outside Baiyun Immortal City every year?
The Celestial Law Hall has never interfered in such matters.

Although the Cloud Wild Alliance has some connection with True Lord White Cloud, it is a loose cultivator alliance and not a direct subordinate of True Lord White Cloud.

The Cloud Wilderness Alliance is not as good as the Thousand Array Alliance. The Thousand Array Alliance is in charge of the guardian array of the Immortal City, which means that the Thousand Array Alliance is actually the direct force of True Lord White Cloud.

Kuang Hengxian looked somewhat embarrassed. He hesitated for a moment, then bowed slightly, "Guest Minister Yang, this is a misunderstanding!"

He eventually gave in, though he was unwilling, he had no choice but to back down.

Faced with the terrifying existence of Wanbaohang, the Kuang family simply couldn't afford to offend them.

Even if the Kuang family and Yang Zhengshan have a blood feud, he cannot do anything to Yang Zhengshan today, otherwise he will inevitably incur the hostility of Wanbaohang.

Yang Zhengshan gave him a deep look, though he had some guesses in his heart.

Xu Mingzhu is a member of the Yunye Alliance, which has five elders. The person in front of him is surnamed Kuang. It goes without saying that this person is probably from the Kuang family, one of the five elder families.

He just didn't know what the relationship was between the Kuang family and Xu Mingzhu.
Are they very close? Is there a deep connection of interests? Will the Kuang family fight to the death with Xu Mingzhu because of him?

Yang Zhengshan pondered for a moment, then decided that there was no need to break ties with the Kuang family now.

"Hehe, may I leave now?"

“Okay!” Kuang Heng said first.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, no longer bothering him, and turned to leave the Immortal Law Palace.

As he walked out of the Immortal Law Palace, he couldn't help but look back at the magnificent palace.

The Kuang family!

In this White Cloud Immortal City, they are nothing more than a family of immortal cultivators.

In terms of power, the Kuang family cannot compare to the disciples of True Monarch Baiyun. In terms of strength, the Kuang family is not considered powerful among the many immortal cultivation families. As for status, with the transcendent Tianji Pavilion and Wanbao Trading Company, the Kuang family is naturally far inferior.

At this moment, Yang Zhengshan was very glad that he had accepted Zhong Lixia's invitation and joined Wanbaohang.

Otherwise, today would have been a huge problem.

……

Chunqiufang, inside the cave.

"What happened?" Yunxiao asked, relieved to see Yang Zhengshan return.

Yang Zhengshan shook his head slightly, "It must be that someone from the Yunye Alliance wanted to help Xu Mingzhu get revenge, but they didn't dare to clash with Wanbaohang, so they just let me go!"

Yunxiao nodded, "That's good. With Wanbaoxing around, you should be safe in Baiyun Immortal City!"

"Hmm!" Yang Zhengshan thought so too. "Senior, what are your plans next?"

Although Yunxiao accompanied him this time, Yunxiao was also searching for suitable third-tier spiritual materials for refining his natal magic weapon within White Cloud Immortal City.

Now that he has latched onto Wanbaohang's coattails, Yunxiao still has no idea where to find the spiritual materials he wants.

"I found a suitable third-tier spiritual material. Although it came at a considerable cost, I still managed to get it!" Yunxiao said with a smile.

He hasn't been idle these days either. Besides helping Yang Zhengshan ambush and kill Xu Mingzhu, he's also been searching everywhere for third-tier spiritual materials.

He has a wide circle of friends, including several good friends in Baiyun Immortal City, which is why he was able to obtain a third-tier spirit insect in such a short time.

"That's good. I'm glad you didn't come for nothing!" Yang Zhengshan said with a smile.

"Yes, I feel that my cultivation level is about to break through, so I plan to go back and break through first, and then plan to refine my natal magic weapon!" Yunxiao said.

"Very well, I will stay in Baiyun Immortal City for a while. If you need anything, senior, you can send someone to Yangjia Town to deliver a message to me!"

"By the way, I will also send a message back to have my two disciples go to see you, senior! Please take good care of them!"

……

A few days later, Yunxiao also left Baiyun Immortal City. Yang Zhengshan returned the cave dwelling in Chunqiu Workshop and moved to the cave dwelling in Wanbaohang.

Of course, his cave dwelling at Wanbaohang was just a decoy. Once the door was closed and the protective array was activated, he returned directly to the Spirit Source Land.

When Yunxiao returned to Xuanqing Sect, he sent people to send Li Jianning and Li Jianan to Xuanqing Sect for further study.

Yang Zhengshan's life then returned to normal.

He could refine elixirs and cultivate his skills simultaneously.

He would cultivate when it was time to cultivate, refine pills when it was time to refine pills, and give pointers to his disciples in his spare time. Sometimes he would also show up at Wanbaoxing and even refine one or two batches of pills in Wanbaoxing's pill refining room.

To avoid being discovered, he would leave White Cloud Immortal City and find a secluded place outside the city to return to the Land of Spiritual Origin.

The following year, Ma Qiuyan successfully established her foundation, becoming the fourth Foundation Establishment cultivator in the Spirit Source Land.

In the third year, Cui Yang returned to the Spirit Origin Land from Qingli Immortal City to establish his foundation. It took him three months and, with Yang Zhengshan personally protecting him, he completed the foundation establishment and became the fifth foundation establishment cultivator in the Spirit Origin Land.

Their smooth foundation-building was largely thanks to Yang Zhengshan for providing them with high-quality foundation-building pills.

This can be considered as taking advantage of Wanbaohang.

Yang Zhengshan returned all the low-grade and mid-grade Foundation Establishment Pills to Wanbaohang, but kept the high-grade Foundation Establishment Pills.

With the help of high-grade Foundation Establishment Pills, Ma Qiuyan and Cui Yang's success rate in establishing their foundations increased significantly. In addition, with Yang Zhengshan and Xuanzhen protecting them, it would be difficult for them to fail.

Three years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Inside the Dan Palace at Flaming Mountain.

Yang Zhengshan sat cross-legged in front of the Golden Crow Eight Trigrams Furnace, casting streams of spiritual light into the furnace through hand seals.

Outside the palace gate, Yang Zongyuan watched Yang Zhengshan's every move with piercing eyes, occasionally gesturing with his hands.

A moment later, Yang Zhengshan skillfully opened the furnace lid and shot a golden pill into the jade plate.

The Golden Crow swallowed the true fire of the sun back into its belly, and Yang Zongyuan immediately stepped forward to open the cold wind array inside the hall, expelling the scorching air from the hall.

"Ancestor! This is a top-grade Demon Essence Pill!" Yang Zongyuan's eyes widened as he stared in disbelief at the pill in the jade plate.

He's not the same naive person he used to be.

He has been following Yang Zhengshan for four years. Although this time is not long, it has allowed his alchemy skills to improve dramatically.

After all, the current Yang Zhengshan is not the same as the Yang Zhengshan of the past. Now, Yang Zhengshan has reached the master level in terms of medicinal properties and pharmacology. It would be an exaggeration to say that he has reached the pinnacle, but among second-level alchemists, his understanding of medicinal properties and pharmacology is definitely outstanding.

Under his influence, Yang Zongyuan also developed his own understanding and insights into the properties and pharmacology of medicines.

Therefore, Yang Zongyuan today is far superior to Zhang Hexuan back then.

"Haha, not bad, this is a top-grade demon essence pill!" Yang Zhengshan laughed happily.

This is the first high-grade demon essence pill he has refined. With this high-grade demon essence pill, his status in Wanbaohang will definitely rise to a higher level.

The superior-grade demon essence pill is only one grade away from the supreme-grade demon essence pill.

Although the difference between these grades is enormous, the fact that Yang Zhengshan was able to refine a high-grade Demon Essence Pill proves that he is not far from refining a top-grade Demon Essence Pill.

In fact, Yang Zhengshan's alchemy skills had also improved by leaps and bounds during these four years.

Because Wanbaohang provided him with a large number of alchemy books and alchemy experience.

Those alchemy manuals might be commonplace for Wanbaohang, but they were extremely rare for Yang Zhengshan.

Besides alchemy classics, Wanbaohang also has many outstanding alchemists. Over the past four years, Yang Zhengshan has become acquainted with the other alchemists at Wanbaohang and has even exchanged ideas with them.

This undoubtedly filled the last gap in Yang Zhengshan's alchemy skills.

Yang Zhengshan had been studying alchemy almost entirely by himself, and very few people had the opportunity to discuss it with him.

Now he can communicate and consult with the alchemists of Wanbaohang, and exchange information with them, which has allowed Yang Zhengshan's alchemy skills to expand horizontally.

"Congratulations on your great success in alchemy, Ancestor!" Yang Zongyuan congratulated him happily.

"Just a little progress!" Yang Zhengshan put away the Demon Essence Pill and laughed.

"How could this be? This is a top-grade Demon Essence Pill. Not to mention in the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty, even in the White Cloud Immortal City, there are very few people who can refine top-grade Demon Essence Pills!" Yang Zongyuan said.

"You know a lot about Baiyun Immortal City?" Yang Zhengshan looked at him in surprise.

"Well, I heard it from my dad!" Yang Zongyuan said somewhat embarrassedly.

He had never been to Baiyun Immortal City, but Yang Jizhen had been going there frequently in the past two years, so it was normal for him to know some things about Baiyun Immortal City from Yang Jizhen.

"Be humble and prudent. The path to immortality is long and arduous. We cultivators should proceed steadily and remain prudent from beginning to end," Yang Zhengshan encouraged.

"Yuan'er understands!" Yang Zongyuan humbly accepted the instruction.

Yang Zhengshan smiled and nodded, patting him on the shoulder. "You have great talent, but there are many geniuses in this world, but only a few who truly grow up to be great!"

"Your goal shouldn't be Foundation Establishment, but Golden Core!"

"White Cloud Immortal City has two thousand Foundation Establishment cultivators, but only one White Cloud True Monarch. You can imagine how arduous the path to the Golden Core stage is!"

"You understand!"

Yang Zongyuan looked at Yang Zhengshan with unwavering determination in his eyes, "Yuan'er understands, Yuan'er will definitely not let down the old ancestor's expectations!"

Yang Zhengshan nodded in satisfaction; he had a high opinion of Yang Zongyuan.

Yang Zongyuan possessed both talent and resources, and was also calm, hardworking, and persistent.

As long as his resolve to pursue the Dao is firm, he might actually be able to glimpse the Great Dao of Golden Elixir in the future!

In comparison, Yang Jizhen, Ma Qiuyan, and others seemed to have rather mediocre qualifications.

Yang Zhengshan could help them advance from the Qi Refining stage to the Foundation Establishment stage, but he couldn't help them advance from the Foundation Establishment stage to the Golden Core stage.

He himself is not even sure if he can step onto the Golden Core Path, so how can he guarantee that others can step onto the Golden Core Path?
(End of this chapter)